Li Shimin sat on horseback, watching the huge cavalry team in the distance gradually leave, Li Shimin was full of emotion, to be honest, if it wasn't for Huo Gang this time, he Li Shimin would definitely die here, of course, he could come to the Western Regions because of Huo Gang.

But all in all, the benefits of coming to the Western Regions were much greater than the disadvantages.

Although he encountered danger because of Huo Gang, after comprehensive consideration, especially after seeing the army under Huo Gang, Li Shimin understood that his choice was not wrong, it was a very simple problem, the contradiction between Huo Gang and An Xinggui could not be eliminated, which meant that if he didn't come here, it would be impossible for him to stand on Huo Gang's side.

This means that when An Xinggui and Huo Gang clashed, it was extremely likely that Datang and Huo Gang would fight each other, and at that time, would the entire Liangzhou be able to resist the attack of Huo Gang's soldiers?

No.

Li Shimin knows the answer very well, don't look at Huo Gang's command It seems that all the cavalry under his command lack the strength of the soldiers to attack the city, but in fact, does he need to attack the city? In the entire Liangzhou Guazhou, if Huo Gang cut off the supply of the army in the pass, with the quality of his soldiers, it would be too difficult for them to destroy the other party.

This means that the other party itself is invincible, and once the other party starts harassing the villages around the city, as long as these people are forced into the city, it will not be long before a city collapses.

And now, not only has the problem between Huo Gang and An Xinggui been solved, but most importantly, it has also been figured out that Huo Gang is their true friend of the Tang Dynasty, so the Western Regions can be regarded as completely stabilized.

Jieli is in their hands, they have already contacted Li Jing, after Li Jing leaves some soldiers, he can directly transfer the army to the north, take Wuyuan and other places The important horse breeding land of the Eastern Turks, and capture it!

The Eastern Turks, who have lost 40,000 elite cavalry, will fall into an unprecedented state of weakness, and this is their chance for the Tang Dynasty!

"Keming, Shilian, I have an idea." Retracting his gaze from Huo Gang's distant cavalry, Li Shimin spoke.

"Your Majesty, please speak." The two of them glanced at each other and asked directly.

"What do you think, in order to thank Huo Gang for saving his life, how about handing over the land of Guazhou directly to Huo Gang?" Li Shimin said abruptly.

"Huh?!" Du Ruhui and Gao Shilian were stunned for a moment, and directly handed over Guazhou to Huo Gang? Although there are not many left in the Tang Dynasty in the land of Guazhou, there are still three big cities in Guazhou, including Suoyang City, Datang Yumen Pass, and Dunhuang City, which add up to about 300,000 people.

If you count the population of the entire Guazhou, there is a population of nearly 500,000, not to mention the population, Datang has no shortage of population, the question is why Li Shimin suddenly thought of giving Huo Gang land?

"Your Majesty, what do you think?" Du Ruhui and Gao Shilian glanced at each other.

"It's very simple, according to Huo Gang's current development experience, let's not talk about this incident, just talk about Huo Gang's big Han, Yumen Pass in the Han Dynasty assumed the role of Huo Gang's capital, but the distance between Yumen Pass and Dunhuang County in the Han Dynasty was too close."

"At present, we are in a state of alliance, but such a close distance is not conducive to the continuation of peaceful exchanges between our two countries, and the whole Guazhou is tasteless for us, and it is a pity to abandon it."

"In the past, we couldn't give up because of the important strategic points that entered the Western Regions, but after I returned to Chang'an, the center of gravity of the Tang Dynasty will inevitably go north, so the soldiers in the Western Regions will need to be transferred out in large quantities, not to mention directly to the northern line, at least the soldiers from Dunhuang and other places can be pumped to Tuyuhun, and there is no problem in controlling the local area."

"Then in such a situation, the distance between Dunhuang and Yumen Pass is easy for us to have some contradictions."

"It's very simple, with the strengthening of trade between our two sides in the future, the soldiers of the Han near Yumen Pass will inevitably strengthen the realm, so how should the defenders of Dunhuang County deal with themselves? It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. ”

"If it's not done properly, there will be conflicts between the two sides."

"Rather than this, it is better to simply hand over Guazhou directly to Huo Gang, then we will take back the main force to Jiuquan County, and Dahan will take Duanshui west of Jiuquan County as the boundary, and strengthen the construction of a new city near Jiuquan, the overall terrain near Jiuquan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so a small number of troops can defend a very large area."

Li Shimin directly said his thoughts.

"Of course, there is another reason, on the condition that Guazhou give it to the other party, after we take the Eastern Turks, I hope they can assist us in deterring the Eastern Turks from the side." Li Shimin added.

Du Ruhui and Gao Shilian glanced at each other, and immediately understood Li Shimin's true intentions, I am afraid that the latter sentence is true.

It's very simple, the 40,000 Turkic elite cavalry of Jieli escaped ...... Less than a thousand! That's right, after the White Tiger Army that chased and killed those Turkic cavalry came back, according to the results of their statistics, less than 1,000 of the 40,000 elite Turkic cavalry were able to escape!

All the others were chased and killed on the Gobi Desert, if it weren't for the fact that the Turks scattered later, and the strength of the White Tiger Army was not enough, it is estimated that none of these Turks would have been able to escape!

Forty thousand elite Turkic cavalry! Dead and dead! The most terrifying thing is that when these Turkic cavalry fled back, in the hearts of the entire Eastern Turks, Huo Gang's reputation is estimated to be able to scare children from crying at night!

If Huo Gang was to be deterred from the side, as long as they took it down, these Turks would definitely not dare to resist!

In the past, the reason why they couldn't rule the grassland was because they didn't have enough deterrent power on the grassland, but now it's different, if Huo Gang can intimidate them, they won't dare to resist at all! Then they will have enough time to control the entire steppe!

And Li Shimin considered it correctly, after all the defenders were transferred back to Guazhou, there was absolutely no problem at all with these redundant defenders directly stationed in Tuyuhun.

With Huo Gang's assistance, Tuyuhun's rule has also stabilized, and the most important thing is that the forces they invested in Liangzhou Guazhou can be greatly reduced, and all military forces can go north.

As long as there is peace on this side of Liangzhou, then the north is not a problem at all! The 40,000 acres of black land they have long regarded as the bag of the Tang Dynasty.

"I think you can, but I think Your Majesty can give Guazhou to Huo Gang under another name." Gao Shilian next to him thought about it and said directly.

"What's the name?" Li Shimin was a little curious.

"Didn't Your Majesty decide to marry Princess Changle to Huo Gang? You can directly name Guazhou as Changle Prefecture, and then give it to Huo Gang as a dowry! Gao Shilian said directly.

Du Ruhui next to him was stunned for a moment, and then immediately arched his hand at Gao Shilian and said, "Gao Gong, admire!" ”

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up instantly, this is an excellent excuse! And not just an excellent excuse, and arguably, it's just as killing two birds with one stone.

Li Shimin instantly understood what Gao Shilian meant, to put it bluntly, Gao Shilian and Du Ruhui had already seen that Huo Gang was not only a man who kept his promises, but also a person with a temperament.

He is not the kind of villain who is two-faced and stabbed, such a person you have to talk to him about righteousness, and this can be seen from this time when Huo Gang rescued him as soon as possible.

So the existence of Changle Prefecture is actually reminding Huo Gang from the side, don't forget, we are not just allies, in terms of personal relationship, I, Li Shimin, am still your father-in-law! Your son-in-law is always going to give me face as a father-in-law, right?

"In this way, after returning to Chang'an, I will directly announce this matter, Shilian, you don't need to return to Chang'an for the time being, you will wait here in Wuwei, and then you will have full authority to lead the envoy to take charge of this matter." Li Shimin thought about it and said very simply.

"Yes!" Gao Shilian did not object.

In fact, Huo Gang saved Li Shimin, it is impossible for them to say nothing, this is the emperor who saved the Tang Dynasty, the grace of saving his life, you can't give anything too much. But are these Huo Gang lacking? Maybe it's missing, but Huo Gang doesn't like it.

As for other things, it can be seen from this negotiation that Dahan has many things more than they imagined in Datang, and from the Li family in Longxi, they have already understood that Huo Gang is in an advantage over them in many aspects.

In such a state, there was not much they could give Huo Gang.

The news of An Xinggui's rebellion has quickly spread throughout the Tang Dynasty with the demise of An Xinggui Jieli, and the fact that Li Shimin was rescued by Huo Gang has also spread to Chang'an, of course, when the news came, the entire Chang'an had something to do with Wuwei An's family had been controlled.

When Li Shimin repaired in Wuwei for two days and left Wuwei for Chang'an, Huo Gang had already come to the Yumen Pass of the Tang Dynasty, An Xinggui was still alive, he was not dead, but the whole person was like a walking corpse, and he didn't speak, anyway, he was alive like that.

From the beginning to the end, Huo Gang didn't have any communication with him at all, as if he didn't exist, and when the familiar environment around him appeared, An Xinggui came back to his senses, here...... Of course he does.

The last time he was here, he was the Duke of Liangguo of the Tang Dynasty, and Huo Gang and they were just a bunch of wandering remnants of the defeated army, and now they ...... He has become a prisoner, but Huo Gang has become a leader who can be equal to Li Shimin.

Throwing him in the place where Huo Ling committed suicide before, Ma Yuan directly pulled out the long knife on his waist and threw it to him.

"You kill yourself." Huo Gang looked at him and said expressionlessly.

An Xinggui laughed miserably, he knew that Huo Gang must have other intentions in keeping him, but what he didn't expect was that Huo Gang would pull him and let him commit suicide outside of this Tang Yumen Pass.

And right behind him is the gate of the Datang Yumen Pass, and above the gate at this moment, all the soldiers of the Datang Dynasty are still watching, and among these soldiers, there are even people who watched Huo Ling commit suicide here.

The rope on An Xinggui's body has been untied, he reached out and picked up the long knife on the ground, and it can be seen that this is a good knife, made of stainless steel, and at this moment there are only Huo Gang and Ma Yuan in front of him.

If there is a different person, maybe he has to rush over and fight, maybe he can catch Huo Gang?

It's just that Huo Gang, who was standing there quietly like that, An Xinggui had an intuition in his heart, if he rushed over, he would definitely die.

Not to mention...... At this moment, An Xinggui had completely lost his previous spirit, he raised his head and glanced at Huo Gang with a complicated expression, and then asked in a hoarse voice: "Don't you ask about the reason for the conflict between me and Huo Ling?" ”

"There's no need for that, although I don't know the reason, but it's nothing more than you for the sake of profit, he is for the people, that's all." Huo Gang said with a calm face.

Looking at Huo Gang, who was extremely calm, An Xinggui was silent for a long time, Huo Gang didn't know what was going on between them, but Huo Gang's two sentences ...... But the conflict between him and Huo Ling was simply said.

After a long time, An Xinggui let out a few wry smiles from his mouth, and he said in a calm tone: "You are right, although Huo Ling is not a famous general, he is the most backbone general I have ever seen. ”

"Huo Ling has been buried by me, and his grave is on a hill northeast of Yumen Pass, if you go, it will be easy to find."

After saying it in a calm tone, An Xinggui raised the long knife in his hand violently, and directly wiped it on his neck with his backhand.

Looking at An Xinggui, whose blood splattered a few meters away, his pupils dilated directly, and the whole person finally fell to the ground, Huo Gang was a little surprised, he thought that An Xinggui would resist, but he didn't expect it...... He didn't resist.

Ma Yuan walked over and picked up his long knife, while Huo Gang pulled out the long sword on his waist with a "swish", and then he knelt directly on one knee, the long sword in his hand was inserted into the ground in front of him, holding the hilt of the sword with both hands, and bowing his head.

All the soldiers behind Huo Gang knelt down on one knee almost at the same time, maintaining the same movements as Huo Gang.

About a minute later, Huo just withdrew his hand, took the water bag from his waist and opened it, and poured it on the ground in front of him, before he whispered: "General Huo, I am fortunate to have led these people to survive successfully, not only that, but I will also lead them and give them a better life." ”

Huo Gang's voice was very soft, and only Ma Yuan beside him could hear it, but Ma Yuan ...... Not understood, he didn't know why his own general would call his father a general.

But he could understand the responsibility and the oath in that tone.

After finishing speaking, Huo Gang stood up directly from the ground, the long sword in his hand was unsheathed, looking at An Xinggui's body there, Huo Gang said lightly: "Send someone to find a cemetery for him to bury." ”

"Yes!"

"Let's go home!" Only then did Huo Gang turn his gaze to the West, which was their home, the home of all their Han people!

The scout has already returned to Yumen Pass, and the news of Huo Gang's victory has already spread throughout the entire Han Dynasty, to be precise, I am afraid it has spread throughout the entire Western Regions! Everyone in the Western Regions knows that the Great Han has become even stronger!