Chapter 159 Forced to retreat, decided to fight
Li Ji glanced at Zhang Gongjin and said helplessly and angrily: "Now there is no other way except to agree to withdraw troops."
After pausing, Li Ji added: "The withdrawal of troops is only temporary. After saving the common people, Jie Li cannot escape."
Zhang Gongjin had no choice but to curse at the enemy on the other side.
At the same time, Jie Li Khan's tent.
Asunasmo and Zhishili were persuading Jie Li Khan to release the common people. Doing so would only anger the Tang army and tell Jie Li Khan that if you do so, you would be ridiculed by the people of the world.
Jie Li Khan is now important to save his life, so he naturally did not listen to the advice of Asanosmo and Zhishili, and insisted on taking Zhao Deyan's approach to let the Han people be shields.
"Khan, Li Ji has agreed to withdraw his troops." Zhao Deyan came back with a smile on his face and reported.
"Very good, the military advisor's plan is very good!" Jie Li Khan laughed.
Asunasmo and Zhishili looked at each other and shook their head helplessly.
"Military advisor, if you do this, you will be despised by everyone in the world." Asunasmo couldn't help but say to Zhao Deyan.
Zhao Deyan glanced at Asuna Simo and said disapprovingly: "There is a saying by the Han people that people do not punish themselves for themselves. As long as they can save their lives, everything else is secondary! Does Simo want to die under the sword of the Tang army or surrender to the Tang army?"
Asanasmo was about to refute, Jie Li Khan said lightly: "The military advisor is reasonable. Since Smo opposes this strategy, is there any other good strategy?"
Asuna Smoo's mouth moved, but he couldn't think of a solution and was speechless.
"If Simo did not think of a strategy to withdraw the army, there was no need to say much." Jie Li Khan said angrily.
Asunasmo had no choice but to shut up.
After negotiations between the two sides, Li Ji finally agreed to retreat for three miles, and Jie Li Khan agreed to release the people while Li Ji retreated.
After saving the common people, Li Ji ordered to leave 100 soldiers to resettle the common people and conduct screening to prevent Turkic soldiers from getting involved.
Li Ji, Zhang Gongjin and Tang Jun were already full of anger, and they were full of anger and wanted to kill Jie Li Khan and Zhao Deyan.
"The soldiers obeyed the orders and captured Jie Li and killed Zhao Deyan with them!" Li Ji said loudly.
"Capture Jie Li and kill Zhao Deyan with his hand!" the soldiers raised their arms and shouted.
Li Ji waved his hand and rode his horse and chased him in the direction of Jie Li's escape.
The soldiers behind him followed closely.
After chasing two miles away, suddenly horns rose up.
From the left and right sides, two Turkic armies appeared, with a number of no less than 4,000.
Li Ji frowned, and did not expect that Jie Li Khan would have reinforcements, so he hurriedly withdrew his troops back to defense.
The enemy generals led by the army looked rough, had big mouths and deep eyes, and were gloomy and fierce.
This person's name is Yanli Zhengnan, and he is a powerful general under Jie Li Khan's son.
He rushed over with a mace in his hand, and instantly injured two soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
Seeing this, Zhang Gongjin immediately raised his sword and stepped forward to fight.
The soldiers on both sides cheered and Li Ji personally beat the drum for Zhang Gongjin.
The two fight hard to distinguish, and after dozens of meetings, they are not sure of the winner.
It was getting dark, and both sides had to call for gold and withdraw their troops and fight again tomorrow.
"Now that Jie Li's reinforcements have arrived, we are blocked here and cannot continue to chase Jie Li. We must think of a plan to defeat the enemy in front of us as soon as possible in order to continue to chase Jie Li." Li Ji returned to the camp and discussed with the generals.
"I am willing to lead troops again and directly into the enemy camp. A mere 4,000 enemy troops are definitely not the opponent of our Tang army!" Zhang Gongjin said aloud.
Some generals nodded and agreed with Zhang Gongjin.
"Not appropriate." Li Ji shook his head and frowned, "General Zhang is brave, Li Ji knows that he is. But if he fights head-on with the enemy, even if he defeats the enemy, our army will suffer heavy losses."
Several generals nodded and agreed with Li Ji.
"There will naturally be losses in war." Zhang Gongjin said disapprovingly.
"If our army suffers heavy losses due to this, if we want to continue chasing Jie Li, we will have no chance." Li Ji said lightly.
Zhang Gongjin thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, what good plans does the Chief Executive have?"
Li Ji lowered his head and pondered for a moment, suddenly raised his head and said, "General Zhang, when you fight with that enemy general tomorrow, pretend to lose and lead him to a valley halfway inside and outside. Then I will let the ambush kill him."
"Okay!" Zhang Gongjin nodded.
The dark night fell on the earth, and the soldiers on both sides did not take off their armor and fell asleep early.
Both of them know that there will be a big battle tomorrow.
Although most of the soldiers on both sides fell asleep early, the alert was not relaxed and prevented the other party from attacking at night.
"Dadada..."
Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came from the Tang army camp.
"Report!"
Soldiers reported the situation to generals such as Li Ji and Zhang Gongjin respectively.
"General Manager Li led more than 4,000 soldiers to the camp."
Generals such as Li Ji and Zhang Gongjin quickly came out to welcome him.
After greeting each other, the generals entered the account to discuss the war.
The soldiers led by Li Jing and Li Jie met here, causing the number of Tang soldiers to be half of the number of enemy soldiers who intercepted them.
The morale of the Tang army was already high, and it was even more so high at this time.
"The chief executive came in time. We will be able to easily destroy Jie Li's reinforcements tomorrow." Li Ji asked Li Jing and others to sit down and said with a smile on his face.
Li Jing first smiled faintly, and then said seriously: "Is Jie Li still in Bai Dao?"
"Run away." Li Ji sighed and said helplessly.
"I almost captured Jie Li, but I didn't expect Jie Li to follow Zhao Deyan's plan and use two or three hundred Han people as shields to block our army's attack." Zhang Gongjin, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but say indignantly.
"Jie Li actually used the people as a shield?" Li Jing was surprised at first, and then looked angry, "Jie Li did nothing to save his life."
Li Zaigu couldn't help but feel angry. The gentleman or general who used the people as shields have been despised since ancient times. This practice is simply inferior to animals.
Other generals who followed Li Jing couldn't help but scold Jie Li for being shameless.
"What's going on now that the enemy troops who intercepted Er and others chasing Jie Li?" Li Jing coughed lightly and then asked Li Ji.
"There are more than 4,000 enemy troops intercepting us, led by a Turkic general named Yanli Zhengnan." Li Ji responded, "This fierce general is extremely brave and tied with General Zhang. We have discussed that General Zhang will fight tomorrow, lead him to a valley half an inside and a chance to ambush him."
"The last general asks for a fight, and tomorrow he will be killed by Yan Li Zhengnan!" Su Dingfang stepped forward and bowed to Li Jing and Li Ji.
Li Jing nodded slightly.
"General Su, Yanli Zhengnan can draw with this general, so it should not be underestimated." Zhang Gongjin glanced at Su Dingfang and said a little disdainful.
It is obvious that Zhang Gongjin believes that Su Dingfang is not Yanli Zhengnan's opponent.
"The last general can issue a military order. If the head on Yanli Zheng's neck cannot be taken off, he is willing to deal with it by military law!" Su Dingfang said with great confidence.
"Okay, General Su will fight against Yanli Zhengnan tomorrow!" Li Jing's face turned solemn and his tone was firm, and he could not refute.
Chapter completed!