Great Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 65 Chapter 66

Li Shimin was a man who said that the wind is the rain. Within three days after the artillery test was successful, he urged the military workshop to prepare a hundred cannons within a month.

Afterwards, he appointed Li Jing, the right servant, as the general manager of the Xikaidao march, commander of the Ministry of War, Hou Junji, the chief of the Jishi Road march, Ren Chengwang, the Minister of the Criminal Ministry, Li Daozong, the chief of the Shanshan Road march, the governor of Liangzhou, and the chief of the Qiemo road march. Li Daliang, the governor of Minzhou, Li Daoyan, the chief of the Chishui Road march, Gao Zengsheng, the chief of the Yanze Road march in Lizhou, and the Turks and Qibi Heli who returned to the Tang Dynasty approached the border of Tuyuhun.

This war of annihilating the country that was supposed to take place in the ninth year of Zhenguan was actually two years ahead of schedule because of the arrival of Zuo Ming!
Half a month later, the prince Li Chengqian and the fourth prince Li Tai also rushed to the border with their personal guards, but the prince went to Liangzhou, while Li Tai went to Lanzhou.

At this time, Zuo Ming also received an imperial decree, ordering him to be the captain of the Chishui Army Guard, and led the left guard, General Habayashi Qianniu, and rushed to Chishui Road with [-] Niuwei to report to Li Daoyan, the chief of the army. reports.

This captain of the guard army is considered an honored officer. Although he belongs to the third rank, he only has a title and no office. Therefore, for the safety of Zuo Ming, Li Shimin made an exception and gave him five hundred thousand cattle guards.

With this configuration, he almost caught up with Li Tai.However, after receiving the imperial edict, Zuo Ming was not happy at all.

This time the peace rebellion is different, there is no room for maneuver.However, in war, people will definitely die, but in this life he hates death the most.

Only this time, he obviously had no choice.Li Shimin is determined to let him go to the army to increase his knowledge and get a background, so that he can enter the bureaucratic system of Datang in the future.

"Hey! Just go! If there is no war, how can there be peace? Tuyuhun has repeatedly invaded Liangzhou, and has not paid tribute for many years. His rebellious heart is clearly revealed. This battle can deter the surrounding Xiaoxiao. In the past, it’s just a matter of time to see how Tang Jun will end up, if it’s too cruel, maybe it can be of some help.”

In desperation, Zuo Ming had no choice but to take one step at a time.

After confirming the itinerary, Zuo Ming explained to his family a little bit, and then set off with Shen Ding, Wu Dazhu and five hundred thousand Niuwei.

The reason why he brought Shen Ding and Wu Dazhu was because Zuo Ming had a little selfishness.

In the past six months, Shen Ding has changed a lot, and his murderous aura has faded a lot. Although Wu Dazhu still looks like a stunned young man, he has a lot more thoughtfulness, and he can be regarded as a shrewd fool.

These two people have been with him for so long, so he naturally wants to find a family for them.It is naturally better to have a thousand cows ready.With this status, no matter whether they enter the army or stay in Chang'an in the future, they will have a way out, so that they will not die of old age in the Zuo Mansion for the rest of their lives.

When Zuo Ming arrived in Chishui, Li Daoyan's [-] Chishui Army had already deployed and joined Li Daozong's Shanzhou army.

He was originally an idler, purely here for gilding, so Li Daoyan didn't really treat him as his own subordinate, but let him take his five hundred thousand cattle guards to find a random hill and station them down.

In the following time, Zuo Ming was completely marginalized.

Li Daoyan can also be regarded as a member of the royal family, but he seems to dislike Zuo Ming very much, which makes Zuo Ming very puzzled.

First Li Daozong, then Li Xiaogong, and now Li Daoyan again, Zuo Ming really couldn't think of where he offended them.

But if he couldn't figure it out, Zuo Ming didn't bother to think about it.Li Daoyan marginalized him, which happened to be what he wanted.

Half a month later, the new artillery from the Military Workshop finally arrived at the front line. Li Jing, Li Daozong and others belonging to the Shanzhou Central Army received a total of [-] guns. Dao Gao Zengsheng got ten schools each to prepare for emergencies.As for Qibi Heli's subordinates, after all, they belonged to a foreign race. With Li Shimin's prudence, he would naturally not hand over such a weapon to them.

Almost at the same time when the artillery arrived at the front line, Tang Taizong Li Shimin officially issued an edict to conquer Tuyuhun!
The proclamation listed Tuyuhun's various crimes, including disrespect to the Celestial Dynasty, refusal to pay tribute, and invading Liangzhou and Lanzhou in the Tang Dynasty for no reason.

For a time, the entire Tang Dynasty was full of fighting spirit!

The simple people don't know that, in fact, their great emperor Li Shimin has already deployed everything on the border long before the announcement of the manifesto.

Publishing this call-to-action is actually just to make a name for yourself.

The call to action had been issued, and after Li Shimin had sworn in as a teacher, the entire army moved abruptly towards the territory of Tuyuhun.

Tuyuhun obviously didn't expect that Datang would ignore Tubo's threats and rush to launch a large army to suppress the border, and he was caught off guard immediately.

Tuyuhun is smart, the reason why they dare to provoke Datang so unscrupulously is precisely because they have the powerful Tubo as their backing.

They felt that without them as a barrier, the western side of Tang Dynasty would be completely exposed to Tubo.So no matter how angry Datang was, at most he wanted to fight a superficial victory to earn face.It will not really invade their land.

So, they chose a strategic retreat.

This is also because they don't know much about the changes in Datang over the past year, otherwise, they wouldn't have made such a tactical mistake.

Li Shimin was indeed cautious before having artillery and sweet potatoes, because the loss of fighting was too great, but now with potatoes and artillery, Li Shimin is not afraid of any challenge!
Because he can afford it, and there is no need to consume it!
He didn't believe that the artillery, which couldn't even withstand the walls of his Great Tang, would blow up those foreign walls!

At the same time as Li Jing and the others marched westward, Li Daoyan and Zuo Ming also marched northward.It's just that if they want to attack Tuyuhun along the way, they must first cross the territory of the Dangxiang clan.

The so-called Dangxiang tribe, that is, a branch of the Qiang nationality in later generations, has begun to move inland to the Helong and Guanzhong areas since the Han Dynasty, and it has already begun to be attached to the area in the Sui Dynasty, and it has experienced two more internal migrations in the Tang Dynasty. move.It's just that the Tang people at that time didn't seem to think highly of these minorities.Therefore, at this time, the Dangxiang Department, which was outside the borders of the Tang Dynasty, was still a vassal of Tuyuhun.

This time, with the help of Dangxiang, Li Jing made arrangements in advance and bought Tuoba Chici, the leader of the Dangxiang clan, with generous gifts, so when Zuo ordered them to go to the territory of the Dangxiang department, they were not attacked by the Dangxiang clan. .

However, before they took the route northward, Tuoba Chici, the leader of the Dangxiang clan, brought his subordinates to the front of the army and asked to meet with Li Daoyan.It is possible to let Tang Jun go north, but Li Daoyan needs to agree to one condition.

Li Daoyan is a proud Tang man, he looked down on Tuoba Chici very much, so he didn't meet him, but sent one of his subordinates to meet him.

Tuoba Chici seemed to have gotten used to the pride of the Tang people, but he was not angry, but proposed to the deputy general that he would let the Tang army go north.

Tuoba Chici's condition is very simple, that is, their Dangxiang clan will provide half of the food and grass supply for the Tang army in Chishui Road going north, but the Tang army must promise not to plunder their tribe.

Hearing this condition, Zuo Ming was stunned on the spot.Xindao: Is this also called a condition?Isn't this obviously a rush to curry favor with Tang Jun?
Zuo Ming, who lacked historical knowledge, did not know that, in fact, long before the Tang Dynasty, the army of the Sui Dynasty also passed by the territory of the Dangxiang clan because of the attack on Tuyuhun.

At that time, the Dangxiang clan also warmly entertained the generals and sergeants of the Sui Dynasty, but those Sui people were a bunch of white-eyed wolves, who ate and drank other people's food before, and then snatched away their food Cattle and sheep also killed many Dangxiang people.

The lesson from the past is still there, and this group of Dangxiang clansmen naturally have to deal with it carefully.

Obviously, the lieutenant general had no reason to refuse. On behalf of Li Daoyan and Tuoba Chi, he resigned from the blood alliance oath, saying that this time he marched into Tuyuhun, he would definitely do nothing to the Dangxiang family.

With Tang Jun's guarantee, Tuoba Chici naturally left contentedly.But before leaving, he left behind a lot of wine, meat and food.

The food in the army was rough, at least Zuo Ming couldn't swallow it.He was too squeamish, looking at the military rations that were as hard as a piece of iron gave him a headache.

With these wine, meat and food, Zuo Ming's life is obviously much easier.

Not only him, but the life of the other generals of the Tang army is also much easier.

However, it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but extremely difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.After tasting the taste of meat, how could those generals still eat those rough dry food?
Especially the royal relatives like Li Daoyan, he also suffered hardships in his early years, but since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he has never suffered such crimes again.

It's not that he can't bear hardships, but there are some hardships that he shouldn't have, and he absolutely refuses to suffer.

Just like right now, the cattle and sheep of the Dangxiang clan are right in front of you. If you want him to continue eating the big pie, it is absolutely impossible.

So, after secretly planning with a group of subordinates, Li Daoyan suddenly attacked the local Dangxiang clan when the army was marching towards Kuoshui!
Li Daoyan's actions really surprised and angered Zuo Ming.He really couldn't figure it out, those party members had already made such a concession, how could he, Li Daoyan, still afford it?

Surprised and angry, Zuo Ming naturally led his subordinates to prevent Li Daoyan's subordinates from killing.

However, those Dangxiang people were suddenly attacked, and they killed the Tang people when they saw them, without distinguishing between the enemy and us. For a while, Zuo Ming's [-] Niuwei were killed or injured more than ten people under the attack of the Tang army and the Dangxiang people.

Seeing this situation, Zuo Ming's face was as black as the bottom of the pot, and he took out the gold medal on his waist and shouted, "

The gold medal bestowed by the emperor is here, seeing it is like seeing His Majesty!Li Daoyan, if you don't stop, believe it or not, Benhou killed you? "

(End of this chapter)