When the evening breeze blew, the battle outside Lingzhou City finally ended.

The Turkic soldiers and horses were defeated, and now they have fled back in disgrace.

Although the Tang army won, it paid a heavy price.

Li Jing looked at the mountains of corpses and couldn't help but sigh.

As soldiers, we should exchange our lives for the safety of the country and the stability of the people.

In this way, you should die a well-deserved death.

This is the fate of being a soldier.

To be a soldier, you must be prepared to have a horse leather shroud.

Li Jing turned around and rushed back to Lingzhou City, ordering someone to pass the news of the battle to Chang'an, and at the same time, waiting for the results of the soldiers' statistics.

When night came, the smell of blood in Lingzhou was not good.

In the big tent of the army, an official came over and reported on the situation of today's battle.

"General, our army has suffered more than 10,000 casualties, more than 20,000 Turks, and now the Turks have less than 50,000 soldiers and horses left, and the damage is serious, and our army is not lightly ......."

Li Jing listened, and nodded after listening: "The Turkic War has been lost, the number of Turks is already small, and they can't afford to lose, so they are bound to feel distressed, and after hearing the news, Najieli Khan is afraid that he will have to reconsider." ”

"What the marshal said is very true, then what should our army do next, can we continue to fight?"

Li Jing pondered for a moment, and then shook his head: "No, order the soldiers, guard Lingzhou City, today's great victory has achieved the goal, we should not fight with the Turks anymore." ”

Fight hard, although the Turks have died a lot, they will also have a lot, and the best way now is to continue to defend the city.

The officer took the order and retreated.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the wind stopped at some point, and when the wind was listening, Li Jing suddenly heard the cicadas.

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Jingzhou City.

Turkic battalions.

Jieli Khan's face was faintly blue, the little Jingzhou, he thought that he could capture it in three or two days, but he never thought that he had attacked it for five or six days in a row, but he had no intention of breaking through Jingzhou.

The Tang army defended the city very well, and they were not very good at attacking the city.

This is not a good situation.

Jieli Khan walked back and forth in the big tent, and all the tribal leaders were a little nervous, and Liang Shidu of Liang State and Yang Zhengdao of Later Sui also frowned slightly when they saw Jieli Khan's appearance.

Originally, they thought that the Turkic soldiers and horses were strong, and they were bound to be overwhelmed, and they would soon attack Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, but they didn't expect that now everyone was stopped by a small Jingzhou City.

Their fear of the Turks suddenly decreased a lot, but they were attached to the Turks, so they didn't say anything in the face of this situation at this time.

"Your Majesty Khan, it's not okay to go on like this, we don't have much grain and grass, and we can't last long, if you want me to say, fight tomorrow, we must take down Jingzhou City."

One tribal leader shouted loudly, but as soon as he finished speaking, another tribal leader immediately laughed: "It's easy to say, it's not impossible to capture Jingzhou City, but do you know how big the casualties were at that time?" Don't forget, after we captured Jingzhou City, there are still many checkpoints to pass, and we have to attack Chang'an City, have you considered these, there are too many losses here, which is not good for us. ”

The two tribal leaders were about to quarrel, Jieli Khan frowned slightly, and said: "Okay, on the side of Jingzhou City, wasting too much time is indeed not good for us, our goal is Chang'an City, as long as we capture Chang'an City, Jingzhou will not be attacked." ”

"What does His Majesty Khan mean?"

"Early tomorrow morning, the army will leave and approach Chang'an City."

Hearing this, Yang Zhengdao's expression moved slightly, Chang'an, that was the capital of their Sui Dynasty before, but although he was a little excited in his heart, he quickly regained his composure, and said: "If you leave Jingzhou and go to Chang'an, I am afraid that the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou will attack from behind, and then we will be attacked by the enemy, which is not good." ”

Jieli Khan nodded, and then ordered: "Persistence! ”

The voice fell, and a general stood up: "What does His Majesty the Khan command?" ”

"You lead 7,000 soldiers and horses to contain the Tang army here, and if the Tang army in Jingzhou City leaves, you will attack the city."

Stubbornly losing his thinking is a rare fierce general in the Turks, and with the courage of ten thousand people, Jieli Khan felt that it was more appropriate to leave him here to contain the Tang army.

After listening to it, his expression moved slightly, but he did not object, and immediately responded.

After this command, the Turkic military camp began to prepare for tomorrow's detour.

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Dawn.

In the city of Jingzhou.

In recent days, the fierce attack of the Turkic soldiers and horses has made Wei Chigong physically and mentally exhausted.

It was also the unity of the soldiers that repelled the Turkic attacks again and again.

But if this breath is vented, they may not be able to achieve such an effect.

Today's Wei Chigong is like a string tightened, as if it may collapse at any time.

The wind on the castle tower was whistling, and there was already a faint heat.

At this time in previous years, Wei Chigong had already started drinking beer in the house, and he must have two large altars every day, but now, he was not interested.

The sun is getting higher and higher, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter, but today's Turkic soldiers and horses are not in too much of a hurry to attack the city, which makes Wei Chigong breathe a sigh of relief.

I can faintly feel that something is not good.

The Turkic 100,000 soldiers and horses went straight to the Tang Dynasty, it was impossible to waste too much time, after all, the lone army went deep, if they couldn't quickly capture the Tang Dynasty, the longer they spent, the more unfavorable it would be to them.

"What's going on over there in the Turks?"

Wei Chigong asked, and after a short time, a spy hurriedly came to report: "General, the big thing is not good, the Turkic soldiers and horses made a detour, went straight to Chang'an, and gave up attacking Jingzhou City, but left 7,000 soldiers and horses to contain us." ”

Hearing this news, Wei Chigong immediately frowned, and secretly said that it was not good.

In general, in war, few people say that they spare the city to fight the city of the horse, so they are even more alone, and there are enemies in front and behind, which is very unfavorable to them, and if the city behind them cuts off their way, they will not even be able to supply.

But in any war, it will not be like this, it is all a city by city attack, and the threat from the rear is clear and clean.

Kejieli Khan was in a hurry and spared Jingzhou City.

After sparing Jingzhou City, it is difficult to say what the Turks want to do to Datang, but if they really hit Chang'an City, it will simply be a slap in the face of Datang, and it will also hit the people of Datang hard.

This is a dismissal that is not very beneficial to both sides.

The prosperous city of Chang'an is likely to collapse as a result, and it will take many years to recover to its current situation.

Wei Chigong was in a hurry, and immediately sent someone to deliver the message, but on his side, he couldn't leave, and the Turks left 7,000 soldiers and horses here, if they left, they would immediately attack Jingzhou City.

Jingzhou City can't be lost, and he has to wait for the opportunity to attack the soldiers and horses of Jieli Khan before and after.

(End of chapter)