Du He was furious, anxious and angry, but regretted it in his heart. Hou Junji's performance in attacking Gaochang in history was also unsatisfactory. Of course, this does not mean that Hou Junji suffered a defeat, but his performance after a big victory.

Historically, after Hou Junji captured Gaochang, he not only appointed officials on his own initiative without asking the imperial court, but also plundered the treasures of the Gaochang court. This incident directly led to the upward and downward effects, and his subordinates competed to plunder and make a lot of war profits.

Du He is not unaware of this, but now history has changed, because his relationship with the battle of Gaochang has been advanced by two years, and Hou Junji is not as good as history, he has achieved full success, and he is proud and complacent. Therefore, I thought that this incident would not happen, but I didn't expect that it would become worse and worse now.

Galloping all the way, Du He came to the east gate of Gaochang, which was about to enter the city, but let a person block the horse.

Du He hurriedly pulled the war horse, stopped the pace of advancement, and took a look, but it was the emperor Haohua in the moon-stepping incense team.

Huangfu Haohua pulled Du He's reins and said, "Childe, take a step to speak, there is something urgent!" ”

When Du He saw that he had arrived outside Gaochang City, he was also shocked in his heart, and secretly exclaimed: "It's so dangerous!" Knowing the tragic situation of the old and weak women and children in the field, he was filled with grief and indignation, and he was bent on asking Hou Junji for an explanation, and he lost his mind impulsively.

Although Hou Junji was at fault, his identity was a general under his command. During the march, the boss is the largest, and the authority of the boss cannot be provoked, as long as his words are excessive, Hou Junji can despise the commander and press himself in the hall to give a military stick, and he does not have to bear any responsibility.

Du He is not an impulsive and reckless character, just because Gaochang is related to the Tang Dynasty's plan to conquer the Western Regions, Hou Junji is so sabotage, the matter is big, plus his crime and innocence, it is really hateful, so he can't help but lose his reason for the anger, and now let Huangfu Haohua this block, also sober up, and know that recklessness will only be bad things, and it will not solve the problem.

At this time, Luo Tong and Tuoba Wushuang also followed.

They came to Duho and blocked his way.

Luo Tong hurriedly said: "Qinglian, no matter what mistake Hou Junji makes. Now he is the commander of the three armed forces. As his generals, we are directly dispatched by him, and there is no chance of victory in a head-on conflict with him. Usually, you are the calmest, why are you so reckless today? ”

He didn't know the real reason for Du He's anger, mainly Hou Junji sabotaged Li Shimin's plan to conquer the Western Regions, not entirely for the people of Gaochang. While that's one of the reasons, it's not the most important thing. He didn't explain and nodded: "I understand, I was not calm before." He glanced at Gaochang City, and called Huangfu Haohua and Luo Tong to retreat ten miles and come to the Ten Mile Pavilion on the outskirts of the city.

Du He was also anxious, but at this moment, he also showed the style of a general, his emotions were not obvious, and he said calmly: "Haohua, you tell me about the situation in Gaochang first." Liu Changshi, Mr. Zhang and his bereaved love, how are they doing, and what is the situation in the city? Don't rush, speak slowly, and make things clear! Now that Gaochang is like a boiled porridge, if you want to deal with the past, you must know all the details, Huangfu Haohua glanced at Tuoba Wushuang with some vigilance, and stopped talking.

Tuoba Wushuang was about to leave, but Du He said: "It's okay, Brother Tuoba is trustworthy, you just say it." Let him say this, Tuoba Wushuang is not easy to go, and his eyes also show a determined look, feeling that Du He trusts himself so much, and he can't live up to this trust.

Huangfu Haohua no longer concealed it, and said bluntly: "Liu Changshi, Mr. Zhang, and Master Fang have all let Hou Junji be imprisoned!" ”

"How so?" Du He and Luo Tong looked at each other, and they couldn't imagine that Hou Junji was so bold.

Du He hurriedly asked the reason, without a certain reason, Hou Junji would never dare to do so.

Huangfu Haohua said in a deep voice: "Liu Changshi stopped Hou Junji from opening the sealed treasury, so that he was angry and imprisoned; Zhang Xiong was imprisoned because he scolded Hou Junji and connived at the soldiers to do evil. As for Master Fang, he was looking for Hou Junji's theory, and he didn't agree with him, so he started to injure more than a dozen of Hou Junji's relatives, and finally let Hou Junji capture it himself. Today, the situation in the city of Gaochang is terrible. Since the people of Gaochang knew that it was the Tang Army that did evil, all the strong men were waiting at home in person. Those soldiers who could not steal gradually tended to rob openly. If the situation continues to stalemate, it will only be more than three days at most, and it will become more and more intense and out of control. ”

Du He didn't care that Liu Renliang, Zhang Xiong, and Fang Yi loved them, although Hou Junji could detain them, he had no right to interrogate them, let alone use them to torture. They were still safe in their cells. The real key is still those soldiers in the city who were connived at by Hou Junji, once they start robbing. The Tang Dynasty is a bandit in the hearts of the people of Gaochang, and Li Shimin's intention to use Gaochang as a base to dominate the Western Regions will be dealt a serious blow, and the Tang Dynasty will also leave a stain that cannot be washed away.

Once this matter spreads, the Zhou Alien Race will no longer regard the Tang Dynasty as the Heavenly Empire, and a group of robbers.

This is like a blank piece of paper, it is easy to discredit, but once it is blackened, it is extremely difficult to restore it.

Du He took two steps back and forth and said, "Are all the soldiers the same?" ”

"No!" Huangfu Haohua said: "Only Hou Junji's headquarters soldiers and horses, Niu Jinda, Guo Xiaoge and others will be stationed in various cities respectively, and they are not involved. In Gaochang, only Hou Junji's headquarters soldiers and horses and Ashina Sheer's soldiers and horses were in Gaochang. On the grounds that he had not been edicted, Ashina Sheer did not take any of the looted property, but strictly ordered the soldiers not to steal anything without authorization. ”

Du He secretly admired that this state general knew the danger better than them in the Central Plains.

"Let's go, let's go to General Ashina first......" Du He gritted his teeth dumbly, and already had a faint plan to act boldly.

As soon as he walked out of the gazebo, a sharp cry suddenly came out from the sky.

Tuoba Wushuang looked up at Meng'er hovering in the air, and said, "Half a mile to the east, there are hundreds of horsemen hurrying towards him. ”

"It's not just our business, let's go first!" To the east is the national highway of Gaochang, and it is not strange that this person comes and goes, and Du He does not care, and has no intention of staying longer.

Turning over and getting on his horse, the whip had not yet been drawn, but he heard someone calling his name, and the voice came from far away from the east, from far and near.

Du He looked at the sound, but saw that the person who came was Li Shimin's edict envoy. Duho was often summoned, and many times he came to entertain him.

Du He saw him coming, but his heart moved, and he greeted him without moving.

Before the edict arrived, he immediately straightened his posture, jumped down and said, "The holy decree has arrived." The loyal general Du He received the order! ”

"The last general will take the order!" A hint of anticipation flashed in Du He's eyes and he bent down.

"Fengtian carrier, the loyal general Du He broke the Western Turks, persuaded Gaochang, brilliant military achievements, meritorious service and the imperial court, I appointed you as the 'acting Anxi Protector', and before the new Anxi Protector Qiao Shiwang took office, he was fully responsible for handling Gaochang's government affairs." The edict envoy handed a copy of the decree to Duhe.

Du He was stunned and overjoyed, so he jumped up, laughed three times, and said in his heart: "God help me!" Then he asked, "Your Majesty has already set up the Imperial Protectorate in Anxi?" ”

The edict envoy nodded and said: "Before I came, Your Majesty had decided to build the capital protectorate here in Gaochang, decided to place Xizhou in Gaochang, and placed Tingzhou in Khan Futu City, completely equated Gaochang's hometown with the Central Plains and incorporated it into my country's territory, and at the same time placed the Anxi Protectorate in Jiaohe City, and asked you to fully implement the Tang Dynasty decree in Xizhou, complete the political and economic reform of the region as soon as possible, and make the Xizhou social economy recover and develop, and become the cornerstone of my Tang Dynasty Xizhi." At the same time, you can take advantage of the spring ploughing season to comprehensively implement a complete set of Tang legal systems such as the uniform land system, rent modulation and other military service and military systems in Gaochang's hometown, and we must absorb Gaochang in a short period of time and let it become a part of our Central Plains. ”

Hearing Li Shimin's instructions, Du He suddenly remembered a Latin proverb: If the conquered are still crying, the conqueror has not finished his work.

Li Shimin repeatedly emphasized the implementation of the Tang system in Gaochang and changed all the living habits of Gaochang, apparently intending to launch a cultural conquest of Gaochang.

In this development, Li Shimin's decision is undoubtedly the most correct and rational, and cultural conquest is far more effective than knife conquest.

Du He is not happy about this, but with a new identity, he knows that as long as he is still a soldier and a general, he has no choice but to Hou Junji. Because it is a soldier's duty to obey orders, and military law also clearly stipulates that when the army is marching, the commander will take precedence, and the prestige of the commander must not be challenged.

Du He knew that if he wanted to return to the situation, the first thing he did was to change his identity, so that Hou Junji could not control him or command him, and only in this way could he not be controlled by others.

Therefore, in this kind of crisis, he decided to pretend to pass on the holy decree, and pretended to be granted a secret decree by Li Shimin, so as to end the problem.

This false proclamation is a great murderous crime. But Du He believed that as long as Li Shimin understood the cause and the consequences, he would definitely help him secretly lie and solve the matter.

But the crime of falsely proclaiming the holy decree is too heavy, too serious, and this is a method that can only be used as a last resort, and the appearance of this edict is like sending charcoal in the snow.

Especially the news he brought, even more so.

Acting Anxi Duhu, although this is hung with the word "agent", but the implementation of the Anxi Duhu, has the right to deal with anything in Gaochang, that is, the first person with the most actual power in Gaochang today.

With this identity, there was no need for him to risk pretending to be a holy decree.

The holy decree in his hand is now an indestructible sword, a sword that can pierce Hou Junji's chest and heart.

The situation took such a turn for the worse that he couldn't help but laugh.

"Let's go, let's go to Gaochang!"

The tone of his drink has changed, and now he is no longer a young general under the constraints and control of Hou Junji, but the No.1 of the entire Gaochang.

(To be continued)