174. The price of growth

In this battle, the Tang army won a great victory.

The fire ignited by black oil could not be extinguished lightly, and the Turks who were surrounded inside endured the pain of the fire. In addition to those who were burned to death, several people struggled to crawl out of the collapsed tents, and unfortunately, those who approached him also quickly set ablaze.

Listening to the howls inside, Tang Jun outside only felt happy and relieved. Li Ji did not plan to leave just yet, because Wang Jue operated properly and not only rescued Hanmin. All livestock were also taken away. Thinking that the Turks had little food left at this time, and that the death of the leader would inevitably lead to chaos, he wondered whether they would rush out to fight or eat the corpses of their compatriots when they had no food and no countermeasures.

Don't worry, Li Ji plans to go all out and leave in one go.

In addition to relieving hatred, the Tang army was also very excited, and the saint would not be disadvantaged after such a great battle achievement.

Fire doesn't block out smells and sounds. When it was time to eat, the Tang army was eating the meat of the livestock looted from the Turks, and the curses of the Turks from inside were heard in their ears. And the other party was also attracted by the fragrance of Tang Jun's cooking, they didn't have much food left, and no one had enough to eat on the day they were trapped.

The Turks pinned their hopes on reinforcements from nowhere, expecting the elite who went out to pursue the Don army to return as soon as possible. Some people who understand that the elite troops are already more and less lucky, and they will only get weaker and weaker if they continue to be trapped, so it is better to go out and fight while they still have the strength, and maybe they will have the opportunity to rush out desperately. No matter how bad it is, if someone can escape and find reinforcements, it's fine. It's a pity that the few who have the right to speak have been killed by Wang Jue, and the few knowledgeable people can't convince the public.

It is normal for people to be a wolf, and if they want to sacrifice themselves to create opportunities for others, ordinary people are still unwilling. Who has no old and young, it is precisely because they know their compatriots that they dare not sacrifice.

It's not nonsense, many Turks are a drag on the old man, and some have even used them as bait to lure the enemy.

All Turks share the same idea: if they die, their children will surely die. The reason is simple, from his own considerations, he himself will use those who have no support as victims.

It's another day, and Tang Jun is a little tired of waiting. There are still rescued Han people waiting in the camp to thank them, and the meals they have eaten recently have been burned by the rescued compatriots, which is better than the fireheads in the army. The general also said that after they returned, let them have wine and meat to play for three days. Those Turks, can you stop procrastinating?

Compared to their impatience, the Turks lived like years. Finally unable to hold on, a group of elderly Turks were pushed out first. It's selfish and fair, isn't it, the old people in every family go to die.

At this point, the flames have weakened and are not fatal except for burns.

Without the Tang Army's pity for those old people, few of them did not end the lives of the Han people.

Li Ji waved his hand, and the archers shot arrows in unison.

Batches of old people fell, and batches were pushed and thrown out, and the Turks slowly approached the Han army with human flesh as a wall. Imagine if they hadn't rescued Hermes-Epitek, they would have been treated like this, or even worse.

Seeing that the Turks were approaching, Li Ji calmly replaced the archers.

There is no doubt that there will be another bloody battle. The Tang army not only had to destroy the stronghold, but also to prevent any Turks from escaping to report the news.

Although there are many Turks, fortunately, not all Turks are good at war. When those who had been trained as soldiers died, those who were left without weapons had to be captured.

What to do with these captives?

Li Ji, Wang Jue and Gao Yongsheng, who came back after the ambush, discussed this headache together.

Li Ji spoke first, "We don't have food to feed tens of thousands of people...... automatically ignoring the livestock that had just been robbed, it was the spoils of war, and General Li was also a master who had no way out.

Gao Yongsheng is a rough man, and he has always been very direct: "They killed so many of us, and the last general saw that they would cut it clean with a knife." ”

The two looked at Wang Jue again, and the following are the psychological activities:

Li Ji: Uncle Wang said that he wanted to fuse them or let them build roads as slaves, so he won't be unable to think about it at this time.

Gao Yongsheng: Wang County Bowen is crepe, don't be as pedantic as sour Confucian. Otherwise, I haven't thought of anything yet......

Wang Jue seemed to see through the voices of the two, "The integration is for those tribes who are attached to Jieli and have not participated in the war, just to avoid a full-scale war with the Turks." As for these, there are no other tribes here. The meaning is self-explanatory.

"I knew that Uncle Wang was not such a pedantic person!" As if he was afraid that Wang Jue would change his mind, Gao Yongsheng hurriedly dealt with it.

Soon, the desert was stained red with the blood of the Turks. The former Han slaves who came to help make the rice first applauded, and then called out the names of those who had gone to distant places with tears in their eyes. Those names are the family, friends, and compatriots who died under the knife of the Turks......

Whoever is like an executioner will not be too happy to reap the lives of women and children and the defenseless, even if the other party is an enemy. Two days after returning to the camp for rectification, the Tang army began to celebrate.

And Fang Yiai has not stepped out of the door since he returned, and he listens to the cheers outside the account and falls into memory.

I am afraid that the Turkic child, who was hiding behind his family and trembling one moment, will swing his knife fiercely the next moment. Fortunately, he blocked the knife with his arm in time, but fortunately, that child had no martial arts at all, otherwise his compassion might have killed his junior sister.

Stroking the knife wound on his arm, he recalled the look in his teacher's eyes at that time. It's complicated, and there is both relief and regret. Thinking of the later battle, he could only watch from the rear due to his injury, he was not as good as the little junior sister, at least she was frightened and still followed the teacher to kill the enemy.

Li Chengqian walked into the bedroom of Fang Yu's beloved and put the food he brought on the table next to the couch. He had long heard about what happened during the war, and when he saw that his junior brother was hiding alone, he guessed what the reason was. I left two days for him to think, and I couldn't help but come in when I saw that he still didn't go out today.

"Everyone has compassion, and I think you won't make that mistake next time. You see, I haven't even been on the battlefield, isn't it even more useless. "It's a powerful contrast, and Li Chengqian perfectly uses self-deprecation to explain it.

Fang Yiai just wanted to refute, but when he saw the regretful smile on the corner of his senior brother's mouth, he didn't know what to say. Even Fang Yiai knows that the elder brother is the prince of a country, and his expedition can only be symbolic, if he insists on going to the battlefield, he is not heroic but willful and disregards others. Xiao Erlang is very sincere to his family, and he really can't say such a disobedient thing as 'there will be a chance'.

It was still lively outside, the brothers and sisters ate meat without saying a word in the account, Wang Jue took Wu Zhao and stood outside the house for a while without going in.

In particular, I want to mention Ma Zhou, a disciple of Fang's beloved, who played a big role in this battle. As a literati mixed in the soldiers, a talented native cultural person of the Tang Dynasty, he stayed in the military camp to help Zhang Gongjin settle the rescued Han people together. Not only physical salvation, but also spiritual comfort.

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Compared with Li Jibi, who has made great contributions, another General Li is still arguing with the Turks.

According to the spies, Jieli is indeed mobilizing troops, and Dingxiang will soon become a large garrison. In addition to the soldiers, there are naturally a lot of supplies that come with you. The news was so exciting that what they had to do now was not to make people aware that Ma Yi had come with a strong force.

"Add another 100 sheep to you, don't have too much appetite!"

Su Dingfang looked at the Turkic envoy crookedly, how could he always send the same person over and over again. With hanging eyes, crooked neck, and a mouth full of big yellow teeth, he was tired of seeing the crooked face of this Turk. Thinking about the general's explanation, it was time to say the final request, "It's no problem to add another 100 sheep, I want ten more good horses." Top stallion, don't fool me. ”

"You! You deceive too much!! ”

"Alright, don't howl. If I am not satisfied, the captives will be cut down. ”

Seeing that Su Ding's side was bloody, and he didn't have the characteristics of a Confucian general in the past few days, the Turkic envoy hurriedly said: "I can't be the master, I want to go back and ask our khan." ”

"Cheng, remind you again, don't fool me!"

Seeing the departing Turks, Su Dingfang sighed helplessly. It was inconvenient for the two generals, Li Jing and Wei Chi Jingde, to show up, so he could only disguise the new general who was assigned to guard the pass. He really didn't want to do this easy job, and he was depressed every day.

In fact, the Turks here had already sent a letter to Turki, and it happened that the person who brought the reply letter met the negotiator, and the two of them took out the explanation of the Turki Khan and compared it with Su Dingfang's request. Since what they asked for did not exceed the Khan's bottom line, then let's do what the Khan wanted, and the rest of the two phases will naturally operate into their own pockets.

Su Dingfang was practicing martial arts in the courtyard with Zhou Qi, and it didn't take long for a soldier to report that the Turkic man was back!

The two looked at each other, how could it be so fast?!

Su Dingfang returned to the hall again, while Zhou Qi hid in the side hall and eavesdropped.

Unlike Fang Cai who left with his tail between his legs, the man walked in with slanted eyes, and if Zhou Qi saw the posture of the person who came, he would definitely think of Xiao Erlang, who was underbeaten.

"I just went back and thought about it, and I can call the shots for such small things. In this case, let's make a deal at once, and I don't want my brother to continue to suffer in your place. ”

Su Dingfang shouted: "Cheng, don't do any tricks, otherwise I will kill you together!" ”

The man paused, stabilized his mind and said, "We Turks are the most reputable!" ”

Zhou Qi pouted in the side hall, talking about credibility of a ghost, just these days he has encountered a lot of Turkic swindlers when he goes to the bazaar.

After the Turks left, Su Dingfang hurried to report the situation to Li Jing. As soon as everyone studied it, they immediately guessed the general truth.

Su Dingfang deliberately emphasized: "I think the Turks want to use means, we have to guard against it." ”

There is no soldier who does not love horses, and those ten horses have long been remembered. As soon as he heard Su Dingfang's words, Wei Chi Jingde shouted: "I have a personal soldier who is good at horses, let him go with you later." ”

Zhou Qi also added: "The teacher has taught, and I will go with me." ”

Wang Xiran smiled but said nothing.

Thinking of having a good horse, Li Jing and Wei Chi Jingde simply waited in the side hall. After a while, the departing Turk returned. The man pointed behind him very brightly, "150 sheep and 10 horses, release them quickly!" ”

"There will be no breach of contract, I have to check if there is a problem with the livestock first."

The person who came sneered: "Suspicious, just check!" ”

Yo, no wonder he was sent for diplomacy. This guy can also speak idioms, and the people in the room pouted.

Wei Chi Jingde's personal soldiers stepped forward with Zhou Qi, and when they saw that Zhou Qi was also sent to Soma at such an age, the Turkic people were even more disdainful.

"Let's talk about it." After Su Dingfang finished speaking, he took the two into the house.

Afraid that General Wei Chi's personal soldiers would not see anything wrong, Zhou Qi hurriedly spoke first, so as not to lose face on the other side. That General Wei Chi doesn't deal with her teacher, so let's not provoke it.

"There's a problem with the horses, and those horses have been drugged and can't have children."

Wei Chi Jingde just wanted to scold his mother, but when he thought that the Turks were outside, he held back his words again, and his face was flushed.

Wang Xiran reminded: "We have more important things to do. ”

No one answered, and everyone was looking forward to a good horse for a few days.

As soon as Li Jing wanted to speak, he was preempted by Zhou Qi: "Why don't you also make those Turkic captives infertile?" ”

Zhou Xiaoniang always speaks so amazingly, and many people are not used to it now.

Li Jing, who finally didn't get robbed: "Ahem, forget it, our first task is to raid Dingxiang." As for Tuli, let's go back and find the field, maybe we can get more by then. ”

Everyone knew what the general meant as soon as they pondered it, and everyone showed a satisfied expression, only Zhou Qi had regret on his face.

Seeing that Su Dingfang had only come out for so long, the Turkic envoy hurriedly said, "How is it?" Hurry up and release them, we are still in a hurry to go back. ”

Su Dingfang showed a cheerful smile, as if he was very satisfied with the war horse, "This will let someone take you to lead people." ”

The Turkic envoy turned his head and showed disdain again, secretly saying that the Tang people really have no ability!