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- Regarding the Western Turks joining the Tang Army, the generals had some doubts at first, but after reports of several groups of expedition horses returning, it was further confirmed that they were indeed the Western Turks' rangers.
This is by no means a fake of the Li and Tang cavalry, because there were not many cavalry in the Li and Tang Dynasties, and the unique faces of the Turks can also be confirmed.
In the end, Zhao Jun¡¯s reconnaissance cavalry took the initiative, attacked Shi Danai¡¯s cavalry, and captured more than 20 prisoners, which confirmed the news.
The captives confessed that they indeed belonged to a tribe called the Tuqishi tribe under Yehu Khan, the leader of the Western Turks.
The Western Turks have always been a very strong tribe. At that time, the Shidianmi Khan led a 100,000-strong expedition to the west. He first joined forces with the Persians to destroy the powerful nomads in Central Asia, and later joined forces with Justinian, the emperor of the Eastern Luohan Empire. I jointly attacked Persia.
After the Shidian Secret Khan conquered a large territory in Central Asia today, he divided the 100,000 men who followed him into ten tribes, also known as ten surnames.
These ten surnames are bounded by the Suiye River. Those east of the Suiye River are called the Zuoxiang and belong to the Wudulu tribe. The official titles of the leaders of each tribe are Chu. The captured Western Turk soldiers are Turks belonging to the Wudulu tribe. Qi Shi, whose full name is Tu Qi Shi He Luo Shi Chu, the east of Sui Ye River is called Youxiang, Wu Nu Shi Bi Department, the official title of the leader of each department is Qi Jin, ten troops and horses can win hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
Now in the hands of Tong Yehu Khan, he has joined forces with Emperor Heraclius of the Eastern Roman Empire, won a decisive victory over the Persian Empire in the Battle of Nineveh, and completed the conquest of most of Central Asia.
The following are the guesses of Pei Ju, Ji Chuan and others.
In terms of familiarity with the situation in the Western Regions, Pei Ju is ranked first among the Zhao officials. Although Pei Ju is old, he also went with the army this time. Pei Ju slowly and Li Chongjiu analyzed the reasons why the Western Turks betrayed.
Pei Ju said: ¡®The conflict between the Western Turks and the Eastern Turks due to the previous conflict of interests and the struggle for the throne of Khan led to the split between the two sides. At the time of the split, the two families were at war with each other every year, and they were in the same situation. ¡®
At this time, someone asked Pei Ju: "It was said that it was Duke Pei who suggested the plan that led to the split of the Eastern and Western Turks. This was an unparalleled achievement, but is it possible?" ¡®
Pei Ju smiled after hearing this and said: "There is indeed a strategy, but the Eastern and Western Turkic Khans have long been inseparable in appearance. Even if I didn't offer advice at that time, they would have split in a few years." This is not because I am being modest. ¡®
¡®That¡¯s it, Mr. Pei continued. Li Chongjiu said.
Pei Ju leaned back to Li Chongjiu and said: "During the Daye period, in order to make up for the previous fight, the two khans seemed to have secretly reached a plan for the Western Turks to go west and the East Turks to attack the Central Plains. Therefore, the two families have been in harmony since the Daye." The river ended the war. ¡®
'Everyone knows what happened later. The Eastern Turks, who had eliminated the worries of the west, became stronger and became a border threat to the Central Plains Dynasty. Shibi Khan first surrounded Emperor Wu in Yanmen, and then recruited Liu Wuzhou with the strategy of separating the strong and joining the weak. , Liang Shidu and others invaded the Central Plains. ¡®
Jichuan nodded after hearing what Pei Ju said: "Then I understand. Now the Eastern Turks have been defeated by Your Majesty, and the hero of the Western Turks, Yehu Khan, decided to pay attention to it after defeating the powerful enemy Persia in the west." Return the power to the east and regain control of the Central Plains. ¡®
Pei Ju said: 'Yes, Tongyehu Khan is also a heroic leader. In his hands, the national power of the Western Turks has reached its peak. The prosperity of the Western Turks under this Tongyehu Khan has never been seen before. ¡®
Listening to the analysis of Pei Ju and Ji Chuan, Li Chongjiu understood the current situation better than the history books. He remembered that the decline of the Western Turks in history was because the talented and strategic Tong Yehu Khan was assassinated by his uncle, which led to the internal conflict in the Western Turks. It fell apart and then declined. And Li Tang just seized this opportunity.
But in this time and space, the Eastern Turks were eliminated by themselves in advance, which caused deviations in historical events. Now this majestic and powerful Tong Yehu is still alive. Without Tongyehu Khan to control the Eastern Turks, he changed his strategic plan and no longer conquered the west, but secretly formed an alliance with Li Tang.
Zhang Xuansu said at this time: 'In fact, we have always suspected that before the East Turks were destroyed, Li Tang formed an alliance with the Western Turks in order to contain the East Turks. Li Yuan even secretly made peace with the Western Turks. ¡®
¡°However, the Eastern Turks were defeated by Your Majesty later, which shocked the Western Turks, so they temporarily surrendered to Your Majesty and even cooperated with His Majesty in attacking Li Tang. But all this was done by Tong Yehu Khan, who deliberately pretended to show it to others. ¡®
¡°Even Tong Yehuhu Khan deliberately lost to Chai Shao, misunderstanding that both His Majesty and Zhao Fang thought that the Western Turks were weak. In fact, after completing the great mission of defeating Persia, the Western Turks have shifted their strategic offensive targets to the east. ¡®
After Pei Ju and Zhang Xuansu analyzed all this, the generals finally figured it out. However, according to the intelligence, although the Western Turks have hundreds of thousands of troops, most of them are servants. There are onlyThousands of people.
??When they allied with Emperor Heraclius of the Eastern Roman Empire in the city of Dibes to attack the Persian Empire, the Western Turks only dispatched 40,000 troops.
Therefore, even if the Western Turks' 40,000 elite cavalry were added, it would be impossible for Li and Tang's main force to defeat Wang Junkuo's 200,000 troops head-on.
Now, no one knows the whereabouts of the West Route Army. From the prisoners' confessions, there were only a few words. They just said that there was indeed a fierce battle, but after a few days, the Zhao army seemed to retreat, and then the Khan declared that the battle was won.
Hearing the prisoner¡¯s explanation, the generals were even more certain that the West Route Army had not been defeated by Li Tang.
Therefore, when Ji Chuan said before that he did not believe that the West Route Army was defeated, it also represented what many generals felt from the bottom of their hearts.
Wang Mahan then said: ¡®No matter how powerful the Western Turks are, it doesn¡¯t matter. The 200,000-strong army of the second master is no longer a living thing. Even if the Western Turks and Li Tang collude together, the second master must have been on guard for a long time and will never fall into the trap. ¡®
Although Wang Mahan is now an important general, he still looks in awe when mentioning Wang Junkuo. This is a habit he has developed since he was in Qiqian Village, so he is still called the second master.
"Wang Mahan was the first one who didn't believe it when the West Route Army was annihilated.
Yu Shinan also said: "We have only temporarily lost the news of the West Route Army. It does not mean that the West Route Army has been annihilated. We should not speculate at the last moment before getting the news." ¡®
Xu Shiji said: 'Your Majesty, the three thousand Western Turkic cavalry that Li Shimin deployed to the north of Sanyuan were obviously to demonstrate to our army. He wanted to use such a tactic to cause chaos in the main force of our army. ¡®
¡°But the more Li Shimin is like this, the more it shows that he is actually not really sure of defeating the current main force of our army. ¡®
Hearing what Xu Shiji said, Li Chongjiu slapped his thigh and said, "Xu Qing is right. Li Shimin wants to take advantage of the moral chaos in our army to fish in troubled waters. If he is really sure, why not attack directly." We should remain unchanged in response to changes. ¡®
¡®No! 'All the generals listened to Li Chongjiu's order and agreed immediately.
The base camp of Zhao Army in Miyuan remains the same. With the help of 50,000 civilian workers, the outer perimeter of the camp with double-layer board walls has been repaired.
At the same time, outside the camp, civilians began to dig trenches to provoke the three thousand Western Turkic cavalry. Zhao Jun was not afraid at all and immediately sent out cavalry to fight.
The two armies launched a fierce scouting battle, which only involved a dozen or dozens of people. Zhao Jun's scouts had long hated the betrayal of the Western Turks. In such a scouting battle, they showed no mercy. When they encountered prisoners of the Western Turk cavalry, they directly captured them and wiped their necks with a knife.
The Western Turkic cavalry was also merciless, and the scout battle between the two sides could be said to be very brutal.
But in every battle, Zhao's Han cavalry gained the upper hand and achieved a good exchange ratio.
The Western Turks did not expect that the Han people, who were always not good at cavalry warfare in their eyes, were so skilled in cavalry warfare.
They didn¡¯t know how much effort Li Chongjiu put into training the Han cavalry. For example, war horses are always the best on the grassland.
The training of the cavalry also combines the strengths of the Turks, Shide, and Mohe grassland tribes.
As for the equipment, it can be said to be the best of this era. Why should the Western Turks' cavalry confront the Zhao army's cavalry?
After each cavalry battle was defeated, the Western Turkic cavalry who escaped with their lives could only watch the Zhao army's cavalry fly away in glory.
Three days later, the Zhao army camp in Sanyuan was not harassed by the Western Turkic cavalry, and the building became stronger.
At this time, news came from the distant reconnaissance cavalry that Li Shimin had joined forces with the Western Turks. The Western Turkic Khan Tong Yehu led a cavalry of more than 20,000 people to join forces with Li Shimin.
Li Tang¡¯s total military strength is estimated to be between 140,000 and 160,000.
Then Li Shimin led his army from Gaoling County, crossed the Wei River, and went straight to the Zhao army camp in Sanyuan.
The Zhao army stationed at the Sanyuan Camp has a total of 100,000 troops and 50,000 civilians.
After the main force of the Tang army arrived, a general suggested to Li Chongjiu that he mobilize troops from Tongzhou and Jingyang to come for reinforcements.
Li Chongjiu did not agree after hearing this, because the strategic position of Jingyang and Tongzhou is also very important. Jingyang has enough rations for the army for a month, while Tongzhou is the back road and food route.
His own army of 100,000 in Sanyuan only defended but did not attack, and Zhao Jun had a convenient location. At the same time, Li Chongjiu wanted to lure the Tang army to attack. If he increased his troops from other places, Li Shimin would have no idea about Sanyuan, and instead would weaken the troops in other directions.
Li Chongjiu has now made up his mind to garrison Sanyuan.?Didn¡¯t Li Shimin say that the main force of the West Route Army had been annihilated?
Li Chongjiu made a bet with Li Shimin to see who would benefit from a long-term stalemate.
The main force of the Tang army has arrived one after another. Li Shimin rode on his horse and watched the Zhao army camp. Next to him was Yehu Khan, the commander of the Western Turks.
This Tong Yehu Khan is wearing a green silk robe, with his hair exposed, and a footlong silk cloth wrapped around his forehead and hanging down behind. Around him, more than 200 Turkic officials all have their hair braided in brocade robes, and they are surrounded by stars like the moon. The Western Turkic troops were all dressed in brown fur and velvet hair, and rode their horses to the left and right.
Now Li Shimin and Tong Yehu Khan are evaluating whether the Miyuan Zhao army camp can be attacked. r1152 - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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