Li Chengqian laughed wildly and rode his horse.

I have heard countless stories of emperors fighting in the south and north before, and I often listen to the sings of how Duke Wei Qin Lang, the God of War, came to the world and was invincible. In those exciting war stories, how they were invincible and invincible.

Now, it's his turn.

Five thousand light cavalry rushed to 200 miles a day and night, fighting for 5,000 to 100,000, and fighting for a long time. The dozens of kilograms of armor on his body made his shoulders sore, and the thorny horse spear in his hand had already made his arms numb, but his heart was still hot.

The more you fight, the more excited you become.

There were no more than ten feather arrows inserted into his body, and even several armors were cut and smashed, but Cheng Qian was completely unaware of it.

It was already afternoon.

The sun was gray in the air, and there was no feeling of heat or majesty in the past.

The north wind whistles, the snow wind flutters.

The Tuyuhun people were running around, and Chengqian was chasing them on horseback.

Liang Jianfang, Gao Kan, and Gao Zhensheng led troops to arrive, completely crushing the Tuyuhun people's last chance to turn the tables.

After all, Murong Cheng is not Murong Fuyun. He does not have those decades of sophisticated experience. Although he is rebellious, he lacks the experience of real blood and fire. Facing the opportunity again and again, he always misses it. And the Tuyuhun Army here is no longer the strong army under Fuyun that could grin at the Central Plains at that time.

After being chopped and killed by Qin Qiong, Qin Lang, Chai Shaocheng and Xue Wanche again and again, it was no longer the same as before. Many of the vicious and vicious Tuyuhun, who were either killed by the Tang army's sword, or were defeated and captured, their big toes were cut off and sent to be slaves. Some even had their thumbs cut off. They could not run quickly, nor could they hold the swords and guns firmly. Many even left Qinghai forever and were sent to all sides of the Tang Dynasty, either under the mine pit or in the sugarcane garden, working day after day, and they didn't even have the chance to step on the horse again.

There are also many Tuyuhun herders who did not suffer the pain of cutting off their toes and fingers, but were moved to other places, either guarding the borders of Lingnan for the Tang Dynasty, herding horses in western Liaoning, feeding cattle in the Central Plains, or going to the Western Regions to farm.

There were once millions of Tuyuhun. After several major conquests and defeats in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the population losses were severe. Although many people were quickly restored at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and even took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to absorb and even plunder many Han people from Longyou, Hexi and other places, but since Zhenguan, their population has been greatly reduced.

First, the Dangxiang Qiang and other Qiangs, which were originally attached to Tuyuhun, hundreds of thousands of people left Tubo one after another. Even the Qiangs, which were once the core of Tubo, turned to the Tang Dynasty, not to mention the Qiang and Di in the western mountains and other mountains. This large number of Qiang and Di tribes separated from Tubo, causing them to lose at least one-third of their population.

Then there were several Tang army attacks, and there were no less than 100,000 young and strong people who died in battle. After the defeat, they were captured as slaves and moved away afterwards, and the tribes on the ground hundreds of miles east of the Tang Dynasty, Tuyuhun directly lost about half of its population.

Although Tuyuhun was founded for hundreds of years, it was only a nomadic tribal alliance. Moreover, the geographical and climatic conditions in Qinghai were not as good as the Turks in the northern grasslands. This caused Tuyuhun to suffer such a large population reduction, but it was actually damaged.

But Murong Cheng couldn't see these, or he didn't care about them at all.

The war is about population. Even if it is a nomadic tribe, the whole nation can be soldiered, and the elderly, weak, women and children can join forces, but the main force in the battle must be young and strong.

The loss of young and strong men in Tuyuhun was too serious. Murong Cheng gathered here and claimed that there were 100,000 people. In fact, there were less than 20,000 young and old men, and only 30,000 to 40,000 young and 40,000.

But at this time, Tuyuhun had a serious psychological impact on the Tang army.

They were defeated by the Tang army too many times.

However, there were many shouts before the war, but once the real soldiers and the two armies fought each other, they were caught off guard and raids, and even the Tang army on the other side were not sure about how many Tang troops were on the other side, Tuyuhun became even more messy.

From beginning to end, Murong Cheng's poor command level gave the heaviest blow to the Tuyuhun people, making them unable to even exert their basic combat power.

These Tuyuhun people were like fish on chopping boards, and were slaughtered by the Tang cavalry.

It is sunrise to dusk, and I will chase and kill for one day.

Sunset at dusk.

Dark clouds cover the sky, strong winds blew.

Gao Kan caught up with Cheng Qian and held his horse, "Your Highness, you can't chase him anymore."

The soldiers fought to this point with one breath. There were not many people who could chase after them at this time. Many soldiers were left behind and many horses fell down directly.

The Qinghai Cong under Chengqian's cross is a breed of Persian Sassanida and a local Qinghai horse. It has good endurance and strong explosive power. However, he had already changed his horse once in the middle, and his horse was already exhausted at this time.

"It's going to be dark soon."

Gao Kan reminded Cheng Qian that it is very dangerous now. They chased him all the way, for dozens of miles, and Murong Cheng escaped all the way, and it was difficult to catch up.

After chasing them all, within dozens of miles, there were defeated soldiers from Tuyuhun everywhere, especially their families, wives, daughters, parents, etc., all of them were fleeing. In addition, the cattle, sheep and livestock were running around, and the entire mountainous area at the western source of the Huangshui River was in chaos.

There were people everywhere and livestock everywhere. The Tang army and Tuyuhun people all mixed together.

The Tang army's pursuit of the enemy is too dispersed. After dark, it is hard to guarantee that there will be no more accidents.

"Your Highness, Tuyuhun is not only a person in this valley, but also a dozen or so large within a hundred miles nearby, and there are still more than 200,000 people in total."

Murong Cheng was a battle this time, and brought all the things that could be moved. This made their victory today not the final victory.

"We have to take advantage of the darkness to gather our troops immediately, and while stepping up our rest, we defend on the spot to prevent Tuyuhun people from killing them and shooting them back!"

The 50,000 Tang army front army has only reached less than half, and there are still about 30,000 behind. Although I don’t understand why the foreign cavalry of Tuoba Chici and other foreign generals have not arrived yet, they have not arrived yet.

The 50,000 infantry soldiers from Hou Juncai had not arrived yet.

Their 20,000 riders were extremely exhausted and they had to rest.

Cheng Qian looked at Murong Cheng and others who were still fleeing in panic in front of him, and Tuyuhun people everywhere. He was unwilling to accept it, but looking behind him, there were only less than a hundred cavalry left in the 300 rafts, and not many other Tang cavalry followed.

Now they are showing off their momentum, and more than a thousand people chased tens of thousands of Tuyuhun people for more than ten miles. If Murong Cheng had a little courage, he should have shot him back. It is hard to say who wins and who loses.

"All right!"

Chengqian inserted his horse spear hard to the ground and "stop chasing."

The precious Qinghai Camp suddenly neighed and fell to the ground. The horse had reached its limit, but it would not work once it stopped.

"Your Highness!"

Gao Kan exclaimed.

Cheng Qian was also tired and tired. The war horse suddenly fell down. He couldn't react and couldn't even take off the horse. He thought of it, but his body was not good.

Seeing that the war horse was about to press Cheng Qian under the horse, Gao Kan roared and jumped off the horse, then hugged Cheng Qian's horse's neck, roared, gritted his teeth, and used all his strength to clamp the horse that was about to fall.

Cheng Qian finally reacted at this time and quickly threw the stirrup away. He fell to the ground. The war horse was clamped by Gao Kan, and his body was half tilted on him, and he was about to press down.

He didn't care about the ice, snow and mud on the ground, so he quickly rolled on his laziness and rolled out of the snow.

Gao Kan finally couldn't support him, and he fell into the snow mud with his people and horses.

"Governor Gao, are you okay?" Cheng Qian rushed over. Gao Kan fell heavily, his face was a little swollen. He calmed down and waved his hand, "I'm fine."

The green horse was lying in the snow and was struggling to get up, but blood foam spurted out from his nose.

Gao Kan got up, looked at the horse that almost hurt Chengqian, and drew his sword out in anger to end it. Chengqian stopped him.

"Governor Gao is too slow, it doesn't mean it, it really can't hold on. Today it has accompanied Gu to charge into battle and has made great achievements."

Cheng Qian stepped forward, squatted in front of the horse, took off his gloves, and gently stroked the horse's face, "Thank you for your hard work."

The horse neighed twice, and two lines of tears flowed out of his big eyes, and he slowly closed his eyes.

Cheng Qian suddenly couldn't help crying.

"Your Highness?"

"Oh, it's okay. I had something splashed in my eyes just now. It's okay."

He stood up and looked at the motionless horse, Cheng Qian sighed.

"Your Highness, why don't you let someone bury it?"

Cheng Qian looked around and shook his head.

"This is the battlefield, and it is a war horse, an excellent war horse, a horse of meritorious deeds. If he is a warrior, he will be awarded a title for him!"

"Give a war horse the last way back. The horse meat is stewed and shared with the soldiers. The horse skin is made completely, and I will take it back to Chang'an."

Gao Kan looked at the majestic horse, "Why would you better buried it, after all, it is Your Highness's love horse."

"When Duke of Wei once taught the art of war, he said that any resources on the battlefield are precious, especially food that can be eaten. I like this horse. When I return to Chang'an, I will definitely find a wise craftsman to set up a statue for it. But now, we should not waste it. Slaughter the horse and stew it and eat it. Remember to give me a bowl of horse blood and drink it to warm it up. It's so fucking cold."

Gao Kan looked at the prince, not knowing whether he should say that the prince was cold and ruthless or calm. He could only say that the prince showed at this time, whether he was personally charging into battle or slaughtering his horse and eating meat, all of which made him secretly shocked.

In the place where Chengqian fell from his horse and stood up his spear, the Tang army began to gather, set up camps and set up fires to make food.

The wind and snow are mixed, and the sky is gloomy.

In the snow in the valley, the Tang army slaughtered horses and injured horses. If they could not find enough dry firewood, they would directly pick up the hot horse blood to warm up. Then they cut the fresh horse meat into thin slices, then cut it into fine shreds of meat, and eat it raw.

Although the taste is very bad, after a day and night in this snowy and ice, even if it is the snow and ice on the ground, they can catch it and eat a few bites. It is enough to eat warm horse blood and fresh horse meat.

Cheng Qian drank the horse blood of his beloved horse, and then chewed the horse meat and ate it voraciously.

Gao Kan, Liang Jianfang, Gao Zhensheng, and Xi Junbu all bought four generals while grabbing horse meat and making arrangements. Although the war has stopped, they are not at ease. On the contrary, they are very dangerous now.

For some reason, Hou Junji, Tuoba Chici and others had not arrived yet, and there were still defeated soldiers from Tuyuhun people everywhere, and danger was everywhere.

On the one hand, they asked someone to use a spear, horse and lance to erect a simple horse-resisting wall, while on the other hand, they asked someone to use a shovel of snow to build a circle of snow walls.

We also need to arrange people to reconnaissance and guard, arrange people to go to the wilderness to grab the scattered cattle and sheep, and even collect some tents, vehicles, hay, dry manure, etc. that the Tuyuhun people had no time to take away or lost. In this ice and snow, these are all good things.

People have to be arranged to guard the captured prisoners, and people have to be arranged to rescue the wounded in time...

They were busy all the time, even more busy than they were when they were fighting fiercely.

"Send someone to find Tuoba Chici, did you have any secretly fended Bu Lai and Hou Junji?"

After drinking a bowl of warm horse blood, Cheng Qian finally felt that his body recovered a little.

"I have sent several teams of light cavalry out. It may be because I got lost and went in the wrong direction, or I may have encountered other Tuyuhun people. I think it is more likely that I have encountered and fought with other Tuyuhun people, otherwise I should have arrived long ago."

"Is our safety here?" Cheng Qian asked again.
Chapter completed!