But Gu Dulu does have the intention of seeking peace.

Wu Zetian is in power, he doesn't understand military affairs, and the people in the country are boiling, so he can take advantage of it, but when the emperor comes back, all the Qinghai soldiers are twisted into a rope, and it is difficult to get cheap.

As long as he is given a decent explanation, he will immediately withdraw his troops and become a vassal. []

However, his minimum requirements are at least to make him a carefree prince in the desert, Li Wei can't agree, besides, how many troops have been dispatched this time? From the river to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and then to Qiuci and other countries, almost all the troops that can be brought are brought. Do they let them return in vain?

The messenger reluctantly went back.

Gu Dulu will definitely not agree, what am I going to do in Luoyang? Be a prisoner. So he sent a messenger back and said to Li Wei: "It's not that the Great Khan of our family does not agree to Your Majesty, but the matter of Fu Nian makes all the Turks feel cold, except for this condition, our Great Khan can agree to His Majesty's request, even if the Celestial Empire sets up an army in Dujin Mountain." ”

"What do you do with an army? Is it possible to have 50,000 troops every year? ”

"Fifty thousand troops?"

"Even if there are 50,000 troops, and a capable general, otherwise it will end worse than Xiao Siye."

"We Khans can swear by the heavens."

"Okay, in the past, my father was in charge, and now I will be in charge immediately, as long as the Gu Dulu brothers, as well as the four people of Yuanzhen and Tunyugu are willing to come to the Eastern Capital, I can also swear to the sky that I will never hurt them. But remember, the opportunity is now, and I still have to deal with domestic affairs, so give them a chance. Otherwise, I would have sent an emissary to surrender in the future, and I would not have agreed. ”

The conversation was not good, so I had to go back again.

However, at this time, Gu Lulu was already alert, and when he learned that Li Wei appeared in the army of Taiyuan City, Gu Lulu was first surprised, but then faintly realized that something was wrong. A few guards who protected Kong Zhengfang fled back and reported it. Gu Lulu thought for a while, there are only two possibilities, the first possibility is that Kong Zhengfang didn't know that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty came to Taiyuan, and it makes sense, otherwise he wouldn't be so poor in those few days. The second possibility was deliberately arranged by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and Kong Zhengfang deliberately came to the tent to tempt himself to send troops, so it would be terrible.

Sure enough, the subsequent news was verified.

When Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianqiao greeted Nuo Haobo, they were captured by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty without much effort. Then there is only one last possibility, otherwise he is not an immortal, how do he know that he will send an army, and it is still a large army to invade Shuozhou.

It's just that arresting Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianqiao is not terrible. When he came back, he also captured and beheaded these two people, not only them, but Zhu Wu, Pei Yan and others all had to be beheaded. Otherwise, the status is not guaranteed.

I'm afraid of the gap behind.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty only led 5,000 people to Taiyuan, so many troops in Qinghai? And what about the armies of the Western Regions?

However, at this time, when he analyzed with Yuan Zhen, there was a trace of error, but it became his most fatal.

I thought that the Qinghai army would go from Lingzhou to Fengzhou and copy their back road.

Qinghai itself has grain, and Lingzhou has also had some harvests in Tuyuhun in recent years, since they dare to help the emperor of the Tang Dynasty as a cover, Nuo Haobo will definitely lend them grain. Then there will be no problems with the logistics of a large army.

But what about the Western Regions?

Unless the Tang army and the armies of the Western Regions are reckless, burning, killing and plundering all the way. Obtain logistical supplies from their own tribes. But that's unlikely. The Eastern Turks are not Tuyuhun, with only a few hundred thousand people, confined to a narrow area. The Eastern Turks stretched for thousands of miles and millions of people. Could it be that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was not afraid that his people would be forced to be in a hurry?

And I also heard some news that in order to win merit, he deliberately wiped out Pei Xingjian, so he ignored the agreement between Pei Xingjian and Fu Nian and killed Fu Nian. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty also objected. Either send a light army and enter the desert from Jinshan.

But he didn't believe that the Tang Dynasty would do this.

Whether it is Wang Fangyi or Li Jinxing, it seems that the command level is also good, but it is not Li Jing, not Li Ji. With only a light army, you want to be invincible in the desert. That's unlikely.

The final analysis is that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty wanted to cut off his own back road, but he broke it from the black sand. Then he won a great victory, with merit, fame, and righteousness, and seized power after he returned.

But this idea is wrong, first of all, he thinks that the Great Eclipse is still very strong, so Hezhong and Tocharian do not dare to divide their troops, and even have to leave some Tang troops to assist, so that the Persians can resist the attacks of the Great Cannibals.

Second, he neglected the constraints of the Tibetan country on the Qinling. Even if there is 100% certainty, Tubo will not let the Qinling send troops again. Unless you are 300% sure, is that possible?

These two changes, coupled with Li Wei's prestige in the Western Regions, and the generous rewards and wealth brought by the war, are equally important. We all know that war brings wealth, but can we win the war? With the leadership of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it is equivalent to winning the battle. As a result, ministries flocked to the ground. And the Turks are not a riot, once it can be forgiven, and the second time it can be forgiven. But will there be a third time. Since there is no hopelessness, what kind of benevolence and what kind of appeasement are there to talk about?

It's a pure waste of expressions.

Regardless of whether this battle will make the Eastern Turkic people more indignant and stubbornly resist to the end, it must also be fought. Weaken the living forces of the Eastern Turks to the greatest extent and let them slowly decline. Of course, the vacuum of the desert gave Li Wei a headache.

The Khitans seem to be slowly growing, and once they enter the desert, what will they do?

It seems that the Jurchen is from the Heishui Sect, and once the Turks are wiped out, it is possible that they will also cross the Great Khing'an Mountains and come to the steppe.

The other one is more courageous, the Mongols don't know that it comes from the Murwei, and now the strength of the Murwei is not strong, but they give them a chance, and the speed of rise is also faster. I can't count the consequences, let's talk about it first.

There were errors in judgment, and there were also errors in the deployment of troops.

Taking advantage of the time of negotiation, he quietly divided a part of his troops and returned to the desert to prevent the Hui people. In addition, Yuan Zhen was sent to lead an army and quietly return to Heisha. Preparing to fight the Qinghai army was taken by surprise. At the same time, the intensity of the attack on Shuozhou City was strengthened.

The dispatch of the Qi Ming brothers cannot be hidden.

Eighty thousand troops, not a small number, Luoyang knows, Mo Si knows. I still don't want to fight, and I don't have enough confidence in my heart. Therefore, he sent an envoy to Yanmen Pass to negotiate, saying his bottom line, it is really not good, he can let his son and younger brother go to Luoyang as hostages.

Li Wei did not agree.

The messenger had no choice but to go back.

But at this time, Mo Si was still very relieved, the main battlefield was not in Shuozhou, but in Heisha. Although the Tang Dynasty had 100,000 troops at Yanmen Pass, Cheng and Zhang were arrested, and a large number of Cheng Wuting's henchmen were replaced. Therefore, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty did not dare to use them to fight, and came to Taiyuan only to control this army and weaken the power of the empress dowager in Luoyang.

Unless there is a fierce man like Xue Rengui in the army, who can win a battle with the strength of one person. Black Tooth Changzhi is very brave, but he is still far from Xue Rengui's bravery.

If it weren't for the danger of Yanmen Pass, once the emperor of the Tang Dynasty came out of the pass, he would have been able to take the initiative to fight and defeat this army.

Slightly careless.

In fact, there are still some soldiers available, and in the past few years, some soldiers have been withdrawn from Qinghai one after another. Even elsewhere, there are some brave soldiers. Moreover, Li Wei also brought thousands of people over. After more than 20 days of delay, the 100,000 troops were completely under control, and could even be used to some extent. At least the elite troops can be pulled out.

As soon as the envoy left, Heiya Changzhi drew out 15,000 of the troops, personally led them, and left the Yanmen Pass overnight, and pounced on the camp of Mo Si. There are still many people in this army, nearly 30,000 troops, and the two sides are negotiating, and Mo Si cannot be compared with the later Mo Si. Under carelessness, the black tooth often killed him at the fourth watch.

The soldiers on patrol also saw it and blew their horns.

But at this time, it was the most fragrant time of the day, and they got up in a panic, and before they put on their armor, the Tang army had already broken through the fence and entered the camp.

Collapse.

It wasn't until noon that Gu Lulu led the Chinese army to the rescue, and Hei Zhi Chang led the army back. In this battle, more than 10,000 Turkic warriors were annihilated. But not the most important thing, it is the psychological advantage that is achieved. Li Wei slowly took the camp out of Yanmen Pass.

Gu Dulu also wants to take the opportunity to fight. But when he heard that Qi Ming was approaching Fengzhou, he had to lead his army back to Heisha.

Scared. It's better to win, but if you can't win, retreat to the desert, and you will be safe.

Li Wei led the army to Shuozhou again.

Ashina Daozhen opened the city gate and saw Li Wei, first saluted, then turned his head to look at the city wall, and wanted to cry.

After nearly a month of fierce fighting, almost half of the defenders in the city died, all the weapons used up to defend the city, and finally the stones and tiles used by the common people to build their houses were removed, and they barely held on. After a few words of comfort, Ashina's heart relaxed.

Only then did he remember and asked, "Your Majesty, where have you been for more than a year?" ”

"It's hard to say in a word," Li Wei shook a shot, anyway, this question is a question that most people will definitely ask as soon as they meet, but he doesn't want to answer.

Let Ashina Daozhen appease the people. From Shuozhou to Yunzhou, it is a ruin and unbearable. Although Li Wei was mentally prepared, after seeing it, he couldn't help but feel angry on his face. Continue to lead the army to press forward step by step, slowly approaching the Shan Yu Protectorate.

At this time, someone from the eastern capital came.

The envoys were all heavyweights, including Pei Judao, as well as Qianwei, Wei Zhiyuan, Pei Yan, Wu Chengsi, and Wang Dezhen did not dare to send them, for fear of being detained by their son. In addition, there is an unexpected person, the famous hermit Tian Youyan of the Tang Dynasty.

When they came, several people had different opinions.

Wang Dezhen suggested to Wu Zetian that he draw troops and intercept Li Wei in the rear of Bingzhou. It just so happened that 200,000 troops were going to be withdrawn, and some of the troops had not yet converged, but they were being recruited. Just take this opportunity to arm the defense.

Pei Yan didn't speak directly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Wu Zetian decisively vetoed Wang Dezhen's suggestion. The 100,000 troops were easily captured by his son, and Cheng Zhang and the others were captured alive, how many troops can the imperial court recruit? Besides, sending troops to defend the various passes outside Chang'an can also come up with some excuses. But it would be too obvious to station the army in the rear of the state and his son to appear in the state again. It's okay not to do it, but as soon as you do it, your son will start a civil war and have a great righteousness. Besides, what about the generals? Relying only on Linghu Zhitong and Liu Jingtong, are they the opponents of the Qinghai generals?

Therefore, an edict was issued to the world, and my son returned, not to say Your Majesty, but to my son. Then the mourning family withdrew from the right given by the first emperor to the mourning family, relinquished the power to make decisions on the military state, and then let these four people go to the north to welcome Li Wei back.

This time, someone was finally found.

ps: There is one more more, a little later.