After discussing some matters with Cao Huaishun, Liu Yi also returned to his own department, and ordered the generals to gather the men and horses they led, and prepare to escort the captives of Chaxue Yantuo to return to the south together with several other departments.

The total number of officers and men of the Tang Army was about 15,000, Xue Yantuo had more than 40,000 prisoners, and a huge number of cattle, sheep and other livestock.

For it was already early afternoon when the captives were on the road, and after the first day's march of more than twenty miles, it was already dark, and all the horses were camped by a small river, ready to rest.

When the Tang army attacked, they only carried some dry food with them, but the Xue Yantuo people had a large number of livestock and grain, and these materials were taken over by the Tang army.

After camping, Liu Yi went to Cao Huaishun's tent to listen to the latest orders, and immediately returned to his tent, and immediately ordered the sergeant to summon all the generals to the tent, arranged the affairs of night guard, and ordered the generals to disperse and prepare to rest.

After continuous battles and marches, coupled with a lot of things to worry about, and the current weight on his shoulders, Liu Yi was a little tired and wanted to take a break for a while.

Who knew that at this time, a few generals who had just dispersed ran back to Liu Yi's tent, it was Jinghui and Huan Yanfan.

"Do you two have anything else to do?" Liu Yi asked puzzled.

Jing Hui and Huan Yanfan glanced at each other, and Jing Hui spoke: "General, there are some small things we want to talk to the general about!"

"What's the matter?" Liu Yi was slightly stunned.

"General! Some of General Cao's generals seem to have an opinion!" Jing Hui hesitated for a moment before saying.

"Any comments?" Liu Yi looked at Jing Hui and Huan Yanfan expressionlessly.

At this time, Huan Yanfan spoke, "General, when I was on patrol just now, a general under General Cao almost clashed with us..."

"Oh?!What's going on? Why didn't anyone report it? Liu Yi said with a frown.

"The last general heard several of General Cao's subordinates say: Because the general is a disciple of the marshal, the marshal takes special care of you, and gives you the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but they are just making plans and applying, and they have not made any military achievements, and this time the Xue Yantuo people have also let us take the lead..."Huan Yanfan said cautiously, what he heard was much more difficult than this.

"This time, under the command of General Cao, the two departments worked together, and our department successfully forced the Xue Yantuo people to surrender, this merit belongs to our department, and it also belongs to General Cao's department, and it is not divided between them!" Liu Yi said solemnly.

Pei Xingjian said, the military merits in a battle can not be too big, enough is good, too big is not necessarily a good thing, Liu Yi led this one, successfully broke through the Turkic tent, and captured a lot of Turkic leaders' families, as well as a huge number of livestock, grain and grass, etc., the war exploits are not small, and then Cao Huaishun forced the Xue Yantuo people, the battle exploits are far greater than other friendly generals. Cao Huaishun, the deputy chief manager, has not had any major battles so far, and finally met the Xue Yantuo people, before the war started, the Xue Yantuo people surrendered, and they surrendered to him Liu Yi, the battle achievements did not fall on their heads, Cao Huaishun and his subordinates are not depressed.

"However, General, the people of Xue Yantuo surrendered to the general, they surrendered because the men and horses led by the general arrived outside the camp and were afraid of being attacked by our people, and at this time the men and horses under General Cao have not yet arrived!" Huan Yanfan was a little anxious, who was willing to share his own exploits with others.

"You're wrong!" Liu Yi said very seriously, "General Cao is the deputy commander, and now we are under his leadership, so it is impossible for the battle achievements to be without General Cao's share, and moreover, if the Xue Yantuo people know that there are only more than 5,000 of our men and horses who come to attack, and there are no more than 10,000 men and horses followed by General Cao, they will surrender to our army in a short time, and even after knowing that our army is not many, it is possible that they will fight with our army, and it is our side, including General Cao's department, that a large number of men and horses will surround the Xue Yantuo people, and the Xue Yantuo people will surrender knowing that they are invincible!"

Listening to Liu Yi's not very convincing explanation, Jinghui and Huan Yanfan glanced at each other, a little helpless, but they didn't dare to say anything more.

"Please rest assured, the marshal knows the situation, and he will not bury our exploits, and don't worry, the court's reward for the two of them will definitely not be low!" Liu Yi smiled.

The military exploits of his own subordinates are not small, and these middle and low-level officers under his command must also be rewarded, and the promotion in the post is not impossible, all the battle reports of Fajing are carried by Pei Xingjian, and he believes that Pei Xingjian will weigh and weigh when expressing the merits of his people.

Jing Hui and Huan Yanfan glanced at each other again, and Huan Yanfan spoke: "General, we are not worried about being deprived of our merits, but we are afraid that your military merits will be robbed of you, so we want to work with General Cao..." He bowed respectfully.

Jinghui also saluted, "I don't know if the general will return to Beijing after this campaign, if the general returns to Beijing, we hope to follow the general back, if the general stays in Anbei to garrison, we also ask to stay with the general..."

Liu Yi listened to what the two of them said, took a step closer to the two of them, stared at the eyes of the two for a while, and asked in a low voice, "Are the two of you really willing to follow Ben Jiang anywhere?" ”

"Yes, General, we are willing to do anything with the General!" The two of them replied with their chests straightened again.

"There will be a number, you go!" Liu Yi didn't say anything more-

After Dou Yizhao led his troops to take the lead, Pei Xingjian led his men and horses to guard the mouth of the valley where they lived just now, and the arrows in the hands of all the soldiers were wound, ready to meet the enemy.

After about half an hour, sand and dust appeared in the distance, which could be seen with the naked eye, and Pei Xingjian, who had received several scouts to report, did not have any panic, stood majestically on his horse, and used a telescope to check the situation ahead.

The people and horses in front of them gradually approached, and the sand and dust rose all over the sky, and in the dust, the figures of the people and horses could finally be seen.

Pei Xingjian's telescope could already distinguish the appearance of people and horses, and he saw that the hundreds of sergeants led by General Dou Yizhao were running in the front, and there were also some horsemen in Turkic costumes.

Pei Xingjian's two wings of men and horses also began to shrink, the bows in the hands of the soldiers were all pointing to the sky, ready to shoot at any time, and a group of soldiers were on standby, ready to attack.

Since the expedition, these soldiers led by Pei Xingjian have not been able to fight in a battle, and they have no nervousness when they encounter such a situation, and most of the soldiers are excited for no reason, and they all hope to fight with the Turks with real swords and guns to relieve their boredom.

It's been so long since the expedition, just hearing how many men and horses the friendly army has annihilated, what war exploits have been made, seeing that the Turkic rebellion is about to be quelled, but before it is their turn to play, many people are panicking, the Turks don't have many men and horses, and the remaining remnants of the combat effectiveness must be poor, if they can fight with them, maybe it will be a one-sided victory, then they will have a war exploits, these Pei Xingjian soldiers are waiting for the order to attack.

It's just that without Pei Xingjian's order, no one dared to act rashly, and some people were disappointed after seeing the scene in front of them, and the war was basically impossible.

Pei Xingjian's telescope saw that except for Dou Yizhao's men and horses running in the direction where he was standing, the other people and horses behind him who were wrapped in sand and dust had already stood still and no longer ran forward, and most of them had dismounted, and some of their weapons were also thrown on the ground.

The men and horses who came over stood at a distance of about a few dozen steps from Pei Xingjian, and Dou Yizhao led a few horsemen and guards to break away from this horse and horses, and ran in front of Pei Xingjian with a few people who looked like Turkic knights.

"Report to the marshal, the last general has already brought Ashina Fu Nian and Ashdwin Fu!" Dou Yizhao pointed to the two Turkic leaders who had dismounted behind him.

Of the two, one was tied to a horse, and the other was untied, but he had no weapons on his body.

Pei Xingjian did not have any horses, but under the escort of the guards around him, he took a few steps forward and looked condescendingly at Ashina Funian and Ashdwen Fu, the two Turkic leaders who had brought instability to the northern frontier of the Tang Dynasty.

"See Mr. Pei!" The Turkic man, who was not tied by a rope, strode forward and saluted Pei Xingjian, "Under Ashina Fu Nian Ye Hu, now Ashidwin Fu Ye Hu came to surrender, and asked the chief administrator to forgive the villain's previous crimes..."

After hearing Ashina Fu read this, Ashwin Fu also stepped forward, knelt on the ground, his head was attached to the sand on the ground, and said in a slightly unfluent language: "Sinner Ashwin Fu See Chief Pei..."

Ashwin-Fu fell to the ground, speechless, at this time, Ashwin-Fu felt everything, was captured by Ashina Funian's design, and the remnants he led were also controlled by Ashina Funian, the "Khan", and the whole people were brought to Pei Xingjian to ask for guilt, for him, this was a great shame, but... But there is no chance of revenge!

After staring at the two Turkic leaders in front of him for a while, Pei Xingjian said in a very stern voice: "Ben Shuai has led his men and horses into Anbei to quell the rebellion for two consecutive years, and he has quelled your rebellion without much effort, it's ridiculous, after your defeat last time, you Ashwin Fu dared to betray my Datang, and instigated Ashina Fu Nian to make a rebellion together, with the poor combat effectiveness of these rabble led by you, you dare to be so arrogant, it's really too self-defeating!"

"Chief Pei, we, the two criminal ministers of the Tang Dynasty, will definitely obey the orders of the Tang Dynasty in the future, and there will be no more dissent!" Ashina Fu Nian glanced at Ashdwin Fu behind him, also touched his head to the ground, and pleaded: "Please also ask the chief administrator to be gracious and play the court to pardon our crimes..."

(To be continued)