0580 Invade my territory, and leave no armor behind
"Besiege and kill the Turkic thieves, and no one can be taken away!"
Qi Ming didn't plan to be good with the Turks, but he was worried about the lives of those Tang people, and at this time the captives had been taken back, and when he saw that the Turkic formation collapsed by itself, he didn't hesitate, and then ignored the Turkic Meilu who was afraid to worship in front of the horse, and directly gave the order to kill again.
No prisoners were left behind, which was the highest order accepted by the Tang army in this operation, so even if they saw the Turkic nobles surrendering, it did not damage the will to fight. Especially when he saw that the Turkic thieves actually threatened the lives of the Tang Dynasty civilians, he was even more indignant in his heart.
The Turkic army was defeated and retreated on the battlefield, and the defeat and retreat to the camp were not for a short time, and there was not enough time to regroup the troops, and at this time, internal strife broke out within the camp, and the morale was undoubtedly discharged.
Or with a little idea of survival, he was unwilling to give in and accept his fate, and he rose up his strength to rush to the four sides, and for a time some places also broke through the blockade of the Tang army's battle formation and fled to the suburbs. After all, the Tang army here is only 5,000 people, and it can suppress the Turks with its strength, but it is difficult to completely blockade and besiege the nearly 10,000 Turks.
At this time, Mo Si had already changed into an ordinary camp pawn's dress, and there were only nearly 100 followers around him.
There were hundreds of Tang soldiers in this place, and all the enemies they saw in their field of vision all rushed forward and slashed with their swords. At this time, the Turkic army, which had already collapsed, only knew that they were desperately fleeing, and it was even more difficult for them to be restrained by military law. Such an enemy is naturally not the opponent of the Tang Army who is still in a solid battle formation, and he throws corpses wherever he is in front of him.
But after all, manpower is poor, no matter how brave and invincible the Tang army is at this time, the only thing that can be killed is the enemy in front of them, but for the Turkic army that has fled from a farther away, it will not be able to catch up with it, and its strength will not be able to catch up.
Mo Si and his entourage took advantage of this short period of chaos to successfully break out of the Tang Army's blockade of the battlefield here, and when they looked back, they saw that the Tang Army on the battlefield had consciously shrunk the front and squeezed the activity space of the Turkic army.
As for the Turkic troops, who had long since lost the restraint of military orders, they were crowded in the increasingly cramped space at the river bay, unable to organize an effective counterattack, and only a few were really able to escape from the battle formation.
"Khan, it's better to leave here as soon as possible, if the Tang army turns around and chases again, it will be even more disaster!"
Ye Gong, who rushed out of the battlefield with Mo Si, saw that Mo Si looked defeated, and he was quite reluctant to linger, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade, and stepped forward to hold up the reins of Mo Si's mount, and dragged it hard.
"Today's defeat will be paid back tenfold!"
After hearing this, a painful determination flashed on his face, and then he waved his horsewhip and fled straight to the southeast of the battlefield.
He abandoned the army and fled this time, not just because he was desperate for his life, but after hearing the advice of several small tribal chiefs, he realized that it would be difficult to have a good result in fighting here again.
Judging from the actual comparison of combat power, the Turkic army in this realm undoubtedly has the ability to continue the fierce battle with the Tang army, but Mo Si still underestimated the jealousy and fear of those small Turkic chieftains for the Tang State.
The defeat of decades ago has left these Turkic nobles unable to let go of it to this day. At present, these Turkic nobles not only regret and admire the glory of their ancestors, but also hate and fear the Tang Dynasty that ended the Turkic hegemony.
This complex psychology is implemented in practical actions, that is, if there is a chance to bite the Tang State, these Turkic nobles will spare no effort, and everyone will enjoy it. But once they faced the retaliation of the Tang State, they panicked uncontrollably.
This time, the Turks went south, killed and captured many people of the Tang State, ransacked the treasury of the Tang State, and instigated the turmoil of many of its subordinate tribes, which undoubtedly offended the Tang State to the extreme, and there was no complete harmony between them.
But in such a situation, those tribal chieftains still fantasize about negotiating with the Tang State in order to survive, such an idea is simply stupid and whimsical!
But no matter how stupid this idea is, Mo Si can't take it lightly, because this is the real embodiment of the hearts of those tribal chieftains in life and death.
Probably in their opinion, as powerful as Jieli Khan, they all have to enter the Tang Dynasty to dance and survive, and these small chieftains of the tribe originally lived within the fetters of the Tang State, and occasionally became wild dogs who jumped out of the house because of resentment, and now they are not so difficult to accept when they return to the control of the Tang Dynasty.
In the early years, the Jieli Khan soldiers came to Weibei and forced the emperor of Tang to sign an alliance under the city, but after giving up his self-esteem, he was still able to live under the protection of the Tang State. This is also one of the reasons why many Hu tribes, although they complained about the Tang and opposed the Tang, surrendered to the Tang State after they were exhausted.
Of course, if it only stops there, it will not make Mo Si abandon the whole army and flee lightly. He didn't even have to think about it to sketch out what was going further in these people's hearts.
Although the Tang State's policy of restraint was tolerant, it was not able to tolerate all kinds of crimes. This time the Turks entered Kouyuan Prefecture, which really offended the Tang Dynasty, not to mention that these remnants of the restoration of the country were already guilty in the eyes of the Tang State.
Therefore, if you want to survive, it is not enough to surrender sincerely, you also need to have more performance. As the current Turkic Khan, who commanded the army here and strongly advocated the operation of entering Kouyuanzhou, Mo Si was naturally the best gift from these people to the Tang Dynasty.
Even if these people don't have such ideas at the moment, General Tang Guo will definitely make similar requests. The succession of the new Khan to the throne of the new Khan is not powerful, and at this time, there are still Ye Hu in the tent of the Yu Governor's Mountain, even if the Mo Si is dedicated to the Tang Dynasty, the Khanate still has successors, and those people will definitely not have too much psychological burden if they sell Mo Si.
This is the real reason why Mo Si had no choice but to abandon the army and flee. With the sudden appearance of reinforcements from the Tang Kingdom outside of his plan, it basically announced that his venture into the Tang Kingdom this time was considered a failure.
Mo Si is not afraid to bear the price of failure, after all, this is his choice. He was even ready to return from a fiasco and return to China to ask for guilt from the Tooth Tent Ministers, but he was never willing to give up his unfinished hegemony as soon as he was defeated, making himself a bargaining chip for some people with weak fighting spirit to survive in the Tang Kingdom!
Not to mention the silent sobs who abandoned the army and fled, the battle here in the river bend became more intense for a while with the mutiny in the Turkic camp itself. But soon, the intensity of the battle quickly decreased.
In fact, after nearly half a day of hard fighting, the officers and men of the Tang Army were already tired and difficult to continue.
But the Turks on the opposite side collapsed faster, except for the beginning when the turmoil just broke out, some Turkic troops took advantage of the Tang army's unsuccessful encirclement and rushed out of the Tang army's encirclement, and the remaining Turkic troops were exhausted, completely lacking the strength and morale to continue fighting.
The Tang State is arrogant and powerful, and it is indeed a hateful enemy, but surrendering to the Tang State is actually not such an unacceptable thing.
This is the general view of the Turks, after all, there are still more than 100,000 Turkic remnants living in the six prefectures of Hequ, and as for the other miscellaneous people, it is even more innumerable. Surrendering to the Tang State is not necessarily death, and if you resist stubbornly, you will not live, which is basically a consensus of the Turks. With many Turkic troops surrendering and begging for work, the Tang army was under less pressure on the frontal battlefield and was able to concentrate on continuing to eliminate the Turkic wanderers who still had the will to resist on the battlefield.
No matter how brave a warrior is, once he loses his fighting spirit and takes the initiative to abandon the bow and knife in his hand, his backbone and dignity are also thrown away.
Even when he saw his siblings being slaughtered in front of him, he had no thoughts of hatred, and instead of daring to resist again, he secretly complained in his heart that those companions did not know the times. If everyone can give up resistance, it will allow the Tang Army to stop killing earlier, and it will also allow them to know what their fate will be sooner, and they don't have to wait anxiously.
Soon, there were no more Turkic soldiers who dared to wander and flee on the battlefield at the foot of Malingpo, and in addition to a large number of corpses, thousands of Turkic thieves abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
After a big battle, the Tang soldiers were also exhausted, but the encouragement brought by the brilliant victory was enough to make them forget their fatigue for a while. After clearing up some of the disrespectful thieves, they formed a team of 100 men to collect the remnants of the Turkic army on the battlefield.
Other cavalry formed a formation and drove the surrendered Turkic soldiers to the banks of the Kushui River with spears and whips, and ordered them to undress their armor and robes along the way.
At this point, the Turkic army that surrendered already faintly felt that something was wrong, because until now, the commander of the Tang army still did not have the slightest communication with them. However, out of the attitude of the Tang State for its long-term restraint and tolerance of the Hu people, he was still comforting himself without losing luck.
However, when the thousands of Turkic troops lined up in the river valley, the horn of the charge sounded again in the Tang army's formation.
"Invade my territory, abuse my people, kill! Whoever violates the laws of the Tang Dynasty, there will be no one left! ”
With a wave of his hand, the iron hooves of the war horse flew towards the Turkic soldiers who had already lost their fighting spirit and no armor. Regardless of whether it is auspicious or ominous to kill prisoners, these remnants of Turkic sins are originally disgusted people who have fattened themselves by eating the flesh and blood of the Tang people and Zhuhu, if they are not killed, then the way of heaven is unjust and the royal way is not mighty!
Before sunset, the slaughter at the bend gradually ended, and when we looked again, the slopes were red with red soil. Glancing at the Shura field where the corpses were all over the field, Qi Ming said in a deep voice: "Today I will temporarily return to Maling Fort to rest, harvest the head tomorrow morning, build a Jingguan, and use the general order of the Guannai Dao to send the four wild Zhuyi to enter the fort to knock, and if you don't enter after the time, you will be a thief!" ”