Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 98

Some Tubo warriors wanted to run, but they couldn't run four ways with their two legs, and they became the ghosts of the reinforcements one after another within two or three miles.

There are corpses all over the mountains and plains, and there are tens of thousands of them by visual inspection.

Gu Sili and others led a few regiments to clean the battlefield, mainly to collect weapons, armor and wearable clothes. The corpses were ignored, and vultures came here smelling of blood, and they drove them to circle in the sky.

Several heads of night watchmen led their subordinates to take over and guard the captured Tubo slaves, including the wounded ones, more than [-] people were captured.

After all, being dismissed from office is not an honorable thing. Li Chengye didn't want to see his former colleagues like Cui Han and Wang Qingxiang busy picking recruits who had stopped the Tubo army to form his Yannan Army.

Some of the more than 300 schoolchildren were busy distributing fodder and fine fodder needed for the horses to the reinforcements, and some gathered the old, weak, women and children rescued a few days ago to cook for the bloody fighting and reinforcements.

The cattle and sheep that had been frozen to death in the past few days were not enough to cook, and more than 800 were killed.

The whereabouts of Maza Tata were found out. The old bastard really broke his arm and rushed to Congling with more than 8000 elites and all the horses.

Su Dabolu and Suda Shagun were very anxious, but they had just fought a fierce battle. The four thousand warriors brought from their hometown before had killed and injured nearly two thousand. If they go back like this, they may not be able to win. They can only pin their hopes on Anxi army.

Han Shimei entered the mountain pass and inspected the camp, feeling secretly that his son had grown up.

Not only did they win a big battle, they solved once and for all the catastrophe that threatened the Yele tribe and even the entire Yele town at all times, but also rescued so many people in the Tang Dynasty, and even managed it in an orderly manner.

Wang Qingxiang thought that he had made a fortune by sweeping the Qiang tribe before, but after seeing Han Ping'an's capture, he knew that the loot was really nothing, and he couldn't help being jealous.

Anu Shi, Yuan Jingang and others looked at Han Ping'an completely differently from before. They no longer regarded him as a lunatic, and they no longer regarded him as a half-child. Leader, you can sit on an equal footing from now on.

The meal is ready and the wine is ready, but now is not the time to drink celebration wine.

Han Shimei quickly finished eating, put down the bowls and chopsticks and started to talk about business: "Brother Cui, General Wang, Mazha Tata is planning to cross the Congling Ridge through the vast sea, and old Su Da happened to be stationed at the end of the sword. They just left last night. We are now Follow up in time."

"The opportunity must not be missed, the time will never come, and we will leave after dinner!" Wang Qingxiang more than anyone else hopes to cut the grass and roots, otherwise he will not be able to survive in Yele Town when Maza Tata slows down.

Although Cui Han is only a Jiedu inspector, he now represents An Fuyan, the deputy governor of Anxi and the Jiedu envoy of the four towns, and he is leading the army.

After weighing it up, he raised his head and said, "It's not appropriate to pursue too closely. For the sake of this battle, I will try my best to wipe it out."

It is easy to defeat Mazata Tower now, but it will be very troublesome after defeat.

It took five or six years for the Tubo horse thieves who wandered around after Guang Qingjiao was defeated to regain Anxi, and I don't know how much food and grass they spent.

Han Shimei nodded: "Then follow them from a distance, follow them to Congling, and then attack old Su Da."

Cui Han smiled and looked at Han Ping'an: "Sanlang, all I brought are guest troops, and I'm not familiar with Hanhai, especially the Congling area."

Han Pingan hurriedly said: "I want to deal with the aftermath here, and stop Basang. The night watchmen in our Baisha City killed more than a dozen people in battle, and we really can't get anyone out. There are more than [-] night watchmen in Yele City who can fight." Night watchman, it's time to return it to Uncle Wang."

Wang Qingxiang said without hesitation: "Twenty or so night watchmen are enough, and they are most familiar with Hanhai."

Cui Han nodded, and continued: "Then there is food and grass, the food and grass we brought are only enough for four days."

Han Pingan looked back at the three Su Da brothers who were hesitant to speak, and said resolutely: "I have enough food and grass here, and the army can bring as much as it can."

This child is very sensible, and he knows the reason why he can't bear to let a child be tied to a wolf.

Cui Han smiled, and said meaningfully: "Sanlang, before you came, your father-in-law promised to Ge Luolu and other troops that if any were captured, they would be divided equally according to the number of troops sent. But in this morning's battle, only a few thousand slaves were captured. Killing Congling is like no oil and water, and Mazha Tata is at the end of the road, so it can be said that it has nothing to ask for."

They came from thousands of miles to help fight against Tubo, and as the biggest beneficiary, they couldn't help but express themselves.

Han Ping'an had been prepared for a long time, looked back at Yu Wangli, and then cupped his hands and said: "Uncles, as long as my Yele tribe has people and enough people to persist in the next year's autumn harvest, all the gold, silver, jewelry, horses, cattle and sheep seized before Hand it over to your uncles."

Yu Wangli bowed and presented a stack of ledgers.

Cui Han took it and flipped through a few pages, exclaiming, "There are so many!"

Han Pingan said with a smile: "Mazha Tata ransacked extensively when they offended Anxi before, and worked hard here for decades, and they are self-sufficient these years, and they have almost no money. It is not surprising that there are so many places. .”

Wang Qingxiang couldn't help asking, "How much?"

"There should be seventy-eight million cash equivalents."

"what!"

Wang Qingxiang was stunned, Anu Shi and other leaders of the Jimi tribe were shocked, and even Han Shimei, who never valued money very much, was shocked.

When Tubo swept Anxi, Mazha was the vanguard.

Later, the army regained Anxi, and the Mazha tribe was the last to withdraw.

Mazha Tata wanted to take away the gold, silver, jewels, and silver coins that he had worked so hard to snatch, so he missed the opportunity to retreat from Congling, so he had to retreat to Yannan and became a branch of Tubo. alone.

In fact, the Mazha Department has amassed more than this much money, and Han Pingan has already hidden nearly 200 million texts in Yu Wangli.

Cui Han didn't know this, so he couldn't help asking: "Sanlang, you captured this after a narrow escape, and handed it over to the embassy for disposal. You have to think about such an important matter."

"Without the uncles who tricked the old bastard Maza out, I would never have had the opportunity to copy his lair. If it hadn't been for the timely sources of uncles, I'm afraid I would have been heaped to death by the old bastard Basang. No matter how much money I have, it would be useless. "

Han Ping'an paused, and then emphasized very earnestly and sincerely: "Besides, Shijun is my father-in-law. My small family is easy to take care of, but he is hard to take care of everyone. There is nothing and no money."

"My son said it well, your father-in-law will be very pleased if he knows!"

Before, Han Shimei was really worried that her son would not understand the truth of what you can get if you give up. Seeing that his son is so magnanimous and generous, he feels very relieved.

Captured and handed over to the embassy for disposal...

No matter how jealous Wang Qingxiang was, he couldn't say anything, and the leaders of the Jumi tribe, such as Anushi and Yuan Jingang, had no right to speak. Although they felt a little pity, they felt much more comfortable when they thought that they had captured a lot from the Qiang tribe before.

For Cui Han, those soldiers who came from Guishu with money would be easy to bring.

What's more, Han Sanlang's holding is worth 800 million Wen, so he only needs to spend 300 to [-] million Wen to boost morale, and the rest will really come in handy when transported back to the embassy.

The host and guest enjoyed a meal.

After the meal, the soldiers who participated in the battle were paid.

Su Dabolu and Suda Shagun only received some food and grass besides the military pay for their subordinates, but they dared not complain.

Old Su Da was in trouble, and Su Da Sushi felt that something should be done.

Han Pingan understood his feelings, and asked Gu Sili and others to select 600 recruits who could ride horses from each regiment, together with his uninjured clansmen, formed a regiment of [-] people, and set off with Cui Han and Wang Qingxiang.

Anu Shi and other leaders of the Jimi tribe in Yele Town had formed a deadly feud with Mazha Tata, and he was worried about seeing Maza Tata die with his own eyes, so he led his troops to go with him.

Sending away the army and seeing off Li Chengye, who will be guarding Yannan in the next few years, Han Pingan brought more than 5000 prisoners of war and tens of thousands of horses, cattle and sheep with the solved Tang people and the captured grain and grass , set foot on the return journey mightily.

Surrounded by his son, daughter and son-in-law, Han Shimei smiled and asked as he walked, "Sanlang, what do you plan to do with those prisoners?"

"They are slaves. They are coerced to be our enemies. But it's hard to say whether any of them are slaves to tigers. Next, I will ask old man Chen to help identify them one by one. Those who commit the most heinous crimes will be sentenced to death. Go digging."

"Is there enough food?"

"Wangli estimated it for me, and it should last until the autumn harvest."

"What's the matter with the false priest begging the Patriarch of Sanqing to lower the divine thunder?"

"False priests can not only open the altar to pray to the ancestors of the Sanqing to bring down the divine thunder, but also ask the ancestors of the Sanqing to bless my Yele tribe with a bumper harvest."

Han Shimei was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Taoist fat field powder?"

Han Ping'an's face turned serious: "Father, who did you listen to, don't believe those rumors. There is no fat field powder in this world, at least within three to five years. Now there are only Taoists and false Taoists, and only false Taoists are living gods!"

The younger brother said it seriously, Yinniang couldn't help laughing.

Qu Tong was afraid that his father-in-law would see his flaws, so he hurried on and ran back to see the dishonesty of the prisoners.

To Yinniang's surprise, the father was silent for a moment and then smiled: "That's fine, rumors are rumors, don't take it seriously."

Han Ping'an knew that his father would support him, because winning a battle is a victory, but it did not fundamentally solve the crisis of the old Han's family.

Lin Shijun doesn't know what to do now, let alone whether the emperor will go crazy and kill his son again. As the "partner" of the prince, his father is precarious.

In short, I used to rely on my father to support me, now I want to be my father's strong backing.

Han Ping'an was looking forward to another three to five years of wretched development, and even if the emperor was insane, he would not dare to touch the old Han's family easily. Han Shimei suddenly said: "Sanlang, Yinniang, dad is planning to go to Guishu in a few days."

"Go in a few days?"

"Father, there is no need to be in such a hurry."

"When the new general takes office, he has to be assisted. And in three or four months, Huang Bowen will also bring your aunt and your brother-in-law over."

Dad is worried that after relatives from his hometown such as Da Niang and Da Lang Erlang come, he will feel uncomfortable seeing him here as a father, a kind father and a filial son...

Han Pingan reacted, and said with mixed feelings: "It's better to go there earlier, and go to Guishu to set up a house first, so that the aunt and Dalang Erlang will not have a place to live when they arrive."

(End of this chapter)