Chapter 435: Turmoil in the Western Regions
In these years, there is no awareness of intellectual property rights, and family inheritance is the mainstream, so the father's things are the son's things, and it is natural that the son can take it for granted that the son said it as his own.
Except for a bit of shamelessness, everything is normal.
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Xizhou was defended, the coalition forces were repulsed, Cheng Chumo and Tian Renhui brought 5,000 reinforcements to take over the city defense of Xizhou, before Li Shimin's next will came, these 5,000 people became the defenders of Xizhou, patrolling inside and outside the city day and night, scouts released hundreds of miles away, all the way to follow the trail of the defeated army, and closely monitor the movements of the coalition forces of all countries.
The news brought by the scout is good news, after Cheng Chu took the head of the enemy general Amurdun in front of the silent formation, the enemy army was defeated like a mountain, and retreated to the country of Qiuzi hundreds of miles away, it is said that when the defeated army retreated to the country of Qiuci, there were less than 2,000 people, and the original army of 30,000 did not exist one, most of them were annihilated when Li Su defended the city, and the earth-shaking thunder finally played a big role, enough to destroy more than 10,000 enemy troops, and the rest of the desperate and crazy onslaught, finally about to break through Xizhou, When the dawn of dawn beckoned to them like a street girl beckoning to prostitutes, a son who bit Jin was killed halfway, and the allied forces of the countries were completely tragic......
Li Su and the defenders killed half of them, Cheng Chumo and Tian Renhui led the reinforcements and killed more than half, and the rest of the defeated army had their own countries, some threw weapons on the way to escape and ran back to their own country, and some probably felt that being a soldier was too unpromising and full of frustration, so they simply left the team to find an oasis along the road, planning to change to a new job for bandits, and if they were lucky enough to usher in a rising career, maybe they would become the chief scoop of the Silk Road and marry Bai Fumei. Usher in a new peak in life.
In short, those who killed and those who fled fled, and when the 30,000 coalition troops who invaded Xizhou finally fled to Qiuzi Kingdom, there were less than 2,000 men and horses left.
A real defeat, and a very disgraceful defeat. A broken city that can be broken by urine, only 5,000 defenders, 30,000 people attacked for half a month, not only did not break through, but also was beaten to lose his armor and abandon his armor, and he could not form an army, although the main general Amurdun was beheaded in front of the battle, which was considered a tragic martyrdom, but the news of the defeat spread to the countries of the Western Regions, and the monarchs of the countries not only did not give him the glorious title of "martyr". He also used his mouth to rejoice all the female ancestors within the eighteenth generation of Amurtun, and it was not enough to calm the anger in his heart with a thousand cuts.
Next, the countries of the Western Regions began to be in turmoil.
Over the years, how strong Datang has been, how sharp and difficult the soldiers are, the lords of various countries have naturally seen it, and finally mustered up 120,000 points of courage, taking advantage of Datang's trembling when he couldn't make a move, but he didn't expect his craftsmanship to be too trendy. On the contrary, he planted a big heel under the city of Xizhou, and the countries of the Western Regions did not have much land and population. Bringing together 30,000 coalition troops is already the strength of the country, and now 30,000 people have been beaten to less than 2,000, and it is still a trivial matter to be seriously injured. In the future, when the Tang Dynasty frees up its hands, how will it treat the countries of the Western Regions?
His Majesty the Heavenly Khan of the Tang Dynasty is by no means a vegetarian!
So the lords of the countries began to fall into deep introspection, reflecting on whether they had eaten too much lard and blinded their hearts and done such an uncool thing, as for the chief general of the Xizhou garrison. The lords of the kingdom were filled with deep resentment.
5,000 people stubbornly withstood the attack of 30,000 people for half a month, so powerful, why don't you go to heaven? As for playing with life?
When the news of the defeat reached the nations, the lords hurriedly gathered their courtiers to discuss a remedy, and after a night, the envoys of each country marched anxiously towards Chang'an in the morning sun, loaded with their own expensive tribute.
That's right, the lords of the country unanimously made a very undisciplined decision, they decided to abandon their allies, and before the Tang army retaliated, they secretly apologized to His Majesty the Tang Heavenly Khan, showed goodwill, sued for peace, and coincidentally pushed the responsibility for the invasion of the Tang Realm to the allies.
War is a continuation of politics and, conversely, politics is a continuation of war, and when war has lost its effect, or even has a counterproductive effect, politics becomes the only means of alleviating the crisis.
Among the invading countries, the Western Turks were the only powerful, and of course they couldn't pull their faces to do such a thing as showing favor and asking for peace, but the khan did not dare to slack off, so he ordered overnight to gather the warriors of the Turkic tribes to gather in the royal city and Yatent to prepare for battle.
The defeat of the First Battle of Xizhou disrupted the war situation in the entire Western Regions, and the attack and defense were quickly exchanged, and the lords and subjects of various countries fell into panic and fear.
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The defense of the city was won, but Li Su still couldn't leave, nominally speaking, Li Su was still the other driver of Xizhou, although everyone knew that Li Su led the soldiers to defend the city, and revitalized the whole game of chess of the Tang Dynasty against the Western Regions, His Majesty the Emperor must have a rich reward, but before the will of His Majesty the Emperor came, Li Su was still just a don't drive in Xizhou.
Of course, everyone knows better that Li Suli's contribution this time is not small, and it is a small matter to defend the city, and it has a greater significance, which can be said to affect the deployment of the century-old strategic war situation of the Tang Dynasty.
It has only been more than ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the countries of the Western Regions have made friends with the Tang Dynasty on the surface, but in fact, they have their own ghosts in their hearts, and they have secretly thrown themselves into the Western Turks, so the Tang Dynasty's control over the Western Regions can be said to be very weak, until the countries finally tore off the surface of the submissive coat and invaded Xizhou in a big way, this layer of hypocritical window paper was completely pierced, and Li Su led the soldiers to withstand the attack of 30,000 people, kept the city, and consumed the military strength of the countries to the greatest extent. All of a sudden, it was all alive.
The strategic deployment that could not be seen before, after the outbreak of the war in Xizhou, everyone suddenly became clear, and because it was clear, everyone knew what an amazing thing Li Su had done, and what kind of dragon face would be made to His Majesty today by defending this city, so the reward waiting for him would never be too thin.
So since the victory, everyone's eyes on Li Su are completely different from before, and their eyes reveal a strong admiration and respect, and they respect this young hero from the bottom of their hearts.
No one can forget when reinforcements rushed to the city at the last moment of the breach. The blood-stained spear on the head of the city, and the lonely and resolute majestic figure, the tragic and sour picture at the beginning, are deeply imprinted in everyone's minds like an imprint, and they still feel shocking when they think about it.
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Li Su is recuperating from his injuries.
The city was already scorched. Tian Renhui ordered a camp outside the city, and Li Su stayed in the camp to recuperate.
In this battle, Li Su suffered more than 20 large and small injuries, some of the wounds were deep to the bones, and there was a lot of blood loss, it is not a trivial matter to hurt the muscles and bones and qi and blood, in this era of generally backward medical conditions, Li Su's injuries are already serious injuries in the eyes of everyone, and if you are not careful, you will see the kind of Hades.
Xu Mingzhu is also recuperating, this is Li Su's mandatory order. Originally, she also planned to serve Li Su's daily life and medicine and food day and night, but Li Su lost her temper in distress and sternly ordered her to go back to the barracks to take care of herself.
During this period of time, all kinds of meat, all kinds of eggs, and all kinds of medicinal food were sent to the barracks as if they didn't need money, Li Su. Wang Zhu, Zheng Xiaolou. Cao Yu, as well as the only remaining hundreds of remnants, etc., the people who sacrificed their lives to defend the city had countless injuries on their bodies, and everyone needed to recuperate, so there were more wounded soldiers in the camp outside the city. Every soldier who passes through the camp will always unconsciously slow down and try not to make a sound, if the wounded soldier walks out of the camp tent to bask in the sun, the soldiers will also respectfully press the knife to the wounded soldier as a salute, and sincerely pay the greatest respect to this group of wounded soldiers who have risked their lives.
The sun was warm and warm. A few blinding white clouds floated in the sky, blowing in the breeze, quietly obscuring the sun, bringing a moment of shade to the earth, and then the clouds were blown away again.
Li Su put a canopy on top of his head, and on the sand lay out a woolen carpet of Hu people, on the blanket was placed a low table, on which there was wine, meat and fruit, and two sergeants stood behind him, one on the left and one on the right, fanning Li Su one by one.
It is barely a skill to be able to live the boring life of the military camp out of the posture of a beach vacation in Hawaii, Li Su is the kind of person who does not treat himself badly anywhere.
"It's so boring! Life is like a pig, so don't let people live? Wang Zhu was covered with cloth belts, while shouting dissatisfiedly, he did not forget to throw a piece of fat dripping meat into his mouth, and when he bit down, the oil flowed down the corner of his mouth to his chin, and Wang Zhu was not particular, he raised his sleeve and wiped it on his chin, the oil was gone, and there was an extra oil stain on the sleeve......
Li Su frowned, his cheeks twitched, and he had an expression of almost vomiting. Brothers belong to brothers, but he will not agree with the problem of unhygienic care.
"Stay away from me! Disgusting to death! Li Su glared at Wang Zhu unkindly, his eyes as if staring at a pool of snot thrown against the wall.
Wang Zhu was accustomed to this kind of gaze, and ignored it automatically without shame, grinning, and a few traces of minced meat were stuffed between his teeth.
Li Su wanted to vomit even more......
"Your Majesty's reward has arrived, this time you were promoted to the rank of lord and didn't run away, do you think Your Majesty will give me a knight or something? The county man is good, there are hundreds of households in the city, and it is enough to feed my Wang family. ”
Li Su turned his head angrily, pointed to the camp tent of the wounded soldiers not far away, and said: "If Your Majesty seals it like this, the hundreds of people in the camp are all county men, and Chang'an will fall into blood mold. ”
Wang Zhu looked at him blankly: "So what?" Isn't it good that I'm a county man, and my brothers are county men? ”
Li Su sighed and said, "Do you know what 'depreciation' is?" ”
Wang Zhu shook his head.
"'Depreciation' means, anything is too much, it is indiscriminate, it is worthless, you think about it, there are suddenly hundreds of county men in Chang'an City, just like I just said, there are more county men like dogs, and then what? When someone walks on the street and steps on it carelessly, he immediately hears a 'Wang' sound, guess who he stepped on? ”
Wang Zhu's face was a little ugly: "Stepped on me?" ”
Li Su looked at him in surprise and said, "Of course I stepped on the dog, 'Wang', but I appreciate your way of thinking, and you are very humble." ”
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PS: I'm going home, three shifts tonight, and two more, to make up for yesterday's ...... (To be continued.) )