Chapter 53: Jieli is captured

Walking into the big tent, Li Kuan looked around, this tent is very large, with a thick carpet on the ground, don't look at the outside looks very ordinary, but the inside is unusually luxurious, this carpet Li Kuan glanced at and saw that it was from the distant Western Regions. The Persian carpets are ornate and soft, and they must have been brought from their homeland by the Hu merchants with dreams of panning for gold. It's just that now it has become the spoils of Jieli, and the person who brought these things may have turned into a handful of spring mud to nourish the vigorous pasture grass on the grassland.

Not only are there expensive Persian carpets on the floor, but the walls on all sides are also decorated with many ornaments, with strong Chinese style paintings and calligraphy, which were looted from the land of the Central Plains by Jieli and his ancestors, and there are murals full of strong exotic customs, which were brought by Hu merchants from the Western Regions, from West Asia and Europe. Perhaps only the big wolf head cast of pure gold in this tent was the Turks' own!

"Sit down and talk! His Royal Highness the King of Chu's trip to the grassland this time can be described as very fruitful! I wanted His Royal Highness the King of Chu to go down to the grassland to suffer a loss, but the old man never thought that His Royal Highness the King of Chu would actually break out of a way! Even dare to go deep into the Turkic king's tent alone! Li Jing made no secret of his previous purpose, maybe this decision was to use the lives of those three hundred Xuanjia guards to give Li Kuan and the first hand, but in the eyes of these battlefield generals who are accustomed to life and death, a qualified general is forged with countless lives, so those three hundred people are nothing.

"The marshal is overrated, this qiē is just luck, Xiao Wang is just opportunistic!" Li Kuan said modestly, as long as these words are mixed in the Chinese officialdom, he will say two sentences. This is the national condition, and a humble gentleman should be like this. If only in Europe. This would not be the case with those barbarians with thick hair, but at this time Europe is probably still bothered by the language barrier! Although there are also powerful empires on the rise. But the people of that land were still poking around with spears made of brittle wood.

"It's not that the old man praises, but the courage of His Royal Highness the King of Chu is really beyond the old man's expectations, three hundred people dare to crisscross the grassland, and they also dare to test the Turkic king's tent, even if it is the champion Hou Zaishi, he may not dare to do it!" Li Jing stroked his beard very seriously. His idea was to make Li Kuan lose and understand that the war could not be won by using surprise soldiers, and even if Li Kuan failed, he also made arrangements, and the reason why the two grandmaster-level masters walked with them was to rescue Li Kuan at a critical moment. Li Jing made arrangements, and the two mysterious people also complied with Li Jing's arrangement, and had secretly followed Li Kuan and them for a long time, until they left and the others returned to the Tang border for the first time, they did not leave, otherwise they would have already raided the Turkic king's tent, where would they wait for Li Kuan to go to see a lively scene. But where did they think that after they left, Li Kuan led his army back to the grassland, and because of the map of Ashinadur, Li Kuan actually caught up with them.

"It's all a coincidence. Who would have thought that the Turkic king's tent would suddenly collapse, and those three women would be the only survivors! Li Kuan didn't dare to take credit, and said with his fists in his hands.

"Why did those three women survive? The rest of the people died, is there something strange about it? Li Jing had some questions. Why did the other Turks all die, but the three women just fainted.

"The tent where the king found them was covered with a thick carpet, and the Turks were probably not all dead. It's just that I fainted like them, but it's just not like they were woken up by Xiao Wang! Li Kuan was also puzzled. At that time, there was not much time and I didn't think much about it, but now I think about it, since Empress Xiao and the others can survive. Then the rest of the Turks will certainly not all die. Maybe there are survivors who just haven't woken up, but it's useless to think about that now.

"Let's not talk about what happened to the Turks, now let's talk about that thing, since Empress Xiao and Princess Yicheng fell into the hands of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, then that thing must also be in the hands of His Highness!" Li Jing asked with a smile.

"I did get it, but now I'm on the way to Chang'an!" Li Kuan knew what Li Jing was talking about, and he generously admitted it.

"Your Highness is actually willing to do it!" Li Jing was surprised, as long as that thing appeared, it would make countless people crazy, Li Kuan actually threw it out directly, it was really beyond his expectations, is there really someone who is not moved by power?

"That thing, it's useless for this king to take it, it's better to smash people than stones, and it's also worried, it's really a hot potato, how can you let go and hold on to it?" Li Kuan laughed and replied.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu can see it clearly!" Li Jing arched his hand.

"Don't talk about this, Lord Marshal, this king heard that Jieli has fled, I don't know if this is really the case?" Li Kuan asked.

"It's true, Jieli actually left all the troops and fled by himself, it's really ......" Although Li Jing used soldiers like a god, he never thought that Jieli would do such a thing, so he didn't arrange any ambush on the other side, otherwise where would Jieli be able to escape. Moreover, three thousand to tens of thousands, there are not many people who can be used by Li Jing's subordinates, and the lack of manpower is also a reason.

"This king has a mastiff, very sensitive, I wonder if I can help?" Li Kuan asked.

"That's the best, dare not obey!" Li Jing is worrying about how to catch Jieli, Li Kuan's words are simply a long drought and a rain! immediately agreed, so, the two walked out of the tent, and Li Kuan gave a whistle to greet the little gray gray lying on the side.

The tall body of the little gray gray stood up, reaching Li Kuan's chest, nearly a foot long, with a fluffy mane on its neck, in a whole circle, like a dancing flame in the firelight, shining a little orange reflection, that was a little snow reflecting the fire in the distance.

He dragged the big dog into the tent, motioned for it to sniff the air, and sniffed the wolf-skin mattress on which Jieli had sit. After letting go, the little gray ash rushed out quickly, and ran wildly in one direction.

Li Kuan rode his horse to follow, and Li Jing waited in the camp, he was really tired, several days of rapid marching, coupled with the exhaustion of playing the song "Puzzled Divine Comedy", he was really exhausted. So I can only sit and wait for the good news from Li Kuan or Zhang Baoxiang.

At this moment, in the distant night, the Chinese army of Datang was moving forward, the sleighs were pulled by the war horses on the snow, sliding rapidly, the neighing of the war horses did not sound, the soldiers were lying on the sleds, and a dozen people lying on the sleigh were very crowded, but they were also relatively warm. At this time, there was nothing to worry about, and the soldiers who drove the cart waved their whips to make the horses faster. They all wanted to get there as soon as possible, so that they could help their robes, even if it was just to help them on their way, or to collect their corpses.

Li Kuan chased his dog, galloping rapidly on the grassland, the horse's hooves stepped on the snow, did not make much noise, the cold wind blew on his face like a knife cutting his cheek, but after more than a month, Li Kuan had already gotten used to it.

Deep in the grassland, under a small mound, a group of soldiers in armor were forming a circle, in which one person and one rider, the snow-white war horse was panting at this time, and the white mist almost enveloped its big head. A wound on its front hooves had stopped bleeding, only to be frozen in a thin layer of crimson ice. The knight on the horse was majestic and majestic, like a standing bear. A full beard and fierce eyes. In his left hand is a gem-encrusted scabbard, and in his right hand he wields a scimitar. Pretending to intimidate the group of soldiers.

"Jieli, you are cornered, surrender! I, Zhang Baoxiang, can spare your life! In the middle of the group of soldiers, a general in more elaborate armor spoke up.

"Don't waste your time, there is only Jieli who died in battle, and there is no Turkic Khan who surrendered! If you want to capture me, prepare a few lives! Jieli shouted in an echo, his voice hoarse, but still full of energy, and Jieli's combat power at this time should not be underestimated.

Li Kuan had already chased to the front, saw this scene, and knew that Zhang Baoxiang's capture of Jieli alive recorded in history was about to be staged, so he didn't step forward again, after all, it is not okay to eat alone, he has already recovered the jade seal of the country, and witnessed the collapse of the Turkic king's tent, which is enough for him to obtain rich military exploits this time; Li Jing also had enough combat exploits because he commanded the surprise attack on Dingxiang, although Zhang Baoxiang also followed Li Jing to exert his strength, but it was not enough, so this Jieli was still given to him.

Of course, Li Kuan also thought about Chai Shao, who stayed behind, as well as Li Shiji and Su Dingfang and others who were the answers, but they were too far away. Only when you meet can you score, and there is really no way to get so far away! So Li Kuan stayed aside and watched the play with peace of mind.

A group of Datang soldiers rushed forward directly and pounced towards Jieli, their morale was high, after all, this was the biggest fish, and it was enough to say that they were all rewarded handsomely. It's no wonder if you don't work hard, you come out to be a soldier and eat food, in order to establish military exploits, get ahead, and seal your wife and son. So in order to catch Jieli, these people all risked their lives.

With so many people and horses surrounding him at once, Jieli was obviously flustered, and the scimitar in his hand swung rapidly, and the bell resisted the horizontal knife that came over, but the force of the blade of the knife still shook his palm. This time he actually failed to hurt still a Datang soldier, and Jieli's heart suddenly became as cold as the snow outside.

"Capture Jieli alive...... Come on! Zhang Baoxiang broke off and took the lead in rushing to Jieli again, and the horse lance in his hand stabbed out, so fast that it was about to be on the wrist of Jieli's right hand.

But Jieli came up ruthlessly, and actually ignored the horse lance, raised his right hand, and the scimitar in his hand flew straight out and shot at Li Kuan, who was watching the battle on the side. (To be continued......)