Chapter 189: Expeditionary Force I

Li Shimin said: "Okay, just do it, I have decided, with King Liang as the commander and Su Dingfang as the deputy, to form an expeditionary force and pacify the Western Regions." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Cen Wenwen was secretly surprised in his heart, and before he knew it, the prestige of Li Su, the king of Liang, had reached such a point. He immediately agreed.

At this point, Li Su was no longer hypocritical, he said: "Erchen obeys the order. ”

Then, he said: "Father, the son has a suggestion, let's ...... this battle" Finally, he said: "This way of war is called blitzkrieg. ”

Hou Junji was the first to exclaim: "Okay, what a good idea." ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "The Khan of the Western Turks is still asleep, and the iron cavalry of the Tang Dynasty has already stepped into his sweat tent, haha, okay." ”

Wei Zheng frowned, shook his head and said, "It's good, it's just too bad." However, it can shorten the duration of the war and reduce the casualties of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, and the minister agrees. ”

There was unanimous support for this approach.

Li Shimin smiled: "This kid is really yin, but I like it!" ”

Liang Wangfu.

"Brother Liang Wang, you are leaving again, when will you come back?" Li Ning'er said reluctantly. Unconsciously, she is 13 years old, and she begins to talk and behave like a big girl, and she is no longer as coquettish as before.

Begonia was reluctant to let him go, but as usual, she just looked at him with concern and didn't say a word.

Li Su didn't tell them that he was going to fight, but only said that he would go back to the grassland to take up his post, and he was still the grassland propaganda envoy.

Li Su smiled: "It's okay, you two are obedient at home, I'll marry you when I come back." ”

Listening to his words, Begonia looked shy, but her eyes were full of expectation.

Li Ning'er said excitedly: "Then I will also wear a wedding dress, and I want a ceremony like a boy and a girl." ”

Qibi Wuyun smiled: "This time, let him prepare a wedding car with eight white horses for you, as well as a 16-meter-long wedding dress." ”

Li Ning'er said: "Okay, what you say counts." ”

Haitang and Li Ning'er helped Li Su and Qibi Wuyun pack up and prepare to go.

At this moment, Yang Kang came in and said, "Lord Wang, King Lijun, Duke Su Guo, and Duke E are here.

With that, Li Xiaogong, Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong walked in.

Li Su hurriedly came over to greet the three of them.

The three bigwigs came to see them off, and they also sent a generous gift for their son-in-law and son.

Li Xiaogong sent his general Li Xingshan and 30 veterans of a hundred battles.

Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong also sent a general and 20 veterans of a hundred battles each.

The three bigwigs were afraid that Li Su would be a layman in the war, so they nagged and instilled their experience in fighting to him, Cheng Chumo and others, and talked for an hour before letting them leave.

Hou Junji did not send someone to come, but wrote a letter and sent someone to Su Dingfang, telling him thousands of instructions to ensure the safety of His Royal Highness King Liang.

The crown prince Li Chengqian did not come to see him off, and sent him to the captain of the guard, Fu Lian, to come over and say hello.

Li Su and Qibi Wuyun left Chang'an City with Du He, Cheng Chumo, Wei Chi Baoqi, Yang Kang, Zhao Dashan and 300 craftsmen from the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of Industry, escorted by 500 cavalry.

Not long after they left, dozens of knights also left Chang'an City and quietly followed them. The two men and women who led the fire to the grain base and also saved Li Su and them.

In the carriage, Li Dan and Qibi Gaowa accompanied them to talk.

Qibi Gaowa stayed in Chang'an City, and she and her sister will be separated for a long time in the future.

Li Su said to Li Dan: "I left Chang'an this time, it may take longer, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's mood is not normal, you have to pay special attention to the movements of him and those two, and keep me informed of the news."

There are also industrial cities, research institutes and education bases that are our lifeblood, we must not be careless, we must not have accidents, in case something happens, do not panic, we must discuss with your father, do not act recklessly. ”

Li Dan said: "Brother Yu, I know. You must be careful, try not to fight in person on the battlefield, brothers cannot do without you. ”

Li Dan and Qibi Gaowa were sent 30 miles away before they said goodbye to Li Su and others.

Li Su and others first came to Yunzhou.

Qibi Wuyun organized a cavalry of 10,000 people, with Qibi Zheluo as the general, and followed Li Su on the expedition.

They received a large amount of ordnance in Yunzhou, first equipped with these 10,000 cavalry of the Tiele Division, and then took a large number of ordnance, day and night, and went to Yumen Pass to assemble.

Tang Fei, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, has been promoted to the Zhengqing of Honglu Temple under the protection of Li Su, the king of Liang. According to Li Su's arrangement, he organized seven missions to the Western Regions, which were to the countries surrounding the Western Turks, and he himself went to the Western Turks.

In this war of the Tang Dynasty, there was no rendering, and Chang'an City was unusually calm. The people lived in peace and contentment, and no one knew that a large-scale war was about to begin.

On the second day of the second month of February, the cavalry of the Tiele Division, commanded by Li Su, the king of Liang, came to Yumen Pass, and they did not enter Yumen Pass, but entered the area of Huangzha Bay on the edge of the desert to camp, and carried out drills here.

Three days later, Su Dingfang, the new head of the Yinshan West Road marching road, led 10,000 Tang troops and 10,000 cavalry composed of 10,000 former Eastern Turks led by Ashina Zhong to Huangzha Bay and joined Li Su.

Li Ji, the governor of Yinshan Prefecture, also sent a scout (scout) squad and 20 Western Regions guides to cooperate with them.

Now, they waited for the Turkish cavalry to come and join them.

Shuanghe (now Bole and Hot Springs in Xinjiang), the court of the Western Turks.

The Western Turkic Khan is 36 years old this year, with deep eye sockets, a high nose bridge, medium height, about 1,74 meters, his body is horizontally developed, he weighs 200 pounds, and when he stands up, he can't see the surface of his feet.

This figure looks a little stupid, and if you pay attention to his eyes, you will see that his eyes are bright and shrewd. His father, Khan, had 12 sons, and he was the ninth, and he had a difficult and tortuous path to ascend to the throne.

When he first ascended to the throne, the Western Turks were divided, and he finally controlled most of the Western Turks, and now the Western Turks have controlled a vast area from Kazakhstan in the north, the Tarim River in the south, Hami in the east, and Tacheng in the west. The territory covers an area of 1.6 million square kilometers, has a population of more than 340,000 people, and has an army of more than 60,000 people.

This period happened to be the period of fierce war between the Tang Dynasty and the grassland peoples, and it did not attract the attention of the Tang Dynasty.

In the past few days, he has been especially happy - he has just defeated his uncle Chilebegu, completely unified the Western Turks, and expanded his sphere of influence to the south bank of the Tarim River. The army also increased to 80,000 men.

On this day, the mission he sent to Chang'an came back, and with the mission, there was also the delegation of the Tang Dynasty, headed by Tang Fei, the Zhengqing of the Honglu Temple of the Tang Dynasty.