Chapter 82: No Return for Nothing
Jieli is not there, that's not the point! Lee Seung-jong's personal support is the key.
It's a pity that the Turks on the other side don't give any face, what should they do, they seem to be deaf and can't hear Cheng Yanjin's shouts.
For the next day or two, the Turkic offensive continued unabated, and it was not happy if 1,800 people died every day.
Cheng Biting Jin was not happy, and said in a low voice with Fang Xuanling: "Is King Jin sincere and not saved?"
"No, Su Dingfang and Wei Ling are here, King Jin is reluctant to have anything to do with them."
"Then I don't understand, there are so many casualties here in Yangguan, I can't hold it out in less than five days."
The Turks are also good at riding and shooting fiercely, and they have narrowly hit the city wall several times.
Fang Xuanling said: "No, now I also think that the Turks are weird."
Eccentric? The 40,000 soldiers and horses who divided the army in the days of the battle on the Turkic side lost more than 5,000 people, and this is still dead, if you count the wounded and sick, there are 10,000. So the siege of the city regardless of the cost, the Turkic generals could not stand it for a long time. The level of medical care of the Turks is limited compared to that of the jumping god, and injuries and deaths are quite close.
Several tribal leaders were really reluctant, and fortunately Jieli Khan's order came in time, otherwise maybe they would have picked their sons and ran away.
Since Shan Xiongxin's last call, Yumen Guan has been surprisingly calm for two days.
On this day, it was dark clouds, and the black pressed a crowd.
"What a blessing!" Li Jing and the others fortunately did not divide their troops to rescue the emergency Yangguan, and this group of Turks really left a hand.
Tragic? Jieli Khan gave a death order, and took the Yumen Pass in one go, how could he not kill the sky and the earth.
The soldiers were covered in blood and dust, and the wind and sand and blood rain raised by them were nothing more shocking than this.
Shan Xiongxin said: "The Turks are crazy, right?"
Li Jing said: "That is, today, when he persists until sunset, Jieli Khan should know that he has made a mistake."
Sunset? Jieli Khan had already seen that something was wrong.
Zhao Deyan's face was very bad, and he said, "It seems that the news in Yangguan is not accurate."
"Those bastards, they can't do anything at all."
"Gather the troops, Great Khan." Zhao Deyan is not a good thing, but he can't stand this kind of death.
Jieli Khan said: "No, you must fight." If we do it hastily this time, our army will have no momentum in fighting tomorrow, and it will be even more delusional to take Yumen Pass. ”
Zhao Deyan said again: "Do you want to send orders to the soldiers and horses of Yangguan and let them continue to attack the city?"
"It's useless, without me personally supervising the battle, how can they sacrifice their lives to attack the city and order those wastes to come back immediately. Since there is no one less in Yumen Pass, they don't have to stay in Yangguan to contain them. Jieli Khan said with his hands clenched and his brow furrowed.
"Urgent military intelligence."
Jieli Khan said angrily: "What's going on again?"
"The Turki Khan came with a large army and slaughtered my tribesmen."
"Impossible" Jieli Khan's first reaction was disbelief. It is true that Tuli has always had the intention of hegemony, but he never has the courage to attack when he is not defeated.
Zhao Deyan said: "Could it be the Tang Dynasty's divisive plan?"
"In detail, where was the attack, and how many people were on the other side?" Jieli Khan asked.
"The specific situation is unknown, and there is not a single living mouth."
Jieli Khan roared: "Go and check immediately, go check immediately."
Unexpectedly, a good thing would have so many changes in his life.
"Great Khan, Tuli has always been friendly with Li Chengzong, the king of Jin in the Tang Dynasty, could it be that Li Chengzong promised something, please move Tuli to do it behind us?"
There are dead and wounded in front, and the back is even more precarious. What's even worse is that if Li Chengzong really promised to attack himself before and after, he might not be able to fight his way out of the encirclement!
"Collect troops, collect troops."
When Li Jing saw the Turks withdrawing troops, he thought that Xu Shiji must have succeeded. On the day Shan Xiongxin called for battle, because the Turks were stubbornly defending the camp, they gave Xu Shiji a gap and quietly disappeared in front of their eyes.
After all, the enemy behind you is terrifying!
Taken together, nearly 20,000 people were killed or wounded.
"Retreat." All are going to cry Jieli Khan. Looking back on the past, even if it was a matter of retreating from the army every time, he could steal some materials from Datang, but this time he lost all his money.
Zhao Deyan is even more annoying, not only Li Shimin, the king of Qin, but also Li Chengzong, the king of Jin, is it really God bless the Tang Dynasty? As a big traitor, he often hopes to defeat the Tang Dynasty more than the Turks, and even less wants the Tang Dynasty to be strong.
In private, Zhao Deyan persuaded: "Great Khan, now that our strength is still absolutely superior, it is not impossible to defeat Yumen Pass."
"What about laying? Datang's reinforcements must be on the way, and if we have to fight when the time comes, our troops will be at a disadvantage. The mistake is that we underestimated our opponents and were wrong from the beginning. ”
Jieli Khan hasn't felt stupid for so many years, since he is stupid enough to underestimate his opponent.
As the saying goes, the lion fights the rabbit still has to do his best, if Jieli Khan is a lion, then Li Chengzong must be stronger than the rabbit.
Victory. When the news reached Shazhou, everyone was naturally happy.
Li Chengzong was relieved and thought that he had survived another catastrophe.
Pei Ju hurriedly said: "King Jin, hurry up and report to the court." This victory over the Turks was a great event. ”
"You're still in charge." Li Chengzong nodded.
Ma Zhou wanted to scold Pei Ju again, but he also blamed himself for being half a beat slower.
Cheng of Yangguan bit Jin violently and bit the leg of mutton, and said: "Jieli Khan is too unbeaten, so where will he retreat?"
Su Dingfang also said the same, how can he be happy when the head is gone.
Wei Ling thought to himself, a bunch of brutes, if they don't fight, they will chirp crookedly. Especially when Cheng Biting Jin, when he was clamoring for reinforcements, I didn't see how domineering you were! What can I do now, what I pretend to be, and I will see death as home.
The lonely Fang Xuanling chatted with the young Xue Rengui very much.
"Are you afraid when the disguised King Jin is standing there?" Fang Xuanling asked.
Xue Rengui was busy eating, and said, "Don't be afraid, it's an honor for the eldest husband to die on the battlefield."
"Who said that?" Fang Xuanling has never seen anyone who is not afraid of death, even Li Shimin is afraid of death.
"What the King of Jin said, the King of Jin also told me that the death of a person is heavier than Mount Tai and lighter than a feather. To die for the country and the people is as heavy as Mount Tai, and it can last for a hundred years. ”
Heavy as Mount Tai? Lighter than a feather? It is said that King Jin's mouth can speak well, but I didn't expect it to be true, at least the brainwashing kung fu is first-class.
"Rengui, when did you follow King Jin?"
Wiping his mouth, Xue Rengui said: "Actually, I wanted to follow King Jin when I was in Hebei, but unfortunately I didn't catch up." Later, he went to Chang'an and was favored by the King of Jin to join the Shence Army. ”
Fang Xuanling thought to himself that something was wrong, how old was Xue Rengui at this time, fourteen or fifteen years old, right? He looks tall and big, but his face is still very immature.
How could Li Chengzong take a fancy to Xue Rengui, is there anything outstanding about him?
The amount of food is extraordinary, and Fang Xuanling doesn't want to have a headache about this, so he just smiles.