Chapter 673 Return to the border town

"Damn it, we were fooled." Cheng Yaojin patted the edge of the bamboo basket angrily and said angrily, "This Jieli is fake. It's really possible that he got mixed up with those guards. Let's go back and find them."

The soldiers on the hot air balloon immediately turned around. Fortunately, they could see many places clearly from the sky to the ground.

Su Dingfang was also angry, and said with a gloomy face: "I didn't expect Jie Li to be so cunning, and we didn't notice anything. It's really hateful."

"If Jieli is so smart, Turks are not so smart. It must be the idea of ​​the two advisers around him." Cheng Yaojin said.

"Which two?"

"Zhi loses thinking and Zhao Deyan. I have met Zhi losing thinking twice. He is really smart. As for Zhao Deyan, he was originally a Han and a former official of the Sui Dynasty. He came to Turks with Princess Yicheng and became a Turks official.

Zhao Deyan has been working for Duke Yicheng, and now he has become a popular figure around Jie Li. Together with Zhi Wansili, they manage the entire Turks.

If it weren't for these two people, Xue Yantuo would not have rebelled against the Turks and proclaimed himself king." Cheng Yaojin explained.

Li Feng said: "I see. Then don't we have to thank these two people?"

"Thank you? Huh, if I catch the two of them, I will definitely cut them into pieces." Cheng Yaojin said angrily, "Old Su, do you know that the border has been repeatedly robbed by Turks, and it's these two guys who

idea.

In addition, four years ago, they were the instigators of Jie Li's attack on the Weishui River. How many people of the Tang Dynasty were robbed at that time.

Maybe many of the people following them now are from the Tang Dynasty."

"Really? Then let's go back quickly to appease the people." Su Dingfang said.

"Go back now? Shouldn't we pursue Jie Li?" Cheng Yaojin asked.

"Let's stop pursuing him. How can a small Jieli be compared with the people of our Tang Dynasty? What's more, the Marquis has long expected that Jieli might escape, so the Marquis has already arranged a back-up plan." Su Dingfang said.

Cheng Yaojin said in surprise: "It turns out that boy Li Feng has even thought of this. So what is his back-up plan?"

"I don't know. The Marquis didn't tell me, so I can't ask." Su Dingfang said.

"That's it." Cheng Yaojin hesitated. If Li Feng could catch Jie Li with his backhand, then this matter would be easier to handle.

But if he is not caught, and Jieli is gathered together to contain him, and let him come back, the border will still encounter constant harassment, which is very upsetting.

"I saw them." The soldier pointed at the Turkic cavalry running back on the ground.

These cavalry are the guards of Jieli who just separated from the fake Jieli. The number is not too much and not too little.

Cheng Yaojin said excitedly: "Great, catch them. One of them must be that bastard Jieli."

"Wait a minute." Su Dingfang said, "General, no matter whether there is real profit or not, we don't want to sell it rashly. We can only explain them now, but we can't arrest them.

Unless we intend to kill them, and killing them is very easy, just throw down a few grenades and you're guaranteed to kill them.

We follow them. If there is no Jieli among them, they can help us find the real Jieli. If there is a real Jieli Khan among them, we will know how much he can gather and accept.

When your Majesty arrives at the border town tomorrow, I will be able to give you a number. Today's victory is enough.

What's more, we can't continue tracking when it gets dark, and we still have to return to the border town."

Cheng Yaojin thought for a while and said: "If it's cheaper, get out of here."

Everyone knows that the bastard refers to Jie Li.

Cheng Yaojindao's hot air balloon was quickly discovered by the sharp guards on the ground, so they immediately dispersed and allowed the hot air balloon to follow only one person.

Cheng Yaojin said angrily again: "Damn it, they scattered in all directions and we can only choose one target. It's really abominable."

Su Dingfang never expected that the Turkic cavalry on the ground would disperse. This showed that the other party was very smart and could not be described as barbarians.

He said with a solemn expression: "General, let's go back to the city. Leave these people to the Marquis' back-up staff. After we go back, we need to clean up the battlefield."

Cheng Yaojin thought for a while and finally said regretfully: "Okay, let's go back and prepare to welcome His Majesty and the others."

"good."

So, the hot air balloon took advantage of the darkness and returned to the border town.

At this time, the battlefield outside the border city had been swept by the firearms battalion and the border city defenders. As for the corpses, Li Wan planned to let the 700,000 people behind him claim these corpses.

If no one claims it, I plan to burn it. If I don’t burn it, it will be eaten by the jackals at night.

However, at this time, the 700,000 people were not only afraid but also scared. Tang Jun told them to claim the body, but no one was willing to come out to claim it. For them, dead people were a common occurrence and had already made them numb.

After Cheng Yaojin returned to his general's residence, Li Wan reported the information. In this battle to defend the city, a total of 50,000 Turkic soldiers were annihilated, 30,000 Turkic soldiers were captured, and 700,000 Turkic civilians were captured.

As for the cattle, sheep and horses, they were countless, and they also captured Zhi Huansi Li and Zhao Deyan.

This surprised Cheng Yaojin. Being able to capture these two people was even more shocking and exciting than capturing a hundred thousand Turkic troops.

Before he could be happy, another thing completely confused Cheng Yaojin: our wounded.

Three hundred and ten people were killed and 837 injured, 500 of whom were from the firearms camp.

The reason is very simple, because when the Turks fired arrows, the order issued by Dieluozhi was aimed at the firearms battalion, so most of the Turkic archers were soldiers of the standard firearms battalion.

However, the soldiers in the firearms battalion all wore body armor and did not feel anything when bows and arrows were fired on their bodies, but many people were hit by arrows in their arms.

However, after this minor injury, the people from the firearms camp disinfected and bandaged it themselves and continued shooting as if it was not injured, and finally cleaned up the battlefield.

Six brothers from the firearms camp also died. They were all shot in the head and throat by random arrows.

After Cheng Yaojin found out, he couldn't help but admire the firearms battalion's extraordinary combat power and extraordinary defensive power.

After Su Dingfang learned the news, he angrily cursed: "Are you all fools? The other party wants to shoot arrows, but you are still using muskets.

Are you all stupid? You don’t know how to dodge a round of bows and arrows, then use grenades to break the formation of the Turkic archers, and then use standard muskets.

And muskets are not like bows and arrows. You can hide in the city wall and target the enemy with just a small hole.

You really disappoint me. Those who are injured should redouble their training when they return. As for the dead brothers, I can only ask Your Majesty to appease their parents.

Alas, I am ashamed of Your Majesty and of the hopes of the Marquis and the others."
Chapter completed!