Tiantang

Chapter 449
Chapter 455

Hundreds of Tuqishi prisoners were tied up and lined up in three rows around Hanhai City. Behind each Tuqishi prisoner stood a fierce and sturdy executioner carrying a Mo knife.

Seeing this, the Tuqi Shi who were defending on the tower were shocked and began to make noise and panic.The benefactor general of Tuqi Shi, Kanli, the leader of a small tribe of Tuqi Shi, turned pale with fright, lying on the city wall and looking down at the three rows of Tuqi Shi who were about to be beheaded in front of the city, his face turned red and ferocious.

"Go out and save these clansmen!"

"If you want to kill them, you can't just watch your clansmen die in front of us!"

"Damn Han people! They are too deceitful!"

The troops of the Tuqi soldiers on the tower were in a state of confusion. Some were beating their chests, stomping their feet and shouting on their backs, some were crying bitterly, and some were angrily roaring and wanting to rush out of the city. , "Shut up! What are you yelling about? This is a trick of the Han people, don't be fooled by them!"

"Close the city gates and guard the city! There are tens of thousands of troops outside the city. If the city breaks down, none of them will survive! Get lost!"

The soldiers of the Tuqi Shi army all retreated with displeasure, but many of the soldiers were quite disapproving.Tuqishiren are good at cavalry combat, and this kind of stuff that defends the city and waits for reinforcements is not suitable for Tuqishiren at all.What's more, the emperor of the Chinese Dynasty personally marched, and the soldiers suppressed the border. The main force of Tuqishi had already returned to defend Tuqishi's homeland. How could there be troops and horses to support Hanhai City.

The sobbing bugle sounded suddenly, and in the formation of the Han Navy outside the city, flags fluttered, and a heroic young man rode his horse and whipped under a gorgeous crown in the middle, with countless guards in front of him and behind him.

Kanli stared at it, his heart sank: Looking at this posture, it seems that the Emperor of China is in the army outside the city?The Tuqishi people have dealt with the Han people and the Han army all the year round. They know the etiquette, regulations and color of the Han people. Only the emperor is qualified to use bright yellow, and only the emperor has the corresponding gorgeous crown.

"It's bad. If the Emperor of China is in the army, it means that the army of the Chinese Dynasty has arrived. Then, Hanhai City really cannot be kept..." Kanli sorted out his messy mood in fear, not to mention ordinary soldiers, he At this moment, the general had the idea of ​​running away.

Kanli took a step back, but this matter was heard by the drums of the Han Navy outside the city.

Suddenly, the sound of the military drums stopped abruptly, and a cavalry rushed out from the army, shouting in a deep voice, "Your Majesty has an order to behead all the thieves who harassed the business roads, robbed merchants and invaded our territory!"

"cut!"

As Nan Jiyun's military flag was waved, hundreds of gleaming Mo Dao were raised high and then fell down. Blood flashed in the flickering light of the sword, and the heads of hundreds of Tuqishi bandits rolled to the ground. Uniform and so swift that these beheaded Tuqishi Ziebing didn't even have time to make a miserable cry before they died in Huangquan.

"what!"

"Hateful!"

On the contrary, the soldiers of Shi Jun on the top of the tower covered their faces and screamed, and some of them angrily threw the scimitars in their hands down the tower, and landed far on the grass in front of the city.

The soldiers of the Tuqi Shi army ran back and forth in the city, roaring and restless, the army almost lost control, and the calls for going out of the city to fight Han Haijun to the death became louder and louder.

Before Kanli had time to react and control the army, the middle and low-level generals of Tuqishi who had lost control of their emotions led their soldiers, shouted and cursed, opened the city gate, and rushed out.

Seeing Tuqi Shi Kaicheng go to battle, Nan Jiyun smiled coldly, raised his hands and shouted, "Shen Ce Army, there are all of them, shake the sky to meet them!"

Hundreds of thunderbolts flew over and landed at the gate of the city, making an earth-shattering explosion. The thousand or so soldiers who had just rushed out were blown up and turned on their backs.

Smoke and dust rose everywhere, and Zhang Xuan raised his sword high and raised his arms in the middle army and shouted, "Son of the Han Navy, kill! According to my will, rush into the city of Hanhai, kill the one with the most cavalry and bandit soldiers, and confer titles and worship generals. Hundreds of rewards!"

The [-] Han navy soldiers who had long been unable to hold back rushed into the city, wielding knives and guns, and launched a tragic city defense battle with the assault cavalry soldiers trapped in Hanhai City.

The horses of the sudden cavalry are mainly cavalry, and there are almost no infantry.But in the city, the horses could not attack, so the Tuqi Shiren could only hastily swung their scimitars and fought with Han Haijun on foot.But if it is a face-to-face foot battle, although the Tuqi Shiren are tough, they are no match for the more dexterous and well-trained Hanhai soldiers.

An hour later, the battle ended, and the 8 Tuqishi people were all annihilated on the spot by the Han Navy except for Kanli who led hundreds of cavalry to rush out of the city and fled to Tuqishi's homeland.The number of casualties in the Han Navy was less than 2000, which can be described as a brilliant victory.

Between dusk and sunset, there was a faint bloody smell in the air of Hanhai City.Under the protection of the guards, Zhang Xuan rode his horse into the city and directly boarded the tower.Looking in the direction of Yiwu for a while, Zhang Xuan calmly turned his head to look at Nan Jiyun and Han Admiral Sun Ting, and said in a deep voice, "Send the order, rest on the spot in Hanhai City, and wait for the main force of our army - Nanba, to send people to the army He was summoned and ordered Guo Ziyi to speed up and march towards Hanhai City!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the general will obey the order." Nan Jiyun bowed to accept the order and went down to summon him.

Sun Ting stood behind Zhang Xuan respectfully.

Zhang Xuan glanced at him. After this battle, he also discovered that Sun Ting, a middle-level general, is also a talent.Whether it is his on-the-spot command ability or his combat courage to take the lead without fear of death, he can be regarded as a good general.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Xuan said calmly, "How about Sun Ting? This battle proved that the Han Navy had the ability to defeat the Tuqi Shiren, but you and the others retreated without a fight, which made the court lose face and almost ruined it." The entire Beiting is the Protectorate!"

Sun Ting bowed silently, "The general will be convicted!"

"Forget it, the current imperial court is employing people. Sun Ting, you can follow my expedition to the west and join Guo Ziyi's army to obey orders!"

As soon as Zhang Xuan's words came out, Sun Ting was overjoyed, knowing that it was the emperor who supported him, he knelt down on the ground with a puff and said loudly, "The last general will die as your majesty!"

He is only a mid-level general in the Han Navy, but if he joins the Western Expedition Army, he will definitely become the leader of the army.If he made military exploits again during the Western Expedition, it would not be impossible for him to be named a marquis or a general.

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Zhang Xuan took down Cheng Qianli and personally led the Han Navy with [-] troops to attack Hanhai City. When the news of the great victory spread to the army, Guo Ziyi was leading the army to Yiwu.After receiving the emperor's edict, Guo Ziyi took a rest in Yiwu, and Guo Ziyi led the army to set off again, heading towards Hanhai City.

Five days later, hundreds of thousands of troops arrived in Hanhai City.Of course, on the way, Pugu Huai'en led his [-] Flying Leopard Army into Balikun City, succeeded Cheng Qianli, and became the highest military and political officer in Beiting.

According to the original plan, Zhang Xuan would lead the western expeditionary army to Kucha, and hold a grand meeting in Kucha for the kings of the Hu kingdoms in the Western Regions to pray to the Khan. From this, he announced the decree of cutting off the titles of the 36 countries in the Western Regions and retaining the throne and princes. The areas under the jurisdiction of Anxi Duhufu and Beiting Duhufu are all included in the same administrative system as that of the Central Plains, states, and counties.

However, according to the changes in the situation, Zhang Xuan temporarily decided to detour to the northwest, destroy Tuqishi first, and then settle in the Western Regions.Judging from the current situation, if the evil force of Tuqishi is not eliminated, it will be difficult to achieve real stability in the Western Regions.Although the Arabs are eyeing the Western Regions, after all, the Arabs have not really intervened under the Congling Mountains, and it is the Tuqishi people who really pose an effective threat to the governance of the Western Regions of the Chinese Dynasty.

Tuqishi is a branch of the Western Turks, with a strong national power and a vast territory, occupying the middle of the entire Silk Road, with a force of more than [-] cavalry, or even more.Although the Tuqishi people had always been a vassal state of the Central Plains Dynasty, they didn't really listen to greetings, and rebellion was commonplace.

Now that the Tuqishi approached the Arabs, they became even more arrogant.

Zhang Xuan sat on the commander-in-chief's mansion in Hanhai City, and the generals were divided into two rows.

In fact, the emperor's plan to attack the Tuqi Shiren did not surprise Guo Ziyi and others.Tuqishi people are now so rampant in the Western Regions, burning, killing, looting and seizing territory. If Tuqishi is not destroyed, the stability of the Western Regions is empty talk.

"Your Majesty, Tuqishi now has ten major tribes, all under the command of the fire-breathing fairy Khan, with an army of about [-] cavalry. According to the news from the minister, the Tuqishi people have already withdrawn all their troops to Tuqishi's native land, and put them out He assumed a posture of fighting to the death with my army."

Guo Ziyi clasped his fists and said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty, the cavalry is strong and has an advantage in terrain. It is not suitable for our army to confront them head-on. In my opinion, it is better to block the country with troops and cut off its food and supplies. , causing its internal collapse without a fight."

Guo Ziyi's strategy can't be said to be wrong, it is steady and risk-free, but obviously it will take a long time.

Zhang Xuan was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Although what Guo Xiang said is reasonable, I can't wait that long. Moreover, I will send a large army to the west, and the big cannibals must be prepared. If the time delays too long, we will If the army attacks Congling and fights against the big cannibals, they will be very passive."

"Therefore, I decided to put down Tuqishi within three months."

Zhang Xuan waved his hand abruptly, his voice was low but powerful beyond doubt.

Guo Ziyi and other generals looked at each other with some doubts in their hearts.

Tuqishi is no smaller than a country in the Western Regions, with hundreds of thousands of tribes and more than [-] cavalry, it is considered a big country.However, Tuqishi people rely on the support of Dashi, and the Chinese army has come from afar. It seems somewhat impossible to destroy Tuqishi within three months.

Seeing that Guo Ziyi and others were puzzled, Zhang Xuan smiled lightly and said, "I have ordered Feng Changqing to raise the Anxi Army to attack Tuqishi from the west, and I will lead the army in the center to attack from the front. As for the east, I will try my best to let Ge Luo Lu people raised their troops to help."

"Ge Luolu?" Guo Ziyi's heart moved, but then he felt a little unreliable.This Ge Luolu is also a Turkic, and it may be too difficult for Ge Luolu to send troops to attack Tuqishi.

"Your Majesty, the Ge Luolu people have always disobeyed the imperial court's control. It may not be so easy for Your Majesty to let the Ge Luolu people send troops to attack Tuqishi." Nan Jiyun suddenly came out of the class to play.

As soon as Nan Jiyun's words came out of his mouth, Guo Ziyi and others immediately responded.

Zhang Xuan suddenly smiled, he looked at Nan Jiyun and said softly, "Nan Ba, I am about to send people to Ge Luolu to persuade Ge Luolu people to send troops to help the battle. How about this, you will lead an army of [-] and go out as an envoy Ge Luolu, by the way, send back the concubine Jianli who Ge Luolu loves Yehu."

"Tell the people of Ge Luolu that I have ordered Huihe Khan Guli Pei Luo to march north from Mobei. If the people of Ge Luolu refuse to accept Wanghua, then I will destroy Ge Luolu first. I want to see, I If Ge Luolu is destroyed, will the Tuqi Shiren rush to help one or two!"

Guo Ziyi's heart trembled, and a look of awe appeared on his face involuntarily.It turns out that when the emperor was in Liangzhou, he had already made a comprehensive deployment and plan for the war situation in the Western Regions. He had already decided to coerce Ge Luolu to destroy Tuqishi, so he asked Huihe Khan to lead his army to attack Ge Luolu in advance. , Putting tremendous pressure on Ge Luolu people.

In this way, regardless of whether the Ge Luolu people send troops or not, they will be eaten by the emperor.It's just that the form of eating is different, the difference between forceful destruction and peaceful evolution.

"Yes, the general will obey the order!" Nan Jiyun knelt down on the ground.

And Guo Ziyi took the lead in bowing down, and shouted, "Your Majesty is wise, foresight, plan before acting, I admire you so much!"

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The decisive battle between the Chinese army and Tuqishi is imminent, and the situation in the entire Western Region and Beiting is very delicate and tense.The commercial roads of the Silk Road are temporarily closed. In fact, there is no need for military horses to close them. Hu merchants or merchants from the Central Plains all stay and gather in a safe area, anxiously waiting for the result of the war between the two countries.

The red sun hangs high.

The two imperial concubines, Li Tengkong and Guo Fu, saw Jianli off in person.The Tuqishi woman that the emperor rescued from Yiwu City turned out to be Ge Luoluye Hutiejin's newly married concubine, the noble daughter of Tuqishi, which surprised Li Tengkong and his daughter.

The two women didn't even know how the emperor found out about Yanli's true identity, but they didn't know that it was Princess Yanli who approached the emperor on her own initiative, confessed her identity, and offered to help the emperor persuade Ge Luolu to send troops to attack Tuqi apply.He also stated that among the ten major tribes of Tuqishi, three major tribes strongly opposed being an enemy of the Chinese Dynasty and took refuge in the big cannibal.

Zhang Xuanxin did not believe what Yan Li said.He didn't even inquire too much about how, as King Ge Luolu's new concubine, Yanli fell into the hands of an ordinary barbarian.Because none of it matters.Regardless of the situation of the Tuqi Shiren, whether or not Jianli has the ability to persuade Ge Luolu Yehu to send troops, it is not the crux of the problem-the crux of the problem is that the Ge Luolu people have no choice.

Zhang Xuan has always held the chips of fate in his own hands.

For the deterrence and coercion of the Ge Luolu people, he has already started.Uighur Prince Ge Le led the Uighur cavalry and the army into the Western Regions, while Khan Guli Pei Luo led the Huihe whole country to move northward towards Ge Luolu.The Ge Luolu people are not fools. If they were pure Uighurs, they would not be afraid, but the Uighurs are just pawns of the Chinese emperor. The real threat comes from the hundreds of thousands of Western Expeditionary troops.

"Princess Yanli, let's go to Ge Luolu. It's hundreds of miles away. Bengong and Concubine Duan will send you here. Take care along the way." Li Tengkong and Guo Fu dismounted lightly and waved to Yanli.

Yan Li looked excited, knelt down on the ground and tremblingly said, "Your Majesty and the two empresses' life-saving grace, Yan Li will never forget it until she dies. When she returns to Ge Luolu, she will definitely persuade Ge Luolu to protect her. Allegiance to His Majesty, send troops to help."

Yan Li's eyes were clear.

She is indeed from Tuqishi, and she is also the daughter of the head of a large tribe in Tuqishi.The reason why the large tribe of Tuqishi married Ge Luolu was to resist the increasingly domineering and powerful Tuqishi Khan Huoxian.Among the Tuqi Shiren, many people strongly opposed the fire-breathing fairy to seek refuge in the big cannibal and become an enemy of the Chinese dynasty.

Compared with the Chinese dynasty, the ambitious cannibal is even more terrifying.In time, the big cannibals will definitely attack the Western Regions aggressively, and at that time, Tuqishi will bear the brunt of it, destroying the country and genocide.

After Jiali married Ge Luolu, one day she led her slave guards to leave the royal court for hunting, but was scattered by the Tuqi cavalry, and had to flee to the depths of the northern court in embarrassment under the protection of the guards.On the outskirts of Balikun, they were once again confronted with bandit soldiers on cavalry, killing and wounding all of Yanli's guards, and she also fell into the hands of a barbarian from the Western Regions by chance.

Seeing her beauty, the Hu man wanted to marry her as his concubine, but Jia Li refused to do so.In a rage, the Hu people sold her to another Hu merchant. Within half a year, they wandered around in many places until they met Zhang Xuan and his party and were rescued.

Li Tengkong and Guo Fu looked at each other, then Li Tengkong leaned over to help Yanli and smiled, "Princess Yanli, Your Majesty saved you for nothing in return. As for Ge Luolu, you can do your best."

Li Tengkong's meaning is very clear. Whether Ge Luolu sends troops or not has nothing to do with you. I'm afraid you, a fleeing princess, will not have much influence.What really makes Ge Luolu people obedient is the powerful force.

Zhang Xuan is definitely not bluffing.He had already made full mental preparations. Once the Ge Luolu people refused to listen to the call, he immediately ordered Guo Ziyi to raise his troops to attack, and flank Guli Pei Luo back and forth to destroy Ge Luolu first.As a result, the problem of a large amount of food and grass needed by the army can also be solved.

Zhang Xuan is not afraid that Ge Luolu is ignorant of current affairs.

Geluolu people are different from Tuqishi, and their strength is relatively weak.For Zhang Xuan, tens of thousands of troops are like picking something out of a bag.

It's just that if Ge Luolu can recover peacefully, it will have a considerable positive impact, which will directly produce a strong radiation effect, which will be of great benefit to Zhang Xuan's plan to remove the title of the 36 countries in the Western Regions in the future.

Therefore, it is best not to use force.

Yanli was silent, her face flushed red.

She is also a smart woman, so she naturally understands the meaning of Li Tengkong's words.

She was silent for a moment, then bowed to Li Tengkong and Guo Fu again, "You two ladies, Jia Li bid farewell!"

Yan Li turned around and got on the horse and galloped away first.

And behind her, Nan Jiyun's [-] Shence Army cavalry were ready to go.

"General Nan, let's go, take care all the way." Guo Fu nodded to Nan Jiyun.

Nan Jiyun bowed deeply to Li Tengkong and Guo Fu, "You two ladies, I will bid you farewell! Please tell your majesty, I will go to Ge Luolu to fulfill my mission!"

(End of this chapter)