The two armies chased and killed each other. Everyone wanted to live. No one wanted to die here. They all wanted to kill each other and survive.
On the battlefield, people kept falling off their horses, and people kept being chopped down. Shouts and painful groans kept coming and going.
A soldier from the Mukun tribe just threw his bone spear and shot a soldier from the Tang Dynasty. However, before he could be happy, he was pierced by two nearby soldiers from the Tang Dynasty with their weapons.
Although Lin Xuan had watched the war between Xue Yantuo and the Western Turks before, this was the first time that he was personally on the battlefield.
At first he couldn't bear it, but when he saw the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty dying in battle, Lin Xuan's eyes turned red and he had only one idea in his mind, which was to kill all these people.
The spear dance in Lin Xuan's hand was so airtight that there was no enemy at all.
On the other side, Qi Jinlan Dulu finally gathered thousands of people, trying to block the invading enemies from the tribe. However, by this time the enemies had already penetrated deep into the tribe, and there were shouts of killing and firelights everywhere.
It was only at this time that Qi Jinlan Dulu realized that the ones attacking them were not other tribes at all, but the army of the Tang Dynasty.
Tong'eshe had sent someone to notify him before, asking him to pay attention to the Tang Dynasty's sneak attacks, but Qi Jinlan Dulu didn't take it seriously at all.
He felt that he lived in the hinterland of the grassland and was just a medium-sized tribe.
Even if Datang wants to take action, it will attack those large tribes secretly. Otherwise, once it attacks him, the other tribes will be on guard.
Qi Jinlan Dulu looked a little ferocious. It was because of his negligence that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty succeeded in the sneak attack.
If he had taken precautions earlier, he could still have run away even if he couldn't defeat him, but now that the Tang army had rushed into the tribe, he had no chance to run away.
It's not that he can't escape. With these thousands of people and his escort, he still has a chance to break out of the siege, but if he is asked to abandon his people and escape alone, he can't do it.
So what if I run out?
After losing his tribe, who would still take him seriously?
Qi Jinlan Dulu gave up the plan of escaping and led thousands of soldiers who had gathered to head to the southwest where the killing cries were the loudest.
When he arrived at the battlefield, the skirmishers had already broken the dam.
Qi Jinlan Dulu quickly sent thousands of people to resist the attack, and at the same time sent people to organize a rout.
Lin Xuan kept killing, and found that the Turkic soldiers gradually cooperated, and there was no panic at the beginning. At this time, Lin Xuan also regained his rationality.
Seeing someone directing from behind, he shouted: "Rengui, can you shoot that person to death?"
What Lin Xuan was referring to was that he was lazy and lonely.
He still understands the principle of shooting men first and horses first and catching thieves first.
The identity of the person who can stabilize the morale of the Turkic army at this time is definitely not simple. If he is eliminated, it will not only damage the morale of the Turkic army, but also reduce the casualties of the Tang Dynasty soldiers due to the lack of command.
Hearing this, Xue Rengui came to Lin Xuan with a bloody halberd, looked at it carefully, and said: "General, my subordinates can try, but the success rate is not high. There are many people guarding the target. These people will
He's in the back, so it's very difficult to hit."
In fact, the Turks have many sharpshooters, so in order to prevent the hidden arrows of the sharpshooters, the leaders specially trained the ability to prevent hidden arrows when training their guards.
If Qi Jinlan Dulu led the charge, Xue Rengui would have a good chance to find an opportunity, but at this time Qi Jinlan Dulu was commanding from behind, so it would be very difficult to hit.
"What's wrong?"
Cheng Yaojin, who was originally commanding from behind, saw that the offensive of the Tang Dynasty soldiers suddenly slowed down, so he came to the battlefield in person. Seeing what Lin Xuan and Xue Rengui were talking about there, he couldn't help but ask.
Lin Xuan and Xue Rengui saluted quickly, and then explained the situation to Cheng Yaojin.
Cheng Yaojin looked at it and said with a smile: "This man should be the leader of the Mukun tribe. Only he can organize troops and horses to block the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty under such circumstances."
"Give the order to go down and suspend the offensive. I will go and meet him."
"General, if you stop at this time, you will give the other party a chance to breathe."
Although Lin Xuan didn't know much about the art of war, he also knew that this was not the time to stop.
"No problem, let's attack from three sides. The total number of troops in the Mukun Department is only about 20,000. It's very rare for him to organize thousands of people in such a chaotic situation. Even if he is given time to breathe, he won't be able to organize many people.
.If we can recruit surrender, we can reduce a lot of losses." Cheng Yaojin said.
After listening to this, Lin Xuan also felt that what Cheng Yaojin said made sense.
As the saying goes, a trapped beast still fights. Although it takes a while to defeat the opponent, it is naturally good if you can recruit them to surrender.
It is taboo to question the general's orders on the battlefield. Cheng Yaojin did not pursue him, but instead explained it, which is already very rare.
Lin Xuan didn't say anything more and quickly asked Liu Da to call someone to pass the order.
"Woo~"
The horn sounded, and when the soldiers who were charging ahead heard it, they retreated in an orderly manner without any hesitation.
When Jinlan Dulu saw the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty retreating, he was a little confused. He could hardly hold on anymore. Why did the Tang Dynasty retreat at this time?
Cheng Yaojin led Lin Xuan and others, under the strict protection of his own soldiers, stepped forward and said loudly: "I am the Duke of Su Guo of the Tang Dynasty, the leader of the Mukun tribe. Listen, if you are willing to lead the Mukun tribe to surrender, I will
Promise not to kill anyone, otherwise when the army comes, everyone, men, women, old and young, will be trapped and killed!"
When Jinlan Dulu heard this, his expression changed, and he was naturally unwilling to surrender.
But seeing the uneasiness and fear on the faces of the soldiers around him, he fell silent.
At this time, the shouts of killing in other places continued. He could not even deal with the enemy in front of him, and he had no ability to support other places. The dam would break sooner or later.
"Can you promise that you won't kill my people as long as you surrender?" Qi Jinlan Dulu's voice was hoarse and his expression was very bitter.
Cheng Yaojin said calmly: "In front of so many soldiers, I will naturally not go back on my promise. As long as you surrender and be honest, I will promise not to kill anyone."
Lin Xuan heard Cheng Yaojin's words and felt that Cheng Yaojin was cheating.
In ancient times, during wars, those who shouted for surrender were not killed, but killing prisoners was not uncommon.
They only have 30,000 people. Although the Mukun tribe suffered heavy losses, they still have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. Plus those old and young women, there are almost tens of thousands. If they are all left, how many people will be sent to guard them?
In this way, they can only wait here for the arrival of the Chinese army.
If other tribes got the news and attacked, they would have no way to defend.
This is the same as Bai Qi's entrapment of 400,000 Zhao troops in the Battle of Changping.
In fact, it wasn't that Bai Qi really had such a murderous intention, but he did it as a last resort.
At that time, Zhao State had lost 400,000 troops and had every chance of destroying Zhao State.
But with the burden of 400,000 surrendered soldiers, let alone attack, even if they retreat, Zhao only needs to send a large army to sneak attack, and there is a possibility of blowing up the camp.
For the safety of his own army, Bai Qi had no choice.
So Lin Xuan felt that Cheng Yaojin would not let them go after the other party surrendered.
Although he couldn't bear it, he didn't say anything. This would indeed reduce the damage to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.