After listening to Liu Dewei's words, Li Zhiyun asked: "You have so many troops, why do you still let the Turks do whatever they want?" Liu Dewei was speechless when asked, his mouth opened, but no words came out, so Li Zhongwen had to explain. He said: "Your Highness is unaware of something. The Emperor has already decreed that no matter what the Turks do, they must not conflict with them."
"What the hell..." Li Zhiyun said halfway and swallowed back the rest of his words. Even though the emperor was his father, it was treasonous for him to say such words. He suddenly remembered Jiang's non-resistance policy in his previous life. Every time he saw this paragraph in the history book, he gritted his teeth with hatred. He didn't expect that this bastard policy had a long history.
Li Zhiyun did not dare to slander his father's will, so he could only shout to Li Zhongwen, "Then you will just sit back and watch? Are you still soldiers of the Tang Dynasty? Have you fulfilled your responsibility to protect the people of the Tang Dynasty?"
Faced with Li Zhiyun's accusation, Li Zhongwen was obedient: "Yes, yes, I know the crime, and I have neglected my duty. However, I really can't do anything..."
Li Zhiyun calmed down. He knew very well that there was no reason to get angry at Li Zhongwen. He was just following orders. The top priority is to get those abducted women back. Thinking of this, he said to Liu Dewei: "How long have the Turks been away? Where have they gone?"
"I left two days ago, heading north, maybe back to the Turks."
Been gone for two days? Set off now and maybe catch up. There is no need to guess what kind of inhuman torture those young women would suffer if they were caught by the Turks. Li Zhiyun turned to his two subordinate officers and said, "Zhang Zheng, Cai Hu, let's go to the military camp." After that, he led his men away without saying hello to Li Zhongwen.
Li Zhiyun and the others left the General Manager's Mansion and rode to the military camp. After seeing Scarface, Duan Que and others, he told them the situation, and then asked Duan Que, Yinggu and dozens of other followers to stay, and asked them to find a posthouse to stay while he led the new army to chase the Turks people.
The team left Jinyang City and headed north, marching as fast as possible. However, whether it was because there was a two-day difference or because the Turks ran too fast, they chased them all the way to Yanmen Pass without seeing any trace of the Turks.
When the team came to Yanmen Pass, Li Zhiyun reined in his horse and looked up at this majestic first pass in the world. Zhang Zheng, who was following him on horseback, said: "Your Majesty, we have chased so far but still haven't caught up with the Turks. I'm afraid they have fled back to the Turks. Are we still chasing them?" Li Zhiyun said in a tone that left no room for doubt: "Chase." ! Even if we chase the Turks, we still have to snatch those women back!"
The team passed through Yanmen Pass and meandered along the avenue. When passing through Mayi City, Li Zhiyun asked the officers and soldiers guarding the city and learned that the Turks had just passed by the day before. He cheered up and urged his troops to speed up their march.
A large group of people marched on the Mayi Ancient Road. The mountains on both sides were rolling, and the trees all over the mountains and fields were lush and green, and the scenery was beautiful. At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent all his famous generals and ambushed heavy troops to lure and annihilate the Xiongnu army on the Mayi ancient road. Although he failed due to various reasons, it opened the prelude to the war against the Xiongnu. After more than two hundred years and more than ten generations of hard work, the powerful Huns were finally defeated, forcing the southern Huns to annex and the northern Huns to flee to Europe, which fully demonstrated the indomitable and unyielding fighting spirit of the Chinese nation.
After a day of rapid march, at dusk, the scouts sent out came back to report that they had discovered a Turkic camp five miles away. Li Zhiyun was riding on his horse and looked up at the red sunset. He thought about it in his mind and decided that it would be better to save people at night as it would be inconvenient to move during the day. Therefore, he ordered the new army to camp on the spot and wait until dark before setting off.
In the Chinese military tent, Li Zhiyun, Scarface and several other generals sat around the table, studying the drawings brought back by the scouts, which showed the location of the Turkic camp. The terrain in this area is undulating and forested, and there are not many suitable places for camping. The Turkic camp was divided into two camps, one where the main force of the army was stationed, and the other where the robbed women were detained. The two camps were about two miles apart.
While everyone was discussing, a guard came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Manager Li is here." Upon hearing this, Li Zhiyun stood up quickly and saw Li Zhongwen breaking into the tent in a dusty manner. He came to Li Zhiyun, clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, the general has brought five thousand soldiers and horses, and he is willing to work with you to beat those gangsters severely!"
When Li Zhiyun heard this, he jokingly said: "Manager Li, if you disobey my father's will, aren't you afraid that he will punish you?" Li Zhongwen waved his hand and said: "I can't control that much anymore, let's fight this battle first! The emperor wants to Take my head off and let him be!"
"Okay, now you look like a man!"
Li Zhiyun originally planned to rescue only the robbed woman, but now Li Zhongwen brought five thousand troops. As a result, they greatly surpassed the Turks in terms of military strength. Li Zhiyun decided to change his strategy, first rescue the robbed woman, and then encircle and annihilate the Turkic army.
Li Zhongwen volunteered to lead the team in person to rescue the robbed women, saying that as a parent official, he had failed to fulfill his responsibility to protect the people, and doing so could be regarded as atonement. Li Zhiyun thought for a while and felt that if the new army was used to rescue people, firearms would easily cause accidental injuries, so it would be better to use swords, guns, arrows and crossbows, so he agreed to Li Zhongwen's request. He asked Scarface to send a battalion to assist Li Zhongwen. If the rescue was successful and the Turks were chasing behind them, they could use firearms to suppress them and cover the evacuation of the women.
As night fell, Li Zhongwen set off with his team. There were 500 Turkic soldiers guarding the robbed woman in that camp. Li Zhongwen led a thousand soldiers, plus a battalion of the New Army.
Half an hour later, they arrived at the Turkic camp and entered a nearby forest. Li Zhongwen hid behind a big tree at the edge of the forest and observed the Turkic camp.
A round moon hung in the night sky, spreading a silver veil over the earth, and everything in the camp was clearly visible. The Turkic soldiers cut down trees and built a camp fence. Probably because it was a temporary camp, the camp fence was built very simply. The gaps between the wooden piles were large, and there was only one crossbar, so people could get in from underneath. However, from time to time, Turkic soldiers patrolled along the camp fence.
Li Zhongwen saw that there were more than a dozen tents in the southeast corner of the camp. They were probably Turkic soldiers living there, because the women who had been robbed were all staying in the open air. They were sitting crowded in the open space in the center of the camp, a large area of darkness. These women were forced to leave their hometowns and relatives, and were driven away like livestock. They were left alone and helpless. It can be said that "weeping in the morning and sitting in mourning at night", what awaits them is an unknown fate.
Li Zhongwen asked his soldiers to call several generals over, assigned them tasks, and agreed with everyone to launch an attack in a quarter of an hour.
When the time came, the soldiers of the Tang Army ran out of the woods. Li Zhongwen held a big sword in his hand and took the lead. As soon as he got into the camp fence, he was discovered by the patrolling Turks, who shouted loudly. Li Zhongwen rushed forward in a few steps, swung his sword, and killed a soldier. Others rushed forward and eliminated the patrol.
Li Zhongwen led people to rush to the tent in the southeast corner. The Turks in the tent had been alarmed and ran out with weapons in hand. After the two sides met, they started a desperate fight.
The women who were robbed were frightened and overwhelmed by the sudden fight. They held their breath and stared blankly at what was happening in front of them until the soldiers responsible for guiding the evacuation ran over and asked them to run toward the woods. Only then did he realize that he was saved. Soldiers had already torn down a large section of the camp fence, and the women rushed towards the woods like a tide, and soon disappeared.
The fighting in the southeast corner was still going on. The New Army soldiers wanted to join the battle, but the two sides were in a melee and couldn't fire at all. They could only stand aside and watch the battle. Seeing that they could not resist, some Turkic soldiers tried to escape, but they were beaten to death with firecrackers like rabbits.
After Li Zhongwen led the team to rescue the robbed woman, Li Zhiyun directed the remaining troops to surround another Turkic camp. More than thirty red cannons were mounted on a nearby mountain. After everything was ready, Li Zhiyun ordered the cannon to fire.
The red cannon spewed flames in the darkness, and the shells roared down the mountain, slamming into the tents in the middle of the camp. With a huge explosion, many tents burned. The sleeping Turkic soldiers were caught off guard. Some soldiers were blown to pieces, some were knocked unconscious by the air waves, and many soldiers had no time to put on their armor or pick up their weapons. They ran out of the tent and ran away with their heads in their hands. A frightened war horse ran wildly in the camp. The air wave generated by the explosion in front lifted it into the air. When the horse fell, it happened to hit a Turkic soldier. As a result, both the man and the horse died.
The Tang army launched an attack from all directions, and the New Army soldiers rushed to the front. They shot with muskets and threw grenades at the enemy. The Turkic soldiers fell in pieces like cutting leeks, and the sound of explosions, shouts, and screams formed a magnificent symphony of war.
Li Zhiyun stood on the hillside and observed this spectacular battle scene with a telescope. The firelight on the battlefield reflected his face red, and there was a cruel smile on his lips: Anyone who offends my strong man will be killed no matter how far away he is! No matter how far you run, I will catch up with you and drive you all away!
This was almost a one-sided battle. The Tang army soldiers who had the advantage were high-spirited, fierce and tenacious, while the Turks were defeated and had no fighting spirit. Facing the powerful offensive of the Tang army, the unsuspecting Turks were unable to withstand it. Except for Tilifu who led a dozen people to escape, the rest were all wiped out.
This battle was a complete victory, not only rescuing thousands of robbed women, but also annihilating 5,000 Turkic troops and capturing a large amount of military supplies. The soldiers who had been up all night were in high spirits. After cleaning the battlefield, they immediately moved into camp, beat the victory gongs and victory drums, and marched southward in a mighty manner.
