Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 527
When the evening wind blew, the battle outside Lingzhou City finally ended.

The Turkic soldiers and horses were defeated, and now they have fled back in despair.

Although Tang Jun won, he paid a heavy price.

Looking at the pile of corpses, Li Jing couldn't help but sighed.

As a soldier, you should trade your life for the safety of the country and the stability of the people.

So, a worthy death.

This is the fate of being a soldier.

To be a soldier, one must be prepared to be shrouded in horse leather.

Li Jing turned around and rushed back to Lingzhou City, ordering people to pass the news of this battle to Chang'an, while Zejing waited for the results of the statistics of the soldiers.

As night falls, the bloody smell in Lingzhou is not good.

In the big account of the army, an official came and reported the situation of today's battle.

"General, our army has more than 1 casualties, and the Turkic army has more than 2 casualties. Now the Turks have less than [-] troops left. The damage is serious, and our army is not light..."

Li Jing listened, and nodded after listening: "The Turkic war has already been damaged. The number of Turkic people is small, and they can't afford it, so they must feel distressed. Reconsidered."

"What the marshal said is very true. Then, what should our army do next? Can we continue to fight?"

Li Jing thought for a moment, then shook his head: "No, order the soldiers to guard Lingzhou City. Today's great victory has achieved our goal. We should not fight the Turks again."

Recklessly, although many Turks died, there will be many of them. The best way now is to continue to defend the city.

After the official took the order, he retreated.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the wind did not know when it stopped. When the wind was listening, Li Jing suddenly heard the cicadas.
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Jingzhou City.

Turkic camp.

Jieli Khan's face turned slightly blue. He thought that the small Jingzhou could be captured in three or two days, but he never thought that he had been attacking for five or six days in a row, but he had no intention of conquering Jingzhou at all.

The Tang army defended the city very well, but they were not very good at attacking the city.

This situation is not good.

Jieli Khan walked back and forth in the big tent, and all the tribal leaders were a little nervous. Liang Shidu of Liang State and Yang Zhengdao of Later Sui Dynasty also frowned slightly when seeing Jieli Khan like this.

Originally, they thought that the Turkic soldiers and horses were powerful, and they would surely attack the Tang Dynasty's Chang'an City soon. They didn't expect that everyone was stopped by a small Jingzhou City.

Their awe of the Turks suddenly dropped a lot. However, they were attached to the Turks, so they didn't say anything in the face of this situation.

"Your Majesty Khan, it's impossible to go on like this. We don't have much food and grass, so we won't last long. Let me tell you, if we fight tomorrow, we must take down Jingzhou City."

One tribal leader yelled loudly, but just after he finished speaking, another tribal leader suddenly laughed: "It's easy to say, and it's not impossible to take Jingzhou City, but you know that at that time How big were the casualties? Don’t forget that after we captured Jingzhou City, we still had to pass many checkpoints and attack Chang’an City. Have you considered these? Too many losses here are not good for us .”

The two tribal leaders were about to quarrel, Jieli Khan frowned slightly, and said: "Okay, wasting too much time in Jingzhou City is really not good for us. Our goal is Chang'an City. As long as we attack After leaving Chang'an City, the Jingzhou side will be destroyed without attack."

"What does His Majesty Khan mean?"

"Early tomorrow morning, mobilize the army to leave and approach Chang'an City."

Hearing this, Yang Zhengdao's expression moved slightly. Chang'an was the capital city of the Sui Dynasty in the past, but although he was a little excited, he quickly regained his composure and said, "If you leave Jingzhou and go to Chang'an, I'm afraid that Jingzhou's Soldiers and horses will attack from behind, and then we will be attacked from the back, which is not good."

Jieli Khan nodded, and then ordered: "I lost my mind!"

After the voice fell, a general stood up: "What orders does His Majesty Khan have?"

"You lead seven thousand soldiers and horses to contain the Tang army here. When the Tang army leaves Jingzhou City, you will attack the city."

Zhishisili is a rare and powerful Turkic general with undue bravery. Jieli Khan felt that it was most appropriate to keep him here to contain the Tang army.

After listening to Zhishenli, his expression moved slightly, but he didn't object, and immediately agreed.

After this order, the Turkic barracks began to prepare for tomorrow's detour.
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dawn.

In the city of Jingzhou.

In the past few days, the fierce attack by Turkic soldiers and horses made Yu Chigong exhausted physically and mentally.

It was also the unity of the soldiers that repelled the Turkic attacks again and again.

As long as this breath is vented, they may not be able to achieve such an effect.

Today's Yu Chigong is tense like a string, as if he might collapse at any moment.

The wind on the city tower was blowing, and there was already a faint heat.

At this time in previous years, Yu Chigong had already started drinking beer at the mansion, and he would make two beer every day, but now, he has no interest.

The sun was getting higher and higher, and the sky was getting hotter and hotter, but today's Turkic soldiers and horses were not too anxious to attack the city, which made Yuchi Gong first heave a sigh of relief.

It can be faint and feel a little bad.

It is impossible for the Turks to waste too much time for a hundred thousand soldiers and horses to enter the Tang Dynasty directly. After all, the lone army goes deep. If they cannot quickly capture the Tang Dynasty, the longer it takes them, the more disadvantageous they will be.

"What happened to the Turks?"

Yu Chigong asked, and not long after, a spies hurried to report: "General, something is wrong. The Turkic soldiers and horses detoured and went straight to Chang'an. They gave up attacking Jingzhou City, but they left [-] soldiers and horses behind. Used to contain us."

Hearing this news, Yu Chigong frowned suddenly, secretly thought it was bad.

In general wars, few people say to spare the city and fight against Lima's city. If this is the case, the army will go deep alone, with enemies in front and behind, which is very unfavorable to them, and if the city behind cuts off their way, they will even provide supplies. not on.

This is not the case in any war, it is a city-by-city attack, and the threat from the rear is clearly cleared.

But Jieli Khan spared Jingzhou City because of his anxiety.

After passing Jingzhou City, it is hard to say what the Turks want to do to Datang, but if they really hit Chang'an City, it would be like slapping Datang in the face, and it would also hurt the people of Datang. Hit hard.

This is a pass that is not very beneficial to both parties.

The prosperous city of Chang'an is likely to be devastated because of this, and it will take many years to recover to its current situation.

Yu Chigong was anxious, and immediately sent someone to deliver a message, but he couldn't leave, the Turks left [-] soldiers here, if he left, they would attack Jingzhou City immediately.

The city of Jingzhou must not be lost. He still has to wait for the opportunity to attack Jieli Khan's soldiers back and forth.

(End of this chapter)