"Xiaobai, remember to scold Hou Junji harshly in your speech tomorrow!"
The miscellaneous troops that Tang Ping brought outside Guizhou City were unable to fight, but they had no problem defending the city.
As if cooperating with Tang Ping, every time Tang Ping settled a place, Hou Junji would attack the next place.
The two actually had an amazing tacit understanding.
These ethnic minorities in the Northeast have always been obedient to the Tang Dynasty, but now most of them claim to respect the Tang Dynasty, so even if they want to take action, they can't find an excuse.
Well, now, they were attacked by the rebel general Hou Junji who was also being pursued by the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty was always a step slower because of the cold weather and unfamiliar roads. Is this reasonable?
Moreover, Tang Ping was chasing after him, scolding Li Bai all the way.
Anyway, we just want to clear up the relationship with Hou Junji. As for what other countries think, what does it have to do with me, the Tang Dynasty?
The Tang Dynasty said that Hou Junji was a traitor general. Who dares to say otherwise?
The two of them chased each other and fled. When spring came, Datang suddenly had six more governor's offices.
Hou Junji started from Yingzhou and headed north, then circled east and then south, and finally reached the edge of Silla.
"Protector, I'm afraid we won't be able to fight anymore."
One of Hou Junji's guards whispered.
Although it is driven by profit, there will definitely be casualties in war.
After fighting for so long, Hou Junji's soldiers were getting fewer and fewer.
The fewer people there are, the heavier the casualties will be. No matter how generous the gifts are, it may be difficult to capture Silla.
You must know that Silla is also the strongest country in the Northeast. Hou Junji may have been able to fight back and forth with Silla at the beginning, but now with his remaining troops and defeated generals, he can no longer capture Silla. Luo.
Hou Junji looked at the map, pointed at it with red eyes and said, "No, keep fighting, at least hit Silla to the back of this river."
He had seen the globe that Li Shimin placed in the Xiande Hall. The boundary between China and its neighboring countries was located at the location of this river.
So he inexplicably wanted to expand Datang's land to that location.
"But...the people below..."
The guard had nothing to say and was interrupted by Hou Junji: "Tell them, as long as the Silla people are pushed back to the back of the river, all my property will be distributed to them."
"Protector!"
"Okay, it's settled!"
Hou Junji stood up and looked in the direction he was walking. Such a large piece of territory could be regarded as the largest expansion of territory since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, right?
Traveling thousands of miles in a few months, even with one person and three horses, it is already the limit.
The sergeants below were already exhausted, but they became excited when they heard that as long as they advanced a few dozen miles and drove the Silla frontier troops to the Yalu River called Laushizi, they could divide all the property that Hou Jun had saved.
The group of people left now were originally desperadoes. It is better to say that they are Hou Junji's subordinates than mercenaries who get paid to do things.
Money and silk touch people's hearts, let alone them.
Early the next morning, the Silla frontier army, who originally thought there would be no movement from Hou Junji's army, was frantically attacked by them.
Those desperadoes all charged as if they were desperate. In just one round, the weak Silla frontier army began to collapse.
In one day, Hou Junji's army advanced forty miles and drove all the Silla frontier troops to the other side of the river.
Looking at the frozen river in front of him, Hou Junji relaxed and patted his guard on the shoulder: "You can take your brothers and find Chu Shi quietly now."
Tang Ping kept his word and took Helan Chushi as his deputy in the places where Hou Junji conquered.
Therefore, in terms of merit and reward, Helan Chushi's contribution after returning to Chang'an this time is definitely not small. This contribution to the expansion of territory is enough for His Majesty to give him a title.
"Protector, if we don't leave, we will all follow you!"
"Okay, don't say stupid things." Hou Junji smiled:
"If you don't leave, who will bring Chu Shi to clean up this mess?"
He gestured to the outside with his eyes. The remaining desperadoes were all red-eyed desperadoes, and each of them carried a huge amount of wealth.
Hou Junji would not let these people disperse to the land of Datang. This was also the last thing he and Tang Ping agreed on.
After driving away the guards, Hou Junji took out a bottle of wine from under the box in the tent.
"Feitian, haha, that's a good name. I, Hou Junji, can't fly, but it's not an exaggeration to call myself a flying general, right?"
He didn't even take a cup, so he drank a sip of wine for himself, and then he choked and coughed as he hadn't drank alcohol for a long time.
"My position in Lingyan Pavilion will definitely not be lower now, right?"
"How can I compare to Feng Lang Ju Xu? It's a pity that I can't go back to Chang'an..."
"Your Majesty, Lao Hou is sorry for you, but now it's all right, right?"
"If there is a next life, we will continue to be kings and ministers. When the time comes, I will fight wherever you say..."
Hou Junji drank more and more, and his voice became softer and quieter.
After dark, shouts of killing suddenly arose outside Hou Junji's camp. When his soldiers stood up in panic to meet the enemy, they found that the Chinese commander's camp was on fire first.
Unprepared for the attack and without the backbone of Hou Junji, Hou Junji's troops, who were already exhausted, collapsed at the first contact. They either raised their hands and surrendered, or were killed by the Xuanjia cavalry who rushed in.
"Ping Guo Gong, annihilated more than 4,000 enemies and captured more than 7,000 people."
The reward was Helan Chushi. At that time, Hou Junji took away about 70,000 soldiers, and within a few months, only more than 10,000 people were left.
"Yue...Yue..." Helan Chushi hesitated for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "The last general's father-in-law died in the commander's camp."
Tang Ping patted Helan Chushi on the shoulder, indicating that there was nothing wrong with his title.
Looking at the still burning Hou Junji camp, Tang Ping sighed softly.
It can only be said that Hou Junji is a ruthless man, and he is just following his plan. He first broke away from the Tang Dynasty, and then attacked various countries as a traitor general of the Tang Dynasty, sweeping up the wealth and driving his desperadoes Keep fighting.
Finally, let yourself wipe out all the remaining desperadoes here, and take over the huge wealth taken away from various countries.
Every city captured by Hou Junji was plundered by him, and the people in the city naturally bore a grudge against him.
Then Tang Ping entered the city and began to distribute money and supplies to help the refugees.
The people below did not know the twists and turns of Hou Junji and others. They only knew that Hou Junji led the army into the city, burned, killed and looted, and then the Tang army saved them from the fire and water. Naturally, they were grateful to the Tang army.
In the future, when Datang takes over these cities, there will be less resistance.
In all these calculations, Hou Junji regarded himself as the biggest victim.
"And... Duke Pingguo..."
"All of my father-in-law's personal guards... committed suicide in front of his camp."
"Hey..." Tang Ping sighed deeply: "Collect their corpses and bury them by the river with Hou Junji." ap.
This was also the last thing Tang Ping promised Hou Junji.
It is said that the two did not get along happily, and they even wanted each other's life at one point.
Tang Ping did not expect that the last two people would end up like this.
Hou Junji was also the first famous Tang general to fall after he came to this world.
To be honest, he was not very fond of Hou Junji.
After all, this man was not very good in his historical reputation. He was not arrogant and domineering. Later, he instigated the prince Li Chengqian to rebel, but was sued by his son-in-law Helan Chushi.
He didn't know whether his historical collection of Hou Jun was exactly the same as what was recorded in the history books.
After all, history is also written by people.
"When I return to Chang'an, I will tell the historian that Hou Junji's final plan with me will be recorded truthfully."
