Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 299: Li Yuanji's shock and admiration for Li Er, Tubo in imminent danger
In Andong Prefecture, Feng Ang, who was fighting a fierce battle with Goguryeo, immediately looked at the deputy general beside him after receiving Ning Chun's letter.

"Pass on my order to immediately withdraw 30,000 troops. You will lead the troops in person. Within 20 days, you must annihilate all the Emigrants in Dongyi Prefecture!

No matter what method you use, if you cannot destroy them within 20 days, you must lead your troops to the Mohe and bring your heads to me!"

Upon hearing this, the deputy general immediately came to Feng Ang.

"I will obey your orders!"

The deputy general did not go down, and after a moment's hesitation, he said: "General, I can continue to attack Ezo, and we will definitely defeat the Mohe within 20 days.

But General, Goguryeo originally assembled 80,000 troops here. We finally annihilated more than 30,000 enemy troops, and then we can launch a counterattack against Goguryeo.

I led 30,000 troops away, and you, general, are left with only 20,000 troops. Not only will you be unable to attack Goguryeo, but how can you resist Goguryeo's army?
General, if it is not the king's order, please be cautious! "

The deputy general was obviously unwilling to give in. They had fought thirteen battles of varying sizes with Goguryeo, killing more than 30,000 enemies in total. They finally had hope of counterattacking Goguryeo, and he really didn't want to divide his troops like this.

In the eyes of this deputy general, dividing the troops in this way was clearly a stupid move.

Feng Ang looked at the deputy general who had followed him for more than ten years. He knew what was in the man's mind. He also wanted to counterattack Goguryeo. He had been in Guangzhou Prefecture before and had hardly participated in any foreign wars.

Now here, he finally has the opportunity to fight the director, but Ning Chun has made it very clear in the letter. For the sake of the overall situation, he has to do this.

The reality now is that Goguryeo can be destroyed later, but the power that Li Yuanji has worked so hard to establish on the grassland must not be lost.

Feng Ang was very clear about this. Goguryeo was now completely incomparable to the grassland.

Even if he conquered Goguryeo, they would still be unable to extend their power once the grassland's power was completely controlled by Li Er.

Moreover, it would be extremely difficult for him to destroy Goguryeo with only 50,000 troops.

"The Tang Dynasty has destroyed the Turks, and now the king's power in the grassland is in danger. Yu Minghe is now moving closer to the Shiwei and Mohe tribes.

You must destroy the Ezo tribe in the shortest possible time and send your army into the Mohe tribe.

After getting in touch with Yu Minghe, you will obey his orders.

Remember, when you are on the battlefield, do not refuse to follow military orders because you think there are too many casualties or that others are targeting you. You must obey completely!"

Most of the troops here were his former subordinates. What Feng Ang was worried about was that his deputy general would see the army suffer heavy losses, which would affect his position with Li Yuanji and he would disobey orders on the battlefield.

The deputy general had no choice but to dispatch troops to Ezo.

Yu Minghe then adjusted his strategy, switching from an offensive to a defensive stance against Goguryeo.

Grassland Tianshan, Turkic tent.

Li Simo, the Khan re-selected by Li Er, was convening the leaders of various Turkic tribes for a discussion.

Since Jie Li was captured, Li Simo has been extremely favored by Li Er. He was first appointed as the Right General of Wu Hou, and later given the surname Li by Li Er. He was promoted to Prince of Huaihua and completely became a minister of the Tang Dynasty.

Now that most of the Tang army has left, Li Simo's mission is to clear the grassland. Although the Xueyantuo have submitted a letter of surrender to the Tang Dynasty, they just won't submit to him. Li Simo originally wanted to send troops against the Xueyantuo, but news of bigger events came.

In the eastern part of the grassland, Yu Ming and Ming Li Khan, who were supported by Bayegu, Pugu and other tribes, were extremely active and threatened the northern territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Simo knew very well that Li Er and Li Yuanji were enemies, so he immediately prepared to use military force against Yu Minghe.

In particular, the Xueyantuo sent 50,000 troops directly to eliminate Yu Minghe to show their loyalty. Li Simo immediately accelerated the assembly of the armies of various tribes.

However, during this period, news came that Tuli rebelled against Li Yuanji and was killed, and Youzhou City was broken. Li Simo could no longer sit still, even though the army had not yet fully assembled, he could not wait any longer.

Li Simo looked at the leaders below and immediately ordered the 50,000 troops that had already assembled to attack Yu Minghe.

The joint actions of the Turks and Xueyantuo made all the tribes on the grassland extremely nervous, and a new round of grassland war has begun.

After defeating the Turks, the Tang army, led by Li Jing, quickly withdrew and marched towards Tuyuhun, preparing to destroy Tuyuhun again.

Yunzhou Prefecture, the area originally occupied by the Jinchi tribe and the Puzi tribe and conquered by Li Yuanji's general Yang Shu, was also the territory of the later Nanzhao.

Li Yuanji led the army and after a long march, finally arrived at Lishui City.

"I respectfully welcome the king. There are 50,000 troops in Yunzhou Prefecture now. Apart from the necessary defenses, 30,000 troops have been assembled and are ready to obey the king's orders at any time!"

Outside Lishui City, Yang Shu, the governor of Yunzhou Prefecture and the military commander of Yunzhou Prefecture, led a group of officials to welcome Li Yuanji's arrival.

Li Yuanji waved his hand to signal Yang Shu to stand up, and said with emotion: "In the past two years, you have become stronger and darker than before, and your abilities have grown rapidly. I have seen the development of Yunzhou Prefecture."

"You did a great job. The various tribes were well settled. Not only did you develop a lot of farmland, but you also built cities and post roads. It shows that you put a lot of effort into it."

Yunzhou Prefecture is very remote in his fiefdom. The reason why he asked Yang Shu to lead the army here was not only because there was no one available at the time, but also because Yang Shu was a native of the area.

At the beginning, the different ethnic groups here were clearly divided and attacked each other. Li Yuanji sent Yang Shu here because of Yang Shu's background and he was more adept at dealing with relations between ethnic groups.

Although he could always find out from the text on the memorial that the development of Yunzhou Prefecture was gradually getting better, Li Yuanji was shocked when he saw it with his own eyes this time.

Yang Shu instilled Lingnan's development concept here. Now all ethnic groups get along relatively harmoniously. The most important things are the city and the post road. Not only is the city prosperous, but the construction of the post road has also reduced a lot of time for his march this time.

Originally Li Yuanji was very worried about the pressure in the later stages, but now he is not worried anymore.

The advantages of the post road construction he had been committed to were fully demonstrated at this moment. Although the journey was a bit longer, it was relatively easy to travel and the logistical pressure was also smaller.

Looking at Yang Shu, Li Yuanji was extremely pleased. Although the changes here were far worse than those in Leizhou and Guangzhou, they were already very good, which showed that he had made the right decision in using Yang Shu.

"Your Majesty, these are what I should do. This is my duty, and I don't deserve your praise."

"Well, the credit belongs to you, not only you, but all the people who contributed to this have also made contributions.

I won’t talk about these anymore, let’s go into the city first.” Li Yuanji walked into the city with a smile on his face, and Yang Shu led the horse for Li Yuanji.

Arriving at the government office, Li Yuanji sat at the top and looked at the poplar tree solemnly.

“I won’t say more. The situation in Tibet is critical right now. The army will rest for a day and then continue on its march.

How about you gather intelligence from the front?"

Yang Shu stood up with a heavy face.

"Your Majesty, the situation in Tibet is very bad, and the outskirts of Lhasa City have almost been breached.

Now General Xie and Songtsen Gampo have tightened their forces and are defending with all their might, setting up defenses in Yema Yilin, Damu and other places in the north.

In the west, defenses were deployed in the areas of Lazi and Duona. Nepal in the southwest had been conquered by the army of the Harsha Dynasty. Now, they were marching towards Paro, Pari (west of the capital of Bhutan) and other places, intending to launch an attack from the south.

The situation on the east side was the most tense. The passage from here to the city of Lhasa was attacked one after another. Among them, Malgan had been defeated, leaving only Chawarong struggling to hold on.

The enemy on the east side sent out another 30,000 troops to continue eastward and were heading towards Yuzhi City. Yuzhi City was the only passage from Yunzhou Prefecture to Tubo. If it was captured by the enemy, once it was heavily garrisoned, the army would have to pass through Kamarupa and enter from the north of Kamarupa.

Moreover, the roads there are difficult and extremely hard to travel on, making them unsuitable for a large army to march on.

In order to protect Yuji City, I have already sent 5,000 soldiers to defend it, so it should be fine."

Li Yuanji felt heavy-hearted after hearing this. The situation in Tubo had become so deteriorating. This was something Li Yuanji had not expected.

Now his actual control over Tubo is equivalent to only the central area of ​​​​Lhasa City. Other places, the northern, western and eastern parts of Tubo have all been lost, the southwest has also been lost, and the south is basically in danger.

Li Yuanji looked at the map, his eyes constantly scanning.

"The enemy in the east should not have only attacked Chawarong. Previously, the coalition forces of the Tanguts, the Eastern Women's Kingdom and other countries had already attacked Bowo. Where are these people now?"

Yang Shu immediately came to Li Yuanji and pointed his finger on the map. Li Yuanji's pupils suddenly shrank.

"Pibo City (now Naidong)? What did Xie Shufang and Songtsen Gampo do for a living?
After passing Pibao City, only the terrain north of Sangye Temple can stop the enemy. After passing here, Lhasa City will be directly exposed to the enemy's attack.

Moreover, once these enemies choose to go south, cross the Subonie Mountains, join forces with the army of the Harsha Dynasty, and then go north from Lhoza, Pibao City will become an isolated city!
Have they deployed any defenses in the south? Have they made any preparations for the possibility that an enemy force from the east might cross the mountains of Japonenia?"

Li Yuanji looked at the map with a frown. He was really angry with Xie Shufang and Songtsen Gampo. Since the enemy was besieging them from all sides, wouldn't they concentrate their superior forces to kill the weakest enemy force first?

Especially in the current situation, the defense may not be able to hold. Will the tribes around Lhasa have second thoughts? Can Songtsen Gampo really control it?

Hearing this, Yang Shu hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, the news came three months ago that Yang Zhixun was stationed in Pibo City in person. As for whether there was any deployment in case the enemy might cross the mountains in Subonie and move south, I don't know.

Our contact with General Xie and his men has been cut off for a long time, and the troops I have here are not enough to launch an attack on the enemy.

In the east, not only the Dangxiang and the Dongnu Kingdom, but also the affiliated states and many Qiang tribes were involved. There were 120,000 enemy troops in the entire east, and their military equipment was supported by the Tang Dynasty.

After receiving the news that the king was personally leading the army, I assembled the army and waited for orders."

Li Yuanji was silent for a while after hearing this. Li Yuanji knew very well that Li Er had supported these people and invested so many military weapons in them. Li Er had made a lot of money. Moreover, he did not need to send out any soldiers and let these people fight. Even if they died, they would no longer be members of the Tang Dynasty.

But from this point of view, Li Yuanji appreciated Li Er's approach, but judging from the current situation, he really could not appreciate it, because what Li Er did was to undermine his influence in Tubo.

Li Yuanji could even guess what Li Er would do next. As long as Li Er's thoughts did not slip, once his power was completely eliminated from Tubo, the countries of Yangtong, Dangxiang and Qiang people, as well as the Harsha Dynasty, including the Western Turks who participated in the war, and Subi who wanted to restore their country.

They will definitely fight because of the uneven distribution of spoils. Even if they don't fight, Li Er will find a way to make them fight. At that time, Li Er's army will march to the Suobei area in the name of targeting Tuyuhun, and then just wait.

As long as these people fight, the strength of each side will be damaged. Li Er will then control Su Pi to enter the field and directly reap the benefits and calm the war. Not only will he gain fame and fortune, but also territory, and these people will have to thank him.

Because if it were him, he would do the same. He would send only a few people like Niu Jinda to the battlefield, and with such a small investment, he could get so much. This is the method he has always used.

Now, Li Er copied all the methods and used them here.

Li Yuanji sneered. He had to say that Li Er's move was very good, but he would never allow his forces to be driven out. Once they were driven out this time, it would be extremely difficult for him to enter the Western Regions again in the future.

Even though he also likes to let the surrounding countries fight each other, he now has to join the war himself.

Li Yuanji was very clear that he had fallen into a disadvantageous position. He could have used the battlefield in Tubo to turn it into a meat grinder and strangle all the manpower of the surrounding countries here, but he had to do whatever he wanted. He was just helpless.

Li Yuanji was shocked by Li Er's move this time. Li Er copied his methods, which were not mature when he first used them on Baekje and Silla. However, now that he used them on Tubo, Li Yuanji couldn't help but sigh that they were too mature.

By letting the surrounding countries fight and destroy their strength and manpower, you can not only get money and food, but also a large amount of territory. You can also seriously weaken the strength of the surrounding countries, completely lay the foundation for your own strength, and then slowly annex the countries.

Li Yuanji was really shocked. Li Er was worthy of being Li Er. He had a strong learning ability and was even better than his master. If it were him to do it, Li Yuanji not only did not dare to say that he could do better than Li Er, he also did not dare to guarantee that he could do as well as Li Er could do now.

Just then, Yang Jianhe hurried in.

"Your Majesty, urgent military news has arrived from the Eastern Turks!"

Li Yuanji was stunned. Eastern Turks? Urgent military report?
Li Yuanji really could not imagine what kind of major events would happen in East Turkestan, and he had invested a lot in East Turkestan.

However, after opening the military newspaper, his eyes suddenly widened, and his whole body seemed to be frozen, with disbelief in his eyes.

After a long time, Li Yuanji put down the military newspaper and burst into laughter.

"Haha! Well done, Li Er did a great job this time. He hid it from everyone and destroyed the Eastern Turks in two months and captured Jie Li. This battle was well deployed, and Li Jing fought well!"

Although Li Yuanji was shocked, he was also really happy. No matter what relationship he and Li Er had, they were both Han Chinese.

The Tang Dynasty destroyed the Eastern Turks, and he was sincerely happy for what Li Er had done.

(End of this chapter)