Qajar's suggestion to release the captives on the spot is naturally selfish, as long as Elam is recaptured, these people will still be his subordinates in the future, the population is a precious wealth that is difficult to regenerate in a short time, but there is no tribal leader who owns a territory that does not want the people in the territory to prosper.

"Your Royal Highness, these captives have been let go, they have fled back to Elam, they are still our fierce enemies when they take up arms, and they will fight against our army, should the blood of the soldiers be shed in such vain?"

Asta protested loudly, and Murchilian agreed.

The argument continued, and everyone turned their eyes to Wang Renli, who was standing in the middle.

Wang Renli raised his left foot unhurriedly, knocked the dirt on the corner of his boot with the whip of the horsewhip, and then said lightly:

"It's all gone!"

"What, what...... All of them?"

Mo Jianlian's eyes widened in surprise, he couldn't believe his ears, let go of the two thousand living dragon and tiger captives, they would definitely be armed by Muhammad if they fled back, and they would still be a wolf-like army with a little reorganization.

How is this different from letting the tiger go back to the mountain?

"Can't let them go, if they are released, they will attack Elam in the future, I don't know how many warriors will be killed!"

Asta objected loudly, and many generals in the army also hoped that Wang Renli would change his mind.

In the end, Wang Renli still explained.

The reason why the decision to let go of the captives was not for the sake of Khazar, but because the Shenwu Army intended to take root here for a long time, so they could not form excessive hatred with the Great Cannibal.

Otherwise, this hatred could not be easily erased for twenty or thirty years, and it would bring long-term trouble to the Tang Dynasty's rule in Persia.

Regarding Wang Renli's decision, Khazar raised his hands and feet in agreement.

"The general is wise, the general is wise!"

Shortly after he defected to the Tang Dynasty, this was one of the few Chinese he learned.

For reasons of getting closer to Wang Renli, the phrase "the general is wise" is what he most often talks about, and no matter whether Wang Renli likes to listen to it or not, he always turns it over and says it.

"Khazar, don't use your selfishness to blind the general, the fox on the steppe is not cunning and insidious!"

The one who scolded the most was Asta, who had an instinctive hostility towards almost all the big cannibals, so he had been targeting Khazar at every turn.

Qajar is an old fox, so naturally he will not turn his face with the Sogdians, who have won the support of the Tang Dynasty, and whenever he encounters Asta's duties, he will either nod his head and bow in compliment, or laugh and say nothing.

This always made Asta feel like he was punching the cotton, and he couldn't hold his breath in his heart, and now that Khazar had the support of Wang Renli, he could only hold his breath again.

In this way, all 2,000 captives were released before dark. Moreover, each person was given half a naan cake before being released to satisfy his hunger on the road.

Qajar was very grateful to Wang Renli for this arrangement, and even felt that his decision to join the Tang people was very correct.

However, his excitement did not last until dawn, and while Wang Renli's military tent was discussing the details of the battle to recover Elam, a military official rushed in in a panic, not even bothering about the procedure of asking for an audience.

"No, it's not good, it's not good, Asta took the cavalry out of the camp without permission and chased down those dismissed prisoners of the Great Eat!"

"What? When did Asta leave? What is the gendarmerie battalion doing? Why don't you stop him?"

"Stopped, didn't stop, the Sogdian cavalry forcibly left, and the gendarmerie battalion was too small to be stopped!"

"Hurry up, gather all the cavalry in the cavalry battalion, and follow me!

Wang Renli was angry and anxious, complaining about how the prime minister had sent an unobedient person like Asta to him, and he still had to spoil his plan until now.

"General, there are cavalry in my escort, gather together now and chase after it with the general!"

Qajar was even more anxious, so he was also anxious to chase Asta with Wang Renli. In order to avoid further escalation of the conflict, Wang Renli did not agree to let Khazar go with him, otherwise Asta would be stimulated again and would not know what to do.

In a few moments, the cavalry battalion gathered outside the gate, only about five or six hundred people, and it was extremely fast.

Wang Renli even turned on his horse wearing only a light leather armor, and hundreds of cavalry galloped away like a whirlwind.

Although the sun had set, the moon overhead was like a bright lamp, painting the earth with a silvery gray color.

It was the movement of the cavalry that was completely unrestricted, and rushed wildly in the northwest direction on the open flat land.

The Sogdian cavalry moved very fast, and Wang Renli chased for an hour without being able to catch up with the slightest shadow.

Until the people were sleepy and the horses were tired, he had to order the whole camp to rest on the spot to prevent the horses from falling to death due to excessive running.

The Sogdian cavalry was all one man and two horses, and Wang Renli's cavalry battalion was only one man and one horse, and now it seems that it is difficult to catch up in time.

As soon as the cool breeze blew at night, Wang Renli woke up from his impatience, and he was so anxious to chase him out, he even forgot that this place was already in the territory of Ilam, and there might be great cannibals everywhere.

Thinking of this, Wang Renli had the idea of returning the same way.

At this time, the horse returned, bringing news from the Sogdian cavalry, claiming that the dead and abandoned Sogdian war horse had been found in a certain place in the front, and judging from the saddle, there was no doubt that it had been abandoned by the Sogdians.

In this way, the Sogdians did catch up from this road.

In addition, the corpses of large cannibals were found around the fallen war horses, and there were at least a hundred people in a rough count, and it seems that there was a large-scale conflict.

However, there were no living people there, and the Sogdians and the Great Cannibals had left one after the other.

Wang Renli decided to go and see what was going on there, and then decide whether to return to the camp or not.

Arriving at the place where the horses and corpses were found, Wang Renli and his subordinates carefully investigated and found many Sogdian corpses, and it seems that there was indeed a medium-sized battle here.

From the time they learned that Asta had left the camp without permission to the time they had chased them here, it was only an hour, and in such a short period of time, the battle had taken place and ended, and the living people on both sides quickly left the battlefield, leaving only the mess and corpses all over the ground.

Contrary to common sense, usually after the battle, the winning side will leave some people to clean up the battlefield, one to collect available military supplies, and the other to bury their fallen soldiers in the field so that the corpses of the dead will not be exposed to the wilderness for jackals and wild dogs to gnaw on.