Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 382 Chapter 393: Enemy
Li Shimin pondered for a moment when he heard the words, and asked: "The poet madman, tell me, what kind of military position will you give Xue Rengui?"

Li Haodao: "I am asking General Xue for the post of marching commander."

As soon as this remark came out, the officials were in an uproar, the marching commander, that is a great military position, second only to the existence of the marching chief, the life and death of an army is in his hands, and it plays a vital role in the success or failure of the war , such a heavy burden, but Li Hao let an unknown person carry it, the officials were naturally surprised.

Kong Yingda immediately objected: "Absurd to the extreme! Your Majesty, absolutely not. The position of the commander of the army should be held by someone with outstanding military exploits. Xue Rengui is just a fledgling, how can he take up such a big job!"

The rest of the ministers seconded the proposal one after another and opposed Li Hao's proposal.

Li Shimin was in a bit of a dilemma. He trusted Li Hao's vision. Since Li Hao said that Xue Rengui was great, he must have two things. But now that the officials are against him, he can't just go his own way. What do you think of the post of captain?"

Li Hao suddenly said loudly: "Your Majesty, I would like to use my head as a guarantee. If General Xue Rengui takes the post of marching commander, he will definitely win a big victory, otherwise I will come to see you!"

As soon as this remark came out, Man Dian was shocked again, even Li Shimin was dumbfounded, unable to speak for a while, he did not expect Li Hao to be so persistent, willing to guarantee Xue Rengui with his life, it depends on how much trust he has in Xue Rengui.

Chu Suiliang turned his eyes, and suddenly came out and said: "Your Majesty, since Li Hao believes in Xue Rengui's ability so much, he must have something extraordinary in order to be so appreciated by the Marquis of Li County. Your Majesty has always appointed talents in an eclectic manner. , I think you might as well give it a try."

Many people looked at Chu Suiliang with strange eyes. This old thing is too bad. They opposed Li Hao's proposal just now. Now that Li Hao is willing to use his head as a guarantee, he immediately changed the direction of the wind. Doesn't it make it clear that he wants Li Hao? The head fell to the ground.

Li Shimin didn't speak. To be honest, now he dare not let Xue Rengui take the position of marching chief. He is worried that if Xue Rengui loses the battle and implicates Li Hao, it will be terrible. At that time, he will kill Li Hao or not. ?

But Chu Suiliang's words reminded Li Hao's opposing forces. Some Confucian officials and spokespersons of the powerful and noble families immediately came out to second the proposal, and asked Li Shimin to worship Xue Rengui as the marching commander. It can be said that from this point, it can be seen that Li Hao has offended many people in the court.

Cheng Yaojin, Li Ji, and Qin Qiong were on the verge of panic. They kept winking at Li Hao, telling him to take back his words, but Li Hao gave them a confident smile, signaling them to feel at ease.

The consensus was unstoppable. Although Li Shimin was unwilling to do so, he finally nodded and agreed to Li Hao's request, and Li Hao was put in the list.

Now Li Hao was pushed to the top of the storm. In order to ensure that Xue Rengui would not suffer defeat, Li Shimin would naturally let Li Hao go to the battle, so as to help Xue Rengui. According to everyone's proposal, Li Shimin finally worshiped Su Dingfang to march for San Mi Dao The chief manager, worship Li Hao as the head of the Futu Road march, and Xue Rengui as the head of the Kucha Road march.

Later, three supervisors were selected successively. Li Hao's Futudao marching supervisor was actually an old acquaintance Ma Zhou.

In the afternoon, the official document from the Ministry of War arrived. Li Hao and Xue Rengui went to receive the official document from the Ministry of War. They happened to meet each other. Xue Rengui was very excited and went back to Taibai Building with Li Hao for a few drinks.

After two days of preparation, the army was assembled. Su Dingfang, Li Hao, and Xue Rengui led the troops to set off. Su Dingfang led [-] troops, Li Hao led [-] troops, and Xue Rengui led [-] troops. Since it was a grassland battle, there were more cavalry. Moreover, Li Shimin gave special instructions, so the [-] soldiers and horses arranged for Li Hao were all elite cavalry.

The army set out, Li Hao didn't take the Xuanjia Army out this time, but left them in Lantian to watch the house, because Qin Su and Gulina Elena were pregnant, and it was found out just now, so Li Hao was worried at home , so he left Chen Song and the two hundred Xuanjia troops to watch the house, but he brought Zhu Ruihuan and Feiying, and Feiying brought 200 people here this time, and these 200 people were special forces trained by Feiying himself. This time, they will serve as Li Hao's personal guards.

When Li Hao's army left Chang'an, a man in green robes wearing a bamboo hat had already galloped towards Mobei on a fast horse. That direction was where Xue Yantuo and Huihe were.

This man in Qingpao is naturally Li Hao's old enemy. The war between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks is a rare opportunity. He wants to persuade Huihe and Xue Yantuo to join the war, expand the war, and create a big chaos. The defeat of the Tang Dynasty turned the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline. As for Li Hao's life and death, it was not within the scope of his consideration.

Ten days later, the Tubo spies stationed in Datang learned of the movements of the Tang soldiers and horses, and knew that the Tang Dynasty might start a war against the Western Turks, so they mobilized [-] soldiers and marched northwest. Garrison troops on the border of Tuyuhun, and sent envoys to see the king of Tuyuhun, and asked him to send troops to attack Datang together. This time, the spies of the Tang Dynasty failed to report the deployment of Tubo's troops in time, because Geer Dongzan had already found out the spies of the Tang Dynasty. , kill it secretly.

Two months later, when Li Hao and the others arrived in Yizhou, they saw that the city of Yizhou was in dilapidated condition. The originally backward city was completely devastated by the fire. The deserted ancient city of Loulan is somewhat similar.

Li Hao was furious in his heart, clenched his fists tightly, and when he was extremely angry, Feiying suddenly came to his side and said: "Master Hou, I found the code left by Jin Li, the remaining people in Yizhou City, he has already Properly resettled, a total of 3000 people."

Li Hao nodded when he heard the words: "That's good, you send someone to inform him that there will be a big battle in the desert recently, let him stay away, and don't get involved."

"Yes." Feiying nodded and accepted the order.

The army continued on its way and arrived in Xizhou half a month later. Su Dingfang ordered to stop in Xizhou and began to build siege equipment on the spot. At the same time, he discussed the deployment of war with Li Haoxue Rengui.

When the Western Turks heard that the Tang Dynasty sent [-] troops, Khan Yibishekui hurriedly sent envoys to meet with Su Dingfang and asked for a peace agreement.

Su Dingfang ignored the Western Turkic envoy and scolded him away.

Half a month later, it was late autumn, the weather turned cold, and the siege equipment was almost built. According to the strategic policy formulated before, Su Dingfang asked Li Hao to attack northward and take down Khan Futu City, because there were Western Turks stationed there. The [-] army must be taken down so that they can safely attack the Western Turkic royal court, otherwise they will face the danger of being attacked from behind. Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui are responsible for leading the troops to advance east and northeast respectively to attack the Western Turkic court.

After Li Hao received the military order, he set off with an army of [-] troops and headed north. Attacking Khan Futu City can be said to be a difficult task. Khan Futu City is located in the north of Tingzhou, in the middle of the desert. The desert here is very famous. , called Shatuoqi, is also a part of the later Gurbantunggut Desert, very large, located in the Junggar Basin.

Li Hao intends to march to Tingzhou first, and then attack Khan Futu City. After all, it is a siege battle, which is difficult and cannot be exhausted.

However, after only traveling two hundred miles, Li Hao habitually checked his surroundings with binoculars when he got up and marched early in the morning. He was shocked to find that two armies were coming from the northwest direction to the east. There are more than 150 miles, and there are too many people. According to his experience, the smaller army has about 1 people, while the other has at least 3 people, adding up to no less than [-] troops.

Li Hao was stunned. The [-] army suddenly appeared. He could figure out what it meant with his feet, and the army coming from that direction was obviously the army of Xue Yantuo and Huihe.

Even when Li Haodang started to think about how to deal with the [-] troops, Xue Yantuo and Huihe suddenly joined the battle. This is not good news.

While Li Hao was thinking, suddenly a soldier came to report, and a messenger from Xizhou arrived, reporting urgent military information.

Li Hao hurriedly passed the messenger in, and the messenger rushed into the barracks panting, handed a letter to Li Hao, panting heavily, and said: "Director Li, something is wrong, Tubo and Tuyuhun suddenly attacked from behind, Xizhou has fallen, and Governor Guo Xiaoke is leading the remnants and the people to this side."

"What!" Li Hao stood up suddenly when he heard the words, frowned and shouted, "What did Guo Xiaoke do, he lost Xizhou! Isn't that because someone cut off his escape route!"

The messenger said helplessly: "Director Li, calm down, the enemy is coming too fast, and there are too many people, we can't defend at all."

"How many are they?"

The messenger said: "Tubo and Tuyuhun dispatched a total of [-] troops!"

"[-]!" Li Hao was shocked. Now they are really under attack, and their base camp Xizhou has been taken away, which means that they will cut off the supply of food and grass, and fight in the desert without food and grass. Basically waiting to die.

Li Hao frowned, paced back and forth for a long time, and asked, "Is there any next move after they captured Xizhou?"

The messenger said: "Guo Xiaoke sent scouts to investigate, and learned that they sent 1 troops to the north. It seems to be to attack Tingzhou, leaving [-] people to guard Xizhou."

"It's a good way to enter the house and use war to support war. They want to occupy all of Xizhou and Tingzhou, and use our Datang city as a camp, and then the armies of many countries will attack. We will be defeated by the enemy. It seems that Ge Er Dong praised the handwriting." Li Hao gritted his teeth and sighed secretly, his mind turned quickly, and he began to organize his thoughts.

Now that Xue Yantuo, Huihe, Tubo, and Tuyuhun have joined the war, and all of them are pointing their fingers at Tang. If they say that they have no collusion, ghosts will not believe it. The most important thing now is that the Tang army has lost the stronghold of Xizhou. Even if it can keep Tingzhou, It's useless, because after all, Xizhou is the seat of the Anxi Protectorate, a newly built city, and the stockpile of food and grass is rich enough to defend the city, but Tingzhou can't.

Li Hao turned his head and stared at the military map for a moment, then suddenly said loudly: "Pass my military order, everyone should bring four days' worth of water and food, discard all luggage and food, and immediately set off with light clothes and head to Xizhou as quickly as possible!"

Ma Zhou was extremely shocked when he heard the words, and hurried forward and said, "Shikuang, what do you want?"

"Take back Xizhou!" Li Hao said with firm eyes, "If we don't take Xizhou back, this battle won't be fought."

Ma Zhou was surprised and said: "Xizhou is guarded by tens of thousands of enemy troops. You only have [-] soldiers and horses, and you have thrown away the siege equipment. How can you defeat it? Even if you can capture Xizhou, you will suffer heavy losses and it will take time. It's too long."

"I have my own measure!" Li Hao said resolutely, "Quickly pass on our military order without delay. Anyone who violates the order will be executed!"

(End of this chapter)