Hou Junji, the father-in-law of Prince Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty, led his troops out of Chang'an City and went to where Li Chengqian was going to escort Li Chengqian. Of course, this was the order given by Li Shimin.
However, just after Hou Junji led his troops to leave, the entire city of Chang'an changed even more.
Everyone can feel the strange aura of Chang'an City.
As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengqian had already taken some of the Tiance Guards out to patrol the world, and now he asked Hou Junji to lead his troops to protect the left and right again. No matter how you look at it, it seems like someone is targeting Li Chengqian, usually just to take advantage of him. No one knows what the real situation is. It is worthy that Li Shimin, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, makes arrangements, and everyone must implement them to the letter.
Hou Junji, as the father-in-law of the most noble Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, led his troops and horses towards the place where Li Chengqian was temporarily stationed in Luoyang. Civil servants from all over the place came to greet him, and all the generals came to congratulate him. After listening to Hou Junji’s teachings.
This time, people with ulterior motives seized the opportunity and kept impeaching Hou Junji for his plans.
If you go to support His Highness the Crown Prince, then support His Highness the Crown Prince. Why are you talking and laughing with the generals along the way? What about cliques?
In this turbulent and ever-changing Chang'an
While all the forces were competing, Xue Li had already made appropriate arrangements on the grassland. Tiance's guards were divided into three and began to attack the surrounding Ottoman cities crazily.
The cities controlled by Donggui City and Maimaiti served as the base camp of the Tang Army. From this center, they began to attack the place where Osman was located. No matter what, they must make the Huns who once fought against their ancestors completely become history.
Osman never thought that the descendants of the Han people who had defeated them and fled westward in embarrassment would attack him with all their might.
My ancestors could not defeat them and hid in the west, and gradually came into contact with the western countries. They divided the nobles according to the style of their small country with few people to maintain their ruling authority. But now they are facing a large-scale attack on themselves by the Tang army. When they arrived, they discovered their weakness. There was no way to fight against the Tang army. They could only surrender if they could, and escape if they could escape.
Under such circumstances, Xue Li and others quickly occupied half of the Ottoman territory.
One after another, Xue Li arranged for the soldiers to rush to the Anxi Protectorate, and Li Shentong, the Anxi Protectorate, and General Li arrived and sent them to Chang'an City to report to Li Shimin.
Li Shentong, who was stimulated by the success stories one after another, couldn't sit still. He kept circling in his tent, looking at his generals and asking questions.
"Tell me about it. Today, Cewei came out and actually found the lair of the Huns. The Huns were about to be completely subjugated. What should we do? Guard our Anxi Protectorate every day. Three-thirds of the land?"
Li Shentong asked his generals, and among his generals, look at me and see if you have a smart head and come up with some advice.
"General, we should also expand outward. To the west are the countries in the Western Regions. Should we subdue them and let them become our counties in the Tang Dynasty?"
Just after the general said these words, Li Shentong turned to look at him and said fiercely.
"What do you want to do? These have been our vassal states of the Tang Dynasty since ancient times. If we turn them into counties of the Tang Dynasty, do we still need our face?"
But as soon as Li Shentong finished speaking, the general who made the suggestion felt a little sad and said something in front of Li Shentong.
"But General Li..."
Looking at his younger brother who was still in front of him, Li Shentong was furious.
"Are you going to put me in an unkind and unjust situation? If that's the case, I will never let you have an easy time."
But just as Li Shentong finished speaking, this little brother said weakly.
"During the Han Dynasty, they were the Protectorate of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty. However, until the founding of the Tang Dynasty, although they came to pay tribute, they did not consciously establish the Protectorate of the Western Regions. Under such circumstances, we still invited the general Send troops from heaven and let him
We all know that the Tang Dynasty is more powerful than the Han Dynasty. "ap.
Li Shentong's younger brother once again said something unexpected to Li Shentong, and Li Shentong looked at him and touched his chin.
"I didn't expect what you said, but after thinking about it carefully, what you said is very useful to me."
The more Li Shentong said this, the happier he looked at his little brother and kept patting him on the shoulder.
"You are right to think about it. These small countries in the Western Regions don't take us seriously anymore, so why should we take them seriously? What you think about is really in line with my thoughts. Then I will follow what you said. . Arrange manpower to communicate well with these small countries in the Western Regions, and ask them if they want to be our Datang's counties or our Datang's enemies."
Li Shentong didn't even consider whether what he did would force these small countries in the Western Regions to oppose him. And even if he did, so what?
Even a team as powerful as the Turks collapsed under the attack of the Tang Dynasty, let alone these small countries in the Western Regions.
Just when Li Shentong was happily arranging for his younger brother to go out to carry out the mission and incorporate the Western Region into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, there was a scholar-looking general next to him, but wearing armor, he should be a Confucian general rather than a brave general. He took a step forward again.
"General, we risked starting a war. Will Your Majesty punish us?"
But as soon as the general finished speaking, Li Shentong looked at him and shook his head.
"So what if His Majesty punishes you? I, Li Shentong, opened up and expanded territory for Your Majesty. If Your Majesty really punishes me, I, Li Shentong, will bear the responsibility alone. But don't worry, I believe that Your Majesty will never hold many people accountable. I A general can take on all these problems."
Li Shentong was not only a general of the clan, but also a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. The people in front of him absolutely believed what he said.
As soon as Li Shentong finished talking about the one who raised doubts, he hurriedly admitted his mistake in front of Li Shentong.
"General, how can you say that? We followed you through life and death together, how can we be greedy for life and afraid of death?"
Looking at the many generals and commanders who firmly supported him in front of him, Li Shentong slapped the table heavily.
"Okay, since that's the case, I'll thank you on behalf of Your Majesty."
After Li Shentong finished speaking, he began to mobilize his troops and generals, preparing to wipe out all the small countries in the Western Regions. As soon as Li Shentong's soldiers and horses moved, news quickly reached Li Shimin's desk.
Li Shimin was also curious when he saw that Li Shentong suddenly wanted to operate on a small country in the Western Region. He ordered his men in black to find out what Li Shentong was thinking as soon as possible? What to do?
Li Shimin issued the order, and soon, these orders were spread everywhere.
Not everyone can know such news, but those who should not know such news. People related to the men in black and Jin Yiwei have indeed received such news.
King Li Min of Shu and King Li You of Qi looked at the news in front of them and pondered what was going on. However, they had just considered that Li Shentong had left the Western Turks, and another gleam flashed in their eyes.
"This is a good opportunity. As long as Li Shentong is deeply involved in the wars among the countries in the Western Regions, he will not be able to return to the Western Turks for a while. And the tribes who surrendered in the Western Turks will encounter such a situation again. If the prince is not here, we will lead the troops to go out. Yes. Very good, very good."
The King of Qi and the King of Shu were quite happy. They did not expect that they would encounter such a good thing for no reason, and they were even more complacent. If it was really as they thought, they would have the capital to fight against Li Chengqian and be able to pull up the A team.
After the King of Qi and the King of Shu had other ideas, they arranged for their confidants to lead some people into the grassland quickly, and kept encouraging some tribes on the grassland, so that they could follow their own ideas for their future. Life can be freed from the control of the Tang Dynasty, and they can live their previous lives as masters.
To everyone's surprise, in the Anxi Protectorate, Li Shentong was marching towards the Western Region. Shi Jin and Feng Tao, the Anbei Protectorate, sat together and looked at the news that was delivered, and they were a little tangled for a moment.
These two people obeyed Li Shimin's orders unswervingly. Li Shimin did not arrange orders for them. Even if they wanted to go out to expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty, they did not dare to do so. However, although they did not dare to do it, the two of them dared to write their thoughts into a memorial to Li Shimin and let Li Shimin decide whether they could set off.
Soon Shi Jin and Feng Tao wrote down their thoughts. There are some tribes or kingdoms in the north of the grassland that are different from the Xiongnu. Since they exist, why not recover them together and bathe in the Tang Dynasty? Under the power of God.
Shi Jin and Feng Tao thought about their memorial, and the memorial was delivered to Li Shimin's desk in the shortest possible time. Li Shimin looked at the memorial and couldn't help but think of a good opportunity to clear his name.
His crime was very serious, and he knew everything in order to win the position of emperor.
Although he did a good job, some people kept saying that he was not in the right position.
Under such circumstances, expanding the territory and establishing a territory larger than the current Tang Dynasty should clear up one's reputation, right?
Li Shimin agreed to what Shi Jin and Feng Tao did without thinking, and this suddenly gave people with ulterior motives an opportunity to take advantage of.
Originally, they wanted to bring chaos to the Turks and provide them with an opportunity to send troops, but they were still worried that the Anxi Protectorate's troops had left, and that the Anbei Protectorate was pressing on the north, and now the Anbei Protectorate was also about to attack. They chose to travel further north, which was even more of an opportunity for them.
Then everyone laughed with ulterior motives.
"When the opportunity comes, we really can't stop it. But when this opportunity comes, we must seize it well. We can't let others take this opportunity away from us again."
