Chapter 85: Armageddon I
When Li Longji woke up, it was already two days later.
"The King of Chu is awake! The King of Chu is awake! When Li Longji opened his eyes, he saw beaming faces, including Wang Xiaojie, Tang Xiujing, Li Xianjun and Ge Fushun, as well as a group of generals, who were smiling with their mouths split, as if they were celebrating the New Year.
"I've seen the big handsome." Li Longji hurriedly greeted Wang Xiaojie.
"King Chu, hurry up and excuse me." Wang Xiaojie hurriedly supported Li Longji and said with a smile: "This handsome man should salute the king of Chu, and thank the king of Chu to block the Turks." ”
"King Xie Chu blocked the Turks." Tang Xiujing, Li Xianjun, Ge Fushun and a group of generals saluted Li Longji and were extremely respectful.
If Li Longji hadn't blocked the Turks, the consequences would have been extremely severe. Once the Turks fled back to Mobei, even if the Tang Dynasty could pursue Mobei, the price to pay would be extremely high.
Li Longji blocked the Turks, and everyone admired them from the bottom of their hearts, and they were so impressed that they threw themselves to the ground.
"Don't dare to be. It's all thanks to the brothers. Li Longji said humbly.
"King Chu, are you hungry?" Wang Xiaojie took a cup of soup from his cronies, handed it to Li Longji, and said, "The king of Chu hasn't eaten for two days, so it's not appropriate to eat, so let's drink some soup first to nourish my stomach." ”
Li Longji slept for two days and two nights, and if he ate now, there would be problems. It is necessary to drink some soup first to let the stomach get used to it.
"Xie Dashuai." Li Longji took it in his hand and drank it slowly. This is a broth, which is very refreshing, and after Li Longji drank it, he only felt a burst of relief.
"Chen Xuanli, have they woken up?" Li Longji asked.
"Not yet. Should be waking up soon. Wang Xiaojie said with a smile.
Li Longji rested for a while, then ate a small amount, and then ate normally, tossed for a long time, and finally returned to normal.
Zhang Shuo and Chen Xuanli woke up one after another. Slowly recover. After a day of tossing, Li Longji's subordinates all woke up.
"King Chu, more than half of our casualties, 20,000 brothers, only 8,000 survived." Zhang said his face was ugly. With a sad face, he said: "Even these 8,000 people are injured." ”
"Only eight thousand?" Li Longji's face darkened.
This is the army he personally trained, and there are only 8,000 left, and Li Longji's heart is extremely heavy.
In order to open the way, he ordered the Turks to attack in turn. This dozen is several days. After all, Li Longji's troops were too small to rest, and a large part of the soldiers were exhausted to death.
Of the 8,000 men and horses who survived, all of them were wounded, even Li Longji himself was also injured.
This shows how tragic this battle was.
"They're all good! Worthy of my soldiers! Li Longji was relieved again.
None of these Tang troops who died in battle flinched. No one is timid, and no amount of praise can be overstated.
"King Chu, please rest assured, Ben Shuai will ask His Majesty for merit for them." Wang Xiaojie patted his chest and promised.
"Xie Dashuai." Li Longji thanked him.
"Now that the King of Chu has woken up, we should discuss the matter of the decisive battle." Wang Xiaojie immediately ordered, the gathering generals sounded the drums, and the generals came 6 times.
Wu Sansi also came. His face was extremely ugly, and as soon as he saw Li Longji, his face twisted to the side.
Li Longji showed his face very much, not to mention that he had won so many battles, and he also blocked the Turks. The merit of this battle will inevitably belong to Li Longji, and Li Longji's status and strength will be greatly enhanced. But Wu Sansi lost the battle, and he hasn't won a battle so far, can his face be good-looking?
"As you all know, we have besieged the Turks, and the fall of the Turks will only happen sooner or later." Wang Xiaojie spoke loudly. Said: "This is all the credit of the king of Chu and the brothers under the leadership of the king of Chu, we should say thank you to them!" ”
"Long live the King of Chu!" The generals burst out with a shocking roar, all of them overjoyed, as if they were celebrating the New Year.
If it weren't for Li Longji blocking the Turks. How did this happen? The generals admired Li Longji from the bottom of their hearts, and rejoiced from the bottom of their hearts, or they would not have been able to roar loudly.
"Hmph." Wu Sansi snorted coldly, and his face became even more ugly.
"Li Longji, you should be proud. Don't give me a chance, or I want you to look good. Wu Sansi said in his heart.
"Thank you for your kindness, LONGi doesn't dare to be." Li Longji said humbly.
"How to fight the next decisive battle, you can talk freely." Wang Xiaojie had a smile on his face.
"Dashuai, I thought that the Turks had been besieged by us, and the fall of the Turks would only happen sooner or later, so we didn't need to pay too much price, we just needed to besiege it. Until the Turks were dragged to the point of being stranded and unable to fight, they were destroyed with one blow. Wu Sansi hurriedly said.
"Reasonable. Reasonable. The generals agreed in unison.
The generals were very unhappy with Wu Sansi's eyes, but Wu Sansi's words were very reasonable, and they had to agree.
As Wu Sansi said, the Turks have been heavily besieged by the Tang army, and it is difficult to escape, and the Tang army is not guilty of attacking at this time, but only needs to surround the Turks and drag the Turks to collapse, and then attack. By that time, the Tang army would be able to completely annihilate the Turks almost without bloodshed.
"Hmm." Even Wang Xiaojie rarely showed appreciation for Wu Sansi.
Wu Sansi had a stalk on his neck, like a crowing rooster, and aimed at Li Longji.
He is always at a disadvantage when he fights with Li Longji, and this time he has rarely been appreciated by so many people, so he naturally wants to show off in front of Li Longji.
"No." Li Longji was against it.
"Li Longji, do you know the battle of the trapped beasts? Although the Turks are surrounded by us, once we fight the trapped beasts, we will suffer a lot of casualties, and we will not be able to escape with 350,000 people. Wu Sansi split the corners of his mouth, counted Li Longji, and sneered: "What are you thinking about An?" You don't take the lives of your brethren seriously, do you? ”
"yes." The generals echoed loudly.
They admired Li Longji very much, and they were very unhappy with Wu Sansi, however, Wu Sansi's words were reasonable, and they had to agree.
The battle of trapped beasts is very terrifying, once the Turks want to fight the trapped beasts, the Tang army will have a lot of casualties. To say the least, 350,000 can't run away.
Instead of paying the price of thirty or fifty thousand, it is better to trap the Turks to death.
"The battle of the trapped beasts is terrible, but even more terrible is the plague." Li Longji didn't seem to see Wu Sansi's smug look, and said, "I killed nearly 100,000 war horses. There are also the corpses of the two armies killed in battle, and there are more than 100,000 corpses and horse corpses in the pass. These corpses are already decomposing, and if we don't get rid of the Turks as soon as possible, the consequences will be unimaginable once the plague breaks out. ”
In order to crack the Turkic crossbow array. Li Longji killed nearly 100,000 war horses. Add to this the corpses of the two armies killed in battle, and there are more than 100,000 corpses. Now that summer is approaching, the weather is hot, and once these corpses decompose, there is a high probability that the plague will explode. Once the plague breaks out, the consequences are unimaginable.
Until then. It's not a matter of three or five, it's likely to be hundreds of thousands, or even more.
"This ......" the generals were horrified.
"You ......" Wu Sansi finally found an opportunity to show off, but he gave Li Longji a complete refusal, and he was extremely unhappy.
"Hmm." Wang Xiaojie nodded and appreciated. Said: "The king of Chu is right. It is advisable to finish this battle as soon as possible. ”
"Dashuai, what the King of Chu said is true, what the King of Liang said is also reasonable, the battle of the trapped beasts is terrible, can we think of a way to pay less price?" A general hesitated.
"yes." Quite a few generals chimed in.
The battle of the trapped beasts is really terrifying. That would make the Don Army pay an unnecessary price.
"Your worries are unfounded." Li Longji took over the conversation and said: "Today's Turks are heavily besieged by us, and most of the Turks are in passes, people touch people, shoulder to shoulder, and there is no room to turn around, even if Mo Si wants to resist, he can't mobilize his army." And we only need to fight inside from the entrance and open the way with a crossbow array. Supplemented by the Mo Dao battle array, we are almost bloodless. ”
Wang Xiaojie is worthy of a generation of famous generals, he is ready for the decisive battle, he ordered the Tang army to drive the Turks as far as possible into the pass. After the Tang army drove them away, 500,000 or 600,000 of the nearly one million Turks in the pass. The entire pass was stuffed to the brim, and it was difficult to even turn around, so how could Mo Si mobilize the army?
As for the Turks who are not in the pass, they are also trapped by the Tang army, and there is not much room for maneuver, and it is also very difficult for Mo Si to resist it.
If the Tang army opened the way with a crossbow array, supplemented by the Mo sword battle array, this would be a massacre, and the Tang army would not have to pay much price.
"Haha!" Wang Xiaojie looked up to the sky and laughed: "What the King of Chu said is exactly what Ben Shuai thinks. In this battle, even if the Turks want to fight the trapped beasts, there is no chance, it is just a massacre. ”
"Handsome and wise." This was all arranged by Wang Xiaojie in advance, and the generals were so impressed that they threw themselves to the ground.
"Hmph." Wu Sansi's face became even more ugly.
"King Chu, you will command this battle." Wang Xiaojie deliberately trained Li Longji and gave him a chance to command the army to fight.
"Thank you for your good intentions." Li Longji said: "In my opinion, let Zhang say command." ”
Zhang said that this person is extraordinary, and he is known as the best in the world, and if he is trained to do so, this will be a great thing for Li Longji.
"Okay." Wang Xiaojie said to Zhang that he appreciated it very much, and since Li Longji wanted to give him this opportunity, Wang Xiaojie had no objection.
"I command?" Zhang said that his eyeballs almost fell out, and his face was in disbelief.
Although Zhang said that he was very appreciated by Wu Zetian, after all, he was young and had not yet commanded a large army to fight, this opportunity was too rare, he was like a dream.
"That's right, it's you." Li Longji nodded heavily.
"King Chu, why don't you command?" Zhang said something was strange.
"I don't need to." Li Longji shook his head.
Li Longji is a person who wants to be the emperor, and it is better for him to give the opportunity to Zhang Shuo to command the battle himself, and let Zhang Shuo grow up, so that he will have a left arm and a right arm, which is more cost-effective than commanding himself.
If an emperor wants to succeed, he doesn't have to do everything, he only needs to have a group of people.
"King Xie Chu." Zhang explained what Li Longji meant, and he was very grateful.
"In my opinion, the best command office for this battle should be at the highest point of the mountain." Zhang said that he would enter the role immediately.
"That's right." Wang Xiaojie greatly agreed.
At the highest point of the mountain, you can see farther and better command the battle.
In this way, Wang Xiaojie, Li Longji, and Zhang Shuo came to the highest place in the mountain. This is a mile of flat land, which can be used as a "temporary headquarters".
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