While the Turks were being dealt with, all the soldiers and civilians of Youzhou City walked out of the city.
"This one is Liu Chengyu, the city guard lieutenant, paying his respects to Your Highness. When Your Highness was fighting the Turks, this one didn't send anyone to help.”
Liu Chengyu knelt in the snow and kowtowed to Li Yu.
The reason why he did not send people out to help was that too many people had died in the siege. He was afraid that many more people would be sacrificed.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for saving my life. It's difficult for the people of Youzhou to repay you. I only hope to be your servant in the next life!”
All the soldiers and civilians in Youzhou City were kneeling in the snow, pressing their heads against the icy ground.
It was very uncomfortable to be frozen in the snow, but it was not as unbearable as the despair he had felt when facing the Turks.
"Rise, you're right. It's fortunate that you didn't send anyone to help. Otherwise, if the Turks turned around and slaughtered you, how could I save you?”
As Li Yu spoke, he gestured for Liu Chengyu to stand up.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Liu Chengyu stood up and bowed to express his gratitude.
"Everyone, please rise. You weren't the ones who ostracized me back then. You sent rations to the military camp every day and even sent me cotton clothes in winter. I remember how good you were to me, so it was only right to save you.”
Li Yu shouted at the civilians and soldiers.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Some of the commoners and soldiers were sobbing, but they were all crying happily. There was nothing more joyous than surviving a disaster.
Meanwhile, Li Yu's kindness to Youzhou City was also remembered by the others. Compared with those major clans and officials who escaped, Li Yu became the real leader in the eyes of the people in Youzhou City.
Everyone then turned their attention to the Turks.
The arrogant Turks who were crazily attacking Youzhou City a moment ago were now kneeling on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy. However, they were still dragged to the side of the wheels and killed like dead dogs.
Those who were shorter than the height of the wheels were tied together with iron chains.
The most powerful member of the Turkic court, the Tiele tribe, had actually fallen to such a state. It was both a joy and a pity.
"Your Highness, I've heard that two hundred thousand Turks have entered Youzhou City. Now that there's only one hundred thousand left, wouldn't this infuriate the Turks?”
Liu Chengyu asked.
"What I want is to provoke them. Otherwise, what if these Turks don't come to fight me and run back to the steppe?”
Li Yu said with a smile.
Hearing this, Liu Chengyu was stunned and did not say anything else.
After all the captives had been selected according to the standards of the wheel, the Turkic vanguard of one hundred thousand soldiers had been completely annihilated.
Congratulations to the host for completing the mission. The system has evolved. For the first week from today onwards, the host will receive a reward every week.
Congratulations to the host for obtaining the first week's reward: Top strategist Zhuge Liang.
"Sending charcoal in the snow."
Li Yu nodded in satisfaction.
In the ten years he had been guarding Youzhou, the various legions he had obtained had formed an extremely powerful iron army. In the face of absolute strength, any strategy was a paper tiger. Therefore, he did not need a strategist in the field of marching and fighting.
In this way, the reward of Zhuge Liang was extremely important.
Zhuge Liang was an all-rounded talent. He was good at war and even better at governance.
To be able to develop the mountainous area of Shu Kingdom and send out a large group of troops and materials to conquer the east and west was enough to show Zhuge Liang's ability.
Youzhou had just been swept clean by the Turks, and there were still many things to do. Li Yu was currently lacking such talents.
"I am Zhuge Liang. Greetings, Your Highness.”
Zhuge Liang, who was dressed in white, came to reality and immediately walked up to Li Yu and bowed.
"In the future, you will be the governor of Youzhou, in charge of the people's livelihood and the distribution of resources.”
Li Yu ordered.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I'll definitely turn Youzhou into a top-notch military town.”
Zhuge Liang promised.
Li Yu nodded in satisfaction.
Afterwards, all the soldiers entered Youzhou City, preparing to rest for the night and drive the remaining one hundred thousand Turks out of Youzhou the next day.
……
Late at night.
A troop of cavalries came to a place not far from Youzhou City and started to observe the situation below the city.
Everyone in the cavalry gasped.
Under the city, there was a pile of heads, and beside it was a pile of corpses.
The two mountain-like figures were covered in a layer of snow, but one could still see that their heads were not tied up. This proved that they were from the grasslands.
"Longevity Heaven!"
The leader of the cavalry felt dizzy and fell from his horse.
"Leader, let's hurry back and report the news to the Khan!”
The others immediately helped their leader up and left before being discovered by the garrison troops of Youzhou City.
……
"Our clansmen were piled up into a capital and all killed?”
Jie Li Khan sat in the tent and said with a shocked expression.
The cavalry team that had just returned had already told him everything, but he still felt a little dazed and could not believe it.
There were a total of 100,000 people, including the women and children of the Tiele Tribe. The Tang army did not even think of using these women, children, and captives to threaten them, but directly killed them?
This was simply too unethical.
"Believe me, Khagan. What I said is what I saw. It was hell!”
The leader of the cavalry cried out.
"Where's my brother, Tuli Khagan? Have you found his body?”
Jie Li Khan asked.
"We didn't find his body. At that time, Tuli Khagan was beheaded by an enemy general, and his body was probably trampled by the rebels, so we couldn't find it.”
The leader of the cavalry team answered sadly.
"I can't find it…"
Khan Jie Li's facial features were all twisted together, and he said with a sobbing voice,""Tuli and I grew up together. We weren't blood brothers, but we were like brothers. Back then, we were also taken hostage by the Tata tribe. We relied on each other to survive in the kennel.”
"My condolences, Khagan."
The leader of the cavalry comforted.
In the next second, Jie Li Khan suddenly pulled out his knife and stabbed it into the leader's throat. He looked at the leader who could not believe it and said coldly,"The one who died wasn't your brother, so of course you can feel sorry for him. But Tuli is the closest person to me, so I want to avenge him.”
Cha--
The blade was pulled back by Jie Li Khan. He coldly looked at the corpse on the ground and ordered,""Data, get the nearby tribes to send more troops. I don't want to go to Chang 'an anymore. I want to flatten Youzhou. I want to turn the Tang into military rations and eat them all!”
"Yes."
A general stood up from the side. When he heard that they were going to fight the enemy who had wiped out the vanguard during the day, not only was he not worried, but he also had a confident expression on his face."Khagan, these hundred thousand of us are your personal guards of the royal court. With the addition of some troops from the surrounding tribes, we can easily flatten Youzhou.”
"It better be."
Jie Li Khan nodded.
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