Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty Chapter 2166: A bigger plot!

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"...Fortunately, Su did not disgrace his life! The ten teams under Little Khan's subordinates, 90,000 troops, have all fled the grassland and are now stationed outside the county seat!"

At four o'clock in Haishi, in Yunzhong County, Yunzhou Daying, Su Dingfang, Ni Zutuo and others rode into the gate and went straight to the Chinese army tent. The leader is Tuli. Seeing Tuli, Su Dingfang hurriedly stepped forward and clasped his fists.

"!! Met the Duke of Ju! Met the Duke of Dingyuan!!"

At this time, Su Ding just saw two people coming out from behind Tuli, one was Tang Jian, whom he had met in the frontier army camp before, and the other was a majestic and handsome middle-aged general, he Just half a step behind Tuli, and the sky was dark and the light was not good, so Su Dingfang didn't notice it at first.

The Duke of Dingyuan County, that is, Zhang Gongjin, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Gongjin was originally the governor of Wei Prefecture under Wang Shichong, and he came to the Tang Dynasty with the governor Cui Shu. . Later, under the recommendation of Xu Shiji and others, he became a staff member of the Qin Palace, and assisted Li Shimin in launching the Xuanwu Gate Change, and became the governor of Daizhou and named Dingyuan County Duke.

Although Zhang Gongjin did not participate in as many wars as Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others in his life, he did a very famous thing, which directly promoted the change of Xuanwu Gate. This thing is—" Vote for a decision, and help the crown prince"!

In June of the ninth year of Wude, on the eve of the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin asked the wizard to burn the tortoise shell for divination. At this time, a general walked in from the outside, picked up the tortoise shell and threw it on the ground, saying:

"Whoever does divination will resolve doubts and hesitation. Now that there is no doubt, how can there be divination? Divination is inauspicious, and it is inevitable (divination is used to determine doubtful things. It’s very clear, why do you still use divination. If the result of divination is unlucky, do you have to stop (the coup d’état)).”

This general is Zhang Gongjin!

It is precisely because of Zhang Gongjin's decisiveness that Li Shimin was more determined to launch the Xuanwumen Change, so some people in later generations said, "Without Zhang Gongjin and Yuchi Jingde, Taizong would not be able to kill his brother."

In the incident of Xuanwumen, when Prince Li Jiancheng and Qi Wang Li Yuanji were killed, their subordinates Feng Li, Xue Wanche, Xie Shufang and others rushed to Xuanwumen with 2,000 elite troops, preparing to avenge their masters. Zhang Gongjin was so brave that he closed the door alone, blocking Feng Li and others from the door, and Feng Li and others finally collapsed.

Because of the merits of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Zhang Gongjin was promoted to General Zuo Wuhou at the age of only thirty-three, and was granted the title of Duke of Dingyuan County. Such a speed of promotion is relatively rare in the Zhenguan Dynasty!

In the first year of Zhenguan, Zhang Gongjin served as the governor of Daizhou and controlled the soldiers and horses of Daizhou.

Under the influence of Li Zexuan, in April of this year, Li Erling Chai Shao and Yuchi Jingde led the army to destroy Liang Shidu. During this period, in order to prevent the Tang army from attacking the city, Xieli sent his wolf cavalry southward to invade the border of the Tang Dynasty and rush to rescue Master Liang. Fortunately, Tang Jun had expected this early on. Chai Shao set up an ambush on the way to Shuofang City. He happened to encounter the Tiangou eclipse and astronomical phenomenon. Using the terrain and first-mover advantage, he defeated the Turkic Wolf Rider!

Additionally, in July, the Turkic national teacher sneaked into Yanhuang Academy secretly, stole the academy's confidential information, broke through all the way, and joined the 50,000 wolves led by him outside the Longmen Pass, and broke out a fierce battle with the Tang army outside the Longmen Pass!

Within a few months, Turkic wolf cavalry invaded the territory of Datang twice, which made Li Er realize that the national war between Datang and Turks would come soon. Many military officials have also been transferred and arranged in the border states, including the establishment of the Yunzhou Governor's Mansion!

(Historically, Li Er was in March of the fourth year of Zhenguan. After the Tang army wiped out the East Turks, he set up the four prefectures of Shun, You, Hua, and Chang, as well as the Dingxiang and Yunzhou prefectures. Before this, Yunzhou had neither the Governor's Mansion nor the Governor's Office, but only 30,000 frontier troops. The course of history was deflected again because of Li Zexuan)

Because Yunzhou is located at the border, it only governs one county, Yunzhong County, and it is adjacent to Daizhou. Zhang Gongjin was also "promoted" because of this. The governor of the state controls the soldiers and horses of the two states, and takes charge of the government affairs of the two states!

At this time, Yunzhou's strategic position in Datang is almost equivalent to a "military buffer zone", because it is located at the border and directly borders on the grassland. Due to the flames of war, Yunzhou was sparsely populated. Turks often went south to plunder in the past few years, and most of those who could move south moved south to Daizhou, Shuozhou, and Bingzhou for a generation.

Take Yunzhou as a "military buffer zone" and set up a frontier army camp here. If the Turks go south to plunder, the Tang army can keep the enemy out of the country here, and Daizhou can be used as the logistics support of Yunzhou. Continuously provide supplies and soldiers to the front line!

Li Er asked Zhang Gongjin to take charge of the military affairs and government affairs of the two states, because he wanted him to lead the strength and resources of the two states and guard the country for the Tang Dynasty!

In the evening, after receiving the news from Su Dingfang's men, Zhang Gongjin, who was in the capital of Daizhou, rushed to Yunzhou Camp to meet Tuli, and sent reinforcements to chase Su Dingfang to assist Su Dingfang from the grassland. Helped the Tuli remnants to withdraw from the grassland.

"Hehe! General Su doesn't need to be polite!"

They are all of the same age (Su Dingfang is two years older than Zhang Gongjin), and both are generals of the Tang Dynasty military. In addition, Zhang Gongjin and Li Jing have a good personal relationship. He naturally has no ill feeling towards Su Dingfang. He stepped forward and patted Su Dingfang's Shoulder, said:

"Dingfang, have all the 90,000 troops of Little Khan withdrawn from the grassland?"

Su Dingfang nodded, and said: "Yes! Little Khan's 90,000 troops have all withdrawn into Yunzhou, and are now stationed outside the city. And on the grassland, we did not encounter any pursuers sent by Xieli. Soldiers!"

Standing aside, Tuli said with joy at this moment: "Okay! That's great! Shi Bo will replace the help of the many generals under his command, Xie Su!"

These 90,000 troops are regarded as Tuli's "political capital". The more benefits he got, the 90,000 troops plus the 10,000 Qingqi who withdrew from the grassland with him, he brought a total of 100,000 people to the Tang Dynasty. That's right, and at that time, Li Er might still assign the 100,000 people to his official system. Therefore, Su Dingfang has done Tuli a big favor!

"You are welcome, little Khan!"

Su Dingfang waved his hand. In fact, he didn't do much to go deep into the grassland for rescue. The smooth process in the middle was a bit beyond his expectation. He originally thought that he would encounter Xieli's army on the grassland, but he didn't! Tuli's 90,000 remnants were able to withdraw from the grassland without hindrance!

"Dingfang has worked hard all the way! Let's talk about it after we get the money!"

Zhang Gongjin was not as overjoyed as Tuli. After thinking about it for a while, he felt that something was wrong, so he looked at the crowd and said.

A few people naturally agreed.

After a while, everyone returned to the main tent of the Chinese army. Zhang Gongjin sat in the first seat in the middle. Su Dingfang, Tang Jian, Tuli, and Ni Zutuo lined up on the left and right. Zhang Gongjin asked, "Dingfang, you just said, In the process of retreating from the grassland, you did not encounter a Xieli army, but the truth?"

Su Dingfang clasped his fists and said: "It's absolutely true! Not only the team led by the last general has never encountered Jieli's army, but the other nine teams have also never encountered Jieli's army. One person was injured during the retreat!"

The joyful Tuli also came back to his senses at this time, he frowned and said: "This doesn't seem normal! You must hate someone to the bone, otherwise you wouldn't be mobilizing the 300,000 troops of Tie Le's tribe Encircling Ben Khan, Ben Khan led his troops to withdraw from the grassland in the afternoon. He must have received the news. With his character, he would definitely send wolf cavalry to chase him down! Even if he couldn't catch up with the Qingqi under Ben Khan's command, the troops of Ben Khan would definitely The old, weak and wounded soldiers, they will definitely be able to catch up!"

Zhang Gongjin nodded and said: "Little Khan's words are also what Zhang wants to say! Jie Li is cruel in nature. In his eyes, Little Khan led his troops to evacuate the grassland. In his eyes, it is no different from defecting to the Turks. I will chase you all the way! You didn’t encounter a single pursuer on the way to retreat, which means..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Gongjin paused, a little uncertain.

"This shows that Xieli must have a bigger plan, and it's just tonight! So he doesn't have the energy to send troops to chase after the little Khan's troops!"

Tang Jian twirled his beard, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, he patted his head and said.

"A bigger conspiracy~?"

A strange look flashed in Zhang Gongjin's eyes, and the rest of the people in the tent also looked thoughtful.

Tuli thought for a while, and analyzed: "Now Tiele's ten divisions have decided to unite against Kaobi, and the ten troops retreated one after another in the afternoon, so that Ben Khan's men and horses were able to escape from the encirclement and withdraw from the grassland. If there must be a bigger conspiracy, Ben Khan guesses that it is only possible that he wants to suppress the rebellion of Tiele's ten tribes!"

Su Ding said with some doubts: "Ten Tiele's ten divisions just made a move against Xieli this afternoon. How could Xieli send troops to suppress it at night? Although the strength of Tiele's ten divisions is not as good as that of Xieli, they Together, there are millions of followers, if Xieli wants to suppress them, if you don’t make preparations and make a plan, you will suffer heavy losses, I don’t believe Xieli will be so reckless!”

Tang Jian said decisively: "Based on common sense, it is indeed unwise for Jieli to send troops to suppress Tiele's ten tribes tonight! It shows that he has no extra energy at the moment and does not want to divide his troops! The ten divisions of Tiele together have millions of troops, and it is indeed difficult to suppress it with ordinary methods, but what if Xieli uses unusual methods? We must not underestimate Xieli strength!"

Zhang Gongjin thought for a moment, and said: "Ju Guogong's words are reasonable! We must not underestimate Xieli, this matter must be vigilant! Since Xieli has no time to pay attention to him tonight, I will take this opportunity to send a group of scouts to go deep into the grassland to find out the news , I want to see what Xieli does tonight!"

Su Dingfang thought about it, but he didn't object to Zhang Gongjin's decision. Since Xieli didn't send troops to chase after the remnants of Tuli, it means that Xieli is indeed putting all his energy on other things at present. Tonight, 80% of the defenses outside the grassland are empty, which is just convenient for scouts to sneak in.

Seeing that no one objected, Zhang Gongjin paused, and then said:

"In addition, Ben will receive the news that in order to make Xieli fearful and dare not pursue the little Khan's troops, His Majesty ordered Cao Guogong to lead two thousand Qingqi elites to come to the border of Yunzhou. Fifty thousand soldiers and horses were drawn from the prefectures of Yunzhou, Shuozhou, Daizhou, and Youzhou, and Chen Bing was in the north of Yunzhou, practicing day and night, forming a deterrent to Jieli!

When His Majesty made the decree, it was not known that Tiele's ten tribes had decided to resist Xieli, let alone that Little Khan had led his troops to withdraw from the grassland. It is necessary to buy time for the imperial court to conquer the Turks as much as possible. It is still necessary for Chen Bing to deter Xieli at the border of Yunzhou!

According to the report from the scouts, Cao Guogong's army is expected to arrive in Yunzhou before dawn tomorrow! The situation on the grassland has changed suddenly today. Before Cao Guogong comes, we must grasp the situation on the grassland in as much detail as possible so that we can formulate strategies in the future! I have to trouble Little Khan to send a few people to assist our army and sneak into the grassland tonight! "

During the early morning court today, Li Er told the ministers the news that frost had fallen in midsummer on the grassland yesterday, people in the Turks were panicked, and the tribes were likely to rebel against Jieli in the near future. , Mobilize soldiers and horses from the four states of Yunzhou, Shuozhou, Daizhou, and Youzhou, and Chen Bing border gates, drill day and night, to deter Jieli, let Jieli allocate part of his energy to guard against the Tang army, so that he will not use all his troops to encircle and suppress the sudden attack. Lee and Ping rebelled!

This is Li Zexuan's plan to divide the Turks, and Tang Jian has already completed the most critical part of the plan!

"Dingyuan County Lord, don't worry, the soldiers under Ben Khan are very familiar with the grassland environment, and will definitely help your subordinates sneak into the grassland smoothly!"

Tuli quickly responded. ~IndoMTL.com~ The more he cooperates with Zhang Gongjin now, the more likely he will make meritorious service, and the imperial court will reward him more generously, right?

This guy has now regarded himself as a Tang Dynasty man, and he is always thinking about making meritorious service!

"Okay! Then there will be little Khan Lao!"

Zhang Gongjin smiled, and then said: "Little Khan led his troops all the way today, he must be exhausted, and people will send Little Khan back to the tent to rest!"

Tuli has no objection. He fled for a day today, and now he finally "found the organization". Once he relaxes, he is really sleepy. He originally wanted to go out of the city to visit the tribes stationed outside the city, but it was too much. I was sleepy, so I didn't insist on it. After saying goodbye to everyone, I left the Chinese army tent!

"Dingfang, Lord Ju, if Jieli really intends to lead an army to suppress Tie Le's ten tribes tonight, he would send a few Qingqi into the grassland to harass them, what do you two think~?"

After Tuli and Ni Shutuo left, only Zhang Gongjin, Su Dingfang and Tang Jian were left in the big tent.

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