Chapter 262: 500,000 Tang Army Encircled! Jieli panicked, negotiate peace, negotiate peace!
On the banks of the Weishui River, the Turkic tent.
Jieli Khan sat on the throne and looked at the leaders of Tuli Khan, Ashina Sheer, and Qilang in front of him, his face was ugly.
"Great Khan, the Tang army is fierce, it is definitely not as weak as Liang Shidu said!"
Ashina Sheer took the lead and said,
"We were deceived by him!"
"Yesterday, Li Shimin boarded the Weishui Bridge and scolded us, and we wanted to fight back, but the Tang army suddenly appeared on both sides of Weishui, and the number was no less than 200,000!"
"We have only 60,000 people, and we are no match for the Tang Army at all, so we can only swallow our anger."
"Now, although the Great Khan has led his army here, our total strength is only 200,000, and although our combat strength is strong, after all, we are deep into the hinterland of the enemy country, and there is not enough food and grass. If you can't capture it in one fell swoop, it will drag on for a long time...... We will lose! ”
"For the sake of the clansmen, I must reiterate my previous proposition - we should reconcile with the Tang Dynasty, and we should not start a war!"
There were also lords and factions within the Turks.
Ashina Sheer is the biggest lord and faction!
"Shut up!"
Jieli Khan slapped the handrail and shouted,
"She'er, have you been broken by that Li Shimin? How could Chang'an have an army of 200,000? ”
"Two years ago in Fengzhou, he relied on such a trick to deceive me, and later I learned that he only brought a few thousand soldiers and horses, but pretended to be thousands of troops!"
"In the same way, Ben Khan won't go a second time!"
However, hearing this, the Tuli Khan shook his head.
"Great Khan, this time is indeed different from the Battle of Fengzhou two years ago."
He said in a deep voice,
"I took a closer look yesterday, Li Shimin did not use a suspicious strategy, I clearly saw that there were countless Tang soldiers on both sides, even if there were no 200,000, at least 150,000!"
"150,000 Tang troops, coupled with the strong city of Chang'an, there is no shortage of backup......"
"I won't be able to attack it for a while."
Jieli Khan's face became more and more gloomy.
The so-called three people become tigers.
He can not believe Ashina Sheer's words, but Tuli has said so, and everyone has said so......
His mind began to waver, too!
"Yes, Great Khan......"
Obsessed with thinking and hurrying,
"This time Li Shimin is really too confident, he doesn't treat me as a human being at all!"
"What I overheard when I was imprisoned must be true, the Tang Dynasty has assembled 500,000 troops in advance, deployed 200,000 in Chang'an, and 300,000 are surrounded by famous generals such as Li Jing and Li Xiaogong, and they want to wipe out our 200,000 army!"
"You don't know, there are dozens of border generals who come back to order, and I am familiar with several names!"
As soon as these words came out, all the leaders were shocked.
"What do you say? 500,000 troops surrounded?! ”
"This ...... If the encirclement is successful, we will be cut off from food and grass, and 200,000 people will die on the banks of the Weishui River! ”
"No, I have to go back, I can't joke with my own life, let alone take the lives of my people! Great Khan, I will not accompany you! ”
“……”
For a time, there was already a riot.
The morale of the army was greatly shaken!
"Shut up, don't talk nonsense!"
Jieli Khan was furious,
"Ben Khan doesn't believe what you say!"
"Li Shimin has just ascended the throne, where will he have the time to mobilize the border army? Even if he noticed it in advance, at that time, he hadn't even killed his brother to become the emperor! Where does the early transfer of power come from? ”
"Can the mobilization of 500,000 troops, not a few months in advance, be completed? Coax Ben Khan like a fool! ”
After these words, the leaders were silent.
Think about it......
Even if Li Shimin was prescient, it was impossible for him to deploy troops a few months in advance, right? At that time, he was still the King of Qin who his uncle didn't love and his grandmother didn't love!
No matter how much the border general recognizes him, it is impossible to cooperate with him to make such a rebellious act!
Could it be ...... Is it really suspicious?
In the midst of this silence, a soldier stumbled into the tent and hurried towards the Khan of Jieli:
"Great Khan, something is wrong!"
"Ashdewu didn't sip 10,000 iron cavalry before he entered Wugong, he was raided by the Tang army, General Wu didn't sip in battle, and 10,000 cavalry were intercepted and killed! Only a few escaped! ”
Jieli Khan: "!! ”
Leaders: "!! ”
"What?!"
Jieli got up suddenly, and said in shock,
"Wu didn't sip the whole army was wiped out? Behind the scenes...... There is a Don army of tens of thousands of people ?! ”
He didn't think about it, and directly popped out the word "tens of thousands".
To be able to annihilate the Turkic 10,000 wolf horsemen, the enemy army must have at least 50,000 or more!
"I don't know ......"
The soldier said with a bitter face,
"Now Wugong County must be controlled by the Tang Army, and those fleeing wolf riders can only run north, not to the south, so ...... It is impossible to gain insight into the number and movements of the Tang army. ”
"But for sure...... There are definitely a lot of them, and it is possible that they have already headed towards Gaoling and come to find us! ”
Hearing these words, the souls of the Turki Khan, Ashina Sheer and others were all born!
"Great Khan, what am I talking about? Then Li Shimin was prepared! ”
Ashina Sheer said urgently,
"The 200,000 army is holding on, and the 300,000 army has annihilated the wolf cavalry and is heading straight for Weishui!"
"If the encirclement is successful, even if we are wings, we will not be able to escape!"
"Great Khan, negotiate peace with the Tang Emperor, don't be ashamed, really! Let's go back to the grassland and think about it in the long run......"
This time, Jieli Khan finally did not reprimand him again.
"Let me think, let me think ......"
He kept his head down and paced back and forth in his tent.
All the leaders were all frightened, as if the iron hooves of the Tang Army were about to step on their heads in the next second!
"The Great Khan."
Tu Li's fist quietly loosened, and whispered,
"Li Shimin was indeed prepared, and we were deceived by Master Liang."
"Peace is now ...... It's too late, I'm afraid the situation will be even worse......"
Jieli lowered his head and turned his back to the crowd.
No one saw his face, and at this moment he already showed a strong unwillingness!
Why?
I saw the right time, and with so much effort, I finally drove the army to the city of Chang'an! I thought I could see the panicked appearance of the Tang people and see Li Shimin's frightened face!
But what is waiting for him now is to ask him to take the initiative to negotiate peace?
He didn't even face Li Shimin, and he didn't even say a few arrogant and cruel words!
As soon as I arrived, I had to retire, and if I didn't retreat, I still had to worry about my life?!
If you want to negotiate peace, you have to go back to the grassland in embarrassment......
Aggrieved, so aggrieved!
Long.
Just when the leaders couldn't help but want to persuade again, a voice finally came.
"Obsessed with the ...... of Thinking"
Jieli Khan's voice was slightly hoarse, and he only heard him say in a low voice,
"Ling...... Let's go to Tang Ting again. ”
"Let's just say Ben Khan...... There is no intention of war, and he is willing to make peace with the Tang Emperor. ”
(End of chapter)