Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 927 : Dangerous!situation!

"Brother Le, please don't worry, Cheng Dabao has told us the rules in the Jinwu Guard camp. Since we are determined to come here, we have already discussed it. I think our ancestors also relied on hard work step by step to be reused by the court. We should naturally uphold the legacy of our ancestors and don't want to mess around like before. This time in the Jinwu Guard camp, it is hard and tiring. Let's not say any bold words. Brother Le sees our performance."

Hearing what Wei Wuya said, Qin Xiaole was very happy to see the resolute expressions on the faces of the three boys, and ordered Liu Lang to bring the three boys into the camp and make them into his personal guard battalion. After several months of assessment, he would be given corresponding military positions based on his ability.

After the three boys left the room with Liu Lang to go to the barracks, Qin Xiaole ordered Shan Sijing to pay attention to the situation of the three boys, and give him some help at any time, thinking that after all, they are acquainted friends, so they can't do too much.

Since then, Fang Yong, Du Ziyan, and Wei Wuya, the three boys in the Jinwu Guard camp, really suffered a lot. Every day after training, after training, they would lie on the ground and yell at Qin Xiaole for not being a joke.

They waited but they didn't know that the abnormally designed facilities in this training ground, which allowed people and soldiers to form a tacit understanding, enhance physical strength and balance, were learned by Xu Xiaole from his father, and they were also the training methods used by Xu Jiajun to strengthen the army.

These methods of strengthening the army were derived by Qin Wenyuan from his experience in the army in his previous life and the methods of training soldiers he knew.

Seeing that the three boys were not stumped by such intense training, Qin Xiaole admired the perseverance of the three boys, thinking that they must have been instructed and encouraged by the elders in the family, so that they could have a bright future in the army.

Every time in the army, Qin Xiaole laughed out loud when he saw these three boys in a state of embarrassment.

"Not bad, not bad! If you are like this now, you will have the blood of a soldier. In a few months, you will be able to lead a hundred cavalry as a general."

The three boys Cheng Dabao, Yuchi Xiaohei, and Li Minzhong scolded Qin Xiaole in their hearts after hearing the words.

"You live a healthy life. You often go out to camp and don't know where to go to have fun, but let your buddies and others toss about these crap every day. It's really not a thing to come in the wind and go in the mud."

No wonder Cheng Dabao and the others scolded him like this. This kid left almost all the heavy responsibility of training sergeants to Liu Lang and Shan Sijing, two lieutenant generals, but he acted as a shopkeeper, often sneaking back to the mansion, but he even pretended to tell everyone that he was going to the palace to listen to the teachings of the emperor and empress, so as to cover up that he went home to mix oil with Princess Taiping, and was busy making villain's fun.

He took a break from his busy schedule to be affectionate with Princess Taiping, and coaxed the little daughter-in-law to be less savage than before, but made all the brothers have fun in the military camp all day long. This move was praised by several elders, especially Cheng Yaojin, an old man who often went to the Jinwu Guard camp to help him repair these boys.

In the midst of the bitterness and happiness of the brothers, the border troubles of the Tang Dynasty became more and more tense. At that time, the great minister of the Tubo Kingdom, Ge Er Zanie Duobu, a hero, ordered his younger brother Gar Qinling to lead troops to station in Tuyuhun to strengthen the control of the river source area of ​​the Tang Dynasty.

Gar Qinling was a famous general in Tubo who was known as all-rounder in civil and military affairs.

The leader of this army is most adept at maneuvering east to attack west, and is famous for his bold use of troops, which made the Tang army stationed in Khotan and Shule very nervous, and even extended this tense situation to the city of Kucha.

Since the Tubo army was stationed in Tuyuhun, they have been constantly harassing the border of the Tang Dynasty. In the past year, it has become more and more serious, causing dozens of conflicts between the Tang army and the Tubo army, making the people of all ethnic groups on the border really miserable.

It was during the time when the Tubo army harassed the border of the Tang Dynasty. Due to the severe drought in many places in the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court, in order to quell the rumors of the disaster among the people, in addition to disaster relief measures, amnesty the world and changed the name of the first year to "Xianheng" (670 years).
At the critical moment when the imperial court was committed to the relief of the drought and the gradual restoration of people's livelihood, in April of the first year of "Xianheng", the Tubo army was no longer satisfied with the measures to harass the border of the Tang Dynasty, and began to invade the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty on a large scale, capturing Baizhou and other [-] Jimi prefectures.

In view of the situation, the Tang court had no choice but to dismiss the four towns of Anxi. In a rage, Li Zhi called a group of ministers in the palace to discuss sending troops to the Western Regions.

In the Wucheng Hall of the Luoyang Imperial Palace, the civil and military ministers gathered, waiting for the two saints to come to court, and they all shouted long live.

After the officials saw the ceremony, Li Zhi spoke.

"Today, Tubo is rampant. They have invaded our borders with troops, burned, killed and looted, and plunged our people into dire straits. The situation is hateful and must not be lightly forgiven. I want to send troops to pacify the west. What proposals do you ministers have? Discuss who should be the commander, and talk about it in the hall."

All the courtiers heard what the emperor said, each offering their own plan to make peace with the West, but it was not satisfactory. At that time, the famous generals in the Tang army were withered, big men like Xu Shiji and Li Jing had long since passed away, and Cheng Yaojin was too old to lead the army to fight.

Li Zhi wanted to make Su Dingfang his teacher to conquer the west, but he heard a thunderbolt from the blue sky in the hall. It turned out that Su Dingfang had died of illness in the army three years ago. Because Li Zhi had been negligent in the government these years, he only learned about this evil in the hall today.

Upon hearing the news that Su Dingfang had passed away, Li Zhi was furious, and reprimanded the prime minister in charge of the military aircraft and Minister of War Yao Chong for not reporting Su Dingfang's death.

When the courtiers heard the emperor's questioning, Yao Chong hurriedly reported that Su Dingfang had passed away due to illness.

Seeing that the emperor was still furious after hearing the words, Wu Zetian said aside.

"The emperor calms down. When Su Dingfang died of illness, the emperor was in a period of illness and discomfort. This palace is in charge of envoys to bury General Su generously and give him corresponding honors."

Hearing this, Li Zhi blamed the courtiers next to him, why didn't he remind himself when he mentioned such an important matter, and then said in grief and indignation.

"Su Dingfang has made great contributions to the country. As usual, he should be rewarded and awarded. Qing and others kept me ignorant of this. As a result, the heroes of the empire were not commended by me after their death. I feel uneasy!"

Having said this, Li Zhi couldn't help lamenting sadly, and stopped talking about many matters after Su Dingfang's death, but spoke directly.

"The posthumous decree awarded Su Dingfang as General Zuo Xiaowei, Governor of Youzhou, posthumous title Zhuang, in recognition of his heroism."

Yao Chong, Minister of the Ministry of War, received the decree, saying that he would posthumously present Su Dingfang according to the emperor's will.

The matter came to an end, and the court returned to the topic of who led Pingxi, and Wu Zetian proposed in the hall.

"In the current situation, I want to send the right Weiwei General Xue Rengui to lead the army to quell the chaos in the Western Regions. I don't know what the emperor and the ministers think."

Hearing what the queen said, Cheng Yaojin withdrew his original proposal to make Pei Xinglian handsome, because Cheng Yaojin knew that all the proposals the queen said would be implemented in the end, so why should he bother with such a boring thing.

Sure enough, as soon as the queen said a word, all the courtiers praised the queen's wisdom, and Xu Xiaole, who was standing next to Cheng Yaojin in the hall, secretly scolded these courtiers for being shameless.

"What the hell! Why are there so many sycophants in this palace?"

The kid was dissatisfied, and was about to stand up to refute, pointing out the disadvantages of making Xue Rengui the commander, and making a request that he also wants to lead the army to conquer the Western Regions, but he was stopped by Cheng Yaojin and said softly.

"You little bastard, don't try to show off your power here. Our grandparents and grandchildren are waiting to watch the situation. Thinking about who the court will be the general of this battle in Pingxi, you are not the one who can participate. And do your part well, let the boys around you step up their training and prepare for the battle, so that they can fight the enemy and win some military exploits at that time."

Regarding the Queen's suggestion that Xue Rengui lead the army to Pingxi, although many ministers in the court had different ideas, most of them were silent because they had Cheng Yaojin's ideas.

In fact, Xu Tian is the most suitable person for Pingxi to be the commander this time, followed by Pei Xinglian, because Pei Xinglian once served as the governor of Anxi, and he is very familiar with the distribution of forces in the Western Regions and the local folk customs.

The so-called; go up to the army to attack the plan, and then to attack the handover.It's not just as simple as it is said, it requires the wisdom of the leader, but Xue Rengui is not ready for this.

Now there are not many generals who can lead the army in the imperial court. As a last resort, Li Zhi had to pass an order to Xue Rengui, the general of the right guard, to be the chief commander of the Luosuo road march, and the general of the left guard, Guo Daifeng, and the general of the right guard, Ashina Daozhen, were the deputy.

After the imperial court announced the decree to appoint General Pingxi, Li Zhi said again.

"My lords, this battle in Pingxi should strengthen our army's prestige, so that the Tubo thieves will submit again, protect Tuyuhun and return to the country, so as to ensure that the western border of the empire will not suffer from war."

Xue Rengui led the order and said.

"The minister obeys the order and will definitely live up to the expectations of the emperor and empress."

Once the war machine of the Tang Dynasty is turned on, all the government departments and offices of the imperial court will start to operate like every part of this machine, so that many soldiers and civilians will participate in the battle of Pingxi, naturally;

After the [-] troops were assembled neatly, Xue Rengui ordered the whole army to go to the Western Regions in the tent of the Chinese army.

The march did not stop for one day, and when the Tang army soldiers reached the main road from Shanzhou to Dafeichuan in the west, Xue Rengui called the generals to discuss how to deal with the enemy.

Waiting for all the generals to gather together in the central army and divide them into left and right tents, Xue Rengui sat in the commander's seat, looked over the generals with his tiger eyes and spoke.

"We have led our troops to march for several days. Although the soldiers are exhausted now, if we want to win, this commander believes that the strategy of quick battle and quick decision will be the only way to succeed. The Tubo army has many generals, so when dealing with our army, we will naturally adopt a strategy of waiting for work. Under such circumstances, what suggestions do you generals have? You may as well listen to them."

After Xue Rengui's words, many generals did not respond to what he said, they were all silent, making the atmosphere in the military tent very depressing.

This time, Guo Daifeng, the deputy general manager of Zhengxi, was born after Guo Xiaoke, a famous general of the Tang army, who was dissatisfied with Xue Rengui as the main general of Zhengxi.

Guo Daifeng's silent attitude naturally affected the other deputy chief, Ashina Daozhen, who was also an arrogant and unruly person. How could he be willing to be under Xue Rengui's command? It was the two deputy chiefs who had such thoughts, which caused the generals of the Western Tang Army to be at odds and had inherent shortcomings.

The two lieutenants under Xue Rengui's command were silent at the meeting, so how could the generals under his command express their suggestions for this battle.

Seeing that the generals were silent, Xue Rengui suppressed his anger in his heart, and then spoke calmly.

"According to the report of the vanguard scouts, the Tubo army is now gathered in Wuhai, and Wuhai is dangerous and far away. It is inconvenient for our army to move there. In order not to lose the opportunity to fight, the commander wants General Guo Daifeng to lead an army of [-] to guard the supplies, food and grass. We will set up fences and build fortifications in Dafeiling to make it a forward position that can be attacked and retreated. In this way, we will have no worries."

After saying that, Xue Rengui didn't care whether Guo Daifeng was willing or not, but handed over the token to this guy and continued talking.

"This commander wants to lead the main force of [-] Tang troops to attack the advance base of the enemy army in Wuhai in light clothes. General Ashina Daozhen leads [-] troops and sticks to Dafei City as our backup, so as to form a front and rear attack on the Tubo army."

The generals were ordered to retire, and went to gather their troops and horses to prepare for the expedition.

Xue Rengui led his troops to attack, and the army marched to the mouth of the river to encounter the Tubo army. It has to be said that Xue Rengui's strategic thinking was correct. The Tubo army never dreamed that the Tang army would start attacking mode regardless of fatigue and without rest.

It was this kind of thinking of underestimating the enemy that caught the Tubo army and the Tang army off guard when they encountered each other, and they were defeated and retreated. Although the casualties were not large, they lost more than ten thousand cattle and sheep, and they were unable to organize soldiers to fight back forcefully.

Xue Rengui won the first battle and took advantage of the situation to capture Wuhai City. Chen Bing waited for Guo Daifeng's logistics support and Ashina Daozhen's troops to gather in Wuhai to expand the results of the battle.

The leading general of the Tubo army, Gar Qinling, received the report that the Wuhai garrison was defeated by the Tang army and lost the city. In a rage, he ordered the guards in the army to kill the leading general of Wuhai City.

Xue Rengui led the Tang Army's forward main force to victory in the first battle, but he did not expect that Guo Daifeng did not follow his military order to build fortifications in Dafeiling as a Tang Army stronghold, but led the army to rush into Wuhai according to his own ideas, but failed to join Xue Rengui's troops in time.

(End of this chapter)