Dingxiang City was indeed lost, just when the battle of the North Gate was in full swing, Li Jing let Wei Chi Jingde and Xue Wanche attack the city, because the Turks had made plans to abandon the city, there was no one on the city head to defend it, so the heroic and warlike Tang army took Dingxiang City without wasted effort. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The loss of Dingxiang City also meant that Jieli Khan had no way to retreat, and the only way to escape was to escape to the northwest through the moat. The Turkic soldiers, who learned that the back road had been lost, fled even more frantically, and on the way to escape, countless Turkic soldiers killed each other, trampled to death, and drowned.

The rest of the Turkic soldiers who had not yet withdrawn, Qin Feng had no time to take care of them, they still had about 30,000 combat strength, which was enough to deal with the remnants of the Turkic soldiers who had no morale and were terrified.

Luo Tong and Zhang Shigui's left and right flank cavalry converged together, and they hit the butts of tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers like this.

After being pursued for more than ten miles, it was not until he was forced to break his wrist and send 10,000 henchmen to fight to the death before he ended the first battle and resisted the ferocious momentum.

But the 10,000 Turkic soldiers behind the palace were almost wiped out.

This battle is also the largest loss since Qin Feng became an independent army, except for the Modao battalion, Xue Rengui's Breaking Battalion, Achilles's jumping soldiers, Luo Tong and Zhang Shigui's 20,000 cavalry, 8,000 killed, 2,000 seriously wounded, and the rest are not injured, it is just a matter of severity. All in all, Qin Feng's battle losses in this battle were 10,000.

However, the Turkic soldiers paid an even more tragic price, with more than 18,000 heads alone and almost 30,000 killed. The Turkic soldiers and their families who died in the icy moat numbered from 20,000 to 30,000.

There were countless serious and minor wounded, and the most important thing was that the 20,000 surviving Turkic soldiers were all drenched, and in this cold winter, they galloped wildly on horseback in wet clothes, and in the end, I am afraid that there will be no five out of ten who can survive.

With 36,000 men and 80,000 enemies, he fought a bloody battle for half a day, and repelled twice as many enemies as himself...... Kill twice as many as the winning team's forces combined.

This battle was very difficult, but I have to say that the victory was extremely brilliant and beautiful.

"It's so happy, it's so happy!" I heard Cheng Biting Jin, who had a loud voice, laughing more than once: "My old Cheng fought the battle of this generation, and this battle was the most enjoyable, although the battle of the Tiger Prison in the past was also refreshing, but after all, it was us Han people who were killed, and it was the peasant people who put down the hoe and sickle, and it was not a glorious thing to mention it." But this time the killers are all Turkic dogs, they are of different races, this is physically happy, and the heart is even happier, it is simpler than eating an ice cube in the hot summer, little madman, your old Uncle Cheng has served you. ”

This old guy, in the end, still couldn't resist the temptation, when Qin Feng ordered the whole army to be crushed, he was the first to rush out, looking at the smile on his face, he must have been very enjoyable, otherwise, at this moment, it would not be to praise Qin Feng, but to find Qin Feng's trouble.

"It's a pity, if it weren't for the great cause of Datang, we would have been able to wipe out Jieli here today."

Although Qin Feng was happy, he was very unhappy when he thought of the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses that the Turks had run away, and said: "If it weren't for the Moma Battalion, the Breaking Front Battalion, and the Jumping Soldiers who were slow to find the war horses and couldn't catch up, the Turkic soldiers would not have been able to leave alive today, but thousands, or hundreds. ”

Although the record is already very brilliant, but the people's hearts are not enough to swallow the elephant!

Thinking of Jieli Khan's last move of a strong man breaking his wrist, Qin Feng also had to admit that that strong man broke his wrist beautifully. Directly killed Qin Feng's intention to expand the results of the battle. 10,000 people is no more, no less, if Qin Feng does not defeat them, they will inevitably cut off the back road of the pursuing troops, and attack the retreating 20,000 Turkic elites back and forth, and wipe out the 20,000 cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, but choosing to defeat them is equivalent to missing the possibility of pursuing them with victory. Even if the Turkic soldiers were physically exhausted, not strong-willed, and their morale was not high, but after this desperate decision, with that momentum of seeing death as home, Luo Tong and Zhang Shigui were helpless for a while. can only choose to completely annihilate this palace army in order to expand the results of the battle. However, the Turkic soldiers behind the palace did not lose their names as heroes and warriors, and the 10,000 people regarded death as home, and no one fled, they used their lives to maintain the dignity of the Turkic warriors and gave Jieli Khan a chance to escape. It was they who inflicted 4,000 casualties on the Tang army, which was twice as large as them.

The Turks believed in the strong, and the Turkic Han king must also be a strong man: he had the personal strength to serve the people, the military strength to serve the people, the prestige to serve the people, and the intelligence to serve the people.

However, Datang is also a country full of blood, and it is also a country that worships the strong, and they also give full respect to the 10,000 tragic Turkic soldiers, and their respect for the enemy is also a manifestation of their self-confidence.

"You kid, it's going to take an inch!" Cheng Biting Jin saw that Qin Feng had a big appetite and could swallow an elephant, so he couldn't help but give him a punch.

Qin Feng smiled and accepted it.

"This battle can be described as brilliant. But now is not the time for us to rejoice. Because the real war against the Turks has just begun. ”

Li Jing has always been serious. Needless to say, the glory of this battle was not easy for the Western Route Army to achieve the final victory in a battle against the Turkic soldiers who had broken the cauldron and the shipwreck. What's more, this battle was a battle of defeating the strong with the weak, repelling an enemy twice as large as itself, and killing and wounding twice as many enemy troops as the number of their own troops, which was indeed an impeccable and brilliant result.

But the price they paid was also heavy, Qin Feng's Western Route Army lost one-third of its combat effectiveness, and the remaining one-third were also wounded, and the Modao Battalion was even more physically overdrawn, if there was no time to rest for three or five days, I am afraid that even the war horses would not be able to get on the horses.

And what about the Turks?

Although they suffered heavy casualties, the situation was still extremely grim, because there were still more than 130,000 young and strong people who could be summoned by the Turkic tribe to fight, not to mention that the Jieli Khan who fled in embarrassment still had the prestige to call on the whole clan, but at least half of them could be summoned.

When Li Jing carefully calculated one by one, after revealing the final number, everyone's expressions couldn't help but be correct, through today's battle, they no longer dare to underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Turkic soldiers, if it were not for the Turkic cavalry to lose the advantage of impact power, if it was not for the Modao battalion was too terrifying, then the Tang Army's battle losses would be more than 10,000 people, and this number is equivalent to the Western Route Army of the Northern Expedition was completely disabled.

Seeing everyone's solemn expressions, Qin Feng smiled calmly and said, "The chief manager can rest assured." After this battle, it is not easy for Jieli to make a comeback, if there is no one to two months of recuperation and recruitment, he will not be able to gather so many soldiers and horses, besides, the Turkic tribes do not belong to each other, each has a pole in their hearts, Jieli wants to say that these winds blow on both sides of the wall grass, it is bound to be as difficult as ascending to the sky, time determines the direction of the war, and now the balance is no longer towards the Turks. As long as we chase after Jieli and do not give Jieli a chance to breathe, as long as we use bloody means to deal with the tribes that dare to help Jieli, then, in the eyes of the Turkic tribes, Jieli will become the source of the plague, will become a disaster, and everyone will avoid it. Besides, General Li Ji of our Eastern Route Army has not returned for a long time, presumably after he knows the situation in Dingxiang, he is already looking for another breakthrough! With the wisdom of General Li Jida, it is not a problem to deal with the Turks. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Feng saluted Li Jing, who was sitting with a smile and a look of approval in his eyes, and said, "To say something disrespectful, the chief manager is now worrying!" Actually, it's not necessary at all. ”

"Hahaha, that's right. This is to the point, and now we are comparing time with the Turks. Whoever seizes the time is the ultimate winner. Li Jing laughed heartily, how could he not know what Qin Feng said? It's just that seeing everyone is elated, for fear that everyone, especially Qin Feng, will be proud and complacent because of this, so he deliberately poured cold water, and now seeing Qin Feng's calm analysis and reasoning out the problems of Turkic reality, he is very relieved in his heart.

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That night, Li Jing came to Qin Feng alone to talk. The two of them, one old and one young, walked along the barracks, and Dingxiang City was now stinking, and no one wanted to suffer that kind of crime, so they simply lived in the barracks.

Bonfires are lit everywhere in the barracks, illuminating the world!

The two of them don't ride horses either, they just walk!

"You won't blame me for taking your siege, will you?" Suddenly, Li Jing stared at Qin Feng tightly and asked.

Unexpectedly, Li Jing asked such a question, Qin Feng was stunned, and then shook his head and smiled: "How can it?" If it weren't for Uncle, you took the opportunity to capture the city, would Jieli have withdrawn from the army? If he retreats back into the city again, he will be stunned to carry it with us, not to mention that the goal of exterminating the Turks cannot be achieved in a short period of time, and we will have to sacrifice countless Tang warriors just to attack the city. War exploits are dead, and sooner or later there will be. Human life is different, if it is gone, it is gone. Although I, Qin Feng, am also eager to take on the full merit of exterminating the Turks, I will not ignore the life and death of the soldiers for my own selfishness. Uncle took Dingxiang City first, it is really a great merit, I am too late to be happy? Who can blame you? ”

Li Jing praised movingly: "The virtuous nephew is really a husband who loves soldiers like a son. ”

Qin Feng blushed a little when he was praised, and said with a smile: "Uncle has won the award, I'm not that great." It's just that I know that the Turks are brutal, and I don't want my Chinese people to suffer, and I can't wait to end the war as soon as possible and lay peace for my Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years. ”

Li Jing glanced at Qin Feng deeply and did not speak.

Li Jing also took a fancy to Qin Feng's attitude of being able to share weal and sorrow with his soldiers, so he was willing to teach him. As a commander of the royal army, Li Jing still cares a lot about this aspect. Among the generals of the Tang Dynasty, Hou Junji's talent and potential are extremely outstanding, and Li Shimin takes special care of him, regards him as the optimus jade pillar of the Tang Dynasty, and specially asks Li Jing to teach him the way to use soldiers and train him. However, Li Jing felt that Hou Junji's utilitarian heart was too heavy, and he would do whatever it took for the sake of his interests, and he didn't like it, so he didn't give him everything, but only symbolically taught some ways to use soldiers.