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Chapter 1419 Chain Reaction (Part )

October 26th.

The sky is still gloomy in the world. Sometimes the snow stops, and sometimes snowflakes suddenly start flying, causing headaches.

Tuli Khan looked back, and Tang Qi was still following not too far away, launching surprise attacks from both wings from time to time, and then quickly retreating.

Under normal circumstances, the Turks are not afraid of this kind of pursuit. They spread out their troops and can easily surround and surround the opponent's small force. But the problem is that now that the army is retreating north, everyone knows that if they fall behind, they are likely to die. There is no way to return to the grassland alive.

You don't have to run faster than Tang Jun, but you must run faster than your comrades.

Although Tuli Khan stayed in person, he sent troops to move to the left and right wings to fight the enemy... but there was only a slight contact, and they basically collapsed.

In fact, it was not a collapse at all, but an active retreat... Some small tribes even simply left the group and fled northward in the name of collapse.

However, Tuli Khan was not in a hurry. He also sent scouts to investigate and found that the number of Tang troops pursuing them was not very large, about five or six thousand, far less than 20,000 or 30,000.

On the contrary, the thousands of Tang Cavalry on the east side were more threatening, but the main reason why Tuli Khan was not worried was that the scouts in front had reported back, so Tanglingang had no worries.

After tentative contact between both parties, Tian Liuan quickly made a judgment... The trapped beast is still fighting!

Although the terrain was more conducive to an infantry attack, the Turks were forced into a desperate situation and rushed into the formation with their war horses... It was difficult for the infantry to carry it on the battlefield that was not too wide. The key is that this time the infantry of the Tang Army in Hebei did not Those who carry chariots really cannot carry it with just their shields and spears.

Lingqiu County is located in the south of Yuzhou. The terrain is extremely complicated. There are Wutai Mountain to the south, the Taihang Mountains to the east, and Hengshan Mountain to the northwest. It is at the junction of the three major mountain ranges. It is not easy for the Turkic cavalry to deploy their troops.

Going westward, the Tang army encountered a large Turkish force thirty miles southeast of Lingqiu County.

But what Tuli Khan did not expect was that the changes in the battle situation were far beyond his imagination. On the huge battlefield composed of Xinzhou, Daizhou, and Yuzhou, any choice made by each major general on both sides may trigger a chain reaction. .

In Li Shan's original plan, he did not expect that a large number of Turkic troops would go to Feihu Trail and Weizhou. This directly caused the Tang Army in Hebei to encounter too many obstacles when attacking, and the troops did not have an advantage.

After leaving Huang Junhan's body and Cheng Mingzhen behind, Tian Liuan and Shuang Shiluo led thousands of Tang cavalry to the west, followed by 6,000 infantry led by Xue Zhong.

But the Turks will never give up Lingqiu County, because after Feihu Trail has been captured by the Tang army, the Turks in Yuzhou can only go north from Lingqiu County, northwest along Hengshan Mountain, and escape from the north of Yuzhou. Day of birth.

There were thousands of Turks in front of them. The scouts climbed up and looked into the distance, and found that the Turks troops were continuously fleeing north... In other words, if Tian Liuan wanted to attack fiercely, he would face an almost certainly crazy counterattack.

The first changes occurred in Weizhou.

Tian Liuan hesitated for a while, then simply ordered the infantry to set up camp and prepare defenses, and sent troops to block the main road to prevent the Turkic divisions from detouring to Laiyuan to attack Feihu Trail.

Time passed little by little, but when it was about noon, the drastic changes made Tian Liuan more vigilant. After the scout reported back, he climbed up the mountain to look out, and a dark line in the distance appeared in his sight.

Why did so many Turkic troops choose to return to the grassland from Yuzhou?

Tian Liuan immediately made a judgment. It was probably Su Dingfang who took action and successfully blocked Yanmen Pass. As a result, a large number of Turks could not go through Yanmen Pass, so they chose to go to Yuzhou. Forget about Tuli Khan... Tian Liuan's first reaction was that with such a large piece of fat meat placed in front of him, it was definitely a big deal if he wanted to eat it, but if he really tried to eat it, he might choke to death.

If Tuli Khan is really among them, then I can't stop them... I can only let them escape. At most, I can intercept some of the troops to satisfy their greed.

But just when Tian Liuan ordered his guards to return to camp first and ordered to strengthen the alert to prevent the Turks from heading east, he unexpectedly discovered that a huge chaos broke out among the Turks in the distance. He could see the chaos even from this distance. Got to see.

The reason is also very simple, because Tian Liuan guessed wrong. Su Dingfang did not just block Yanmen Pass, but seized Yanmen Pass. More than ten thousand Tang troops had already appeared east of Yanmen Pass and more than ten miles west of Dai County.

Thousands of Turks who were defeated at Yanmen Pass a few hours ago fled in embarrassment... Many of them were old people who had been in and out of Hedong several times. They quickly judged that they could only go to Yuzhou, whether from the north of Yuzhou or across the border. Flying Fox Trail can lead back to the grassland.

The defeated troops fled eastward, and Yuchi Gong in the rear was still pursuing them relentlessly. They did not receive support until they reached Fanzhi County.

Unfortunately, the news of the capture of Yanmen Pass spread, and the Turkic army became unstable. To the north of Fanzhi County, Li Mengchang took the lead in breaking the formation, and Yuchi Gong led 3,000 Tang cavalry to cover up the attack. He broke up the Turkic brigade and beheaded nearly a thousand people. Great collapse.

With Hutuo River in the south and Hengshan Mountain in the north, the Turkic troops had no choice but to flee eastward, all the way to Lingqiu.

The defeated troops also tried to escape through Feihu Trail, but they did not expect that the Hebei Tang Army had already breached Feihu Trail last night, and the front line was already close to Lingqiu.

Therefore, heading north from Lingqiu back to the grassland became the only way for the Turks to survive.

Who doesn't want to live, who wants to die?

The tribes on the grassland have always followed the jungle law of the jungle. The Turks who arrived first naturally had to go first, but how could the defeated soldiers who were chased all the way by the Tang army be willing to do so?

The chaos was ignited almost instantly, and more than a dozen tribes, large and small, were already facing each other with swords.

At this time, Yuchi Gong and Li Mengchang on the west side were approaching. Although Cheng Mingzhen on the east side did not know the specific situation, he was facing thousands of Tang cavalry led by Shuang Shiluo from a distance.

The chaos in the Turkic army was even more uncontrollable. Civil strife broke out completely. Those who rushed to flee north were still conscientious. More people raised their knives and slashed at any obstacle in front of them.

In fact, from the perspective of military strength, not to mention the division of troops from east to west and the defeat of the Tang Cavalry led by Yuchi Gong and Tian Liuan, the defense must be solid, and most of the Turkic troops can escape smoothly... But the evil of human nature is at this time It spread to the hearts of all Turkic people.

No one thought about trying to block the Tang army's attack, they just wanted to escape.

Tian Liu'an had a stable temperament and was willing to wait and see for a while, but Yuchi Gong and Li Mengchang on the west side were both brave and ruthless. Seeing the civil strife in the Turks, they raised their swords to kill without stopping.

After Tian Liuan and Shuang Shiluo also entered the army and had a face-to-face encounter with Yuchi Gong, thousands of Turkic troops had been completely dismembered. The lucky ones escaped, and those who could not escape went into the ravine, and even Climb the mountain... Now I know how to raise the sword and gun in my hand.

This was the first change after Yanmen Pass was seized, but the subsequent chain reaction caused the war to quickly show victory or defeat.

(End of this chapter)