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The current situation is completely reversed from the previous days.
Before Li Wangyou led the Tang army to chase and kill Jie Libi all the way, but now it is Yinan Khan who brought his son Jie Libi to chase and kill Li Wangyou...
Fortunately, the nine thousand Tang cavalry led by Li Wangyou had no shortage of horses, one man had three cavalry, and the small troop was moving forward lightly. In a short while, Xue Yantuo's army unexpectedly caught up.
However, such a sudden turn for the worse caused the morale of the Jiuqian Tang army to drop to the bottom.
One second they were proud victors, and the next moment they were kicked out like bereaved dogs by the Xue Yantuo people, which was really shocking.
The Tang army retreated all the way south, but Xue Yantuo's army was relentless and pursued closely.
Who let Li Wangyou kill Bazhuo, the son of Yinan Khan, and lead the Tang army to defeat Jielibi's [-] cavalry, and even chased them all the way to Xue Yantuo's royal court.
If Yi Nan Khan just swallowed his anger and refused to retaliate, then he might not be able to hold his position securely.
After all, not long after Xue Yantuo established the country, the hearts of the various tribes in the Khan were still unstable.If Li Wangyou was allowed to slap his face in such a majestic way and then walk away, I am afraid that it will not be long before the Xue Yantuo Khanate will split.
In order to prevent Tang Qi from fleeing south, Yi Nan Khan sent out all the most elite [-] wolf cavalry under his command.
Relying on the speed of their steeds, these ten thousand wolf riders brought a lot of trouble to Li Wangyou's Tang rider.Fortunately, with the compound steel crossbow in his hand, it was enough to suppress the arrogance of the wolf cavalry.
After dropping a hundred corpses, the wolf cavalry didn't dare to push into the Tang army again, so they could only fall behind Tang Qi not too far away, harassing the Tang army's marching speed day and night.
In this regard, Tang Jun is also miserable, but because the speed of the horse is not as fast as the opponent, he can't catch up with him, and he can't chase him away.Li Wangyou didn't have a good solution, so he could only ignore them.
Just chasing and fleeing like this, more than ten days passed by in a flash.
During this period, nine thousand Tang cavalry suffered nearly a hundred casualties due to the harassment of wolf cavalry.Of course, Xue Yantuo's wolf cavalry didn't get it right either. In order to delay the speed of the Tang army's southward retreat, they left nearly a thousand corpses behind.
But even so, Tang Jun was in trouble.
Mobei is really too big, from Dujun Yu Mountain to the Great Wall, it is more than 2000 miles away.
The Tang army marched lightly, and they only marched about a hundred miles a day.To return to Datang and cross the Great Wall, the journey is only halfway through now.
But being pursued by Xue Yantuo's army for more than ten days, and wolves and cavalry continued to harass him, people were exhausted and horses were exhausted, and it seemed that he could not continue.
On this day, the Tang army rushed into a river valley before sunset, and Li Wangyou quickly ordered the army to set up camp here for repairs.
Although Mobei is a grassland, it also has mountains and rivers.
The river valley where they are now is surrounded by rocks on both sides, with lush trees on the mountain, and a winding river several meters wide at the bottom of the valley.
The entire river valley was no more than a hundred paces wide, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it was a rare place for the Tang army to rest at ease, at least not to worry about being attacked by wolf riders in the middle of the night.
As long as you get stuck at the entrance of the valley, you don't have to worry about the harassment of wolf cavalry.
The exhausted Tang Jun dismounted one after another, and before he had time to rest, he led the equally exhausted horses to the river to drink water and brush them.These horses are Tang Jun's most trustworthy companions, so taking care of the horses is the top priority of every Tang Jun.
After Li Wangyou and the dandies handed over their horses to the guards and Buqu beside them to take care of them, they were not idle, and led a few guards to wait up the hillside, ready to observe the enemy's situation.
Looking at the army of wolf cavalry camped several miles away, Li Wangyou couldn't help cursing inwardly.
Fang Yiai even scolded directly: "Zhi Niang, these damn wolf riders are really haunted! Ziyou, what should we do now? If we keep running like this, the horses I'm waiting for may not be able to last long , I'm afraid I can't outrun those wolf cubs who grew up on the grassland."
Li Wangyou nodded silently, what Fang Yiai said was actually known to everyone, but there was no way to break the situation.
For a while, everyone was silent.
After a long time, Mi Tuo suddenly said: "Your Highness, this old slave dares to say that this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Why don't His Highness hand over the army to this old slave? Your Highness should not care about this matter. Just return to Chang'an quickly, Your Majesty." Still waiting for His Royal Highness to return at Taiji Palace."
Mi Tuo's words stunned Li Wangyou and everyone else, and they immediately realized what Mi Tuo meant.
Obviously, Mi Tuo intends to lead the rest of the Tang army to defend the valley here, to buy time for Li Wangyou and the dudes to escape.
Fighting the Tang army's ability, even if Yi Nan Khan led an army of more than [-] to arrive, it may not be able to break through the Tang army's defense in a short while.
As long as it takes a few days, Li Wangyou and the others can easily escape from the pursuit of Xue Yantuo's army.
Mi Tuo's words made the dudes look at each other in blank dismay, but they didn't know how to answer for a while.
If it is said that they do not want to steal their lives, it is of course a lie.
But if they were to abandon Tang Jun and escape on their own, Cheng Chumo and the others would absolutely refuse.
Everyone was speechless for a while, and all turned their eyes to Li Wangyou, wanting to see how he would answer.
Li Wangyou laughed, and reached out to pat Mi Tuo on the shoulder: "Haha, Mi Tuo, I'm still alive, so you want to take my military power? Go away! Don't forget, His Majesty hasn't issued an order for a day. I'm still the chief commander of the Western Expedition Army!"
"Your Highness..." Mi Tuo was in a hurry, and when he wanted to persuade him again, Ah Tuo who was beside Li Wangyou suddenly spoke up.
"Not good, there is smoke and dust on the south side of the valley, and there are cavalry!"
Ah Tuo's words shocked everyone, and they all turned their heads to look...
1046 Famous General in the Early Tang Dynasty
Cavalry appeared in the south of the valley. Not only did Ah Tiao discover it, but the scouts in the army had already issued a warning.
The horn sounded immediately in the valley, and all the Tang troops did not hesitate, and immediately assembled under the orders of the lieutenant colonel and captain, ready to meet the enemy at any time.
The faces of Li Wangyou and the dudes have become extremely ugly now.
The valley they were in was still in the hinterland of the Xueyantuo Khanate, so there was no doubt about the identity of the cavalry that appeared in the south.
Li Wangyou never expected that Xue Yantuo's speed was so fast, he had already bypassed this valley in advance and appeared at the southern end of the valley.
In this way, Jiuqian Tang Jun is in a desperate situation!
It is true that the valley is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but if both ends of the valley are blocked by Xue Yantuo's army at the same time, the Tang army will be locked in a cage.Even if Li Wangyou has great abilities, it is still difficult to fly.
After Cheng Chumo was astonished, he spat hard on the ground: "Straight mother! You came so fast!"
Ah Duo has rich experience, and he can roughly judge the opponent's strength just by looking at the smoke and dust.After careful observation, he breathed a sigh of relief: "It's not a big problem, there are only five or six thousand riders."
Li Wangyou and the others felt a little relieved when they heard the words.
Five or six thousand Xue Yantuo cavalry is really not a big problem.
Since Li Wangyou led the Tang army to defeat [-] Xue Yantuo cavalry in one fell swoop, the thousands of cavalry were indeed not taken seriously by everyone.
This force is not enough to stop Tang Jun from leaving.
Not to mention five or six thousand cavalry, even Xue Yantuo's [-] wolf cavalry, Tang Jun would not be afraid at all.Only being restrained and threatened by Xue Yantuo's more than [-] troops in the rear, he dared not entangle with those wolf riders.
Li Wangyou didn't dare to delay, he called everyone down the mountain, and when he was about to break out, he heard the sound of a gong suddenly coming from the Tang army's camp below...
"Xunzi Yibing": "Go forward when you hear the sound of drums, and retreat when you hear the sound of gold."