A month passed in war, disaster, pain, and anger. This month could be said to be the most chaotic and unbearable period since the Great Tang Dynasty and Li Shimin calmed down the northern Turks.

From New Year’s Eve onwards, after Gaer Qinling defeated Taozhou like a heavenly devil, the western border area of the Great Tang fell into an endless calamity. This ghost-like commander-in-chief of the enemy kingdom had entered the hinterland of the Great Tang and was actually able to calm himself down.

The burglar who entered the house started to play hide-and-seek with his host.

First of all, after attracting Yuchi Jingde’s main force to guard Songzhou, he did not meet him at all. In the vast and complicated land between Tao, He, Yuan, and Qin provinces, he hid around Qishan, killing and setting fire to his family and robbing them, just like a ringing horse descending the mountain. Very quickly, Li Shimin sent general Li Daliang commanded hundreds of guanzhong elite army out of the confusion pass, to conquer; The various armies of the Western Region of the Great Tang also received orders from the Imperial Court to gather under Yuchi Jingde to destroy Gaer Qinling in the Qishan area.

At this moment, Gaer Qinling, who had already made up his mind, used a strange trick that no one had expected-to break it into pieces!

Before Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang’s forces formed a siege on him, his 100,000 cavalry exploded into dozens of fireworks, spreading wildly in 48,000 directions.

Each of them had over a hundred men and over a thousand men. It was as if the poison seeped into their blood and spread into every pore. They also tacitly avoided the government road, avoided the military manor and escaped from pursuit. They specialized in escaping between the mountain road and the village tribes, killing, setting fire, raping, and abducting wherever they went.

In the western border region, there was instantly boundless chaos and panic. The people of the Great Tang Dynasty turned pale. In the four provinces of Qishan, hundreds of thousands of people fled their hometowns in panic and rushed to Guanzhong.

Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang were like wielding hammers to smash ants. Even though they had wiped out quite a few small squads, they had only killed less than 20,000 troops in the past month or so.

At this moment, most of Gaer Qinling’s main forces had strangely appeared in Songzhou, where Yuchi Jingde had stationed his troops!

This cunning fox transformed into a loach. When Yuchi Jingde opened the formation and pulled open the encirclement net to launch a decisive battle against him, he actually brushed past him across the mountain forest path in the western part of the Shu Lands that was 70 kilometers away from where Yuchi Jingde’s army was located!

Waiting for Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang to lead their army to pounce over, what awaited them was a cloud of smoke scattered by Gaer Qinling like a ninja, dozens of squads fleeing in all directions. These small groups of people flaunted all sorts of evils without restraint. It was very difficult to catch them if they didn’t have a large number of people, but they couldn’t help but exterminate them.

For a moment, Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang’s lungs exploded with anger, and their heads almost fainted. The two discussed, but before waiting for the Imperial Court’s orders, Yuchi Jingde hurriedly returned to save Songzhou, which was the gateway to the Land of Abundance in Sichuan Province!

Li Daliang, on the other hand, stayed behind and commanded the army to wipe out the remnants of the bandits and console the people affected by the disaster.

In a short month, the people of the Western Region felt that they had gone from heaven to hell, which was even more frightening than when the war broke out at the end of the Sui Dynasty. At that time, although the separatist regimes were still in chaos, the Tibetan kings all over the country understood the principle of “taking the people as the foundation” and generally did not abuse the people recklessly. But right now, this Gaer Qinling was a living Abyss Devil descending into the world, devoid of conscience and devouring people without spitting out bones!

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Recently, Emperor Li Shimin’s mood could be imagined. From the day he ascended to the throne, even if he was killed by the grassland’s fierce Jie Li Khan and his army to the outskirts of the Great Wall, he would not be in such a sorry state today!

Moreover, at that time, the foundation of the Great Tang Dynasty was weak and unstable, and the grassland Turkic soldiers were strong and strong; But now, the Great Tang was a peaceful and prosperous country, known as the Great Heavenly Dynasty!

Tian Kehan, who was respected by the four barbarians, was slapped in the face by a Tibetan child in front of the world!

Only he knew what it felt like.

Late at night, when the lights were still on in the Hongwen Museum of the Martial Hall, all the officials who entered and exited didn’t dare to neglect it at all. Inside the museum, the atmosphere was even more tense. More than ten important officials of the central government were all present, following Li Shimin to stand in front of a map of the earth.

“Is there a report from Yuchi Jingde?” Li Shimin’s voice was a little heavy, revealing a dignified and suppressed anger.

“Your Majesty, I received a report from Li Daliang this morning that General Yuchi has led his troops back to Songzhou and fought a great battle with Gaer Qinling in Songzhou. However … he is undefeatable.” Chu Suiliang replied.

“Undefeatable?” Li Shimin frowned, “What kind of loss did you lose?”

Chu Suiliang hesitated a little and said, “It’s not a tragic loss … Gaer Qinling is obviously reluctant to fight. After all, his Kunlun cavalry did not adapt to the terrain of Shu. They won’t be able to get much benefit from fighting against the infantry of Mount Jiannan, but they are good at riding and shooting.” On the narrow road, the Kunlun cavalry mainly relied on riding and shooting to suppress Yuchi Jingde. Then, they quickly took down the weak sentry post and fled to the southwest. “Yuchi Jingde’s troops are mostly infantry … they can’t catch up.”

When everyone heard this news, their hearts rose to their throats!

After breaking through to Songzhou, the troops of Gaer Qinling would face the naked Chuanshu Prefecture!

“Looks like Yuchi Jingde is probably old.” Li Shimin did not roar angrily. He only said this indifferently, but everyone’s hearts turned cold when they heard it.

“Your Majesty” Fang Xuanling cupped his hands and said, “You can’t blame General Yuchi for this. As the saying goes, care is chaotic, chaos is at a loss. General Yuchi must be both distressed and furious about Gaer Qinling’s insurrection in the territory of our Great Tang. He wanted to exterminate the thieves as soon as possible, but in the end, haste makes waste. Gaer Qinling, on the other hand, came prepared and fearless, but he was more than able to handle it. “The Kunlun Cavalry’s battle prowess is extraordinary, and their numbers are even greater than General Yuchi’s, so it is reasonable to have a victory or defeat in this battle.”

“It’s one thing if we can’t beat him up. What I’m angry about is that Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang, the two old generals of the battlefield, are actually like two big children, being led around by the nose by Gaer Qinling!” Li Shimin snorted coldly. “I don’t understand. A barbarian general from Gaer Qinling lives on the plateau. How come he knows more about the battlefield terrain of Sichuan than our own generals? It’s easier to cross the prefecture and enter and exit the county than to enter his own bedroom!”

“Gaer Qinling planned everything in advance and then attacked with preparedness, nothing more than that.” Fang Xuanling said, “I give an inappropriate example, in the past han dynasty huo qubing is also the use of such tactics, in the grasslands to break through the huns. The difference was that the huns were nomads without city passes, but Gaer Qinling was familiar with destroying cities and pulling out villages along the way. “In that case, this Gaer Qinling is indeed not a small genius. He is a rare military genius!”

“Xuan Ling’s words are quite objective. Putting aside his stance, Gaer Qinling is indeed a top-notch genius soldier. He has already used the tactics of the Wonderful Armament to the extreme!” Li Shimin nodded his head, but his expression of approval was sharp. “Huo Qubing swept across the Xiongnu Fenglang Juxu during the Han Dynasty. We didn’t learn this ability, but we were taught by Tibetan Gaer Qinling. Well, he slapped me in the face of hundreds of millions of people and foreign countries!”

“Your Majesty, there is no need for this. The victor is the soldier …”

“Alright, there’s no need to comfort me.” Li Shimin waved his hand and asked, “Is there any news about Lanzhou and Yumen Pass?”

“Your Majesty … Yes.” Chu Suiliang carefully took out a military report to Li Shimin and said, “The Jiangxia King of Shanzhou reported that Qin Mubai had recovered Yangguan and annihilated tens of thousands of Tibetan troops.”

“Oh? Complete annihilation?!” Everyone was shocked.

Li Shimin snatched it over and glared at Chu Suiliang, “Why not the Morning Post!”

The officials felt a little relieved and finally relaxed a little. Bad news for the past few days. Today, I finally received a piece of good news. At the same time, there were people discussing that Lanzhou had always had fewer generals, so how could they suddenly “wipe out the tens of thousands of Tibetan troops that had attacked the key points in one fell swoop”?

“So that’s how it is! This Xue Rengui is truly a blessed general!” Li Shimin’s face finally revealed a trace of joy. He let out a long sigh of relief and said, “Qin Mubai is the one who can give me some comfort! That’s right!”

He was overflowing with gratification.

Seeing that the emperor revealed a bit of joy, all the officials let out a relaxed laugh in their hearts. Only Chu Suiliang could not laugh-he still had another military report in his arms. It was about Hou Junji and Da Feichuan. Among them was the murder of Changsun Huan!

He really didn’t dare to take out this military report. Otherwise, his anger would turn into joy, and he would immediately turn into anger. Chu Suiliang was really afraid that he would drive a few people crazy-it was better to wait for His Majesty’s mood to calm down a little before playing him in secret!

Furthermore, Eldest Sun Wuji was also present! To let him know that his precious son had been killed by Hou Junji … I really don’t know what will happen!

At this moment, Eldest Sun Wuji, who had been silent for a long time, said, “Your Majesty, this lowly official thinks that Gaer Qinling’s sudden attack on all sides of the inland is a scabies disease, even though it is fierce. Now that he has broken through to the south, what exactly is he going to do? What if he takes Chuanshu as the king or massacres our people?”

“That’s right, this is the most important thing right now-Gaer Qinling, what does he want to do next?” Li Shimin said.

The officials immediately quieted down.

Fang Xuanling, who was skilled in strategy, pondered for a moment before cupping his hands and saying, “Your Majesty, this lowly official thought that Gaer Qinling would no longer continue to head south, heading deeper into Yizhou and Chengdu.”

“Then where do you think he will go?” Li Shimin asked.

“The road to Shu is difficult. If Gaer Qinling’s cavalry enter Shu, no matter how valiant the Kunlun cavalry are, they will still be courting their own death. Because most of the roads there are narrow mountain paths that are difficult to cross on foot, let alone on horseback. The only reason he wanted to attack Songzhou so urgently was because he wanted to break through the barrier and escape.” Fang Xuanling said, “After breaking through the barrier, Gaer Qinling can use Ka Shing to turn west.” Song Zhou under the rule of Jiacheng, JiaoChuan area is the hometown of di qiang nomadic, used to tribe scattered in the city few, easy to break through. After passing through Jiacheng, they headed west to Jinchuan, along the Yangtze River, up north to Jiuqu of the Yellow River, and south of Jishi Mountain, they would arrive at Tibet’s great plateau! “Then Gaer Qinling went back to his lair in a big circle, like a fish in water.”

“What Xuan Ling said coincides with me. As early as the beginning of the incident in Taozhou, I had already determined that Gaer Qinling would escape sooner or later. He is not that stupid. He will really take Guanzhong to destroy our Great Tang.” Li Shimin raised his finger and pointed at the map. He circled around the route Fang Xuanling had mentioned and sighed again, “What a crafty march route, what a thorough battle plan! This Gaer Qinling is truly not simple! Our Tang soldiers and officials have actually been humiliated by him! How can they save face!”

“Your Majesty, hasn’t he escaped yet?” Fang Xuanling said, “I believe that General Yuchi will not easily let the tiger return to the mountain.” Although he was unable to catch Gaer Qinling in the Battle of Songzhou, he was still in the depths of the solitary army, and his old and old soldiers were exhausted and lacking in supplies. “As long as General Yuchi realizes in time that he no longer chases after Gaer Qinling and is led away by him, it is not impossible for him to win a great victory if he suddenly transfers to the northwest and intercepts him in advance in the Jinchuan River area!”

Li Shimin shook his head and waved his hand. “Fortunately, it’s easy for us to talk here on paper. When we get to the front, Yuchi Jingde has been played by Gaer Qinling repeatedly. In his rage, he must be afraid of being tricked again. What if he waved his troops to the northwest to ambush the Jinchuan River and Gaer Qinling doesn’t come to fight him? What if he suddenly turns around and returns to Shu?”

“His Majesty’s words are very reasonable. Given Gaer Qinling’s fighting style, this possibility cannot be ruled out.” Fang Xuanling also frowned in embarrassment, “It is small to intercept the enemy, but big to protect the people.” “From the looks of it, not only did His Majesty not have enough time to send troops to Chang’an, even if Yuchi Jingde thought of this, he did not dare to rashly attack and leave the Shu Lands again. He was afraid that Gaer Qinling would return to disaster-then he could only watch helplessly as Gaer Qinling left!”

“Ah!–such a bastard!!” Everyone in the room sighed in hatred, clapping their fists and stomping their feet.

Li Shimin’s expression became even uglier. He clenched his cheeks tightly with his back cut off, and a few words popped out between his teeth–“Unless Tibet is subdued, the shame of today cannot be washed away!”

At this time, Eldest Sun Wuji said, “Your Majesty, this lowly official came from scratch. Gaer Qinling’s surprise attack on the interior of the country did not create this chaos just for the sake of simple revenge or destruction.”

Li Shimin frowned and said, “Tell me your opinion.”

“This lowly official is shallow. Let’s talk about this humble opinion.” Changsun Wuji said, “In the Battle of Dafeichuan, Gaer Qinling suffered heavy losses and Tibetan Yuan Qi was seriously injured.” At the same time, his fame and status in Tibet must have been greatly affected. He hastily attacked Songzhou to control the chaotic western border for two reasons. First, he wanted us to be busy quelling the chaos and have no time to fight, so that he could win a chance for Tibet to recover its vitality. Right now, apart from the huge losses in the counties and prefectures, there were hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring into Guanzhong, right? How much manpower, material resources, and time did the Imperial Court need to resettle the victims and rebuild their damaged homes? This is the biggest difference between nomadic people and our citizens in the Central Plains. All their possessions can be carried on horseback; We can’t. We have cities, we have land, we have houses, we have paintings. ”

“That makes sense.” Li Shimin nodded and acknowledged, “Gaer Qinling deliberately set fire to murder all the way to create disaster, causing great losses to our Great Tang.” Actually, if it was during the chaos of war, the civilians would not have suffered such great damage, because they would have been on guard. The more peaceful the time was, the greater the loss would be if they were caught off guard. Right now, we are facing hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Western Region-auxiliary planes. We will entrust you with the task of settling the victims. Alright, you go on. ”

“This lowly official has issued a decree.” Eldest Sun Wuji cupped his hands and accepted the job, then said, “Gaer Qinling’s second intention is very obscure, but rather sinister-he is trying to alienate my monarch and subject generals.”

“I’ve thought of this!” Li Shimin took the words and said, “Because I am indeed angry, be it towards Qin Mubai, Hou Junji, or Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang.” Gaer Qinling expected that as long as he succeeded, the Imperial Court would definitely punish the defaulters. Who would bear the brunt? –Lanzhou General Qin Mubai and the others! “He wants to borrow my hand to pull out the thorns in his eyes and nails in his flesh!”

“Your Majesty is holy!” “Perhaps this is Gaer Qinling’s true intentions! Not only do we have to pull out our strong enemies, but we also have to force our Great Tang to change its strategy towards Tibet!” Chang Sun Wuji bowed his hands.

“Then he underestimates me too much!” Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, “Qin Mubai is guilty, Hou Junji is guilty, and Yuchi Jingde and Li Daliang are not strong enough to be punished. However, I am not unconscious enough to be used by him, Gaer Qinling, to kill people on his behalf. What is the difference between this and self-destruction?”

“My Emperor is holy!” All the officials sang together.

But Chu Suiliang was secretly wiping away cold sweat-Your Majesty, Your Majesty, and Eldest Sun Wuji, if you saw this other military newspaper in my arms, would you still be able to say those words just now?