"Li Yaoshi is truly a famous general of his generation."
In the Mingsha camp, after sending the messenger away, Zhang Zhongjian said these words with a gloomy look that seemed to be a compliment but the meaning was unclear.
Chief Shi Tang Jian's eyes also flickered. It had been more than half a month since the war started in Lingzhou. Although the Mingsha camp was guarded like a rock, it was also under great pressure. The Yanzhou army had not made any move, but at this time, it suddenly sent troops and defeated the Turks.
It cannot be said that the Yanzhou Army is here to take advantage, because there are still tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry east of the Yellow River, and the Lingzhou Army and the Yanzhou Army cannot say that they will win if they join forces.
But what Li Jing did made all the generals in the Mingsha Camp feel like they were being taken advantage of, not to mention that Li Jing was not a direct descendant of the King of Qin, and he also had a grudge against Li Huairen, the successor king of Wei.
The most important thing is that Li Jing's attack this time reminded Zhang Zhongjian, Tang Jian, He Fang, Kan Ling and others of the Battle of Guji Town... Li Jing also waited so patiently back then. He waited until the Turks were exhausted before suddenly sending out troops. The cavalry made a surprise attack and defeated the enemy.
If not for the fact that Li Shan was trapped in Guji Town and Li Jing was under too much pressure to send troops early, Li Jing could have achieved even more brilliant results in that battle.
Shi Danai asked in a low voice: "Send troops?"
"Of course we have to send troops." Zhang Zhongjian's cheek muscles twitched and he stood up and said, "The Duke of Ju, Duke Kang and Duke Le'an are stationed at the camp."
"A certain person led four thousand cavalry, together with Hou Junji and Hou Hongtao, and marched out of the camp from the east. Guo Xiaoke, Duan Zhixuan, and He Liu led three thousand cavalry from the north."
"Light up the smoke!"
While Li Shan and Qin Qiong led the Chinese army to march westward, another war broke out in Lingzhou.
Different from Li Shan's uneasiness, Lingzhou Army coach Zhang Zhongjian and Yanzhou Army coach Li Yaoshi both knew that this battle would be won.
Although Dubu Khan left 30,000 to 40,000 troops to check and balance the Mingsha Camp east of the Yellow River, only nearly 10,000 troops stayed near the Mingsha Camp. The remaining part went east to Yanzhou, where the troops were dispersed and were captured by Zhang Baoxiang. The raids were defeated one after another, and the other part went south to Huizhou.
I really can't blame them... Since they started attacking the Mingsha camp in mid-September, the Turks have not taken any advantage, and what's more terrible is that they haven't been able to gain any benefits.
After watching their companions go to Longyou Road and Yanzhou to rob and rob, would the Turks be willing to be left to stare at the Mingsha Camp?
As a result, a large number of Turkic cavalry dispersed and were divided into tribes. There was nothing to grab in Lingzhou, and they could not break through Xiao Pass and go to Yuanzhou, so they all went south to Huizhou... at least to fill their stomachs. Bar!
Even if there are nearly 10,000 Turkic cavalry left behind...the army has no fighting spirit and will have no fighting spirit.
Li Jing only made a rough agreement with Zhang Zhongjian through a messenger, and both sides launched attacks almost at the same time. The Yanzhou Army attacked southward along the Anle River, and the Lingzhou Army set off from the Yellow River and attacked eastward.
The two groups of Tang cavalry used extremely powerful impact to force the Turks into chaos in a short period of time... Due to the limited space due to the Yellow River and the Anle River, coupled with the clever coordination of the Yanzhou Army and the Lingzhou Army in the direction, It was difficult for the Turkic cavalry to carry out the tactics of gathering and dispersing in a dispersed formation, so that the formation was broken again and again by the well-equipped Tang cavalry.
At dusk, the Turks could no longer hold on, leaving thousands of corpses behind and fled in all directions.
"Sanlang, are you alright?" Li Jing smiled and looked at Zhang Zhongjian, who was approaching the horse with complicated eyes.
Zhang Zhongjian reluctantly held up his hand and said: "The Duke of Dai is really talented."
This sentence was neither yin nor yang. The smile on Li Jing's face was a little stagnant. Zhang Gongjin behind him had a bitter smile, but Zhang Baoxiang grinned. Both of them participated in the battle of Guji Town, and Zhang Baoxiang followed Li Shan in pursuit of Jieli Khan.
Li Jing also knew that his reputation was not very good, so he did not provoke Zhang Zhongjian, Hou Hongtao and other close associates of Wei Si Wang, and did not even talk to Li Shan's old subordinates Duan Zhixuan and Kan Ling. As for Feng Li, the prince's confidant, he even watched them. He didn't watch, and only talked to a few of King Qin's cronies.
However, Hou Junji reluctantly responded twice. This was because Zhang Gongjin was from the same lineage as the King of Qin, so Guo Xiaoke didn't even bother to speak.
Everyone knew that although this battle was a great victory, it was really boring... Obviously, most of the credit went to the Yanzhou Army who had traveled a long distance to attack, and the Lingzhou Army just cooperated.
Although I have to admit Li Jing's military strategy, this kind of thing... no one feels comfortable!
Guo Xiaoke, who had always had a bad impression of Li Shan, began to sympathize with Li Shan. Back then in Guji Town... it was no wonder he wanted to seize the army. Pharmacist Li was so hated.
Of course, on the way back to the army, everyone was reluctant to talk, mainly because of the war... Such things that concern the morale of the military naturally cannot be said casually in public.
After entering the Mingsha Camp and sitting down in the Chinese military tent, Zhang Zhongjian said expressionlessly: "I also want to inform Duke Dai that two days ago, Dubu Khan led about 30,000 cavalry to cross the Yellow River..."
Li Jing smiled and nodded. He decided to send troops only after confirming this information. Dubu Khan's crossing of the Yellow River meant that the Turks shifted their focus from Lingzhou to Liangzhou or Longyou Road.
But after listening to the second half of Zhang Zhongjian's words, the smile on Li Jing's face froze, and he asked dumbly: "Xue Yantuo went south in a big way?"
"There is no doubt about it." Tang Jian said softly: "Xue Yantuo and the Turks combined forces of about 80,000, and they fell into Liangzhou on the eighth day of October. Today they are going south to attack Lanzhou... I don't know if the King of Huai'an can resist it. The battle report has not been sent yet. "
As the saying goes, no coincidence can make a book. At this time, the scout who crossed the river to investigate the military situation came back, and brought a piece of information that made everyone stunned.
The Tang army was defeated and the 30,000-strong army was wiped out...The King of Huai'an could not even hold on until noon!
Others were just sluggish, but Li Jing was numb, completely numb.
Why do you want to send troops to Lingzhou?
It couldn't be such a coincidence. Dubu Khan immediately joined forces with Xue Yantuo after crossing the river. It was obviously premeditated.
The 80,000 barbarians who captured Liangzhou and defeated Lanzhou must have invaded Longzhou from Qinzhou along the route used by the Western Qin Dynasty to attack the inner road... The target was probably Jingzhao, probably Chang'an.
Unlike Zhang Zhongjian and others who had no information because they were staying at the Mingsha Camp, Li Jing knew that the war situation in Hedong had taken a turn for the worse. Liu Hongji and His Highness the King of Qin twice deployed troops from Jingzhao, Longzhou, and Jingzhou to support Hedong.
In other words, if the goal of the combined forces of Tujue and Xue Yantuo is really Chang'an, the Yanzhou Army will be the reinforcement that is not the closest to Chang'an, but the fastest.
But Li Jing now appeared in Lingzhou and took away most of the Yanzhou Army's cavalry.
How does this make Li Jing numb?
At this moment, in the official office of Yanzhou Prefecture, Shi, the chief administrator of Yanzhou Road Marching Army, who was also a member of the Tiance Prefecture's army consulting and offering wine, and Su Shichang, one of the eighteen bachelors, was jumping around and cursing Li Jing.
