Chapter 246: Strike

Watching the baggage trucks slowly passing by, Li Jing couldn't help but sigh, although this artillery is extraordinary, the requirements for logistics are too great compared to the cavalry infantry. This is just a small cannon, Li Jing remembered the kind of cannon called "General Tianwei" that was tested that day, how high should that kind of cannon be for logistics baggage?

This marching army was the main force of the Tang Army. Li Jing's 20,000 men, together with Li Ji's 30,000 men, a total of 50,000 troops, marched day and night in the direction of the Turkic tent.

Although there were 10,000 Tang troops in the direction of the Turkic tent after Zhang Gongjin's arrival, compared to Tiele's 30,000 army and the Turkic 40,000 army, it was the weakest. If it weren't for the Turks, from Jieli Khan to various nobles, all of them were killed by Zhang Yunwen in one fell swoop and taken hostage, if it weren't for Tiele who had an alliance with the Tang Dynasty first, I am afraid that the entire tooth tent would have been broken up and the three parties would have fought.

But Li Jing knows that this stalemate will not last long. The Turks could break their arms with a single blow, and the Tiele could tear up the alliance, so it was imperative to strengthen the strength of the Tang army near the tent as soon as possible. Therefore, Li Jing sent Li Ji to lead 20,000 cavalry to the tooth tent first, while he followed behind with 30,000 foot soldiers and heavy grain.

20,000 Tang cavalry, plus 1,000 reconnaissance battalion soldiers, is enough to deal with a war that can occur at any time! Li Jing silently estimated. With the speed at which this foot soldier could travel, it would take up to three days to reach the tent. Moreover, with Li Ji in the army, he could defeat Tiele or the Turks with more than 20,000 people.

Looking in the northwest direction, it is deep and sharp.

Tang Jian half-closed his eyes, listening to the fading shouts and killings coming from outside the yurt, and his heart was churning. However, Jieli and a group of nobles were beside him, and he didn't dare to show any hesitant expressions. Since Zhang Yunwen left, some Turkic nobles who were not caught by Zhang Yunwen were ready to move. In order to wipe out all these people, Tang Jian deliberately sold a flaw and transferred Su Dingfang's two hundred cavalry. Those Turkic nobles who thought that the strength of the Tang army had been greatly reduced gathered more than 3,000 people and took the opportunity to attack Tang Jian's camp.

However, the first wave of attacks they encountered was a crossbow shot by the Scout. A series of crossbow arrows were accurately shot at the rushing Turkic cavalry. The rain of arrows fired by more than three hundred scouts was so dense that many Turkic cavalry had more than one arrow hanging from them. Many of the arrows fired by the Turks were blocked by the fence, and occasionally clusters of arrows entered the fence through the gaps, which did not cause much damage.

With the swift charge of their horses and the large number of men, they finally rushed to a distance of twenty or thirty paces from the fence. At this time, the scouts all took out their grenades, pulled the ring, rested for two or three seconds, and threw them at the Turkic cavalry that was charging over.

I only heard the explosion of "boom-" continuously, incessantly. One grenade after another exploded above the knights' heads, and the flying shrapnel killed and injured the knights in a wide area, and the horses neighed and fell on the way to the charge.

After these two attacks, most of the team of more than 3,000 people was killed and wounded.

At this time, Su Dingfang led two hundred cavalry to kill from behind the Turks, like a sharp blade, stabbing the Turks in the heart. I saw Su Dingfang holding a horse lance, stabbing or picking, or striking or sweeping, every time the horse lance attacked, it would take the lives of one or two Turks, it was really unstoppable. The two hundred cavalry behind him also behaved very well. Kill from one end to the other, repeatedly rush to kill, and a horse lance is red.

When the Turks left more than 2,000 corpses on the ground and fled, Su Dingfang did not chase them, sat on his horse, and looked coldly at the direction of their escape.

"Master, master!" An attendant rushed into the yurt with a rolling belt, "Master, the Turks have retreated!" The Turks retreated! ”

Tang Jian opened his eyes, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Jieli next to him and said, "Hehe, Great Khan, it seems that those people can't save you!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Jieli snorted coldly, but he didn't speak. The rest of the Turkic nobles looked at Tang Jian with resentful eyes. If it weren't for the more than a hundred scouts standing around with steel crossbows in hand, I am afraid that they would have rushed up and tore Tang Jian to pieces.

For these eyes, Tang Jian smiled "haha" and turned a blind eye.

When he came down from Wusong Slope, Zhang Yunwen's mood was extremely happy. When Yi Nan and Bodhisattva heard that the Tang army was coming to help, and that the reinforcements were to the south of them, they were shocked at the same time. also closed his mouth in amusement, and stopped talking about the population, cattle and sheep. However, Zhang Yunwen mentioned this matter before leaving: "Oh, by the way, the two khans, it seems that there was no specific agreement on the distribution of the spoils of war that was mentioned at the beginning, so this general also needs to ask the general and His Majesty to see how they say how to distribute it!" ”

As soon as Zhang Yunwen said this, Yi Nan and Bodhisattva's faces suddenly changed. Zhang Yunwen's words clearly denied the idea that Yi Nan and the Bodhisattva wanted the Turkic population and cattle and sheep. But in retrospect, it really didn't say how the spoils were to be distributed. Only Li Daoxuan said: "Monan has a population of hundreds of thousands, and there are countless cattle and sheep, so you don't want to?" ”

When Yi Nan returned to the camp, Li Daoxuan came over to say goodbye to Yi Nan. I only heard him say: "This king has lived in Tiele for nearly a year, and he has been taken care of during this time, and I am very grateful. Now that the big event is coming, this king has decided to return to Chang'an, and now he has come to bid farewell to the Great Khan! ”

Yi Nan just wanted to say some kind words, but he remembered the 10,000 troops of the Tang Army and Zhang Yunwen's words, and suddenly said lightly: "Since this is the case, then the Khan will not be sent!" ”

Li Daoxuan was stunned for a moment, and then he was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly left. When he returned to the camp, he immediately left the Xue Yantuo camp with his soldiers.

When Li Daoxuan left the camp for almost three quarters of an hour, Yi Nan patted his head and said in annoyance: "Why did I let him leave!" ”

In the early morning of the second day, Li Ji led 20,000 cavalry to the Turkic tent, which greatly strengthened the strength of the Tang army. The balance of military strength among the three sides tends to be balanced. And the more balanced, the less likely it is that a war will start in the tent. Therefore, after learning of the arrival of 10,000 elite cavalry of the Tang Army, Yi Nan very simply ordered to retreat thirty miles.

As for the Turkic side, the first thing Li Ji did after his arrival was to use force and coerce Yijieli and others to collect the weapons of all the Turkic soldiers, and then announced that they had been captured. If you encounter those who dare to resist, you will be killed. After killing hundreds of people intermittently, on the third day, the weapons in the Turkic tent were finally cleared. At this time, Li Jing was also late with more than 30,000 foot soldiers.

So far, the main force of the Tang army, a total of 60,000 foot cavalry, is stationed in the Turkic tent. There is such a strong army staring, whether it is Turkic or Tiele, it is under control.

"The current situation is that our army has captured the Turkic tent, swept away all the Turkic tribes within a radius of 100 miles, captured Jieli and Turkic nobles alive, captured 48,000 soldiers and 150,000 herdsmen, and the Turks were almost wiped out. It stands to reason that our army should have taken prisoners south, but Tie Le was watching from the sidelines, and if our army went south, they would definitely ask our army for population, cattle and sheep. If it is given, it is afraid that the tiger will be in trouble; And Tiele is still my Tang Alliance after all, and there was a big battle at the mouth, if you don't give it, I am afraid of losing the demeanor of our great country. Tell me, generals, what should we do? Li Jing sat in the big tent and asked the generals under his seat.

Although he asked all the generals what he said, he didn't expect those generals to answer, but what he expected was Li Ji, Zhang Yunwen and others to answer.

Sure enough, before Li Ji and the others could speak, a general said angrily: "Give it to them?" Why! We have dug down this Turkic tent, so why send prisoners to them! ”

The general's words were immediately approved by most of the generals: "Yes, why give it to him!" provoked Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu led the troops to destroy him! ”

"That is, destroy him! Lao Tzu is thinking that fighting the Turks is not enjoyable! ”

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Li Jing looked at this group of generals with a little headache, and his eyes gradually turned to Li Ji.

I saw Li Ji stroking his beard and said to Li Jing: "Why should the chief be embarrassed, since those Tiele people fought a battle and killed 10,000 people, then give them a little prisoner, cattle and sheep, which will be counted as their reward for fighting!" ”

Li Jing immediately knew the meaning of Li Ji's words, and immediately smiled: "Then in your opinion, who should we send to discuss this matter with the Tiele people?" As he spoke, his eyes looked at Zhang Yunwen.

Li Ji immediately knew what Li Jing meant, and immediately smiled: "The last general will protect one person, and this person has dealt with Yi Nan and Bodhisattva many times......

However, before he finished speaking, Zhang Yunwen stood up and said, "The last general is willing to go to the Tiele camp, and I hope that the chief manager will allow it!" Zhang Yunwen had already seen Li Jing's eyes, and heard Li Ji say this, knowing that these two people were probably calculating themselves for a long time, so he stood up and recommended himself.

"Good! Since Yunwen is willing to go, the old man wishes Yunwen success! ”

Zhang Yunwen secretly despised Li Jing in his heart, and said respectfully: "The last general should do his best!" However, Tang Gong is now in the Turkic camp, and the last general asks for Tang Gong to be the negotiator! ”

Although he was dissatisfied with Tang Jian, Li Jing still knew how long-sleeved and good at dancing this Honglu Temple Taiqing was, good at communicating, and carrying the imperial order, if he was allowed to participate in it, no matter what the outcome was, it would have a bit of the nature of "imperial order". He nodded his head in agreement at the moment.

So, after Zhang Yunwen came out of the big account, he came to Tang Jian's account and told Tang Jian about it. Tang Jian listened, but said with a wry smile: "Yunwen, the old man came to negotiate peace with the Turks on the orders of His Majesty, but as a result, Jieli and those people were all arrested by you, and the old man's peace talks were in vain." Now that you want to pull me into the negotiation with Tieler, do you really think the old man is too idle? ”

Zhang Yunwen suddenly smiled "hee-hee": "Where is Tang Gong!" The reason why he is called Tang Gong is because of Tang Gong's great talent! Looking at the entire army, who has the talent of Su Qin and Zhang Yi like Tang Gong? Vertical and horizontal, the debater is unparalleled! ”

After listening to Zhang Yunwen's words, even Tang Jian couldn't help but smile from the corner of his eyes: "Okay! Then the old man will accompany Yunwen on a trip! ”

Zhang Yunwen suddenly made a gesture of great joy: "Thank you Tang Gong!" ”