Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 468: Western Xinjiang chaos
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For a month, spent amidst wars, disasters, pain, and anger. This month can be said to be the most chaotic and unbearable period from the Tang Dynasty to when Li Shimin calmed down the northern Turks.
Starting on New Year’s Eve, after the Garqin Mausoleum fell to Taozhou like a demon, the area of Western Xinjiang in Datang was plunged into a boundless disaster. The commander-in-chief of the enemy country, who was armed like a ghost, lonely penetrated into the hinterland of Datang, and he did not rush.
The thief who entered the house played hide-and-seek with the host's family.
First of all, after he attracted the main force of Yuchi Jingde stationed in Songzhou, he didn't meet him at all. He was hiding in the vast and complicated place between Tao, He, Yuan, and Qin. Staggering back and forth, killing people and setting fire to home and robbery, like a ringing horse going down the mountain. Soon, Li Shimin sent general Li Daliang to command one hundred thousand elite troops from the Guanzhong Pass to conquer the West, and came to conquer; the army of the Western Xinjiang of the Tang Dynasty also received orders from the imperial court, and gathered together under Yuchi Jingde to come to Qishan to destroy Galqin. Mausoleum.
At this time, the Garqin Mausoleum, which was already in its chest, resorted to a trick that no one had expected-to make it into pieces!
His one hundred thousand iron cavalry, before Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang formed an encirclement, like a firework burst into the sky, it was divided into dozens of strands, and it spread madly in forty thousand directions and escaped.
The number of people and horses per share ranges from more than a hundred to thousands, as if the toxins infiltrated into the blood flow with the blood and spread into every pore, and they are quite tacitly not going to the official road and not close to the town military office. Escape from chasing and suppressing, specifically slipping away between wild mountain roads and villages and tribes, killing and arson wherever they go |
The Xijiang area was immediately plunged into boundless chaos and panic. The people of Datang talked about it. Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing from their homes in the four states of Qishan and flocking to Guanzhong.
Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang are like smashing ants with an iron hammer. Although a lot of "squads" were eliminated piecemeal, less than 20,000 horses were killed in total in one month.
At this time, most of the main force of the Garqin Mausoleum appeared strangely in Songzhou, the place where Yuchi Jingde was stationed!
This sly fox transformed into a loach. When Yuchi Jingde opened the brigade and opened the large net to launch a decisive battle against him, he was actually separated from the western Qishilishu where the army of Yuchi Jingde was located. Pass by the mountain and forest trails!
Waiting for Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang to lead the army to culminate them, waiting for them is a cloud of smoke from the Garqin Mausoleum like a ninja hideout-dozens of small groups of people who fled around. These small groups of people attacked and swaggered and acted without evil, not many people, secretly mobile, and very difficult to catch, but they must not be suppressed.
All of a sudden, both Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang's lungs exploded, and their heads turned dizzy. The two discussed, not waiting for the imperial court's order, Yuchi Jingde hurriedly returned to Songzhou-there was the gateway to the kingdom of Sichuan and Sichuan!
Li Daliang stayed to lead the army and command the local states and counties, to eliminate the remaining bandits and comfort the victims.
In just one month, the people of 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 the separatist regimes were still raging and wars were still frequent, the kings of various places understood the purpose of "people-oriented" and generally did not wantonly abuse the people. But the Garqin Mausoleum at the moment is a living demon who has come to the world and annihilated the gods, cannibals without spitting out bones!
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You can imagine how Emperor Li Shimin's mood has been in recent days. From the day he was enthroned, even if he was killed by the prairie lords Xiong Jieli Khan led his army to the outskirts of the Great Wall, he was not as embarrassed as he is today!
What's more, at that time, Datang had a weak foundation and an unstable foothold, and the grassland Turkic soldiers were strong and strong; but now, Datang is a Taiping country, rich and powerful, and is known as the Yangyang Dynasty!
He, the Heavenly Khan, who is prestigious and respected by the Siyi, was severely slapped by a Tubo kid in front of the people of the world!
Only he knows what it's like.
In the middle of the night, when the lights in the Wude Hall Hongwen Hall were still lit up, the officials who entered and exited all trot and dared not neglect. The atmosphere in the museum was even more tense. More than a dozen of the central government officials and ministers were all present, followed by Li Shimin in front of a map of the land.
"Is there a battle report from Yuchi Jingde?" Li Shimin's voice was a little deep, revealing majestic and suppressed anger.
"My Majesty, I received a report from Li Daliang this morning, saying that General Yuchi had led his army back to Songzhou and fought a battle with Garqin Mausoleum in Songzhou. But...no enemy." Chu Suiliang answered. Tao.
"Invincible?" Li Shimin frowned, "What did you lose?"
"It is not miserable to lose..." Chu Suiliang hesitated and said, "Gerqin Ling is obviously unintentional in fighting. After his Kunlun cavalry entered the Shu region, it was not too adapted to the terrain there. Infantry battles couldn't get much cheaper, but they rode and shoot very well. When they met on a narrow road, the Kunlun cavalry mainly relied on riding and shooting to suppress Yuchi Jingde, and then quickly captured the weak guard post and fled southwest. Most of Yuchi Jingde's possessions It’s the infantry...can't catch up."
When everyone heard the news, they all raised their throats!
Break through Songzhou, the soldiers and horses of the Garqin Mausoleum will face the naked Sichuan and Shuzhou County!
"It seems that most of Yuchi Jingde is old." Li Shimin didn't rant, but said this lightly, but everyone's hearts were whizzing.
"Your Majesty..." Fang Xuanling arched her hands and said, "This can't be blamed on General Yuchi. As the saying goes, care will lead to chaos, and chaos will lead to confusion. Garqin Mausoleum is making chaos in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, Yuchi The general must be both distressed and angry. He wanted to extinguish the thieves as soon as possible under the anger of the fire. The result is not fast. The Garqin Mausoleum is prepared and confident, but it is easy to do. The Kunlun cavalry is extremely powerful, and the troops The number is more than that of General Yuchi, so it is reasonable to win or lose in the battle."
"It’s one thing to be able to beat or not. What I am annoyed is that the pair of battlefield veterans, Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang, were actually like two older children, who were led by the nose by Garqin Mausoleum. The play of slipping away!" Li Shimin snorted coldly, "I don't understand. A savage general in Garqinling living on the plateau, how can he understand the terrain of the battlefield in Xijiang, Sichuan and Sichuan better than our own general? It’s easier to get in and out of the county than to get in and out of your own bedroom!"
"Garqin Mausoleum deliberately plans in advance, and then prepares to attack and unprepared, nothing more than that." Fang Xuanling said, "Weichen cite an inappropriate example, the former Han Zhi Huo Qubing also used this Waiting for tactics to smash the Huns on the grasslands. The difference is that the Huns were nomads and did not have a city pass, but the Garqin Mausoleum used to destroy the city along the road. So, this Garqin Mausoleum is indeed not allowed. Xiao Yin is a rare military genius!"
"Xuan Ling's words are objective. Regardless of his position, Garqin Ling is indeed a superb military genius. He has already used the tactics of the auspicious soldiers to the extreme!" Li Shimin nodded, his eyes were approved. A bit fierce, he said, "Huo Qubing in the Han dynasty swept the Xiongnu's enshrinement of wolves. We didn't learn this skill by ourselves, but we were taught by the Tubo Garqin Mausoleum. Well, he was right now. The faces of the world’s billions of people and foreign countries are slapped in my ears!"
"Your Majesty does not have to be like this, the winners and losers..."
"Okay, don't comfort me." Li Shimin waved his hand and asked, "Is there news about Lanzhou and Yumen Pass?"
"His Majesty...Yes." Chu Suiliang carefully took out a military report to Li Shimin, and said, "The King Jiangxia of Shanzhou came to report that Qin Mubai has recovered Yangguan and will tackle tens of thousands of Tubo The army was wiped out in one fell swoop."
"Oh? Annihilated?!" Everyone was shocked.
Li Shimin snatched it over and glared at Chu Suiliang, "Why not report it early!"
The ministers felt relieved, and finally relaxed a little. There have been bad news in the past few days, and today I finally received good news. At the same time, some people are talking about the fact that Lanzhou has always been few soldiers, how can it suddenly "kill the tens of thousands of Tubo troops"?
"So that's it! This Xue Rengui is really a good fortune general!" Li Shimin finally showed a hint of joy on his face, and he let out a long sigh of relief, "The frequent disasters of consecutive days, that is, Qin Mubai can give Let me comfort you! Not bad!"
The gratification is beyond words.
Seeing that the emperor showed a little joy, the officials laughed comfortably in their hearts, but Chu Suiliang couldn't laugh out--he still had another military newspaper in his arms, and he was talking about Hou. In the case of Junji and Dafeichuan, Changsun Huan was killed!
This military newspaper, he really dare not take it out in public. Otherwise, this furious turns into exhilaration, and immediately turns into furious exhilaration again. Chu Suiliang is really afraid of driving a few people crazy-or until the Emperor's mood calms down a little bit, then confide him!
Furthermore, the grandson Wuji is still there! Let him know that his precious son was killed by Hou Junji... I really don't know what will happen!
At this moment, Changsun Wuji, who had been silent for a long time, said, "Your Majesty, the We Minister thought that the Garqin Mausoleum raided the inland areas and caused damage. Although it is fierce, it is still a disease of scabies. What exactly is going on under Guan Nan? What if he takes Sichuan and Sichuan as the king, or slaughters my people violently?"
"Yes, this is the top priority right now-Garqin Mausoleum, what does he want to do next?" Li Shimin said.
The ministers immediately calmed down.
Fang Xuanling, who is good at strategy, pondered for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, the Weichen thought that the Garqin Mausoleum would not go further south, and went deeper in the direction of Yizhou and Chengdu."
"Then, where do you think he will go?" Li Shimin asked.
"The road of Shu is difficult. If the cavalry of the Garqin Mausoleum enters the land of Shu, no matter how brave the Kunlun cavalry is, it will be a dead end. Because most of the roads in that place are narrow mountain roads. It is difficult to cross, Xiu said it was riding a horse. The reason why he wanted to attack Songzhou quickly was because he wanted to break through and escape." Fang Xuanling said, "After breaking through, Garqin Mausoleum can take Jiacheng and turn west. The Jiacheng and Jiaochuan areas under the Songzhou rule were originally the homeland of Diqiang nomads. They were used to tribes scattered in the city and few cities, and it was easy to break through. After Jiacheng, head west to Jinchuan, and along the river north to the Yellow River Jiuqu and the southern foot of Jishi Mountain. , But we have reached the great plateau of Tubo! In this way, the Garqin Mausoleum went around a big circle and returned to its nest, like a fish in water."
"Xuanling's theory coincides with me. As early as the beginning of the Taozhou incident, I concluded that the Garqin Mausoleum would run away sooner or later. He was not that stupid yet, he would really take the pass to destroy me. Datang." Li Shimin raised his finger at the big map, circled the route that Fang Xuanling said, and sighed again: "What a tricky marching route, what a thorough battle plan! This Garqin Mausoleum It’s really not easy! Our Emperors, ministers and soldiers of Datang were so humiliated by him, so what a face!"
"Your Majesty, hasn't he escaped yet?" Fang Xuanling said, "I believe that General Yuchi will not easily go back to the mountain. Although the Songzhou battle failed to capture Garqin Mausoleum, After all, he was a lone army in an expedition, and the veterans of the division were exhausted. As long as General Yuchi wakes up in time, he will no longer chase behind the Garqin Mausoleum and be led by him. Instead, he will suddenly turn to the northwest. The interception and blocking of the Jinchuan River area is not without the possibility of a complete victory!"
Li Shimin shook his head and waved his hand. "It's also easy for us to talk about soldiers here on paper. Really on the front line, Yuchi Jingde has been played repeatedly by the Garqin Mausoleum, and he must be afraid of being fooled again when he is furious. The northwest is located on the Jinchuan River. After the Garqin Ling found out, he did not come to fight with him and suddenly turned around and killed him back to Shu. What should I do?"
"What your Majesty said is very reasonable. With the combat style of the Garqin Mausoleum, this possibility is indeed not ruled out." Fang Xuanling also frowned embarrassedly, "It is small to intercept the enemy and to protect the people. From this point of view, not only was it too late for your Majesty to dispatch troops in Chang'an, even if Yuchi Jingde thought of this, he did not dare to attack again and leave Shu, fearing that Garqin would return. In the middle of the disaster—then he can only watch the Garqin Mausoleum and leave!"
"Hey!—so asshole!!" The whole room sighed in annoyance, clapped their fists and stomped their feet.
Li Shimin's face became more and more unsightly. He cut his back with his hands and bit his cheeks tightly, and a few words popped out between his teeth-"Unless Tubo is killed, we can't wash away today's shame!"
At this time, Changsun Wuji said: "Your Majesty, the minister came from the beginning. The Garqin Mausoleum raid the inland to create this chaos, not just for simple revenge or destruction."
Li Shimin frowned, "Tell me your opinion."
"The officials are shallow, so I just talked about my ignorance." Changsun Wuji said, "In the Dafeichuan battle, the Garqin Tomb suffered a heavy loss, and the vitality of Tubo was greatly injured. At the same time, his own reputation and status in Tubo must be great. Affected. He rushed to attack Songzhou to control the chaos of Western Xinjiang, and his purpose was nothing more than two. One is to keep us busy quelling the chaos and have no time to fight, so that he can win Tubo a respite of vitality. At the moment, except for the states and counties. Huge losses, aren’t hundreds of thousands of refugees flooding into the customs? How much manpower, material resources and time does the court have to spend to resettle the victims and rebuild their damaged homes? This is the biggest difference between the nomads and the people living in the Central Plains. Theirs We can all go with people on horseback; we can’t, we have cities, land, houses, and paint the land."
"It makes sense." Li Shimin nodded and agreed, "Garqin Mausoleum deliberately created disasters along the way, killing people and setting fire, causing me to lose a lot of money. In fact, if it were during the war, the people would not suffer such huge damage. , Because they will take precautions. The more peaceful the period, the more they are caught off guard, the greater the loss. Now we are faced with hundreds of thousands of victims from the Xijiang refugees-auxiliary aircraft, the matter of settling the victims, I leave it to you Supervise it yourself. Okay, you go on."
"Weichen leads the order." Changsun Wuji took over the task, and continued, "The second intention of the Garqin Tomb is very vague, but quite sinister-he is trying to divorce my rulers and generals."
"I thought about this!" Li Shimin took over and said, "Because I am indeed angry, whether it is to Qin Mubai and Hou Junji, or to Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang. Garqin Mausoleum expected As long as he succeeds, the court will certainly punish the relevant negligence, etc. after the incident. Who is the first to bear the brunt?-Lanzhou General Qin Mubai and others! He wants to use my hand to pull out his eyes and flesh nails!"
"Your Majesty Shengming!" Changsun Wuji bowed his hand and said, "This may be the true intention of the Garqin Tomb! Not only must we draw out strong enemies, but also force my Datang to change its strategy against Tubo!"
"Then he underestimated me too!" Li Shimin snorted coldly, and said, "Qin Mubai is at fault, Hou Junji is guilty, and Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang are also ineffective in fighting and deserve punishment, but I Haven't been so stupefied yet-being used by Tagar Qinling to kill him, how is this different from'self-destructing siblings'?"
"My Emperor Sage!" All the officials sang a promise together.
Chu Suiliang was secretly wiping a cold sweat—Your Majesty, Your Majesty, and Grandson Wuji, if you see this other military newspaper in my arms, can you tell me just now?