Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3084 Deploying troops
In the ninth year of Tang Zhenguan, Duan Zhixuan, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, led his army to attack Tuyuhun, and Fu Yun led the crowd to flee far away. The Tang army chased after Qinghai Lake and led the army.

In November, Tuyuhun invaded Liangzhou again.

In December, with Li Jing as the general manager of the Xikaidao march, he commanded the Minister of the Ministry of War, Hou Junji, the general manager of the Jishi Road march, Ren Chengwang, the Minister of the Criminal Ministry, Li Daozong, the general manager of the Shanshan Road march, Li Daliang, the governor of Liangzhou, and Li Daliang, the general manager of the Qiemo Road march. Li Daoyan, governor of the state, Li Daoyan, chief of the Chishui Road march, Gao Zengsheng, chief of the Yanze Road march, governor of Lizhou, and the Turks and Qibi He Li who returned to the Tang Dynasty attacked Tuyuhun.

In April of the following year, Li Daozong defeated the Tuyuhun army in Kushan.

Then the Tang army divided into two groups. Li Jing, Li Daliang, and Xue Wanjun led their troops to the north and went out to the right of Tuyuhun, while Hou Junji and Li Daozong led their troops to the south and went out to the left of Tuyuhun.Li Jing led his troops to fight Tuyuhun in Mandu Mountain, beheading the famous king of Tuyuhun.

The generals defeated Tuyuhun at Niuxindui and Chishuiyuan, captured Tuyuhun Fuyun's confidant Murong Xiaojun, and seized tens of thousands of miscellaneous animals.Hou Junji and Li Daozong defeated Tuyuhun in Wuhai and captured the famous king Liang Qucong.Li Jing defeated the three tribes of Tuyuhun Tianzhu in Chihai, and collected 20 miscellaneous animals; Li Daliang captured 20 famous generals of Tuyuhun and [-] miscellaneous animals, and reached the western border of Qiemo.

Tuyuhun King Fuyun fled, Xue Wanjun commanded cavalry to pursue and defeated the remaining Tuyuhun party.

At that time, the soldiers were short of water, and the horses were stabbed to drink blood. It was a tragic showdown!
Hou Junji and Li Daozong led the army to march two thousand miles in the wilderness, where there will be frost in midsummer, lack of drinking water and fodder, Shimi ice, horse moxue, passing Xingsu River, and reaching the Bohai Sea, and desperately trying to break the Tuyuhun chariot Heavy.Fu Shun, the son of Fu Yun, king of Tuyuhun, led the whole country to surrender to the Tang army. Fu Yun hanged himself and died, and Tuyuhun belonged to the Tang Dynasty.

Fushun was named Khan and King of Xiping County, and Tuyuhun became a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Tuyuhun did not forget the hatred of the subjugation of the country for a while.

After the 11th year of Zhenguan, Tuyuhun sometimes plundered with troops, but the court has always appeased him, making it a buffer between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo.

However, it now appears that this strategy was extremely wrong. Not only did Tuyuhun recuperate and gradually grow bigger, but there was also a vague alliance with Tubo.

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Fang Jun said in a deep voice: "Once the Tuyuhun alliance with Tubo makes them free from worries, it is very likely that troops will cross the Qilian Mountains and attack Liang, Gan, Su, Gua and other states, cutting off the Silk Road and losing the imperial court's control over the Western Regions. The Anxi Army was left hanging alone, with no help. If the Turks took advantage of the situation and marched into the Western Regions at that time, I am afraid that the vast land of the Western Regions would no longer be the territory of the Tang Dynasty."

This is by no means alarmist.

Historically, it was after Tuyuhun was overthrown by Tubo that the Tubo forces were able to move closer to the Qilian Mountains, allowing them to easily cross the mountains to reach the Hexi Corridor.

Thus, there was the legend of the 42-year-old lone army who stood firm in the Western Regions.

They were once young Guanzhong children in fresh clothes and angry horses. They went from young to white-haired in the desolate land of the Western Regions. The robes around them died one after another, but they could not change their ambition and responsibility to stick to the country until they were killed by the Yellow Emperor. sand buried...

Of course Li Chengqian knew the importance of the Hexi Corridor. Once it fell, not only would the Western Regions be completely cut off, but even Guanzhong would be under the command of the barbarians.

He asked solemnly: "If Cui Dunli fails to complete his mission, how should he deal with it?"

Fang Jun had already had a plan in mind, and he said firmly: "No matter what happens to Cui Dunli, he should immediately send an order to the Anxi army to prepare his army, repair his weapons, collect food and grass, and prepare for a tough battle. The lack of troops in Guanzhong makes it impossible to take the initiative to attack Tuyuhun can only defend passively. Once Tuyuhun makes trouble, the Hexi Corridor will bear the brunt, and I am afraid there will be a bitter battle."

Say a thousand words and ten thousand, but there are still no soldiers to use.

The soldiers in Mobei cannot be mobilized, otherwise not only Xue Yantuo may be revived, but even the Turks may kill their carbine and return to Longting.Jiangnan needs a large army to guard it. Right now, the gentry in Jiangnan are all well-behaved. If there is no army, whoever can raise a banner to rebel.

Throughout the dynasties, Jiangnan seems weak, but it has never been a fuel-efficient lamp...

As for the army in Lingnan, it cannot be mobilized at all.Otherwise, before the barbarians in the south of the Lingnan rose up to make trouble, the Feng family would gather together and establish themselves as kings.

Having said that, if Guanzhong can mobilize [-] troops, even if you lend Tuyuhun ten guts, he wouldn't dare to make trouble!

Li Chengqian pondered for a while, then said: "If the Zuo Tunwei is transferred to Hexi, what does Erlang think?"

Fang Jun was taken aback, then subconsciously shook his head and said, "How can this be done?"

The left and right garrison guards are all defensive forces formed by His Majesty Li Er's selection of his relatives and the sons of Guanzhong Liangjia. From the Xuanwu Gate where they are stationed, we can know how much His Majesty Li Er attaches importance to these two military guards.

However, the reason for setting up two military guards, one on the left and one on the right, is not only to increase the strength of the troops, but also to balance the restraint.

Transfer Zuo Tunwei to Hexi to guard Tuyuhun, leaving only Right Tunwei Suwei Xuanwu Gate?
It is absolutely impossible to get permission from the imperial court and clan...

But Li Chengqian said: "Why not? The duty of guarding the left and right is to guard the Xuanwu Gate and guard the Taiji Palace. But right now, the emperor's father is away in person, so he only needs to move to the Xingqing Palace to act as an agent of the government. So why does the Taiji Palace need troops to defend it?"

Fang Jun was stunned again, touched the short mustache on his lips, and thought about it carefully, it seems that it is really feasible...

The emperor is not in the Tai Chi Palace, and the crown prince is not in the East Palace. Why is there any need for the Xuanwu Gate to hoard heavy troops and stay in the guard day and night?As long as these two military guards can be freed from the heavy tasks of the guards, there will be sufficient troops to go to Hexi to guard, and it is even possible to go directly to Qinghai and directly attack King Tuyuhun!

The guards on the left and right are the trump cards of the imperial army, the elite among the elite!

It is really possible to do so.

However, Fang Jun did not trust Chai Zhewei, he hesitated and said: "Although Qiao Guogong has led the army for many years, he has not participated in the war. It is inevitable that there will be omissions when facing the enemy. Why don't we let the guards from the right village go out first? Stationed in Hexi, to deter Tuyuhun. If Tuyuhun is stubborn, he will cross Qilian Mountains and enter Qinghai, attack his old lair, and destroy his family."

It's not unreasonable for him to be so worried.

Although Chai Zhewei is well-known and highly trusted by His Majesty Li Er, his own ability is doubtful, because he has never really set foot on the battlefield in his life, let alone prove his ability in front of powerful enemies.

Li Chengqian had to move into the Xingqing Palace to liberate the left and right guards. If Chai Zhewei was a man of Zhao Tuo's generation and caused the left guards to be defeated by the Tuyuhun cavalry, it would not only be a danger outside the pass, but the strength of the troops in the pass would become stronger. It is not impossible for the Hu people to enter the pass if the pass is broken due to a little carelessness.

If that's the case, Li Chengqian, Chai Zhewei, and even Fang Jun will all become sinners through the ages...

Li Chengqian immediately shook his head and said, "How can that be done? Erlang is not only the General of the Right Tunwei, but also the Secretary of the Ministry of War. Go to war."

Fang Jun can't trust Chai Zhewei's fighting power, how can Li Chengqian trust Chai Zhewei's loyalty?Perhaps Chai Zhewei's loyalty is indeed there, but he is only loyal to the Tang Dynasty, but not necessarily loyal to him, the prince. In case Fang Jun leads the right guard to go out, Chai Zhewei will send troops from Xuanwu Gate to Chang'an City to "remonstrate" , he doesn't know how the prince died...

Fang Jun also thought of this question, nodded and said: "Then let's make a decision for the time being. At the meeting of the Political Affairs Hall tomorrow, I will mention it. Please discuss it with the auxiliary ministers and make a decision."

In fact, there is nothing to discuss. As long as the prince and Fang Jun are determined, Xiao Yu, Li Daozong, Ma Zhou and others will naturally all agree, and Cen Wenwen will not sing against it, and the rest will not constitute opposition.

After discussing the matter, Li Chengqian waved Fang Jun to drink tea, sighed to himself, and said, "Did Erlang go out of the city last night?"

Fang Jun didn't know why he asked this, he nodded and said: "Exactly, there is something wrong with the Foundry Bureau, I should deal with it."

Li Chengqian looked at him faintly, sighed, and said, "This Chang'an city is not small, but it is not big. But whoever is interested in staring at some, who can hide it from others? Erlang is in the limelight right now. , I don’t know how many people are staring at you, it’s better to be cautious about what you think and do, at least avoid it, don’t make the city full of wind and rain, and everyone knows it..."

When Fang Jun heard this, he felt a little embarrassed...

(End of this chapter)