After more than half an hour, the tribe fell into silence. Except for the eldest princess, everyone else was killed, including several of her maids. Li Xiang was not prepared to leave anyone alive.
"You come and watch her on the way. If there is anything wrong, you can kill her first and tell her later."
Li Xiang handed the eldest princess to Li Si next to him, and then continued to lead the team forward. The eldest princess also saw it. No wonder they sent out several search teams but could not find Li Xiang, because Li Xiang and his group
The speed is really too fast, there is no sloppiness in any place, let alone being fascinated by these cattle, sheep and slaves, everything is to complete the strategic mission as quickly as possible. Such an army is really terrible.
What the people on the grassland admire most is speed. It turned out that when they fought against the Tang army, they could attack several cities on the border overnight. This caused the Tang Dynasty border to be full of smoke overnight, and it was impossible to tell where their main force was.
Therefore, it seemed that the entire border area was caught in a war, which put great pressure on the Tang army.
But now the Tang army can also play this trick, and it is even more slippery than them. Take Li Xiang in front of him as an example. He led his army on a long-distance attack and killed four tribes and more than 8,000 people along the way.
All the common people in Tuyuhun were killed, and there were more than 3,000 combat-effective cavalry among them. It had only been two days, with an average of two tribes per day. If they were allowed to continue killing at this speed, Tuyuhun would not insist at all.
Can't go down.
In the evening of the next day, Li Xiang finally ordered his troops to take a rest and start planning the next way.
"Why don't you interrogate me?"
The eldest princess sat not far from Li Xiang. During these two days, the eldest princess tried every means, but unfortunately, Li Xiang did not talk to her at all, so whenever she was in such an environment,
The eldest princess all hopes to exchange a few words with Li Xiang in order to test Li Xiang's heart.
"There's no point in interrogating you. Firstly, you won't tell me the truth. Secondly, interrogating you will waste my time. So it's better for me to just rely on myself. What's more, this area is your place with abundant water and grass.
, there is a tribe not far apart, so I don’t have the need to interrogate you, and you don’t have to worry about it. I won’t torture you to extract a confession. I don’t beat women.”
Li Xiang said without raising his head, all the time drawing lines on the ground that others could not understand.
You don’t beat women, you just kill women...
The eldest princess thought this sentence silently in her heart. In the past two days, they had passed four tribes in total. As long as there were Han slaves among these four tribes, they would kill them all, regardless of age or sex.
This is the order given by Li Xiang.
In the past, when Tuyuhun fought with the Tang Dynasty, all the losses were the people of the Tang Dynasty. Because the army of the Tang Dynasty would not go deep into the grassland, the people of Tuyuhun did not suffer much damage. Even if the soldiers suffered too many losses, they could still recover quickly.
supplement, so any war will not bring much harm to Tuyuhun.
But now the situation is different. After this person came out of Liangzhou City, he walked all the way south and killed all the way. The army passed through and there was no grass. Almost all of them, including some children in the tribe, were killed. The original population of Tuyuhun
Not many. If Li Xiang follows this move, he can kill one-tenth of their Tuyuhun people in half a month. For Tuyuhun, this is equivalent to destroying their species.
"I beg you not to continue killing. Our Tuyuhun is no better than your Datang. If you continue to kill like this, our Tuyuhun may not be able to pass on. Our population is too small. You put me back and I will go
Go to my father Khan and I will ask him to negotiate with you. You can make any demands. If you don’t believe me, then I will write a personal letter and you can find someone to send it to you."
The eldest princess is telling the truth. During the period of following Li Xiang, the eldest princess was really frightened by Li Xiang's men. Everywhere these people went, they seemed to have no feelings and gave up everything they could to live.
All the supplies were burned, and all the young and middle-aged people were killed, leaving only some old, weak, sick and disabled people. If there were Han slaves in the tribe, even these old, weak, sick and disabled people would not be left. Tuyuhun would only have so few people.
, simply cannot withstand Li Xiang's fundamental destruction. Even if the war ceases now, these tribes may be wiped out on the grassland. You must know that some of their tribes have survived for hundreds of years.
"Do you think I'm a fool, or do you think your father is a fool? Now we've just lost a few tribes. Can you Tuyuhun people negotiate with us? The last time I negotiated with you, Prime Minister Midu, my request was already
I have said it, but it is a pity that you do not respect what I said. I will only give you one chance, so in this case, I must continue to kill until you people feel sad, no matter what conditions I put forward.
, maybe you won’t be unable to say anything.”
What Li Xiang said was true. Although they attacked several tribes last time, the damage they caused was too small for the huge grassland, which also led to Prime Minister Midu not taking them seriously.
, and even feels that his side still has the strength to fight on, so Li Xiang must do something bigger to make you bleed more, so that you Tuyuhun can feel the pain.
"Report to Your Highness, a torch was found thirty-five miles ahead and is heading towards us."
While the two were talking, their scouts immediately came over to report. Although it was already night, there were still our scouts in the sky. It would be easier for them to do their work at night. On the dark grassland, the light of the fire could be said to be...
The best identification tool is that I found a bunch of torches fifteen miles ahead. They should be the cavalry on the grassland.
"Immediately enter combat mode. Block this woman's mouth. If she dares to make a sound later, I will send her on her way first."
Li Xiang took a bite of the beef jerky in his hand, and then drank a sip of cold water. I saw the eldest princess next to him. She thought that members of the Tang royal family were greedy for enjoyment and would never be able to bear this crime. After this
After two days of observation, she found that Li Xiang could even endure hardships better than some people on their grassland. No wonder his soldiers supported him so much. This time, there was indeed a strong enemy in the grassland...