Chapter 65 There are not many opportunities left for the Turks

The idea of ​​the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom and the Central Kingdom has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people since ancient times. Including a smart person like Wei Zheng, he always believed that the Tang Dynasty was the central government of the world and the whole world.

However, since Wei Zheng looked at the huge map of six or three feet long and two or four feet wide in Chen Ying's study, he found that the Tang Dynasty only occupied a small part of the world.

This world map is based on the fragmentary memories of later generations, combined with the experiences of this era, as well as the information obtained by the Tiger, and where the merchant passed.

It can be said that the closer the places closer to the Tang Dynasty, such as Goguryeo, Fuyu, Silla, and Baekje in Liaodong, there is almost no surprise, including Tubo, Tuyuhun on the plateau, Anxi Protectorate, and Suoye Town, which Chen Ying is attracted to, these are also very detailed.

However, for the Sassanian Empire, Byzantine Empire, the Great Seal, the Gupta Empire in the southwest (India), as well as Luzon, Luyepati (now Guawa), and Jinzhou (Sumandala), these are all supplemented based on some trivial records and Chen Ying's memory.

When Wei Zheng first saw this huge map, he thought it was something Chen Ying made randomly. Later, Wei Zheng checked a large number of classics in the secretary's supervision.

At this time, there was no "Records of the Western Regions of the Great Tang Dynasty", but there was the "Records of Buddha" by the eminent monk Faxian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. From it, there was a detailed record of the situation of the Gupta Empire: fifty miles west of the city, there was a town named Duwei, and the ruins of Kasyapa Tathagata. Traveling to the twelve Youyan in the southeast to Navigayi, there was the ruins of Gulou Qin Buddha. From then on, there was less than Yiyan in the north, there were less than Yiyan in the south, and there were less than Yiyan in the acropolis of Kavelo.

After comparison.

Wei Zheng was surprised to find that the map in Chen Ying's study was exactly the same as the one recorded in "The Book of Buddha". Although the conclusion was a bit one-sided, Wei Zheng believed that Chen Ying would never fake it.

From this, Wei Zheng showed that there were hundreds of countries around the Tang Dynasty, both big and small, such as the Sassanid Empire, and the Byzantine Empire used the Great Food Empire...

Wei Zheng looked at Fang Xuanling and sighed: "Xuanling, we have just begun to defeat the Eastern Turks!"

Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Zheng and smiled and said, "Xuancheng, are you drunk?"

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "I'm not drunk. I've seen a huge map of the world in General Chen's study. This map is different from what we see!"

Fang Xuanling stood up and said, "It's a pity that Princess Pingyang has left Chang'an, and we may not be able to see this map!"

Wei Zheng stood up and pulled Fang Xuanling and said, "Although Wei Zheng has no ability to remember everything, he believes that he will never forget it after seeing something for an hour."

Fang Xuanling said: "You said, have you recorded this picture?"

Wei Zheng nodded.

...

In the warm pavilion of Tingyuxuan in Furong Garden, Li Jiancheng picked up the wine pot and poured wine for Li Yuan.

Li Jiancheng poured wine while venting his complaints: "Dad, you have been too leisurely in the past few years. You have been hiding in the harem all day long and having women have children. I don't know how hard my son is outside."

Li Yuan immediately laughed so hard that he leaned back and forth.

Li Jiancheng said, "Dad is still laughing... Dad, you should help the child, don't hide from leisure."

Li Yuan smiled and shook his head repeatedly, "Dalang, you have been the emperor for three years and are still talking about children. Daddy can't help you now..."

Li Yuan was drunk and laughed loudly.

Li Yuan knew very well, don’t look at Li Jiancheng’s easy statement. In fact, to him, isn’t it a test?

When Li Yuan said something that could not help you, Li Jiancheng was obviously relieved.

Li Jiancheng drank the wine in the glass and said, "Dad, I want to give the prime minister who wants to move and do the three provinces. I plan to let Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda return to the Zhengshi Hall to participate in the national affairs. I wonder if my father has any suggestions.

Li Yuan frowned and said lightly: "How many people know about using Xiao Yu?"

Since Li Jiancheng dared to use the veterans of Wude Dynasty, it means that he had completely mastered the court. He was not afraid of Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda and other old ministers singing Taiwanese operas for him.

Li Jiancheng thought carefully: "My son just wanted to have two old prime ministers, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, tried their best. He had not discussed with Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng.

Li Yuan smiled and shook his head and said, "Dalang, you did something wrong. You can't just look at the qualifications when using people."

Li Jiancheng frowned and listened carefully.

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Xiao Yu is not bad, but he has a too arrogant temper and has a bad relationship with his colleagues. Xiao Yu is okay as an offensive job as an offensive doctor. He is in charge of the Secretariat, so he must make a mistake..."

Li Jiancheng nodded.

Li Yuan said: "There is another person, Yu Wenshi, who is a good person and rarely insists on things. Such a person is okay to be the Secretary of the Central Secretariat. If he is placed in the ministry as a minister, he will be a servant. I am afraid he will not be able to defend anything."

Li Jiancheng lowered his head and guessed his words.

Li Yuan patted Li Jiancheng on the shoulder and said, "Dalang, you can't always think about using those obedient ministers to be emperors, and you must not do anything happy!"

...

Li Jing led three thousand cavalry to trek among the mountains in the snow.

These cavalrymen were equipped with thick down sleeping bags, leather boots, cotton coats, cotton pants, and bloated steps, which seemed extremely slow.

While walking, a scout rushed to Li Jing and bowed and said, "Report to the Grand Marshal, behind the hillside, there are a group of Turkic scouts camping."

Li Jing pondered: "Order the entire army to stop advancing and prepare for battle."

Several small schools carrying flags around Li Jing ran away wildly.

Li Jing looked at the scout again and said, "How many Turkic scouts are there?"

The scout bowed and said, "Ten tents, about one hundred people."

Li Jing slowly walked towards the mountain break, looking at the leeward valley behind the mountain, the ten tents flashed with fire.

Li Jing showed murderous aura on his face and said, "No one can be let go."

Li Jing is a good person at learning. After Chen Ying used white cotton cloth as a disguise on the snow, Li Jing also learned it in a similar way.

At the command of Li Jing, dozens of Tang soldiers, wearing white cloaks and white clothes, crawled in the snow, slowly touching the Turkic scout camp in the valley.

The cold wind whistled, which perfectly concealed the sounds made by the Tang army's specific actions.

As a large group of Tang army soldiers surrounded the Turkic scouts' tents, a brief and fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

Li Jing walked into the tent.

A pioneer officer came up and bowed with his fists.

The pioneer official said: "You have reported to the commander, and none of them ran away from the 100 and 3 Turkic scouts."

Li Jing nodded and said, "The entire army rested for an hour, and set off immediately after an hour."

The vanguard officer hesitated and said, "Master, it's time to go..."

Li Jing said: "Soldiers are more important than speed, so we cannot let Jie Li notice it."

One hour later, three thousand Tang cavalry under Li Jing quietly climbed over the tying boat, and Dingxiang City was far away.

Li Jing climbed up the hillside and looked down at the Eastern Turkic camp that stretched for dozens of miles.

Although the Turks were soldiers of the whole people, they were not all cavalry units. On the southern high ground outside the Dingxiang City of Jie Li Khan's central army, there was no wall built on the southern high ground outside the Dingxiang City of Jie Li's central army. Instead, many ravines with almost no rules were dug in crisscrossed. The ravines were deep and shallow, long and short, wide and narrow, and there were also many large and large mounds of soil and ice piles between the gullies and behind them.

Li Jing could imagine that behind these seemingly scattered and irregular soil and snow piles were hiding Turkic army archers. Li Jing also knew that in this seemingly messy and unruly defensive position, there must be a murderous intent that he did not know.

Li Jing was just a little strange. Such a complex setting can certainly enhance defense, but it will also cause great trouble to the defenders' counterattacks.

He looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see any signpost setting on this position. The formation was so complex that it was not just creating difficulties for the enemy. It was probably difficult for his soldiers to travel freely in this area. Did Jie Li not think of fighting back at all?

If there were other Tang army soldiers coming to attack the formation, there would be some excuses, but Li Jing and Li Yaoshi were his own.

It took less than two years to destroy Bashu and unscrupulously eliminated from Liang State. In one battle, the Liang State, which had a large army of 400,000 water and land, would be wiped out.

The Turkic military system was actually the same as the Tang Dynasty. They all adopted weak branches and strong trunks. The most elite troops were the Fuli Army under Jie Li Khan, and the others were the string control men.

The so-called string control man is actually a militia. If you want to go around the baggage and errands from the flank to the rear of the Turkic camp, you can easily tear off the enemy's deployment. As long as the enemy's system is disrupted, the remaining one will be unilateral massacres. Cavalry without formation and system command will be fragile in front of established cavalry.

A complex formation may not be useful. It is actually thankless to have a position that the Turkic army spent nearly ten days to set up such a position. It is silly and naive to fight against cavalry on the plains. It is silly and naive to take advantage of the positional battle.

What's more, the people who set up positions were arranged by the Turks who were not good at positional warfare. It can be seen that during these times, Chen Ying had already cast a shadow on the Eastern Turks, causing the Eastern Turks to subconsciously adopt positional warfare to protect themselves.

The winter night is long, and Li Jing stands at the mountain pass, quietly looking at the Turkic camp at the foot of the mountain.

Li Jing quietly looked at the sky and found that it was still two and a half hours left.

Li Jing ordered the troops to move slowly northward. Less than three miles away from the Turkic army camp, Tang army soldiers disguised themselves as snow bags in white cotton cloth.

In such snow bags, the Tang army soldiers began to rest, drinking broth, eating fried noodles and jerky.

Li Jing ordered the cavalry under his command to rest for two hours until half an hour before dawn. The soldiers of the army began to rise and prepared to attack.

This time was the darkest moment before dawn and the most relaxed moment for the Turks. The Turks always focused their vigilance in the south, but Li Jing launched an attack from north to south from the direction of Tiemen Mountain.

The first wave of attacks was not a bow or arrow or a sword or a gun, but more than 3,000 ignition oil tanks.

These turbulent oil tanks are not too big, about one and a half pounds. Among them, the pottery can weigh only four taels, one and two taels of refined turbulent oil.

At the bottle openings of these clay pots, there are no more than two inches, and a stopper made of cotton cloth is stuffed with the bottle opening.

More than a thousand ignition oil tanks were thrown at the Turkic camp at the same time. Soon the Turkic camp caused a sea of ​​fire.

The Turkic tents were painted with butter on them, which was actually flammable. The fire quickly formed a skyrocketing fire and swept towards the Turkic tents in the south.

There were sounds of killing inside and outside the Turkic camp. As Li Jing expected, the chaotic Turkic camp of the Turkic people dragged down the reaction of the Turkic people. The Tang cavalry rushed into the Turkic camp, setting fire with a fierce ignition oil tank, while waving a horizontal knife to kill the chaotic Turkic people.

The shrill screams and wailing sounds alarmed Jie Li in his sleep. Jie Li walked out of the tent in his nightgown and shouted: "What's going on? Someone is attacking him?"

The guard standing at the door said with a confused look on his face: "Khan, I don't know why, but it suddenly became messy."

A Turkic special agent rushed over and said, "No, Khan, it's the Tang army!"

The Turks fled in all directions under the attack of the Tang cavalry.

Li Jing's goal was very clear. He took the shortest straight line attack route between two points and took the largest Jie Liya tent in the camp.

In history, there was a two-way man under Li Jing's command, Su Dingfang could use it. Li Jing only gave Su Dingfang two hundred cavalry, allowing Su Dingfang to successfully break into Jie Li's tent.
To be continued...