177. Undercover force
As the bang sounded, the screams also came out one after another from the tents on the Evil Yang Ridge. The Turks had never seen such a sharp weapon, and some were killed before they could feel the power of the mines.
The lucky ones who were not cared for by the mines were awakened by the sound of the powerful bombardment, and although they were not killed, they were more or less injured by the concussion of the blasting. The internal injuries were very severe, and he covered his heart with his hands and forced himself to vomit and walked out of the big tent.
Since the ridge was considered a safe place, it was expected that the Tang army would not be able to attack it, and almost all of the Turkic tents were built nearby. As a result, hundreds of mines fell, fatally injuring the Turkic army. Everywhere you look, there are collapsed tents stained with blood and shattered corpses that have been blown up all over the ground, and the blood is soaked in the snow, and the eyes are bloody and brutal red. Unable to accept what he saw, coupled with the internal injuries caused by the concussion, he fainted directly.
"General!"
"Chief!"
There were also a small number of Turkic soldiers who were still healthy, and their quarters were far from the main tent, which was considered a marginal army with weak combat effectiveness. Seeing that he had lost his mind and fainted, these people hurriedly carried him to the military doctor who was seriously injured and had a broken arm for treatment.
The Turks had their own beliefs, and they believed in the doctrine of heavenly punishment. Some people thought that the Tang army was playing ghosts, but most of the Turkic soldiers began to kneel down and repent after they were killed. Listen carefully to what they say, all of which are related to killing and abuse.
Unlike Li Ji's sneak attack, fortunately the Turkic lieutenant survived. It's just that although the deputy general thought that it was Tang Jun who was a ghost, he didn't dare to make a big change under such a big damage to his own side. In this case, all he could do was to send someone to inform Jieli of what was happening here, and it was best that the Khan would be considerate of them to give them more reinforcements, and let the healthy soldiers go to guard against the Tang army's attack. The rest will have to wait for the stubbornness to wake up.
The Turkic soldiers, who had just escaped death, did not know that nightmares awaited them next. The deputy general expected it to be good, and the Tang army really attacked.
"Report! The Don army is coming! Look at the flag, it's Chai Shao! ”
The deputy general was shocked when he heard this, Chai Shao is also famous for the Turks, and this guy did not play with the bones of their Turks when he was guarding the border pass. Then I was glad that fortunately, it was not a character like Li Jing who came. I hope that the supreme commander of these Tang soldiers is Chai Shao, maybe he is a new guard, and the deputy general comforted himself so much.
"Let all those who can move go to fight the enemy, we can't lose the Evil Sun Ridge!"
"Yes!"
After explaining the soldiers, the adjutant general also changed into armor and prepared for battle. As he walked out of the tent, a sense of foreboding instantly enveloped his heart.
The imaginary battle turned out to be so easy, contrary to the Turks, the Tang army was overjoyed. The so-called one go, after watching Wang Jue's violent force, the Tang soldiers had unprecedented confidence in the Turkic war. They came to attack the enemy with such a victorious mentality, and coupled with the fact that the Turkic army had already suffered heavy losses, the outcome of this battle was self-evident.
Just when the adjutant general led the soldiers to desperately resist Chai Shao, that ominous premonition had come true, and Li Ji and Wei Chi Jingde used the rock climbing tools prepared by the Mo family to climb from the steep rock wall at the back of Chai Shao's location to the top of the mountain without guarding. The Turkic soldiers who remained on the mountain were all badly wounded, and now they were left to be slaughtered.
Li Ji retains the style of last time, we have no extra food and no medicine to treat these people, except for important people, they were all cut down quickly. didn't abuse them before he died, is it considered the humanitarianism that Wang Xianbo said.
In this way, the two armies reaped the lives of the Turks at an astonishing speed, and the situation of the battle was completely one-sided. The battle lasted until dawn, when the Tang army occupied the Evil Yang Ridge.
When Chai Shao came to the top of the mountain, he didn't spit it out, and the smell of blood was too strong. Visually, the explosion of the mine had already made the top of the mountain a purgatory on earth, and the massacre after Li Ji and their arrival made the entire mountain top miserable.
"Tsk, the ground is full of meat and mud, this guy ...... you very much" Chai Shao has broken away from the coat of a Confucian general and never returned, he has been tsk many times in the past few hours, and he has complained about his own people.
Not only Chai Shao, everyone dislikes this blood-stained place, including Wei Chi Jingde, who has been shouting 'all the corpses'. Considering that Jieli might send reinforcements from the other side, they had to do their best to occupy the top of the mountain when they had an advantage, so it was purely to find fault for themselves.
In addition to the injured people, the Tang soldiers became cleaning experts again, and it was past noon when Wang Jue and them went up the mountain. Compared with the soldiers who were happy after the victory, the generals were worried about Li Jing's situation. However, they had just experienced a major battle, and their first task was to occupy the Evil Sun Ridge, and then give the soldiers a full meal before selecting elite soldiers to settle down.
Wang Jue was also very worried in her heart, she stood on the top of the mountain and looked at Dingxiang City with a telescope, and happened to find a flying horse running in the direction of Dingxiang City.
During the meal, Wang Jue was the first to speak, "I just saw that Dingxiang City has not been through the war, and General Li Jing should not have taken action yet." Another flying rider went to report the news, do you think Jieli will send reinforcements? ”
Li Ji frowned, "If the messenger leaves before the attack, there will most likely be reinforcements to support him. If Jieli already knew that we had captured this place, he might have fought with all his might or quickly left Dingxiang City with a large army, and he should not have the idea of fighting Evil Yang Ridge again. ”
Hearing his analysis, everyone felt that it made sense, Wei Chi Jingde was anxious, "You can't let him run away, let's go to Dingxiang after eating, so let's quickly find out the whereabouts of the general." ”
The others didn't dare to say it, Wei Chi Jingde actually felt that Wang Xiran was not very reliable, so don't lose Li Jing again.
Wang Jue is also worried about them, but she also knows the fatigue of the soldiers at this time, so it is not good to say that she will go to Dingxiang City, after all, she is not a member of the army.
Fang Yiai and Wu Zhao didn't eat in the tent, they took two pieces of dry food at random and ran to the cliff to set off the Kong Ming lantern, and the wind was heading towards Dingxiang City at this time. I hope that Wang Dalang can see the Kong Ming lantern and get a hint.
Regardless of whether it was suspicion or longing, Wang Xiran, whose ears were red from the chatter, was working as a spy outside Dingxiang City at this time. Due to the twists and turns of the Yinshan Trail, they only arrived near Dingxiang City this morning.
First, when he saw a flying horse shouting into the city, Wang Xiran's heart trembled, thinking that it was to report the attack on Evil Yang Ridge. He just wanted to go back and report to see if he would raid now, so as to buy time for the army of other roads that was attacking Evil Yang Ridge, but when he left, he looked up and saw Kong Ming lanterns floating from the direction of Evil Yang Ridge.
Observing the left and right, and seeing that there were no Turks here, he quickly took off the bow and arrow on his back and shot a Kong Ming lantern. After taking the lamp, I didn't rush to research, but found a place to hide before I started to check. Seeing that there was nothing on the lamp, he had an idea and hurried to the place where Li Jing was.
When Wang Xiran went back, Li Jing and the others were eating, except for the dough, they could be regarded as picking up a broken pot and boiling some hot water to drink. Ignoring other people's inquiries, Wang Xiran took the fire and began to sear the skin of Kong Ming's lantern. Seeing that there were words on the outer skin, Zhou Qi hurriedly threw down the cake and came over. The barely readable handwriting she recognized was from the hand of Fang Yiai.
It is densely written about the process of their victory, and mentions that they will come to help after reorganizing the soldiers a little.
Three Thousand Flying Tigers. Riding Qiang resisted the urge to shout, now that the Evil Sun Ridge has been captured, victory is at hand!
Li Jing ordered: "The people who asked for reinforcements have entered Dingxiang City, let's attack it now, and we can't give Jieli time to think about it." If he really sends reinforcements, we will fight on both fronts, and try to surround the remaining Turks in Dingxiang City. ”
"Yes!" The one with the bread in his hand hurriedly took a few bites, and as he spoke, he was about to get up and lead the horse.
Wang Xiran sighed in his heart that Li Jing deserved to be a general who could lead hundreds of thousands of people in charge of the march, and he could always make the most correct decision in the shortest possible time.
At this time, Jieli was scolding the Tang army in the mansion, and he was headed by several Hu people, Turkic leaders, and Zhao Deyan and Huang Wen, who were highly valued by him.
Zhao Deyan interrupted Jieli's cursing, "Time is urgent, can the Khan make a decision?" ”
"Sir is right, we can't just be angry at this time, we have to think of countermeasures." Seeing that Zhao Deyan was dedicated to him all the time, Jieli was very satisfied. He thought for a moment and then asked, "What do you think, sir?" ”
Looking at the people who came to ask for help, Zhao Deyan said: "Listening to his words, almost all the combat strength on the Evil Yang Ridge has been lost, and even if you send someone over, it is estimated that you will not be able to catch up." I don't know how many people there are in the Tang Army, if there are too few people sent, they will die in vain, why don't the generals fight with all their might? ”
Several Hu tribe leaders who followed Jieli also agreed, can you disagree, that weapon is so terrifying, it is very likely that one of them is sent over as reinforcements. Many people wanted to run away, but no one was too embarrassed to say it first.
Jieli looked at the next group and asked, "If the Tang army attacks Dingxiang City, who can be the commander?" Who wants to do it? ”
A man farther away from Jieli got up when he heard this, "The last general is willing to go!" ”
Without waiting for Jieli to answer, there was a sneer in the hall, the person who made the voice was Huang Wen, and the object of his sneer was the talented man, Ashina Simo, the first fierce general of the grassland.
Hearing Huang Wen's laughter, Jieli suddenly remembered what Mr. Cui (Huang Wen) said to him a few days ago: "Ashina Simo was drunk and made disrespectful remarks, thinking that this person has a deep grudge against the Khan, how can he make people sleep peacefully if he is in charge of too many troops." Jieli felt that it was very reasonable at the time, and he also saw that Ashina Simo was not inferior.
This person has little respect for him, even if he is brave, he can't use it, so it is better to choose one person from the Hu and Turkic people, this is Jieli's final decision. Zhao Deyan and Huang Wen's brainwashing skills are too strong, and the bold Jieli is made by them to worry like a mediocre emperor.
Huang Wen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Jieli's arrangement. His heart is very complicated at the moment, although it is different from each other, but Jieli is indeed good to him, and his heart always can't help but feel guilty. On the one hand, he has some expectations, he really misses the Central Plains and wants to go home. As for the various 'crusades' that will be faced when I go back, I will think about them later.
It's a pity that a good show was not seen by Li Jinjiang, otherwise there would inevitably be a villain like Qin Hui in his pen, of course, based on his fox brother.
Princess Yicheng, who was kneeling on Jieli's side, did not say anything, and at the end she smiled gratefully at Zhao Deyan and Huang Wen. Dingxiang City, formerly known as Dali City, was built by Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian. This place is of great significance to Princess Yicheng, this is the only Great Sui City that has not been taken back by Li Shimin, and it is also her last hope for the restoration of the country, she naturally hopes that Jieli can defend this city more than anyone else.