Although the battle of Songzhou was won in the end, it only got more than 40,000 prisoners, and the others can be said to have gained nothing, but more than 40,000 people were killed and wounded, which can be described as a tragic victory, but fortunately, Tubo was repulsed.

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Not to mention that Li Xiaogong and others cleaned up the mess, Li Jing had already arrived at Shuofang in person and began to lay out.

At the same time, Zhang Shigui had already outflanked the Turkic rear road in Yizhou on October 30, and Li Ji also rushed to Yizhou with 100,000 cavalry, and was fighting against the Turks.

The Turks were headed by the two departments of Beida Guan and Crossbow, Cui Tao as a military advisor, plus the Turks who came to support later, with nearly 200,000 cavalry and more than 100,000 logistics.

"Now it is necessary to retreat! Otherwise, they will all die here. Sheppei said aloud.

Each of these tribal leaders was named after the tribe, which was the largest of the ten Turkic castes.

"Retreat? How to retreat! The Tang people have already surrounded us, and the horses have returned, and there has been an army of Tang people behind them! The crossbow was lost and shouted equally loudly.

"So what do you say? Could it be that surrendering, the 200,000-strong army can't still fight a way? Shebei said unconvinced.

"Two patriarchs, please listen to the next word!" Cui Tao hurriedly persuaded.

"Cui Gongzi, let's talk about it, do you want to take credit for our heads!" The official said in a weird manner.

"Why did the patriarch say this, everyone in the world knows that the enmity between my Cui family and Li Shimin is not the same as the sky, my father also died because of this, and my brother has fought several battles with the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions." Cui Tao said.

"Okay, let's talk about your method, everyone knows the in your family." Crossbow sat down impatiently and said.

Cui Tao's eyes flashed with anger, as a child of a family, when he was angry with others, fortunately, he has suffered a lot in the past few years, and he still has patience, so he squeezed out a little smile and said: "Patriarchs, if you retreat now, you will inevitably be hunted down, and there are soldiers and horses blocking the way of retreat, and it is impossible to retreat with your whole body."

As for surrender, I'm afraid everyone knows about Datang's labor reform, is everyone willing to do coolies, and Datang has no preferential treatment for nobles. ”

Cui Tao's words made many tribal leaders and generals nod in agreement, and they naturally heard about some of the policies of their neighbors.

"Tell me about your methods, everyone understands this." The official asked with a bad face, obviously thinking of the horror of being reduced to coolies.

"In my opinion, only a good fight, it is best to eliminate the Tang cavalry and let them know that it is powerful, so that whether it is a breakthrough and retreat, or a joint discussion, there are bargaining chips." Cui Tao expressed his opinion, of course, this must be his selfishness.

In order for the Cui family to be able to open up the situation in the Western Regions and establish a country smoothly, it is necessary to let the Tang Dynasty have no time to take care of him, at least he has to break his muscles and bones, and he has no strength to attack the Western Regions in a short time.

If all the 100,000 cavalry here are killed, plus those who die on other battlefields, the goal will be achieved.

"So when do you think it's best to have a decisive battle?" The loss of the crossbow was also moved, and I had to admit that Cui Tao was reasonable.

"As soon as possible, the sooner the better, if there are reinforcements from Datang, things will be difficult." Cui Tao deliberately made the situation more serious.

"Cui Gongzi is right, let's study it, how to fight this battle?" Shebei Daguan nodded and said.

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Illinois City

"Whether the Turks seek peace or retreat, they will inevitably have a decisive battle with us in the near future." Li Ji looked at the map, nodded the table and said with his hand.

"The British are reasonable, you see how the Turks will fight, and how we will respond." Li Daozong nodded in agreement.

"Originally, I wanted to drag the people of Shazhou to come immediately, but now I see the killer weapon left by the king of the county, so let's fight the decisive battle." Li Ji touched the willow whisker and smiled.

"Hehe, this thing is really good, I believe it can surprise the Turks." Li Daozong was obviously satisfied with the back hand that he had been hiding, and he smiled and said proudly.

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West Liaoning, Danzhou,

The coalition forces attacked for two days, stopped and blamed each other, and then began to attack again, but they all seemed to be unable to do their work.

The stubborn Sili and the others were also happy to relax, and waited for the arrival of the army with peace of mind.

On 29 October, Feng Daiwen and his entourage worked hard day and night, and finally arrived near Danzhou, arranged for his personal guards to go and remove the enemy's sentinels, and led his men to climb to the highest place nearby, and observed the enemy situation with binoculars.

"Plant the flag!" After Feng Daiwen observed, he instructed the guards.

Immediately, there were guards on one side of the city, and three flags were erected.

This is the power of technology, the erected flag can be easily seen with a telescope from the city, and the coalition forces under the mountain are even more invisible, even if someone occasionally finds it, they can't see it clearly, at least they don't care about the empty place.

After Feng Daiwen observed, he took the men and horses to hide in the mountains and forests, and hurried continuously, and they had to be repaired.

"General! Checkmate! Here it comes! Here it comes! A guard excitedly ran up to the stubborn mind and said breathlessly.

"What's coming?" He didn't react for a moment, and asked with a frown at the reckless guard.

"...... on the mountain," the guard said, pointing to the top of the mountain in the distance.

Before the guards finished speaking, they grabbed the stubborn Sili happily and asked, "You mean the governor is here?" ”

"Yes, yes, the flag has been raised." The guard nodded and said.

Stubbornly let go of the guards, found the right direction, and looked through the binoculars.

"Good, good! Inform the generals and come and discuss the matter. After seeing it, he was very happy to command the guard.

It didn't take long for all the generals to arrive.

"The governor has arrived, tomorrow to attack the enemy army outside the city, now let all the soldiers go down to rest and get ready, as for the defense, all the responsibility is left to Qingzhuang." Obsessively and happily commanded to everyone.

"Li Tian, Fang Yi loves you and the two are in charge of guarding today's night, come to the general, you order all the brothers, take a closer look, weapons and equipment, and then force all the soldiers to rest." Obsessiveness then ordered.

"General!" When Li Tian heard that he was on duty, he understood that he didn't want him to fight with Fang Yiai tomorrow, so he couldn't help shouting, and then reacted that this was a military order, so he had to take the order, as for Fang Yiai, as long as there was an order, he would be meticulous and complete it without discounting, and he wouldn't think too much, and he couldn't think about it so much.

"Hmmm! Don't worry, as long as you do your best, you two will be allowed to lead half of the young men out of the city tomorrow to encircle and suppress, but only after the start of the war.

And you have to resist the start of a wave of attacks. Seeing that Li Tian was not playing tricks, he was a qualified warrior, so he nodded with satisfaction and said.

(End of chapter)