Chapter 305 Processing
Just look at the Turks below, the black and red cavalry is like driving sheep, frantically chasing the Turks to slash and kill, they have no chance to fight back, even if they have to fight back, but in the face of the heavily armed heavy cavalry, the long knives in their hands slash on the opponent's armor, leaving only a white mark of the knife.
Huo Gang naturally did not personally lead the army to assault, he had already stayed not far from the bottom of the mountain at the moment, leaving five hundred White Tiger Army and five hundred Vermilion Bird Army around Huo Gang.
In addition to this, all the other Vermilion Bird Army and the White Tiger Army were frantically chasing down the Turks.
And where they rushed through, blood and corpses were already all over the battlefield.
It is impossible for Huo Gang to let these people run away today, even if they didn't have a chance before, now that they have a chance, it is impossible for Huo Gang to let them have any chance to resist and rise again.
At this moment, Jieli, who was running away frantically on horseback, was full of horror in his heart, he had no time to regret it, or he didn't have time to think about it at all, but what made him desperate was that not only the heavy cavalry chasing behind them was constantly approaching, but most importantly, he could see from afar, on both sides of the battlefield, the two white cavalry were like tarsal ghosts.
There was no way for them to shake off the other party's tracking, Jieli felt helpless for the first time, wasn't this kind of tactic against Datang's people before? They can come and go when they want, Datang has nothing to do with them at all, but now, they are already running away desperately, but the other party can easily hang on their sides.
Judging by the ease of the other side, it is clear that their horses have not reached the limit of speed at all, but they have reached the limit.
That's it, the other party is still harassing them with waves of arrows, and if they run with all their might, they may be able to get rid of the pursuit of the heavy cavalry behind.
But these white cavalry are shooting a rain of arrows, and they always have to react, and as long as they react, the speed will naturally be slow.
And their riback ...... It's so powerless, the distance between the other party and them is almost the limit range of their bow and arrow, even if it is occasionally shot, at this distance, it is basically weak and powerless, and it can't cause any damage to the opponent's armor at all.
Even the cowhide armor on the opposing horses they couldn't do anything about it.
The battlefield is gradually moving away from the mountain where they are, but Li Shimin and they didn't go down, because the battle situation is unclear now, and there are dead bodies lying on the ground below, and no one knows whether there are any of these people alive, and at this moment they are the safest on the mountain.
"Leave half of the people, and the rest will clean up the battlefield and give priority to those who save us." Huo Gang glanced at the battlefield and ordered directly.
Since the spirit of the Jade Gate summoned the first batch of guards cavalry, Huo Gang has experienced a lot of battlefields, but this time it was the first time that there were casualties.
19,000 heavy cavalry attacked the formation of 40,000 Turkic cavalry, even if they were heavily armed, including horses, it was impossible for them to be completely free of casualties. That's not war, it's a myth.
Huo Gang had already seen that there were some armored and incomparably distinctive war horses on the battlefield left behind, and these war horses were naturally their horses.
"Yes!" The 1,000 cavalry left by Huo Gang's side immediately sent 500 people to clean up the battlefield.
Huo Gang didn't move on, he knew his identity very well, if he got closer at this time, he would be asking for trouble for his own people, because they would inevitably have to worry about their own situation.
The war in the era of cold weapons lasted for a long time or a short time.
Nine thousand White Tiger Army, 19,000 Vermilion Bird Army, a total of 28,000 cavalry, against Jieli and An Xinggui about 4 to 60,000 soldiers, such a huge number is not a short time just to fight the entire battlefield.
An Xinggui and Jieli's movements are the same, and he is also running away frantically, but now that he has been targeted, An Xinggui knows that he can't run out. Because there is no possibility for him to jump out directly.
The Turks are like sheep in a wolf pack, they have begun to scatter and run, they do not know where to flee, they can only be chased by the tail, and these Turks instinctively want to rush to the place where they came.
In their opinion, only if they return to the steppe can they escape the pursuit, but An Xinggui understands that if these Turks start to flee in all directions at this moment, they will have a greater probability of escaping.
But apparently, they are really like frightened sheep, and they will only run away with the large army. This instead allowed Huo Gang's troops to chase them directly.
And An Xinggui's cavalry...... Many of the cavalry around him had already been killed by Huo Gang's heavy cavalry, as for the infantry...... Although An Xinggui's infantry is also elite, his infantry is not equipped to deal with cavalry at all!
Not to mention, the opponent's cavalry is still heavy cavalry, just one charge, An Xinggui's thousands of infantry have almost all fallen, and they haven't even done much to block the opponent's speed!
Time passed little by little, when the sun was setting in the west, all the Vermilion Bird Army had stopped continuing the pursuit, and behind them, this was a long road of blood paved with corpses, An Xinggui and Jieli had been controlled by the Suzaku Army, and the two of them were directly taken to the mountain where Li Shimin and they were.
Suzaku who had returned had already begun to thoroughly clean the entire battlefield, gather the horses, and carry out the preliminary disposal of the corpses. It wasn't until the Vermilion Bird Army came back that Li Shimin and others on the mountain took the lead in coming down from the mountain.
As soon as he got off the mountain, after seeing Huo Gang, Li Shimin directly clasped his fists and bent down to salute: "Thank you Leader Huo for saving your life, this kindness will not be forgotten by Datang." ”
"Your Majesty is polite, since we have signed an alliance, it is naturally an alliance, and since it is an alliance, we should help each other. What's more, this can be regarded as taking the opportunity to avenge my father's murder. Huo Gang said with a smile.
"Great grace is not grateful, since the leader said so, then An Xinggui and the entire Wuwei An clan have been handed over to the leader for disposal." Li Shimin's tone was calm.
"Thank you." Huo Gang said equally seriously.
"If Leader Huo says this, then it will make me too ashamed, if it weren't for Leader Huo this time, I'm afraid that I and several of my ministers would fall for the tricks of these traitors, and I'm afraid I've already gone to see my Li ancestors and ancestors now." Li Shimin shook his head, if it weren't for Huo Gang, he would have died.
"However, Leader Huo, before that, I have something I want to talk to An Xinggui, is it okay?"
"Of course." Huo Gang nodded, he naturally didn't care about this.
Li Shimin nodded, thanked him again, and then walked to An Xinggui, who was held alone.
Huo Gang directly ordered An Xinggui to be handed over to Li Shimin's Imperial Forest Army, and it was impossible for him to let An Xinggui run away anyway.
An Xinggui was tied with his limbs together and knelt on the ground, while the other guards had already moved away from here, leaving Li Shimin and An Xinggui alone.
At this moment, An Xinggui's face is still bloodied and bruised, and his arm has been broken, but at this moment, it is only a short bandage, in fact, even if he is not tied, it is estimated that he may not be Li Shimin's opponent now.
"Why did you betray me?" Li Shimin looked at An Xinggui with a calm face and said.
An Xinggui raised his head and looked at Li Shimin, and after a long time, he couldn't help laughing twice, and said mockingly: "Your Majesty, you dare to launch the Xuanwu Sect to reach this throne, your ruthlessness is beyond doubt, I don't know what you talked about with Huo Gang, but since you are ready to form an alliance with Huo Gang, Your Majesty, ask yourself, aren't you ready to give up on me?" ”
An Xinggui's question made Li Shimin silent for a while, and after a long time, he said lightly: "You are right, I am indeed ready to give up on you, but to be honest, I, Li Shimin, am not a person who does not talk about old feelings, although there is a contradiction between you An Xinggui and Huo Gang, but I have thought about it, even if I cooperate with Huo Gang, even if you have a grudge against Huo Gang." ”
"But I, Li Shimin, have no problem with you for ten years, and after ten years, I am also confident that Huo Gang can only pursue you An Xinggui, and your Wuwei An clan will still exist, but now...... Don't talk about the Wuwei An clan, even if it is the surname Zhaowu Jiu, none of them will exist! ”
"Hahaha!" An Xinggui laughed a few times directly, then looked at Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I admit that you may be able to do what you say, but do you think that if you let me live for ten more years, it will already be regarded as a favor to me?" My An family has made great contributions to Datang, but how do you do it? You didn't even talk to me about it, and you were ready to give up on me. ”
"In that case, then Your Majesty, you can be the first year of junior high school, why can't I be fifteen? I only hate myself for not speeding up the time last night, if I keep attacking regardless of casualties, I'm afraid you may not be able to hold out until Huo Gang arrives. ”
Looking at An Xinggui with an indifferent face, Li Shimin shook his head: "I admit that your An clan is indeed meritorious, but An Xinggui, do you dare to say that your An clan did not commit crimes in Liangzhou?" ”
"The problem between you and Huo Ling, although I don't know the specific thing, but when your An clan broke Li Rail and took the entire Liangzhou, at least a dozen large, medium and small families in the entire Liangzhou were tragically wiped out, including my Longxi Li clan!"
"After these families were wiped out, their wealth was gone, and it is said that they were all taken away by Li Liang's defecting rebels, but was it the rebels or Huo Ling? You don't have a count? ”
"These dozen or so families are quite prestigious in the entire Liangzhou Guazhou, to be precise, these dozen or so families have joined forces, and it can almost be said that they control the entire Liangzhou Guazhou, the most important part of the business and political circles, and when they die, your An's people can be inserted into it."
"Including controlling the entire business network of Liangzhou Guazhou, almost all of them have fallen into the hands of your An family, can I say wrong?"
"Moreover, if I remember correctly, these families were the first to support my Datang during the anti-Sui period of the Tang Dynasty, so they are naturally traitors to Huo Ling, a former Sui general!"
"I have read the records about Huo Ling, although he is a former Sui general, but if it weren't for the fact that these families supported me in the first place behind the Tang Dynasty and betrayed the former Sui, it would not be so easy for Li Liang or my Datang to take this Liangzhou Guazhou."
"So, you're forcing Huo Ling to death? Guess right? Li Shimin looked at An Xinggui coldly and said.
For an emperor, there are some things, if Li Shimin doesn't want to investigate, forget it, but whenever he wants to investigate, many of these things are actually recorded, he doesn't need direct evidence, he just needs to sort out these things, and then analyze who is the real vested interest in the end.
Indeed, the person who did it could not be An's, but it was definitely not Li Rail's army back then, in fact, except for a small part of Li Rail's army back then, most of them were under An's control, and Li Rail was almost a lonely man until his death.
An Xinggui was slightly stunned for a moment, then he smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you, yes, although there are some things that are wrong, but that's probably what it looks like." But what's the use of saying that now? At this point, it's useless to say anything. ”
"Since that's the case, there's nothing to say, I will hand over all of you An's to Huo Gang to deal with." Li Shimin shook his head directly and said.
An Xinggui was stunned for a moment, but he didn't say anything, because it was useless to say it, he was not only rebelling, but also directly threatening Li Shimin's identity, and he also collaborated with the enemy and treason to contact Jieli, so An Xinggui had no room for refutation.
It can be said that Li Shimin did not punish his nine clans, and he can be regarded as benevolent and righteous.
Li Shimin dropped a word, and he didn't hesitate, he turned around and left directly, and An Xinggui naturally handed it over to Huo Gang again.
"Please also trouble Your Majesty to send someone to treat his injuries, in the short term, I don't want him to die directly." After Huo Gang saw Li Shimin, he arched his hand at Li Shimin. Li Shimin's troops were carrying the imperial doctor, and as for whether the imperial doctor survived, Huo Gang didn't know very well.
"Okay." Li Shimin did not refuse, obviously the imperial doctor should still be alive.
"Leader Huo, now most of my Tang Dynasty's army is still in Tuyuhun, so now the An clan and Zhaowu Jiu surnames in Liangzhou have not been dealt with, in case these people have any other tricks, it is unimaginable, so I don't know if Leader Huo can send troops to Wuwei and the nearby Jinchang City and several county seats, I will send some of the Royal Forest Army to follow Leader Huo's army." Li Shimin looked at Huo Gang seriously and said.
"No problem." Huo Gang directly agreed, he knew that Li Shimin was going to take the opportunity to deal with the entire Wuwei An clan.
"Thank you!" Li Shimin directly arched his hand at Huo Gang, and then quickly asked Chang Lin to take out his jade seal and the blank holy decree he had made, and directly began to write.