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Text Chapter 490 The Battle of Tang Dynasty to Destroy Xue Yantuo (Part 1)

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    Xueyantuo is the most powerful tribe among the Tiele tribes. Since the Eastern Turks were destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, Mobei was once very empty. Xueyantuo's Zhenzhu Bijia Khan returned to Mobei with the Xueyantuo tribe and reoccupied the territory previously occupied by the Turks.  The stolen Mobei area was built north of Duwei Jianshan Mountain and south of Duluo River, and the Xueyantuo Khanate was formally established.  <-> Its jurisdiction extends to Shiwei in the east, Jinshan in the west, Shaqi in the south, and Hanhai in the north. The Huihe, Bayegu, Adi, Tongluo, Pugu and other tribes all surrendered, with 200,000 troops, becoming the successor to the east  After the Turks, another overlord of the northern grasslands.

    Originally, when the Eastern Turks were still there, Li Shimin, in order to contain Jieli Khan, named Yi Nan, the leader of the Xueyantuo tribe, as Zhenzhu Piga Khan. However, he did not expect that this Yi Nan was not a simple person. He was very good at seizing opportunities.  Now it has become another weixie in the north of Datang.

    The fall of the Eastern Turks and the rise of Xue Yantuo made the senior officials of the Tang Dynasty, headed by Li Shimin, clearly realize that if they want to fundamentally eliminate the Northern Grassland, a thorn in the side of the Central Plains dynasty, they must completely bring it under the control of the Tang Dynasty.  Otherwise, if a strong enemy is destroyed today, another one will appear in a few years. Moreover, as long as there is a natural disaster, these grassland people will go south to plunder, and the Tang Dynasty will have to waste its national power for this. Rather than doing this, it is better to solve it once and for all.  Get rid of this trouble.

    It was under this strategic thinking, coupled with the application of new inventions of cement and firearms, that the Tang Dynasty finally started to attack the grassland a few years ago. Backed by their own powerful force, they began to attack from south to north.  Concrete roads and concrete fortresses were built on the grasslands, and they were advanced step by step to seize and compress the living space of the grassland people.

    Under this strategy.  Most of the grassland tribes chose to surrender to the Tang Dynasty and lived in the pastures between the cement roads and the fortresses.  And it accepted the management of Tang Dynasty officials, and with the development of industry and commerce.  A large number of Han merchants from the Central Plains entered these tribes and started various trades with them. This made the exchanges between these grassland people and the Han people increasingly closer, and they have begun to get closer to the Han people in terms of language, customs, etc., and even the high-level officials of the Tang Dynasty  We have begun to consider preparing to promote Sinicization among these surrendered prairie people, just like the Sinicization yiyang promoted by Li Min in Sanhan Prefecture and Wo Prefecture.

    It was also under this situation that the Luoyun and other tribes that were approached by the Tang Dynasty were desperate.  Later, it was shipped overseas by Li Min and became a sharp sword in his hand.

    However, the grassland people have always respected the strong, and those who were willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty were weak tribes. In addition, large tribes like Xue Yantuo were not willing to be annexed by the Tang Dynasty. It was precisely because of this that Xue Yantuo headed  The Tiele tribes, as well as some tribes that did not surrender to the Tang Dynasty, united and recommended Xue Yantuo Khan Yinan as the Khan King.  Formed the Mobei Alliance to confront Datang.

    Facing the powerful Mobei Alliance, Datang was very calm. It built roads as many times as it wanted and expanded its rule to the north little by little.  It seems that the military strength of the Mobei Alliance has not been seen at all.

    Although Yi Nan is powerful, he still feels guilty when facing the invincible Tang army.  Therefore, they did not dare to take the lead in provoking a dispute over the Tang Dynasty's encroachment on the grassland.  He also endured it again and again, and even ordered the various tribes under him.  You must not provoke the Tang people without permission, so as not to give them an excuse to start a war.

    However, any concession has a limit. Every time the Xueyantuo Khanate took a step back, the Tang Dynasty would take a step forward, and at the same time the national border would move forward. This situation lasted until the winter of the 17th year of Zhenguan. Today's winter is worse than  It was much colder in previous years, and the Mobei grassland was hit by several heavy snowstorms, causing various tribes to suffer heavy losses.  Under this situation, the Mobei Alliance finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to gather troops to prepare for a large-scale southern invasion.

    However, now all the grassland ministries have been infiltrated by the Tang Dynasty. Even within Xue Yantuo, there are undercover agents of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, when Xue Yantuo's army has just begun to gather, the Tang Dynasty has already received the news, and Xinfeng County immediately responded  .

    In November of the 17th year of Zhenguan, the Xueyantuo Khanate organized an army of 300,000 from the Tongluo, Pugu, and Uighur tribes, with Yi Nan's son Dadu as commander, and invaded the northern border of the Tang Dynasty on a large scale.  The first ones to bear the brunt were naturally the nomadic tribes who had just surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. They had long been organized by the border garrison of the Tang Dynasty and used fortresses to resist Xue Yantuo's attack.

    But this time Xue Yantuo was really pushed into a hurry. On the one hand, he had suffered enough from the Tang Dynasty in the past few years. On the other hand, the tribes behind each warrior suffered heavy losses due to the wind and snow. Countless old people and children died of cold and hunger.  Their families are also on the verge of life and death.

    With the pleasure of revenge and the pressure of survival, Xue Yantuo's army seemed particularly crazy this time. The first line of defense composed of surrendered nomads was quickly broken by them.  Compared with the poor Mobei ethnic groups, the grassland ethnic groups under the rule of the Tang Dynasty frequently traded with merchants from the Central Plains, so they appeared to be very wealthy.In the war, this kind of wealth was not a good thing. At least it aroused the animalistic nature of Xue Yantuo's army. Everything they went was looted, and countless tribes that surrendered were exterminated.

    Facing the locust-like Xue Yantuo army, some tribes that had not sincerely surrendered to the Tang Dynasty were aroused with the same hatred and hatred, and began to actively participate in this war. Some of the tribes that were plundered by Xue Yantuo's army were even more hostile to the Tang Dynasty.  His hatred was so intense that he almost used all his clan's strength to intercept and kill the opponent.

    Until this time, Datang, which had long received news of the movement of Xue Yantuo's army but had been slow to make any move, finally sent out a real army.  This time, Li Ji was the commander-in-chief and led an army of 60,000 to attack from the front.

    And the Andong Protector Zhang Jian led 10,000 cavalry and 30,000 former Goguryeo soldiers, now collectively called Fuyu people, to outflank Xue Yantuo from the east.  Originally, there used to be many Khitan, Xiren, Mohe and other Hu tribes in Anton Protectorate and Yingzhou. However, in recent years, he cooperated with Li Min and secretly strongly supported the slave-catching team to attack these Hu tribes. As a result,  The Khitan and other ethnic groups were almost exterminated, and a few lucky ones had fled to the Siberian region in later generations. They struggled to survive in the frozen soil. It was impossible for the powerful Khitan or Jurchen and other ethnic groups to appear again in later generations.

    In addition, General Li Daliang of the Right Guard is the general manager of the march on Lingzhou Road, leading 40,000 troops and 5,000 elite cavalry to garrison Lingwu; General Zhang Shigui of the Right Guard is the general manager of the march of Qingzhou Road, leading 20,000 troops to Yunzhong; Liangzhou  Governor Li Xiyu was the general manager of the Liangzhou Road March and led 30,000 troops to outflank the western part of Xue Yantuo.

    The Tang army attacked on three sides and surrounded Xue Yantuo's army on three sides, but they were not in a hurry to counterattack. Instead, they adopted the policy of sticking to defense and wasting time with Xue Yantuo.  Xue Yantuo's main purpose this time was to solve the shortage of supplies caused by the heavy snowstorm, but now he was dragged in place by the Tang army. Not only was he unable to plunder, but he also consumed a large amount of supplies every day, which Xue Yantuo's army simply could not afford.

    Under this situation, Commander Xue Yantuo made a decisive decision and led an army of 300,000 people back to Mobei. After all, they had plundered many grassland tribes some time ago. Although the Han people in the south were richer, they were defeated by Li Ji's army.  There is no way for the army to break through, so instead of consuming supplies here, it is better to stop as soon as possible.

    However, Li Ji did not intend to let Xue Yantuo go like this, but pursued him along the opponent's retreat route. Finally, he sent 6,000 elite cavalry to take a shortcut across the Baidaochuan River and block Xue Yantuo's retreat route under the green mountains.  In desperation, Da Duzhi had no choice but to set up a battle formation at Nuozhenshui, preparing for a showdown with the Tang army.

    Faced with this situation, Li Ji personally led an army to engage in a decisive battle with Dadu She. At first, the Turks under Li Ji fought against the opponent, but they failed in the first battle. The Turks were killed and defeated. Later, Li Ji's army arrived.  , and started a bloody battle with Xue Yantuo.

    Originally, Dadu assumed that 300,000 people versus 60,000 Tang troops would definitely win. However, what he didn't expect was that the Tang troops abandoned their horses and formed a tight and neat formation, with artillery support from the rear, disrupting the opponent's cavalry.  Formation, and then use grenades and other firearms to kill at close range. When the soldiers are in close contact, they use long horses to respond to the enemy.

    Under this method of warfare that combined firearms and cold weapons, Xue Yantuo's 300,000-strong army was unable to exert its numerical advantage. For a time, the two armies were in a stalemate, and the battlefield presented a stalemate.  And Li Jineng relied on his 60,000 infantry to kill the opponent's 300,000 cavalry. He was indeed worthy of being a famous general.  (Historical facts record that Li Ji killed 200,000 Xueyantuo cavalry with 60,000 infantry and retreated continuously. There were no firearms at that time. It can be said to be a miracle in the cold weapon era.)

    Just when the two sides were about to kill each other, five thousand elite cavalry led by deputy commander Xue Wanche bypassed the battlefield and suddenly charged in from behind Xue Yantuo's army. The addition of this strange soldier made the morale of Xue Yantuo's army unstable, and  Li Ji also seized the opportunity and commanded the army to attack with all his strength. As a result, Xue Yantuo was defeated. Ten thousand of them died in battle and seventy thousand were captured. In addition, many troops were scattered. After Dadu escaped,  Only less than 200,000 troops were gathered, which was known as the Battle of Nuozhenshui in history.

    The Battle of Nuozhenshui was a turning point in the war between Datang and Xue Yantuo. With strong logistical guarantees, Zhang Jian, Zhang Shigui, and Li Xiyu each led an army to seize Dadu's retreat from the east and west, cutting off Xue Yantuo's army.  Contact with the rear.

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    Xueyantuo Khanate came out in full force this time, and most of the young men had already joined the army, so there was no way to rescue them. In the end, the 200,000 remnants of the generous army were unable to retreat, and there were strong enemies to block their advance. Finally, in  When food and grass are exhaustedAt that time, he finally surrendered to Datang.

    In addition, after Zhang Jian joined Zhang Shigui's army, he personally led a cavalry into the Xueyantuo Khanate. As a result, Xueyantuo, who was empty inside, was turned upside down by Zhang Jian. Although the Khan King Yinan was furious, there was nothing he could do.  After the news of Dadu She's surrender reached his ears, the Khan King who brought Xue Yantuo to the top was so angry that he vomited three liters of blood. He finally fell ill and died of vomiting blood more than ten days later.  (To be continued. Mobile phone users please go to read.)
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