Since the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin sent Hou Junji to attack Gaochang and set up the Anxi Governor's Mansion, the border between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty was stabilized. Please search () to see the most complete! The fastest update

In fact, this war was also widely praised by the locals, and there was a ballad at that time that went like this: Gaochang soldiers, like frost and snow; Tang Jiabing, like the sun and the moon. The sun and the moon shine on the frost and snow, and the geometry is self-extinguished.

The locals made Gaochang's soldiers frost and snow, and the Tang Dynasty's was combined as the sun and the moon, which shows how unpopular Gaochang was.

However, the good times did not last long, and after the Western Turkic Yipi Lulu unified the Western Turkic tribes, he believed that he was strong, so he detained the Tang Dynasty envoys and attacked Yizhou, so that the border of the Tang Dynasty fell into war again.

In September of the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, Anxi Du Hu Guo Xiaoke successively defeated the army of Yibi Lu, and secretly contacted his subordinates to make them surrender.

After that, Li Shimin made Yibi Shekui the Western Turkic Khan, and the Western Turks were vassal to the Tang Dynasty, and the Western Regions were stabilized again.

A month before Gao Ming crossed over, Li Shimin also received cattle and sheep from the Western Turks, and it can be said that the two countries are still in the "honeymoon period".

However, the interception and killing of the envoys from the Western Regions in Yanqi this time is likely to bring the relationship between the two countries to a freezing point again, and Gao Ming, who is a catalyst, is a little confused at this time.

In his opinion, the reason why the historical Tang Dynasty conquered Yanqi may not be because Yanqi was attached to the Western Turks.

After all, Yanqi is just a small country with only a few tens of thousands of people in the country, because he is the younger brother of the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks at the same time, so it is really unbelievable that the Tang Dynasty wants to destroy it.

According to Gao Ming's judgment, the reason why the Tang Dynasty wanted to exterminate Yanqi was because the envoys from the Western Regions were intercepted and killed, so they wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, and the statement that Yanqi was attached to the Western Turks should have been added by later historians in order to find a name.

But this time, because of Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin hated the Western Turks, and even planned to send troops to pack up and destroy the Western Turks and Yanqi together.

For such a misunderstanding, Gao Ming said that he was happy to hear it.

Because in Gao Ming's view, this Western Turk is also a hidden danger, and Yibi Shekui is not an honest and obedient person, the nature of the Turks is too rebellious, and once there is an opportunity, they will rebel again.

According to historical records, in the twenty-third year of Zhenguan, after Li Shimin died of illness, Ashina Helu, who had already attached to the Tang Dynasty and was appointed by Li Shimin as the head of the Kunqiu Road march, rebelled.

After defeating Yibi and collecting the remnants of it, he established himself as the Khan of Shabaluo and began to confront the Tang Dynasty, causing the Tang Dynasty's trade route to the Western Regions to be cut off once again.

It was not until the early years of Xianqing that Li Zhi, the newly enthroned Tang Gaozong, ordered Su Dingfang and others to go on an expedition, and it was not until after defeating Ashina Helu that the surrounding areas of the Western Regions stabilized again.

Gao Ming knew this period of history, so he didn't have the patience to play a game of repeated surrender with the Turks, he planned to directly destroy the Western Turks, once and for all!

As for that "time bomb" Ashina Helu, Gao Ming also plans to take this opportunity to solve it!

Thinking of this, he immediately smiled at Li Shimin.

"Old man, I have an idea about dealing with the Western Turks and Yanqi!"

"Oh?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin, who was angry, also showed a hint of goodness, and he immediately nodded towards Gao Ming.

"Tell me about it!"

"Yes!"

Gao Ming first arched his hand towards Li Shimin, and then began to talk to him.

"I heard that you originally appointed Ashina Helu as the head of the Kunqiu Dao march, to be honest, I don't think he can be trusted, so I hope you can send him to attack Yanqi and the Western Turks."

"This ......"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin suddenly showed a hint of hesitation.

From the bottom of his heart, Li Shimin actually trusts Ashina Helu very much, otherwise it would be impossible for him to lead his troops to guard the border pass.

In fact, Ashina Helu was still very obedient when Li Shimin was alive, but Gao Ming didn't know where the bottom line of his obedience was, so he needed to test it.

Looking at Li Shimin's hesitant look, Gao Ming felt that he would add another fire.

"Although I don't have real evidence, I still think that Ashina Helu can't be trusted, let him fight the Western Turks, and it is also a way to prove his loyalty, old man, don't forget, his surname is Ashina!"

Li Shimin took what Gao Ming said very seriously, and "Ashina" was originally the surname of the Turkic ruling family, which means "noble wolf", and it does have an extraordinary appeal among the Turks, and even Li Shimin has to guard against it.

So after listening to Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin hesitated for a while and nodded.

"Well, after tomorrow morning, I will issue an order to let Ashina Helu lead his troops to attack Yanqi and the Western Turks, and if he has any intentions, let Ashina Dur lead his troops to exterminate them!"

Hearing Li Shimin's decision, Gao Ming found that he not only had suspicions about Ashina Helu, but also had some precautions against Ashina Duer.

To put it bluntly, it is a sentence, and the hearts of those who are not of my race will be different!

Regarding Li Shimin's decision, Gao Ming also felt that there was nothing wrong, after all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and some things cannot be explained by historical records alone.

Moreover, Gao Ming also wanted to see whether Ashinadur, a person who had made great contributions to the national unification of the Tang Dynasty, was really loyal or pretended.

"Maybe that's one of the perks of the traverser, right?"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming's face suddenly had a faint smile.

At this time, Li Shimin seemed to think of something, and his face became strange when he looked at Gao Ming.

"Gao Ming, you led troops to attack Goguryeo before, have you heard of any powerful pirates nearby?"

"Haikou?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming suddenly shook his head suspiciously.

"I haven't heard of it, why did you suddenly ask about this?"

Seeing Gao Ming's denial, but his expression was very puzzled, Li Shimin also frowned.

"Even you haven't heard of it, where did the hundreds of thousands of pirates who attacked the Wa Kingdom come from?"

"Uh......"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming's eyes suddenly widened.

At this time, he suddenly remembered that when he left Goguryeo, he asked Hou Junji to lead his troops to pretend to be Haikou to attack the Wa Kingdom, but there was no news for so long, and even he forgot about it, and now that Li Shimin mentioned it, he suddenly remembered it.

"Could it be that Hou Junji has succeeded?"

Thinking of this, the expression on Gao Ming's face also became a little strange.

"That...... Old man, what's going on with the pirates' attack on the Wako? What happened to the Wakoku? ”

"What else? It's been destroyed! ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin suddenly sighed.

"Alas, I don't know where these pirates came from, they are so powerful, more than 1,000 warships of the Wa Kingdom, and more than 40,000 sailors, were actually wiped out in the Baijiang Estuary, only they Emperor Xiaode escaped in disguise, and now he is crying in Honglu Temple to let me help him restore the country!"

"Uh......"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, the expression on Gao Ming's face became even more strange.

Emperor Kotoku, isn't that the legendary Emperor Kotoku? He desperately ran to Datang, is this considered self-surrender?