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Chapter 218 The Higher You Jump, The Harder You Fall

[After Ashina Helu's army was defeated, he had to lead his remnants to flee.

However, the Tang army chased after him until they reached Suiye Shui, and finally wiped out all the remaining remnants of Ashina Helu, but they still failed to capture Ashina Helu himself.

Ashina Helu only led his son Heyun, son-in-law Yan Chuo and other ten riders to flee overnight to Suduo City in the northwest of Shiguo. His tribe was hungry and tired, so he sent people to the city to buy horses with treasures.

The lord of the city, Yijuda, pretended to greet him with wine and food, lured him into the city, and then closed the door to capture him.

Xiao Siye, the lieutenant sent by Su Dingfang, also chased him all the way to Shi Country. After the people of Shi Country saw Xiao Siye, they handed Shaboluo and his group over to him. 】

[This time the Tang army conquered Ashina Helu, "accepting more than [-] people and animals."

After the cessation of troops, Su Dingfang ordered the Western Turkic tribes to return to their homes, and at the same time ordered them to open roads, set up post posts, bury the bones, express condolences to the suffering, delineate the boundaries of the tribes, and resume production.

He returned all the property and livestock looted by Shaboluo Khan to the original owners, and the ten surname tribes were restored to their original state, and they lived a peaceful life as before. 】

[Arranging the aftermath work, Su Dingfang led the army back to Chang'an to return to his command.

Su Dingfang, who returned triumphantly, held a grand ceremony of offering captives at Zhaoling Mausoleum and Taimiao in the capital Chang'an.

Tang Gaozong came to the palace in person, and Su Dingfang, wearing a military uniform, escorted He Lu to offer it, and the prestige of the Tang Dynasty was greatly boosted for a while!
After the demise of the Western Turks, the Tang Dynasty divided the land there into prefectures and counties, all the way to the West Sea.

Su Dingfang was also promoted to Zuo Xiaowei because of his meritorious service, he was granted the title of Xing Guogong, and his son Su Qingjie was also named Wuyi County Duke. 】

[Su Dingfang implemented a strategy of combining division and key strikes against the Western Turks, using both offense and defense, taking surprises, chasing and fighting fiercely, and finally won a big victory. The power of the Tang Empire also extended to Central Asia.

The moon geese flew high and fled in the night.

If you want to chase Qingqi away, the bow and sword will be covered with heavy snow!

The scene of Su Dingfang chasing Shaboluo on snowy night can be regarded as a true portrayal of the famous frontier poem "Song of the Fortress" in the Tang Dynasty! 】

"It's so romantic!"

"My son of the Han family, I vow to chase the Xiongnu to the ends of the earth!"

"It's so amazing, no wonder Xue Rengui can only be a vanguard general under Su Dingfang."

[In the winter of the fourth year of Xianqing (659 A.D.), Duman, Sijie Queqin, to the west of Congling, originally controlled the Hu, and led his troops along with Shule, Zhu Jubo, and Hebanduo (also known as Congling Kingdom). The country rebelled again and raised troops to break through Khotan.

Emperor Gaozong of Tang was furious when he heard the news, and immediately issued an edict to designate Su Dingfang as the ambassador of appeasement, and once again raised the army to march west!
Su Dingfang led the army to Yeye Water after a long journey, while the enemy set up camp at Matouchuan. 】

[Facing the enemy army who seemed to be some distance away from him, Su Dingfang immediately selected [-] elite infantry and [-] cavalry, and flew overnight to attack!

One day and one night, they hurriedly marched for more than three hundred miles, and at dawn they had reached ten miles to the west of the city.

When the Tang army attacked suddenly, Duman turned pale with fright, and hurriedly led his army to resist outside the city gate.

But because they all rushed to the battle, they were beaten by the Tang army in the end. They lost so badly that they had to withdraw from the city and fled to the nearby Mabao city.

But Su Dingfang didn't give them any time to breathe, and once again commanded the army to launch a quick attack.

The Tang army advanced under the city gate, surrounded the city on all sides, and at the same time began to cut wood to make siege equipment.

As Duman looked around, the city was densely packed with Tang troops, and all kinds of siege equipment sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

This aura of black clouds pressing down on the city made Duman feel like he was about to suffocate.

In the end, Duman believed that he had nothing to do and could not resist the Tang army's siege, so he tied himself up, left the city and surrendered. 】

[In the winter of the fourth year of Xianqing, troops were sent out, and in the spring of the fifth year of Xianqing, the army had already escorted the prisoners back to Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Emperor Gaozong of Tang came to Qianyang Hall in person.

Relevant officials please deal with it in accordance with the law, and want to kill Duman.

At this time, Su Dingfang stood up and kowtowed, pleading: "The minister has told His Majesty's will before, and promised to spare him the death penalty, and hope to spare his life."

Tang Gaozong said: "I will preserve my faith for you." So Duman was pardoned.

Since then, everything west of Congling has been pacified.

Su Dingfang once again granted the seal of tax collection to [-] households in Julu, Xingzhou because of his meritorious service, and moved to Zuowuwei University. 】

[In June of the first year of Longshuo (AD 661), Tocharo Road set up a prefecture and county envoy Wang Mingyuan to enter the Western Regions. The Tang Dynasty once again carried out large-scale administrative administration on the countries west of Congling that were originally within the sphere of influence of the Western Turks. zoning.

"From the west of Khotan to the east of Persia, all sixteen countries take their capitals as the governor's mansion and their subordinate departments as prefectures and counties. There are 88 prefectures, 26 counties, [-] army and prefectures", all of which belong to Anxi Dadu Protectorate.

"The stele is still erected in Tocharo to aspire to it." So far, the western territory governed by the Tang Empire has reached the pinnacle, which is the highest in all Chinese dynasties. 】

"Explore the territory, know people and be good at tasks! Not bad! Zhi'er still has the demeanor of a wise monarch." Li Shimin nodded in approval.

As for what Li Chengqian, Li Tai, Li Ke and others felt when they saw it, only they could understand it.

Standing beside Li Zhi, Wu Zetian said solemnly: "Your Majesty knows people well, and discovered this great talent that even the previous emperor did not discover."

But Li Zhi replied with a chuckle: "Meiniang, you are testing my father, how can you not know Fang's ability? It's just because of some things, you don't want to use him. Besides, at that time, the father was like a cloud of counselors, and the fierce general Ruyu, it’s true that if there’s more than one, there’s not much, and if there’s less, there’s not much.”

[After the Turkic Rebellion was quelled, Tang Gaozong and Su Dingfang were finally able to free up their hands to clean up the group of jumping clowns in the east. 】

[On February 660th in the fifth year of Xianqing (AD [-]), Su Dingfang visited Taiyuan with Tang Gaozong.

On March 10, Su Dingfang was appointed as the general manager of Shenqiu Dao's march, and led Zuo Xiaowei Liu Boying and other land and water troops of [-] people to conquer Baekje.

At the same time, Tang Gaozong took Silla King Jin Chunqiu as the general manager of the Yiyi Road Marching, and led the Silla soldiers to fight with the Tang Dynasty army to attack Baekje! 】

Seeing this, Yang Guang couldn't help but waved his fist fiercely, and shouted: "Finally we're going to attack Goguryeo again! Fuck them to death!!"

[The Tang army took a boat across the Yellow Sea from Seongsan and reached the mouth of the Xiongjin River, while the Baekje army stationed troops along the river.

Su Dingfang sent troops from the east bank, set up a formation against the mountain, and fought with the Baekje army.

The navy of the Tang Dynasty sailed forward, and the mighty fleet almost covered the entire ocean.

With the successive arrival of the Tang army and navy, the Baekje army was gradually exhausted and finally defeated. After leaving thousands of corpses, the rest fled and collapsed.

However, with the arrival of warships, the Tang army's troops became more and more powerful.

The large army rode up the tide, and the warships came forward end to end, sailing into the river, hitting the water with oars, beating drums and shouting.

At a place about twenty miles away from Zhendu City, Baekje even raised soldiers from all over the country to fight against it!

I have to praise Baekje, it is very, very courageous. 】

(End of this chapter)