Chapter 191: A Difficult Decision
Flee, flee, Jieli has no idea now, just thinking about running, running as far as possible, regardless of the cold wind on his face, and the horses under the seat are tired to death. The farther away from that damn Tang army, the better, he misses the days when he drank mellow wine, he misses the days when the beautiful women hugged him left and right, he misses the days when the warriors of the grassland gathered to follow him on the expedition with high spirits, and he even misses the days when he drank milk tea outside the king's tent and basked in the sun when there was nothing to do.
It's a pity that he can only think about it, now Jieli feels that there is a rope around his neck, and the knot is slowly locked, he feels fear and regret, why do you want to provoke Datang, isn't it good to live in peace? Why did you run out of Dingxiang, maybe you are still living a comfortable life in the city, but unfortunately there is no regret in the world for selling medicine, so you can only go to Tieshan to meet your wife Princess Yicheng. Where does she still have hundreds of thousands of people, that is the capital of his turnover.
Li Shiyun was in high spirits, chasing and killing the Turkic Khan all the way, there are few people in history who have such an experience, and he is a national hero like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing who are written in the history books, and he also disregards the casualties, desperately chasing, and is bound to capture Jieli alive.
Just after a few days of pursuit, the scout of the palace brought Li Jing's military order. Li Shiyun didn't stop, took the military order and looked at it, and was furious: "Hateful, Li Jing, you have gone too far." ”
The soldiers below didn't know what the situation was, so they saw Li Shiyun put his hand up: "All the horses stop pursuing." ”
Everyone reined in and rushed a few steps in the direction, and then stopped, "Boss, we have been chasing for so many days, and we are about to catch up, why don't we chase it?" ”
"The Grand Governor ordered us not to pursue, and let Jieli return to Iron Mountain." Li Shiyun hated the way, the peerless merit is in front of him, and he is really unwilling to give up so easily.
"Why, we worked so hard to have this opportunity." The people below don't understand.
"Li Jing is afraid that our general will steal his limelight."
"Yes, it must be like this, he is afraid that our general will get this credit."
"Li Jing is jealous and jealous, general, don't be soft-hearted."
"General, the general is outside, and the king's order is not subject to it."
The soldiers below are dissatisfied, it must be like this, no one is convinced, the glory of the ancestors, the glory and wealth are beckoning in front, but now they have stopped, and they can't swallow this breath.
Li Shiyun actually knew that Li Jing's idea was right, if you don't die and provoke snake venom, what should you do when the time comes? Even if the war against the Turks achieved some small victories, the north was too big and inhospitable, so I was afraid that Jieli would run to Baikal and run to the northern regions of Outer Mongolia to hide. The Tang army was about to face a thorny problem in the vast northern grasslands, unable to find an opponent when it wanted to fight, and ambushed everywhere when it didn't want to fight. And it's easy to starve, freeze and die of thirst. Once the losses are heavy and return in vain, then the people will definitely be lost and the elite will be lost, just like the Sui Dynasty was dragged down by the three expeditions to Goryeo, and the newly-born Tang Dynasty could not withstand such a toss.
Li Jing wanted to give Jieli a chance to organize the Turks, thinking that he could fight with Datang again, so that he would have confidence and would not run so far. The Tang Army's expedition to the desert, the biggest difficulty is logistics, one is far, one is more, what kind of car and train transportation in this era of famous gardens, only people carry horses and camels, but unfortunately people and horses also have to eat, grain and grass are transported from the mainland, and the people and mules and horses will eat half of it, hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting in the front, and the people in the rear are at least hundreds of thousands of people, and the materials are transported over like flowing water, and the longer the war drags on, the greater the pressure on the Tang Dynasty. If Jieli really doesn't want to run away without a trace, it will be a big trouble.
Li Shiyun is also a peerless general, he weighed it in his heart repeatedly, hesitated for a long time between seizing the temptation of Jieli and completely eliminating the Turkic threat to the Central Plains, and finally made a difficult decision: "Let's go back to Baidao." ”
"General... The soldiers' hearts were like drops of blood, and they begged bitterly.
"Needless to say, obey orders. Back to the white road. Li Shiyun didn't look at these soldiers who followed him with the stars and the moon and the hardships, and said ruthlessly.
"Uhhhhh Why? Let's go back at this time, I don't accept it, I don't accept it! Many people cried, and Li Shiyun also said to them with tears in his eyes: "If there is anything to disobey, it's not that you won't fight, the chief manager has his own arrangements." Walk! ”
Li Dongsheng can't control the affairs on the battlefield, he is also a busy man now, after the two armies meet, the pressure on logistics will be even greater, and the most important thing is security, after all, it is now on the enemy's territory. Cheng Chumo, Li Siwen, and Chi Baolin all formed a scout team and took turns to protect the safety of grain and grass.
Li Dongsheng is in charge of specific statistics, and although the few officials he taught are now the backbone of logistics, they are still too busy. Li joined the army and had to become Teacher Li again, giving another lesson to the logistics of Tongmodao and teaching them abacus.
Li Jing convenes a meeting of generals every day to study the terrain, Li Dongsheng pouts every time he goes, just the thing you drew is the same as that of a primary school student, is it a map? I still research, and I'm not afraid of going down the wrong path.
Li Shiyun also came back with the cavalry, not at all like other teams won and returned with high spirits, everyone was pale, silent, as if they had been greatly wronged, even the logistics people did not dare to ask what the situation was, and the troops who came to lead the army were sufficient, and it was also their unexpected joy.
Then rumors spread in the army, all of which said that Li Jing was jealous of Xian and was afraid that Li Shiyun would seize Jieli and steal his limelight, so he ordered Li Shiyun not to pursue and let Jieli go.
Li Jing didn't care when he heard it, and as usual, he talked and laughed with Li Shiyun, which disappointed the guys who were about to see the two generals swing their fists at each other.
"Father Khan, rest. I really can't run. Dierosch gasped.
"Yes, Great Khan, they're all tired." Ashina Simo also followed. The two of them were surrounded by the Tang army, and they finally came out, and they caught up with Jieli's team with thousands of people, and were chased and killed by Li Shiyun for a few days, which was really unbearable.
Look at the son and Ashina Simo with a vegetable, and look at the Turkic wolf rider who used to show off his might on the grassland, but now they are all depressed and have no fighting spirit at all. Jieli said: "Okay, repair the spot for two hours, send the scouts out, and report back immediately if there is any movement." ”
After hearing the order to rest, everyone just lay on the snow regardless of the snow on the ground, not wanting to move for a moment. After a few days of jolting on the horse, the bones fell apart, and now it's like a good night's sleep.