Chapter Seventy-Six: Preparing to Collect the Net

"General Cheng!"

"General Lee!"

In the southwest of Yinshan, the men and horses led by Cheng Wuting have already joined up with Li Zhi's ten troops.

In the course of the pursuit of Cheng and Li in the past few days, most of the men and horses led by Ashina Funian have been eliminated, and no trace of the Turks has been found within a few dozen miles.

"General Cheng, the Turks are vulnerable, and under the blow of the general's subordinates, they will be immediately defeated! Ashina Fu Nian Department no longer exists! Hahaha!" Li Zhishi laughed out loud after greeting Cheng Wuting. The continuous pursuit and killing hit the Turks hard, which made Li Zhishi very happy, it was the rapid advance of his department that assisted Cheng Wuting's department to defeat the superior number of Ashina Funian Division, tens of thousands of Turks were annihilated, and the losses were not large, such a battle feat is still very proud.

When Cheng Wuting's troops were fighting head-on with Ashina Fu Nian, the men and horses led by Li Zhishi had already marched quickly to the south of the two departments, and even the scouts sent by Cheng Wuting didn't have time to report the news of Li Zhi's 10 divisions, so Li Zhi's 10 troops rushed over, just giving Ashina Fu Nian's department a fatal blow. This is really an accident for Cheng Wuting, he is also blaming himself for his carelessness, he did not send enough scouts in the south direction, so that Li Zhishi led this large group of men and horses did not know, fortunately it was Li Zhishi's friendly army, if the Turkic soldiers and horses, when they were wringing with Ashina Fu Nian, come like this, then there is a possibility that the whole army will be annihilated, this is the place that makes Cheng Wuting break out in a cold sweat, such an undue negligence makes Cheng Wuting, who has always been conceited, very frustrated, although the war was won, but there was no expected excitement.

It is also possible that Ashina Fu Nian has fled.

Cheng Wuting clenched his fists and replied: "General Li, according to the scout's report, there is a Turkic who fled east along the south side of Yinshan, and the men and horses I pursued were fruitless, presumably it must be the remnants of Ashina Funian himself, if our army cannot capture Ashina Funian, the results of this battle will be greatly reduced!"

The two men and horses chased the remnants of the Turks for a few days, and the Turks' ability to block was not bad, so that the pursuing Cheng Wuting and Li Zhishi had been grinding in this mountain and forest area for a few days, although now all the remnants of the Turks encountered had been annihilated, but Cheng Wuting's hunch was that Ashina Funian had fled.

"General Cheng, it's possible that Ashina Funian has been captured by our army... We should interrogate the captives carefully, Ashina Fu Nian is likely to be mixed with the captives," Li Zhishi didn't believe Cheng Wuting's words.

Although it was said that Ashina Funian had been found out before, leading more than 10,000 people to flee in front, Li Zhishi also personally led the men and horses, outflanked the past, and killed the Turks who blocked it several times, annihilating and capturing thousands of Turks, and there were not many Turks who fled, but Li Zhishi didn't know whether there was Ashina Funian among the captured people, according to some prisoners, Ashina Funian was disguised as an ordinary Turk and fled, and he was recognized from the appearance, so he had to be carefully distinguished.

"General Li, the last general believes that such a stubborn resistance of the Turks is precisely to cover Ashina Funian's escape, and among the captured Turks, there is no Ashina Funian!" Cheng Wuting said with a frown.

"Report!" A sergeant came running from afar.

"Speak!" Cheng Wu, who was not in a good mood, shouted impatiently.

"According to the captive's confession, the Turkic Khan Ashina Funian has fled with 3,000 men and horses, and he is currently missing, and it is likely that he will flee east to join Ashdwin's Fu Min!" The lieutenant loudly reported the interrogation of the prisoners: "I know, immediately order, the whole army is ready to march east!" As a result, although Cheng Wuting expected, his mouth was still vicious, completely ignoring the fact that there was Li Zhishi, a general with a higher rank than him, around him.

Ashina Fu Nian fled, Cheng Wuting's department could get a lot less military merits, and Li Zhishi's guy was also involved, although it was because of this guy's soldiers that his subordinates suffered a lot of losses, but the war exploits were also divided by him, and the records of his own troops were not so good, which made Cheng Wuting very angry.

"General Cheng, the marshal has already laid a net, even if Ashina Fu Nian escapes from us, he can't escape from the palm of the marshal, let's wait for the marshal to send someone to deliver the news!" Li Zhishi didn't care about Cheng Wuting's gaffe today, and said with a smile on his face.

Most of the people and horses of the Ashina Funian Department have been annihilated by them, even if thousands of people escape, the tens of thousands of horses led by Pei Xingjian will definitely be waiting for them in front, maybe, now Ashina Funian and Ashdwin Fu have been annihilated by our army.

"General Li, I hope so, if Ashina Funian escapes, then the general and the general will be punished by the marshal, we still march east as soon as possible, and strive to catch up with the fleeing Ashina Funian!"

"Ben will think the same way, go east as soon as possible, strive to meet with the men and horses led by the marshal, cross the Yin Mountain through the white road, and attack Ashina Fu Nian's tooth tent!" Li Zhishi said, almost at the same time as Cheng Wuting, got on the horse, and ran towards the place where their respective people gathered-

"Marshal, General Liu sent someone to deliver the news!" In Pei Xingjian's big tent, a personal guard hurriedly ran in to report.

"Come in!" Pei Xingjian was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ordered the sergeant who delivered the message to be brought in, and stood up. What he is looking forward to most is to get news of Liu Yi, and now that the news of Liu Yi is coming, how can he not be excited.

"Marshal, General Liu has led his troops to break through the Turkic tent, annihilated more than 2,000 enemies, captured more than 31,000 people, General Liu has led his men and horses to escort the Turkic captives south..."

"Well done!" Pei Xingjian couldn't hide his joy when he heard this, and quickly stepped forward, personally took the battle report from the messenger sergeant sent by Liu Yi, and opened it to read it.

Liu Yi roughly described the course of the battle in the battle report, and reported the approximate results of the statistics to Pei Xingjian, Pei Xingjian praised again and again: "Good boy, the means are really good, I like to pick people to give people a knife when they haven't woken up yet!"

The battle of attacking the Turkic tooth tent was easily won, Pei Xingjian admired Liu Yi even more, he didn't see the wrong person, it was very good to accept such a Wu surname, he liked to use his brain in battle, judge the situation, and would use various different situations to adjust the young generals he deployed at any time as disciples, and there were successors to the art of war!

In this battle, Liu Yi still won at a speed, so fast that the Turks had no time to react, coupled with the ruthless methods, all the Turks encountered were slaughtered by him, so that the Turks in the tent did not know the situation when our army attacked the camp. The Turks have no defense, our army has thousands of men and horses to attack the camp, even if the Turks have tens of thousands of combat troops, they will be defeated immediately, this is the attack method that Pei Xingjian likes to take, and it is also the most respected tactics of Li Jing, Su Dingfang and other ancestors, but to achieve such a combat effect, the preparation before the attack must be very strict, of course, the most important thing is speed, Liu Yibu has one person and two horses, it is to give full play to the speed.

Pei Xingjian is ready to promote Liu Yi's advocacy of one sergeant and two cavalry in battle.

The number of war horses that the imperial court can provide is quite large, and it can fully meet the requirements of one person and two horsemen for some people and horses during the battle.

After Pei Xingjian read the battle report, he pondered for a while on the map, and immediately ordered his subordinates to pass on the generals to come in to discuss the matter.

Ashina Funian sent a messenger to send a letter asking for surrender the day before, and he must have known that his tooth tent had been broken by our army, Ashina Fu Nian's own leadership had suffered heavy losses, and the tooth tent was destroyed by our army, and he had no choice, and the Turks had no power to return to heaven. Perhaps this Turkic leader also knows that the imperial court has changed its attitude towards the Turks, and there will be very severe sanctions against those tribal leaders who are unwilling to surrender and are bent on betraying our Tang Dynasty, and even after being escorted to Chang'an, it is not necessary to cut off their heads, and the generals who surrendered are still lenient, so in order to save his life and save his tribe, he also sent messengers to our department, ready to atone for their sins with merit, in order to get leniency after the war. However, even if Ashina Fu Nian insisted on Ashwin Fu to surrender, the arrangement of the war must continue, and hope cannot be pinned on Ashina Fu Nian, but only on himself.

After a while, all the generals who followed Pei Xingjian were called into the account.

Pei Xingjian held up the battle report sent by Liu Yi in his hand, with a faint expression on his face, looked at the generals and said: "General Liu Yi, the former commander of the army, sent someone to report on the battle situation, and his department has broken through the Turkic tent and captured Ashina Funian's family and more than 30,000 Turkic people in the tent... In addition, General Cheng Wuting and General Li Zhishi have eliminated most of the men and horses led by Ashina Fu Nian, and the Ashina Fu Nian Department is no longer afraid, and the Ashina Fu Division, which was hit by our army in the last battle, has no support from the Ashina Fu Nian Division, and it will not be able to withstand the blow of our army, presumably General Li Wenyun and General He Jiami's Department have already encountered the Ashina Fu Division, and there will be news soon..."

Before Pei Xingjian's words were finished, there was a sound of shouting from outside the tent, and after a commotion, a personal guard came into the tent and reported to Pei Xingjian: "Marshal, General Li Wenjian sent someone to send a war report..."

"Come in!" Pei Xingjian was overjoyed again, it was really a coincidence, and the good news was sent over continuously.

A haggard sergeant with torn armor rushed into the tent, and his standing was a little unsteady, and the guards in the tent immediately rushed to help. After drinking a glass of water, the sergeant who delivered the message reported loudly: "Marshal, General Li and General He's department fought fiercely after the encounter with Ashdwin Fu's department, killing more than 2,000 enemies, Ashdwin's Fu department fled in the northwest direction, General Li and General He's department are pursuing with all their might, General Li asked the commander to lead his troops to intercept in the northwest direction, so as not to let the remnants of Ashdwin Fu escape into the desert..."

"Good!" Although the results of Li Wenjun's department and He Jiami's department were not as good as Pei Xingjian expected, it was not bad to encounter the enemy, kill 2,000 enemies, and defeat most of them.

Pei Xingjian began to give orders under the surprised eyes of the generals: "Everyone, this commander ordered, all the troops set up camp overnight and marched north, striving to intercept the remnants of Ashina Funian and Ashdewen Fu in the Yinshan area, annihilate them, and prevent them from escaping into the desert!"

"Yes, Dashuai!" The generals responded in unison and immediately went to prepare...

(To be continued)