The three hundred and fortieth chapters of the grassland (4)
The heavy rain came in torrents, and along with it came the reinforcements brought by Xu Yanqiu.
Thirty thousand elite Tang troops, like steel swords, plunged straight into the Khitan army and divided it into two.
"Reinforcements are coming!" Sanyu shouted loudly, "Brothers, the defeat of the Khitans has been determined, follow me and charge!"
"Kill--"
The Tang army's shouts of killing shook the sky, and the situation on the battlefield changed drastically in an instant. Because of the defeat of the high priest of the Wushen Cult, the Khitan army was already unstable. Now, the Tang army's reinforcements suddenly appeared, which completely destroyed the Khitan army.
The fighting spirit of the army.
The Khitan people began to completely collapse and fled in panic. Those who had no time to escape had to surrender on the spot, or be chopped into pieces by the red-eyed Tang army.
Yelu Hailan slumped powerlessly on the Luanjia, with two lines of clear tears falling from the corners of her eyes. She looked at the sky dreamily, letting the raindrops as big as beadlets hit her face.
"Why...why did I lose..."
Yelu Hailan believed that her plan was flawless. It was not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy. The arrival of reinforcements from the Tang Army was also expected by her, but she was unable to provide timely support.
As long as the Khitan defeated Bai Wenxi quickly, Yelu Hailan would win.
But where did I lose?
The Tang army had already charged in front of them, and the Khitan soldiers fled in panic. No one paid attention to the Khitan wolf master. Yelu Hailan's confidants did not bother to lift the heavy luan, so they lifted Yelu Hailan onto his horse and fled in a hurry.
.
"I shouldn't have sent Ashina Chongguang back to Mengyinhe Camp..." Yelu Hailan closed her eyes tightly and thought clearly about her fatal mistake.
"It's too unrealistic to let him deal with Pei Min. If Ashina Shigeguang didn't go back, it wouldn't matter if the food route was cut off. At least the army could launch a general attack two days in advance. We should be on display at Fengzhou City by now!
"
Yelu Hailan took a deep breath with cold eyes:
"Keep the green hills here, so you don't have to worry about running out of firewood!"
She turned back and took one last look, looking at the battlefield in the distance. It was the place where she was most energetic and the place where her dreams of twenty years were shattered.
"Oh, let me let you win a game first. In the Tang Dynasty, I, the Khitan, may be dormant, but your disaster is far from coming. When An Lushan launches a rebellion, that will be the time when I, the Khitan, rise again.
"
Yelu Hailan is a woman who cannot be beaten or admit defeat. A setback is not painful to her. She has been waiting for twenty years and does not mind waiting for another twenty years.
The remnants of the Khitan army gathered together, about 3,000 people, and fled northward surrounded by Yelu Hailan.
…
After the rain, the sky cleared, and the battle on the battlefield came to an end.
The Tang army was victorious. After the war, a count showed that more than 38,000 people were killed, nearly 80,000 Khitan prisoners were captured, and countless flags, armors, horses and weapons were captured.
This can be said to be an unprecedented victory, but no one is happy.
In the Chengyang army, except for Xu Yanqiu, among the six generals in Chengyang, Meng Guoliang, Fang Ping, Lan Zuxing and Zhang Zhongyou were all killed.
The news of Fukang's death has not come yet, but it won't be long before people know about it.
In the Chuanyang army, Bai Wenxi's deputy general Yin Ying and dozens of his generals died in the battle.
As for the Khitan, Ashina Chongguang, the high priest of the Wushen Sect, died under the joint efforts of Murong Bai, Xiao Xuangan and Zhou Bian, while Hanya Muhe died at the hands of Bai Wenxi's personal bodyguard, the big man from Longhu Mountain.
In the hands of Grandmaster Chi Qianshu.
Abaoji's body was discovered when the Tang army was taking inventory of the battlefield. It is not known whether he died of exhaustion or was trampled to death by horses while escaping. His body had turned into a pile of flesh, leaving only a preservation
The still intact head hung alone on the spine, and it was barely recognizable.
At this point, among the four high priests of the Wushen Sect who participated in the war, all of them, except Yelu Zong who disappeared, were dead!
The Tang army silently cleaned up the battlefield. Bai Wenxi and Pei Min were discussing with the general who came to support this time the issue of sending troops. Li Xin'an was not qualified to participate. After Xiao Xuangan was settled, he took Murong Bai with him.
Wandering around the battlefield with Ye Qinglan.
"The eyes are devastated, limbs are flying everywhere, and the ground is covered with blood and flesh." Murong Bai said slowly, "They are the sons of so many people, the husbands of so many people, and the fathers of so many people."
Li Xin'an smacked her lips: "Don't talk about the matter of making a marquis. One general can accomplish a great feat. Throughout the ages, wars have been like this. For the sake of the country's righteousness, the soldiers were brave enough to die, and the generals were granted the title of marquis and worshiped the prime minister."
"The imperial court is still too heavy." Ye Qinglan said lightly, "The world is still happy, without so much pressure."
"I originally wanted to come here to meet the master, but I didn't expect to witness a war." Li Xin'an said with a wry smile, "Next, we don't need to stay here anymore."
Murong Bai took a deep breath and said slowly: "My state of mind has changed a lot, and I have gained a lot more insights."
"Are you going into seclusion again?" Li Xin'an frowned, "If you break through again, you will be a first-class little grandmaster, and you won't let anyone live."
"Not so fast."
Ye Qinglan asked: "Brother Li, when will we leave?"
"Let's wait until Master and the others have settled down." Li Xin'an looked back and saw corpses all over the place. Under the shadow of the setting sun, the scene was extremely desolate.
"Hiss...that's not right!" Li Xin'an suddenly realized something and took a breath:
"Where are the people from Zhoubian?"
Murong Bai frowned and said, "So, after killing Ashina Chongguang, Brother Zhou was never found again."
Ye Qinglan murmured: "It couldn't be that he was killed in the chaos—"
"Bah, bah, don't talk nonsense!" Li Xin'an said, "He should have left here."
"Yeah...after all, I did something like that."
The three of them sighed, and Ye Qinglan said, "Then where should we find him?"
"If you go to Huifengzhou, we should be able to meet you."
While he was talking, Sanyu suddenly came on horseback, his face dripping with sweat.
"Brother, what's wrong?"
Sanyu gasped for air and said, "Have you seen Yan Qiu?"
"Yanqiu is missing?" Li Xin'an said in shock.
Chang Yu nodded: "When the reinforcements first arrived on the battlefield, Yanqiu and I met and told him... about Brother Meng, Brother Fang and Zuxing dying in the battle."
"This must have been a big blow to him." Li Xin'an sighed, "Senior brother, have you never seen him again?"
"Yes, when I was cleaning the battlefield, I saw Yanqiu's men and asked them where Yanqiu was. I wanted to comfort him, but no one knew."
"I felt vaguely uneasy, so I came looking for someone everywhere."
Li Xin'an frowned and said, "With so many people, it shouldn't be that no one noticed Yan Qiu."
The four of them interrogated the soldiers around them for a long time before an old soldier who was injured and being bandaged said that he had seen Xu Yanqiu.
"That was when the Khitan wolf cubs had just retreated. I rushed up with the corps commander, and was slashed on my left shoulder. I fell off the horse. Then I saw General Xu riding past me on horseback and chasing north."
"Yanqiu went after the Khitans?" Chang Yu was shocked, "Why is this guy so messy!"
Li Xin'an looked up at the sky and said in a deep voice: "Two hours have passed. The Khitan people have escaped at least seventy miles."
"Damn it, I'll take someone to look for it right away." Sanyu turned around and left.
"We're going too." Li Xin'an and the others looked at each other, got on their horses and prepared to go with them.
Not long after, Sanyu had prepared manpower, and Pei Min also heard about this, walked out of the camp, and said earnestly:
"Shangyu, we must bring Yanqiu back intact! If he is missing even a hair, you are the only one to ask!"
"Take your orders!"
A thousand fine cavalry, led by San Yu, began a mighty search towards the north.
…
After fleeing for two hours, the Khitans finally couldn't hold on anymore. Seeing that there was no Tang army chasing behind them, the Khitans stopped and rested on the spot.
"Gu..."
Yelu Hailan touched his hungry belly and did not go to the warm fire. He just leaned on the stone and gnawed on the cold and hard dry food.
"Lord Wolf, someone is coming!"
The soldiers hurriedly picked up their weapons and looked at the slowly approaching figure with all their attention.
Slowly, under the moonlight, the man's face was completely revealed.
"Geshu Terrace?"
Yelu Hailan was surprised at first, and then smiled: "I didn't expect it to be you."
"It's me."
Zhou Bian slowly rode his horse forward and picked up his bow and arrow.
"You...are here to kill me?"
"Discovered?"
"After you joined the war, Abaoji and Ashina Shigemitsu didn't come back, so I knew you had done something about it. Later, Ashina Shigemitsu was killed, which made me even more sure."
Yelu Hailan smiled miserably: "When did you recover your memory?"
Zhou Bian did not answer.
"Huh... Ge Shutai, you may not admit this name, but I still call you that. You should remember that your hands are stained with the blood of the Tang army." Yelu Hailan said, "Even if you recover now
Even if you lose your memory, you will not be recognized by the Tang army. You killed your compatriots and can never go back to the beginning."
Yelu Hailan opened his arms and said with a smile: "Come back, my Geshu Terrace, Khitan is your second home, and it will also be a place you can't leave from now on."
"I will find a way to get rid of my incompetent brothers and succeed you as Khan. I admire you very much. We can combine and give birth to an excellent child. With the blood of Khitan and Tang Dynasty, he will be the greatest on the grassland in the future.
Khan!"
Zhou Bian said calmly: "If you are not a Khitan, even if you are not hostile to the Tang Dynasty, I will still like you very much."
"But it's a pity that I didn't lose my memory from the beginning."
Yelu Hailan looked stern and said slowly: "So that's it... From the beginning, you were just pretending..."
Zhou Bian raised his bow and arrow and pointed it at Yelu Hailan: "You may not know that before I left Mengyin River Camp to find you, I met another person."
"who?"
"Your brother, Yelv Shi."
"Right now, he is leading 10,000 cavalry here, preparing to capture the remnants of your army and... kill you."
Yelu Hailan smiled coldly: "Do you think he has this strength?"
"He didn't, but I did."
Zhou Bian took a slow breath, and then told the story of his conspiracy with Yelv Shi in Khitan language.
The general idea is that Yelu Hailan has been cornered, the Khitan royal court has also known about her treacherous behavior, and Yelu Shi is watching her with eager eyes, so it is better to surrender to avoid death.
The Khitan soldiers looked at each other, not knowing who started first. The soldiers put down their weapons one after another.
Yelu Hailan smiled miserably: "I lost... I lost to you, and I lost to one of my own people."
"For a while, I was deeply infatuated with you." Zhou Bian said in a deep voice, "When I think about life and death in the future, I am very confused. But we are mortal enemies after all, and you... have to die!"
"Really, it's really an honor for me to be liked by a man like you." Yelu Hailan smiled, "Finally, let me give you a piece of advice. An Lushan's time to raise troops is scheduled for September this year. If you want to
Stop him, time is running out."
"...Thank you."
Zhou Bian let go of his bow string, and the arrow hit Yelu Hailan's forehead, causing her to fall off the horse.
The Khitan Great Wolf Lord, the most ambitious woman on the grassland, Yelu Hailan, died!