Chapter 238: Summing

The Turkic cavalry resisted for a moment under the attack of the infantry and cavalry, and the morale of the army began to waver, and those Turkic generals gradually began to lose control of their cavalry.

Li Jing saw the gap, immediately seized the opportunity, and shouted: "Beat the war drums to cheer, let the whole army press, and annihilate this cavalry in one fell swoop!" ”

"Knock-" The thick drumsticks beat the huge war drums with an earth-shattering sound,

Tang Jun heard the sound of the drum, but felt that his heart was surging, his heart was stirring, and he couldn't help but shout loudly: "Kill!" ”

The mighty Tang army infantry pressed up in a semi-encircled form, and in the middle, the Turkic cavalry and the Tang elite cavalry were fighting.

In this way, the sound of swords and soldiers colliding and shouting resounded all over the world, the blood that flowed out stained the grassland red, and the corpses of people or horses lay on the battlefield, trampled by the Turkic cavalry or the Tang infantry from time to time.

Finally, seeing that there were fewer and fewer companions around him, the Turkic generals did not dare to fight anymore, and yelled at the knights beside him: "Break through!" And he ran out under their escort.

With this as an introduction, more and more cavalry began to join the ranks of the breakout. And this operation also evolved from a breakout to a rout.

"Move the banner forward, let the cavalry pursue! The foot soldiers pressed on the Turkic infantry phalanx! Li Ji saw that the Turkic cavalry was retreating, and immediately ordered again.

And before he gave the order, the cavalry stopped after a long pursuit, and looked at the handsome banner behind him. If the commander did not order the pursuing cavalry to pursue privately, he would not obey the order and should be severely punished according to military law. In addition, whether to pursue or not depends on the main general's judgment on the enemy's retreat, whether it is a feint to lure the enemy, or a real hasty escape.

Looking back and seeing that the banner behind them was moving forward, the cavalry suddenly roared excitedly twice, quickly divided into several small groups, and pursued in the direction of the Turkic cavalry.

As for the Turkic infantry, in the face of the Tang infantry that slowly pressed up, they wisely chose to lay down their arms and surrender. Thinking about it, I can't fight and fight, and I can't run the four-legged cavalry, if I resist desperately and anger these Tang sergeants, maybe a prisoner will come to the pit, and I will be unlucky.

From the early afternoon, until the end of the day, the Tang army finally completely wiped out the 35,000-strong Turkic army.

Counting the results under the bonfire, a total of 8,200 Turkic infantry and cavalry were wiped out in this battle, 21,000 were captured, and the rest fled and could not catch up.

And the loss of the Tang army was 347 Mo sword soldiers, which made Li Ji feel distressed. The ordinary infantry suffered 860 casualties and more than 1,300 minor wounds. More than 600 cavalrymen were seriously wounded and killed, and more than 900 were lightly wounded. Overall, the record is good.

Regarding the handling of these prisoners of war, Li Ji had a headache, it was definitely not possible to kill the prisoners, and it was impossible to release them, so he had to send them back to Shuozhou City and detain them in a centralized manner.

Therefore, Li Ji decided to send 2,000 foot soldiers to escort these 20,000 prisoners of war south to Shuozhou City on the third day, while he continued to run north with his foot cavalry.

Li Jiqi rode a tall horse and walked slowly on the road. Lined with knee-high weeds and shrubs.

The army rested for a day in Baidao, recovered a lot of spirits, and marched all the way, with their heads held high and their morale high.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a voice from the side of the road: "Dare to ask if it is under the command of General Li Ji Li?" ”

As soon as the voice came out, the riders immediately picked up the weapons in their hands and aimed them in the direction from which the sound came.

As soon as Li Ji heard this voice, he was a little puzzled when a reconnaissance battalion soldier suddenly shouted: "Boss Wang, is it you?" ”

As soon as the soldier's words fell, he saw a figure suddenly standing up in the grass on the side of the road, and everyone was about to attack, and the man said: "Don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong, I'm Wang Ke of the reconnaissance battalion!" ”

The soldier who asked "Boss Wang" at first pointed to the figure slightly excitedly and said, "Boss Wang, it's really Boss Wang!" ”

The rest of the reconnaissance battalion soldiers smiled slightly when they heard this.

Seeing that it was their own people, the soldiers put down their weapons.

Wang Ke, who was wearing a green camouflage net, walked to the middle of the road and saluted Li Ji: "Subordinate Wang Ke, I've seen General Li!" ”

Li Ji looked at the soldier in front of him with a messy face, and asked with some hesitation, "Are you my subordinate?" ”

Wang Ke shook his head: "My subordinates are now under General Li Jing with General Zhang!" ”

When Li Ji heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Since you are here, then Manager Li is also around here?" ”

Wang Ke nodded: "General Li's big tent is in the north twenty miles away from here!" I'm waiting for the general! ”

Li Ji nodded, and said to the herald beside him: "Pass my order, the whole army will speed up, and join forces with General Manager Li as soon as possible!" ”

On all sides was a wilderness, where the evening breeze blew and knee-deep grass swayed in the wind.

The Great Tent of the Khan of Jieli was in the midst of this wilderness. Around the big tent, nearly a thousand yurts and tents of different sizes are arranged, like the stars and the moon.

However, at this time, there was a bleak atmosphere of depression in the camp.

Jieli sat in the big tent, his eyes staring at the map in front of him. Princess Yicheng sat next to her, but she sighed lightly and was silent.

For a while, there was no sound in the big tent, except for the occasional "crackling" sound of the burning butter headlamp.

At this time, the curtain of the big tent door was opened, and a group of Turkic ministers entered the big tent in turn.

After silently saluting, the ministers each found a place to sit down, and looked at Jieli in unison.

Jie Li didn't raise his head, and said in a deep voice: "Ben Khan has decided to surrender to Li Tang's emperor!" ”

This statement seems to have been expected by all the ministers, except for the right virtuous king. I only heard him say in surprise: "What! You're going to surrender! You are the Khan of the Turks, how can you surrender to the emperor of the Central Plains? ”

Jieli glanced at King Youxian, and said lightly: "In the battle of Evil Yang Ridge, our Turks lost more than 10,000 people, Dingxiang City fell, our army lost 20,000 people, and yesterday's battle of Baidao, our army lost nearly 30,000 people. After three major battles, our Turks have lost more than 60,000 people, and the remaining army is less than 50,000. Besides, the two of them have joined forces in Baidao, chasing after them with victory, and they are unstoppable, if they don't surrender, will they still let them capture us all alive! ”

When King Youxian heard Jieli say this, he was silent for a moment. After a while, he said quietly: "My Turkic luck is not good, God will not bless me!" Alas! He let out a long sigh, but it filled the big tent with a strong tragic emotion.

Jieli said with a smile: "I know that my uncle has always worked hard for my Turks, and he must have a lot of guilt about this surrender. However, Ben Khan's surrender is not really to surrender his Tang Dynasty, as long as the Tang Dynasty can cease the war and transfer Li Jing and Li Ji'er back to Chang'an, my Turks can calmly move to the land of Mobei, subdue Xue Yantuo, Hui Zhubu, and recuperate. Ten years later, we will be able to wash away today's hatred! Why not surrender today in exchange for rest and recuperation? ”

Hearing this, King Youxian gradually stretched his brows.

The ministers in the account immediately echoed their words.

However, Princess Yicheng on the side looked at the map blankly, looking at the location of Chang'an City, but she was thinking about it repeatedly: "Will Datang let us descend?" ”

On the tenth day of November in the third year of the Tang Dynasty, the Jieli people arrived at the Iron Mountain and reopened the tooth tent at the foot of the Yin Mountain.

On November 12 of the third year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, Jieli sent an envoy to the big tent of Li Jing and Li Ji's second generals, and presented a table of surrender, expressing his willingness to lead the people to submit to the Tang Dynasty.

When the news was transmitted back to Chang'an, Li Shimin sent an envoy headed by Tang Jian, the Taiqing of Honglu Temple, to the Turkic tent to negotiate peace with Jieli.