Chapter 389 The final battle
Jie Li and Li Ke formed such a stalemate in the grasslands in northern Mo.
Jie Li wanted to be fast, but his army was trapped and could not run very fast at all.
As for Li Ke, he didn't want to be quick, so he wanted to follow Jie Li closely and spend the energy of Jie Li and the Turks.
However, Jie Li was still behind because he could see a black line appearing behind Li Ke from afar. Jie Li knew that it must be a cavalry, but Jie Li would not idiotically think that it was a Turkic cavalry. He dared to be sure that this was the cavalry of the Tang army. Therefore, a feeling of sadness arose in his heart, and his ending might be destined today.
As Jie Li thought, the cavalry that appeared behind Li Ke was indeed the Tang army cavalry, and the cavalry had a lot of strength, and they were a mixed team of Zhang Gongjin, Li Mengchang, Ren Hu and Sun Erlang. When killing Jie Li and leaving behind the Turkic cavalry, because Am and Zadler arrived in time, they used the identity of Ashi's unit to persuade the Turkic cavalry to surrender, which gave birth to Zhang Gongjin, Li Mengchang and others a lot of time. Jie Li's speed was not very fast. It was time for the Tang army to take advantage of the victory to pursue and use all their strength to suck, so they quickly drove Jie Li's army.
Jie Li was ready to see the army that appeared behind Li Ke, but he was a proud man and even more a hero. He would not give up as long as he had a glimmer of chance. Therefore, when he saw that Li Ke and others were chasing him, he ran desperately towards the Western Turks. He did not think that the Western Turks could help him resist the Tang army, but he felt that it was okay to borrow the Western Turks. There were vast grasslands in the west of the Western Turks. As long as he could live, as long as he still had a breath, he felt that he could revive his strength.
When Zhang Gongjin, Li Mengchang and Sun Erlang chased Li Ke, they asked to intercept Li Ke, but Li Ke was rejected by Li Ke.
"The rabbit is still biting people when it's anxious? Could it be that Jie Li? He still has nearly 40,000 cavalry soldiers now!" Li Ke said lightly.
"What does Your Highness mean?" Zhang Gongjin asked in confusion.
"In this vast grassland, even if we chase him for ten or eight days, as long as we follow him closely, can he run there?" Li Ke smiled faintly, "In this way, put pressure on Jie Li and his army every day, they will collapse sooner or later. When the Turkic army collapses and Jie Li is left alone, it is the best time for us to attack!"
"Thank you for your advice. I understand!" Zhang Gongjin said respectfully. He respected Li Ke in his heart. In addition to Li Ke's achievements, he also saw Li Shimin's decisive and profound side of his killing and wise approach in Li Ke, so he trusted him so much.
"Also, don't you think this long-distance raid is the best time to train my Tang cavalry?" Li Ke said lightly.
But his words surprised Zhang Gongjin, Du Junchuo, Cheng Mingzhen and others. They never expected that at this time of the war, Li Ke was still chasing Jie Li to train troops. But they did not say anything, and silently agreed to the words of Li Ke. Indeed, chasing Shan Jie Li and chasing Turkic cavalry, such a good opportunity to train troops for a long-distance raid. In this case, the Tang cavalry would definitely not fight hard, so that the Tang army's marching awareness of long-distance raids can be trained.
"You must know that sweat more in daily life and less bleeding during wartime. As long as we regard training as a practical battle, our Tang Dynasty cavalry can have more opportunities to save their lives on the battlefield." Li Ke said lightly, "Cabinet training is hard-won! Especially knights, even more soldiers from thousands of miles away. If they suffer heavy losses every time they fight, what's the use of training cavalry to spend so much money and material resources?"
"No——" the generals replied. Li Ke was giving orders to them, but wasn't he guiding them?
If it comes to Zhang Gongjin, Li Mengchang and Du Junchuo and other generals of war would not care about Li Ke's guidance, but they listened very seriously. Even though Zhang Gongjin and others followed Li Shimin to fight countless battles, they still lacked experience in cavalry warfare. Li Kecha was the most proficient in cavalry warfare in the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, they did not dare to neglect Li Ke's words.
"Our army does not need to press all over to follow Jie Li now, just divide it into three parts and take turns to follow Jie Li. This can save the physical strength of our cavalry and consume the energy of the Turks!" Li Ke arranged his own order.
"No" the generals took the order and left.
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In this way, Li Ke's Tang army began to oppress Jie Li's army.
However, before Li Ke's pursuit order was implemented for a day, soldiers fled in Jie Li's army. Even though Jie Li used military methods and killed many deserters, some Turkic cavalry still fled Jie Li's army.
And this is the success of Li Ke's strategy.
Li Ke divided the people pursuing into three groups, which allowed all the Tang army to rest in rotation, but there were always Tang army pursuing behind the Turkic cavalry, and they could not get rest, so many soldiers fled.
When Li Ke's army pursued Jie Li for two days, there were less than 10,000 cavalry left by Jie Li, and only 10,000 forty thousand were left. This was a big blow to Jie Li, but there was no way. Now, except for some loyal people from the headquarters who followed and pursued him, everyone else fled.
The Turkic cavalry around Jie Li escaped so seriously, and this is still the arrangement of Li Ke.
Li Ke ordered the Tang army not to kill the Turkic cavalry who had separated from the Tang army, and only allowed to collect their weapons.
In this way, the Turkic cavalry in the Turkic army saw that the Tang army did not make things difficult for the Turkic people to be captured, and they no longer wanted to escape with Jie Li's wish to be a dog.
Therefore, they chose to leave Jie Li's team and surrender to the Tang army!
When only 10,000 troops were left by Jie Li, Li Ke knew that this was the result he wanted.
Because it has reached this point, Jie Li still has 10,000 cavalry around him, which means that these 10,000 cavalry are definitely the most loyal soldiers of Jie Li. As long as this cavalry is wiped out, the era of Turks dominating the grassland will be over!
Therefore, when the sunset in the sky shone with a faint afterglow, the Tang army, who had eaten, began to form a formation.
At this time, Li Ke issued an order to enter the palace Jie Li army!
After receiving the order, Zhang Gongjin, Li Mengchang and Sun Erlang and three other cavalrymen rushed towards Jie Li's army less than three miles away from him.
Jie Li rode on a horse and quietly stared at the Tang cavalry rushing towards him. He knew that at this time he could only fight with his back and not escape. As long as he defeated Li Ke's cavalry, he would have the chance to leave Mobei.
Therefore, he also issued an order to fight against the Tang cavalry.
For Jie Li, he did not issue orders when he was 40,000 troops, but instead issued orders to fight against the Tang army's cavalry when he was 10,000 cavalry. This does not mean that Jie Li did not understand the way of marching and fighting, but he understood very well, because he understood very well, so he would issue orders to fight against the Tang army now.
Because when he had an army of 40,000, the army of 40,000 was weak and the cavalry had no combat power. Such cavalry would fight against the Tang cavalry with a strong morale, and he would undoubtedly be defeated.
But now all of them are their own elite cavalry and are all loyal to them. They have no way out now, and they only have the courage to fight with their backs. Therefore, Jie Li dared to issue an order to fight against the Tang army.
"Kill--" The Turkic cavalry ran away like a dog for a few days, and now the anger that was held in their hearts was aroused. They were crazy about greeting the Tang cavalry.
"Kill--" The Tang cavalry won consecutive battles, and the Turks were defeated only in an instant, and they also rushed towards the Turkic cavalry.
On the grassland, another life-and-death battle broke out!
Chapter completed!