Historically, there are many doubts about the first expedition of the Gaozong Dynasty to the Eastern Turks.Su Dawei can only push forward the possible truth from the result.That is, Li Zhi did not fully grasp the Tang army at that time, and he sent Su Dingfang to Goguryeo to test the state of the military a little.After confirming Su Dingfang's loyalty, he quickly sent Su Dingfang back to the court, and at the same time went to Yanran Duhufu, starting the first battle of the Gaozong Dynasty to conquer the Western Turks.In this battle, on the surface, the Tang Dynasty was a failure, except for defeating a few Western Turkic servant tribes, there was no strategic result at all.But in fact, since the expedition to the west left Chang'an, Li Zhi has carried out drastic reforms in the DPRK.The first is to abolish Wang Liwu, abolish the former queen Wang, and the most favored Concubine Xiao Shu in the past, and establish Wu Meiniang as the queen half a month later.Then there was a series of actions, sweeping away the Wang family and the Xiao family, which represented the two gate valve forces of the Guanlong nobles and the Shandong wang clan respectively, from the court.Also expelled at the same time was the former right servant Fang Xuanling.What's even more amazing is that he also hanged Queen Wang and Xiao to death.Of course, this order is said to have come from Empress Wu.But with Wu Meiniang's influence on Li Zhi at that time, it was absolutely impossible.It must have been Li Zhi's instructions behind his back.In the Chang'an court, Li Zhi must have enough confidence that he dared to carry out such a fierce struggle.In addition to the rise of the emerging Hanmen forces in the court, the biggest reason, and the only possibility, is military.Although the Tang Army only dispatched 50,000 people to conquer the West, among these 50,000 people, there must be military forces that originally belonged to the Guanlong nobles.Sending these people out, unable to intervene in the affairs of Chang'an, Li Zhi can do it.A political trend is not as simple as it appears on the surface, and there must be a series of means and measures to match it.The most important strategic goal of the first expedition to the Western Turks was to eliminate dissidents.If you go outside, you must first settle inside.The generals of the Tang Army, who originally belonged to the Guanlong nobles and the Shandong Wang clan, were removed from the army.or war damage, or dismissal after the fact, or bright promotion and secret fall.Even the chief manager Cheng Zhijie was impeached after the war, and his position was pushed to the end, not to mention others.The general direction is like this, but for Su Dawei, Li Zhi can't control if he wants to eliminate dissidents, but if the expedition to the Western Turks fails, won't he come for nothing?
This is the conquest of the Western Turks, and if it works well, it will be the work of destroying the country.Su Dawei is not in the army, so he naturally hopes that one of the few resumes in the army will make a record of destroying the Western Turks.For him, only this "fake fight" against the Western Turks will turn into a real fight, and it is better to destroy the Western Turks in one battle, and the interests will be the greatest.And you can also get a good tie with Su Dingfang.As for Li Zhi wanting Wang Wendu to set up a bureau and know the whole journey, then Guan Su was a big.Cheng Zhijie doesn't want to make meritorious contributions anymore, and he doesn't want to be shocked, for Su Dawei, it is the same......
It's my business.Li Zhi can't make up a crime out of thin air, right?
Anyway, Lao Cheng is going to retire when he goes back, and if he is impeached and retired, it is better to have a great achievement.Li Shimin is Li Shimin, Li Zhi is Li Zhi, and Gaozong really can't do Li Er's level when dealing with his courtiers.The iron horse flew and shattered the dream of the prairie.At the end of the line of sight, a row of black lines was seen rapidly spreading in the distance.Looking at the flag, it is a wolf head banner belonging to the Western Turkic Khan Ashina Helu.The wolf rider, second only to the lion rider in the Turkic army, is a strong force that comes and goes like the wind and has an incomparably strong fighting style.At the same time, it is also a nightmare on the prairie.What all ethnic groups are most afraid of is not the lion riders around Ashina Helu, after all, the 50,000 lion horses are equivalent to the "forbidden army" of the Western Turkic Khan, and if it is not for life and death, they will never be used easily.The wolf ride is different, often galloping across the steppe, dealing with internal and external enemies.He has made great achievements.Their exploits are all made of blood.The sight of the wolf's head flag is enough to stop the herdsmen's children on the grassland from crying at night.The black line at the end of the horizon continued to expand, from one line, gradually to huge waves, and finally to countless oceans.The cavalry was like a tidal wave, endless.There are 10,000 people, and there is no shore, which is what is said.And this time the Turkic wolves rode out of 30,000.Don't underestimate the 30,000 people, their combat power is not comparable to the eagle cavalry of the previous Mukun Division.A wolf rider can be two or three eagle riders.The leader of this army is none other than the son of Ashina Helu, who is now the little king of the Western Turks, Youyun.He was also the most likely candidate to succeed to the throne of the Great Khan of the Western Turks."
Qi Jin, not far ahead is the Mukun tribe."
A wolf rider next to him shouted loudly to Youyun.His body jolted with the horse's back, but his upper body seemed to be standing on the ground, not moving, and he obviously had extremely good riding and archery skills.This person was originally the deputy general of the Wolf Guard under Ashina Helu.After the death of Ashina Sabi, he was promoted to the rank of positive.It's called Chestnut.However, what no one knows is that he is actually a man of luck.For the planning of the Khan position, the luck was carried out early in the morning.Now that the wolf rider is basically in his hands, the wolf guard is now in his hands.Only the Praetorian guard of Shabala Khan, the 50,000 lions.If you can have the ability to infiltrate the lion horseman, it doesn't take much, as long as you master one-third, he even has the strength to establish himself as the new khan of the Western Turks.Of course he wouldn't.Now that the war between the Western Turks and the Tang Dynasty is imminent, Ashina Helu needs to be in front.In case the war is not harmonious, then you can also climb high and shout and master this grassland.That's all for later, and the most important thing at the moment is to complete that "task".The distance of dozens of miles, for the cavalry, is within a snap of a finger.Moments later, tens of thousands of Turkic horsemen had already encircled the entire tribe.He pointed to the snow-white tent that surrounded the fence and said, "Who will conquer the enemy in front of me for me?"
”"Give it to the last general."
Chestnut whipped the horse's buttocks.The war horse under the crotch raised its head to the sky and let out a long neigh, and rose up with four hooves to cross the crowd.Immediately following the Rite wheel is his personal part.The Turks were steppe nomads, and their military composition was based on tribes, which was very different from that of the Central Plains.The wolf riders surrounding the Mukun tribe made way for them.Chestnut rushed up first, pulling the reins at a distance of ten zhang from the fence, and the war horse man stood up and roared in the sky.At this moment, Rite Wheel's right hand shook, and a lasso with iron claws flew out and grabbed straight onto the wooden fence.The hundreds of knights who rushed up with the chestnut wheel let out excited shouts from their mouths and threw the lasso.From the air, it looks like a spider spinning silk, and suddenly "sticks" the fence in front of the gate of Mukunbu.Seeing that he had caught the fence, Lite pulled the reins of his horse and ran back with a loud shout.The wolf riders who followed him did the same, and at the same time beat their horses and ran back.With a loud bang, the long wooden fence could not stand the force, and in the piercing cracking sound, it was pulled up and flew up.The road to the Great Tent of the Mukun Department was opened.Without waiting for Li Telun to command, the wolf riders who followed him had already scattered and rushed towards the snow-white tent in front of him.It could be a vicious battle or a one-sided slaughter.In short, letting the wolf ride rush into the tribe would be the most wrong decision for the Tang army.Hey?
The chestnut wheel, which was clamping the horse's belly and rushing forward, suddenly noticed that something was wrong.How can it be so quiet?
It stands to reason that there should be people in the Mukun Division, either Tang Jun or herdsmen.Why hasn't anyone come out yet?
This suspicion came to my heart, and I couldn't stop it.After a few breaths, things became more and more confusing as the knight who rushed to the front knocked down the empty tent."
No one!""
My tent is empty.""
Where have the people gone?""
Could it be that the entire tribe was killed by the Tang army?""
There are more than 60,000 people in the Mukun Division, right?
It is impossible to kill them all, and there is no blood in the ground......
"The matter is clear, the Tang army that occupied the Mukun Department seems to have run away.Ran away?
Li Telun suddenly felt extremely depressed in his heart, it was like gathering enough strength to throw a punch, but it was empty.The Tang army ran away, how can this be fought.The little king of the Western Turks, Yu Yun, personally led the wolf to the battlefield, but he only arrived at a lonely place and didn't catch anything.This disappointed the Turkic generals who wanted to make some military merit and spoils."
Someone, there's someone here!"
Suddenly, there was an exclamation, which made Li Telun wake up from his frustration.As soon as his spirits lifted, he immediately shouted, and rode away with dozens of wolves around him.The population of Mukun is tens of thousands, and the tents alone are tens of thousands.The Turks have only broken into the tip of the iceberg, and only a part of it is vacant.In the second half of the tribe, people began to be found in those tents.It's just that they are all scared and stupid Mukunbu herdsmen.His men took a few men and brought them to Literun, an elder, two teenagers, and a woman.Li Telun leaned over on his horse and patiently asked them, "What about the Tang soldiers?"
”After an awkward silence, they all shook their heads."
Where's your chief?"
Still shaking his head."
Then how long did the Tang army go?"
Still shaking his head.Li Telun couldn't help but be furious.I don't know how to report to Youyun about this.In the rear, the wolf guard beside Yu Yun had already rushed over and relayed Yu Yun's order to Li Telun.Ordered him to return to the war horse and explain the situation.Li Telun secretly scolded the people of the Mu Kun Department in his heart that they were all a group of fools, and his eyes rolled, and his hand circled the people of the Mu Kun Department just now: "Take them all with you, and you will have to ask them in a while." ”"Yes."
After a while, Li Telun took the herdsmen of the Mukun tribe and returned to Yuyun's side.Yu Yun's gaze swept over these people and fell on Li Telun's face: "What about the Tang Army of the Mukun Division?"
”"Qi Jin, those Tang army ......"
Li Telun rolled his eyes, bowed his head and said: "Those Tang soldiers heard that Qi Jin was coming, and they were afraid of your prestige, so they fled." ”You Yun ignored Li Telun's fart, from his thin face, a pair of eyes as sharp as an eagle falcon flickered slightly, and he paused for a moment before continuing: "Tang Jun knows that I am coming?"
”The question revealed the doubts in his heart.You Yun personally led the troops here, this is a secret.Even not many people around the Great Khan knew about this, and if the Tang Army knew about it in advance, then Qi Yun would have to take a high look at the intelligence ability of the Tang Army's secret agents."
Well, maybe they guessed it."
Realizing the loophole in his words, Li Telun lowered his head, and cold sweat rolled down his forehead.()