Chapter 468 Western Border Chaos

A month spent in war, disaster, pain and anger. This month can be said to be the most chaotic and unbearable period after the Tang Dynasty and Li Shimin calmed down the Turks in the north.

From the beginning of New Year's Eve, after the Darqin Mausoleum fell to Taozhou like the birth of a demon, the western part of the Tang Dynasty fell into a boundless disaster. This enemy commander, who used soldiers like ghosts, went deep into the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty alone, and he was able to do it easily.

The thief who entered the house played hide-and-seek with his master's house.

First of all, after he attracted the main force of Yuchi Jingde stationed in Songzhou, he did not meet him at all. In the vast and complex place between Tao, He, Yuan and Qin, he hid back and forth around Qishan East, killing people, set fire and robbed his family, just like a ringing horse down the mountain. Soon, Li Shimin sent the general Li Daliang to lead the elite army in the 100,000 Pass to the west and come to fight. The military mansions in the western Xinjiang of the Tang Dynasty also received orders from the court and gathered under the command of Yuchi Jingde to come to Qishan to destroy the Chalqin Mausoleum.

At this time, thegar Qinling, which had already been in his chest, used a trick that no one expected - to turn it into zero!

Before Yu Chi Jingde and Li Daliang's troops formed a joint encirclement of him, his 100,000 iron horsemen burst into dozens of fireworks, divided into dozens of strands, and fled to 40,000 eight directions.

Each of them is less than a hundred or more than a thousand, just like the toxins seeping into the blood and spreading into every pores with the blood. They are also quite tacitly do not take the official road and do not get close to the town and military government to escape the pursuit. They specially slip between the mountain roads and the rural tribes, killing and arson wherever they go | **abducting nothing Don't do evil.

In the western Xinjiang area, it suddenly fell into boundless chaos and panic. The people of the Tang Dynasty talked about it. In the four prefectures of Qishan, hundreds of thousands of people fled from their hometowns in a hurry and rushed to Guanzhong.

Yu Chi Jingde and Li Daliang are like smashing ants with a hammer, and they can't help it. Although there are a lot of "small teams" that have been scraped out, less than 20,000 horses have been killed in a month.

At this time, most of the main force of the Garqin Mausoleum strangely appeared in Songzhou, the place where Yuchi Jingde was stationed!

The cunning fox turned into a loach. When Yuchi Jingde set up the brigade to open the big net to fight against it, he actually passed by the 70-li Shudi Mountain Forest Path in the west where Yuchi Jingde's army was located!

Wait for Yu Chi Jingde and Li Daliang to lead the army to kill. What was waiting for them was a cloud of smoke scattered by the garqin Mausoleum like a ninja escape - dozens of scattered teams. These small stocks of people are full of evil. There are not many people, and they are very difficult to catch, but they are not allowed to suppress.

For a while, Yu Chi Jingde and Li Daliang's lungs exploded, and their heads were about to faint. The two discussed and did not have time to wait for the fate of the court. Yu Chi Jingde quickly returned to save Songzhou - which was the gateway to the country of Sichuan and Shu Tianfu!

Li Daliang, on the other hand, stayed to command the army and command the local prefectures and counties to clean up the remnants of the bandits and comfort the affected people.

In just one month, the people in western Xinjiang felt that they had moved from heaven to hell, which was more frightening than during the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Because at that time, although there were many wars and wars, the kings of all over the world more or less understood the purpose of "people-oriented" and generally did not want to abuse the people. But at present, this garqin mausoleum is the birth of a lively demon, which destroys Tianliang and cannibals without spitting bones!

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In recent days, you can imagine how Emperor Li Shimin is in good mood. From the day he ascended the throne, even if he was killed to the outskirts of the Great Wall by the prairie Xiaoxiong Jieli Khan, he was not so embarrassed and ashamed today!

What's more, at that time, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty was weak and unstable, and the grassland Turkic soldiers were strong. But now, the Tang Dynasty is already a peaceful country and the people are strong, known as the Great Dynasty!

He, the heavenly Khan, who subdued the world and respected the four Yis, was slapped several times in the face of a Tubo child in front of the people of the world!

Only he knows what it tastes like.

Late at night, when the Hongwen Hall of Wude Hall was still lit, the officials in and out did not dare to neglect at all. In the museum, the atmosphere was even more tense. More than a dozen important ministers of the central government were all present, standing in front of a map of the earth with Li Shimin.

"Is there any war report from Yuchi Jingde?" Li Shimin's voice was a little heavy, revealing majestic and suppressed anger.

"Your Majesty, I received a report from Li Daliang this morning, saying that General Yu Chi had led the army back to Songzhou and fought a battle with the Gal Qinling in Songzhou. But... invincible." Chu Suiliang replied.

"Invincible?" Li Shimin frowned, "How did you lose?"

"It's not a bad loss..." Chu Suiliang hesitated and said, "Garqinling obviously has no intention to fight. His Kunlun iron rode into Shu, after all, he is not too adapted to the terrain there. He can't get much benefit from the Jiannan infantry, but they are very good at riding. Meeting on the narrow road, Kunlun iron riders mainly relied on riding to suppress Yu Chi Jingde, and then quickly attacked the weak sentry post and fled to the southwest. Most of Yu Chi Jingde's troops are infantry... I can't catch up with them."

When everyone heard the news, their hearts were raised to their throats!

Breaking through Songzhou, the soldiers and horses of the Chalqin Mausoleum will face ** naked Sichuan Shuzhou County!

"It seems that Yu Chi Jingde is mostly old." Li Shimin did not roar angrily, but said this lightly, but everyone's heart was cold.

"Your Majesty..." Fang Xuanling arched his hand and said, "This can't be all General Yuchi's fault. As the saying goes, if you care, you will be confused, and if you are confused, you will be at a loss. The Chalqin Mausoleum was in turmoil in the territory of our Tang Dynasty. General Yuchi must be both distressed and angry. He wanted to exterminate the thieves as soon as possible, but he couldn't hurry up. The Garqin Mausoleum is well prepared and fearless, but it is easy to navigate. Kunlun's iron horse fighting power is extraordinary, and the number of people and horses is better than that of General Yuchi, so it is reasonable to win or lose the battle.

"It's one thing whether you can beat it or not. I'm angry that Yu Chi Jingde and Li Daliang, a pair of battlefield generals, are actually like two big children, being led by the nose by thegarqinling and slipping around!" Li Shimin snorted coldly, "I don't understand. How can a barbarian general living on the plateau know the battlefield terrain of Western Xinjiang, Sichuan and Shu better than our own generals? It's easier to go in and out of the county than to go in and out of your own bedroom!"

"Garqin Mausoleum deliberately planned in advance, and then prepared to attack, nothing more than that." Fang Xuanling said, "Weichen gave an inappropriate example. Huo Qubing of the Han Dynasty in the past also used these tactics to break the Xiongnu vertically and horizontally on the grassland. The difference is that in those years, the Huns were nomads and did not have a city pass, but the Kar Qinling was familiar with destroying the city all the way. In this way, this garchin mausoleum is really not allowed to be small. It is a rare military genius!"

"Xuanling's words are objective. Leaving aside his position, the Chalingling is indeed a superb military wizard. He has used the strange tactics to the extreme!" Li Shimin nodded, but his eyes were a little sharp. He said, "In the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing swept the Xiongnu and Feng Lang Juxu. We didn't learn this ability, but it was learned by the Hugar Qinling of the Tubo people. Well, he is fanning me in front of hundreds of millions of people and foreign countries!"

"Your Majesty doesn't have to be like this, the winner and defeat..."

"Ok, you don't have to comfort me." Li Shimin waved his hand and asked, "Is there any news about Lanzhou and Yumenguan?"

"Your Majesty...Yes." Chu Suiliang carefully took out a military report to Li Shimin and said, "The king of Jiangxia in Shanzhou came to report that Qin Mubai had recovered Yangguan and completely annihilated tens of thousands of Tubo troops in one fell swoop."

"Oh? Complete annihilate?!" Everyone was shocked together.

Li Shimin grabbed it and stared at Chu Suiliang, "Why don't you report it in the morning!"

The ministers were slightly relieved, and finally relaxed a little. There has been bad news for days, and I finally received a good news today. At the same time, some people are talking about it. Isn't there a small number of soldiers in Lanzhou? How can it suddenly "annihilate tens of thousands of Tibetan troops in one fell swoop"?

"So that's it! This Xue Rengui is really a member of the society!" Li Shimin's face finally showed a trace of joy, and he took a long breath and said, "There have been frequent disasters in the past few days, that is, Qin Mubai can give me a little comfort!" Not bad!"

The feeling of gratifying is overflowing with words.

Seeing that the emperor showed a little joy, the ministers laughed comfortably in their hearts, but Chu Suiliang could not laugh - he still had another military newspaper in his arms, talking about Hou Junji and Da Feichuan, including Changsun Huan who was killed!

He really didn't dare to take this military newspaper out in public. Otherwise, this anger turned into joy, and immediately turned into anger. Chu Suiliang was really afraid of driving a few people crazy - it's better to wait for the emperor's mood to calm down a little, and then play him secretly!

Besides, Changsun Wuji is also present! Let him know that his precious son was killed by Hou Junji... I really don't know what will happen!

At this time, Changsun Wuji, who had been silent for a long time, said, "Your Majesty, I thought that the Qarqinling raided the four directions in the mainland. Although it was fierce, it was still a disease of scabion at best - now that he breaks through the pass and went south, what on earth is he going to do? What if he takes Sichuan and Shu as the king, or slaughters our people?

"Yes, this is the top priority at present - the Chalqin Mausoleum, what does he want to do next?" Li Shimin said.

The ministers immediately calmed down again.

Fang Xuanling, who was good at strategy, pondered for a moment and arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I thought that the Chalqin Mausoleum would not continue to go south and go deeper into the direction of Yizhou and Chengdu."

"So where do you think he will go?" Li Shimin asked.

"The Shu Road is difficult. If the cavalry of the Chalqin Mausoleum enters the land of Shu, no matter how brave the Kunlun iron horse is, it will find their own way to die. Because most of the roads in that place are narrow Yangchang Mountain Road, and it is difficult to cross on foot. Don't say horse riding. The reason why he wants to attack Songzhou urgently is that he wants to break through and escape. Fang Xuanling said, "After breaking the barrier, Garqinling University can take Jiacheng to turn west. The area of Jiacheng and Jiaochuan under the rule of Songzhou is originally the hometown of nomadic Qiang. It is used to have few tribes scattered in the city, which is very easy to break through. After passing Jiacheng all the way west to Jinchuan, and going north along the river to the southern foot of the Yellow River Jiuqu and Jishi Mountain, you will reach the Great Plateau of Tubo! In this way, the garqinling circled a big circle and returned to the nest, like a fish in water.

"What Xuan Ling said coincides with me. As early as the beginning of the incident in Taozhou, I concluded that the Chalqin Mausoleum would escape sooner or later. He is not that stupid. He will really go straight to destroy my Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin raised his finger to the big map, walked around the route said by Fang Xuanling, and sighed again, "What a tricky marching route and a careful battle plan!" This garchin mausoleum is really not simple! Our emperors, ministers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were so humiliated by him. What's the face!"

"Your Majesty, hasn't he escaped yet?" Fang Xuanling said, "I believe that General Yuchi will not easily return to the mountain. Although he failed to catch the Chalqin Mausoleum in the Songzhou battle, after all, he was alone in the division's expedition, and the division's veterans were exhausted and unable to supply. As long as General Yuchi wakes up in time and no longer chases behind the Chalqinling and is led by him, but suddenly turns to the northwest and intercepts it in the Jinchuan River in advance, it is not without the possibility of a complete victory!"

Li Shimin shook his head and waved his hand. "It's also easy for us to talk on paper here. When he really arrived at the front line, Yu Chi Jingde had been teased by the garqinling. When he was furious, he must be afraid of being deceived again. What if he sets up ambush in the Jinchuan River in the northwest, and thegar Qinling does not come to fight with him after detecting it, and suddenly turns around and kills back to Shu?

What Your Majesty said is very reasonable. With the combat style of the Chalqin Mausoleum, this possibility is indeed not ruled out. Fang Xuanling also frowned in embarrassment, "The interception of the enemy is small, and the protection of the people is big. In this way, it seems that your majesty has no time to send an edict to transfer troops in Chang'an. Even if Yu Chi Jingde thought of this, he did not dare to rush out and leave Shu. He was afraid that the Chalqin Mausoleum would go back to Shu - then he could only look at the Chalqin Mausoleum and go away!"

"Oh! - Such a bastard!!" The whole room sighed angrily and clapped their fists and feet.

Li Shimin's face is getting worse and worse. He cut his back and bit his cheeks tightly, and a few words popped out of his teeth - "Unless you flatten Tubo, you can't wash away today's shame!"

At this time, Changsun Wuji said, "Your Majesty, Weichen thought about it from the beginning. The raid of the Chalqin Mausoleum to create this chaos in the mainland is not just for simple revenge or destruction."

Li Shimin frowned, "Try about your high opinion."

"Wei Chen is shallow, so he talks about his stupid opinion." Changsun Wuji said, "In the battle of Dafeichuan, the Qiling Mausoleum was severely damaged, and the vitality of Tibet was greatly damaged. At the same time, his reputation in Tubo must also be greatly affected. He rushed to attack Songzhou to control the western border. There are no more than two purposes. One is that we are busy with calming the chaos and we have no time to fight, so that he can win a respite for Tibet to recover. At present, in addition to the huge losses in Zhudizhou counties, isn't there hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring into Guanzhong? How much manpower, material resources and time does the court have to spend to resettle the disaster victims and rebuild the damaged homes? This is the biggest difference between nomads and the people living in the Central Plains. Their family can get on horsebacks and follow people; we can't. We have cities, land, houses, and painted land to live.

"It makes sense." Li Shimin nodded and acknowledged, "The killing and arson all the way to deliberately create disasters, which made my Tang Dynasty suffer quite a heavy loss. In fact, if it were during the war, the people would not suffer such great damage, because they would take precautions. The more peaceful it is, the more unprepared it is, the greater the loss will be. What is in front of us now is the hundreds of thousands of disaster victims who fled from western Xinjiang - auxiliary machines, the settling of the disaster victims, I will personally supervise it. OK, go on."

"Wei Chen's Decree." Changsun Wuji took over the errand and then said, "The second intention of the Garqin Mausoleum is very obscure, but quite sinister - he wants to alienate me from my generals and generals."

"I thought of this!" Li Shimin took over and said, "Because I am indeed angry, whether it's to Qin Mubai, Hou Junji, or to Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang. The Chaling thought that as long as he got it, the court would definitely punish the relevant dereliction of duty after the event. Who is the first to take the brunt? - Lanzhou General Qin Mubai and others! He is going to borrow my hand to pull out the thorns in his eyes and the nails in his flesh!"

"Your Majesty!" Changsun Wuji bowed his hand and said, "This may be the real intention of the Chalqin Mausoleum! Not only to pick a strong enemy, but also to force me to change my strategy against Tubo!"

"Then he underestimates me too much!" Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, "Qin Mubai is wrong. Hou Junji is guilty. Wei Chi Jingde and Li Daliang are also incompetent and worthy of punishment, but I haven't fainted to that - what's the difference between being used by his garqinling to kill people for him?"

"My emperor is holy!" The ministers sang the promise together.

Chu Suiliang is secretly sweating - Your Majesty, and Changsun Wuji, if you see this other military newspaper in my arms, can you still say this just now?