Chapter 48 Khan arrived at the territory of the Tang Dynasty

Li Jiancheng's temple thundered, his blood pressure surged, his breathing became heavier, his teeth became itchy, and his eyes became redder. He really wanted to snatch the sword of the warrior in the temple and chop Fang Xuanling with one knife.

However, looking at Fang Xuanling's face that deserves a beating, Li Jiancheng said angrily: "Since the end of the previous dynasty, thirty-six ways of rebelling against the kings, seventy-two ways of dust and smoke rose up, and took advantage of the chaos to disrupt the Central Plains, slaughtering cities and land. The Turks plundered the Central Plains, robbed countless wealth, and plundered 100,000 Han women. In the evening, they raped them, and cooked food. They used Han as "sheep" and killed them as food. All these things are insignificant! When the Turks ascended the throne, they went south to attack Andong, Hebei, and Liangzhou. If they could not be washed away, I would never be able to raise my head in my life. I must fight the Turks."

Fang Xuanling came to Li Jiancheng and pointed at Li Jiancheng and said, "Do your Majesty think that the humiliation of a person is more important than the lives of millions of people and the safety of the country? For the sake of His Majesty's face, how many soldiers in the army will throw their lives on the battlefield, and how many women, young and old, are about to lose their relatives? Your Majesty promised that all the states and counties in the world will be exempted from their tribute for three years. Now that it has not arrived for a year, will Your Majesty break his promise and become fat?"

Li Jiancheng was so angry that his veins were exposed on his forehead.

The other prime ministers in the Political Affairs Hall looked at each other.

Li Jiancheng pointed at Fang Xuanling angrily and said, "Fang Xuanling, you are the Shangshu Youpushe of the Tang Dynasty. You are not a businessman with a bad reputation. You can't get up early without profit. It seems that war is still a profitable business. If you don't make money, you can't fight. Now Chuli is forced to go to the forefront and can only ask us for help. This is a great opportunity to send troops."

Wei Zheng couldn't help but smile.

Wei Zheng walked up to Li Jiancheng and bowed and said, "Jie Li is in a difficult situation, isn't Your Majesty?"

Li Jiancheng said without hesitation: "I am 80% sure that I can win this battle if I have sudden gains as an insider."

Fang Xuanling sneered: "It sounds good, it sounds good. Your Majesty, you are not the prince now, nor are you the commander-in-chief of the Left Army of the Tang Dynasty..."

Li Jiancheng was stunned.

Fang Xuanling said: "As a general, you only need to consider the 80% victory; but as a emperor, Your Majesty, what you need to consider is that today's Tang Dynasty can bear the 20% failure?"

Li Jiancheng was speechless.

Fang Xuanling is really aimless, nor is he making a big fuss or exaggerating.

This time, the Tang Dynasty obtained most of the soldiers and weak soldiers in the army because of its elite troops and simplified government affairs, and the weak were laid off, and the redundant officials were cut off, and the aristocratic families in the world were reduced to titles, and the royal family was also awarded the titles.

The current Tang Dynasty is quiet on the surface, but in fact it is undercurrent, like dry firewood pouring fuel. As long as there is a little spark, it will definitely spread sparks.

When Yang Guang was rebelling in the world, if he could give up the second termination of Goguryeo, the prefectures in the world would leave more than one million troops, and those thirty-six ways of rebelling against the king and seventy-two ways of dust and smoke would probably stay wherever they were cool.

At this time, when the Turks were sent to fight, they were all happy to win, but if they were defeated, the consequences would be like the end of the Sui Dynasty, with wolf smoke rising everywhere and the world split into pieces.

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng bowed to Fang Xuanling and said, "I really can't answer Fang Xuanling's question. There is no profit in fighting this war. I have decided to temporarily put aside the issue of sudden aid."

Everyone stood up in unison and cried to Li Jiancheng: "Your Majesty's wise!"

Li Jiancheng waved his hand without any slightest and left.

...

In the north of the desert, a crescent moon shines with a faint silver light, passing through the clouds. On the ground, the desert, which was not very angry, was silent, and only the sand and gravel reflected the moonlight weakly.

In the camp of the Eastern Turkic royal court, countless bonfires were burning, illuminating the entire huge camp as bright as day.

At this time, a six-meter-high platform was built on the open space in front of King Jie Li's tent.

On the platform, a magic weapon made of human skeletons were wearing an evil ghost mask and holding a magic weapon made of human skeletons the size of a fist.

The wizard sang while holding up the magic weapon and dancing.

The Turkic people held their breath and looked at the wizard.

However, as the wizard's speech became crazy gradually.

The wizard knelt on the ground, grabbed a handful of white ash from the spittoon on the high platform, and scattered it on top of his head.

The Turks also followed the wizards and grabbed dust and scattered it on their heads.

The wizard took out a small knife, gently cut a bloody hole in the middle of his forehead, and then took his fingers, dipped them in blood, and wiped the blood on the human skeleton.

The Turks also picked up small knives, pointed at the center of their foreheads, and gently cut a bloody cut, and blood flowed out along the wound.

Suddenly, an Eastern Turkic special agent handed a pampered roll to Jie Li Khan.

Jie Li Khan opened the viewing, then sneered and threw it aside, sneering: "Okay, it's a pity for the Tang Dynasty. It seems that my good nephew is not willing to be lonely."

Bu Lugend said first: "Turi is the idea of ​​fighting the throne of Khan, and he wants to borrow the help of Tang army."

Jie Li Khan smiled gloomyly and said, "They think beautifully."

As he said that, Jie Li Khan suddenly got up and raised his hand and said, "Blow the trumpet, order Ye Hu to set up a tent for the Khan to discuss matters!"

The trumpet soldier beside Jie Li immediately picked up the black and shiny horn and put it to his mouth and blew it.

“Woo woo…”

As the whimpering sound of the horns sounded, the Turkic nobles who were watching the Turkic wizards hold sacrifices changed drastically. This is a war mobilization call, and ordinary Turkic soldiers do not need to pay attention to it, but the Turkic team has set up leaders above the Khan, and all the special service members need to enter the tent to discuss matters.

Soon all the Turkic nobles entered the tent.

In the big tent, Jie Li Khan used a scabbard to knock on the sheepskin pier.

The Turkic elders all calmed down.

Jie Li said: "Tuli is preparing to surrender to Li Tang, and I decided to eliminate the rebel Tuli!"

The four great Ye Hu Zhi, Ye Hu, said: "The war horses and livestock of our tribes have suffered heavy losses. Until now, the animals have not recovered their vitality. It is not yet a year since then, why are you going to go to war again?"

A Shikhan also said, "If war starts again, the animals will probably freeze to death this winter.

Mo Heye Hu said, "All the animals are dead, how can people live?"

The elders agreed in unison.

Jie Li said: "Tuli, if he took Li Tang's men to attack Dingxiang and Mobei, where would you go?"

The Turkic nobles still looked reluctant.

After all, they did not believe that Tuli's little Khan would surrender to the Tang Kingdom. The so-called surrender was probably Jie Li's conspiracy.

Jie Li Khan looked at everyone and said unhappy: "In this way, if you are willing to follow me to fight, you can be divided into Tuli grasslands and slaves, more or less, according to the amount of effort."

The Turkic nobles looked at each other and nodded at Jie Li Khan one after another.

The Turks were a place where strength was king, and they were more interested in interests. Although Tuli was the son of Shibi Khan, Tuli was far inferior to actual interests in the face of interests.

...

Dingxiang is located in the Dingxin Plain, surrounded by four rivers. Compared with the fertile land of the Central Plains, Dingxiang is not a good place. However, relatively speaking, this is a relatively rich place in the north.

The Later Sui court was built in Dingxiang, and Jie Li Khan discovered that the Han people stolen from all over the country were handed over to the Later Sui management. These hard-working Sui dynasty remnants reclaimed wasteland here.

After several years of development, a total of 2 million acres of land in Dingxin Basin, which covers an area of ​​only 2,000 square kilometers, can earn two or three million stones of grain every year.

The troops of Tuli Xiao Khan are now stationed in Dingxiang.

In the original history, the Tang Dynasty was relatively weak, and Jie Li was fearless and placed the king's tent in Dingxiang. However, in this time and space, he did not have such courage, but let Tuli Khan station in Dingxin Basin.

The main grain-producing area away from the Turks was not a place where Turi could suck oil. Instead, once the Tang Dynasty and the Turks broke out, this would be the main battlefield.

After the sudden move of his troops, the sudden appearance of Tang Jun became his most worrying problem. Fortunately, Yu Wenhe offered him advice and allowed people to unite with the Tang Dynasty and avoid the passive situation of being attacked from both sides.

Tuli attaches great importance to the direction of the northern General Mountain and the defense of Tiemen Pass. Of course, once Jie Li takes action, Tuli has no chance of winning. The only thing he can do is to warn in advance and escape in advance.

In a cave facing north more than ten miles from Tiemen Mountain, a team of scouts under Tuli slept in the cave, burning a bonfire, roasting meat and cooking Nian'an soup in an iron pot.

The scouts who were sleeping suddenly got up, lifted up a handful of wet mud and covered the fire pit to put out the fire, lay on the ground, and listened intently. The dozen whistleblowers also threw down the unfinished tea without hesitation and lay on the ground, like a group of hunters who found beasts approaching.

The small pebbles on the ground tremble slightly, which is by no means an illusion.

The scout leader lowered his voice and said, "There are a large group of cavalry coming towards this side!"

"I heard it all, what should I do?"

The leader said: "Get on the horse, let's go to the gentle slope, and see farther there!"

The whistle-riding cavalry looked solemn, quickly packed up their things and turned over to the horse, and grabbed the horse's belly, and the war horse ran towards the gentle slope a hundred steps away.

The gentle slope is not high, just about a hundred feet long, but the terrain of this area is flat, and with such a commanding height, you can see a long distance. More than a dozen riders carefully separated the bushes, climbed the gentle slope, and looked into the distance, and the scene they saw made them stunned.

Fire flow!

The fire flow that swept away towards Dingxiang formed by tens of thousands of torches!

The Turkic cavalrymen were holding a torch and rode their horses in the night wind. When the torches were still, they were like stars falling from the sky and sprinkled all over the ground. When they moved, they were like a river formed by flames. The magnificent picture and the murderous aura soared into the sky made these sergeant sergeants under Tuli feel chilled all over and unable to speak.

At this time, so many Turkic cavalry flocked in, it was obviously not a good thing. This was that if all Turi troops were killed, they would never give up.

"Swish swish swish swish..." Before he could amaze the magnificent and terrifying scene, the sharp arrow broke through the air. The Turks spent their entire youth in the war, and they all experienced many battles, so naturally they would not know the role of this gentle slope. In order to ensure the secret of the main force of the army, they spread out the whistle cavalry dozens of times more under Tuli's command and opened the power warning curtain. This small whistle cavalry just hit their fangs.

Under the moonlight, twenty or thirty strong light-armed Turkic cavalry roared over, and their strong bows were pulled into a full moon. The arrows were like beads, and they shot at the Tuli Army Squirrels that occupied this small commanding height. Their archery skills were accurate and they were extremely powerful. Immediately, three or four Tuli Army Squirrels were shot at the vital point, and they screamed and fell to the ground. After a few convulsions, there was no movement.

The leader of the whistle driver shouted: "Break back!"

But as soon as the words fell, a sharp wolf-tooth arrow shot into his mouth and penetrated from the back of his head...

More than a dozen Tuli army whistle cavalry endured sharp arrows like locusts, shot with crossbows and shot two arrows. After shooting two arrows, they immediately drew their swords to pounce on the Turkic knights who had already reached the front, and fought with them. The small whistle cavalry was instantly submerged by the rolling iron cavalry...

The fish belly was white in the east, and the sun slowly rose from behind the horizon. Facing the rising sun, in a military camp at the forefront of the General Shantiemen Pass defense line, Tu Li's defenders saw a blood-stained whistle riding a war horse riding towards them.

The war horse was spraying with white foam on its mouth and nose, and the oil was gone. They quickly opened the village door and let the whistle riding in. The whistle riding to the door. The whistle riding suddenly neighed, fell to the ground, and pushed the knight on the horse's back, falling to the blood. Before he fainted, the knight's voice was hoarse and shouted at the silly defender: "Hurry, ignite the beacon fire, Jie Li's army is coming, with a total of 100,000 people..."

This terrible news caused a commotion in the military camp. The school responsible for all matters in the entire military camp roared: "Come on and take the people down for treatment! You, hurry up and light the beacon! You, hurry up and ride to Dingxiang to inform Khan, saying that Jie Li has been fighting! Others blocked the gate of the village and brought all the wooden ash bottles over, hurry up!"

Soon, the beacon fire of this military camp was ignited, and a thick smog rushed straight into the sky, and could be seen twenty or thirty miles away.

Then, another military camp was lit. After seeing the signal, the beacon towers lit the beacon fires one after another. The smoke columns of smoke spread towards Dingxiang as the starting point. About half an hour later, the terrible news in Dingxiang City had already followed.

Almost at the same time, Tuli also heard the earth-shaking sound of horse hooves and faintly heard from the horse hooves: "Don't run away Tuli..."
To be continued...