This battle, in which both sides invested a total of more than 150,000 troops, finally came to an end. It ended with the complete victory of the Tang Army. The Tang Army not only prevented the Turks from going south, expelled them from Jingzhou, seized the initiative on the battlefield, and ushered in the After a great victory, Dubu Khan and Tuli Khan led their troops to flee north in embarrassment, and the name of the King of Handan once again resounded throughout the world.
Li Shan finally had a chance to have a good rest. Although the Turks withdrew their troops, they were likely to withdraw all the way to Wuyuan County. Then the two old friends began a new round of internal fighting within the Turks. During the rise, growth, peak and decline of the Turks, , perish, this drama of loving and killing each other never stops for a moment.
But it is not easy to regain the three states. At least Li Shan is not prepared to waste his life. Anyway, the initiative is in his own hands and he can go north at any time.
Three of the seven passes in Yuanzhou were occupied by Liang Jun. In addition, Xiaoguan, the most important north gate of Yuanzhou, was also in the hands of Liangjun. Failure to capture Xiaoguan meant that the Tang army could not regain Lingzhou and Huizhou unless they crossed the Hulu River. , Jinghe River, over Liupan Mountain...that is impossible.
Just three levels occupied by Liang Jun, if they want to recover... If Liang Jun doesn't surrender, then Tang Jun can only use human lives to pile up, and they have to be prepared for Xiaoguan to send troops to attack the back road at any time.
Therefore, Li Shan simply denied the request of several generals under his command to fight, and set up camp on the east side of Baiquan County, preparing to take care of himself... Although this period of time is not long, it is mentally and physically exhausted, and must be taken care of. keep.
What's more, Li Shan plans to use this place as his home for a long time, so he must be very careful in building it. Li Qianyou and a large number of civilians are laying the foundation. It is already late September. If the foundation is not laid well, the land will freeze.
"Lang Jun." Wang Junhao broke in and said loudly: "Baiquan County has sent another two hundred sheep."
"Well, keep accounts, keep accounts." Li Shan muttered in his heart, this is not going to work. Does Li Yuan have that much money in his inner treasury?
But if the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Young Supervisor don't pay for it, then Li Yuan has to pay for it... You can't let yourself, the prince of the county who has just made great achievements, pay for it. That would be causing trouble for yourself.
But there are two more sheep, and the whole army can eat meat at night... Speaking of which, in addition to the horses collected on the battlefield and the 4,000 horses left by Tuli Khan, the Tang army gathered a large number of horses in the past few days. livestock.
The Turkic army withdrew quickly, at such a speed that the scouts sent out could not even see their shadows, but they found large numbers of abandoned livestock in the wild.
The Hu people often brought livestock with them when they marched. The Turkic army of more than 100,000 swept south and naturally carried a large number of livestock. Lingzhou, Yuanzhou, and Huizhou were originally located in the northwest of Guannai Road, and ordinary people also had the habit of raising livestock. Tuli Khan and Ashina Sheer stationed troops at the borders of Yuanzhou and Jingzhou, summoned troops from all over the country, and a large number of livestock naturally gathered in Yuanzhou.
The sudden defeat and Li Shan's sowing dissension made the two khans anxious and eager to return, so a large number of livestock were abandoned like this, and the Tang army got a big advantage.
What an unexpected gain. Li Shan didn't expect that the two old friends would be so anxious.
Li Shan simply asked the rear army to bring the collected war horse corpses, and also got a lot of jade pot spring, preparing to hold a bonfire party in the evening, and the whole army would eat meat and drink wine!
After counting these two days, more than 20,000 Turks died in the battle that day, and many of them fled into the mountains and forests. I don’t know if they have a chance to escape. Not everyone is as lucky as Liu Rengui. In addition to the previous eight days of fighting, the Turks lost a total of Approximately 30,000 to 40,000 troops were lost, among which fifty-six out of ten of the most elite royal soldiers under Khan Dubu were lost. It was indeed a serious loss of vitality.
In addition, the Tang army also captured a Khan flag and killed dozens of famous Turkic generals. In addition to the 4,000 good horses left by the Tuli Khan, they obtained nearly 10,000 war horses at one time... This will be extremely powerful. This greatly enhanced the cavalry power of the Tang Army. Most of the soldiers in the Guan Nei Prefecture were able to ride horses. The main reason why they were infantry was because they had no horses.
The losses on the Tang Army's side were relatively small. After Li Shan attacked with the banner of the Chinese Army that day, the Turks almost had no fighting spirit, and Ashina She'er repeatedly tried to cut off the rear. , but was ruthlessly defeated by the Mo Dao team.
Including the previous eight days of fighting, the Tang army lost a total of about 5,000 to 6,000 troops, most of which were cavalry, including nearly 2,000 heavy cavalry... Before the battle started that day, Li Shan was extremely distressed, but I feel much better now.
Li Shan was going to go back and ask the weapons supervisor and the young master for armor and ordnance. Anyway, he had plenty of good horses, and organizing another heavy cavalry would be... well, he had to quickly ask the weapons supervisor to make the Mo Dao, but according to Kan Leng, It takes a lot of money to make a Mo Dao, and it is quite difficult.
It is really impossible to ask Jianghuai to send a group of Mo Dao... The Jianghuai army was wiped out early last year, so there should be some left. Although the Mo Dao team is not used in many places, it can still be sent in the next war in Yuanzhou. Useful.
He also had to get some crossbows. Kan Lengti crossed the Modao team in the Jianghuai Army. The arrows often brought crossbows to defeat the enemy, which was sharper.
"Magistrate Baiquan...do you want to meet Mr. Lang?"
"What's the background?" Li Shan asked casually, thinking that the military newspaper should be able to enter Beijing tomorrow.
"A descendant of the Li family in Longxi." Wang Junhao said in a low voice, "It seems that he has an old relationship with General You Qianniuwei."
Just as he was talking, Master Li asked to see him outside. Li Shan personally greeted him and said with a smile, "Uncle is finally here."
"Greetings to Your Highness." Li Keshi and Ma Sanbao stayed behind to pursue the remaining enemies.
"How can I be called an uncle unless I give orders?"
"Huairen." Li Keshi smiled and crossed his arms with Li Shan, "Li Xuande, the magistrate of Baiquan County, is a brother of Guzang's house, and his son is Li Yiyan."
"Oh, it turns out he is brother Yiyan's father." Li Shan was a little surprised. Li Yiyan and he were Jinshi in the same year. It was cold during the scientific examination that day, and he received a brocade robe as a gift. Later, Li Yiyan became the magistrate of Nao County, and the first official of Hutuo River During the battle, it was Li Yiyan who rushed to Dai County and led his troops with Li Kai to come to the rescue.
A son is unworthy of his father. Unlike Li Yiyan who escaped at the critical moment to report the news, when the Turks attacked, it was said that Baiquan County surrendered without a fight. Li Shan thought about it in his mind. Baiquan County was the first county to be recovered. How to deal with the officials? Very representative.
Li Shan understood this sentence. His son was already a county magistrate, and his father was just a county magistrate. If Li Xuande did not resign, it would be equivalent to preventing Li Yiyan from being promoted.
"That's it, let him reorganize the county, appease the people, summon the civilians, collect the corpses, and some of the wounded soldiers will also settle in the county." Li Shan didn't want to talk about this anymore, changed the subject, and said with a smile: "Uncle can do this in this battle. Do you blame my nephew?"
(End of chapter)
