Chapter 260: Guo Xiaoke's death
"The deputy chief of the march of Kunqiu Dao and the general of the right Xiaowei, Qi Bi He Li, accompanied me in pursuit of Khalib and Nali. 35xs "Ashina Sheerdao."
"No!" He Li led the order.
Leaving Guo Xiao to guard the city and guard the captives and pacify the people of Qiuzi, Ashina Sheer divided his troops to pursue Khalib and Nali.
"King! The Tang army caught up! A cavalryman reported to King Qiuzi.
"What?" King Qiuzi was shocked, he didn't expect the Tang army to catch up so quickly.
He originally thought that the Tang army was not familiar with the terrain here, and it would be difficult to catch up with him, although he fled all the way to the west, but there was more than one way to the Western Turks.
I thought that I could use the terrain here to get rid of the pursuit of the Tang army, but who knew that the Tang army would be able to bite to the death.
It was precisely because he was not familiar with the environment here that Ashina Sheer would scatter more than 100,000 coalition troops to search for the traces of King Qiuzi.
As long as a team of soldiers and horses can find the trace of King Qiuzi, they can contact nearby friendly troops through signals to come, and King Qiuzi will definitely be unable to fly.
"Prime Minister, what should we do now?" The king of Qiuzi, Khalibu, asked Nari beside him.
"Now we have to go separately! And leave a team of soldiers and horses to stop the pursuers behind, and we may still have a chance to live. That's not the way to go, Nali said.
It's better than everyone gathering together and waiting for death, everyone is in a big escape target, and it is easy to be tracked by the other party. 35xs
Scattered targets, not easy to be discovered by the Tang Army, now is no more than when they just broke through, it is necessary to concentrate all forces and make a breakthrough at one point.
"Good! That's all there is to it now! "The king of Qiuzi, Khalibu, lost his way.
He left a group of soldiers and horses to break up, and separated from Nari, and each fled for his life, and whoever escaped depended on their luck.
The goddess of luck did not favor the king of Halib, and in the end unfortunately fell into the hands of Ashina Sheer and became a prisoner of the Tang army.
Because of the capture of the King of Guizi, Ashina Sheer thought that the matter was over, so he did not continue to pursue Nari, so he let Nari escape.
Ashina Sheer ordered someone to escort Han Libu back to Chang'an to hand over to Li Er, and still let Guo Xiaoke stay in the capital of Qiuzi to change it and wait for the next instruction of the imperial court.
"Although King Qiuzi has now been captured alive and escorted back to Beijing, the remnants of Qiuci have not yet been cleared! I decided to lead my troops out of the city and set up camp. Guo Xiaoke said to his generals.
"No!" Naturally, the generals did not make any sense, but the representatives of the Qiuzi people did not think so.
"General! Never! Now that Nali is missing, if he brings the soldiers and horses of the Western Turks to come, the capital will be in danger! Please also ask the general to take more precautions. Flash," said the Guizi representative.
After hearing this, Guo Xiaoke said disapprovingly: "How can you worry about the marriage between the Western Turks and the Tang Dynasty, how can you do something treacherous." ”
"Are you worrying too much, is it possible for one person to be able to withstand 100,000 soldiers and horses? I don't need to say more! ”
After Guo Xiaoke finished speaking, he walked away, and took his headquarters out of the city to camp, not taking Nali in his eyes at all.
Nari has been the prime minister of Qiuci for so many years, how can he not have his own henchmen in the Qiuzi army.
As long as he invites reinforcements from the Western Turks, and then unites the surrendered troops in the city, it is not too simple to recapture the capital.
Moreover, Guo Xiaoke thought that the Western Turks did not dare to tear their faces with the Tang Dynasty, but they did not know that the Chebi Khan had always been secretly making moves.
On the surface, he was in harmony with the Li Tang Dynasty, but behind the scenes, he was tense, and he didn't let it go at all in terms of interests.
At night, Nali appeared near the capital with 10,000 reinforcements from the Western Turks, and quietly lurked into the city to get in touch with the leader of the surrendered army in the city.
Cousin promised Nali to cooperate with him and attack Guo Xiaoke's department together, and that night, Cousin and others made a loud noise in the city.
Guo Xiaoke realized this, so he led more than 1,000 people into the city and engaged the enemy.
The surrendered troops in the city responded to Nali's call and launched an attack on the Tang army, and Guo Xiaoke led the Tang army to fight to the death.
The city was in flames, and shouts of slaughter rang out in the quiet night.
The Western Turkic army outside the city quietly looked at the capital of Qiuzi that was caught in the flames of war in front of them, and did not move.
A cavalryman galloped over, stopped in front of the commander of the Western Turkic cavalry, and said: "General, Nali let us send troops quickly to destroy the Tang army together, they are almost unable to support it!" ”
Although Guo Xiaoke only had thousands of soldiers and horses, it was more than enough to suppress the surrender army in the city, and the Qiuzi surrender army was not an opponent at all.
If the Western Turkic army did not act again, Nali's rebellion would be completely suppressed, and at that time, it would be useless for the Western Turks to send troops again.
The Western Turkic general did not delay, and directly ordered an attack, and 10,000 Western Turkic cavalry killed Guo Xiaoke's department.
When Guo Xiaoke learned of the attack of the Western Turkic army, he was immediately shocked and immediately ordered to withdraw from the city, but he died in the West Gate.
The capital of Qiuzi fell and fell into the hands of Nali, and Ashina Sheer ordered the general Cao Jishu to send troops to replace the city, and Cao Jishu regained control of the capital of Qiuzi from Nali.
Ashina Sheer wrote a battle report on the situation this time, and sent it to Chang'an quickly, and arrived in Chang'an a few days later.
Ashina Sheer, on the other hand, stayed behind and continued to fight against the Western Turks and Qiuzi coalition forces, and cleaned up the mess.
Ashina Society later broke through 5 large cities, and more than 700 cities were attached to the Tang Dynasty, with tens of thousands of people. It wasn't until the twenty-second year of Zhenguan that Ashina Sheer pacified Qiuzi.
In the end, Ashina Sheer set up Ye Hu, the younger brother of the king of Qiuci, as the new king of Qiuci, and returned to Chang'an after taking the stone to record his merits.
In Chang'an City, Li Er and the ministers in the Taiji Hall were discussing matters in the court, and they received a battle report from Ashina Sheer.
"It's just self-inflicted!" Li Er was furious after reading the battle report.
Everyone didn't understand what was going on, and the eldest grandson Wuji asked, "Your Majesty! But what happened to the army that was fighting against Qiuzi? ”
"Guo Xiaoke insisted on going his own way, did not listen to dissuasion, was arrogant, and did not take precautions, which eventually led to the death of the enemy army, and even his eldest son Guo Zhizhao was killed in battle." Li Er was indignant and told the ministers about the matter.
Everyone was speechless about this matter, Guo Xiaoke was looking for death by himself, and he was really to blame himself, and he couldn't complain about others.
"Edict! deprived Guo Xiaoke of all his official positions, but remembering that he died on the battlefield for the Tang Dynasty, I can't let the soldiers feel cold and mourn for him! Li Erdao.
Although Guo Xiaoke was at fault, he was also punished as he deserved, no matter what, he also died on the battlefield for the Tang Dynasty, and it was not too much to hold a funeral for him.
Later, after Li Chengqian ascended the throne, he posthumously presented Guo Xiaoke as the protector of Anxi and the prince of Yangzhai County.