I, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, have risen since I destroyed the Turks

Chapter 59: Interrogating Turkic herdsmen and searching for Qamdo in the Valley of Desire

at the same time.

Mobei, the vast desert.

A small oasis dotted among them.

More than two thousand vanguard soldiers holding swords and riding horses surrounded the small oasis.

Li Zheng was riding on a tall black horse, holding a black iron sword, looking down majestically at the hundreds of Turks kneeling in front of him.

And around these people, there were corpses everywhere.

There were Turkic soldiers, as well as Turkic men wearing herdsman clothes and holding weapons.

For the Turks living on the grasslands, they have lived on horseback since childhood, and naturally became soldiers when they reached adulthood.

In Li Zheng's eyes, the Turkic men holding weapons and riding horses were Turkic soldiers and his enemies.

"Where is Yugu Changdu hiding?"

"Say it!"

Li Zheng stared at the people kneeling on the ground with cold eyes and shouted sharply.

however.

Li Zheng asked sternly several times, but the hundreds of Turks kneeling on the ground remained silent, with their heads lowered and their whole bodies trembling.

Seeing this group of Turks, no one spoke.

Li Zheng's eyes became colder and crueler:
  "Zhao Ming!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Ming, who was beside him, suddenly understood and waved his hand.

Several of the cavalry guards dismounted and directly picked out dozens of people from the kneeling crowd, including men and women, old and young.

"Do not kill me."

"We are the herders living here."

"Don't kill me..."

"We really don't know where Yuguchandu Khan is!"

These people had swords held on their necks, and they were all trembling and begging.

And those people kneeling in front of Li Zheng had hatred in their eyes.

If he hadn't been unarmed, he would have gotten up early and fought tooth and nail with the Tang soldiers.

However, these did not make Li Zheng feel any sympathy.

When the Turks first invaded the Tang Dynasty from the south, they were extremely cruel to the soldiers and people of the Tang Dynasty. Whole villages and entire cities were massacred. Corpses were everywhere where the Turks soldiers passed, and not a blade of grass grew.

What they did was ten times or a hundred times crueler than Li Zheng's.

Simply inhuman.

Apart from that.

In the name of "threshing", the Turks went south to the Tang Dynasty every year, plundering the people of the Tang Dynasty and using them as slaves in the Turks.

This is all too clear to Li Zheng, who lives in the border town of Changzhi.

Li Zheng hated these Turks deeply, not to mention that he was still on the battlefield. His pity for the enemy was cruelty to his soldiers, which would put his brothers in danger.

"I will ask you one last time."

"Where is Yugu Changdu hiding?"

"If you don't speak up, these people will die, and every one of you."

"Until you ask."

"Don't play tricks with me, I won't have the patience."

Li Zheng said coldly.

Just as Li Zheng finished speaking.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty raised their swords high.

As long as Li Zheng gives the order, he will raise his sword and drop his head.

Each of these people was so frightened that they cried out.

"I say."

"I said…"

Just when Li Zheng was about to raise his hand to give an order, an old Turkic man stood up tremblingly.

Even though his eyes were full of resentment and unwillingness, he could only stand up.

Otherwise, this seemingly young general is not merciful at all, and he may not mean what he says.

Li Zheng was riding on his horse and lowered his half-raised hand.

"Yugu Changdu Khan led his people all the way north. Thirty or fifty miles away from here, there is a temporary royal court in Mobei." The old Turkic man said helplessly with his head hanging down.

"I hope you don't lie to me, otherwise I, the elite of the Tang Dynasty, will come back and kill you and others with blood."

Li Zheng looked at the old man coldly and said.

Then he waved his hand.

"Every soldier will take away all the dry food here, kill all the horses, and destroy all the weapons. They will not be given the motive to resist."

"Repair for half an hour and continue pursuing north."

Li Zheng shouted loudly.

Hear this.

The expressions of the Turks present turned pale.

Winter is about to begin, their dry food has been taken away, and their horses have been killed. How will they survive this winter?
  But looking at the fierce Tang troops riding tall horses, they dared not speak out in anger.

They knew that if the land expropriation offended these fierce Tang soldiers, they would be killed by these heroes without waiting for them to starve to death.

soon.

Half an hour passed.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty slaughtered horses, destroyed weapons, and brought enough dry food and water according to Li Zheng's instructions.

One by one they jumped on their horses in high spirits.

This is already their sixteenth day deep in Mobei.

Not only was it the first time for these soldiers to go so far into the desert, it was also the first time for the Tang Dynasty people to enter this desert.

And it goes deep into the hinterland of the Turks.

"It will be winter soon."

"General, we slaughtered their horses and took away their dry food. These people should..."

Zhao Ming rode his horse to follow Li Zheng and said somewhat unbearably.

"Do you think this general is too cruel?"

Li Zheng said lightly.

"The general will not dare."

"The general felt that these were not Turkic soldiers, and there were many old, weak, women and children, so he felt a little unbearable."

Zhao Ming whispered.

"Zhao Ming, have you seen how the Turks harmed the people on the border of the Tang Dynasty?"

"If you put yourself in his shoes, you wouldn't have this idea."

"If this tribe were the border residents of the Tang Dynasty, and if the people holding swords against them were Turkic soldiers, how do you think they would treat the border residents of the Tang Dynasty? Would we be so kind as to let them go?"

Li Zheng asked calmly.

"These Turkic soldiers will definitely plunder all the property, take away the young men and women as slaves, and kill them all, old and young."

Zhao Ming thought for a while and said through gritted teeth.

"So, do you still think Ben will be cruel?"

Li Zheng sneered:
  "When they met our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, they met the Bodhisattva soldiers. They didn't kill them. They just took away their food, killed their horses, and destroyed their weapons. They were afraid that they would become our enemies in the end."

"Zhao Ming!"

"When dealing with the enemy, especially when we go deep into the Turks' home base, we must not be merciful. To be merciful to them is to be irresponsible to our brothers."

"Once these people mount their war horses and pick up weapons, they will become fierce Turkic soldiers. If we fight them, there will be casualties."

"If we show mercy to them, they won't be grateful to you, and they might even fight back."

"At the end of the day, they are our enemies."

Li Zheng analyzed with a heavy tone.

Zhao Ming nodded frequently as he followed.

During this period of time, I have been deep into the Mobei Desert.

Li Zheng led more than two thousand light cavalry, destroying tribes along the way, taking away food, killing horses, and destroying weapons.

I am afraid that once these people unite, they will become a considerable force.

He only brought more than two thousand cavalry and did not want to cause trouble.

What's more, after all, these people are Turks, their enemies.

"Subordinate, I understand."

Listening to Li Zheng's teachings, Zhao Ming finally understood Li Zheng's profound meaning.

(End of this chapter)