The best way to retreat from the south of the desert to the north of the desert is the Yinshan Pass. As long as you pass through the Yinshan Pass, you can block these passes, making it difficult for the Tang army to move forward. Unfortunately, these passes are already in the hands of the Tang army, and the Turks were unable to retreat from Yinshan.

Yinshan Pass cannot be used, so it can only retreat from the east to the north. There are several places, the best one is Jikou. One is because Jikou is the junction between the southern and northern Moon, and the other is because the geographical environment here is better, the difficulties faced by entering the Qianli Juedi from here are much smaller.

Therefore, Jikou became the only place for the Turks to retreat northward.

It is precisely because of this that Jie Li Khan was desperate and had to flee back to Mobei from Jikou, but was captured alive by the Tang army here.

After analyzing it, Li Longji analyzed the pros and cons very thoroughly, and everyone agreed in unison.

"The King of Chu is right. The Turks must pass through the Jikou. Judging from our current situation, we are the one who is most suitable to block the Turks in Jikou." Zhang Shuo raised his eyebrows, and was quite worried, saying, "But we are facing hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops, and there are also elite troops in Mochu. Can we block them?"

Chen Xuanli, Xue Zhi and the others all looked worried.

What Zhang said was very reasonable, this was a huge challenge. Li Longji only had 20,000 troops in his hands. After many major battles, there were less than 20,000 people now. Even if he arrived at Jikou first and faced hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops, it is still to say whether he could stop the Turkic.

Not to mention anything else, the Turks only need to take turns to fight against the Tang army, and they will also drag down the Tang army.

Not to mention, there are also elites in Mochu. Relatively speaking, the biggest advantage of the Tang army is the Modao battle formation and the powerful crossbow. However, the elites in Mochu have a large number of powerful crossbows and can also form crossbow formations, which is a fatal threat to the Tang army. Even if the powerful Modao battle formation is encountered, they will only be slaughtered.

Mochu only needs to order the elites in the headquarters to fight attrition with Li Longji, and Li Longji is still the one who suffers in the end.

"Do you know Wang Hui?" Li Longji glanced at everyone and saw that everyone was worried.

"Who is Wang Hui? I haven't heard of it." Zhang Xiaofei looked puzzled.

"Which King was talking about Wang Hui of the Han Dynasty?" Zhang Shuo asked.

Li Longji nodded.

"Wang Hui was a great order of the Han Dynasty. He opposed marriage and advocated a war with the Huns. However, during the "Mayi Incident", he was very timid and watched the Huns escape from his nose, but he did not dare to start a war." Zhang Shuo explained to everyone.

The "Mayi Incident" was a major event in the history of the Han and the Huns. From this incident, the Han Dynasty and the Huns officially broke up and officially started war. Before that, although the two countries fought and fought, overall, they had not yet been stolen.

Speaking of the "Mayi Incident", we have to mention a famous spy in Chinese history, that is, Nie Yi, the ancestor of Zhang Liao, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms.

Nie Yi was a famous spy in Chinese history. He dressed up as a merchant and did business with the Huns. He soon became famous in the Huns. The Huns Khan met him. He took the opportunity to propose that the Huns Khan attack Mayi, and he acted as an internal support. At that time, Mayi was the main border market for trade with the Huns in the Han Dynasty and was very rich. The Huns Khan was very moved and agreed.

After making an appointment, Nie Yi passed the news to Emperor Wu of Han. Emperor Wu of Han realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he dispatched an army of 300,000 to ambush. If the Huns enter the pockets of the Han army, they will be able to bear it.

Unfortunately, the Han Dynasty revealed flaws during its implementation. The mountains and fields were filled with cattle and sheep, but no one was seen. Shanyu was surprised and felt something was wrong, so he ordered people to attack the Han army's outpost and finally learned the truth. He was frightened and retreated immediately...

Although the Huns had not yet entered the ambush of the Han Dynasty, Shanyu himself entered the ambush of the Han army, just under Wang Hui's nose. Wang Hui's subordinates suggested that Wang Hui launch an attack immediately, drag down the Shanyu and wait for Li Guang. Cheng did not know that the Han army led by these generals could kill Shanyu.

Unfortunately, Wang Hui was timid and did not dare to attack. He watched the Xiongnu Shanyu escape from his nose. Later, when he was held accountable, Wang Hui also argued that he did not want to hurt the soldiers too much. Emperor Wu of Han was angry and destroyed him.

At that time, Wang Hui had only 30,000 troops, which was not enough to defeat the Huns, but could hold them back. As long as he delayed the Huns, Li Guang and Cheng didn't know these Han generals, the Huns would suffer heavy losses. However, it was because he was timid and did not dare to attack, and missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"Wang Hui dares not fight against Shanyu, and misses the opportunity for eternity. I must not repeat the same mistake." Li Longji's eyes flashed and said, "Although we are still in Heisha City and have not reached Jikou, we are the most suitable for intercepting the Turks among all the armies. Once we reach Jikou, it will be a bloody battle. No one can tell how many people can survive. It is very likely that we will all die in battle. I will never be the second place in Wang Hui, and I must not let the Turks escape. If any of you don't want to go, you can leave, and I won't blame you."

"King of Chu, where did you say? We are all good men, and our lifelong wish is to die in the battlefield. In this war that concerns the destiny of the country, if we can block the Turks, even if we all die in battle, we will be willing." Zhang Xiaofei stood up suddenly, his eyes widened like a copper bell, and he said loudly.

"That's right!" Zhang said, Chen Xuanli and the others stood up together, echoing loudly, all of whom held their heads and chests with a high fighting spirit.

"Very good!" Li Longji saw it and was very pleased, saying: "If Wang Hui had the fighting spirit of you back then, he would not have let the Xiongnu Khan escape. Now, we will never let Mochu escape!"

"I will never let Mochu escape!" Everyone shouted in unison, shaking the sky.

"King of Chu, we have to go to Jikou and pass a long march. I think we should bring as many war horses as possible." Zhang said quickly.

There is still a thousand miles from Heisha City to Jikou. This is a long-distance marching. If the Tang army does not have many war horses, they cannot reach Jikou first. His proposal is very reasonable.

"We don't have many other horses, but there are many war horses. There are not many horses in our hands, and there are not many horses that are controlled by us, so it's not much." Chen Xuanli looked happy.

Since the beginning of the war, the 20,000 Tang troops led by Li Longji have achieved brilliant results, beheading tens of thousands of war horses, and seized many war horses, not even 100,000. It will not be too different.

"Heisha City cannot be left to the Turks, it should be burned with fire." Xue Zhi said hurriedly.

"Well, you are right, just do it." Li Longji agreed immediately.

With a command, the Tang army assembled and soon formed a formation.

Li Longji rode on the Zhaoye Lion King and looked around and almost fell from the horse's back. He saw many war horses, which were covered in black and could not see at first sight. These war horses were the biggest gains of the Tang army.

"That's great!" Nearly 100,000 war horses, on average, the Tang army can have four or five horses per person. With so many war horses, horsepower is not a problem. The Tang army rushed to Jikou and had more guarantees.

"Destroy the city." Li Longji waved his right hand.

Immediately, a Tang army soldier threw the torch on the sulfur grease that caused the fire. The flame suddenly appeared. In just a while, thick smoke in Heisha City was boiling and swallowed by a large fire.

Heisha City, the actual capital of the Turks, was destroyed by Li Longji.

"Set out!" Li Longji waved his right hand and galloped away.

"Rumor!" The Tang army was dispatched, with the sound of hooves as thunder, and the earth was shaking.

A huge dark cloud suddenly appeared, connecting the sky to the ground, and drifting quickly towards the north.

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"King of Chu, there are tens of thousands of Turkic herders retreating in front of us. Should we rush up and kill them all?" Pei Xiaoke rode his horse and reported to Li Longji.

"Don't worry about them, go north quickly." Li Longji shook his head and said.

"King of Chu, these herdsmen have no combat power. We won't take much time to kill them. Let's kill them all before leaving." Zhang Xiaofei said murderously.

"Yes, King Chu." Many people agreed.

"I blocked the Turks. Are you afraid that they will escape?" Li Longji's face sank and said, "The Turks retreated north very quickly. Even if we are all in our efforts, we may not be able to block them. We must not waste time on the road."

"The King of Chu is right. You can't waste time on the road. It's important to rush to Jikou first." Zhang Shuo agreed loudly.

"I agree, too." Chen Xuanli and Xue Zhi hurriedly said.

"Oh." Zhang Xiaofei was a little unwilling to accept it and said, "I can't kill the Turks, but I can't kill them. It's really tormenting."

"When you arrive at Jikou, you will be killed." Li Longji understood his mood.

"Rumor!" The earth-shaking sound of hooves sounded. When the Turkic herders looked, they saw a tide of darkness.

Soon, I could see clearly that this was a Tang army, which scared the Turkic herdsmen and yelled: "It's over! It's over! The Tang army is here, we're over!"

"The Tang army is like a wolf or a tiger. Can we escape?"

"Tang Jun is so fast, we have no chance to escape, but what should we do?"

The terrified Turkic herders felt that their eyes were dark and they thought they were finished. However, what they could not imagine was that the Tang army roared away as if they had not seen them.

The Tang army was very fast and disappeared soon.

"How did this happen?"

"How could Tang Jun not kill us?"

"Can't it be Tang Jun's change, right?"

"Did the Tang army be very kind and can't bear to kill us?"

The Turkic herdsmen were all stunned, as if they saw the sun rising from the west, with confusion and disbelief on their faces.

In this way, under the leadership of Li Longji, the Tang army headed north at full speed. Along the way, they would encounter Turkic herdsmen and troops from time to time. The Tang army did not fight, just rushed north.

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"Rumor!" The elite troops led by Mochu quickly headed north, like a tide, and were filled with darkness.

Mochuo rode a tall horse and kept rushing on the way.

Shiyugu rode a horse and followed Mochu, saying, "Khan, we should arrive at Jikou first."

"Jikou?" Jikou is a place of shame for the Turks. Jie Li Khan was captured alive by the Tang army here. Whenever he mentioned this place, Mochuo had a fire in his eyes.

"Qikou is the place we must pass for retreating to the north of the Mo. I am worried that the Tang army will arrive first." Shiyugu continued.
Chapter completed!