Chapter 159: The first expedition, you can't make too many meritorious contributions
"General, General Cui," Yang Yuanyan led people to escort Ashina Dezhong and his party, shouting and running to the hillside where Cui Xiantun was standing.
Cui Xiantun had already discovered that the sergeant in the ministry was escorting some Turkic people over, and he also drove his horse and led people over.
"General Cui, these people say that they are Turkic heads... Ashina is unwilling to submit and has been killed... They are willing to open a camp and surrender!" Yang Yuanyan briefly explained the situation, and handed Ashina's familiar order arrow to Cui Xiantun.
"General, this general, you quickly give the order, stop killing, the Turks are willing to rejoin the Tang Dynasty!" Ashina Dezhong almost pleaded with tears. In just such a period of time, he knew that there must have been a lot of Turks killed, their battalion was burning bigger and bigger, and there were not a few people who were burned to death.
"General Yang, is this true?" Cui Xiantun asked Yang Yuanyan suspiciously, the situation was too sudden, and outside of the accident, Cui Xiantun was a little confused.
"Report to the general, the resistance of the Turks is very weak, these people are from the direction of the Turks' tents, and the last general can't be sure of the situation!" Yang Yuanyan reported loudly.
There was some despair Ashnad suddenly thought of something, took out something from his body, and presented it, "General, please don't doubt our identity, that arrow can only be used by the Khan, and this is the goldfish bag given to me by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"
Under the reflection of the firelight, Cui Xiantun recognized that it was a goldfish bag that only the officials above the third rank in the court had to express the official symbol, and it seemed that the identity of the Turkic head in front of him was not low, and he had also been given the title by the emperor.
"Order all the troops, stop attacking the camp, immediately lead people to surround the Turkic camp in all directions, and then inform General Cao," Cui Xiantun ordered, and then shouted to Ashnadezhong, "Go back to the camp immediately, gather your people, and go outside the camp!" If there is any abnormal movement, it will not matter if there is any death!"
"Thank you, General!" Ashinad Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his face, immediately got up, and under the escort of Yang Yuanyan, led his leaders back to the camp to settle affairs.
Before dark, the results of this attack on Ashide's ministry had also been counted, a total of more than 20,000 Turks were annihilated, more than half of them were burned to death by fire, more than 88,000 Turks were captured, including the elderly, women and children, and countless cattle, sheep and livestock were obtained, and countless grain and grass were enough, which was enough for the attacking army that I did not march with baggage for a month.
Judging from the statistics of the results of the battle, this Ashide service department, which includes about 120,000 people of all the clansmen, has been wiped out, and there should not be many people who escaped.
This was an unprecedented victory, the results were outstanding and even some of Pei Xingjian's surprises, and the generals who participated in the battle were also ecstatic, such a huge victory, there is no doubt about the morale of the booster, and it also had a very great deterrent effect on the other Turkic tribes, and even on the Tubo people in the southwest.
About 1,500 of our officers and men were killed and about 5,000 were seriously and lightly wounded, and all the wounded were treated to a certain extent.
Such a huge victory must be widely publicized, especially because the shadow formed in the court after Xiao Siye's defeat at the end of last year must be removed, and Pei Xingjian also immediately sent people to send the battle report back to Chang'an as quickly as possible.
After nightfall, Pei Xingjian convened the generals to discuss and arrange the follow-up actions, most of the soldiers rested, and prepared to attack some nearby small-scale rebel tribes, those tribes who followed the Turkic rebellion of the Duotang, if they were willing to surrender, the entire tribe would be driven over, if they were not willing to join my Datang, then they would be annihilated.
At the end of the military meeting, the generals dispersed, and Pei Xingjian left Liu Yi alone.
Although Pei Xingjian is a little worried about the progress of the other departments, Pei Xingjian's consistent style of doing things is based on the situation of the generals he judged, and the tasks are arranged according to the respective styles of these generals.
Therefore, he also let go of the military affairs and was ready to talk to Liu Yi about some things, but he also strictly ordered his subordinates to report immediately if there was a situation.
Liu Yi didn't know what Pei Xingjian was going to do if he left him.
"Nephew, let's sit and talk!" Pei Xingjian pointed to the soft felt in front of the case and said to Liu Yi, and he also sat down behind the case.
"Yes, Dashuai," Liu Yi sat down.
Pei Xingjian showed a faint smile, "Virtuous nephew, a few days ago, I already sent the news of your first contribution to the Great War back to Chang'an!" Presumably, after a while, the court's commendation order will come!"
"Thank you for giving the last general this opportunity!" Liu Yi said respectfully.
"The opportunity is not available to everyone, it depends on whether he has the ability or not!" Pei Xingjian was still smiling, "I know you will definitely surprise everyone!"
"All of this is due to the marshal's arrangement, and the last general is just acting according to the marshal's orders!"
"No!" Pei Xingjian shook his head, "Orders are all dead, and they must be implemented flexibly, it is not easy for your troops to achieve such an attack on the enemy after a long-distance rapid advance, you tell me in detail about the march and battle, and how you think about it, why do you think so!"
"Yes, Dashuai!" Liu Yi was overjoyed, he knew that Pei Xingjian would definitely give guidance to the operation he commanded, the good places would be affirmed, and the bad places would be corrected, and few people could get such an opportunity.
Liu Yi sorted out his thoughts a little, led the army to the Daqingshan area to ambush, and together with Zhang Qianqiao, quickly annihilated the Turks who robbed the grain by very drastic means, and then marched quickly, crossed Qingshan, took advantage of all favorable conditions during the day and night, reasonably arranged the march, traveled more than 200 miles in a hurry, arrived at the Turkic camp at night, and launched an attack while the Turks were defenseless.
Using the powerful destructive power of the fire attack, tens of thousands of Turks were defeated, and finally waited for the arrival of reinforcements to annihilate the Turks who Asid was serving, Liu Yi finished the general situation, and then summed up and said: "Dashuai, the last general thinks that a quick assault, taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, to carry out a sneak attack on the enemy camp, taking advantage of the strong wind on the grassland, supplemented by fire attack, the unsuspecting Turks will definitely be hit hard, and the marshal will lead the follow-up army to arrive, and the Turks will definitely be finished..."
Pei Xingjian also listened to Liu Yi without saying a word, and only after Liu Yi finished talking about these situations did he speak: "Virtuous nephew, you have a very good head, and I underestimated your ability!"
Pei Xingjian waved his hand to signal Liu Yi, who wanted to speak, not to interject, and continued: "The ability you showed during this expedition really doesn't look like the first expedition, just like your command when you surrounded and annihilated the Turkic grain robbery team, as well as the arrangement of the march from Daqing Mountain South to the current Yinshan area, the moves to confuse the Turks along the way, the arrangements for attacking outside the Turkic camp, etc., these are all manifestations of your outstanding strategy!" I'm glad that you led the army to be a pioneer!"
This attack on the Turks, even if it is not counted as the elimination of the Turkic grain robbery team, the men and horses led by Liu Yi are the first to fight with the Turks.
Although Pei Xingjian ordered Liu Yibu to take on the task of storming the camp, he also gave similar tasks to several other departments, Pei Xingjian's plan was to move the fastest, and the first to arrive at the Turkic camp was the first to storm the camp.
Liu Yi's department was the first to arrive outside the Turkic camp, and rushed into the Turkic camp in front of several other departments, set fire everywhere, opened the prelude to the general attack on the Turks, our army with superior troops, gathered and annihilated the Ashide service department, Liu Yi's military exploits, can be said to be the largest, Pei Xingjian in the report to the imperial court, but also Liu Yi's achievements greatly expressed.
"The last general is very grateful for the trust of the general, and the reuse of the general, fortunately to meet the commander of the general, the general was able to give full play to his ability, this is the luck of the general!" In the face of Pei Xingjian's appreciation, Liu Yi also hurried to be humble.
"You have proven yourself with your abilities!" Pei Xingjian said with a smile, "But ah, next, your troops will march with Ben Shuai, and you don't need to participate in the war anymore!"
"Dashuai, why is that?" Before Pei Xingjian said this, although Liu Yi had already expected this, he still couldn't accept it when he heard Pei Xingjian say it clearly, "The battle has not stopped, and the last general still wants to lead the army to fight and make military merits!"
"Virtuous nephew," Pei Xingjian said with a smile, "I think I can understand the mood of meritorious service, but have you thought about it, the merit you have made now is not small, if there is another great merit, do you think, will anyone think that your first expedition is too great?" ”
"What does the handsome mean..."Liu Yi was a little puzzled, this didn't seem to be easy to accept, everyone wanted to make greater military achievements? !
"The first time you go on an expedition, you can't make too many meritorious contributions, and other generals who go out also need credit," Pei Xingjian looked very meaningful, "Virtuous nephew, before you set out on the expedition, you defeated the Tubo warriors in the competition, earned face for the imperial court, and then led the royal polo team to defeat the Tubo polo team, have you noticed that His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven have given you too little reward?" ”
"The last general didn't feel light!" Liu Yi was a little confused, when Li Zhi and Wu Zetian rewarded themselves with a lot of gold, as well as silk, it was already a large amount of wealth, how could it be said lightly.
"If other people make such a contribution to you, then there will definitely be a promotion in the position, I originally thought, because of your great merit, the court will definitely promote you, at least you, the school inspector general, will become a Zhonglang general, but no," Pei Xingjian still had a slight smile on his face, "This also shows that in the minds of the emperor and the queen, your position is not low now, and I don't want to promote you again, you have military merits this time, and after returning to the court, you should be able to become a Zhonglang general, this is enough, if your military merits are too big, Do you want the emperor and the queen, what are your positions? ”
"Oh?!..."
(To be continued)