A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 620 Heading west to Langshan to recruit old troops

"Have you found Jie Li?"

"I searched everywhere but couldn't find it."

"If you want to see a person alive, you want to see a corpse after death. Keep looking. You will dig three feet into the ground to find him."

Jieli didn't find it, but he did find an acquaintance. Pang Xiaotai, the lackey of Prime Minister Wu, was the general of the left-leading army Wei Zhonglang. He had been ordered to escort Cui Dunli, the minister of war, on a mission to the Turks, but he was detained by Jieli together.

In front of Jie Li, Pang Xiaotai was not as proud as Cui Dunli, so he was directly sent to Tieshan to mine.

When the Tang army invaded the camp, Pang Xiaotai was still banging his sledgehammer to forge iron and forge weapons. When he saw the commotion outside and heard that the Tang army had entered, this guy excitedly grabbed the sledgehammer and killed the Turkic supervisor. Smashed to the ground,
He quickly broke his shackles and hand shackles without using any weapons. He just swung a sledgehammer and knocked over several of them. He smashed them all the way and rescued many Han slaves in the camp along the way.

When Wu Huaiyu saw him, he almost didn't recognize him.

Lost too much weight,

Moreover, it was dark and dirty, with messy beard and hair, and blood stains all over his body.
"Ms. sir," Pang Xiaotai knelt down excitedly when he saw Wu Huaiyu, "Ms. sir, are you here to rescue us?"

After confirming that this was Pang Xiaotai, Wu Huaiyu helped him up, "I thought you were over there in Dingxiang, are you okay?"

"His mother Jieli was sent here to be a slave. Damn it, I gave the purple gold to the general Zhonglang. Jieli actually regarded me as a miner and a blacksmith slave. My husband, where is Jieli? I want to kill him." Take it apart into eight pieces.”

"Jie Li is not found. He must have run away again. This guy's ability to run away is really impressive."

"Please give me a few hundred men, sir, and I will chase him back."

"I have sent people to chase him. You should go take a hot bath first and change your clothes. You don't have to worry about Jieli."

In Tieshan camp, the Tang army captured more than [-] Turks.

Jie Li also wanted to use this as a base camp, but he never expected that Wu Huaiyu would arrive so quickly. He arrived on the front foot, and Wu Huaiyu arrived almost on the back foot. He never expected that his confidant Zhi Shili would come with Tang Jun.

There are mostly miners and blacksmith slaves here, and the fuli sent by Jieli to convey the order to recruit soldiers haven't brought anyone back yet.

When Jie Li saw the Tang army approaching, he had no intention of resisting at all and ran away again without saying a word. This guy even had experience in running away.
In the Golden Wolf tent, he took off the brocade robe and fur clothes he had just put on and put on ordinary herdsman clothes. Even the attached wolf guards beside him also asked him to change into ordinary herdsman clothes, and then ran away. .

"Where do you think Jieli will escape?"

"To the west or north?"

"I think the most likely way is to go west. After all, as Zhi Shi Si Li said before, Jie Li now only believes in Sha Boluo's little khan Suni Shi. He also sent people to the west of Helan Mountain to pass on the order to Suni Shi. ," Wu Huaiyu analyzed.

"I think so too. It is impossible for Jieli to go to Mobei. After all, the Turkic Khanate was repeatedly defeated in Mobei. Now Tuoshe Ashinasheer was expelled by Xue Yantuo to the Western Region Khan Futu City, and Yugushe was also defeated. Untenable,

If Jie Li goes to Mobei, he will be like a wolf entering the tiger's mouth and falling into a trap."

Sitting in Jie Li's golden wolf tent, Wu Huaiyu and a group of generals analyzed Jie Li's escape direction, and they all felt that he might run to the west.

Wu Huaiyu also sent more cavalry to the west to pursue, but to be cautious, he still sent several light cavalry to the north to pursue.

What if Jieli ran north?

No matter what, Jie Li must be captured.

Wu Huaiyu also sent people to Yu Sheshe in Hetao to set up Ashina Moya Tent, so that Yu Sheshe could not keep Jie Li. If Jie Li was found, he must hand it over.

He also sent people to the west of Helan Mountain and also informed Shabo Luohan Sunisi that if his nephew Jieli came to his territory, he must hand him over.

"Go and inform Consort Chai and Prince Li again,"

Chai Shao marched along the Yellow River. His main purpose was to go to Yusheshe in the Hetao to prevent Jieli from escaping to the Hetao to join Yusheshe.

As for Li Daozong, who came out of Lingzhou, he mainly focused on Shaboluohan Sunishi.

Soon, among the various people who were chasing after them, someone discovered the traces of Jie Li and his companions' escape. As expected, Jie Li fled to the west.

"Chase!"

"The direction of Jie Li's escape route indicates that he is heading to Woye Town."

Woye town was once one of the six towns in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It was originally located in the Woye old city of Han Dynasty, located in Dengkou, and later moved to the Shuofang old city of Han Dynasty. It is located in the northeast of Fengzhou today, on the north bank of the Yellow River, not far from Yinshan Mountain.

This place belongs to Nanmianshe, that is, Jieli's nephew, Chuluo Khan's eldest son Yusheshe Ashinamomo territory. It was originally Fengzhou in the Tang Dynasty, but later the Tang Dynasty moved people to the territory and abandoned Fengzhou. They are all controlled by Turks.

It’s only three hundred miles to go southwest from Tieshan and cross Yinshan Mountain.
Jie Li could arrive on a fast horse in two days at most.

"Jie Li is so panicked that he has no choice but to take the road," Wu Huaiyu sneered as he mounted his horse.

The relationship between Jieli and Yu Sheshe was very bad. In the past, the relationship between the two was even incompatible. However, after all, Yu Sheshe was the eldest son of Chuluo Khan and had a distinguished status. At that time, Jieli inherited the title of Chuluo Khan from his elder brother. , which is equivalent to taking away Yu Sheshe’s position.

After the brothers Yu Sheshe and Tuo She grew up, Jieli had to divide the two brothers' lives. The two inherited the troops of their father Chuluo Khan and were very powerful. Jieli gave the two brothers a One goes to Mobei and the other goes to Hetao.

They are all good places.

Now that Jieli is running to Yu Sheshe's territory, isn't this a sheep entering a tiger's mouth?
"I doubt that Xie Li will go to Woye Town. He is more likely to go to Langshan Pass further west,"

A little north of Langshan Pass, the surrender city was built there during the Han Dynasty. The Mobei grassland northwest of Langshan Pass was the territory of Shaboluo Khan.

Southeast of Langshan Pass is the map of Yusheshe Hetao, but outside Langshan Pass is the territory of Shaboluohan.

Jieli had a good relationship with his uncle Shaboluohan, but he was at odds with Yu Sheshe. He would definitely not dare to go to Yu Sheshe at this time. "Photography Special Service, you lead your headquarters to rush directly to Langshan Pass to intercept,"

Wu Huaiyu also arranged for Li Tudiji and Wu Fuyu to take Mohe Fanqi and take a shortcut to Woye Town to intercept them, just in case.

He himself, along with Zhi Huansi Li, Pang Xiaotai and others, pursued Jie Li along his trail. No matter where he ran, he could always be caught.

Jie Li escaped in a very embarrassed manner.
Never dare to stop for a moment.

Wu Huaiyu's guess was correct. Jieli did not intend to vote for his nephew Yu Sheshe, nor did he even fully intend to vote for his uncle Shaboluohan.

He now felt that none of the Turkic little khans and designers were loyal, and he felt that no place near the Tang Dynasty was safe.

"First go west to Langshan Pass, ask Shaboluohan to borrow some troops, and then go directly to Tuyuhun!"

Jieli planned to go directly to Qinghai.
His mother was Princess Tuyuhun. Although Murong Fuyun, the Khan of Tuyuhun, was a cunning and cunning guy who wavered between left and right.
But Jie Li knew that Murong Fuyun hated the people of the Central Plains very much. Not only did he hate the Sui Dynasty, which had once destroyed Tuyuhun, but he also hated the people of the Tang Dynasty.

Although they jointly sent troops to attack the Tang Dynasty in the ninth year of Wude, Tuyuhun finally backed down. After being beaten by Chai Shao, he paid tribute and sued for peace.
But Jieli still felt that Fu Yun was trustworthy.

The new wind is flying,

The snow dances wildly,

The road ahead is long,

Dozens of riders fled in panic,

Jieli didn't want to stop, and he didn't dare to stop either.

But he still held a bit of luck in his heart. This time he was calculated by the Tang people. As long as he arrived in Tuyuhun, he could unite with Tuyuhun and Dangxiang, and he could also summon the expansion of the Khan Futu City in the Western Regions, and in the north of Hexi Province. Shaboluohan, you can also persuade Yusheshe in Hetao,
Everyone united again to counterattack the Tang Dynasty. He even thought about taking Hexi first, and then planned to seize Longyou and Shuofang.
It is six hundred miles from Tieshan to Gaoque Fortress at Langshan Pass.

Jieli didn't dare to stop for a moment.

Langshan Pass, Gaoque Fortress,
According to historical records and biographies of the Xiongnu, King Wuling of Zhao built the Great Wall and merged it with the foot of Yinshan Mountain in Zidai. The highest gate was used as a fortress, and Yunzhong, Yanmen and Daijun were placed there.

At that time, King Wuling of Zhao, riding and shooting in Hufu, defeated the Xiongnu and seized a large area of ​​new territory from the Huns. Later, he built the Great Wall along the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain to surround the new territory.

This Great Wall was later used by the Qin and Han Dynasties. The Qin-Han Great Wall Gaoque and the Northern Wei Gaoque garrison were both located on Langshan Mountain on the north side of the Houtao Plain.

Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms and regarded Wula Mountain as the northern palace of the empire and named it Gaoque. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wula Mountain continued to have the name Gaoque.

In the wind and snow, Jieli finally saw Langshan Mountain, and also saw the two sides of Langshan Valley. The big and small Langshan Mountains stood east and west, looking from a distance like two towers confronting each other.

Gaoque Pass has arrived.

Jieli whipped his whip excitedly and urged his horse to speed up. He couldn't wait to have a full meal and then have a good sleep. It would be better if he could have hot water to take a bath.

In the wind, the Turkic flag was flying on the garrison at Gaoque Pass.

Seeing this flag, Jie Li finally breathed a sigh of relief. Those damn Tang people didn't catch up this time.

A group of people rode their horses to the front of the castle.

"The Great Khan has arrived, open the door quickly to welcome him!" Fuli Langqi shouted loudly to the guards on the fort.

There are not many Turks stationed here. In fact, the Sogdian tax officer of Sabolo Khan is stationed here. He is responsible for collecting taxes on the caravans passing through Langshan Pass. Part of the tax collected here belongs to Sabolo Xiaoke. Khan Suni lost, and part of it was to be handed over to Jieli Khan of the Khan Court.

Apart from collecting taxes, they did not have any defensive tasks. After all, the south of the mountain pass was Yu Sheshe's territory, and Lingzhou of the Tang Dynasty was far away from it and not connected to it.

The weather was shaking outside, but there was nothing going on inside the fortress in the cold winter wind and snow. There were no caravans passing by in the snowy weather. They slept in Maodong every day, and they never expected that Jieli Khan would suddenly arrive.

But when they came out to greet him, they found that the Great Khan was dressed in ordinary herdsman clothes and surrounded by hundreds of horsemen. He looked very embarrassed, and everyone was extremely puzzled.

"If you have anything to eat or drink, hurry up and get ready,"

"Here comes the pot of hot meat tea. Come on, let's kill another sheep."

"Khan, we have no live sheep here, only frozen mutton."

"Frozen meat is fine, let's make a pot of it quickly."

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The Sogdian Hu tax collectors in the Gaoque fort quickly got busy.

The sky outside the fort was heavy and windy and snowy. Just dozens of miles away to the east, Photography was chasing after him with thousands of Turkic cavalry!
The sky is dark and night has fallen.

Jieli finally had the hot mutton and hot milk tea again. After a restful meal, Jieli finally fell asleep on the sheepskin with satisfaction.

I was sleeping soundly when I was suddenly woken up by the possessed wolf guard.

"Khan, wake up."

"What's wrong?" Jie Li sat up suddenly with red eyes.

"The report from the cavalry patrol outside showed that a large group of cavalry was coming from the east. It is very likely that the Tang Dynasty has caught up."

Jieli gritted his teeth and said, "Hurry up and leave." Jieli didn't even bother to confirm whether it was Tang Qi, so strategy 36 was the best strategy.

He quickly mounted his horse and left the castle. Jieli originally wanted to go west to join Shabolushe, but after thinking about it, he asked the Sogdian Hu tax collectors in Gaoque Castle to go southwest first, and then he and his group went north.

(End of this chapter)