Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 260 The Death of Guo Xiaoke

"Qibi Heli, the deputy chief of the Kunqiu Road and the general of the right Xiaowei, followed me to pursue Helibu Shibi and Nali." Ashina Sheer said.

"Promise!" Qibi Heli took the order.

Leaving Guo Xiaoke guarding the city to guard the captives and appease the people of Kucha, Ashinasheer divided his troops to pursue Helibu Shibi and Nali.

"King! Tang Jun is catching up!" A cavalryman reported to King Kucha.

"What?" King Qiuci turned pale with shock, he didn't expect Tang Jun to catch up so quickly.

He originally thought that Tang Jun was not familiar with the terrain here, and it would be extremely difficult to catch up with him. Although he fled all the way west, there was more than one way to go to West Turkic.

I thought I could use the terrain here to get rid of Tang Jun's pursuit, but who knew Tang Jun could actually hold on to it.

It was precisely because he was not familiar with the environment here that Ashinasheer dispersed more than [-] coalition forces to search for the trace of King Kucha.

As long as a team of soldiers and horses can find the trace of King Kucha, they can contact the nearby friendly troops to come through the signal, and King Kucha will definitely be unable to fly.

"National Prime Minister, what should we do now?" Kucha King Helibu Shibi asked Nali beside him.

"Now we have to go separately! And leave a team of soldiers and horses to stop the pursuers, we may still have a chance." Nali said, there is no other way.

It's better than everyone gathering together and waiting to die. Everyone's escape target is big and easy to be tracked by the other party.

The scattered targets are small, and it is not easy to be discovered by Tang Jun. Now, no more than when we just broke through, we need to concentrate all our forces to make a breakthrough at one point.

"Okay! This is the only way to go now!" King of Kucha, Hari Bushi said.

He left behind a group of soldiers and horses, separated from Nali, and each fled for his life. Whoever can escape depends on their own luck.

The Goddess of Luck did not favor the king Heli Bushibi, and unfortunately fell into the hands of Ashinasheer and became a prisoner of the Tang army.

As King Kucha was captured, Ashinasheer believed that the matter had been successfully concluded, so he did not continue to pursue Nali, so Nali escaped unharmed.

Ashinasheer ordered Heli Bu Shibi to return to Chang'an to hand over his business to Li Er, but still let Guo Xiaoke stay at the capital of Kucha and wait for the next step of the court's instructions.

"Although the king of Kucha has been captured alive and sent back to Beijing, the remnants of Kucha have not been wiped out! I decided to lead the troops out of the city to set up camp." Guo Xiaoke said to the other generals.

"No!" The generals naturally didn't make any sense, but the representatives of the Kucha people didn't think so.

"General! Absolutely not! Now that Nali is missing, if he leads troops from the Western Turks, the capital will be in danger! General, please take precautions." Representative Qiuci said.

After hearing this, Guo Xiaoke said disapprovingly: "It's not worth mentioning that there is only one person in the district, and how can it be possible for the Western Turks to marry the Tang Dynasty and do something that is treacherous."

"Are you worrying too much? Is it possible that Nali alone can be worth [-] soldiers? I don't need to say anything!"

After Guo Xiaoke finished speaking, he walked away and took his troops out of the city to set up camp, completely ignoring the benefits.

Nali has been the Prime Minister of Kucha for so many years, how could he not have his own confidant in the Kucha army.

As long as he invites reinforcements from the Western Turks, and unites with the surrendered troops in the city, it won't be too easy to take back the capital.

Furthermore, Guo Xiaoke thought that the Western Turks did not dare to tear themselves apart from Datang, but he didn't know that Chebi Khan had been making small moves in secret.

On the surface, they are friendly with the Li Tang dynasty, but secretly they are at war with each other, and they will not give in at all in terms of interests.

At night, Nali appeared near the capital with [-] Western Turkic reinforcements, and quietly entered the city to get in touch with the leader of the surrendered army in the city.

Biaoli promised Nali to cooperate with him inside and outside, and attack Guo Xiaoke's troops together. That night, Biaoli and others clamored loudly in the city.

Only then did Guo Xiaoke realize it, so he led more than a thousand people from his troops into the city to fight the enemy.

All the descendants in the city responded to Nali's call and launched an attack on the Tang army, firing random arrows. Guo Xiaoke led the Tang army to fight to the death.

The city was full of flames, and shouts of killing sounded in this quiet night.

The Western Turkic army outside the city quietly looked at the capital of Kucha, which was engulfed in war, without moving.

A cavalry rushed over, stopped in front of the commander of the Western Turkic cavalry, and said, "General, Nali asked us to send troops quickly to wipe out the Tang army together, they are about to lose their hold!"

Although Guo Xiaoke has only a few thousand soldiers and horses, it is more than enough to suppress the surrendered army in the city, and the Kucha surrendered army is no match at all.

If the Western Turkic army does not act again, Nali's rebellion will be completely suppressed. At that time, it will be useless for the Western Turkic army to send troops again.

The Western Turkic general did not delay, and directly ordered an attack, and [-] Western Turkic cavalry rushed to Guo Xiaoke's troops.

When Guo Xiaoke learned that the Western Turkic army was attacking, he was shocked and turned pale. He immediately ordered to leave the city, but he died in the west gate.

The capital of Kucha fell and fell into the hands of Nali. Ashinasheer ordered General Cao Jishu to send troops to change the city, and Cao Jishu regained control of the capital of Kucha from Nali.

Ashinasheer wrote up the situation this time as a battle report, sent it to Chang'an at high speed, and arrived in Chang'an a few days later.

But Ashinasheer stayed and continued to fight against the Western Turkic and Kucha allied forces, and cleaned up the mess.

After that, Ashina Society broke through 5 big cities, and more than 700 cities belonged to the Tang Dynasty, gaining tens of thousands of people.It wasn't until the 22nd year of Zhenguan that Ashinasheer settled down Kucha.

In the end, Ashina Sheer appointed Ye Hu, the younger brother of the King of Kucha, as the new King of Kucha, and returned to Chang'an after recording meritorious deeds.

In the city of Chang'an, Li Er and the ministers in the Taiji Hall were discussing matters in the court, and they received the battle report from Ashinasheer.

"It's simply to blame!" Li Er was furious after reading the battle report.

Everyone didn't understand what was going on, so Changsun Wuji asked, "Your Majesty! But what happened to the army attacking Qiucha?"

"Guo Xiaoke insisted on going his own way, refused to listen to dissuasion, was arrogant, and did not take precautions, which eventually led to the death of the enemy's arrows. Even his eldest son Guo Daizhao died in battle." Li Er was indignant and told the matter to the ministers listen.

Everyone was speechless about this matter, Guo Xiaoke wanted to die by himself, it was really his own fault, and he could not blame others.

"Decree! Deprive Guo Xiaoke of all his official positions, but think that he died in the battle for the Tang Dynasty. I can't let the soldiers feel cold and mourn for him!" Li Erdao.

Although Guo Xiaoke was at fault, he was punished as he deserved. Anyway, he also died in the battle for Datang, and it is not too much to hold a funeral for him.

Later, after Li Chengqian ascended the throne, he posthumously presented Guo Xiaoke as the governor of Anxi and Duke of Yangzhai.

(End of this chapter)