Chapter Forty-Eight: Capture Jieli and Return to the Dynasty

"Jieli! You just took a fancy to the Heavenly Thunder Weapon I secretly left behind before! If I hadn't left a way back, would you have been able to escape from Li Shimin's hands? If you don't take me with you today, I will tell Li Jing about your route to Lingzhou! "Princess Yoshinari threatens Jieli like a madman.

"Hmph, do you think I don't know about your private collection of soldiers and horses? I've got them to take over! Since you're so stubborn, don't blame me for being ruthless! Someone has tied up this crazy woman, and he's a bargaining chip for us to rush out! As soon as Jieli gave the order, the soldiers tied up Princess Yicheng and took her out of the big tent.

Jieli led his personal guards to flee on the battlefield. After paying the price of losing half of his men, he was about to break out of Li Jing's encirclement.

"Li Jing! I know you're here, see if you know this person? Jieli pointed to Princess Yicheng on horseback and said.

"It's she who provoked the relationship between the Turks and the lobby, and now I'll hand him over to you, how about changing my life?"

"What can you do if you kill her, I will definitely capture you today and seek justice for the people on the border of my Tang Dynasty! Do you think you'll be able to get out of my encirclement? Li Jing said indifferently.

"Khan, hurry up, their forces are gathering in this direction!" A Jieli guard said.

"Hahaha! Li Jing, when I make a comeback, I will definitely attack Chang'an and kill you without leaving a piece of armor! Let's go! Then Jieli abandoned Princess Yicheng's horse and led the remaining remnants of the defeated army to gallop in the direction of Lingzhou.

"Dingfang, Rengui! Poor Kou Mo chase, we can withdraw, the prince's plan has been achieved. ”

"Teacher, didn't the prince say that this battle must be captured?" Su Dingfang asked curiously after letting people clean up the battlefield.

"General Su, my master's clear meaning is to let General Li capture Jieli alive, but we all know that this is impossible, Jieli has also arranged a part of the troops in Yinshan, if we rashly pursue, we will definitely suffer from the enemy. In fact, being able to rescue the Tang Lord and them and inflict such damage on the main Turkic forces is already an expanded victory. Without waiting for Li Jing to answer, Xue Rengui replied first.

"Rengui is right, the prince has explained before that there are Turkic hidden ambushes in Yinshan, let us be cautious. So, I deliberately reduced the number of troops in the west to give them a chance to escape. ”

"Teacher, will you just let Jieli go?"

"Of course not, General Zhang and King Ren Cheng are already waiting for him in front. All that awaits him is restraint. After saying that, Li Jing issued an order to withdraw the troops. returned to the camp with Tang Jian and An Xiuren, as well as the captured Princess Yicheng.

They won't mention it for now. Jieli took his old and weak and sick to prepare to go to Lingzhou in the direction of Yinshan. He had sent someone to inquire before and learned that Princess Yicheng had hidden these people who knew gunpowder on the road along the Yin Mountain, and if anyone was pursuing, he would immediately open fire. He couldn't wait to take over these people. If you have them, you will definitely be able to attack Chang'an.

"Khan, there is no one on the road ahead, and the people we sent out have lost contact." One of the scouts who had gone out first came back and said.

"Khan! Khan! They're all dead! They're all dead! The second scout shouted like crazy as he returned.

"What's wrong?"

"Khan, all the people we ambushed are dead, and they are all killed with a single sword, as if they were assassinated while they were sleeping! Not a single one survived, and none of the weapons we had left behind were gone. ”

"What about those who know how to make it? Didn't any of them escape? Guard Battalion! Divide some people and go with him to count the number of people! Jieli felt a wave of dizziness at this time, could he really be defeated here? Didn't you invade Chang'an and enjoy the glory and wealth of the day?

With the return of the guards from the camp, Jieli had to accept this reality, and he regretted that he had abandoned Princess Yoshisei, after all, she must have mastered the method of making that magical cannon. Now he can only go to Lingzhou, return to the big tent, and then try to send someone to contact Murong Fuyun, the king of Tuyuhun, or Lu Wentai, the king of Gaochang, hoping to use their power to rise anew.

However, on the way to Lingzhou full of hope, two teams of men and horses were suddenly killed, and these two teams of men and horses with full strength made him completely lose the hope of fighting. Pitch-black visor, pitch-black horse armor. This is exactly the Xuanjia led by Team Zhang, who attacked the ambush in Yinshan. And the other way is the Datong army led by Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng.

"Jieli Lao'er! Your current army is tired, so what are you going to fight us? Do you still want to take refuge in Gaochang and Tuyuhun? Now Fu Yun and Ko Wentai are in the big tent not far away, why don't you go and ask them if they dare to accept you now? Just grab it! Li Daozong shouted angrily.

Li Daozong also didn't expect that Jieli would really run away in the direction of his march, and his army was originally used as a support force. Unexpectedly, his fifth cousin, who came back from the dead, told him to go directly to Lingzhou and wait for the opportunity to capture Jieli. This made Li Daozong unbelievable. Could it be that the enemy that has plagued Datang for so long has been easily solved?

It wasn't until Jieli was tied up in front of him by Xuanjia Wuhua that Li Daozong knew that all this was true, and his fifth cousin's art of war was really unpredictable.

"Jieli, what else do you have to say now? If not, I'll wait to sacrifice you to the sky! Come on, take our Turkic Khan down! Be sure to be well entertained, and don't let people say that we mistreat prisoners! After Li Daozong arranged the detention of Jieli, he expressed his gratitude to Team Zhang. At the same time, he also prepared a good military report, the first was to tell Li Shimin the latest battle situation, and the second was to tell the other armies that they could prepare to return.

The military report to Chang'an was still on the way, and Han Shuang returned to Li Nuoheng's army with a few Qin Ying.

"General, we have completed all the tasks, and now report back to you. I've already sent someone to tell you about the first two tasks. In the last two missions, I have assassinated all the Turks who knew all the gunpowder. There should be no living mouth left on the path in Yinshan. In the last task, I found out that Li Jing had captured Princess Yicheng, and we took advantage of the night to touch Li Jing's camp and interrogated her about the gunpowder. I disguised the suicide scene and had already disposed of her. Han Shuang's execution ability made Li Nuoheng sigh. At the same time, he also knew that Han Shuang must be taken away, once Li Shimin knew that his troops would enter his family's barracks to assassinate the prisoners. How can such a person stay?

"The task was done great! From now on, you must ensure the loyalty of the people you are sure to bring with you. When I return to Chang'an this time, I will go back with us. Receive modern military training! Li Nuoheng said firmly to Han Shuang.