"Great Khan, we were attacked by night the day before yesterday, and we lost too much, not only did we lose all the grain, grass and baggage, but also many of our brothers' war horses had problems, so we had to kill horses to satisfy our hunger these days. Fortunately, the Tang army did not continue the pursuit, otherwise we would not have been able to run away on two legs. ”

The rout regrouped, and a leading commander temporarily replaced the general, reporting the situation to Jieli. It is said to be a report, but in fact it is a complaint.

lost the military advisor Zhao Deyan, lost a group of confidant generals, Jie Li regretted not being at the beginning, and knew what he wanted the Tang prince to do? So that now you have nothing, and you go back to the royal court with this little deserter around you?

Pointing to them to help me fight the world? Can you trust it? In case someone in the royal court has a different heart, I use this group of people to protect me?

Alas......

It's better than nothing, just looking forward to this return journey, I can subdue them, barely usable. If he really returned to the royal court alone, he might be assassinated halfway.

"Kill the horse, kill the horse. Many of these horses have problems, and they can't travel more than 100 miles a day, delaying their trips. It doesn't hurt to kill and satisfy hunger, the last thing we need in our grassland is horses. ”

"A day further away is the Drinking Wolf Pond, which has plenty of water to drink and repair all night. Then we marched two hundred miles to the northwest, and we had our small tribe, and when we collected some supplies, it would take less than five days to reach the Turkic hinterland, and we would be safe. Tell the sons and daughters to insist a little longer, and those who can return to the royal court with me this time will be promoted to two levels. After that, it was all Ben Khan's personal soldiers. ”

The commander excitedly went to give the order, and sure enough, his morale was much higher.

A day later, the wolf drinking pond could be seen from afar, and without Jieli giving an order, his soldiers rushed over to drink the horses with a roar.

Su Lie, who was ambushed behind the gentle slope five miles away from the wolf drinking pond, had been waiting for a long time, and had hurried for two days, thinking that he would just be able to intercept Jieli, but he didn't expect to overestimate Jieli's marching speed, and they were a day late. If it weren't for the fact that no traces were found after investigation, Su Lie would have thought that Jieli had passed.

I had no choice but to wait patiently according to my temperament, and I was ready to wait for three days at most, and if I couldn't wait, it would mean that Jieli didn't go here after changing paths, so I could only go back.

"General, there is movement, and there are routs approaching the wolf pool." The scout came to report.

Su Lie's heart moved, "After waiting for a day, there is finally movement." Retrieve all scouts and don't let them find any traces. ”

"Order!"

The lieutenant general was puzzled: "General, after taking back all the scouts, how do you know that Jieli is not there?" ”

Su Lie sighed and said, "I can only gamble." Whether Jieli is there or not, we will kill it. This is the last chance. ”

Looking at the lieutenant general's nervous appearance, Su Lie suddenly smiled, "Actually, don't worry, you don't have to be a scout to see Jieli." If it was really 30,000 defeated soldiers, if the scouts didn't post it, they wouldn't be able to see Jieli himself. But if you put it on and they find out, it's not good to be on guard. ”

"If you want to know if Jieli is in it, you don't need to scout. Looking at the formation and number of enemies, except for Jieli, no one can gather too many routs. More than 10,000 is possible, and more than 20,000 soldiers and horses are very likely. If you can gather all the 30,000 defeated soldiers, there will be no one else but Jieli. ”

The adjutant general admired: "The general is smart, and the last general is served." Learn another trick. ”

Su Lie said proudly: "When you are experienced in a hundred battles, you will also know a lot of things like me." Let's go up the gentle slope and have a look. ”

The two of them abandoned their horses with a few guards, slowly climbed up the gentle slope, and lay on the ground to look at the drinking pool in the distance.

The adjutant general mocked: "Jieli really doesn't have a long memory, he was attacked once, and he finally escaped death, and he didn't even send scouts?" Waiting for us to ambush a second time? ”

"General, the routs are gathering more and more, but their march is scattered, doesn't it look like it's organized? What to do? Is Jieli really in it? When are we going to kill it? ”

Su Lie muttered, "Wait patiently, wait to see how much there is in the end, and at the same time wait to let their war horses drink enough water." Hehe, the war horses that drink a belly of water can't run and fight immediately, just like last time, they really don't have a long memory. ”

Drinking wolf pool, countless Turkic soldiers lying on the water's edge to drink, at this time there is no distinction between people and animals, people and horses are hungry and thirsty, and drinking water in the same pool seems to be more close.

A careful commander suddenly noticed that something was wrong, there seemed to be a horseshoe print by the pool? How so? This is the wolf drinking pond, and many steppe wolves in Pingsuri come to drink water at night. None of us have been here lately, and we haven't had a team to transport supplies, so where did the horseshoe prints come from?

Look at the number is still a lot, and the horseshoe prints are fresh, not like the previous ones, which are these two days.

Thinking of this, he immediately went to report to Jieli, "Great Khan, there is a situation!" There are unknown fresh horseshoe prints by the wolf pool, there are a lot of them, and there should be an unknown army here. ”

Oh?

Jieli was shocked, remembered the situation of being ambushed last time, and muttered in his mouth: "The soldiers and horses of the grassland have all been brought out by me, and the rest of the people will not return to this road, where will the army come from?" Which team is it? Isn't it Xiao Rui, who is haunted? ”

"Humph! Ben Khan didn't believe it, he could calculate and ambush in Daqinggou once. Could it be that we can still calculate that we must pass through the wolf pool this time? No way! ”

However, it is also important to be on guard. Even if it's not the Tang Army, what if it's another tribe? If they saw that Ben Khan was down at this time, they wanted to usurp the throne with ill intentions, which was also very dangerous.

"Order, half of the people drink water, leave half of the people on guard, and then alternate after an hour. The last time I was ambushed, I can't do it again. ”

Before he could speak, a black shadow appeared on the gentle slope five miles away, and from a distance, it looked like a black scarf had been draped over the gentle slope.

The shaking of the earth, the ripples of the water in the wolf pool, everyone turned their heads to look ahead, and stayed where they were for a while. This scene is so familiar, five miles away, you don't need to look at the flag, it's the Tang Army cavalry again!

The distance of five miles, for a galloping war horse, is there in the blink of an eye.

Su Lie took the lead and laughed wildly: "Jieli Great Khan, Su Lie has been waiting for a long time!" ”

In fact, he didn't see Jieli at all, he just knocked on the mountain and shook the tiger.

But I can't stand the pig teammates, the commander panicked, "Hurry, hurry, protect the Great Khan, protect the Great Khan!" Great Khan, we cover you, quickly withdraw ......"

Jieli: ......

Why am I using you as a cover? Ben Khan hasn't given the order yet, what are you shouting? What a shit! After that, you don't have to look carefully, people will know where I am.

I really want to pull out my waist knife and hack this brainless commander to death, if it weren't for you yelling, Ben Khan could disguise himself as an ordinary soldier, mix in the deserters and dodge, now it's okay, is it escape or defense?

The Tang army was like a wolf and a tiger, murderous, and Su Lie asked people to shout in unison: "We only need Jieli, and those who descend will not be killed!" ”

Shouting? There was no need to shout, this group of people had no heart to resist in the first place, and no matter how the commanders and centurions shouted, they couldn't stop the fear of fleeing for their lives.

In the end, Jieli was left alone, standing bare by the wolf pool, with a sense of heroic end.

30,000 guards? What a 30,000 guard! I know it's unreliable.

Su Lie was simple, and he didn't order to chase and kill the deserters, but came directly to Jieli's side and ordered his soldiers and horses to be on guard.

He turned over and dismounted and came to Jieli's side in person, "Jieli Khan, it's been a long time!" Let's go, my lord has been waiting for a long time. ”

Just like Jieli's fate, it is also this year in the official history, the fourth year of Zhenguan, the battle of the Tang Dynasty to destroy the Turks: heavy snow fell, Li Jing's 3,000 people attacked Dingxiang City at night, and the Turkic Khan Jieli fled at night, and was captured by Su Lie's 200 people, who went out of the city for 100 miles.

Now there is no night attack in white, but the great merit of capturing Jieli is still Su Lie.