After being silent for a long time, Jieli Khan looked at the corpse of Xue Wanjun, who would rather die than give in, and asked in horror: "Are all the people of the Tang Dynasty like this?" If this is the case, how will this battle be fought? O almighty god of the Great Snow Mountain, what a formidable and invincible adversary my Great Turkic Khanate has provoked. ”

No one answered him, only the cold wind that blew through the night.

The Turkic offensive did not stop, but repeatedly hit the few but extremely determined Tang troops on the Wei Bridge like a turbulent tide.

By dawn on the second day, the Turkic army had killed more than 10,000 people, and after 26 waves of 10,000 cavalry charges, the Tang army was finally on the verge of collapse. Feng Li and Xue Wanche stood at the front of the team, waving their huge fists mechanically, punching the heads of the fallen Turkic cavalry, all the Tang Dynasty troops added up to less than five hundred, each of them was covered with battle wounds, and blood was all over their bodies, but they stood as tall as an iron tower, fighting to the death with the Turkic cavalry.

The Turkic Jieli Khan looked at the Tang army that was about to collapse, and excitedly said to Qi Bi He Li, who led the army to charge: "Qi Bi He Li, one more charge, you can completely annihilate them, and annihilate these stinky and hard Tang Dynasty troops." ”

Qi Bi He Li has been leading the army to charge, and his body is also full of wounds, he glanced at Jieli with great contempt, slowly patted his horse forward, and the 10,000 people behind him also slowly followed.

On the Wei Bridge, the Tang army led by Feng Li and Xue Wanche completely defeated the Turkic cavalry in front of them. Feng Li looked coldly at the 27th wave of Turkic troops led by Qibi He Li, and slowly spit out two words: "Formation!" It seemed that he was not willing to waste his precious physical strength by saying one more word.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty quickly formed a formation.

Qi Bi He Li rode his horse to the front of the Tang army, turned over from the war horse with a solemn face, and then put one hand on his chest and knelt on the ground with one leg. Xiang Feng Li and the five hundred remnants of the Tang Dynasty led by him lowered his head that had been held high.

The 10,000-strong team behind him also turned over and dismounted, put one hand on his chest, knelt on the ground with one leg, and lowered his head, after that, all the Turkic cavalry turned over and dismounted, put one hand on his chest, knelt on one leg, and bowed to Feng Li and the five hundred remnants of the Tang Dynasty led by him.

Get down on one knee. Placing one hand on your chest and bowing your head is the highest courtesy of the Turks.

Jieli Khan couldn't understand what Qi Bi was doing, why did they show respect for a group of remnants of the Tang Dynasty who were about to be wiped out? He couldn't help but be annoyed, frowned, shook his beard, and roared manically: "What is the strength of Qibi, you bastard, why don't you attack? With just one charge, they could completely annihilate their hateful Tang people. Now. What are you doing? ”

Tu Li said with a gloomy expression: "Since ancient times, the army has been fighting, and the average army will collapse and flee if it has more than three casualties; More than half of the dead and wounded, and there was no collapse. It can not be called elite; Now the Tang people on the Weiqiao Bridge have more than ninety percent of the casualties, none of the weapons are there, and they are scarred. But they are still fighting in formation, fighting to the death. They are true warriors, the most revered warriors of my Great Turkic Khanate! They had only five thousand foot soldiers. But they fought against my Great Turkic army of 320,000 people, and in one day and one night, they killed more than 10,000 of our Great Turkic warriors, they were insignificant, but they all realized their meaning as a warrior, so that my Great Turkic Khanate was completely demoralized, and had no intention of fighting again. They are true warriors, worthy of the highest courtesy and respect of our Great Turkic Khanate. They are a bloody group of opponents worthy of the respect of our Great Turkic warriors. ”

With that, Tuli also turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, put one hand on his chest, bowed and saluted, showing respect.

Looking at the Turks kneeling down one after another, Feng Li, Xue Wanche and the five hundred remnants of the Tang Dynasty led by him, they smiled with difficulty, they knew that they had won the respect of all the Turks with their perseverance and their achievements. This is the fighting intention that they will accomplish even if they are crushed.

Soon the Turks hurriedly collected and burned the corpses of the Turkic cavalry who had died in battle, hugged each other and wept (dong), and returned to Wugong County.

Feng Li and Xue Wanche also collected the bones of the soldiers who died in battle, dug the soil and buried them, and then supported each other to return to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Xue Wanjun's body was returned by the Turks, Xue Wanche held his brother's corpse, his face was heavy, his eyes were tearful, and he walked back to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, step by step. Before the war, everyone had the will to die and was determined to die for the country, but they didn't expect that in the end, they escaped death, the enemy retreated, and finally returned with wounds. The impermanence of fate is really hard to guess.

Ten miles outside Chang'an City, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin personally led hundreds of civil and military officials out of the city to greet Feng Li and his party. Li Shimin issued an edict on the spot:

"In the ninth year of Wude, the Turks were rampant, invading my Chang'an, and the dogs and sheep were all over the mountains; Feng Li, Xue Wanjun, and Xue Wanche served the country loyally, and tried their best to ask for their lives, commanding the old department, and resisting strong enemies. 5,000 people, more than 300,000 enemies, a battle all night, after 26 battles, everything will be destroyed, the murderers will be killed, more than 10,000 will not return, the blade is left, the soul of the dead is fleeing. If it weren't for the three heroes who worked hard, had deep patriotism, had a good way to take care of the emperor, and used their lives as soldiers, how could they win more with less and establish such a feat?

Xue Wan is posthumously awarded the Duke of Luguo, the general of the Zuotunwei of the third grade, the Shangzhu State, and the lord gave back to his son, hereditary replacement. All the soldiers who died in the battle were promoted to the third rank, and their descendants attacked them.

Feng Li was crowned as the general of the right Qianniuwei of the third grade, and Xue Wanche was the general of the right Qianniuwei from the third grade, and the old departments under his command all entered the army of the right Qianniuwei, and the official was promoted to two levels, and he stayed in the palace. ”

Feng Li and Xue Wanche were surprised and inexplicable, and asked the Tang Emperor Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, we are all old departments built by King Xi, can we really stay in the palace and defend Your Majesty?" ”

Li Shimin laughed and said, "You are all loyal and righteous people. Now, by your deeds, you have proved your loyalty. I believe in you. ”

Feng Li and Xue Wanjun were moved to tears, and swore allegiance to Li Shimin.

Soon, the Longyou Feng clan also welcomed Feng Li back into the Feng family and announced it to the world.

Feng Litong led the old department into Chang'an City, and the thousands of empty alleys in Chang'an City stood solemnly, watching the scarred and bloodied soldiers slowly walk by, it was so quiet that only the eyes were weeping, and only the sound of wheezing was heard. (To be continued......)

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