A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 955 Troubled Times
"Murong Shun, King of Tuyuhun and Daning, beheaded King Tianzhu in Dafeichuan and led his troops to ask Duke Wei to surrender."

Guangzhou City,
Governor Renhong came to see Wu Huaiyu and mentioned the ongoing battle of Tuyuhun. His face turned red with excitement and he wished he could not participate in this battle.

Seeing Xue Wanche, Duan Zhixuan, Fan Xinghou, Junji, Li Daozong, Zhi, and all of them showing off their power, the scars on their faces turned purple.

"This Murong Shun has not stayed in the Central Plains for so many years, but he knows what it means to be a hero who knows the current affairs."

Wu Huaiyu set up a small stove and boiled the fresh seafood from Guangzhou pier to make it delicious.

Squid, prawns, blue crabs, conch, abalone...

The sauce made by Huaiyu tastes good, and it is delicious when paired with a pot of old wine.

However, Dang Renhong likes to drink liquor. When this guy was the governor of Rongzhou, he went into the mountains to conquer the barbarians. He got addicted to alcohol and drank the medical alcohol from the military doctor directly.
"If you want to blame it, you can only blame Fu Yun and King Tianzhu." Wu Huaiyu peeled off a prawn and put it into his mouth. It was extremely sweet. This was Zhenjing seafood, not farmed prawns, and there were not so many messy things.

Murong Shun surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, which was inevitable.

His father, Murong Fuyun, was much older. He initially made Murong Shun the crown prince, but later sent him to the Sui Dynasty as a hostage and later made him a new crown prince. After the death of the Sui Dynasty, Murong Shun finally returned to Tuguhun, but Fu Yun only gave him the title of King Daning.

Tuyuhun was defeated again and again. Fu Yun even ignored the capital and ran away with his wife, concubines and children. Then he asked Murong Shun to stay and hold on in Fuqi City.

Most of all, I still want to use Tubo to contain Tuyuhun. He is just a tool man. If Tuyuhun is destroyed, Tubo will be useless.

First, he supported Murong Shun, who had surrendered, as Khan.

This time Datang attacked quickly and violently,

But he did not trust Murong Shun and handed over the remaining soldiers and horses to the command of King Tianzhu.

The battle was going relatively smoothly, but Wu Huaiyu was amazed when looking at the detailed military reports transferred from Chang'an. This battle was actually quite hard.

After killing them, Murong Shun proclaimed himself Khan and led his troops to ask Li Jing to surrender.

When the Tang army reached Fuqi City and King Tianzhu could not hold on and retreated, Murong Shun secretly contacted some confidants on the way, summoned King Tianzhu to the tent to discuss, and then suddenly killed King Tianzhu.

Fu Yun even asked Tang Weizi to marry him several times, but it was for the sake of his son Zunwang, and he did not consider Murong Shun at all.

At this time, it would be too eager to directly abolish the Tuyuhun Kingdom and establish a governor's office, or even establish prefectures and counties."

However, Wu Huaiyu has always paid more attention to the Tubo, which should not be underestimated. Historically, this was the lifelong enemy of the Tang Dynasty, and they even invaded Chang'an City.

Wu Huaiyu has been paying attention to this battle.

Wu Huaiyu was peeling crabs, but he was very calm, "The time is not here, the war in Tuyuhun is not over yet, the old thief Fu Yun is still running, there are still many active forces, and the party's Tuoba and other troops are still following Tuyuhun,

After Queen Tianzhu was killed here, Murong Shun immediately sent people to kill all the brothers, nephews, and confidants of King Tianzhu. The heads of the three Tianzhu tribes were all wiped out.

"Hearing that the Prince of Chang'an had issued an order to confer Murong Shun as the Prince of Xiping County in the Tang Dynasty, Tuyuhun Laihuluwugandou Khan returned to Fuqi City and ordered Fan Xing, the governor of Liangzhou, to lead his troops to guard the city. Tuyuhun.”

Murong Shun was not stupid. Since the father treated him like this, he would not be polite.

Of course, we have to be wary of Tubo. We cannot let the Tang Dynasty work so hard to destroy Tuyuhun, only for Tubo to take advantage of it."

Dang Hongren took a sip of white wine, then pried off a piece of fat oyster and sucked it directly into his mouth, not afraid of the smell at all. "Wu Gong, why do you think the imperial court wants to retain the Tuyuhun Khanate? Wouldn't it be better to just change it to the Governor's Mansion?"

The two sweats of Tuyuhun stand side by side, and the father and son fight. This can better differentiate Tuyuhun.
"The main task now is to annihilate Tuyuhun's active forces, especially to capture Fu Yun. If Fu Yun doesn't die for a day, he may come back at any time.

"Tubo, what's the matter with them?" Dang Hongren had been guarding the southwest for more than ten years and was aware of Tubo, but he didn't take it seriously.

In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, few people know about Tubo. The central government of the court knows a lot about Tubo, but not many people really feel at ease about it.

Especially the Southern Route Army, Hou Junji also showed up this time.

Under Hou Junji's persuasion, Li Daozong pursued the Southern Route Army all the way over the snow-capped mountains and traveled thousands of miles across no-man's land.

Without drinking water, I had to eat ice and snow.

Although it was midsummer, there was frost and snow on the plateau. They passed through Poluozhen Valley and arrived in front of Hanwei Mountain.

Hanwei Mountain is a very famous mountain range. When Han people go here, they will feel very uncomfortable due to altitude sickness and burst into tears unconsciously, so it is named Hanwei Mountain.

The Tang army pursued the Han Dynasty for thousands of miles to the front of the Hanwei Mountain. Many soldiers became severely rebellious.
The commander-in-chief of the Southern Route Army, Li Daozong, even hesitated whether to continue the risky pursuit because of this, but Hou Junji urged the pursuit to the end.
Hou Junji also asked himself to be the vanguard of the front team.
They carried weapons and armor and led their horses across the Hanwei Mountain.

But the Hanwei Mountain was not the end. In front of them was an endless no-man's land. They pursued all the way, and when they were running out of food and grass, they finally caught up with Wuhai, which is known as a dangerous and dangerous place, a dead place, and a dangerous road. Fu Yun,
Hou Jun gathered his troops to attack and defeated Fu Yun.

After Wu Hai fought, they continued their pursuit and moved to Xingxuchuan, fighting all the way to Bai Hai.
There were constant battles along the way, and every battle was sure to be successful.
We pursued him all the way to Xihai, looking north at Jishi Mountain and drinking at the source of the Yellow River.

It's a pity that Fu Yun is particularly good at escaping. Although Li Daozong, Marquis Ji Niu Jinda and others chased him fiercely, they still let Fu Yun escape in the end.

In June,
Li Jing, Xue Wanche and others of the Northern Route Army also swept away the remnants of the army and chased them to Jishi Mountain. At that time, a strong wind blew and the military flags were broken.
At that time, the Northern Route Army was also tired, its food and grass were running out, and its flags were broken. This was an ominous sign, and many generals believed that they could not advance any further.

Moreover, at this time, the reconnaissance cavalry discovered that the Tuyuhun army and the Dangxiang tribe were coming to kill them.
In the end, Li Jing was determined to continue the attack. Xue Wanche once again asked himself to be the vanguard. He led his fine cavalry to take advantage of the enemy's new arrival and uneven formation. He rushed straight into the enemy's formation and fought until he reached the enemy general's banner.

The generals of the Tang army also took advantage of the situation to charge and kill, and Tuyuhun's army collapsed.
Taking advantage of the victory, Li Jing led his army across Jishi Mountain and pursued it all the way to Heyuan and Wubai. He joined forces with Li Daozong, Hou Junji and others of the Southern Route Army on the banks of the Yellow River.

In Heyuan and Baihai,
After the two armies met, after discussion, the South Route Army took captives, miscellaneous animals, and wounded soldiers to move forward first. After the North Route Army replenished and rested, it continued to pursue the northwest.

He crossed the desert and pursued Qiemo, vowing to capture Fu Yun.

From the source of the river to Qiemo, they had to pass through the vast desert of the Qaidam Basin. The road was very difficult and dangerous, but Li Jing and Xue Wanche continued their pursuit.

Wu Huaiyu is in Guangzhou,

All we could do was wait for the news from Chang'an to be sent to the inn, and Li Jing's march was drawn on the map.

With unimaginable will and courage, the Northern Route Army pursued them for thousands of miles until they reached Qiemo in the Western Region and entered the great desert of the Tarim Basin.

When Li Jing and others arrived at Qiemo,
Fu Yun had already heard the news and fled again, deep into the desert, out of the border, towards Khotan, and arrived at Tulum Moraine between Qiemo and Khotan.

At this time, the Northern Route Army was also extremely exhausted.

No one expected that Fu Yun could run so well.

Xue Wanche and Qibi Heli, the two northern pioneers, couldn't help but have differences. Xue Wanche believed that the western territory of Tuyuhun had been captured, and the Tang Dynasty had defeated Tuyuhun, so there was no need to continue the pursuit.

Tulum Moraine is also a desert, so we can no longer take risks. Even Xue Wanche himself had suffered many new injuries after fighting all the way, and he could no longer march at this time. But Qibi Heli was unwilling to stop. He was originally the leader of Tiele, and after the defeat of the Western Regions, he attached himself to the Tang Dynasty. Not only did Tian Khan make him a general, worship him as a duke, he even gave him a marriage to his clan daughter, the head of Lintao County. give him,

Qibi Heli was very moved.

At this time, he was well aware of the endless dangers of killing a snake after killing it. He told Xue Wanche that the Tuyuhun nomadic tribe was not a farming country like the Han people. They now occupied their land, but they could not annihilate their tribe. Fu Yun would come back at any time.

He led more than a thousand of his Qibi tribe's elite cavalry towards Tulun Qi. In the end, Xue Wanjun ignored his brothers' persuasion and also led more than a thousand troops to follow him.

They went deep into the desert and lost water,
The soldiers stabbed their horses and drank blood to quench their thirst;

After going through a lot of hardships, he finally caught up with Fu Yun, attacked his tent at night, beheaded thousands of people, and captured more than 200,000 miscellaneous animals. Fu Yun only led more than a thousand cavalry to escape into the depths of the desert, and all his wives, concubines, and children were captured.

More than ten days later, Fu Yunshui, who fled to the desert, ran out of dry food, many horses died, and some of them fled, leaving only a hundred horses to follow.

The desperate Fu Yun was eventually killed by Zuo Zuo.

They killed Fu Yun and surrendered to Qibi Heli with his body.

The thirty-eight-year reign of Tuyuhun Khan came to an end.

When Wu Huaiyu in Guangzhou got the news, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief when he looked at the map full of his marks on the screen in front of him.

From the Qinghai Plateau to the deserts of the Western Regions,
This battle was so exciting, full of ups and downs.

Li Jing, a veteran commander with both wisdom and courage, took action, Xue Wanche, Xue Wanjun, Duan Zhixuan, Fan Xingqibi, He Lizhi, Xili Hou Junji, a warrior who was the champion of the three armies,

They climbed over snow-capped mountains, passed through no man's land, and went deep into the desperate situation of the desert.
Battle after battle, one battle after another completely destroyed the Tuyuhun Kingdom, occupying its entire territory, destroying its main force, and beheading its king.

This battle was really hearty,

Although Yang Guang also defeated Tuyuhun at that time, he could not kill the snake. Fu Yun also fled all the way and retained his vitality. Although the Sui Dynasty established four counties, Fu Yun came back a few years later and restored the country again.

But this time, the Tang Dynasty not only plowed the court to sweep the holes, but also pursued them to the end, completely destroying the Tuyuhun Khanate.

In the no-man's land of the South Route Army, people drink ice and horses eat snow, while in the North Route Army, horses in the desert drink the blood of spurred horses!

In this battle, teacher Li Jing fought beautifully.

But Li Daozonghou Junji Xue Wanchegong, even his father-in-law Fan Xing, Niu Jinda, Li Junxian and others also performed outstandingly.

The star will shine brightly.

To be honest, not only did Dang Renhong wish he could not play in person, Wu Huaiyu had been recovering and fighting in Guangzhou, and he was equally envious.

Of course, if this battle is considered an economic issue, Datang will also make a lot of money.

The armies of the North and the South routed their troops along the way and captured countless heads, and the number of cattle, sheep and horses they captured also numbered in the tens of thousands, and even one or two hundred thousand miscellaneous animals were obtained in several battles.

This time the Tang army dispatched two groups of soldiers and horses to conquer Tuyuhun, but because it was a rush attack strategy with elite troops, the number of troops and horses in the two groups was not large.
It was always a pursuit, and since the enemy was short of food, there was no large-scale expenditure on logistical supplies.

Although this battle lasted from spring to autumn, it lasted for half a year without much money and food, and more was captured. Not only did the soldiers who went on the expedition made a lot of money from the rewards, but also made a fortune.
The imperial court also made a huge profit from its share of the livestock money.

He really gained both face and reputation. This battle was as exciting as the battle to destroy Jieli.

It's a pity that I couldn't participate in such a war to destroy the country.
Hou Junji turned around.

Li Shimin, the Heavenly Khan in Chang'an City, is still observing filial piety for the great ancestor.
October,

The mausoleum was repaired and Emperor Gaozu was buried.

The emperor still continued to observe filial piety for his father, and the military and state affairs were still entrusted to the prince to supervise the country.

Tuguhun Khan Murong Shun was preparing to bring his prince Yan Wang Nuohebo to the capital to pay homage to the emperor, and also to marry Princess Honghua for the king of Yan. However, just as he was about to set off,

Civil strife broke out in Tuyuhun.
Murong Shun was assassinated,

Nuohebo succeeded to the throne, ministers fought for power, Tuyuhun was in chaos again, and Tubo took advantage of the situation and launched another attack on Bailan.

The imperial court sent Hou Junji to lead troops into Tuyuhun to quell the unrest and stabilize Tuyuhun.

Li Daoxuan, king of Huaiyang, sent an edict in advance and conferred Nuohebo as the king of Heyuan County and Wudi Yeba Qindou Khan. If there were those in Tuyuhun who did not obey the edict, he ordered the princes to gather and lead troops to attack them.

In this chaos,
Wu Huaiyu learned bad news in Guangzhou.

Because of Murong Shun's death, his father-in-law, Fan Xing, the governor of Liangzhou, was impeached for dereliction of duty. Because Fan Xingben was responsible for leading troops to guard Tuyuhun, Murong Shun, a khan canonized by the Tang Dynasty, was assassinated. Tuyuhun was in chaos because of this. He could not escape the blame.
The imperial court had suspended him from the post of governor of Liangzhou. He was temporarily replaced by Hou Junji, and Fan Xing was summoned to court to investigate.

Wu Huaiyu knew that his father-in-law would be in trouble this time. He would have to shed his skin even if he didn't die in Beijing this time.

He hurriedly wrote to Ma Zhou, Changsun Wuji and others in Chang'an, hoping that they could help protect Fan Xing. They would accept demotion and demotion, and there would always be a chance to rise again.

But the letter here was just sent out not long ago.

As a result, news came from Chang'an that Li Daoyan, the governor of Minzhou, had also been impeached. The reason for his impeachment was that when Li Jing attacked Tuyuhun, he sent people to give generous gifts to the leaders of the Dangxiang ministries, and also found many Dangxiang people to serve as guides. .

Tuoba Chici, the leader of the Tuoba tribe of Dangxiang, is Fu Yun's old friend and in-law, and they have a very close relationship with him.

Under the persuasion of the envoy sent by Li Jing, Tuoba Chici had originally planned not to intervene in this battle.

Li Daoyan was appointed as the general manager of the march on Chishui Road. When the army arrived at Kuoshui, he saw that the Tuoba tribe was unprepared, so he took the opportunity to make a sneak attack, plundered thousands of cattle and sheep, and captured some Tuoba tribe members.
This completely angered Tuoba Chici, who believed that the Tang army was not true to its word. Tuoba Chici contacted the Dangxiang tribes, gathered troops to ambush Yehu Gorge, and ambushed Li Daoyan. Li Daoyan's tribe was defeated and suffered heavy casualties, so he had to retreat. As a result, Niu Jinda, the governor of Songzhou, also delayed his military term, suffered casualties in soldiers, lost heavy equipment and equipment, and was impeached and charged by the court.

The bad news doesn't stop there.

Lizhou Governor Gao Zengsheng, who was in charge of the Yanze Road march during the Tuyuhun campaign, reported to the court after the war that Li Jing intended to rebel.

After hearing this, Li Jing returned the military talisman, thanked the guests behind closed doors, and waited for investigation.

When Wu Huaiyu heard the news in Guangzhou, he couldn't help but think of how when he and Li Jing defeated the Turks and captured Jieli alive, Xiao Yu had impeached Li Jing for his military incompetence, looting the Turks' treasures and dividing the spoils privately.

Fan Xing, Niu Jinda, Li Daoyan, and Li Jing, three of the four impeached after the Tuyuhun War were relatives and friends of Wu Huaiyu. Fan Xing was the father-in-law, Li Jing was the teacher, and Lao Niu was also very close, especially his son. Not to mention the relationship between Niu Jianwu and Huaiyu.

Now they are all impeached. Someone is trying to cause trouble.

(End of this chapter)