Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 573
"Fire!"

The Tang army had obviously prepared for the dying counterattack of the Tubo army, but after hearing Xiao Sanlang's loud roar, the officers and soldiers of the first brigade who were waiting in full battle pulled the trigger one after another, and shot a rain of bullets at the Tubo cavalry rushing madly like water. The leader of the army, Gar Qinling, naturally received the most care. Dozens of bullets shot him into a sieve, and he fell off the horse before he even had time to utter a word.

"Cease fire!"

The inner city gate was not big at all, and the thousands of brave people who rushed out after them rushed furiously, but none of them could get close to the Tang army, but those who dared to rush out of the city gate all died tragically under the guns. Under the indiscriminate firing of cannons, within a short time, the entire inner city gate was almost completely blocked by the corpses of soldiers and horses, and no one dared to rush out from inside. The gunpowder smoke filled the air, and after Xiao Sanlang stopped drinking, the gunshots gradually stopped Rest, but saw the corpses of people and horses lying at the gate of the city, and the blood flowed into a river, which can be described as horrible.

Dead silence, a dead silence, facing such a tragic scene, whether it is the Tubo officers and soldiers hiding on the inner city wall and peeping, or the Tang army behind the officers and soldiers of the first brigade, they are all shocked by this cruel scene The tens of thousands of troops were speechless. They were once again frightened by the power of muskets. Only Li Xian himself was an exception, because he knew very well that although muskets were powerful, they had many limitations. The reason why such a remarkable record can be obtained is only due to the favorable location. If it were on open ground, there would definitely not be such an astonishing result. Of course, Li Xian needs to know these things himself, it is impossible What is said at this time will come out, just let all kinds of people wait there in a daze.

"Your Highness, look, the Tubo thieves are flying the white flag!"

After a period of unbearable silence, a Tubo soldier suddenly appeared on the top of the city, waving a white flag wildly, and the sharp-eyed soldier cried out in surprise.

"Enter the city!"

Now that the enemy army has surrendered, Li Xian was happy to save a fight, and he didn't talk too much nonsense. He just waved his hand and issued an order. The corpses blocking the way rushed into the city gate with shouts, but Li Xian did not follow the army to attack. Instead, he rode his horse slowly to the corpse of Gar Qinling who was specially picked out, and stared at it silently. After waiting for a while, he resolutely twisted his horse's head, and went out of the city without looking back...Fucheng was destroyed, and a generation of famous general Gar Qinling died. So far, the entire Tuyuhun territory is no longer established. However, Li Xian did not take advantage of the situation to march into the Tubo Kingdom, nor did he place the army in Fuqi City, but led his troops to slowly retreat to the Qinghai Lake, leaving only [-] infantry troops in Wuhai City. The defense was not because Li Xian didn't want to rush to attack, but because he had concerns - after repeated battles, the exhaustion of the veterans and soldiers was only one aspect, and the excessive consumption of logistics and supplies was also one of the reasons, but these were not the main factors. The real reason is that Li Xian hasn't decided whether to destroy Tubo or not.

reason?It's very simple, just an idiom - the bird is gone!Li Xian has been tossing and tossing happily in Hexi these years. He has made a lot of changes in both military affairs and government affairs. One reason is that Li Xian has sufficient control over Hexi, and no one in the lower states dares to criticize him. But the other reason is the need to fight against Tubo. When Li Xian wants to change, he always plays This article is written in this book. For the sake of the stability of Hexi, Gaozong will not have any big opinions, and it is not good for Empress Wu and the prince to make a big fuss about Hexi, but once Tubo is destroyed, The situation is different, neither the Crown Prince nor the Empress Wu will tolerate Li Xian's self-respect in Hexi. Gaozong is afraid that there will inevitably be such calculations in his heart, and Li Xian wants to stay here as long as he can. It might be difficult for Hexi, and this is obviously not what Li Xian wants. At least for now, Li Xian doesn't want to leave Hexi, the base area that he has managed so hard to control.

The solution is not nothing, one is to let the Tubo Kingdom continue to exist, and it is still a very threatening existence. In this way, Li Xianyong's move to Hexi and Tuyuhun can be explained. The problem is that this war has completely Annihilated more than half of the military power of the Tubo Kingdom. As far as the present is concerned, Tubo is just a peach that is about to be ripe. If it causes unnecessary criticism, the political loss may be a bit big. Therefore, this option can only be used as a last resort. As for the second method, it is to leave Hexi and directly enter the East Palace. Compared with the first method, it is obviously much more difficult, and there are many more uncontrollable factors. Li Xian himself is not too optimistic about this. If it is self-defeating, the consequences will be disastrous!
Headache, really a headache. Facing the ripe fruit, he dared not pick it lightly. This kind of troublesome situation really made Li Xian's headache a little tighter. In addition, the military and political affairs after defeating Tuyuhun There were so many trivial matters, Li Xian couldn't sleep peacefully for more than ten days in a row. It was too much to bear, so he dragged his feet out of the big tent, regardless of his appearance, he stretched fiercely at the door of the big tent.

"Report, Your Highness, the imperial envoy has arrived outside the camp, please make it clear, Your Highness!"

Li Xian hadn't fully stretched his waist when he saw a team rushing over, bowed his body, and hastened to report.

"Ok?"

Hearing the arrival of the imperial envoy, Li Xian couldn't help but be taken aback—after defeating Tuyuhun, the victory report was delivered to the court early in the morning. Counting the time, it was only enough for one round trip. Obviously, the imperial envoy came a little It's strange, at this delicate moment, Li Xian couldn't help but think about it a little bit more. After frowning and thinking about it, he decided to go and have a look before talking. go everywhere.

"Slave Zhang Kan sees Your Highness!"

As soon as Li Xian arrived at the gate of the camp, he saw Zhang Jianzhi talking there with three young eunuchs, a look of suspicion flashed across his eyes, but he didn't show anything else, he just walked over with big strides. A young eunuch dressed in vice-principal's attire who was talking with Zhang Jianzhi in a low voice immediately rushed forward when he saw Li Xian coming, and saluted very respectfully.

"Eunuch is polite."

Li Xian saw that the eunuch surnamed Zhang was very strange, and he should be the vice-principal who was mentioned just now. Without knowing his background, Li Xian didn't exchange much greetings, but raised his hand in a polite manner, signaling him to calm down.

"His Royal Highness has won a great victory over Tubo, and his reputation has spread throughout the world. His Majesty is very happy about it. He specially ordered his servants to pass the decree to congratulate him. His Highness is also requested to accept the decree first."

Although Zhang Kan had never met Li Xian, he had heard of Li Xian's power a lot in the past, so he didn't dare to act like an imperial envoy in front of Li Xian, bowed his body, and asked for instructions with a flattering smile on his face. .

"Eunuch Zhang, please wait a moment, Xiao Wang will let people prepare the incense table and other things, and let Xiao Wang change clothes and take a bath before listening to the hadith."

Now that the imperial edict had arrived, it would be impossible not to accept it, but Li Xian was careful, so he secretly winked at Zhang Jianzhi, but he agreed incomparably kindly.

"Your Highness, please do as you please, the servants will just wait here."

Receiving the order is naturally not to be taken lightly, even though this time is in front of the army, there is no need to be so cumbersome in the first place, it can be done according to the authority, but since Li Xian wants to make the matter solemn, Zhang Kan naturally dare not say nothing, just Neng replied with a smile on his face.

"It's work."

Li Xian didn't say any more nonsense, turned around and walked into the camp with big strides, and went straight back to the big tent of the Chinese army. After a short while, he saw Zhang Jianzhi walking in.

"See Your Highness."

Zhang Jianzhi has always been meticulous, seeing that Li Xian was already sitting in front of the copywriter, he immediately took a few steps, rushed forward, and bowed respectfully.

"You don't need to be too polite, sir, why did you come here? Is there something strange about this edict?"

Li Xian did not take Zhang Jianzhi with him this time, but entrusted all the government affairs of Hexi to him. Even though the war had been won, the government affairs of Tuyuhun did not bother Zhang Jianzhi, but Zhuang Mingyi, the governor of Shanzhou, took charge of it. The purpose was to ensure the stability of the rear area. Seeing that Zhang Jianzhi left the Hexi affairs and accompanied the imperial envoy in person, how could Li Xian not be suspicious.

"Well, there is something strange. From His Highness's point of view, it may be a very good thing!"

Zhang Jianzhi smiled slightly, showing off in an extremely rare way.

"Oh? How do you say this?"

Having been with Zhang Jianzhi for many years, Li Xian knew Zhang Jianzhi's temperament well. If there was no great joy, this old man would never have such a relaxed expression. The curiosity in his heart was immediately aroused, so he said suspiciously After taking a look at Zhang Jian, he asked with a light smile.

"His Royal Highness is looking forward to the Qing Palace, isn't it a happy event?"

Zhang Jianzhiba blinked, seemed to be teasing, but also asked a serious question.

"Qinggong? Something happened to the crown prince? No way? How could it be so fast? Isn't it impossible?"

These days, Li Xian is still thinking about how to deal with it once he leaves Hexi. Winning the position of the Eastern Palace is naturally one of the key points of Li Xian's consideration, but the certainty is really not high, Li Xian does not dare to try it lightly, that's all. At this time, upon hearing Zhang Jianzhi's words, Li Xian's heart jumped a few times, and he stood up suddenly, his eyes widened in disbelief, and he burst out a series of questions suspiciously.

"Your Highness, please sit down."

Zhang Jianzhi didn't answer Li Xian's question immediately, but strode up to a few sons, sat cross-legged opposite Li Xian, smiled and waved his hand, motioning Li Xian to sit down and said.

"call……"

Li Xian let out a sigh of relief, forced himself to suppress all the anxiety in his heart, and slowly sat back to his original position, but did not ask any more questions, but looked at Zhang Jianzhi with a blank gaze, waiting for his answer. a definite explanation.

(End of this chapter)