Chapter 215 White Wolf Howling for Two Months
Li Fangchen had never thought that the road to the Turks was so difficult.
It has been April since he left Chang'an, and no one would have thought of it.
His Highness, who was still smiling four months ago and rarely got angry, came to the Turks and became another person.
Always gloomy, no one knows what he is thinking.
No one knows that in the middle of the night, His Highness of the King of Qin often finds trouble falling asleep.
The two dead cities were like two mountains, pressing against him tightly.
Can't breathe and can't vent.
He wished he could kill all the Western Turks, but he understood that doing so was not allowed in the Tang Dynasty.
A long time ago, Li Yuan was teaching him the way of a gentleman, and the six rituals covered tolerance and benevolence and righteousness.
"Look at it, you will be able to rest in peace soon!"
Perhaps only by conquering the royal court can Li Fangchen relax.
"I want to use the Turkic royal court to seal the Langjuxu. I want all Turkic tribes to know that from today, the Tang army will be in the Tang territory!"
The cold wind at night slipped into the military tent, and Li Fangchen couldn't help but wrap his bedding tightly around his body. He listened to the howling wind outside the military tent, and felt a little sad.
The further you go, the harder the road is. It is simply torture for the Tang people who are used to the Central Plains.
Many soldiers have already suffered from altitude sickness, and in severe cases it is even life-threatening.
There was no way, Li Fangchen paused his pace of progress first and planned to let the army adapt to the climatic conditions here first.
Simply teach military doctors some quick oxygen supply methods and how to soothe tension and anxiety in people's hearts when they are hypoxia.
Because the difficulty of the previous training was different from that of other armies, the physical condition of the White Wolf Army was relatively good, and most people quickly adapted without any problems.
But the other two guards had a lot of trouble.
There were 15,000 people in total, more than 800 of whom were really unable to adapt to altitude sickness.
Forced to the point of helplessness, Li Fangchen had to arrange for Sixteen to take them back and find Li Ji.
After the reduction of staff, the problem occurred again, and it was much more serious than Li Fangchen imagined.
The higher the temperature difference between day and night, the greater the temperature difference between wind and cold appeared in the army, and the spread was very wide.
The problem that a cold medicine could solve in later generations has become a death-seeking note here, and dozens or even hundreds of people will fall ill every time they beat.
The dozens of doctors were half infected. Seeing that the situation was urgent, Qin Qiong and Chai Shao discussed sending His Highness the King of Qin away from here and never letting his Highness have any problems.
"Stop talking nonsense, I will not leave, unless I die, my bones will be sent to Chang'an! Otherwise, all you have to do is obey and obey orders!"
Unfortunately, as soon as this idea was proposed, Li Fangchen retorted it in one sentence.
If you catch a cold on the plateau, if you are not careful, it means pulmonary edema and you cannot be careless.
Li Fangchen sat cross-legged on the ground and pondered hard, thinking about the cure.
If the treatment is not done in time, the army of more than 15,000 people will probably lose more than 10,000 lives!
There was no way? After thinking for a long time, Li Fangchen could only force the army to retreat and leave the highest point first.
Each of them is in a state of sloppy steps, and if you are not careful, you may die.
Li Fangchen was very anxious. This was more uncomfortable than if he got sick himself. That soldier was the most precious talent in the Tang Dynasty!
"Cook the pot and boil water!"
After setting up dozens of large pots, Li Fangchen removed military supplies and put them in them without capital.
The rice and jerky soon became fragrant, and Li Fangchen sprinkled a lot of salt, which made the man in the army strong.
We asked people to feed each other, then integrated the bedding of the entire army and covered them. The campfire did not stop for the whole night.
Some of them had no response. Li Fangchen asked him to take off his clothes, rub his whole body with wine, and then continue to undergo cardiorespiratory resuscitation.
After continuous efforts, up to seven out of ten people survived.
In just seven days, in just these seven days, the Tang army had dropped by 30%. No one could have imagined that a cold wind almost caused Li Fangchen to destroy the army!
But 70% of those who survived were extremely respectful to the King of Qin. Except for Li Fangchen, everyone could see the efforts made by the King of Qin. They knew very well that if there were no King of Qin, only 20% of those who survived, or less.
If the King of Qin ordered the army to rush forward to death!
If the King of Qin ordered, all the troops would obey!
But Li Fangchen felt uncomfortable, 30%! More than 4,500 brothers lost their lives. The reason was that Li Fangchen wanted to attack Wang Ting and Fenglang Juxu!
Just because Li Fangchen wanted to attack Wang Ting, they died of illness in the middle of the journey before they had time to die on the battlefield.
That night, Li Fangchen also became sick, drowsy, and was furious to everyone.
Fortunately, it wasn't the wind and cold, otherwise Qin Qiong and Chai Shao would choose to give up attacking Wang Ting directly.
In the summer of the fifth year of Zhenguan, on July 13, Li Jing, Duke of Wei of the Tang Dynasty, defeated Jie Li Khan of the Turks, and the opponent fled.
In the summer of the fifth year of Zhenguan, on July 22, the Hejian County Prince Li Xiaogong defeated the Turkic Tuli Khan. All 50,000 Turkic soldiers were destroyed. The leader Tuli was beheaded and sent back to Chang'an.
Quan Tianxia thought they would go back to the court, but he didn't want both armies to advance towards the Turks at the same time.
On the other hand, British Duke Li Ji sent back the news that all seventeen tribes remaining in the Turks in the western region are willing to surrender!
As the first contribution of Qin King Li Chengyu has not been contacted so far, and it has been more than two months since he lost the news.
Li Shimin issued an edict overnight, asking Li Jing and Li Xiaogong to enter the Turks, just to know why the King of Qin has not seen him yet.
But I didn't know that outside a mountain range in the eastern Turkic region, an army of more than 9,000 people ran out.
"I finally came out and got lost for half a month. I don't know what the situation of the two dukes!"
"Your Highness is too worried. My Tang army will definitely win!"
"Aowoo!"
"Aurora, if you bite the black green (Li Fangchen's horse), be careful that I will chop you up!"
“Woooo…”
Li Fangchen was at the forefront of the team. The entire army was a little messy at the moment, and there was a hint of unnatural redness on his face, which was completely a sequelae of altitude sickness.
In addition to the liberation, there was a hint of heaviness. There was immediately a small package containing their brother's bone meal and relics.
Seventeen and others also carried the same package behind them. At that time, six of them left for twenty-one young men in the Qin Palace.
Five thousand four hundred people! More than 5,400 people died on the way, which was unimaginable!
In addition to wind and cold, there are also terrain and sudden threats, which also caused the army to lose its staff again. Once they get sick, there seems to be only one final result!
The burden on their shoulders is heavier, and they must step on the royal court. If not, how can they be worthy of the deceased brothers?
"Your Highness, according to the map, we should be near the Uighur tribe now!"
"How far is it from the other party's royal court?"
"More than four hundred miles!"
"Tell your brothers, prepare for it, and in seven days we will drink in the royal court!"
It’s no problem to ride a hundred miles a day, and the time for refining is not too long.
It has to be said that it is good that most of the horses under them come from the Turks. This caused the soldiers to suffer serious losses, and the horses did not have much problem.
One man and two horses came out, and finally they were made into jerky meat by the hungry Tang army, otherwise the little military ration would have been starved to death.
The White Wolf Army has 4,000 left, which is quite good. There are only 2,000 left in the Right Guard, plus the three thousand left in the Right Guard, this is all the troops in Li Fangchen's hands.
Chapter completed!