"Your Highness, all the brothers who were left on the road have been brought back..."
Five days later.
Xue Wanche rushed to the temporary tent to report to Li Yuanji with a serious look on his face.
Li Yuanji said solemnly: "How many were killed in battle?"
Xue Wanche said in a deep voice: "Nearly two hundred people!"
Li Yuanji closed his eyes in pain and said: "Collect all their identity cards, send people back to Chang'an, and ask the Army Sima to reward them according to the military merits!
Allow their nephews to join my guard and take over their fathers’ positions!”
These people all tortured themselves to death in order to save him. Some people tortured themselves to death, while others fell off their horses and died.
Although they have not made any meritorious service, in Li Yuanji's view, they are meritorious soldiers and must be treated as such.
Xue Wanche looked embarrassed when he heard this.
Li Yuanji looked at Xue Wanche and said, "What? Are you having difficulty?"
Xue Wanche nodded and said bluntly: "It is not difficult to send their identity tags back to Chang'an and have the military commanders report their merits to them according to their military merits. However, it is not difficult to let their nephews enter your guard and take over their father's position.
, I’m afraid it’s a bit difficult.”
Li Yuanji asked in confusion: "What do you mean by this?"
Xue Wanche said frankly: "Even veterans who have been fighting on the battlefield for many years may not be able to pass the examination of your guard, let alone their nephews. Even if you make an exception and let their nephews in, their nephews may not be able to pass."
Tenable.
Because your guard is constantly being assessed and will be adjusted after each assessment.
At their nephew's age, it is impossible for them to stand out in your guard.
In this case, they will be eliminated sooner or later."
Li Yuanji frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Then let their nephew join the Qianniu Imperial City Guard."
Qianniu Imperial City Guard was rebuilt from the left and right garrison, which was a famous father-son army in the Tang Dynasty and had always followed the tradition of the father's death and his son's replacement.
Nowadays, the Yuan servants who followed Li Yuan in raising troops in Jinyang have gradually aged, and many of them have withdrawn from the army, and their nephews have taken over their positions.
It would not be out of place to let the nephew of a fallen soldier in King Yong's guard go to the Qianniu Imperial City Guard, and more importantly, he could still enjoy a piece of imperial favor.
After all, even if the Qianniu Imperial City Guards were rebuilt, they would still be Li Yuan's Yuan Cong personal army.
Li Yuan is also a protective person. If he has any good deeds, he will definitely think of his own soldiers.
Therefore, if the nephew of a fallen soldier in King Yong's guard goes to the Qianniu Imperial City Guard, he will definitely get better treatment.
"this……"
Xue Wanche looked troubled and said hesitantly: "It's up to you to negotiate with the eldest princess. I can't be the leader of the Qianniu Imperial City Guard."
Li Xiuning asked Chai Shao to help rebuild Qianniu Imperial City Guard, so even if Li Xiuning no longer serves as the head of Qianniu Imperial City Guard, he still has to ask Li Xiuning for his opinion on some major matters within Qianniu Imperial City Guard.
Li Yuanji nodded and said, "Don't worry about this. I will write to my third sister to explain the situation. She will not embarrass you. Just follow my instructions."
When Xue Wanche heard this, he respectfully agreed, "Here!"
Just when Xue Wanche turned to leave, Li Yuanji thought of Zhao Chengyong again and couldn't help but ask: "By the way, has Zhao Chengyong's fever gone?"
Xue Wanche cupped his hands and said: "The doctor in the army followed the method you told him to boil medicine with willow bark and gave it to Zhao Chengyong. Zhao Chengyong's fever has gone away. The other brothers who had fever benefited from the good medicine you gave them.
Fang also passed the danger."
Zhao Chengyong developed a high fever the night he arrived here, and fell into a coma. Half of the other Yongwang guards who came back with him also developed a high fever. The doctors in the army tried their best to find nothing.
It can reduce their fever.
At his wits' end, Li Yuanji, thinking of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, told the military doctors about a folk remedy he had seen in later generations, and asked the doctors to make medicine from willow bark and boil the medicine for Zhao Chengyong and others to drink.
Now it seems that this folk remedy is effective.
When Li Yuanji heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and his mood improved a lot, "That's good, let them rest more."
Xue Wanche solemnly nodded and left the tent.
Li Yuanji followed Xue Wanche out of the big tent not long after.
Outside the big tent, what should have been a meadow of withered grass was now filled with tents. In the distance, there were hundreds of tents blocking a ditch.
Those were Li Shimin, Li Lu, Ma Jizhong and the others.
Five days ago, Li Shimin blocked Ashinapil into a ravine, and five days later, Li Shimin was still blocking it.
During this period, Ashinabil led people out of the ravine several times, but was beaten back by Li Shimin.
Li Shimin clearly had the strength to rush into the ravine and capture Ashinabil alive, but he chose not to do so. He wanted Ashinabil to surrender on his own and walk out of the ravine on his own initiative.
Although this takes some time, it is highly safe and has extraordinary significance.
After all, the ravine is now full of Ashinabil's people. No one knows whether Ashinabil will set any traps in the ravine, let alone whether there is favorable terrain for Ashinabil in the ravine.
Use it, if you rush forward greedily for merit and are ambushed by Ashinabil, or are completely annihilated by Ashinabil taking advantage of the favorable terrain, it will be like capsizing in the gutter.
So it is better to go directly into the ravine than to block outside the ravine.
Anyway, there is only one exit from the ravine, and it is impossible for Ashinabil to escape from other places.
In addition, the Tang Dynasty captured Ashinabil alive and Ashinabil voluntarily surrendered, which had a great influence on the Tang Dynasty's subsequent conquest of Suni's lost troops.
If the Tang Dynasty captured Ashinabil alive directly, it would mean that the Tang Dynasty negotiated terms with Ashinabil. If Ashinabil insisted on his own opinion, there would be nothing the Tang Dynasty could do against him.
But if Ashnabil surrenders on his own initiative, then Ashinabil will negotiate terms with the Tang Dynasty. Then the Tang Dynasty will have the initiative and can easily force Ashinabile to surrender.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As the Khan of Suni's lost tribe, Ashinabil's attitude will directly determine the attitude of Suni's lost tribes towards the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, Datang is not in a hurry now. It can completely consume Ashinabili until Ashinabili becomes weak and Datang gains the initiative in negotiations.
"Da da da……"
Just as Li Yuanji was staring at the tent in the distance, the sound of horse hooves sounded in his ears.
The sound should be about three riders.
Li Yuanji followed the sound and saw three cavalrymen carrying letter flags rushing towards here quickly.
After the cavalrymen carrying the letter flags rushed to the foot of the hill, they quickly dismounted and hurried up the hill. After passing the pass, they appeared in front of Li Yuanji.
"Your Highness, Commander Su, Commander Li, and Prince Xinping have all received your order and have led their troops back to the battlefield. However, they are not worried about your safety, so they each sent three thousand troops to come here.
.”
After the leader of the cavalry arrived in front of Li Yuanji, he quickly knelt down on one knee and spoke respectfully.
The attack on Aries City could not be concealed. After receiving the news, Su Dingfang, Li Jing, Ashina Simo and others almost did not hesitate to put down the war at hand and quickly led their troops to Aries City.
rush.
That is to say, brothers Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanshu are in the east and are a bit far away. There is no way to get the news immediately. Otherwise, they might also come together.
After Li Yuanji learned about this situation, he immediately sent someone to report that Su Dingfang, Li Jing, Ashina Simo and others were safe, and asked them to continue their ongoing war.
Now it can be known from the feedback from the messenger soldiers that they have received the news and have returned to their respective battlefields.
However, it seems that they did not implement all the orders, but had some ideas of their own.
"Three thousand for each? That's nine thousand soldiers and horses! If my prediction is correct, these nine thousand people must be the elite under their command, right?"
Li Yuanji stared at the leading cavalry helplessly and asked.
The leading cavalryman did not hesitate and answered directly and decisively: "Yes!"
Li Yuanji sighed and said: "I am very safe here now, why do I need so many elite soldiers?"
The leading cavalryman didn't talk to him, and he didn't need to talk to him.
Li Yuanji continued: "They are fighting in the most dangerous place now. They need these nine thousand soldiers and horses more than I do. Go back and tell them to send these nine thousand soldiers and horses back. If they insist on sending them to my side,
If some people feel at ease, let them each select a hundred elite cavalry and send them over.
I don’t want anything else, and I don’t want even one more person.”
When the leading cavalry heard this, he nodded without any hesitation and said: "Here!"
He is just a person who gives orders, not a person who makes decisions, so he only needs to open his mouth. He does not need to have a brain or his own thoughts.
Li Yuanji waved his hand, indicating that the three messengers could go down and rest.
The three messengers did not hesitate, and were led by the guards to rest in the tent.
After resting enough, eating some food, and bringing some dry food and water, we set out again on the road to deliver the message.
"Your Highness! Mr. Erlang said that the Turks are probably going to kill horses today!"
The next morning, as soon as Li Yuanji got up, a school captain rushed to the big tent to report.
While washing, Li Yuanji pondered: "So, Ashinabile is almost at the end of his rope?"
The captain nodded solemnly and said: "Erlangjun said the same thing. Erlangjun also said that the Turks should surrender within these few days."
Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully.
Horses are precious property to the Turks, more precious than life. When there is nothing to eat, the Turks would rather let slaves, old and disabled people die than kill horses.
Now that the Turks have begun to kill horses, it means that they are really at the end of their rope.
