Chapter Ninety-Eight: Hu Qi Chirps
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The journey to Fenyang Palace in Yanmen County was long and distant, and it was necessary to be vigilant against the attack of Turkic wolf cavalry along the way, so Li Shimin and Li Zhiwan, who led the troops, did not dare to slack off and walked cautiously.
At this time, the news of 200,000 Turkic iron horsemen heading south had come in Taiyuan County, and the villages and towns along the road had been emptied, and a large number of villagers were forced to give up.
And when the road passed through Loufu County, it was already a rumor here.
A large number of county soldiers and township soldiers, and auxiliary soldiers of the people, came out from Qianmo, like the confluence of hundreds of rivers, flocked to the official road, and the Li family cavalry walked side by side, and went to the Rongji together.
Li Chongjiu rode on the horse, and saw the foot soldiers on his side carrying crude spears and knives on their shoulders, playing leggings, and walking side by side with bare feet.
These people also don't know that they are poorly equipped, and if they encounter a fierce Turkic wolf rider, they are afraid that they will only be slaughtered, but they still look at the heavy mountains in the distance with the unique simplicity of Yan Zhao Hanzi, and do not hesitate to carry out their mission.
Li Chongjiu is just one of them, the Turks invaded the border, and the four counties of the border prefecture of the prefecture, the war is raging together, and every male in the county must go into battle to meet the enemy.
Even if he fled to Huaihuang Town, his father and the brothers of the dart game must also go into battle, and Li Chongjiu must not leave them behind at this time.
The cavalry quickly passed through the village soldiers, and Li Chongjiu looked back and saw a cloud of smoke and dust behind him.
At night, it is stationed at the junction of Yanmen County and Loufan County.
The closer to the north, the more people seemed to have heard the sound of Hu Qi chirping in the distance. The cavalrymen all seized the time, picked up the iron horse bowl to eat, fed the war horses with cloth troughs, and the weapons were neatly displayed in the armor bed and unloaded from the mule horses.
Even though there were only 1,200 people, Li Shimin divided the military camp into five battalions, one battalion in the southeast, one in the northwest, and one battalion in the northwest, to defend the Chinese army.
Trenches were dug between the camps, and the spacing was tight, which showed that the Li brothers and sisters were strict in governing the army.
Li Chongjiu's military camp is located in the north, and there is a rocky beach here, which is not conducive to cavalry attacks. Therefore, Li Shimin put the weak combat strength, and Li Chongjiu's dart division cavalry team was placed here.
Affected by the murderous atmosphere of the military camp, Li Chongjiu, who was in the army for the first time, inevitably had difficulty sleeping and got up in his clothes.
In addition to the big tent, I saw that under the moonlight, Li Shimin was wearing an iron coat and holding a horse lance, standing in front of the camp gate. And next to the sentry post at the camp gate, his own dart master actually dozed off.
Li Chongjiu shook his head, if it was the Cangtou Army he trained, it would never be like this.
At that moment, Li Chongjiu hurriedly walked up and woke up the dozing dart master. When the other party saw Li Chongjiu, he knew that he had made a mistake, and he was panicked at the moment.
Li Chongjiu looked at Li Shimin and was about to speak.
The other party stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Jiu, your ministry is no better than a regular soldier, so you don't need to be harsh." ”
Hearing what the other party said, Li Chongjiu was even more speechless.
Li Shimin said immediately: "I just received bad news, and the scout cavalry that scattered around today returned to report, and there were few people within a radius of dozens of miles. ”
Li Chongjiu was also shocked, according to the reason, the Turks invaded the border, and the people of the border counties would consciously go south and flee to the interior, but there was no one at the moment, and the situation was obviously very bad.
Li Chongjiu was silent for a while and asked, "Second son, is the current situation very unfavorable to me?" ”
Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "The elite soldiers of my Great Sui Mansion were all lost during the three expeditions to Goguryeo, and the soldiers of the border counties are far from being comparable to those when they conquered Lingzhou with the Duke of Yue. ”
"And the Turks have been together for ten years, and they are led by the powerful head wolf of Shibi Khan, and they are under the ...... of the other."
Li Chongjiu's body was shocked, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to be very optimistic.
Li Shimin smiled and said: "Brother Li, don't worry, we will go deep into Yanmen, not to fight with the Turks, but to find the location of the main Turkic force, and then meet with the soldiers and horses of General Zuotunwei." ”
The next day, the Qian2 cavalry set out on the fifth watch and went deep into the territory of Yanmen County to find the main Turkic force. The majestic peaks of the Luliang Mountains are on the side, and several black smoke can be seen in the distance, rising straight into the sky.
The scouts who had been scattered returned to tell them that the place where the fire had started was a few abandoned villages. The village was burned to the ground, but the people did not know where to go.
Li Shimin felt strange, so he went to check it out, but after searching, he found something unusual in the east of the village.
Several military dogs threw half of their hands in the sand, and it turned out that under the sand was a deep pit where the villagers were buried alive. A village, young and old, was buried alive by the Turks.
"Slay the Turkic dogs!"
When the sergeants saw this atrocity, they were furious.
The people mounted their horses and resumed their journey, and when it was almost dusk, they suddenly found several horsemen, and when they saw the procession from a distance, they shouted and stopped, and immediately ran to them.
Li Shimin and Li Chongjiu greeted together.
The other party's blood-stained robe, with an anxious look, said to Li Shimin: "Quick, follow me, Dingxiang County was besieged by 20,000 Turkic wolf cavalry, and the Ming Mansion ordered me to risk my life to break through the siege and ask for help, please send reinforcements to your army immediately!" ”
"No!" Li Shimin flatly refused, "I have military orders with me, and I can't divide the troops." ”
The other party also had a man with a temper, and when he pulled the reins of Li Shimin's horse, he pulled the good Turkic horse and neighed painfully.
The other party turned his body sideways, sat in front of Li Shimin's horse, made a knife with his hand, slashed at his neck, and shouted: "Either agree, or cut Lao Tzu." ”
Li Shimin pressed the knife left and right, Li Shimin stretched out his hand to stop him, and said: "There is indeed no deception, there is a military order, and there are 20,000 Turkic iron cavalry, even if I go, it is useless." ”
"If you don't give it a try, how do you know that there are 5,000 soldiers and civilians in the city! Five thousand! The other man swiped his hand and gestured to five fingers. Several cavalrymen of the Li family forcibly pulled this person aside and threw him away.
"I'm sorry!" After Li Shimin said something, he shook his head ruthlessly and urged the horse again.
The cavalry continued to move forward, the horses' hooves kicking the dust past him.
The other party knelt on the ground and shouted loudly at Li Shimin's back: "Five thousand soldiers and civilians, even if you just go to the city to take a look!" Take a look! ”
"Please, General, take a look!"
As he spoke, the man lost his voice and fell down the slope and wept bitterly.
Li Chongjiu couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart when he looked at it, Li Shimin's decision was undoubtedly correct, but when he looked at this military man, he couldn't help but have a sour nose.
Li Chongjiu looked back at each other several times on the horse, and the soldier's ten fingers were deeply embedded in the loess, kneeling on the ground, looking at the back of his party alone and hopelessly.
The farther and farther he went, and finally a burst of yellow sand rose up, cutting off Li Chongjiu's line of sight.
Two days after entering Yanmen County, Li Shimin attacked a Turkic ranger, and actually captured a Turkic Tutun, and under severe torture, the location of the main Turkic force was finally discovered.
Except for Shibi Khan, who led the elite subordinate army and settled under the Fenyang Palace, the rest of the Turkic tribes swept the entire Yanmen County.
At this time, news from all sides has been coming one after another.
Within a few days, in addition to Lao County and a small remote city, 39 cities of 41 cities in Yanmen County were captured.
The nearest Loufu County from Yanmen County, Mayi County, and the Turkic siege of Fenyang Palace, all sent county soldiers and border troops to help, but they were far from Fenyang Palace...... All were big wins.
That's right, the news came that it was a big victory, but it was strange that after these county soldiers 'won a big victory', not only did they not continue to advance in the direction of Fenyang Palace, but they also retreated several miles, looking like they were waiting for follow-up reinforcements.