Hou Junji glanced at Lin Xuan and Ashina Sheer with a gloomy expression.
He never expected that the insider Lin Xuan was talking about turned out to be Ashina Sheer.
Ashina Sheer hated Xue Yantuo deeply because it was Xue Yantuo who betrayed the Eastern Turks and cooperated with the Tang Dynasty, which led to the destruction of the Eastern Turks.
Since Ashina Sheer hated Xue Yantuo, he naturally also hated the Tang Dynasty, and Jieli Khan is still under house arrest in Chang'an.
"General Manager, we destroyed the Western Turks' 200,000 cavalry and captured Tong'e She alive. Now the Western Turks don't have much strength at all. We should send troops as soon as possible to defeat the Western Turks in one fell swoop." Hou Junji said.
He led troops to attack the north of the Western Turkic camp, but allowed Batu to escape with his men. In this way, he did not get much credit at all.
Li Daozong pondered for a while, shook his head, and said: "This matter is not urgent. There are more than 50,000 prisoners now. Just guarding will contain a lot of our army's troops. In addition, after a big battle just now, most of the army's sergeants
If you are injured, you should recuperate."
"General Manager, soldiers are very fast. If it takes too long, wouldn't it give the Western Turks a chance to breathe?" Hou Junji said with a ruthless look in his eyes: "As for those prisoners, we might as well just kill them and keep them.
Not only to prevent them from rioting, but also from wasting food."
"Hiss~"
The generals present heard Hou Junji's words and looked at Hou Junji in horror.
This is more than 50,000 human lives, but when Hou Junji said it, it seemed like 50,000 ants.
Most of the generals present have experienced hundreds of battles and have seen too many deaths, and have long been numb.
Not to mention, in the war that just ended, a total of 120,000 soldiers from the Western Turks and the Tang Dynasty died.
But those were those who died on the battlefield, and those Hou Junji wanted to kill were fifty thousand unarmed soldiers.
"General manager, it's unlucky to kill prisoners, you can't do that." Cheng Yaojin objected.
It is not uncommon in history for generals to kill prisoners.
Bai Qi killed 400,000 Zhao troops in a trap, and Xiang Yu killed 200,000 Qin troops in a trap.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Tuoba Gui killed 50,000 Yan troops in the pit.
Although they were forced to kill prisoners, none of the generals who killed prisoners had a good ending.
In addition, most ancient people believed in gods and believed that those people had received retribution, which made them even more repulsive to killing prisoners.
In addition, the grassland war is not over now. Once prisoners are killed, the Turks will definitely prefer death to surrender in the subsequent war.
Surrendering means death anyway. If you don’t surrender, you may not be able to survive. Who would surrender foolishly?
"Don't mention the killing of prisoners. I don't want any leaks about this matter." Li Daozong said with some displeasure.
Once this news gets out, the 50,000 surrendered soldiers will definitely riot.
Hou Junji said: "The general is being reckless, but the general is thinking about the Tang Dynasty. Now we really can't give the Western Turks a chance to breathe. The general will ask the general manager to transfer 50,000 cavalry to the general. The general is willing to run thousands of miles to attack
, destroy the Tong'e She tribe."
Lin Xuan's eyes flashed, and he felt that this was Hou Junji's real purpose.
As long as all the Turks are not killed, once the prisoners are killed, even if the Western Turks are wiped out, hidden dangers will continue.
At that time, in order to calm the anger of the Turks, Li Shimin probably killed Hou Junji, who had killed the prisoners, to appease people's hearts.
It is impossible for such a shrewd person as Hou Junji not to have thought of this, and how could he put himself in danger.
He knew clearly that Li Daozong would not agree to kill the prisoners, so he said so deliberately, and then settled for the next best thing and proposed to lead his troops to attack Tong'e and set up his headquarters.
Although Tong'eshe was captured alive, his tribe is still there.
There is wealth that Tong Eshe has accumulated over the years. If he can obtain it, his contribution will be very great.
Li Daozong was a little hesitant. He also knew that soldiers are valuable and quick.
Moreover, Tong'eshe was captured. If Tang Dynasty did not send troops, Yuanqi would not let go of this piece of fat.
"No, the army has just gone through a fierce battle. Not only are the men and horses exhausted, but everyone is injured, so it is not suitable to send troops again." Li Daozong finally chose to seek stability.
Now that the Western Turks are severely weakened, even if they don't send troops, it will not be difficult to destroy the Western Turks as long as they fight steadily.
But once the lone army goes deep and suffers serious losses, it has no choice but to retreat.
War cannot be started just because one wants to. Once the troops are withdrawn, Datang will not be able to send troops again in a short time.
Then the results achieved now will be meaningless.
Hou Junji was a little reluctant, but Li Daozong was the coach, and Li Daozong didn't agree, so there was nothing he could do.
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"Good news! Good news! Great victory on the grassland! Our army killed one hundred thousand enemies and captured fifty thousand!"
The postman who delivered the good news rode into Chang'an and galloped towards the palace while shouting.
This news is like dropping a stone on a calm lake, causing ripples.
"Did I hear you correctly?" A middle-aged man said in disbelief.
His youngest son is a soldier of the government, and he also went out with the army this time. The victory on the front line means that his son's chance of survival is greatly increased.
"You heard it right, a great victory on the grassland. Our army of the Tang Dynasty killed 100,000 enemies and captured 50,000 prisoners, haha!" A person on the side laughed.
The news of the great victory made Chang'an excited, and the people who heard the news were overjoyed.
Since the Wuhu Rebellion, the Han people have been the target of bullying by foreigners.
Foreigners call Han people two-legged sheep.
This is not what foreigners call it to humiliate the Han people.
Sheep are the main food of the nomadic people. The foreigners do not regard the Han people as human beings at all, but as food.
During the Five Husties, countless Han people were eaten as food by foreigners.
After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, in order to stabilize the Eastern and Western Turks, many marriages were made with them.
Li Yuan fought for the world, fearing that the Turks would interfere, and even surrendered to the Turks.
After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, Jie Li led his troops to the outside of Chang'an City.
Li Shimin emptied the treasury and forged an alliance on the Wei River before allowing Jie Li to withdraw his troops.
It can be said that the hatred between Turks and Han people is very deep.
Baiweiju, one of the top ten restaurants in Chang'an, was basically full at this time.
Many people are talking about the big victory.
"Everyone, our boss said that in order to celebrate the big victory, everything in the restaurant will be free today." The shopkeeper said with a smile.
This scene happened all over Chang'an, and many people even bought firecrackers and set them off.
royal palace
Li Shimin was stunned for a long time when he received the news of victory. Soon, Li Shimin's hearty laughter rang out from the Ganlu Hall.
After Li Shimin got tired of laughing for a long time, he stopped and read the victory report carefully.
Li Daozong's victory report recorded the process of this war in great detail.
Li Shimin was keenly aware that the victory this time was due to the loud noises that frightened the Turkic horses.
Otherwise, even if Datang could successfully launch a sneak attack, the damage would not be so small.
Li Shimin suddenly remembered that there was a loud noise when Lin Xuan met with the family before.
He also asked Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan didn't say anything.
But now that Li Shimin saw the role of that mysterious object on the battlefield, his heart became hot.
If we could get this thing, wouldn't we be invincible against the cavalry in the future?