Chapter 1004 The lustful auxiliary machine and the lying Ge Shu
Two days later, Su Dingfang sent someone to Xue Wanche's army, removed all military posts from Xue Wanche, and rewarded Xue Wanche with thirty military sticks. Wang Xuance then escorted him to Aries City for questioning. Xue Wanche's position as the former military commander was temporarily suspended.
He was taken over by the army commander Sima.
Six days later, Xue Wanche was escorted back to Aries City. After being re-educated and punished again by Su Dingfang, he knelt down in front of the side hall of the Xiangyi Carriage Courtyard with his rotten butt stuck out and banged his head on the ground.
"Your Highness, Wan Che has embarrassed you..."
Xue Wanche's voice was full of shame and shame.
Li Yuanji put down the battle report in his hand, walked out of the desk, walked up to Xue Wanche, and said angrily: "Who are you trying to throw at me? You are so powerful now. You don't even listen to the commander's orders, but you still care."
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Xue Wanche felt even more ashamed when he heard this. His head was about to be stuck in the ground, and his buttocks were raised even higher. He said angrily: "I don't dare, I'm just in a hurry..."
Li Yuanji didn't wait for Xue Wanche to finish his words before he shouted: "You don't have to obey the commander's orders when you are in a hurry? When your father taught you military strategy and martial arts, didn't he tell you that military orders are like mountains?!"
Xue Wanche said in a voice softer than a mosquito: "I know I was wrong..."
Li Yuanji glared at Xue Wanche and yelled: "What's the use of knowing you're wrong? Su Dingfang gave you six orders in a row, but you ignored them. Your reputation is bigger than mine now!"
Don’t call me your highness from now on, I’m not qualified to be your highness, so I’d better call you your highness!”
Xue Wanche quickly kowtowed: "I don't dare!"
Li Yuanji angrily scolded: "You dare to ignore the commander's orders. Do you think you are greater than the commander? Or maybe you think Su Dingfang is inferior to you and want to replace him?!"
Xue Wanche suddenly raised his head, and the wounds on his butt and back were affected. He grinned and defended: "I didn't, I definitely didn't mean this!"
Li Yuanji glared at Xue Wanche fiercely and said: "You didn't mean it, but you did such a thing! In other words, Su Dingfang wanted to let you go for the sake of having some friendship with you and your brothers.
Ma, if it were anyone else, I would have chopped you off long ago. How many heads have you had that others chopped off?!"
Xue Wanche swore: "I promise, I will never dare to do it again next time!"
Li Yuanji snorted and said, "If you still want a next time, I will demote you to a garrison this time!"
At this point, Li Yuanji did not give Xue Wanche another chance to speak, and directly ordered Zhao Chengyong who was guarding the door: "Take him down, give him a set of armor used by ordinary soldiers, and let him guard the city gate.
Come on, when will you have a better memory, and when will you change his place again!"
Zhao Chengyong raised his hands and agreed without hesitation, "Here!"
Then, regardless of the injuries on Xue Wanche's butt and back, he carried Xue Wanche and left the side hall.
Li Shimin watched it from beginning to end. After Zhao Chengyong left with Xue Wanche, he curled his lips and let out a snort.
Li Yuanji turned around and rolled his eyes at Li Shimin and said, "What are you talking about? Your eldest grandson Wuji doesn't even let go of the wives and daughters of barbarians. How dare you say that?"
Li Shimin rolled his eyes at the rebuke.
Speaking of which, this was not Changsun Wuji's fault. He was a barbarian king who followed Feng An to conquer Linyi. Seeing that he was more powerful than Feng An in the army, and Feng An gave in to him at every turn, he became dissatisfied.
After capturing a large city in Linyi and sharing the spoils, the barbarian king sent his wife and daughter to Changsun Wuji's tent in order to get more spoils.
This matter was not initiated by Changsun Wuji, nor did Changsun Wuji favor the Barbarian King's wife and daughter. Logically speaking, this was not a big deal and should not have been reported back to Chang'an or even to Aries City.
Some of the accompanying officials used this incident to sue Changsun Wuji in order to flatter him, and then the incident became known to everyone.
No one in Chang'an City or here cared about which Barbarian King's wife or daughter Changsun Wuji favored. Everyone only remembered that the Barbarian King sent his wife and daughter to Changsun Wuji's tent.
Then Changsun Wuji gained a reputation that even barbarian wives and daughters would not miss.
It can be said that in this matter, Changsun Wuji was very wronged and was about to catch up with Dou E.
But everyone just likes to see Changsun Wuji's injustice. Even if someone spreads the truth about the matter, everyone still firmly believes that Changsun Wuji will not let go of the wife and daughter of other barbarians.
Now that this matter has been spread to everyone, Changsun Wuji can't rectify it even if he wants to.
"If the governor named Zhou Qi hadn't wanted to curry favor with you, how could he have used this kind of thing to slander the auxiliary machine, and how could the auxiliary machine bear such a stigma? The most hateful thing is that you actually promoted that Zhou Qi!"
Li Shimin gritted his teeth and defended Changsun Wuji.
Li Yuanji curled his lips and said: "If you don't help Zhou Qi get promoted, how can you help Changsun Wuji get promoted? Do you want Changsun Wuji to stay in Linyi for the rest of his life?"
Li Shimin was instantly stunned and speechless.
The man named Zhou Qi was the governor of Lingnan, and he was selected from the officials who were exiled to Lingnan. This time he sued Changsun Wuji, and he was playing some tricks.
But he actually dared to sue Changsun Wuji when he knew little about the court situation, which shows that he is a bold guy.
You know, Changsun Wuji was killed and sent away, but his sister still lived in the palace, his uncle was still a minister of the Tang Dynasty, his brother was also a nobleman of the Tang Dynasty, and his nephews were still princes of the Tang Dynasty.
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Changsun Wuji has such a great background, and Zhou Qi sued him whenever he wanted, which shows how courageous he is.
If such a person is brought back to Chang'an City, he can set off a triple wave for you even if there is no wind, so nothing can be said to bring him back to Chang'an.
But this kind of person is not useless. If you place this kind of person in the places that the Tang Dynasty has just conquered, he will definitely torture the local people who are not convinced by the Tang Dynasty to death.
There are three places in the Tang Dynasty that need such people, one is Tuyuhun, one is Tujue, and the other is Linyi.
Thanks to the conquests of Feng Ang, Changsun Wuji and others, the Tang Dynasty has now taken over half of Linyi's territory, and the other half of the territory is already within easy reach.
If someone hadn't spread rumors in the southwest, saying that the Tang Dynasty was going to wipe out the youth of the barbarians by conquering Linyi, and eradicate the barbarians and Linyi together, causing some barbarian kings who didn't know the truth to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, Feng Ang and Changsun Wu
Ji's conquest of Linyi may be faster.
Now that half of the territory of Linyi has been conquered, it is naturally impossible to return it to the people of Linyi, so a government office must be set up in Linyi and governed by officials of the Tang Dynasty.
The officials in Chang'an City were naturally unwilling to go to what they considered a barbarian land, so they could only be transferred from Lingnan.
Talents like Zhou Qi have a place to come into play.
Now, Zhou Qi has been appointed as the governor of Jiuzhen, the general manager of Jiuzhen, and the governor of Jiuzhen, taking charge of all affairs of Jiuzhen County during the Han Dynasty.
Although the continuous development of maritime transportation in the southwest has made people realize its true value, in the eyes of many people, it is still a place full of poisonous insects and beasts, and is not suitable for Han people to live.
Therefore, Li Shimin naturally did not want his second uncle to stay in the southwest for the rest of his life.
"Help me read this battle report!"
After Li Shimin was speechless, Li Yuanji picked up a battle report and handed it to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin stared, took the battle report, read it roughly, then frowned and raised his head and said: "Is this someone lying about military achievements, and the method used is quite clumsy?"
The kind that can be understood by any official randomly selected from the local military bureau.
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "This is the battle report from the Geshu tribe! Five thousand versus eight thousand, five hundred people were killed, more than a thousand were injured, six thousand five hundred people were killed in formation, and one thousand five hundred people were captured. It is necessary to
We will replenish them with 2,000 sets of soldiers and armor, and hope to select 600 men from among the prisoners to supplement their troops.
At first glance, there seems to be no problem, but when you think about it carefully, it turns out to be a problem.
First of all, the number of casualties is unreasonable. The Geshu tribe is fighting against the Astide tribe of the Turkic royal family. The Geshu tribe barely ranks among the top ten in terms of strength among the Turkic tribes, but the Astide tribe has always been in the top three.
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The Geshu tribe faced the 8,000-strong Ashide tribe with 5,000 men. They only lost 500 men and killed 6,500 of them in battle. This is completely unreasonable.
Secondly, the armor they wanted far exceeded their losses in this battle.
Finally, the number of troops they wanted to replenish from prisoners was quite close to their battle losses."
If it is the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty, then it is okay to lose five hundred and replace it with five hundred or six hundred, but these are the soldiers and horses of the Geshu tribe, and they do not need to abide by the disciplines and rules of the Tang Dynasty yet.
When it comes to replenishing troops, the price should be high.
If you lose five hundred, you will have to pay for one thousand and fifty at the very least. In the end, you can get one thousand out of it.
This is what Ashina Simo, who nominally leads the Geshu tribe, did, so the request of the Geshu tribe seems to be a guilty conscience.
"What do you think?"
Li Shimin did not rush to a conclusion, but first asked Li Yuanji's opinion.
Li Yuanji did not hide it, and said frankly: "I think the Geshu tribe lost at least two thousand soldiers and horses in this battle against the Ast's tribe. Ge Shuhan first took out the prisoners of the Ast's tribe.
He asked for 2,000 men, made up for the vacancies, and then asked us for 500 men, making up 2,500 men, which coincided with the number of soldiers and armor he could spare and the number of soldiers and armor he asked us for.
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Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully and said: "In other words, in this battle, the Geshu tribe killed not 6,500 people, but 4,050 people?"
Without waiting for Li Yuanji to nod, Li Shimin continued: "Is it possible that in this battle, the Geshu tribe killed not even 4,500 people, but 3,500, or 2,500, or even
One thousand and five, Ge Shuhan is hiding some people?"
Li Yuanji pondered and said: "What the second brother means is that the armor captured by the Geshu tribe from the Ashide tribe can still be recast, and after recasting, it can be equipped with other people?"
Li Shimin nodded.
Li Yuanji pondered and nodded: "It's not impossible..."
The Ashide Tribe was already stronger than the Geshu Tribe and had more troops than the Geshu Tribe. Even if the Geshu Tribe had the support of the Tang Dynasty's soldiers, it could not close the gap between them.
After all, when the Tang Dynasty was supporting Suni's tribe, it also sold a large number of soldiers and armor of the same style as those distributed to the Geshu tribe to Suni's tribe.
And the Astide tribe is a royal family of Turks, so they will definitely be able to win some shares.
Therefore, in terms of armor, it is very likely that the two sides are evenly matched, rather than the Geshu tribe crushing the Astride tribe.
So the two sides faced each other, and if Geshu's tribe wanted to defeat Ast's tribe, it would have to pay a huge price.
There is even a high chance of defeat.
Therefore, the possibility mentioned by Li Shimin is not impossible, and it is even very likely that a scene more serious than this will occur.