Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 388 Chapter 399: The plan to unify the Western Regions

Drawing the sword, killing the enemy, putting the sword back into its sheath, Li Hao's movements were as swift as lightning, almost instantly completed, the three guards froze for a second, and all fell to the ground, with blood gushing from their throats, staining the ground red .

But Tenzin Jiangcuo was fine, his throat was only scratched a little, and one or two drops of blood leaked out. He was trembling all over at the moment, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat, because just now, he felt that he was so close to death. near.

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and asked coldly, "Surrender?"

Tenzin Jiangcuo's legs softened, and he knelt down on the ground: "I surrender." The Tubo army in the rear dropped their weapons one after another when they saw this, and then knelt down to accept the surrender. Thunderous cheers sounded in the Tang army.

After cleaning the battlefield, Li Hao and Xue Rengui captured all the [-] troops of Tenzin Jiangcuo and Tubo, and then went to Tingzhou City. Su Dingfang also returned to Tingzhou City after defeating the Agni and Kucha Army. The army met at the governor's mansion in Tingzhou, Li Hao finally saw Qin Wei and Wang Yuantai whom he had not seen for a long time, and there was inevitably a burst of sighs and pleasantries.

Qin Wei set up a simple banquet in the Governor's Mansion for the chief generals of the three armies and the supervising army. During the banquet, Su Dingfang held up the wine glass, toasted Li Hao, and said, "Poet, I respect you for this glass."

Li Hao hurriedly stood up and said, "General Manager Su, you are too polite. No matter your seniority or military position, you are higher than me. I should respect you."

Su Dingfang shook his head and sighed: "The imperial court always employs people according to their ability. If you blindly talk about seniority, it will be difficult to make progress. You have a great talent for poetry madness, and even if Su refuses to accept it, don't worry. After the banquet is over, we will Let's write a military report together, and we must report your outstanding military exploits to His Majesty."

Li Hao hurriedly said: "Superintendent Su is serious. Although the boy has made an inch of merit in this battle, he dare not claim credit. General Xue Rengui also contributed a lot. Chief Su also defeated the army of Agni and Kucha... "

"Oh——" Su Dingfang raised his hand to stop him, and said, "Poetry Maniac, if you still think that I, Su, is your elder, then don't talk about such scenes. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that you have made great achievements in this battle." , if you are more modest, then it is hypocrisy."

Li Hao blinked when he heard the words, then grinned suddenly, and said: "That is, who am I, I am Li Shikuang."

"What a Li Shikuang, let's have a drink!" Su Dingfang took the lead to drink up the wine glass, Li Hao was dumbfounded seeing it, this is strong wine.

Seeing Li Hao's bitter face after drinking, Su Dingfang immediately laughed and said, "I've heard Cheng Zhijie say that you don't like strong alcohol when you're a poet, so it's true. They are good brothers who fought together, don't stick to seniority and official position, Su doesn't like that very much."

Li Hao climbed up the pole, and said with a smile: "Since Uncle Su is a man of temperament, that kid will dare to prestige, but don't say that the kid doesn't understand etiquette."

"Haha!" Su Dingfang pointed at Li Hao and said with a smile, "Mr. Su is very clear about your virtues. You just called Mr. Su uncle, and Mr. Su agreed here. From now on, Mr. Su and Cheng Zhijie Same, it’s your uncle now, if someone in the court wants to oppose you in the future, Su will be the first to stand up and support you!"

The other people at the table were all shocked when they heard the words. Su Dingfang was a founding meritorious service. Li Hao, how can we not surprise everyone.

Li Hao was also very pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly said: "With Uncle Su's words, if you leave a drop of this glass of wine, this boy, it is disrespectful to Uncle Su!" He tilted his neck and drank a glass of strong wine.

"Haha, good!" Seeing this, Su Dingfang clapped his hands and laughed happily, "Listen to Cheng Zhijie, your kid likes to play tricks when drinking, shake off half of a glass of wine first, and then let the clothes drink half of the glass. Today it seems...it's Cheng Zhijie's fault." The old killer is talking nonsense."

Li Hao was embarrassed when he heard the words. Why did Cheng Yaojin keep beeping outside all day long with such a broken mouth? He also brought up such a stupid thing, so he could only laugh dryly: "Uncle Su, what do you share with the boy when he drinks?" People drink, like Uncle Cheng, if you drink with him, you just shake half a glass and let your clothes drink half a glass, but Uncle Su is a bold person, if the boy cheats on you, he will look down on uncle."

Su Dingfang laughed again when he heard the words: "Haha, if Zhijie hears this, it's no wonder he doesn't smoke you."

Everyone laughed after hearing the words, and the atmosphere on the wine table became extraordinarily relaxed and unrestrained.

After the banquet was over, they gathered at the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion and began to write military newspaper memorials. Everyone discussed and wrote together how harmonious and harmonious they wanted to be, a bit like copying homework.

In this war, Li Hao must be the first one, followed by Xue Rengui. Li Hao especially emphasized that Xue Rengui's contribution should be reported more beautifully. No matter how great the credit is, the rewards are limited because of his young age, but Xue Rengui is different, he has a lot of room for development, the greater the credit, the faster he will be promoted.Su Dingfang didn't object, because he also felt that Xue Rengui was indeed a rare talent. Anyway, he was so old, and he could make a little credit. Give young people more opportunities. He was really optimistic about Li Hao and Xue Rengui.

After writing the military commander's report very harmoniously, they sent fast horses to send them out overnight, and then they went back to the camp to sleep, waiting for Li Shimin's imperial edict.

One month later, Li Shimin received the report from Li Hao and Ma Zhou. He was surprised, and then overjoyed. What surprised him was that so many countries wanted to take advantage of the fire in this battle, and wanted to be unfavorable to Datang. It is unimaginable that a talented man in the world would lead his troops to fly [-] miles a day to seize Xizhou in such a critical situation. As for Li Hao's disobedience to the military order, he ignored it directly, because compared with Li Hao's achievements, Nothing at all.

Li Shimin immediately called a group of ministers to discuss how to help them, and three days later, he would send the army to report to Chang'an, and this time it turned out to be the military report of all the marching chiefs and military supervisors, a military report written by six people After reading the newspaper, Li Shimin raised his head and laughed in the Manna Hall after reading it. It took more than ten minutes to feel satisfied after laughing, cool!It's so cool!big win!Absolute victory!This is nothing short of a miracle!

Now Li Shimin can't wait to make Li Hao a Duke, and Li Hao a Shangzhu Kingdom. Anyway, he really wants to give Li Hao the best rewards. Fortunately, he calmed down quickly, knowing that this is impossible. , the ministers will definitely object, so Li Shimin summoned the ministers to announce the news of the victory in this battle. , and this time they captured an enemy Rushuai Tenzin Jiangcuo alive. This is the second time Datang has captured Tubo Rushuai alive. Li Shimin is already thinking, how much Songtsan Gampo is going to spend to redeem him this time, um , this time we have to sit on the ground and raise the price, and kill him well. No more cutting off Songtsan Gampo’s body will be sorry for Datang’s losses. As for how much Tubo has suffered, it has half a dime relationship with Datang .

The next step is to discuss with the ministers how to take revenge. This group of foreigners actually teamed up to invade Datang. The army is still in the desert, let them retaliate one by one, and solve Agni, Qiuci, Tuyuhun, and Western Turks together. As for Xue Yantuo and Huihe, the distance is a bit far away. In the long run, the officials immediately talked about it, and many people Inappropriate.

Li Shimin was very unhappy about the opposition from the officials. After all, it was not in line with Tian Khan's character.

But the ministers expressed a very real problem, winter is coming soon, the desert is cold in winter, it is not suitable to use soldiers, and the treasury is running out of food reserves, Datang must also store more food to prevent it from happening again Natural disasters, Li Shimin thought about it and felt that what they said was reasonable. Although Zhenguan rice has been promoted this year, there are some places that are not willing to accept the new rice species. Therefore, the grain harvest of Datang this year has improved. It's not too big, and it may take another two or three years for Zhenguan Rice to be fully popularized across the country.

Li Shimin thought for another day and formulated a new plan, which is to unify the Western Regions and build the Beiting Protectorate in the north of the Anxi Protectorate. Mansion, the first thing is to let Su Dingfang and the others lead troops to attack Agni, Kucha and Western Turks.

However, the Western Turkic territory is vast, and it is impossible to defeat them in a short period of time, so it is only necessary to capture their Khan Futu City, and then expand westward for hundreds of miles.

After hearing this, the officials felt that this plan seemed feasible, and finally began to calculate the food and grass. The planned food and grass were only [-] shi, which was enough for the army for two months. Gini and Kucha captured the city of Khan Futu in the Western Turks at the same time, and stretched five hundred miles westward.

Su Dingfang frowned when he received Li Shimin's imperial edict, and sent someone to invite Li Hao and Xue Rengui to discuss the plan of dispatching troops. The weather has turned cold now, and it is estimated that winter will start in 20 days, and the court has not given them much food. On the way here, by the time the grain and grass arrive, I'm afraid it will already be the twelfth lunar month.

As for the winter in Xizhou and Tingzhou, Li Hao has experienced it deeply. It is true that a drop of water turns into ice, and it is impossible to fight. However, life cannot be violated. Li Hao finally proposed that the three of them split up and attack quickly within 20 days. Make a quick decision, and bring as few soldiers and horses as possible to save food and grass.Then it was decided by lottery that Su Dingfang led [-] troops to attack Agni, Xue Rengui led [-] troops to attack Kucha, and Li Hao led [-] troops to attack Khan Futu City.

Both Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui agreed to Li Hao's proposal, and the three of them split up. Li Hao led [-] troops and hurried to Khan Futu City.

Khan Futu City was built in the desert. Although the city is not high and there is no moat, there are [-] elite Western Turkic soldiers guarding it. To win within the time limit, more than twice the number of troops is necessary. However, Li Hao only brought [-] soldiers and horses, so the difficulty is even greater.

(End of this chapter)