"Pingguo Gong, you are finally here!"
When the Guizhou garrison saw Tang Ping coming with his army, he felt as if he was seeing a relative.
There is no other way. What soldiers in this era want most is to become a marquis immediately.
But Liu Bo was unlucky.
He, Liu Bo, was the first guard at the border crossing between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. However, just a few months after he was transferred from the border with the Turks in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty attacked the Turks, and then the Turks became a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. He lost his life in vain. Opportunities for promotion.
Then a few months before Tang Ping led troops to attack East Vietnam, he happened to be transferred back to the border between Turks and Beiyan, and then missed the battle in East Vietnam.
So this time Tang Ping came with his army, he was eager to see through it!
As long as he can help Tang Ping take down Hou Junji, a rebellious minister and traitor, then even if Tang Ping is the first to do it, he can still make some achievements as the guard of Guizhou.
If he could establish a good relationship with Tang Ping again, it would be better to be transferred back to Chang'an or Guanzhong Road than to stay in the barren Northeast.
"Thank you for your hard work, General Liu!" Tang Ping chuckled. He may have created the slowest marching speed in the Tang Dynasty or the Turks.
Fortunately, he treated the lieutenants and officers well, so not only did the Turkic soldiers not complain at all along the way, they even wished that the march could last longer.
Many sergeants feel that they have gained some weight after going out.
"It's not hard, it's not hard!" Liu Bo rubbed his hands: "The army brought by Duke Ping has been deployed. I don't know what will happen next..."
The real purpose of Tang Ping's coming here is a secret of the Tang Dynasty's top management. Therefore, in Liu Bo's view, although Tang Ping and his people seemed to be here just for sightseeing, they couldn't really come here for fun, right?
"Has Hou Duhu come?" Tang Ping asked knowingly. Before he came, he asked Liu Bo to send a message to Hou Junji, saying that he had not seen him for a long time and invited Hou Junji to come to Guizhou for a drink.
But how could Hou Junji really come?
"Hou Junji's chaos..."
"Ahem..." Tang Ping coughed, interrupting Liu Bo's words, and Liu Bo also reacted.
This Hou Junji is still officially the Protector of the Beiyan Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.
He himself neither declared independence, nor did the Tang Dynasty accuse him of treason, and everyone has not completely broken up in terms of face.
Liu Bo changed his mind and said, "I sent someone to deliver the invitation to the Beiyan Duhu Mansion, but Hou Duhu replied saying that some soldiers under his command violated military orders not long ago and acted randomly in the pastoral area. He is in the process of rectifying military discipline and is really too busy to come."
Hou Junji would definitely not come. Tang Ping expected it, but he didn't expect this guy to be so good at finding connections.
The last conflict in the pastoral area was part of Tang Ping's publicity about his willingness to come here. Hou Junji wanted to block Tang Ping's mouth.
"However, although the Protectorate of Hou did not come, the army of the Protectorate of Beiyan did come." Liu Bo felt a little gloating when he said this.
Anyway, he was eager for Tang Ping to lead a fight with Hou Junji. Anyway, the people Tang Ping brought were all Turkic soldiers, and they were not considered citizens of the Tang Dynasty. Chinese website
Even if he was damaged in the battle, Liu Bo wouldn't feel sad. He could just follow in the game and provide assists and take the credit.
Tang Ping had expected this. His army of more than 100,000 people, no matter how poor its combat effectiveness, was still in numbers.
Hou Junji couldn't really turn a blind eye.
"The army of Beiyan Protectorate? How many people are there?"
"According to regulations, the Beiyan Protectorate and the Turkic Protectorate both have 50,000 regular troops. But now outside Guizhou City, the general estimated that there are at least 100,000 troops."
As a general, he can roughly judge the strength of his troops from many clues on the opposite side.
"There are so many people!"
Tang Ping narrowed his eyes. When Hou Junji attacked Beiyan, he brought about more than 50,000 people with his old troops. In a few years, they had expanded to more than 100,000 people in Beiyan.
This is one of the reasons why Datang has not taken action against Hou Junji.
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Although Ji's character is not that good, he definitely still has the ability to fight.
Otherwise, Li Shimin would not have given him the position of Minister of War.
In addition, Beiyan's people have always been tough and tough, and everyone is tall and mighty.
At that time, they were quickly captured by Hou Junji. Firstly, there was a big gap in the weapons and equipment between the two armies. Secondly, Beiyan really didn't have any famous generals, so they all fought in a swarm.
Under Hou Junji's blitzkrieg, there was no organized and effective defense, and they were crushed.
Now, many of Hou Junji's army are soldiers recruited in Beiyan, and their combat effectiveness must not be underestimated.
"Let's go and see the elite soldiers of our Great Tang Beiyan Protectorate!"
Tang Ping spoke, and Liu Bo led everyone up the city wall.
Looking from a distance, one can see that the tents were neatly set up and the flags of the Tang Dynasty were hung high.
Tang Ping couldn't help but sigh with emotion. He came to the Tang Dynasty by accident, and the fate of many people was different from that in history.
But unexpectedly, Hou Junji still embarked on the old path of rebellion.
If these more than 100,000 troops were used by the Tang Dynasty, the entire north should be in the possession of the Tang Dynasty.
Now, even if Tang Ping said that he would not care about the past grievances, Hou Junji would not believe it.
As Tang Ping expected, when he was looking at the Beiyan Camp opposite, Hou Junji in the Beiyan Camp was also looking at the city wall of Guizhou.
Naturally, there was Hou Junji's spy in Guizhou, and Tang Ping received the news before he even entered Hou Junji in Guizhou.
And as the former governor of the Turkic Protectorate, Hou Junji naturally had telescopes.
He looked at Tang Ping on the city wall through the telescope and said through gritted teeth, "Shu Zi is still unwilling to let me go after all!"
He didn't know that Tang Ping was releasing a smoke screen to attack Tibet, but he just felt that with the hatred between the two, Tang Ping would definitely kill him and then be quick.
"General, I would like to lead a group of dead soldiers into Guizhou and kill Tang Ping..." A loyalist of Hou Junji behind him made a motion of slitting his throat.
"No, there are many people who want Tang Ping dead, but don't you think he is still alive and well now? You can't imagine Tang Ping's ability. If you act rashly, you will only lose your life in vain." Hou Junji shook his head and said: " The Tang Dynasty is still afraid of our army of more than 100,000, and the Tang Dynasty is not willing to pay a high price to liquidate us, so we only need to hold on, and when winter comes, Tang Ping will naturally retreat."
Hou Junji planned to be a coward. As long as he stayed here, Datang's artillery was powerful, but its maneuverability was too poor.
And as long as artillery is not used, he is not afraid.
If Datang really wanted to take action, he would try his best to bite off a piece of meat from the opposite side.
He was betting that Datang would not be willing to pay such a price!
