After the Weishui Alliance, Li Er, a generation of Tianjiao, how could he bear such humiliation, in order to completely remove the threat of the Eastern Turkic Khanate, he took a series of political and economic measures to enhance national strength, and actively prepared for war militarily.At the same time, in the first year of Zhenguan, he won one of the broken heroes, Yuan Junzhang, who seized Heng'an Town (the ancient city in the northeast of Datong, Shanxi), and in the second year of Zhenguan, he sent the right Xiaowei general Huo Guogong Chai Shao to lead the army to destroy the Liang Shidu of Shuofang (later Baichengzi, Nanbaichengzi, Wushen Banner, Inner Mongolia), and occupied a military important place that was convenient for counterattacking the Eastern Turkic Khanate.However, due to the continuous conquest and the frost in midsummer, many sheep and horses froze to death, not to mention the rebellion within the Turks, and Jieli and Turki were even more incompatible, and the combination of natural and man-made disasters and rotten rule made the Turkic herdsmen complain, and the strength of the Eastern Turks was greatly reduced; and Xue Yantuo, Bayegu, and Tongluo also took the opportunity to rebel en masse, and jointly promoted the leader of Xue Yantuo, Yi Nan, as the Zhenzhu Khan, and accepted the canonization of the Tang Dynasty; The former Qiangkun in the northwest has never stopped fighting with the Eastern Turkic Khanate; The second person in the Eastern Turks, the second Khan of the Turks, was suppressed and excluded by the Jieli Khan for a long time, and he also secretly contacted Li Er and expressed his willingness to return.In November of the third year of Zhenguan (629), the generals of the Eastern Turkic Khanate, Ashina Yarkin and Ashinadur, led an army to harass Hexi, which was under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty.Zhang Shigui, the defender of Suzhou, Zhang Baoxiang, the defender of Ganzhou, and these Tang generals united their troops with each other to form a corner, clear the wall, and use the city to block the Turkic cavalry, and finally made the Turks return in vain, which found an excuse for Li Er to counterattack the Turks.At this time, Zhang Gong, the governor of Daizhou, wrote to Li Er, listing six reasons for sending troops to the Turks: Jieli Khan was extravagant and brutal, killed Zhongliang, and was close to traitors, one of them; Xue Yantuo and other tribes have defected, Jiankun is a Tang Dynasty clan, and they have been fighting against Jieli, second; Tuli, Tuo, and Desire Valley are all offended by Jieli, and there is no place to be ashamed, which is the third; The northern part of the country experienced frost and drought, and there was a shortage of food, and fourth; Jieli alienated the clansmen, entrusted with heavy responsibilities to foreign tribes, the Hu people were capricious, and once the Tang army arrived, there would inevitably be internal chaos, which was the fifth; The Han people went to the north to avoid chaos in the early years, and at this time there were more people, and recently I heard that they gathered arms, occupied dangerous places, and sent a large army out of the fortress, so they naturally responded internally.Balabala said six points, so that Li Er was very satisfied after seeing it, and at this time came the news that the Jiankun army had killed 50,000 elite Golden Wolf Army, and at the same time there was a letter from the distant Xiling City, Li Er's cheap nephew was willing to send troops to assist the Tang Dynasty in destroying the Eastern Turks, in order to show his determination, he was willing to send 15,000 heavy armored cavalry to join the Tang army, and wait for Li Er's command!"
Hehehe, if you can kill the elite Golden Wolf Army, the combat power of the Jiankun cavalry is not ordinary!"
After learning that Jiankun was willing to send 15,000 elite cavalry to join the Tang Army on the southern front to fight, Li Jing, the "god of war" of the Tang Army, who was discussing in the study, was very happy, he knew that the strict discipline of the Jiankun cavalry was an outlier in the iron cavalry of Saibei, and it was only right that such an iron cavalry was willing to join the Tang army to fight, so it was right to quickly assign it to his name, "Your Majesty, since you have decided to go on a northern expedition against the Turks, you might as well transfer this 15,000 Jiankun cavalry to the Yanbei front.......""
Yes, Your Majesty, if you can defeat the most elite 50,000 Golden Wolf Army in Jieli in a battle, you know that Jiankun's combat power is not bad, such a strong army, good steel should be used on the blade......"
Li Ji also hurriedly said, who doesn't want such a strong soldier."
Your Majesty, in the eyes of Brother Wang, it is better to put them in my Datongdao, our Datongdao is under the jurisdiction of Hexi, close to Jiankun, and it is also convenient to receive them, isn't it?"
Li Daozong also refused to give in, "Besides, I have dealt with the Jiankun Department and am familiar with their habits, so it is more appropriate to put them in my Datongdao.....
This is really a happy trouble, Li Er studied it carefully, and when he learned that in addition to the fifteen thousand cavalry, Li Lu would personally lead the army south to support the Tang army, and after the war was over, after the intention of coming to Chang'an to make a pilgrimage to himself, Li Er was very happy, "Chengfan, this fifteen thousand iron cavalry is still strengthened in Yanbei, Ah Zhanxian's nephew said, He will be the main force of Jiankun to meet your fellow people, if Jieli flees west, just dig a big hole......"
Li Er saw that his cheap nephew planned to raise troops to support him, and with strong reinforcements, Li Er was more relieved and bold, so he issued an edict on November 23 to send troops to exterminate the Eastern Turks in six ways.Li Jing, the representative of the Guogong of the Ministry of War, was the head of the march on Dingxiang Road, and Zhang Gongjin was the deputy, leading the Chinese army, and the 15,000 iron cavalry from Jiankun were transferred to Li Jing's command; The governor of the prefecture, Li Ji, was the head of the march of the Tongmo Road, and led the main force from the east road to directly attack the hinterland of the Eastern Turks; Chai Shao, the head of the march of the Jinhe Road, advanced along the Yellow River on the west road, echoing Li Jing and Li Jiyao; Li Daozong, the king of Chengjun of the Ministry of Rites, was appointed as the head of the Datong Dao march, and Zhang Baoxiang was the deputy, advancing from Lingzhou to the northwest; Wei Xiaojie, the governor of Youzhou, was the head of the march of Heng'an Road, guarding the Yanyun area to prevent the Turkic army from fleeing eastward; Xue Wanshu, the governor of Lingzhou, was the head of the march of Changwudao, and used the northeast to attack the rear of the Turks and monitor the Turkic Khan.The army of more than 200,000 people was subject to Li Jingjiedu, and counterattacked the Turks in six ways, in addition to Li Er's edict to Jiankun Khan Li Lu, ordering him to block the way for Jieli to flee west.When Li Datong's 15,000 Jiankun Iron Cavalry came to the Yanbei Front to report to Li Jing, Li Jing noticed that the 15,000 Iron Cavalry was a cavalry unit mixed with light cavalry and heavy cavalry, "Amu, why is your cavalry different?"
”Li Jing looked at those black iron tower-like heavy soldiers with hot eyes, numb, look like this, how can he keep up with his Tang Dynasty's Mingguang armor."
Marshal, what you see is our most elite heavy cavalry "Black Panther Cavalry", they are the main force of our Jiankun people's charge, but they have to wear armor, which is expensive, and our whole clan has worked hard to only have six thousand such elite knights, and the last general brought half of this, and the remaining 12,000 cavalry are all light cavalry!
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”Li Datong was told to obey Li Jing's command before he came, and since Li Dashuai asked, he naturally knew everything."
Black Panther Cavalry" hidden under this domineering name is a group of warriors wrapped in blue and black armor, each Black Panther Cavalry is a large expense, their armor should have been applied to the cold forging technology that should have appeared after three hundred years, this armor is not light at a glance, such armor swords are difficult to split, people who can support this armor need to have physical strength and endurance that are different from ordinary people, even their horses are the best of the best, otherwise they can't carry it at all, because each pair of armor is very expensive, Even if Li Lu was a hanger, he only gathered 10,000 "Black Panther Cavalry"."
Oh, I see, how is this armor's defense?"
Li Jingxin said that you are naturally poor in the wilderness, but my Datang is different, as long as this armor is no less than Mingguang armor, then the old man must get his hands on this Laoshizi cold forging armor.Li Datong greeted a black panther horseman, "Ka Su Mu, come here, ......"
The black tower-like Ka Su Mu jumped down from his horse and came to Li Jing in a few steps, "Ka Su Mu, the big handsome wants to see the defense of our Qi Zijia, you stand up!"
”Li Datong asked for a Tang knife in the hand of a Tang general, and slashed at Kasumu's body, and he heard a "boom", a few sparks flashed, and Kasumu's armor was only cut to a very inconspicuous line, which did not reduce the defensive power at all."
Good armor!!
I Lao Su likes it, Dashuai, Brother Amu, these armors they brought are not inferior to our Mingguang armor!
”The man who lent Li Datong Tang Dao immediately became excited, "Brother Amu, how long will it take to build such a set?"
”"Brother Dingfang, I don't know this, I know that in order to make up these 10,000 sets of Qizi Armor, we have been working hard for three years......."
Li Datong replied innocently, he didn't know that Su Dingfang, who called him Brother Amu, was also a fierce man."
After three years of hard work, I got 10,000 sets, that is, you have few people, the country is small and the people are widowed, and the big handsome, we can introduce the .......production of this kind of scarlet armor," Su Dingfang said, "Our Mingguang armor is actually not bad, but it is too time-consuming, a set of Mingguang armor requires 41 processes, and these 41 skilled craftsmen have to work continuously for six to seven months to make a set of armor, and with this time and energy, they can make several sets of scarlet armor earlier." ”I have to say that Su Lie and Su Dingfang are still too simple, because there is Li Lu, the military factory in Jiankun is very similar to the Qin State, and they also apply the most primitive standardization, assembly line and production responsibility system, although your Datang is strong, but do you have these systems?
Li Jing stroked his beard and said, "The old man can see it, when His Royal Highness King Jiankun comes to Chang'an, the old man will talk to him about this matter.....
"As the secretary of the Tang Dynasty's military department, Li Jing has this duty and obligation to improve the equipment of the Tang Dynasty.Li Jing watched the panther cavalry combat drill again, he was even more satisfied, although the heavy armor on their bodies was cumbersome, but the three thousand panther horses were extremely flexible, just because the "chain horses" under them were connected by a group of three horses, and the Jiankun people were good at riding, and the turning was extremely flexible, after the enemy camp was dispersed, their tall knights could also dismount as heavy infantry to meet the enemy, and the enemy fled and then got on the horse to pursue, it was really strength and Lai Pi coexisted, and there were few opponents."
Hehehe, it's really God helping the old man, General Li, this marshal ordered you to practice diligently......."
Li Jing retracted his gaze from the Black Panther Rider with satisfaction, and then ordered Li Datong and Su Lie, "Su Lie listened to the order and ordered you to select three thousand elite horsemen and train with the Black Panther Rider......
This handsome is of great use!!
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