Chapter 197: Occupy Gaochang
However, it was said that Hou Junji led the army to the territory of Gaochang Kingdom. Watermark Ad Test: Watermark Ad Test
Gaochang Kingdom is located in the mountains, although Hou Junji led the troops here, he never met the enemy, and the enemy seemed to know his whereabouts, but Hou Junji did not meet the enemy at all.
On this day, Hou Junji led the army to the foot of a mountain, and then set up a camp. Then Hou Junji led a few guards to the foot of the mountain to investigate, looking at several villages from afar, and the smoke curling.
Hou Junji stopped his horse and said to Guan Xin, the guard: "You go and take a look, ask!" ”
"Yes!" Guan Xin, the guard, took the lead, and went to the village to shout.
When the villagers saw thousands of soldiers, they were a little panicked.
"Where is the village in the middle of the village? With a certain out! Guan Xin stared coldly at those sturdy villagers and said: "We are the army of the Tang Dynasty, the king of Gaochang despised the Tang Dynasty, and colluded with the Turks to invade the Tang Dynasty, but we learned that now I came to take down the king of Gaochang by His Majesty's holy decree!" You and others are all Gaochang people, this matter has nothing to do with you, as long as you tell where the Gaochang army is, you will be fine! ”
The villagers looked at each other, but they didn't speak, and soon an old man stepped out and bowed and said, "I don't know if the general is visiting, and it's a capital crime!" We are all good citizens of Anshun, and the general may as well say it directly! ”
Guan Xin glanced back at Hou Junji, saw Hou Junji nodding, and then said: "King Gaochang offended my Tang Tianwei, the crime cannot be punished, if you know the whereabouts of his army, you can speak up to me!" ”
The old man couldn't help but look bitter, frowned, and said, "General, how can we know about the army!" ”
Hou Junji pondered for a moment, stretched out his hand to signal Guan Xin not to speak, then stepped forward and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then...... In this way, the Gaochang army resisted the heavenly soldiers. This crime is extremely heinous, but the official has been unable to catch the Gaochang army for a long time, so the official wants to set fire to the mountain. In this way, the Gaochang army was exterminated. In order not to implicate the lives of you and other people, you can leave this mountain under the arrangement of this official! ”
"What? How could a general do that. We are all innocent people! The old man was directly stunned, and it took a long time before he spoke.
"The official has never said that you are guilty, the official has said that you can leave this mountain under the arrangement of the official. You can migrate to live in Datang, and the official will arrange the fields for you! ”
The old man panicked and hurriedly said: "General think twice, we are all people born by the mountains, how can we survive when we leave the mountains here, and open up to the adults!" ”
"The official said. Will prepare the fields and grain for you, can you learn from the farming of my Tang people, don't you have to hunt in the mountains to make a living? After a slight pause, Hou Junji then said coldly: "This official has come to this point. Please prepare, remember that the official only gave you three days to wait! ”
After speaking, Hou Junji directly turned around and ordered: "Go!" Back to camp! ”
The army slowly left, Guan Xin hesitated, hesitated for a moment, and still asked: "My lord, why do you want to tell these people about the period of burning the mountain, if you let those Gaochang troops know, wouldn't it be a big mistake?" ”
"Burning Mountain?" Hou Junji smiled slightly, and said gently: "Guan Xin, do you think this official will do such an unkind act?" This mountain is hundreds of miles away, and the implication is very great, if the official puts a fire, the consequences are unimaginable, how can the official meet His Majesty and meet the descendants! ”
"This ......" Guan Xin glanced at Hou Junji in surprise, and suddenly realized: "My lord, I understand my humble position!" ”
"Oh? Tell me about it! Hou Junji said sideways.
"Come in, let's look for more than a month and have not found the Gaochang army, and we can't move forward for a long time, I'm afraid it's these people who report the news, my lord's move, so that the Gaochang army will know that we want to burn the mountain, and they will come out!" Guan Xin rode a horse with Hou Junji, and said slowly.
"Yes, this official let out the wind and said that this official wants to burn the mountain, then the Gaochang official army will definitely know the news, because according to the official's observation, these people must be the eyes and ears of the Gaochang army. When the Gaochang army learns that the official wants to burn the mountain, they have only two ways to go, one is to show their origin and fight with us, and the other is to blend in with the people, and then leave this place, or give us a blow, so the official is ready to order you to collect all the people's things, and collect all the weapons, so that the enemy soldiers here will not be attacked! ”
The conditions given by Hou Junji are not ungenerous, for the Gaochang people who hunt for a living all year round, they can go to the Tang Dynasty to farm for a living, what a big pie it is. So one after another, the people began to make shapes, preparing to follow the Datang army to Datang three days later.
Of course, there are also people who are not prepared, these people are still a little patriotic, and they feel that they are the people of Gaochang, and they should not betray Gaochang like this, and all the troops here in Gaochang also learned the news that Hou Junji was going to burn the mountain in three days.
A cottage of the Gaochang army in the mountains.
"Tang Jun'an dares to do this?" A burly man patted the wooden pier in front of him directly and said viciously. This person is Yi Juxi, the supreme commander of the Gaochang army here.
"Yi Shuai, Datang is bullying people too much, why don't we go to ......," a Gaochang general suggested.
Yi Ju was happy to hear this, paused slightly, and then laughed and said: "Haha, okay, this plan is very good, just with the intention of General Xun Jianming!" After a slight pause, Yi Juxi continued: "The marshal of the Tang Army is Hou Junji, this person is very strategic, not to be underestimated!" This time he followed the three-day deadline, thinking that the later he came, the more rigorous Tang Jun's precautions would be, today is the first person, I think Hou Junji would not have thought that we would get the news so early, and there would be no place, it is better to go and cut off his grain and grass today! ”
"Yi Shuai's words are big seconds!" Xun Jianming looked happy and agreed.
"Gather the people!"
"Yes!"
However, he said that Hou Junji and others returned to the camp, and Hou Junji hurriedly convened a military meeting. After all the lieutenant generals and others came to the military tent, Hou Junji directly ordered: "Today, we have spread the news of the burning of the mountain to the enemy army, I am afraid that the enemy army will be dying and struggling, so we need to take precautions as soon as possible!" ”
After a slight pause, Hou Junji ordered: "Guan Xin listens to the order, three days later, you will drop 10,000 troops, prepare to accept the people, go to Longyou, and urge the grain and grass by the way!" ”
"Obedience!" Guan Xinxizi replied.
"Xu Heming listens to orders!"
"Humble duty!"
"Tonight, I am afraid that the enemy will come back and attack the camp, so you will lead 10,000 troops all the way and ambush them on the left side of the camp. Inside and out! ”
"Obedience!"
"Zhang Ming listens to orders!"
"You ordered 10,000 ambushes along the way, and the right side of the large battalion, to guard against the enemy, if they dare to come. Also inside and outside! ”
"Obedience!"
"Duan Xinlei listens to orders!"
"Humble duty!"
"In the middle of the camp. You arrange, remember to keep the food and grass. Don't let the enemy see the flaws! ”
"Obedience!"
"Alright, let's go down and prepare!"
It was night, the Tang military camp was calm, and the Tang army inside the walled gate. From time to time, I looked at the dark place, and patrolled the guard as usual. There was also an occasional small group of patrolling Tang soldiers in the battalion, coming and going.
About twenty miles away from the Datang camp, there was indeed a group of enemy troops lurking in the forest. Yi Ju looked at the Datang military camp dozens of miles on his face, and felt an inexplicable sense of nervousness. Hmph, this time. When I burn all your grain and grass, I will see how you burn the mountain, I am afraid that the Tang army will be in chaos in a few days!
"Why haven't the scouts returned?"
Xun Jianming hurriedly said: "Yi Shuai, don't be in a hurry, the Tang military camp tent is in front of you." I'll wait and be careful, it's better to wait a while! ”
"Yes!" Yi Juxi nodded and said, "I don't know how Ben Shuai got it today, I'm always a little nervous......
"Yi Shuai! The Scout is back! A soft call from the person next to him interrupted Xu He's words.
"Coming?" Yi Juxi said with a tight expression, "Call quickly!" ”
A Gaochang scout came running quickly, panting, as if he was in a hurry.
Yi Juxi didn't care about letting him rest for a while, and hurriedly asked, "What is the situation in the Tang military camp tent, can you be prepared?" Come on and tell the truth! ”
"Yes...... Be! The Gaochang scout panted, wiped the sweat from his head and said, "My brothers and I checked carefully from a distance, but we saw that there were many Cao soldiers in the camp who stayed for night patrols, and they were very well guarded, just because there were many Cao soldiers guarding the gate of the camp, so they didn't have to get close, please forgive the marshal!" ”
"If you don't alarm the Tang Army, it's a great achievement! What is the sin? Yi Juxi asked those scouts to rest, and said to Xun Jianming, the general next to him, "What do you think?" ”
Xun Jianming pondered for a moment and said: "The Tang army is very well guarded, so I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to attack, but this also shows that they don't know that we will go to attack the camp, otherwise they will design an ambush!" ”
Although Yi Juxi was still a little nervous in his heart, when he thought of Xun Jianming's words, he nodded and said: "Pass the order, slowly move forward, and then rush into the enemy's camp, find where its grain and grass are, and burn it on fire!" ”
"Yes!" A cadre will bow his head.
The Gaochang army cautiously went to the Tang army camp, and there was not a trace of sound along the way.
It's closer, it's closer, and the Tang camp tent in the Gaochang army is only a few miles away.
"You go first!" Yi Juxi said to Xun Jianming on the side, "Ben Shuai will go later!" ”
"Yes!" Xun Jianming got on the horse, made a gesture, and rode with more than 1,000 horses.
Stomp, trample.
The sound of the horses' hooves went from slow to fast, and finally became one, and it was heard far away in this silent night.
What are you waiting for? Xun Jianming took the gun in his hand, looked at the Datang military camp that was getting closer and closer, and shouted, "Brothers, rush with me!" ”
"Drink!" The three hundred cavalry behind him shouted.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The Tang soldiers at the gate of the Datang military camp shouted loudly, and then the sound of golden chimes sounded, and the Tang camp was suddenly like boiling water, and there were Tang soldiers running back and forth everywhere.
Xun Jianming rode his horse to the gate of the Tang camp, and then stabbed the horse's hips with his sword, and slammed straight towards the gate. Xun Jianming rolled on the ground with his power, squeezed into the gate, drew his sword and slashed the Tang army that came to him, and defended the gate to the death.
"Knock knock!" More than a dozen horses kept crashing into the gate of the Tang camp, and finally smashed the gate open, and the subsequent cavalry roared in and killed the Tang army.
In the distance, Yi Juxi saw that Xun Jianming had already attacked the Tang camp, and shouted loudly, "Quick, brothers, follow me and go to help General Xun!" Then he waved his army straight in.
The sound of Tang Ying's killing shook the sky, Yi Juxi saw Tang Ying's fire from a distance, and said with great joy, "Pass my order!" Find a place for food and grass and prepare to set it on fire! ”
Yi Juxi didn't say much, and went straight to the Tang camp army, and he even fantasized in his heart that if he could defeat the Tang army in one stop, he would capture Hou Junji...... Haha, God help me......
"Brothers. Rush and get ready to set fire! Yi Juxi roared loudly.
Thousands of Gaochang troops were killed indiscriminately and finally entered the Tang camp, and Yi Juxi was overjoyed to see a large bulging sack behind the Chinese army from afar. He was about to lead someone to the front immediately. But suddenly I heard a drum, and then I left the camp of the Tang Chinese army. And countless sugar cakes rushed out on both sides, with armor on their bodies, ready for battle!
Yi Juxi suddenly chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly rode his horse to stop! What the? This. It won't be Hou Junji's trick!
While thinking about it, a person who looked like a general laughed loudly a few times and said, "Haha, as expected, you really came to attack the camp tent and want to cut off my food and grass!" I am Duan Xinlei under the account of Lord Hou. Why don't you get off your horse and surrender soon, and when? ”
Before Yi Juxi could speak, suddenly soldiers and horses on both sides were also slowly killed. Yi Juxi was ruthless in his heart, and shouted: "Brothers." Withdraw quickly, the enemy army has already taken precautions! ”
With Yi Juxi's loud shout, Duan Xinlei snorted coldly and said, "Want to run?" Delusional, with me here, you don't want to escape, let go of the arrows! ”
With Duan Xinlei's order, the archers on the three sides took a step forward and began to draw their bows and shoot arrows.
"Not good!" Yi Juxi hurriedly said: "Retreat quickly, break through!" ”
Duan Xinlei was not in a hurry, nor did he chase after him, and said coldly: "Don't wait for the adults, brothers, don't rush to chase, just follow and release arrows!" ”
There was an ambush, Yi Juxi hated himself in his heart, why did he have to come to rob the camp, it was better to mix among the people and go out of the mountain first, and then raid the Tang army. Just when Yi Ju was thinking about it, he suddenly felt alert in his heart, and saw a general riding a horse, and the silver tip of the spear pointed directly at him.
Yi Juxi raised his gun to block it and shouted, "There is an ambush here!" ”
Yes, just now Yi Juxi took the Gaochang army and hurriedly began to break through, and when he saw that there were few soldiers on the left, he broke through from the left. Unexpectedly, Xu Heming had been waiting here for a long time.
"Hey!" Xu Heming shot several times in a row and shouted, "Haha, if you don't surrender yet, when will you wait?" ”
"Humph!" Yi Juxi laughed and said, "Ben Shuai wants to leave, do you think you can stop it?" Then he shook his shot and rode away.
Xu Heming was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Tail chase, shoot, release arrows!" ”
Yi Juxi left most of the soldiers again, and finally went from the left side to the right side, and turned a half circle before coming to the right side. Just when Yi Juxi was a little relieved, there was a loud shout.
"No way!"
The person who spoke, it was Zhang Ming who was ambushed on the right, Zhang Ming led an army of 10,000, lying in the grass but waited for a lot of time, when he heard the shouting of killing, Zhang Ming also said that the enemy army had been taken by his own people, and he was afraid that he would return in vain tonight, but he didn't expect these people to run around the corner to send him to death, this is a great achievement sent by God!
Seeing Yi Juxi leading a group of remnants of the defeated generals, Zhang Ming smiled slightly because he was in a good mood: "It's just a few Miao people, let's put down our weapons, and it will save me a lot of effort!" ”
Yi Juxi looked back and saw that there were less than a thousand soldiers left behind him, and some of them were injured! With a wry smile, he said: "The matter has come to this point, and this commander can only repay the country with death!" ”
"Good man!" Zhang Ming came with a horse and a gun, and the Tang army behind him also swarmed up.
"Yi Shuai, retreat!" Xun Jianming saw that the situation was not very good, stepped forward to block Zhang Ming, turned around and shouted: "Yi Shuai, you withdraw quickly, doesn't Datang have a saying, leave Qingshan without worrying about no firewood!" ”
Yi Juxi hesitated to look at Xun Jianming, who was already fighting with Zhang Ming, Xun Jianming saw that Yi Juxi was still not moving, and hurriedly said: "Yi Shuai, withdraw quickly!" It's not a pity for me to die, if you die, what will we do in Gaochang! ”
Yi Juxi's eyes were slightly wet, and after a calculation in his heart, he glanced at Xun Jianming, and then rode his horse to prepare to fight his way out of the encirclement.
However, the Tang army is more than the enemy, ten times more than the enemy, how can it be possible to let this biggest enemy run away, the Tang army, which rushed up, saw that its own general was fighting with the enemy general, so many people went to encircle and suppress another enemy general!
The battle was only half a pillar of incense, Yi Juxi was killed by the Tang army's sea tactics, and Zhang Ming also killed Xun Jianming with the help of the Tang army, and the rest of the Gaochang soldiers were also killed, that is, the enemies here have all been killed. The enemy army that Hou Junji was worried about was gone, and he could pass through this mountain and enter the palace Gaochang.
Three days later, Guan Xin took 10,000 horses and horses to take all the surrounding people away and moved to Longyou to open up the wasteland, which was also a great gain in this battle.
After three months.
The royal capital of Gaochang. Qu Wentai has had an agreement since he let his general Yi Juxi lead his troops to the mountains to set up an ambush to block the Tang army, and he saw that this matter had reached the winter of the following year. Qu Wentai was even more relieved. For the Tang army to be able to attack the royal capital, Qu Wentai did not believe it at all. Not to mention the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty attacking, consuming countless grains and grass, these difficult places alone can make the Tang army retreat.
Holding a concubine in his arms. Qu Wentai was very happy, the danger of the Tang army's attack was almost solved, and the Turks had no source, this was the Tang army that he resisted by himself, and in the future, the Turks and the Tang Dynasty. Don't look at controlling me anymore.
The woman in her arms was very charming, twisting her Miaoman body, and kept moving in Qu Wentai's body. made Qu Wentai burn with desire.
However, at this moment, an attendant hurriedly arrived and blurted out: "King, it's not good! Oh no, my lord! ”
When Qu Wentai heard this, he immediately became angry, what is it, you are a wretch, you dare to say that this king is not good! Immediately scolded angrily: "Bastard, this king is good, don't talk nonsense!" Don't you want to die? ”
When the chamberlain heard this, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and cried: "The slave should die, the slave should die, the king, the Tang army has attacked the royal capital!" ”
"Damn, you should have died!" Suddenly, Qu Wentai heard something again, suddenly got up, and asked, "What? You say that the Tang army has already attacked the royal capital? You dog minion, Hugh wants to talk nonsense, how can the Tang army attack the royal capital, this king's Yi Juxi is handsome? What about the king's army of eight thousand? ”
The chamberlain knew where Yi Juxi's handsome was, and where he knew where the eight thousand troops were, and when he heard Qu Wentai's words, he was suddenly speechless.
Seeing that the waiter didn't speak, Qu Wentai immediately reprimanded angrily: "Okay, dog minion, it must be you talking nonsense!" ”
"King, there are no minions, this is all true, now that the troops are in the city, the mighty Tang army is more than our people in Gaochang!" The chamberlain hurriedly knelt down and pleaded.
At this time, the courtiers of Qu Wentai, the king of Gaochang, also came to the palace, and when they entered the main hall, they saw Qu Wentai being on fire against an inner servant, an old minister, relying on the old and selling the old, seeing this scene, it is estimated that he was a little unhappy, and said angrily: "King, now that the Tang army has come to the city, why are you still angry with an inner servant here, don't you think about it now?" ”
"What? Wang Cheng, could it be that the Tang army has really attacked the royal capital? Qu Wentai still doesn't believe it, from the Tang Dynasty to Gaochang, there are several mountains in the middle, and he has already filmed the handsome Yi Juxi to stop the enemy, how can the Tang army come, it must be a lie, yes, it must be a lie.
"Wang Cheng, you must be joking with this king, this king will not be held accountable, you guys quickly retreat!"
Hearing Qu Wentai's words, all the courtiers were about to explode in their hearts, who has the leisure time to joke with you, the entire king is in all directions, all of them are Tang Army, more than the people of Gaochang, at this time, do you still think that we have leisure to play with you?
The old minister, that is, Wang Cheng, immediately frowned and said: "Hmph, just like you, you will only be opportunistic on both sides of the Turks and the Tang Dynasty, and if you don't wait for it, it will not bring a trace of benefits to Gaochang, but it will make the Tang Dynasty come to the heavens, and now I, Gaochang, am only afraid that I will destroy the country because of you!" Say, "What is the face of you that will make me the king of Gaochang?" ”
With Wang Cheng's questioning, Qu Wentai finally detailed the attack of the Datang army, and finally believed that he had no way out, and Datang could not pursue anyone in Gaochang, but he would not let himself go!
The other courtiers also heard Wang Cheng's words, and they were slightly stunned at first, and then they knew what Wang Cheng meant, and even someone echoed: "That is, Wang Cheng, I still hope that you will be the master and hand over this person to the Tang Army, so as to avoid the catastrophe of Gaochang!" ”
"Yes, kill this person, and we will surrender to the Tang Army!"
"Yes, it's all this person, acting alone wantonly, offending the Tang Dynasty, and the people of my royal capital still have to survive!"
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shouted and scolded, and finally let Qu Wentai know how failed he was in life, and finally remembered the ridiculous things he had done before, but when he thought of his former loyal courtiers being like this, Qu Wentai was a little cold, smiled bitterly, and laughed loudly: "Haha, good, good, good, I Gaochang has loyal ministers like you, God bless Gaochang!" Hahaha! ”
"Woe to me Qu Wentai, don't you want to take me to think about the surrender of the Tang Army, as long as the Tang Army can spare my people in Gaochang, I will die without regrets, come on!"
Seeing Qu Wentai's sudden righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, the courtiers were suddenly a little uncomfortable, and bowed deeply to Qu Wentai, and then someone said loudly: "Okay, thank you for your deep understanding of righteousness!" ”
At this moment, a general rushed in with nearly a hundred soldiers, and as soon as he rushed into the main hall, he directly took down all the courtiers, and the general headed by him asked all the ministers: "Hmph, you! You are really shameless, the Tang army has already approached the city, you don't think about how to retreat from the enemy, you actually rushed into the hall to persecute the king, what are your intentions? ”
When Wang Cheng heard this, he immediately became angry: "Qu Li, what do you mean, don't you know what this matter is?" After a slight pause, he then asked loudly: "Don't you know that Gaochang's calamity is Qu Wentai's sin, if he hadn't rebelled against the Tang army, how could the Tang army have come all the way to attack?" ”
Qu Li snorted coldly, and said indifferently: "Hugh wants to tell me so much, no matter what the king does, it is my king of Qu Li, and it is my king of Gaochang, you are very courtiers, it is not right to persecute the king like this!" ”
Qu Wentai suddenly found that he still had such a loyal minister, he was immediately overjoyed, and choked up: "Qu Li, don't say it, they are right, it was all my disobedience to Tang Jun, which caused the Tang army to attack, this is all my fault, I thought that the Turks were stronger than the Tang Dynasty, and I thought that if I took refuge in the Turks, it would be stronger for me to take refuge in the Turks, but I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that the Tang Dynasty would still be thousands of miles away, costing money and food to attack!" ”
Qu Li knelt directly and said: "King! ”
"Don't say it again, after taking me to life and death, Wang Cheng, you must protect Gaochang and the people of Gaochang!"
Wang Cheng was also a little choked up at this time, knelt on the ground and cried: "Minister...... Obey the order! ”
In August of the 14th year of Zhenguan, the Tang army, under the leadership of Hou Junji, captured Tiandi City and captured more than 7,000 men and women. At this time, Qu Wentai, the king of Gaochang, was forced to death by the ministers, and his son Qu Zhisheng, under the protection of Qu Li, imprisoned all the ministers who were ready to surrender, and led the army to meet the battle. Then he was defeated again.
After more than a month of fierce fighting, Gao Chang was finally taken after Hou Junji gathered all the troops to come. Subsequently, Hou Jun gathered troops to divide his troops in various places, captured three counties, five counties, and 22 cities, with more than 8,000 households, a population of nearly 40,000 people, and more than 4,000 horses and skins, covering an area of 800 miles from east to west, and 500 miles from south to white.
Everything is gone, Hou Junji left the soldiers to guard the town, and the class returned to the court, of course, Hou Junji will not forget Qin Xuan, who has worked hard. Let the messenger send a message to Qin Xuan: "Qin Xuan's virtuous nephew, Gaochang has been taken, this place will become my Tang territory, in order to prevent the Turks from this time, the nephew of Xiang Xian will be arranged in Limo City, and the Turks must not be allowed to invade my Tang territory in the south." Now that I have returned to the court, you can also leave Limo and return to Kyoto after the arrangements are complete! Hou Jun collects books! ”
After Qin Xuan received this letter, he ordered Li Zizheng and Li Qingrui's brothers to stay in Limo, and the rest of the Mo sword soldiers also stayed in Limo, and he took Xing Honglin alone to leave Limo and prepare to return to Luoyang, Kyoto. Of course, Qin Xuan must have explained to Li Qingrui's brother what Limo needed to pay attention to later, and he also thought that Li Qingrui's brother would resign after he returned to Beijing, and he would bring Limo to join him.
At this point, the Battle of Gaochang is over!