Chapter 292: Li Shimin's jaw dropped
Tu Midu was indeed a hero who had been ambushed by the Tang army and decisively chose to surrender after seeing the power of the explosive packs thrown from the hills on both sides.
His surrender made the Tang army, who was fully prepared to fight a big battle, suddenly become extremely uncomfortable.
Su Dingfang wanted to maintain his deterrence against Xue Yantuo's cavalry on the front line, and it was Cheng Wuting who came to report to Li Chengqian.
"Your Highness, Tu Midu said that as long as the Tang Dynasty allowed him to surrender, he would be willing to lead the Uighur tribe to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and his descendants would always be vassals of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Chengqian sneered as he heard this, and looked at Liu Rengui and Wu He at the foot of the mountain, with the surrendered Uighur soldiers and horses lined up and said nothing.
Seeing that Li Chengqian didn't say anything, Cheng Wuting thought that Li Chengqian didn't believe in Tu Midu, so he asked: "Does Your Highness the Crown Prince feel that Tu Midu is not really surrendering?
To be honest, I also think he doesn’t seem to surrender sincerely. He only threw dozens of explosive packs and didn’t kill many of them…”
Li Chengqian looked up at Cheng Wuting, but he obviously did not have enough killing. He ignored him and said directly to Liu Kui: "Go and spread Wu He to come."
Tu Midu still wants to lead the Uighurs?
Li Chengqian admired his whimsical thoughts very much.
After a while, Wu He trotted to the top of the mountain and saw Li Chengqian rushing to worship.
"Your uncle surrendered to the Tang Dynasty." Looking at Wu He who was lying at his feet, Li Chengqian threw it to him directly.
When Wu He heard this, he raised his head and looked at Li Chengqian with a confused look on his face.
Li Chengqian did not explain to him and said directly: "Your uncle has a high prestige in the Uighurs, and it may be more suitable for him to continue to command the Uighurs than you."
"No!" Wu He said subconsciously, and after saying that, he looked at Li Chengqian in horror. He had betrayed Tu Midu. If Li Chengqian now supports Tu Midu to command Uighur, he will have no way to die.
Li Chengqian looked at Wu He with a smile, making Wu He look blankly.
Li Chengqian had no choice but to say clearly: "If the Lone King handed over your uncle's 30,000 cavalry to you, can you watch it?"
Wu He was stunned and nodded quickly and said, "Yes, you can watch it."
Li Chengqian nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, "Turn the order and take Tu Midu and his personal guards to meet the Lone King. After the 30,000 cavalry confiscated the war horse weapons, Wuhe led people to take care of the custody on the spot."
Li Chengqian really had no choice. Although these 30,000 people surrendered, they could not rest assured now. Su Dingfang's men still had to intercept Xueyantuo's team of troops who had retreated from the south.
Although Wu He had a grudge against Tu Midu, he had no grudge against the other tribes of Xueyantuari. After Tu Midu and Po Run were captured by the Tang army, the remaining Xueyantuo generals were very likely to accept Wu He as their new leader.
Therefore, it is not possible to let Wuhe contact other Xueyantuo generals now. The most correct way is to let the two sides restrain each other.
Upon hearing this, Cheng Wuting hurriedly sent an order. When Su Dingfang knew Li Chengqian's arrangement, he understood that Li Chengqian was preparing to join forces with the Tang army led by Li Shimin to eat the remaining Xue Yantuo's troops.
While arranging people to carry out Li Chengqian's orders, Su Dingfang ordered the troops to prepare to lead the troops south.
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The sun is in the middle of the sky, and the vast grassland is shining.
Xue Rengui led two thousand cavalrymen around Xueyantuo camp and rushed north quickly.
A few days ago, Li Ke sent a message through Pei Xingjian that if Li Chengqian was captured by Xue Yantuo, it would be a stain on his life. Someone in the court seemed to have mentioned it to Li Shimin.
When Xue Rengui heard about it, he almost bit his teeth. In Xue Rengui's heart, Li Chengqian not only gave him the kindness of knowing him, but also a crown prince who made achievements in both kindness, loves the people, culture, and governance.
Xue Rengui even believed that one day Li Chengqian inherited the Grand Principle and would definitely be a wise lord who surpassed the ancient and modern times, so he would never allow Li Chengqian to be humiliated, and he would not accept that Li Chengqian was plotted against by villains for this.
Xue Rengui was always very calm on his face, but he was actually confused. When he knew that Xue Yantuo suddenly sent an army of 30,000 to besiege Li Chengqian, no one in the Tang army was optimistic about Li Chengqian.
What worried Xue Rengui the most was that if Li Chengqian was not captured by Xue Yantuo and died in the chaos, he would have no choice but to destroy Xue Yantuo and commit suicide and bury him.
Xue Rengui thought about it all the way, deeply hating that he had not followed Li Chengqian.
Xue Rengui was marching at full speed, but suddenly the spies reported that there were tens of thousands of Tang troops five miles ahead, under the banner of the crown prince, who were rushing towards this side.
After hearing this, Xue Rengui quickly accelerated the marching. He wanted to see if the Tang army ahead was really Li Chengqian.
Soon the two armies met. Xue Rengui did not see Li Chengqian in the army, but he saw Su Dingfang and Cheng Wuting who were tied to the horse.
"Is Your Highness, General Su?" Xue Rengui rode on his war horse and clasped his fists at Su Dingfang.
Su Dingfang looked at Xue Rengui with an anxious look and hurriedly clasped his fists and replied: "General Xue, don't worry, the prince is in good condition, and Wang Fangyi is protecting him in a safe place at this time."
When Xue Rengui heard this, he felt relaxed all over and asked seriously: "Where will General Su lead the army to lead the crown prince without protecting him?" At the end of his speech, he was actually a little inquisitive.
Cheng Wuting was afraid that Su Dingfang would be angry and explained loudly: "Your Highness the Crown Prince ordered us to join the remnants of Xue Yantuo with Your Majesty."
Su Dingfang knew that Xue Rengui was worried that Li Chengqian was not angry, and explained with a smile: "General Xue, don't worry, Xue Yantuo's troops in the rear have been cleared, and the prince's side is Wang Fangyi, led thousands of cavalry guards, not far from the army. If there is really something to do, here can be rescued."
Upon hearing this, Xue Rengui hurriedly clasped his fists to Su Dingfang again and said, "Xue Li is reckless, General Su, don't blame him."
"Haha, why do you and my robes need to be like this?" Su Dingfang laughed.
Xue Rengui confirmed that Li Chengqian was safe and turned his mood, and said with a high spirit: "These days I chased Xue Yantuo's birds and I have never killed me well. At this moment, His Royal Highness is safe and it is time to fight him."
As he said that, he turned his head and raised his spear, pointed at Nanfang and shouted loudly: "You guys, are you willing to go back and kill Hu'er?"
Xue Rengui was wearing bright silver armor and was particularly dazzling in the sun. The two thousand Tang soldiers who had been following him had long regarded him as a god. At this time, he heard this and roared subconsciously: "I wish to follow General Xue to the death."
Hahaha……
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Xue Yantuo's army knew that it was definitely not a rival to the Tang Dynasty, so they regarded seizing Li Chengqian as their only way to live. After being in the camp for a morning, both Pugu Nash and Ba Zhuo believed that if they were defending, they would be wiped out, so they directly ordered to flee north to try to join forces with Tu Midu.
Li Shimin, whose eyes were so anxious that he turned red, heard that Xue Yantuo's soldiers in the opposite camp had fled again. He suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist and pointed forward and shouted loudly: "Chase!"
At this time, the Tang army no longer had hope for Li Chengqian's safety, but only hoped to defeat Xue Yantuo and rescue Li Chengqian decently.
The game of escape and chase was once again staged on the prairie, and this pursuit lasted for nearly two hours.
Seeing the setting sun, the Tang Dynasty cavalry was only one mile away from Xue Yantuo's main force, but they just couldn't catch up. Seeing Xue Yantuo's main force was about to escape from the heavens, Li Shimin and several generals were very anxious to beat the war horses.
At this moment, he suddenly heard the rumbling sound of gunpowder explosion coming from the front. Li Shimin looked up in disbelief and saw that there was black smoke rising from several places in Xue Yantuo's army, which was obviously gunpowder explosion.
But who is ahead?
Rumble...
When Li Shimin and others were puzzled, the sound of gunpowder explosion in front continued, but Master Xue Yantuo no longer cared about anything else at this time, and even if he encountered gunpowder, he would flee forward.
But soon they stopped in front of the high slope, and thousands of brightly armored Tang cavalry ran down the slope. Li Shimin could see that the generals of this group of Tang cavalry were Xue Rengui.
I thought to myself that Xue Rengui turned around and intercepted Xue Yantuo's main force, but it was obvious that Cheng Qian had been captured by Xue Yan. Thinking of this, he was angry and attacked the war horses violently, shouting loudly: "Soldiers follow me to kill."
The soldiers around were infected by Li Shimin and rushed forward with their sabers waving their swords.
When Li Shimin was rushing, he heard Li Shiji shouting behind him: "Your Majesty, don't be impulsive, there are tens of thousands of Tang troops in front of him."
Li Shimin looked up and saw that there were tens of thousands of Tang troops behind Xue Rengui who rushed down from the high slope and confronted Xue Yantuo's main force.
What surprised Li Shimin the most was that the tens of thousands of Tang troops were under the banner of the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty.
Didn’t Chengqian be arrested?
Thinking of this, Li Shimin almost fell off his chin.
Chapter completed!