Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty

The founder of Tuyuhun is named Murong Tuyuhun. Tuyuhun was a descendant of Xianbei, and his surname was changed to Murong. When it came to Murong Fuyun's generation, it was not as good as the previous generation. During the Sui Dynasty, Comrade Fu Yun married the princess of the Yang family of the Sui Dynasty.After Comrade Yang Guang ascended the throne, they paid tribute to the Sui Dynasty together with Gaochang and Turkic.Yang Guang received benefits from others and had to report them, so he listened to Pei Ju's scheming and detained the sons of Fu Yun and Princess Guanghua.In 608 A.D., Pei Ju made another ruthless move, causing Tie Le to launch a crazy attack on Tuyuhun. Fu Yun was beaten all over the ground looking for teeth, while Comrade Pei Ju was watching the fun here.

Later, Yu Wenshu responded and killed most of Tuyuhun's territory. Yang Guangxiong was so talented that he asked Yu Wenshu not to think about other things, and let go of his hands and feet. Yu Wenshu was indeed powerful. He killed four thousand miles from east to west and two thousand miles from north to south, and drove Fu Yun to the snow mountain.Later, the Sui Dynasty fell into chaos, and Fu Yun took the opportunity to restore the Tuyuhun Khanate.Therefore, Fu Yun is also a person who has seen the world.He especially looked down on those newcomers, especially children like Li Shimin.

Because Fu Yun once joined forces with Li Yuan to attack Li Gui in Hexi, and he was kind to Li Yuan.Fu Yun took advantage of the situation to act obedient, and repeatedly violated the border of the Tang Dynasty for ten consecutive years. When Li Shimin was in power, Fu Yun's bad habits remained unchanged. After being driven by Duan Zhixuan for eight hundred miles, Fu Yun turned his head, only to find that Tang Jun was nowhere to be seen. Therefore, he was convinced that Li Shimin was not as good as Li Yuan. Li Shimin couldn't bear it anymore, Duan Zhixuan's blow didn't pour cold water on Fu Yun, but gave him infinite vitality, making him even more clueless.

Li Shimin decided to let several outstanding generals join forces to attack Fu Yun by surprise. Li Jing is the one who is good at thunderbolt fighters. But there was a difficult problem before Li Shimin. In the battle of destroying the Eastern Turks, Li Jing made great contributions, but was tortured and criticized. Therefore, he dodged that he was over sixty and wanted to spend the rest of his life quietly. The 64-year-old Li Jing, in the eyes of others, is so suspicious of a person who always keeps silent.A few years passed, and Li Jing lost the vigorous figure of the past, but showed the scene of the next life.

He was indeed exhausted, he was not the kind of ambitious person, and Wei Wu's phrase "Old man standing on the ground, aiming for a thousand miles" when he swung his whip did not hold true for Li Jing. But Li Shimin missed him, he was really worried about entrusting such a huge battle to others. Fang Xuanling is Li Shimin's caring person, Li Shimin is not easy to come forward, he, a good man, must speak out.He found Li Jing, talked about the changes in the court over the years, about the drought a few years ago, about Chang He, the big bastard, and about Ma Zhou's massiveness, and the two smiled at each other.Finally, Fang Xuanling said: "Tuyuhun is the emperor's biggest headache!" Sighing, he continued, "Brother Jing, the emperor has been thinking about you, but he is afraid that you will be old and reluctant to use you. These few days God can't sleep and eat because of this matter, and the talents recommended by our ministers have no experience in commanding millions of troops..."

Li Jing has been listening in embarrassment, after a moment of silence, he finally uttered a few words: "Xuanling, although I am old... I can still fight!" Fang Xuanling was ecstatic, and immediately told Li Shimin what Li Jing had said. Li Shimin was overjoyed, and immediately appointed Li Jing as the general manager of the Xikaidao march, commanding all the soldiers and horses.He installed five assistants for Li Jingan, they are: Hou Junji, the general manager of Jishidao marching and the minister of the Ministry of War; Li Daozong, the general manager of the Shanshan Road march and the king of Rencheng;

Li Daliang, the general manager of Qiemo Road and the governor of Liangzhou; Li Daoyan, Chief of Chishui Road Marching and Governor of Minzhou; Gao Zengsheng, the general manager of the Yanze Road march and the governor of Lizhou. In addition to the soldiers and horses of the government treasury of the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers and horses of the Turks and Qibi also participated, and the five generals were under the unified command of Li Jing. To everyone's surprise, and also to Li Shimin's surprise, it was not Li Jing who first launched a large-scale attack, but Gao Zengsheng, the head of the Yanze Road Marching and the governor of Lizhou.This was not because Gao Zengsheng didn't obey orders, but because in the first month of this year (the ninth year of Zhenguan, AD 635), just after the New Year's Eve, the Dangxiang tribe who had been submitting to the Tang Dynasty suddenly defected and rushed all the way west to Tuyuhun.

In March, in response to the party leader Tuoba Chi's call to be good neighbors and help the Tuyuhun brothers, the Qiang people in Taozhou (northwest Sichuan, southernmost Gansu) took the lead, killed the governor Kong Changxiu, and led the troops to run wildly all the way. When they arrived at Fuyun's place, after a lot of nonsense, the name of Gao Zengsheng, the head of the Yanze Road March, was reported to everyone.Yes, I originally expected that the joining of allies would make Li Shimin hesitate for a while, and give him a surprise attack when he was indecisive, but unexpectedly, the allies were followed by tens of thousands of wolves who would not let go.

Fu Yun wanted to scold her. But he held back, right now, the only way to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm is to fight this bony hyperplasia (Gao Zengsheng) guy. Gao Zengsheng used to be a warrior in the shogunate of the King of Qin. He and Da Laohei had captured Wang Wan alive. He was brave and resourceful.This time when he came to Tuyuhun, the ones who resisted him were of course the new Dangxiang soldiers. Dangxiang's raw Qiang soldiers seemed to know tactics well. As Fu Yun wished, Tuyuhun's enthusiasm for escaping was mobilized. In April, early summer, according to Li Jing's instructions, Li Daozong, king of Rencheng, led Shanshandao's army and encountered Tuyuhun's army in Kushan, southeast of Qinghai Lake.The two sides fought fiercely, and as a result, Li Daozong easily destroyed Tuyuhun's lair and forced Fu Yun to a dead end.

Fu Yun was at a loss, but he came up with a good idea. He made people set fire to the grassland, and the whole plateau, the sky was blue, and thick smoke came out.The cattle and sheep were gone, and Fu Yun led the troops to flee westward on horseback.His meaning is very simple, I can't eat the grass here, and you, Li Jing, don't want to eat a bite, I will starve you to death! Li Jing fell into a predicament instantly. This situation is not everyone wants to happen. Specifically, Fu Yun's dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, and whether to chase or not to chase has become the main topic of discussion.Several generals expressed their opinions, and most of them believed that in the current situation, going further west would be a barren land, an unfamiliar area without even a single hair, and if they were trapped, the consequences could be imagined.Everyone has reached a consensus, either retreat or return to the DPRK, and come back in the next quarter.

Only Hou Junji objected: "When Duan Zhixuan won the victory, Fu Yun turned around and counterattacked as soon as he retreated to Shanzhou. Now we have been waiting here for a long time, but we still haven't seen any signs of him counterattacking. This shows that when Duan Zhixuan beat Fu Yun, Fu Yun Everyone is united as one, everyone is very excited. Now that we have lost a few games, the soldiers have fled, have you noticed that there is not even a single enemy scout in the surrounding area?" It has to be said that Hou Junji has a unique vision and keen observation skills.Finally, he said: "Tuyuhun's monarch and ministers are separated, and father and son are lost. Our army takes it, just like picking something out of a bag. If you don't take it today, you will suffer in the future!" Li Jing was old-hearted, so he adopted Hou Junji's suggestion. The army is divided into two groups.The first road, led by Li Jing, Xue Wanjun, and Li Daliang, is the North Road; the second road, led by Hou Junji and Li Daozong, is the South Road.The army was divided into two groups, and the north and the south split up to find Fuyun's trace. After all, marching on the plateau is very strange to these original people. Where is the trace of Fu Yun in this vast land? In fact, as soon as the army set off, Fu Yun had already fled to a place two thousand miles away. It was impossible for Li Jing's North Army to find Fu Yun, because Fu Yun first fled west for a while, and felt that Li Jing's IQ was beyond doubt, so he changed direction and went south.The army on the North Road found nothing in the confusion, and when they were exhausted, there was a sudden commotion.After the army surrounded him, they realized that a small subordinate of Li Jing had captured a famous king of Tuyuhun.At the foot of Mantou Mountain, the famous king was killed by soldiers who were tired of searching for people, and took countless cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock, which comforted everyone's tired hearts. At any rate, Li Jing went to Shaanxi, and there were not so many winds and snows, so Hou Junji was not so lucky. The specific location of Fu Yun is still unknown, and Hou Junji doesn't even know if Fu Yun will go south.In fact, Fu Yun probably didn't know where he was hiding. It is said that there is ice and snow all the year round, even in summer. Tang Jun on the South Road was dragged miserably by Fu Yun, which made Hou Junji's hard work in vain. The large army searched for more than half a month, but they didn't even see a hair of Fu Yun.Midsummer is approaching, but they can only spend the night in a poor place called Po Luozhen Valley. The approximate location of Poluozhen Valley is in the southeast of today's Dulan County, Qinghai. There is a snow mountain called "Animaqing Mountain" nearby, and a little further south is Bayan Har Mountain.Ah, is Ah Dou's Ah; Qing, is Qing who loves Qing, and has the same concept as "King, Duke, and Marquis"; Nima, Nima should know what it means.Then, what Anima Qing is is very clear. But this is not the concept of Lord Anima. When pilgrims come here, they will receive all kinds of strange graces. This mountain was completely beyond Tang Bing's expectation. There is no sweating like rain here in summer, only the biting cold wind. According to historical records, when Hou Junji came here, the soldiers could only eat ice to quench their thirst, and the horses could only eat snow.Many people wanted to go home, but Hou Junji told everyone that if you want to go home, you must return with a full load.The soldiers believed in Hou Junji's words, but the other generals might not be so sure. After all, this is a vast plateau thousands of miles away. Hou Junji said with certainty: "Fu Yun is right ahead!" In May, people are tired and horses are exhausted, and they are about to collapse. Dozens of days passed like this, and Tang Bing, who was full of grievances and anger, finally found traces of Fu Yun.Yes, there's frozen horse manure and signs of a fire!Fu Yun's excrement, no, it is the excrement of cows and horses, and there are marks of soldiers' lives, soon, soon, it is close!People began to get excited, and this kind of excitement drove away the resentment that could not be dissipated for a long time. They wanted to find Fu Yun, and none of them wanted to fall short. Hou Junji and Li Daozong couldn't hold back their inner excitement, and swung their troops forward.Not far ahead, the troops of Tuyuhun were resting. The Nandao army did not give the enemy any chance to breathe. After a ping-pong sound, all the enemy troops, cattle and sheep were captured. After a full meal, everyone had to face a reality. Fu Yun is not here. This dealt a big blow to the soldiers on the South Road. Could it be that Fu Yun loves to run wildly, and has already successfully ran across the snow-capped mountains and gone to a farther place? However, further south is Tubo, which is someone else's territory.Hou Junji asked clearly. Comrade Fu Yun, who is old and cunning, understands the profound truth of meeting love at the corner. After running west to south, he ran south to west again, leaving everyone in the snow and leading his cronies alone. ran away.He went to Khotan because Tuyuhun and Khotan are friendly neighbors.According to a rough estimate, the geographic location of Khotan is probably Hotan, Xinjiang today. Therefore, Comrade Fu Yun's task is still very heavy, and he has to travel more than 3,000 miles.Khotan, will you accept Fu Yun? Hou Junji had a solution, he was not discouraged, and led the army back, preparing to join forces with the army from the North Road, and we will talk about the rest later. From time to time, there were some harvests on the North Road, and the army led by Li Jing met another team in Niuxindui. On the same day, Li Jing led the army in hot pursuit, but the enemy couldn't run away. He brewed his feelings and aroused his fighting spirit, turned his head and killed at Chishuiyuan, and fought against the Tang army.You may not necessarily believe that Tuyuhun's military power has really returned, because they found that it was only a small vanguard army pretending to be a big man in the Tang army who harassed them.The two generals in charge of sprinting in the Tang Dynasty were brothers Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche, both sons of Sui Dynasty general Xue Shixiong. The two brothers took the lead in entering the heart of the enemy army, and a handful of elites were surrounded by an army of tens of thousands of Tuyuhun with 30 floors inside and 30 floors outside. The brothers were seriously wounded, and the horse was shot to death.The others were not as lucky as the two brothers of the Xue family. Almost all the horses were killed and they could only fight on foot.On flat land, a small number of infantry fighting against a large number of cavalry is tantamount to hitting a stone with a pebble.The soldiers led by Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche were almost wiped out, leaving only a few sporadic warriors fighting side by side.In the sea of ​​blood, the horses on the battlefield of corpses are arranged into a painting of iron and blood. The Tuyuhun army got excited, and a large group of people began to step on the corpse to grab the head of General Tang Jun. At this moment, there was a commotion in Tuyuhun's rear army, a hole was opened from the rear wing, and a foreigner came out under the eyes of everyone. Xue Wanche: Brother, before you die, can you call me brother? Xue Wanjun: Okay, brother!