A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 550
Wu Huaiyu woke up, opened her eyes,

There was a moment of loss.

Then, he sat up abruptly, remembering the big battle last night,
"Come on!"

As his voice sounded, the door was suddenly pushed open, and the cold wind rushed in, making Wu Huaiyu shiver involuntarily.
A group of people scrambled to squeeze in,
This appearance made Wu Huaiyu laugh, "Why panic?"

Wu Sigong, Fuyu Mohe's adopted son, was the first to report the victory excitedly. Huaiyu yawned slowly, then stretched out, and rubbed his face, "Bring me breakfast first, I'm hungry."

Li Keyong, Sumo Mohe's adopted son, brought clothes for Wu Huaiyu, and they hung them by the stove to keep them warm. Yuwen Chengdu and An Lushan both went down to fight in the army, and now these matters are left to Li Ke Yong and Wu Sigong were two teenagers to do it.

Get dressed and breakfast will be served.

Stewed horse meat with milk tea, very battlefield style.

Many horses were killed or injured in the battle last night. Those dead horses were immediately dealt with by the logistics battalion. They skinned, dismantled, and divided up the bones. Many wounded horses were inspected by the veterinarian, and the seriously injured ones were slaughtered directly. After peeling the skin and removing the bones, the Tianleng meat can be frozen directly without worrying about spoilage.

Soldiers can also improve their food and eat meat.

Wu Huaiyu ate the stewed horse meat, and didn't dislike the cook's rough cooking skills, or the simple seasoning in the army. Some generals like him like to bring their own cooks with the army, but Wu Huaiyu still directly stirs the food with the soldiers with a spoon. .

Of course, there are also cooks in the military business group, and they can arrange for you if you want to eat roasted whole lamb.

"Tell me about the specific situation of the battle, did you catch Xieli?"

"Xieli hasn't been caught yet. This guy is very cunning and lucky. Tuli almost surrounded him, but his son-in-law was very loyal and brave to protect him from the encirclement," Li Ke said with eloquence.

There was a sudden battle last night. Jieli woke up from his sleep and was lucky to escape.

Since then, Tuli, Su Dingfang, Li Tudiji, Gao Rong and others have been chasing after him, but last night there was a white wind and it was dark, so Xieli was finally allowed to escape.

"Oh."

After Wu Huaiyu finished eating a large piece of horse meat, his stomach was a bit full, so he picked up milk tea and drank it.Jieli ran away, which was not beyond his expectation.
In fact, although the surprise attack last night was well planned, after all, Tuli's remnant soldiers and the Youzhou Legion were only about 5 people.

But Xieli still has nearly 10 horses.

In fact, last night was quite dangerous. If Jieli hadn't been caught off guard, especially Tuli's counterattack, if the Tang army had launched a night attack, they might have been discovered before they got close to the camp, and whoever would win in a chaotic battle It's hard to say if you lose.

Tuli and the others' defection was crucial. They went straight to the camp and went straight to the Golden Wolf's tent. It can be said that the entire camp was blown up in one fell swoop.

And Xieli only thought of fleeing at the first moment, instead of gathering people and horses to fight back, which was also the key to their failure.

In the dark night, there is no command, the Turks are fighting on their own, plus the input of various firearms such as thunder and rockets from the Tang army, and Tuli and the others spread all kinds of rumors that the Tang army has come in. After a while, it is said that Wu Huaiyu from Youzhou has arrived. After a while, he said that Li Ji of Bingzhou had arrived.
The Turkic people were very panicked.

But when Zhishisili, Ashina Simo and other noble leaders knew that the Golden Wolf Tent had fallen, and Jieli's life and death were unknown, they would not dare to fight and fled one after another. This flight became a rout.

Xu Siye came in from the outside.

"Erlang woke up?"

He told Wu Huaiyu that the fighting was still going on outside, Su Lie, Tu Li and other people from all walks of life were still chasing after the victory. Last night, they fought in the middle of the night.
Killed from midnight to dawn, still in pursuit.

Anyway, now Xieli's 10 horses have no leader, they are completely disintegrated, and they are all running to their hometowns, and the chasing soldiers are also beating the dogs in the water.

Now not only are all the troops of Jieli defeated and scattered, but the pursuers of the Tang army and the Turks, Xi, Khitan and other troops are basically fighting on their own.

Huaiyu was not worried when he heard that, now that Jieli's army is so defeated, even if Changshengtian Tengger came down to earth, it would be impossible to gather so many defeated troops in a short time.

The defeat of the army is like a mountain, it's not just for fun.

Now that the morale of the abrupt coalition forces is high, there is no need to worry too much about them.

He picked up another large piece of horse meat, cut it open with a knife and continued to fill his stomach, "Send someone to find General Su and Ci Guosurname and let them lead the cavalry to continue the pursuit, but be more careful.
The rest of the infantry stopped their pursuit and asked them to sweep around the Turkic camp for [-] li.

Township regiments and logistics troops cleaned the battlefield, collected corpses, guarded prisoners, gathered livestock, etc. within ten miles of the Turkic camp. "

Wu Huaiyu felt full of energy after having breakfast,

"Go down the mountain and go to the Turkic camp."

Li Keyong reminded Wu Huaiyu that the mountain is still in chaos, and Badger Mountain is safer.

"Jie Li has already fled in panic, why should I be afraid?"

The pursuit can expand the results of the battle, but one has to be careful to avoid being seized by Xieli to make a comeback, although the possibility of this is very small.

At the foot of the mountain, he didn't see Tuli or Su Dingfang.

Instead, I saw the missions sent by Lu Chengye and others. Although they were peacemakers, they were quite brave, but they were not respected by Xieli. Xieli mocked them and detained them in the camp. In the middle, I went down from Langwei Mountain to Yehu Ridge,

Because of the setback in the attack on the mountain, Jieli also angered them. Although no one whipped them, he did not give them food, nor gave them dried cow dung to keep warm. They suffered from cold and hunger for three days.
They were almost killed when the chaos broke out last night. Fortunately, they were wearing official uniforms of the Tang Dynasty, and most of these gentlemen were good at riding and shooting. Although it happened suddenly, they still had swords by their side.

A few Turkic men wanted to kill them, but they repelled them, and some of them were slightly injured. Afterwards, no one cared about them, and when the Turkic men arrived, they even sent troops to protect them.

Seeing Wu Huaiyu, Lu Chengye was a little wronged, even a little angry, and wanted to go up and give Wu Huaiyu a sword.

But in the end, he still came forward to pay respects.

"Congratulations to the governor for winning the first battle!"

A group of scholars from Youzhou also congratulated Wu Huaiyu with mixed feelings. They are peace advocates, and they are full of responsibility to act as peace envoys. Who knows that Wu Huaiyu has no intention of peace talks at all, but has come to such an earth-shattering battle at Yehuling .

And he succeeded.

They still can't believe it.

But in the past few days, they were also in the Jieli camp. They not only witnessed the huge number of Turkic troops, but also saw the panic and cunning of Jieli's defeat.

Wu Huaiyu actually fought so hastily with only his own strength, and he still won, and he won so beautifully.

Simply a miracle.

Lu Chengye really had to submit to this brother-in-law, and even admired him all over.

"I've made you worry and frightened. It's been hard work." Wu Huaiyu helped Lu Chengye up, and then got the others up, "Let's go to Jieli's Golden Wolf Tent to sit together."

Xieli's golden wolf tent has been reorganized and repaired. Although there are still blood stains and stains that have not been cleaned in time, the decoration of gold, silver, pearls and jade still makes this big tent very majestic.

However, the golden wolf banner in front of the tent is no longer flying, and now the Tang Army's sun, moon, star, three-star flag, and Wu character handsome flag have been newly erected there.

The golden wolf banner is now in the tent, and it has become a gift from Tuli to Wu Huaiyu.

"Tuli Khan asked the young man to tell Mr. Wu that he led people to continue chasing Jieli and vowed to capture him and offer him to Mr. Wu."

It was his cousin, Shetu Teqin, who conveyed the news of Tuli to Huaiyu, who was ordered by Tuli last night to lead people to protect Lu Chengye and his party.

Tuli Khan didn't need Wu Huaiyu's order, he had been chasing Xieli for a long time. He wanted to take Xieli more urgently than Wu Huaiyu, and it would be best if he could behead him.

Huaiyu stood in front of the Golden Wolf tent, with the Sanchen flag flying high above his head, which was very eye-catching, reminding everyone that the camp had changed hands.

But the whole camp was still in chaos. There were corpses all over the ground, as well as dead horses that hadn't arrived and were slaughtered, all frozen hard.

Some tents were burned overnight, leaving black remnants.

This camp is now basically full of people from the logistics battalion and the military caravan, moving corpses, cutting up dead horses, collecting weapons, and tidying up tents.
Even re-strengthened the fence, set up tents, and rushed to repair the prisoner camp to house the prisoners who were constantly captured.

The soldiers have already centered on the camp and spread to the periphery to search for fleeing enemies.

the sky is gray,

The beacon smoke on the hills of Yehuling has become three wisps,

The flames of war have not stopped, and the war has not stopped.

The north wind whimpered, carrying the slightest smell of blood.

Huaiyu stood in front of the tent for a while, and then entered the big tent.

The tent has been rearranged. The handmade carpets from the Persian Sasanian Empire are large and bright, showing the noble status of the old owner.

And the jade cups, gold pots and silver bowls in the tent are also extraordinary.

Huaiyu sat where Jieli used to be, where a rare white bear skin was laid,
"Lu Canjun, I will work hard for you next,"

The battle is not over yet, but the military staff who have joined the army are starting to get busy. They have to count the results of the battle, record the military exploits, and record all kinds of captured trophies.

Another is to report victory to the Emperor Chang'an.

Wu Huaiyu asked Lu Chengye to write the Jielubu to the emperor on his behalf, and sent someone eight hundred miles to send it to Chang'an urgently.

Afterwards, good news continued to come in, how many were killed, how many were captured, how many were captured,
When it was dark, only Su Lie's Qingyi cavalry, Sumo Mohe cavalry from Tudiji, Fuyu Mohe cavalry from Wufuyu, and Gao Rong Gaoning's mountain cavalry were left to pursue Xieli. , as well as the Turkic cavalry of Tuli, the Xibu cavalry of Keduzhe, and the Khitan cavalry of the Dahemo Society,
They are still clinging on.

As for the rest of the ministries, they have basically been ordered to stop their pursuit and instead start to sweep the battlefield and search for remnants of the enemy.

Su Dingfang and the others have chased hundreds of miles away.

But still did not catch up with Xieli.

Xieli's ability to escape is really great.

Not even Zhishisili, Ashina Simo, Zhao Deyan and others caught up with any of them.

The largest fish captured so far are only a few secret agents.

Wu Huaiyu knew that it should be impossible to catch up.

But to have such a record, he is also satisfied.

Turks are good at riding and shooting, and this is on the grassland, so it is really difficult to chase them.

"Send someone to send an order to General Su and the others to stop the pursuit."

"Also send someone to bring a message to Tuli Khan, stop the pursuit."

The next search will continue for several days, but basically within a hundred miles of Yehuling.

For Wu Huaiyu, for the Youzhou Legion, this battle is over.

They won.

In the evening, Wu Huaiyu took the figures calculated by Lu Chengye and the others. The number of beheaded and captured people was not amazing. In fact, they defeated 10 people in Jieli, but after a day and night of attacking and killing, they beheaded less than [-] people. Many were caught up and surrounded and killed when they fled.
There were not many prisoners, many of them were surrounded and surrendered and captured, about ten thousand.

The beheading and captives add up to less than [-],

Previously, Xieli attacked Badger's mouth for two days and one night, causing [-] casualties.

Lu Chengye felt that maybe the summarized figures were not accurate, and maybe there were still many people who had not come yet to submit the reports to sort out the calculations.

Wu Huaiyu said, "10 people were routed, two days and one night of fighting, [-] casualties and prisoners, this number is already very high,"

After the night attack started, Jieli ran away, and the Turks began to disperse. Basically, they didn't fight head-on. They just ran and chased each other. The Turks basically rode horses, but the cavalry of the Tang coalition army was limited, so the results of the battle were not good. many.

If it weren't for the fact that the Turkic people broke up too quickly, some Turkic soldiers lost their way in the dark night and were surrounded by infantry. In fact, the result of the battle would not have been so great.

(End of this chapter)