Chapter 218: The higher you jump, the worse you fall
[After Ashinahlu's army was defeated, he had no choice but to lead the remnants of his army and began to flee.
However, the Tang army pursued relentlessly, until it caught up with Broken Leaf Water, and finally wiped out all the remaining remnants of Ashina Helu, but still did not capture Ashina Helu himself.
Ashina Helu only led his son Yu Yun, son-in-law Yan Si and other more than ten horsemen to flee to Sulu City in the northwest of Shiguo overnight, and his people were hungry and poor, so they sent people to carry treasures into the city to buy horses.
The lord of the city, Ifuda, pretended to go out to greet him with wine and food, lured him into the city, and then closed the door and captured him.
Xiao Siye, the deputy general sent by Su Dingfang, also chased all the way to Shiguo, and after the people of Shiguo saw Xiao Siye, they handed over Sha Boluo's group to him. 】
[This time, the Tang army conquered Ashina Helu and "collected more than 400,000 people and animals before and after".
After the troops were stopped, Su Dingfang ordered the Western Turkic tribes to return to their homes, and at the same time ordered them to open roads, set up post posts, bury the bones, comfort the suffering, demarcate the boundaries of the tribes, and resume production.
He also returned all the looted property and livestock of Shabala Khan to their owners, and the ten tribes were restored to their original state, and lived a peaceful life as before. 】
[After arranging the aftermath, Su Dingfang led the army back to Chang'an to restore his life.
Su Dingfang, who returned triumphantly, held a grand ceremony of offering prisoners to Zhaoling and Taimiao in the capital city of Chang'an.
Tang Gaozong came to the palace in person, Su Dingfang wore a military uniform and escorted He Lu to offer, and the prestige of the Tang Dynasty was greatly boosted for a while!
After the fall of the Western Turks, the Tang Dynasty divided the land there into prefectures and counties, all the way to the West Sea.
Su Dingfang was also promoted to Zuo Xiaowei Da because of his merits, and was named the Duke of Xingguo, and his son Su Qingjie was named the Duke of Wuyi County. 】
[Su Dingfang implemented a strategy of combining division and key strikes against the Western Turks, attacking and defending at the same time, taking them by surprise, chasing and fighting fiercely, and finally won a great victory, and the power of the Tang Empire also extended to Central Asia.
The moon black geese flew high, and fled in the night.
If you want to chase away the light horsemen, the snow is full of bows and knives!
The scene of Su Dingfang chasing Sha Boluo on a snowy night can be called a true portrayal of the famous Tang Dynasty Biansai poem "Stopper's Song"! 】
"It's so romantic!"
"My generation of Han family boys, vowing to chase the Huns to the ends of the earth!"
"It's so powerful, no wonder Xue Rengui can only be a pioneer general under Su Dingfang."
[In the winter of the fourth year of Xianqing (659 AD), Sijieque and Jin Duman, west of the Green Mountains, originally controlled Zhonghu, and led the three countries of Shule, Zhu Jubo, and Drinking Pantuo (also known as the Green Ridge State) to rebel again, and raised troops to break through Khotan.
Tang Gaozong was furious when he learned the news, and immediately issued an edict to seal Su Dingfang as the ambassador to appease and raise the army to the west again!
Su Dingfang led the army after a long journey to Yeyeshui, while the enemy army set up camp in Matouchuan to defend it. 】
[In the face of the enemy army that seemed to be some distance away from him, Su Dingfang immediately selected 10,000 elite infantry and 3,000 cavalry, and galloped and raided overnight!
In one day and one night, they marched more than 300 miles, and by dawn they had reached ten miles west of the city.
When the Tang army suddenly attacked, Duman was shocked and hurriedly led his army to resist outside the city gates.
However, due to the fact that they were all in a hurry to respond to the battle, they were finally beaten hard by the Tang army and lost very badly, so they had to withdraw from the city and flee to the nearby Mabao City.
And Su Dingfang did not give them time to breathe at all, and once again commanded the army to launch a quick attack.
The Tang army entered the city gate, surrounded the city on all sides, and at the same time began to cut wood to make siege equipment.
Duman looked around, the city was densely packed with Tang troops, and all kinds of siege equipment also sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
This kind of momentum of black clouds crushing the city made Du Man feel that he was about to suffocate.
In the end, Duman realized that he had nothing to do and could not resist the Tang army's siege, so he tied himself up and surrendered out of the city. 】
[Xianqing sent troops in the winter of the fourth year, and in the spring of the fifth year of Xianqing, the army had already returned to the eastern capital Luoyang with prisoners.
Tang Gaozong came to the Qianyang Hall in person.
The relevant officials should be punished according to the law, and they want to behead Duman.
At this time, Su Dingfang stood up and kowtowed and pleaded: "The minister has already informed His Majesty's will, promised to exempt him from capital crimes, and hoped to spare his life. ”
Tang Gaozong said: "I protect the faith for the king. So he pardoned Duman.
Since then, all the west of the Green Ridge has been pacified.
Su Dingfang once again received the actual seal of 500 households in Julu, Xingzhou, and moved to Zuo Wuwei University. 】
[In June of the first year of Longshuo (661 AD), the county of Tocharian Daozhizhou made Wang Mingyuan enter the Western Regions, and the Tang Dynasty once again carried out large-scale administrative divisions of the countries west of the Green Ridge that originally belonged to the Western Turkic sphere of influence.
"From the west of Khotan, and to the east of Persia, all the sixteen kingdoms shall have their kings as their capitals, and their subordinate departments as their prefectures. Eighty-eight prefectures, one hundred and ten counties, and one hundred and twenty-six military and government governments", all of which are subordinate to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.
"Still erect a monument in Tocharian to Zhizhi", so far the western territory under the control of the Tang Empire has reached the extreme, which is the most in the Chinese dynasties. 】
"Open up the territory, know people well! Not bad! Zhi'er still has some Mingjun style. Li Shimin nodded in approval.
As for what Li Chengqian, Li Tai, Li Ke and others felt when they saw it, only they could understand.
Wu Zetian stood beside Li Zhi and said solemnly: "Your Majesty knows people and is good at their duties, and has discovered this great talent that even the emperor did not discover. ”
Li Zhi chuckled and replied: "Mei Niang, how can you not know the ability to determine the prescription when you are taking the test for my father?" It's just that I don't want to use him because of some things. Besides, at that time, the emperor was like a cloud of ministers, and the fierce generals were like rain, and it was true that there were not many more prescriptions, and there were many fewer prescriptions. ”
[After quelling the Turkic rebellion, Tang Gaozong and Su Dingfang could finally pull out their hands to clean up the group of jumping clowns in the east. 】
[On February 10 of the fifth year of Xianqing (660 AD), Su Dingfang accompanied Tang Gaozong to visit Taiyuan.
On March 10, Su Dingfang was appointed as the chief of the Shenqiu Road march, and led Zuo Xiaowei Liu Boying and other 100,000 land and water troops to conquer Baekje.
At the same time, Tang Gaozong took the Silla king Kim Chunqiu as the head of the march of the Shengyi Road, and led the Silla soldiers to fight with the Tang Dynasty army and attack Baekje! 】
Seeing this, Yang Guang couldn't help but wave his fist fiercely and shouted, "Finally, I'm going to make a move on Goguryeo again!" them this group of dogs X raised!! ”
[The Tang army crossed the Yellow Sea by boat from Seongsan to the mouth of the Xiongjin River, while the Baekje army garrisoned along the river.
Su Dingfang sent troops from the east bank, set up a position on the mountain, and engaged the Baekje army.
The navy of the Tang Dynasty sailed forward, and the fleet covered almost the entire ocean.
With the arrival of the Tang army and the navy, the Baekje army gradually lost its support, and was finally defeated, leaving behind thousands of corpses, and the remnants fled and dispersed.
However, with the arrival of warships, the ranks of the Tang army became more and more powerful.
The large army rode the tide, the warships were connected head to tail, sailed into the river, the oars hit the water, the drums shouted, Su Dingfang led the foot, the cavalry marched along the river, and approached the real capital!
About twenty miles away from the city of Jindu, Baekje actually raised the whole country's troops to meet the battle!
I have to praise Baekje, it's very, very bold. 】
(End of chapter)