Datang: Stop pretending, you are a peerless expert

Seeing General Yanqi asking if Su Yu had come, Li Jing felt a little strange.

"This General Yanqi is interesting. If you surrender, you will surrender. If you want to fight, you will fight. Why do you ask if the son-in-law has arrived?"

Li Jing sneered.

Xue Rengui thought for a while and said: "I guess he is probing. If the young master arrives, they will surrender. If he does not arrive, they will resist stubbornly."

Li Jing felt that what Xue Rengui said made sense, so he patted the horse out.

"I am Li Jing, the general of the Tang Dynasty. My son-in-law is waiting for your king to worship in Mohe City, and I have not surrendered quickly."

Li Jing didn't lie to General Yanqi, because he didn't think it was necessary.

Yanqi is just a small city, as long as he attacks, it can be broken immediately.

General Yanqi was secretly happy: Sure enough, Su Yu didn't come.

Datang only had [-] cavalry, and he had [-] in his hand, which could fight a battle.

Seeing that the other side was silent, Li Jing shouted: "Tell King Yanqi that He Lu is so powerful, he will be defeated in the end."

"You open the city gate immediately to protect your wife and children."

General Yanqi looked sloppy and said, "I'm just a general. I can't make a decision. I'll report it to the king."

After speaking, he turned and entered the capital.

Xue Rengui patted his horse and said: "Mr. Wei, I don't think they intend to surrender. Why don't they attack when they enter the city and take them down in one fell swoop?"

The distance between the two horses was only a few dozen steps, and they reached the city in one charge.

Li Jing shook his head and said, "No, our Great Tang military prestige has already spread throughout the Western Regions."

"I reckon they'll surrender right away."

"It doesn't matter if they don't surrender, we just break through the city."

Xue Rengui reminded: "Duke Wei, we only have [-] cavalry, it's better to be cautious."

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "General Xue, you are a general trained by the son-in-law, why are you so timid?"

"The son-in-law is the enemy of ten thousand people. Last time in the city of Mohe, he killed hundreds of people by himself. He Lu's hundreds of thousands of cavalry dared not pursue him."

Xue Rengui had no choice but to see that Li Jing had forgotten himself.

Is the war going too smoothly?
Since Su Yu joined the battle, almost every battle has been won.

Li Jing was in charge of several battles, each of which went smoothly.

This time even more so.

Xue Rengui wanted to say that arrogant soldiers will be defeated, but Li Jing is the minister of the Ministry of War, Wei Guogong, and a veteran minister who founded the country, so it is not good to say it.

Xue Rengui ordered the cavalry to prepare for battle and lined up.

General Yanqi returned to the city and entered the palace.

King Anazhi asked, "What's the matter?"

The general said happily, "Your Majesty, Su Yu is not here."

The king was also overjoyed and said, "Su Yu is not here, so can we fight back?"

General Yanqi has actually been won over by He Lu, and he wants to follow He Lu to deal with Datang.

The king, on the other hand, is a man with no idea, vacillating.

The general has been persuading him to lead his troops to the Qianquan League, but the king has been reluctant to make a decision.

Now that the general said that Su Yu was not here, the king was moved again, and felt that he could give it a go.

The general said: "Your Majesty, the strength of the Tang Army lies in Su Yu."

"Now that Su Yu is not here, our [-] cavalry caught him by surprise."

"Even if we lose at that time, at worst we will go to the Qianquan League."

After some rhetoric, King Anazhi was a little moved.

"Then... do as you say."

Anazhi said.

General Yanqi said happily, "Your Majesty is wise."

Turning around and leaving the palace, the general called the cavalry to get ready in the city.

The guards around him followed the general closely, but the guards of the palace disappeared.

Over the years, the general bought the king's guards and took control of Yanqi.

If the king Anazhi didn't agree just now, he planned to kill the king.

"You guys get ready here, rush out from the front."

"You go out of the city quietly through the side door and outflank them."

The general ordered his subordinates one by one.

The generals below were ordered to prepare.

When everything was ready, the general opened the door, with dozens of guards behind him, all holding weapons.

"General Li, our king is willing to surrender and is going to go with you to Mohe City to pay homage to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and his son-in-law."

General Yanqi shouted.

Li Jing was overjoyed and said with a smile, "General Xue, what do I say? Yanqi has surrendered."

When Xue Rengui saw them riding horses and holding sabers, there was no expression of defeat and surrender on their faces.

"Duke Wei, I'm afraid there may be fraud, they don't look like they are surrendering."

Xue Rengui said vigilantly.

Li Jing didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "Our Tang army has won countless battles in the Western Regions, whoever dares not to surrender, the general should not be suspicious."

With that said, Li Jing walked forward.

call out!
Suddenly an arrow shot towards Li Jing.

"not good!"

Xue Rengui shouted.

The cold arrow came suddenly, Li Jing couldn't dodge it in time, and was shot in the rib.

Fortunately, the armor is strong, and the arrow cannot penetrate it.

Xue Rengui shot back with an arrow, which hit General Yanqi on the shoulder.

"kill!"

Xue Rengui yelled, and the cavalry rescued Li Jing and rushed to kill him.

The cavalry battle at the gate of the city, the Yanqi cavalry at the gates on both sides circled and outflanked.

Xue Rengui was furious, took the lead, rushed into Yan Qi's team, and killed all directions with a spear in his hand.

General Yanqi was shot by an arrow, and before he could return to the city, he was stabbed to death by Xue Rengui.

After killing the general, Xue Rengui turned around and killed the flanking cavalry.

At the beginning, the Tang cavalry were a little panicked.

However, Xue Rengui clashed left and right, as if entering no one's land, and immediately saved the situation.

The Yanqi cavalry was defeated and fled, while the Tang cavalry broke open the city gate and rushed into the city.

King Anazhi heard that the general had been killed, and immediately fled to Kucha with the queen and princess on horseback.

After entering the city, Li Jing's subordinates were angry and wanted to massacre the city for revenge.

Xue Rengui told them to stop. The massacre of the city was too bloody and would damage Datang's reputation.

Li Jing sat in the palace, took off his armor, and checked the wound, luckily it wasn't deep.

"Sure enough, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated. After marching and fighting for decades, they were actually plotted against."

Li Jing shook his head and smiled.

Xue Rengui said: "People make mistakes, horses make mistakes, we just win this one."

Li Jing ordered to count the number of casualties, while he healed in the palace.

The military doctor bandaged and applied medicine to Li Jing, and the commander of the army came to report, saying that more than 800 people were killed and more than 2000 were injured.

With such a level of casualties, defeating Yanqi's [-] cavalry should actually be regarded as very good.

But compared with when Su Yu was there, this is a heavy casualty.

"I'm ashamed to see the emperor and the son-in-law."

Li Jing sighed.

Xue Rengui said: "It is a great achievement to destroy the Yanqi Kingdom. When we defeat the Kucha Kingdom, we will be able to return to our orders when we go back."

Li Jing nodded, and asked the cavalry to load all the gold, silver and jewels in the city into cars and seal them up, and take them back to Mohe City later.

Li Jing was different from Hou Junji in that he didn't have the habit of taking things privately.

After resting for half a day, Li Jing led his troops to the country of Kucha.

If Yanqi was breached, the King of Kucha would definitely know, and took advantage of Kucha's timidity to break through in one go.

Xue Rengui rectified his troops and rushed to Kucha immediately.