After Hou Junji saw the secret decree sent by Xue Wanjun, he was shocked into a cold sweat, Li Shimin This is important Li Hao, he named a nineteen-year-old boy as the head of the march, and let himself make such a meritorious service to assist him, it is obvious that he wants to build momentum for Li Hao, and the intention is self-evident.

In fact, he thought too much, the reason why Li Shimin had such a will was actually to let Li Hao destroy Gaochang with his own hands and avenge Tingzhou, because Li Shimin could feel Li Hao's deep hatred for Gaochang from Li Hao's recital. Of course, it is true that Li Shimin values Li Hao, but it is not as outrageous as Hou Junji thought.

The matter has come to this, Hou Junji sped up the trip, and Xue Wanjun hurried to Tingzhou, anyway, the siege of Tingzhou has been resolved, Li Hao is safe, even if he delays no matter how useless, it is better to hurry over, not let Li Shimin catch the handle, this is not offended at both ends. Passing through Liangzhou, Hou Junji conveyed Li Shimin's edict, and Li Daliang, the governor of Liangzhou, tried his best to cooperate, and transferred 20,000 troops to let Hou Junji command, and Hou Junji led the troops through the Great Wall to Suzhou and crossed the Yumen Pass.

Chang'an also made a bit of a turmoil, after Li Shimin issued the holy decree to send troops, he summoned Li Chengqian to the Ganlu Palace, retreated left and right, and talked alone, I don't know the content of the conversation, anyway, when Li Chengqian came out of the Ganlu Palace, his face was very ugly, as if he had eaten two kilograms of hot stool, and then Li Chengqian was grounded in the East Palace, and after thinking about it behind closed doors, it was obvious that he was reprimanded by Li Shimin.

After punishing Li Chengqian, Li Shimin played the old routine again, rewarding Li Tai, all kinds of gold and silver cloths, and a pair of famous calligraphy and paintings that he had treasured for many years, but Li Tai, a little fat man, was so happy, Li Tai even felt that he didn't have to take the initiative to compete for the position of the prince, he stayed at home every day and pretended to be a good child, waiting for Li Chengqian to make a mistake, and when he made a heinous mistake one day, the position of the prince was his own.

Not to mention, his idea is really a bit similar to history, but the second half is not very similar, Li Chengqian did make a heinous mistake and was taken away from the crown prince, but in the end, Li Tai did not become the prince.

On the fourth day of the first month of August, Hou Junji passed through Xizhou, went north, crossed the Tianshan Mountain, there were many trees on the Tianshan Mountain, Hou Junji ordered people to cut down the trees, carry them on the road, and build siege equipment after arriving in Tingzhou.

When Hou Junji had not yet arrived in Xizhou, Gaochang Tanma discovered them, and hurried back to Gaochang City to report to Lu Wentai, Lu Wentai was suddenly frightened with cold hands and feet, and his whole body trembled, and the Tang army really came.

The crown prince Lu Zhisheng hurriedly offered a plan and asked for help from the Western Turks, Lu Wentai seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and hurriedly sent an envoy to the Western Turks, and this time the envoy was still Chaksuier.

Due to the last loan of troops to Gaochang, the Western Turks lost 34,000 troops, and Yibi Lulu was very angry, and immediately sent an envoy to Gaochang to ask Lu Wentai for 60,000 taels of gold, equivalent to 600,000 taels of silver.

Before Lu Wentai had sent 10,000 taels of gold as a deposit, according to the agreement between the two of them, it was true that another 60,000 taels of gold should be paid, but Lu Wentai was not reconciled, Tingzhou did not fight down, and he also lost half of the country's soldiers, and now he has to pay 60,000 taels of gold, and no one is happy, so he refused to pay 60,000 taels of gold on the grounds that Tingzhou failed to conquer and Di Lilarna killed the marshal of the brigade, and was only willing to pay another 10,000 taels.

The envoy returned to the Western Turks to report to Yipi Lu, who was so angry that he almost flipped the table, just as the ministers were impeaching Di Lilarna, and Yi Vi Lu took away Di Li Larna's military power and the title of an official position, detained and imprisoned, and then discussed with the ministers to send troops to attack Gaochang.

The Western Turks have annexed many countries in recent years, not inferior to Gaochang, however, Gaochang is a bit special, because Gaochang borders Datang, Datang can allow a cat to sleep next to him, but he feels that he is not allowed a wolf to lie next to him, once they send troops to attack Gaochang, Datang will definitely not sit idly by, it is a trivial matter to come in and intervene, and it is very likely to cause a war between the two countries.

Because of this, all the Western Turkic ministers opposed sending troops to Gaochang, and Yibi Lulu was not easy to offend the public, so he could only dispel the idea of sending troops.

When the Gaochang envoy came to ask for help, Yibi Lu felt that his three views had been refreshed, he had seen shameless, he had never seen such a shameless person, it was a good thing that he didn't send troops to fight them, and he was embarrassed to run to ask for help, but Yibi Lulu didn't think about it, and directly refused.

However, Chaksui was not reconciled, and asked to see Yibi Lu again, and promised that as long as Gaochang was saved, Gaochang would pay 30,000 taels of gold to the Western Turks every year, and Yibi Lulu was a little moved at the beginning, but thinking about Gaochang's negative credit value, let him get out again, Yibi Lulu is not stupid, not to mention Gaochang's credit arrears, just to help them start a war with Datang, let him frown, is it so easy to fight with Datang, after the last incident, he deeply regretted that the soldier's life is not something that money can buy, he has decided, ignore GaochangMoreover, the battle of Tingzhou also made him realize that the army of the Tang Dynasty was too strong.

Chak Suier gave gifts to the ministers of Gaochang, no one dared to accept it, he was desperate, and then he began to think about his way out, Gaochang was finished, he couldn't go back, Lu Wentai was moody, if he was angry with himself because he failed to ask for help, he was estimated to cut him with a knife, even if Lu Wentai didn't kill him, the Tang Iron Cavalry arrived, he couldn't escape, Chak Suier found the general of the envoy regiment and explained to him the stakes.

The generals of the mission felt that what he said was very reasonable, and the next day they left the Western Turks under the pretext of returning to China to resume their lives, but they fled to a foreign land and lived a life without shame and shame.

On the first day of September in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, Hou Junji finally came to Tingzhou City with an army of 20,000, Li Hao personally went out of the city to greet him, one was the founding hero, the Tang Dynasty Father, and the other was a popular little fresh meat, the emperor's most valued young Yingjie, and he is currently the feudal official of the state pastor, and the military and political affairs are grasped with one hand.

There is a saying that life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills, Li Hao and Hou Junji began to play with each other after meeting outside Tingzhou City, shouting and asking for warmth, you and me, the relationship seems to be so sweet that you don't want it, in fact, Li Hao's heart is very refusal, and he has been secretly roaring: "Stay away from me, old rascal, you are going to rebel in the future, don't get close to me, we are not familiar with each other." ”

Hou Junji also secretly thought: "This kid has offended the prince, and there will definitely be no good fruit to eat in the future, but he is now favored by His Majesty, so he can't be offended, and he is not reliable for him to be too close." ”

The two of them have their own thoughts, and they can actually play the exciting scene at the first time of the revolutionary comrades' meeting, and their acting skills can definitely win the Oscars.

Li Hao invited Hou Junji Xue Wanjun into the city and arranged a post house for them, according to the customary rules, Li Hao should buy a table of banquets and wash the dust for the two of them, after all, he is a junior.

However, Li Hao is a little tired today, he hasn't acted for a long time, his skills have regressed, and when he returns to the Assassin's Mansion, he is the biggest, whether you Hou Junji or Xue Wanjun, Lao Tzu is tired. Want to eat? Order your own takeout!

For Li Hao's unethical behavior, Hou Junji said that he was not surprised at all, and even a little snickering, not surprised because he thought that Li Hao was still young, and he was not very thoughtful in terms of human feelings, and he was happy because he didn't want to entertain Li Hao, after all, the relationship between the prince and Li Hao was relatively tense, anyway, his criteria were: try to cooperate with Li Hao at work, not let Li Shimin catch the handle, stay away from Li Hao in private matters, show loyalty to Li Chengqian, and not offend both, this is Hou Junji's experience of climbing step by step from a gangster to the founding of the country.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Hou Junji went to the Assassin's Mansion to find Li Hao, naturally for official business, first of all, to discuss the attack on Gaochang, and secondly, he cut down many trees from the Tianshan Mountains, ready to build siege equipment, and wanted to borrow some craftsmen from Tingzhou City, after all, the more craftsmen, the faster the work will be completed.

After listening to Hou Junji's proposal, Li Hao gave him a thumbs up, Hou Junji still has a set of wars, and he knows that he can take materials nearby, if he really wants to transport the siege baggage from Chang'an here, he doesn't know how much manpower and material resources will be spent, and it will delay time, so he will be very spiritual in doing so.

So Li Hao mobilized all the craftsmen in the city, and Hou Junji brought the military craftsmen to join together, and began to build siege equipment, at the same time, Hou Junji divided the 20,000 soldiers and horses brought in two, and gave Li Hao 10,000, Li Hao accepted the 10,000 soldiers and horses, and practiced day and night, not that the training of these 10,000 soldiers was not enough, but Li Hao wanted to train them in his own way, so that it was easy to use when fighting.

A month later, in late autumn and early winter, the temperature in Tingzhou plummeted, and the cotton jacket was already on, this kind of weather was not suitable for sending troops, but they still sent troops, because Li Hao wanted to destroy Gaochang before the cold wave arrived.

Li Hao and Hou Junji marched together, with 20,000 troops and siege baggage from north to south, after entering the border of Gaochang, the two discussed, and acted separately, Li Hao directly led the troops to the nearest Jiaohe City from Tingzhou, and Hou Junji led the troops to bypass the Jiaohe River, and directly took the easternmost willow valley and Tiandi two cities in Gaochang.

On the tenth day of October, when Hou Junji's army arrived outside the city of Xizhou, Lu Wentai, who had been worried, got the news of the Tang army's large-scale attack, and finally could no longer bear the psychological pressure, fell ill, and died on the sickbed that night.

In order to stabilize the situation, Lu Zhisheng hurriedly took over the throne, and he didn't even have time to hold the enthronement ceremony, so he immediately arranged for soldiers and horses to prepare for war.

Li Hao took 10,000 troops to Jiaohe City, looking at Jiaohe City, Li Hao sneered, when Jiaohe Gong led troops to surround Tingzhou, now the situation is reversed, he led troops to surround Jiaohe City, it is really this time and that time.

Of course, Li Hao doesn't have that idle time to trap the city, now that the weather is getting colder, it is estimated that it will be cold in another month, he must fight quickly, otherwise it can only be delayed until the beginning of spring next year, he doesn't want Gao Changduo to exist in the world for a moment.

Camped five miles outside Jiaohe City, Li Hao cranked a feather fan in his hand, tied a scarf on his head, pointed to Jiaohe City, and asked: "Generals, how long will it take to capture this Jiaohe City at the earliest?" ”

Chen Bin thought for a while and said: "Back to the general manager, there are less than 5,000 soldiers and horses in Jiaohe City, if you let the last general attack the city, it will take three days." ”

Li Hao nodded, and did not forget to correct: "From now on, in the army, don't call me the commander, but call me the military division." ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, military advisor? Li Hao What kind of fame is this, although they were full of doubts, they didn't dare to ask more, they could only nod one after another: "Yes!" Military Division. ”

Li Hao shook the feather fan in his hand and paced lightly: "General Chen said that he needs three days to capture Jiaohe City, generals, can you be faster?" ”

Everyone shook their heads, when it comes to fighting here, Chen Bin and Peng Hai are the most powerful, Chen Bin said that it would take three days, and others naturally did not dare to amplify their words.

"Since none of the generals can take Jiaohe City in three days......"

When everyone heard this, they thought that Li Hao was going to send Chen Bin to preside over the siege of the city, but they didn't expect Li Hao to say slowly, "Then this army division will come in person, and before sunset today, take this city!" ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, looking at the sun that was already in the west, and they couldn't speak. (Once Literature Network,)