Datang: Just been appointed as the crown prince, the counterattack system is here

Chapter 162: The two pillars of the East Palace defeated the Turkic reinforcements! [Seeking monthly tickets]

At the cost of 20,000 men, Jie finally blocked the Tang army in the narrow Urt Valley.

However, before this, he had never thought that he would lose so many soldiers and horses by helping Liang Shidu.

Even when his own nephew was cut in half by Xue Rengui, he never thought of paying such a huge price to avenge him.

The reason is that Jie Li felt it was not worth it.

But why did Jie Li change his mind?

The main reason was that the person sent by Liang Shidu gave him two pieces of bombshell news.

First, the Tang troops fighting against him constituted the majority of the Tang Dynasty's military forces in Shuofang.

Secondly, the Tang Dynasty Crown Prince Li Chengqian, the retired emperor Li Yuan, and Li Shimin's brother-in-law Zhangsun Wuji were all besieged in the Tang army camp by Liang Shidu.

As long as he could wipe out the main force of the Tang army or force the main force of the Tang army to surrender, he could join forces with Liang Shidu and capture important figures in the Tang army camp alive.

He thought that with these important figures, he would be able to obtain gold, silver, treasures, silk and grain from the rich treasury of the Tang Dynasty.

However, he would not just do a one-time deal like he did in the last Weishui Alliance. He wanted to treat these important figures as long-term meal tickets.

If we run out of supplies, just ask the Tang Dynasty people to send them over, and we won’t have to worry about supplies in the future.

That's why he would deal with this Tang army at all costs.

Even though this Tang army, especially the cavalry of several hundred people whose combat effectiveness was not inferior to that of the Black Armor Army, had given him a great shock, he was determined to defeat this Tang army.

There is no way. A long-term meal ticket from the Tang Dynasty is too important to the Turks.

In particular, the Turks, who had suffered from years of snow disasters, were in dire need of supplies from the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, this can also weaken the Tang Dynasty and keep it under the feet of the Turks forever.

It can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

As for whether Li Shimin would redeem his son and father, in Jie Li's view, this was beyond doubt.

Because his military advisor had already analyzed the possibilities with him, unless Li Shimin wanted to become infamous or lose his seat on the throne, he had to pay the money obediently.

However, there is one thing that is giving him a headache now. That is, although he sacrificed 20,000 soldiers and horses, he blocked the Tang army in the Urt Valley.

But no matter how he tried to persuade them to surrender, the Tang army would rather die than surrender.

This made him very annoyed, but also caused him to hesitate.

If he really destroyed this Tang army at all costs, his strength would be greatly reduced, and he would be unable to suppress rebellions within the Turks in the future, let alone trample the Tang Dynasty under his feet.

Therefore, how to deal with the Tang army in the Urt Valley next is a big problem for Jie Li.

Zhao Deyan said thoughtfully, "Great Khan, I think we should trick them, so that their morale will be weakened and they will gradually disintegrate!"

"Ok?"

Jie Li was slightly stunned, and then his face was overjoyed: "How to cheat them?"

"Didn't the envoy from Liang Shidu just say that the Tang army camp was surrounded by Liang Shidu? Let's tell them this news!"

Zhao Deyan smiled and said, "Whether they believe it or not, we have the upper hand now. As long as they worry about the Crown Prince and the Emperor, chaos will surely break out!"

"Wonderful!"

Jie Li slapped his forehead, and suddenly he understood. He looked at Zhao Deyan with great admiration and said, "With the assistance of Zhao Junshi, I can accomplish great things!"

"hehe."

Zhao Deyan smiled modestly and said, "There's no time to lose. I'll send someone to tell them right away!"

"Okay! I'll leave this matter entirely to you!"

Jie Li readily handed over power to Zhao Deyan.

Zhao Deyan was overjoyed and immediately took the order and left.

.........

Meanwhile, in the Urt Valley.

The Iron Pagoda led by Xue Rengui was so exhausted that they lay sprawled among the rocks in the valley.

As for Xue Rengui himself, he stood guarding the exit of the valley with a grim expression, looking coldly at the Turkic army in front of him.

Death! Xue Rengui was not afraid, but what he feared was the instability of the army's morale.

Although he was prepared to die on the battlefield before coming, he still had a glimmer of hope of breaking through.

Because the Urt Valley is not a dead end. As long as he leads the remaining troops northward, he can get out of the valley, and then turn south from north, and maybe return to the Tang Dynasty.

However, even if I and my companions could return to the Tang Dynasty, what would happen to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? He had placed all his hopes on me, and now I was leaving him like this?
Do not!
I must never do this!

I promised His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that I would bring General Xue and the others back to the camp!
Just when Xue Rengui made up his mind, Li Yuanbao came over with wounds all over his body and a tired look on his face.

"Commander Xue, we've run out of food. If we continue to be trapped like this, I'm afraid our soldiers won't be able to hold out for much longer!"

"Ok?"

Xue Rengui was slightly stunned, then turned to look at Li Yuanbao, frowning and asked, "What do you think?"

"Take advantage of the night and retreat north quickly, otherwise by the time Jie Li makes up his mind, we may not be able to leave!" Li Yuanbao said with a sigh.

Xue Rengui looked at him deeply, then at the Tang army, hesitated slightly, and then nodded solemnly: "Okay, I will cover your retreat to the north!"

"what?"

Li Yuanbao was surprised for a moment and asked, "Commander Xue, won't you retreat north with us?"

"I promised the prince that I would help you break out. Although we didn't return to the camp, you did break out after all!"

Xue Rengui smiled and said, "If that's the case, then my mission is accomplished."

"But there are at least 20,000 Turkic troops outside."

"I know what you mean, but I can't do that!"

Before Li Yuanbao could finish his words, Xue Rengui raised his hand to interrupt him: "If a soldier is afraid of death, can he still be called a hero? If you have the opportunity to meet the prince, you must make my intentions known to you."

"Brothers of the Tang Army! I have bad news for you. Your Crown Prince, the Emperor, and your General have all been captured by us! Surrender now if you know what's good for you! Stop struggling in vain!"

"Even if you escape, you will die if you return to Chang'an! Li Shimin will not forgive you!"

Before Xue Rengui finished speaking, news came from outside the valley that shocked everyone.

In just a moment, the Tang army in the valley arrived at the valley entrance, including Li Zhengbao and Xue Wanche, who had one arm cut off and were covered in blood.

"Damn it! How could this happen! I have to go back and save His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Ahem"

Xue Wanche was so excited that he couldn't help coughing after just saying a few words.

Li Zhengbao, who was standing by, didn't say anything, but his eyes were filled with determination as he held onto his broken arm.

It was obvious that he had the same idea as Xue Wanche.

Li Yuanbao interrupted their thoughts in time, saying, "This is a trick of the Turks! Your Highness the Crown Prince is so clever, there's no way he could be caught by them!"

"This is a false surrender! It's definitely a false surrender!"

After saying this, as if afraid that they would not believe him, he turned his head to look at Xue Rengui and asked as if to confirm: "Commander Xue, do you think this is a false surrender?"

"This"

Xue Rengui hesitated for a moment, then looked around at everyone and said, "To be honest, before I came here, I already knew that the Liang division had bypassed our defenses and was heading straight for our main camp!"

"what?"

Everyone was shocked and looked at each other in confusion.

Xue Wanche then shouted angrily, "Since you knew that Division Liang was approaching the camp, why did you come to rescue us? Aren't you the commander of the Crown Prince's guards? Why didn't you escort the Crown Prince out of the camp?"

"Yes, Commander Xue, what's wrong with you? Why are you putting the cart before the horse!" Li Zhengbao also echoed angrily.

Although he had not been in the Tang Dynasty for long, he still respected the Tang Crown Prince Li Chengqian very much.

Otherwise, he would not have fought to the death with the Turkic cavalry and lost an arm.

However, facing the accusations of the crowd, Xue Rengui just said with a complicated expression: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also knew that Liang Shidu was approaching the camp, but he still asked me to come and rescue you!"

"Ah? This"

When everyone heard Xue Rengui's words, they were stunned and moved beyond words.

Even Li Yuanbao, who had previously proposed retreating north, blushed and buried his head in his crotch.

However, Xue Rengui did not finish his words.

He then continued, "Although His Royal Highness disregarded his own safety and asked me to come and rescue you, before I came, I also heard His Royal Highness say that he was planning to retreat back to the interior of the country. Therefore, I don't believe that His Royal Highness and his men would be captured by Liang Shidu!"

"So Commander Xue means this is indeed a false surrender?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanbao suddenly looked up and asked as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

Xue Rengui nodded and said, "I think it should be like this!"

"That's great!"

Li Yuanbao said excitedly, "Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his men are safe, we should retreat north! Perhaps we can even reunite with His Royal Highness inside the Great Wall!"

"This"

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other again.

However, no one agreed with Li Yuanbao, but instead set their eyes on Xue Rengui.

Xue Rengui was silent for a moment, then said solemnly, "Everyone, I want to lead the Iron Buddha to cover your retreat and help you retreat north!"

"No! We should be your cover!" Xue Wanche said anxiously, "You still have to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Yes! Our group of remnants can't escape the Turkic cavalry, and you, with heavy armor protection, have a better chance than us!" Li Zhengbao said, and directly drew his sword, turned around and said: "If you are willing to follow me to cover the rear, follow me!" After that, without saying anything else, he rushed out of the valley.

"uncle!!"

Li Yuanbao was shocked when he saw this and quickly chased after him.

But Li Zhengbao turned around and smiled: "Yuanbao, live well and be my son in the next life!"

"Come on!"

Soon, a large group of Tang troops bypassed Li Yuanbao and rushed out with Li Zhengbao.

Then, they fell one after another, which made Li Yuanbao burst into tears. Until Xue Wanche picked up the spear, patted his shoulder, and rushed out of the valley without saying anything.

He couldn't hold it in any longer and broke down crying.

"father--!"

A heart-wrenching cry echoed throughout the valley.

.........

at the same time.

Zhao Deyan, who was outside the valley, was getting angry and embarrassed.

"Who told you to do this! Who told you to do this!"

"I'm here on the orders of the Great Khan to persuade them to surrender! You can't do anything."

"go away!"

Before Zhao Deyan could finish his words, a Turkic general kicked him away and sneered, "Don't think I will listen to you just because you are favored by my father, the Khan!"

"These damned Tang soldiers killed my cousin She'er, and now they're trying to break out. They're simply courting death!"

After saying this, he drew his sword and loudly ordered: "Kill all the Tang army!"

"Oh~hoho!"

When the Turkic cavalry heard the order, they rushed forward with screams and howls.

However, at this moment, a deafening sound of horse hooves suddenly came from behind them.

This caused their faces to change suddenly.

"Oh no! Tang reinforcements are coming!"

Zhao Deyan reacted instantly, jumped on his horse, and shouted to Jie Li's son: "Na Yan! Retreat!"

"Retreat! Kill them!"

Na Yan didn't listen to Zhao Deyan's orders at all. He turned his horse around and rushed towards the Tang Dynasty reinforcements.

Seeing this, the other Turkic cavalry also turned their horses around.

Zhao Deyan was so angry that his face turned red, but he didn't dare to stay here any longer. He rode his horse directly towards Jie Li.

At the same time, Xue Rengui heard the news of reinforcements and was very excited.

"Kill!"

"Kill all the Turks!"

Thousands of black-armored guards were like sharp arrows, charging straight into the Turkic cavalry camp, killing people in a chaotic manner with blood and flesh flying everywhere.

Hundreds of Iron Pagodas, under the command of Xue Rengui, formed a long snake formation and linked the war horses together with iron chains to form a huge net, driving the Turkic cavalry towards the Black Armor Guards one by one.

When Yan saw this, her jaw dropped to the ground in shock.

He never expected that this group of light cavalrymen in black armor were so powerful. Not only did they have a speed that was different from theirs, but their combat effectiveness was also not inferior to theirs.

Even the weapons in their hands are not comparable to theirs.

How to fight this? !

escape!
After a brief contact, the first thing Na Yan thought of was to escape!

However, just as he was about to escape, an old but strong figure rushed in front of him.

"Bah!"

With a loud shout, a long spear suddenly swept towards him.

"clang!"

Without any hesitation, Yan, holding the mace, directly blocked it.

"Oh? Good boy! You're a fierce warrior!"

Su Dingfang's face was full of excitement. He waved his spear again and stabbed at Yan.

Na Yan originally wanted to escape, but when he saw that the other party was pestering him, he became a little angry. He immediately swung his mace and knocked away Su Dingfang's spear.

Then, he slapped his warhorse, used the horse to leap high, and rushed towards Su Dingfang.

Su Dingfang's face changed and he quickly retracted his spear to block.

Unexpectedly, Yan smiled cunningly, changed his body shape in an instant, and kicked Su Dingfang sideways, knocking him off his horse with a "bang".

It has to be said that Jie Li's son was a truly powerful general. To put it in the terms of the Central Plains, he was born with supernatural powers.

When Jie Li was young, he was also the most powerful general of the Turkic people. Now he is his son.

"Hey, what's your name? You don't seem to know me?"

Na Yan held a mace and looked at Su Dingfang with some amusement.

Su Dingfang groaned, then got up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and sneered, "You are just a barbarian, not worthy of my recognition!"

"court death!"

Na Yan's face darkened and he rushed forward with a mace.

Soon, the two fought again.

Although Su Dingfang was slightly better than Na Yan in combat experience, he could not withstand Na Yan's youth and strength. After fighting for dozens of rounds, Su Dingfang was a little overwhelmed.

"Hahaha! Suffer death!"

Na Yan used a heavy stick to knock Su Dingfang several meters away.

However, just as he was about to kill Su Dingfang, a big knife suddenly chopped towards him.

His face suddenly changed and he immediately used his stick to resist.

"boom!"

A strange force that was no weaker than his own frightened him so much that his heart trembled and his arms went numb.

"Commander Su! Are you still alive?" Xue Rengui retracted his sword and looked at Su Dingfang who was lying on the ground.

"I won't die! Cough, cough,"

Su Dingfang coughed and struggled to get up from the ground. He asked, "How are you? Are General Xue and the others still alive?"

"General Li died for his country, and the others were either dead or injured." Xue Rengui said somewhat sadly.

Su Dingfang remained silent, then looked at Na Yan coldly and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told me not to let Jie Li go. How about we work together to capture this guy and then go after Jie Li?"

"Need not!"

Xue Rengui refused directly, "Leave this kid to me, you go chase Jie Li!"

"Can you do it?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that men can't say no!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed towards Yan without saying a word.

Su Dingfang was slightly startled upon seeing this, but without further hesitation, he immediately mounted his horse and commanded the black-armored guards, "Charge towards the center! Capture Jie Li alive!"

Soon, the Turkic cavalry was defeated by the Black Armor Guards, the Iron Pagoda, and the surviving Tang troops.

Screams, wails, and the cries of war horses, countless sounds gathered together.

Wherever the Iron Pagoda passed, there was not a single living creature standing on the ground. They were either hacked to death, tripped by iron chains, or trampled by horses' hooves, leaving their flesh and blood all over the place.

In just about an hour, the remaining 20,000 Turkic cavalry were almost wiped out by the Iron Pagoda, the Black Armor Guards, and the remnants of the Tang army who were obsessed with killing.

You know, the Tang army has less than 5,000 people in total.

Five thousand people killed twenty thousand people, and in less than an hour, they almost wiped out the entire army.

Even the Black Armor Army cannot achieve this level.

After all, the Xuanjia Army was facing Dou Jiande's 100,000 troops, not 100,000 Turkic cavalry.

Such an astonishing record is absolutely unprecedented!
This feeling, this feeling.
Xue Wanche, who had experienced the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the Xuanwu Gate Incident, was filled with an indescribable feeling in his heart, which made every pore in his body open up at this moment, making him feel refreshed.

It's the prince!
He is the prince of the Tang Dynasty!

"The prince is back!!"

Xue Wanche roared excitedly, tears rolling down his face along with the blood.

At this moment, no one could understand how he felt.

Once upon a time, he also followed a prince, but he failed with that prince.

And now, an even more powerful prince has appeared.

Who understands this feeling?!
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(End of this chapter)