Gao Xianzhi left in embarrassment, and finally knew that the Tang Dynasty was no longer the Tang Dynasty of two years ago, and his martial arts had steadily surpassed him, so he had to leave with shyness and astringency, and he didn't dare to despise the Tang Dynasty from then on.

Niu Seng and Ru was originally Gao Xianzhi's old department and confidant, but because of the bright and upright Tang Dynasty, he did not control him with strange medicines, and when Gao Xianzhi went to the Western Regions to protect him, he said that he would pursue and try his best to stop it. So far, the Tang Dynasty operated in the Western Regions for two years, trained 30,000 elite soldiers under his command, and left a great reputation, Persia, Dashi, Tianzhu, Rome, and Russia all maintained close relations with the Tang Dynasty, and restored the Silk Road intermittently because of horse thieves, and the wealth was rolling, but the money did not flow into the treasury of the Tang government, but entered the pockets of the Tang Dynasty to expand armaments to meet the coming chaos in the world.

The news of Gao Xianzhi's defeat somehow reached Zhang Qiu Jianqiong's ears, which made him very sorry, he thought to himself, perhaps, I should promise Yang Guozhong to serve as the envoy of Jiannan Festival again, after all, although I have a little military merit, but it is not enough to make a great contribution like Gao Xianzhi, and it is also a nest to be excluded from the court and be a household servant, but the matter has come to this point, it is worth it.

In the Daming Palace, Li Longji listened to Yang Guozhong's words, and suddenly stood up: "What, the Tang Dynasty actually defeated Gao Xianzhi?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, he defeated Gao Dashuai one-on-one at Yanmen Pass."

Yang Guozhong is in a very happy mood now, hmph, with this martial arts brother, if I go to Jiannan to fight a few victories, then my position in the court will not be so embarrassing. He is clear in his heart, he is the right minister, mainly relying on the relationship of Yang Yuhuan, the emperor's relatives and the minister of civil and military affairs are dissatisfied, and now he recommends Xian Yu Zhongtong and has suffered defeats again, so he can only hope for this righteous brother.

Li Longji was immediately silent, and said after a while: "Lux, what do you think of the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"Back to the emperor, Tang Chao's martial arts are already extremely high, and after a year of training in the Western Regions, there must have been a great improvement, but it is very difficult to say that he can defeat the tall and handsome!"

Li Longji also nodded: "Yes, Gao Aiqing's martial arts, I know it well, first he was the champion of martial arts, and then he was guarding Tubo and Huifu, winning many battles, and then guarding the Western Regions, fighting countless battles, martial arts have penetrated into the realm, a young man with a weak crown in the Tang Dynasty can really defeat him, one-on-one?" ”

When he asked this, Li Longji also had a terrifying feeling in his heart, he often felt that his martial arts might be better than Gao Xianzhi, maybe he was a little stronger, but whether he was stronger or not, no one knew if he had tried it. But how could there be such a terrifying progress in the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty?

"Your Majesty, this is a handwritten letter written by Gao Dashuai to Weichen in person, in which he told the story of his war with the Tang Dynasty, please take a look!"

At this time, even the emperor began to doubt his words, and he had no choice but to take out this secret letter to prove that he was not lying.

As soon as Li Longji took the letter, a strange expression appeared on his face: "Not bad! This is Gao Aiqing's letter, the words he wrote, wide open and closed, with the posture of a dragon and a tiger! ”

After reading it, Li Longji's face became solemn, and he muttered: "How is this possible, how is it possible?" ”

Gao Lishi has followed Li Longji for ten years, even when he was plotting to punish a great enemy such as Princess Taiping, he had never seen Li Longji lose his temper like this, but the emperor is really out of shape today, and asked at the moment: "Even if the Tang Dynasty is powerful in martial arts, it is only His Majesty's courtiers, besides, the higher the courtier's martial arts, the emperor should be happy?" ”

Li Longji showed a dry smile on his face: "Yes, Yang Aiqing's vision is unique, the war in Jiannan is critical, and it is best to have Tang Chao to go, and order all the departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the supply of food and weapons, etc., must not be lacking, and ask him to concentrate on the king's affairs, once he has merit, return to the imperial court, and I will make him the secretary of the military department." ”

When he said this, Li Longji's heart was full of violent anger, indeed, it was against his will to say these words, he wanted to recall the Tang Dynasty to the imperial court, fight with him in the imperial garden, personally defeat him, and be defeated by him in the palace of Qinzheng on the day of the snow sac, but where did he think that in just two years or so, the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty have reached an astonishing point, faintly have the momentum of being alone in the world, once they fight, they do not have the slightest advantage, this breath, it seems that it can not come out.

He is a person who can afford to let go, he is not stupid, and he knows that there is no absolute certainty of victory, and it is worth it.

Gao Lishi understood the emperor's mind the most, thinking that the Tang Dynasty had been the Huangmen Shilang Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi before, which was equivalent to the status of the prime minister, but the emperor just said that once the Tang Dynasty was defeated, he could only be one of the six military department Shangshu, it seems that the emperor can't believe him, and he is still angry with him.

Yang Guozhong was overjoyed, wrote a secret letter, and sent his henchmen to tell everything in the palace.

The Tang Dynasty led the troops all the way slowly, and sent Zhuan Yi back to Nanzhao to inform Wolf Zhengxuan, asking him to step up the attack on Jiannan Xingyuan in the near future, defeat Xianyu Zhongtong's army, and deter the Tang court.

Before he arrived in Kunming, he received countless salaries from Li Longji in the name of imperial gifts.

The Tang Dynasty smiled and accepted it one by one, knowing that this was the credit of Yang Guozhong, and took out a part of it and sent it back to the palace of Yang Chen, Chang'an, and swore that he would "serve the country".

Sure enough, in the slow march of nearly half a month, came the news of the defeat of Xian Yu Zhongtong, in the mouth of the wild wolf, Wolf Zhengxuan personally led 8,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard of the night attack Xian Yu Zhongtong, and then the army surrounded, although the Tang Dynasty army was many, about 80,000 people, but under the powerful offensive, a complete defeat.

When Yang Guozhong got the news, his heart jumped, and he suppressed it with the authority of the prime minister and did not report it to the emperor, only saying that it was a small-scale engagement, which did not affect the overall situation, and urged the Tang Dynasty to quickly go to Jiannan to deploy defenses.

The Tang Dynasty knew that it could not be delayed any longer, and led a large army to attack the back road of Wolf Zhengxuan, but in fact, it was just a pretentious battle, and Ren You Wolf Zhengxuan moved the captured grain, grass, baggage, and weapons back to Nanzhao, relieved the danger of Xian Yu Zhongtong, and rendezvoused with him in Chengdu.

At this time, Xian Yu Zhongtong collected more than 30,000 defeated soldiers and horses, and wanted to flee west into Chang'an, but he didn't expect that the Tang Dynasty "defeated" Wolf Zhengxuan, which was equivalent to saving him.

The Tang Dynasty did not break it, stationed the army in Chengdu, and sent people back to the court to report the victory.

Xian Yu Zhongtong is about forty years old, some martial arts, but far from being strong in martial arts, there are several generals in the Jiannan Army who have extraordinary martial arts, but the use is not lawful, plus Wolf Zhengxuan's arrow, there is already a big gap in the main general's ring, plus Wolf Zhengxuan is familiar with geography, takes the lead, and dares to go deep into the land, so Xian Yu Zhongtong is defeated in one fell swoop.

Among the Chengdu Xingyuan, there are only Xian Yu Zhongtong and Tang Dynasty.

Xian Yu Zhongtong said ordinarily, and suddenly knelt down to the Tang Dynasty, tearful, like a sad old woman, completely devoid of the grandeur of a sect master.

Tang Chao was pretended to be taken aback and grabbed his shoulder: "Xian Yu Dashuai, your official position is above me, what are you doing this?" ”

"Tang Dashuai, you must save my life, otherwise, I will die!" As he said this, his tears flowed even harder.

"Get up, you have something to say!" The Tang Dynasty despised in his heart, a handsome man, actually like a woman!

"Dashuai, if you don't save my life, I won't get up?"

"Good. As long as I can help, I will save you, you get up! ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong was overjoyed, got up from the ground, and said with a sigh: "Dashuai, you must not pass the news of my defeat back to the court, Yang Chenxiang said, he can hold it down, as long as you don't report it, this head on my neck will be kept for the time being!" ”

Tang Chao smiled: "Don't worry, Xian Yu Dashuai, you and I are ministers in the frontier together, this matter is not simple, I naturally don't report it, but this loss of 50,000 soldiers and horses, if the court investigates, is it not easy to deal with it?" ”

This is also true, Xian Yu Zhongtong lost badly enough this time, he usually doesn't train soldiers, not to mention that his combat effectiveness is not strong, and he often deducts military salaries, which makes him complain, otherwise, even when Lu Lun is there, the army is still very combative, after all, these are the elite soldiers left by Zhang Qiu and Qiong, but in this way, he is a plate of scattered sand, once he is defeated, he wanders around, and becomes a local overlord, where is he willing to continue to stay in the army.

Xian Yu Zhongtong was originally a person who had no idea, as soon as he heard that the head on his neck was spinning again, the paint cover was soft, and he had to kneel down again, where could the Tang Dynasty stand it, and a strong air flow gathered into a strong force to support his body, and he could no longer kneel.

I only heard Tang Chao say: "You and my brothers, they are all their own people, how can you save the life of the handsome, don't worry, I will also hide these things and not report them!" ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong was so excited that his face turned red: "Thank you Lord Tang for your great kindness, from now on, the food and salary of the 50,000 scattered soldiers will all belong to you, Tang Dashuai, I, the 30,000 soldiers and horses under my command, will also be dispatched by you!" ”

"This, how can this work, you are the commander, I am the deputy commander, others know about it, and they still say that I am the master?"

"Tang Dashuai, please be sure to help me with this, I have a family property in Shuzhong, the money is not needed, Tang Dashuai, you accept it, and I have no experience in leading soldiers, I folded 20,000 soldiers and horses last time, and now I have 50,000 soldiers and horses at once, I am worried that if this continues, this only 30,000 will not be able to keep, I, I am the envoy of the Jiannan Festival, and I will hang a false name, in fact, you still have to be responsible for the handsome, I will listen to you in everything, and I will never break my word."

The Tang Dynasty could have accepted the Jiannan Jiedu envoy, but for fear of arousing Li Longji's suspicions, he was only a deputy envoy, and he was supposed to control Xian Yu Zhongtong, so he was happy, and he pretended to resign a few times, and when he saw that his intentions were very strong, he agreed.

Since then, the Jiannan Jiedu envoy was located in Chengdu, Wolf Zhengxuan got the news, did not attack, and settled down, Li Longji naturally rewarded the two, plus Yang Guozhong's dispatch in Chang'an, countless money and food have entered the pockets of the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty also tightened its control over the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and the rest of his henchmen only waited for the Anshi Rebellion to explode, and occupied the southwest of the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop, and became the king of Yunnan first.

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