Chapter 199: Jieli and Princess Yicheng
After a month of intrigue and fear of death, he was exhausted. Now that he is back in the army, he can't help but want to talk to Zhou Gong about his experience.
The heart that is afraid of death and the behavior that is not afraid of death are two different things. Therefore, Li Chengqian did not feel that Tang Jian was so embarrassed, but asked the sergeant carrying him to be careful.
The middle is full of wounded, and now the Tang Army can be called a full team. Fighting in snowy weather can be considered an ordeal for their thin clothing. This time, the army of other roads sent all the wounded to Baidao, and those who were not injured continued to chase Jieli with a sigh of relief.
There is no emperor in the world who is not cunning, on the surface he believes Tang Jian's words, but secretly he is ready to escape. It's just that a person's departure can't be matched with the word "retreat".
Tens of thousands of Turks, this time they fell into bad luck. Li Chengqian did not ask where the people other than the 20,000 captives brought back to the camp had gone, because there was no need.
It was still a busy first aid time, and this time, it was not completed after dark, and many wounded soldiers even carried to the camp and did not go to the wounded barracks, but went back to the tent to warm up first. It's so cold! After enjoying the warmth, many soldiers couldn't sleep. Therefore, the place where the soldiers who burned the bodies of the soldiers carried the most people was not the wounded barracks, but the soldiers' own tents.
This time, the number of wounded soldiers received by the wounded battalion was incomparable with before, and even if the armies of all walks of life were combined, they did not reach saturation. The three-day battle itself caused many soldiers to not be able to hold out until they returned.
After dealing with the wounded barracks, it was already close to dawn. The snoring in the camp continued, and the people left behind kept adding coal to the tents and paying attention to ventilation. Counting those who were asleep, the whole camp was extremely tired.
Li Chengqian and Lao Sun led a team of military doctors to check the bodies of the sleeping soldiers. No matter how much you turn over, it's hard to wake them up. Alcohol is very painful when applied to the wound, and even if you gasp a little more fragile, you will not wake up.
When the sun was in the sky, Li Chengqian and Sun Simiao bumped into each other.
Sun Simiao sighed: "There is too much frostbite, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave the grassland in a short time, these people's frostbite is not well maintained, and if they are frozen again, frostbite will easily reappear." ”
Li Chengqian shook his head: "There is no way to stay, what the treasury can supply has been supplied to the limit, and if you stay in the grassland, I am afraid that you will have to keep the food for disaster relief." Since the locust plague of the previous year, the imperial court has made food for disaster relief taboo and will never be used. ”
Sun Simiao sighed again, since he came to the grassland, he has seen too many stumps and broken arms, and now he dreams every day, the content is these things. I don't know how many times I have recited the scriptures of the pure heart, but it has not had any effect.
Walking back side by side, seeing that Lao Sun was depressed, Li Chengqian laughed miserably: "We won, aren't we?" Although it is a little more tragic now, our territory has been pushed all the way to the North Sea, which is the big lake. The enemies of the eight directions, who have removed the ones due north, are also the most restless. After this battle, our Datang can be peaceful for a long time. ”
Lao Dao nodded, and went back to his hut to rest, and when he woke up, he would continue his research.
Although he felt disgusting, after he really started researching, he found that he had truly seen another spacious avenue of medical skills, and many of his doubts could be answered through two-phase verification.
Although he was very sleepy, Li Chengqian still decided to go to see Li Jing first. The most taboo thing about arthritis is recurrence, otherwise it is easy to cause irreversible losses to the body. After all, primitive surgery is just now in its infancy.
Li Jing, who slept all night, insisted on getting up, and now he has the case on his lap as a lazy table, and is writing a war report.
It was a big victory, but how to get more rewards for his subordinates was a deep science.
Seeing Li Chengqian come in, Li Jing's hand shook, and a drop of ink dripped on the paper, and everything he had written before was written in vain.
simply pushed the case to his feet and invited Li Chengqian to sit on the edge of his bed.
Looking at Li Jing's swollen knees, Li Chengqian could only order his guards to make the stove in the tent prosperous. Without masonry, it can easily collapse, and although cement is a good building material, it will never be associated with the fighting troops.
"It's all old and sick, if it's faster, you can go to the ground tomorrow, and if it's slow, it's estimated that you will have to lie down in Chang'an. You came just in time, and you will write the battle report of the news. ”
Pushing away the pen handed by Li Jing, Li Chengqian shook his head: "This is the big victory you brought, how can you let me write the battle report?" In any case, this victory is a big victory, the fall of the Eastern Turks, and these five words can cancel out any negative impact. ”
Li Jing smiled: "It's just a pity, Jieli still ran away in the end, if there is his head, our record can look better." ”
Turning his gaze to the north, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "If you can't escape, Jieli rides alone, and it's strange if you can escape the pursuit of the army." I think we can even sketch a battle report from now on. ”
Li Jing shook his head: "No, Jieli is also a grassland person, whether he can be surrounded or not is unknown, not to mention that he is the master of a country, and he may judge himself at the last moment." It's already the best situation for us to get a good head. ”
Recalling the big man he faced before, Li Chengqian could hardly imagine that such a person did not commit suicide. Li Jing's guess is right, many monarchs would rather commit suicide when they come to the end than stay to accept insults, such as Xiang Yu and Chongzhen.
With Liu Bang's urine sex and Li Zicheng's tyranny, whether it is Xiang Yu or Chongzhen, the fate of survival will not be too good.
However, Jieli is not from the Central Plains, and may not agree with "the husband dies and dies", but believes that "it is better to die than to live"?
Don't disturb Li Jing to prepare for the war report, but he can't say that he is sleepy, so he has to go back and rest well.
The main barracks, except for those who were guarding the prisoners, were resting.
Zhang Baoxiang also wanted to rest, after three days of battle, he now wanted to find a place to sleep, even if it was lying on the grassland.
Two of the horses had already fallen to their deaths, and now he was in the crotch of a Turkic horse with an extraordinarily violent temperament. If it weren't for the two knives of this bastard, Zhang Baoxiang felt that he would have no way to chase down. Jieli rode one of the best horses of the Turks, and if he fled to the place where Ashnasuni was lost, the brilliance of the battle would be dimmed by two points.
Conceited and perfect, he swore that he would definitely catch Jieli, even if he couldn't hold on when he went back, and died on the grassland with Jieli.
Now there are only more than 200 soldiers left with him, and more than 800 can't help but stop along the way. If it weren't for that persistence, and that meritorious support, these 200 people would not have been able to persevere. Fastest update... / .. /
On the white grassland, the traces of the tree branches dragging are so clear. Jieli, Jieli, do you think that if you remove the horseshoe prints, we won't be able to catch up with you? If we are a day's journey away from you, maybe Beifeng can really help you hide all the traces, but since this trace is still there, then we estimate that it won't be long before we can meet!
"Cheer up! Now what we compare with Jieli is who can't hold it first! If we win Jieli, we will be promoted and make a fortune! ”
As the deputy director, Zhang Baoxiang naturally knows when to say something, and at this time, beautiful patriotic words naturally can't compare to the temptation of money and official positions.
Finally, a horse appeared in the snow ahead.
That's right, a piece, not a horse.
The cold winds of the Northland can quickly turn dead creatures into a stone.
There are still a lot of blood stains on the ground, and judging from the radiating blood stains on the neck of the war horse, this unfortunate animal was completely sent away by its own owner.
Warm horse blood may be the only thing that has entered Jieli's stomach for a while!
Licking his dry lips, Zhang Baoxiang jumped off the horse, grabbed a handful of ice blood from the ground, and stuffed it into his mouth. In other words, he hasn't eaten anything all day.
The crotch that was eroded by the saddle was very painful, but this could not prevent Zhang Baoxiang from chasing after the traces dragged by the branches.
Jieli is finished, there is no horse as a foot force, even if he is a steppe man, but in this empty grassland, he can only walk the road of completion.
The further you go, the clearer the trail of the twigs dragging.
When he saw the branches, Zhang Baoxiang and the left and right immediately surrounded the hollow in the ground.
There is brand new snow all around, so the only thing that has disappeared is that it is possible to be in this big hole.
It is common sense that a person cannot break through the frozen ground like a stone, even if Jieli is boasted of being a strong man who is better than the gods.
The reason why there is such a big hole in the grassland can only be a dry cave. This social creature has hard claws and is able to build huge burrows in seemingly flat grasslands.
If the dry population here is large enough, then it is possible that this cave can accommodate a large Han.
A soldier rubbed his stiff hands and was about to go down, but was stopped by Zhang Baoxiang.
This cave is very narrow, and he and the others don't bring any other weapons except horizontal knives, and if they go in, Jieli who is stuck in it is the real one-man pass.
There is no way to collapse the cave, this will kill Jieli, a living Jieli is far more valuable than a dead Jieli.
He took out the fire fold from his bosom and ordered the soldiers to tear a strip of cloth each. The piles of cloth were quickly lit, and the damp grass was piled on top of the fire, and smoke rose from it.
The smoke soon burrowed into the cave, and the place where Jieli chose to get into it was the north slope, which was really a failure. The howling north wind was better than a blower, and it didn't take long to see smoke coming out of the dry vents in the distance.
A heart-rending cough came from the dry hole, and Jieli, who was choked by the smoke, plunged into the net that the soldiers had prepared for a long time, and the scimitar in his hand was kicked off as soon as possible.
finally took a breath, and seeing that it was indeed a Tang man who caught him, Jieli said without hesitation: "Let me go, I can give you more benefits." I can even make all of you Turkic nobles, and in terms of titles, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is not as generous as me! ”
Zhang Baoxiang laughed and ordered the soldiers to put Jieli up and transport it back to the camp, as for Jieli's promise, even the poorest government soldiers turned a deaf ear.
Everyone got on the horse, and Zhang Baoxiang laughed loudly and said: "Brothers, what is so rare about the Turkic nobles, Lao Tzu knows where the most coveted good things on the grassland are today." Now that Jieli has been captured alive, we will naturally send him to the camp of the chief administrator. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is there now. I heard that the prince's treatment of injuries is the best wine. Although the things to be used to heal the wounds are a bit excessive, but for your sake, this official will personally open his mouth to ask the prince for it! ”
After Zhang Baoxiang's voice disappeared, the soldiers on the left and right applauded loudly.
Seeing that his promise was even less valuable than wine, Jieli in his net pocket was suddenly deflated.
Now he only hopes that he will not be cut down by the emperor of the Tang State, since he is also the emperor, how can he leave a life.
Jieli was captured alive, and naturally in exchange for the cheers of the camp mountains and tsunamis.
Li Jing, who deliberately did not send out the battle report, was extremely excited to add the text of Jieli being captured alive to the battle report.
Now this battle is completely over.
As for Zhang Baoxiang, who was shy and asked for wine, he was kicked several times by Li Chengqian. Because of this alcohol, Li Dahai's caravan froze to death and fell to death I don't know how many dozens of people died. Li Dahai himself and his eldest son both broke their legs, and now it is Li Dahai's second son who delivers supplies. Now the wounded barracks still feel that there is not enough alcohol, how can it be used to drink?
However, thousands of miles to hunt down Jieli, it can be regarded as a high level of hard work, Li Chengqian still gave each of them a big bag of dried fruits, a bag of seasoning and a few dried cabbages per person.
Although there is no alcohol, these things are also a top pleasure in the barracks. Zhang Baoxiang, who was rewarded, stopped crying and mourning, and went to get things with a warrant, preparing to sleep until death after a big meal.
Seeing each other should have been an embarrassing scene.
But seeing Jieli, who was chained to a tent and still eating meat and drinking water, Li Chengqian just wanted to kill him.
This grandson really didn't commit suicide, but chose to surrender. Although he resisted to the end, but now that he is alive, it is equivalent to surrendering.
Seeing a kid standing in front of him for a long time, Jieli couldn't help but be annoyed: "A little child, dare to humiliate this king?" ”
Zhang Yun, who had already healed his injuries, snorted coldly and kicked Jieli in the face without hesitation.
"Open your eyes wide and see clearly, this is the prince of my Tang Dynasty!"
Wiping a handful of blood from his nose, the first thing Jieli had to do was not to get angry, but to quickly build a leg of mutton on the ground.
The lord of a nation has reached this point, and he is no different from a beggar.
Thinking about the arrogant guy in his memory, Li Chengqian spat at Jieli, turned around and left.
It's already a lump of mud, and stepping on him dirties his own feet. With this time, it is better to care about Princess Yicheng, who is seriously ill.
In a corner of the camp for wounded soldiers, there was a separate room, surrounded by heavy guards. This is where Princess Yicheng lives.
Under the rebellion, whether it was a soldier or a general, or a Turkic nobleman, they were all treated the same. A stray arrow from the Tang army shot the princess in the chest. In the case of insufficient armament, the arrows on the Tang army's side were reused, so a large number of germs accumulated on the bow and arrow.
Sun Simiao's diaphoretic medicine is a good thing, but when this medicine has no effect, the fate of Princess Yicheng can only be changed by passing through the time and space tunnel.
There was only an old maid standing by the bedside in the warm room, and it was very inconvenient for the woman to be in the barracks, but fortunately there was tulle in the seizure, which could help her to stand in front of the bed.
In front of the doctors, there is no need to shy away from anything, not to mention that Yicheng is already in his forties, and he is already an old woman in this era of Luo Li control by the whole people.
The infection of the wound is very serious, and Sun Simiao's exclusive Jinchuang medicine is the most bullish Chinese patent medicine that Li Chengqian has ever seen, but it still has no effect.
After covering his shirt, Li Chengqian didn't say anything, turned around and was about to leave.
"You are the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, I heard the soldiers call you that. The matter of the dignified prince doing a military doctor is also new. Although you look expressionless, the old body knows that there is no help, right? ”
It's very strange, Yicheng's voice is actually very beautiful, could it be that singing with a Turkic woman, the voice is also contagious?
Turning around, he simply moved a stool to the side of the bed, Li Chengqian nodded and said, "I don't want to lie to you, your injuries are indeed difficult to heal." The injury was not fatal, but the infection was serious. Although Doctor Sun was also there, he was powerless to return to such a situation. ”
"Expected, so it's not a big deal. The old body is already a broken flower, and now that he lives in the camp and suffers from white eyes, it is better to die a hundred. ”
Li Chengqian grabbed the thumb of his left hand with his right hand, not knowing what to say.
The ancients had a stinky problem that they have not been able to change from the mythological period to the present, that is, it is okay to put the guilt on women. Chang'e has two versions of the story of the elixir and the elixir, and Bao Xi is even regarded as an example of a king's compulsory course. Now, she has become Princess Yicheng again.
A girl from the Han family, marrying into the grassland is already miserable, and as for being forced to remarry or something, it's not something she can resist. That is the nature of the steppe people, and it is the result of a woman's casual demagogy? You must know that during the Sui Dynasty, Yicheng sent Turkic intelligence to the Central Plains and lied about the military situation to save people.
With a sigh, Li Chengqian stood up and said, "The Guhui will send two eunuchs to serve you, and by the way, I will tell you about the Central Plains." When you die, Lone will bring your ashes back to the Central Plains and bury them near your biological father's mausoleum. ”
Yicheng smiled, very far-fetched: "No need, just scatter my ashes outside the grassland." I am a princess of the Sui Dynasty and am reluctant to enter the Tang Dynasty. The grassland, as disgusting as it is, is the place where I have lived my whole life. Several of the children I gave birth to myself are buried here. Although I am a Han Chinese, I am also their mother. Just let me stay here with them! ”
Li Chengqian nodded, and after going out, he instructed the two eunuchs to let them do what Yicheng said.