Qu Zhisheng walked around the palace anxiously, staring at the doctor in front of him, and asked with great concern:
"Doctor, my father, how is the situation? Can you live even if you only have one breath!"
The doctor looked at Qu Zhisheng with sympathy and shook his head helplessly, "I have tried my best!"
Qu Zhisheng couldn't help but pounce on Qu Wentai and cried loudly, "Father, how can you die! Father!"
Qu Zhisheng's extremely sad crying made people feel sad after hearing it, and she burst into tears when she heard it!
Everyone believed that Qu Zhisheng was definitely crying from the bottom of his heart, because the Tang army had already arrived at Jikou. After a while, they were afraid that they would come to Gaochang City.
At this time, I don’t want Qu Wentai to die the most, I’m afraid it’s Qu Zhisheng.
At this moment, his younger brother Qu Zhizhan and Gaochang's ministers were waiting outside.
When the doctor confirmed that his father died, he rushed out immediately and hugged his brother's thigh and cried bitterly.
"Brother, the country cannot be without a king for a day. Today, my father is in trouble. You must persevere and lead Gaochang through this crisis.
Brother, pay homage to Brother Wang!”
Qu Zhisheng looked at his brother's deep affection, and he didn't have time to say that he didn't want to be this king, let alone be nailed to the pillar of historical shame in Gaochang Country.
But then the ministers brought by their younger brother knelt down and shouted loudly to Qu Zhisheng:
"I'll pay homage to the king!"
Listening to their uniform voices, Qu Zhisheng had no doubt that these guys might have been rehearsed.
But what can Qu Zhisheng do? No matter how unwilling his son is to come out to clean up the mess.
He immediately sent someone to write a letter to Hou Junji, saying that his father Qu Wentai was punished by God, and he would ask the Tang Dynasty to give up on this matter, so let it go!
To be honest, when Qu Zhisheng sent this letter to the army camp, even if he had fought a war for a lifetime, Hou Junji, who had never seen any battlefield, was stunned at this moment: "Damn, what's the situation
, Qu Zhisheng died?"
"It's not that Gaochang Kingdom, in order to admit his mistake, directly strangled his king, so that we have no excuse to send troops!"
At this time, Xue Wanjun was a little shocked when he heard the news.
The Tang army like Gaochang did not jump in various ways. When the Tang army came, they killed their king and left the other party with no reason to send troops, thus increasing their cohesion, which really refreshed the three views of the Tang army generals.
Everyone thought in their hearts whether this Qu Wentai was actually just a puppet of Gaochang, and there was a powerful minister who held Gaochang's power under Qu Wentai.
Otherwise, if they kill their kings in the face of war, wouldn’t they be afraid that the political power of their country will be divided directly?
Besides, the army has come to Gaochang all the way. If you say you don’t fight, then you can stop fighting? Will you be reimbursed by Gaochang?
Not to mention, at this time, the Tang army was counting on capturing a wave of Gaochang people and taking them back to Chang'an to make a fortune.
This is something that can be settled by a king? It must be destroyed by Gaochang!
"This... should we just take this opportunity to destroy Gaochang directly? Let's choose the day when Gaochang King Qu Wentai was buried!"
Niu Jinda wanted to finish the fight and return to Chang'an as soon as possible, after all, he had gone too far.
"Don't mess around!" Hou Junji said with a ugly expression: "Gaochang State is not kind, but my Tang Dynasty cannot be unrighteous.
Now, my master has launched a war to attack because Gaochang is rude. Since ancient times, his army has not attacked the mourning and launched an attack in front of other people's tombs. This is not a righteous army, but a villain who takes advantage of others' danger.
I will attack Tiancheng first so that Gaochangguo can be held with peace of mind!”
Niu Jinda saw Hou Junji making such a choice, and couldn't help but mutter, thinking that Hou Junji was confused about reading Confucian books.
But Hou Junji's orders were still implemented very effectively. Even when Wang Xuance heard Hou Junji's words, he nodded in agreement.
After all, since the Tang Dynasty has gained all its advantages, it is natural to give it a certain style.
However, the small town of Tiancheng, who thought it could resist the Tang Dynasty, closed the four gates to resist, and then successfully resisted for half a day, was captured by Hou Junji and his army.
Next, Hou Junji gave Qu Zhisheng the last ultimatum to open the city gate and leave the city to receive surrender.
But Qu Zhisheng chose to rely on Gaochang City to make a last fight with the Tang army, and at the same time, the Western Turks also arrived at Khan Futu City.
Qu Zhisheng believed that relying on the hard and deep city of Gaochang City and the support from the Western Turks, he would definitely defeat the Tang army that had been expeditioned by Lao Shi. At that time, he would be able to firmly hold the throne of Gaochang and completely become the new King of Gaochang.
Hou Junji was not polite either and asked the soldiers of the Xuefu to attack the vanguard in armor. More than 100,000 troops moved together, and the ditches in front of Gaochang City were filled in a few days.
As for the so-called solid city of Gaochang City, Hou Junji sent craftsmen to build a nest cart. The soldiers could see clearly the dispatch of the soldiers in the city. Then he created a wave of siege weapons and directly captured them.
Gaochang City.
At this time, the Western Turks looked at the powerful Tang army and felt that even if they charge out of the flank, they would not gain any advantage from the Tang army.
Don't say it, the warrior wearing heavy armor was as flexible as a light infantry. The Western Turkic Khan felt that his head was fine, so he could not lead his army to hit the Tang army like this.
After all, it would be fine if it was for his own country to fight with the Tang army, but for Gaochang, it would be even worse.
In the eyes of the Western Turks, if Gaochang could block the Tang army for three months, it would be impossible for him to do it after the Tang army was exhausted.
But the problem is that Gao Chang faced Tang Jun and said that he could not hold on for ten days, so what's the point of going to rescue himself?
Therefore, Gaochang City was successfully captured by Hou Junji and led the Tang army. Then Hou Junji did not restrain his soldiers, and even led the way to rush into Gaochang City and plunder Gaochang.
This is almost the case with the Tang army. When they attacked Tuyuhun, the Tang army also looted the capital of Tuyuhun.
After all, under the system of the government, soldiers fight with you, and it is almost unrealistic to say that one by one becomes a general in order to make a name for himself.
They just want to gain wealth from the enemy after winning the battle.
The Tang army has always been like this, and this is not something that Hou Junji can stop, and even Junji himself is even more active.
However, in such a plundering feast, two armies did not join the glutton carnival.
One is the Xuefu Army led by Wang Xuance himself, because Wang Xuance himself was a Confucian general from the imperial examination and was also a Xuefu Army. To some extent, they existed in the recruitment system. Li Tai allocated funds every year.
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After all, in Qinghai, no one is willing to go through the military system, and it is also very troublesome to rotate.
So it was handed over to Li Tai to solve the problem of garrison in the form of recruiting troops, which is somewhat a historical problem.
But as long as these soldiers' mission to station in Qinghai for three years is over and they return to their hometowns, Li Tai will voluntarily disconnect from contact.
The court turned a blind eye to such things and treated Li Tai as raising soldiers for the court.
After all, only the King of Wei can afford the money. If he wants to change the prince, he is afraid that he should not think about not selling the Eastern Palace.
Therefore, under the recruitment system, soldiers are greatly influenced by generals.
If the general is a person who emphasizes integrity in military discipline, even if the soldiers look at the guys in front of them to grab money, as long as Wang Xuance does not give an order, they will not be able to move. Otherwise, if they violate military discipline, they will be kicked out of the army.
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To be honest, these students who came from agricultural institutions are more or less baptized by courses such as loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and abide by military discipline every day.
They have always done a job of defending the country. They suddenly asked them to let go of robbery, and the soldiers of the school really couldn't do it!
Moreover, Wang Xuance only curled his lips when he looked at the scene in front of him, and always felt that he had really insulted his identity with these guys.
The only thing you can do is to restrain your army and not to be with these guys.
However, Wang Xuance turned around, but he did not expect that there were troops among the alien races who did not participate in the Tang Dynasty's looting of Gaochang.
This made Wang Xuance feel a little interested and slapped the horse forward.
When the commander of the alien race saw Wang Xuance, he respectfully bowed and said: "Ashinshe has met General Manager Wang."
"Asina Sheer? The son of Chuluo Khan?" Wang Xuance looked at Asina Sheer and looked at Asina Dur with appreciation,
"I didn't expect that among the Turks, there were also cautious and noble people who could restrain their subordinates from being dominated by desire!"
"Mr. Wang, I praise you!" Asansheer looked at Wang Xuance and explained:
"It's just that we were ordered to attack the alien race, but we did not plunder Gaochang according to the order, so we just plundered without courage.
If the saint had the will to allow it, I would not let it go,"
Wang Xuance nodded and shook his head when he heard Ashinadur's words.
"It was precisely because I had bound my subordinates' idea of looting Gaochang that I realized the difficulty of this matter.
My school soldiers under my command have been influenced by classics for many years, and have only barely curbed their greed under military orders.
But you can actually curb the desires of your tribe warriors, and you can imagine how strict you are in the military!”
To be honest, after watching the rest of the army vent their inner tyranny in Gaochang City, then to see that their two troops were completely unsuccessful outside Gaochang City.
For a moment, the two of them unconsciously felt that they were not alone in their path.
Of course, because of this behavior, the other Tang army saw Wang Xuance and Ashindul's troops being led by different forces.
After all, in the Tang Dynasty, he was summoned to attack foreign races, either for promotion or for wealth.
After all, for the soldiers of the palace, their only advantage is to avoid serving. If they don’t rely on promotion and wealth on the battlefield, can they not make money by dreaming?
Hou Junji knew that Wang Xuance and Ashinaduer's army did not participate in looting Gaochang City, so he couldn't help but curl his lips.
"If you are really aloof, you can only command the general of the first army. If you want to become the commander of the first army in the future, you may not have to think about it!"
To be honest, Hou Junji's judgment on Wang Xuance and Ashindul was actually very accurate.
Because even if Li Shimin wanted to command the army to stop the robbery of the city after siege, he had to pay for it himself.
It can be said that the military system derived from the equal-field system and the government system of the Tang Dynasty doomed that the soldiers and soldiers of the government would not be able to be invincible to the city where they defeated their opponents.
If you don’t understand this, if the general wants to forcibly instill his cleanliness idea into his soldiers, a unit may be able to do it, but it is not possible to become the commander of the first army.
Because this goes against the will of the army, it is equivalent to putting oneself in the opposite direction of the army, how to command the army in this way?
Hou Junji has already understood it. Don’t see Wang Xuance stepping on his way. But if Wang Xuance cannot change his mental obsession, then Wang Xuance will become a border general stationed on one side. Is it better to be the commander of his army like this?
Possible.
Because not everyone is like Wang Xuance, the vast majority of soldiers who want to rob the enemy are in this army.
At the same time, Lu Dongzan, the Tubo envoy who was the special envoy of the army, looked at Gaochang City, a big city in the Western Regions, which completely became history under the attack of the Tang army, and he couldn't express his sigh in his heart.
It was this time that Lu Dongzan could feel the power of the Tang army from the inside out.
Their strength is definitely not just their steel armor. From the equal-field system, the government system makes the soldiers eager for war, the crazy plunder of the losers after defeating their opponents, and under such a system, they have been cultivated
The elite generals and officers, all of this made the Tang Dynasty extremely powerful.
Not to mention, the elite of the Tang army can rely on military discipline to resist the temptation of plunder and abide by themselves.
To be honest, in Lu Dongzan's eyes, the troops led by Wang Xuance and Ashindul were even more elite.
"If Tubo wants to be strong, it must carry out military reforms, otherwise Gaochang may not become Tubo tomorrow!"
Lu Dongzan looked at Gaochang City, which was still burning, and what he thought was.
"I will never allow the city of Luoshe to suffer such a disaster. Today's Gaochang is the best warning to Tubo."
To be honest, although Gaochang City was defeated, the war was not over yet.
Next, we need to sweep away Gaochang's sphere of influence, but even Gaochang City cannot be defended, and other cities in Gaochang are even more fragile when facing the Tang army.
Hou Junji continued to divide his troops to seize the territory for several days, and captured 3 counties, 5 counties, 22 cities, 8,046 households, a population of 37,700, 4,300 horses, covering an area of 800 miles from east to west and 500 miles from north to south, Qu Zhisheng and Qu
Zhizhan and other Gaochang Qu family members were all captured and were arranged by Hou Junji to send them all the way to Chang'an.
This battle directly announced that the Tang Dynasty's power extended to the Western Regions, and also allowed the Han people to reign over this territory that originally belonged to the Han people.