Chapter 392: Princess Honghua presents a golden knife

Chapter 392: Princess Honghua presents a golden knife

In this acre of three-point land in the northwest, Qibi He Li is so familiar that he can no longer be familiar with Xue Yantuo, Tuyuhun, and the Eastern and Western Turks. As a general of the Tang Dynasty who was born in Tiele, he has more opportunities to fight than those generals who were born and raised. After all, no one is more familiar with the steppe than he is, no one is more familiar with the military habits of nomads than he is, and no one is more familiar with what the nomadic nobles care about the most.

After inspecting the state for a while, Li Xian, who was sitting in Liangzhou, finally solved all the things that should be taken care of with the help of Pei Yan and others, and immediately left the daily affairs to a group of his subordinate officials, and rushed to the state with Li Jingye and Xue Dingshan, as well as the freshly baked three hundred personal soldiers, to meet with Qibi He Li.

Regarding Li Xian's sudden arrival, Qi Bi He Li was a little surprised. In his mind, it is naturally better for this Royal Highness to sit in Liangzhou, otherwise if there is any damage, he will definitely not be able to explain to the emperor. Having said that, the will did not explicitly order Li Xian, the marshal, not to go out with the army, so although he was sweating, he could only reluctantly accept this fact.

"Everyone is here!" After saying this, he paused slightly, and his face gradually became solemn, "It is an indisputable fact that I am outnumbered. Although the Tuyuhun people may not be willing to fight this battle for their new Tubo masters, they must not be counted! At present, the first step is to occupy the Tuyuhun King City and send back Princess Honghua and Khan Nuo Haobo. In this way, my Datang will occupy the name of righteousness. ”

Li Xian took a closer look at the location of Fu Qi City on the map, and nodded after a little thought. Although Fu Qi City is the city of Tuyuhun King, it is actually not far from the West Sea, that is, Qinghai Lake, and is surrounded by an open prairie, which is not dangerous to defend. But after all, it is a royal city, and its symbolism cannot be ignored.

He suddenly remembered the information he had seen before, and couldn't help asking, "Although Fu Qi City is the capital of Tuyuhun King, I have heard of it. Its regulations are not to mention Liangzhou, even Hezhou, it may not be able to reach. If the Tibetans drive people to attack ......"

"The Tubo people are not going to make a big deal about this, what they have to deal with is my Tang Dynasty, and they will not pay attention to a Tuyuhun Khan who is not a weapon!"

At this time, there were no outsiders, Qi Bi He Li said very directly, and Dugu Qingyun and Xin Wenling next to him were also surprised. Heizhi Changzhi, who attended the meeting for the first time, sat on the side and smiled when he heard this. But immediately thinking that the Baekje King he had assisted at the beginning could also be said to be unsuccessful, and a trace of gloom passed over his face.

"After occupying Fuqi City, General Dugu and I continued to advance with five thousand light cavalry. I am very familiar with the terrain of Tugu Hun land, and the Tubo people are guests from afar. Although Tuyuhun Khan may not have a heart, I will act as the master and entertain them well! ”

This was said humorously, and the room suddenly burst into an uncontrollable burst of laughter. However, Li Xian suddenly thought that the cold winter was approaching, and the northwest was originally full of glaciers, so he raised this concern. After all, this snowy plateau battle is the forte of the Tubo army, but it may not be affordable for the Tang army.

"Your Highness, rest assured, my former army is all soldiers. Most of the soldiers were in the past to fight Xue Yantuo, conquer Tiele, attack the Eastern and Western Turks, and fight for Guhun...... There have been a lot of battles in this big and small, and this snowy plateau is nothing! He Li laughed confidently. The white beard seemed to be curled, and the whole person looked bright. "It's a cold day, although there are disadvantages. But there is also a positive side, and that is the freezing of the West Sea. Our army can step directly over from the Western Sea! ”

As soon as Qi Qi He Li said this, everyone suddenly became even more excited. So, according to the plan after discussing with Pei Xingjian, Qi Bi He Li set the eighth day of October, that is, the day when the troops would be sent two days later. And when the generals dispersed, Li Xian still looked at the map on the wall again and again, and his eyes only looked at the place marked with the West Sea.

Seeing Li Xian's thoughtful expression, Qi Qi He Li couldn't help but wonder, and asked casually: "What, Your Highness is interested in the West Sea?" ”

"There seems to be an island in the middle of this western sea?" Li Xian pointed to the location of the island in the middle of the lake, and suddenly turned his head and said, "Do you think it is possible to build a city on this island in the middle of the lake?" ”

Qi Bi He Li was taken aback by Li Xiandi's leaping thinking, looked left and right on the map, and suddenly smiled bitterly: "Your Highness probably doesn't know, this West Sea is a salt lake, its water is salty and undrinkable, all drinking water has to be sent from the land, and it costs a lot to build a city on the island in the middle of the lake." The Tibetan army can only cross the West Sea during the ice period, but the ice period is only three or four months at most, and in other July and August, the edge of the city is just a fictitious. And who would want to defend this place but sinners? ”

Everyone said it so clearly, Li Xian naturally had to give up in a sneering manner, and he really felt in his heart that he was on Longju Island in Qinghai Lake

Ge Shuhan - Based on this cost performance alone, Qi Bi He Li's words are really not wrong

It was impossible for the Tibetans to increase their troops.

The news circulating in the army made the morale that was already gradually rising step onto another level. It is an indisputable fact that it is more difficult to defend the border than to fight, and one of the most important reasons is that there is no military merit in the border area, but there is a war! Even if it is just to get a medal and go home, it is much better than working hard for more than ten years and not getting any benefits.

At the same time, Li Xian took advantage of the work of the past two days to take his own soldiers to inspect the grassroots level when he was idle, and he did not shake hands and talk cordially. In these years, small soldiers often only know their direct officers, except for the direct superiors of the team, other officers basically can't look at it, let alone a prince.

So, the sergeants who were fortunate enough to see Li Xian spread false rumors, and in the end, there are countless versions of why Li Xian came to this Xiliang land, and some people even boasted that his martial arts were as good as a god.

When the deputy marshal Qi Bi He Li didn't want to fight for merit at all, and others didn't expect to come out to refute the rumors, Li Xian suddenly became a brave general and a famous general, although he had never been in battle.

On the sixth day of the first month of October, the front, middle and rear armies set out from the state and escorted the Tuyuhun Khan and Princess Honghua through the frozen Qinghai Lake and went straight to Fuqi City. As Qibi He Li expected, the Tibetans had no intention of occupying the city at all, and the 800 men of the front army fought for a while with a small army, and the other party left more than a dozen corpses and ran away without a trace. Almost effortlessly, the city of Fu Qi was in the hands of the Tang army.

And when he arrived at this Tuyuhun royal capital, Li Xian was really speechless. Like many small cities in the Central Plains, it is better to say that this is a castle than a city.

This city is square, the city wall is thick, more than ten meters thick, but the entire royal city is about two or three hundred steps square, and it can accommodate more than 1,000 soldiers and civilians. However, on this endless steppe, once the city gate is closed, with a wall more than ten meters high, outsiders will not be able to attack it for a while and a half - of course, provided that the nomads do not have the tools to attack the city.

However, in recent years, the Central Plains and the grassland plateau have been constantly fighting, and the technical exchanges in the name of harmony have never been broken.

Before returning to the palace, Princess Honghua pulled Li Xian aside, reiterated the nobles highlighted on the list last time, and finally took out a delicate golden knife and solemnly stuffed it into Li Xian's hand.

"Rokuro, this is the Khan's golden sword. If Hengzhu was defeated in this battle, he would not have taken this opportunity to give orders again, so I asked the Khan for it. If you capture the Tuyuhun nobles, you can use this to make a corresponding guarantee to them, which is the sign of the oath between the khan and the nobles, the oath is sacrosanct, and if they submit, they will not resist much! ”

For Princess Honghua to be so kind, Li Xian naturally would not refuse, and after sincerely thanking him, he took it. After weighing the amount, he was shocked to find that this was indeed made of pure gold, and he couldn't help but sigh at the wealth of Tuyuhun in the past. And Princess Honghua also sighed lightly.

"Don't look at the current royal city is so depressed, in the past, when Kwaru Khan built the city, there were many Han people here, and there were even Confucian scholars Tuguhun as officials, and the vicissitudes of life are nothing more than that. This golden knife was originally carried by the Khan and never left lightly, but now the Khan easily took it out. Liulang, even if Tuyuhun recovers the country in this battle, Datang also needs to increase troops in Liangzhou, otherwise it will ......"

Otherwise, Li Xian also understood that the words after that did not need to be spoken, and in the face of the sober-minded Princess Honghua, any words of comfort would be superfluous, so he just nodded emphatically.

Although it is claimed to be to escort the Tuyuhun Khan and the soldiers and civilians back, this time in addition to Nuo Haobo and Princess Honghua, there are also two princes, and the accompanying Tuyuhun people are only 200, and the remaining people stationed in the ambush city are 800 elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Army, which had been marching for more than ten days, only rested for three days before preparing to go out again.

At the same time, Hei Zhi Chang also led his 3,000 troops to Tugu Hun Shudun City, echoing with Fu Qi City and pointing directly to Wuhai.

The veteran generals Qibi He Li and Dugu Qingyun led the front army of 5,000 people with Cheng Bohu Sheng Yunwen to break through, while Li Xian took the golden knife of Tuyuhun Khan, and Xin Wenling of Xue Dingshan sat in the Chinese army, Li Jingye served as the rear army, and more than 30,000 people set off from Fuqi City. Immediately afterwards, the former army of Qibi He Li uprooted a Tibetan camp on the edge of the Chaka Salt Lake overnight, and suddenly disappeared without a trace.

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