Chapter 230: The Scapegoat
What Guo Beifeng and Ashina Daozhen didn't expect finally happened, these Tuyuhun people who were taken in kidnapped Murong Nuo and Princess Honghua, and made a request to Guo Beifeng and Ashina Daozhen: Withdraw from the baggage camp, otherwise they will kill Murong Nuo and Princess Honghua.
Now Guo Zhifeng and Ashina are really dumbfounded, how dare they make decisions about such a big matter. In desperation, on the one hand, they surrounded the other party and confronted it, and on the other hand, they sent fast horses to report the situation to Xue Rengui, who was far away on the front line of Wuhai.
In this way, these hundreds of Tuyuhun people were surrounded by tens of thousands of Tang troops and could not move in the baggage camp, but Guo Zhifeng and Ashina Dao really threw rat traps and did not dare to make any moves.
Xue Rengui was also taken aback after receiving the report, the reason for this dispatch of troops was to restore the country for Murong Nuo and Princess Honghua, if they both died, then they would return to the country of a fart! Not only is this war unknown, but even to the emperor is not easy to explain!
After thinking about it, Xue Rengui gave an order to Guo Zhifeng and Ashina Daozhen: Be sure to ensure the safety of Murong Nuo and Princess Honghua, if it really can't work, withdraw from the baggage camp first, and wait for him to return to help before making the next step.
After the order was sent out, Xue Rengui did not dare to stay any longer, and led an army of 20,000 to Dafeichuan to return to Dafeichuan in the starry night.
With Xue Rengui's order, Guo Zhifeng and Ashina Daozhen breathed a sigh of relief. They sent people to negotiate with those Tuyuhun people, who knew that the other party was very tough, as long as they quickly left the baggage camp within two hours, they would release Murong Nuo and Princess Honghua, otherwise they would be presented with the heads of the two of them.
In order to save the lives of Murong Nuo and Princess Honghua, Guo Beifeng and Ashina Daozhen had to withdraw from the camp.
Those Tuyuhun people were also trustworthy, and after they left the camp, they sent Murong Nuo and Princess Honghua out of the camp.
Murong Nuo and Princess Honghua were safe and sound, and Guo Beifeng and Ashina Daozhen breathed a sigh of relief.
But before they could catch their breath, they were shocked to find that the fire in the baggage camp was everywhere, and the other party actually began to burn the baggage provisions.
It's just too vicious, if Datang's 100,000 army doesn't have baggage supplies, even if you think about it with your heels, you can think of what the consequences are.
Just when Guo Zhifeng and Ashina Daozhen had not come to their senses, nearly 200,000 Tubo troops descended from the sky and covered up the Tang army with six gods and no masters.
Isn't it said that there are only 30,000 or 40,000 Tubo troops in the Dafeichuan area, and they were all driven to the Wuhai area by Xue Rengui, where did these 200,000 troops come from?
These 200,000 troops were the Tuyuhun army that served Tubo, and basically all the Tuyuhun people who could go into battle were dispatched, and under the leadership of Qinling's younger brother Zanpo, they swept towards the Tang army outside the baggage camp like a flood.
What's ridiculous is that Datang sent troops this time to rescue these Tuyuhun people from fire and water and help them restore the country!
Seeing the heavy grain and grass being burned, the Tang army was already panicked, and was attacked by the sudden Tuyuhun army, and the Tang army suddenly fell into chaos, and the final result was self-evident, the Tang Dynasty army was defeated, and it was a complete defeat.
Guo Zhifeng and Ashina really want to cry without tears, and the only thing they can hope for is to see if Xue Rengui can turn the tide after he returns.
What they didn't expect was that Xue Rengui was also difficult to protect.
The reason why Qin Ling did not appear on the battlefield of attacking Guo Zhifeng and Ashina was because he wanted to personally command the battle against Xue Rengui. Coach to manager, so that the identity is equal.
Xue Rengui, who had no intention of calculating and hurriedly returning to help, was unsurprisingly surrounded by the army led by Qin Ling in the flat and vast Dafeichuan.
200,000 against 20,000, and Qinling led all the Tibetan cavalry.
The Tibetan iron cavalry rushed into the increasingly broken defense line of the Tang army like angry waves, and the black and oppressive arrow rain obscured the day. On the other side of the defense line, there was no food and grass inside and no rescuers outside, and the hungry Tang troops fell one after another in a pool of their own blood in despair......
After listening to Guo Qin's story, Lu Xiaoxian knew that Guo Zhifeng, Xue Rengui's deputy back then, was Guo Qin's father, and he was speechless after listening to it.
Later generations learned about the Battle of Dafeichuan from the history books, and Lu Xiaoxian has always had doubts about this battle. The discipline of the Tang Dynasty is extremely strict, and after Guo Zhifeng is a famous general, he has fought on the battlefield for decades, and it stands to reason that it is impossible to violate military orders.
Now it seems that Guo Zhifeng should be a scapegoat.
In the end, the responsibility for the defeat was attributed to Guo Beifeng's disobedience, just to save the face of the Tang Dynasty, to put it bluntly, it was to save the face of Gaozong, and he couldn't let the world know the truth about Tuyuhun's people's counterattack against the Tang Dynasty army. In order to calm the controversy, Gojong could not help but punish the defeated.
Since Xue Rengui and Gaozong had a special relationship, Gaozong naturally would not let Xue Rengui take on this responsibility.
Ashina Dao is really the grandson of Luo Khan, with a noble status, extremely high prestige among the Turks, and as a vassal who led his headquarters to help in the war, his status is relatively transcendent, so he naturally cannot bear this responsibility.
Since neither of them can do it, but someone has to come out and take responsibility, a scapegoat is needed. Obviously, Guo Beifeng is the best choice to bear the responsibility. Therefore, there is a conclusion that Guo Zhifeng did not listen to moderation later, and was attacked and defeated by the Tubo army with heavy grain and grass.
Guo Beifeng was wronged and made a scapegoat, saving face for Gaozong, and Gaozong naturally couldn't be ruthless. Otherwise, even if Guo Beifeng has ten heads, it is not enough for Gao Zong to cut off.
After the return of the three Tang generals, Xue Rengui was only dismissed from office, and soon after due to the rebellion of Goryeo, he was used again, after which he also went to the northwest frontier to fight against the Turks, because the remnants of the "Three Arrows Ding Tianshan" still existed, and it is said that the Turks still "looked at each other and went down to Marobai" when they saw him.
Ashina Daozhen is still noble and enjoys preferential treatment from the imperial court.
Only after Guo was relieved of his death and removed his name, he was infamous for a lifetime, and finally died of depression.
Lu Xiaoxian suddenly understood why Guo Qin burst into tears when he mentioned the Battle of Dafeichuan that day, he was crying out for his father.
Lu Xiaoxian still had a question in his heart, and he asked Guo Qin: "How did Lord Lingzun, Xue Rengui, and Ashina Dao really retreat from Dafeichuan?" ”
The Tang Dynasty expeditionary force was completely annihilated in Dafeichuan, and Tubo won a complete victory in the Battle of Dafeichuan. But the last scene is quite weird, the history books say: "Rengui, to be sealed and Ashina Dao is true and get out of it." "In other words, the three Tang army lords will break through and flee back. Not only did the three of them save their lives, but even Murong Nuo and Princess Honghua returned to Liangzhou safe and sound.
Unless the Tibetan general Qinling was a philanthropist or mentally ill, or he felt sorry for these defeated generals, he put them all back, which is simply inexplicable.
Guo Qin shook his head: "I don't know about this, I've never heard my father mention it!" ”
Lu Xiaoxian sighed, maybe the truth of this matter will be a mystery forever.
He looked at Guo Qin with blazing eyes: "It's for this reason that you hate the Tuyuhun people so much that you kill them to vent your anger?" ”
"There were 200,000 Tuyuhun people who participated in the Battle of Dafeichuan back then, and even if I hate them, I can't kill them all. As for what I killed, they deserve to die! Guo Qin gritted his teeth and said, "Although my father has been infamous, he has no dissatisfaction with Emperor Gaozong, Xue Rengui and Ashina Daozhen, but he has always been angry with those Tuyuhun people who kidnapped Murong Nuo and Princess Honghua. If it weren't for them, the heavy grain and grass would not have been burned, and there would have been no subsequent defeat! Before his father died, he looked up to the sky and sighed, even if he was a ghost to the underworld, he would not let go of these people! ”
Lu Xiaoxian suddenly realized: "You mean, these Tuyuhun people you killed all participated in robbing and burning grain and grass back then?" ”
"That's right, it's them!" It was not Guo Qin who answered, but Murong Kan, who had not spoken, "I sent people to kill these people, there were more than 300 of them in total, except for those who died in battle and disease later, there are still 111 people left, including 23 people in Liangzhou and Lingzhou, 29 people in Tuyuhun's hometown, and 59 people in Taozhou City." Before this, one hundred and ten people had been killed, plus Zeng Cha, who died two days ago, exactly one hundred and eleven, and no one escaped the net! ”
Lu Xiaoxian asked strangely: "Guo Assassin Shi is still excusable for killing them, you are the Tuyuhun royal family, why do you have to get rid of them quickly!" ”
"Without him!" Murong Kan sighed, "Because I promised my deceased brother ......"
It turned out that although Murong Kan was Murong Nuo's younger brother, he didn't like to be pampered in the royal family, and yearned for a chivalrous and righteous life, so he left home at a young age to explore the rivers and lakes.
Murong Kan was very lucky, he was valued by the master of the Tiansha Sect as an apprentice because of his good qualifications, and he learned a good martial arts.
Later, after the death of the previous master, Murong Kan succeeded him as the new master of the "Tiansha" gate.
According to the report, Murong Kan and Murong Nuo are already people on the two paths. However, after the Battle of Dafeichuan, Murong Nuo sent someone to find Murong Kan and asked him to help him avenge himself and kill those traitors who betrayed Tuyuhun. Murong Kan didn't want to get involved in this matter, so he rejected his brother.
Three years ago, Murong Nuo was ill and saw that he was about to die soon, so he told Princess Honghua before he died that he must find Murong Kan back.
When Murong Kan saw his brother, his brother was already dying, and he forced Murong Nuo to make a poisonous oath that he must get rid of those traitors and the culprit Qin Ling, otherwise he would not be able to die. In order to let his brother leave with peace of mind, Murong had no choice but to make a heavy oath.
As a result, Guo Qin and Murong Kan were originally two unrelated people, but they came together for a common goal. Guo Qin used the identity of the assassin in the open to be responsible for providing information and convenience, while Murong Kan used the power of the "Tiansha" gate to tick off the names of these Tuyuhun people one by one from the book of life and death in the dark.