"Ashinashe'er, after Jieli was captured alive by the Tang Dynasty, he was imprisoned. Do you think that if you join the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty will reuse you? As long as you let me go, we will kill this Tang general and return to the grassland. After destroying Yuan Qi, I recommend you to be the Great Khan!" Tong'e She hurriedly shouted after being captured alive.
When Lin Xuan heard Tong'e She's words, he didn't speak and looked at Ashina Sheer calmly.
"Shut up!" Ashina Sheer looked at Tong'eshe with a livid face.
He didn't believe Tong'eshe at all. With the thousands of troops he had now, if he really believed in Tong'eshe, he would probably be the first one to escape the danger and kill him.
"I am willing to swear to Changshengtian that as long as you let me go, I will support you as the Khan of the Western Turks."
Tong'eshe knew that once he fell into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, even if he did not die, he would be imprisoned and lose his freedom for the rest of his life.
"Stop his mouth!" Ashina Sheer said coldly.
Those soldiers were not polite to Tong'e She. After hearing Ashina She'er's order, they cut a piece of cloth from a corpse on the ground and stuffed it into Tong'e She's mouth.
"Woooooo~"
The cloth was stained with blood and had a fishy smell that almost made Tong'eshe faint, but his mouth was blocked and he couldn't speak at all.
Ashinashe'er had people escort Tong'eshe to Lin Xuan's side, saluted and said: "General, this person is Tong'eshe, the Righteous King of Western Turks. He is now in the hands of the general."
"Is this person Tong'eshe?"
Lin Xuan had made some guesses when he saw Ashina Sheer chasing Tong'eshe, but when he learned that this person was really Tong'eshe, he was still a little surprised.
"That's right, Tong'e wanted to run away when he saw that there was nothing he could do. When I found out, I led people to pursue him. Fortunately, the general arrived in time, otherwise he would have really escaped." Ashina Sheer said.
"Haha." Lin Xuan said with a smile: "Because you discovered it in time, you didn't let him run away. You also caught him. What does it have to do with me? I will naturally report the matter to His Majesty. When the time comes, Your Majesty will definitely reward you generously."
"Thank you, General."
When Ashina Sheer saw what Lin Xuan said, he didn't refuse. He pursued Tong'e and refused to let her go. Isn't it just for this achievement?
With this credit, he can gain a firm foothold in Datang.
Lin Xuan looked at Tong Eshe and said with a smile: "I am the Righteous King of Western Turks, how can I be so rude?"
Even though he said this, Lin Xuan did not ask anyone to remove the cloth that blocked Tong'eshe's mouth.
If the war starts, capturing Tong'eshe will be of some use.
The war is almost over now. Although some people are still resisting, it will not cause much trouble to the Tang Dynasty. There is no need for Tong'eshe to surrender.
Those who have not surrendered yet will still be unstable even if they are recruited, so it is better to deal with them now.
Half an hour later, the shouts of killing in the Western Turkic camp had stopped, which meant that the war was over.
The frightened horses alone caused more than 50,000 casualties to the Western Turks.
The chaos caused by the war horses made it impossible for the Western Turks to organize an effective counterattack. They fought on their own. They were no match for the Tang soldiers.
Tong'e set up the original big tent, but now it has become Li Daozong's handsome tent.
When Lin Xuan brought Tong'eshe to the big tent, a trace of sadness flashed across Tong'eshe's face.
One moment, he was the master of this big tent, giving orders here, and the next moment, he became a prisoner.
The big account is still the same big account, but his identity is different.
"See the chief steward!" Lin Xuan led Ashina Sheer in salute.
"No gift!"
Li Daozong looked at Ashina Sheer behind Lin Xuan and said with a smile: "Is this General Ashina? Our army's victory this time is all thanks to the general."
"The General-in-Chief deserves the award. I only followed the General's orders and did not dare to take any credit." Ashina Sheer said.
"Haha, General Ashina is too humble." Li Daozong smiled, saw Tong'eshe who was tied up behind him and his mouth was gagged, and said: "Is this the Righteous King of the Western Turks?"
"Back to the Chief Manager, it is precisely because of General Ashina that we were able to catch him," Lin Xuan said.
"General Ashina will definitely be granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister for his great achievements. Then he will have to treat me to a few drinks." Li Daozong said with a smile.
After chatting for a while, Li Daozong asked Tong Eshe to be taken away. He didn't even have the desire to talk to him.
Tong'eshe had only a little over 200,000 troops under his command. He had already lost 200,000 in the two battles, so he only had a few tens of thousands left.
Moreover, the Turks have a tribal system. Even if Tong'e ordered to surrender, those tribes would not be willing.
"It's a pity that Batu escaped." Li Daozong said with some pity.
On the Western Turk side is a tripartite coalition, with Tong'e's army stationed in the middle camp, while Batu and Ashina Sher are in the north and south respectively.
When Batu saw something was wrong, he quickly organized his troops and ran away.
Because of the chaos, only more than 30,000 people were taken away. By the time Li Daozong got the news and sent people to pursue them, it was already too late.
"General Manager, as long as the Western Turks are destroyed, Xue Yantuo will not be a worry." Lin Xuan said.
"Haha, I'm just greedy. This time you and General Ashina are the top contributors. When the casualties are tallied, I will write a memorial and ask Your Majesty to take credit for you." Li Daozong said with a smile.
"Thank you, Chief Manager."
In this battle, a total of nearly 400,000 people participated in the battle. Because there were so many people participating in the battle, it took nearly a day to count the casualties and clean the battlefield.
In this battle, nearly 100,000 Western Turks died in battle, plus those killed by horses being frightened and trampled, totaling nearly 100,000 people.
More than 50,000 people were captured, Batu escaped with more than 30,000 people, and more than 10,000 people were missing.
They captured more than 60,000 cattle and sheep, and more than 100,000 horses.
One hundred thousand cavalry and 50,000 infantrymen of the Tang Dynasty participated in the battle. More than 20,000 people were killed, more than 30,000 people were seriously injured, and countless others were slightly injured.
The reason why there were so many casualties had a lot to do with the fact that the Western Turkic war horses were frightened.
If your war horse is frightened, it doesn't matter whether you are a Turk or a Han.
Everyone knows the principle of the famous Fire Bull Formation in history.
It is nothing more than tying weapons to the horns of the ox, tying reeds to the tail, filling it with oil, lighting it with fire, and using the frightened ox to break through the enemy's formation.
However, no one has ever succeeded. Instead of rushing towards the enemy camp, the cattle frightened by the fire collided in place, causing great casualties to their own side.
Lin Xuan used gunpowder to frighten the horses, which was actually similar to the fire bull array.
He did not have Tian Dan's ability to control injured cattle, so when the war horses were frightened, he also caused a lot of casualties to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
Even so, Lin Xuan did not regret it. If gunpowder had not been used, the casualties would have been greater if he wanted to destroy the 200,000 cavalry.
There is even a risk of defeat.
"Everyone, the casualties have been tallied, and the merits have also been tallied. Lin Xuan and Ashina She'er are the first in this battle. I will send people to Chang'an later to report the victory." Li Daozong said.