Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"The Song army has come, Yizhou has fallen, and Hu Zuisu's entire army has been wiped out."

Bi Lege suddenly stood up, the expression on his face froze, and he stared at Sarti with wide eyes: "How many people from the Song army are here?"

"do not know."

"do not know?"

"I don't know!" Salti's face was also full of anxiety.

"You don't know about such an important thing!"

Salti said in embarrassment: "The Song army came too suddenly. There was no news that the Song army was coming."

Bi Lege turned around and looked at Zhu Gu'er as if asking for help. Zhu Gu'er got up and handed a copy of the account book to Bi Le Ge, saying, "This is the tax account for this year. If there is nothing else, I will leave first."

"General Zhu Guer...help me..."

"Bilge Khan, you were the one who killed the envoy of the Song people. The Song people have just called, and you have not assembled your own army yet, so you asked me for help. This is not appropriate. Your Majesty is preparing for the Western Expedition. I don't have time to worry about you." Zhu Gu'er said seriously, "However, the people of Song Dynasty came from afar, and the logistics may not be able to keep up. After meeting some needs of the army, let them withdraw from the army."

"I am a subject of His Majesty, I..."

"Then why did you kill Song Envoy without notifying him?"

"Here……"

After finishing speaking, Zhuang Gu'er strode out with the people and left Gaochang.

"Why are you still standing still, quickly send me an order to recruit all the horses!" Bi Lege roared.

At noon, he summoned his courtiers to discuss matters.

Hearing that the people from Song Dynasty were calling, everyone immediately discussed and quickly divided into two factions.

One faction is the peace-talking faction, who sent envoys to confess their mistakes to the Song people, send some property, and find a substitute for the dead ghost, so as to calm the anger of the Song army.

The peace negotiation faction is headed by Prime Minister Sarti, and the voice is not small.

The other faction is of course the main combat faction. The main combat faction believes that the Song people came from afar, so there is nothing to worry about. They only need to send people to delay the time by means of peace, consume the Song army, and then attack with a large army, they can defeat the Song army.

The main combat faction, headed by Zaikele, is very arrogant.

The two factions debated for a long time, and finally Bi Lege agreed with Zaiker's opinion.

On the same day, I started to prepare a large amount of money, and then found an unlucky guy, chopped off his head, and set off with the money and head the next day, planning to apologize to Song Jun.

However, Wangcheng also issued an emergency conscription order.

On the sixth day of July, when Liu Kai broke through the Yizhou defense line east of Gaochang and advanced all the way west with a high profile, Li Yanxian's troops had already advanced to Beiting City north of Tianshan Mountain.

The blue sky stretches to infinity, and the Tianshan Mountains in front are like a giant dragon, stretching across the sky and the earth.

In the north of the Tianshan Mountains, there is an ancient city. This ancient city was once the first city of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, Beiting City!

Beiting City is adjacent to the Tianshan Mountains in the south and Gaochang in the south, the grasslands are separated from the sea in the north, the grasslands and the Central Plains are connected in the east, and Central Asia and West Asia are connected in the west. Communicate with Gaochang.

Moreover, here is a mid-mountain area where the winter is warm and the summer is cool, and the drought and flood guarantee the harvest. There is an alluvial plain with abundant water and fertile land. It can be used for farming, can develop cities, and become a military and political center.

This is why the Han and Tang Dynasties continued to build a military and political system that effectively governed the Western Regions here.

In this era, Beiting City is the summer capital of the Uyghurs, and Bilge would come here to escape the summer heat.

In fact, at this time, Bi Lege should come to Beiting City.

And he was indeed planning to come, but Yelu Dashi's people wanted to come to Gaochang, and taxation issues were involved. The taxation office was in Gaochang, and Bi Lege had to return to Gaochang.

But in the end, Dang Guer didn't ask questions about taxation, maybe because he didn't want to help Bi Lege clean up the mess.

At this time, it was Bilge's eldest son Baximi who was staying in Beiting City.

On the evening of the sixth day, Song Jun's whereabouts were reported to Beiting City.

On the same day, Basmi sent a large number of scouts to collect more detailed information.

On the seventh day of July, Li Yanxian's tribe was less than fifty miles away from Beiting City.

You can see a lot of fertile fields in this area, as well as vast pastures with flocks of cattle and sheep.

Those shepherds heard countless footsteps on the grassland, saw a large crowd in front of them, and flags fluttering. They recognized that it was an army, and hurriedly moved their livestock to other places.

Shao Long suddenly said: "Li Shuai, there is a pasture in front, and there are cattle and sheep, do you want some cattle and sheep to come over and give the sons a full meal?"

"If you want to have a full meal, why rush for a while, this place is already very close to Beiting City, the enemy must have already known our whereabouts, and is preparing an army to deal with us."

Li Yanxian looked towards the west direction, his gaze was like a torch, and his expression was calm.

"If we add a bonfire here at this time and roast cattle and sheep, what should we do if the enemy surprises us?"

"Li Shuai has considered everything thoroughly. In the end, he just thinks it's really hard work for the sons and daughters who have been away for more than a month."

"This battle should be decided quickly." Li Yanxian's tone was firm, and he suddenly turned around and ordered, "Take away half of the flags and continue on our way!"

"Yes!"

At noon, the scouts rushed over.

Many pieces of information collected in Beiting City were also sent to Li Yanxian.

After Li Yanxian finished reading, his eyes fell on the young man next to him. This young man was named Liu Shu, from Chang'an, and was recommended by Hu Quan.

This person has been doing business in Hexi for many years. It is said that his caravans often traveled to the Western Regions.

This person is one of the shareholders of the newly established Hexi Trading Company.

"Information shows that Bi Lege is not in Beiting City." Li Yanxian said.

"Not in Beiting City?" Liu Shu was quite surprised. "It's summer now, and Bi Lege should be in Beiting City to escape the summer heat. He may have returned to Gaochang for something, but the strength of Beiting City will not decrease."

"The scouts did find a large number of cavalry in the distance, and there are also a considerable number of infantry. Can the total number of soldiers in Beiting City really reach [-]?"

"I don't know [-]. The north of the Tianshan Mountains is a large pasture with a prosperous population. If they are given enough time, they can recruit all men over the age of ten to join the army. The Uyghurs are nomadic just like the Turks. Let's come quickly." If we don’t give them time to mobilize troops and quickly defeat the troops of Beiting City, the Uighurs will not be able to gather.”

Liu Shu spoke very seriously, and he continued: "Taking Beiting City, the imperial court can rebuild the capital here and deter the Western Regions."

Li Yanxian asked: "Why not Gaochang City?"

Chapter 1343 Li Yanxian Kills the Uighur Cavalry ([-]rd)

Liu Shu said: "The north of the Tianshan Mountains is a nomadic area, and the Uighurs can organize sufficient cavalry here. The area south of the Tianshan Mountains is dominated by city walls, which are mainly for defense. Therefore, the overall situation in the Western Regions is that the North can control the South, but the South cannot control the North."

"How many cavalry do you estimate there are in Beiting City?"

"At least 10 cavalry can be mobilized quickly. If they defend the city, there will be more military defenses. Beiting City has a total population of [-]. Once there is a war, except those under the age of [-], everyone will be mobilized, including women. If they The defenders fought steadily, did not send out troops lightly, deliberately delayed, and I am afraid they can mobilize more."

On the afternoon of the seventh day of the seventh month, the envoys from Beiting City came.

The envoy met Li Yanxian and asked him why he wanted to command the army.

Li Yanxian's answer was very simple, he chopped off ten heads and asked the last one to take them back to Beiting City.

When Baximi saw the row of heads, he was so angry that he flew into a rage on the spot.

General Meng Chen of Beiting stood up and said, "Your Highness, the Song army has come from a long distance and is a tired army. We should send troops now."

Basmi said: "I still want to wait a little longer, recruit more cavalry, and wipe out the Song army in one fell swoop."

Meng Chen hurriedly said: "Your Highness, this opportunity is not to be missed, I can mobilize [-] string-controlling cavalry in Beiting City!"

Ba Simi hesitated, and he asked, "How strong is the Song army?"

"The Third Prince met the Song Army in Liangzhou before and came back after being defeated. If you defeat the Song Army this time, the future throne will definitely belong to you!"

"Since Kyle lost to Song Jun, it shows that Song Jun's strength should not be underestimated."

"Your Highness! That's in Liangzhou, close to the rear of the main force of the Song Army. The Song Army has enough troops. Now the Song Army has come from afar, and the latest report from the scouts shows that the Song Army's strength is less than [-]!"

Basmi walked back and forth, he was very entangled!

If he is given enough time to gather troops in the north of the Tianshan Mountains, he can gather up to [-] cavalry at the limit.

After all, Gao Changguo occupies a very favorable position, and its comprehensive strength should not be underestimated.

Basmi asked, "Has the troop dispatch order been issued?"

"Sent out."

"How many more soldiers and horses can we transfer tomorrow?"

"Adjust more than 3000 more."

"As much as you can adjust, add another three thousand tomorrow, and send troops after the adjustment!"

On the eighth day of July, Song Jun was only twenty miles away from Beiting City, and he could already see a blurry outline under the sky ahead with his naked eyes.

"Li Shuai, the enemy is still in the city." Liu Shu said, "It seems that the enemy is planning to defend the city."

"It's good to defend the city. To defend the city, we will use the artillery to blast the city gate open, and the infantry will attack and cover up the kill. This is a good habit that our army has kept for a long time." Li Yanxian said, "The commander-in-chief ordered to make way for the artillery battalion. Enter the forward ranks at the artillery battalion."

"Yes!"

But at this moment, the scout sent another report: "Shuai Li, the enemy has left the city!"

Li Yanxian immediately ordered: "Infantry formation!"

The horn of the Song Army sounded, and the Song Army who was marching began to put on armor, and the horn sounded too.

When the Uyghur cavalry approached, the Song army's main infantry phalanx had already lined up. There were [-] infantry, [-] cavalry, and [-] logistics troops.

Li Yanxian ordered people to remove the flag, but it was still effective, at least Basimi's scouts misjudged the strength of the Song army.

"Report! The Song army ahead is mainly infantry, and cavalry is rare."

"Report! The Song army has finished forming!"

The scouts explained the situation of the Song Army's formation ahead one by one.

"Sure enough, the Central Plains people are good at infantry combat." Meng Chen said.

Basmi said: "With the main cavalry of our army constantly harassing the Song army, the Song army is already a tired army, and it will inevitably collapse soon."

Said the order, Basimi immediately ordered the whole army to attack, more than 2 cavalry, divided into two groups, rushed towards the left and right wings of the Song army respectively.

The Uighur vanguard cavalry came menacingly, like a torrent.

"Li Shuai, there are a lot of enemy cavalry!"

"Defend the Chinese army, and wipe out the Uyghurs in Beiting today!" Li Yanxian looked calm, and he was naturally prepared.

Li Yanxian pays attention to ingenuity in using troops, which is somewhat similar to Wu Jie.

In fact, there were also military cases for reference in the early Tang Dynasty.

How did Su Dingfang defeat the Western Turks?

rumbling...

As the main Uighur cavalry approached, the iron hoofs sounded like thunder, and a businessman like Liu Shu felt the ferocity of the battlefield at this time, and his face turned pale.

However, the infantry formation of the Song Army was impenetrable.

When the cavalry quickly advanced to more than 200 meters, the sound of the artillery suddenly sounded, and dense pieces of iron sand gushed out from the mouth of the artillery.

I saw that there were more than 100 Uighur cavalry in front of us.

The surrounding horses that were not hit were also frightened by the rumbling and whined.

The forward charge of the Uyghurs was soon forced to turn around.

"What kind of weapon is that?" Basimi asked in surprise.

"I don't know, like thunder from the sky, the horses were frightened."

An ominous premonition rose in Baximi's heart, and he asked, "Have the scouts detected the whereabouts of other Song soldiers around?"

"There is no trace of Song Jun in a radius of thirty miles."

Basmi said, "Did the people of Song really only bring infantry?"

Meng Chen said: "Your Highness means that the people of Song may have cavalry, but they just hid it?"

"It's possible!"

"In such a wide grassland, if they want to avoid the eyes of our scouts, they must be at least a hundred miles away."

"It doesn't have to be hundreds of miles away, but thirty miles away is fine. At least we can't defeat the infantry of the Song army within an hour. The cavalry of the Song army must come from a certain direction thirty miles away." Speaking of this, Ba Xi Looking around closely, a sense of crisis came to mind.

"The generals of the Song Army are taking a risk. Our army has more than 2 cavalry. Could it be that we can't break through the Song Army's infantry phalanx in an hour? What a joke!" Meng Chen said disdainfully.

"As soon as Song Jun took out the weapon, I had a premonition that something was wrong!"