Chapter 375 Hometown
Dense armies surrounded them, and war horses circled back and forth, stripping away the Turkic warriors who had gathered together and desperately resisted layer by layer.
Arrows were rising into the sky, and patches of Turkic warriors were covered in a rain of arrows, and the corpses of men and horses were piled up in the center, and the arrows were nailed there like artemisia grass, and blood flowed like springs.
The broken golden wolf flag slowly fell, and on the battlefield, the soldiers of the Daizhou Army exterminated the last group of remnants of the enemy, reined in the reins of the horses, and they raised their blood-colored steel knives one after another, and the sound of joy thundered and shook the sky.
In the final battle, thousands of Turkic warriors, led by Ashina Boyu, launched a frantic attack on the Daizhou army.
Despair and a desire for revenge gave them endless courage, and while it was strategically stupid, they did retain the last bit of dignity as soldiers.
The elite Daizhou Army did not give them any chance to turn defeat into victory, and the attribution of victory undoubtedly belonged to the more well-prepared Daizhou Army.
Big win, a rare big win.
The broken golden wolf flag and the head of Ashina Boyu were soon sent to Li Po, in the earth-shaking cheers, Li Po raised the golden wolf flag high, at this moment, there was no other sound on the grassland, all of them were the wild whistling sound of the soldiers of the Daizhou Army.
The conjecture of a few years ago has become a reality today, and Li Po has harvested a worthless, but extremely precious trophy.
Immediately, the army divided into four directions and drove back the scattered Turkic tribesmen, along with countless cattle, sheep and horses.
In this battle, the Daizhou army broke through more than 100,000 Turkic tribes north of the Yellow Flag Sea, beheaded the Turkic neighbor Ashina Boyu, and captured countless captives.
On July 24, the army returned to the Yellow Flag Sea, and without much rest, it immediately set off for the south.
"General, aren't we going to Dali City?"
The autumn wind was howling, the army was like a tide, countless cattle, sheep and prisoners of war were encircled in the middle by the army, driven to the south, Wei Chigong and Li Po walked side by side, and finally said unwillingly.
This time in the north of the steppe, the enemy killed more or less fell second, but the capture was really gratifying, herds of cattle, sheep and war horses, as well as more than 80,000 Turkic tribesmen, these will be a powerful supplement to the two states.
It is conceivable that the food shortage in the two states will be completely a thing of the past, and in the near future, the figure of Turkic warriors will also appear more and more in the ranks of the army.
And the outcome of this battle will also affect the trend of the overall situation in the world.
But for people like Wei Chigong, it is inevitable that they will have deep regrets if they can't go to Dali City.
It was the seat of the Turkic royal court, and if he could wave an army to surround it, it would be of incalculable significance to him and everyone else.
Even decades later, when he is dying, whether he is facing a full house of children and grandchildren, or anyone else, he can proudly say that Lao Tzu led his troops to attack the Turkic Tooth Tent back then.
At this time, Li Po was like a well-fed wolf, licking his bloody minions, full of laziness.
"If you don't go, kill Kruhu, behead Ashina Boyu, and then attack the Turkic royal court, how will the Turks respond? Under the same hatred of the enemy, they will gather under the banner of the golden wolf and be determined to take revenge. ”
"It's not easy for us to shake the foundation of the Turks by surprise, and if we want to gain an inch, we will be hit head-on, so why bother?"
"Besides, there have been too many battles this year, and the soldiers are tired, so we have to take a good breath."
Do you understand these truths? He naturally understands, but the temptation of Dali City is too great, and under the winning streak, it can't help but make people a little confused.
In fact, this is also the reason why everyone pushed him over to ask, most people know what the result is, but they can't help it.
In fact, this is also the root of the general's rarity, when they know that they can't do it and are eager to do it, many smart people will make mistakes.
And the deeper reason that prompted Li Po to return to the army, Li Po actually hasn't said it yet.
The alliance with Princess Yicheng is not strong, if it was to enter Dingxiang County and attack the south of Ake, there will be an enemy like Kru Hu and Ashina Boyu outside, and the Daizhou army that enters Dingxiang County will undoubtedly be relied on by Princess Yicheng as an arm.
If you want to go to Dingxiang County now, it's hard to say what the outcome will be.
In fact, in Li Po's view, if he stays in the grassland for even one more day at this time, the Daizhou army will be one step closer to danger.
What will happen in the Turkic royal court, he is not interested in knowing now, he just wants to quickly lead the troops back to Daizhou, all the temptations, in the face of his own life and death, are like floating clouds.
In addition, the Daizhou army was fighting to the death outside, trying their best to continuously defeat Ashina Elivo's tribe, but Her Royal Highness the princess was sitting in the royal court, and she only needed to act according to the situation.
Is there anything so cheap in the world?
Now it's time to take a look at the wrist of Her Royal Highness the princess, if at this time, even one Aknan can't deal with it, and let Ashina Eliver ascend to the position of Turkic Khan, then why does Princess Yicheng say that she wants to be a Turkic Khan?
Of course, as an enemy, Li Po also very much hopes to see Princess Yicheng and Ashina Eliver fight and lose both, such an ending is really wonderful.
That is, I don't know the composition of the Turkic power structure, otherwise, Li Po would definitely lead his troops at this time and give Princess Yicheng's forces a little bit to make those two unlucky eggs balanced and balanced.
These messy considerations, as the lord of the two states, there is no need for him to explain to others.
As his status grew, although he exposed some faults in poor governance, his talent for power and leading troops in battle was gradually revealed.
Wei Chigong beat his chest, "What the general said is that you can't be too greedy for merit when leading troops into battle, this is a true insight, and the last general is wrong." ”
Li Po pursed his lips in his heart, and said in his heart, you people really treat me as children? If you have to tempt, hand me good words, and then come to flatter, you say that you are a group of military men, what are you doing badly, you have to play tricks with me.
Especially this big black man, who threw Lao Tzu into the camp of the homeless people at the gate of Mayi City back then, and almost killed Lao Tzu, then I knew that your kid was not a good thing.
One day, I'm on fire, and I'll settle the new and old accounts with you, hum.
Wei Chigong didn't know that he had never patted a horse's ass like Bu Qun, and the first time he patted it lightly, he slapped it on the horse's leg, which was really unlucky.
The two said a few more words, Li Po seemed to remember, and said to Wei Chigong: "By the way, you take 5,000 soldiers to take the first step, I want you to take the troops to Jinyang day and night." ”
"If you calculate the time, if the Tang army comes north, that is, at the beginning of winter, they can't attack Jinyang, they will definitely storm Yuci, you take the troops to see, if there is a war, you can move with the camera, if there is nothing to do, you can garrison Fenyang, wait for me to return to the army."
"Yes, the last will obey."
On the same day, Wei Chigong led 5,000 soldiers and horses to the south first, and Li Po was not idle, and ordered Buqun to temporarily command the army, telling him to be careful of the pursuit of the Turks.
And he himself ordered Xue Wanche and Luo Shixin to lead a thousand cavalry each, leave the brigade, and march southwest.
Soon they gathered the 1,000 men and horses left on the edge of Dingxiang County and marched south along the border of Dingxiang County.
Two days later, Li Po had already led the army to bypass Dali City, came to the southeast of Dali City, passed through the old site of the Yunzhong Shoufu Mansion, and then went south, in the south of the Yunzhong grassland, and turned for two days.
Li Po looked at the direction of the stars again, and based on the mountains, rivers and trees, and finally found a ruin on the grassland that was already overgrown with wild grass.
More than 3,000 people, following him around the grassland like headless flies, one moment to the south, the next moment may be to the west, and they are almost dizzy.
Although the whole army is a little unclear, they have no complaints, and Li Po, who led them to fight in the south and the north, has almost been deified in the minds of many of them, and the victories have also made the soldiers carve a wise and martial image into their hearts.
Even Luo Shixin and Xue Wanche, looking at the sky for a while, looking at the ground for a while, concentrating on identifying the direction, didn't dare to disturb much, thinking that this person wanted to take them to fight again.
Until Li Po stopped at the ruins, anyone could see that there should have been a stockade here, and more than 3,000 horsemen quietly surrounded here, the atmosphere was rather weird, and people who were confused abounded.
Li Po waved his hand and ordered the scouts to be released, and camped on the spot, while he entered the ruins like a small tomb with some distractions.
The bits and pieces of the year came to my heart, many years have passed, looking back, the few years I have been here, although the life has been a little harder, but also a little worried, but it is indeed the most peaceful time he has lived in the past ten years.
It's a pity that someone ruined it.
Over the years, even when he was still very weak, he didn't think about bowing his head to the Turks, in addition to thinking that the Turks were foreign enemies, I am afraid that deep down in his heart, he also hated these northern Hu people very much for killing several old soldiers who treated him like brothers and fathers.
It was a deeply hidden memory, very precious to him, and he never mentioned it to anyone.
Not far from the stockade, he found the mark he had made when he left.
He dug up the earth with a steel knife with his own hands, carefully dug out the bones of the three old soldiers, wrapped them in clothes, and tied them tightly on the back of their horses.
Only then did he laugh, his smile was very strange, like sad and joyful, unpredictable, and Luo Shixin and Xue Wanche, who had been with him all the time, had cold backs.
I'm afraid that at this time they are thinking about one thing, the boss, is the general crazy?
Li Po is naturally not crazy, he revisited the old place, and he didn't look back when he left, as if he had no nostalgia, in fact, this military village has always occupied an extremely important position in his life.
As long as he thinks of this, he can show kindness and softness, as long as he thinks of this, such a thing as human nature will revive in him, and as long as he thinks of this, his cold and hard heart can soften.
What was bestowed on him here was nothing else, but warmth......
(Commuter Pass) (To be continued.) )