In ancient times, there was a rule in warfare, which was called "the teacher is famous", no matter where the name came from, but it would not work without certainty.

During the Three Kingdoms, Pang Tong died in Luofengpo in order to make Liu Bei famous, in order to give Liu Bei a benevolent and righteous excuse for revenge. And now the Tang Dynasty is the same, fighting the Eastern Turks, in fact, it is a betrayal of the bridge alliance, but it doesn't matter, no one cares, because the Tang Dynasty is famous, and suffered the shame from Jieli back then, Li Shimin fought for revenge, everyone can understand, this is a kind of righteousness.

And this time Li Shimin sent two large armies to attack Dingxiang, which was actually to guard against the Western Turks, but nominally, it was because of Li Mu's disappearance. Hou Junji and Li Ji attacked Gaochang on the grounds of demanding Li Mu. In other words, if Gaochang handed over Li Mu, there would be no reason for the Tang army to stay here, because not long ago, King Gaochang had just come to Chang'an to meet him.

From the perspective of 'etiquette', Gaochang is polite, but Datang is rude, so this matter cannot be done. It doesn't matter if you have to do it, but you will lose your virtue and make other countries in the Western Regions no longer trust Datang.

It doesn't matter whether you trust it or not, after all, in any era, the strong are respected. But in this day and age, there are limitations. Li Shimin often sighed that he couldn't go out of Chang'an, which is what he meant. To govern a country with a vast territory, you must not be able to do everything yourself, so what do magistrates and vassal states look at? Why are they loyal to you? It is mainly an idea, or the so-called 'virtue'.

If you bully the weak and put everyone in a small country at risk, and make them feel that even if you serve you, I will not be rewarded in the end, then who will be willing to sincerely join you?

Therefore, the attitude of the Tang Dynasty towards Gaochang has largely determined how the Western Regions will treat the Tang Dynasty. At this time, if King Gaochang died in the Tang military camp for no apparent reason, it would confirm that sentence, and he would not be able to wash it away by jumping into the Yellow River.

"How is it good! How can I be good! "Hou Junji is in a hurry, although he is the same general as Li Ji, but he is the secretary of the military department, when the two are together, they naturally respect him, and he is naturally responsible, even if this matter is done by Li Ji, he is responsible, not to mention that this matter has nothing to do with Li Ji, and it is the record under his hand that brings the poisoned tea to join the army!

"Who the hell hurt me!" Hou Junji looked at Ju Wentai, who was already stiff, and couldn't cry with tears. Li Ji had already calmed down, and said, "Come on, send an order down, guard the camp, no one is allowed to enter or leave, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

Someone went out to give an order, Li Ji came to Hou Junji's side, and said, "General, the matter has come to this point, you should be calm, now it seems that someone must want to make things bigger, I wonder if the general can tell me, who is the hand of today's plan?" ”

"Isn't that Zhang Yi! He's running away now, so where can I go to find out! ”

"This ......" Li Ji was also at a loss, and in his mind, a figure subconsciously appeared, Li Mu, if Li Mu was there, he must have a way.

"Report-" Another urgent report, Li Ji looked at the door, and a sentry ran in, with a happy face, and said, "Report to the general, there is news from the Hou of Zhulu!" ”

"What!" Li Ji excitedly grabbed the sentry's shoulder and asked, "Really?" ”

"Yes, I received the news from the flying pigeon, confirming that the traces of Zhuluhou have been found, it is a hundred miles away, and it should be able to rush back in the evening."

Hou Junji was also very happy, "Then how is his safety?" ”

"The specific news is not yet known, only that Hou Ye and his party were intercepted by Tuyuhun's rangers, and the two sides fought a fight, but fortunately, General Li Chongyi arrived in time to resolve the crisis, and then the two sides merged in one place and are rushing back."

Li Ji heard the point, frowned, and said, "Tuyuhun's ranger? Why is there a Tuyuhun ranger? ”

The sentinel replied, "I don't know about my subordinates. ”

Li Ji thought for a while, and said, "Send an order, send one battalion of soldiers and horses, two battalions of soldiers and horses, quickly go to meet the Zhulu Hou, no matter who you meet along the way, kill!" ”

The sentry did not respond immediately, but looked at Hou Junji, who glared and said, "Didn't you hear General Li Ji's words?" Look what I do! ”

He now wishes that Li Ji would take on a little more responsibility, it is best to do this morning, and Li Ji is also the master, when he first came, the heart to compete with Li Ji was already gone.

The sentinel received the order, and the order went, and after a while, the drums sounded, and the two battalions of soldiers and horses went out of the camp gate like thunder.

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The words are divided into two ends, Li Mu's side, the situation is not very good.

He rushed to Yanqi all the way, saw Niqi, and after expressing his intentions, Niqi did not have any obstacles, and agreed to leave Yanqi with him to discuss the plan. In fact, Ni Qi has no choice, Yanqi is not a place to live for a long time after all, and he still has clansmen in the Western Turks, and the hatred of the country and the family gathers together, as long as he is given the opportunity, he has no reason not to take revenge.

The two of them did not delay at all, replenished food and water and left. But with this departure, the problem comes. Although Ni Yu is also a generation of heroes, and his age is not very old, but when he broke with Ye Hu, he was hit by an arrow in his body, and because he did not get good treatment, he was sick and bumpy, and he couldn't stand the bumpy ride on horseback, and when he walked out of more than 50 miles, he coughed violently and almost fell off the horse.

Li Mu had no choice but to slow down and pull his reins to walk together. After such a delay, he met Tuyuhun's cavalry.

In the Tang Dynasty, when it comes to external enemies, the Turks are the first to mention, followed by the Tubo people and the Goguryeo people, and it seems that the Tuyuhun people are rarely mentioned. But in fact, if you talk about combat power, the Tuyuhun people are not small at all, especially the cavalry of Tuyuhun, so to speak, comparable to the elite of the Turkic cavalry, but the number is too small, which makes people mistakenly think that it is not weak.

This group of rangers numbered about twenty people, and they walked in a hurry, as if they were delivering letters. When they met Li Mu and Ni Yu, they changed their path and went straight to the two. Li Mu naturally can't be restrained, but he doesn't have a weapon on his body, how can he fight with his bare hands? It would have been easy for him to run, but the mud was just thrown here. At this time, he realized that martial arts could not determine the cause of war. These cavalrymen, fighting alone, with his divine skills to protect his body, naturally are not a problem, three or five, but he can deal with it, but these twenty people go together, and he is a little powerless to shoot arrows again.

Seeing that he couldn't resist it, and was about to shout 'my life is over', suddenly a burst of shouts came, "Who dares to hurt my big brother!" ”

Before the words fell, only a sound of breaking the air sounded, and a Mo knife flew horizontally, like a string of sugar gourds, directly stringing the three Tuyuhun cavalry in front of Li Mu into a string.

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