Chapter 112: The decisive battle is imminent
After killing Ashina, the Tang army repaired for two days, and in these two days, there was a person who tasted all the hardships and was tortured by the two of them.
Yi Nan!
The leader of Xue Yantuo, the leader of the dignified clan, was greeted by Li Yun and Cheng Chumo with great torture, and he was beaten all over his body.
Although he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he would not betray his clan. The mouth was closed quite tightly, but it didn't last a few rounds, Cheng Chumo took out his tricks, and the tortured Yi Nan was a miserable one.
Even Li Yun couldn't stand it.
After two days and two nights of torture, Yi Nan completely gave in and explained all the tribes scattered in the Turkic territory.
"Humph! Vulnerable to a blow, no matter how hard the cheap bone is, I promise to break it in my hands. Cheng Chumo spat to the side, and the scornfulness in his eyes was undoubtedly exposed.
"Tie Niu, if you want quality, we are quality people."
Li Yun looked at Erlang's legs, like a typical second grandfather.
"Yes, yes, we are educated and well-cultivated people, how can we abuse prisoners?" Cheng Chumo opened his eyes and said nonsense, Yi Nan was tortured by him to death, and he dared to say that he did not abuse others.
"Yikes! This captive, who beat you like this? Tell me, and I'll get justice for you. ”
turned around, Cheng Chumo seemed to be a different person, he was cold and warm to Yi Nan, and he looked very sympathetic to others, and sure enough, people were invincible in the world.
Li Yun gave a thumbs up to express his admiration for Cheng Chumo.
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Once the specific tribal strongholds were obtained, the next step was to break them down one by one, and several of the more powerful tribes in the Turks, such as Tuyuhun, were no longer in Li Yun's consideration.
Li Yun, who is well versed in history, knows the horror of this Tuyuhun, and after the Turks were destroyed, Tuyuhun became another terrible opponent of the Tang Dynasty in the northern grasslands.
Now, the army led by Li Yun is difficult enough to deal with Tuyuhun, and if both sides are defeated, it will only allow Jieli Khan to take advantage of the situation.
After weighing left and right, Li Yun still decided to give up Tuyuhun for the time being, anyway, someone in Tuyuhun would clean him up sooner or later.
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In the following period, Li Yun led the Tang army almost in a sweeping posture, Xiong Chi fought in the east and west of the grassland, from east to west, and then from west to east.
In a blink of an eye, several months passed, and the battle was fought from the cold winter to the spring of the following year, and the entire Turkic continent was beaten by the Tang army, and all tribes on the grassland were killed and surrendered.
It can be said that most of the Turkic dynasties were trampled by the iron cavalry led by Li Yun, and the banners of the Tang army were erected above the tents of various tribes, fluttering in the wind.
It was only at this time that all the Turks truly understood that the people of the Central Plains in the south were not sheep to be slaughtered, but a giant dragon that was awakening.
The dragon swept through thousands of armies and swept across the steppe, becoming a nightmare for countless Turks.
The people of the Central Plains are not soft dough, but a hard stone, a hard stone that can kill people.
Another month passed, and after the Turkic tribes were almost cleaned up, Li Yun was finally about to usher in the final goal - the Turkic royal court.
Qiuzi, Sanmi Mountain.
It is the royal court of the Turkic Dynasty, in this almost half a year, Jieli Khan suffered the biggest nightmare in his life, the Turkic Dynasty founded by his ancestors, was swept away by a young commander of the Tang Dynasty, the dynasty was stormy, and the building was about to collapse.
And all this stems from a bad decision half a year ago.
Half a year ago, there were constant voices in the Turkic Dynasty, and since the Weishui Alliance, Jieli Khan was deceived by a young man, which caused the ministers inside and outside the Turkic Dynasty to be very angry.
Their king has been tricked, and he is a weakened Tang man.
So, everyone came to the table, and the Tang people used treacherous schemes, for which they had to bear the wrath of the Turks.
Beat!
After a unanimous decision, they decided to impose sanctions on the Tang Empire.
But they know that it is now the fourth year of Zhenguan, no longer the period of Tang Gaozu Wude, Li Shimin is not Li Yuan, Li Yuan's attitude towards the Turks is to bow down to the subordinate, and what kind of person is Li Shimin?
It is comparable to the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty.
Since the Weishui Alliance, the Tang Empire has recuperated, developed rapidly, and expanded its military strength, and today's Tang Dynasty is no longer the Tang Dynasty of the past.
Today, Li Shimin sent Li Yun to lead his troops and lead the three armies to carry out a retaliatory counterattack against the Turkic Dynasty, and in just half a year, the empire they regarded as fat had surpassed them, making them look up to them.
Of course, in this half a year, Jieli Khan was not without action, he sent people to West Asia to borrow troops, but he did not expect to be rejected by many parties, and it was not nothing, but only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, which could not save his dynasty empire at all.
The most tragic and indignant thing is that Tuyuhun saw that the Turkic trend had gone, so he set up his own dynasty and occupied Qinghai and Gansu.
"Khan, the army of the Tang Dynasty has been encamped two hundred miles southwest, and in less than five days, it will be able to resist the royal court, please flee for your life quickly."
Many ministers in the royal court have fled with their families, and all the available generals in his hands have been killed by Li Yun, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "commander of the light pole" now.
"Where to flee? Going to Tuyuhun? Or the Uighurs? Or maybe Gao Changguo? Jieli Khan lamented, not that he didn't want to run, but that there was nowhere to run.
In the past, as the overlord of the grassland, now the fallen phoenix is not as good as a chicken, even if it runs away now, will the Tuyuhun and Uighurs spare themselves.
Obviously, it's impossible.
They hate to kill themselves, so how can they let themselves go?
In contrast, it is better to fight to the death with the Tang army, since there is no general available, then he will go to the battlefield in person, don't they often say that the Central Plains people are in person? Then he will drive the expedition himself, and he is bound to fight to the death with Datang.
Back then, Jieli Khan was also a brave warrior on the grassland, and his strength and command ability were no worse than others, or even stronger.
"Get my armor, I will go to the battlefield in person and fight the Tang army to the death." Jieli Khan said, and he ordered someone to fetch a special sword.
Ride on your exclusive war horse, gather the rest of the army and wait for the moment of the battle with the Tang army at Sanmi Mountain north of Qiuzi.
However......
The day was fast approaching.
Li Yun led the Tang army to come and formally meet Jieli Khan at the foot of Sanmi Mountain.
This picture is very similar to the scene of the two on the bank of the Weishui River back then, but the situation of the two is reversed, and the general will also be on the verge of breaking out.