Li Ji and Su Dingfang turned around suddenly.
I saw Erdan riding a horse and throwing Jieli Khan’s body to the ground with one hand.
Immediately behind him, a Tang cavalryman dropped another middle-aged corpse.
"Erdan, you are so lucky. You took care of Jieli Khan and his son. You have done a lot of credit." Su Dingfang was very envious.
It turned out that Jieli Khan's son Die Luoshi led a thousand Turkic elites to stop them.
In order to rush for time, Su Dingfang asked Er Dan to stay and deal with Die Luoshi, while he led his troops to pursue Jieli Khan.
Jieli Khan was also unlucky. When he was fleeing westward, he bumped into Erdan and his group.
"Hey, it's all luck." Erdan said with a naive smile.
Li Ji walked over, turned the body of Jieli Khan over, and took a look at it by the firelight.
"It's Jieli Khan himself!" Li Ji's face was filled with ecstasy, and he immediately stood up and said to Erdan, "Good boy, you should be the first to win this battle!"
Destroy Without the main force of Jieli Khan, the Eastern Turks are no longer a concern.
The next day, the morning light was rising.
Li Jing also rushed to Qikou and successfully met with Li Ji.
"Great, Erdan did a great job!"
Li Jing heard that Jieli Khan was beheaded by Erdan and saw the body in person, and happily praised Erdan. .
These little guys are really blessed. Several important figures in the Eastern Turks were all killed by them.
After a brief celebration, Li Jing and Li Ji got together again to discuss the next step.
"Youpushe, although the main force of the Eastern Turks has been wiped out, other tribes on the grassland can still raise an army of two to three hundred thousand, and their strength cannot be underestimated."
"I suggest that the Sixth Route Army should use Zhonglang as its unit and divide its forces to attack each tribe until the Eighteen Tribes on the Grassland no longer pose a threat to our Tang Dynasty."
Li Ji's bold words made Li Jing They all sounded surprised.
If Li Ji's battle plan is followed, there may not be even one strong man out of ten in the East Turks.
"Li Ji, once this plan is implemented, the killings caused by you, me and the other four armies may be as high as four to five million."
"After Ban Shi returns to the court, We will definitely be impeached by the censors, and the military achievements we have achieved in this battle will probably be destroyed."
"This is a very important matter, you have to think clearly."
Li Jing. He frowned and said hesitantly.
There was a long silence in the camp, and the two commanders were deep in thought.
"Hey~"
After a long time, Li Ji sighed and said quietly.
"Your Majesty, why don't we write a military report back to Chang'an and let His Majesty discuss it with all the ministers?Decide. ”
“That’s all. "Li Jing nodded, then spread out his pen and ink and started writing.
They knew that if the ministers from Chang'an were to discuss this matter, they might not approve of their actions.
He could only place his hope on Wang Jian to see if he could convince the ministers.
After writing carefully for more than an hour, Li Jing finally finished the military report and showed it to Li Ji.
After reading it carefully, Li Ji felt that there was nothing wrong with it.
The first part of this military report explained the results of the battle, and the second half talked about the battle plan.
Not only does it state that the strength of the Eastern Turks still exists, but it also expresses the attitude of the two of them.
As for the individual military merits of the soldiers, they have not yet begun to count, and the statistics and verification time are at least required. It will take five or six days.
"Come here, send the military newspaper and the heads of Jieli Khan and others to Chang'an, eight hundred miles away!" "
"Yes, General! "
Soon, thirty fast horses quickly left the camp and ran wildly in the direction of Chang'an.
"You servant shot, I will go back to count military achievements and wait for your good news. . " Li Ji handed over his hands and strode away from the tent.
The next step is to collect and count the combat results of various armies and to count the individual contributions of the soldiers. This is a tedious task.
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The statistics of military merits are related to the merits and rewards of the soldiers below.
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The messenger came back with His Majesty's secret order.
Li Jing did not open it directly, but sent someone to call Li Ji over.
"Right servant shoot," His Majesty's instructions arrived so soon? "Li Ji pointed to the unopened secret order on the case machine and said in surprise.
Four days are barely enough time to send the order troops back and forth.
It seems that the court discussed Isn’t the time very short?
“Hey, come and open it. "Li Jing walked to the map with his hands behind his back and sighed.
Li Jing did not have any hope in his heart as to whether His Majesty would agree to their battle plan.
Li Ji left He went over and opened the military newspaper. There were only two short sentences in it, and he read it out loud.
"This battle is a great victory. The whole Tang Dynasty is cheering for it. I am waiting for your triumphant reward." ”
“The wildfire will not burn out, but the spring breeze will blow again. I agree with your combat operations! "
At the end of the reading, Li Ji and Li Jing quickly looked at each other, with ecstasy on their faces.
"Your Majesty agrees! "Li Jing happily waved his fist several times.
"I guess this is Wang Jian's credit. Without his strong argument, I'm afraid this result would not have been achieved. "Li Ji said softly.
In fact, Li Ji did not guess wrong.
Because of this incident, Wang Jian and Ma Zhouren started an unprecedented fierce fight with Changsun Wuji, Xiao Yu and others.
The feud turned into a battle between Shangshu Sheng and Menxia Sheng, who united with Zhongshu Sheng, Yushitai and Changsun Wuji.
A group of neutral fifth-grade officials were so frightened that they trembled and did not dare to take a breath.
If they are involved in this fight, they will have neither the protection of the boss nor much favor from the emperor, and they are afraid that their official title will not be guaranteed.
The fierce battle did not come to an end until a group of generals all stood on Wang Jian's side.
Because the wildfire could not be burned out, and the spring breeze blew this poem again, Li Shimin stood resolutely on Wang Jian's side.
"Li Ji, count the battle achievements as soon as possible and start taking action the next day." Li Jing said with clenched fists.
In the next two days, the Sixth Route Army successively tallied up their military exploits. Li Jing immediately sent someone to send their military exploits to Chang'an.
The reporting of military exploits indicates that the first phase of the war against the East Turks has been completed.
The next day, Li Jing issued the second phase of the operation.
Li Daozong and Chai Shao's Western Route Army encircled and suppressed the Turkic tribes west of Baidao.
The Eastern Route Army of Xue Wanche and Wei Xiaojie encircled and suppressed the Turkic tribes in the east and north.
The middle route army composed of him and Li Ji advanced all the way south from the direction of Qikou.
The leaderless Turkic tribes were like a basin of loose sand. Under the stranglehold of more than 100,000 Tang troops, they had no power to fight back.
Half a month later, the war finally came to an end.
All the Eastern Turkic tribes entrenched in the grasslands were wiped out, and the Tang army did not accept the surrender of adult Turkic men.
After Li Jing compiled the military reports and military achievements of the second stage, he sent them to Chang'an.
He also asked Wei Xiaojie, the governor of Youzhou, to lead an army of 20,000 to guard the Eastern Turks.
He led an army to escort more than 500,000 women and children, as well as countless horses, cattle and sheep, and began to return to Chang'an.
Li Ji's department.
Ma Dayong and Ma Chengcai rode on their horses and followed the army slowly forward.
Their tanned skin makes them look more mature.
"Chengcai, how big an official position do you think we were awarded by the Two Congresses?" Ma Dayong asked in a low voice.
Among the four major merits of trapping, ascending first, capturing the flag, and killing generals, they accounted for the two merits of trapping and ascending first, and each of them killed more than a hundred Turkic cavalry.
"What you are thinking about so much, you will know when you get back to Chang'an." Ma Chengcai was thinking about something, so he shook his head perfunctorily.
He is contemplating his biography and will write it down when he returns to Chang'an, forgetting about the reward.