Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 817: Exactly!when!
Li You was overjoyed and gave Xue Dading gold and silver and other things, so he ordered Yan Hongxin, an official of the royal family, to recruit dead soldiers for training, and wanted to make them kill Qin Changqing and Qin Wenyuan and his son in "Qizhou" and "Longcheng".

There is a saying: "The walls have ears, and they are the most difficult to guard against!"

From time to time, Quan Wanji, who was sent by Li Shimin to Li You's "Prince Yan's Mansion" to succeed Xue Dading as the chief historian, had no intention of learning about this in the governor's yamen. Report to the emperor, and at the same time secretly send a police report to Qin Wenyuan.

Qin Wenyuan received the police and made Ma San's subordinates carefully monitor Li You and his subordinates' every move, and sent a letter to his father to be more vigilant. At this time, Li Shimin reprimanded Li You's imperial decree for reaching "Youzhou" and arrested Xue Dading in Chang'an City for trial.

Li You's attempt to assassinate the Xu family's father and son was stillborn, and when this guy secretly hated Quan Wanji and wanted to use a plan to get rid of this official, the Tuyuhun Dynasty far away in the West Sea, led by its prince Fuyun, sent troops to commit crimes. The land of "Liangzhou" in the Tang Dynasty.

In January of the ninth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing, Hou Junji, Li Daozong and others were ordered to lead an army to attack Tuyuhun.

Speaking of this "Tuyuhun", it is a nation that is not a bird of the Central Plains Dynasty. It is named the ancient nation of the Northwest. Bailan, bounded by the Yellow River in the north and Dajishi Mountain in the south, established a national power adjacent to Nanliang in the north and Western Qin in the east.

During the Sui Dynasty, Tuyuhun regained the four counties of Heyuan, Xihai, Shanshan, and Qiwei that had been occupied by the Sui Dynasty. King Shifu of Tuyuhun married Princess Guanghua of Sui Dynasty. After Shifu died, his younger brother Fuyun passed on. Princess Guanghua is still his wife.

Tuyuhun is dominated by Xianbei people and Qiang people. The former is the ruling class, and the latter is the main part of the residents. The royal city "Fuqi City" is surrounded by a vast prairie with abundant water and grass. Most of the people are animal husbandry. He is good at raising horses, and has a high level of handicrafts.

Bailan Mountain has gold, copper, iron and other minerals, and its trade has a long history with the "Dragon City" market in the east, and the Tuyuhun Road on the Silk Road is an important commercial route connecting Central Asia.

At the beginning of Tang Dynasty, the army of Tuyuhun was troubled by the border of the Tang Dynasty. In the eighth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, King Fuyun of Tuyuhun attacked Kuozhou and Lanzhou in the Tang Dynasty according to the plan of his ministers, threatening the Hexi Corridor, the throat leading to the Western Regions.

In June, Li Shimin ordered Duan Zhixuan, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, to lead his army to attack. Not long after the war started, Fu Yun led his army to flee far away, preventing the Tang army from doing his best. In November, Fu Yun led his army to attack Liangzhou of the Tang Dynasty again. In a fit of anger, Li Shimin appointed Li Jing, who was far away from the government and was recuperating at home, as the general manager of the Xikaidao March, and he was in charge of Hou Junji, who was then Minister of the Ministry of War, Li Daozong, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Li Daliang, Governor of Liangzhou, Li Daoyan, Governor of Minzhou, and Governor of Lizhou. Gao Zengsheng and Qibi Heli, the Eastern Turkic general who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and other troops attacked Tuyuhun across the board.

In April of the ninth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, after several months of hard fighting, when both armies were exhausted, the Tang army led by Li Daozong finally sent a small Tuyuhun army to a place called "Kushan" in the southeast of Qinghai Lake. defeated, but no trace of most of the Tuyuhun army led by Prince Fuyun was found...

After Fu Yun defeated "Kushan", he led his remnants to ignite mountain fires to stop the Tang army from pursuing troops.

After the mountain fire burned and the weeds were extinguished, the generals of the Tang army thought that if the army were to pursue Fu Yun, it would be difficult to supply supplies along the way, and the horses would be exhausted without food and would be unable to travel long distances. They must not go deep into the mountains and be ambushed by the enemy.

But Hou Junji shouted loudly.

"Fu Yun was defeated at the beginning, and the hearts of his soldiers were scattered. Why don't we take this opportunity to make progress together."

All the generals didn't care about this guy, they all kept silent and wanted to hear Li Jing's meaning.

Li Jing pondered for a while, then spoke to the generals.

"General Hou's proposal is acceptable. This general has decided to divide his troops into two groups to pursue and destroy Fu Yun's troops. All generals obey the order!"

"Let Li Daliang and other troops follow the general to cut off the retreat route leading to Qilian Mountain from the North Road, and detour to Fuqi City, the capital of Tuyuhun."

"Let Hou Junji, Li Daozong and other troops pursue the Tuyuhun army who fled south from the South Road."

All the generals were ordered to go back to the camp to rectify their soldiers and horses, bury the pots and cook food. When the soldiers and horses were supplemented with food and grass, and when the men were strong and the horses were strong, the two armies went north and south to pursue Fu Yun's remnant army.

Li Jing led the army all the way to the north, and when they reached "Mantou Mountain", they found the enemy, but it was a small group of Tuyuhun cavalry.

Holding a spear in his hand, Yu Shen rode his horse and fought with the enemy general for [-] rounds and beheaded the enemy general. When the Tuyuhun army saw that the general was beheaded and fell off his horse, they all rode their horses to break through the encirclement of the Tang army and continue to flee north.

Yu Shen was afraid of falling into the enemy's trap by chasing the disabled soldiers, so he ordered the pursuers to stop and wait for Li Jing's army to arrive.

When Li Jing's army arrived, Yu Shen presented the head of the enemy general.

"General Yu made the first contribution, and there will be rewards when the army returns to court. Now we should continue to pursue and wipe out the enemy army."

After Li Jing encouraged the vanguard a little, he ordered the army to continue moving. One day later on the road, he encountered a Tuyuhun army under Fu Yun's command at "Niuxindui". The two armies fought fiercely. Dozens of generals.

But seeing the smoke billowing on the battlefield and the bloodstains all over the field, it looks like it is infiltrating.

Hou Junji and Li Daozong's troops headed south, after several days of pursuit, trekking more than 2000 li in an uninhabited land, they finally encountered most of the enemy troops under Fu Yun's command at a place close to "Wuhai".

On the vast land, the Tang army and the Tuyuhun army formed a formation, each shooting their bows and arrows at the corners of the formation.

Before the formation of the two armies, Hou Junji confronted Li Daozong.

"My lord, how about you and I each lead an army to charge?"

"Yes! The king sent the army to charge the enemy's left flank, and General Hou attacked the right flank, so that the army can encircle the enemy bandits, and they will definitely be able to defeat the enemy and do their best!"

The two armies discussed properly before each other, so they each sent out military orders.

The drums of the Tang army were loud, and the Tuyuhun army also blew their horns. Under the gloomy sky, the sound of shouts and killings shook the sky.

When the two armies came into contact, soldiers fought against soldiers, generals against generals, and they refused to give in to each other. Even their horses kicked each other with all four hooves.

Look at the one who wields the knife, rolling out a scene of sword light like a splashing wind, the one who wields the spear is like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, and the blood rains flying, and the one who wields the stick, the hammer, the spear, and the horse has eighteen kinds of weapons. A unique move, no longer leaving a way out for people.

Amidst the screams, the smell of blood filled the sky, and the broken limbs and arms were scattered everywhere. The place of the battle really looked like an unbearable Shura field.

Surrounded by many generals of the Tang army, Hou Junji and Li Daozong slaughtered the Quartet, and they were full of vigor and mighty.

The morale of the Tuyuhun army was low during the few days of being pursued by the Tang army. How could the enemy win such a pursuit? They are all tiger and wolf divisions who want to make military achievements. After dozens of leading generals were beheaded and captured, the entire army collapsed , the rest of them all jumped out of the battle group and fled westward in groups.

In this battle, Hou Junji and Li Daozong defeated most of the enemy troops under Fu Yun's command, and severely damaged the Tuyuhun army.

Again, Li Jing urged the army to continue marching northward, chasing the enemy troops through "Jishishan" and "Heyuan" to the city of "Qiwei".

Li Jing's vanguard general, Qibi He Lide, reported from his scouts that Fuyun had led his troops to flee to "Tulun Qi" west of "Qiwei" city to reorganize his troops and horses, and planned to go to "Yutian" city to collect the remnants of Suo's troops and fight the Tang army again. That is to say, thousands of fine riders went straight to "Tulun Moraine" to attack Fuyun Yazhang.

In the "Tulun Moraine" tooth tent, Fu Yun looked tired, and was discussing with the generals under his command to collect the remnants and go to "Khotan" city to reorganize the army. Seeing the Tang army attacking from all over the world like the wind, they shouted that the soldiers wanted to fight the Tang army Qianqi decisively, but the opportunity was lost, and all the troops were panic-stricken. How could they organize an effective counterattack.

Fu Yun looked up to the sky and screamed, knowing that the situation was over, he led the royal guards and his son to flee to the city of "Khotan".

At this time, the two armies of Hou Junji and Li Daozong pursued the remnants of Tuyuhun. The Tang army met in "Dafeichuan" and broke through the enemy's defense line in "Luozhen Valley". After the continuous pursuit of the Tang army, the intention of surrendering to the Tang army was already there. However, the Prime Minister of the country, King Tianzhu, refused to allow it. This guy actually disregarded the kinship, and was also a subject of his father. Datang.

Fu Yun, who was on the run, got the news that his son led the army to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Several mouthfuls of blood spewed out from his horse's back, and his whole body was exhausted.

There is a saying: "The tree falls and the monkeys scatter!"

Most of the soldiers among the thousand riders couldn't bear to hide in Tibet, and nine out of ten of them dispersed within a few days. Seeing that there were still loyal followers around him, no more than a hundred riders, Fu Yun felt sad, and couldn't bear the burden of the last hundred riders. So he hanged himself in a hidden place in the "Mountain of Qi" and died. It is a pity that the soul of a generation of heroes has since returned to the kingdom of heaven. The loyal and righteous cavalry under his command all cut themselves with swords and followed the lord. The appearance is tragic, and his loyalty can be seen moon.

Li Jing led the army for half a year, and finally completely put down the Tuyuhun Dynasty, so that the land of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty could be stabilized. On the official road to "Chang'an" city, there are several horses galloping at the front and back, and the knights on horseback are all messengers with letter boxes on their backs.

The next day, at the banquet held by the Tang Palace to reward the generals of the Western Expedition, Li Shimin's face was full of red lights, and he ordered Murong Shun, the eldest son of Fu Yun, who led the army to surrender, to be the king of Xiping County. army stationed.

At this time, Li Jing was introspecting behind closed doors at home, but his meritorious deeds were questioned by the emperor.

However, because Gao Zengsheng, the general manager of "Yanze Road", colluded with Shi Tang Fengyi, the governor of "Guangzhou", to falsely accuse Li Jing of leading the army this time with the intention of rebellion. Li Shimin received the report and ordered a thorough investigation to find out the truth. Know what happened.

It turned out that when the Tang army attacked Tuyuhun, Gao Zengsheng, the general manager of "Yanze Road", led the army to fail to arrive at the designated place according to the military order. He was scolded by Li Jing for delaying the military plane and almost beheaded to sacrifice the flag. In addition, Hou Junji and Li Daozong have always secretly hated the relationship between Li Jing and the Xu family. When the emperor asked about the situation of the generals of the Western Expedition, he hesitated and refused to explain the facts.

When Li Shimin found out the truth and judged that Gao Zengsheng was exempted from death for slander and exiled to the frontier, several emergency memorials from "Youzhou" were placed in front of the emperor.

After seeing clearly the military situation reported in the memorial, Li Shimin pondered for a while and passed an order to Li Jing to enter the palace.

Unexpectedly, Li Jing sent someone to convey it to the emperor, saying: "I am extremely weak, and I am not suitable to participate in important government affairs."

From then on, Li Jing kept the door closed and kept away guests, and no one who was not his own relatives was allowed to enter the mansion.

Li Shimin had no choice but to summon Hou Junji, Li Daozong, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Xue Wanjun, Li Xiaogong and other court ministers to discuss matters...

The memorial sent back to the imperial court by "Youzhou" was an urgent military report from Li You, King of Yan, reporting Xu Tian's army to attack Koryo.

But it turned out that when the Tang Dynasty started the war with Tuyuhun, Yuan Gai Suwen of Koryo State and "Youzhou" Li You colluded to destroy Xu Tian's good situation of developing the Northeast, Yuan Gai Suwen was extremely domineering in the country, Regardless of Gaoli Rongliu Wang Gaowu's obstruction, the dead soldiers of the Gaoli nationality and the dead soldiers recruited by Li You often sneaked into various parts of the Northeast to carry out assassinations. Many of the dead soldiers were captured and killed by the Qin Army's intelligence chief Ma San.

Qin Wenyuan had to report such news, so the "Songmo" city garrison warned Li You not to come again, otherwise they would send troops to conquer "Youzhou" to question Li You, and at the same time conveyed their dissatisfaction to the royal court of Korea.

Since then, the Qin family army has formed a large army to suppress the Koryo country from all fronts in Liaodong. King Rongliu secretly hated Yuan Gai Suwen for attracting a strong enemy, and made up his mind to get rid of this traitor who threatened his throne and brought crisis to the Koryo country.

However, Gao Wu's plan was not well thought out, and Yuan Gai Suwen's secret work had already been bought by Yuan Gai Suwen among his confidant ministers.

After learning the news that the prince wanted to put himself to death, this fellow used tricks to lure the ministers loyal to the Gao family to inspect the army under his control, set up a feast for the officials of the royal court, and ambushed swordsmen around the banquet.

It's also Gao Wu's fate. You said that you are a prince. Since you want to plot against such a powerful enemy as Yuan Gai Suwen, after gathering your confidantes to make a proper plan, how could you not know that it is a mistake to strike early to be strong, and to strike later? The lives of all the ministers.

Many ministers were invited to inspect the army, and they didn't realize that the danger was approaching. They were all happy to follow Yuan Gai Suwen into the banquet hall where the ambush had already been laid. The poor officials had not figured out what was going on, but they were ambushed by the soldiers who were ambushing around the hall. Hack and kill.

Hundreds of Koryo officials loyal to the Gao family died unexpectedly, completely eliminating Gao Wu's only reliance.

This Yuan Gai Su Wen is ruthless. After killing all the officials, he led his soldiers into the palace, found Gao Lirong and left Wang Gaowu to kill and divide his body. He didn't even leave a resting place for the prince. After the murdered man threw his body into the wilderness, Lirong left Wang Gaowu's distant nephew Gao Zang as king, and he called himself "Damo Lizhi" as regent and took charge of the military power and state affairs of Koryo, making Gao Zang king no more than a puppet.

Xu Tian soon learned of the coup d'état in Koryo. Many officials in the palace gathered to discuss the situation in Koryo. Qin Wenyuan believed that it was the right time to take down Koryo. Under the pretext of unacceptable laws, Gao Qin, the only sister of Rongliu Wang Gaowu, wants to succeed to the throne.

(End of this chapter)