Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

In fact, Li Shan knew about the fire in Dingxiang County earlier than Tuli Khan. After all, he was the one who sent Qin Qiong and Xue Wanjun to the south of Dingxiang, so there were always scouts sending news back and forth.

When the battle report arrived, Li Shan did not even rest. Instead, he was waiting and planning with Li Daozong, Li Daoxuan and other generals.

No matter how the fire started, it is certain that after throwing away this batch of food and grass, the Turks no longer had a reason to stay in Xinzhou.

The only problem is that Li Shan cannot confirm whether Su Dingfang and Cheng Minzhen succeeded.

If the retreat routes from Yanmen Pass, Feihu Trail, and Yuzhou are cut off, then Li Shan cannot let Tuli Khan escape from Xinzhou, otherwise the opponent will be the dragon returning to the sea.

Li Shan was speechless when he thought about it carefully. He had previously thought about making some noise in Dingxiang County and urged Tuli Khan to go north to reduce the pressure on the Chinese army.

Unexpectedly, Qin Qiong was so powerful that he actually burned the food and grass in Dingxiang County. This directly led to the possibility of Tuli Khan escaping quickly. Now Li Shan wants to keep the great khan in Xinzhou.

No matter that Li Shan did not hesitate, at this time, no matter what he did, it would be better than doing nothing.

Li Shan first mobilized the cavalry, with Liu Heier leading the remaining 6,000 cavalry, and Duan Zhixuan and Er Zhu Yichen as his deputies, to attack Tuli Khan's headquarters stationed in Xiurong.

He then dispatched Qin Wutong and led 5,000 infantry to immediately go north, cross Yunzhong Mountain, rush to Tanglingang, and block the main road from Xinzhou to Daizhou.

When Liu Heier led the cavalry to attack Xiurong, Tuli Khan also received the battle report. After being stunned for a moment, he cursed loudly. He first scolded Ashina Sunishi and Ashina Jishe and the two losers, and then cursed Big Li Huairen, the heir to the Tang and Wei Dynasties, was so shameless!

Now Tuli Khan naturally understands that Li Huairen has never planned to let him return to the grassland easily. Dubu Khan was defeated, so he must also be defeated... This is a simple logic, but he Being played like a fool by the other party.

Starting from the talks in front of the Daizhou battle, Li Huairen released his goodwill and put forward conditions after showing his military power... everything was just a cover-up.

But the problem now is that Tuli Khan dare not move, and marching at night is inherently dangerous... And the Turkic army's best technique of dispersing and gathering cannot be used at night, but the Tang army can charge forward in a straight line. Exerting power.

More importantly, he had just received the battle report and had not yet decided whether to send troops...but the Tang Army, dozens of miles away, had already sent troops.

Obviously, the fire in Dingxiang County was part of Li Shan's plan, otherwise he would not have responded so quickly.

Therefore, when Liu Heier led more than 6,000 Tang cavalry to advance, Tuli Khan, who had nearly 10,000 troops, could only swallow his anger and set up defenses in place, waiting for the follow-up battle report.

This time, Tuli Khan saw the battle report earlier than Li Shan, but unfortunately it was not good news.

After being raided by Liu Rengui and Xue Wanjun successively, Ashina Suni lost his troops and headed west. Qin Qiong, who sent scouts in advance to investigate, did not pursue pursuit along this road, but went straight west.

Because Xiurong County is located in the middle of Xinzhou and Dingxiang County is located in the northeast, the nearly 10,000 Turkic troops who fled soon after heading west, some headed north and some headed south.

Heading north towards Tanglingang, they tried to quickly go north to Daizhou and escape from Yanmen Pass to the grassland... The most typical of them was the first batch of Ashina Jishe led to flee north.

The one heading south is towards Xiurong County, trying to join Tuli Khan... Ashina Sunishi chose this road.

The crude system and shortcomings of the grassland tribes are undoubtedly revealed at this moment. Under similar circumstances, the armies of the unified dynasties of the Central Plains can basically remain unified as long as their organizations remain organized, but the grassland tribes cannot. The leaders of each tribe , the little leader will make the choice that best suits his own interests. Therefore, Qin Qiong completed a perfect surprise attack thirty miles northeast of Xiurong County. The famous general divided his three thousand Tang cavalry into three groups, and charged three times in a row to completely crush the front end of the Turkic army.

The terrible thing is that the Turks' strength is now less than 4,000, and even the advantage in strength is gone.

The panicked Ashina Sunisu tried to flee north, but Liu Rengui led his army to bypass the rear army and killed him diagonally towards Ashina Sunisu.

Although Dugu De's strategy was far inferior to Zhang Zhongjian's, he was brave enough not to let Qu Silang and Hou Hongtao out. He drove his horses as fast as they could fly, and swung his horse sword as easily as he was holding a pen. However, under the heavy blow from the horse's head, all the Turkic cavalry were knocked away.

In the excitement of fighting, Dugu De caught a glimpse of a Turkic general who was surrounded by many cavalry. He actually lifted up his horse and threw it with all his strength, and actually connected two Turkic cavalry together.

"kill him!"

"Whizzing!"

From behind, Sun Dalang shouted in peace, holding a big bow and shooting arrows like meteors. In a moment, he had already shot down three or four people.

Dugu De drew out his long sword casually, grabbed a shield with one hand and held it in front of him, stared at the flying arrows, and accelerated his horse.

Although his mount was hit by arrows and fell to the ground, Dugu De still rushed into the formation, slashing left and right. He rushed forward twenty steps and slashed the head of the magnificent white horse with one knife. Then he threw away his shield and grabbed the horse. Turkic general.

Ashina Suni was captured alive, and the nearby Turkic troops who were still resisting finally began to break up. Qin Qiong, Xue Wanjun, and Liu Rengui hacked and killed at the front, middle, and rear.

Except for some who were supported by the Turkic troops in Xiurong County, the remaining four to five thousand Turks, some heading north, some heading south, and some heading west, fled in all directions and were no longer organized.

Tuli Khan stared fiercely at the dark night not far away. He had been cautious enough and deployed more than 10,000 troops in Dingxiang County. Unexpectedly, they all collapsed overnight. Ashina and the leader fled. Na Sunis was captured alive.

Although his heart was full of indignation and anger, Tuli Khan knew that he needed to make a choice quickly... Although he still had more than 10,000 cavalry in his hands, including thousands of elite king's soldiers, the Tang army was now attacking from both sides, and Xiurong County was Caught in it.

The most terrible thing is that just now the scouts reported that the thousands of Tang cavalry in front of them were divided into troops. An unknown number of Tang cavalry were heading north... If the Tang army were allowed to capture Tanglingang or even Yuanping, their retreat would be cut off.

What needs to be emphasized is that from the beginning of the pursuit at Chitangguan, Li Shan always maintained restraint and did not start a war with the Turks. The two sides were more of a confrontation.

In fact, this was Li Shan's guilty conscience, but it also caused Tuli Khan to not understand the specific number of Tang army's troops.

"What the hell!" Tuli Khan shouted sternly: "I'll give you five thousand cavalry, push back the Tang army to the east, block Tanglingang, and send men to Daizhou."

Ashina Nishu responded and looked hesitantly at the shadowy Tang army in the darkness. He knew what Tuli Khan meant, and stayed in Xiurong to confront King Wei Si, while he went to protect Tanglingang.

But can Tuli Khan be able to withstand Wei Siwang?