Chapter 445: A Visitor from Xizhou
When Hou Junji's army arrived at the moraine, the entire Gaochang Kingdom was in chaos, and the Western Turkic Khan treacherously ran away, and Gaochang became a big fat piece under the iron hooves of the Tang Dynasty.
In terms of origin, the relationship between Ko Wentai and Datang is not shallow, and Gao Changguo and Datang still had a sweet and charming honeymoon period, and the relationship between the two countries at that time was so good that it was simply honey and oil, and the flesh was numb.
Zhenguan four years, Li Shimin defeated the Eastern * Turk * Turk, the most powerful enemy in the north of the Tang Dynasty has since been wiped out, the news spread to the neighboring countries of the Tang Dynasty, all the monarchs were shocked and frightened, so everyone gathered to discuss it, and decided to give Li Shimin the honorific title of "Heavenly Khan", that is, in that year, the lord of Gaochang Lu Wentai and his wife Yuwen traveled thousands of miles, and personally entered Chang'an to make a pilgrimage to Li Shimin.
So Li Shimin not only gave Ko Wentai all kinds of gold and silver silk, but also made an exception to give Ko Wentai's wife Yuwen the surname "Li", and included her in the clan and named her the princess of Changle, that is to say, Ko Wentai went to Chang'an for a turn, and inexplicably became Li Shimin's brother-in-law, and I don't know what Li Shimin thought at the time, the woman who couldn't beat the eight poles gave her the title of princess, and she was still her sister in name, and she never considered leaving a way back for herself, what should I do if the relationship between the two countries is bad in the future? When Lu Wentai pointed at Li Shimin's nose and scolded "X your sister", what did Li Shimin say to the past? People are telling the truth......
The honeymoon period is too short, as a small country that survives in the gap between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks, the character of Ko Wentai itself has been wavering, and soon, there was a small three between the Tang Dynasty and Gaochang, and the Western Turks' Yibi Lu Khan coerced and lured Ko Wentai to the past, and Gaochang gradually stood on the opposite side of the Tang Dynasty.
It didn't take long. The Tang army occupied the city of Xizhou, and since then the Tang Dynasty and Gaochang have completely broken, and Gaochang has been under the influence of the Western Turks, and has poured troops into Xizhou, which finally escalated the relationship between the two countries from a rupture to an enemy.
As a result, the battle of Xizhou was less than three months old. Hou Junji's army besieged the capital of Gaochang, but the Western Turks treacherously ran away without a trace, the prestige of the Tang army was too loud, and the Western Turks' Yibi Lu Khan could not afford to take this risk, because there was a great possibility that the Tang army would destroy the country, from the Eastern Turks of that year to Xue Yantuo a few months ago, all powerful countries fell under the iron hooves of the Tang army. How could the Western Turks be able to block the Tang Army's fierce blow? Since you can't stop it, you just run away.
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In the first month of the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, Hou Junji was stationed at the mouth of Gaochang, and the army drove straight into the capital of Gaochang.
On the day when the army completed the siege of the capital, the lord of Gaochang sent envoys out of the city to seek peace, and Hou Junji came by order. Li Shimin's will does not have the option of "seeking peace", and his intention is very resolute. The country must be destroyed!
The envoy didn't even see Hou Junji's face, so he was driven out of the Chinese army camp by the Tang army's soldiers, and Hou Junji coldly threw out a sentence, "Let the lord of the country be killed!" ”
The envoy rushed back to the city with his head in his arms, and his nose and face were swollen to bring this sentence in its entirety, and then. The lord of Gaochang Kingdom, Lu Wentai, died of illness that night.
I have to say that the lord of Gaochang is really obedient, and he will die if he is told to die, without delaying at all, of course. Saying that it was "sick and dying" is probably a bit of a whitewash, but in fact, Ko Wentai was scared to death.
That night, the Tang army of 40,000 soldiers were full of war meals, waiting for dawn to begin the siege of the city, but the cry in the capital of Gaochang shook the sky, the people in the city ran back and forth and cried, in the moment before the dawn was coming, the palace hung a white lantern, posted the national funeral obituary, internal worries, external troubles, the great enemy at present, when the day was just dawn, the frightened Gaochang courtiers made a special case, regardless of the etiquette and law, urgently launched the next lord of Gaochang State, Ko Wentai's eldest son Ko Zhisheng, that is, the black pot.
Just before Hou Junji ordered the drum to attack the city, the envoy of Gaochang State went out of the city again to sue for peace, and brought the new lord of the country Lu Zhisheng's begging letter, the book said that the original lord of the country Lu Wentai died of illness last night, the previous Gaochang lost his courtesy, and offended the Tang Dynasty Many sins, all of which were done by Lu Wentai alone, the so-called enemy died, the grievances were eliminated, and the subjects of Gaochang were innocent, and they should not be held responsible.
Hou Junji laughed, and tore the begging book to shreds, what are you kidding, General Ben came here thousands of miles away, just to destroy the country and earn some military merits, you have all begged to surrender, what should I do with my military merits? Therefore, Hou Junji had never seen this begging letter, and put forward a harsh condition, so that the new lord of the country, Lu Zhisheng, and all the royal families of Gaochang State were bound out of the city, and all went to Chang'an with the army, and personally asked His Majesty the Tang Dynasty Khan for guilt.
This requirement is too much, and the clay figurines also have three parts of earth, not to mention that they are still the masters of a country.
Hou Junji's request was naturally rejected by Gao Changguo, of course, this move is also in line with Hou Junji's intentions, this time leading the army to the west, and there is the emperor's majesty's will to destroy his country, Hou Junji did not want to be good, so he ordered the drum to attack the city.
The city of the capital of Gaochang is naturally much stronger than that of Xizhou, the Tang army swarmed up, and still failed to take it for two hours, Hou Junji was furious, and felt a little unable to pull his face, attacking a small barbarian country with such a big effort, even if he returned to the dynasty with a big victory in the future, he would have no face to say, so he ...... The earth-shattering thunder made by Li Su appeared.
The small black clay pot is flying all over the sky with green smoke, on the city tower, outside the city gate, the explosions come and go, the army of Gaochangguo was beaten to pieces as early as when Xizhou was under the city, and now there are less than three thousand defenders in the capital, a burst of earth-shaking thunder was thrown, Gaochangguo soldiers were blown up to cry and cry father, after the Tang army threw a few rounds of earth-shaking thunder, the gate of the capital was finally opened, and the courtiers wore official uniforms and accompanied the new lord of the country, who had just ascended the throne for less than a day, went out of the city and surrendered, according to the requirements of Hou Junji, All the royal relatives of Gaochang Kingdom tied their hands and became prisoners of the Tang army in despair, and the most wronged was Koji Zhisheng, who became a prisoner after only a few hours as king, becoming the shortest reigning king in history.
Hou Junji saw that Gao Changguo surrendered so happily and simply, and couldn't help but smack his mouth, and then waved his hand happily, ordering the imprison of the lord and clan relatives of Gaochang, and the Tang army entered the capital of Gaochang State.
The wolf-like Tang army cheered and poured into the capital, the city cried and scolded, the sound shook in the wilderness, there were many captives in the army, but Hou Junji turned a blind eye, as for the captured monarchs and ministers of Gaochangguo, watching the Tang army bullying and looting in their capital, they wept endlessly.
The country is broken, the city falls, the mountains and rivers are broken, and the people are crying.
On the twenty-sixth day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, Gaochang destroyed the country.
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A country, was erased from the map by the Tang Dynasty army, after Hou Jun set up to destroy the Gaochang Kingdom, continued to rectify the soldiers and horses, ready to send troops to Qiuzi, the original attack on the Xizhou coalition army, now the Tang Dynasty will return one by one.
This is the domineering of Datang, if there is revenge, you will take revenge, you don't have to wait for ten years.
The people of the Western Regions fled their homeland one after another and went to the farther west of the Great Food Empire, and the lords of the country sent envoys one after another, asking for peace or surrender to the Tang Dynasty, just wanting to save their lives and the lives of the clan.
The Western Regions were in turmoil, but Xizhou, which was originally in the eye of the storm, seemed extremely calm.
Li Su is still waiting for the holy decree of Chang'an, and the strange thing is that the holy decree has not arrived for a long time, and without Li Shimin's order, Li Su is still a farewell driver in Xizhou.
During this period, merchants led by Gong Hu entered Xizhou City one after another, loaded with bricks, stones, mud and tiles for repairing the city wall and grain for winemaking.
The people who had left the city due to the war have now returned to the city one by one, dragging the old and the young into the city, and seeing the scorched ruins of the old residence, people knelt in the dust and cried for a while, stood up and wiped away their tears, and rebuilt their homes without saying a word.
The crowd returning to the city was mixed with some familiar figures, such as the Qian master who was willing to work as a dog and horse.
With the arrival of Qian Fuzi, Xizhou City seems to have grown a tumor, becoming more and more lively, within five days, five gambling stalls in the city, two green buildings were quickly completed and opened, the businessmen who went to Xizhou to find business opportunities poured ecstasy soup one by one into the gambling stall Qinglou, a lot of silver money was spent like flowing water, so the Xizhou City Warbler sang and danced, sang every night, and the laughter and laughter of the silver money piled up spread to the night sky outside the city.
This war-torn city is gradually rejuvenating.
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On February 16, the 14th year of Zhenguan, on an ordinary day, Li Subai sat bored outside the barracks yawning and thinking about his lazy life.
On this day, Li Su still didn't wait for Li Shimin's holy decree, but unexpectedly waited for a monk.
The monk is an old monk, estimated to be in his fifties, wearing a shabby monk's robe, holding a black pottery bowl in his hand, and a cane in the other hand, he seems to have walked a long way, saying that he is a monk, but he is not bald, and a lot of hair grows sparsely on his head.
The monk came from the west alone, after coming to Xizhou, he first entered the city to meet the assassin history, but unfortunately the city was in ruins during this time, Cao Yu was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, and the monk did not see his people at all.
So at this moment, the monk stood outside the gate of the camp, smiling and waiting for Li Su's reception.
Li Su has now completely returned the power of Xizhou to Cao Yu, compared to Cao Yu's busyness, Li Su seems very idle, so idle that the first thing he opens his eyes every day is to figure out what to do today to waste a long and boring time.
I heard that a monk asked to see him, and Li Sudang even came to the spirit.
Monk, it should be enlightened, right? Even if it is not good, he also asked him to give himself a batch of eight characters, calculate the passing years or something......
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PS: There is one more ...... (To be continued.) )