Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 135
In Tang Xuanzong's Kaiyuan and Tianbao prosperity, in addition to the prosperity of commerce and the prosperity of the people, it was also reflected in the use of foreign troops.

Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was very happy. Although he was tired of politics, he always paid attention to the border wars and praised the victories. He almost never compromised with the countries that dared to provoke the Tang Dynasty. He had to go to war, even multi-front wars.

Because Tang Xuanzong was warlike, in order to cater to Tang Xuanzong, and also for their own future and reputation, the envoys of the border borders of the Tang Dynasty desperately found excuses to go to war with neighboring countries.

In the sixth year of Tianbao, the princess of the Tubo Kingdom married King Xiaobolu as his wife, so that the Xiaobolu Kingdom and more than [-] surrounding countries collectively rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and took refuge in Tubo.

The Tang Dynasty and Tubo were old enemies. After Tang Taizong Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, the Tubo Kingdom disappeared for 50 years.

However, Tubo is also in the most powerful period in its history. How could it be willing to let the surrounding forces belong to the Tang Dynasty? Since Wu Zetian's time, it has been fighting with the Tang Dynasty. It is another attempt of the Tubo Kingdom to compete with the Tang Dynasty for hegemony.

For a powerful emperor like Tang Xuanzong, any betrayal was intolerable. Because of the Xiaobolu Kingdom incident, the Tang Dynasty started the war against Tubo Kingdom for the first time after entering the Tianbao Year.

Under the order of Tang Xuanzong, Gao Xianzhi, the deputy governor of the four towns of Anxi, led an army of more than [-] in the seventh year of Tianbao to conquer the Little Bolu Kingdom, and fought against Tubo and the Little Bolu Kingdom in Lianyunbao.

In the first battle, the Tang army beheaded Tubo, and Xiaobolu's allied forces had 5000 heads, and captured more than a thousand.

After two months of fighting, Gao Xianzhi defeated the little Bolu kingdom and captured the little Bolu king and Tubo princess.

With his military exploits, Gao Xianzhi was promoted to the Jiedushi of the Four Towns of Anxi.

The Jiedu Envoy of the Tang Dynasty has great power. He can mobilize the troops under his jurisdiction without using the military talisman. He also has the right to conscription and taxation by himself, and he can also decide to start wars against neighboring countries.

In the first battle of Xiaobolu Kingdom, the Tubo Kingdom suffered a disastrous defeat. Even the married princess was captured by the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was furious. In order to teach the arrogance of the Tubo Kingdom, in the eighth year of Tianbao, he ordered Longyou Jiedu envoy Ge Shuhan to be the commander-in-chief. The army counterattacked Tubo, and started the second war with Tubo after the Tianbao Year.

The scale of this battle was much larger than the battle of Xiaobolu Kingdom. Both sides dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops. They fought fiercely for months, and each side won or lost. The main reason is that Tang Dynasty had the upper hand, and Tubo Kingdom passively defended.

Ge Shuhan led the Tang army to fight fiercely with the Tubo Kingdom, and Gao Xianzhi, who had just become the governor of the four towns of Anxi, was not willing to be lonely.

In the ninth year of Tianbao, Gao Xianzhi pretended to make peace with the hostile Shi country on the surface, lowering Shi country's vigilance, but secretly plotting to lead an army to attack Shi country.

Stone Country is located between the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea, north of Persia, and its national power is stronger than that of Tocharo (Afghanistan). Shi Guo exerted pressure, hoping that Shi Guo would switch to Datang.However, the Stone Kingdom faced a greater threat from the army of the Arab Empire than Datang, and would not dare to betray the Arab Empire and vote for Datang anyway.

Shi Guo was ignorant of current affairs, so Gao Xianzhi kept on doing nothing, pretending to understand Shi Guo on the surface, accepting Shi Guo's request for peace, lowering Shi Guo's vigilance, and then leading the Tang army to attack Shi Guo.

Shi Guo's strength was originally no match for Gao Xianzhi's Tang Jun, and he was even more unable to resist Gao Xianzhi's sneak attack when he relaxed his vigilance.

Under the leadership of Gao Xianzhi, the Tang Army broke through Da Luoshi, the capital of the Stone Kingdom, without any surprise. The King of the Stone Kingdom was captured, and the prince of the Stone Kingdom fled. It seems that sooner or later it will be a matter of time for the country to be completely wiped out by the Shi country.

In the Middle East, the fierce battle in Longyou is in full swing, and of course the Nanzhao Kingdom in the southwest is also restless.

Ever since Xianyu Zhongtong bullied the Nanzhao Kingdom and made the Nanzhao King unwilling to be humiliated and turned against the Tang Dynasty, the Nanzhao Kingdom has repeatedly provoked the Tang Dynasty on the border.At the beginning, Li Linfu used this matter to force Yang Guozhong to leave Chang'an City and go to Jiannan to deal with the dispute with Nanzhao Kingdom.

Yang Guozhong is a narrow-minded person. At the beginning of the troubles in Nanzhao Kingdom, he was designed by Li Linfu, and he was really worried for many days.Now that Yang Guozhong has become the prime minister, he has even more power. In addition, he is still serving as Jiannan Jiedu envoy. At the same time, he also wants to gain some military exploits and further consolidate his position as prime minister. How can Yang Guozhong let Nanzhao dare to make trouble at this time.

Although Xianyu Zhongtong resigned as Jiannan Jiedu envoy, he still served as deputy envoy.

In August of the tenth year of Tianbao, Yang Guozhong instructed Xianyu Zhongtong, who was still the deputy envoy of Jiedu, to lead the Jiannan [-] Tang army to attack Nanzhao, intending to teach Nanzhao a lesson.

Nanzhao country is small and weak, with [-] Tang troops, just being scared can scare Nanzhao country to death.The king of Nanzhao originally only wanted to stir up some disputes and express his anger. He didn't want to really start a war with Tang Dynasty, but he was so self-defeating that he was so panicked that he almost fell ill.

Fortunately, there are ministers who offer advice. The Tubo Kingdom is fighting fiercely with the Tang Dynasty, so they can ask the Tubo Kingdom for reinforcements.

Little Bolu Kingdom suffered a disastrous defeat in the first battle, the princess was captured, and the Tubo emperor was deeply ashamed. In addition, the Longyou Tang army attacked Tubo, and the Tubo army retreated and passively defended. Then he sent [-] Tubo troops to rescue Nanzhao.

Xianyu Zhongtong wasn't Gao Xianzhi, Ge Shuhan and other powerful generals who had limited ability to command troops, and they didn't know the arrival of reinforcements from Tubo.

The [-] Tang troops were flanked by the Nanzhao and Tubo allied forces in the area of ​​the Xi'er River. They were defeated miserably and lost [-] soldiers. The Xi'er River was stained red and filled with corpses.

After all, Xianyu Zhongtong had a very good friendship with Yang Guozhong. He was kind to Yang Guozhong at the beginning, and the attack on Nanzhao Kingdom was also carried out under Yang Guozhong's instruction. Xuanzong's loss was only a small defeat, and the number of people lost was also reduced several times.However, Tang Xuanzong was still furious, and revoked Xianyu Zhongtong's position as Deputy Jiedushi. Although he lost his position, Xianyu Zhongtong's life was saved, and he was very grateful to Yang Guozhong.

After the Nanzhao Kingdom defeated the Tang army, knowing that the Tang Dynasty would not let it go, they simply surrendered to Tubo and accepted the canonization of the Tubo emperor, known as the "Eastern Emperor".

I don't know if the emperor of the Tubo Kingdom was insidious, did it on purpose or what, in short, his move offended Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty.

Does the little Nanzhao dare to proclaim himself emperor?Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was furious, and felt that it was the Nanzhao Kingdom who had betrayed the Tang Dynasty, which was a great shame.

The Great Tang was victorious in the Western Regions and Longyou one after another, causing Tubo to retreat steadily. How could it endure the disastrous defeat in the direction of Nanzhao?

Tang Xuanzong was furious, and ordered to recruit soldiers from Henan and Hebei to conquer Nanzhao Kingdom again.

Although Nanzhao Kingdom is small, its terrain is unique, the jungle is closed, and there is Tubo Kingdom as its support. Although Tang Dynasty is powerful, but after all, it lost [-] troops in a new defeat. It will not be easy to defeat Nanzhao Kingdom in a short time. The battle with Nanzhao Kingdom will also be a battle that lasts for several years.

After all, Yang Guozhong also served as Jiannan Jiedushi. The battle between Jiannan and Nanzhao Kingdom was defeated. Where to put my face.

Therefore, not only Tang Xuanzong attached great importance to the conquest of Nanzhao, but also Yang Guozhong.

And because he planned the battle of Nanzhao Kingdom and had to help Tang Xuanzong handle many government affairs, as well as the prime minister's own affairs, Yang Guozhong was so busy that he didn't have time to trouble Li Fei and Li Bai, but let Li Fei and Li Bai enjoy themselves for a while.

Li Bai was proud of his spring breeze, and was often summoned by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. He was very happy with good food and wine.

Li Fei was much quieter. Yang Guozhong didn't bother him, and he didn't even bother to provoke Yang Guozhong. He went to court every day, went to Jingzhaoyin to try cases, fiddled with some gadgets at home, teased his son Li Rui, and the two of them. The lady discussed about 'creating a human being', and her life was very comfortable.

The three directions of the Western Regions, Longyou, and Nanzhao Kingdom are fighting so vigorously. How could An Lushan, one of the main protagonists in the late Tang Xuanzong period, not have his own actions? His ambition is greater than anyone else.
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