When the Xuanlong army returned, the people of Pule County were supporting the old and the young to stand on both sides to watch the army that had saved them, these people were besieged by the Turks for dozens of days, and they were frightened every day, and they also had to risk the arrows and stones of the Turks to help the army defend the city.

When the city was in danger, both the army and the people were looking forward to the appearance of reinforcements day and night, but slowly turned from hope to despair.

Now that the support army has saved them, their relatives have long since died, and they suddenly have mixed feelings about this support army, and I don't know whether to thank them for saving themselves, or blame them for coming too late and letting their relatives die.

Looking at the people who were in tattered clothes along the way, and many people still had blood stains on their bodies, they looked at them silently, and the excitement of the Xuanlong Army killing the enemy just now suddenly subsided, and the whole scene was dull, and everyone felt a sense of depression.

An old man walked towards Yang Tian tremblingly, and several personal soldiers hurriedly blocked him, Yang Tian shouted, "Get out of the way." ”

Yang Tian thought that he would be warmly welcomed by the people after returning to the city, but he never thought that it would be this kind of atmosphere, just look at the broken city walls, the blood stains on the people's bodies, and the fact that these people are all old and weak, women and children, and less than one of the ten people is young and strong.

Yang Tian smiled bitterly in his heart, after knowing the situation, he could say that he could go in a hurry, but he didn't expect to be blamed by the people, but he knew that this was not the time to argue, and he had to let the people express their grievances, otherwise the tens of thousands of people he had worked so hard to rescue would not only not be grateful to him, but would be resentful.

Seeing the old man walking towards the army on the tall horse, the people around him were a little uneasy, and many people whispered: "Isn't this Uncle Xu, what is he going to do?" ”

"It's really miserable, alas, the five sons of Uncle Xu's family died in the city, and now there are only a few little grandchildren in the family, could it be that Uncle Xu is trying to reason with them?"

"No matter what reason, if it weren't for someone else to save us, we would have died."

"Yes, we are always rescued by others, and people can't forget their roots."

A woman's voice choked: "If they can come one day earlier, my father-in-law will not die, as long as it is one day earlier." ”

As soon as this sentence was said, many people choked up, and the whole scene was crying, the soldiers of the Xuanlong Army just now scolded these people for being ungrateful, just listening, listening, and their eyes couldn't help but turn red, indeed, if the court received the news and sent reinforcements, the reinforcements could arrive at least half a month ago, and Pinggao County would not fall into the hands of the Turks, they didn't have to travel through the mountains to help. Although the soldiers of the Xuanlong Army felt aggrieved in their hearts, they couldn't tell whether it could be said that it was all the fault of the court that they came late.

Seeing the old man approaching, Yang Tian hurriedly dismounted, and the other sergeants of the Xuanlong Army also dismounted, and the scene suddenly became a loud noise, and everyone looked at the old man with wide eyes, not knowing what he would do, whether he would offend the general in front of him who was dressed in armor and looked very young

"General, general, the Turks ran away?"

Yang Tian nodded: "Run, those who can't run are all killed by us." ”

"It's good to run away, it's better to kill, but all my five sons can't come back, son, the eldest child, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, you are all gone, even if you leave one person behind." The old man burst into tears, and sat down on the ground with a limp.

As soon as the old man cried, the sorrow around him was even louder, Yang Tian heard it miserably, and held the old man up: "Old man, we are late." ”

"No, General, I still want to thank you, although you didn't save my son, you still saved my grandson." The old man beckoned to the crowd, and there were two seven or eight-year-old boys standing there: "Little three, little five, you two come here." ”

The two boys looked at their grandfather, and then at the surrounding Xuanlong Army sergeants, and they were a little afraid in their hearts, these sergeants had just returned from chasing the Turks, and the murderous aura on their bodies had not yet been eliminated.

"Come here." The old man let out a heavy snort, and the two boys dragged their feet to Yang Tian.

"Kneel, kneel to the general."

With a plop, both boys knelt down and kowtowed according to their grandfather's words, but their foreheads were already blood-red.

Yang Tian was greatly moved, these people are still so pure, Pule County has been besieged for more than 40 days, although he can't blame himself, but the court is absolutely responsible: "Old man, let them get up." ”

"It's okay, general, let them kowtow a few times, not only for themselves, but also for their father, although their father went, but the general avenged them, they should kowtow to this head, general, the old man also kowtowed to you, although Pule County has lost adults, but there are still children, as long as the children are still there, there is still hope for the old decay, and there is hope for Pule County."

As soon as the old man knelt down like this, the surrounding people were in a daze, and they also knelt down, when the reinforcements fought the Turks under the city, most of the people went up to the city to watch, they witnessed the heroic killing of the reinforcements, in any case, these reinforcements saved them is a fact, although some of the young people died, the children of Kepule County are still there, there is still hope.

I don't know who was the first to exhale the slogan of long live, and then all the people shouted, while shouting, while shedding tears, the soldiers of the Xuanlong Army breathed a sigh of relief, the feeling of depression just now made them all feel more uncomfortable than losing the battle, although the cheers at this time were mixed with a lot of sadness, but the depressing atmosphere was finally gone.

Da Xi Changru was supported by a personal soldier, came up from behind, came to Yang Tian, pushed the personal soldier he was supporting, and bowed to Yang Tian: "Old man, thank you General for saving tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Pule County." ”

Da Xi Changru is a county duke, and a general, he has made countless contributions when he was Emperor Wu, although Yang Tian now has the title of the front-line manager, and he can also control him, but how dare he let him salute himself, and hurriedly supported Da Xi Changru: "Le'an Gong, you can't deserve it, this can kill the younger generation." ”

"Deserve it, how can you not be it, ambition is not old, the old man can't do this at your age." Da Xi Changru quietly had a brief conversation with his son just now, and basically knew the situation of the Xuanlong Army, Yang Tian really took a big risk to save him, and he would put himself in it if he was not careful, although Yang Tian was a junior, Da Xi Changru sincerely thanked him, and also for the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians who survived.

"Deserved, deserved." Yang Tian hurriedly humbled and personally helped Changxi Changru into the city.

In addition to the five hundred people of Da Xihong, the soldiers of the Xuanlong Army are the first time to step into this city, the entire city can be said to be full of desolation, many houses have been broken into ruins, both sides of the street are white, are newly built mourning halls, due to the siege of the Turks, the business travel is cut off, there is no figure in the market, compared to defeating the Turks, the reconstruction of Pule County may be more difficult.

After returning to the city, the Xuanlong army began to count the results, this time the Turks suddenly fled inexplicably, let the Xuanlong army pick up a big bargain, the results are undoubtedly amazing, in addition to killing and wounding 2,000 at the south gate, capturing 1,000 Turks, the Xuanlong army killed more than 700 Turks at the east gate, on the way from the north gate to the pursuit, the Turks ambushed more than 3,000 corpses, the Xuanlong army fought a big battle, relying on 2,000 people to capture and kill more than 7,000 Turks, plus the number of people who died during the siege, 20,000 Turks only escaped four or five thousand, Even if the Turks now discover the reality of the Xuanlong Army and can gather all the fleeing people, they can no longer pose a threat to Pule County, and the only thing to worry about is the movement of the 70,000 Turks in Pinggao County.

The Turks fled in a hurry, and there were a lot of materials left behind this time, there were more than 7,000 war horses alone, these are all the best war horses of the Turks, if they were transported back to Chang'an, a horse could be sold for hundreds of times. There are tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and there are also many other weapons, armor and staffs.

These are all trophies, according to the rules, seventy percent must be handed over to the court, three percent Yang Tian can deal with it by himself, the war horse Yang Tian does not want to hide it, anyway, how much material the Xuanlong Army wants, the court can allocate it, and there is no need to leave a handle, these three percent of the war horses have more than 2,000 horses, which is enough for the Xuanlong Army to replace one horse.

Tens of thousands of cattle and sheep Yang Tian stayed, handed them over to Daxi Changru, and asked him to distribute these things to the people in the city. He also left the extra thousands of war horses of the Xuanlong Army to Daxi Changru, these war horses are all good horses, no worse than the war horses of the Turks.

The rules of the court are rules, and there are few that can really be enforced, you must know that the value of more than 5,000 war horses handed over to the court alone is six or seven hundred thousand, plus cattle and sheep and war horses for Da Xi Changru, this batch of things is probably worth about one million guan, although the Xuanlong Army is not short of war horses, but it can be resold privately, Yang Tian is young, and he can withstand such a temptation without being greedy, Da Xi Changru suddenly respected Yang Tian.

Yang Tian is not greedy because he doesn't need money, he can use millions of dollars to marry Xi Changru, Yang Tian completely thinks it's worth it, not to mention tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, everyone knows that this is the spoils of the Xuanlong Army, and they are suddenly more grateful to the Xuanlong Army.

This time, the Xuanlong Army attacked more with less, although it was unimaginably smooth, but there were also many casualties, including 205 dead and more than 400 wounded, which made Yang Tian relieved that because his own soldiers had been following him closely, only more than 10 people were injured and did not suffer.

The heaviest casualties were the men and horses led by Shi Wansui, Shi Wansui led his subordinates in two major battles at the East Gate and the North Gate in a row, almost everyone was wounded, and among the two hundred and five people who died, there were 167 people in Shi Wansui's 500 people alone, and it can be said that one of his men and horses had been injured.

However, without Shi Wansui with this bloody battle, it can be said that there was no easy victory this time, Yang Tian later learned that Shi Wansui in the East Gate and the North Gate of the two battles, Shi Wansui was immediately impressed, such a brave general, it is really a blessing.

Only Wang Shu was a little sullen, he was the owner of this building, and most of the credit was attributed to Shi Wansui, and his own soldiers also suffered a lot of losses in this battle.

After dealing with the spoils of war, Yang Tian, the more than 1,000 Turkic captives, was embarrassed, the soldiers and civilians of Pule County were very hostile to these captives, but they couldn't kill and kill, and they couldn't let go, and they were escorted back to the rear, and they were even more afraid of these captives rioting, not to mention that there were 70,000 Turkic troops in Pinggao County, and if they were not careful, not only would these captives be rescued by the Turks, but the escorted people would also be wiped out.

Yang Tianyi gritted his teeth, and simply used these captives as coolies first, Pule County is now in urgent need of labor, but there are many projects to be done, the city wall needs to be repaired, and the people's houses must be rebuilt, with these coolies, it should relieve the tension of labor in Pule County, for these Turks, as long as they are not allowed to die, although they are used hard, as for whether the Turks will redeem them in the future, that is a matter of the future.

Zhu Luo Qi desperately beat the horse, the Xuanlong army stopped the pursuit and did not notice, until his war horse can no longer run to stop, a little people, only more than 1,000 people left behind him, wait for a day, one after another backward Turks followed, and finally packed up to more than 2,000 people, Zhu Luo Qi did not dare to go in the direction of the south, but returned to the Turkic steppe to the north, just sent a few messengers to report to Sha Tiluo, he met tens of thousands of reinforcements under the city of Pule County, after a hard battle, had to return in advance.

When Sha Bolu received the report from Luo Li, it was already seven or eight days later, and when he heard tens of thousands of Zhou troops behind him, Sha Boluo was suddenly shocked, although he suspected that Luo Li's words were false, only several messengers swore that they were besieged by tens of thousands of Zhou troops, and Luo Qian would be defeated.

Sha Boluo was puzzled, where did these tens of thousands of Zhou troops fly from, but he thought that he could defeat 20,000 horses in Luo Qi, and Sha Tiluo had to believe it.

The date of the Turks killing the city of Chang'an in January had long passed, and Sha Bo was slightly afraid of being attacked by the Zhou army, so he sent an envoy to threaten the Great Zhou court to send tribute and beauties quickly, and then led the army to withdraw from Pinggao County. Returning to the border of the Great Zhou with the looted property, the cities captured by the Turks were all restored at once, but the former prosperous cities were robbed by the Turks, but they were white and miserable, and it would take at least a few years to restore the original scale.