Chapter 23 Chapter Twenty-Three Guo Daifeng Refuses to Help

Everyone thought that Li Ji was really getting better soon, but after the assembly was over, they realized that their judgment was wrong.This is just a flashback, without Li Ji's management, everyone will be quiet.Li Ji said: "I know I won't be able to get up again if I lie down today, so I got up just to say goodbye to everyone." Seeing that everyone lowered their heads in silence, some of them had already started to cry .Li Ji looked at Li Bi, and began to explain the funeral, "Fang and Du worked hard all their lives, and finally established a family, but in the end they went bankrupt because of unworthy sons. These descendants will be handed over to you in the future. After I am buried, you Immediately take care of housework and raise orphans and children. In the future, you must be cautious and careful. In the family, no matter who is in the family, as long as there are villains with bad ambitions, you will kill him at home first, and then report to the emperor. You wear it for me Put on the regular clothes, just put the court clothes by my side.

"Use an open-air wooden cart to take me to Zhaoling, and the late emperor will be able to recognize me. The burial vessel only needs five or six wooden horses, and you can use as many tents and curtains as you like, and put ten puppets underneath. It counts, and others are not allowed to be buried with them. If the concubines are willing to stay and raise children, let them stay, and if they don't want to, let them go." Li Ji turned his attention to everyone, "From now on, you must treat the weak and the weak well, and anyone who violates my words will be killed!" On the third day of December in the second year of Zongzhang (AD 669), Sikong of the Tang Dynasty, Prince Taishi, and Yingzhen Wugong Li Jixiu were seventy-six years old.

Because the emperor could not send his ministers to the funeral, on the day of the burial, Li Zhi ran up to the palace tower of Weiyang Palace, looked at the hearse and burst into tears.Li Zhi erected three tombs in the shape of Yinshan, Tieshan, and Wudzhanshan (Yudujin Mountain in Mongolia) in front of Li Ji's grave, in recognition of his achievements in defeating Turks and Xue Yantuo.After Li Ji's death, the situation of all parties has changed significantly, especially Tubo on the southwestern border, which began to move around. A turmoil caused by "holding hands" will go down in history.

A few years ago, there was an uprising in Qiuci in the four towns of Anxi (Qiuci, Yanqi, Khotan, and Shule). Khan and Jizhijue Khan can help Tang Jun take down the traitors smoothly.Brother Haizheng wrote two letters and sent them to the two khans respectively. What he didn't know was that although these two khans were both canonized at the same time, they were not friends. Brother Haizheng brought thousands of people to Jizhijue Khan first. Seeing Su Haizheng, Jijijue first introduced himself, saying that my surname is Ashina, my first name is Buzhen, and it would be fine to call me Khan from now on, etc., and expressed everything.Then, he expressed his longing and admiration for Datang, kindly made Su Haizheng eat and drink well, and described the situation in the Western Regions.Finally, he approached Su Haizheng and asked nervously, "Does the ambassador feel that there is something wrong?"

"I felt wrong from the beginning!" Bu Zhen suddenly became nervous, "Mi She (Xing Xi'an) conspired against us, we have to kill him!" "Mishe wants to rebel?" "Yes, Mishe wants to rebel." "I have so few soldiers and horses, so I wanted him to help. If he makes a fuss, we will definitely die to nothing!" "Who says it's not..." "In my opinion, it's better to attack first, and then suffer disaster. Why don't we kill him first and then play, let's kill him!" Su Haizheng was easily fooled by Buzhen. He forged the holy order, saying that he would bestow ten thousand pieces of silk on Mishe, so that all the chiefs and leaders of the extinct tribes in Xingxi came to receive the award.

Afterwards, Su Haizheng came to a massacre, killing Mi She and others.When the two tribes under Mi Archer heard the news of Khan's death, they fled in terror. They were chased by Su Haizheng and Ashina Buzhen for a hundred miles, and died cleanly.Brother Haizheng and Buzhen's allied forces returned to camp, passed through Shulenan, and were besieged by the Yuegong tribe who hated them so much.Behind the Yuegong tribe is the elite Tubo army. They're here to be rescuers. At this critical moment, Su Haizheng once again showed the same strength as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.He sent envoys to negotiate with Tubo, and promised to leave all the supplies of the Tang army to Tubo, only to ask Tubo to let them go.Tubo got military funding, saw that Su Haizheng had few people under his command, so he let them go.However, the Mishe tribe who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty in the past believed that Mishe was wronged, and turned around one after another, defecting to Tubo.

In April of the first year of Xianheng (AD 679), Tubo captured eighteen prefectures in the Western Regions, and united with Khotan to capture the city of Kucha. Hundreds of thousands of Tubo troops besieged the Western Regions. The Tang Dynasty had no choice but to abandon the four towns of Anxi and retreat to Shaanxi.At the same time, Xue Rengui was asked to return to the court immediately, and he was appointed as the general manager of the Luosuo Road march. The left guard general Ashina Daozhen and the left guard general Guo Daifeng were the deputy generals. Xue Rengui led the troops back to the Western Regions.After the arrangements were made, Xue Rengui started to act.But some people questioned this arrangement, and he was very dissatisfied.

His name is Guo Daifeng (little Daifeng who loves you), and he was on the same level as Xue Rengui when he conquered Korea. Now, that guy from ordinary people has become his leader. Guo Daifeng was dissatisfied, he needed to vent. Guo Daifeng would not vent his emotions in front of others, he would only vent his anger on the battlefield.But when people understand what it means to "only vent their anger on the battlefield", everyone's eyes are moist.The army marched to Dafeichuan (Qinghai Republic), and Xue Rengui ordered the troops to build fortifications in this offensive and defensive place.He asked Guo Daifeng to station troops here, while he put down his luggage and led Qingqi to attack.

In Hekou (Maduo, Qinghai), Xue Rengui met the Tubo army and beheaded countless people. Taking advantage of the momentum, Xue Rengui marched into Wuhai (Qinghai Kara Lake), and the army was able to temporarily rest. However, the game has only just begun. Xue Rengui wrote a letter to Guo Daifeng who was on standby, asking him to bring the baggage here quickly.Guo Daifeng was ordered to drag 20,000 soldiers and horses, transporting luggage, and marched slowly at a dystocia speed.Xue Rengui did not expect that Guo Daifeng would intentionally delay the military plane because he did not want to be managed by him.After the striker had enough rest and was hungry all day, Xue Rengui realized that the luggage really couldn't come.

Don't come either! The Lun Qinling who once captured the four towns of Anxi has led an army of 200,000 to surround them. They did nothing else, killing Xue Rengui was better than beheading one hundred thousand people.However, the first thing Qinling found was not Xue Rengui, who was victorious in all battles, but the 20,000 Tang soldiers walking behind sickly.With his order, 200,000 Tubo soldiers launched a fierce attack on Guo Daifeng. After all, Guo Daifeng was someone who had seen the scene. He supported him a few times and saw that he was no match for Tubo, so he threw away his armor, abandoned his luggage, and fled.20,000 Tang soldiers, who were originally extremely powerful, launched an escape movement under the leadership of Guo Daifeng.Upon hearing the news, Xue Rengui immediately retreated to Dafeichuan and prepared fortifications.

It's just that Guo Daifeng lost all his luggage, so what can his thousands of elites do to the 200,000 Tubo army?Lun Qinling smiled, and counted his own number, besides his own, there were also the Tang soldiers who had just been captured.Then, he mobilized the other half of the troops, a total of 400,000 troops, to cover up the sky and press down on Dafeichuan. An army of 400,000 launched a crazy attack on Xue Rengui. Blood! Blood flowed like a river! The elite of the Tang Dynasty, who were at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, were completely annihilated by Tubo because they did not have any military resources as a backup.The only thing to be thankful for is that Xue Rengui fought a bloody road with several warriors and returned to Guo Daifeng's place.In order not to be killed by Tubo, Xue Rengui, Guo Daifeng, and Ashina Daozhen could only accept the peace treaty sent by Tubo, and returned to the court dejectedly. The Battle of Dafeichuan was the only battle that Xue Rengui lost in his life. After returning to the court, he was spiated by all the officials, and even the imperial students joined the ranks of accusing them. Only Li Zhi, as always, took the responsibility on himself. A Tai student wrote a letter scolding Li Zhi: "Reward is the foundation of etiquette, and punishment is the foundation of punishment. Reward can make people work hard, and punishment can make people make fewer mistakes. I think what your majesty is doing now is unreal. They are not strong enemies, but Xue Rengui and Guo Daifeng were ordered to go out to fight. They could not take it down, nor could they take the opportunity to counterattack. They have forgiven their sins, but is that what rewards and punishments are for? "Rewarding without persuasion is called stopping the good, and punishing without punishing is called indulging evil. "Xue Rengui thinks that he has contributed to conquering Korea all day long, but in fact he has no credit at all. He will be rewarded for sitting, but he will rely on corruption when he becomes an official. If you don't kill him today, you won't be able to control him in the future!" This imperial student, named Wei Yuanzhong, wished that Xue Rengui would die quickly. Wei Yuanzhong's letter played a very good role. Da Sixian Le Yanwei went to the west to lead the people. He put the three in shackles and took them back to Chang'an in a prison car. The situation was very miserable.Li Zhi's life was also difficult. Although he was angry, he thought Xue Rengui and Guo Daifeng were meritorious officials, and he didn't want to follow the civil servant's suggestion to kill them.The imperial student Wei Yuanzhong's letter made Li Zhi bear the reputation of not listening to advice. At that time, he was under a lot of ideological pressure-especially in the era when the emperor could be criticized, the emperor's ideological pressure was even greater. In those days, anyone could write a letter to say something. In 664 AD, Liu Xiangdao, the right minister, was touring the customs and received such a complaint. "Opening thousands of miles of land will not benefit the gods; 180,000 soldiers will be empty and exhausted. The emperor's death will be exhausted. The police will spread the news, horrifying the gangsters of Qin and Luo; fly the grass and pull the millet, and exhaust the expenses of the Huaihai Sea." This parallel essay type letter , was written to accuse Li Zhi of conquering Goryeo.After reading it, Liu Xiangdao didn't say anything serious about state affairs, nor did he show any disdain to those who wrote the letter.He pinched the piece of paper, looked at the fourteen-year-old child approvingly, and let out a long sigh. He asked casually, "What's your name?" "Wang Bo." "Is there a price first?" "Grandfather Wang Tong." "Oh." Liu Xiangdao was suddenly very excited. He sorted out his thoughts, wrote Wang Bo's situation in a sparse book, and recommended him in the above table. Wang Bo, courtesy name Zi'an, was the grandson of Wang Tong, a great Confucian in the late Sui Dynasty. Born in 650 AD, he wrote poems at the age of six, recited books at the age of nine, read the Six Classics at the age of ten, was recommended by others at the age of fourteen, and ranked first in the imperial examination at the age of sixteen.Soon, an invitation letter was sent to him.It was Li Xian, king of Pei, who invited Wang Bo to work as an aide in Prince Pei's mansion, and Wang Bo readily agreed. Li Xian, courtesy name Mingyun, is the sixth son of Li Zhi and the second son of Wu Zetian. Born in 654 A.D., he has an unforgettable memory when reading books. He was especially cute when he was a child. He has a dignified and elegant posture and a very temperamental conversation.Li Zhiai praised Li Xian in front of people. He said: "Xian once read it, and when he read 'Xianxian Yise', he shook his head and read it several times." Li Zhi asked: "Are you sick? Read a book and shake your head?" Xian replied: "This sentence is good, it is really good, because it is good, I am very willing to read this sentence!" Xianxian's change of face does not mean "Li Xiaoxian changed his face", but the meaning of choosing a wife based on character.Li Xian loves these words, so he read them all day.Li Zhi liked Li Xian very much, so he showed off this matter. Li Xian loves learning, but he is not a nerd. He often plays with his younger brother Li Xian, King of England (born in 656 AD, the seventh son of Li Zhi and the third son of Wu Zetian).Until Wang Bo was summoned to enter Prince Pei's mansion, the brotherhood of Li Xian and Li Xian became closer and closer, but there was a difference between Li Xian and Li Xian in essence, Li Xian had a big head. The oldest of the three was Wang Bo, a 20-year-old boy who was playing with two princes who were 16 and 14 years old, and the situation became increasingly difficult to control. Because King Ying and King Pei insisted on a cockfight, Wang Bo was asked to write hymns. Li Xian: Xianxian changes color! Li Xian: Brother, can I call you Xianxian? Li Xian: You mean, I'm easily lustful?