Chapter Twenty-Nine: Hou Junji panicked and was in a hurry
Gaochang Palace!
Koji Zhisheng announced his decision in the name of King Gaochang and handed over a letter of surrender to Duhe, and Gaochang surrendered the whole country.
As soon as this decision was made, the main escape faction jumped out to oppose it. However, Gaochang is a country dominated by Han people, and the Chinese Wuduo of the DPRK is Han Chinese, they are not accustomed to the life of nomads at all, and the strength of the main and faction is far better than that of the main escape faction, and even Zhang Xiong, the living Buddha, is in the pressure formation, and the arrogance of the main escape faction will be suppressed in an instant, and the matter has become a foregone conclusion.
Za He walked out of the palace with his brows locked in defeat, his eyes like poisonous snakes drifted over Zhang Xiong, his mind kept turning, and then he thought about the road he was about to take, and his heart was panicked.
He knew that he was different from the Manchu civil and military forces: what awaited them in this surrender was glory and wealth, and his surrender was waiting for his head to fall.
Because he was the leader of the caravans, although all this was the result of a consultation between Ko Wentai and Yu Lisu, he was the executioner. The Tang Dynasty came for this, and it was impossible not to be held accountable.
Thinking of these words, he ran around, bribed the important ministers of the court, and the palace attendants, in order to avoid sitting still, so that Koji Zhisheng agreed to flee west. Obviously, it has already seen miraculous results, and Koji Zhisheng is also moved, but Zhang Xiong came to intervene and persuaded Koji Zhisheng to change his mind.
"The old guy is bad for me, I can't spare you!" Zha He's face was full of resentment for his defeat, but he inadvertently saw the second prince of Gaochang on the side, Lu Zhigang, but his expression moved, and he had a plan in his heart.
"Second Highness!" Zha He stopped Lu Zhigang in defeat, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Recently, there have been a few jars of the best mare's milk wine in the Western Turks in my house, how about we drink it?" ”
Koji Zhigang is the best wine, and as soon as he heard this, his eyes lit up, and he laughed: "My brother-in-law still understands me!" ”
Zha He lost and was the first general in Gaochang, and he won the trust of Ko Wentai and married the eldest princess of Ko Wentai. Because of this, Ko Wentai let him handle the confidential matter of robbing and killing the merchant travel.
The mansion where Zaha lost is in the east of Gaochang City, covering an extremely large area, with a football field, but the mansion is not very luxurious. This is not because the owner's family is incorruptible, but because Gaochang is far from possessing the courtyard art of the Tang Dynasty, even if the location is large and wide, it cannot be magnificent.
In addition, Gaochang is also one of the reasons for the lack of population, Gaochang is rich, but the population is extremely scarce, only more than 100,000 people, in order to increase the production of labor, special regulations, only allow the family to have servants, and the number can not exceed 20.
Zahe's defeat has a very high status in Gaochang, and he only has fifteen servants, except for those who cook, take care of the master, and take care of the house, there are only two or three people who are really responsible for cleaning, and the mansion is too delicately furnished to be busy at all.
In a rather chic room, Zha Hu Defeat and Koji Zhigang sat opposite each other, bowl by bowl, but the dishes on the table did not move at all.
For those of them who are good drinkers, wine is enough.
For the five bowls, Koji Zhigang exclaimed: "Good wine, really good wine!" Only the purest mare's milk can make such a good wine. ”
Zha He looked at the wine in front of him blankly and said: "Drink, drink as much as you like, in a few days, His Royal Highness will not have a chance to drink again." ”
Koji Zhigang frowned: "What does this mean?" ”
Zahe lost and said, "Second Highness still doesn't know, right?" This was the usual practice of the damned Tang Dynasty, and every time they conquered a country, they would take members of the royal family to Chang'an under house arrest. Remember the Eastern Turkic Jieli Khan? He was transported to Chang'an by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and later the emperor of the Tang Dynasty made him dance in public at the banquet, making fun of the Han dog and humiliating him to death. If you go to Chang'an, I'm afraid it won't be much better than Jieli Khan. It is also fortunate that I did not humiliate you, and I still expect to drink the fine mare's milk wine of my Turks? I have decided to resign from the government and return to the Western Turks, and I will never surrender to the Tang Dynasty if I lose. ”
Koji Zhigang's face turned pale when he said that he had lost, and he said in a trembling voice: "Is the Tang Dynasty really so hateful? Brother-in-law, otherwise, let's persuade Brother Wang not to surrender. ”
"Is that still fake? Who doesn't know about Jieli Khan! Zha He lost a face of ridicule: "The king, hmph, the current king does not have the courage of the previous king at all, he has already frightened the Tang Dynasty, and has been confused by the old man Zhang Xiong, where will he listen." Alas, the first king went suddenly, if it were not. This Gaochang throne must be succeeded by His Royal Highness II. ”
Koji Zhigang shook his head and said, "I used to have some memories of this throne, but now...... Hehe, I'm not uncommon with that person. Didn't you see that after Brother Wang succeeded to the throne, people got a lot older? His tone was full of schadenfreude. They have been fighting for five years, and the relationship has been stiff.
Zha He shouted loudly in defeat: "But his ignorance and his cowardice have ruined Gaochang and ruined our Gaochang foundation for nearly six hundred years!" He looked distressed and showed great loyalty to Gaochang.
"But what if you don't drop it?" Koji Zhigang's tone was also a little heavy, and the wine was not so tasty, after all, Gaochang was the place where he grew up, and seeing that these countries were about to perish, this was very unpleasant in his heart.
"You can avoid it!" Zha He lost and said sharply: "Datang is on a thousand-mile expedition, they can't spend it with us, as long as we escape far away, how can Datang help us?" We have soldiers and money, are we afraid that we will not be able to build a new Gaochanglai? Isn't this equivalent to keeping Gaochang and our country? ”
Koji Zhigang was silent for a while, nodded and said, "What you said also makes sense, but unfortunately, I am not the king." ”
"Then I will make you king!" Zahe stepped forward and pulled Koji Zhigang and said, "Second Highness, the current king does not have the courage and is not qualified to be the king of Gaochang at all." And His Royal Highness is the most suitable person for the king, and I am willing to obey the call of His Royal Highness when I lose and the soldiers in my hands. ”
Koji Zhigang refused to succeed King Gaochang not because he didn't want to, but because Datang was too powerful, so he didn't dare. But as long as you follow the method of Zahe's defeat, you don't need to face Datang to sit on the throne, which is ...... He's already moved.
Zha He smiled and said: "Not long after, General Tang will come to Gaochang to accept the king's letter of surrender, as long as the Tang general is killed at this time, the king can only flee west." On the way, we are killing the king, and the throne is yours with the second highness! ”
Koji Zhigang hesitated and said, "I did this!" ”
Not far from the window, a dark shadow flashed.
Hou Junji licked his dry lips, thinking about the current situation, he couldn't help but panic.
He was already a powerful person with great intelligence, but he looked down on Du He, a rookie who had only been on the battlefield once, so he didn't think about it deeply. Now that he got the news, Du He broke the Western Turks with 6,000 troops and 70,000 soldiers, and only then did he suddenly wake up, think everything thoroughly, understand it thoroughly, and secretly hate himself for being stupid, and actually made the most undesirable mistake - "underestimating the enemy".
The speed of Duhe's march was abnormal, and even Ashina Sheer noticed it, and as the commander of the three armies, it was even more impossible for him not to know.
The task of the vanguard general was to survey the terrain, build bridges for the Chinese army, and clear the way from danger, and was not the first unit to engage the enemy as it is commonly understood. Therefore, a good vanguard general will keep a certain distance from the Chinese army, and while completing the task, the Chinese army will have time to support in case of danger.
This is also the reason why the vanguard generals in history have to be beheaded if they fail, and the main generals of the three armies have the most failures, which is the reason for demotion. It is common for the commanders of the three armies to classify defeat as victory and defeat, but the task of the vanguard general is not to fight the enemy.
After Du He served as a vanguard general, he immediately left the Chinese army, marched with a brain, and left the Chinese army far behind, and his behavior was quite suspicious.
But he instinctively regarded Du He as a sixteen-year-old baby, regarded him as a Zhao Kuo who talked on paper but had no real skills, and even let him go to the front line first, and let Gaochang or the Western Turks kill like Zhao Kuo. There was no persuasion about Duhe's unusual marching speed.
But now he knows that Du He is doing this intentionally, he has already seen through his malicious intentions, deliberately detached from his control, arrived at the battlefield one step earlier, and won the victory first to compete with himself. There was no news along the way, presumably because he was afraid that he would know about it, so he would stop it.
"Du He's a thief who is like a ghost, I should have noticed it a long time ago!" His eyes were red, he was angry and unwilling and regretful, and he almost couldn't help scolding, and he secretly hated in his heart: he was really self-defeating, and at first he made Du He a pioneer general, and he completely had the mind to see his jokes. In terms of military strategy, the young and inexperienced Du He will never be higher than himself, he can achieve such a brilliant victory, and he has an army of 100,000 in his hands, and it is even more impossible to fail.
Thinking of this, he almost vomited blood: instead of succeeding in rectifying Duhe, he achieved a brilliant battle in which he won more with less.
"Grand Administrator, Chief Administrator......" Seeing that Hou Junji's face showed various expressions, Ashina Sheer and Qibi He Li each showed worried looks. Especially Ashina Sheer, he felt that Hou Junji's expression was a little wrong all the way.
Hou Junji coughed in embarrassment, saying that he was fine, and the excuse was a little surprised.
The Turks are rectums, and Ashina Sheer and Qibi He Li didn't think much about it, and they also nodded together, Duhe could not have imagined that he could achieve such a record.
Hou Junji didn't have time to say more to them, stretched out his hand to summon his henchmen, and said: "Deputy General Wang, you immediately take my order arrow, go to the Duhe military camp, drink and order him to stand by on the spot, and not act rashly, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" "Duhe has already destroyed 70,000 soldiers and horses of the Western Turks, and if he is allowed to run rampant any longer, I don't know what will happen.
Hou Junji really began to panic, Du He's performance in the Battle of Chiting Valley completely shattered the veteran's calm and composure: he originally planned to use this battle to prove that he was capable of being in the prime minister, but now Du He is in the limelight. If he continues to be arrogant, he, the commander of the three armed forces, will become a spectator.
At this moment. In order to suppress Du He, Hou Junji even did not hesitate to use the commander's order of the three armies.
Next, he ordered the whole army to move quickly, striving to arrive in advance......
(To be continued)