But Gu Dulu does have the intention of seeking peace.

Wu Zetian was in power and did not understand the military. The people in the country were in a state of great harmony and could make a profit. However, when the emperor came back, all the soldiers in Qinghai were united, and it was difficult to make a profit.

As long as he is given a decent explanation, he will immediately withdraw his troops and submit to his subordinates.[]

However, his lowest requirement was that he could at least be a free prince in the desert. Li Wei could not agree. Besides, how many troops had he dispatched this time? From the river to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, to Kucha and other countries, he brought almost all the troops he could bring. Could it be that they could return without success?

The messenger went back helplessly.

Gudulu definitely refused. What should I do in Luoyang? Be a prisoner. So he sent an envoy back and said to Li Wei: "It's not that our Khan did not agree to Your Majesty. The fact that Fu Nian made all our Turks feel disappointed. Except for this condition, our Khan can all agree to Your Majesty's request, even if the Tian Dynasty was set up an army in Dujin Mountain."

"What are the establishment of an army? Where are the 50,000 troops every year?"

"Fifty thousand troops?"

"It's just that there are 50,000 troops and a capable general, otherwise it will end up worse than Xiao Siye."

"We Khan can make an oath to heaven."

"Okay, my father was in charge of politics in the past, but now I will be in charge of politics soon. As long as the Gudulu brothers, Yuan Zhen, and the four of Tsukugu are willing to come to Dongdu, I can also swear to the sky and never hurt them. But remember, the opportunity is now, and I still have to deal with domestic affairs, so I will give them a chance. Otherwise, if I send an envoy to surrender in the future, I will not agree."

If we couldn't agree, we had to go back again.

However, Gu Dulu was already alert at this time. When Gu Dulu learned that Li Wei was in the army in Taiyuan City, Gu Dulu was surprised first, but then he faintly realized something was wrong. Several guards who protected Kong Zhengfang escaped and reported. Gu Dulu thought about it and found that there were only two possibilities. The first possibility was that Kong Zhengfang didn't know that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty came to Taiyuan, which would make sense, otherwise he would not be so poor in those few days. The second possibility was that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty deliberately arranged it, and Kong Zhengfang deliberately came to the den to tempt him to send troops, so it would be terrible.

Sure enough, the subsequent message was verified.

When Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianxu welcomed Nuohebo, they were captured by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty without any effort. Then there was only the last possibility, otherwise he was not a god, how could he know that he would dispatch troops and a large army came to invade Shuozhou?

It is not scary to arrest Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianxu. If he came back, he would also arrest these two people. Not only were they, Zhu Wu, Pei Yan and others, all of them would have to be executed. Otherwise, their status would be unsecured.

I'm afraid of the gap behind.

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty only led 5,000 people to Taiyuan. What about so many troops in Qinghai? And the troops in the Western Regions?

However, when he analyzed with Yuanzhen, there was a slight error, but it became his most fatal.

I thought that the Qinghai army would go from Lingzhou to Fengzhou and take their way out.

Qinghai itself has food, and Lingzhou has also had some harvests in Tuyuhun in recent years. Since he dared to help the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty as a cover, Nuohebo would definitely lend them food. Then there would be no problem with the logistics of a large army.

But what about the Western Regions?

Unless the Tang army and the Western Regions army were indecisive and burned, killed, plundered and obtained logistics supplies from their tribes. But that was unlikely. The Eastern Turks were not Tuyuhun, with only hundreds of thousands of people, and were bound to narrow areas. The Eastern Turks ran thousands of miles and millions of people. Isn’t the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty afraid that their tribesmen would be forced to be forced?

I also heard some news that in order to win the merits, I deliberately wiped out Pei Xingjian, so I killed Fu Nian despite the agreement between Pei Xingjian and Fu Nian. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty also opposed it. Either send a light army to enter the desert from Jinshan.

But he didn't believe that the people of the Tang Dynasty would do this.

Whether it is Wang Fangyi or Li Jinxing, it seems that his command level is good, but not Li Jing or Li Ji. It is unlikely that he wants to be invincible in the desert with just a light army.

The final analysis was that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty wanted to cut off his own way of retreat, but started from the black sand. Then he achieved a great victory, made contributions, made fame, and had great righteousness, and seized power after he returned.

But this idea was wrong. First of all, he thought that the Great Food was still very powerful, so Hezhong and Tocharo did not dare to divide the troops out, and even left some Tang army to help the Persians resist the repeated attacks of the Great Cannibal.

The second thing is that he neglected the constraints of Lun Qinling in Tubo. Even if he was 100% sure, Lun Qinling would not send troops in Tubo. Unless he was 300% sure, would it be so possible?

These two changes, coupled with Li Wei's prestige in the Western Regions, are equally important as the rich rewards and the wealth brought by war. Everyone knows that war brings wealth, but can they win? With the leadership of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, they will win. Therefore, various tribes flocked out. There is also Turks not a riot, one can be forgiven, and the second can be forgiven. But will there be a third time? Since it is hopeless, what kind of benevolence and comfort?

It's just a waste of expression.

Regardless of whether this battle will make the Eastern Turkic people even more indignant and fight to the end, they must fight. The East Turkic's vitality will be reduced to the greatest extent and let it slowly decline. Of course, the vacuum area in the desert gave Li Wei a headache.

The Khitans seem to grow slowly. Once they enter the desert, what will happen?

It seems that the Jurchens came from a group of Hei Shui Mart. Once the Turks were destroyed, they might cross the Great Xing'an Mountains and come to the grasslands.

Another more brave one, the Mongols didn't know which one came from Shiwei. Now Shiwei is not strong, but giving them a chance, the speed of rising is also faster. There is no consequence, so let's fight first.

There is an error in judgment, and there is also a continuous error in the deployment of troops.

Taking advantage of the negotiation time, he quietly distributed some of his troops to return to the desert to prevent the Uighurs from being sent. In addition, Yuan Zhen led an army and quietly returned to Heisha. He was preparing to attack the Qinghai army and caught him off guard. At the same time, he strengthened the intensity of the attack on Shuozhou City.

The Qibi Ming brothers' dispatch of troops cannot be concealed.

The 80,000 troops were not small numbers. Luoyang knew, and Mochuo knew. He still didn't want to fight, and he was not confident. Therefore, he sent an envoy to Yanmen Pass to negotiate and told his bottom line. It really didn't work. He could let his son and brother Mochuo go to Luoyang to be hostage.

Li Wei did not agree.

The messenger had to go back.

But at this time Mochu was still very relieved. The main battlefield was not Shuozhou, but Heisha. Although there were 100,000 troops in the Tang Dynasty at Yanmen Pass, Cheng and Zhang arrested them, and a large number of Cheng Wuting's confidants were replaced. In addition, the domestic political situation made the morale of the army unstable. Therefore, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty did not dare to use them to fight. He came to Taiyuan to control this army and weaken the strength of the Empress Dowager Luoyang.

Unless there is a fierce man in the army like Xue Rengui who can win a battle with one person's strength. Hei Ya Changzhi is very brave, but he is still far from Xue Rengui's courage.

If it weren't for the danger of Yanmen Pass, once the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty came out of the pass, he would have taken the initiative to fight and defeat the army.

A little careless.

In fact, some soldiers were available. A few years ago, some soldiers were gradually removed from Qinghai. Even elsewhere, there were some brave soldiers. Moreover, Li Wei brought thousands of people here. After more than twenty days of delay, the 100,000 troops had been fully controlled, and even to some extent could be used. At least the elite troops could be drawn out.

As soon as the messenger left, Heichi Changzhi drew out 15,000 of them, led him personally, and left Yanmen Pass overnight and rushed towards Mochu's camp. Mochu still had many people, with nearly 30,000 troops. During the negotiations, Mochu could not compare with Mochu later. Carelessly, Heichi Changzhi killed him at the fourth update.

The soldiers on patrol also saw it and sounded the horn.

But at this time, it was the most pleasant time of sleeping in the day. They all got up in panic. Before they could wear their armor, the Tang army had already rushed open the fence and entered the camp.

A big collapse.

Until noon, Gu Dulu personally led the central army to rescue him, and Heichi Changzhicai led his army back. In this battle, more than 10,000 Turkic soldiers were wiped out. But not the most important thing, the important thing was to gain a psychological advantage. Li Wei slowly brought the camp out of Yanmen Pass.

Gu Dulu wanted to take the opportunity to fight, but when he heard that Qi Biming was approaching Fengzhou, he had to lead his army to return to Heisha.

If you are afraid, you can win better. If you can't win, you will be safer if you can retreat to the desert.

Li Wei led his army to the city of Shuozhou again.

When Ashinadaozhen opened the city gate, she saw Li Wei, first saluted, then turned her head to look at the city wall, and wanted to cry.

After nearly a month of hard fighting, almost half of the defenders in the city died. All the weapons guarding the city were used up. Finally, they removed all the stones and tiles from the people's houses and barely held them. After comforting for a few words, Ashi's heart was relieved.

Then I remembered and asked, "Your Majesty, where have you been there over the past year?"

"It's hard to say anything," Li Wei shot a fake. Anyway, most people will definitely ask this question as soon as they meet, but he doesn't want to answer it.

Let Ashinadao Zhen appease the people. From Shuozhou to Yunzhou, it was a mess and unbearable sight. Although Li Wei was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but feel angry when he saw it. He continued to lead his army to press forward step by step, and slowly approached the Shanyu Protectorate.

At this moment, people came to Dongdu.

All the envoys were heavyweight bosses, including Pei Judao, Qian Wei Taste, Wei Yiji, Pei Yan, Wu Chengsi, and Wang Dezhen did not dare to send them for fear of being held back by their son. There was also an unexpected person, Tian Youyan, a famous hermit in the Tang Dynasty.

When they came, several people had different opinions.

Wang Dezhen suggested to Wu Zetian to withdraw troops and block Li Wei from the rear of Bingzhou. It happened that the troops were planning to withdraw 200,000 troops, and some troops had not yet met, but were being recruited. It happened to take this opportunity to deploy defense.

Pei Yan didn't say anything directly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Wu Zetian decisively rejected Wang Dezhen's suggestion. The 100,000 troops were easily captured by his son, and Cheng and Zhang were captured alive. How many troops could the court recruit? Moreover, they could send troops to defend each pass outside Chang'an and come up with some excuses. But if they stationed the army in the rear of Bingzhou, their son appeared in Bingzhou, and that was too clear. It would be fine if they didn't do it, but once they did it, the son would launch a civil war and have great righteousness. Besides, what about the generals? Is it the opponent of the generals of Qinghai just by relying on Linghu Zhitong and Liu Jingtong?

So I issued an edict to the world. When my son came back, he would not talk about His Majesty, but his son. Then the Ai family withdrew from the power of the late emperor to give the Ai family, gave up the power to make decisions on military and national affairs, and then let the four people go to the north to welcome Li Wei back.

This time, I finally found someone.
Chapter completed!