Chapter 631: Anxious Western Turks
Fan Lihua did not pay too much attention to Yang Fan, because every hero has a pride. As a generation of heroines, Fan Lihua has the capital of arrogance. How could she pay so much attention to someone she had never met before? What is the great thing about defeating a cannibal? What is it to be worthy of using fewer hits and more? She can do all these, and she can do better. When both sides meet, fight and see their real skills, she will naturally be able to weigh the other party’s weight.
After preparing, the army set off and arrived at Xinyuan City, it had already sunk to the west. Seeing so many army coming to the city, the soldiers at Xinyuan City were so nervous that they had heard before that Ge Biluo was defeated. What's worse, Yang Dingguo was also defeated and captured. This bad news made the only five thousand defenders left in the city panic. The main general was captured and there were only five thousand soldiers in the city. What should I do?
If they could know what to do, they would be the generals, but they were not the generals, so when they saw the Tang army approaching the city, they had no other way except to be on guard and be ready to fight to the death.
Originally, the five thousand defenders were ready to die for the city, but Yang Dingguo suddenly came out surrounded by several personal guards and came to the city gate. When the defenders on the front of the city saw Yang Dingguo, they immediately shouted happily: "General, he is really a general!" Some people were even so excited that they shed tears.
Yang Dingguo stood in front of the city gate, looked up at the extremely excited subordinates on the city, and said with guilt: "Brothers, I have disappointed you. I... I have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty."
The screams that were originally extremely excited came to an abrupt end. Everyone seemed to be choking, staring at Yang Dingguo blankly, then looked at each other in disbelief, and then someone shouted in disbelief: "How is it possible! General, how could you treason!"
"Yes! We don't believe it!"
"We don't believe it!"
...
In their minds, Yang Dingguo devoted his whole life to the loyal ministers and generals of the Western Turks. How could he still treason when he was old? This makes no sense.
Yang Dingguo slowly raised his hand, and the noise of the Western Turkic soldiers on the city were quiet, and Yang Dingguo shouted loudly: "Brothers, we were defeated, the 125,000 army was defeated by the Tang army. Look at how many 60,000 troops there are in the Tang army, and there are still 58,500 people. They only lost 1,500 people and defeated our 120,000 army."
Everyone on the city wall was silent. They probably had never heard of the record data of this in their lifetime. It was simply a fantasy, but now the facts are in front of them, making them speechless.
Yang Dingguo said slowly: "The one who led the Tang army was your former coach and general, Dilalna, and now General Fan Lihua. You should be familiar with her."
At this time, Fan Lihua immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "Brothers in the city, give surrender to the city. We are all in one go, I don't want to hurt you!"
Yang Dingguo also said: "Brothers, surrender to the city. I know you are not afraid of death, but think about it carefully. You still have parents, wives and children, and they are waiting for you to go back alive."
One is the former instructor, the other is his immediate superior. The two of them came out together to persuade the surrender. What can a group of unscrupulous soldiers do? Many people are already crying on the top of the city. How helpless and frustrated they are. The decision makers are incompetent, and the soldiers and the people who suffer in the end will always be the soldiers and the people at the bottom.
After less than half an hour of persuasion, dusk fell, and countless torches lit up under the city. There was no sight at all, like a sea of torches. The scene was very shocking. The soldiers on the city finally accepted the reality and opened the city gate to present the city to surrender. Fan Lihua led the army and prisoners of war into the city.
After entering the city, the army rested. The next morning, Fan Lihua began to be busy, appeased the people in the city, surrendered the officials in the city, and then appointed Yang Dingguo as the guard of Xinyuan City, leading 10,000 troops to guard Xinyuan. All the weapons of the others were confiscated by Fan Lihua, while Luo Kun and Groni were responsible for leading the troops to guard all the prisoners. When executing this task, Fan Lihua said to them: "I will lead troops to march to Sanmi Mountain tomorrow. I will leave these prisoners to you. I will not care whether Ge Biluo is dead or alive, but please don't move other soldiers, otherwise I will not be polite to you!"
"Yes!" The two of them took the order together, and Groni said happily, "Don't worry, the chief manager, we promise that no hair will touch the rest of us. As for Ge Biluo, hehe..."
Both of them showed extremely gloomy smiles. If you don’t take revenge at this moment, when will you repay? This smile means very simple. Just go to death. Can you repay your grudges with kindness?
Fan Lihua pretended that she didn't see the smiles of the two of them, turned around and left, returned to the tent and began to write a war report, narrating all the wars in recent days, and requested credit for Yang Dingguo, Luo Kun, Groni and others, especially Yang Dingguo. Yang Dingguo's contribution was particularly important. Requesting credit for him would allow Yang Dingguo to be exempted from punishment. In other words, these 20,000 troops would not be reduced to prisoners of war. As for other prisoners of war, Fan Lihua said that she could not help, and it would be good to protect them from their lives. They had no credit, so she could not falsely report it.
After the battle report was written, Fan Lihua immediately sent a fast horse to Chang'an.
There was nothing to say all night. The next morning, Fan Lihua led the army to fight to the Sanmi Mountain Royal Court. She felt that Ashinahelu's head was waving to her.
On the second day after Fan Lihua led her troops out of Xinyuan City, Sanmi Mountain King's Court and Ashina Helu were discussing major events with their ministers in the palace. At this moment, they could discuss major events, of course, it was a strategy to retreat to the enemy.
Just yesterday, a quick horse had already sent a war report. Ge Biluo's and Yang Dingguo were also defeated. Both of them were captured by the Tang army. The 120,000 army was wiped out. What's even more hateful is that Yang Dingguo treason and surrendered the defenders in Xinyuan City. The Tang army took down Xinyuan without any effort. The war damage caused Ashina Helu to almost vomit blood, and the battle damage was less than 2,000.
This time, Ashina Helu was really lying. He glanced at the ministers and frowned and said, "The Tang army must have been on the way to the royal court now. From Xinyuan to Sanmi Mountain, according to their marching speed, it arrived in seven days. There are only 30,000 soldiers in the city at present. What should you do?"
All the ministers bowed their heads and said nothing. Asina Helu became more anxious, slapped the seat angrily, and shouted: "Speak! Are you talking! Are you all hoarse?"
Chen Yonghe, the prime minister of the Western Turkic Republic, hesitated for a moment and said: "Khan, I think the Tang army is coming in a fierce manner and cannot be stopped. Since there is still seven days left, it is better to take the opportunity to move the royal court westward. The Han people have a saying that if the green mountains are left without worrying about burning firewood, we should save our strength first and then seek a good opportunity to revenge."
Although Chen Yonghe is a Han Chinese, it is different from Yang Dingguo and Fan Hong. First of all, Chen Yonghe was a civil servant and did not hold military power, which reassured all Khans. Secondly, all the Chen Yonghe family married the Western Turkic royal family, and Chen Yonghe's sister married Ashina Helu. Therefore, Chen Yonghe was considered Ashina Helu's brother-in-law and was even more trusted by Ashina Helu. In fact, there are many civil servants like him in the Western Turkic period, most of whom are civil servants, and they are naturally more sensible.
The Turks appeared very early. During the Han Dynasty, there were Turks, which continued to this day. They were deeply influenced by the Han Dynasty. Because the Han Dynasty was too strong, a large part of the Turkish official system imitated the Han Dynasty, and the Western Turks were naturally affected. Now the Western Turks were established as the Western Turkic Khanate. Ashinahelu also imitated the Han emperor and called himself me. Look at the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty extended its claws to Europe, but why did it like the land of China and throw it away when attacked other places. Why, because there are civilizations that all the Gentiles admired on the land of China. Even those grassland barbarians, whips outside the pass, and seized the Han people's country, all learned the culture and etiquette of the Han people. It can be seen that Chinese culture has too deep influence on the world. Among the four ancient civilizations, Chinese civilization may not be the most mysterious, but it is definitely the most grand, most attractive, most influential, and only the most beautiful.
When Chen Yonghe made such a suggestion, several civil officials immediately agreed, but suddenly a military general snorted and asked: "Move westward? Then what if Dililarna leads troops to continue pursuing westward?"
Chen Yong said, "We still have 150,000 troops in the west. After the Khan moves the royal court westward, he will collect the army and defend the new royal court. It will be useless to ask the Tang army to increase its 100,000 troops."
"Absurd!" Another general shouted loudly when he heard this, "That 150,000 army guarded the western border and fought against more than a dozen countries. There is also an Arab with a strong national strength. If the royal court moves westward, it is tantamount to sending sheep into the tiger's mouth. If the Tang army and the Arab Empire send troops together to attack each other, will you lead the troops to retreat to the enemy?"
Chen Yonghe immediately shouted angrily when he heard this: "This is not possible, that is not possible. If you have a habit, you will defeat the Tang army now!"
"I wonder! Where is the soldier!"
"Enough!" Asina Helu, who was already extremely irritable, stared at the sight of the two of them quarreling in the hall. They suddenly stared and shouted. The two of them were so scared that they didn't dare to speak. The Western Turkic Khanate was a country with centralized monarchs. Khan had great power and truly achieved a determination of life and death. Fan Hong was an example. Therefore, the ministers of the Western Turkic were not as active as the ministers of the Tang Dynasty. Like Wei Zheng, if they were in the Western Turkic, they would not survive for three days. They would probably be chopped up on the first day of court. Not all emperors had the same mind and demeanor as Li Shimin.
Ashin Helu was about to reprimand the ministers, suddenly a guard outside the hall rushed to the gate of the hall and reported loudly: "Report to Khan! General Yang Fan of Zhenyuan returned with a 20,000 army, and has arrived outside the city! Request to enter the city!"
"Yang Fan!" Asana Helu glared at him and screamed, and the ministers also exclaimed.
Chapter completed!