Chapter 36 Chapter Thirty-Six

Dadu's swearing made her throat sore, and someone reported that this is an empty city at all! Dadu laughed and ordered to continue cursing, because according to his judgment, this was just an empty plan by the Tang people. The army set up by Dadu is the most popular in the entire Xueyantuo tribe. They enjoy the special treatment of Zhenzhu Khan, have food, have a future, and are very confident.At this time, everyone turned their backs to the city gate and directed towards the wilderness, cursing very hard.This action should be photographed, because in addition to being very sexy, this action also has the effect of injury and death.

Everyone still scolded so vigorously, as if there were really soldiers hiding in the city. Billows of smoke and dust suddenly appeared behind the troops that stretched for several miles, and several armies surrounded them from three sides.Dadu panicked. what happened?Doesn't the empty city plan mean that there is something in the city but it is pretended not to be there?Am I getting it wrong?Can't it? Xue Yantuo's army suddenly fell into panic and chaos. Holding the banner of the Tang Dynasty, the outflanking army surrounded by ghosts and ghosts, surrounded by billowing smoke and dust, covered the sky and blocked the sun.Dadushe finally realized that he was being fooled. The seemingly empty city in front of him was actually an empty city. Everyone had been obsessed with this empty city for a long time, but was attacked from behind.He didn't know it was Li Ji's scheme until everyone was hacked.

Dadu's army was almost cut down, and only then did he lead the elite to successfully break through, and fled northward through Chikeluo. Li Ji didn't pay attention to the rule that the poor should not chase, he personally selected six thousand elite Turkic riders under his command, and chased Xue Yantuo all the way.However, the army led by Dadu was indeed well-trained. Li Ji's elite crossed the entire Baidaochuan without stopping, and only then did they catch up with Dadu's tail in Qingshan.The magnanimity set up at this moment, ordered in the army, those who can run will run with all their might, and those who cannot run will die.Everyone expressed that they could still run, and after a sprint, Dadu She was finally able to throw away Li Ji's elite by a certain distance.

He has time to set up the formation. This is the one-four-four formation pioneered by Zhenzhu Khan. After setting up the formation, wait for Li Ji. It was Li Ji's turn to be stupid. When his elite rushed over, Daduji was already waiting in front, ready for any danger.Xue Yantuo's infantry attacked, wielding all kinds of weapons, using proficient and exquisite skills, and dealing with the elite sent by Li Ji.Dadu successfully blocked Li Ji's first round of attack. Next, Xue Yantuo's infantry showed their superiority. They repelled the Tang soldiers. As expected, Xue Yantuo won a round, and Xue Yantuo's morale was greatly boosted.

It doesn't matter what style of play, seeing that Li Ji's soldiers are at this level, everyone chased after him.What they didn't know was that as fast as they chased, they walked into the second trap set by Li Ji. Isn't there a reason why Dadushe took such a long time to prepare? How much time can there be between the first and last runners in a long-distance race after finishing 10,000 meters?Therefore, Li Ji replaced the elite troops with ordinary Turkic soldiers when he arranged the troops and horses generously.The Turkic soldiers who were chased and ran around successfully completed the task assigned by Li Ji. Xue Yantuo's army was not chasing the elite, but the Turkic soldiers wearing the same armor.When the majestic Xue Yantuo troops appeared in Li Ji's sight, they really jumped into the fire pit.

Come on, Xue Yantuo! The horses of the Turkic people who were in charge of luring (note, no one) had been shot to death nine out of ten. Dadu set up the killing excitement, but he didn't see why this group of Turkic people always refused to use their swords. Unknowingly, they quickly scattered around. An incomprehensible scene appeared. The Tang Dynasty elite guarding in the distance dismounted and prepared to fight on foot to meet Dadu's charge.Immediately afterwards, an even more incomprehensible scene appeared.The Tang soldiers in the surroundings gathered quickly and lined up the team neatly, without any panic at all.The most frightening thing is that this group of people, all dressed in bright light armor, held a lance, and the half-foot-long blade was facing the 45° sky, shining brightly, and the dazzling light pierced the sky.

Murderous, domineering exposed! The Tang army immediately transformed from a seemingly panicked arrangement into a daunting Xuanjia platoon formation.This is the most elite infantry of the Tang Army. This is a group of well-trained Xuanjia iron men. They are going to compete with Xue Yantuo's cavalry!The flood collided, and the two sides finally confronted each other.But soon, Xue Yantuo's cavalry, who were only good at chasing poor bandits, showed a disastrous defeat.Dadu set was not flustered, ordered the army to retreat, and arranged the infantry and horsemen according to the previous formation.

Li Ji, that's all! He also seems to be tired from playing and is resting there. The god of death is waiting for Xue Yantuo, and the formation set up by Dadu is about to play a role. Xue Wanche, the deputy chief of the Tang Army's march, led thousands of cavalry, and entered from the flank.This is a surprise attack army, and their task is to cut the front and rear soldiers and horse formations that have been set up generously into two sections, destroying the combination of the enemy's infantry in the front and the horses in the back.Thousands of cavalry drove Dadu crazy. Yes, the infantry in the front wanted to turn their heads, but saw the people and horses in the back were captured by the Tang army. The people in the back wanted to run, but found that the entire field was full of frightened war horses , and the periphery is all surprise raiders from the Tang Dynasty.

What is more sad is that once the infantry has no possibility of being able to ride a horse, in this physically exhausting war, they can only surrender in the end. Dadu set up no intention of giving up resistance, and after fighting for a while, the battle ended with the death of more than 3,000 people and the capture of more than 50,000 people. Run away, look, Dadushi is the fastest escaper in the whole army, even Xue Wanche can't catch up.The leader was so shameless, everyone felt calm, and the remaining hundreds of thousands of people fled to Mobei following Dadu.It stands to reason that Tang Jun would not have the time to compete with them anyway, nor would he kill them all.But God's will tricks people, and he has set up thousands of calculations, but he has not calculated the current time. This is already the last few days of the fifteenth year of Zhenguan!

Twelfth lunar month! Chang'an is the twelfth month, and Mobei is even more so. Time is the fairest and does not change due to changes in latitude.The temperature is the most changeable, the higher the latitude, the lower the temperature, the higher the altitude, the lower the temperature, no matter the tribe, regardless of the country, they are treated equally.In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Mobei, which is dozens of degrees below zero, is enough for people to bear, but God feels uncomfortable, so the white hair wind blows.It is said that it is not snow that falls under the white catastrophe, but ice skates.

The white-haired wind blew for a long time, and the snow piled up to several meters deep. All the troops of Dadu were trapped in Mobei, and hundreds of thousands of horses were killed by the wind and snow.In the first month of the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, news came from Mobei that Xue Yantuo's tiger and wolf division had suffered particularly heavy losses, with hundreds of thousands of deaths. Nine out of every ten people were frozen to death.In other words, Xue Yantuo's elite basically has not even a hair left. After a big victory, the Tang army returned to Dingxiang. Here, Li Ji fought another beautiful battle unexpectedly. Originally there was no war in Dingxiang, but the Turkic people near Mount Wutai in Shanxi rebelled. The chief of the Sijie tribe wanted to do something earth-shattering, so he led the people all the way to the grassland.Taking advantage of Xue Yantuo's riots, he fled back to the grassland, summoned soldiers and horses, and raised his troops to fight against the Tang Dynasty. The chief thought that this was the meaning of life.Dingxiang's state army chased after them, but they just couldn't catch up. The Sijie tribe successfully got rid of the control of the Tang Dynasty, but don't be happy, because they just broke into Li Ji's gunpoint.When they arrived at the grassland, before everyone had time to cheer, they were blocked by Li Ji.The state army was also puzzled, how could this group of Turkic people run away? Why did he stop suddenly when he was running so fast? It doesn't matter so much, let's kill him first. Just do what you say, fight as soon as you say, within a long time, the battle will end with a big victory for the officers and soldiers, and all Sijie tribes will be wiped out.Later, everyone knew that this was a cooperative battle fought by Yinggong Li Ji. He blocked the way of the Sijie tribe and formed a two-sided attack with the state army. Zhenzhu Khan probably also heard about this, and he tasted the bitterness of reneging on his promises.After the defeat, he sent people to Chang'an to apologize. Li Shimin educated the envoy, "From now on, you Xue Yantuo and the Turks will use the desert as the boundary, and no one can invade the other. If either of you dares to cross the boundary and cause trouble, I will seek justice for the other. You are self-reliant. My hero Li Ji led several thousand Soldiers and horses have killed your hundreds of thousands of troops like this, you should also reflect on it. Go back and tell you Khan, you must use your brains before doing things in the future!" From then on, people were even more afraid of that general named Li Ji. This was a complete victory, and the Tang army lost very little. Xue Yantuo surrendered and brought a message.The story goes back a long time ago. Someone reported to Li Shimin that Qibi Heli, the general who led the left army, was a villain.The whistleblower listed several reasons, the most convincing of which was that Qibi Heli felt that Xue Yantuo was a good place to go, and had already led his family into the embrace of Zhenzhu Khan.Li Shimin knows people well, and refuses to believe that Qibi Heli will betray him. He said to everyone: "This matter is definitely not He Li's fault!" The left and right ministers retorted, "Rong and Di are on a blind date, and Qibi Heli takes refuge in Xue Yantuo. It is like a fish thrown into water. There is no reason for it." This incident tells us a truth, no matter how credible a person is, there will be times when he betrays you. It's been a long time, but Li Shimin still can't let go. The truth didn't come out until after Xue Yantuo's defeat. After that, Xue Yantuo would send several groups of envoys to Chang'an every year to meet Li Shimin.Li Shimin, who had been reluctant to speak, finally couldn't help asking the envoy. The envoy listened to the words and told Li Shimin a story with a solemn expression. The whole story was presented in detail. This story tells us not to doubt a trustworthy person easily. It is true that Qibi Heli is a Turk, and it is not false that he is responsible for appeasing the Qibi tribe.But the people under him were not very willing to hang out with Tang Chao. They felt that they were more free in Xue Yantuo, so they made a fuss and went to Xue Yantuo.At that time, there were many cattle and horses in Xue Yantuo, which was a good place for nomads to live.Hu Sishouqiu, what's more, the Qibi tribe's subordinates are a group of capable people! So, they told Qibi Heli their idea. They were reprimanded by Qibi Heli, "The Lord is so kind to us, why do you want to be traitors again?!" Everyone asked him: "Your mother and brothers are there, why don't you go?" Qibi Heli said: "The Samana is filial piety in Xue Yantuo, and I am loyal in Datang. If I don't want to go, I won't go!" He was tied up and escorted to Xue Yantuo forcibly, dedicated to Zhenzhu Khan. What needs to be explained is that Qibi Heli's mother is Mrs. Zang, and his younger brother is the governor of Helan Prefecture, Samana, both of whom belong to the Xueyantuo tribe. After being sent to Khan's tooth tent by his subordinates, Qibi Heli looked at Zhenzhu contemptuously. Master Zhenzhu has a lot of people, so he will not worship if he doesn't worship, and even let him untie him and give him a seat. At this time, Qibi Heli, who had always known etiquette, changed his usual demeanor, squatted down on the mat, spread his legs apart at 45°, and looked at Zhenzhu in disgust.Zhenzhu laughed, and was about to say something that even ghosts would not believe, but Qibi Heli took a step ahead, pulled out his saber, raised it towards the sky, and shouted to the east, "How can I, a martyr of the Tang Dynasty, be trapped by the Tartars? , wish to know my heart!" Qibi Heli's actions shocked everyone present. They never thought that a Turkic would be so loyal to an emperor of the Central Plains. Zhenzhu was very embarrassed, squinting his eyes, he decided that Qibi Heli was just playing lip service.However, what happened next made him furious. Qibi He Li held a knife in his right hand, pinched his ear with his left hand, and cut off his ear with an unusually quick method. Blood flowed on half of his face, and the blood-red blood dripped on his clothes.Qibi Heli was furious, and cursed at Zhenzhu Khan.Zhenzhu's patience completely collapsed, and he ordered to kill this ignorant man. After giving an order, Zhenzhu Khan's wife jumped out like crazy, stopped the guards and said: "If Khan kills such a person, I'm afraid Datang will be furious because of this. Tian Khan will use the whole country's soldiers and horses to destroy us. How can we survive?" Now is still the time to accumulate strength, angering Li Shimin in advance is purely looking for excitement. Under everyone's persuasion, Zhenzhu decides to let Qibi Heli go.Later, Qibi Heli has become a symbol of traitors in the hearts of Chang'an people. After the messenger finished telling the story, Li Shimin stopped crying.He nodded, looked at the courtiers present, and asked slowly: "Now you are satisfied. Tell me, what kind of person is He Li?" Those ministers are also mostly gentlemen, too ashamed to lift their heads.On that day, Li Shimin ordered Cui Dunli, the servant of the Ministry of War, to go to Xue Yantuo on a festival, and promised Princess Xu Xinxing to give Xue Yantuo tribe in exchange for Qibi Heli.Qi Bi He Li returned to Chang'an in a hurry, and he was worshiped by Li Shimin as General You Xiaowei. I, Qibi Heli, Tangren!