Chapter 1119: Surrender
Seeing that everyone had arrived, both of them knew that they could no longer hide it, so Qu Jinzhe casually handed Su Li's army's cloth to a clan leader beside him. After everyone had seen it, everyone had a look of death on their faces. After retreating from Longhua, everyone still thought that if the Han people didn't know the inside story, there was no way that some of their more than 20,000 troops could escape smoothly. Now Now that the Han people know their true situation, it is impossible to escape. If these armies of theirs cannot return to the grassland, their tribe will probably become the prey of Su Li and his tribes. .
Thinking of this, several clan leaders couldn't help but curse Su Li. Seeing the reactions of everyone present, Chu Lianxiong and Qu Jinzhe could not help but feel a sense of powerlessness in their hearts.
At this moment, a thought flashed through Qu Jinzhe's mind, and then this thought could never be erased. He looked at everyone present and said, "Everyone, I have an idea. I think we should discuss it carefully, maybe we still have a chance to leave this ghost place and return to our own tribe."
His words cheered up everyone present. Soon, they ordered the army to rest on the spot. Under the protection of their own soldiers, they came to the foot of the west mountain and discussed the matter under the shade of a tree. Zhe's idea comes.
In fact, his method was very simple, that is, to negotiate with the Han generals. The army could surrender to them, but the Han army had to agree to let the clan leaders leave and provide them with food for a month so that they could return smoothly. own tribe. If the Han generals do not agree, then they will fight to the death and use 20,000 soldiers to hold back the Han army, while he and his party will escape under the protection of their personal guards.
The method of getting rid of Jinzhe was immediately approved by the leaders. In their opinion, as long as they could escape back to the tribe smoothly, it would be fine. As for the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, they would be gone if they were gone. You must know that you are in the tribe. There are still half of the soldiers and horses. As long as he returns to the tribe, the soldiers and horses will still have a chance in the future. If he has no chance to survive, then everything will be in vain.
Soon, several tribal leaders reached a unanimous decision, so they sent several envoys to discuss with the Han army in the town. After several rounds of negotiations, the Han army general finally agreed to their request. However, as for the number of people leaving, the Han army limited the number to 2,000. Each tribe quarreled for a while over the 2,000 people. After half a day of deliberation, they finally reached a unanimous decision. After all, such a thing Ordinary soldiers cannot be informed, otherwise their ideas will be in vain.
In the afternoon, the two sides finally reached a consensus. At the request of the leaders of each tribe, more than 20,000 Xianbei cavalry put down their weapons, and lined up one by one under the command of Tang soldiers, heading towards the prison camp that had been prepared. In the camp, food had been prepared and waiting for them, and all the generals among them, who were centurions and above, were detained alone in a courtyard in the town.
The leaders of a group of tribes, such as Chujiaxiong and Qujinzhe, stayed outside the town with one man and three horses, quietly watching their soldiers being led into the town by the Han army. When all the Xianbei soldiers and horses were led into the town, Afterwards, Zhao Yun led five thousand white horses out of the town. Seeing this situation, everyone turned pale. They thought that Zhao Yun was going to break his promise and annihilate them in one fell swoop.
Seeing their faces, Zhao Yun smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will never break my promise and get rich. However, I would like to remind the clan leaders not to stay on the road for too long. If Su Li rushes back to the old camp first, Your tribe may not be safe."
"Thank you, General Zhao, for reminding me. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave!" All the Xianbei leaders also knew that what Zhao Yun said was true.
Seeing that Zhao Yun had no intention of making things difficult for him, he didn't dare to stay too long. After packing up the food, he got on his horse and headed towards the grassland to the north. They did not take the path taken by the Suli army. Instead, they turned west and entered the prairie through another valley that was not suitable for the army to advance.
Seeing the Xianbei cavalry disappear, the soldiers of the Tang army were very happy. The war that lasted for several months was finally over. Although the Tang army also lost nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, fortunately, it still won a complete victory and captured the Xianbei cavalry and ordinary soldiers. There are nearly 80,000 herdsmen, and as many as 200,000 to 300,000 cattle, sheep, and horses are harvested. In this last wave alone, nearly 50,000 horses were harvested. You must know that the more than 20,000 Xianbei cavalry are all standard configurations with one person and two horses.
While he was being happy, a large group of people suddenly appeared from the south. Everyone was shocked and quickly lined up to wait. However, Zhao Yun saw the scout team he sent out at the front, and he knew that this must be Longhua sent to investigate. The movements of the Xianbei army. Sure enough, after a while, the cavalry came closer and closer, it was the two thousand Guards led by Gao Shun.
Seeing this, Zhao Yun quickly drew his horse to greet him. After the two greeted him immediately, Zhao Yun briefly told Gao Shun the situation of the war. When Gao Shun heard this, he knew that the Xianbei people surrendered and retreated so easily. Although he was surprised, But he was also very happy, so he said: "General Zhao, I will not go in, so I will lead the troops back to Longhua and report the good news to the lord."
Zhao Yun was stunned and persuaded Gao Shun: "General Gao, it's getting late today and the army has been out for a few days. Why not just rest in the town for a day and return tomorrow. As for reporting the news to the lord, I will send a team The soldiers can rush to Longhua day and night."
Gao Shun looked up at the sky and the soldiers around him. Although no one said anything, they were still a little tired after following the Xianbei army for two consecutive days, so he did not force it and said, "I'll trouble General Zhao in this case!"
"No problem, please lead the soldiers into the town to rest. I need to check the Xianbei captives first."
"General, go and get busy!" After saying that, Gao Shun went into the town to rest under the leadership of a Baima Yicong general.
After Gao Shun led the guards into the town, Zhao Yun started to get busy again. He first wrote down the whole process of the war, then recruited a Baima Yicong general, assigned him a group of Baima Yicong, and ordered them to send the battle report to Longhua overnight and hand it over to Huangfu Chaobo. Then he sent another thousand Baima Yicong to the north to keep an eye on the movements of the Xianbei army of the Suli tribe to prevent the Suli army from suddenly turning around and attacking.
After arranging these things, it was already dark. There were still a large amount of weapons and supplies and tens of thousands of horses on the west bank of the Yison River that had not been delivered to the town. So Zhao Yun ordered to immediately transfer 10,000 ordinary Xianbei captives from the town to transport all these supplies and horses to the town and the fence on the east side of the town.