[After the fall of the Yanqi Kingdom, the situation around the entire Tang Dynasty became more complicated.

From 644, that is, the eighteenth year of Zhenguan.

The first is the change in the situation on the Korean Peninsula, Goguryeo's minister Yuangae Suwen killed his king, made his nephew king, controlled the country's politics, and conspired with Baekje to carve up Silla, and Silla asked for help from the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin sent someone to mediate, but Goguryeo did not give face, so he finally made up his mind to conquer Goguryeo in person.

In the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, from the march in February to the withdrawal of the army in September, the Tang army lost 2,000 casualties, captured 70,000 enemies, and conquered more than 10 cities, and captured countless baggage, and did not destroy Goguryeo.

In the same year, Xue Yantuo in the north may have felt that the Tang father was beating Goguryeo and had no time to care about him, so he brazenly attacked Xiazhou, but was defeated by the Tang defenders, and the Khan was killed, so he fell into civil strife.

Li Shimin, who withdrew from the Liaodong battlefield, felt that Xue Yantuo at this time had no value of existence, and issued an order to destroy the country.

The Tang army that conquered Goguryeo directly turned to the west and defeated Xue Yantuo, forcing him to flee far to the north of the desert, but his country was not destroyed, and the war could not stop.

In June of the twentieth year of Zhenguan, Li Tao only led 200 cavalry out of Mobei, recruited the nine surnamed Jian'er as soldiers, and issued an ultimatum to Xue Yantuo:

Descend or die.

The remaining two chieftains of Xue Yantuo surrendered one and fled, and Li Tao was furious and led his troops to pursue.

In July of the same year, Li Tao beheaded 5,000 and captured 30,000, and the Xue Yantuo Khanate was destroyed.

At the same time that Erfeng used troops against Liaodong and Mobei, the Western Turks had another accident.

The good news is that the Western Turkic Khan supported by Erfeng is very capable of fighting, and the bad news is that he is too capable of fighting.

At the same time that the Tang Dynasty exterminated Xue Yantuo, the Western Turkic Khan supported by the Tang Dynasty also successfully defeated his opponent, ending the Turkic civil strife for twenty years and becoming the new Great Khan.

The son has grown up and doesn't want to be called his father anymore, this is the current situation of the Western Turks.

However, seeing that the Tang Dynasty destroyed another country, the Great Khan of the Western Turks thought about it for a while and sent someone to Chang'an to ask for marriage.

This kind of princess-for-peace trade is not new in any dynasty, but Erfeng is unique:

"I promised it, and made the five countries of Cutting Guizi, Khotan, Shule, Zhu Jubo, and Lingling as a dowry."

The Five Kingdoms were able to marry the Tang princess for the dowry, and the Great Khan of the Western Turks was furious when he saw the sky-high bride price, and the relationship between the two sides officially broke down.

And for Tang Taizong, this dowry was not intended to humiliate the Great Khan of the Western Turks.

His ideas are also very simple:

If the Western Turks can't be completely driven out of the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty will have trouble sleeping.

The two sides could not reach a settlement, and the issue would inevitably be revisited. 】

Hou Junji sat on the chair, watching the ups and downs of the Tang Dynasty, and yearning.

It's really good, Liaodong fights thieves, the north destroys the country, and the Western Regions do not give in.

This Datang is full of places where good men make achievements, but ......

This history has nothing to do with a dead man.

In the light curtain, why can't he control that hand when he breaks Gaochang?

Hou Junji was disappointed and felt sorry for himself.

Li Shiyun just looked jubilant.

Attack Goguryeo with Your Majesty!

Two hundred horsemen to destroy Xue Yantuo!

Although it is not as good as General Li Jing, it is definitely not bad.

Even Su Lie, who had envy in his eyes, was also clear in Li Shiyun's eyes at this time.

"Mao Gong is really a general!"

Li Jing first praised:

"Two hundred horsemen to destroy the country, looking at the history, it is rare to think about it!"

Li Shiyun became reserved instead:

"If there is no Yu Wei of the Emperor of the Acting State to attack and destroy Jieli, if there is no Heavenly Power of His Majesty, how can this Nine Surnames be so obedient?"

"This destruction of the country is not the work of the world, but the work of the Tang Dynasty."

Saying that, Li Shiyun also glanced at Su Lie.

"General Wu Lie has been handed down from generation to generation, and he can be called a model for my generation."

Su Lie said flatteringly.

Li Shimin frowned, but he felt that these four sides were not worry-free:

"This Xue Yantuo is so ignorant of the stakes?"

This Khan Yinan of Xue Yantuo had seen how the Eastern Turks were destroyed at close range, and he was so disobedient?

"The problem should be with the Turkic tribes who have returned to their homeland."

The eldest grandson Wuji pressed down a touch of excitement: he really recovered!

But now is not the time to be happy, you should share your Majesty's worries first:

"If you order the Turkic tribe to return to their homeland, they will be named their khan, and Xue Yantuo will retreat so that Xue Yantuo can rest and recuperate."

"And Xue Yantuo ......"

Before the words were finished, Li Shimin also nodded, even if Xue Yantuo agreed to retreat, his subordinates would inevitably complain, and this would go on for a long time......

"It's embarrassing."

Li Shimin sighed lightly, feeling that his evaluation of himself was really correct.

The treatment of this Turkic is really too embarrassing.

However, the northern land is still under control after all, after all, once Jieli is destroyed, it will only be a plate of scattered sand.

Therefore, turning his gaze back to the Western Regions, Li Shimin sighed lightly:

"Why is this Great Khan of the Western Turks unwilling to be my concubine?"

His Majesty's eyes were sincere, but the courtiers smiled out loud.

"If the Great Khan of the Western Turks can agree to such conditions, he will first be attacked by the great tribes under his command."

Du Ruhui shook his head, feeling that what the future generations said was right, His Majesty didn't want to talk about it at all:

"The land of the Five Kingdoms, almost half of the territory of the Western Turks, cut off half of the country and marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty as a son-in-law......"

Fang Xuanling picked up the conversation and said:

"I'm afraid that the princess of my Tang Dynasty has not yet arrived, and the head of this Western Turkic Great Khan has disappeared."

The ministers of the Ganlu Hall are no strangers to the customs of the Hu people, and once there is turmoil, changing the khan is faster than changing clothes.

If you can benefit all the tribes, then you are the supreme Great Khan.

But you want to cede half of your territory to marry a princess?

Then don't blame the tribes with the ten surnames for raising troops overnight to punish the Turkic thieves.

Qin Qiong said sullenly:

"Your Majesty is not wrong, for the Hu people, it is better to be subdued than anything else."

Li Shimin nodded happily and agreed.

However, a dark cloud rose from the bottom of my heart:

This has been Zhenguan for twenty years, and Tang Taizong's life has entered the countdown.

Can you see the Western Regions return to Tang in your lifetime?

[At the end of the twenty-first year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin once again issued an edict to destroy the country.

This time, the target is the country of Qiuzi in the west of Yanqi, and everyone knows that this is a knock on the mountain and a tiger.

The real target was the Western Turks behind the Qiuzi Kingdom.

Zhao Ashina Sheer is the general manager of the Kunqiu Road march, and Qi He Li is the deputy.

Guo Xiaoke was the vanguard army, and at the same time, the Zhao Tiele tribes, as well as the Turkic Tuyuhun and other soldiers, totaled 100,000 troops, pointing at the Qiuci country.

The official mobilization of the Tang Dynasty made the entire Western Regions suddenly rain and wind full of buildings.

Faced with the impending war, the Great Khan of the Western Turks chose to purge the interior first.

The former Khan's subordinate general Ashina Helu was hunted down and killed, and in desperation, he chose to defect from the Western Turks to serve as a guide for the Tang army, here we refer to him as Xiaolu.

With the Belt and Road Party, the Tang army's army marched quite smoothly, and in the first battle, it directly defeated Yanqi, which was reoccupied by the Western Turks, and then continued to march west to Qiuzi.

With the support of the Western Turks, King Qiuci had long been prepared, raising an army of 50,000 and preparing to weigh the Tang army.

In the face of the honest people of the Western Regions, Tang Jun played with his heart:

The striker Han Wei led more than 1,000 people to attack Qiuci, and after encountering the Qiuci army, he feigned defeat and retreated, while in the rear, the Tang general Cao Jishu was already ready.

King Qiuci only felt that the Tang army was in vain at the first touch, and then stepped into the trap of the Tang army, and the 50,000 Qiuci army was defeated by the Tang Dynasty vanguard army, and the king of Qiuci fled in fear.

Faced with the fleeing King of Qiuci, the Tang army pursued closely, and the King of Qiuci finally fled into Bahuan City, which is today's Aksu, which is now rich in apples.

King Qiuzi held on to the city and persisted for a month, and this achievement can already be proud.

After the city was broken, almost all of the Guizi nobles were captured by the Tang Army, but the Prime Minister of Qiuci was missing:

This person continued to flee west, went to the Western Turks and invited 10,000 Turkic elite soldiers, and then he wanted to cut off the back road of the Tang army.

The elite soldiers of the Western Turks, under the leadership of Prime Minister Qiuci, attacked the capital of Qiuci, which was guarded by the Tang army.

Relying on the identity of the prime minister, the prime minister of Qiuci successfully entered the city, and called on some Qiuci people to join the rebellion, and started a street battle with the Tang army.

In the case of a sudden attack, the famous general Guo Xiaoke died alone, and the people of Qiuzi were very popular.

It was only at this time that Cao Jishu and Han Wei arrived with their troops, and in the face of the Qiuzi people who were still attacking the Tang army, the two led their troops to join the street battle.

The battle lasted from the evening of the first day to the early morning of the second day, and the Western Turkic reinforcements were defeated.

However, the prime minister of Qiuzi did not give up, but a few days later, he led the Western Turks to attack again.

But this time there was no advantage of a sneak attack, Han Jishu led the Tang army to defeat the Western Turkic army head-on, and the prime minister of Qiuci was also captured by the Qiuci people and presented to the Tang army.

The country of Guizi is dead.

And the generals of the Tang Dynasty can always surprise Erfeng, and the marching commander Shi Xue Wanbei hijacked the prestige of the Qiuzi Kingdom, led fifty Tang cavalry, and went straight into the Khotan Kingdom.

After some negotiations, Khotan surrendered, and the king personally went to Chang'an to pay tribute, and Khotan died.

Subsequently, the Tang army set up military towns in Yanqi, Qiuzi, Khotan, and Shule, called the four towns of Anxi.

Shule also died in fact.

At this point, after a lapse of 400 years, during Li Shimin's lifetime, the Western Regions were once again included in the territory of Chinese rule.

The prestige of the Tang Dynasty also spread farther than in the Han Dynasty, and it officially had an influence on Central Asia. 】

Li Shimin couldn't help but stand up, and those four words kept echoing in his heart:

Lifetime!

That's enough, he doesn't want the so-called Fen VI Yu Lie, it's better to complete his own work.

When he was the king of Qin, he envied Han Wu, and after becoming the emperor, he was determined to surpass Han Wu.

Fortunately, I really completed this ambition in my lifetime.

There is no reckless use of force, no labor and loss of money, this is enough.

On the light curtain, the territory of Datang is unprecedentedly vast.

Hou Junji's eyes were full of loss.

Li Jing stroked his beard, very pleased, this Tang Dynasty achievement, his credit has not been forgotten until a thousand years later, it is enough.

Li Shiyun looked at the north, happy and suspicious: This Xue Yantuo is only one country, what about the remaining two countries?

Then he glanced at Su Lie:

Stay well, little brother, and go play some corners.

(End of chapter)