When Merton arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army, almost all the generals arrived at the same time, they had already left Chang'an City for half a year, and they were obviously extremely anxious about the news of Chang'an City.

Seeing that the generals were coming, Hou Junji, who was the leader, nodded and stretched out his hand, and the three messengers handed over the sealed documents in their hands.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after the good news reached Chang'an City, Your Majesty was quite pleased, and was very satisfied with our efforts to pacify Gaochang so quickly, and after returning to the dynasty, we will definitely be rewarded for meritorious deeds." Hou Junji looked at the documents of the imperial court and couldn't help but say excitedly.

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but show a smug look on their faces, they were able to calm down Gaochang so quickly, and they were naturally extremely proud in their hearts, and now they heard Li Shimin's praise, they were naturally relieved.

"This is what the last general should do." The generals bowed to Chang'an City one after another, but the smile on their faces could not be hidden, and many people began to secretly calculate that after returning to the dynasty this time, their merits could be promoted by several levels.

Subsequently, Li Shimin exempted the generals from the holy decree, and finally mentioned the most important thing, that is, about the disposal of Gaochang.

"Gao Chang privately provoked border troubles, intending to block the Silk Road, it is an unforgivable crime, thinking that Ju Wentai is dead, Koji Zhisheng has just succeeded to the throne, pardon his faults, and Feng Koji Zhisheng is the general of Zuo Wuwei and the prince of Jincheng County, and he will go to Chang'an City to take office in the near future." Hou Junji read aloud.

The generals couldn't help but raise their eyebrows, what the Mo family said was really right, the court either let Gaochang be set up as another king, or let the county be set up, it seems that the court chose the second type.

Sure enough, I saw Hou Junji continue to read: "I want to follow the example of the Han Dynasty and set up a capital protection mansion in Gaochang, called Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate. In the near future, officials from the Imperial Protectorate will rush to Gaochang. ”

"Anxi Protectorate!" The generals couldn't help but suddenly understand the meaning of the imperial court, I am afraid that the imperial court did not take a fancy to this barren Gaochang, which is far away seven thousand miles away, and the purpose of setting up the Anxi Protectorate is to suppress the Western Turks.

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but glance at Mo Jiazi, this kid became a celebrity in the eyes of His Majesty is not for no reason, if you want to clamp down on the Western Turks, you must station a certain number of troops in Gaochang, then you need a lot of grain and grass and military salaries, originally the court was ready to spend blood, but I didn't expect that Mo Jiazi had already paved the way for the court, a raisin secret technique may be enough to solve most of the food and salary problems, this is a great help to the court!

"Your Majesty is wise!" The generals suddenly said in unison.

As a military general, he is most afraid of the stability of the world, and the sword and gun enter Kuma and put Nanshan, and now Li Shimin did not stop because of the conquest of Gaochang, but set the goal on the Western Turks, which shows that Li Shimin will continue to attach importance to the generals, which is what the generals really value.

"Since His Majesty wants to set up the Anxi Protectorate, how about I set the address of the Anxi Protectorate in Gaochang City?" Hou Junji proposed.

"However, Gaochang City is the first male city in the Western Regions, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is indeed the best place to protect the capital of Anxi." The generals on the side echoed one after another. Nodding in agreement with Hou Junji's proposal.

However, Merton shook his head and said, "The last general thinks that although Gaochang City is the first male city in the Western Regions, it is not the best place for the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate. ”

Hou Junji couldn't help frowning when he heard Merton's objection, but after Merton broke the city with one blow, it was obvious that his status had risen sharply, and even Hou Junji had to pay attention to it, so he suppressed his dissatisfaction and asked: "If you have something to say about Moxijiu, please speak up." ”

Merton looked around and said: "We are the victors in Gaochang City, but no matter what reason we came to attack Gaochang City, but in the seriousness of the people of Gaochang, they are all victims, and they will be hostile to us, especially in this battle, there are not many dead and wounded in Gaochang City. ”

Xin Fang'er couldn't help nodding, in the battle under Gaochang City, although the Tang army suffered a lot of casualties, but the Tang army won, Gaochang's casualties were at least several times that of the Tang army, and the families of those dead and wounded soldiers naturally had a grudge against the Tang army.

"Second, it is Gaochang City that is the first male city in the Western Regions, and the Anxi Protectorate cannot be selected here, once the location of the Metropolitan Protectorate is determined, it will definitely become the center of gravity of Gaochang, Gaochang City is already the first Xiongcheng in the Western Regions, and it is the capital of Gaochang, which has special significance for the people of Gaochang, so the location of the Western Regions Protectorate should be selected to avoid Gaochang City as much as possible." Merton continued.

The generals nodded one after another, and now that Gaochang has decided that the best way for Datang is to let the meaning of Gaochang City slowly fade, so that it will truly return to Datang.

"Then in terms of ink sacrifice wine, where should the capital of the Western Regions be? Could it be that you can just choose a small town? Hou Junji frowned.

Merton shook his head and said, "Among the twenty-two cities of Gaochang, there is one city that is not inferior to Gaochang City, and that is Jiaohe City. ”

"Jiaohe City." The generals were stunned in their hearts, and suddenly remembered this majestic city. Jiaohe City was originally the capital of the Cheshi Kingdom, and its city defense was only slightly inferior to Gaochang City.

Merton said proudly: "Yes, it is Jiaohe City, when my army set out on the expedition, it was in the name of revenge for the Cheshi country, and the general was appointed by His Majesty as the general of the Jiaohe Road March, when the army captured Zhucheng, the people of other cities in Gaochang were resistant to the Tang army. And only Jiaohe City is grateful to Datang, and it can be said that our army has won the hearts of the people in Jiaohe City. ”

The generals couldn't help but feel embarrassed, the hostility of other cities in Gaochang to the Tang army was not only their destruction of Gaochang, but also related to their plunder.

"In addition, Your Majesty naturally named the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and the closer the city is, the more it can deter the countries of the Western Regions and the Western Turks.

"The last general seconded the proposal, since Your Majesty has made the general the general the general of Jiaohe Road, it is only natural that the Anxi Protectorate will be located in Jiaohe City." It was rare for Xin Fang'er to echo the Mo family once, and she didn't forget to pat Hou Junji's sycophants again.

Hou Junji thought about it carefully, thinking of what Tang Jun did in Gaochang, not only sighed in his heart, but also made such a comparison. Jiaohe City is indeed the location of the best Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

"Since this is the case, then set the Anxi Protectorate in Jiaohe City." Hou Junji made a final decision, and finally accepted Merton's proposal.

"Now that the court has decided to form the Western Regions Protectorate, what should Koji Zhisheng do?" Suddenly, Xue Wanjun mentioned another key figure in Gaochang City, the former Gaochang King Koji Zhisheng.

Hou Junji laughed and said: "Since the imperial court has named Koji Zhisheng as the Duke of Jincheng County, then from now on, we are colleagues, so naturally we can no longer be treated like before.

The generals couldn't help but laugh jokingly, they naturally knew that Ko Zhisheng, the prince of Jincheng County, was a false name, and his status was not as good as that of Jieli Khan back then, if His Majesty was set up as another king, they might be afraid of looting Gaochang, but now that Koji Zhisheng is about to enter the court as an official, then he can't make any noise at all.

"Jincheng County Prince!"

In a side hall of the Gaochang Palace, after receiving the will of Chang'an City, Koji Zhisheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly thanked him in the direction of Chang'an City: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" ”

These days, Ko Zhisheng was extremely frightened, lest a will come from Chang'an City that day, and behead him to show the public, and now the dust finally landed, and after the Tang people left, Ko Zhisheng couldn't help but collapse to the ground.

After a long time, suddenly from joy to sorrow, lying on the ground and crying, Gaochang passed on the country for more than 100 years, and finally he became the king of the dead country after less than a month of reign.