The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Beginning with Marrying Yang Yuhuan

Chapter 258 Either This or That
Guazhou, Jinchang City.

Li Siye reported the matter of Rumanche to Li Heng and requested that Rumanche be buried with great honor.

Lumanchedon was Li Heng's enemy in Xiaoboluo. He was Li Heng's first opponent and he was a decent person, so Li Heng agreed to Li Siye's request.

Afterwards, Li Heng reorganized his troops and rested for a day, rewarded the three armies, and prepared for the next plan.

In the main tent of the army.

Cen Shen reported: "Your Highness, the Yumen Army has not arrived yet."

Li Heng was now only the governor of Hexi, and the army in Hexi was not his direct subordinate, so he was slow in doing things.

The key point is that others also have their reasons. After all, it is common for snow and wind to cause misfortune to the army.

In the past, Li Heng would most likely choose to handle such matters peacefully when they were not under his direct jurisdiction.

But now, Li Heng is determined to expand his influence eastward, and he is more wary of people who don't follow orders than those who are corrupt.

Li Heng was silent for a while, then said, "Send a message to General Guo, the opportunity for battle has passed, let them go back."

Cen Shen said: "Your Highness, General Guo is the General of the Left Jinwu Guard. Li Bai also wrote a poem praising him. If we let him go back like this, will it be..."

Li Heng said: "Don't worry about who he is, I will deal with this matter later."

"Yes." Cen Shen replied, and then said: "News came from Shazhou that after Lu Mangqidun was defeated, the Tibetan army in Shazhou retreated, and General Li Chengguang has led his men to pursue them."

Li Heng said, "Send someone to tell him not to pursue further, and also tell Wang Huailiang to lead the Doulu Army to Jinchang to join the alliance in five days."

When Li Siye heard that Li Heng wanted to join forces, he said happily, "Your Highness, do you have a new battle plan?"

Just as Li Heng was about to speak, Shi Shouyi came to report, "Your Highness, Governor Le has woken up."

"I gonna go see."

Li Heng stood up and went to visit in person, and the generals followed him.

In the room, Le Tinggui saw Li Heng and struggled to get up while saying, "Your humble servant greets His Highness..."

Li Heng walked straight to the bedside, helped Le Tinggui lie down, and said, "Governor Le, there is no need to be polite. You are seriously injured. You must take good care of yourself."

Le Tinggui said: "If it weren't for your Highness's foresight and timely support, I would have died. Your Highness's kindness, this humble official has no way to repay you."

Li Heng said, "Governor Le, your words are too polite. We all serve the Tang Dynasty and are both commanders of the border troops. We should help each other."

"Your Highness is devoted to the country and the people. I admire you." Yue Tinggui remembered that the Hexi Army did not come to support, but the Beiting Army came over mountains and rivers. He felt a little emotional. After a pause, he asked, "Your Highness, how many soldiers of the Moli Army died this time?"

Li Heng said: "The Moli army lost 2,600 soldiers and 1,200 wounded. The last 500 soldiers fought to the death. The situation of the civilians is still being counted, but the number known so far has exceeded that of the soldiers."

When Le Tinggui heard that so many people had died, he sighed secretly and was silent for a long time. He said, "I am seriously injured and cannot handle military affairs for a while. I will trouble Your Highness to take care of the military and political affairs of Guazhou and the reorganization of the Moli Army."

Le Tinggui entrusted the military and political affairs of Guazhou to Li Heng, which basically meant that Li Heng had complete control over the real power of Guazhou.

Li Heng said: "The Tuyuhun tribe in Molichuan joined forces with Tubo to invade the Tang Dynasty. I will take revenge for this and invade Molichuan. For the sake of the war, I can temporarily take charge of the military and political affairs of Guazhou. When Governor Le recovers from his injury or the court appoints new officials, I will return to power."

Li Heng knew that the rebellion of the Tuyuhun tribe in Molichuan was closely related to the long-term oppression of Guazhou and Shazhou. If he were to consider fairness and justice alone, he should negotiate with the Tuyuhun tribe in Molichuan.

But politics cannot be divided only into right and wrong.

If Li Heng wanted to completely infiltrate Guazhou and Shazhou, relying on wartime restraint was the best reason. Moreover, only when he truly controlled Guazhou and Shazhou could he truly achieve peace on the border.

For Le Tinggui, Li Heng's dispatch of troops to Molichuan was equivalent to covering up his oppression of Molichuan. Therefore, Le Tinggui was a little surprised and asked, "Your Highness is going to send troops to Molichuan?"

"Yes." Li Heng nodded. "Personal affairs are small, but national affairs are big. Before talking to the enemy, it is best to defeat him first."

Personal matters are minor, meaning that Le Tinggui's oppression of the Tuyuhun tribe of Molichuan is minor, and Li Heng will not pursue it. Family and national affairs are major, meaning that no matter what, the Tuyuhun tribe of Molichuan should not send troops to the Tang Dynasty.

Although Li Ying had his own selfish motives in doing this, it was indeed in line with the interests of the Tang Dynasty and was consistent with his consistent personality.

Many things are so complicated that they cannot be evaluated simply as right or wrong, or either-or.

Le Tinggui was stunned for a moment, and said, "Your Highness has a broad mind and puts the overall situation first. I really admire you."

Li Heng said, "Governor Le has just woken up and needs to recuperate. I will not disturb him any longer. I will report to the court the achievements of Governor Le in defending Jinchang."

Le Tinggui said: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Li Heng nodded and went out with the generals.

When he arrived outside, Li Siye asked excitedly, "Your Highness, when will we send troops to Molichuan?"

Li Heng smiled and said, "General Li has just killed Lumanqidun and made great achievements. Are you so impatient to make more achievements?"

Li Siye scratched his head, smiled, and said, "Everyone deserves credit for their achievements. General Lai Zhen and I pursued Lu Manqidun, and at the critical moment, the first achievement was given to me. I don't want to enter Molichuan again, so I will help General Lai Zhen get the first achievement."

Li Siye said this, then turned to Lai Zhen and said, "General Lai, I will never compete with you for the merit of entering Molichuan and capturing the Tuyuhun Murong royal family alive."

After hearing what Li Siye said, all the generals couldn't help but laugh.

Lai Zhen said: "The victory of the war depends entirely on your highness's planning. Whoever leads the army and whoever makes contributions should act according to your highness's instructions."

"That's right." Li Siye quickly agreed and looked at Li Heng.

What Li Heng was concerned about was only Tubo and the Tuyuhun tribe of Molichuan. Although Li Heng did not despise them, he also believed in the generals under his command.

He believed that it would not be difficult for the generals under his command to capture Mo Lichuan.

He still planned to delegate power to them, so as to achieve strategic control and tactical freedom.

Therefore, Li Heng said: "Regarding the battle of advancing to Molichuan, the generals can discuss it among themselves and report the battle plan to me in the end."

"Yes." The generals accepted the order and were very happy with Li Heng's act of delegating power.

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Tibet.

At this time, Trisong Detsen was in the Buddhist hall, staring at the Buddha statue in a daze.

He cared more about the death of Lumancheton than the defeat in the Guazhou War.

In other words, it is a Romanchonian way of death.

Since he took power, he has vigorously promoted Buddhism.

Of course, the reason why he promoted Buddhism was not because he believed in Buddhism, but because he wanted to use Buddhism to weaken the power of his ministers.

In order to centralize power, he went to great lengths to replace the sole prime minister with many prime ministers and used his external relatives to balance the power of powerful ministers. However, the ministers still used Bon religion and religion to take power away from him.

(End of this chapter)