Chapter 925 The Prestige of the Empire of the Western Regions Nine
Chapter 925 The Power of the Western Region Empire (9)
The two polite Highnesses successfully made Su Lie put aside his worries and did not hesitate to teach them things in the usual strategic layout. At the beginning, Su Lie put the safety of Li Chengyan and his two people's lives first. After getting along for a while,
Su Lie would rather these two His Highnesses learn more. After all, it would be nice to form a good relationship.
The war in the Western Regions became more and more intense. After the Tang army began to openly intervene in the war caused by the internal division of the Western Turks, the large and small tribes began to merge in various forms. Some of the large tribes annexed the small tribes, some of the two tribes formed an alliance with each other, and some
It is the fusion between small tribes and small tribes.
The Western Region, which was originally full of wounds and divided tribes, showed signs of reunification in a short period of time. However, Su Lie did not sit back and let this happen. He personally went to the battlefield and led the Shiluo troops to defeat them in one fell swoop.
The large tribal alliance lingering in the north stepped on Xuanchi, and then led the army southward, defeating the 100,000-strong Western Turkic tribal alliance in Yibohai.
After the two wars, the Western Regions completely lost their resistance. A large number of Western Turkic tribes surrendered to the empire and were willing to obey the empire's arrangements. Of course, there were those who were willing to surrender, but there were also die-hard resisters who were unwilling to surrender.
The Tashi Army is close to Xuanchi and next to the Doluosi River. After the Northwest Turks were defeated by Su Lie, the Tashi Army as a member of the alliance was greatly damaged. They were unwilling to follow the example of Hulu and surrender to the Tang Army, but chose to
Return to their ranch and try to live their own small life.
However, Su Lie did not forget them.
"drive!"
Pei Xingjian and Li Chengyan led 5,000 cavalry all the way north along the river. They attacked Tashili's tribe at night, beheaded more than 10,000 people, broke through their tent, and captured the leader of Tashili tribe alive.
After several months of military service, Li Chengyan's face had many traces of wind and frost. His fair face in the past had now become dull and dull, and his palms were also covered with calluses. Every move he made was open and closed, and he was no longer as polite as before.
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"General Pei is indeed a master of planning." Li Chengyan ordered the soldiers to escort the leader of the tribe back, and praised Pei Xingjian with a smile.
Facing the son of a saint, Pei Xingjian naturally grasped the etiquette very well and replied with clasped fists: "His Highness is still brave. Without His Highness taking the lead in breaking through the enemy's obstacles, how could the final plan be carried out smoothly? Your Highness is the first to succeed this time.
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"Hahaha." Li Chengyan waved his hand, "General Pei, if it weren't for you to plan the strategy, we wouldn't have caught our troops off guard. You were the first to do it."
The two polite words of compliments made the powerful nobles who knew the Central Plains dialect feel chills, and then they felt extremely unhappy. However, they could only keep their unhappiness in their hearts, because the Tang army outside had already started killing people.
"Wouldn't it be better if these people were sent back to build roads?" Li Chengyan put down the curtain, blocked out the sounds outside, and turned to look at Pei Xingjian.
Pei Xingjian explained: "Your Highness, our food and grass are only for the army. Whether it is the tribes that surrendered or the tribes that were destroyed by us, if they want to survive, they can only rely on their own food. At the moment, the general is leading the army to besiege the enemy.
Ye, we can't waste food on these barbarians for him. Besides, after this battle, there will definitely be no shortage of slaves."
Li Chengyan nodded and asked, "When are we going to break the leaves?"
"Solve the matter here and escort the food and grass by the way." Pei Xingjian replied.
"good!"
After the Tashili tribe was exterminated, it meant that the empire's territory expanded to Xuanchi. Later, after Pei Xingjian finished handling the affairs of the Tashili tribe, he and Li Chengyan led the cavalry, passing through the Gemohe tribe, heading south to Suiye City.
Broken Leaf City belongs to the royal city of the Shibi tribe. It is said to be a city, but in fact it is just a city hastily built by the tribal alliance. Its symbolic significance is greater than its practical significance.
Li Chengyan originally thought that when they arrived at Suiye City, they would have to go through a fierce battle to capture the city. However, when he arrived at the scene, the Tang army had already begun to clean up the battlefield.
"I won yesterday, so you came one day late." Su Qingjie said truthfully.
The battlefield was filled with smoke, and black smoke rose into the sky, as if it was the end of the world.
"Were artillery used?" Li Chengyan asked.
Su Qingjie nodded, "Originally I didn't plan to use it, but the general said that the lives of the empire's soldiers come first, and there is no need to fight head-on with those who are determined to die. In that case, both sides will suffer, and our victory will not be considered beautiful."
Pei Xingjian couldn't help but smile, and then asked: "What are the casualties?"
Su Qingjie replied: "Our army suffered more than 320 casualties. It's the enemy. You all saw it."
As he said that, he turned around and pointed to the vast land. There, countless corpses were being piled up into the Jingguan, and the surrendered prairie people were being driven away by the Tang army. At a glance, there were people almost everywhere.
"They claimed to be an army of one million people, but in fact they only had more than 200,000. Our army cooperated with artillery and beheaded more than 70,000 people. The rest were frightened by the artillery and surrendered voluntarily." Su Qingjie said with a smile.
Li Chengyan asked: "What should we do with these people?"
"Your Highness is asking about those prisoners?"
"right."
Su Qingjie said: "Break up and disperse. What the general means is that right now we have only defeated the main force of the enemy. If we want to completely stabilize the Western Region, it will take a lot of time. Besides, these people will also help open the passage from the empire to the Western Region."
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"That's right."
Not long after, Pei Xingjian and others saw Su Lie.
Li Chenglie followed Su Lie. Like Li Chengyan, he was much stronger, his skin was much darker, and he had a lot more toughness.
"Second brother." Li Chenglie stepped forward and gently cupped his fists.
Li Chengyan also showed a smile on his face and patted the other party on the shoulder.
"here you go."
"Haha, it's all the great general's fault. I just yelled along." Li Chenglie shook his head with a wry smile.
It is no secret that Su Lie can fight. With artillery, Su Lie is invincible. The various tactics used in the art of war are an eye-opener for Li Chengyeol this time.
At this time, Su Lie had just finished listening to Pei Xingjian's report on wiping out the strength department, and then said to Li Chengyan: "This time, I'll thank you, Your Highness."
"I dare not, this is the duty of the general." Li Chengyan replied solemnly.
Seeing this, Su Lie didn't say anything. It should be said that King Yi Qing is worthy of being the son of His Majesty the Emperor. His performance this time is remarkable.
Of course, he would not say such words to the two children. He reported everything to the saint about the performance of the two highnesses in detail.
"Okay, let's stop talking. You will lead the cavalry and maintain order. If you see any Turks causing trouble, don't show mercy!"
"As you command!"
Su Qingjie took Pei Xingjian with him. On the way, he asked, "His Royal Highness, King Yi, didn't cause you any trouble, did he?"
"No." Pei Xingjian said: "Although His Highness has a noble status, he did not violate the tactics I formulated earlier. He also performed very bravely in the war. Perhaps we should take back our previous villainous words."
When Li Chengyan and Li Chenglie first arrived, they thought that these two highnesses were here to get a share of the pie. Looking at it now, they undoubtedly thought too much.
"I should take back these words." Su Qingjie said: "His Royal Highness Prince Qing was also very good at killing enemies this time. Even my father praised him a lot."
Pei Xingjian sighed: "He is the son of a saint after all."
Not far away, two brothers Li Chengyan and Li Chenglie were chatting and laughing.