Spring plug outside... Full of life... The grass is green, too... Flowers are also blooming.

Ashdenu crouched in a bush on the top of the hill, looking down at the camp of the Tang army at the bottom of the mountain. In order to bring the news back accurately, 'last night' lurked here.

The Tang Dynasty army was drilling, but there were very few scouts sent out, and even if scouts came, they only took a look and retreated down the mountain. At first, I was frightened, and my last hanging heart finally settled down, and I couldn't help but think, "The handsome man is really very wise."

Li Zhi had lost his flexibility in view of the fact that he had 'sent 300,000 troops' during the first expedition, and that the troops sent this time were far inferior to the first time. Continue to let Pei Xingjian serve as the commander of the three armies, 'Dingxiang Dao Commander', but the deputy marshal made another adjustment, 'let Cao Huaishun and Li Wenlai be the deputy marshals', Pei Xingjian's troops invaded Daizhou, 'Cao Huaishun's troops sent to Hengzhou', and Li Wenlai's troops sent to Youzhou. The total number of people in the three roads is 100,000, which is exactly more than half.

In Li Zhi's thoughts, "this is also a safe number", which is enough to annihilate the Turkic rebels, and can ensure the flexibility and mobility of the army, and can even immediately pursue to the desert. The burden on the state is also relatively light. Well, the law seems to be good, but it's not ......."

Ashdwinbo also learned his lesson. In winter, he did not rush to launch an attack on the Hedong region of Hebei in the Tang Dynasty, but took the lead in the city of Yunzhong. The few soldiers in Cheng Wuting's hands 'saw the enemy menacing' and summed it up, "The imperial court can't send a large army to come to the rescue for the time being." So he took the initiative to retreat to Dai Peng

This let the 'whole, outside the border' Jinbu let Asdwinbo win. As Li Wei thought, 'Don't think that the wind of the Great Wall is dangerous and can be hindered by various dangerous mountains and mountains. Without the various areas south of Yinshan, the army lost its speed and mobility.

The Turks can calmly slide from Youzhou to Fengzhou, and it is only a little more than a thousand miles. However, the mobilization of the Tang Dynasty army 'from Fengzhou to Youzhou' has Luliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain, and I don't know how far it is. Nor can it be horizontally united, and there is simply no way to cooperate with each other.

Once again, he ordered his subordinates to attack Wonju and Gyeongju with light cavalry. Jing steamed the "mass base," and the people surnamed Zhaowu Jiu in Liuhu Prefecture in Nanhetao 'would not assist the Turks in the rebellion', but they did not dare to resist. In Xiazhou and Yinzhou, "before the Tang Dynasty, many Turkic tribes migrated over", and even some tribes developed into Yanzhou. The tribesmen of Ashina Funian lived in Xiazhou, and even deliberately set up a Yushu Prefecture in order to settle their people. Li Shimin's ethnic policy at that time 'showed its shortcomings' and came to the cities of Gyeongju and Wonju unimpeded.

When you arrive in Gyeongju and Wonju, the southwest can directly threaten the safety of Hexi, and the southeast is only a stone's throw away from Chang'an. Li Zhi had no choice but to let the right guard general Li Zhishi and the left Wuwei general Li Gao lead the army to defend the safety of Qingyuan Erzhou.

The army of the Tang Dynasty was divided, and then the horse was turned back and took the initiative to look for fighters.

Let's not be stunned this time, "according to Montenegro, let's fight one by one", only use the mobility of all my cavalry, and fight slowly with your Tang Dynasty army. Li Zhi's order has other meanings, 'Ashdewenbo didn't see it', but after pondering for a while, 'directly confronting Pei Xingjian' was the main army of the Tang Dynasty, and Pei Yijian's command ability made Ashina Wenbo feel chilled this time. So he hit Cao Huaishun with the idea.

After Pei Xingjian arrived at Longkou, he did not immediately attack the Turks. Ashdwinbo thinks he's smart, but how can these little tricks escape Pei Xingjian's eyes. This is a good idea: 'If you can, you can fight', and if you can't, you will flee to the desert.

This time, Pei Xingjian didn't want to let go of Ashina Wenbo and escaped. The soldiers were not sent, and the messenger was sent to the Tiele Department to ask for a vote to send troops. You Tiele people have a feud with the Turks, and you have mentioned a lot of benefits from the imperial court, and this time it is time to contribute. Flanking from both sides' cut off the rear of the Turkic rebels. Then, before leaving, he asked Li Zhi to let Ashina Dao really be the deputy head of Dingxiang Dao and make meritorious contributions. The Tiele people were about to go south, 'Ashina Wenbo didn't know, but Ashina Dao really went on an expedition,' and he immediately learned about it. Hearing this, after hearing the news, 'his face finally became solemn', and after thinking for a while, he said to Sang Xin beside him: "You immediately arrange for someone to go to the army to preach, 'Say that Ashina Dao is really the descendants of Ashina Sheer and the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and have lost the noble blood of the Blue Turks, and the Blue Turks refer to the Ashina and Ashid race, which is the most noble race in the Turks." ”

This is also a very far-fetched reason.

Who said that the descendants of the princesses of the Tang Dynasty lost the blood of the Blue Turks? The Turks valued the patrilineal line, not the maternal line, just like the Tibetans. Could it be that Mangsong Mangtsen is a descendant of Songtsan Gampo and Princess Tuyuhun's seed is not pure? However, the identity of Li Wei and the son of Wulu is revealed, which is a serious problem. Take a look at the princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty, 'Zhangda Qimin Khan died in front', and Qimin's son Shibi Khan immediately married her to the tooth tent. However, it didn't take long for the Khan to die again. Yu walked to Qimin's other son, and Luo Khan rushed to meet him in the tooth tent. Die again' and let Lingli Khan take over and make Kedun. It's not that the princesses of the Sui and Tang dynasties are cheap', but it proves that in the eyes of the Turks, the princesses of the Sui and Tang dynasties are also noble.

The news got out' that the morale of the Turkic rebels was a blow to one can imagine. But Pei Yijian still didn't move, "It's not yet the moment of the decisive battle", he is waiting for more news

Pei Xingjian sat firmly on the Diaoyutai 'But the other two were a little anxious. Cao Huaishun and Li Wenlai thought in their hearts... Why did the Emperor make us lieutenants? Crying is to divide Pei Xingjian's military power, and it is also a kind of weight.

How can you make meritorious service without fighting? Especially Cao Huaishun's has always wanted to prove himself since Qinghai got the name of a Cao woman. Seeing that the Turks seemed to be very vulnerable, and there was no danger from the Qinghai Sea, he sent someone to ask Pei Xingjian.

Pei Xingjian replied, 'I'm marching', you don't have to ask, 'When you need you', someone will be sent to inform you.

The mountain man has his own tricks' is not the time to tell you.

I didn't dare to tell the court, and it seemed that they were living in harmony, and since the Tibetan envoy returned, there was not much dispute. Although he gave a heavy gift to He Zampu's accession to the throne, the "current situation" is also worth "in case of angering Tibet", the use of troops on both sides is not beautiful. Then it came to the quota of navigation, and in the past few years, under the leadership of Li Wei, many changes have been set off, but there is no movement, and no one notices, but it has brought many changes to the Tang Dynasty.

The advent of silver money allowed gold and silver to circulate, which added nearly 2,000 paper coins out of thin air, and currency was put on the market, although it was quasi-currency, but in large transactions, gold and silver gradually became the mainstream. Nearly half of the prefectures and counties pay taxes with money and grain, and not all prefectures and counties have implemented it, some have less money, some are too harsh because the businessmen are too harsh, and some are "cheap" because they are strict grain areas, so half of them still retain the original rent regulation. However, many states and counties are gradually replacing in-kind taxes with money.

This has led to the prosperity of business.

Subtly, not many people notice, but the people are indeed improving their lives little by little. The big change is the various businessmen who took the lead, and took advantage of these changes to accumulate great wealth in a few years. And many more saw the profits of sailing, and even the number of people who went to sea doubled. This kind of change, plus the 'one release' that the court has controlled for a long time before letting go, is more enthusiastic than the previous two times.

All kinds of factors made a total of 3.2 million wedding money from this fundraising. The results were presented to almost all the ministers in astonishment. Then he was surprised again to find that the Qinghai War had just ended, "last year, there was another battle of Montenegro", this year it was about to start a war, "the Danshui Canal was repaired to the Zhengdang Canal", the scale became very large, and a large number of troops were redeemed, and the treasury was still very solid.

In this scene, the court seems to have become very harmonious. Isn't that so? In fact, it is not that no matter what the emperor does, the Emperor Tailu and the Queen Mother are still on guard, but this harmony is caused by the emperor taking the initiative to retreat to the East Palace, and rarely speaking in the court.

That's it', including the deployment of this march, 'Cao Huaishun and Li Wenlai's appointment as their deputy commanders' is full of charm.

So it can't be said that Li Xian's matter is still fresh in everyone's memory, and Pei Xingjian is also very afraid of accidents. Again, 'What's the use of saying that?' These two parts are just for a leading role, and Pei Xingjian never expected them to cooperate with him to fight on the front line.

A thousand walked out of the matter.

Cao Huaishun looked at Pei Xingjian's attitude, and somewhat understood Pei Xingjian's contempt for his thoughts, and he was not convinced, so he sent someone to contact Li Wenlai. It was to the effect that 'Pei Xingjian can't afford our brothers', and it just so happened that he attracted the main Turkic force in Daizhou, 'Do you want our brothers to do a big job', let everyone take a look, 'Let's not cowardly?'

The mentality is not too bad, at least not like in Qinghai, and the 'intimidation' has begun to improve.

After Li Wenlai saw the letter, he 'thought about it' and agreed. It's a big deal, we can fight if we can, and if we can't, we will go back. At least prove that we dare to attack.

The two divisions rendezvous, and the army of 'let the barnyard generals Dou Yizhao and Wang Xiaocheng be the vanguard', and then 'marched' across the ancient Great Wall and 'out of the pass' in search of the remaining army of the Turks. Ashdenu was observing the vanguard of Dou Yizhao and Wang Xiaocheng from the top of the mountain.

The sun began to come out, and it was March, and the night outside the city was still a little cold, and Asdenu moved his body to relieve the cold. Then his eyes narrowed, 'looked into the distance', and finally on the horizon, he saw a dozen black dots.

Here it comes! I said in my heart.

The black dot is getting bigger and bigger, and a group of Tang troops has already come over on horseback, and after a while, more than a dozen Turks have been brought over.

Asdenu looked around and saw that there was no one around, then took a piece of jerky from his bosom and bit it.

What he wanted to see was the reaction of the Tang army to these dozen Turks.

The jerky was not finished, and more than a dozen Turks were brought to the camp of the Tang army, and they untied the small water bag, took a sip of water, and continued to wait for news.

The scout brought these Turks to Dou Yizhao, and whispered a few words in Dou Yizhao's ear, and Dou Yizhao immediately asked in surprise: "Is it true or false?" ”

"The white sentence is true, 'I dare not have half a lie.'"

Dou Yizhao paced back and forth for a few steps, "This is a great merit", but you don't dare to be the master, "Send a scout to inform Cao Huaishun, "At this time, they approached Shan Yudu's Protectorate." The most fatal 'Cao Huaishun didn't report to Pei Xingjian because of greed'.

Cao Huaishun got the news and immediately summoned the generals. Again, 'A dozen Turks came to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. It's also normal to 'come all the way', and there are many Turkic people who have surrendered, especially Ashina's true appeal, which is not smaller than Ashina's appeal. It's just that there are not many Turks loyal to the Tang Dynasty, otherwise at least half of the Turks would have defected. But a dozen or so people brought an important piece of information, saying that Ashdwinbo and Ashina Funian did not expect the Tang Dynasty army to arrive suddenly, and the two of them stayed in the northeast and north of Hehohot, Heisha... Only a few dozen guards were brought to 'drink and have fun', and even brutally compared each other to eat human flesh to test their courage. When all the ministers heard this, they were all very resentful.

As long as the Tang Dynasty army led a light cavalry, it could take advantage of its unpreparedness and take down the two.

All the generals thought that it was one, and there was only one person in the good opportunity, Liu Jingtong asked suspiciously: "Could it be a fraudulent surrender plan?" ”

But the light words of man are ignored by others.

The two divisions immediately set up camp and 'arrived to the south of the black sand of Lubo', northeast of Hohhot, and joined Dou Yizhao's army. Then he left the old, weak, sick, and weak soldiers behind and hurried towards the black sands.

At this time, 'Asdenu had been lurking for two whole days and two nights,' and then he quietly touched the top of the mountain, and 'ran all the way with the help of the boundless grass of the prairie', and when he reached the depths of the prairie, he 'made a whistle', and a horse jumped out and rode his horse to report it.

Cao Huaishun led the army all the way to Heisha and 'saw nothing' and called these Turks: "You say that people eat and drink here and have fun? ”

"General Qiyu's still in the north."

Further pursuit, 'I chased after nothing', and seeing that we were about to reach Yangshan, a dozen Turks suddenly ran away that night. At this time, Cao Huaishun realized that he ordered a retreat. The only gain was that they met a group of Xue Yantuo who wanted to join Ben Ashina Fu Nian on the road and recruited them. This is also a very bad signal, 'Xue Yantuo tribe is strictly the Tiele people' and the Turks have a deep hatred, but now the initiative to invest in the capital, although there are few tribes, has a very bad meaning.

made another mistake, if you want to be ambushed, you have to prepare for the battle, 'save your strength', and notify Pei Xingjian to respond. However, Cao Huaishun did not lead the army to retreat to the pass. When they arrived north of the Great Wall, they encountered the Ashdwinbo tribe when they were sleepy and lacking horses, and the two sides immediately fought. However, at this time, the main army of Ashdwin Bo was attracting Pei Xingjian's attention, and he didn't dare to engage in a large-scale battle, but he just separated the road for a while, and continued to force Cao Huaishun's army to the southeast and Hengshui direction, and immediately retreated.

Ying Huaishun didn't have the courage and confidence at this time, and fled again, "People are more sleepy and horses are even more lacking!" Ran to Hengshui, 'Ashdwinbo's killing trick was revealed, and the work was carefully arranged step by step, 'to lure Cao Huaishun's army out', and the main force dragged the main army of the Tang Dynasty in Daizhou. Let Ashina think of the return of Cao Huaishun in Hengshui. Seeing that the Tang Dynasty army was withdrawn, Ashina Zhannian led the army to attack.

Cao Huaishun and Dou Yizhao's 'Li Wenlai and Liu Jingtong combined with the four armies to form a phalanx' fought and marched. After a day of fighting, 'the next day, Ashina Fu Nian attacked with the wind', and he would not have lost very badly, 'find a suitable terrain and 'drag it out', Pei Xingjian will inevitably send troops to the rescue. Maybe at this time, Pei Xingjian already knew that 'deliberately did not save', maybe he didn't know. But after seeing the distress letter, 'no matter what Pei Xingjian thinks', he will inevitably send troops to help. However, Cao Huaishun not only did not call for help, but also did not defend himself, but only ran away. Ashina Fu Nian took advantage of the wind to 'set out the whole army together, and Cao Huaishun saw this situation, 'left the army alone' and began to flee first with his cronies.

The commander was the first to flee 'The Tang Dynasty army was routed.

In the Battle of Hengshui, the Tang army suffered tens of thousands of casualties. Or Ashina Fu Nian received a lot of favors from the Tang Dynasty, "the opposition in his heart has not been very resolute", he left his hand for a while, and after seeing the defeat of the Tang army, he took the initiative to order to stop the attack, otherwise the Tang army would lose even more.

It was also getting late, and Xiasang 'Ashina Fu Nian did not attack again. Cao Huaishun gathered stragglers, but at this time he was also besieged by Ashina Zhannian. had no choice but to rein in the golden silk in the army, and sent a messenger to bribe Ashina Funian to "kill cattle for an alliance" and return the peace with him. It also won the battle and 'got a large amount of gold silk' and preserved the strength of the army. The back is also the reason why Ashina Fu Nian did not fight to the death. Although he let Ashdwin Bo hold it up, "but his prestige surpassed Ashina's mud and was punished" and immediately gathered an army of his own.

Ashdwinmbo also met his goal.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the 'Tang Dynasty army has won a hundred battles', which has chilled the Turks. Just like in Montenegro, why are there more troops than Pei Xingjian, and the combat effectiveness is not bad, and it is all cavalry, but they don't dare to attack? It is precisely because of the cold's fears. However, this battle 'after the defeat of Tubo Dafei' broke the myth of the Tang Dynasty's victory in a hundred battles for the second time. Let the ministries build a sense of confidence' symbolism is far more important than the result.

The news was fed back to the Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhi slapped his face.

Originally, the military 'at the beginning of his ascension to the throne' was Li Ji's advice, and later Li Ji died' Dafei,... It was a fiasco. But there are people who understand 'whether Pei Xingjian' or Liu Renliang or his son. Not as good as Li Ji', but better than him, a layman.

Knowing that Ying Huaishun had lost face in Qinghai, 'but in order to hinder Pei Xingjian's exploits', he had to let Cao Huaishun be the deputy marshal. So there was a defeat in Hengshui.

After seeing the fold, 'Li Zhi's face turned blue with anger' and said again and again: "Sure enough, it's a Cao woman's 'Ruren' woman."

Liu Renliang lowered his head and was silent, 'thinking' It's already a woman, 'Why do you still want to reuse?' To be continued