"The lottery is starting. Please wait a moment."
The system's mechanical voice sounded again.
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10 lighters, a large roll of toilet paper, 10,000 catties of potatoes, 10,000 catties of sweet potato seeds, and a Heavenly Halberd.”
"All the prizes are stored in the system space.”
Li Kuan's face froze when he saw the lighter and toilet paper.
If he had another pack of cigarettes, he would be able to go to the toilet.
Li Kuan cursed in his heart.
Li Kuan's expression eased a little when he saw the prizes.
Although these things were of no use to him now.
He had been born into the imperial family and had no need to worry about food and drink, but these things were extremely useful to the Great Tang.
In ancient times, the greatest wish of the common people was to have enough to eat and wear warm clothes.
The yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes per mu was very high, and in most places, it could be harvested twice a year.
If it could be popularized in the Great Tang, the problem of food should be solved.
"If these two things are used properly, they will be of great help to my future plans.”
Li Kuan thought as he sat on his horse and stroked his chin.
As for the Heavenly Halberd, he just happened to be lacking a gift.
Little Xue Xue was about to enter the bowl. Li Kuan smiled wickedly and galloped toward the Dragon Gate in Jiangzhou.
......
"Emperor, Jie Li is very arrogant. He appointed a place and time for us to meet at the temporary bridge, and even said something like, we gave them so much treasure, but they want to give us three thousand horses.”
"How is this an alliance meeting?”
The armored Hou Junji angrily said from Xian De Hall.
"Yes, emperor, this is too humiliating. You can't go!”
Now, the Jie Li army was stationed on the banks of the Wei River, and all over the country, there were rebels who opposed Li Shimin.
In order to seek Jie Li retreat, Li Shimin will be in the treasury of money and treasures, all sent to the Turks.
Although Li Shiming and the entire Great Tang Imperial Court felt extremely humiliated, so what? As long as the Turks did not retreat, the rebels would not subside.
Li Shi Min endured the humiliation in his heart and said,
"Pass on my decree, according to Jie Li's words, we will kill the White Horse Alliance on the temporary bridge on the 30th day of the 8th month.”
"However, tell Jie Li that our Great Tang doesn't want those three thousand horses.”
This might be Li Shiming's last bit of stubbornness.
.....
August 30th, the ninth year of Wude.
Li Shimin emptied the treasury and Jie Li Huimeng and temporary bridge, the battle between the two ambitious men, with Li Shimin's shame and Jie Li's regret temporarily ended.
Jie Li led the army back to the Turkic steppe. What he didn't know was that on his way back, two fierce tigers were about to show their fangs at him.
Long Mountain Path was a steep path surrounded by mountains on both sides and dense forests. This was the route that Jie Li had taken when they attacked the Great Tang.
Jie Li had just agreed to the grassland. The 200,000 soldiers that came this time were not all his men. The people that were directly under him were only about 70,000 to 80,000 people.
After the alliance meeting, the various factions split the money they received and returned the way they came.
Jie Li and his general Zhishi Sili rode at the front of the large group of people.
Unlike the joy on the faces of the soldiers in the team, Jie Li, who was riding on the horse, had a gloomy face.
His intuition told him that this was the closest he had ever been to successfully taking over the Central Plains. However, because the hearts of the various tribes were not united, he had lost this great opportunity.
Sigh!
When they returned to the grassland, they would kill them all and then fight Li Shiming.
Jie Li thought to himself.
"Zhishi Sili, we're about to cross the Yin Mountain Path.”
Jie Li said to Zhishi Sili.
"Khan, the Tang army has just made an alliance with us. The main force of the Tang army should be in various places now. There is no way there will be an ambush.”
Zhishi Sili said disapprovingly.
As he saw it, the Great Tang couldn't even take care of itself, so how could there be any danger here?
Jie Li didn't say anything, clearly agreeing with Zhishi Sili.
But what they didn't know was that there were two 'hotheads' who had been lying in ambush for several days under the orders of their lord.
After Yue Fei and the others left Youzhou, they had been trying to sneak attack the granary of the Jie Li army to force the Turkic army to retreat.
But unfortunately, the Turks had not brought much grain to begin with and had basically relied on plundering the Great Tang's grain.
Helplessly, after Yue Fei learned that the court was about to make an alliance with the Turks, he planned to set up an ambush on the way back to the steppe.
And the reason why they chose to ambush Jie Li's army on this Long Mountain path and not the armies of other tribes.
It was because Yue Fei considered that Jie Li was the strongest in the grassland, and the Jie Li who had just unified the grassland was not stable. If he returned to the grassland unscathed, with his ability, he would soon rule the grassland completely.
At that time, Jie Li would probably lead the army to attack again.
Only by weakening Jie Li before he returned to the grasslands could the grasslands sink into a longer period of internal strife and buy more time for the Great Tang to recuperate.
"General Yue, Jie Li's army has already entered the Long Mountain path.”
In a dense forest, Yue Fei was studying the map of the Longshang trail. Suddenly, a scout came forward to report.
"Pass down my order. All soldiers get ready. Once the Turkic army has completely entered the path, we'll launch a surprise attack.”
The Turkic army was still immersed in the joy of obtaining the treasure, completely oblivious to the eyes of nearly twenty thousand people staring at them from the depths of the forest.
"Release the arrows, drop the stones, and roll the logs.”
With Yue Fei's order, countless arrows and stones flew toward the Turkic army.
"Not good, there's an ambush!"
Countless Turkic soldiers were struck, howling in pain and falling to the ground.
Before the Turkic army could react, the Turks had lost several thousand men in just a few breaths, and the others were all panicking.
Jie Li quickly shouted,"Don't panic. Line up and fight back with your bows and arrows."”
The greatest strength of the Turkic cavalry was their mobility and their bows and arrows, which far surpassed those of the Great Tang.
But here, the road was rugged and the trees on both sides were dense, so the advantage of the Turkic cavalry was completely lost.
They could only find cover to survive.
For a moment, the horses were frightened, and the team became even more chaotic.
Jie Li and Zhishi Sili's shouts were completely useless, and they could only watch as their soldiers fell one by one.
Not long after, the arrows, rolling stones, and logs of Yue Fei's army were all used up.
The Turks had lost a large number of troops, and the remaining ones were all terrified.
"Kill them!"
Yue Fei waved his long spear and led 20,000 men to charge out from the dense forest on both sides, fighting with the Jie Li army.
Although the Turkic soldiers were brave and skilled in battle, Yue Fei's twenty thousand men were handpicked from the hundred thousand soldiers of Yan Liao.
All of them were veterans who had been through many battles.
After Yue Fei gave the order, Yang Zaixing, who was beside him, could no longer hold back and rushed out with his gun.
For a moment, the spear was brandished like a dragon, and everywhere it passed, there were corpses of the enemy.
"Jie Li, give me your life!"
After Yang Zaixing sent dozens of people flying, he charged towards Jie Li.
"How dare you! Watch as I kill you!”
Zhishi Sili was furious that Yang Zaixing had dared to charge at them in the midst of so many soldiers, and he charged at Yang Zaixing with his saber.
"How dare you!"
Yang Zaixing was not afraid at all. He rushed over excitedly with his gun.
Knives and spears clashed, but Zhishi Sili had completely underestimated Yang Zaixing's strength, and after a few exchanges, he was defeated by Yang Zaixing.
Yang Zaixing laughed out loud. He was covered in blood, and he was like a demon from hell. He rushed toward Jie Li while reaping the lives of his enemies.
"Jie Li old thief, give me your life!"
As he spoke, he continued to charge towards Jie Li.
The surrounding Turkic soldiers felt their hearts shatter when they saw Yang Zaixing kill General Zhishi Sili in just a few exchanges.
On the side, Yue Fei did not show any weakness, his spear tearing apart the Turkic formation.
Under the leadership of Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing, the morale of the Tang army soared.
In an instant, the 20,000-man army, which had been outnumbered by several times, was forced to retreat.
The Turkic army had just been ambushed, and their generals had been defeated in a few rounds, so their morale was low.
This was the role of a fierce general on the battlefield.
Jie Li saw Yang Zaixing coming towards him and quickly organized his men to stop him. However, how could these people be the opponents of Yang Zaixing, the peerless fierce general of Little Shang River?
Yang Zaixing's bravery made the Turkic soldiers afraid to get close.
Looking at the battle situation around him, Jie Li hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he became determined and prepared to retreat.
"Retreat, quickly retreat!"
He heard his own sweat shouting to retreat and saw Jie Li running towards the grassland with a few remaining soldiers.
The Turkic soldiers no longer cared about the treasures and provisions, all risking their lives to follow their horses, wishing they could add a few more legs to their horses. Yang Zaixing saw that Jie Li wanted to run and quickly rushed over. However, there were too many soldiers blocking Yang Zaixing, and Jie Li had already run far away.
Helpless, Yang Zaixing could only charge at the Turkic soldiers who had yet to escape.
After a chase, Jie Li left behind the corpses of the 40 to 50 thousand strong army and only brought less than 30 thousand cavalry back to the grassland.
Yue Fei's 20,000 strong army had also lost more than half of their men, leaving only 9,000 men, most of them injured.
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