Chapter 1118: The Battle of the Western Regions

Gao Xianzhi saw that Du Guangyuan's face was full of nervousness, and immediately ordered the tooth soldiers to deliver the letter. Seeing that on the two small copper cylinders, one was the word Fu Wuzi Guangyuan, and the other was to worship the head of Gao Shuai, the envoy of the West Jiedu, he threw the one that was given to Du Guangyuan in the past, and he opened the copper cylinder that Du Shiyi gave himself. On the thin two pieces of letterhead that he took out, he only swept it, and found that Du Shiyi was thanking him for his support and trust in his eldest son, and the second was euphemistically informing him that now that the situation in Mobei has changed, he will immediately return to Anbei Ya Tent City, and I am afraid that there will be no letter to bring Du Guangyuan in the future, and the third is to wish him a successful expedition to Shiguo.

At the end, Du Shiyi mentioned that in the current Great Food Country, because of the slave uprising in the Khorasan Governor's Mansion, the whole country is in turmoil, and if you want to recover the countries west of the Green Ridge that were once controlled by the Khorasan Governor's Mansion, this is the best opportunity.

Reading this, Gao Xianzhi's face was radiant, and he smiled happily: "Sure enough, those who know me are all Du gentlemen!" ”

In the early years, Du Anzhi was very kind to him, and now Du Shiyi has pointed out his scheme, in the end, it is the Du family!

Du Guangyuan was frowning and digesting the big food tactics that his father told him in the letter, as well as the causes and consequences of the riot in the big food country, when he heard Gao Xianzhi's praise, he couldn't help but immediately raise his head. At this moment, I saw Gao Xianzhi's face excited, the red tide was fully displayed, and his expression was full of confidence. Gao Xianzhi's good impression and respect for the Du family has a long history, and the first thing Gao Xianzhi did when he returned to Qiuzi Town after entering Beijing was to send a letter to Li Yan, the envoy of the Beiting Festival, and asked Du Anzhi to come back, and then signed his Jiedu judge, and this time the troops gave him the right to serve the army and the power of the camp.

But because of these, Du Guangyuan had to be amazed by his father's sharp vision and precautions.

Du Shiyi's judgment of the current situation was exactly the same as his own, Gao Xianzhi was excited, and he also generously let Du Guangyuan read the letter his father gave him. Seeing that Du Guangyuan hesitated for a moment, he also handed the family letter to him with both hands, he took it and swept it, and saw that the information about the big food country in it included both the big food tactics that he already knew, and the internal fighting in the kingdom that he didn't know at all, Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but be surprised.

The letter not only directly pointed to today's Great Eclipse, that is, the white clothes and Great Eclipse that are still white, and the Umayyad Dynasty is suffering from unprecedented turmoil, but also makes a corresponding summary of the Great Eclipse Caliphate system that is not well known to the Central Plains people, and the royal lineage of the Umayyad Dynasty, and now the Abu Empire who led the slaves to revolt in the Khorasan Governorate? The forces behind Muslim have all been analyzed accordingly. Even Da Shi relied on religion to boost the morale of the army, relied on rich rewards to rely on soldiers who were not afraid of death, and even mentioned Da Shi's religious invasion and high pressure on the countries of the Western Regions, and finally pointed out the biggest problem of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

That is, there are not enough soldiers! Whenever an army is dispatched, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate needs to recruit corresponding soldiers from the countries of the Western Regions, in case these soldiers defect due to the continuous infiltration of the Great Eclipse, that is the greatest danger.

Now Abu? The revolt that began with 500 men led by Muslim (and Posilin) from the Governorate of Khorasan was instigated by the Abbasids. Once officially over, this person will become the new governor of Khorasan, which is a story for another time.

Therefore, Gao Xianzhi rolled up the letterhead again, exchanged it with Du Guangyuan again, and then said in a deep voice: "Your father is really long-sighted. When the expedition was against Tuqishi, the Tang Dynasty also had the help of Bahanna and Shiguo Shiguo, but now the result is that the former king of Bahanna, who was born in the Qibi clan, married my Datang Princess Yihe, and has always been loyal to Datang. Although Shi Guo is dedicated to my Tang Dynasty, there are less than 2,000 soldiers in the country! And the former loyal Shiguo, but because of the invasion of the east by the Great Food, my Tang Dynasty failed to send troops to aid in time, and the throne no longer belongs to the Yi Tutun of the Sheti Department, but from the Chebi Shi Special Service of the Chebi Shi Department. ”

Du Guangyuan also once saw the transcript of the book of the king of Shiguo, who is now the deputy king of Yitutun, in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, pleading with the Tang Dynasty to defeat the Great Food. The humble sincerity of his words is really moving. But because at that time, the Tang Dynasty Anxi Protectorate was in charge of Tian Renwan, and Tian Renwan, who was born in a literati, thought that there was no need to levy heavy troops for the sake of the stone country thousands of miles away, and even had a lot of advice to the Son of Heaven. As a result, under the offensive of the Great Food, Yi Tutun had to surrender on his knees, and the throne of the Stone Dynasty also fell into the hands of the Chebi Shi Division, which was supported by the Great Food.

"If we can't restore the former royal system of the Shi Kingdom when there are many events in the Great Food Country, and let the vice king of the Tang Dynasty, Yi Tutun, who is dedicated to me, regain the throne, the west of the Green Ridge will no longer belong to the Tang Dynasty! If it tries to move westward again, the consequences will be even more unpredictable. ”

When Gao Xianzhi said this, his tone was not tough, but a little helpless. Because Du Shiyi's letter to Du Guangyuan pointed out his most clumsy point, that is, there are no soldiers! Anxi and Beiting are the most embarrassing areas in the Tang Dynasty except for Jiannan Province and the Lingnan Five Prefectures. Because there are far fewer Han Chinese living here than other ethnic groups, the number of soldiers under its jurisdiction is the smallest. And every time you fight, you often need to travel far away, so you have to leave enough people to guard it. For example, when attacking Xiaobolu, the soldiers and horses directly under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate were not even 5,000 people, and the rest were recruited from Shule and other places.

This expedition to Shiguo, he also needs to recruit soldiers and horses from Khotan and other towns, and the loyalty of these soldiers and horses is not a problem, but if he recruits from a subject country such as the right wing of Gelulu, he is likely to be careful of the kind of result that Du Shiyi said.

"Big handsome, big handsome?"

Seeing Gao Xianzhi's sudden distraction, Du Guangyuan couldn't help but scream. The next moment, he saw Gao Xianzhi suddenly clench his hand into a fist and slam it into Henglus City on the territory of the Stone Country.

"If you want to fight the country of stones, you must first take Henglus. I think that at the beginning, although the Sulu Khan, surnamed Shihei, was old and faint and had his own way to die, but when he was there, the momentum of the eastward invasion of the Great Food had its way in front of him. The surname Huang of Tuqi Shi now occupies the broken leaves, and the surname Hei originally lives in Henglus, but because of the decline of strength, even Henglus is occupied by Shiguo. Speaking of this, Gao Xianzhi suddenly turned his head to look at Du Guangyuan and said, "This time to go to Shiguo, Li Siye has invited himself to be the vanguard, I originally planned to let you from my Chinese army, today I got this letter from your father, let me ask you again, are you willing to be the vanguard of Li Siye?" ”

"I am willing to attack from General Li!"

Seeing that Du Guangyuan agreed without saying a word, Gao Xianzhi was very satisfied: "Okay, you can go back and prepare immediately!" ”

After Du Guangyuan bowed deeply and turned to leave, Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but sigh when he remembered that there were many talents on the other side of the North Garden. He asked Du Anzhi to come, because the two had worked together, and there was also Du Anzhi's gift of land at the beginning, and he used it as a judge of moderation, which was able to suppress the civil forces that had opposed him in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate at the beginning, and then he was generously subdued. And when it comes to military generals, there seems to be no shortage of generals under his command, such as Li Siye and so on, they are very brave, but there is always a lack of a person who can be literate and martial, in other words, it is like a bridle that can trap people!

When Gao Xianzhi was lamenting that there was no shortage of brave generals and transactional talents under his command, but there was only one deputy missing, in the Beiting Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, the civil and military forces who were gathered were munching on barbecue. Just yesterday, Li Yan, who has been getting less and less energetic recently, just submitted a request to tell the old man, recommending Duan Guangzhen to replace himself as the envoy of the festival, according to his heart, there is no Li Linfu in the DPRK now, but it is replaced by a villain like Yang Guozhong, who is more than equal, it is better to write a joint letter between the civil and military, so as to save the imperial court from sending a person who is not familiar with the situation in the Western Regions at all. Finally, Wang Han and others reasoned with the facts, and persuaded the old man who was too old to be stubborn, so he had to write alone.

It's just that as soon as he talked about the situation in Mobei at this time, Li Yan began to lose his temper again, first scolding the dead Li Linfu, followed by scolding Yang Guozhong for bringing disaster to the country and the people, and then the famous and famous people in the DPRK were named one by one, and even when he was a little drunk, Li Yan even complained a few words to Li Longji. For him, who was born in a clan, this is already the limit of great disrespect. Fortunately, all the people who had a part in the fun were cronies, and when the soldiers personally helped Li Yan into the house to rest afterwards, Duan Guangzhen personally solemnly warned again.

"If you spread the word that Li Dashuai is drunk, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people!"

The old boss scolded the monarchs and ministers in the court, and everyone unconsciously turned the topic to Helong. Speaking of An Sishun being called into Beijing as the secretary of the military department, and Ge Shuhan was in charge of the two towns, Duan Xiushi, who was half a disciple of Wang Zhonghe, fell silent unconsciously. As for Wang Fanglie, who was born in a cottage and did not inherit the family style of his ancestors, but inherited his grandfather's short-tempered temper, he spoke more directly: "Wang Dashuai's previous reputation was tarnished, and Yang Guozhong also had a share. He actually took over the envoy of the two towns with peace of mind. You have to know if it wasn't for Wang Dashuai, how would he have captured the Stone Castle City? ”

That's a bit of a damner. But Ge Shuhan is certainly a brave general, but none of the people present have a friendship with him, even Wang Han sneered with wine and said: "Ge Shuhan is a lot older, and he has finally come out, how can he really fight for his full wealth to protect Wang Dashuai's comeback?" Wang Dashuai made a comeback, did he, the envoy of Hexi Longyoujie, abdicate and make way for Xian? I didn't see Nan Jiyun follow Wang Dashuai for so long, and now he has been offered up again, saying that he is the commander of Hexi, and all the soldiers and horses in Longyou have been given to others in the past! Poor Jiyun is almost forty years old, and he became famous as a teenager, but he has been staggering for many years! ”

Ge Shuhan may not really want to rise and surrender to Nan Jiyun, but subconsciously, maybe he does have some indescribable jealousy of Nan Jiyun, who is younger than himself and became famous much earlier than himself, and Wang Zhonghe's trust in him was even higher than that of An Sishun, such as Wang Han, who knows that Wang Zhongsi has half a division of Nan Jiyun, knows the mystery very well.

So, seeing that everyone felt sorry for Nan Jiyun, Wang Han suddenly dropped the wine cup and got up, and then said: "Now that Du Dashuai is tripped in Mobei and can't get out, I have a good idea to help Jiyun get out of trouble, but for him, maybe I'm afraid that he will be disheartened for a while." ”

Although there were so many people present, not everyone had ever had a relationship with Nan Jiyun, but everyone respected that it was a real man. glanced at each other, and for a while, they all asked Wang Han to say quickly.

Seeing this scene, Wang Han immediately picked up the wine jug and opened the lid, and directly took a big sip, and then said with drunkenness: "A dead-eyed person like Jiyun has only one way to make him give up Helong, which has taken root for more than ten years. Let Goshuhan drive him away! Tomorrow, I will pick up Li Dashuai, repair a letter and go to Hedong, and ask him to send troops to help Shazhou, presumably the high judge will help! ”