"Didn't you report that the soldiers and horses in the rear have been trained almost before? It's been three months, Lu Dongzan is not a fool, he can guess about it.

Retreating now, he must be afraid that General Ben will join up with the main force and then fight with Tubo.

That's why he ran away overnight, and what he had to do was very simple, that is, it was easy to attack and defend, and change offense to defense.

Use the cities of Tibet to consume our elite soldiers, and once the 300,000 troops are exhausted, Tibet will once again occupy the initiative in the war.

It's a good calculation! ”

Su Dingfang sighed, if he could know in advance, he would be able to set up an ambush on their retreat, not to mention that it would be easy to eat tens of thousands of people on him.

This is the disadvantage of not having the right to information, but there is no way, who calls their cavalry not as large as others.

Depressed, depressed.

"Then general, let's pursue it immediately, and we can always catch some backward Tubo people!"

A hint of sharpness flashed in Chen Hu's eyes, since the enemy had retreated, he should attack forward, grab the opponent's tail and bite it violently.

"It's late! Now the Tubo people don't know where to go, and besides, what kind of character do you think Lu Dongzan is easy to deal with?

He still has tens of thousands of cavalry in his hand, and he is waiting for us to pass now.

You send cavalry now, and the other party can just fight us in the field and consume the living strength of our cavalry.

If there is no cavalry, even if we can take the Tibetan front, it will be difficult to expand the results of the battle. ”

Su Dingfang sighed, even if he wanted to pursue at this time, he wouldn't dare.

It's not that he's afraid of fighting the opposing cavalry, it's that it's not worth it.

If you want to fight, there will be opportunities in the future, and you are not in a hurry at this time.

"So what do we do now?"

Chen Qi glanced at Su Dingfang and asked him directly what to do next.

"What to do? Isn't their withdrawal exactly what we want to see? The whole army was ordered to rest and recuperate, and the soldiers in the rear were asked to send 100,000 men over first. ”

Su Dingfang smiled, since they ran away, then why didn't he do it.

Hurry up and let yourself rest, and when the soldiers and horses are finished, it will be easy to take Tubo.

"Whoa!"

Soon Su Dingfang's meaning also spread to the rear, and then 100,000 pioneers left directly and rushed to Jishi Pass.

With the support of these 100,000 vanguard troops, Su Dingfang also sprinkled all the cavalry.

The first is to track the traces of the Tibetans, and the second is to listen to the military situation, reconnoiter intelligence, and create opportunities for subsequent attacks.

"They didn't chase after them?"

Lu Dongzan glanced at Zha Yangcuo and asked about the situation behind.

"No, they probably also knew that we had an arrangement, so they didn't chase after us!"

Zayangcuo sighed and directly reported the situation to Lu Dongzan.

"Forget it, let the cavalry arranged in the back withdraw, and garrison the city with all your might!"

Lu Dongzan nodded, and directly signaled Zayangcuo to withdraw all the cavalry behind.

"Yes!"

Zayangcuo nodded, and went directly to order the cavalry behind to fully retreat.

Tubo fought in an all-round battle, and the Western Regions were also fighting, although Xue Li was not so old and spicy compared to Su Dingfang, he was more ruthless.

But if he is targeting the enemy, it is one word, fight.

Soon, the rebellious states in the Western Regions began to collapse under Xue Li's blows, split, and finally surrendered completely.

After taking these three kingdoms, Xue Li did not intend to give up, but for anyone who had anything to do with these three kingdoms, Xue Li also came to the city and ordered the other party to hand over people.

"General, do you really want to do this?"

Cui He glanced at Xue Li and thought that his arrogant behavior was somewhat unreasonable.

"It has to be like this, now that the countries of the Western Regions have just been pacified, we need to show the posture of the Tang Dynasty.

I want to show them what the consequences of being associated with those who rebel will be.

In this way, they will be able to take this as a warning and know what they should and should not do. ”

Xue Li didn't think he was too much at all, on the contrary, he thought that Su Dingfang was too light before.

If you don't kill these people, these people won't be afraid at all.

Only by killing them until they are scared can they be more obedient.

"But what if they don't hand it over?"

Cui He frowned, not knowing whether the other party was right or wrong to do this.

"Don't hand it over? Then kill, kill one and there will be no second.

Kill chickens and monkeys, and show those countries in the Western Regions who are the masters here! ”

A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Xue Li's eyes, he wished that the other party would not hand over someone.

Killing only the rebels is really not enough as a deterrent.

Only by killing some people who are attached to them can the entire Western Regions be deterred.

When anyone rebels again, they don't have to say anything, they will also choose to follow Datang together.

"Whoa!"

Cui He also had nothing to say, so he could only choose to go dark with the other party.

Sure enough, just as Cui He thought, the small town in front of him didn't give Xue Li face at all and refused to hand over people.

And Xue Li also sneered and ordered the army to attack the city.

The result was obvious, they couldn't resist the attack of Datang's elite at all.

Soon the city fell, and then Xue Li also beheaded the lord of the country and those involved in Duman in front of everyone.

Then let the people elect a lord of the kingdom to come out, and he withdrew with his troops.

With the lessons of the past, no small countries in the Western Regions dared to say a word wherever Xue Li went.

The people Xue Rengui wanted were sent out, not only them, but also those who were related to them were also tied up and sent out.

Xue Li also didn't give those people face at all, and directly cut off the heads of those people outside the city in front of the people in the Western Regions of the city.

After this shock, the entire Western Regions had no crooked thoughts about Datang at all.

After doing this, Xue Li also wrote to Li Zhi and reported all the things in the Western Regions.

Seeing that the rebellion in the Western Regions was put down, Li Zhi was also excited.

I have to say that Li Yanran is really knowledgeable, and recommended Su Dingfang to go to Tubo, where there were many successes.

First 10,000 broke 80,000, and then it broke 100,000 in a sneak attack.

It also resisted the attack of 400,000 Tibetan troops according to Jishi Pass, and now it is also actively training to prepare for a counterattack on Tubo itself.

recommended Xue Li to go to the Western Regions, which not only captured the rebellious bandit capital Man, exterminated the rebellious countries, but also shocked the countries of the Western Regions and played the prestige of the Tang Dynasty.

So should he let Li Ji go to Goguryeo as he thought?

After all, Goguryeo is the eternal pain of the Tang Dynasty, and his father's wisdom and martial arts failed to take down the land of projectiles.

It has been a while since he succeeded to the throne, and he has been attacking Goguryeo for many years, and his progress is still slow.

Isn't it right to suppress those who have achieved great victories by yourself?

"Ryan."

"Your Majesty! The slave is here! ”

Hearing the call, Ryan was also the first to walk in.

"Go and call me at once!"

“？？？”

Ryan was stunned for a moment, not knowing what the other party meant.

What does it mean to be a good looking for a British duke?

"What are you doing in a daze, hurry up!"

"Whoa!"

Ryan didn't dare to slack off, so he went directly to arrange for the Yellow Gate to pass the decree and summon Li Ji to come to the imperial study.

"Minister Li Ji has seen His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Li Ji is still a little confused, this has nothing to do, it is either a traitor or a thief.

Did something happen to his stupid son?

"British Prince, hurry up!"

Li Zhi smiled and directly asked Li Ji to get up and speak.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Ji got up and looked at Li Zhi with a smile on his face, and his heart became even more puzzled.

"Do you know why I summoned you here, English duke?"

Looking at the nervous Li Ji, Li Zhi smiled again.

He knew that he had summoned him for such no reason, and the other party would definitely beat the drum in his heart.

It's like being called by my dad before, there is no reason, and it is impossible not to be afraid.

"Li Ji is stupid, I hope Your Majesty will make it clear!"

Li Ji saluted again and asked Li Zhi directly.

"Don't be nervous, I summoned you here for the war in Goguryeo."

Since everyone came, Li Zhi also went straight to the point and told the story of Goguryeo.

"Your Majesty, what does this mean?"

Hearing this, Li Ji was excited on the spot.

Could it be that the emperor was preparing to put himself in charge of the war in Goguryeo?

This. It can't be.

You must know that since the Turks were destroyed, the main energy of the Tang Dynasty has been put on Goguryeo.

It is also the place where the most resources of the Tang Dynasty are poured into it, and it also carries the ambitions of Emperor Yang of Sui, Emperor Taizong of Tang, and Emperor Gaozong.

He thought it was impossible for him to go to such an important battlefield, but the emperor suddenly asked about the Goguryeo war?

"What do you mean? Don't panic just yet, I just want to hear what you think.

After all, after so many years, although the Tang Dynasty has always won the victory over Goguryeo, the progress has been extremely slow, and I can't wait. ”

Li Zhi looked at the excited Li Ji, and was somewhat ashamed.

Such a famous general, but he can't go to the battlefield, he still has some responsibilities.

"Your Majesty, it's not easy to take Goguryeo now.

Yuangae Suwen is not an easy character to deal with, and now Goguryeo can be described as a monolith under him.

Moreover, in order to resist our offensive, Goguryeo built the city extremely strongly, and the Tang army would suffer huge losses every step of its advance.

Goguryeo had contacts with the Guryeo and Urohun, and at critical moments they would lead their troops to support from the north.

The most important thing is that Goguryeo is far away and consumes too much grain and grass, which is the most difficult place to restrict our attack on Goguryeo. ”

Li Ji had fought with Goguryeo before, but he failed to destroy one of them, which was also a thorn in his heart.

Whether a victory is a victory or not a victory is probably the most ironic thing for a leading general.

So over the years, he has also been planning how to take Goguryeo, and now that Li Zhi has asked, he has also said all this.

"It seems that the British Duke has been preparing! Now that the difficulties have been mentioned, let's talk about your way to break the game! ”

Li Zhi nodded, it seemed that he really didn't find the wrong person.

This Li Ji has never forgotten the regret of going to Goguryeo with his father before.

"The way to break the situation is very simple, one is to let Yuangai Suwen die, the second is to cut off the relationship between Wu Luohun and Goguryeo, the third is to think of a way to break the Goguryeo city, and the fourth is to prepare grain and grass in advance."

Li Ji smiled, and he could be regarded as saying his own countermeasure.

"British duke, I am asking you how to solve the problem, if you have anything to say, just say it!"