Chapter 386 The Turks have retreated, we have to chase
Another day later, the scout reported to Li Jing and Li Ke. There was a commotion in the Turkic camp, and the Turkic Khan Jie Li seemed to be preparing to withdraw his troops back to Yinshan. Baby-shu_bar ()
Li Ke and Li Jing were happy when they received this news. Could it be that Su Dingfang and Chen Qi successfully attacked Yinshan and the news reached Jie Li's ears? However, the two of them did not dare to make a judgment easily, thinking that this was the reaction of Su Dingfang and Chen Qi after they captured Yinshan. Maybe it was the strategy that Jie Li used, and it was not certain. The purpose was to lure the Tang army out of the camp.
Therefore, the two of them just asked the battalion's departments to strengthen their training and let the scouts inspect carefully, and did not issue any important orders!
In fact, the reality is that Li Ke and Li Jing seemed too cautious. Jie Li did receive news from Yinshan, which was that a Tang cavalry broke through the Yinshan holy land. Not only that, this cavalry also slaughtered many Turkic people in the Yinshan holy land, turning Yinshan into a Shura field. Among the people who were slaughtered were Jie Li's tribe and relatives, including several of his favorite women!
Originally, Jie Li wanted to suppress this news. He believed that the most important problem facing the Turks now was to annihilate the Tang army, Li Ke and Li Jing, the Tang army in front of him. Although the news from Yinshan did not mention the specific number of the Tang army, he was sure that the number of this Tang army would not be very large. Therefore, Jie Li believed that the Tang and the Turks had experienced so many wars, and that many people died in the Tang Dynasty. He knew in his heart that the entire army of the Turkic Left King was annihilated, but he also knew the price of the Tang army's annihilation of this cavalry. In this way, he believed that only the people in the Tang army, Li Ke and Li Jing, could threaten the Turks. Therefore, in this case, even if he wanted to retreat to Yinshan, he would first destroy the cavalry.
This cannot be said that Jie Li has a very experienced vision, and it cannot be said that Jie Li has considered it for a long time!
However, what Jie Li never expected was that the news of Yinshan spread to the camp from somewhere. The Turkic army collapsed at the moment of hearing the news. The holy land of the Turkic people in Yinshan was a sacred and inviolable place for the Turkic people. It was now broken by the Tang army and blood flowed into a river. How could this not cause the morale of the Turkic cavalry to collapse?
Therefore, there were riots in the camp. Many Turkic cavalry wanted to fight the Tang army, because Yinshan had their women and children, as well as their relatives. At first, only a few people in the camp would do this. Gradually, this situation spread to the entire military camp, causing chaos to break out.
This forced Jie Li to order to pack up his things and prepare to return to Yinshan.
Because he knew very well that the morale of the Turkic cavalry had been disintegrated now, and even if they were forced to fight against Li Ke, the cavalry in his hands could only become the targets of Li Ke's massacre.
In the Turkic camp, the central army was the only one in Jie Li's tent.
Jie Li's face turned pale and no longer had the same spirit as before. Now he was just like an old man who was ten years older, sitting quietly on the tiger's skin mattress.
"Shank you——" the personal guards outside the tent shouted.
"Come in!" Jie Li said lightly.
The curtain of the king's tent was lifted open, Schroeder walked in and saw Jie Li, he knelt on the ground with a "thump" and called out with a choked voice, "Father's Khan..."
"Get up and do it!" Jie Li said in a plain tone.
"Yes," Schroeder agreed carefully.
"Do you know you made a mistake this time?" Jie Liyu asked earnestly. No matter how you look at it, he didn't look like a overlord who had been riding on the grassland for decades, but more like a kind father.
"Father Khan-I haven't figured it out yet?" Schroeder whispered. He did not dare to look at Jie Li in front of him. Even though Jie Li is like a kind father now, the majesty accumulated by Jie Li in daily life makes even if Jie Li is as kind as a father, Schroeder dares not act rashly.
"Hey—" Jie Li sighed slightly. He was surprised not angry or angry. He just looked at Schroeder lovingly and said in a sad tone, "Why haven't you grown up yet? How can you let Father Khan give you the throne of the Turks with confidence!"
"Father Khan--" Schroeder didn't expect Jie Li to say this, and he said in horror.
Because the throne of the Turks was not obtained through normal means, but was obtained by the children of the royal family with their own power.
Therefore, when Jie Li said that he would hand over the royal family to Schroeder, Schroeder seemed very panicked. He felt that it might be Jie Li testing his loyalty, or that Jie Li had already punished him with the decision to comfort him so much.
But Jie Li saw the fear in Schroeder's eyes and said slowly, "You must know that if you don't have that strength, even if Father Khan passes the throne to you, you will not be able to save it and you will still lose your life for it!"
Indeed, Jie Li's words were very correct. The Turks were a warlike nation, and the Khans of the Turks were excellent in martial arts. Even if Jie Li passed it to him, if he kept such an idiotic attitude, he would sooner or later take his throne by others and kill him.
And this is also why Jie Li sighed!
“…”
Schroeder did not speak, and his Turkic people naturally understood the meaning of Jie Li's words!
"Father Khan, you want to..."
Schroeder asked in disbelief, but he didn't dare to say the following words completely!
"This time the Tang army attacked Yinshan. This may be the tactic that Li Ke and Li Jing deployed very early. Now that our army is defeated, will Li Ke miss such an excellent opportunity?" Jie Li asked back, "I know Li Ke very well, and I know very well what he wants. What he wants is not to wipe out the Turkic army, but me."
"Father Khan, now Li Ke has only some defeated soldiers left in his hands. How could he stop us from returning to Yinshan?"
Schroeder and Jie Li argued that this was the first time he argued with Jie Li like this. It was not that Schroeder was too brave, but that he thought that he would be in such a bold way that he would persuade Jie Li so boldly after he had no Jie Li.
"Hey, you still can't understand!" Jie Li sighed, "Yes, how can you compare with Li Ke?"
However, Jie Li said this. Seeing that his words were quite a bit of a blow to his son, he explained to Schroeder, "My Turkic army was defeated. Since the Yinshan surprise attack was a deployment that Li Ke and Li Jing had made long ago, then they must be aware of the current situation of our Turkic army. Generals like Li Jing and Li Ke do not need too much military force. Now, as long as there is an army of 50,000 to 10,000 people, they can stop us. You must know that they will wipe out our Turkic army, just stop me!"
"Father Khan, I will protect you, and I will not let Li Ke and the others' conspiracy succeed!" Schroeder said to Jie Li affirmatively.
Jie Li was very satisfied with Schroeder's silly words. He nodded with satisfaction. To be honest, Schroeder's martial arts are very mediocre, but he liked him the most because his son was not capable, but he was very filial and had little ambition. This is why Jie Li liked Schroeder. Jie Li was used to the tragic way of killing his father in order to seize power in the Turkic tribe, so he was very disgusted with people with too many ambitions, especially his own son. But Schroeder's exception, so Jie Li liked this son.
"It's okay, you go down and rectify the troops! We will withdraw our troops tonight and return to Yinshan overnight!" Jie Li ordered.
When he gave the order, he was still the overlord who galloped across the grassland, his tone was cold and majestic!
"Abide by the order!"
Schroeder took the order and left!
At night, at midnight, Jie Li led the Turkic army to leave the camp and headed towards Yinshan.
Li Ji and Li Ke in the Tang Army camp received this news, and then they confirmed that Su Dingfang and Chen Qi had already broken through Yinshan.
Chapter completed!