Chapter three hundred and eighty second bloody funeral
Li Ke quietly returned to the camp under the Eagle Guard's guidance. After the Eagle Guard followed Li Ke for a long time, some of their shadows were stained with Li Ke. They seemed to have been with Li Kerong.
The sunlight stretched out Li Ke's shadow on the horse's back, which was a kind of loneliness independent of the world.
When Li Ke returned to the camp, Li Jing immediately appeared in front of him. Li Jing glanced at Li Ke, but he did not ask about the outcome of the battle between the two armies today. He could have seen the answer he wanted from Li Ke's expression.
"Master General, I am a little sleepy and want to go to rest. Let Sun Erlang, Du Junchuo and Guo Shifeng report the battle situation later!" Li Ke said to Li Jing.
"Well, you are tired too, so let's go down and rest first!" Li Jing said with understanding.
He knew Li Ke's character very well, and he already understood what kind of achievements he had achieved today.
Therefore, Li Jing, who understands Li Ke, knows very well what Li Ke did today.
So, Li Jing and understand Li Ke!
Just as Jie Li thought, Li Ke used more than 40,000 people as pawns and baits to win today's victory against the Turks.
But is Li Ke himself willing? When he uses the cavalry he personally formed and trained himself as bait, and when these cavalry died one after another, what would he feel?
Yes, Li Ke's king has the world in mind and is determined to fight for dominance.
However, he is still a kind man. With a cold face, he is still a person who respects life very much!
So, when he returned to his tent, Li Ke ordered Wang Zhongchang to buy food and drinks for him, and he drank it alone in the tent!
Li Ke had a good alcohol tolerance, but he drank it all by one of the jars, and he became drunk!
But, he heard him say lightly, "I have to walk on the same road as the martyrs and the clowns. All tens of people are going to put out the fire, and I will lift the fire high alone."
Just such a simple sentence reveals everything in his heart!
That kind of loneliness in the late night and quiet time!
The price you bear behind the halo after achieving all kinds of achievements!
What is, walking with the martyrs and clowns is destined to hold up the torch of the Tang Dynasty alone!
Actually, he is very tired! He is very tired now!
The next day, when Li Ke woke up, his head hurt so much. He beat his dizzy head with his hands and remembered that he had drunk a lot of alcohol last night.
"It's really bad!" Li Ke said lightly.
At this moment, a corner of the king's tent was lifted open, and Wang Zhongchang walked in. Seeing that Li Ke had woken up, he hurriedly said to Li Ke, "Your Highness, why don't you rest for a while! The chief general told me that you don't have to go to the next day!"
"Wang Zhongchang, how many people did we lose yesterday and what kind of results did we achieve?" Li Ke ignored Wang Zhongchang's concern and asked in a serious tone.
"Your Highness, the last general has been guarding outside the camp last night, and I don't know the problem in this regard!" Wang Zhongchang replied with a shameful look on his face and a little silly.
"You go and prepare, I will wash it up, and I'll go to the Grand Manager to ask about it!" Li Ke admired Wang Zhongchang's loyalty and said in a gentle tone.
"No--" Wang Zhongchang took the order and left!
The sky was shining brightly. When Li Ke came to Li Jing's tent, Li Jing was discussing issues with the generals. Li Ke could feel that there seemed to be traces of quarrels in the tent.
But Li Ke did not expect to see Zhang Gongjin, Li Mengchang, Hou Hu, and Cheng Mingzhen in the big tent.
When the generals saw Li Ke, they immediately saluted Li Ke, and Li Ke waved his hand to signal, bowed to Li Jing and sat in his seat.
No one expected Li Ke's arrival, and the big tent suddenly fell into silence!
Zhang Gongjin, Li Mengchang and Hou Hu had just returned to the camp and came to Li Jing's tent to report to Li Jing. The other Sun Erlang, Du Junchuo and others came to discuss with Li Jing about the handling of the prisoners after the war.
Because this time, Du Junchuo and Sun Erlang captured about 20,000 Turkic cavalry, which is a huge number. Now, the current situation of the Tang Army camp in Tulun River is not dealt with in time has become a big hidden danger.
After all, Jie Li's army was not far away, and the Tang army camp was now in short supply. It took a lot of soldiers to take care of 20,000 prisoners of war. Besides, with the current problem of the Tang army's food and grass, if you want to give 20,000 Turkic prisoners, it would be difficult to maintain your own sleep.
This is not to say that the Tang Dynasty did not give Li Jing and the others food, but it was difficult for the Tang army to transport food to Mobei! Not to mention the snow and ice, there is no road for the car to pass through, so they can only be carried by donkeys and horses.
That's why these problems arise!
Li Ke saw that the atmosphere in the tent was very awkward. He knew that it might be his own reasons, so he spoke to break the awkward atmosphere.
"Master General, how much did we lose yesterday? Is Jie Li a loss?" After Li Ke asked Li Jing, he turned his eyes to Zhang Gongjin, "You can also talk about your achievements!"
"No" Zhang Gongjin and Li Mengchang hurriedly bowed.
Li Jing naturally knew the reason why the generals in the tent quarreled just now, and Li Ke's appearance made the atmosphere in the tent awkward! So, he took the lead in introducing Li Ke to the result of this battle with Jie Li.
Through Li Jing's introduction, Li Ke learned that the left and right battalions of the Tang army had been crippled by the Turks, and there were only less than 3,000 people left in the two battalions, while the Ghost Face Cavalry lost 2,000 generals and one thousand people in the heavy cavalry camp. However, Li Ke also knew that Jie Li had lost nearly 40,000 people this time.
After Li Jing introduced the situation, Zhang Gongjin continued to introduce the situation to Li Ke. Through Zhang Gongjin's introduction, Li Ke learned that Schroeder was defeated and 20,000 Turkic cavalry were annihilated. He also lost a lot of people in the battle with Ashinosheer. Now there are only 20,000 people, and Cheng Mingzhen has only 5,000 cavalry left.
After listening to the report from Li Jing and Zhang Gongjin, Li Ke knew very well that the Tang army had a lot of troops now, and the cavalry and infantry combined were about 70,000, including Du Junchuo and Sun Erlang's troops, and Jie Li had a 100,000 army. Therefore, Li Ke knew very well that Jie Li still had the ability to fight, and his side had reduced the number of troops to 50% of the troops, and he no longer had the ability to fight against Jie Li. This was not about how big the problem was in the army, but when an army lost its combat effectiveness to 30%, he lost the ability to fight, let alone the Tang army's losses to 50%!
When Li Ke heard the bad battle report, he also fell into deep thought.
And the big tent fell into silence again, and the atmosphere suddenly became very awkward!
"Your Highness--" In this situation, Hou Hu suddenly spoke.
"Well, tell me! What's the matter!" Li Ke said to Hou Hu.
"Your Highness, I have 2,400 elite cavalry in my hand, so let them join the Ghost Face Rider! This will improve the combat effectiveness of the Ghost Face Rider in a short period of time." Hou Hu said.
This problem was designed to reorganize the army. Li Ke was not the head coach here, so he dared not make decisions, so he turned his eyes to Li Jing. Seeing Li Jing nodding and allowing him, Li Ke then said, "Ren Hu, you will accept Hou Hu's Dead Soldiers' Cavalry and quickly train to form an army!"
"Nuo" Ren Hu stood up and said.
But Hou Hu did not sit down after saying this, as if he had something to say in his heart.
"Do you have anything else to say?" Li Ke asked Hou Hu.
"Your Highness, the Ghost Face Rider wants to hold a funeral today to pay tribute to the dead brothers and Wang Zhen!" Ren Hu said with difficulty.
"Well, this is fine!" Li Ke looked at Li Ke when he agreed, and Li Jing had no objection.
Seeing that the problems of Hou Hu and Ren Hu were solved, Sun Erlang also stood up and said to Li Ke, "Your Highness, what should we do with the 20,000 Turkic prisoners?"
When Sun Erlang asked this question, all the generals in the tent looked at Sun Erlang, and Li Ke was also stunned for a moment.
"What does the chief executive mean?" Li Ke asked Li Jing.
"I think it's not safe to send people to escort them to Dingxiang City!" Li Jing said.
"Is this what everyone means?" Li Ke asked Li Jing, but his eyes looked at the generals in the tent.
"Your Highness, I will support the opinions of the Chief Executive!" Cheng Mingzhen was the first to answer.
"The last general also supports the opinions of the chief executive!" Du Junchuo replied.
And Zhang Gongjin also expressed his support for Li Jing!
In this way, only Li Ke's direct descendants Sun Erlang, Guo Shifeng, Li Mengchang, Ren Hu and others were left in the big tent without saying a word.
"What do you mean?" Li Ke ignored everyone's opinions and asked Sun Erlang.
"Back to Your Highness, we lost a lot of people in the battle with the Turks this time..." Sun Erlang's words were self-evident, but Li Ke stopped him and did not say it. He felt that Sun Erlang's words were inappropriate!
"Master General, do you want to hear my opinion?" Li Ke thought to Li Jing after stopping Sun Erlang. He knew Sun Erlang's answer, and he understood the thoughts of his own general!
"Tell me!" Li Jing knew Li Ke's answer in his heart when he saw Li Ke's opposition to his proposal.
"Ren Hu just said that the Ghost Face Rider would hold a funeral. I think the Turkic prisoners are the best sacrifice!" Li Ke said in a cold tone but uninhibited manner.
"Li Ke" Li Jing and "Huo" stood up and shouted, "Do you know the consequences of doing this?"
This is the first time that Li Jing and Li Ke have had a head-on conflict!
"Does the Grand Chief want to be afraid of bearing the consequences? Then you don't need the Grand Chief to be worried about this question. The captives are the ones I want to kill. If the court and father ask questions, I will take responsibility." Li Ke also answered Li Jing coldly.
"You..." Li Jing said angrily, but before he finished speaking, he heard Li Ke order, "Ren Hu is the funeral, Hou Hu, let two thousand dead soldiers attend the funeral, so that they can clearly know what the ghost face rider is, what the hell devil's teacher is, Sun Erlang, take the prisoners to prepare sacrifices!"
"promise"
Ren Hu, Hou Hu and Sun Erlang ordered.
When Li Jing heard this, he was about to yell at Li Ke, he heard Li Ke say loudly, "Master General, the morale of the captive captain is unstable, and the morale of the Turkic captain is difficult to improve!" After that, he took great strides to leave the captain, and Sun Erlang, Li Mengchang and other Li Ke's direct generals followed him and found the captain!
However, when he stepped out of the door of the tent, he turned around and said to Li Jing, "I will be willing to use the lives of the Turks to pay tribute to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to the heroic spirits, even if I am punished!"
Li Ke left the handsome tent, but his clever words remained in the handsome tent!
I would like to use the lives of the Turks to commemorate the heroic spirits of the Tang Dynasty. Even if I was punished, I would be willing to do so!
Li Jing quietly recalled Li Ke’s words, and the anger on his face gradually disappeared!
When Zhang Gongjin, Cheng Mingzhen and others in the tent heard Li Ke’s words, they suddenly understood Li Ke’s heart. They suddenly felt that it was worth following Li Ke. A strange thought suddenly arose in their hearts, that is, they felt that they would be very at ease with Li Ke.
Chapter completed!