Just after the father and son of Garqinling withdrew, Li Xian led the army to advance slowly and regained all the cities previously occupied by Tubo. At the same time, he also received good news that the remaining Tibetan forces and tribes in the four towns of Anxi were
Surrender, all four towns in Anxi will be recovered!
However, this was not a surprise to Li Xian at all. After all, the main force of Tibet was driven away, and the remaining soldiers were less than 10,000, and they were all old, weak, sick, and disabled. They could not face the victory of the Tang Dynasty.
For a great army, surrender is naturally the first choice in this situation.
Even so, this is indeed good news for Datang. After all, after more than a year of fall, the four towns of Anxi have returned to the embrace of Datang. This has a great impact on both the economy and politics.
Far-reaching and of great significance. Although this kind of credit can be easily obtained by General Zuowei, Chief Superintendent of Longyou Road, Ambassador of Zhenfu, and Governor of Anxi Protectorate, Hei Te Changzhi, but in view of Hei Te Changzhi's
He was a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. Even if Wang Fangyi had not defeated Qu Mangbu Zhi in Wuhai, he would have won the victory in the end with his talent. In addition, his temperament was very upright, so Li Xian did not feel any discomfort.
Soon afterwards, news of the victory of various armies continued to come.
First of all, Tang Xiujing successfully defeated the Turkic invasion of Liangzhou and achieved a record of beheading more than 5,000 people, forcing the Turkic army to retreat. However, due to the important geographical location of Liangzhou, he did not dare to take advantage of the victory and pursue it. He just guarded there with peace of mind.
, which also resulted in his contribution to this war being the least among all the armies.
However, Tang Xiujing didn't care about this. In fact, for Tang Xiujing, as long as this station can defeat the joint efforts of Tibet and Turks and protect the western border of the Tang Dynasty, it doesn't matter who takes the credit. What's more, he also knows that,
If he makes enough contributions, he will definitely arouse the jealousy of Empress Wu. Although he doesn't care about this, it will bring a lot of trouble to Li Xian after all.
The merit is not big, but after all, there are victories, and you will get certain rewards, and moving forward step by step is more meaningful.
In addition to the two armies of Li Xian and Heiji Changzhi, there were also the general manager of the march of Hedong Road and the ambassador to the town, Pei Xingjian, the chief governor of the Shanyu Protectorate, and the general Youwu Guardsman, and the deputy general manager of the march of Hedong Road Cheng Wuting.
The army under his command also achieved dazzling results!
When Pei Xingjian was ordered to lead his army to attack the Turks, he made suggestions to Emperor Gaozong. Now that the Turks were heavily stationed, it was not easy to defeat them head-on. It happened that the Persian king Belus was dead, and his son Ni Nishi had been used as a soldier before.
The hostages have been staying in Chang'an. It is better for the imperial court to issue an edict and send envoys to send Ni Nishi back to Persia to inherit the throne. Then he can find a way to recruit soldiers and attack the Turks from behind. He can easily capture the rebel leaders and quell the Turks' rebellion.
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Emperor Gaozong was very happy after hearing this, and ordered Pei Xingjian to escort the Persian king with an edict and serve as the ambassador of the Persian Governor's Office. Empress Wu took the opportunity to write a letter requesting Cheng Wuting to be the general manager of the march to Hedong Road to contain the Turkic army from the front. Emperor Gaozong did not
He refused for some reason, so he had to agree, but he only agreed to grant the post of military commander of Hedong Road. The post of general commander was still held concurrently by Pei Xingjian, and Pei Xingjian was given the command to oversee the military affairs of Hedong Road and have the power to mobilize troops.
After receiving the order, Pei Xingjian only brought a hundred followers with him, and then protected Ni Ni Division as he headed west. Since he was going as a large envoy, and he did not bring many soldiers, he was also able to serve as a general.
After taking a detour, we didn't encounter any resistance along the way, and we easily got around to the back of the Turks.
In fact, the Turkic Ashina was in charge and the Tubo general Qu Mangbuzhi who guarded the four towns of Anxi knew the itinerary of Pei Xingjian's team. However, on the one hand, they mainly concentrated their efforts on dealing with Cheng Wuting, and on the other hand, they saw that Pei Xingjian's number was small.
, they all followed the road of business travel, and there was no big threat at all, so they didn’t take it to heart very much.
Later, Pei Xingjian and his party arrived in Xizhou, and recruited more than a thousand talented people from the local area to continue walking westward, and created public opinion: "The weather is too hot to continue moving forward, and we can wait until the autumn is clear before setting off."
Not too late."
After Ashina Fengzhi received this information, he didn't take it seriously and lost his guard against Pei Xingjian.
Later, Qu Mangbuzhi led his army to conquer Wuhai and was defeated. Although the Tibetan defenders in the four towns of Anxi were also there, they were in panic and could not care about Pei Xingjian and his party. Pei Xingjian knew that the four towns of Anxi had their own black teeth.
He came to clean up the mess, and he didn't have to take care of it at all. However, he won the support of some local chiefs. He invited some chiefs on the border between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks who were loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and summoned more than ten thousand people in the name of hunting to come to Ah.
Outside Shi Na's camp, they attacked Ashina's camp from behind, captured Ashina alive, and passed on Ashina's command arrow, and ordered the chiefs of various tribes to come and serve Ashina.
He prayed for his life, and took the opportunity to imprison these chiefs, and then ordered people to inform Ashina Nishugo.
When Ashina heard that Ashina had been captured while on duty, he did not dare to resist anymore. He immediately led his troops to surrender and ordered Astwen and Fu to surrender as well.
Pei Xingjian actually used this almost unbelievable method to put down the Turkic rebellion. He made great contributions and created another miracle in the history of war!
News of the Tang army's victory was conveyed to the palace one by one. Emperor Gaozong was very happy when he heard the news, and even his condition improved a lot. He laughed and said: "First, Xian'er's army bravely defeated the Gar Qinling several times in a row.
Formation, following, leading internal strife, burning food, each exquisite performance, each ingenious plan, made the old man of Gar Qinling suffer a lot, lost troops and generals, and worked hard for ten years, and finally became a painting, I
After hearing this, I really felt refreshed. It is estimated that in the next ten or twenty years, Tubo will no longer dare to plot against me in the Tang Dynasty! And Pei Xingjian, such ingenious strategies are really not inferior to Xian'er, and they are not wasted.
I, the Tang Dynasty's troops and food, were able to capture the rebels alive and put down the Turkic rebellion. This kind of talent is indeed a combination of civil and military skills."
"Haha, your majesty is wise and martial, and is admired all over the world. That's why he is favored by God and wins many battles. This is the blessing of our Tang Dynasty." Empress Wu really praised Gaozong for a few words, but she was extremely unhappy in her heart. He sent
Although the two trusted generals made a lot of contributions and successfully completed the expected tasks, the number of enemies killed and captured was so small that they were even unable to take action. Naturally, they were filled with anger and secretly said: "Pei Xingjian
, you, an old man, were dissatisfied when I established the throne, and now you have taken away my great achievements, I will definitely not let you succeed." (To be continued.)