In the first year of Qianfeng (666 AD), Goryeo Quangai Suwen died, and the sons fought for the right to inherit, Tang Gaozong thought that the time was ripe to destroy Goryeo.

He Li was appointed as the deputy chief of the march of Liaodong Province and the ambassador of pacification, and under the control of Li Tao, he divided into joint attacks and marched into Goryeo.

In the second year of Qianfeng (667 AD), the Tang army captured the important military town of Xincheng (now Gaoershan City, Fushun, Liaoning).

Stay in the deed and defend him. At that time, the 150,000 troops of the Goryeo Army were stationed in Liaoshui (now Liaohe), and tens of thousands of people were stationed in Nansu City (now the intersection of the Suzi River and the Hunhe River in Fushun, Liaoning).

He Li was not afraid at all, and led the Tang army to fight bloodily, beheaded more than 10,000 levels, and captured eight cities by victory.

Then he led the army to join Li Tao and captured the two cities of Daxing (now Niangniang City, Dandong, Xinan, Liaoning) and Huyi (now Yongrou Realm, North Korea).

When the Goryeo army heard this, the commander of the army of Khambi Ho Li drove straight into the city of Pyongyang with other armies. In September of the first year of the General Chapter (668 AD), Pyongyang fell.

Izumi was captured, and the whole territory of Goryeo was pacified. The Tang Dynasty set up the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate in Pyongyang, appointed Xue Rengui as the inspector of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, and led 20,000 troops to garrison the local area and govern the nine local governors.

After returning to China, he entered the general of the town army, the general of the left guard, changed the title of Liangguo Gong, and still inspected the right Yulin army.

In the third year of Shangyuan (676), Tubo Koubian, Tang Gaozong appointed King Zhou as the marshal of the Taozhou Road march, and King Xiang as the marshal of the Liangzhou Road March, and led the Qibi He Li to the expedition. The two kings failed to make the trip, and the battle plan of Qibi He Li also failed.

In the second year of Yifeng (677), Qi He Li died, and was buried in the Zhaoling of Tang Taizong, and Tang Gaozong posthumously presented the auxiliary general and the governor of the state, and the nickname of Qi He Li was Yi.

He Li had three sons, Qi Bi Ming, Qi Bi Guang, and Qi Bi Zhen. From the official of the Ming Dynasty to the general of the left eagle Yangwei,

He is also the governor of Helan and the Duke of Liangguo. Qi Biguang served as the general of the right leopard Taowei during Wu Zetian's time and was killed by the cool officials. The official of the Chebi chaste to the secretary of the Shaoqing.

He Li was born in the early Tang Dynasty. It can be said that he was born at the right time and died at the right time, he met a famous monarch like Tang Taizong, who knew people well and used people without doubt.

He fought side by side with generals like Li Jing and Li Tao. He was taught by words and deeds from a world-famous general, and his military talent was brought into full play.

He also died at the right time, if he waited until Tang Gaozong died, Wu Zetian would come to power, and cool officials would run rampant.

Even if he has made great achievements, he will not escape the poison. The time, place, and people have created a generation of famous generals of different races, and his glorious image will always shine on the Tang Dynasty.

Goshuhan

"The Big Dipper is high, and Geshu carries a knife at night. So far, I have peeped at the herding horses, and I dare not cross Lintao", "You can't learn from Brother Shu to run rampant in Qinghai at night with a knife, and take a purple robe from the West Tushi Fort." In the north window,

Ten thousand words are not straight to a glass of water". He is a hero with brilliant achievements in the history of the Tang Dynasty, and even the poet Li Bai thinks that the famous general Wei Qing of the Han Dynasty cannot be compared with his poems.

He is a victim of the tragic halo, he is not guaranteed in the evening, he is defeated and surrenders to the enemy, "ugly Shu Han, he can't die the king", "Please tell the generals to guard against it, be careful not to learn from Brother Shu". He is a proof of Datang's openness and broadness,

Although he could not die for the Tang Dynasty, after he was killed by the rebels, the Tang Ting still posthumously awarded him the title of Tai Lieutenant. Nicknamed Wu Shu, right and wrong, Ge Shuhan, he is the most regrettable figure in the history of the Tang Dynasty.

Goshuhan (?) —757 AD), a Turkic and a descendant of the leader of the Turgish Shikoshu tribe. Ge Shuhan's grandfather's name was Ge Shufu, and he was the head of Zuo Qingdao. Ge Shuhan's father's name was Ge Shu Daoyuan, who served as the deputy capital protector of the Anxi Prefecture and the envoy of the Chishui Army (now Wuwei County, Gansu).

Ge Shuhan lived in Anxi (now Kuqa, Xinjiang), his mother Wei Chi was the princess of the king of Khotan (now southwest of Hotan, Xinjiang), the proud son of the sky, the family was wealthy, and Ge Shuhan, who grew up in this kind of family, was both civil and military, and showed extraordinary qualifications, but because he liked to drink and gamble,

There has been no big deal. At the age of forty, his father died, and according to the etiquette of the Han family, he lived in Chang'an for three years, but he was despised by Chang'an Wei. Geshuhan was mentally devastated,

"Angry and angry, fighting the sword of Hexi", to Hexi (now Wuwei, Gansu) festival to make Wang Qi under the army. In the first year of Tianbao (742 AD),

The Tang army captured Xincheng (now Menyuan, Qinghai), and Wang Qi handed over this place to Ge Shuhan to manage, Ge Shuhan managed the army well, and the orders were strict, "the three armies were all deterred", and from here began the beginning of his military career.

In the fifth year of Tianbao (746 AD), Wang Zhonghe, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, concurrently served as the envoy of the Hexi Festival, and soon discovered the talent of Ge Shuhan, admired him very much, and promoted him to a general. elder brother

Shu Han has read through "Zuo's Spring and Autumn" and "Hanshu" since he was a child, and his words and deeds imitate ancient heroes everywhere.

In the sixth year of Tianbao (747 AD), Wang Zhongsi promoted Ge Shuhan to be the deputy envoy of the Great Dou Army, and began to stand alone to deal with the invasion of Tibet.

In a campaign against Tibet, an adjutant general did not listen to the command, and Ge Shuhan killed this person with a wooden stick.

In the first battle of Kubahai, the Tibetan army was divided into three echelons and galloped down from the mountain. Geshuhan's spear was broken, and he fought with the enemy with half a spear, invincible, and the Tufan army on all three roads was crossed.

Since then, Ge Shuhan's reputation has been greatly enhanced, and the imperial court appointed him as the deputy envoy of Longxi Jiedu, the envoy of the soldiers and horses of Duzhi Guanxi, and the envoy of the Heyuan Army (now Xining, Qinghai).

In the past, every wheat ripening season, Tubo would send cavalry to the place where the Jishi army was tuntian to harvest wheat, and they proudly called the Jishi army's wheat field "Tubo Wheat Village". When Ge Shuhan learned of this, he was very angry, and he decided to teach the Tibetan people a hard lesson.

In July, the 5,000 cavalry of Tibet came to repeat the old trick again, in the past, the Tang army was in the city and closed doors.

Ge Shuhan carefully deployed, ambushed layer by layer, the Tubo army was caught off guard, and no one escaped, and never dared to run to grab wheat again. Ge Shuhan had a servant named Zuoche, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old at the time, and his arm strength was outstanding.

Every time he played, he followed Goshuhan. Geshuhan is good at using a gun, and whenever he catches up with the enemy, he puts the gun on the enemy's shoulder, and with a loud shout, as soon as the enemy turns around, he is stabbed in the throat.

Pick up more than five feet high. fell to the ground, got off the horse and cut off the head of the left car, in order to repay the military merits, and the master and servant cooperated tacitly. Accustomed to it, the enemy was terrified and regarded them as fierce and vicious.

In his later years, Tang Xuanzong still attached great importance to side work. In July of the sixth year of Tianbao, he asked Hexi and Longyou Jiedu to make Wang Zhonghei attack the Shibao City (now southwest of Huangyuan, Qinghai) held by Tubo. In this regard, Wang Zhongsi has his own

Opinion, "The terrain of Shibao City is dangerous, and Tubo is defended by the whole country.

If you take this city, you will definitely have to kill tens of thousands of soldiers. It is better to gain than to lose, but it is better to take a truce and act when the opportunity arises",

Tang Xuanzong was very unhappy, and in October, Tang Xuanzong sent the general Dong Yanguang to attack Shibao City. ordered Wang Zhongsi to send troops to cooperate, Wang Zhongsi had no choice but to assist Dong Yanguang, but he did not go all out.

The stone castle city could not be conquered when it expired, and Dong Yanguang put all the blame on Wang Zhonghei, and at this time, the prime minister Li Linfu also came to fall into the ground.

Li Linfu asked one of Wang Zhonghe's former subordinates to go to the capital to complain,

Framed Wang Zhonghe, "I grew up with King Zhong (later Tang Suzong) and should support him as the crown prince." Tang Xuanzong was furious and recalled Wang Zhongsi to the court and interrogated him strictly.

Tang Xuanzong recruited Ge Shuhan into the court, and some people persuaded Ge Shuhan to take more gold silk to rescue Wang Zhonghei. Ge Shuhan said frankly, "If the straight road still exists, the prince will not die unjustly." If he is about to mourn, what is the reason for bribes", only bring one package into the court.

Tang Xuanzong had a very speculative conversation with Ge Shuhan, and he asked Ge Shuhan to take the place of Wang Zhonghe. He served as the deputy ambassador of Longyou Jiedu Zhidu Yingtian, and served as the envoy of Longyou (now Qinghai Ledu) Jiedu.

At the time of parting, Ge Shuhan said that Wang Zhonghei was not guilty, Tang Xuanzong did not listen, turned around and left, Ge Shuhan kowtowed to accompany him, kneeling and begging Tang Xuanzong, "Words are generous, tears are falling",

Tang Xuanzong was impressed by Ge Shuhan's sincerity and understood that Wang Zhongsi was wronged, and finally raised his noble hand and demoted Wang Zhongsi to the Taishou of Hanyang (now Hubei) only for the crime of obstructing military merits.

Before this, Tang Xuanzong had killed three sons without hesitation for the same reason, and the husband of one daughter, it was very rare to be able to treat Wang Zhonghei who had been raised by him like this.

After this incident, the court praised Ge Shuhan, and it was recorded in the history books that "the court is righteous and strong".

After Wang Zhonghei was demoted, no one dared to disobey Tang Xuanzong's wish to expand the territory, and after Ge Shuhan was entrusted with an important task, of course he knew what to do.

He took a step-by-step strategy, built Shenwei City in Qinghai (now Qinghai Lake), and stretched his sharp knife under the noses of the Tubo army.

The Tang army rose up and quickly recaptured this bridgehead. Geshuhan built another Yinglong City, which was a corner with Shenwei City, and stationed 2,000 people in this city, and the battle situation changed from passive defense to active attack.

The initiative in the war has reached Goshuhan. The Tang army won victories one after another, and once again set its sights on Shibao City, in order to recapture this strategic place, even if the blood flowed, Tang Xuanzong did not hesitate.

The terrain of Stone Fort City is extremely dangerous, and there is only one mountain road leading to the city, which is majestic and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It has always been the forward position of the Tibetan army, and the Tang army has tried to recapture Shibao City many times, but it has not worked.

Tang Xuanzong was bound to win, and put more than 100,000 soldiers in Shuofang, Hedong and other places under the command of Ge Shuhan, and attacked Shibao City with the strength of the country.

In June of the eighth year of Tianbao (749 AD), a battle began.

The Tang army and the Turkic Absi Department had a total strength of 63,000 people, while the Tibetan defenders were only a few hundred.

The only mountain road leading to the city was firmly blocked. The Tang army attacked fiercely for several days, suffering casualties and still not being able to succeed. Ge Shuhan was so anxious that he wanted to make an example of him.

Take the siege vanguard officers Gao Xiuyan and Zhang Shouyu to open the knife. Gao Xiuyan and Zhang Shouyu begged for a grace period of three days, if it expired,

Be willing to take refuge in sin. The Tang army did not hesitate to launch round after round of charges, and after tens of thousands of casualties, they finally captured Shibao City as scheduled.

One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, and one will be as Wang Zhongsi expected. In this battle, 400 people were captured on the Tibetan side, including the general Iron Blade Sinoluo,

This strategic location, which could go directly to Hehuang, was once again returned to the hands of the Tang army. Tang Xuanzong was very pleased, Ge Shuhan was very pleased because of his military merits, and he became a foreign secretary of Honglu, and a son became a five-grade official and gave thousands of horses.

Give a manor, add the regent of the imperial doctor, Tianbao eleventh year (AD 752), and add the seal of the opening of the house with the three divisions.

Although the Battle of Shibao City cost the Tang Army a heavy price, the positive role of recovering strategic points cannot be underestimated. The Tang Dynasty took this opportunity to advance step by step, and all the Jiuqu tribes were recovered, and the springboard for Tubo's eastward advance was dismantled.

The Tang army occupied an absolute advantage on the battlefields of Hexi and Longyou. By the thirteenth year of Tianbao, the dividing line between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo had advanced to the west of Qinghai Lake and the Yellow River.

"At that time, China was prosperous and strong, from the west of Anyuan Gate to the Tang Realm, where there were 12,000 miles, Lu Yan looked at each other, mulberry and hemp were wild, and the world called the rich as Longyou", Ge Shuhan entered the dynasty every time,

Always riding a white camel, you can walk 500 miles in a day. In July of the thirteenth year of Tianbao, Ge Shuhan set up two counties of Taoyang (now southwest of Lintan, Gansu) and Douhe (now Guide Realm, Qinghai) in the newly recovered Jiuqu.

Wanxiu and Shence were established, and the Shence army was later escorted by the Tang Dynasty when the emperor fled, and entered Beijing to become the forbidden army directly controlled by the central government.

Part of the task of defending Tibet in the west and north of Chang'an was also undertaken by the Shence army, which played the role of a pillar in the defense and conquest.

Li Linfu and An Lushan were on good terms, and Ge Shuhan had a good relationship with Yang Guozhong.

Tang Xuanzong learned that Ge Shuhan had a bad relationship with An Lushan and An Sishun, so he took the opportunity of the three of them entering the court together in the eleventh year of Tianbao to match them to release their previous suspicions. Tang Xuanzong sent the eunuch Gao Lishi to hold a banquet to entertain Ge Shuhan and An Lushan,

Let the two big celebrities in the eyes of the emperor be commensurate with brothers. When An Lushan was full of wine and food, he took the initiative to show favor to Ge Shuhan, "My father is a Hu person, and my mother is a Turkic person.

Your father is a Turkic and your mother is a Hu person, our bloodlines are so similar, how can people not feel close", Ge Shuhan has read a lot of history books, and replied quite interestingly, "The ancients said, the wild fox howled towards the cave where he was born,

It is an ominous sign, because it has forgotten its roots, how can my brother Shuhan not be deciless", An Lushan did not know a basket of big characters, and when he heard it, he thought that Ge Shuhan was sneering at himself, and he was furious,

Pointing at Ge Shuhan and scolding, "You Turkic dog dare to talk like this", Ge Shuhan was about to get up and scold back, Gao Lishi glanced at him, and this did not evolve into a full martial arts.

Ge Shuhan has made many military exploits, and Prime Minister Yang Guozhong wants to win him over to deal with An Lushan, so it is expected that his official fortune will be prosperous.

In the twelfth year of Tianbao, Ge Shuhan concurrently served as the envoy of the Hexi Festival, entered the Liangguo Gong, and sealed 300 households, and soon, entered the king of Xiping County, Tianbao 13 years, and then worshiped the prince Taibao, added 300 households, and served as the imperial historian. (To be continued.) )