It happened on December 12 of the seventh year of Zhenguan, the ninth day after the first victory of the Tang Dynasty, after the arrival of the siege equipment, Li Shiji led the army to carry out a round of arrow rain and trebuchet strikes on the Tuyuhun army that could not be defended, destroying the fortifications that Tuyuhun had worked hard to build, and the Tuyuhun was greatly broken under the encirclement of the army, Chi Yun escaped with less than 10,000 remnants, Li Shiji led the army to chase after him, and arrived at the place of twelve miles east of the capital of Tuyuhun five days later and camped.

Tuyuhun's so-called elite soldiers can indeed fight, but when they encountered the well-equipped and powerful Tang army, only the part of being beaten, after the trebuchet and the rain of arrows successfully destroyed the fortifications, Su Dingfang once again led three thousand iron cavalry to carry out a assault, Su Dingfang's strong ability to command the cavalry was fully excavated by Li Shiji, and came in handy, and the results of several armies on the periphery were not worth the results of Su Dingfang's round of raids.

Tuyuhun's 50,000 elite army collapsed, 25,000 of the more than 40,000 people were captured, and more than 15,000 people were beheaded.

The battle situation was smooth, Chi Yun Wolf Bèi fled into the capital of Tuyuhun State, joined forces with Fuyun Khan, barely gathered 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the defeat should have been punished, but the current situation no longer allowed Fu Yun Khan to cut off his arm, so he had to appoint Chi Yun as a general again. Commanding 30,000 soldiers and horses to protect the national capital, he has already begun to prepare to escape.

After Chi Yun returned to the national capital, he knew that it was impossible to defend here, the Tang army's siege weapons were too powerful, his fortifications were destroyed by the Tang army almost effortlessly, and then it was lost. Forget it about direct surrender......

Of course, Chi Yun was still loyal to Fuyun Khan, although the situation was extremely bad. But he still did what he had to do. Strictly guard against the Tang army's siege of the city, and at the same time contact the troops who are out to fight everywhere to see if they can find reinforcements, at least buy some time to escape. Otherwise, the speed of the Tang army is too fast. I didn't even have to run. Especially the general with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, that momentum, Chi Yun felt cold sweat when he thought about it.

It was just a temporary truce for one night. When the Tang army pursued to the capital of Tuyuhun it was already nightfall, Li Shiji ordered the army to rest, attack the city early tomorrow morning, and then send envoys into the city to send a letter of persuasion to Tuyuhun Khan, it had no effect, Tuyuhun refused the final persuasion to surrender, which made Li Shiji quite angry, and ordered to attack the city tomorrow, it must be broken, but anyone who resists will be killed!

But on this night, on the evening of December 12 in the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Shiji received two pieces of news that made him very unhappy, the first news was that it was expected that some of the Qiang tribes of the party were worried that the Tang army would eliminate them by the way after eliminating Tuyuhun, and they had a feeling of death and coldness, and united together to gather more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to rush to the front line overnight to support Tuyuhun, but the Tang army fought Tuyuhun all the way and lost all the way, and the speed was too fast, so that the Qiang coalition army could not catch up with the speed of the Tang army.

But now they have arrived on the battlefield and fought a fierce battle with Li Daliang, the army of the Tang Army, after which Li Daliang successfully repelled the Qiang sneak attack army, but the damage was relatively severe, and Li Shiji was asked for support.

The second news made him even more unhappy, the Western Regions coalition army was defeated, and was beaten by the Tuyuhun and Tubo coalition forces on the Tuyuhun border to lose their armor and abandon their armor, almost all the troops were wiped out, the king of Gaochang was injured, and the 60,000 army lost more than 50,000, leaving only a little army to be taken back to the Western Regions for refuge by the wolf, and some of the territories that were finally recaptured were lost again......

At present, the 20,000 troops of Tubo and the 10,000 troops of Tuyuhun have left the Western Regions to rush to the aid of the national capital, and the remaining 10,000 Tubo troops and 10,000 Tuyuhun troops still continue to attack the defeated Western Regions coalition army, and march further, intending to fiercely clean up the countries in the Western Regions, so that they do not dare to continue to attack.

The weak combat effectiveness of the countries in the Western Regions once again made Li Shiji speechless, and they all told them not to fight with the Tuyuhun army, just form a camp to defend themselves, what you want is for you to contain their soldiers and horses, and wait until we have cleaned up the main army of Tuyuhun and then turn around to help you kill the Tubo army, why do you want to fight them?

Look how sensible the Western Turks are! The 30,000 cavalry can be divided into 20,000 and handed over to Li Daozong's commander to march head-on, and the remaining 10,000 troops scattered to attack Tuyuhun's cavalry troops, and from time to time they can get into Li Daozong's encirclement and be all killed, and the cooperation is quite pleasant, and now the entire northern territory of Tuyuhun has almost been lost, counting the eastern territory that Li Shiji has captured all the way, Tuyuhun really only has one-third of the territory left.

However, the combat effectiveness of the Tubo army is really good, the request for help document says that the Tubo army has strong combat effectiveness, one person assaults, and the Western Regions Alliance Army has five soldiers Mo Yu, this is it, the Western Regions Alliance Army will be defeated in a short time, and the Tubo army is fierce, once the Western Regions Alliance Army is defeated, it will not stop, kill when you see it, don't take prisoners, the Western Regions Alliance Army has suffered heavy losses, and the national strength of various countries has been greatly damaged, and I ask the Tang Dynasty to help them help them in helping to attack Tuyuhun.

The current territorial scope of the Tang Dynasty in the northwest frontier can only stop at Yumen Pass, and the western frontier of Tuyuhun can pass through the defense range of the Tang Dynasty to make a detour to attack the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty whip is beyond the reach, at this time it is too late to let the Western Turks send troops, the only way is to draw a cavalry army from here to bypass the territory that has been captured on the back, directly rush to the rear of the Western Regions countries from the battlefield, and then intercept the Tubo Tuyuhun coalition army.

But what general could do it with a small cavalry army? Li Daozong is definitely not good, the Western Turkic cavalry can only fight, and it is a bad thing to use it for rescue, and he must send the army of the Tang Dynasty headquarters to help the countries of the Western Regions resist the attack of the Tubo and Tuyuhun coalition forces, oops. What bad luck guys! Pig-like teammates!

Obviously, Li Shiji was quite annoyed by this group of teammates who could not play a role at all and would only drag their feet, but he had to save it, and in desperation, he sent an army to the rear to support Li Daliang, eliminate the Qiang coalition army, and then prepare to summon Su Dingfang over, he felt that Su Dingfang, who was shining these days, should be able to, he commanded the cavalry quite well, and dared to fight and rush, and the impact was strong. At present, the only person who can be entrusted with this matter seems to be Su Dingfang.

But I didn't expect Su Dingfang to come yet. Li Daoyan came uninvited, Li Shiji felt very strange, so he asked, "General Li, why are you here?" Ben Shuai didn't summon you, did he? ”

Li Daoyan said confidently: "Handsome." The last general heard that the rear army had been attacked by the Dang Xiangqiang. I'm here to fight! Handsome. The last general has long said that these Qiang people are not good things, and they can be destroyed directly. Okay now, they're here to sneak up, aren't they? ”

Li Shiji was troubled in his heart, and when he heard this, he immediately became angry: "These Qiang tribes are not the same tribe as the Qiang tribes that were allied with our army before, and they have no subordinates to each other, and the Qiang tribes that are allied with our army are not involved in this matter, so the two should not be confused!" ”

Li Daoyan's face froze, and then he hugged his fists and said: "Then, then ask the commander to let the last general lead the army to attack the Qiang people, and the last general will definitely wipe them all out and not let anyone slip through the net!" ”

Li Shiji shook his head: "The commander has ordered General Qibi He Li to lead the army to attack the Qiang people, and now that General Qibi He Li has sent troops, there is no need for General Li to attack again." ”

Li Daoyan was rejected and was not angry but happy, and said with a smile: "Then please ask the marshal to let the last general lead the army to support the countries of the Western Regions!" That group of people is too useless, the little Tubo only 30,000 people will be wiped out of their army, it is really useless, the last general will invite 3,000 cavalry, thousands of miles to help, will definitely wipe out the Tubo army! The remnants of the Western Regions will definitely be saved! Don't let it fall into the majesty of my Tang Dynasty! ”

Li Shiji was stunned for a moment and asked, "When did this commander tell you that the Western Regions Alliance Army was defeated?" ”

Li Daoyan smiled and said: "I just met the herald outside, so I inquired, instead of handing it over to General Su, it is better to hand it over to the last general, General Su has already made a great contribution, but the last general has made some small contributions, and the marshal can't favor anyone!" ”

In his words, Li Daoyan is implying that Li Shiji is favoritism, because he has a good relationship with Suning, so he takes care of Su Dingfang, which is really bad.

Li Shiji frowned, and said in a deep voice: "General Su achieved such a result because of his own hard work, when the Japanese marshal asked the generals who could lead a thousand cavalry to tear apart the Tuyuhun defense line, only General Su asked for his life, and Ben Shuai allowed him to attack, but General Li was next to Ben Shuai, why didn't he ask for his life?" General Su is his own sword and gun to fight for his own exploits, every time there is a big battle, he must take the lead, doesn't General Li agree? ”

Li Daoyan opened his mouth, he knew that Li Shiji was telling the truth, at that time, Tuyuhun 50,000 elite soldiers formed a military formation, which was quite majestic, Li Daoyan didn't dare to go, 1,000 people attacked 50,000 people, isn't that looking for death? Who knew that Su Dingfang's fierce seafood would really go, and he won a big battle, shooting the mounts of the local generals to death, that guy, when he came back, he was covered in blood, and his fierce appearance made anyone tremble when they saw it.

But now, there are only 20,000 Tuyuhun and Tubo coalition troops over there, who will go? Isn't it a long way to go? Li Daoyan thought about it, as long as he went, he would immediately levy the armies of the Western Regions to go to the front line as cannon fodder, consume the strength of the Tubo and Tuyuhun coalition forces, and when the consumption was almost over, he would lead the army to raid, pick peaches, and make a profit.

But Li Shiji obviously wants Su Dingfang to fight for this military merit, Li Shiji's son Li Zhen and Suning have a good relationship, this is not a secret, the two families communicate with each other is not once or twice, this time Su Dingfang's matter is very likely to be Li Shiji gave him a chance, and he was very unhappy as a clan was demoted to the prince and became a duke, and the king of Rencheng Li Daozong dangled in front of him, Li Daoyan's own of course also wanted to make a big military achievement to regain the prince.

It's easy to clean up the Qiang people, it's not enough for him to get a big military merit, but the nature of running thousands of miles to attack the Western Regions is different, it's a big victory, and he won't get any credit when he goes into battle, as long as he is not afraid of no credit, at that time, he will find some relatives at home to take the door, and tell Li Erma, won't this prince come back?

His wishful thinking is good, but Li Shiji doesn't see it that way, Li Daoyan is arrogant, he thinks a little highly of himself, no one in his eyes, and even more despises foreign people Manchurian, if the Tang Dynasty wants to attack the countries of the Western Regions, it is necessary to establish a good image, Su Dingfang is majestic and majestic, and it is even more rare to be more gentle and humble, and he talks about etiquette, he is the best candidate, coupled with Suning's warning before, so that he instinctively can't believe Li Daoyan.

"This matter is a matter of importance, not only about the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, but also about the future strategic strategy of the Tang Dynasty, not reckless, General Li is still inexperienced, or stay in the Chinese army to fight with the army, naturally there is merit, as for the Western Regions, let General Su go!" Li Shiji said in an unquestionably majestic voice. (To be continued......)