Chapter 15 The situation of Shanyang Mutiny is critical
This time the Turks withdrew their troops very decisively. They took away everything they could without leaving anything behind for the Tang army. They left very happily.
"The Turks have left Huanghuadui and retreated into the clouds!" the scout reported.
Fang Xuanling asked: "How is the situation?"
"Very alert, there are Turkic horsemen all around." The scout said, "We can't get a closer look."
Hearing this, Li Shimin curled his lips and looked at Fang Xuanling. The latter nodded and said, "This time, Jie Li must have been hurt by the beating."
Li Shimin breathed out slowly and ordered: "Hou Jun gathers, Pang Qingyun!"
"The end is here!"
"I order you two to lead an army of fifty thousand and attack Yunzhong. You must leave the Turks behind for me!"
"As you command!"
As orders were issued one after another, the Tang army moved quickly, and the remaining tens of thousands of troops followed the various general managers to Yunzhong.
Finally, Fang Xuanling asked: "Your Highness, what should we do with Shan Yang?"
Li Shimin muttered: "Soldiers are valuable and quick. We are not seeking to kill Jie this time, but we must seriously injure the Turks so that they do not dare to go south to herd horses at will. All the food and supplies are in Shanyang. Xuanling, I will leave it to you to guard this place."
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Yu Zhining asked: "Where is King Qi? Do you want to inform him?"
"Him?" Changsun Wuji said disdainfully: "What can an alcoholic do? Just let him continue drinking."
Li Shimin thought for a while and sent someone to notify Li Yuanji, but the person he sent was beaten up by Li Yuanji.
Li Shimin was so angry that he ordered Fang Xuanling to monitor Li Yuanji and not allow him to act arbitrarily. Then he led the army to Yunzhong and prepared to annihilate the Turks.
It was an hour later when Li Yuanji, smelling of alcohol, learned that Li Shimin had led his army to attack.
"He's gone?"
"Gone." Xue Deyin replied affirmatively.
"He finally left." Li Yuanji couldn't help laughing.
Xue Deyin said: "More than 60,000 Turkic soldiers and horses died in Shanyang this time. He will definitely be fooled."
"Jie Li is really willing to give up." Li Yuanji chuckled.
Xue Deyin said: "Liu Wenjing promised the entire Hedong Road to Jie Li, how could he not be moved?"
"To Jie Li?" Li Yuanji sneered: "That was promised by Liu Wenjing, what does it have to do with me, Li Yuanji."
Xue Deyin said: "This is natural. When they both lose, it's time for His Highness to show his strength."
"Hahahahahaha." Li Yuanji laughed wildly, seeming to have seen a bright future.
Immediately afterwards, he asked: "When shall we act?"
"Fang Xuanling is in charge of Shanyang and should not be underestimated. This person has always been cautious and must succeed with one strike."
"How many soldiers and horses are there in Shanyang?" Li Yuanji asked.
"Thirty thousand."
"Who is the general commanding the army?"
"Doulu Kuan, Pang Yu."
Li Yuanji rubbed his chin and said: "Currently I only have 3,000 people in my hands. I'm afraid it won't be easy to capture them."
Xue Deyin said coldly: "To capture the thieves, capture the king first, kill them both, seize the military symbols, lie about them treason, and then imprison Fang Xuanling. Remember, we must attack at the same time, and we must succeed with one blow, otherwise there will be endless trouble!"
"Why not kill Fang Xuanling?" Li Yuanji asked.
Xue Deyin said: "By keeping him, Shan Yang's soldiers and horses will not dare to act rashly. If His Highness kills all the generals of the King of Qin's army, there will inevitably be turmoil. When the matter is determined, it will not be too late for Your Highness to kill him."
"Okay, let's keep him first." Li Yuanji ordered: "Gather all the generals, I want to discuss something!"
Xue Deyin nodded and stepped back.
Walking outside the room, Xue Deyin murmured: "It's almost here, it's almost here."
Keeping Fang Xuanling alive was naturally not Xue Deyin's intention, but someone else's.
In the clouds.
Most of the Turks' subordinates, including Yi Nan, the leader of Xue Yantuo, were looking for Jie Li to talk.
"Khan, we suffered heavy casualties, but got nothing. When we return to the grassland this time, Chuluo's old troops will definitely take the opportunity to launch an attack!"
Jie Li valued Yi Nan very much, because Xue Yantuo was not a small tribe, but a large tribe with more than 70,000 members.
Facing Yi Nan's questioning, although he felt unhappy, he still tried to comfort him.
"Yi Nan, do you think I will disappoint the Turkic warriors?"
"Huh?" Yi Nan was puzzled, "What does Khan mean?"
"What I want is not to rob the Han people once and then run away. What I want is the entire Bingzhou and the Hedong Road of the Tang Dynasty!"
Yi Nan was startled and said in confusion: "Khan, we have already lost, how can we still fight?"
He felt that Jieli was dreaming.
"Lost?" Jieli smiled evilly, "The war has just begun!"
Yi Nan didn't understand what Jie Li meant, so he could only ask: "Li Shimin will not give Hedong Road to us."
"He?" Jie Li laughed, "Soon it won't be him who makes the decision about Tang Jun."
"What do you mean?" Yi Nan was stunned.
Jie Li did not answer him, but said: "If they don't give it to me, I will grab it myself!"
He was well aware of the cunningness of the Han people, so he did not take Liu Wenjing's words seriously from the beginning. Only the land laid down by force is the strongest.
Li Yuanji and Liu Wenjing won’t give it?
Then kill them and flatten the east road of the river!
"Khan, the leaders of all the major tribes now feel that we should not continue to fight and should return to the grassland. Now it is time to appease them." Yi Nan did not want to accompany Jie Li to dream, so he said very realistically.
In the Battle of Shanyang, the Turkic soldiers and horses suffered heavy casualties. The tribal leaders who now rely on the Turks and support Jieli are very dissatisfied.
They are here to rob, not to die!
Jie Li said: "Yi Nan, tell them, wait another half month, as long as half a month, we will win back everything we lost!"
Yi Nan couldn't help but ask: "Khan, why are you so confident?"
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask." Jie Li glanced at him coldly, then patted his shoulder and said: "If we defeat the Tang army this time, I can make the decision and give the fertile land in the west to the Xueyantuo people as pasture.
, I can also leave it all to you to rob the population of Hedong Road."
Hearing this, Yi Nan's heart skipped a beat.
Whether it is fertile land of water and grass, or slaves, these are the foundation of a strong tribe.
He thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I will persuade them and wait another half month."
"Very good." Jie Li smiled, "In the future, you will be extremely proud of your decision today."
A few days later, the Tang army rushed over and the Turks lined up to wait. The two sides started a bloody battle in the clouds.
At first, Li Shimin thought that the Turks were trying to hold on, but gradually, he discovered that something was wrong.
Although the morale of the Turkic troops was indeed low, Jieli's resistance was too tenacious and showed no signs of retreating.
It gave him the feeling that he was waiting for him in the clouds on purpose.
"This is so strange." Li Shimin walked around in the big tent. He thought that this should be a pursuit and massacre without a doubt, but the Turks' behavior was very strange.
Yu Zhining said with a solemn expression: "It's really strange. Jie Li doesn't seem to have the tendency to run away, but seems to be waiting for the rabbit."
"Waiting for the rabbit?" Changsun Wuji's eyes flashed, "Why on earth?"
None of them could figure out why Jieli was resisting so tenaciously in the clouds.
"Does Jieli still have reinforcements?" Changsun Wuji asked.
"How can there be reinforcements!" Yu Zhining said: "The two armies have been in a stalemate so far. If there were reinforcements, Jieli would have brought them out long ago and would never have waited until now."
Li Shimin was a little irritable. He hated this feeling of not being in control.