Time flies quickly, and it will be almost four months since I left the expedition.

Because of the battle of Chiting Valley, Du He fought very beautifully, and the first battle shocked the Western Turks and Gaochang, making the situation in the Western Regions gradually clear. The Western Turks were already a little afraid of the Tang Dynasty, and they lost 70,000 soldiers and horses in just one battle, which was almost half of the entire Western Turks' troops. They have been hit so hard, where do they dare to act rashly.

As for Gaochang, Du He is even more victorious, and he is in his chest. The definition of this person in history is that he is a talented person, obviously just a small king with a population of 100,000, but he plucked Li Shimin's beard three times and twice, and he looked like he didn't take Datang in his eyes at all.

With Ko Wentai here, Du He couldn't be sure that Zhang Xiong would succeed, but now that Ko Wentai is dead and Ko Zhisheng is on the throne, everything is easy. He had already learned from An Longma's mouth that Koji Zhisheng was Zhang Xiong's apprentice, and this master persuaded the apprentice that there was no reason to fail.

Of course, it received 5,000 reinforcements from Yanqi, which is also the key to the key. With 5,000 more troops, he doesn't have to worry about the shortage of troops.

Du He arranged Yanqi's 5,000 soldiers and horses in the weak part of the defense area of Chiting Valley and consolidated the defensive line. Don't underestimate these 5,000 people, in the hands of famous generals, even an insignificant fireman has his use. As Han Xin said, the more the merrier. It doesn't matter if he is old, weak, sick, disabled, or has a broken arm or leg, as long as there are people, he can use them for ideas.

Of course, with Du He's current level, it is naturally not up to the level of the soldier Han Xin, but the five thousand fresh troops are not old, weak, sick and disabled, which just makes up for the shortcomings of the defense line in Chiting Valley. At this moment, even if the Western Turks and Gaochang were turned upside down and attacked at the same time, he had the confidence to resist them outside the Chiting Valley until the arrival of Hou Junji's army. It's just that the likelihood of such a situation is very small, almost impossible.

After arranging the Yanqi soldiers, Du He pulled Liu Renliang to talk and asked him about his trip to Yanqi.

Liu Renliang said with a smile: "I didn't encounter any dangers when I went to Yanqi, then Lu Wentai had no foresight, and he fought against Yanqi for no reason, and he formed a blood feud with Yanqi." Therefore, the last thing they want to see Gaochang become bigger, I just mentioned it, and King Yanqi expressed his willingness to help, but he was a little hesitant in the number of troops to help. However, after I said this, I decided to take the expedition in person, and ordered me to take 5,000 light horsemen first, and personally lead the rest of the troops and horses to help. Haha, it's just that this is still on the way, Ren Rail got the general to outnumber, and wiped out 70,000 Turkic soldiers in the Chiting Valley at the cost of five people, such a casualty ratio, it must be said that it is unprecedented, this battle is called a real classic, and people have to obey! ”

Liu Renliang bowed to Du He and praised him from the bottom of his heart. He looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, and said in a low voice: "This battle general is in the limelight, if you can make Gaochang surrender before the arrival of the chief manager Hou." The general will create a feat, and the history books will inevitably record the great cause of the general's 6,000 soldiers to set Gaochang. As for Chief Hou, that ...... Do whatever you have to do, there's nothing left to fish. He smiled a little sinisterly.

He also knew the purpose of the Tang Dynasty's Western Expedition: to capture Gaochang first and defeat the Western Turks second. Du He first made brilliant achievements in defeating the Western Turks, if he could take Gaochang, even if Hou Junji destroyed the Western Turks, the credit would not be comparable to Du He.

Du He glanced at Liu Renliang unexpectedly, and said in surprise: "I didn't expect Mr.'s mind to be so insidious, it's surprising, but ...... Hey hey, I love it! He also laughed and lowered his voice: "Actually, I also have this plan." So I didn't send any news back half a month ago, in order not to let him know the situation in the Western Regions, so as not to speed up the journey! ”

Liu Renliang showed a knowing expression.

They were chatting happily when they suddenly heard the news that the envoy of Gaochang outside the valley had asked to see him.

Du He was stunned for a moment, and then laughed ecstatically: "It's done, haha...... Gao Chang thought I got it! Although he has not yet received the envoy from Gao Chang, the envoy's intention is clear. Obviously, if Koji Zhisheng does not agree to surrender, there is no reason to send an envoy, since the envoy has been sent, it means that Zhang Xiong is persuaded to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

Du He immediately let the envoy ceremoniously welcome the envoy into the big tent of the Chinese army.

He stood on the main seat in armor, looking majestic, and Luo Tong, Wang Dezheng, Fang Yiai and others separated the school on the left and right.

As he expected, as soon as the envoy entered the big tent, he immediately bowed deeply to Du He three times, and respectfully raised an edict above his head with both hands, and said: "The kingdom is ignorant, offended the power of the Heavenly Empire, and provoked the flames of war. ”

Du He took the edict handed over, and it was written in black and white that Gao Chang was willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Holding the book of descent, his hands trembled a little. Although he was mentally prepared, the feeling of accepting the surrender of a country made him excited and uncontrollable.

Suppressed the cheers and cheers, and said: "Tomorrow, early this morning, outside Gaochang City, Ben will accept the surrender on behalf of Datang, and personally lead the troops to garrison Gaochang City and take over the city defense." I hope that your country will be able to unload its sword at that time! ”

Du He had the intention to get things done before Hou Junji arrived, and directly set the time for Ming.

The messenger didn't know why Duhe was so anxious, but he had no objection and said goodbye and left.

At the moment when the messenger departed, the generals in the big tent erupted in bursts of enthusiastic cheers, already celebrating the arrival of victory.

Du He also looked festive, and did not stop their celebration.

Liu Renliang relaxed his vigilance when he saw them one by one, and kindly reminded: "Don't be happy too early, worry about being happy and sad." ”

Luo Tong said dumbly: "Could it be that this surrender is fake, is it deliberately luring us deep into their hinterland and then encircling and annihilating?" ”

Liu Ren track: "It's not impossible, it's just not big." In addition, the key lies not in Koji Zhisheng, but in those generals who have military power. In Gaochang, most of the ministers were Han Chinese, but most of the military generals in the court and China were mainly from the Western Regions. The antagonism between them has long been not one or two, and the two sides have deep prejudices. In the face of the strength of our Datang, there is no doubt that the Wenchen Lord and the Lord will accept the surrender of Koji Zhisheng. But this may not be the case with those generals who are fighting the main battle, and Koji Zhisheng has only succeeded to the throne of Gaochang for a few days, so he cannot convince the public, and he cannot rule out the possibility of their rash action. ”

Du He also nodded and said, "Sir's scruples are also reasonable!" ”

Seeing that Du He also nodded in agreement, Fang Yiai shouted: "Then what should we do, don't we accept their surrender and wait for the chief manager to come?" ”

"Joke, pick up! Naturally, I want to pick it up! If you don't have the guts at all, wouldn't it make people say that I have no one in the Tang Dynasty? Du He's face was proud, and he raised his voice: "As the so-called soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, they will honestly surrender." If we want to play any tricks in the dark, we don't need to be polite to them. He clenched his fists, and he was thinking about this emergency preparedness in his heart.

Not long after the Gaochang envoy left, Du He suddenly received a notice that there was an order to pass on Hou Junji.

At that time, Du He was reading a book in the tent, and when he heard this news, he couldn't help but be stunned, Hou Junji's order? What will it be? Could it be that he thought that he had broken the Western Turks and realized that he was fighting for merit, so he specially issued an order to restrict his actions?

But there is no reason, he deliberately suppressed the news, and it is impossible for Hou Junji to know about the things on the front line.

"Not good!" He let out a low sigh and thought of the crux of the matter.

The battle of Chiting Valley was not completely annihilated, and more than a thousand Western Turkic soldiers who were lucky enough to enter the Chiting Ancient Road were missed, just like Zhang Xiong. At that time, he was unable to sleep, and he was on the Chiting Ancient Road to admire the moon, so he escaped.

There was no path to go on the Chiting Ancient Road, and they didn't dare to go to Chiting Valley to this side, so they could only go to Hou Junji's place. As long as you can capture any of them alive and torture them, you will naturally be able to get the news from them that you have broken the Western Turks.

Thinking of this, Du He affirmed the intention of the envoy sent by Hou Junji outside the valley, and his brows furrowed, remembering his identity. After all, it is still nominally under the control of Hou Junji, and if he openly violates the general's order, it is a crime to kill his head.

When the time comes, Hou Junji will be angry, maybe he will cut himself to vent his anger!

"What should I do?" He was a little unsure, glanced at his hand, rolled his eyes, but he had a way to deal with it, called Fang Yiai, and at the same time asked Hou Junji's envoy to come over!

Du Ho pulled Fang Yiai and said: "When a stranger comes, you see my instructions, be sure to knock him to the ground before you reach the Chinese army's tent." Remember, don't be too pretentious, be inadvertent. ”

Fang Yiai looked strange, but he had an instinctive trust in Du He, and he didn't say a word.

The herald messenger strode towards the tent.

Du He gave Fang Yiai a look. Fang Yiai, who turned his back to the messenger of the herald, shouted, "Understood, General, I'll do it!" Pretending to be in a hurry, he turned and strode along, colliding with the herald messenger behind him.

The power of Fang Yiai's love was so great that it directly knocked the herald messenger to the ground.

"Why was it so careless?" Duhe complained, stepped forward to help the herald messenger up, and patted the dust on his body himself.

The messenger was a little flattered, and hurriedly said: "The general doesn't have to mind, it's just a fall, it's not in the way, the military order is important!" ”

Du He smiled slightly, didn't say much, and invited him into the big tent of the Chinese army.

The messenger stepped into the throne, reached into his bosom to take the arrow, and pulled it out, his expression changed drastically.

"What's wrong?" Du He asked kindly!

The messenger said: "General Hou ordered General Du to be stationed in Chiting Valley, waiting for the arrival of the army, and there must be no mistake, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

Du He didn't take the order, but just looked at the messenger curiously and said, "The chief manager has given an order, isn't there an arrow?" ”

The messenger of the herald hurriedly scratched his head, for the reason: "The arrow, the arrow is there, but it is gone?" ”

Du He laughed: "What's missing, I don't think you have it at all." Someone, take this person down for me! ”

(To be continued)