From morning until the setting of the sun, the four-hour march and battle consumed all the strength of the knights. Therefore, as soon as the blue wolf flag left Tuli's field of vision, Tuli ordered to stop the pursuit, began to count the number of people, and cleaned up the battlefield.

The corpses were dragged and divided into two sides, one on one side of the Tuli knight and the other of the Jieli soldiers.

The Turki knights were killed 2,130 men, and the Jieli cavalry was 3,871 killed. As for the wounded, there were far fewer wounded in Tuli than in Jieli. Most of the wounded soldiers on Jieli's side were wounded by shrapnel from mortars and grenades, and Na Simo did not take more than 2,000 wounded soldiers with him when he retreated, so they are now prisoners of Tuli.

Looking at the eye-catching craters on the grassland, although they are much smaller and shallower than those on the positions in Vietnam in the previous life, the familiar shape and potholed ground make Zhang Yunwen feel a sense of familiarity, and when he sees these, he thinks of the past. And the faint smell of blood and gunsmoke mixed with the wind made him feel a little trance for a while.

I habitually touched my trouser pocket, and wanted to find two cigarettes to smoke out, but I felt empty. I couldn't help but withdraw my palm, sat on a dead war horse, and looked at the busy crowd coming and going.

Now, there were only more than 6,000 knights left in Tuli, and it took nearly half an hour to tidy up the battlefield, and the sky was completely dark at this time. A mortar has caused so much damage, and if an artillery position is erected in front of the battle next year, maybe the Turks will have suffered heavy losses before they have even rushed to the front of our army.

However, the trouble is that there are not enough gunners, that is to say, before the conquest of the Turks next year, he must train enough gunners for Li Shimin, and now, looking around the entire Tang Dynasty, he seems to be the only one who can skillfully operate mortars and know how to measure angles, triangulation and other methods.

While he was groaning, Na Tuli dismounted and approached Zhang Yunwen and stood in front of him.

"General Zhang, since you have won this battle, why do you still have a sullen expression, look at the warriors under Ben Khan, all of them are smiling."

Zhang Yunwen raised his head: "I'm just thinking about whether Jieli will continue to attack the Great Khan after this big battle!" ”

Tuli's eyes lit up: "Oh? According to General Zhang, will the old thief come to attack? What should I do next? ”

"Jieli has lost twice in a row, and the loss of men and horses is nearly six thousand, if I were Jieli, I would not be making this kind of senseless sacrifice, but concentrate on guarding against Xue Yantuo and Hui tribes in the north! Therefore, it is unlikely that he will fight with Jieli. As for what I'll do next......" Zhang Yunwen looked at Tuli with a smile, "Isn't the Great Khan already doing it?" ”

Tuli smiled "haha": "It's really a pleasure to talk to General Zhang!" ”

At this time, a torch had been lit, and the army had finished tidying up the battlefield and began to mount and escort the wounded soldiers back. A fiery dragon winds its way across the pitch-black grassland.

As the reconnaissance battalion sergeant packed up the mortar, Tu Li's eyes were always on the gun. Zhang Yunwen said with a smile: "This cannon is the work of my Tang Dynasty craftsmen, according to the Great Khan, how powerful is it?" ”

"It's powerful! If Ben Khan gets it, it will be enough to sweep the grassland! Tuli blurted out, and then realized that something was wrong, and when he looked at Zhang Yunwen, he saw that the latter was staring at the cavalry team like a fire dragon, as if he didn't hear his words.

When I went back, I was dragged down by wounded soldiers and horses, so the speed should be slower. After walking for a while, he arrived at a mountain col where the wind was blowing, Zhang Yunwen smiled and said: "Great Khan, let's camp here tonight!" ”

Tu Li nodded, and asked Zhao Yi, Zhi Shibi and others to arrange camping, but he sat on the horse, and as soon as the main general set up the camp, Tu Li went in to rest!

And Zhang Yunwen led the reconnaissance battalion soldiers to set up a few large camp tents and began to rest.

As for the vigil patrol, I believe Zhao Yi will arrange it.

The night wind howled, and from time to time there were bursts of wolf howls from the direction of the battlefield. Perhaps the smell of blood emanating from the battlefield attracted the wolves, who were now eating the corpses of the cavalrymen who had been left on the battlefield.

Before leaving the battlefield, Zhang Yunwen asked Tuli how to deal with the remains of the soldiers who died in battle, and Tuli said with reverence on his face: "There is a wolf god who will deal with it!" ”

And at this moment, Zhang Yunwen understood the meaning of Tuli's words.

Early the next morning, the army set out of camp.

It took half a day to get back to the tent. At this time, nearly half of the herdsmen in the tooth tent had moved south, and the remaining herdsmen were gradually moving south under the auspices of the right minister.

The news of the victory brought by the return of the army made the whole tooth tent boil, and for the time being, there was no threat from the Jieli army, and the speed of the tooth tent's southward movement was significantly accelerated.

"Ben Khan wants to go back to the Hajj with General Zhang to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

This is the first sentence that Tuli said when he said that there was an important matter to discuss, and he invited Zhang Yunwen to the big tent.

When Zhang Yunwen heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Since the Great Khan wants to enter the Hajj, how will the affairs on this side be arranged?" ”

When Tuli heard this, he said: "This side of the matter will be handled by the right minister, and Ben Khan will take Zhizhibi and General Zhang to ride a fast horse and meet Chang'an." ”

Zhang Yunwen muttered to himself in his heart, could it be that this Tuli was afraid that Jieli would kill him, so he left a cadre and ran away? smiled at the moment: "The Great Khan entered the court to see His Majesty the Emperor, firstly, to express his sincerity, and secondly, he also wanted to get a rich and famous name. I think that Ashina Simo was crowned a county king, and the Great Khan attached me to the Tang Dynasty, and he would definitely be able to be crowned a county king or something. But did the Great Khan think about it, which one can get greater fame and wealth by riding lightly into the court or leading the crowd to attach? ”

Tuli suddenly reached out and patted Zhang Yunwen's shoulder: "General Zhang is very considerate!" That Ben Khan took his people to Youzhou! ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled again when he heard this: "Great Khan, although this place is closer to Youzhou, Youzhou is just a local Shangzhou. If the last general stands in the perspective of the Great Khan, he will definitely not go to Youzhou, but to Taiyuan! ”

Tuli hurriedly asked, "Why is this so?" “

"First, Taiyuan is the northern capital of my Tang Dynasty, and its political position is prominent. Second, there are heavy troops stationed in Taiyuan, and the leading general Zhou Fan is leading the troops to Daizhou at the moment, and he can meet you, the Great Khan! ”

As soon as these words fell, Tuli suddenly fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, Zhang Yunwen stopped talking, got up and walked out of the big tent.

Finally, the last group of herdsmen was sent out at noon on the second day. The place where the tooth tent was originally stationed was also left with only an empty grassland.

As early as the afternoon of the first day, when the largest group of herdsmen, numbering as many as 300 and a total of 50,000 cattle, sheep and horses, migrated, Zhang Yunwen and Tuli followed them south. As for the right minister, Zhang Yunwen saw him enter the Tuli tent for half a day, and after coming out, he went directly to the south, presumably to arrange the relocation of the herdsmen's gathering point.

It took two days to rush to the tribe where Zhang Yunwen met Zhao Yi, only to see that it was already overcrowded, but under the auspices of the right minister, the herdsmen who had lived here in advance had begun to move to the southwest.

Zhang Yunwen smiled slightly in his heart, isn't that direction the direction of Taiyuan!

In the process of migration, because of the fear that Jieli would send troops to attack and kill the herdsmen, a large number of rangers cruised along the camp to the Taiyuan line, and even Zhang Yunwen's reconnaissance battalion excluded some soldiers from traveling with them.

The migration continued for nearly half a month, when the wind blowing from the south gradually warmed up, and the daylight hours slowly lengthened. Zhang Yunwen knows that Chang'an at this moment, I'm afraid that he has begun to chirp, and summer has come!

Half a month of migration is exhausting, not only physically, but also mentally. Because he has always been afraid that Jieli will take action, from Zhang Yunwen to the reconnaissance battalion, from Tuli to the cavalry, everyone's strings are tight.

When the last sheep entered the Great Wall, everyone's hanging hearts finally let go of it a little.

After entering the Great Wall, a section further south is the boundary of Yunzhou and Ulzhou. If Zhang Yunwen hadn't sent someone to contact Ulzhou, Daizhou, and Taiyuan with a token in advance, I am afraid that as early as when Tuli arrived to the north of the Great Wall, the ** team stationed in these places would have been dispatched.

The day after crossing the Great Wall, the Turian rangers were confronted by the scouts. Fortunately, these scouts knew that they had been ordered not to kill the Turkic rangers, but to keep them under guard.

By the third day, the Turks, who had migrated south, finally met the brigade**. After Zhang Yunwen sent someone out to negotiate, these nearly 300** galloped straight to the north to help the Turkic cavalry complete the guard task at the end of the team.

As we gradually went deeper into the Central Plains, I saw that there were fewer grasslands along the way, more trees gradually increased, and more and more people wore Hanfu with wide sleeves, but the vigilance in the eyes of those Turks became more and more obvious.

Zhang Yunwen sighed and came to Tuli's side: "Great Khan, look at it, the herdsmen under your rule are very vigilant against my people of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Tuli laughed dryly: "Well, there's nothing I can do!" I believe that after a few days, the situation will improve! “

Zhang Yunwen also had no choice but to let it go.

Fortunately, within two days, the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Household Affairs arrived in Taiyuan City, and the Turks also settled down in a grassland a hundred miles north of Taiyuan.

All the tedious work, such as registration, public survey, Hanhu coordination and other work, was all covered by the officials from the Ministry of Etiquette. The work of receiving Tuli was also handed over to Tang Jian, the belated secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Zhang Yunwen was also happy to be idle, wandering around Taiyuan City every day, and fully saw the demeanor of Li Yuan's hometown and the northern capital of the empire. Compared with the last time he accompanied the leader of the Xi clan in the south to visit Taiyuan, Zhang Yunwen walked around Taiyuan City for ten days this time. I walked through every street and alley here several times, and I went to every restaurant and restaurant to try it.

Finally, I learned about the latest news in the investigation institute in Taiyuan and found that nothing major happened.

By this time, the tribe of Tuli had almost settled. And Tuli is about to embark on the road to Chang'an City to meet the Tang Emperor Li Shimin. This also means that Zhang Yunwen is about to return to Chang'an.

(I found out that I made another mistake when I was flipping through the map of the Ten Paths of the Tang Dynasty today!) I regard Shuozhou in the north of Taiyuan as Shuofang, so in the previous chapter, it is mentioned that I went north to the grassland and passed by Shuofang. And the real Shuofang is in the northwest of Chang'an. Thank you for your understanding! In addition, this book is about to be put on the shelves, and readers can continue to support Xiaoban, so that Xiaoban can go all out and strive for three changes a day during the shelf period! ）