"Tang Army! You're bullying me too much!"
Without experiencing life and death separation, one wouldn't understand. Jie Li Khagan had several tribes, big and small, but he only had one main tribe. The others were all branch tribes.
There were not many people in the main tribe, only fifty thousand in total, but many of them were important figures under Khan Jie Li, and they were all related by blood.
But what news did Jie Li Khagan get? His main tribe had been destroyed by the Tang army. The remaining 40,000 people were almost wiped out. Moreover, his niece had been kidnapped by the Tang army. How could he not be furious?
Jie Li, who was furious, made a mess of his tent.
"Go and find Zhao Deyan!"
After a while, Jie Li Khan sent a tooth tent soldier to find his advisor.
Soon, Zhao Deyan arrived at the tent of Jie Li Khan.
"We've been fighting here for so long. When can we cross Weishui River? I want you to come up with a solution immediately!”
Jie Li Khan looked at Zhao Deyan who walked in and roared angrily at him. These few days, they hadn't fought, and Jie Li Khan was already very impatient.
"Khagan, what happened? Why are you so angry?"
Zhao Deyan felt the anger of the Jie Li Khan and couldn't help but ask carefully. He knew that something must have happened. Otherwise, Jie Li wouldn't be so angry.
Even if he felt that he had not fought Weishui River, he would only be unhappy; however, he would never be so furious.
"The damned Tang army destroyed the great Ashina main tribe!”
The Jie Li Khan still had some rationality, and he told Zhao Deyan this news with a furious expression.
Zhao Deyan knew the reason now. At the same time, he also knew how angry Jie Li Khan was.
"Khagan, why don't we capture some Han who can swim and have them build us a pontoon bridge?”
After a while, Zhao Deyan's face revealed a ruthless expression as he looked at Jie Li and said.
The Turkic cavalry did not know how to swim at all, and were a classic example of landlubbers. To be precise, all the nomads on the grasslands were basically landlubbers.
"Hurry up and go! I want to see the results as soon as possible!"
After Zhao Deyan left, Jie Li Khan was still throwing a tantrum in his tent.
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"Great General, the Turks have captured a large number of Great Tang citizens and ordered them to build pontoon bridges on the Wei River. A large number of Tang civilians were currently in the Wei River.”
Cheng Yaojin sat in his tent, deep in thought. A soldier ran in and said in a panic,
Cheng Yaojin didn't panic. Instead, he sighed and said,""Your Highness was right. Those Turks have really captured the people of the Great Tang to build the pontoon bridge.”
Li Yuanba had already considered this matter. As someone from the later generations, he knew how crazy a group of crazy enemies could be. They could do anything.
Just like the Japanese army in the war of resistance in the future, they would even use the Chinese people as shields when they were extremely vicious.
"Order the troops to follow the plan. Have them build the pontoon bridge. Once the pontoon bridge is built, the army will retreat ten li.”
Cheng Yaojin took a deep breath. At the same time, he knew that this was the beginning of the war.
The following war was the real problem that would determine the outcome of the war.
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On September 7th, when half of the pontoon bridge on Weishui River had been built, Li Yuanba had already arrived at Binzhou Province with 60,000 cavalries. Binzhou is also the later Bin County
"We're still two hundred li from the Turkic camp. Send someone to contact the Tang army in Chang 'an and ask about the situation. At the same time, we'll continue to advance!”
Li Yuanba said softly as he looked into the distance.
"Your Highness, someone from Chang 'an City has arrived. A few days ago, the Turkic cavalry had captured many Tang civilians and begun to build pontoon bridges on the Wei River.
It was probably almost done by now.”
Niu Jinda rode his horse to Li Yuanba's side and said.
"Haha! As expected! Since the Turkic cavalry is about to cross the Wei River, it's time for us to fight them!
The ancients said that courage to fight is to make a spurt of energy, to weaken again, and to exhaust again. The Turkic cavalry had been held up by the Wei River for so long.
They had suffered setbacks before, and now they heard that the grassland tribes had suffered a devastating blow. I believe their morale will be even lower. Our chance has come!”
Li Yuanba's eyes lit up. He had been waiting for this day for a long time.
"Your Highness, but what if the Turks 'morale rises because of this?”
Niu Jinda asked anxiously. There were two hundred thousand Turkic cavalry, after all, while they only had sixty thousand.
"Revive morale? Haha! If the Turkic Khagan was a Han, a Han who was proficient in battle formations, I would definitely believe that their morale would rise, but can Jie Li Khagan do it?
I think he probably won't be able to do anything other than throwing a tantrum in his tent!”
Reviving morale wasn't something an ordinary person could do. At least he knew that Jie Li Khan couldn't do it.
Niu Jinda couldn't help but nod his head after hearing that. Reviving morale was not something an ordinary person could do under such circumstances.
On the afternoon of the 8th day of the 9th month, under the orders of countless Great Tang citizens, Jie Li Khan finally built two simple pontoon bridges.
Jie Li Khan stood by the bank of Wei River, looking at the two simple pontoon bridges and said to Zhao Deyan,""Let those Han people go up there and see if they can pass through!”
He was worried that the pontoon bridges were not sturdy enough. After all, his Turkic subordinates did not know how to swim. If he fell down, it would be cold.
Ten-some Great Tang citizens stood on the pontoon bridges. The fact that the pontoon bridges were fine proved that they were still functional.
"Very good! One pontoon bridge to cross people, one pontoon bridge to cross horses. Let them speed up. I can't wait any longer. I want to enter Chang 'an Fortress tomorrow!"
Jie Li Khan said impatiently. He wanted to kill the royal family of Li Tang and slaughter the people of Chang 'an.
His Ashina main tribe had been destroyed by the Tang army. Even if the Tang army was still running amok in the grassland, he knew that even so, he had to enter Chang 'an to plunder.
It was already too late to return to the grasslands. If he did not plunder some things and return, he would be very sad this winter.
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