Chapter 103 Conquering [-] Turkic Army

Prairie, in the Tang army commander's tent.

Li Chengdao was discussing with Jia Xu how to deal with the remaining Turkic soldiers from various tribes.

There are still about [-] Turkic soldiers left in each tribe, but they have all surrendered and given up resistance.

For these people, Li Chengdao's idea was to expel them to the Western Turks, while Jia Xu's idea was to take this army under his command and transform it into a regular army.

"Your Highness, the casualties of our army this time are not small. The dead soldiers are close to [-]. Instead of recruiting new troops, it is better to absorb these Turkic troops. It will also be convenient for troop training."

Jia Xu persuaded him earnestly.

But Yue Fei on the side shook his head and said firmly: "No, Turkic soldiers must not be taken under our command. Their hands are more or less stained with the blood of Tang Dynasty soldiers, and we have slaughtered the Turks, how can they Don’t you have a grudge against us? You definitely can’t accept it!”

When Jia Xu heard this, he became anxious.

"A fool's opinion! Most Turkic soldiers are proficient in bows and horses. As long as you give them war horses, they will all be outstanding cavalry!"

"War horses are a scarce resource, and cavalry are not easy to train. Therefore, our Tang Dynasty does not have many cavalry at present. Now we have obtained 10,000+ war horses. If we add [-] cavalry, it will be a huge boost!"

"There are [-] cavalrymen. How can we easily exile them to the Western Turks?"

Jia Xu glared at Yue Fei, feeling extremely incomprehensible about his wasteful behavior.

Jia Xu is a complete profit-oriented person. As long as it is beneficial, he will not consider other detours.

For example, these Turkic soldiers killed the White-robed Army. In his opinion, casualties are inevitable when fighting on the battlefield. How can this be considered a crime?
"This is feeding a tiger into trouble!"

Yue Fei also refused to give in at all and confronted Jia Xu tit for tat.

"You, you... are simply unreasonable!"

Jia Xu originally wanted to roll up his sleeves, grab Yue Fei's collar and curse, but after seeing Yue Fei's burly body and fists as big as sandbags, he suddenly felt weak and had to curse with a livid face.

Xue Wanche, Luo Yi and Li Chengdao also found it quite interesting to watch a general and a counselor yelling curses and almost rolling up their sleeves to fight.

"Okay, you two should be quiet and let's listen to General Luo's opinion."

Li Chengdao looked at Luo Yi and asked.

"This……"

Luo Yi was a little flattered, but since Li Chengdao had asked, he had no choice but to stand up and think for a moment before he said seriously: "I agree with Mr. Jia's point of view. The [-] Turkic cavalry is indeed a great help."

After Luo Yi finished speaking, Jia Xu's eyes suddenly became much kinder when she looked at him, and she said with a smile: "Shuai Luo really has a unique vision, unlike some people who are pedantic, hum!"

Jia Xu snorted coldly and glanced at Yue Fei, the meaning was self-evident.

Luo Yi could only smile bitterly.

"General Xue, what about you?"

Li Chengdao then asked Xue Wanche.

Xue Wanche frowned, cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Jia's words are reasonable, but the Turks are barbarians outside the country. If they are not tamed and mutiny occurs, it will be a big trouble."

"This is [-] cavalry. Once there is chaos in Youzhou and even the Central Plains, it will..."

Xue Wanche's tone could not conceal his deep concern.

"This is actually what the general is worried about."

Yue Fei sighed, cupped his hands and said.At this time, Jia Xu had nothing to say, because it was very troublesome to completely make these Turkic soldiers surrender.

After listening to everyone's opinions, Li Chengdao touched his chin and said, "General Feng, please go and bring the leaders of the Turkic soldiers over. I want to see them."

"The last general takes orders."

Feng Li nodded, turned around and walked out of the handsome tent.

Although everyone didn't understand what Li Chengdao wanted to do, they would figure it out after a while.

Not long after, Feng Li led a burly man nine feet tall into the handsome tent.

He is nine feet tall, which is just over two meters tall. Coupled with this man's burly and strong body, he is like a black tower.

Even fierce generals like Yue Fei and Xue Wanche were surprised when they saw this burly man.

"Alidan, meet His Highness the Grand Sun!"

After this burly man walked into the handsome tent, he knelt down directly towards Li Chengdao, pressed his forehead deeply to the ground, and said in somewhat stiff Chinese. Feng Li should have taught him how to address Li Chengdao.

"Get up."

Li Chengdao held his cheek with one hand and said lightly.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Alidan stood up, but the respect on his face remained unchanged, and he did not even dare to look at Li Chengdao.

"What is your identity? Can you command the remaining [-] soldiers?"

Li Chengdao asked directly.

After hearing this, Alidan replied respectfully: "Your Highness, I am the commander of the royal court's guards. I belong directly to the royal court and am responsible for maintaining the safety of the royal court."

"Now that the two khans have been defeated by you, only I can order them."

"I see."

Li Chengdao nodded thoughtfully, and then smiled: "Alidan, are you willing to work for Gu?"

Alidan was stunned for a moment, wondering if he heard wrongly, and subconsciously said: "What?"

"Gu wants to ask you, are you willing to work for Gu?"

Li Chengdao asked again.

Only then did Alidan confirm that he heard correctly, then looked at Li Chengdao in disbelief and stammered: "But, but we are Turks, and we also killed soldiers of the Tang Dynasty..."

As he spoke, he glanced at Yue Fei and the others with some fear.

"Gu knows, so Gu plans to give you a chance to work for Gu."

Li Chengdao said directly, "If you agree, you and the [-] Turkic soldiers under your command can be exempted from expulsion and serve under Gu's command as a guilty person."

"As long as you get enough credit, Gu can let you become a regular army under Gu, and at the same time, the families of the soldiers under your command can come to live in Youzhou."

"How do you feel?"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.

(End of this chapter)

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