Chapter 45: I want to drive the light riders away
When Li Shimin arrived at the battlefield with the Xuanjia army, the Turks had been defeated in a large area, Li Shimin ordered the Xuanjia army to join the pursuit, and he took his personal guards with Li Jing, watching Li Jing give orders, but he couldn't go into battle in person, which was very regrettable, but Li Shimin also knew that he basically had no chance to go into battle in person in his life.
This battle lasted for a total of three hours, and the sound of fighting on the entire plain subsided, those who could ride horses and those who had horses were chased out under the leadership of Shangguan, and the others were cleaning up the battlefield, capturing prisoners, collecting the war horses on the battlefield, and patrolling their own people.
The sky was bright, everyone did not rest all night, and everyone inspected the entire battlefield several times to ensure that no fish slipped through the net, and also ensured that all the living Tang troops were treated.
The Tang military camp, the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Jing sat in the middle, Li Shimin sat on Li Jing's side, because the battle was not over, Li Jing had not yet handed over the order, and he was still the commander in charge of the three armies, so Li Shimin could only sit next to him, and Qin Qiong, who had a wound bandaged, also appeared in the camp, only Li Ji, Li Xiaogong and a few others in the camp, and the others went to hunt down the Turks, Li Ji and others made a detailed report to Li Jing and Li Shimin on the situation and arrangements during this period of time, of course, this is only an oral report, so that Li Shimin can make arrangements, Finally, there is a written detailed military merit book, Li Shimin did not agree or oppose all the arrangements, everything was arranged by Li Jing, but I heard that Feng Daiwen broke Luo Yi's Turks in Yizhou, Xue Renguisheng captured Luo Yi, Feng Daiwen forced to surrender and lost his thinking or couldn't help but applaud loudly, and also praised Feng Daiwen, Li Ji and others for arranging Turkic captives to help with spring ploughing, and proposed that the Chang'an prisoners should also be arranged.
Feng Daiwen has gathered more than 4,000 people behind him when the Turks began to surrender, because they are all cavalry, and he didn't want to hear that Jieli ran away and immediately led people to chase after him, the sky was bright, and he had chased out more than 50 miles, and he chased and killed a lot of Turkic soldiers all the way, but he didn't see Jieli's figure, thinking that Jieli was coming with Liang Shidu and wanted to escape back to the grassland, he must take the nearest road of Shuofang, Feng Daiwen gathered his men and dismounted to rest, After taking inventory, there were 3,000 people behind him, leaving 1,000 people, plus the Turkic war horses collected along the way, just enough for 4,000. Planned to chase Jieli with one person and two horses, selected 1,000 wounded and weak people to return on foot to help press and send all the way, surrender the Turks, rest for half an hour and eat some dry food with him, and continue to lead the troops to chase Jieli,
Jieli at night with several tribal leaders and their own guards about 3,000 people and Liang Shidu 3,000 people said that they fled at night, all the way to the wind, desperate escape, all the way out of the Tang encirclement, left a few hundred people, and encountered the Tang army behind the pursuit of the last resort to leave 500 people broken, embarrassed to flee, the sky was bright only to find that there were only more than 2,000 people around him, not sad from the heart, 200,000 troops went south to the side of more than 2,000 people, Liang Shi was even more miserable, 2,000 people broke through, I don't know if I died or escaped, there were only 1,000 people, Jieli didn't have the courage to commit suicide, ordered to rest and eat, and hurried after a short rest.
Feng Daiwen recognized that the Turks wanted to go back from Shuofang, and led the troops to chase all the way, and encountered some scattered deserters on the way, and finally determined that Jieli was in front, but Jieli also knew that there must be pursuers behind him and almost never rested, Feng Daiwen was afraid of catching up and couldn't beat him, and he didn't chase after him, so he kept falling far behind Jieli, so as to consume the Turkic physical strength, after two days and one night of chasing Feng Daiwen, who was full of spirit more than 100 miles away from Shuofang, led the troops to appear not far behind Jieli, Jieli was shocked, and threatened Liang Shidu's people and horses to stay behind. In order to survive, Liang Shidu ordered his general Li Zhengbao to take 1,000 of his men to break off, and Jieli was not at ease to leave 500 men and horses to help the war.
Feng Daiwen looked at the men and horses in front of him who were obviously left behind, and ordered the team to change horses in place and plan to attack.
Li Zhengbao is a general under Liang Shidu, and he was originally very dissatisfied with Liang Shidu's constant hooking up with the Turks, and after seeing that he was cut off by Liang Shidu as an outcast, he couldn't help but feel cold, and took his subordinates to line up in formation, and yelled, "Brothers, we have been abandoned, do you still want to fight hard for the Turks, anyway, I am fed up, today we surrender to the Tang Dynasty, kill all this group of Turks first, kill, kill" After roaring, he took the lead and killed 500 Turkic soldiers on the side,,,
Feng Daiwen was about to give the order to rush and kill, but suddenly saw that the front suddenly began to kill each other, and couldn't help but look forced, "What is this for, the plan set up for me by pretending to fight?" But it's not like that," Feng Daiwen thought with a frown,
"What about the general? Rush not? A guard next to him asked Feng Daiwen to arrive;
"Wait, let's see the situation" Feng Daiwen looked ahead;
"The general and I are willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, this is a meeting gift" Li Zhengbao roared while slashing and killing the Turks, although Li Zhengbao led people to kill a Turk by surprise, but after all, the Turks are elite, and both sides are tired troops, and many of Li Zhengbao's men were cut down by the Turks.
"Kill ,,," Feng Daiwen already believed in Li Zhengbao's surrender, not to mention how to watch the Turks kill their compatriots in front of their eyes, and immediately rush over with people, and soon the Turks were the last to be cut off by Feng Daiwen.
"The sin general Li Zhengbao has seen the general," Li Zhengbao dismounted and put down his weapon and hugged his fists to salute Feng Daiwen.
"General Li doesn't have to be polite, it's a great joy for you to abandon the secret and cast into the Ming, this general Feng Daiwen welcomes General Li" Feng Daiwen laughed and returned the salute, and then Feng Daiwen asked Li Zhengbao to take people to rest and let his subordinates help treat the wounded, and distribute food to Li Zhengbao's subordinates to eat, after all, Li Zhengbao's subordinates had already eaten up the food for their lives.
Li Zhengbao and his companions were very moved, and asked suspiciously, "The general doesn't chase Jieli?" ”
"Hehe, General Li is too worried, he didn't say that he wanted to catch or kill Jieli, it's useful to keep him, and now Datang doesn't have the strength to attack the grassland" Feng Daiwen smiled at Li Zhengbao and explained;
"I see, the last general is willing to sneak into Shuofang to surrender a few friends, what does the general think?" asked Li Zhengbao;
"So very good, I led people to block the south gate of Shuofang, and the general sneaked in from other gates, no matter what, you still need to take care of your safety" Feng Daiwen said happily to Li Zhengbao, although Feng Daiwen didn't know the history, he seemed to vaguely remember that Liang Shi was killed by his subordinates and surrendered,
"Thank you for your trust" Li Zhengbao was very moved,
Li Zhengbao said that he proposed to set off now and enter the city after dark, and he could contact his friends at night, and Feng Daiwen agreed to his suggestion,
Seeing that it was not early, Feng Daiwen ordered to camp and rest,