Chapter 40: Building a village in the mountains

When the Tang army arrived one after another, Mochuo knew that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly took his personal guards to escape. It was because he saw the opportunity. If he was slower, after the Tang army surrounded him, he would not be able to run away.

A Tang army came from behind, but Mochuo dared not stay, just to beat the horse and run. While he was running, a team of defeated soldiers rushed over from the slanting sect, gathered together and continued to escape.

Along the way, defeated soldiers came to surrender. After escaping for dozens of miles, the troops were slightly calm. However, Mochuo had no intention of fighting at all and had no idea of ​​turning back and fighting for a while, because they were really embarrassed.

After escaping for about thirty miles, a tent appeared in front of him, which was the residence of Turkic herdsmen. Many Turkic herdsmen were driving cattle and sheep to grazing, and the melodious pastoral songs floated, and the sky was clear, as if they were paradise on earth. If they weren't fighting, they would definitely make people feel the beauty of the scenery.

There are many men and women singing and dancing in the tent, enjoying their joy. Since returning to their dream home, the land of Hetao, the Turkic herdsmen have been very happy and celebrated, and they have to sing and dance from time to time to express their joy.

Just when they were happy, Mochu's defeated soldiers rushed over like lightning, and the scimitar in their hands slashed at them. The herdsmen made way one after another. If they were a little slower, they would become dead souls under the knife.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Give way to Khan!" The guards slashed around and scolded.

"Khan?" The herdsmen never expected Mochuo to attack them and dodged in panic.

Before Mochuo's defeated soldiers had finished, the Tang army chased after him again. The herdsmen were still loyal, and they didn't know which one roared: "Hurry up, stop the Tang army! Shoot with a bow!"

The Turks grew up on horseback and were skilled in riding and shooting. Both men and women could shoot arrows, take out arrows, and shoot at the Tang army. It would be fine if they didn't shoot arrows. This arrow angered the Tang army, set up a formation and rushed over, and the horizontal sword in their hands continued to slash and kill. After the Tang army passed, there were corpses everywhere on the ground, and overturned tents either died by the hands of Turkic soldiers or chopped the Tang army.

A Tang army soldier exhaled his breath and commented very unhappy: "Mochuo attacked them, and they still wanted to help him. It's really a matter of seeking death!"

If the herdsmen had not attacked the Tang army, the Tang army would not have attacked them. They were destroying themselves.

Seeing the Tang army killing the herdsmen, Mochuo was very happy and thought to himself: "Kill for a while and you won't be able to catch up with me!" However, what he could not have imagined was that these herdsmen were killed without killing them. The Tang army solved the problem with just one charge and chased them from behind.

Mochu had to beat the horse and rushed. Mochu ran away very quickly, and the Tang army's pursuit was not slow, so it quickly caught up with it. After a series of slashes and slaughter, he dealt with many Turkic soldiers.

When he ran away, he would encounter herders from time to time. Mo's voice was eager to escape, and anyone who blocked his way would be chopped and killed. Even if Mo's rude treatment of herders, the herders were still standing on his side. In order to help him, they shot the Tang army with bows and arrows, but were violently revenged by the Tang army, and finally ended up like a mountain of corpses.

"There is Bai Dao there! Hurry up, occupy Bai Dao and retreat to the north of the mountain!" Mochu gasped and rushed straight towards Bai Dao. Before he could reach Bai Dao, he saw flags flying on Bai Dao, and a team of Tang troops were waiting for the battle.

After a brief look, there were not many Tang troops, less than two thousand people, and there were more than 10,000 defeated soldiers beside Mochu. Mochu was so brave that he shouted: "Take Bai Dao and go home! If you can't take Bai Dao, you will die in Shannan!"

This is very reasonable. In order to survive, the Turkic soldiers doubled their courage. They shouted, held a scimitar and rushed towards Bai Dao. What greeted them was a violent rain of arrows, which shot a lot. The Turkic soldiers are now fighting for beasts, and they are much more deadly than when they were in the city of Zhongshou. They don’t care about life and death at all. They just charge, and the ones in front fell down, and the ones behind rushed forward on their bodies.

In the face of the dense rain of arrows by the Tang army, the Turkic soldiers paid a heavy price and finally rushed to the Tang army, wielding scimitars to fight with the Tang army in hand-to-hand combat.

In order to survive, the Turkic soldiers fought extremely bravely, but their equipment was far inferior to the Tang army and they did not gain the upper hand. The corpses on the ground increased sharply, and most of them were the corpses of Turkic soldiers.

Mochu gritted his teeth and shouted, "Hurry up, shoot them to death!"

At this time, the Turkic soldiers were only thinking about their lives, and they were not caring about their companions. When they heard the sound, the sound of arrows breaking through the air was constantly sounded. After the dense rain of arrows, the two armies that were still slashing fell in a pool of blood.

However, the Tang army in front fell down and the Tang army behind came up again, and Mochuo was still unable to occupy the intersection.

Although Baidao is the most important intersection in Yinshan, the space is limited and there is no tolerance for too many troops. Mochukong has a defeated army of 10,000 people, but it is useless.

Just as Mochu was anxious, there was a sudden sound of horse hooves coming from behind, and the chasing Tang army arrived again. Mochu had lost the opportunity to capture Bai Dao, so he had to lead the army to flee west unwillingly.

"Go to Tieshan!" Mochuo warned himself in his heart. However, after running west for a long time, he encountered a warlike Tang cavalry. After a rush, Mochu finally collected only four or five thousand defeated soldiers.

There was no way, Mochu had to give up the idea of ​​leaving Tieshan and lead his army to the southern foot of Yinshan. The defeated soldiers rushed up the mountain. Mochu immediately ordered the defeated soldiers to carry stones and prepare to fight.

The Tang army rushed up on a war horse. The stones on the mountain rolled down, killing and injured a lot, and had to retreat. The Tang army was brave and good at fighting, but this was just a small blow. They no longer rode horses and attacked on foot, but still injured and killed a lot of stones. They had to retreat. The attacks were several times in a row, but they failed.

The Turkic army went up the mountain in a hurry and picked up not many stones. As long as the Tang army rushed for a few more times, they would use up all of them. Mochu's heart was in his throat, and he was very worried. However, something he could not have imagined happened, and the Tang army actually withdrew.

Looking at the retreating Tang Jun, Mochu thought he was confused and rubbed it hard for a few times before he believed it was true.

The order for slow attack had been heard, and the Tang army was ordered to withdraw in order to create convenience for Mochu to collect the remaining troops. Zhang Shougui's order was very correct. News of the defeat of the Turks spread, and herdsmen scattered everywhere fled in groups. There were also those retreating Turkic soldiers who fled in scattered places. Now in the Hetao area, there were lifeless defeated Turkic soldiers everywhere, ranging from thousands, at least dozens, or even several.

Some thought of escaping north of Yinshan Mountain, some thought of escaping into the mountains and cats, and waited for the Tang army to withdraw before coming out.

The defeated soldiers were divided into hundreds or thousands of stocks, and they were rushing everywhere in Hetao. Although there were 500,000 Tang troops, it was impossible to wipe them out in a short period of time. Mochuo collected them and wiped them out in one go, which was much easier.

As Zhang Shougui expected, Mochu was shocked and suspicious, and sent people to rectify and prepare to welcome the attack of the Tang army. At the same time, he sent people to recruit defeated troops. The defeated troops heard that Mochu was still in Yinshan and rushed in. Within two days, there were 50,000 or 60,000 defeated Turkic soldiers gathered here, and hundreds of thousands of herders rushed to the scene after hearing the news. For a time, the Turkic people gathered here reached hundreds of thousands, with countless cattle, sheep and horses.

With cattle and sheep, you will not have to worry about food and grass, and it will be fine if you spend a while.

Mochuo, who had a little power, immediately sent some points to attack the nearby road intersection, but was defeated by the Tang army. The Tang army not only strengthened its troops at the intersection, but also had troops patrolling nearby, but they just didn't come to attack them, which made Mochuo very strange.

Three days later, Moju came with 30,000 defeated soldiers. At this time, Moju was no longer as lively as he went south. His left arm was gone, his complexion was not good, and he was dying.

Immediately afterwards, Du Xitu led more than 20,000 defeated soldiers. As soon as he saw Du Xitu, Mo Chuo pulled him to a place where no one was around and asked, "Zuo Xiangcha, why didn't the Tang army attack us? What trick were they doing?"

Du Xitu's face was heavy, but he still told the truth, saying, "Khan, the Tang people's mind was cruel. They wanted Khan to gather the remaining troops and wipe them out in one go!"

Mochu's face changed color, and Du Xicui continued, "Cao Cao fought against Xiliang, but he slowly marched, in order to allow Xiliang to concentrate the army as much as possible. He can fight for a long time and save the trouble of dispersing and clearing. The Tang people used this strategy. If the Khan did not gather the army and scattered everywhere, it would take at least one or two years for the Tang army to clean up."

"But I have no choice but to collect it!" Mochu's forehead oozed sweat and he kept knocking his forehead.

"This is the wise nature of the Tang people!" Du Situ sighed and said, "Even if the Khan understands the Tang people's intentions, he still has to gather them!"

This is right. If Mochuo did not gather the army, he would not have even a chance. Even if he gathered the army, he would have the risk of annihilation for a battle for the Tang army, and he could fight for a while, which would be much stronger than fighting back without a single hand.

Mochu couldn't help but sigh and said in a negotiated tone: "Zuoxiangzha, I want to retreat westward and retreat to Tieshan. What do you think?"

Du Situ thought for a while and said, "I have sent someone to inquire. There are 50,000 elite cavalry of the Tang people in the direction of Tieshan. If we leave the foothills, we will only give them the killing. We are newly defeated. Although the troops are slightly strong, our combat power is not as strong as before. We have a low morale and cannot fight against the cavalry of the Tang army."

The Turks grew up on horseback and were proficient in riding and archery. They were proud of them. However, the Tang army's cavalry and archery skills were not inferior to them. Even the equal fighting under the same conditions, the Tang army was no worse than them. Not to mention, the Tang army also had excellent equipment, good training, rich combat experience, and high morale.

Under normal circumstances, 50,000 Tang army cavalry could completely resist the 100,000 Turkic army. In the Battle of Heishan, Cheng Wuting used 30,000 Tang army to defeat the 100,000 Turkic people, which was a one-to-three comparison of troops. Now that the Turkic army is newly defeated, Mochuo sent all the Turkic army, and he could not defeat the 50,000 Tang army cavalry.

"Where is the east?" Mochuo's right fist was clenched very tightly, and he was a little blue.

"It's also 50,000 elite cavalry!" This was discovered, how many of them were not discovered? Du Situ's answer made Mochu feel cold.

"I can't take the intersection, Iron Mountain cannot go, and I can't be sure of the east side. What should we do now?" Mochuo really had no choice but to ask for help from this younger brother who is good at thinking about problems.

Du Xitu pondered for a while and said, "There is a solution, but Khan cannot do it."

"You have to say it out if it can be done. You are my younger brother. I will not blame you whether you say it right or wrong." Mochuo was really unimaginable, otherwise he would never have said this.

Du Situ said with tears in his eyes: "Jie Li Khan was surrounded by Yinshan and surrendered to Khan Tian without being warned. This gave Li Jing an opportunity to rush to the camp for him."

Before Li Jing attacked Yinshan at night, Jie Li Khan was unable to continue because of the internal conflicts between the Eastern Turks, so he sent people to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Taizong of Tang sent Tang Jian to Yinshan to discuss the surrender. Li Jing and Li Ji discussed, and the two agreed that this problem should be completely solved while Jie Li was waiting and watching.

Li Ji was responsible for cutting off Jie Li's retreat, and Li Jing was responsible for taking his camp. From a power perspective, in this case, he would generally not take action. Furthermore, Li Jing chose to attack in heavy rain, which was completely beyond Jie Li Khan's expectations. When he got the news, he misjudged the Tang army's mobility. Li Jing dared to come in person. It must be that the Tang army's army arrived and fled in a hurry, which led to the demise of the Eastern Turks.

Mochu asked, "What exactly are you going to say?"

Du Situ was silent. After a while, he sighed and said, "Khan, I mean, you can surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Only in this way can you protect hundreds of thousands of people. As long as you are all there, there is still a chance to do something in decades."

This is important. Although the Eastern Turks were destroyed, the population was actually not much loss. The Tang Dynasty arranged them in the Hetao area. After more than 50 years of rest and the population was larger, they rebelled. Only then did they rebel. The twenty-four prefectures and the entire southern desert were no longer under the control of the Tang Dynasty.

"I beg for surrender to protect the crowd, but can the Tang Dynasty spare me?" Mochuo knew what he did.

"Pei Xingjian promised not to kill Fu Nian, but Emperor Gaozong believed in slander and killed Fu Nian, which gave us the desire to fight and established the country." Du Xitu analyzed: "Although the current Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is young, he is wise and courageous and will not repeat the same mistakes."

Mochuo participated in the thirty years of rebellion in the Turks and knew the changes. During the Battle of Black Mountain, although the Turks had hundreds of thousands of people, they were nominally rebelling, many of them were waiting and watching, and they still wanted to return to the Tang Dynasty and did not have much fighting spirit. Since Fu Nian killed them, the Turks were angry and vowed to fight to the end. This battle was completely different when they fought again. The Tang Dynasty did not take advantage, so the founding of the post-Turkish country.

This was a very serious mistake, and the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would not fail to learn from his lesson. Mochuo agreed with his statement, but hesitated: "But you also heard that they shouted to avenge the border people on the Five Episodes. The massacre on the Five Episodes was my order. Will the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty pursue it?"

The killing of border people in the fifth chapter is indeed too miserable! Even the arrogant Jie Li Khan had never done such a thing back then. It was hard to say whether the Tang Dynasty would pursue it. After thinking about it, he said, "Khan, you can send someone to the Tang camp first to explore their words!"

On the fifth chapter, Mochuo rode his treasure horse and waved his scimitar to issue a killing order. He was very excited to hear the screams of the border people before his death. He was in a very good mood at that time, as if floating in the clouds, but now, this has become his biggest obstacle.

After thinking for a while, Mochu nodded and said, "I don't know who is willing to go on a mission?"

"If Khan can believe it, I'm willing to go there!" Du Situ asked for his order.

Mochuo was very moved and patted his shoulder: "The Tang people said it well, "I will never leave my brothers when I fight a tiger, and never leave my father and son when I go to battle. We are brothers, and we show our true feelings in times of crisis!"

Du Xifu admired this brother and felt a little pity: "Khan, I'm going now!"

Mochu nodded: "You must come back safely!"

"Thank you!" Du Xi crawled and left.

Mochu raised his head, looked at the clear sky, and recalled the scene of killing border residents on the fifth chapter, the scenes of border residents being killed and the women being ravaged appeared in his mind.

A baby was carried on a horse lance for him and kept waving it. Listening to the baby's screams before his death made him feel particularly comfortable. Finally, his wrist trembled, and the baby flew far away and fell to death! How happy it was at that time, but now, it was a huge rock pressing on his heart, and it couldn't be removed. It seemed that the baby suddenly turned into a demon, and his sharp claws grabbed him at his chest. Mochu screamed in fear, shook his head, and stopped thinking about what happened at that time.

At that time, he was the winner, and he controlled the life and death of 100,000 border people. Now, he is the loser, and his life and death are controlled by the Tang people, so he can't help but be surprised!

Since the decision to slow down the attack, Chen Wanrong did not march, but repaired the city in Zhonghuojiang. The Tang army had two main things to do. One was to clean up the horses, because there were too many murders in that battle. The horses stained the blood red, and they could not return to their true colors without cleaning.

The second is to bury the corpses with the people. The 190,000 Turkic corpses were piled up in the city of Zhongshoujiang. They were piled up layer after layer. At first glance, there were corpses everywhere. If they were not buried, the weather would warm up and the decay of the corpses would cause diseases.

The bodies of the fallen soldiers of the Tang army were cleaned up and transported away and buried together. The bodies of the Turks only needed to be collected together, cleaned out the things they carried, dug a big hole, and threw them in and buried them.

What Chen Wanrong could not have imagined was that the pile of gold and silver cleaned from the bodies of Turkic soldiers turned into a mountain. Chen Wanrong actually didn't know much about the Turks, and that's it. With his eyes, he could tell at a glance that the gold and silver were all from the Han people and should have been obtained by them.

These are all ironclad evidence of their sins! Chen Wanrong saw it and was shocked in his heart.

Zhang Shougui frowned, his heart surging, and said in great pain: "I have been in the north for a long time. I have always known that the Turks have been plundering and the people on the border have suffered greatly, but I didn't expect it to be so deep!"

Chen Wanrong just nodded and didn't say anything, and his mood was very painful. He didn't know how painful the border people were. The Turks really did everything!

"There is something!" Just as Chen Wanrong hated the Turks, a surprise voice came from the people: "It's an arrow, a big arrow!"

When Chen Wanrong saw that a commoner was rushing to pull out a piece of arrow shaft from the soil. The arrow shaft was very thick, with the thickness of the arm. Just one end was exposed, and it was three feet long. I don’t know how long it was to make it all out.
Chapter completed!