Chapter 43: Capture Mochu alive

As soon as the cannons stopped, the pity of pity on the mountain came one after another: "We are willing to surrender! We are willing to surrender!"

When things got to this point, bombing was meaningless. Zhang Shougui did not seek Chen Wanrong's opinion and directly ordered: "Send the order: The Tang Dynasty accepts their surrender!"

Chen Wanrong had nothing to say about this. After a day and night of bombing, the Turks were already out of their courage and they had no fighting spirit. It was time to stop. Although the Turks suffered heavy casualties, they were far behind Chen Wanrong and their plans, and the situation was so far away.

As soon as the order was passed, the Turks rushed down from the mountain plateau and came to the Tang army to nourish themselves. They knelt together, kept kowtowing, and shouted in Chinese in unison: "Thank you for not killing the court!"

After the Turks surrendered for fifty years, the degree of sinicization increased a lot, and almost everyone could speak Chinese.

The soldiers took them away and placed them separately.

Zhang Shougui and Chen Wanrong discussed a brief discussion and there are three things to do now, one is to place the Turks, the second is to search for Mochu, and the third is to clean up the battlefield, especially to gather cattle, sheep and horses all over the mountains. Because these are the living resources of the Turks, they will still be sent to them when they are placed in the future.

The Turkic people are now out of their courage, and everyone is pale in their faces. The fierce flames of the past are completely gone. They are obedient and are as gentle as sheep. It is easy to get them to settle them.

The search for Mochu must be done quickly. With an order, thousands of teams immediately entered the mountain plateau and began to look for Mochu. While searching on the mountain, people who knew Mochu were sent to start searching among the surrendered soldiers and the surrendered herdsmen. This is a very necessary measure. If Mochu is mixed in the crowd, he may be confused and confused.

When collecting cattle and sheep, select a group of more reliable people from the surrendered herders, and then send a Tang army team to follow them. After all, it is to monitor them and do it very quickly. Soon, they collected cattle and sheep together. It is roughly estimated that cattle and sheep are not a million, no less than tens of millions.

In Chinese history, there has never been a person who has seized such a wealth of people in the battle with nomadic people. The battle of Hetao commanded by Meng Tian only seized millions of cattle and sheep, and the battle of Heshuo commanded by Wei Qing also only millions of them. Li Jing attacked Yinshan at night and seized tens of millions of cattle and sheep at one time, which indeed created history.

The history created by this battle is far more than this, but also the history of the greatest casualties of the Turks. Mochu led 400,000 troops south, and the followers of the crowd were more than 500,000, which was not far from one million.

The Turkic army survived only 40,000 people, but many people survived, more than 200,000. In addition, there were about 20,000 herdsmen scattered everywhere, and about 260,000 to 30,000, and 260,000 to 70,000 people survived this battle.

This amount is much higher than Chen Wanrong and his plan. Chen Wanrong and his team planned to keep 30,000 or 50,000. It was just that after a day and a night of bombing, the Turks lost their fighting spirit, and if they continued to fight, they lost their meaning, and could only change their original intention.

In this battle, the Turks lost more than 700,000 people, which was the most in Chinese history. Before this, there was no such large-scale killing of nomadic peoples. Zhao Wuling defeated the Huns in a battle of 500,000 people heading south, and more than 100,000 people escaped, killing more than 400,000. The battle to recover Hetao launched by Meng Tian was similar to that of this. The battle to Heshuo carried out by Wei Qing was the same.

Li Jing attacked Yinshan at night. Although he destroyed the Eastern Turks, the Eastern Turks suffered not much loss and could not be compared with it.

The loss of more than 700,000 people was quite a big impact, and it had a good deterrent effect. A hundred years later, nomadic peoples in the north dared not rebel. If someone wanted to rebel, someone would remind him: "Do you still remember the Hongyuan on the southern foot of Yinshan?"

Because this mountain plateau dyed the blood red and had never faded, it was called the "red plateau".

Not to mention the Turks who were closer to the Tang Dynasty, even the Xueyantuo, who were far away, were shocked by the Uighurs and Gelu tribes. They dared not have a double intention and could only surrender to the Tang Dynasty honestly.

Of course, this was not something Chen Wanrong could have expected. At the beginning, we wanted to reduce the population of the Turks in order to make the north stable for a hundred years, and the effect far exceeded expectations.

The biggest gain was that the demise of the Post-Turks was thirty-three years ahead of the demise. In history, after Mochu died, the country's power was getting worse and worse day by day, and it was still supported for decades. It was not until 745 AD that the Tang Dynasty and Xue Yan tribes and Geluo united to destroy them.

Later, when the Turks were destroyed, the threat from the north was completely lifted. Chen Wanrong and Zhang Shougui discussed briefly and immediately sent a small team of Tang army guards to the tribes in the north to tell them about the power of the Tang Dynasty and ordered them to surrender.

The Tang army defeated the Turks after the defeat, killing countless people, which played a good deterrent role. Xue Yantuo, Geluo and the Uighur tribes treated the envoy well and sent ministers to Chang'an, unanimously requesting Li Longji to be called "Tian Khan".

Emperor Taizong of Tang unanimously respected the heads of the grassland tribes as "Tian Khan". After that, although Emperor Gaozong of Tang inherited the inheritance, he did not receive the recognition of the grassland tribes and his authority was not fulfilled. Now, when the Later Turks were defeated, the tribes were scared, and Li Longji naturally became the "Tian Khan" and was promoted by the tribes.

After everything is settled, Chen Wanrong and Zhang Shougui discussed that it is time to report the victory to Li Longji. Chen Wanrong said: "Master, the casualties, the number of seized and the number of prisoners in this battle are clear. It is time to report the victory to the emperor."

Zhang Shougui sighed and said, "These are clear. There is naturally no problem in reporting the victory, but Mochu is gone. If you report it now, it would be better?"

"Although Mochu hasn't been caught yet, I think he won't run far, and it's a matter of time to catch him. If we don't win, it wouldn't be great if Mochu takes some time to catch him." Chen Wanrong thought.

"The reason is this, but I always feel a little uncomfortable!" Zhang Shougui nodded in agreement, clenched his right hand tightly and said, "If Mochuo doesn't catch it, he will still be defeated even if he wins!"

Chen Wanrong agreed with his statement: "That's a victory too! We send so many people to search and always find him. Even if he gets into the hole, he will take it out. He will catch him and he will be missing, which is a pity!"

Zhang Shougui remembered one thing in a flash and said: "The military supervisor, all the troops sent out have returned, but Chen Zairong and a few soldiers disappeared. Will there be danger?"

"Zairong hasn't come back?" Chen Wanrong was busy dealing with the post-war affairs and did not pay attention to this matter at all. When he heard Zhang Shougui mention it, he couldn't help but feel nervous.

Although Mochuo failed, he should have a loyal man around him. The cat was in the dark and gave Chen Zairong a cruel person. It would be fine to take his life. If something really happened, Chen Wanrong really didn't know how to explain to Chen and his wife, so he couldn't help but suck the cold air.

Zhang Shougui knew that they had a deep brotherhood, so he hurriedly comforted him: "There are still a few soldiers who have not come back, and no less than ten people will happen. I have sent someone to find him."

Chen Wanrong was a little relieved and frowned and said, "Zairong has not come back. There are only two possibilities. One is that he was killed. Zairong is alert, and this possibility is not great. The other is that he found clues. Grandmaster, do you know where Zairong finally appeared?"

"I asked, he walked around Mochuo's tent a few times before taking people away. It's still unclear where he went." Zhang Shougui answered truthfully.

Chen Wanrong clenched his right hand into a fist and said a little excitedly: "Master, you may have found a clue for Zairong, so you have to send someone to find it immediately. This time, you must follow Zairong's side and you will probably catch Mochu."

Chen Zairong was so alert. Chen Wanrong knew too well. He wandered around Mochu's tent for a few times, and he must be looking for clues. Chen Zairong learned a lot from hiding and escaping with Sima Chengzhen. As long as there is something suspicious, it is difficult to escape his eyes. It is impossible not to be excited.

Zhang Shougui also understood and nodded violently, "I'll make arrangements now!" He strode away.

"If Rong grabbed Mochuo, it would be a masterpiece! God wouldn't really favor him?" Chen Wanrong was very excited and thought to the better: "This is his first time on the battlefield!"

Zhang Shougui turned around: "Military Supervisor, I have arranged it. There will be a reply in no time. Let's discuss what's going on later."

Chen Wanrong nodded and said, "What we need to do now is to withdraw our troops and threaten the enemy. The withdrawal of troops must wait for the emperor's will. The Turks have been broken and the grassland tribes are scared. We have sent envoys. To prevent it, we should also send an army to march northward, putting a flag and deterring the tribes."

"This is a good idea! It's not enough to have an envoy alone, so it's time to send people to Mobei." Zhang Shougui praised: "When Emperor Taizong, the imperial court had a small number of troops in Mobei, so we should start this matter. The Anbei Protectorate's Office should also move back."

Since the rebellion of the Later Turks, the Anbei Protectorate has moved several times and is still in the Central Suicheng City. Furthermore, the Anbei Protectorate has a very vast territory, and the southern and northern Moons are all within its jurisdiction. Because of the establishment of the Later Turks, it has been isolated from the northern Moons, and it has long been destroyed in name only. Now it is indeed time to start restoring the power of the Anbei Protectorate.

Chen Wanrong agreed: "This is extremely true. As for how to deal with the surrendered Turkic households, we have to wait for the emperor's will, and the emperor will send someone to deal with it."

"Mochu was captured alive! Mochu was captured alive!" Before Zhang Shougui could speak, he heard a shocking cheer from outside, from the mouths of hundreds of thousands of Tang soldiers, extremely happy.

"Catch Mochu!" Chen Wanrong and Zhang Shougui almost jumped up and rushed out like flying. Looking around, they saw the Tang soldiers cheering and excited, standing on both sides of the door, giving up a passage.

A few people were coming quickly on the passage. Chen Wanrong saw that it was not Chen Zairong who was? Chen Zairong was covered in blood, as if he had taken a bath in the blood, and his face was full of excitement.

In front of him was a tall Turkic man, who was vaguely Mochu, looking dejected. Although Chen Wanrong had never seen Mochu, he had heard the description of the prisoner, so it would not be bad.

"Zairong really grabbed Mochu? Did he really grabbed?" Chen Wanrong's head buzzed, and he was a little unbelievable. He strode forward and asked, "Zairong, did you really catch Mochu?"

"Go back to the army, it's not me, it's us!" Chen Zairong did not take credit, but pointed at the soldiers around him. Like Chen Zairong, they were covered in blood.

Zhang Shougui caught up, looked Mochu for a while, nodded and said, "You can't be wrong, it's Mochu. General Chen, how did you catch him?"

These words were exactly what the generals thought, and they couldn't help but look at Chen Zairong together and wait for his answer.

Chen Zairong's voice was a little hoarse: "Master, Rong Mo reported it carefully. Master, can you give Mo a bowl of water to drink? You're so thirsty."

Although he was eager to listen to the passage, Zhang Shougui had to hold back: "Yes! Come on, please ask General Chen to enter the commander's tent."

Chen Zairong and a few soldiers escorted Mochu into the tent. Zhang Shougui personally picked up a bowl of horse breasts and handed them to Chen Zairong and said, "You have made such a great contribution, I will use this bowl of horse breasts to celebrate you."

"Thank you, Marshal!" Chen Zairong took it and drank all his eyes in one breath.

Some of the soldiers who came back with him also brought horse breasts. After drinking it, they felt much better.

"All Rong, tell me about the passing." Chen Wanrong urged him.

"Sit down! sit down!" Zhang Shougui ordered, and everyone sat down and stared at Chen Zairong.

Chen Zairong then said in detail: "At that time, when we went up the mountain plateau, what I was most concerned about was Mochu's whereabouts. He and a few brothers rushed to his tent to check, trying to find some clues..."

"What did you find?" Wang Zhongsi interrupted and asked: "I have also gone to see it, but no abnormalities were found."

There were so many people going to check it out, but no doubt was found. Wang Zhongsi said this to everyone and he kept nodding.

Chen Zairong's answer surprised them: "I didn't find anything suspicious either!"

Everyone thought he had found useful clues, but it was a big surprise: "What? You didn't find any suspicious things? Then how did you catch Mochu?"

Chen Zairong continued: "There is nothing suspicious in the tent of the king, but I found another suspicious thing. It is that there is a cliff behind the tent of the king."

"Cliffs?" Everyone was surprised: "That's a Jedi, what's suspicious?"

Chen Zairong explained to everyone: "I thought so at the beginning. Then I thought that something was wrong. Although it was a cliff that could not be crossed, it could be used as a hiding place. It is not difficult to find a hiding place on the cliff. As long as there is food and drink, it is okay to spend ten days and half a month. When we retreat, it is not too late to sip it out again."

This statement makes sense, the most dangerous place is the safest. It is really unexpected that Mochuo really wants to hide on the cliff. However, there is a problem, Wang Zhongsi asked: "There must be a place to hide! We have observed under the cliff and there is no place to accommodate us."

In order to find Mochuo, Tang Jun spared no effort and had been to wherever he could go.

Chen Zairong said surprised him: "If you stand below and look at this cliff, there is no place to accommodate you. However, if you climb up, there will be not only places to accommodate you, but also several places. There are some difficulties in going up, but as long as you are brave enough, you can still go up. There are only some stones in this place, just step on it. When we go up, we dare not look back and look around, our hearts are pounding."

After a pause, Chen Zairong continued, "We just came to know that there was another cave above. There was a hidden place, which was covered by big stones in front. If we didn't go up, we wouldn't be able to find it. Mochu and his personal guards had a total of more than a dozen people hidden inside. They brought enough horse breasts and jerky meat and prepared the portion for about a month."

"A month's portion?" Everyone was very depressed. They could not have imagined that there would be such an unknown place behind the cliff. As long as they had enough food and drink, Tang Jun would have retreated for a month. Mochuo was really cunning.

"What happened later?" Zhang Shougui asked.

Chen Zairong replied: "As soon as we went up, Mochu found it. He immediately ordered his guards to kill us. His guards were very good, but we could still deal with it. This place was too narrow and could only fight one-on-one. Even if we had to shoot arrows, it was inconvenient. We made all his guards. Mochu wanted to slaughter himself, but he put the scimitar on his neck and didn't have the courage to wipe them down and captured them."

He learned martial arts from Sima Chengzhen, and his best skills were to fight alone. In such a place, he was to play his strengths. Although there were many people in Mochu's personal guards, it would be strange if they were not killed by him.

Chen Zairong finally said: "It's easy to catch him, but it's difficult to get him down. We took a lot of effort to succeed. If we hadn't had too many people, we wouldn't be able to put him down. So, we caught Mochu together."

After hearing him say that, everyone was both happy and surprised. They would never have thought that there was another cave on the cliff. If Chen Zairong hadn't discovered it, Mochu might have escaped.

Zhang Shougui asked the soldiers: "Is what General Chen said true?"

Several soldiers nodded and said, "That's right. However, General Chen grabbed Mochu. On top, General Chen rushed in front, and we couldn't help. Only when Mochu was pulled down, we could exert a little effort."

Zhang Shougui immediately said, "The credit for capturing Mochu is Chen Zairong. You have made great contributions, so I will ask the emperor for rewards for you."

"Master Xie!" Although he did not catch Mochu with his own hands, the association made great contributions, and the soldiers were very excited.

"Mochu, you have fallen into our hands today. What else do you have to say?" Zhang Shougui's eyes widened and he looked at Mochu.

Mochuo had no previous majesty at all, and his voice trembled: "Please spare my life by the commander!"

Seeing Mochu's fearful look in his eyes, Zhang Shougui shook his head: "Mochu, you raised an army and fought against each other and killed countless people. You are considered a man. Why are you so timid? You don't even have the courage to commit suicide!"

Mochu's statement made anyone unexpected: "Master, Mochu only knows today that pursuing self-destruction requires more courage than giving him a killing! A brave man cannot do it!"

It does take great courage to commit suicide, not everyone can do it. After hearing this, Zhang Shougui wanted to ridicule him, but he didn't know where to start. He opened his mouth wide and had nothing to say.
Chapter completed!