Chapter 468

One month spent in war, disaster, pain and anger. This month can be said to be the most chaotic and unbearable period from the Tang Dynasty to Li Shimin's pacification of northern Turks.

Since the new year's Eve, after the fall of Taozhou by the garqin mausoleum, the western region of the Tang Dynasty has been plunged into endless disaster. The commander-in-chief of the enemy country, who used his army like a ghost, went deep into the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty alone. He was able to do it without any hurry.

The burglar who entered the house played hide and seek with the owner's house.

First of all, after he attracted Yuchi Jingde's main garrison to Songzhou, he didn't meet him at all. He was in the vast and complex place between Taohe, Yuanyuan and Qinzhou, hiding around Qishan, killing people, setting fire, robbing families and houses, just like a roaring horse down the mountain. Soon, Li Shimin sent Li Daliang, a great general, to lead a hundred thousand elite troops out of the pass and come to fight. The military offices in western Xinjiang of the Tang Dynasty also received the imperial court's orders to gather under Yuchi Jingde's command to come to Qishan and destroy the garqin mausoleum.

At this time, the well-established garqin mausoleum used a trick that no one had expected - breaking the whole into parts!

Before Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang's troops formed a siege on him, his 100000 iron cavalry exploded like fireworks in the air. Divided into dozens of shares, spread wildly to forty-eight thousand and fled.

Each of them has more than a hundred people and thousands of people. It's like the toxin that seeps into the blood. It diffuses into every pore with the blood. It's also quite tacit that they don't go along the official road, don't go near the town military office to escape the pursuit. They specially sneak between the mountain roads and the rural tribes. Where they go, they kill people, set fire, commit adultery, commit prostitution and abuse.

In the west of Xinjiang, there was chaos and panic. In the four states around Qishan, hundreds of thousands of people fled from their hometown and rushed to Guanzhong.

Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang are just like hitting ants with a hammer. Although a lot of "small units" were wiped out piecemeal, less than 20000 people were killed in the first month or so.

And now. Most of the main forces of garqin mausoleum, however, appeared in Songzhou, Yuchi Jingde's garrison!

This cunning fox turns into a loach. When Yuchi Jingde sets out his troops to open the encirclement net to carry out a decisive battle against him, he passes him by the 70 Li mountain road in Sichuan, where Yuchi Jingde's army is located!

When Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang lead the army to fight, what is waiting for them is a cloud of smoke scattered by the garqin mausoleum like a ninja hiding - dozens of small groups of people and horses escaping from harm. These small groups of people make a lot of noise and flaunt. They do all kinds of evil. There are not many of them. They are cunning and mobile. They are very difficult to catch, but they have to be suppressed.

For a moment, Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang's lungs were infuriated and their heads were going to turn dizzy. After discussion, Yuchi Jingde rushed back to Songzhou, the gateway of Sichuan and Sichuan!

Li Daliang, on the other hand, stayed behind to lead the army, command the local counties and prefectures, eliminate the remaining bandits and comfort the affected people.

In a short period of one month, people in Xijiang felt that they had gone from heaven to hell, which was more frightening than the war in the late Sui Dynasty. Because at that time, although there were many separatist regimes and frequent wars, the Tibetan kings all over the country understood the purpose of "taking the people as the foundation" and generally did not abuse the people wantonly. But at present, the garqin mausoleum is a living devil who has come into the world and has no conscience. It eats people and does not spit bones!

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In recent days, the mood of Emperor Li Shimin can be imagined. From the day he ascended the throne, even if he was killed by Jieli Khan, the hero of the grassland, and led his army to the outskirts of the Great Wall, he was not so embarrassed and shameful today!

What's more, at that time, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty was weak and the foothold was unstable, and the army of the Turks on the grassland was strong; but now, the Tang Dynasty is peaceful, the country is rich and the people are strong, and it is known as the great heavenly kingdom!

He was a powerful and respected Tian Khan. He was slapped in the face by a Tubo boy in front of the whole world!

Only he knew what it was like.

Late at night, when the lights were still on in the Hongwen Hall of Wude hall, all the officials in and out of the hall trotted and did not dare to neglect them. In the museum, the atmosphere was even more tense. More than a dozen central officials of Zaifu's reign were all present, and they followed Li Shimin to stand in front of a large map of local chronicles.

"Is there any war report from Yuchi Jingde?" Li Shimin's voice was a little heavy, with dignity and suppressed anger.

"Your Highness, I received a report from Li Daliang this morning that general weichi had led his troops back to Songzhou and had a war with garqin mausoleum in Songzhou. But It's no match Chu Sui Liang replied.

"No enemy?" Li Shimin frowned, "what did you lose?"

"It's not hard to lose..." Chu suiliang hesitated a little and said, "it's obvious that garqin mausoleum didn't want to fight. After all, his Kunlun iron cavalry didn't adapt to the terrain there. He didn't get much advantage against Jiannan mountain infantry, but they were good at riding and shooting. In the narrow road, the Kunlun cavalry mainly suppressed Yuchi Jingde by riding and shooting, then quickly captured the weak guard and fled to the southwest. Yuchi Jingde's headquarters are mostly infantry I can't catch up. "

When people heard the news, their hearts were raised to their throats!

After breaking through Songzhou, the troops of garqin mausoleum will face the naked Sichuan and Shuzhou County!"It seems that Yuchi Jingde is mostly old." Li Shimin didn't get angry and roared, but he said this lightly, but he heard everyone's heart cool.

"Your Majesty..." Fang Xuanling arched his hand and said, "it's not entirely the fault of general Yuchi. As the saying goes, care is chaos. Chaos leads to confusion. General weichi must have been both distressed and angry. He wanted to put out the bandits as soon as possible, but he didn't get there as soon as he wanted. On the other hand, garqin mausoleum was well prepared and had no fear. Kunlun's iron cavalry has extraordinary combat power, and the number of men and horses is better than that of general weichi's troops. Therefore, it is reasonable to win or lose the battle. "

"It's one thing whether they can fight well or not. I'm angry that Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang, the two veteran generals in the battlefield, are playing around like two big children, led by the nose of garqinling!" Li Shimin snorted coldly, "I don't understand. How can a chieftain General of karqin mausoleum, who lives on the plateau, understand the battlefield terrain of Sichuan and Shu in western Xinjiang better than our own generals? It's easier to get in and out of the county than to get in and out of your bedroom! "

"It's nothing more than that that the garqin mausoleum planned in advance and then attacked with preparedness and no preparedness." Fang Xuanling said, "let me give you an inappropriate example. Huo Qubing of the Han Dynasty used these tactics to travel across the grassland to defeat the Xiongnu. The difference is that the Xiongnu were nomads in those days, and there was no city pass, but the garqin mausoleum was a familiar way to destroy the city and pull out the village. In this way, the garqin mausoleum is a rare military ghost

"Xuanling's words are objective. Apart from his standpoint, garqin mausoleum is indeed a superb military genius. He has already applied his tactics to the extreme!" Li Shimin nodded, but his eyes were sharp and he said. "In the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing swept the Xiongnu and granted langjuxu. We didn't learn this skill ourselves, but we were taught it by garqin Mausoleum of Tubo people. Well, he is slapping me in the face of millions of people and foreign countries! "

"Your Majesty doesn't have to be like this. It's the winner or loser..."

"Well, don't comfort me." Li Shimin waved his hand. Asked, "is there any news of Lanzhou and Yumen pass?"

"My lord Yes Chu suiliang carefully took out a military newspaper to Li Shimin and said, "the king of Jiangxia in Shanzhou reported that Qin mubai had recovered the Yangguan pass and wiped out tens of thousands of Tubo troops."

"Oh? Total annihilation? " Everyone was surprised.

Li Shimin grabbed it and glared at Chu suiliang

The ministers were relieved. At last, I relaxed a little bit. It's been bad news for days, but today it's good news. At the same time, some people are arguing that Lanzhou has been short of troops. How can it suddenly "wipe out tens of thousands of Tubo troops at one stroke"?

"So it is! This Xue Rengui is really a good general of the country! " Li Shimin's face finally showed a glimmer of joy, long exhaled a airway, "losing battle for days, frequent disasters. That is Qin mubai can give me a little comfort! Good

The feeling of gratification is beyond words.

Seeing the emperor showing a little joy, all the ministers gave a comfortable laugh, but Chu suiliang couldn't. He still had another military newspaper in his arms, which was about hou Junji and dafeichuan, in which Chang sunhuan was killed!

He did not dare to take out the military newspaper in public. Otherwise. The anger turned to joy, and then to anger. Chu suiliang was really afraid of making a few people crazy. Let's wait for the emperor to calm down a little and play him again!

Moreover, changsun Wuji is still on the stage! Let him know that his precious son was killed by Hou Junji I don't know what will happen!

At this time, changsun Wuji, who had been silent for a long time, spoke. "Your Majesty, I think that although garqin mausoleum raided the mainland and did harm, it was still scabies at best. Now what is he going to do when he breaks through the pass and goes south? What if he takes Sichuan and Sichuan as the king, or slaughters our people

"Not bad. This is the most important thing at the moment - what does garqin mausoleum want to do next? " Li Shimin said.

All the ministers immediately quieted down again.

Fang Xuanling, who is good at strategy, pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I don't think that garqin mausoleum will continue to go south and go deep into Yizhou and Chengdu."

"Where do you think he will go?" Li Shimin asked.

"The road of Shu is hard. If the cavalry of garqin mausoleum were to enter Shu. No matter how brave the Kunlun cavalry is, it's a way to die. Because most of the roads in that place are narrow Yangchang mountain roads, which are difficult to cross on foot, let alone on horseback. The reason why he wanted to attack Songzhou was to break the barrier and escape. " Fang Xuanling said, "after breaking the barrier, garqin mausoleum can turn west by way of Jiacheng. Jiacheng and Jiaochuan under the rule of Songzhou were originally the nomadic places of Diqiang. It is customary for tribes to live in scattered cities, which are very easy to break through. After Jiacheng, go all the way west to Jinchuan, north along the river to Jiuqu of the Yellow River and the south foot of Jishi mountain, and you will arrive at the great plateau of Tubo! In this way, the garqin mausoleum went around a big circle and went back to its old nest like a fish in water. "

"What Xuanling said coincides with me. As early as the beginning of the Taozhou incident, I decided that sooner or later garqin mausoleum would run away. He's not that stupid. He will take Guanzhong directly to destroy Datang. " Li Shimin raised his finger to the big map, followed Fang Xuanling's route and sighed again: "what a tricky marching route and a careful battle plan! This kaerqin mausoleum is really not simple! How can we be shamed by the emperor, officials and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty"Your Majesty. Hasn't he escaped yet? " Fang Xuanling said, "I believe that general weichi will not go back to the mountain easily. Although he failed to catch garqin mausoleum in the first battle of Songzhou, after all, he was a laboring expeditionary soldier, and his troops were exhausted and his supplies were poor. As long as general weichi wakes up in time, he will no longer chase after garqin mausoleum and be led by him. Instead, he will suddenly turn to the northwest and intercept it in advance in the area of Jinchuan river. It's not that there's no chance of a complete victory! "

Li Shimin shook his head and waved his hand. "It's a shame that we're here to talk on paper. When he really got to the front line, Yuchi Jingde had been teased by garqin mausoleum for several times. He was furious and was afraid of being cheated again. In case he set up his troops in the northwest on the Jinchuan River, the karqin mausoleum would not come to fight him and suddenly turn around and kill him back to Shu. What shall we do? "

"What your majesty said is very reasonable. It is true that such a possibility can not be ruled out by the fighting style of garqin mausoleum. " Fang Xuanling also frowned in embarrassment. "It's small to intercept the enemy, but it's big to protect the people. In this way, not only did his majesty not have time to issue an imperial edict to dispatch troops in Chang'an, but Yuchi Jingde thought of it. But he didn't dare to rush out and leave Shu again, for fear that the kaerqin mausoleum would come back and bring disaster to Shu. Then he could only watch the kaerqin mausoleum and go away. "

"Ah! ——Such a jerk! " The whole room was filled with sighs and fists.

Li Shimin's face became more and more ugly. He cut his hands on his back and clenched his cheeks tightly. A few words came out of his teeth: "unless we destroy Tubo, we can't wash the shame of today!"

At this time, Chang sun Wuji said: "Your Majesty, I think about it from the beginning. It is not just for revenge or destruction that the garqin mausoleum raided the mainland to create this chaos."

Li Shimin frowned, "talk about your opinions."

"If I am shallow, I will say that I am stupid." Chang sun Wuji said, "in the battle of Dafei, the kaerqin mausoleum suffered heavy losses, and the vitality of Tubo was greatly damaged. At the same time, his reputation in Tubo must have been greatly affected. There were two purposes for him to attack Songzhou and control the chaos in western Xinjiang. One was to make us busy with calming down the chaos, so that he could win a breathing space for Tubo to recover. At present, in addition to the huge losses of various prefectures and counties, aren't hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring into Guanzhong? It is necessary to resettle the victims and rebuild the damaged homes. How much manpower, material resources and time does the court have to spend? This is the biggest difference between nomadic people and urban residents in Central China. All of their possessions can be rolled up on horseback to follow people. We can't. We have cities, land, houses, and live by painting land. "

"That's right." Li Shimin nodded and agreed, "the killing and arson along the way in garqin mausoleum deliberately caused disaster, which caused great losses to Datang. In fact, if it is a period of war, the people will not suffer such huge damage, because they will be on guard. The more peaceful it was. Unprepared, the greater the loss. Now in front of us are the hundreds of thousands of refugees from Xijiang - auxiliary machinery. I'll leave it to you to supervise the resettlement of the victims. Well, you go on

"Wei Chen leads the order." Changsun Wuji took over the job, and then said, "the second intention of garqin mausoleum is very obscure, but quite sinister - he wants to alienate our monarchs, ministers and generals."

"I think of that!" Li Shimin said, "because I'm really angry, whether it's Qin mubai, Hou Junji, Yuchi Jingde or Li Daliang. Gaerqinling expected that as long as he succeeded, the imperial court would punish the relevant dereliction of duty. Who bears the brunt? ——Lanzhou General Qin mubai and others! He wants to take out the thorn in his eye and the nail in his flesh by my hand

"Your majesty Chang sun Wuji bowed his hand and said, "maybe this is the real intention of garqin mausoleum! Not only do we want to win a strong enemy, but we also need to force Datang to change its strategy against Tubo! "

"Then he looks down on me too much!" Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, "Qin mubai is wrong. Hou Junji is guilty. Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang are also ineffective in fighting, which is worth punishing. But I'm not fatuous yet. What's the difference between being used by his garqin mausoleum to kill people for him and" destroying one's own hands and feet "

"Emperor Shengming!" All the ministers sang together.

But Chu suiliang was secretly sweating -- your majesty, your majesty, and changsun Wuji. If you saw this other military newspaper in my arms, could you tell me just now?

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