Chapter 666: Paper tiger profit

"What, the Turks retreated?" Cheng Yaojin was stunned.

His expression was the same as Su Dingfang's expression when he first learned the news.

Cheng Yaojin said very puzzledly: "No, this is not the Turkic style, let alone Jieli's style. Why did they retreat?"

"I don't know the real reason. But I guess it has something to do with the hot air balloon," Su Dingfang said.

"Hot air balloon?" Cheng Yaojin nodded, "What you said may be true. When many people saw a hot air balloon for the first time, they thought it was a god descending to earth.

The Turks believed in the gods very much. When they saw the hot air balloon, they must have thought that the gods were coming down to earth to help the Tang Dynasty. They were frightened and ran away.

Yes, that must be the case."

"Whether this is the case or not, after Jie Li and the army join together, they will still come to the city tomorrow. In order not to fight them head-on, I have asked all the people from the firearms battalion to enter the city, and all the artillery has been arranged on the city wall.

Tomorrow we will have a fair fight with them," Su Dingfang said.

"That's good. Let's fight them openly and let them know for the rest of their lives that the Tang Dynasty is not something they can mess with." Cheng Yaojin responded.

After running continuously for an hour, Jieli's army began to dismount and rest.

Jie Li was very unhappy with this trip, and even more unhappy that they retreated. This was completely different from the high spirits he had when he first set out. He was now like a lost dog.

"We have strong soldiers and horses, and are more brave than the Tang people. Why should we retreat?" Jieli Khan asked angrily.

Zhi lost his thoughts and explained: "Khan, did you see the two big balls above the Tang Army?"

"We saw it, so what? What damage can they do to us?" Jieli Khan asked.

Zhi lost his thoughts and sighed: "Khan, if the Tang army dropped the explosive weapon from above, would Khan be able to dodge it?"

"This" Jie Li felt a little scared when he thought of this.

Although he was a Khan and fought bravely, he was also very afraid of death.

As the saying goes, the more valuable a person is, the more afraid of death he is. Jie Li is such a person.

He no longer retorted, but asked: "Then how are we going to deal with the two balls in the sky?"

Zhi lost his mind and shook his head, saying: "I have no other options for now, but we can let our marksman try to see if he can shoot through the ball."

"I'm afraid it won't work. They are too tall. If they had the Eight Bull Crossbows of the Tang Dynasty, there would be no problem." Jieli Khan said with great regret.

Zhi lost his thoughts and said: "Khan, although we don't have eight oxen crossbows, we have many people. We only need to defeat the Tang army tomorrow and then occupy the city wall.

Taking advantage of the height of the city wall, our sharpshooters can shoot an arrow through the sky."

Jieli Khan, who heard that there was no solution, said helplessly: "This is the only way."

"Khan, the Tang army's flying ball is here." A scout shouted.

Zhi lost his mind and said quickly: "Khan, hurry up, take off your clothes quickly, and change clothes with me quickly. Don't let the Tang army know where you are."

Jieli Khan immediately understood the meaning of "Zhi Losing Thoughts", and decisively took off his clothes, changed "Zhi Losing Thoughts", and even changed his horse.

Then they mounted their horses and continued to retreat.

However, the speed of the hot air balloon was faster than them, so the Tang army on the hot air balloon quickly saw Jie Li's army and saw it clearly.

"I didn't expect that Xie Li's so-called million-strong army included the old, the weak, women and children." Niu Jianhu couldn't help but ridicule after putting away the telescope.

"This is Jieli who took out all his wealth. We will record it carefully. When we go back, the instructor will definitely praise us." Yin Xingde also put down the telescope and said.

"That's right, but it's a pity that he can't touch grenades. Otherwise, if more than a dozen of them go down, he will be blown away." Niu Jianhu said with great regret.

"It's not just for a battle tomorrow. We want to completely defeat Jieli and the others in one battle. Run away. They will become our prisoners of the Tang Dynasty."

"Okay, I understand the logic. Let's watch it for a while and then go back. Let No. 2 stay."

"Okay. I'll say hello to them now."

Yin Xingde found it and waved a small flag at another hot air balloon.

Li Feng also passed on flag language to everyone, as well as sign language, which simply opened up a new world for them and made them refreshing.

After a while, Yin Xingde said: "Okay, they are willing to stay, let's go back."

"Okay, let's go back."

An hour later, Niu Jianhu and the others returned to Bianguan City. By this time, it was completely dark. Fortunately, the landing fire at the Firearms Camp was still burning.

After they landed safely on the ground, they handed the hot air balloon to the next group of people. After loading all the fuel, grenades and other supplies needed for the hot air balloon on the hot air balloon, they jumped on the hot air balloon.

Although the hot air balloon has not flown up, it has not landed either. Tomorrow morning, everyone will have a big battle, so there is no need to prepare in a hurry.

Niu Jianhu and Yin Xingde came to Su Dingfang's residence at the same time.

Su Dingfang, who was studying the terrain, saw the two of them and asked, "You are back. How is your investigation going?"

Niu Jianhu said: "Instructor, it is true that Jieli has millions of people, but most of them are old, weak, women and children. We wonder if he gathered all the Turkic tribes together."

"Huh, I've guessed it a long time ago." Su Dingfang said, "If Xue Yantuo hadn't split away and Tuli and the others were willing to help Jieli, I would really believe him when he said he had a million troops.

If things had gone well in the past few years and there had been no war with Xue Yantuo, I would have believed that Jieli would have had an army of 500,000 to 600,000 men.

However, natural disasters from the Turks continued, coupled with years of military campaigns, they were defeated in every battle and suffered heavy losses.

In addition, he is at odds with Tuli, and he himself is headstrong, so his current strength of 300,000 troops is very good.

You see a lot of old, weak, women and children with the army, it's normal, they need to increase their numbers and act like a wolf."

"The instructor saw things thoroughly," Niu Jianhu said with admiration.

Yin Xingde asked: "Since the old, weak, women and children are among them, what should we do? Shall we bombard them? It will hurt Tianhe."

"snort."

Su Dingfang sneered and said: "Boy, remember, war is inherently harmful to the world and it is either you who die or I who die.

In addition, boy, you have to remember that the people standing behind you are the people of Tang Dynasty, including your relatives, your friends, and more old, weak, women and children.

Have you ever thought about what will happen to them if we lose?"

Yin Xingde's face suddenly turned pale, he cupped his hands and said, "The student knows his mistake. Thank you instructor for reminding him."

Su Dingfang's expression softened a lot and he said: "Xingde, let me tell you one more thing. Being soft to the enemy on the battlefield is cruel to yourself, and those who die are usually those who are soft to the enemy."
Chapter completed!