Chapter 612: Discovering the Clues

In history, Qiuzi was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty in 648 AD, and the arrival of Gao Ming advanced this time by 2 years.

"Boom ......"

With the roar of the newly developed copper cannon of the Tang Dynasty Military Industry Department, the gate of the Xiongcheng City on the border of Qiuzi broke in response.

As soon as the city gate was broken, the Tang Dynasty soldiers armed with Mo knives immediately rushed up, slaughtered the guards at the city gate, and firmly controlled the city gate.

Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of Datang iron cavalry rushed wildly with spears more than a foot long, and quickly defeated the Qiuzi soldiers who tried to seize the city gate with a crushing attitude.

Ashinadur charged at the front, and the spear in his hand actually pierced through the three turtle soldiers, one of whom was still out of breath, and when he was picked up in the air by Ashinadur, he kept screaming.

"Uhh......hh

See this horrible scene. How dare the Qiuzi soldiers in the rear step forward?

Li Ji decisively seized this opportunity and immediately ordered the infantry to follow, and quickly occupied the castle tower, clearing the gōng nǔ hands from the castle tower.

At this point, the door of Qiuzi was officially opened for Datang.

And everything that followed was logical, the cannon bombarded the door, the Mo sword soldiers checked, the cavalry rushed to kill, the infantry occupied the building, and in less than half a month, the Tang army went down several cities in a row, and directly pushed the soldiers to the bottom of the royal city of Qiuzi.

At this time, even if the king of Ziqiuzi was stupid, he knew that he was finished, but unfortunately he was tied up by his big nobles before he could run away. Sent to Gao Ming's face.

Looking at King Qiuzi who was bound in front of him, Gao Mingqiang resisted the urge to step forward and end him with a knife, gritted his teeth and slapped it on the table in front of him.

"Bang!"

The loud sound made King Guizi tremble, and cold sweat instantly dripped from his forehead.

"Big ...... Great Khan ......"

"Shut up!"

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Gao Ming suddenly got up and walked directly in front of him.

"I'm not a Great Khan, I'm the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and I'm also the general of the Tang Dynasty, this time I'm here to rebel, saying, how did your thirty-six countries in the Western Regions collude with Yibi Shekui and Ashina Helu to murder my Tang Emperor?"

"Huh?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words. King Qiuzi, who was already trembling, suddenly softened, and fell to the ground with a "poof", and at the same time wailed loudly.

"Wronged...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, I am a small country in Qiuzi, and I have always looked up to Datang Tianwei, even if you give me ten guts, I don't dare to go against Datang, you have wronged me, woo woo woo woo ......"

Looking at King Qiuzi, who was crying on the ground and tears flowed out, Gao Ming was stunned at first, and then frowned.

"You said you didn't collude with Ashina Helu, so why did you close the city gate when you saw us coming? How do you explain this? ”

"Woo woo woo...... This is a misunderstanding! ”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, King Qiuzi suddenly cried even more, and while wiping his tears, he spoke in a stalkive voice.

"Last month, the generals of the border army seized some salt tea and some satin cloth from some Tang Dynasty merchants without authorization, I thought you were here for them, but I didn't want it to be a misunderstanding...... Woowoowoo...... Haven't Yibi Shekui and Ashina Helu been exterminated by the Tang Dynasty, how can I collude with them, woo woo woo woo ......"

“……”

Seeing King Qiuzi crying into tears, the corners of Gao Ming's mouth twitched twice, and at the same time, his mind was even more chaotic.

At this time, there was only one question in his mind, since the Tang Dynasty was victorious, and Yibi and Ashina Helu were exterminated, how could Li Shimin die?

Fortunately, Li Ji was by his side at this time, and after seeing Gao Ming's state, he immediately stepped forward to stop the crying King Qiuzi.

"Today's taxes in my Datang are all paid by Shangjia, Shangjia is the lifeblood of my Datang, and it is disrespectful for Qiuzi to seize his property without authorization, so what is the wrongs at all now? Come, take him down, and wait for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be dropped! ”

"No!"

Hearing Li Ji's words, the two soldiers standing at the door immediately walked in and dragged out the wailing King Qiuzi.

After his crying gradually subsided, Li Ji saluted Gao Ming, who was frowning and thinking.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what is going on with the 36 countries of the Western Regions that you just said colluded with Yibi Shekui and Ashina Helu to murder Your Majesty?"

Hear Li Ji's question. Looking at Ashina Sheer and Hou Junji, who showed puzzled expressions at the same time, Gao Ming was silent for a while before slowly opening his mouth.

"During this time, the three of you are in the Wa Kingdom and the Liaodong Peninsula respectively, and it is normal not to know, I was worried about shaking the morale of the army by hiding it from you before, but now things seem to be a little wrong, then I will tell you!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming organized the language, and then sent the news of Li Shimin's death back to Chang'an with his troops, and told Li Ji and others in 1510.

After listening to Gao Ming's words, not only Li Ji, but even Hou Junji and Ashinadur frowned.

After a moment, Li Jicai arched his hand towards Gao Ming again.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, please forgive Weichen for saying bluntly, if Your Majesty is defeated, then even if Longyou is not divided by the thirty-six countries, it will inevitably be occupied by the Turks.

But on the way to the trip. Not only did we not even see a single Turkic soldier, but we didn't even see a deserter, not a single corpse, and the words of King Qiuzi just now did not seem to be false, so His Majesty may be ......"

Li Ji didn't say the rest of the words, but Gao Ming had already understood, and he suddenly showed a look of confusion.

"You mean...... Old man, he cheated to death? ”

Gao Ming dared to ask, but Li Ji didn't dare to answer, he could only lower his head and use such an action to show his acquiescence.

Not only Li Ji, but even Ashinadur and Hou Junji lowered their heads together, obviously their thoughts were the same as Li Ji's.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming carefully recalled what he had seen and heard on the road, and combined with Li Ji's words just now, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what the other party said was right.

Feeling that his feelings were being played, his face suddenly changed red and white, and then he slapped the table in front of him with a "bang" again.

"Ma Dan, even dare to joke about this kind of thing, Li Lao'er, a stinky old man, is simply unreasonable, and he is afraid that his son will not have ...... eyes."

Scolding here. Gao Ming suddenly remembered that he seemed to have scolded himself like this, so he quickly stopped talking, and then took a few deep breaths to force himself to calm down before turning his head to look at Li Ji next to him.

"What do you think should be done in such a situation? Is it a retirement? ”

"I'm afraid not!"

Hearing Gao Ming's question, Li Ji suddenly showed a wry smile.

"Now that the war is going well, the morale is booming, the soldiers are eager to make contributions, if they retreat, I am afraid it will cause a lot of trouble, so they can only make mistakes and take advantage of this momentum to move westward in one fell swoop!"

"I see, then keep fighting!"

After listening to Li Ji's analysis, Gao Ming nodded again, and then waved his hand.

"Our troops continue to march westward in three ways, I and the British Gong attack Yanqi, Hou Junji and Ashinadur you attack Ruoqiang and Loulan respectively, and finally we are in the Cheshi Division, let's go, finish the fight early and return to Chang'an as soon as possible!"

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince!"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, the three of them agreed in unison.

After hearing the words of the three of them, Gao Ming nodded again, and then turned his head to look outside the tent, his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Old man, you wait for me, this matter is not over!"

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