At this time, the Tang soldiers were approaching the city, so naturally they would not give the king time to delay, so the king had to nod and said: "What the general said is very true, it just so happens that I haven't been to Chang'an for many years, so I can also go shopping!" ”

Hou Junji showed a satisfied smile, if it is of little significance to the Tang Dynasty in this matter to attack this Gaochang Kingdom, but it is a matter of great significance to let the king of Gaochang Kingdom move to Chang'an.

The king then said, "The general may as well go into the city and rest for a while, and I will leave with the general after I have explained some things!" ”

The king still wanted to delay it a little longer, as long as he entered the city and waited for good food and drink, he could delay it for two days, but Hou Junji didn't have time to think about these things, and hurriedly said: "There is a prime minister in charge of the overall situation, the king, you can go with us, I promise that no matter what the result is, I will send you back safe and sound!" ”

The old king saw that Hou Jun did not enter the oil and salt, and he hurriedly signaled to the prime minister on the side, and the prime minister knew what the king meant, and hurriedly persuaded: "General Hou is tired of traveling and driving, it is better to sit down and rest, there are beautiful people in the city, and General Hou will leave comfortably!" ”

General Hou didn't eat this at all, and strode over with a knife and said, "No, the last general is rushing home, the old king, please!" ”

Behind the old king, there were two exclamations, "Father, don't do it!" ”

A boy and a girl, the two look somewhat similar, the man is handsome and the girl is pretty, Hou Junji's eyes lit up and said: "Who are these two?" ”

The old king thought that Hou Junji had fallen in love with his daughter, and hurriedly said: "This is my emperor, the male is the crown prince Ju Yingten, and the female is the princess Ju Ruan Yu, is General Hou married?" ”

Ju Ruanyu was a little nervous and pulled her brother's arm, she knew her father's virtue, and it was not possible to give herself to the general in front of her, but if she could keep the territory of Gaochangguo······

Before they could think about it, Hou Junji pointed to the carriage lane in the imperial city of Gaochang Kingdom: "Come and get these two carriages out, it's time for us to set off!" ”

The old king and the prime minister are completely convinced, this Hou Junji is a tendon, it's useless to say anything, talk to him about etiquette, righteousness and shame, he tells you to go home for dinner, and now this situation can only go back to Datang with him first, as for what he wants to say and do after seeing Li Shimin, it depends on himself.

Hou Junji naturally didn't know that his great achievements might be wiped out in the old king's thoughts, and happily commanded the people of Gao Changguo to drive the carriage out, and said while commanding: "Old king, don't worry, I'm afraid that you will be bored on the road and decided to take your children with you, and the affairs of Gaochangguo will be handled by the prime minister!" ”

The old king's eyes widened, he never thought that Hou Junji would take his children on the road together, his daughter was okay, but his son was the successor he had worked hard to cultivate, so it was difficult to say whether he could bring it back to Chang'an like this.

But before the old king could say anything, Hou Junji ordered someone to take the prince and princess into the carriage, and the old king also got into the carriage in half a push and embarked on this journey away from his hometown.

Hou Junji watched the old king and the crown princess being taken away, turned his head to look at the prime minister and said: "Gao Changguo, now you are in charge, but remember that the old king will come back, and he will come back with the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, don't brush any eyes, be your prime minister!" ”

Before the prime minister could speak, another young man behind him said: "Hou Junji, please bring your father back safely, otherwise Gaochangguo will be in chaos!" ”

Hou Junji nodded, seeing that this was also a prince, so he left on a horse without saying more.

The soldiers who walked back were still reminiscing about the beauty of the two cities captured before, but the city that was close in front of them at this time was not captured, and said with some unhappiness: "What does the general think, they said that we will not fight if we surrender, so how can we calculate the losses before us!" ”

Hou Junji, who was passing by, also heard this, but he didn't explain too much to the soldiers, Gao Changguo's situation at this time would not be able to hold for many years even if the Tang Dynasty did not fight, and he brought the old king back to Chang'an, so that his own merit was the greatest, if there was no real evidence to capture the city rashly, Hou Junji was also afraid that Li Shimin would be forced to punish himself under the pressure of Wenchen, and then the gains would outweigh the losses.

Thinking so, Hou Junji quickly left the imperial city of Gaochang with his soldiers, and he really came and went in a hurry.

On the way, the king of Gaochangguo was still thinking about what to say when facing Li Shimin, and suddenly stuck his head out of the window as if he thought of something: "General Hou, where are we going to go from!" ”

Hou Junji had been by the king's carriage, and when he heard his words, he immediately replied: "Where else could it be?" Naturally, I went to Jingzhou City, and after Jingzhou took the big road, I would soon be able to reach Chang'an! ”

The old king didn't know what to say, but he also knew that Hou Junji was telling the truth, if he went to Chang'an from Gaochangguo, the nearest way was from Jingzhou, otherwise he would have to go around in a big circle.

But the old king knew that Jingzhou City was fighting at this time, and he didn't know if the Turks attacked it, if the attack was defeated, Hou Junji took himself to the outside of Jingzhou City, and found that the situation was wrong and killed himself with a knife, if he didn't attack it, Hou Junji had the conclusive evidence that Gaochangguo let the Turks in, and he could also kill himself with a knife, so he couldn't survive.

After thinking about it, the king said: "General Hou, stop, the Turks are attacking Jingzhou City from here, if we meet them like this, we may lose both!" ”

Hou Junji said indifferently: "How is it possible, the Turks attacked my Tang border, do you think the emperor only sent me out?" Cheng Biting Jin, that old horseman has already gone to Jingzhou! ”

The old king only felt dizzy for a while, and said with some puzzlement: "How can this be? We were really threatened by the Turks, we didn't betray Datang, how could Datang think of sending troops to Jingzhou in advance! ”

Hou Junji thought about what the sentinel said to him before, and explained: "The Turks pretended to attack Yizhou, but they didn't continue to attack, so they just wanted to grab some food?" Of course it can't be, they won't provoke the Tang Dynasty for no reason, naturally there are other plans, we investigated the Yizhou border, the Turks didn't go over at all, then there is only one possibility, that is, they want to capture Jingzhou, once they take Jingzhou, it is equivalent to mastering a garrison location that we can't guard against, a dangerous pass, so Lao Cheng went to guard, there is a word called preparedness, understand! ”

The old king sat paralyzed in the carriage, he couldn't imagine that a prepared person would be caught off guard, thinking that the Turks' operation this time also failed, the geographical location occupied by Jingzhou City is that ten people can beat you a hundred, seeing these soldiers brought by Hou Junji, Cheng Yanjin will naturally not be less than him.

Driving into the canyon, the wide road becomes narrow, but fortunately the road is relatively flat, although there are sometimes uphill and downhill slopes, but the road is always safe.

The next afternoon.

Hou Junji was humming a little song, and the sentry in front suddenly came back and said, "General, the carriage of the Turks was found ahead, but no one was found!" ”

Hou Junji hurriedly went over to check, saw that there was a futon in the carriage, and there was even some temperature in the futon, squinted his eyes and looked at the surrounding mountains and said: "It should be climbing the mountain and leaving, it is estimated that the sentry saw us, it doesn't matter, everyone be vigilant!" ”

Everyone continued to march, but now everyone looked around from time to time, for fear of a sudden attack by the Turks.

Ashina Muyun on the top of the mountain looked at the Tang soldiers under the mountain, and only felt a burst of shock, the Tang people have completely blocked this canyon, how should the Turkic soldiers escape from this encirclement, originally he just wanted to leave quickly, return to the Turks to gather his forces again, and now seeing that the Tang soldiers are about to slaughter the Turkic soldiers, Ashina Muyun said ruthlessly: "Withdraw, ignore them, who let them only recognize the second highness, not me, the sixth highness!" ”

Saying that, Ashina Muyun walked into the depths of the mountain forest with the support of several people.

The Tang soldiers walked slowly, but the Turkic soldiers who ran all night in front were panicked, although Cheng Biting Jin and others did not chase them out, but they also ran all night and a morning before they had time to rest, at this time they were eating the only little food left, originally they did not prepare too much food for this battle, because they felt that they were in a situation where they would win, and once they captured Jingzhou City, there would be countless grains for them to eat.

But they never expected that they would lose Jingzhou City less than five hours after attacking Jingzhou City, and they didn't find much valuable things in these five hours. At this time, the second prince was scolding Ashina Muyun, "Sixth waste, where did you get the news that there are not many defenders in Jingzhou City, and it will take a month for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to rush over, and I still make a statement as a vanguard army, I really believed his nonsense, we just saw the figure of the Tang soldiers, he has run away!" ”

The military advisor on the side pulled his beard and said: "Second Highness, I thought that the Sixth Highness did not expect this sudden situation, and more than 10,000 people of the Sixth Highness were also folded outside Jingzhou City, and he probably didn't mean it!" ”

The second prince took a mouthful of dry food into his throat, only to feel that his throat was broken, and said helplessly: "The sixth brother is good at everything, but he is too eager for quick success, if he can be calmer, what if this throne is handed over to him!" ”

The military did not say much, laboriously gnawed on the dry food in his hand, and after eating the dry food, the Turks once again set foot on the way home.

In the middle of the night, the Turks fell asleep on the road, and the Tang soldiers were resting in place, and the two sides tacitly agreed that there was no fire, which led to the fact that the two teams did not meet on a mountainside until noon the next day.