Not to mention Ju Wentai, Anda was completely frightened at this moment. As a Western Turk general, especially the Turks controlled by Yibidulu was the westernmost territory of the Western Turks, which had no border with the Tang Dynasty. Pass.
But in Anda's view, although the Tang Dynasty was powerful, it was just that the previous Turks were too weak.
Since ancient times, although the Central Plains dynasty was powerful, it had never done anything to the nomads. They came and left whenever they wanted. Those who were defeated were too stupid.
And today, he finally understood why the Eastern Turks were wiped out. Such crossbows... no cavalry could stop them at all!
Although these crossbows cannot be used for offense, the enemy's defense will not fail, which means that the enemy is already in an invincible position. If the opponent wants to, they can attack from all directions at any time.
Then the failure of East Turkestan is understandable.
For a moment, Ju Wentai and Anda looked at each other.
"King Ju Wentai, are you still attacking? If you attack, my soldiers will not help you attack the city. Unless you can find a way to open the city gate, I can lead the army to rush into the city." Anda said decisively.
Are you kidding me? Turkic cavalry are invincible on the grassland. They can come and go as they please, but when attacking a city... the war horses will not fly up to the city.
But the enemy's crossbows can kill their horses and soldiers.
It would be fine if they had a chance to attack the city wall, but the current situation is that if they want to use the ladder to attack the city wall, at least half of them must die first!
He didn't think that the Gaochang people's army could be so elite and kill so many people without collapsing.
Ju Wentai: "..."
I only have a total of 5,000 fucking troops. Even if we include the auxiliary troops at the back, we can barely scrape together 10,000. You won’t participate in the siege? How can I attack it myself?
This... is embarrassing.
Suddenly, Ju Wentai didn't know what to do, neither forward nor backward.
A siege? But who knows how long the food in the city will last? In fact, it doesn't even need to be supported for too long. If it can be supported for ten days, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty in Dunhuang and other places can definitely arrive! In other words, they would be dead at that time.
Thinking of this, Ju Wentai wanted to back down. But he spoke eloquently before going on the expedition, but was silent when the troops came to the city. So what should he do after he returns? Nonsense? Otherwise, wouldn’t it be embarrassing and embarrassing? !
Always have to find a suitable excuse.
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In Chang'an, Li Ke was eating hot pot with prepared ice cream next to it. Although it is a little hot to eat hot pot in the summer, eating hot hot pot in the hot summer, sweating heartily, and having a glass of cold beer is simply delicious. There are three months in the human world, but the gods don’t change either.
"Come on, come on, eat, you're welcome." Li Ke called to the person next to him.
The figure sitting next to Li Ke didn't move or rest. After a long time, he simply gave up. Without being polite, he directly picked up the bowl and started eating again.
"Hey, that's right. Why are you being so polite? What's the relationship between us? Are we so open-minded?" Li Ke said.
The figure who was eating froze for a moment, what does it matter? The relationship between being beaten and being beaten!
Changsun Chong is so confused, don't you have any idea what the relationship between us is? Are you embarrassed to ask me?
However, he still had food in his mouth and didn't say anything. This was still polite.
Li Ke did not bother him, but looked at the younger man next to him, and asked with a smile: "How is it? The food here is pretty good, much better than at your home."
"Thank you for the hospitality, Your Highness. The fine clothes and fine food are all different in taste. Although the food at my home is not as fine as your Highness's place, it is not bad. There are still many people in the Tang Dynasty who do not have enough to eat." This young man The 17-year-old man was none other than Wei Zheng's son, Wei Shuyu.
According to future calculations, he was born in 621 and died in 705. This is also a long-lived person.
There is no detailed record of his birth year in history, only a rough idea, but after Li Ke came over, he naturally knew that Wei Shuyu was the son of Wei Zheng, and he gave birth to his first eldest son when he was in his forties. There are two sisters in front of him, and he has three brothers.
The main reason why we called these people here today is that there are not enough tool men recently. This operation in the Western Region will eventually require a lot of officials. We cannot let government soldiers act as local officials in the early stage. This will not be good for local policies. good.
To be honest, the people trained by Li Ke are not suitable to be officials. They are suitable for carrying out certain things. After all, their knowledge is limited. If they are allowed to govern, the problem will still be big.
Therefore, we still need to find some tools from these wealthy families to use. There is no way. The education that people from these wealthy families have received since childhood is related to governing local people. But Li Ke, who is generally from a wealthy family, doesn't want to use it, so he can only harvest wool from the children of these ministers.
After all, the ministers who followed Li Shimin still didn't have much problem with their family education, at least they were a little different from those who came from aristocratic families.
"That's right. It seems that you have all been in school recently to attend classes or teach." Li Ke looked at them with a smile.
"Your Highness means so much that we naturally dare not ignore it," Fang Yi said straight away.
Li Ke smiled, among the people who came today were the sons of several loyal tool men who worked for Datang, Changsun Chong, Wei Shuyu, Fang Yizhi, Fang Yiai, and Du He.
The old version of Fang Mou Du Duo and Li Ke are no longer available, but we have to keep pace with the times and update the version.
Du Ruhui's eldest son Du Gou is now a high-ranking official and currently serves as the governor of Xiangzhou.
Originally the governor of Cizhou, which later became Ci County, Hebei Province, Cizhou was established during the Wude period, abolished in the first year of Zhenguan, and belonged to Xiangzhou. Du Gou, who was granted the title of Cizhou governor, naturally became the governor of Xiangzhou.
As for the others here today, they all have casual officials. Their highest position is already the fourth rank, and the lowest is the sixth rank official. However, they are all casual officials and currently do not hold actual positions.
"I invite you here today. The main reason is that your fathers are the pillars of the Tang Dynasty. They handled the government affairs for the Tang Dynasty and even sacrificed a lot of rest time. In fact, they dedicated their lives to death."
"Although I am just a prince, I am also a member of the Tang Dynasty royal family. I don't have much treatment for them. I can only invite Taoist Master Sun Simiao back, give them more medical treatment, and let Taoist Sun bring more apprentices, and then Try to prevent them from getting sick." Li Ke said with a smile.
Li Ke's words moved everyone's faces, because these were indeed the truth, not just their father and mother, but also people like them. The court had increased the annual physical examination items just to prevent them from getting sick.
Even for some major and minor ailments, the imperial court provided free medicinal materials, which cost a lot of money. However, the money was all paid by His Highness personally and the imperial court could not afford it. Could they not be grateful?
