Chapter 2450: Dragon Beard Tiger Submission to Qin
Chapter 2450: The dragon and the tiger descend to Qin
"General, the casualties have been calculated. Five hundred and eighty-three of the Qin army were killed. Our cavalry suffered 241 casualties. General Buji's troops suffered nearly 1,363 casualties."
If calculated this way, the total casualties of Li Mu and Wu Ji had reached a full two thousand, but they only killed nearly six hundred Qin cavalry.
In other words, the Tang army won the battle but suffered greater casualties than the Qin army.
On the contrary, the Qin army was obviously defeated, but its losses were one-third of the Tang army.
But even so, whether it was Li Mu, Wu Ji, or other Tang Army generals, they all had happy faces.
The reason is impossible, because this time their opponent is the main cavalry of the Qin army, and the leader is Gongsun Xuanyuan.
To deal with such a powerful cavalry, not to mention the loss of two thousand men and horses, even the loss of three thousand is still worth it.
For the Tang army, thousands of injuries were completely within the tolerance range. The opportunity to break the Qin army's undefeated record and rebuild confidence and morale was rare.
Of course, being able to defeat Gongsun Xuanyuan once was of great significance to Li Mu.
His refusal to return to Chang'an in violation of the general's orders had aroused Li Shimin's anger and suspicion.
If he hadn't been a member of the Li family clan, and if Li Kui and Changsun Wuji hadn't come to vouch for him, Li Shimin might have thought that he was going to surrender to Qin.
Now that he had defeated Gongsun Xuanyuan and shattered the Qin army's myth of being invincible, Li Mu had proven his innocence with actions, and Chang'an would naturally feel more at ease with him.
If Li Mu had fought alone before and was outside Li Tang's center, then after this incident, he returned to Li Tang's camp again.
Even if Li Shimin is still extremely dissatisfied with him, we must ensure that Li Mu's banner of resisting Qin does not fall, and we must provide some appropriate compensation and support.
It would be too chilling to let Li Mu continue to fight alone, and it would be almost equivalent to pushing Li Mu towards the Qin army's camp.
Even if Li Shimin was unwise, he would never do such a stupid thing.
Thinking of this, Li Mu couldn't help but feel very good. He smiled and said to Wuji: "General Wuji, if it weren't for you, the Japanese army would never have had such a great victory. The general should be the first to contribute."
Li Mu gave up the lead without hesitation, after all, he would still have to rely on Wu Ji next.
Although there are only half of the people in Buji's command, which is basically equivalent to a semi-disabled state and no longer useful, what Li Mu values more is Wuji.
Wu Ji was able to rely on an unknown ancient formation and four thousand weak troops to hold off the Qin Dynasty's thousand elite cavalry for an hour. Even he would have to be defeated by this formation commanding ability.
Therefore, compared to the remaining 3,000 remnants of Buji's army, Li Mu paid more attention to Buji, the hidden 'famous general'.
When Wu Ji heard this, he naturally understood that Li Mu had misunderstood, and immediately explained to him the whole story of this battle. The main credit lies with his master Jiang Shang, not him.
Li Mu was shocked when he heard this. He naturally knew what the word "Jiang Shang" meant, and quickly asked Wu Ji to introduce him. But as soon as he saw it, he saw the following scene.
"Uncle, if my nephew hadn't been careless, how could Senior Brother Long have been captured alive by the Qin army? Lei Zhenzi is sorry for you."
Lei Zhenzi knelt in front of Jiang Shang, with a look of annoyance and regret on his face. Why did he lose his mind because of Xuanyuan's few words?
After the war, he also realized that Xuanyuan was indeed stronger than him, but the gap was not so big that he was invincible.
If he and Dragon Bearded Tiger join forces, even if they can't win, they won't lose so easily.
But this was a good hand, but it was ruined because of him.
After Li Mu came to help, although they defeated the Qin army, their senior brother Long Xuhu was also captured.
Xuanyuan was defeated this time and lost six hundred fine cavalry. It is very likely that Xuanyuan will vent his anger on his senior brother, so the senior brother may be in trouble this time.
Lei Zhenzi felt regretful about this, and he was even more apologetic to Jiang Shang, feeling that everything was his fault.
Jiang Shang looked at Lei Zhenzi who was kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down his face. He sighed softly and helped him up, saying, "Don't worry, your senior brother is not in danger."
"Um, eh?"
Lei Zhenzi was stunned for a moment, a little confused.
Jiang Shangze analyzed: "Gongsun Xuanyuan tried his best to capture your senior brother alive. Even if he was defeated and retreated, he would not leave him behind. He would not kill him easily."
Hearing this, Lei Zhenzi couldn't help but feel relieved, but Jiang Shang's next sentence directly caused his brain to shut down.
"Besides, I also told him that if he is caught by the Qin army, don't resist, just surrender."
"What?"
Lei Zhenzi exclaimed, his eyes as wide as bells, he couldn't believe that Master Jiang would say these words.
They are disciples of Yuqing, but they are the proud sons of heaven with righteous hearts. How can they succumb to the power of Qin?
"Uncle Master, when you say surrender, you should be pretending to surrender, right?"
"Do you think the false surrender can be concealed from Gongsun Xuanyuan?" Jiang Shang asked rhetorically.
Lei Zhenzi suddenly fell silent. How could a famous general like Xuanyuan not beware of false surrender? False surrender in front of him would only lead to death.
"But……"
As soon as Lei Zhenzi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Jiang Shang.
"Uncle Master knows what you are going to say, but that is because you have enmity with Da Qin, so you have this prejudice.
The other Taoist disciples have no grudge against Da Qin. If they don’t surrender after being captured, will they have to wait to die?”
Hearing Jiang Shang's words, Lei Zhenzi clenched his fists and wanted to refute, but didn't know what to say.
He had a grudge against Da Qin, so naturally he didn't want his brothers to surrender to Qin, but those of his brothers didn't. If they didn't surrender if they were caught, how could they still expect Taoism?
The Taoist even abandoned his master, Yun Zhongzi, who was at the Grand Master level, so how could he care about young disciples like them anymore?
Failure to surrender really means death.
Seeing this, Jiang Shang patted Lei Zhenzi on the shoulder and said: "Lei Zhenzi, if you continue to fight against Da Qin, sooner or later you will return to your fellow disciples to fight against each other. You must be mentally prepared."
"Uncle Master, then why do you want to help the Tang Dynasty fight against the Qin Dynasty?" Lei Zhenzi asked.
Jiang Shang heard this and after being silent for a long time, he said, "You will know soon."
At the same time, after getting rid of the pursuit, Gongsun Xuanyuan also received a message from Gongsun Yan and Wang Jian on his way back to the army, and learned that Jiang Shang was in the Buji Army.
Xuanyuan looked at the dragon-bearded tiger who was tied up by Wuhua Da, and asked: "So, the person who has been commanding the Buji Army and fighting against this general is actually Jiang Shang?"
Longxuhu clicked on the picture and said in a loud voice: "That's right, the only person in the world who can set up the seven-star flying bear array is my master. Junior Brother Wu Ji can't do it at all."