Chapter 354: Uighurs withdraw their troops

In the Uighur tent under Jiuyuan City, dozens of senior Uighur generals gathered together to drink and have fun. They had received news that Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty would come to Jiuyuan to negotiate the withdrawal of the army. In order to show his sincerity in the negotiation, Li Longji specially ordered people to send a thousand tents of sheep wine and thousands of cattle and sheep as a reward to the Uighurs.

The tent was brightly lit and burst into laughter. More than a hundred girls who were captured were wearing heavy makeup and were forced to drink and have fun with them.

A Uighur general hugged a girl and laughed: "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is so fucking bad. We killed his people, robbed his women, and flattened his city. He even sent wine to reward us. It is unheard of."

Another Uighur general, Gudugudu, drank a few big sips of wine, and said with a slightest hint of his mouth: "This is the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who does not regard his people as human beings. Since he wants to seek peace, we should blackmail him and not be in vain to escape."

At this time, Ger Khan waved his hand and smiled, "Listen to me, we will fight and talk during this negotiation, learn from the lessons of the last time, and not provoke those tough Dangxiang people, we will directly kill the southern part of Guanlong, where there are Han people gathering areas, where there are richer and women are more beautiful. Let's take his vote and kill them, and the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty will naturally give in."

A wild laughter suddenly broke out in the tent. At this moment, a burst of horse hooves came from outside the tent. A Uighur soldier rushed into the tent. His face and body were dark brown. It was supposed to be blood, but it was dusty all the way, and the wind and sun blew the blood on his body into a shell.

"Khan!" He cried out with a sad cry, and laughter continued in the tent, but the few people closest to him stopped and looked at him in surprise. This surprise seemed to be a rapidly spreading virus. The tent gradually became quiet, and everyone was stunned and put down the wine glass in their hands.

"What happened?" Gerkhan looked at the soldier covered in blood, and began to feel a bad feeling in his heart.

"Khan! The Anxi army suddenly came, and we were killed and injured. General Balan led more than 10,000 people to intercept him, but the army was outnumbered and the entire army was wiped out. The Anxi army caught up with the escaped women, children and elderly people. Cui Qianyou was cruel and vicious. He killed all the men, and even the children were not spared. More than 10,000 herders! In the end, less than 10,000 escaped."

The tent was silent as if dead. With a few shrill shouts, the Uighur generals jumped up like crazy. Most of their families and children stayed on the grassland. Some cursed, some snatched the sky and the earth, some hit the ground with their heads, and they cried and cried in a roar.

"Silence me all!"

Ger Khan roared, and the tent suddenly became quiet again. He took a deep breath and asked, "Why haven't I received the news? What's going on?"

"Khan, the Anxi Army is extremely cunning. They first sent scouts to intercept the informants in the south. Thirty people reported the informants with me, but I was the only one who broke through the siege and all the others were intercepted."

Although Gerkhan was extremely shocked, he still restrained his anxiety and asked: "How many troops do they have? How many Tang troops are there? Where are they now?"

"They have 50,000 or 60,000 people, but there are not many Tang troops, only a few thousand. The rest are Tongluo tribes, Geluo tribes, Shatu tribes and the Khikas people, but the leader is Cui Qianyou, the general of the Tang army. When I left, they were about to go back with the stolen property and women from various tribes."

"Khan! Go and chase them quickly, you must not let them run away!" There was a roar in the big tent.

Ger Khan waved his hand, and the tent became quiet again, and everyone looked at him eagerly, and the fire of anxiety burned in their eyes.

Ger Khan was even more anxious. His hundreds of women were taken away, and his five sons and more than a dozen daughters had no idea of ​​life and death. But as Khan, he could not be so anxious. He glanced at everyone and said slowly: "If we just go back like this, we will not get any compensation. Negotiations with the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty mean failure. Don't you care?"

"You can fight again in the future, but we will take back our home and women, Khan, let's go!"

"Khan, let's go!" There were shouts in the big tent.

Gerkhan kicked the table in front of him with a sudden kick, and the wine and food fell to the ground. He yelled with a knife: "Okay! Go back first, kill the invaders, and take back our women."

"Kill back!"

The Uighur generals shouted and rushed out of the tent. The camp was in chaos. The Uighur army who received the news could only be described as "withdrawal in panic". Overnight, the Uighur army outside Jiuyuan City disappeared without a trace, and they were everywhere with tents, boxes, cattle and sheep and other items. Many women who stolen had no time to take them away and were killed by them.

They were like a group of driven locusts, running densely towards the depths of the grassland.

Before the sky was dawn, the Tang army in Jiuyuan City discovered that the Uighurs had withdrawn. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians rushed to the top of the city. Looking at the empty Uighur camp, they couldn't help but cheer together.

At this time, Guo Ziyi shouted loudly: "Open the city gate and send someone to check the situation everywhere."

Li Xu, the King of Bian next to him, hurriedly said: "Old General, be careful of the Uighurs' fraud, we should not be careless."

Guo Ziyi laughed and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, the Uighurs must have rushed back. If I was not wrong, it must be that the Anxi army sent troops to the Uighurs and copied their nests. I know the Uighurs, and they don't have so many strategies."

Li Yu was stunned for a while, and he suddenly shouted: "Old General, if the Uighurs really withdraw their troops, we must immediately rush to Lingzhou. The father's emperor has an order to arrive, and we will rush to Lingzhou to meet him immediately."

Guo Ziyi was shocked. The emperor actually came to Shuofang? He didn't know at all. He asked anxiously: "Where is the emperor now?"

"I don't know either. I received a secret decree from Fei Ge ten days ago, saying that my father had left Chang'an and came to Shuofang for inspection. I really don't know where I am now."

Guo Ziyi stood blankly on the city wall. Of course, he understood that the emperor came to Shuofang to seize power in person, but he did not expect that the situation would become so serious. The emperor came to Shuofang in person in order to seize the power of An Sishun, and he still made great efforts. In this way, will An Sishun still be honestly waiting for death in Lingzhou City?

Countless thoughts flashed through Guo Ziyi's mind. He suddenly realized that this was his opportunity. If he seized this opportunity, it would be the moment for him to turn over completely. He has been unknown since he was a martial artist. He has been waiting for this opportunity for decades. How could he not seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

Thinking of this, Guo Ziyi immediately whispered to Li Xu: "Your Highness, please take a step here. I have something to discuss with You."

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Li Longji left Chang'an in a mighty way under the escort of the 80,000 Guanzhong army and headed to Shuofang. Although he wanted to fly to Shuofang and cut An Sishun, who dared to resist the order, he also knew that the army he led was not enough to protect his safety. Especially the Uighurs had 80,000 troops in Jiuyuan. If he was careless and was caught by the Uighurs, it would be a shame forever. Li Longji stopped in Qingzhou and waited for the Hedong Army and Longyou Army to come to join him.

Although Li Longji was on a simple suit, his appearance was not reduced at all. In order to welcome the host, Zhang Yao, the prefect of Qingzhou, mobilized more than 100 local wealthy households to donate 200,000 guan, and requisitioned 10,000 civilians to repair a dilapidated palace of Emperor Yang of Sui. Since there were no trees around the palace, they pulled the trees from all over the place and then wrapped them on the trees with silk and satin, making the palace look extremely gorgeous and also satisfying Li Longji.

In addition, the prefect Zhang Yao found two charming girls from Baima County to serve Li Longji, which further confirmed Li Longji's flattery, which made Li Longji highly praised him and promised to transfer him to Beijing to serve as an important position.

It was these meticulous arrangements that made Li Longji not feel the pain of the journey, but instead had a joy of parade. However, Li Longji was soon unable to be happy.

Three days later, Xiliang King Li Fu led 40,000 troops to Qingzhou first. Li Fu was afraid of his father's scolding, so he never passed the news of Ge Shuhan's disobedience to the emperor. But now he could no longer hide it, so Li Fu had to come to his father's emperor to kneel down and apologize.

If Li Yan is still a smart scholar, although he is timid, at least he can employ people and knows that he can trust Guo Ziyi, then Li Yan is a complete playboy. He is handsome and suave, and has always been favored by Li Longji. He is boastful and unruly outside and turns a blind eye to him repeatedly causing trouble. This has made Li Yan even more indulged in him. He is only twenty-two years old, but his reputation has been passed down for ten years.

In Chang'an, Li Yu could do whatever he wanted and no one dared to take care of him, but in the Longyou Army, he remained unchanged and repeatedly violated military rules, making the Longyou Army unsatisfied. Therefore, he led the 40,000 Longyou Army with great difficulty. If Changsun Quanxu had not arrived in time and stabilized the morale of the army for him, he would have been unable to bring the army out of Hehuang at all.

Li Xuan was anxious. He explained the fact that Geshuhan deceived him in detail, and finally cried: "My son was not experienced enough and believed in Geshuhan too much, so he was deceived by him. He had led his army to escape to Dafeichuan. Mr. Chen was frightened and did not know how to tell his father and ask him to punish him!"

It was not until this time that Li Longji obtained the real information that his son, King Li Yu of Xiliang, did not receive the scheduled army of 70,000, but only 40,000 troops, while the rest of the army was taken to Dafeichuan by Geshuhan.

This was another major setback that Li Longji suffered in a short period of time. Not only did An Sishun resist the order, but even Ge Shuhan, the direct general whom he promoted, dared to ignore his will and take the army away without authorization.

‘Crack!’ Along the way, the pen in Li Longji’s hand was folded into two pieces, and his heart was once again full of anger. Looking at his son kneeling on the ground, he wanted to kick the useless son over, but this time he did not lose the emperor’s sanity. He slowly calmed down and asked, “I only ask you one thing, why did you hide this matter? I didn’t tell me until today?”

Li Yu had already obtained the professor of Changsun Quanxu. He kowtowed and said in tears: "My son wanted to tell his father immediately, but I heard that An Sishun's incident had a great blow to his father. My son was afraid that his father would not be able to bear the blow of Geshuhan, so he did not dare to tell his father about this. My son was out of filial piety, and I hope his father would be careful!"

Li Longji breathed a long sigh. Now that things have come to this, he has no choice but to kill his son! Maybe he really understands himself. Thinking of this, Li Longji suppressed this anger in his heart, but at the same time, his murderous intent burst out in his heart. He secretly made up his mind that he would not forgive any of the Jiedushis, and he would kill every Jiedushis resolutely.

At this moment, an eunuch at the door reported: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Yang is looking for a meeting!"

"Send him in."

Li Longji did not come to Shuofang alone to inspect. Right Prime Minister Yang Guozhong and Minister of War Chen Xilie also accompanied him to Shuofang. In fact, Yang Guozhong had already received news that Geshuhan refused to obey the order. This incident was already very rumored in Chang'an when Li Longji decided to inspect Shuofang. However, Yang Guozhong did not tell Li Longji about this. He was worried that Li Longji could not withstand the attack and died. At that time, Li Yu ascended the throne and would not have had a good life for him.

He just heard that Li Yu was coming, and knew that the matter was about to be exposed. He immediately ran over and hurriedly. As soon as he entered the door, he looked at Li Longji carefully. Fortunately, he did not seem to have relapsed, nor did he lose his fright. He felt relieved and finally let go of his heart.

"Is there anything wrong with Yang Xiangguo?" Li Longji couldn't help but ask strangely when he saw Yang Guozhong's face was happy.

Yang Guozhong stepped forward and bowed: "I just heard from several Dangxiang people that an army came across the Yellow River. I guess it was His Highness Rong who led his troops to arrive."

"It should be him! I calculated the time, and he should be here too."

This news made Li Longji feel a little relieved. His face eased slightly, and he asked: "Are the Dangxiang people you mentioned whom I want to meet?"

"That's right! They have arrived and are waiting for meeting outside."

Li Longji nodded and said, "You can call them to meet."

After a moment, the guards led several Dangxiang people into the palace hall. These Dangxiang people were Tuoba Xiong, the chief of Dangxiang, and his wife, as well as Fangdangmao, the chief of Fangdangmao, and his son Fangdangyingyi. They were received by Li Longji for making great contributions in resisting the invasion of the Uighurs.

Li Longji's palace was very vigilant, with three steps and five steps. Thousands of elite Yulin soldiers strictly guarded every corner of the palace. The spears were sharp and murderous. Of course, the palace's hall was far less magnificent than the Daming Palace, but it was quite deep. Li Longji sat on the high dragon mount, making him look majestic and mysterious, making the four Dangxiang people dare not look up and crawl on the ground.

Tuoba Xiong said tremblingly: "Tuoba Xiong, a well-official lord from the Dangxiang tribe, bowed to my emperor, and wish His Majesty a long life!"

Untouchables are the lowly title of Tuoba Xiong. In fact, his father Tuoba Chi once served as the prefect of Yanzhou, but he himself did not receive the imperial court and was just a civilian.

Seeing that the people were majestic, humble and polite, Li Longji couldn't help but feel a little fond of them, and smiled and said, "This time the Uighurs invaded the south, thanks to your Dangxiang people standing up to share my worries and solve the problems of the country. I want to reward you very much. Say it yourself! What do you want?"

Several Dangxiang people didn't say anything. At this time, Yang Guozhong smiled and said, "It's rare that Your Majesty has such a good mood. Let you give yourself a reward. This is not easy to get. Cherish this opportunity!"

Tuoba Xiong and Fang Dangluo exchanged glances secretly. In fact, they had already agreed that this was an opportunity for their Dangxiang people to rise. Once they missed, they would be the sinners of the Dangxiang team. Fang Dangluo could speak and speak better in Chinese. He would suggest it below. He kowtowed heavily and said: "As Your Majesty said, Dangxiang people are also Your Majesty's people. We should share your worries for Your Majesty. It is our duty to serve the Tang Dynasty. Dangxiang people do not have any rewards. In order to defend the frontiers of the Tang Dynasty and protect their own homes, Dangxiang people are willing to guard the gates of Guanlongbei for Your Majesty, and serve Your Majesty!"

These sentences are very beautiful and tempting, which made Li Longji feel moved. It was because of the lack of military strength in Shuofang that the Uighurs could drive in and fight, leaving the Shuofang army closed its doors. If they wanted to recruit soldiers and spend money on food, the soldiers they collected might not be able to fight. Dangxiang is a tough person by nature and can fight well. More importantly, they do not need to spend a single ounce of food on their own, which can reduce the already overwhelming military expenditure of the imperial court.

Yang Guozhong next to him was also very moved. He got an army for free, so why not do it? He immediately whispered to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, you can consider it!"

Li Longji pondered for a moment, finally nodded and said, "Today, the Right Prime Minister is also present, so I will decide with the Prime Minister that the defenses of You and Xia states can be handed over to the Dangxiang people. I will appoint the chief of Tuoba tribe as the governor of Xiazhou and the Duke of Liangu County; appoint the chief of Fangdang ministry as the governor of Youzhou and the Duke of Yan'en County, and appoint the 6,000 troops of each established party, and will be under the jurisdiction of Shuofang Jiedu Prefecture."

Tuoba Xiong and Fang Dangluo were ecstatic. In this way, the Dangxiang people finally had the opportunity to build an army. They could have their own army. Unlike before, just tribal militias and weapons and armor were restricted. If they officially became an army, the Dangxiang people had the opportunity to grow and grow.

They kowtowed together to thank him, "I am grateful to Your Majesty Longyou, and I am willing to serve the Tang Dynasty!"

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To be continued...