Chapter 90: The Big Picture Has Been Decided

While disposing of the corpses, Zhang Baoxiang once again saw the efficiency of the new army. Half of the soldiers in the training battalion carried sapper shovels, a whole five hundred, all of which were issued to the Turkic captives, who were ordered to dig pits and then throw the corpses into them and bury them.

The Turkic soldiers had just experienced a life-and-death struggle, and they had witnessed the ferocity of these guys when they mended their knives. Now when I hear the order, where do I dare to say half a word. The sharp sapper shovel, almost ignoring the frozen soil, smoothly dug out dozens of large pits.

When the body was buried, there was a small episode. When the Turkic soldiers buried their comrades, they did not show the slightest respect for the corpses. Everyone who passed by picked up everything that could be picked up from the corpse, and then picked up the leather goods that could be worn and put them on themselves. Throw valuable objects aside, they are the spoils of the strong.

During the renovation process, Zhang Baoxiang looked straight at his teeth. But the recruits kept a straight face, didn't speak, and just stared at the Turkic captives with that penetrating gaze.

The Turkic nobleman who scolded Jieli grabbed a few handfuls of snow and wiped his face, and was taken to Xiao Kai's temporary command post. Zhang Baoxiang also recognized this guy at this time.

"Ashnasmo?" Zhang Baoxiang felt incredible: "It turned out to be you!" Didn't you say that you were squeezed out by Jieli and rushed to merge with the Western Turks, ready to move north? Why did you appear here, and you still chased me desperately? ”

Ashina Simo spat hatefully at Jieli, and turned his head to look at Xiao Kai: "After burying people, get some food for my brothers." We ran for a day and a night to save this pig! Half an hour, half an hour! Even if he can be like a man, no, even if he fights for a little energy, runs a little faster, and walks for half an hour, I can save him from the battlefield...... It's all over now! ”

"Jieli! You are a disgrace to the steppe! You are a Turkic sinner! You are not worthy to be the son of the Khan......" scolded and scolded, and switched from Chinese to Turkic. Feeling incomprehensible, he rushed over and kicked him a few times, and was pulled away by several soldiers.

"Lao Zhang! You're lucky, you're lucky! Ashina Simo was frustrated: "Four years ago, when we attacked Chang'an, the 400,000 army was chased back to the grassland by the king of Chu like a rabbit. On that occasion, I had the privilege of meeting the King of Chu and having a meal with him. I also saw his immortal ability, that is a god who can even go to the underworld...... When I go back, I will persuade this pig's head and let him surrender to Datang as soon as possible. Who knew that he didn't dare to go against the king of Chu, but he only sprinkled his anger on me. It is not that a few of us colluded with the Tang army and betrayed the army, which led to the defeat. Send us to the Jinshan area to defend the Western Turkic ......"

"This time I received his personal soldier's call for help, I actually had psychological equipment, but I didn't expect that this last fight would also clean up the last bit of my clan's family foundation...... I am a Turkic sinner......"

The cooking squad set up a pot to make a fire and boiled horse meat, and there were so many dead horses on the battlefield, it would be a waste not to eat them. Anyway, it's a captive, and there are no human rights. On such occasions, no one is stupid enough to say anything so contentious that "a warrior treats a horse as a brother and would rather die than eat horse meat".

Although everyone despised Jieli, after all, he symbolized the supreme power of the Turks, and he specially gave this guy a little preferential treatment.

On the way back, the training battalion also had horses to travel, and the Turkic prisoners became infantry, obediently lining up to follow the large army.

Jieli's arrest and Ashina Simona's tragic counterattack represented the official end of the war between the Tang Army and the Turks.

The Northern Expedition, which the entire Tang Dynasty had carefully prepared for four years, came to an end. Strictly speaking, it's not even a tiger's head. All the elaborate planning, the big net of the six armies marching side by side, etc., everything is said to be a war, but in fact it is more like an armed parade.

The number of battles between the two sides was pitiful, and almost every time there was a shout, and then it turned into a captives all over the mountains. And because the situation of the Turks in recent years has been so poor, in addition to those aristocratic warriors who have been specially fed up will desperately do some resistance or escape, more Turks often take the initiative to surrender to the Tang army.

When he came, there were only 130,000 regular soldiers, 60,000 lost soldiers, and 80,000 people. When I went back, I couldn't be more obedient. Nearly 300,000 captives were captured, and they were only young and strong, and those old, weak, sick and disabled people had no time to deal with them, so they simply returned to the grassland and left them to fend for themselves.

For the generals of the Tang Army, in the past, the capture of prisoners of war was just a sacrifice of military merits, and the capture of them was all tricks and abuse. Now it's different, there is a shortage of labor everywhere on the huge construction site in Huashan and even in the entire Guanzhong, but people want people who can work. Simply eat and drink to support, go back and sell it for a good price. These are not people, they are strings of Kaiyuan Tongbao that can run.

Li Jing led a large army to catch silver on the grassland...... When the captives were captured, Li Kuan, who was the chief disciple of the Medicine King Sect, finally went down the mountain and was enjoying the atmosphere of family reunion in the palace.

Li Lizhen, Li Shu, and Li Jing were detained by Li Kuan in Huashan, and followed Wan Caihong and Lao Sun to learn the introductory knowledge of the Medicine King Sect. Occasionally, I have to go down the mountain to Li Xin or Li Ke to do some internships and experience life.

Li Chengqian immersed himself in the construction of Hainan, and two steamships had already successfully made a trial voyage, and he had already made a round trip to the Lion Country via Zhenla, and successfully transported back the spices, jade, gold, and other special products there.

In order to stimulate the Tang Dynasty and the opposition to pay attention to the sea route, when their ship returned to Chang'an, every stop along the way would always release a part of the Nanyang specialties, not only the gold and jade touched people's hearts, but the spices of the whole ship caused a sensation. The new type of sea ships is even more exciting, and a large number of orders are surging, making Hainan shipyards make a lot of money while expanding the scale several times.

The source of all this is Li Kuan. And he himself completely pretended not to know and didn't care, with a master's face and a chic mess.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, during the New Year, the palace had a dinner as usual.

Li Er and the eldest grandson came to Da'an Palace very filial piety to reunite with the Emperor Taishang's family, playing a rare royal harmony.

At that table, Li Yuan and Li's second father were filial piety, and they interacted with each other. On this side, the eldest grandson was full of resentment, and while serving vegetables to Li Kuan, he counted his nos.

"I should come back, I can't see anyone. Either go down to the five seas to catch turtles, or go to Nanshan to fight tigers. Okay, it's all out, and the old lady can't control it. It's hard to celebrate the New Year, and it's not worrying to come back. What do you watch? That's you! Tell me about you, you haven't entered the house for a few years, and you have made trouble once when you come home, and each time it is bigger than the other. I'm not allowed to go anywhere this year, so I'll stay at home with me......"

Being an otaku at home? How is this possible! The overall situation in the north has been decided, and the next step is naturally to focus on developing the livelihood of the people in the mainland. It's not easy to decide on the next way to make merit, and I'm still waiting to try it.

Well, it's only right to find a way to slip away!