readx; And the battle of the end of the city due to Li Qing'an's main force came in time, achieved brilliant results, attacked Anxi 50,000 Tubo army and 6,000 logistics team were all annihilated, in the two battles, killed more than 20,000 Tubo troops, captured 30,000 people, captured more than 200,000 cattle, sheep and horses, but the Tubo commander Shang Jiasu finally escaped under the desperate protection of more than 2,000 soldiers, they fled into the plateau, life and death do not know. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, the Battle of the End City was only one part of the Tang War, although the Tang army won a great victory in this link, while the other link, Tocharian in the west, encountered a serious crisis.

In mid-September, the main force of the 70,000 Tibetan army, under the leadership of Shang Xi Dongzan, entered the Shushi country from Dabolu, seized the grain-rich Lost Honey, got supplies here, and crossed the Xindu River into Tocharian half a month later, and in Shihanna, the 70,000 Tubo army defeated the Tocharian coalition army with low combat effectiveness, and successively killed 20,000 captured soldiers.

The brutality of the Tubo army shocked the Tocharian countries, and they asked Anxi for help, but at this time, due to the southward invasion of the Hui army, which threatened the safety of Broken Leaves, the 20,000 Broken Leaf Tang troops that originally supported Tocharian were forced to go north to defend against the Hui people, while the 8,000 Tang troops of Tocharian were mainly concentrated in the silver mines of Boxi Mountain, and could not come south to help.

The emptiness of the Tang army in Tochar made the Tubo army take advantage of the weakness, and they defeated the Tocharian coalition army again in the city of Ashu, occupied the city of Ashu, under the strong pressure of the Tubo army, the royal nobles of Yueshi, Wangting, Gaofu, Great Khan, Gumo and other countries fled Tocharo, and under the escort of the Tang army of Boxi Mountain, they went north to take refuge in Broken Leaves.

At this time, the 30,000 reinforcements sent by the Tibetan Zanpu also arrived in Tocharo, making the Tocharian army reach 100,000 people, and Shangxi Dongzan immediately sent eight armies to occupy various fortresses in Tochar, so far, Tocharian was fully occupied by the Tubo army.

With the occupation of the strategic Tocharian territory by the Tibetan army, the situation in Anxi became confusing.

Shang Xi Dongzan's purpose is not just Tocharo, his goal is to devour the broken leaves and the entire Fergan Basin, and then devour Xinde and Tianzhu to the south, so that Tubo can get out of the plateau, get a real development base, and then turn back to compete with the Tang Dynasty for hegemony, this is the strategic goal set by the upper echelons of Tubo, Tocharian is just their first step.

．．．．．．．． In late September, Li Qing'an returned to Xiaye and began to dispatch troops against Tocharo, and on the western front, he ordered 20,000 Tang troops stationed in Kangguo to move south and enter Shiguo and Tiemen Pass.

In the middle line, Li Qing'an transferred 20,000 new troops from Shiguo and 10,000 garrisons from Juzhanti, a total of 30,000 troops, to rush to Boxi Mountain, and stationed the four major silver mines in this area together with the 8,000 Tang troops of Boxi Mountain, so as to strictly prevent the Tubo army from invading the silver mines.

On the Eastern Front, he appointed He Lou Yurun as the governor of Tocharo, led 20,000 Tang troops to garrison and hide, and ordered An Baozhen to be the soldiers and horses of the Quy Nhon army, and led the army of 5,000 to increase Xiao Bolu, so that Xiao Bolu's Tang army reached 8,000 people.

Finally, on the southern front, Li Qing'an appointed Feng Changqing as the governor of Sindh, with full responsibility for the military and political affairs of Sindh and Punjab, and allowed him to recruit troops there to defend against the invasion of Sindh by the Tibetans.

After a series of emergency deployments, the Anxi crisis caused by the Tibetan invasion of Tocharo was temporarily alleviated.

At the beginning of October, Shang Xi Dongzan sent the general Lun Zhizang to lead an army of 5,000 to attack the northernmost state of Tocharian Xie Su, which is the only small Tocharian country in Tibet that has not been occupied, and there is the Luoyue silver mine in Anxi, which is the second largest silver mine in Anxi, where 30,000 Tocharian miners are mined, and 5,000 Anxi troops are stationed here.

Eighty miles south of the Xie Su country, the Tubo army in the north was ambushed by the Tang army, more than 3,000 people of the Tubo army were killed, and the main general Ronzhi fell down the valley and died on the way to escape, which was also the first defeat since Shang Xi Dongzan marched into Tocharo, at this time, Tocharian fell the first heavy snow, the weather cooled sharply, and the river began to freeze.

The failure of the march to the state of Xie Su and the arrival of winter, at the same time, the news of the disastrous defeat of the Tubo army on the northern front at the end of the city also reached Tocharo, and all kinds of unfavorable conditions made Shang Xi Dongzan have to temporarily press the ambition of entering the Fergan Basin in the north, and he sent people back to Luo to report the military situation to Zampu.

．．．．．．．．．． Broken leaves Zhao Wangfu, the inner room is filled with the fragrance of medicine, Li Qing'an's partial concubine Rushi is sitting in front of a red clay stove carefully observing the heat of the medicine pot of Chinese medicine, Li Qing'an due to the long journey, coupled with the crisis of Tucharo, a little sick, these days have become more and more serious, so I have to recuperate at home, but today it seems to be much better. Among Li Qing'an's four wives and concubines, Mingyue and Ruhua went to Chang'an, and there were only two people in Wuyi and Rushi, who originally wanted to go to Beijing with Mingyue, but because their daughter Li Siduo suddenly fell ill and couldn't travel long distances, Rushi had to stay, and Wuyi didn't want to go back to Chang'an, so she accompanied Rushi to stay, at this time, Rushi was very happy in her heart, and her husband's return made her miss have a result, Li Qingan also said that next time he returned to Chang'an, he would take them back together.

The medicine boiled out, Rushi hurriedly stirred it in the medicine jar with silver chopsticks, and felt that the fire was almost there, so she extinguished the fire, and the maid next to her hurriedly stepped forward to help, but Rushi waved her hand and signaled herself to come.

She carefully poured the medicine into the jade bowl, and the room was filled with the fragrance of medicine, she slowly picked up the plate, opened the curtain, and walked out of the room.

There was a light snow in the yard, and the white snowflakes were fluttering, and the maid hurriedly held up an umbrella, and at this time, a maid hurriedly walked in outside, and reported: "Third lady, there are four guests of the lord outside, there are four people, Wang Changshi and Pei Sima, as well as Duan Dudu and Judge Du, who want to see the lord." ”

"I see."

Rushi nodded and ordered: "Please go to your room first and wait for a while, and serve some good tea and entertainment." ”

The maid agreed and went, and when Rushi saw that the medicine was about to cool, she hurriedly walked to the opposite ward.

Although the snow is falling outside, but the house is very warm, Li Qing'an's second concubine is sitting by the window reading the letter, the letter is written by Mingyue, it has just been delivered today, the letter said that Chang'an also has a light snow, the snow scene is exceptionally beautiful, Zhao Wangfu has also been cleaned up, in Guanglufang, now it is still empty, I hope they will return to Beijing as soon as possible.

"Maiyi, what does the letter say?"

Li Qing'an was wearing a loose cotton robe and lying on the bed, his hands were pillowing his face, and he was playing with his daughter Siduo, who was still a month away from turning one year old, the little guy was very smart and naughty, and he was already able to learn to speak, at this time she was sitting next to Li Qing'an, engrossed in playing with her father's purple gold fish bag.

Li Qingan looked at his daughter, and his eyes fell on the letter in Wuyi's hand from time to time, he hadn't read the letter written by Mingyue yet!

Wuyi smiled and said: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that some parents are short, the eldest sister said that the mansion has been repaired, but it is too deserted and she has not moved in, temporarily living in Dugu Mansion with Ruhua, I hope we will go back to Chang'an as soon as possible, by the way, Chang'an is also snowing." ”

"It's only October, is it snowing in Chang'an? It's early enough this year. ”

Li Qingan smiled again: "What else, such as what happened in Chang'an?" ”

"It's not a big deal, it's just that the eldest sister is going to let Mingzhu go to the eldest grandson's mansion for a blind date."

Wuyi said lightly, but the corner of his eye glanced at Li Qing'an, intentionally or unintentionally, Li Qing'an didn't seem to hear, he pointed to the purple gold fish bag and asked his daughter with a smile: "Duoduo, what is this?" ”

"Fish!" Siduo pursed her lips and uttered a muffled syllable.

"Not bad! Not bad! ”

Li Qingan was very happy, and took his daughter into his arms and kissed the little face, but the little guy suddenly touched the unicorn jade pendant around his neck, and was immediately attracted, shouting, "Yes!" Want! ”

Seeing that Li Qingan didn't seem to care much about Mingzhu, Wuyi couldn't help but shake her head gently, this person! I really don't know what he's thinking?

Li Qingan took off the jade pendant from his neck, held it in his hand, and said with a smile: "Call Daddy and give it to you." ”

Siduo snatched it twice, but didn't grab it, she grinned, and she was about to cry, so frightened that Li Qingan hurriedly stuffed it to her, "Duoduo doesn't cry, Daddy is teasing you, and if you like it, I'll give it to you." ”

When the little guy got the jade, he suddenly burst into tears and laughed, and pointed to the jade unicorn and said to Li Qing'an: "Sheep! ”

Li Qingan was stunned for a moment, and immediately burst out laughing.

"Big brother is in a good mood!"

As soon as the curtain was lifted, Rushi walked in and said with a smile: "Although the illness seems to be cured, the medicine must be eaten, and the doctor said that it will be consolidated for two more days when the illness is cured." ”

"No problem!"

Li Qing'an sat up and took the medicine bowl, the medicine was already warm, he drank the medicine in one go, Rushi saw that her husband was willing to drink the medicine, her heart was happy, she smiled and said: "After drinking the medicine, go to meet the guests!" The heads and brains of the government hall are here, waiting for you in your room. ”

Li Qingan knew that they must have come for something, so he touched his daughter's head, smiled at the dance clothes again, and went out.

Rushi saw that Li Qing'an was smiling a little weirdly at the dance clothes, so she smiled and asked, "What did you say to him, why did he have that expression?" ”

Wuyi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I told him that the eldest sister was going to give Mingzhu a blind date to the eldest grandson's family, but he ignored me, and then he laughed again, which means that he still cares about it!" Rushi, let's make a bet, I said that Mingzhu's blind date will definitely fail, do you bet or not? ”

Rushi smiled: "What's there to bet on, of course it will fail, who dares to marry Mingzhu?" It's just that the eldest sister is a little confused. ”

"She's not confused, she's thinking too much."

．．．．．． Rushi and Wuyi were talking about the pearl in the room, Li Qingan had already come to your room, in the room, Wang Changling, Pei Mian, Duan Xiushi, and Du Hongjian were talking about something, and when they saw Li Qingan coming in, the four of them quickly stood up.

"General, are you feeling better?" Wang Changling smiled with a smile.

"It's already much better, and I was about to go to the government hall in the afternoon, but you guys came."

Li Qingan patted the snowflakes on his body, waved his hand and smiled: "Everyone sit down!" ”

The three of them sat down, and the maid served Li Qingan another cup of hot tea, Li Qingan picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said with a smile: "You guys have nothing to do, let's talk!" What's up? ”

The four of them glanced at each other, and Pei Mian smiled and said: "Today, the political hall is going to hold a meeting on the matter of Tocharo, and the general is not here, so we will hold it at the general's mansion instead." ”

Among the four, Pei Mian and Du Hongjian are both high-ranking officials in Hexi, last year they were not satisfied with Cheng Qianli's control of Hexi, so they came to Anxi to seek refuge in Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an also heard of their talents for a long time, so they reused them, Cen Shen was recalled by Li Qing'an to serve in the court, Pei Mian replaced him as Sima, in charge of ordnance materials, although He Lou Yurun scolded Pei Mian and others for making mistakes, and did not give him a thunderstorm in time, but Li Qingan was not ready to blame the political hall, this is the duty of the political hall, in addition to the transfer of troops, The transfer and transportation of other important materials must be approved by the government affairs hall at all levels.

Pei Mian was once Li Heng's right minister in history, although he made a lot of strategic mistakes, but he was very capable, not a mediocre person, he replaced Cen Shen, and checked the ordnance materials in various places one by one, and sorted them out in an orderly manner.

Earthquake thunder is the most important military material, although he Li Qing'an has specially approved, but it must also be registered by Pei Mian's subordinates, and then there is a special person to go to Shiguo to count and deliver, the procedures are very strict, so the time is relatively long, this is also a normal procedure, Pei Mian did not deliberately delay.

Another figure, Du Hongji, was also an important minister who made meritorious contributions to Li Heng's accession to the throne, serving as a squire in the military department, and later as an envoy to the Hexi Jiedu, he served as a judge in Anxi, and had great power, if he thought that a certain decree issued by Wang Changling was inappropriate, he could directly dismiss it and submit it to the Anxi Political Hall for discussion.

Li Qingan also planned to go down to the political hall to talk to everyone about Tocharo, but since everyone was here, it was just right to have a meeting.

At this time, Xiushi spoke first: "General, we have also discussed in the morning, Tocharo's strategic position is too important, it threatens our interests from all directions, and it is very difficult to contain us, the Tubo army has a food supply, we are very worried that Tubo will continue to increase the number of troops in Tocharo, if the war starts again in the spring and summer of next year, I am afraid that it will be more difficult, and we must try it as soon as possible." ”

Wang Changling next to him also said: "We have enough ordnance, grain and grass, and the troops from all over the country can be gathered to 150,000, and the Tubo army is far from being comparable to the earth-shaking thunder, so we propose to launch a winter offensive as soon as possible to drive the Tubo army out of Tocharian and reduce the pressure on the silver mines of Boxi Mountain." ”

Li Qingan pondered for a moment and said slowly: "You guys are all right, and I'm also thinking about trying to figure it out as soon as possible, but I'm worried about one thing. ”

"What is the general worried about?" Pei Mian asked. I'm worried that the Great Food Army will intervene in Tocharo. ”

Li Qing'an paused for a moment, and then said: "I really don't hide it from you, I have sent envoys to Byzantium and Dashi respectively to test their tone. ”

(To be continued)