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Volume 2 The Rise of the Zhang Family 243 Before the Battle of Xiao Guan

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    "Report, General Ran, Captain Zhang, Captain Yuwen, Captain Zhuge, General Qin, the scouts sent out to investigate are back."

    Just after Zhang Yang, Zhuge Haoqiong, Yuwen Ruihao, Nangong Hongbo, Bao Xing and others rested for a day in Xiaoguan, they were full of energy and exhausted and were holding a military meeting in the city guard's mansion of Xiaoguan.  , while discussing the possible actions of the East Turkic vanguard army, the general in charge of scouting suddenly broke in and reported.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Out of the lack of intelligence and inability to accurately predict the enemy's advance, everyone no longer has to argue.

    This is not because Zhang Yang and others’ raid late the night before yesterday and early yesterday morning caused the East Turkic Army to panic for half the morning and lost its top leader. However, regarding the specific losses of the East Turkic Pioneer Army, Zhang Yang and others  But it's not very clear. We can only analyze the scene during the sneak attack. We know that the East Turkic vanguard army suffered heavy losses, but the specifics are not very clear.

    This caused one group of people to believe that although the enemy's vanguard army suffered heavy losses, due to the number of people Zhang Yang and others launched the raid, they were unable to inflict a fatal blow to the enemy. The enemy could attack the enemy in a very short period of time.  The troops were gathered again to launch a retaliatory attack on Xiaoguan to wash away the shame caused by Zhang Yang's people stealing the camp and causing them!

    One group of people believes that due to the loss of the vanguard army of the Eastern Turk Jieli Khan and the huge losses caused by Zhang Yang and others, especially the death of the supreme leader, it has caused irreparable losses to the Eastern Turks.  The vanguard army was fragmented and could not be effectively united.  Before a new vanguard general was elected, no one was convinced due to the struggle for power.  There is no way to pose a threat to Xiao Guan!

    But regardless of the views of the two factions, which one is the same, the common viewpoint of the two factions is that the city defense of Xiaoguan cannot be relaxed.  In order to prevent the southbound Eastern Turk army led by Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan that might appear at any time, orders to strengthen alert were issued unanimously.

    As for the focus of the current debate between the two factions, it is whether the East Turkic vanguard army can be strongly integrated after a mere day or two of chaos, and then launch revenge against the Tang Dynasty defenders at Xiaoguan.  It's just a sexual attack.

    In fact, even if no one can integrate it, it is the Eastern Turk Jieli Khan.  The marching speed of Tuli Khan and others was only as fast as the Chinese army's arrival outside Xiaoguan. It would only take three or four days for the Chinese army to reach Xiaoguan and approach the city.

    This comprehensive time difference is only one or two days, and the combat plan to lure the enemy in depth is not very big.

    According to the original plan, the 70,000-strong army led by Qin Shubao should be heading to the Yellow River ferry, taking the retreat of Jieli Khan, Tuli Khan and others.  Let them eventually be trapped and die on the barren land outside Xiaoguan, which belongs to the border area between Yuanzhou and Lingzhou. After this battle, the East Turks were severely damaged and unable to organize sufficient military strength in the next few years.  !

    Although this East Turkic vanguard army will continue to be in chaos.  It did not have much impact on the overall situation of this battle, but it had a great impact on Xiaoguan, because it was related to the safety of countless Tang Dynasty defenders on the walls of Xiaoguan.

    Now the garrison of Xiaoguan has finally reached the size of 10,000 people after receiving the reinforcements sent by the governor of Yuanzhou yesterday.

    After these 6,000 reinforcements marched to Xiaoguan last night, with 10,000 troops, they were enough to fight a several-day offensive and defensive battle with the 200,000 troops led by Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan of the East Turks.  , not to fall behind, with the strategic position of Xiaoguan, there is not much difference between tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of enemies.

    The terrain is narrow. Even if Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan of the Eastern Turks invade the entire tribe and come with hundreds of thousands of troops, Xiaoguan will only have to face tens of thousands of troops outside Xiaoguan. Other enemy armies,  Due to the terrain, it was impossible to set up a formation and had to take turns to attack.

    Having said that, Zhang Yang and others knew that with the current defenders of Xiao Pass, it would not be a big problem to defend Xiao Pass, at least before the Eastern Turkic enemies broke through Xiao Pass, Qin Shubao, Hou Junji, and Lingzhou Governor Rencheng  Wang Li Daozong's three armies have been able to complete the encirclement of the 200,000 Eastern Turks marching south this time and have begun to wrap up this battle.

    After all, people are destined to die in a war. Regardless of victory or defeat, people are destined to die. It’s just whether more people die or less people die, or whether the purpose of the battle is completed or not. It doesn’t matter whether people die or not. When a war begins, people are destined to die.

    Since people are destined to die, it becomes so important to die more or less.

    As long as the vanguard army of the East Turks continues to be in chaos and is not integrated until the arrival of the Jieli Khan of the East Turks, then there will be no battles to fight in the intervening time. Then Xiao Guan will be able to fight in those few days.  The soldiers died.

    To the end, complete this battle of luring the enemy in-depthBy that time, more people in Xiaoguan would be able to survive.

    If the current vanguard camp of the East Turks can be integrated very quickly after the chaos and launch a violent retaliatory attack on Xiaoguan, then by the time of this battle, many people in Xiaoguan will die.  .

    In order to find out the military information of the East Turkic Vanguard Army, Zhang Yang and others sent out all the scouts in Xiaoguan to inquire about it, in order to accurately obtain the military information of the East Turkic Vanguard Army so that they could deploy more detailed military defense plans.

    Fortunately, Huangtian paid off. While Zhang Yang and others were arguing over this matter, the scouts they sent out came back.

    After hearing the news, Ran Hongzhi immediately looked at Zhang Yang and Qin Liyan, waiting for his next decision.

    Although there are now 10,000 troops gathered in Xiaoguan, the nominal leader of Xiaoguan is Xiaoguan guard Ran Hongzhi. Until no other high-quality generals come to take over the defense of Xiaoguan, no matter how many people come, this  The conductors are all Ran Hongzhi.

    Even if Xiaoguan now has more than ten Tang troops who Zhechongxiafu, dozens of Zhechong captains, dozens of Guoyi captains and other generals, they can't shake Ran Hongzhi's leadership position, otherwise he, the Xiaoguan guard  What's the use.

    But Ran Hongzhi obviously had self-awareness and knew that he knew everything about marching and fighting.  Not good at it.

    After he handed over the military command to Qin Liyan, he had no intention of taking it back, at least not until the battle was over.  After Zhang Yang arrived, Qin Liyan gave up the command to Zhang Yang. Although Zhang Yang wanted this very much.  But you can't be greedy. He has already accomplished countless merits by killing Asteh Cao Mu Ma. He also planned to compete with Qin Liyan for credit. After the two gave in to each other, Zhang Yang and Qin Liyan finally took a step back and ended peacefully.  Joint command, as for the subsequent dozen or so Zhechong captains, they also wanted this command right.

    But after knowing the identities of Zhang Yang and Qin Liyan.  In other words, they acquiesced in the command authority of the two men and did not show any dissatisfaction.

    Regarding Ran Hongzhi's knowledge, Zhang Yang and Qin Liyan were very respectful to Ran Hongzhi, so after the two nodded gently, Ran Hongzhi said: "The scouts are back! Why don't you call them in quickly? We have been waiting for them here for so long.  We are just waiting for them to report the information they have obtained about the East Turkic vanguard army so that we can discuss the next battle plan and make further arrangements for the defense of Xiaoguan!"

    "It's General Ran. I will call the scouts in now and report the military situation to the generals." After saying that, the general who came to report turned around and left the military conference hall where Zhang Yang and others were, and went to call for people.  .

    Soon.  When he saw the general, he came in with a few more people dressed as scouts. Ran Hongzhi saluted and said: "General, the last general Qu Deyuan has brought the scouts who went to inquire about the enemy's situation and reported to the general what they found out.  of hostility."

    "Very good. Now that you are here, you can tell us about the enemy situation you went to find out. This is important. You should report it truthfully."

    After Qu Deyuan finished speaking, Ran Hongzhi looked at the several scouts and asked them: "General, little Hao Gaoyang was ordered by the scout brigade commander Qu Deyuan this morning to meet Lu Hanyi, Yan Zhengqing,  She Yingrui went to the enemy camp to investigate the enemy's situation together. After receiving the order from the brigade commander Qu Deyuan, we left the customs early this morning and went to inquire about the military situation.

    Along the way, we followed the horse's hoof prints where Captain Zhang came yesterday and found the enemy camp of the East Turkic vanguard army.

    On the way we approached the enemy camp, we discovered that many East Turkic scouts started patrolling twenty miles away from the enemy camp.

    So She Yingrui, Lu Hanyi, and Hao Gaoyang and I led the horses and hid them in the dense forest, leaving Shenying Rui to take care of them. After the other three of us disguised ourselves, we lurked and hid all the way. Finally, after spending most of the time, we  An hour later, the approaching enemy camp, where Captain Zhang and others should be, launched a night attack on the enemy camp. It was a hidden hill. Since the front was already within the observation range of the enemy camp sentry, we started on the hill.  Observe on the hill.

    During our observation of the enemy camp for more than half an hour, we encountered a total of more than ten teams of enemy scouts taking turns patrolling the area.

    On average, a group of scouts passed by behind the hill below us for less than half a stick of incense. If we hadn't been well hidden, we would have been almost exposed several times. It was obvious that the enemy had strengthened its attack on the enemy camp after being attacked by Captain Zhang at night.  defense and strengthened inspections.

    At the same time, we also discovered that the enemy camp has now returned to normal from the chaos after Captain Zhang led the night attack!  "

    "You read that right. The enemy has really restored their normal marching order. This is impossible. With the military quality of the East Turks, how could it be possible in such a short period of time?"Here, from the chaos of losing the leading general, things have returned to normal. This is not in line with common sense, are you reading that right?  "

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????:

    Indeed, with the military quality that the Eastern Turks have shown over the years, it is impossible for them to recover their combat effectiveness so quickly after facing such a heavy blow, especially when the vanguard general is a weakling Ast. This is even more impossible.

    ????????????As for Asde Cao Mu Ma, Yue Zhengjunxiong understands him better than Zhang Yang, Qin Liyan, Ran Hongzhi, Zhuge Haoqiong, Yu Wenruihao and others.

    Because he has been dealing with the Astrid Grass Mud Horse for many years, every time the Eastern Turks went south to Lingzhou to disturb, he would basically take his troops and rush to Lingzhou to support Lingzhou Governor Rencheng Wang Li Daozong, and the Eastern Turks  The Kou border army went south to fight.

    Therefore, the number one executioner has a very good understanding of Ashid Cao Ni Ma, Jieli Khan’s confidant.

    We know that he is the favorite general of Jieli Khan.  But he is not the Qijin of the Ast Clan. To be precise, he followed Jieli Khan and fell in love with you wholeheartedly after he and Ast Dewu Meishui failed to compete for the position of Qi Jin of the Ast Clan.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????是东西狠马马 了.  Just a wandering general without many real supporters.

    And Jieli Khan, in order to really tie Ast's grass-mud horse to his chariot, made him work for him wholeheartedly.  Although his official position was raised very high, he was not divided into tribes. This resulted in that although he was a general every time he went on an expedition.

    In fact, the military force that truly belongs to him is only the two to three thousand men he has accumulated over the years. The others are either warriors from other tribes or soldiers under Jieli Khan.  However, the vanguard is usually composed of warriors from other tribes.

    For no reason, it's just because the vanguard army has the highest casualty ratio. In order to consolidate its position, enhance the strength of its own tribe, and at the same time weaken the military power of other tribes, which is the goal of killing two birds with one stone, the Astrid grass mud horse is generally  Leading people from other tribes into battle.

    There are many conflicts among the various tribes of the Eastern Turks.  If it weren't for the pressure from the external environment and the suppression of Jieli Khan, civil strife would have broken out a long time ago. Even so, among the various tribes.  Several internal wars are launched every year.

    Now that the East Turkic vanguard army is no longer suppressed by the vanguard general Ast Cao Ni Ma, it stands to reason that the various tribes that make up the East Turkic vanguard army should now be engaged in endless quarrels over the position of the vanguard general of the vanguard army.

    Although it is not as serious as a full-scale martial arts show, it is impossible to resolve the conflicts between all parties in one day!

    This is why Yue Zhengjunxiong suddenly lost his composure after hearing the enemy situation detected by Hao Gaoyang, because he simply did not believe that the East Turkic vanguard army, according to past practices, would simply not be able to attack the enemy in such a short period of time.  Internally, on all fronts, a compromise was achieved.

    Although Zhang Yang and Qin Liyan were also quite unhappy with Lezheng Junxiong's impolite behavior, after all, he was here to support them. Besides, since Lezheng Junxiong said this, he must have his reasons. You must know that such words cannot be  Random words.

    Ran Hongzhi, who received the signal from Zhang Yang and Qin Liyan, asked Le Zheng Junxiong after Yue Zheng Junxiong finished speaking: "Captain Yue Zheng, why did you say that the situation detected by Detective Hao and the others just now was untrue? I think you must have  Please tell us your reasons, and let us know why you judged that what Scout Hao said was wrong!"

    Although Ran Hongzhi asked Le Zheng Junxiong in a very serious tone, at the same time he also comforted Hao Gaoyang, Lu Hanyi, Yan Zhengqing and She Yingrui who were startled by Le Zheng Junxiong. After all, he also believed that he had taken the photo  The scouts will not tell lies to deceive themselves.

    Yue Zheng Junxiong, who had reacted at this time, also said with some embarrassment in Ran Hongzhi's serious tone: "General, I know more about Eastern Turks than most of you here, especially  The enemy vanguard general Asted was killed by Lieutenant Zhang. I fought with him. We have dealt with him for many years. It can be said that we have an abnormal understanding of him. I understand him"

    After Yue Zhengjunxiong finished telling what he learned, everyone also knew why Yue Zhengjunxiong interrupted Hao Gaoyang's report. If they knew these situations, they would probably not be able to control themselves and be suddenly  Asked, after all, they are soldiers, not politicians, and do not have such a deep city. Also, is the person in charge now famous all over the world?General, after all, Ran Hongzhi's official authority is not enough.

    At this time, Hao Gaoyang, who was being watched by many senior military officials, was also a little flustered, and quickly defended: "General Ran, Captain Zhang, General Qin, and all the captains, what I said is true, every word is true.  This is what I saw with my own eyes!

    How dare you lie in front of the generals? If the generals don't believe it, you can ask Lu Hanyi and Yan Zhengqing who went with me. They scouted the enemy camp with me. They also saw what the generals said.  Yes, generals, please take a closer look!  "

    After Hao Gaoyang finished speaking, Lu Hanyi and Yan Zhengqing on the side said quickly: "Generals, what Hao Gaoyang just said was indeed what I saw with my own eyes. If there is even half a lie, I would like to engage in military law!  "

    As soon as this "military law engagement" was uttered, everyone knew that what they said was the truth, otherwise how could they dare to issue this military order.

    At this point, everyone is puzzled. How could this East Turkic vanguard army be assembled in such a short period of time? This shouldn't be the case!

    However, Zhang Yang seemed to understand a lot, and came out and said: "After I killed Asteh's grass mud horse, I heard that the vanguard of the enemy camp, General Zuo, was Qi Jin Ast'e Wuwei. I think this is the enemy."  The reason why the military meeting was regrouped so quickly."

    When they heard that it was Asdewu, everyone showed expressions like that.

    Then Hao Gaoyang continued to talk about Ran Hongzhi’s situation and the enemy situation they detected.

    "General, after the young men scouted for half an hour, we found a commotion in the enemy camp, as if an army was gathering, so the young men quickly retreated. The place where the young men kept their horses was in contact with Sheying.  After Rui reunited, after a while, a group of thousands of enemy soldiers passed by.

    The boys quickly followed on horseback. Less than five miles away from the Tongxin County seat, the boys spotted the group of cavalry running towards the Tongxin County seat. After discovering this situation, the boys immediately galloped back on their horses.  Reported!  "!~!

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