Chapter 464

His reason is very simple.

Qin Mu defected from the Great Tang!

Then the blood debt of Qin Mu slaughtering more than 300,000 Turkic cavalry will be repaid by your Great Tang.

To put it bluntly!

Ashina He Lu is just looking for a high-sounding excuse.

His real purpose is to occupy the entire northern border, and then control Chang'an, and even the entire Great Tang!

No matter if Qin Mu had blocked Ashina He Lu before, this beast would lead Turkic cavalry to cause chaos in the world.

Poor those law-abiding common people, who suffered a devastating disaster without knowing it.

Countless Turkic cavalry swept in like locusts.

They burned, killed, and looted, doing all kinds of evil.

Even!

Every time these Turkic beasts captured a city, they would gather all the young men in the city.

Either become their slaves, or become ghosts under their swords.

To deter the prefectures and counties on the northern border of the Great Tang, Ashina He Lu used a sensational method.

Human head lanterns!

What does it mean?

It is to hang the heads of Han people on the city towers of every city!

Let everyone see clearly.

Important border towns like Youzhou, Lingzhou, and Jizhou were all slaughtered.

Countless heads were surrounded circle after circle on the city tower.

Blood dyed the city wall dark red.

Under the cloudy sky, it makes people's scalp numb.

It's like a veritable ghost city!

Every night.

Heart-piercing cries and wails would sound in every state and county.

Most of them are women's wails!

No need to guess, you know what these Turkic beasts are doing!

The tragic scene on the northern border shocked the entire Great Tang.

Anyone with a bit of Han blood had red eyes and gritted their teeth.

But what can they do if they hate it?

The terrifying combat power of Turkic cavalry is something the Great Tang cannot reach.

Even if they send troops to fight, it's just looking for death in vain.

After Li Er returned to Chang'an, he immediately mobilized troops and led nearly 300,000 troops to the northern border of the Great Tang!

After nearly a month of fighting, the Great Tang suffered heavy losses.

The northern border is an endless plain.

Using this place as a battlefield is like a fish in water for Turkic cavalry.

But the Great Tang is miserable!

There are not many iron cavalry, and the combat power is not even half of the Turkic cavalry.

And the remaining infantry are just walking meat shields, unable to cause any harm to the Turkic cavalry at all.

More than 200,000 Turkic cavalry slaughtered wildly on the northern border of the Great Tang!

Li Er was defeated completely!

In a panic, he had to retreat to Chang'an.

The news of Li Er's defeat soon spread across the country.

The court and the public were shocked!

Chang'an was in panic.

The noble families fleeing on the official road were endless.

The city was also chaotic.

The streets and alleys that used to be crowded were already empty.

The capital Chang'an, known as the most prosperous in the world, is now dilapidated.

Palace, Taiji Hall.

Civil and military officials were listed in two classes.

Everyone lowered their heads, silent.

The atmosphere in the hall was extremely oppressive.

Li Er sat on the dragon chair, his mood extremely complicated.

Anger! Unwillingness! Humiliation!

Various emotions intertwined in his heart.

Why?

Why am I so much worse than Qin Mu?

He used a mere 250,000 troops to defeat 500,000 Turkic cavalry!

And me?

Leading 300,000 troops, I couldn't even beat 200,000 defeated Turkic troops.

Such a record comparison made the always proud Li Er feel extremely bad.

"Report!"

A hurried voice broke the silence of Taiji Hall.

Civil and military officials trembled.

Startled!

At this time, the most feared thing is unknown news.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Turkic army captured another city and slaughtered tens of thousands of our Great Tang people!"

The person who came to report said loudly.

Hearing this, the faces of civil and military officials changed suddenly.

Li Er clenched his palms tightly, angry to the extreme.

Beasts!

All are a group of beasts!

"My dear ministers, let's talk about it! The enemy is in front, who has a countermeasure?"

Li Er spoke slowly.

"Damn Turkic beasts! I really want to skin them alive!"

"What should we do? Turkic beasts are inhumane!"

"Yes! Maybe in this moment, I don't know how many innocent lives have been lost in their hands."

"Sigh!"

"Your Majesty, fight! Even if you fight for your life, you must kill them!"

"Yes! Your Majesty, fight!"

Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, Qin Qiong, and other military generals stood up one after another.

They were furious, their cheeks bulging up and down.

Useless!

It's really useless!

I have never been so aggrieved in my life.

People have already hit your door, stepped on your face and slapped you left and right, and you still have to swallow your anger?

Who can stand it?

"Fight? You speak lightly! How to fight? Your Majesty personally led 300,000 troops and returned in defeat, how can we fight?"

"That's right! If we continue to fight, maybe even the capital won't be saved."