Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 850 Taking Gaochang’s Actual Control
Almost when Su Qingjie and Pei Xingjian left the Gaochang King City, a group of people attacked and killed them in the dark.

They don't know who did it, but they're not going to sit still.

"Qingjie, you go first, I'll be behind!"

During the crisis, Pei Xingjian didn't give Su Qingjie a chance to refuse at all, and used his longbow as a whip to slap Su Qingjie's horse.

"Keep the promise!"

Su Qingjie was galloped by war horses, and the Tang army was divided into two groups, one group escorted Zhang Xiong's wife and children on the way, and the other group left behind.

Pei Xingjian picked up the horse spear, and led the remaining brothers to kill the enemy quickly.

Su Qingjie knew his mission well, so he could only escort Zhang Xiong's wife and children away first, and then come back to rescue.

However, he thought too much, the enemy army that attacked them did not pose much danger to Pei Xingjian at all, and Pei Xingjian led the crowd to retreat in just two sticks of incense.

After that, Pei Xingjian quickly caught up with Su Qingjie.

"Do you know the other party's identity?" Su Qingjie asked.

"If my prediction is correct, it should be Gaochang soldiers." Pei Xingjian said with a slightly solemn expression.

"That's not very good." Su Qingjie said: "Quick, you send someone back to inform the general immediately."

"Ok!"

Qu Wentai has been a grandson for several years, and he finally doesn't plan to be a grandson anymore.Earlier, Qu Wenhe rebelled, but thanks to Tang Jun's pacification, he was already aware of Tang Jun's threat to Gaochang at that time, but he was helpless.

Because Zhang Xiong is biased towards the Tang army, he can only live his life dreaming of death, and hand over all the general and political power to Zhang Xiong to show that he has no other ideas.But now that Zhang Xiong is about to die, he must regain his power.

Even if Tang Jun can't be driven away, he still wants to control Gaochang by himself.

After the first wave of intercepting and killing Zhang Xiong's wife and children failed, Qu Wentai immediately united with the Gaochang royal family, preparing to stick to Gaochang, completely eradicate the inner ghost, and regain control of Gaochang.

It's a pity that Su Lie didn't give him a chance.

After seeing that Zhang Xiong's wife and children were safe, Su Lie immediately led his army to the garrison camp outside Gaochang City, and took full control of the place in the name of Zhang Xiong.Datang has already begun to infiltrate Gaochang, Zhang Xiong is just one of them, and I don't know how many others.

Gaochang has been corroded up and down, and the people all miss me, Tang Jun.

Outside Gaochang King City.

"kill!"

The joint army of Tang Army and Gaochang Army quickly broke through the gate of Wangcheng, and with the help of Nei Ying, they quickly entered the city.

Su Lie asked Gao Chang to submit to the general to appease the people, and he personally led the army to the palace to arrest Qu Wentai.

The battle was one-sided. Qu Wentai, who didn't have many soldiers in his hands, was no match for Su Lie. After one night, he was captured alive by Su Lie.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me, I surrender, I surrender!"

Qu Wentai was pressed to the ground by Tang Jun, and he slapped the floor with one hand.

Su Lie cast a contemptuous glance at Qu Wentai, and said, "Don't worry, I won't kill you, but I don't know if His Majesty the Emperor will kill you."

With a playful smile, Su Lie ordered Qu Wentai and others to be imprisoned.He was already too lazy to show off his power in front of Qu Wentai, because it was too out of style.

After taking control of Gaochang, Su Lie immediately selected a Gaochang royal family who had already taken refuge in the Tang Dynasty as the king of Gaochang, and he himself ordered the Tang army to control all the cities of Gaochang.

At this point, Gaochang was completely taken down.

Two days later.

Zhang Xiong didn't expect that before he died, he could still see his wife and children to send him to his death.When he saw Su Lie, he fully understood that Gao Chang had been completely controlled.

"Mr. Zhang."

"Mr. Su."

The two met and smiled knowingly.

Su Lie said directly: "Don't worry, I will definitely report your achievements to His Majesty Yulan, and I will also take good care of your wife and children."

"Okay, thank you Su Gong!" Zhang Xiong was completely relieved.

He doesn't care about Gao Chang's life or death, he only cares about the safety of his family.With Su Lie's guarantee, his wife and children will always be safe.

Two days later, Zhang Xiong died of illness, and Su Lie personally buried him.According to Zhang Xiong's wishes, he was buried in Gaochang.

Half a month later, Su Lie ordered Su Qingjie and Pei Xingjian to lead a team of soldiers and horses to escort Zhang Xiong's wife and children back to Chang'an, together with Qu Wentai.In addition, they also brought Su Lie's handwritten letter, which described the Gaochang incident and asked the emperor what to do next.

It was the first time that Su Qingjie saw a captive monarch of a country, and he stared at Qu Wentai very curiously along the way.But this frightened Qu Wentai half to death, thinking that the young Tang Jun was going to kill him, so he begged for mercy.

Su Qingjie said contemptuously: "As the lord of a foreign country, he doesn't even have any courage."

Pei Xingjian smiled and said: "Everyone is afraid of death, this person is pampered, so naturally he is even more afraid of death."

"Then why is he courting death?" Su Qingjie was puzzled.He had heard about Gao Chang from his father, and he didn't understand why Qu Wentai didn't obey him when he knew that the hope of winning was slim.

Pei Xingjian sighed: "I think they may be taking a chance."

As the empire wiped out more and more enemies, Tang Jun was now speechless and funny when he saw those life and death masters of the foreign kingdom.

"Hey, I really want to die." Su Qingjie sneered.

The group arrived in Chang'an half a month later.

After the emperor knew what had happened, he formally received Zhang Xiong's wife and children in the Hall of Tai Chi, and bestowed Zhang Xiong with the title of General of Mingyuan, Guiyi Gong, canonized Zhang Xiong's wife, Qu Shi, as Shan'an County Lord, and named his eldest son Zhang Dinghe as The Duke of Kequan County, in addition, rewarded gold, silver, jade and silk.

Zhang Xiong has controlled Gaochang for these years, and has been actively cooperating with Datang's actions in Gaochang. He has made many requests to be attached to the Shu, and he has long been a hero.Now that he passed away due to illness, Li Zhiyun would naturally not treat his wife and children badly.

After Zhang Xiong's wife and children thanked him, Li Zhiyun asked the Ministry of Rites to arrange a house in Chang'an for their mother and son to live in.

As for Qu Wentai and others, they were immediately placed under house arrest for life.

After the end of the dynasty, Li Zhiyun discussed with the ministers in the political affairs hall what to do with Gaochang.

Li Jingdao: "I believe that we should maintain the status quo for the time being. If Gaochang is taken directly at this time, it will inevitably arouse the fear of the Western Turks. Although we don't have to worry about the threat of the Western Turks, since our court has decided not to move troops for the time being, then It is best not to let the Western Turks start to guard against us in advance."

"This statement is reasonable." Xue Shou said: "Since General Su has supported an obedient Gaochang royal family to cooperate with our court, we can temporarily hold back our troops so as not to annex Gaochang rashly and arouse the vigilance of the Western Regions. Wait until our army is ready to move At that time, it will not be too late to annex Gaochang."

The other prime ministers also meant the same thing. In their view, the Western Turks or the countries of the Western Regions are not worth guarding against, but since the emperor decided to wait a year or two before attacking the Western Regions, there is no need to start now. Eager to swallow Gaochang.Anyway, Tang Jun has actually controlled Gaochang now, only a name is missing, so don't worry.

"Okay, then let's do this." Li Zhiyun finalized.

Taking Gaochang is nothing, because Datang can take Gaochang at any time, and what they have to consider is the future war against the Western Regions.

The surrounding foreign countries have almost been destroyed, it is time to consider the Western Regions.Where there is a unified and powerful dynasty, there is no one who does not care about the Western Regions.

The same is true for Li Zhiyun. Fighting the Western Turks has long been on the agenda, sooner or later.

What they should consider is how to fight, where to fight, and how to get the greatest victory at the least cost.

(End of this chapter)