Northern steppe.

Yan Marching, Wen Boyan, Zuo Xian Wang, Zuo Gu Li Wang four divisions, gathered 200,000 elite cavalry!

Call on the leaders of various tribes, a total of nearly 400,000 iron cavalry, light cavalry, with Zuoxian King An Shenglong as the core, Zuogu Liwang Ai Shangkui as the middle army, Yan Xingjun as the forward, Wen Boyan as the military advisor.

The three-way army marched southward and approached the northern frontier of the Tang Dynasty.

The new Khan King Yiran sat in the royal court and sent his cronies Agu and Atai to lead 50,000 royal court iron cavalry to form a defensive line in the east to resist the Temur Department and the Khitan who were about to move.

In this trip, King Zuo Xian, King Zuo Gu Li, Yan Xingjun, and Wen Boyan shoulder heavy responsibilities.

They called on more than a dozen Turkic tribes to go south, and led almost half of the Turkic elite to the south.

If the battle is won, the internal crisis of the Turks will be resolved, and the drought of the tribes will be solved.

The battle was defeated, hundreds of thousands of elites were buried in southern Xinjiang, and the Turkic strength plummeted, facing life and death.

Before the army went to war, Zuoxian Wang An Shenglong specially sent a hundred shrewd spies to southern Xinjiang to explore the deployment and defense of the Tang border.

In this battle, they are desperate to win, not lose.

However, King Zuo Xian, King Zuo Guli, Yan Xingjun, and Wen Boyan are well aware of the deployment of the Tang Frontier.

In order to eliminate Tubo as soon as possible, the Tang Dynasty ordered Zhang Xuanheng, the chief of the Guannei Road march, to lead the army to the western front.

They prepared to lead an army to attack Fengzhou, capture the city of surrender in the west, the city of surrender in the middle, and Shengzhou, and pry open the northern gate to Chang'an.

As the army slowly moved forward, the spies who returned from the south rode their horses to the front of the army, saluted the four people, and reported in a loud voice: "King Xian, Zhang Xuanheng led the army to the west, and there are very few defenders in Fengzhou City at present, about more than 10,000 people!"

However, tens of thousands of elites are heading north in the direction of Chang'an, and the leader has not yet been discovered!"

Hearing this, a thick smile appeared on the corner of Yan Xingjun's mouth.

At the beginning, he led the army to defend Fengzhou, almost died in the city, and led the army to break through by luck, and the 100,000 tribal athletes of the Yan Department still died in Fengzhou.

Today, in order to eliminate Tibet, Yang Yue did not hesitate to transfer Zhang Xuanheng, who was stationed in Fengzhou, to the western front.

Now the front line of Fengzhou is empty, and only the 50,000 elites led by Zhang Shaoming can't hold the Guannei Road and the north of Hedong Road.

This time they came quietly, and Zhang Shaoming had not yet noticed their intentions.

If you send a fierce general to attack for a long distance, it will be like probing for a bag and taking things, and you can easily seize the front line of Fengzhou.

At that time, no matter what kind of results the Tang army achieved in Tubo, the Guannei Road would be defended, and Chang'an would be in danger.

In this battle, as long as the Turkic army was properly deployed, the vanguard elite entered the city of Fengzhou in one go, and successively captured Shengzhou, the city in the middle and the city in the west.

Firmly gain a foothold in the northern part of Kannai Province and control the gateway to Chang'an.

The looted grain, gold and silver can not only meet the needs of the tribe, but also sustain the army to fight.

Kill two birds with one stone.

400,000 cavalry is enough to sweep the Hexi Road, Guannei Road, Hedong Road, and Hebei Road in the north of the Tang Dynasty, seize the wealth of each province, and defeat the defenders of each province.

"King Xian, King Zuogu Li, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is too fond of the tribe to sign an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, he dared to mobilize Zhang Xuanheng to the Western Front, in a vain attempt to eliminate Tibet, but he forgot to garrison troops in Guannei Daoduo.

In this battle, if the Turkic elite cavalry hits the city of Chang'an in one go, it will definitely be able to seize all the wealth of the northern provinces of the Tang Dynasty and avenge the tribal athletes who died in the southern Xinjiang in the past!"

Yan Xingjun said triumphantly, as if he had seen 400,000 cavalry soldiers approaching the city of Chang'an, and Yang Yue went out of the city to beg for surrender.

"General Yan, the past does not forget the future, the Tang army is brave, not to be underestimated. Besides, Zhang Xuanheng is not stationed in Guannei Road, Zhang Shaoming is still stationed with the army, this old man is a rare veteran in the Tang Army, Yang Yue ordered him to command Hedong, the two places in Guannei, it is not unreasonable!" King Zuogu said cautiously, not daring to underestimate the enemy.

In the early years, when Agus personally led an army to the south of the Tang Dynasty, he and King Hutu led an army to attack the Tang army in Hexi Road, but was blocked by Zhang Shaoming's army for several months, and finally, at the end of the war, he still did not capture the city of Lingzhou controlled by Zhang Shaoming.

The two iron cavalry fought hard for several months, not to mention that they returned in vain, and nearly 30,000 elites were killed in the battle.

Saying that, King Zuo Gu Li said solemnly: "General Yan, if it is not this king, he will destroy his prestige. Kannai Road seems to be empty, but in fact it is solid. Zhang Shaoming Guannei Road, Hedong Road, Guo Xiaocai led the army to fight in Hexi Road, if they learned that our army led the army to the south, they would definitely lead the army to go immediately, at that time, it would be easy to pose a threat to everyone from both wings.

We should follow the advice of the Khan, lead the army to capture Fengzhou, Shengzhou, the cities in the west, the cities in the middle, the cities in the east, and Yunzhou, and plunder the money and grain in the cities.

Retreat to the grassland and wait and see what happens. Wait for the King Khan to destroy the Temur tribe, and then gather all the elites of the tribe and fight with all their might."

King Zuogu supported the southern expedition to the Tang Dynasty, grabbed wealth from the Tang Dynasty, and ensured the prosperity of the tribe. But they don't approve of all risky behaviors.

"That's right, there are not many elites stationed on the front line of Fengzhou, but there are cavalry of the King of Shu in the direction of Chang'an, which shows that the Tang Emperor has realized the emptiness of Fengzhou's defense.

In this war, we should focus on plundering wealth and grain, first help the tribe to tide over the immediate crisis, and occupy the four provinces west of the river, and we should think in the long run." King Zuo Xian's words were calm.

At that time, Agust was brave and good at fighting, and led the army to the south several times, but he was still defeated by the Tang army.

Today's Tang army is well-armed, well-trained, and has rich combat experience, while the Turkic iron cavalry is more like a tired division.

"King Xian, King Gu Li, the main force of the Tang army is gathered in Tubo, there are not many troops in northern Xinjiang, and there are no strong generals in Chang'an City, I still insist on occupying the four roads in Hexi." Yan Xingjun insisted on his own advice.

In this battle, he didn't want to simply plunder the wealth of the Tang Dynasty, but more like revenge.

Knowing that King Zuo Xian, King Zuo Gu Li has a cautious personality and has no enterprising heart, he is secretly annoyed.

If you knew that the two princes were afraid of wolves and tigers, they should have marched south alone, so as not to have too many fetters.

Hearing this, the two princes frowned slightly, worried that they were afraid that Yan Xingjun would be frivolous, regardless of the overall situation, they couldn't help but look at Wen Boyan, and motioned to the other party to persuade Yan Xingjun to surrender.

400,000 cavalry, more than 10 tribes.

If all the forces cannot be twisted into a rope, it is easiest to divide internally, and finally let the Tang army break through one by one.

Hundreds of thousands of athletes, blood-stained territory.

Wen Boyan noticed the eyes of Zuo Xianwang and was secretly depressed.

Ever since Agus died violently, Yi Ran was quick to control the royal court's iron cavalry, and Yan Xingjun was always suspicious of him for suggesting to Yi Ran in advance.

In addition, the tribe continued to gossip, and everyone suspected that Argus had died in the face.

This made Yan Xingjun more and more suspicious of him.

Recently, they have been full of contradictions, and for a while, Wen Boyan didn't know how to persuade each other.

(End of chapter)