Chapter 112: What’s the point of giving faces and not asking for a head?

Dingxiang is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with Pingchuan (Xinding Basin) in the middle and west, shaped like a dustpan. The remnants of Wutai Mountain in the north are connected to Yuanping by the Wutai Mountain in the north, Wutai County is adjacent to Wenshan, and the southeast is adjacent to Zhoushan, Yuxian County and Yangqu County. If we consider it from the perspective of military strategists, this place is almost an easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Of course, if the west is blocked, this place will be a huge pocket. In history, Li Jing sent troops from the western plain. Jie Li Khan thought that the main force of the Tang army was in the West, so he mistakenly chose to break through the northeastern mouth. As a result, he was beaten up by Li Shiji and was beaten to pieces.

If the cart is put before the horse, Changsun Wuji heard a series of bad news and hurriedly advised Li Shimin: "Your Highness, King Qin, hurry up and retreat from the west before the Turks have joined the siege!"

Hou Junji also sighed deeply. Now the Turks are well aware of their marching routes and their troops deployment, and their initiative has been lost. They have already lost this battle.

Fang Xuanling saw that Li Shimin was unwilling to accept it.

In fact, it is not just Li Shimin who was unwilling to give up, including generals such as Hou Junji, Duan Zhixuan and Lei Yongji. Who would be willing to give up? However, the situation was stronger than that of others, so they had to bow their heads.

Fang Xuanling was about to speak, and looked at Du Ruhui shaking his head at him. Fang Xuanling understood that Du Ruhui meant not to let him persuade Li Shimin to withdraw his troops.

Li Shimin is strong in character, and it can be said that he has a strong sense of strength. At this time, if Fang Xuanling advises him again, it will undoubtedly add fuel to the fire. Not only will Li Shimin not retreat, but will instead abandon his long and short, and use the maneuverability of the cavalry of the Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry to fight a passive offensive and defensive battle with the Turks!

After thinking for a while, Fang Xuanling came up with a clever plan. He bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Your Highness, our best plan is to retreat immediately before the Turks were surrounded and retreat to Taiyuan to make plans for the future!"

However, Li Shimin closed his eyes and said nothing. His face was so dark that it was about to twist out water.

Fang Xuanling had no choice but to continue, "Zhongce ordered General Qin Qiong and General Cheng Zhijie to return immediately, and while we were blocked in Dingxiang, let the two troops of Qin and Cheng counter-encircle outside Dingxiang..."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin suddenly opened his eyes, pondered for a long time, and suddenly his voice raised octaves: "No, the two Qin and Cheng tribes cannot retreat, but instead continue to attack. Take this opportunity to take the opportunity to take me the Chilechuan of Fengzhou Beach (today's Ulaanbaatar Grassland)!"

Changsun Wuji is not a military novice either. He understood Li Shimin’s intention as soon as he heard this.

Changsun Wuji's face changed drastically and he said anxiously: "Your Highness, you must not!"

Li Shimin's move was to exchange sons with the Turks, attract the attention of the Turks by himself, and let Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie attack Guzhoutan and Chilechuan respectively. This is simply a way of fighting with death and death. Once the Turks conquered Dingxiang, Li Shimin would definitely be doomed, but the Eastern Turkish Khan would never be relaxed, because once Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie broke through Fengzhoutan and Chilechuan, the Turks would definitely suffer heavy losses, especially now that the weather is dry and the fire continues, the Turks may not recover for three to five years.

Fang Xuanling was also startled and exhorted loudly: "Your Highness, King Qin, must not!"

Li Shimin laughed: "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that I will be captured by the Turks? Or are you afraid that Yingzhou will be captured by the Turks?"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were about to speak out to persuade Li Shimin, but they saw Hou Junji saying, "Your Highness the King of Qin!"

"Junji will understand me!" Li Shimin stepped forward and patted Hou Junji on the shoulder. His face was full of murderous aura. He gritted his teeth and said, "I want to play some help with me, right? I want to rely on my mobility to lead my nose and let me lose sight of the other one, right? I want to see if these Turks smashed the enemy and quickly defeated the city of Yingzhou and other cities. I want to see if they have the determination to hit Dingxiang City and have the bloody heads."

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In the huge valley between Tiemen Mountain, a large area of ​​Turkic cavalry gathered in Wuyang Wuyang. In order to hide such a huge cavalry, Jie Li Khan took great pains. He had already sent people to cut alfalfa grass for green feed two months ago. Tens of thousands of people were busy for more than two months, and only stored enough for nearly 300,000 war horses to consume for three months.

Of course, these forages are still seriously insufficient. If there is not enough beans, the war horses will lose weight, which will affect their combat effectiveness. Fortunately, with the help of Wang Renbiao, the Wang family in Taiyuan transferred 100,000 stones of grain to Jie Li Khan.

However, when the scout gathered the reported news in front of Jie Li Khan, he was embarrassed.

The ten Tang troops of the Zhechong Prefecture, Qin Qiong's troops, moved northwest at a speed of 80 miles a day. As for the ten Tang soldiers of the Zhechong Prefecture under Cheng Zhijie, they rushed towards the Chilechuan at the same speed of 80 miles a day.

The Xuan-armored Iron Cavalry under Li Shimin ran back and forth along Dingxiang City twenty miles east and twenty miles west every day.

Jie Li Khan combined the information from Li Shimin's troops and found that the Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry now did the most was practicing the art of infantry warfare and crazy reinforcement of the city. The precious rice soup, accompanied by the cooked soil, madly added to fix the Xiangcheng city walls. In particular, the entire army was mostly eight-foot-foot-strong men. After all, the Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry was heavy infantry, and each set of Mingguang armor was not something that ordinary thin soldiers could wear. These strong men strengthened the city walls at an astonishing speed every day.

The most ruthless thing is that Li Shimin, despite the opposition and complaints of the people, forcibly moved the people in the Dingxin Basin to Taiyuan.

Based on various information, it is easy to draw a conclusion. Li Shimin saw through his plan.

The four major Yehu Khans of the Eastern Turks, the Twelve Khans and many special agents looked at Jie Li Khan with inquiring eyes.

"Dad, you're a bird!" Jie Li Khan raised his thick eyebrows and said firmly: "Since they are not fooled, we should not waste time in the mountains! We attack Dingxiang, and then set up an ambush halfway. If they come to support, we will catch them all in one go; if they don't come to support, we will break through Dingxiang City and capture Li Shimin alive. I want to see if Li Yuan still wants this son. According to our Turkic rules, if Li Yuan wants to exchange for his son, if he doesn't give us 100,000 gold, we won't exchange him!"

According to the rules of the Turkic grassland, there is a saying of ransom. However, everyone has different identities and prices. For example, the son of a tribe leader needs gold equal to his weight, plus the wealth of one hundred camels. Now Jie Li Khan thought very clearly that Li Tang was much stronger than a large tribe of the Turkic people. The importance of Li Shimin is self-evident. One hundred thousand gold will definitely put Li Yuan in a great passive state.

What's more, he had another trick. Wang Renbiao asked Li Shimin for the head and offered a price of 100,000 yuan. As long as Li Shimin was captured, he could still eat it.

Jie Li Khan's proposal was recognized by the Turkic nobles. Li Shimin only had more than 20,000 cavalry, and was also a new army that had been formed for less than a year, so he could definitely win easily.

The Turkic cavalry began to leave the Tiemen Mountain Valley and headed northwest, preparing to detour Dingxiang and capture Li Shimin alive.

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Just as dawn, Chen Ying received information from Guo Luo. In Guo Luo's information, the tribes and people who participated in the Murong Fuyun's rebellion were listed in detail. What made Chen Ying extremely sad was that among the six tribesmen including Xue, Ma, Zhang, He, Liu, and Liu, among the Han people in Gaochang, except for Ma Mengming, who defected to Chen Ying and became Chen Ying's record officer and joined the army, and did not follow Qu Wentai and his son to rebel, the other Xue, Zhang, He, Liu and Liu all participated in the rebellion.

However, the aristocratic and powerful people are both in the same way. Some of them have children who defect to Chen Ying, while others have followed Qu Wentai.

Chen Ying took a deep breath and shouted coldly: "Su Dingfang, Guo Xiaoke!"

After a while, Su Dingfang and Guo Xiaoke came in and reported, "The last one is here!"

Chen Ying divided the tribes and tribes in his hand into two parts and handed them to Su Dingfang and Guo Xiaoke and said: "You two lead the left and right armies of Yue cavalry respectively, and destroy them according to the tribes on this paper!"

"Destroy the Wild?" Su Dingfang looked at Chen Ying in confusion.

He naturally knew what the so-called "blackness" meant, and it could be said that it meant that no one could leave a chicken or a dog. However, Su Dingfang needed to confirm this order again and again.

Chen Ying slapped the table and said furiously: "The destruction of the qi means the destruction of the qi. Are you stuffed with donkey hair in your ears? Don't want to go? Don't want to hand over it, give up your position and go to the confinement room by yourself!"

Upon hearing this, Su Dingfang quickly shivered.

Su Dingfang was actually not a rude person. After all, he could become the general of the Left Wu Guard (the third in the 16 guards) to conquer the Western Turks, placing the Pamirs, barbarians, and attacking Goguryeo. "The three kingdoms were destroyed before and after, and they all captured their lords alive." He expanded the territory of the Tang Dynasty westward to the Aral Sea in Central Asia, and the border reached Persia, and extended eastward to the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Su Dingfang would not have the kindness of women.

Su Dingfang whispered: "I will obey the order!"

With Chen Ying's order, all ethnic groups in the Western Regions will definitely be killed. Now all the rebels of all ethnic groups follow Murong Fuyun, leaving behind only a group of old and weak in the tribe.

Chen Ying didn't have that much patience anymore.

The so-called benevolence and righteousness are actually just who killed more people. The Mongols destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty and killed thousands of Han people, so they occupied the so-called Spring and Autumn righteousness. The Qing Dynasty entered the pass and killed the same corpse as a mountain, and secretly occupied the Chinese truth. In Chen Ying's view, the so-called righteousness is more cruel.

As long as you are ruthless enough and keep the military victories, any opposition will come to an abrupt end.

Even if you are shameless, what's the point of having a head? Chen Ying decided to take over the Western Regions in the attitude of a conqueror!
Chapter completed!