The battlefield after the war was in a mess, and everywhere you looked you could see corpses everywhere. However, whether it was the generals on the hill or the soldiers going back and forth, they were all in high spirits. In their eyes, this was the fruit of a good harvest.
Such meritorious service will definitely be rewarded by the court.
Among the generals who participated in this battle, brothers Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun were granted the title of Duke of County in their early years, Zhang Shigui was granted the title of Duke of Xinye County, and Liu Shirang was granted the title of Duke of Yiyang County. They will surely be given the title when they return to the court.
In addition, people such as Su Dingfang, Zhang Baoxiang, Li Kai and others should also be awarded titles... The soldiers, generals and commanders below also have their own awards, so why not be the fruit of a good harvest.
On the hillock, although everyone was injured, they were laughing and chatting happily. Only Li Shan looked a little depressed.
While wrapping up the wound on his calf, Xue Wanche said carelessly, "Your Highness, don't be anxious. I'll avenge you today, and I'll be able to behead Jieli in the future... Besides, Tuli Khan won't let them go either!"
Li Shan forced a smile. If he had to behead Jieli today, there would be no chance at all, but he had to consider his own casualties... and more importantly, he couldn't let Turli Khan unify the Turks so easily.
More than 4,000 Tang cavalry left Yanmen Pass, and Houmayi garrison Liu Shirang led 2,000 cavalry to gather together, totaling more than 6,000 cavalry. In the three-day battle, about 700 to 800 cavalry were lost, and most of them died outside Guji Town. Yes, after several battles, the Turks were already frightened, and the Tang army in pursuit suffered few casualties.
But the harvest was much greater. In the battle of Cangtou River alone, not counting the corpses that had almost cut off the river, there were more than 2,000 severed heads alone, and there were more than 1,000 prisoners. Li Shan estimated that, Coupled with the previous battle at Guji Town and several pursuit battles all the way north, the Turks lost at least more than 10,000 troops.
Through the information channel of Tuli Khan, Jieli Khan's absolute direct troops were only about 100,000. They attacked Yanmen Pass for many days, and the 5,000 king's troops were almost wiped out in the first battle of Guoxian County. In addition, The Tang army went all the way north to pursue... Jieli Khan could not bring more than 30,000 troops back to Wuyuan County.
After this guy's defeat, can he still compete with Tuli Khan?
Li Shan is deeply worried. If in the end, Tuli Khan turns defeat into victory, will he be the next Chuluo Khan or Shibi Khan?
These two were much more ruthless than Jieli Khan, and their methods were much better. As early as the second year of Wude, Chuluo Khan decided to go south in a big way, and ordered Mohe Duo to invade Lingzhou. Ni Bushe and Liang Shidu were both Attacking Yanzhou, he led his army to attack Bingzhou, and then ordered Tuli Khan to go south to attack Hebei. Dou Jiande marched into Hedong from Fukou, preparing for a multi-pronged attack to destroy Li Tang in one fell swoop.
Fortunately, the ambitious Khan died suddenly before he could send troops, so that Li Tang could calmly send troops to the Central Plains and lay the foundation for unifying the world.
"Mr. Lang!"
Li Shan turned around and saw Wang Junhao leading an extraordinary brown war horse. The horse's back alone was as high as a man's neck, its mane was flying, it shook its head and snorted from time to time.
Su Dingfang pressed the horse's back hard and praised: "What a horse!"
"Qu Liulang picked it." Wang Junhao pursed his lips, "Moved from Yunzhong County to Dai County."
Qu Liulang stepped forward and saluted, "Greetings to Mr. Lang."
Like Zhang Zhongjian, another one who was ready to join the sect... Li Shan smiled and picked up Qu Liulang, "I heard from Brother Demou that he is loyal and heroic, as well as brave."
Su Dingfang has already discussed this with Li Shan. This time he defended Guji Town for eight days and the guards suffered heavy casualties. He was afraid that every family in Sun Moon Lake would be in vain. Su Dingfang asked Wang Junhao to select young men from Daizhou to rebuild the guards and be the first to come. The one who voted was Zhang Zhongjian, followed by Qu Liulang.
"In this battle alone, we gathered nearly four thousand horses." Wang Junhao said with a smile: "The four thousand horses were carefully selected, and Qu Liulang chose this one last. It has excellent endurance and agility, and has a gentle temperament."
Xue Wanjun on the side showed an envious look, "Going all the way north, you must gather more than 10,000 horses, right?"
"There should be some." Zhang Zhongjian is still serving as Shuozhou Bingcao and joining the army. After the war, he is responsible for gathering the war horses. "We will bring them back together when we return."
Xue Wanjun's own mounts are also considered extraordinary, but after thinking about it, he decided to pick a few good horses... Although a large number of horses flowed into Guanzhong due to Xia Shi Ma Yin, this kind of random selection opportunity is still rare.
In fact, almost all Tang soldiers changed their mounts during the pursuit northward... Even during the pursuit, a large number of Tang soldiers rode one horse and led another.
Li Shan looked around and walked towards Zhang Shigui, who had remained silent, "Brother Wu An, this time..."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhang Shigui raised his hand and made a pause gesture, "No need to say more, just follow your heart."
If Li Shan only fully understood what Li Jing was up to after the reinforcements arrived and heard the name Tang Jian, Zhang Shigui had accurately judged Li Jing's intentions long ago.
Guji Town is a bait. Although Li Jing did not throw it out on his own initiative, it was Li Jing who refused to pull it ashore and wanted to take the opportunity to catch a big fish.
Li Shan was so hated, could Zhang Shigui not hate him?
Not to mention other things, Zhang Shigui was the commander-in-chief, and in the last few days, all his personal guards were dispersed into grassroots schools. Basically, they all died in the battle on the city wall. A considerable number of them were members of the Zhang clan in Guozhou, and even Zhang Shigui’s were among them. Nephew.
Li Shan held Zhang Shigui's hand firmly and said softly: "Since we are sworn friends to Jinlan, there is no need to say more. We look forward to working together in this life."
Zhang Shigui felt a shiver in his heart. This sentence seemed to have a deeper meaning. He was the confidant of King Qin, but the young prince in front of him was upright and had not made a choice between the East Palace and the Palace of King Qin.
Zhang Shigui hesitated to ask a few more questions, or to test whether Xue Wanche had something similar... At this time, a war horse came from the south. The scout jumped off the horse, walked quickly to Li Shan, and whispered: "Yongkang County Duke arrive."
Li Shan's face turned cold, he slowly straightened up, turned his head and looked to the south, where hundreds of war horses were galloping towards him.
Getting closer and closer, and at some point, the first one was Liu Shirang. The old man moved quietly and walked behind Li Shan, followed by Su Dingfang, Zhang Zhongjian, Zhang Shigui, and Xue Wanche.
After hesitating for a moment, Xue Wanjun and Zhang Baoxiang also stood over. The former was because of his brother, while the latter smiled bitterly. He was a Bingzhou general. Logically speaking, there was no need to make a choice, but he was not under Li Jing's jurisdiction, and he had followed Li Shan. Won the great victory in Yanmen.
The most miserable thing was Li Kai. Looking at his friend's ice-like face, he thought about it again and again, then simply rode away and stepped forward to greet him.
When Li Jing came close to his horse, he saw this scene. The young prince, who had heard of his name for a long time and had been frustrated many times, stood with his hands behind his back. There was a cold light in his eyes. All the generals bowed their heads and stood in front of him. behind.
This is the most crisp and direct way to make a move.
