After that, Tang Ping and his group really rushed towards the Turks non-stop.
Finally, ten days later, we arrived at the location of the Turkic Protectorate.
Hou Junji was naturally absent, and the one who took the lead to greet them was Gu Xiaotang, the Turkic Khan who stayed here.
Seeing Gu Xiaotang again, Tang Ping found that the other person seemed to have changed a little, but also seemed not to have changed.
"Is this Princess Qingluan? The last time you got married to Duke Heping, I should have been there to celebrate, but unfortunately I had given birth at that time and it was not suitable to travel far. I'm really sorry. I have always wanted to see you, and today I finally That’s what I wished for.”
Surprisingly, Gu Xiaotang just saluted Tang Ping, and then started talking to Wang Qingluan, which made Tang Ping, who had originally planned to say hello, seem a little embarrassed.
Lao Cui and Lao Du stood far away, and then Lao Cui stretched out his hand and said, "Really? Do you think I'm right? I said it's the Shura Field, right? Come on, come on, I'm willing to admit defeat, ten coppers !」
Lao Du helplessly took out ten copper coins and slapped them on Lao Cui's hand: "It's different when a bitch has a wife. You have guessed all this."
Fortunately, in addition to Gu Xiaotang, the Turks also had General Kang Sumi, an acquaintance of Tang Ping.
Although the Tang Dynasty canonized Gu Xiaotang as a Turkic Khan, most of the military power was still in the hands of Kang Sumi, who wanted to surrender most.
A Turk that combined military and political power was unacceptable to the Tang Dynasty.
However, Kang Sumi was very satisfied after regaining military power, so Tujue and Gu Xiaotang got along quite well. One held political power and the other held military power without interfering with each other. This also allowed Tujue to recover quickly after the war with the help of the Tang Dynasty. regained vitality.
"I have met Duke Ping!" Kang Sumi knew Tang Ping's status in the Tang Dynasty. Even though he was just a Duke who seemed to have no real power, Kang Sumi still seemed very respectful.
"General Kang Sumi, we are all old acquaintances, so there is no need to be so polite."
Kang Sumi's arrival relieved Tang Ping's embarrassment. Standing next to Gu Xiaotang and Wang Qingluan, he always felt that the atmosphere was very... delicate.
So he quickly pulled Kang Sumi to the side.
"How did they fight Beiyan this time?" This was the question Tang Ping was most concerned about. On the way, he also encountered some Turkic herdsmen who were afraid of being affected by the war, but how could those people know the details of the internal power.
So we have to ask Kang Sumi, who is in charge of the Turkic army.
"To be honest, I don't know much about it!" Kang Sumi spread his hands and said, "More than half a month ago, one morning the governor suddenly took his troops to Ulan Hada, saying that he was going to the city to find someone."
Kang Sumi said with a wry smile: "The Beiyan has a good relationship with us recently, but there is no way they would agree to the Tang army entering their important border town! So I heard that there was a conflict at that time."
"The Houdu Guards did not lead many people, so they naturally suffered a loss. It is said that three soldiers died. That afternoon when Houdu Guards came back, they gathered our Turkic King's army and led the Tang army to attack Ulan Hada."
"You didn't give me any advice?" Tang Ping asked strangely. .
"Ping Guogong, look at what you said, how can I persuade you? What Hou Duhu said is that Beiyan detained Tang officials and killed Tang soldiers, which offended the power of Tang Dynasty, and must retaliate. Do you think I can persuade you? ?」
Tang Ping nodded. Kang Sumi was right. Although the Turkic Royal Court currently has about 80,000 troops, the total number of soldiers scattered throughout the Turks should exceed 200,000, while Hou Junji only has 20,000 Tang troops. , but in such a situation, the Turks really have no right to refuse.
According to the "New Book of Tang: Baiguan Zhi": "The Duhu was in charge of the various tribes, comforted, conquered, recounted merits and demerits, and was the general judge of government affairs."
What Hou Junji now exercises is naturally the right of conquest.
"By the way, have you met the supervisory censor?"
Li Ziwu was the trigger of the Tang-Yan war. It is not known whether he is dead or alive, but according to Tang Ping and Wang Qingluan's guess, he was probably dealt with by Hou Junji.
"Of course I have seen him before. Ambassador Li just came to Turks, and he came to our royal court and paid homage to the Khan."
"Have you noticed anything unusual?"
"Abnormal?" Kang Sumi thought for a while and shook his head: "There is nothing abnormal, but he did ask the Khan for two warriors to be his translators for this trip..."
"Oh?" Tang Ping raised his eyebrows. He remembered that Li Shimin said at that time that Li Ziwu was proficient in Turkic, Khitan and other languages. How could he need Turks to be his translators when he arrived in Turks?
"What about the two Turkic warriors later?"
Kang Sumi frowned and said with a strange expression: "The strange thing is that the night before Yu Shi Li disappeared, the two of them were knocked unconscious at the same time, but the place where they were found was in Ulan Hada City. These are the two people who were found after the Houdu Guards broke through the city!"
Tang Ping nodded. Although there were various speculations that Hou Junji was behind this, they still had no evidence to prove that this was a war started by Hou Junji.
"How is the battle going now?"
Kang Sumi said with a frightened look: "The Hou Duhu broke through ten cities in ten days and caught Beiyan off guard. Now they are approaching Yingzhou City."
It's no wonder that Kang Sumi is like this. When Hou Junji came, he didn't show his ability. In addition, in the last war against the Turks, Hou Junji stayed behind and there was no such person among the generals who attacked the Turks.
Therefore, Kang Sumi felt that Hou Junji was not very capable. In addition, he heard that Tang Ping was offended and sent to this place by Emperor Li Shimin to serve as the Protector of the Protectorate. Although he was usually respectful on the surface, he didn't think much of him in private. of.
But who knew that once the war started, Hou Junji and his men would be like tigers descending from the mountain. With lightning operations coordinated by foot and cavalry, in more than ten days they would have captured the entire southwestern border of Beiyan, and now they have pushed into The capital of Beiyan was Yingzhou.
Not far behind is Liaodong City, which was Shenyang in later generations, and that was the territory of Goguryeo.
Turks and Beiyan bordered, and the two sides had never fought wars. Kang Sumi thought that if he led 70,000 people to attack Beiyan like this, although he was confident that he might not lose, it was absolutely impossible to reach Yingzhou so quickly.
For this reason, Kangsumicai was afraid of Hou Junji's military capabilities.
"Have you reached Yingzhou yet?"
Tang Ping pondered for a moment, Yingzhou was the capital of Beiyan. It seemed that Hou Junji had fought a battle to destroy the country at lightning speed this time.
In addition to the bravery and proficiency of the Tang soldiers and Turkic soldiers as well as his strong command ability, it is thought that the two Tang Dynasty divine cannons sent to the Turkic Protectorate at that time also played an important role.
The cities in Beiyan were not as strong as those in the Tang Dynasty. Many of them were built with mud mixed with thatched grass.
Under such a situation, what Tang Ping had to consider was whether to capture Hou Junji.
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