The killing lasted all night, the battlefield was full of human and horse corpses, the smell of blood attracted a large number of grassland scavengers, a large number of wild wolves and wild dogs gathered around the battlefield, the sky was crowded with countless vultures, and from time to time one swooped down from the air and jumped into the pile of corpses to feast on a few bites.

The killing of 50,000 Tang troops throughout the night caused nearly 100,000 casualties among the Byzantines, and by this time the sky was already dark, and the Tang army after the battle began to check the fruits of its victory.

But to the disappointment of Pei Xingjian, Long Yi and others, the bodies of the second prince of Byzantium and the national teacher were not found on the battlefield, and the two had fled last night taking advantage of the chaos.

However, this is no longer important, the remaining 100,000 Byzantines have been torn apart, and they have long been unable to pose a threat to the army, and the rest of the Tang army ambushed around will not let go of those who have been scattered, and when the war is over, it is estimated that the number of Byzantines who are ordered to go back will not exceed 50,000.

……

At this time, the second prince and the national teacher were on the way to escape, last night the two of them changed into ordinary soldiers' clothes under the cover of the guards, and grabbed a few handfuls of blood on the corpse and smeared them on their faces, so they were able to escape.

After a night of fighting, less than 5,000 of the more than 200,000 people were able to stay with them, and this was collected little by little on the way to escape.

"National teacher, what are we going to do now?" Taking advantage of the break, the second prince looked blankly in the direction of Minny City and muttered.

"Such a fiasco, old minister

The face of the national teacher was also ugly, and the shawl completely lost his previous solemn image, ignoring the question of the second prince, and just muttered there: "Such a fiasco, the old minister is ashamed of his trust in His Majesty the King." ”

The second prince noticed the change in the national teacher, and he didn't care about the question he had just raised, so he pulled him and persuaded: "National teacher, how can you be blamed for this matter, none of us thought that the Tang people would be so brave, and the weapons are so sharp, the defeat in this battle is the will of heaven, and it is beyond the power of manpower to recover." ”

The national teacher shook his head, and the whole person looked very decadent: "What's the use of talking about this now?" The 300,000 army was all lost overnight, and we were the sinners of Byzantium through the ages. ”

"It is precisely because of this that you can't give up, although we were defeated, but not all of our soldiers were killed, we still have the opportunity to get them all back and reorganize the army! National teacher, Xiao Wang is already in chaos, how to rectify the country in danger depends on you! When the second prince said something, he burst into tears, and when he heard it, he wept.

But in fact, only he knows that the ultimate purpose of persuading the national teacher in this way is for himself, after all, someone is responsible for such a big defeat in the end, no matter whether Byzantium will be completely reported by the Tang Dynasty in the end, the sin of his second prince cannot be exempted.

Therefore, he must let the national teacher live well, only when the national teacher is alive will someone help him speak, and someone will stand up for him.

But the national teacher obviously did not realize this, the old guy has served Byzantium all his life, and he has long been integrated with this country, without Byzantium there would be no him, and without him, Byzantium is estimated to not exist for long.

So under the persuasion of the second prince, the old guy regained his spirits, ordered someone to bring clean water, wash the blood on his face, and rearrange his hair, then sat down again, sighed and said: "Your Royal Highness, now the big mistake has been made, and the only way to do this is to do everything possible to obey the destiny of heaven." ”

The second prince was overjoyed when he saw that the national teacher had regained his spirits, and said in a loud voice: "Yes, if the national teacher has any arrangements, even if he orders, Xiao Wang will obey his orders." ”

"Your Royal Highness, the minister thinks that the only plan for today is not as good as you and me dividing the troops into two ways, you take people to carefully recruit rout troops nearby, and the old minister takes people to attract the attention of the Tang army with great fanfare, and buy time for you, as long as the operation is done properly, you should be able to recruit most of the people back."

"This, how can this be, the national teacher might as well be me to attract the attention of the Tang Army, you are always responsible for recruiting back people!" The second prince's face changed, he wasn't really worried about the safety of the old man of the national teacher, but he basically didn't have much sense of security at the moment, no matter which path he chose.

The defeat was so miserable, but the Tang army they encountered was far less than 200,000, so it can be seen that there should still be a large number of Tang troops in this area in ambush, even if they find all the lost troops, it is not so easy to break through the encirclement.

What's more, in this situation at the moment, the army is like a mountain of defeat, even if all the manpower is recruited back, how can the morale be so low and how can it fight against the Tang army that is threatening the power of a great victory.

The national teacher was also real at this time, and when he heard the words of the second prince, he smiled bitterly and said: "Your Royal Highness the prince still don't fight, I guess you also know that no matter which of these two choices is in danger, what is the point of you and I fighting here!" ”

At this time, the second prince had no idea, and secretly sighed in his heart and said, "In this case, how does the national teacher plan to attract the attention of the Tang army?" ”

"There is no him, only to show the banner and choose a direction." The national teacher looked up and looked around, stretched out his hand and pointed to the west: "The national capital is in that direction, and the old man will go over there." ”

The second prince is not a fool, seeing the old guy say this, he already understood what this old man wanted to do, and suddenly a burst of guilt came to his heart, and he said loudly: "National teacher, national teacher, you can't be like this!" ”

"Idiot, old man, I have lived for more than sixty years, and I am not wronged when I die, but you are still young and have a future, maybe the responsibility of recovering Byzantium will fall on your shoulders in the future, so ...... Go ahead! ”

"National Teacher ......" The second prince called the national teacher sincerely, and he no longer had the idea of letting the old man go to the thunder.

Although the old man said that he should recruit the rout, he did not restrict his direction of action, nor did he say that he should cooperate with him, which clearly gave him a chance to escape.

In addition, the old man is bent on going in the direction of the royal capital, everyone knows that there will be a heavy guard of the Tang army over there, and to go in that direction is to seek death, the old man's action is already obvious - to attract the attention of the Tang army, so that the second prince can find an opportunity to escape back to the royal capital.

I have to say that this is indeed a good way, but if someone does not take the initiative to take this responsibility, it is unreliable to assign the task to anyone, because people are likely to have all kinds of thoughts when they know that they are going to die, and betrayal is not an impossible thing.

The second prince realized this, so he was so moved, and at the same time, he also knew that the old national teacher had the determination to die for his country.

It's just that people are not as good as heaven, although the old national teacher is so arranged, but no one knows what the final outcome will be, if they really only have the five thousand men and horses at hand, it is estimated that not to mention attracting the attention of the Tang army, even if they are impulsive in front of the Tang army, no one will necessarily take care of them, after all, five thousand people are too few, and they will not pose any threat to the Tang army at all.

……

Minni City, after a night of battle, all the people left behind were re-recruited by Hou Junji, and a table of wine was set up: "Everyone, first of all, the old man wants to congratulate you, this time to be able to defeat the Byzantine army is really a great victory, gentlemen, drink victory!" ”

"Datang, Wansheng!" The commanders of the Guards Division, the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, and some of the brigade commanders and regimental commanders below raised their glasses and drank with their heads up.

"In addition, although this time we won, more than 100,000 people in Byzantium still fled, and I hope that the monarchs can make persistent efforts to completely eliminate these stubborn bandits and clear the way for the next attack." A glass of wine was down, and the old waiter's face was flushed, and he filled the glass again.

"I will live up to the general's order!" There was wine to drink, and the group of arrogant soldiers below naturally would not be polite, and they agreed to drink another glass with a grin.

However, this time, the old waiter put the wine in the final analysis just to let the generals work together, after all, it is impossible for everyone to have the opportunity to make great contributions to the battle, some people are lucky, the blind cat meets the dead mouse and meets the enemy's big official, and kills the great merit; And some people may be unlucky, lying in ambush for a long time but not encountering a single enemy.

If you don't do it well, it will affect the unity of the team, so gather everyone together, everyone drink a little wine, and then he will show that he is not biased, and the people below will either fight or scold his mother, and it will be okay to talk about things.

So when Lao Hou watched coldly, and saw that everyone had already complained, he knocked on the table and said: "Okay, okay, it's only three, now that the war is not over, don't drink this third cup, put down the wine, the old man still has something to say." ”

As soon as the generals heard what Lao Hou had to say, they all immediately put down the wine, and some of those who didn't drink enough only dared to lick their lips, and watched pitifully as the sergeant came over and took the wine away.

"Gentlemen, this expedition is likely to be the last expedition of the old man, this is a battle to destroy the country, and it can be built into an immortal achievement, so the old man needs all the gentlemen to work together, can you do it?" Hou Junji waited until everyone was seated, and then slowly spoke.

"Please rest assured, General!" The generals present are all people who understand, and most of them are Lao Hou's former subordinates, so naturally they will not dismantle his platform.

And what Lao Hou said is clear enough, this is his last expedition, and it is a battle to build immortal achievements, on the surface, the old man is talking about the importance of this war, but secretly the meaning is also very clear, that is, who dares to make trouble from it, the consequences are definitely not as simple as playing a few boards.

"Okay, since that's the case, then the old man will rest assured!" Hou Junji took a deep breath and swept his gaze over the people seated: "Now the old man has ordered that the 92nd and 93rd Divisions be stationed in Minni City to clear the remnants of Byzantium, and the 94th Division will move westward tomorrow, targeting Mosul City, and will arrive within 20 days." ”

"In addition, the 91st Division was ordered to be stationed in the Caspian Sea, and to clear all ships along the Caspian Sea coast along the way, so as to ensure that no sails could fall into the water."

"Order the 90th and 89th Divisions to be drawn out immediately, and the target is Mansicket, and they will arrive within fifteen days."

"Guard Division, go with Ben!"

A group of slaughterers, whether they received an order or did not receive an order, all of them looked serious and got up at the same time: "Follow the general's order!" ”

Hou Junji nodded: "Okay, you go on, the old man is tired and go back to rest, remember, you can't wait to drink again!" ”

"Yes!" The group of killers below agreed while frowning at each other.

They know Lao Hou's temper very well, if they really don't let them drink anymore, they will definitely not give a special explanation, but as long as they are specially explained, it means 'Lao Tzu will not come back, what should you do'.

So as soon as Lao Hou left, several division commanders immediately called the sergeants outside in, and even kicked and kicked them to take out all the wine they had just taken away.

Early the next morning, when the sun was rising, the battalions of the Tang Army sounded the sound of horns, and tens of thousands of troops pulled out their camps.

The two divisions that remained behind scattered everyone out, and scattered in all directions of Minni City as regiments, with their own equipment, with their own equipment.

The 94th Division, which had just returned and missed a major battle, once again marched westward to Mosul, guarding the Tires River to the west.

……

An ambush by Hou Junji gave the Byzantines a head-on blow, completely crushing 300,000 people, while Cheng Biting Jin on the other side gritted his teeth angrily.

A small wooden deer city actually stopped him in place for half a month, during which he sent people to attack the city several times, but in the end, due to the environment, he finally had to retreat again.

After fighting for half a month, the big cannibals slowly learned to be more shrewd, and they began to no longer clash head-on with the Tang army, but to use small-scale battles, a group of about a dozen people, with small crossbows to sneak attack.

After all, the terrain above the city head is narrow, and the shooting distance between the rifle and the crossbow is infinitely shortened in an instant, and because of the length of the new rifle, it is difficult for the soldiers to turn around in the small space at the head of the city, so the way the big cannibal responds makes Lao Cheng suffer.

But fortunately, there are still a bunch of nimble young people under Lao Cheng, these guys have a lot of brains, and when they saw that the frontal attack failed, they changed their methods, and iron pineapple and fire oil became the best way to effectively attack the enemy.

A group of big-headed soldiers rushed to the city, and without saying a word, they first threw a row of iron pineapples over, and with the power of the explosion, they threw two fills of fire oil or water, and immediately there was a sea of fire.

Of course, this kind of thing is not absolute, sometimes it will be iron pineapple + iron pineapple, and sometimes it will be Weishui + Weishui + iron pineapple.

For three days in a row, every day was a combination of burns, making the big cannibals miserable, and the city was full of burners who were burned.

And that's not all, I don't know who it was, but I started adding things to the oil, sometimes pepper, sometimes salt, although most of the things added are useless, but there is one thing that is very popular, and that is to add sugar to it.

After all, sugar will melt when it encounters heat, and the adhesion of sugar after dissolving is extremely strong, coupled with the inextinguishable characteristics of water, it will burn the big cannibal to pee his pants at once.

(End of chapter)