The reason why Su Hegui led his troops to the Garqin Mausoleum in the first place was not only to fight for power, but also because he believed that Murong Nuohebo, the king of Tuyuhun, was weak. The Tang Dynasty was strong, and Tuyuhun would be annexed by the Tang Dynasty sooner or later.
He raised his troops to join Tubo, hoping to become a vassal state of Tubo, but he never expected that Tuyuhun had never really fallen into their hands. In the first confrontation with the Tang Dynasty, more than 20 people under his command had already been killed.
All the tens of thousands of troops were burned to death, and he lost his greatest capital to establish Tuyuhun as a country.
After that, Su Hegui served as a vassal force under the command of Garqin Ling. Although he was impeached no less than a hundred times during this period, he was blocked by Garqin Ling.
Because of this, Su Hegui was sincerely grateful to the Garqin Mausoleum, and made up his mind that if one day he really "recovered" Tuyuhun with the help of the Garqin Mausoleum, he would definitely become a vassal for generations to come, and he would never
Any dissatisfaction.
Although Gal Qin Ling has been defeated continuously over the years, Su Hegui's heart is still full of hope. Until today, Gal Qin Ling died, his hope was cut off, and he had the will to die, so he was so straightforward.
Although he also knew that if he could really surrender to Li Xian, he might be able to be supported by Li Xian as a force against Murong Nuohebo. However, he knew that with Li Xian's methods, he wanted to
It is absolutely impossible for Tuyuhun to recover.
With the deaths of Garqin Ling and Su Hegui, the Tubo army was now leaderless. In addition, their families were all controlled by the Tang army, so most of them chose to surrender.
So nearly 200,000 people all laid down their weapons and became prisoners of the Tang army.
While the Gar Qinling army surrendered, Gar Gongren, the son of Gar Qinling, also decisively decided to accept the imperial edict and lead his army to surrender when he was heavily besieged by the Tang army.
However, the hatred between Gal Gongren and Li Xian was as deep as the sea, so he decided to join Empress Wu after surrendering and use Empress Wu's power to deal with Li Xian in order to avenge the sea of blood.
As a result, Tubo's nearly 600,000 troops surrendered to the Tang Dynasty one after another, and there was no longer any resistance in the country. After more than sixty years, the Tubo regime was officially included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
The news of Tubo's demise immediately shocked the world. It was not until this time that the famous Tang general Xue Ne successively captured Linyi, Zhenla, and the news of Tubo came. Xue Ne's glory as a famous Tang general actually overshadowed Li Xian, and even more
Far surpassing his father, Xue Rengui, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, and even surpassing the two military gods Li Jing and Li Ji, he is known as the first general of the Tang Dynasty!
Chang'an, the Prime Minister's Mansion of Xue Yuanchao.
"What? This, how is this possible? That boy Xue Na actually conquered Linyi, Zhenla, Tianzhu and other countries, opened the country thousands of miles ago, gained a population of 30 million, and later cooperated with Tang Xiujing and other three generals to conquer Tubo!
How could this happen?"
After hearing the news, Zhongshu Ling and Tong Zhongshu's third-rank Xue Yuanchao immediately had an expression of disbelief on his face. However, he had no choice but to believe it after seeing the battle report. However, his face seemed to have suddenly aged.
At the age of thirty, he originally saw that Xue Rengui was in the position of prime minister at the same time as him, and he was a little worried. Now he heard that Xue Rengui's eldest son, Xue Ne, had made such a great contribution, and was granted the title of Marquis.
It is inevitable to become a general, even if he is in a position, it is not impossible. In this case, no matter how capable he is, how can he compete with this father and son for honor and favor?
"Well, I'm afraid that if this happens, my team will no longer be able to suppress Xue Rengui and Xue Shao's team and become the number one Xue in Hedong. After so many years of hard work, not only have I failed to achieve my wish, but I have overpowered the other team.
, this taste is really, I don’t know how to describe the bitterness..."
Xue Yuanchao sighed silently, and at the same time, he thought of the agreement he made with Li Xian, and felt even more sad, because he had to donate tens of millions of family wealth, which would make his own team, which was already surpassed by others, even worse.
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"Why? I, Xue Yuanchao, have worked hard for my family's status all my life, why am I overtaken by these little people? My grandfather is Xue Daoheng, and his literary talent even the tyrant Emperor Sui Yang was deeply jealous of. My aunt is Xue Jieyu,
Emperor Taizong's favorite concubine, what do Xue Rengui and his son have? They are just reckless men, and they climbed onto my head like this? In order to be able to ascend to the throne, I did not hesitate to seek refuge with Empress Wu, which was contrary to my heart's wishes, and I did not hesitate to give up myself.
reputation, but in the end it still ends up where it is now, what is the purpose of this?"
Xue Yuanchao wanted to get more and more angry, especially when he imagined that he would be overpowered by Xue Rengui and his son in the future, he felt even more distressed. In the end, he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood and fainted to the ground.
From then on, Xue Yuanchao was unable to handle government affairs due to illness, so he had to ask for leave from the court. However, this did not prevent his condition from getting worse. A month later, Xue Yuanchao, who was worried and angry, actually vomited blood and died.
The same depression also appeared on Empress Wu.
She originally used the influence of Feng Chan Songshan to raise her reputation to the top again, even overpowering the prince, making the power of the East Palace unable to lift its head. She also thought of taking advantage of Li Xian's mistakes to attack him, and first removed the three subordinates under his command.
Li Xian was a general, and then he accused his close ministers for making wrong decisions, and then looked for opportunities to depose him. However, he did not expect that the situation suddenly reversed. An unexpected news came.
His trusted general Xue Ne suddenly performed extraordinary feats, completely disrupting his own plans.
"Damn it, I actually ignored that boy named Xue. I didn't expect that boy in a poor place like Jiaozhou could accomplish extraordinary feats. If Xian'er hadn't intervened in all this, I wouldn't have killed him.
I believe, hum, this kid is getting more and more proud now. If I let things develop like this, I'm afraid I won't get anything in the end. Now it seems that there is only one way to completely eliminate the threat. It's just me and the emperor.
After all, if we have been husband and wife for many years, and we can't bear to do this, let me test it again and see whether it is me or your son. If you are still facing me, then that's fine.
I only have the prince in my heart, so don’t blame me for being rude!"
A hint of anger suddenly appeared on Empress Wu's face, she squinted her eyes and thought silently. (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!