The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 465 World War ([-])

The emperors of all dynasties basically had the hobby of enjoying singing and dancing.

After all, they didn't have a cough, because they didn't have the Internet, so they couldn't appreciate the hot dance of Internet celebrities.

Basically, the palace has a dedicated dance team, the most famous of which is Li Longji's Pear Garden.

Li Er's preferences are a bit special. He likes the singing and dancing of beauties, but what he likes more is gathering the defeated kings and khans to form a chorus.

They have to be good at singing and dancing, and they have to be able to do original songs and dances.

Little Bolu's king, barely qualified to join the choir.

Seeing Cheng Yaojin's actions, Li Yunze secretly thought it was a pity.If he had known about this earlier, he should have captured the king of Dabolu when he was passing through Dabolu Kingdom.

There is no way now, but to wait for the next time.

After crossing the river, the Tang army quickly retreated, and the many horses brought by Li Yunze played a huge role.

Cheng Yaojin's troops had lost most of their horses before, but now they were supported to travel, and they quickly went through Congling and headed straight for Shule.

At this time, the main army of the Tubo people at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains had already sensed the crisis after the supply was cut off.

Their commander Lu Dongzan quickly made a decision. First, he gave up the siege of Qiuci, which had been unable to attack for a long time, and stormed Yanqi eastward with all his strength.

Because behind Yanqi is Gaochang, where there is a real pile of various materials, enough for the main army of more than [-] Tibetans.

Moreover, if these materials are seized, the Tang army's supply line can be cut off in reverse.

The strategic choice is correct, but the problem is that it cannot be done tactically.

The Tubo people attacked Yanqi fiercely, but they couldn't even break through the iron gate of his gate.Moreover, the Kucha defenders behind him also kept coming out to harass the rear.

Li Er was not idle during this period of time, he sat in Chang'an City and watched the intensive battles in all directions.

Constantly raise various supplies and troops, and send them to various places for reinforcements.

This is also thanks to the selfless sponsorship of the many powerful local tyrants, aristocratic merchants, and foreign friends. Otherwise, it would not be able to raise so much military expenses if the Daming Palace was sold.

Reinforcement troops continued to arrive at Gaochang, and were then sent to Yanqi to resist the Tubo onslaught.

When Lu Dongzan saw that the Tang army was fighting more and more, he knew that there was no way out.

Without hesitation, Lu Dongzan immediately withdrew his troops and retreated west along the fertile soil between Tianshan Mountain and Chihe (Tarim River).

The east side cannot be moved, and the Tianshan Mountains in the north are so high that they cannot be climbed over.

Hanhai Ludongzan in the south quietly sent some advance teams into the Hanhai to control the oases along the way to find a way, and at the same time inquire about the situation in the south of the Hanhai.

He is not stupid, he has already sensed the approach of the crisis, and began to make the last retreat as he had to.

It is not easy when you come, and it will not be easy when you leave.

At this time, Tang Jun is not cowardly and timid. When he sees the enemy retreating, he will cheer and shout that he will destroy dozens of miles of waste with one cannon.

Whether it was Yanqi's defenders or Qiuci's defenders, they all followed behind and would rush up and bite from time to time.

This greatly limited the retreat speed of the Tubo people, hit their morale, and consumed their troops and supplies.

By the time Lu Dongzan had worked so hard to bring the troops to Shule, Li Yunze and the rescued Cheng Yaojin's men had already returned.

Here in Shule, the main force of the Tang army of more than 3 has been assembled.

These are elite veterans who have experienced repeated fierce battles, and they have received a large amount of supplies from Li Yunze.

After disembarking from the plateau, the Tang army regained its fighting ability. In the territory of Gumo Kingdom to the east of Shule, on the bank of the Sihun River, a decisive main battle broke out with the main force of Tubo who was desperately trying to break out of the encirclement.

In this battle, [-] well-equipped and well-trained Tang troops with high morale defeated the main Tubo army of more than [-].

The Tang army's infantry lined up and pressed forward, and the terrifying Great Wall of Steel crushed all the resisters in front of them.

Numerous cavalry attacked from left to right, defeated the Tubo cavalry first, and then outflanked their heavy steps, which directly led to the collapse of their entire army.

There are a lot of Tubo cavalry, and their combat effectiveness is not too weak.

In history, after Princess Wencheng passed with her dowry, she got the Tubo cavalry equipped with iron armor and other equipment, and was even able to compete with the Tang cavalry.

Now, the Tubo cavalry, mainly in leather armor, is fighting the Tang army cavalry with horse armor on their crotch horses. No matter how brave and fearless they are, the result is basically doomed.

No matter how powerful Lu Dongzan was, he had no choice but to snatch the horse and flee all the way, wiping away his tears.

To the north of the collapsed Tubo army was the towering Tianshan Mountains, and on the east and west sides were the Tang troops blocking the roads, so they could only flee into the vast sea to the south.

Tang Jun did not go deep into the vast sea to pursue, but blocked the northern border of the vast sea along the Chihe River.

Disorganized, fled into the vast sea in a panic after losing supplies, and wanted to go home through the vast sea relying on the instinct to go home.

Li Yunze reckoned that if one out of ten returned alive, it could be called a miracle.

The supply line on the southern line of the Tianshan Mountains was opened, and a large amount of supplies were transported from Gaochang and other places. The crisis in the four towns of Anxi was completely resolved.

The Tubo people who suffered heavy losses no longer have the strength to launch another large-scale offensive of a similar scale.

The news quickly spread to Chang'an City, and Li Er ordered people to spread the news of Anxi's victory, and the whole city immediately erupted in joy.

Relevant rewards were also decided very quickly. Li Yunze, who played a decisive role in this battle, was directly promoted to be the Duke of the Founding County, and later to be the Duke of Lantian County.

Cheng Yaojin, who was already the Duke of the State, needed someone to rescue him because he failed to win the big and small Bolu. Li Er gave him a merit and demerit, but he rewarded Cheng Chumo who successfully defended Shule.

In addition, many other officers and men were rewarded with honors. Among them, Xue Rengui, who was recommended by Li Yunze as the number one meritorious service, was promoted from a recruit to a school lieutenant, and was awarded the title of Uncle Pingyang County.Realized the counterattack of life, and greatly improved the Tang army soldiers

The ambition to make a difference.

The four towns of Anxi opened up the situation here, and Li Er also heaved a sigh of relief.

Then he received a joint telegram from Li Yunze, Cheng Yaojin and others, saying they wanted to go north to help Su Dingfang.

After thinking about it, Li Er agreed to their request.

At this time, the battle situation in the north of Tianshan Mountain was also extremely fierce. Su Dingfang's strength far surpassed that of the southern front, but his opponent was also stronger.

Western Turks, Xue Yantuo, Huihe and other tribes desperately attacked and dragged him into the Ili River Valley.

Tuqishi of the nine surnames of Zhaowu and Zahu from all over the place surrounded Suiye and cut off the supply lines in Beiting.

Through the telegram communication with Su Dingfang, he learned that his supplies were almost exhausted, and now he was about to rob the tribes everywhere for maintenance.

Even so, Li Yunze was not in a hurry to send troops for reinforcements, but slowly waited for the massive supplies from the rear to arrive, and then set off to the north, crossing the Tianshan Mountains through the Turuelte Pass and arriving at the north of the Tianshan Mountains.

This is why Shule's status is so important.

To the east is to go to Qiuci and other places, guarding the western edge of the vast sea.

To the west is Wufangbieli Mountain Pass, which is the only way of the Silk Road.

To the south is Congling Ridge, the throat where the plateau rushes down.

To the north is the Tuluaierte Pass, which can directly reach the north of the Tianshan Mountains.

The geographical location of Shule is so important, Li Yunze simply suggested to Li Er to set up the Anxi Protectorate here.

After crossing the mountain pass to the north of Tianshan Mountain, the first enemy we faced was the Ge Luolu tribe.

Li Yunze's deepest understanding of Ge Luolu was the Battle of Talas a hundred years later in history.

At that time, it was precisely because of Ge Luolu's resolute betrayal that directly led to Gao Xianzhi's defeat.

The Battle of Talas was also the only defeat of the Anxi Army of the Great Tang among the many battles between the Great Tang and Baiyi Dashi.

Even if it was just for this matter, Li Yunze would not let them go.

The traditional tactic of nomads for thousands of years is cavalry raids, and the Ge Luolu tribe is no exception.

They took advantage of the speed advantage of the light cavalry to harass and harass continuously, and took a bite when they seized the opportunity, and came to make trouble if they didn't have the opportunity to prevent the Tang army from marching and camping smoothly.

This tactic was effective against Song and Ming armies because they lacked cavalry.

But for the strong man Sheng Tang, this is looking for death.

Because during the Han and Tang Dynasties, China had the most powerful cavalry corps in the world.

The excellent war horse that Li Yunze provided Datang also played a powerful role at this time.

Don horses with super adaptability can persist in fighting whether in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains or on the plateau.

And they have super fast speed, even when they are wearing armor, they can compete with the light cavalry of Ge Luolu's department.

Most importantly, Don horses have excellent stamina.

They can even run for nearly ten hours in a row, covering hundreds of miles!

Moreover, the Tang army has a large number of horses, and the standard equipment is one man with two horses, and the ability to continue to chase is stronger.

Ge Luolu's tribe tried to use harassment to hold Tang Jun back, but in the end they were chased by Tang Jun's iron cavalry and had nowhere to go.

The Tang army basically used the team as a tactical unit, and pursued rumblingly.

If Ge Luolu's troops wanted to concentrate their forces on the siege, the Tang army would light up sky cannons and call nearby reinforcements to come.

The sky cannon is a firework similar to Ertijiao. After adding special chemical substances, it will explode in the open sky to form a huge and eye-catching shape, reminding the nearby friendly forces within a hundred miles.

After more than ten days of fierce cavalry battle, the old battalion of Ge Luolu's tribe was finally found by the Tang army, and then thousands of elite Tang army cavalry led by Xue Rengui directly took away the old battalion of Ge Luolu's tribe.

Nomadic tribes dominated by cavalry are indeed very mobile in tactics.

But in fact, in terms of strategic mobility, it is far inferior to the Middle Earth Dynasty.

Their old battalion must be not too far from the front line, so that they can provide sufficient logistical supplies for the cavalry.

Once the location was found, the old camp with a large number of men, women, children, tents of various supplies, and countless cattle and sheep could not escape at all.

The most proficient in this trick in history is Huo Qubing.

The Ge Luolu Department, whose old camp was taken over, collapsed immediately.

The old and weak among the captives were sent to Shule, while the young and strong were escorted to drive the tens of thousands of captured cattle, sheep and horses to the north to Suiye City.

As for the so-called Khan of Ge Luolu's tribe, as well as the captured nobles and leaders under his command, they were all taken to Chang'an City to see if Li Er was interested in letting him join the choir.

If you feel that he is not qualified to join the regiment, then you can only dispose of him.

After defeating the Ge Luolu tribe who blocked the way, Li Yunze saw Suiye City in front of him!
(End of this chapter)