Chapter six hundred and tenth halfway through
Jie Li rode his horse through the Hun River, which was not deep but very wide. Around him, countless Turkic people began to cross the river. He had already joined the royal court. The team was already quite large, especially there were many herd slaves driving cattle and sheep on the outside. The speed of these livestock was very slow, which seriously delayed their itinerary.
"Khan, this is not a solution. Our team is so large and stretches for more than ten miles. If an enemy attacks at this time, it will be very unfavorable to us!" At this moment, a general suddenly saw a general step forward and suggested to Jie Li with a worried look on his face. This man was the power of Zhidu, one of Jie Li's confidant generals.
"I also have this kind of worry. In addition, I am also worried that the Tang army knew our retreat route, so after crossing the river, I decided to divide the team into three teams and then change directions to Yinshan!" Jie Li also said calmly at this time. Although there was still no news from Dingxiang, he was already sure that Zhao Deyan had betrayed him, which forced him to be cautious. However, with such a large team, it was not easy to change the original route.
"Khan is wise, and he will take people across the river first to open the way for Khan!" Zhishili nodded in agreement when he heard this, and then bowed with his fists. Although he had heard some rumors, he was still very loyal to Jie Li. At least in this situation, if he wanted to protect the entire Turkic Republic, he had to obey Jie Li's orders.
Seeing Zhishili leading a team of troops across the river first and preparing for defense to prevent someone from sneak attacking while they were on the shore, Ye Jieli nodded with satisfaction. At this time, he suddenly felt a little regretful. Compared with those foreigners, perhaps talents like Zhishili, who were born as Turkic nobles, are more worthy of his trust?
The Turkic royal court originally had tens of thousands of people. This time, Jie Li retreated north and integrated the Turkic tribes scattered around him. In addition, some tribes that depended on him, there were more than 100,000 people. These were also the core forces of the Turks. Even if the Tang army eliminated all the other tribes on the grassland, as long as these tens of thousands of people were fine, Jie Li would have the confidence to make a comeback.
After a while, Jie Li also arrived on the other side of the river and urged the team behind to speed up the river. However, the people and horses were fine, but the cattle and sheep behind were a problem, especially the sheep were shorter. Although the river was not deep, the sheep could not get through. Fortunately, there was a shallower area of water downstream, so the sheep could only drive the cattle and sheep downstream to cross the river. However, in this way, the team's speed was even slower.
While looking at the team crossing the river, Jie Li was thinking about changing the route later in his mind. Originally, the route he chose was the shortest and flattest, but now it may be attacked by the Tang army. Although there are roads everywhere on the grassland, some places are still inconvenient to pass, so he must also consider it clearly.
"Boom~" But just as Jie Li was pondering, he suddenly heard a roar of cavalry running from the other side of the river, which made him look shocked and raised his head. He saw a black cavalry rushing towards him like a torrent. There was also panic among the Turkic army, and the sound of "enemy attack" was endless.
Jie Li never expected that he had just crossed the river and a cavalry broke out behind him. A large word "Tang" among the cavalry had already indicated their identity. In addition, there was a big banner in front with the word "Qin" written on it, which also meant that the chief officer of this cavalry was surnamed Qin. Jie Li suddenly thought of Qin Qiong, the first brave general of the Tang Dynasty. When the battle between Qingzhou and Weishui, no matter how brave the general was, he was not an enemy of the other party, which also made the Turks fear Qin Qiong's name.
Faced with the Tang army's raid, the Turkic army behind was not completely unprepared. In fact, Jie Li was also a man who knew the art of war, so he arranged troops to guard the rear when crossing the river. Therefore, when he saw the Tang army, the Turkic generals in the rear also shouted "Welcome the enemy", and then a Turkic cavalry of thousands of people came forward to meet him.
Qin Qiong had actually been ambushing near the Hunhe River a few days ago. Zhao Deyan had already delivered Jie Li's retreat route to Li Jing, so Qin Qiong's ambushing place was also clever. Jie Li did not notice that there was an ambushing Tang army nearby. It was not until halfway through the river that Qin Qiong took the opportunity to kill out in order to eliminate the remaining half of the Turks.
"Kill!" Qin Qiong led the way. This was not what a commander should do, but his martial arts skills were amazing. He always charged forward in leading the cavalry, which has become a symbol of him. The soldiers in the army also admired bravery the most. Therefore, whenever Qin Qiong led his troops, the morale of this army would greatly increase.
"Boom~" The black Tang army and the brown Turkic cavalry collided fiercely like two mountain torrents, but Qin Qiong, the main general, was unstoppable. Each man and one shot were like an arrow, splitting the "mountain torrent" that rushed into two halves. The Tang cavalry behind him followed closely, and quickly expanded the gap that Qin Qiong rushed out.
"Boom boom boom boom~" At the same time, countless black balls suddenly threw out from the Tang army, and then these balls exploded in the Turkic army, with countless fragments flying. Although they rarely killed people directly, they caused the Turkic war horses to be injured and frightened, and even the war horses to collapse on the ground.
Firearms have become the ace of the Tang army. This time, Qin Qiong carried not many supplies and even had insufficient firearms, so he was used when the two armies were handed over to achieve the greatest effect. Therefore, taking advantage of the raging firearms, Qin Qiong roared again, lifted a Turkic general in front of him off the horse, trampled by the horse, and the Tang army behind him followed closely, dispersing the Turkic cavalry in one fell swoop.
The Turks did not expect that their cavalry would be so vulnerable. It was too late for the other troops to stop them. Jie Li and others on the other side of the Hunhe River were even more anxious and had no choice but to watch the Tang cavalry rushing into the rear. You must know that except for the army, most of the remaining team were women, old and weak in the tribe, as well as various supplies and livestock.
War has always been cruel, and there are no men, women, young and old on the battlefield. Therefore, the cavalry led by Qin Qiong scattered the cavalry outside and immediately rushed into the Turks like tigers and flocks, with long swords and horse spears flying, blood and flesh flying, and countless lives disappeared under their weapons and horse hooves.
Qin Qiong is a kind and righteous person, but his kindness and righteousness will never be used on the enemy. When the Turks went south countless times, I don’t know how many unarmed ordinary people died of Turkic massacres. He even remembered the scene when his father was stabbed to death by the Turkic people when he was young. When he thought of this, Qin Qiong was like a wild beast with red eyes, both killing and killing!
"可~可~可~" As the Tang cavalry rushed into the Turkic team for transporting materials, countless fuel turbulent bottles flew out and smashed on the Turkic material convoy. The black turbulent oil inside was flowing everywhere and ignited countless supplies. These were the guarantees for the Turkic people to survive this cold winter, but now they were burned.
"Stop them! Cross the river!" Jie Li saw his supplies being ignited, and immediately screamed with pain, commanding the army that had already crossed the river and wanted to kill him back.
"Khan must not. The opponent's cavalry is extremely elite. The army on the other side cannot stop them at all. When we cross the river, the opponent will probably run away long ago, and there may be other ambushes nearby. If they take advantage of our crossing the river, they will probably be in danger of being wiped out!" Zhi Shisili heard Jie Li's order and hurried forward to stop him. After all, this order was too irrational.
"Then you can't do this, watch the enemy massacres. You lead a cavalry to cross the river immediately and go to rescue the supplies behind you!" Jie Li also stared at his blood-red eyes and roared angrily, but he didn't listen to Zhi Shili's words at all, at least he didn't let everyone kill him back.
"Here!" Although Zhi Shisili felt that it was useless to kill back now, he did not dare to anger Jie Li at this time. He agreed and led the troops of his tribe to cross the river again. However, at this time, Qin Qiong's army had already emerged from the Turks in the rear, and then turned around and killed in again. At this time, another Turkic cavalry finally arrived, but their fate was similar to the first cavalry, and it became scattered under the impact of Qin Qiong.
Qin Qiong led a large army to kill the Turks in three places, and the Turks were killed and injured. However, in comparison, the heavy losses were all kinds of materials. In fact, the target of Qin Qiong's sneak attack was mainly these materials. For this reason, they carried a large number of tincture oil bottles and even had to reduce the number of firearms. Therefore, wherever they passed, there were flames and thick smoke everywhere.
When Zhishili's army crossed the Hunhe River again and wanted to stop Qin Qiong's army, the other party did not give him a chance. Qin Qiong commanded the soldiers to throw the last batch of turbulent bottles into the Turkic crowd, and immediately drove away without any nostalgia. Moreover, the retreating place was the lower reaches of the river, which were all full of cattle and sheep crossing the river. As a result, the cattle and sheep were killed and robbed by the Tang army. The cattle and sheep seemed to be crazy and fled everywhere. It was impossible to find it without a few days. However, Zhishili, who was chasing, could not even touch the other party's side.
Looking at the Tang army who was leaving and looking at the black smoke-emitting material teams, Jie Li was almost so angry that he was about to vomit blood. He didn't expect that the Tang army's ambush came so quickly and did not give him time to react. Now they suffered heavy losses. I am afraid that even if they fled to Mobei, there would be no idea how many people would die of starvation due to cold and starvation?
Chapter completed!