The Turkic army, hiding in the woods, did not sit idle, but took advantage of this time to make casualty statistics. After this battle, more than 19,000 Turkic troops were buried in the city of Horsehair Mountain, killed or wounded. Subsequently, in the face of the encirclement and pursuit of the main force of Horsehair Mountain and the Jade Dragon Guard, nearly 3,000 people were lost. At present, the remaining combat strength of the Turkic army is about 35,000 people, and if it wants to fight hard, it still has the capital to fight with the main force of Horsehair Mountain.

Since the beginning of the war, the Turkic army has not entered the water and rice, and at this time it has been extremely sleepy and tired, and the tempting aroma of barbecue outside the forest has constantly stimulated the taste buds of the Turkic army. At this moment, the smell of barbecue was even greater than the lethality of thousands of troops and horses to the Turkic army, and the army's heart was inevitably shaken.

The president of the Turkic army, standing in a makeshift tent, looked solemn, and shouted: "Someone, pass my order, quickly send three hundred fast horsemen, rush out of the woods, and ask for help!" And all the centaurs are ready to fight, and they will charge me again! ”

As soon as the order was issued, another general stood up to stop it: "Commander, we have already gone to the general situation, we must not fight the trapped beast again!" The woods were full of dysentery, and the horses could not run at all. If you forcibly rush out to fight the main force of Horsehair Mountain, you will definitely lose! At this time, outside the woods were all cavalry patrolling in the Horsehair Mountain, even if they sent fast horses to rush out, they would definitely not be able to rush out! ”

"Then what should we do, could it be that we just sit here and wait to be captured?" The president looked at the general with unkind eyes, fortunately, there are only a few generals in this camp, if there are many people, this general must be convicted of a big crime that shakes the morale of the army!

The general clenched his fists and said: "Commander, before the expedition, the military division had expected that we would end up in such a field, but the marshal insisted on going his own way, and it was not our fault that we fell into a place of no return at this time!" According to the general's opinion, now is not the time to go head-to-head with Datang, rather than being annihilated, it is better for us to take the initiative to surrender! ”

"Surrender?!" When the president heard this, he was furious, wrinkled his eyebrows and glared, and shouted sternly: "Our army still has 35,000 combat strength, how can we surrender without a fight!" What is your intention in saying these words that shook the hearts of the military? ”

The general hurriedly said: "Commander, don't worry, listen to the last general's words first!" Now, our 35,000-strong army is all besieged in this wood, the ground is full of iron dysentery, and our cavalry has been restrained to death. Even if the war horses are abandoned and all the troops are changed to infantry, the actions of the whole army will be disjointed because of iron dysentery. The front one rushed too fast, and the back one was restricted by iron dysentery, and they couldn't keep up, and when the time came, it would become a refueling tactic, and they would be wiped out by the Tang Army in waves! We have no chance of winning! On the contrary, once there is a full-scale battle, the Tang Army will not have many scruples, and it will definitely annihilate all our troops! On the contrary, if we surrender, although these 30,000 troops will be captured, but now the roots of the Tang Dynasty are not stable, as long as our lord comes forward to negotiate peace with the lord of the Tang Dynasty and make concessions, the Tang Dynasty will definitely return all our army to my lord. In this way, although we can no longer fight against Datang, we can preserve our strength and seek other strategic developments! ”

Hearing this, the president nodded thoughtfully: "In this way, it is also a compromise strategy." As the general said, once he surrendered voluntarily and the Hui Turkic lord came forward to negotiate peace, the Tang Dynasty would not open a knife on the 35,000-strong army. And Datang will not leave this group of troops behind, after all, this is a Turkic army, an army with unstable factors, and staying in Datang will only cause unnecessary worries.

After much deliberation, the President decided to take the general's advice and order the entire army to surrender. After all, this is a helpless move, even if the lord of the country blames it afterwards, there is a marshal who bears the main responsibility and has nothing to do with him.

At this time, Wei Hongzheng and Qin Shubao and others were sitting outside the woods, eating barbecue, drinking and talking, waiting for the Turkic army to surrender. When the envoy of the Turkic army came to ask to see Qin Shubao, everyone smiled.

Qin Shubao ordered the messenger to kneel on his knees, stand with his hands behind his back, stare at the messenger with a very high attitude, and said in a sonorous voice: "Are you here to surrender?" ”

The envoy in his thirties, kneeling on the ground, bowed his head, and said resignedly: "What the general said is good, our army has no ability to fight again, and now we show twelve points of sincerity and surrender to the feet of the monarch of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"It's a wise move for you not to fight the trapped beasts! Since he is willing to surrender, then General Ben will not cut the grass and eradicate the roots! You will quickly send people to transport the weapons and war horses of the whole army out of the woods in batches, and when the remnants of the army are defeated and will no longer have the strength to resist, they will be divided into 1,000 people each time and walk out of the woods! Qin Shubao said in a calm tone, not overexcited by the surrender of the Turks. After all, on the battlefield, there are countless cases of deception in history, Qin Shubao has been on the battlefield for many years, so naturally he will not give the Turks a chance to surrender.

The envoy took the order to leave, Cheng Chu sighed silently, and said quietly: "It's really annoying that you can't slaughter these birds!" My Jade Dragon Guard has lost most of it, but now these birds have surrendered! After the peace conference with the Turkic lords, the Holy Lord will definitely return these 35,000 people. ”

Wei Chi Baolin, who was next to him, patted Cheng Chumo's shoulder, didn't care at all, and chuckled: "Then you don't have to worry, this time, in order to defeat the Turks, Mr. Wei used the golden mountain to suppress the top trick and lost a large amount of gold and silver, so he will naturally try his best to get back the benefits from these rabbit cubs, and he can't let himself lose!" ”

Hearing this, Cheng Chumo, whose face was decadent, suddenly came to his senses, turned his head to look at Wei Hong, who was smiling and silent, and said happily: "Mr. Wei, do you really have a way to rectify these birds?" ”

Wei Hong touched his nose and thought to himself that among these goods, Yu Chi Baolin knew himself best. Now, although Yu Chi Baolin is still young and his style of action is still a little lacking, he can more or less see the shadow of Li Jing's demonic spirit. Wei Hong said lightly: "This time the Turkic army surrendered, we can't kill the prisoners, but staying is a scourge. The 35,000-strong army is an uncertain factor, staying in the territory will only make the saint worried, rather than staying, it is better to be virtuous, to convince people with virtue, and return it to the Hui Turks, in exchange for a few years to more than ten years of peace in the Horsehair Mountain. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Hong paused, glanced at Qin Shubao not far away, and said lightly: "But this time he returned to the Turkic border, ignored the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, angered Long Yan, and if he returned to the mountain in vain, it would really damage the prestige of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

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