Chapter Seventy-One: The End of the Road
Cheng Wuting led his soldiers to hunt down the chaotic Turks.
The victory came so quickly that it was a surprise to all the officers and men of the Tang Army, including Cheng Wuting.
Cheng Wuting in the emergency arrangement, ordered a lieutenant general to lead 3,000 men and horses to attack from the side, and at the same time, all the soldiers were hung with branches behind the buttocks of the war horses, and when the war horses were running, they could roll up the sand and dust on this half-grassland and half-sand land, so that people felt that there were a very large number of people and horses rushing over, which would naturally make the Turks in a state of war shocked, so it was possible to retreat.
Let the Turks panic, from them lose the confidence to fight, so that our army can take advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of the enemy's unstable army and our soldiers to launch a fierce attack on the Turks, it is possible to defeat the Turks, but when our ambush has just impacted, and has not yet actually made contact with the Turks, friendly troops from the other direction also unexpectedly appeared, which made Cheng Wu very overjoyed, and it was really a heavenly help.
When the opportunity came, of course, it couldn't be missed, Cheng Wuting also immediately ordered the whole army to get on the horse and pursue, chasing the fleeing Turks, Li Zhishi rushed to reinforce the men and horses in conjunction with Cheng Wuting's troops, and quickly pursued the remnants of Ashina Funian.
In the process of pursuit, the arrows that had just stopped began to shoot discontinuously, and the men and horses composed of the border army were all good soldiers, and their ability to shoot on horseback was very good, and a large number of fleeing Turks were shot off their horses, wounded or killed.
Cheng Wuting, who can be described as ecstasy, shouted in his voice, which was extremely rough because of the battle: "Brothers, kill me with all my might, and if the Turks do not surrender, kill them all..."
As the guards around Cheng Wuting conveyed his order, the pursuing Tang soldiers shouted to kill, and ordered the Turks to dismount and surrender in Turkic and Chinese between the shouts and killings, and the shouts of the soldiers, as well as the sound of tens of thousands of war horses running and neighing, sounded at the foot of Yin Mountain like a war symphony.
The soldiers of the Tang Army, who were greatly invigorated, expressed their joy with these unusually loud shouts of killing and shouts of surrendering to the Turks, and these sounds were just like a talisman for the Turks, which made them frightened, plus their khans had already fled, and those Turkic routs who were chased and beaten by the Tang army all hated their fathers and mothers for giving them a few legs less, and the horses under them were too slow, desperately beating the war horses, chasing the direction of Ashina Funian's escape.
The defeat is like a mountain, it is not an exaggeration to use this sentence to describe the Turks in front of them, many Turks who had no time to flee and were caught up by the Tang army rolled off their horses and surrendered on the side.
When encountering the Tang army, dismount and surrender when the enemy is defeated, this is a trick often used by the Turks, which can also be said that since Li Jing led the army to completely defeat the Turks in the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks will take the way when they are defeated, and the Tang army will not kill them if they surrender, and they will still stay in this land, and they will not lose their lives.
It's just that the Turkic leader Ashina Funian still led the more than 10,000 men and horses around him to run desperately in front.
Ashina Fu Nian never thought that he originally wanted to take advantage of the Tang army's march to gather superior forces to attack the Tang army first, so that the Tang army would suffer heavy losses, which could boost morale, and at the same time force the Tang army not to dare to fight near Yinshan, but he didn't expect to end up like this.
Ashina Funian also has another reason for doing this, if forced by the situation, he had to negotiate with the Tang army, discuss the issue of annexation, and after winning several battles, his tone of voice also hardened, and there was room for bargaining, and for the Turkic tribes, the population, livestock, and grazing land that were fundamental to the survival of the tribe could be won the best results.
But now in this situation, there is a feeling of stealing chickens and not eating rice, and this rice is also too big, almost losing all the people and horses he is proud of, Ashina Fu Nian turned his head to look at the soldiers of the clan who fled with him with only more than 10,000 people, and couldn't help but feel sad.
One of his subordinates came to Ashina Funian in a fast run, and shouted loudly: "Khan, the Tang army deliberately exposed the weak forces to us this time, they planted an ambush nearby, and while we were engaged with the Tang army in front of us, they rushed over, just to defeat us in one fell swoop... The Tang Army is too cunning!"
Ashina Fu Nian sighed, why didn't he think so in his heart, the news that the scouts he sent was probably deliberately released by the Tang Army, the purpose was to lure him into the bait, the Tang Army gathered a large number of archers, and also set up ambushes nearby, when he ordered his subordinates to attack the frontal Tang Army, the ambush soldiers rushed out and covered them, Ashina Fu Nian was also blaming himself, why did he not send personnel to search the nearby area during the attack, to prevent the appearance of the Tang Army's ambush, and he was also blaming himself for attacking, One or two men and horses were not arranged to prevent the Tang army from rushing from the left and right flanks from ambushing.
It's just that it's all an afterthought, at that time, the Tang army's frontal resistance and attack were too strong, Ashina Fu Nian put almost all the forces into it, but he couldn't break through the Tang army's block, how could he dare to divide his troops to guard against the Tang army's ambushes that might appear on both sides.
"Khan, where are we going!" Another subordinate also ran to Ashina's side and asked loudly.
There must always be a destination for running, and when these tens of thousands of horses and horses are in chaos, if they don't choose a direction to escape, they run aimlessly like this, and the Tang army behind them has been chasing after them, and there is no way to get rid of the Tang army's pursuit.
"We will retreat in the direction of the tooth tent, and strive to take advantage of the dangerous terrain of the White Road to block the Tang army when entering the White Road, and then make plans!" Ashina Fu Nian gritted his teeth and said as he continued to whip his horse and run fast.
"Khan, let's run like this, the Tang army is chasing behind, we can't run away!" Another subordinate chased after Ashina Fu Nian and continued to shout, "Khan, your subordinates will lead your troops to block the pursuit of the Tang army, and after the back is broken, you will lead the men and horses of your headquarters to withdraw to the tooth tent, and then try to plan!"
"Good! Ningfu!" Ashina Fu Nian said to Ashinuning, a relative who was also in the clan, "You lead the front army to block the pursuit of the Tang army, and Ben Khan is waiting for you in the White Road!"
"Yes, Khan!" After listening to the order, Ashinin had already led the hundreds of men around him to run out of the queue and turn to meet the pursuing Tang army, and at the same time ordered the Turkic soldiers who were desperately fleeing to turn around and block the pursuit of the Tang army.
But after the chaos of the rout, it was not so easy to listen to orders, and after Ashinin ambushed and killed a number of soldiers in the clan who did not obey orders, the situation changed slightly, and hundreds of people joined his camp, and turned to meet the pursuing Tang army.
"Khan, the pursuing Tang army is no longer visible!" At the entrance of the White Road of Yinshan Mountain, Ashina Fu Nian, who had been running wildly for two days, led the remnants to stop and check the surrounding situation.
There are only five or six thousand people still following Ashina Funian's side, and the rest of the men and horses have disappeared, since Ashina Ningfu volunteered to lead his men to block the pursuit of the Tang army, the Tang army was really blocked by the people led by Ashina Ningfu, and then Ashina Funian found that the men and horses he led were getting farther and farther away from the pursuing Tang army, and he used his familiarity with the terrain in this area to bypass a few mountain beams, and finally there was no longer the sound of the Tang army chasing and killing.
However, at this time, the situation of the remnants of Ashina Fu Nian is very bad, the livestock accompanying him when he went out have been lost, there is not much ration in the remnants, at most one or two days to support, and it will take at least three to four days to return to the vicinity of the tooth tent, or even longer, the war horse riding under him has been running for several days in a row, and he must be rested, otherwise if he runs again, most of the war horses will die, and there are already many war horses that are tired because of continuous running, and the phenomenon of not being able to get up has occurred.
Without horses, it is difficult to escape the pursuit of the Tang army on foot, and Ashina Funian also knows that Ashina Ningfu, who left behind to block, basically has no hope of coming back, either annihilated by the Tang army, or captured, and the Tang army may soon catch up.
"All the horses and horses are resting in place, and after half an hour, enter the white road and prepare to cross the Yin Mountain!" Ashina Fu Nian commanded, and at the same time ordered a group of soldiers who had maintained good physical strength of the war horses, and after resting for a while, set off ahead of most of the men and horses, and went to the direction of the tooth tent, and ordered Ashina Fusi, who stayed behind in the tooth tent, to lead the troops to support and take them back to the tooth tent.
Ashina Fu Nian believed that with the treacherous terrain in the middle of the White Road, the Tang army could be kept out, and even if the Tang army had the ability to break through that natural danger, it would take some time, and at that time he had already led the people of the clan to transfer.
When Ashina Funian was making these arrangements, he also ordered another group of men and horses to go east, looking for Ashdwin's Fu Division, and ordered Ashdwin's Fu Department to retreat to the northwest, and the two divisions were ready to converge.
After arranging these tasks and replenishing the food they brought, Ashina Fu Nian ordered his subordinates to divide into three divisions and enter the White Dao, leading his own troops to take the lead, leaving one of the men and horses behind, and strictly preventing the Tang Army from following them into the White Dao.
Ashina Fu Nian led his troops into the white road for less than ten miles, and a few horses galloped over in front of him, and when Ashina Fu Nian set his mount to look, it was the man he had just sent out to move the rescue troops, but there were some other people around this man and horse.
Ashina was shocked, and an ominous premonition came up in his heart.
The group of people quickly ran to Ashina Fu Nian's side, and one of them quickly turned over and dismounted, knelt in front of Ashina Fu Nian's horse, and shouted in a crying voice: "Khan, the big thing is not good, tens of thousands of Tang troops sneak attacked my tooth tent, and the tooth tent was broken by the Tang army..."
"What!" Ashina Fu Nian only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he almost fell off his horse, the attack speed of the Tang army was really amazing, and when he led his troops to attack the Tang army first, there was another Tang army that unknowingly attacked near his tooth tent. According to the Tang army's attack ability, the tooth tent, which was guarded by less than 5,000 people, could not withstand the Tang army's attack no matter what.
It's over, it's all over now, Ashina Fu Nian has a feeling of being at the end of the road...
(To be continued)