Li Shimin was a little reluctant, but Li Yuanji had already made his decision, and he couldn't say anything more.
"Send the order, and the whole army will retreat ten miles!"
Li Yuanji gave the order loudly.
Yu Wenbao responded solemnly and ordered someone to ring the gong.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, who were confronting the common people and seeing the common people approaching them step by step, all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Put up your shields, don't mess around, stay in team, retreat slowly, don't leave your back to the enemy!"
Hou Junji and Li Shentong were riding horses, shouting and directing the army to retreat.
The army retreated five miles to the Baima River. After some people had stepped into the water of the Baima River, the common people still followed.
Li Shimin sat astride the horse and snorted coldly: "I told you that Jie Li will definitely push for more, but you still don't believe it!"
Li Yuanji looked at the people who were covered in darkness and showed no signs of stopping, and said with emotion: "Believe it, why don't you believe it, but even so, we can't attack our own people."
"The kindness of women!
"
Li Shimin gave a cold shout and crossed the Baima River alone.
Baima River in Huai'an is the source of Baima River, so the current is not strong, and the deepest point only reaches a person's knees.
Li Shimin rode his horse through without any obstruction at all.
Seeing this, Li Yuanji ordered, dumbfounded, "Let the sword and shield soldiers pass first, followed by the crossbowmen, and the cavalry hold down the formation."
The reason for this arrangement is that the mobility of sword and shield soldiers and crossbowmen is obviously not as strong as that of cavalry. Jieli chased for five miles and had no intention of stopping. It is very likely that he will continue to pursue.
Therefore, it is safer to let the sword and shield soldiers and crossbowmen pass first and let the cavalry hold down the formation.
After all, even if the common people driven by Jie Li reached the cavalry, they could not stop the cavalry from retreating, and the Turkic cavalry behind the common people could not get past the common people and fight directly with the Tang cavalry.
Under the arrangements of Yu Wenbao, Hou Junji, Li Shentong and others, the soldiers crossed the Baima River in an orderly manner.
After Jieli drove the people to the Baima River, he really had no intention of stopping and drove the people to continue walking into the Baima River.
Although it was already the first lunar month, the water in the Hakuba River was still biting to the bone. As soon as the people got into the river, they were freezing. Some of the young ones with weak endurance even made a cry of pain from the cold. Some of the people who were afraid of the water even complained.
Want to run back.
But without exception, they were all suppressed by the Turks lurking among them.
Li Daoli was furious when he saw this, and kept pleading for orders: "Fourth brother, give me a team of troops, and let me take a detour to teach the Turks a lesson."
Li Yuanji opened his mouth, and just as he was about to speak, Changsun Shunde said angrily, "Maybe the Turks are waiting for you to come over."
Li Daoli raised his brows and stared at Changsun Shunde with a dissatisfied look on his face.
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Daoli and said angrily: "Mr. Changsun is right. Since Jieli dares to do this, he must have arranged a backup plan. Maybe his people are behind the people, waiting for you to rush in if you can't bear to do so."
Go over there, then surround you and annihilate you in one fell swoop.
So even if you can’t bear it, you have to endure it.”
Li Daoli glared and said angrily: "Are we going to watch the Turks ruin our people in the Tang Dynasty like this?"
Li Yuanji let out a long sigh and said: "You have to look at it even if you can't stand it. We made the decision to retreat when we were in close combat. It was already the biggest concession.
If we ignore the life and death of the soldiers and let them save the people, there is a high chance that the soldiers will fall into a tight siege.
So we can only watch helplessly until Su Dingfang and the others arrive."
Li Daoli clenched his fist with a look of reluctance and smashed it on the saddle angrily.
Li Yuanji let out a long sigh again. In fact, he wanted to save those people more than Li Daoli, but he knew very well that he couldn't save them at this time. If he did, he would fall into the trap of the Turks.
At that time, she will truly become a woman.
In the evening, the army retreated to a place six miles behind the Baima River. The Turks finally stopped and set up camp on the same spot. The people were enclosed like livestock by the cattle and horse pens they built with sheepskin ropes.
The soldiers were furious when they saw this, and many of them wished they could go out and fight the Turks to the death.
"Let people bury the pot and make rice, hurry up, there should be a big show to be performed when night falls."
After Li Shimin rode his horse for a random circle, he suddenly appeared in front of Li Yuanji and said.
Li Yuanji didn't know what Li Shimin meant by what he said, and he didn't know what the big drama Li Shimin was talking about was, but since Li Shimin had spoken, it meant that there was a 90% chance that it would happen, so he had to do what Li Shimin said.
Li Yuanji sent someone to call Hou Junji and Li Shentong, who were restraining the soldiers, and asked them to order their respective gangtou troops to cook as soon as possible.
When smoke rose from all over the camp, the drama Li Shimin mentioned had already begun to take place.
A group of Turks drove dozens of people and appeared in the open space between the two armies. The leading Turk dropped two knives, hung up a piece of meat, and then told all the people that the last two people who survived
You can share this piece of meat.
As a result, the villains among the people quickly ran towards the two knives.
The old, weak, women and children were still standing there stupidly, doing nothing but crying.
Five villains fought for the knife, and three of them died on the spot. It seemed that the two brothers got the knife in the end.
After they got the knife, they looked at the others fiercely.
When they were about to commit the crime, they were stopped by an elder in the crowd. Judging from the way the two thugs were struggling, the elder must be their elder, otherwise they would not have been able to stand where they were as they were already extremely hungry.
Listen to the rebuke.
The leading Turk came out at this time and shouted, "After one stick of incense, if three or more of you are alive here, you will all die."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After hearing the words of the leading Turkic man, the evil thoughts in the hearts of the two villains finally defeated the good thoughts. They stabbed their elder to death without hesitation, and then pounced on
other people.
Several men in the crowd wanted to protect their women and children, so they joined forces to resist the villains, and finally drove the villains out of the crowd.
Seeing this, the Turks fired a round of arrows and shot several of the men who were protecting their women and children to death on the spot.
When the two villains saw that the Turks were helping them, they immediately rushed towards the crowd.
After a stick of incense was burned and the last baby was stabbed to death by the villain, the two villains finally got the piece of meat rewarded by the Turks, and then they fought for it on the ground like wild dogs.
"Bring dozens more people up here!"
The leading Turk gave the order, and dozens more people were brought up, and two knives were also thrown away.
However, this time, a few righteous men emerged from the dozens of people. They drove the others aside and then started fighting for the knife. Several people fought fiercely around the knife, but no damage was seen, and several people were fighting for it.
While holding the knife, he kept getting closer to the Turks.
When they were one foot away from the Turks, they suddenly burst out and attacked the Turks.
The Turks seemed to have expected that they would do this, so they waved their scimitars when they broke out.
A few martyrs were beheaded by the Turks without injuring the Turks at all. The Turks also used scimitars to pick up their heads and ran wildly in the open space, cheering wildly.
After running wildly and cheering, they all shot the remaining people with arrows.
They were using this as a warning to those who were brought up later.
Their warning was very effective, and the third group of people who were brought in followed their instructions obediently. However, in the end, they exceeded the time limit and were shot dead by them.
"You take pleasure in killing, you beast!"
After watching the two fights, Cai Yungong stood on the observation deck and kept jumping to his feet and yelling curses.
Everyone else had a gloomy look on their face.
Li Yuanji bit his molars and asked Li Shimin, who was watching with gusto, "Is this the big show you are talking about?"
Li Shimin said with a sarcastic smile: "Where is this? The fun is yet to come!"
Li Yuanji said angrily: "You seem to enjoy watching the people of the Tang Dynasty killing each other?"
Li Shimin slowly put away the smile on his face, and said coldly: "What can I do if I'm not happy? Can I rush out to fight with them, can I escape their ambush?"
Li Yuanji clenched his fists and said, "There's nothing you can do to stop this?"
Li Shimin said without hesitation: "Yes!"
As he said that, he pointed to the place where the Turks were having fun and said: "You lead a team of elite cavalry out and kill those Turks. Jieli should not send a second wave of people in a short time."
Cai Yungong was startled when he heard this and shouted in horror: "Li Shimin, what are your intentions?"
Li Shimin glanced at Cai Yungong coldly, and then looked at Li Yuanji with a half-smile.
Li Yuanji also frowned and stared at Li Shimin.
He knew very well that Li Shimin did not let anyone go unintentionally. In this case, he was the only one who could lead people out and leave them intact.
No matter how many ambush the Turks laid, they could not stop him.
After all, the terrain here is flat and there is no danger to rely on. He left without waiting for the weapons that could threaten him to be brought up.
So if he went there, there would be a certain chance that he would kill the group of Turks who were having fun, and even save some of the people.
But he also had to bear a huge risk, that is, he would be trapped in a tight siege, unable to escape, and eventually be consumed by the Turks.
The most important thing is that after he left, if Li Shimin took the opportunity to escape with all his troops, he would definitely die.
"Your Highness, please don't believe Li Shimin's lies."
When Cai Yungong saw Li Yuanji frowning and staring at Li Shimin without saying a word, his heart beat wildly. He no longer cared about Li Shimin's identity and once again called Li Shimin by his first name and bluntly said that Li Shimin had bad intentions.
Li Yuanji ignored Cai Yungong, but stared straight at Li Shimin and said: "Okay! I'll go!"
