Chapter 395 The Final Strike (Part 1)
Jie Li played a clever trick and lost about 50,000 troops. His subordinates betrayed nine. Tuli Khan, Yu Sheshe, Yin Naitler and others took advantage of Jie Li's escape and led their subordinates to surrender directly to the Tang Dynasty.
So much so that the army of more than 100,000 was left in the end with only more than 50,000 people. If it weren't for the Tang Dynasty soldiers who suffered too much after a day of battle, they were exhausted and unable to chase them, they were afraid that Jie Li would probably be captured in one fell swoop.
"General Manager, General Qin, General Xue, the results of the battle have been counted!" After a night of busyness, the marching secretary entered Chai Shao's central army tent with a document.
"Report it." Chai Shao said with a gloomy face as deep as water.
In a sudden encounter, the left Wu Guard had basically been crippled, with cavalry losses of about 3,000, of which more than 1,300 people were killed in battle, and the rest were seriously injured; the infantry suffered nearly 1,000 people, of which more than 6,700 people were killed in battle, and the rest were seriously injured; as for minor injuries... everyone had them and ignored them.
Therefore, although there were nearly 100,000 Turks left in this battle, the left Wu Guard was powerless to pursue and could only watch Jie Li retreat eastward.
"Get back, all casualties must be recorded in the book, and it is easy to arrange pensions after returning to Chang'an." Seeing Chai Shao silent, Qin Qiong sent out the secretary casually, turned to Xue Rengui and said, "Rengui, your 'fangs' brigade is afraid that it will work harder."
"Don't worry, General, Rengui can save it." Xue Rengui stood up and walked outside the tent after a military salute.
Zuo Wuwei still retains the past tradition. The army of nearly 30,000 people is less than twenty military doctors. This is a drop in the bucket for Zuo Wuwei, who is injured by everyone, and nothing can be done.
Therefore, the "fangs" who have received some battlefield first aid training had to rush to the temporary military doctor to assist the military doctor in handling the injured.
The marching pot was raised, boiled with boiling water, and various cloth strips were thrown in. After disinfecting at high temperature for a moment, they were taken out and placed on the rack to dry, and then used on the injured person.
There are too many wounded people, and the little alcohol and bandages that the "fangs" wear for disinfection are not enough, so they can only use whatever they want under simple conditions.
There is no way. In the Tang Dynasty, when hands hurt and feet hurt, all the "fangs" brigades that knew disinfection were no different from miraculous doctors.
At least half a year of fighting on the grassland, the fact that the loss of "fangs" is less than 10% can be proved that if you don't want the wounded to die, it's best to do what they said.
Just as Zuo Wuwei was resting and waiting to join Li Daozong's Western Route Army, Jie Li also fled to the foot of Yinshan Mountain with his only tens of thousands of troops. After confirming that the Tang army had not caught up, he was still in shock and ordered the troops to rest and count the damage to the war.
However, after hearing the news that the war-capable soldiers were less than 50,000 and the supply was almost cut off, Jie Li finally couldn't help but spit out an old blood.
Who did you provoke whom? Back then, he was Qimin Khan, his brother Shibi Khan, and Chuluo Khan, who had never done the southern invasion of the Central Plains. When Mao arrived at him, he was chased by someone like a wild dog.
Damn this is too unfair. Could it be that Jie Li is easy to bully? Or is it because he is ugly? The Tang Dynasty princess didn’t marry and didn’t steal much from the Tang Dynasty, but why did he just get hatred?
Wasn't it just that he surrounded Chang'an and forced the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to sign a conspiracy? What's the big deal? Shibi surrounded Emperor Yang of Sui back then? But in the end he lived a good life. The Emperor of Central Plains did not dare to treat his brother Shibi Khan.
The more he thought about it, the more unwilling Jie Li found his Han staff officer Zhao Deyan, and cursed him. Finally, he was almost angry and asked angrily: "What should you do now? The teacher and veteran are tired and lack of supplies. Could it be that he was surrounded by the Tang people and died at the foot of Yinshan Mountain?"
"Khan, now we can only wait until General Zhihu comes back. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is a person with good face, and the civil servants of the Tang Dynasty are also talking about repaying grievances with virtue. This time we bow to the Tang Dynasty, we will definitely be forgiven. Therefore, what the Khan needs to do now is to stabilize, stabilize the morale of the army and hide the hearts of the people. Only when the Tang angels arrive, we can retreat to the depths of the grassland."
Zhao Deyan, in the eyes of modern people, this person is a typical traitor.
His heart is higher than the sky and his life is thinner than paper. He failed many times in the Central Plains, and gradually became resentful and angry. He went north to the grassland and became a lackey of the Turks. He relied on reading a few ancient books and made some specious words to fool Jie Li.
Unexpectedly, this guy was really betting right. Jie Li, who was determined to dominate the world, really believed his words and handed over the regime to the various Hu tribes under his command, without having to supervise the people in his own royal family.
Moreover, Zhao Deyan used Jie Li's trust to gradually take over the Turkic Khanate, and then colluded with the former Princess Yicheng of Sui to deceive Jie Li every year to invade the Tang Dynasty's borders.
It’s just that people often say that there is no use for scholars. Zhao Deyan is just a scholar and has no experience in governing. How can he manage a country well if he has never been a county magistrate?
Therefore, the government orders are often changed every day, and heavy taxes are imposed in the years of famine to satisfy Jie Li's ambitions of rule. Therefore, the various Turkic tribes were disunited and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, which actually has a lot to do with Zhao Deyan, a guy.
Jie Li raised his head and poured a cup of squid wine into his mouth, then threw the cup hard, gritted his teeth and said, "Wait, when will you wait! Zhi Shisili has been away for nearly a month, and there is no news yet. Who knows if he was killed by the Emperor of Tang."
Zhao Deyan signaled the maid on the side to replace Jie Li with a wine cup, and then said confidently: "Don't worry, the masters of the Tang Dynasty promised the most, no matter what, they would not agree to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to kill the envoy."
"Then why doesn't Zhishisili come back? Could it be that he defected?"
"No, the tribe of General Zhihu is still on the grassland. For the sake of tribes, he will not defect." Zhao Deyan comforted Jie Li, but in fact he was also joking in his heart, hesitating whether he should prepare for the escape.
Although he didn't know how to rule, he was not stupid. The six armies of the Tang Dynasty surrounded Jie Li, and countless elite soldiers and generals were numerous. Such a formation was clearly inevitable. Even if Jie Liken surrendered, I was afraid that the Tang Dynasty might not accept it.
Besides, if the Tang Dynasty really accepted Jie Li's surrender, it would be possible that he would ask Jie Li for himself. At that time, Jie Li would definitely give him Zhao Deyan for nature...
Zhao Deyan is a villain, how could a treacherous villain give up his life to be buried with others?
He was just preparing to escape and didn't know that the prairie is now difficult to fly, and the Tang army has basically locked all routes of escape. All that is missing is just a signal of general attack.
Chapter completed!