Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

After the Tang army captured 45 cities including Gongyue City, Jinya Mountain and Haodadu City, and used up all the thunder bombs, they were in a state of rest and recuperation for more than ten days.

Although the army was resting, Du He was not idle.

In addition to instructing the Taoists to make thunder bombs, he also sent scouts to the surrounding small cities to persuade them to surrender.

The defenders of these small cities were less than a thousand people. They had heard that the Tang army did not kill prisoners, so they opened the city gates and surrendered.

At present, except for Suiye City, Bohuan City, and more than 30 surrounding cities that have not surrendered, the rest of the Western Turkic cities have already fallen into the hands of the Tang army.

As long as these two fortified cities are taken, the Western Turks will disappear in the long river of history.

As Du He finished speaking, the generals sitting on both sides of the hall bowed in response.

"I will obey your orders!"

Du He then gave the order: "Early tomorrow morning, the army will march towards Suiye City. This battle requires no tactics, just a direct assault!"

During this period, the Taoist priests made a total of 35 thunder bombs.

When attacking Suiye City, first throw in a dozen bombs and then blow up the city walls.

Next comes the hunting time for the Tang army!

The generals shouted again.

"promise!"

With the help of powerful weapons like thunder bombs, how can the remaining Western Turkic remnants resist their offensive?

As for the Western Turkic defenders fighting hand-to-hand with them, they were not afraid at all.

Their current military strength is tens of thousands more than the enemy troops in Suiye City. As long as the defenders of Suiye City dare to resist, they can wipe them out.

Du He asked the absent-minded Changsun Wuji, "Deputy Chief Steward Changsun, do you have anything to say?"

Ha ha!

Now all the generals in the hall are Du He's men. Will what he says be useful?

Besides, with the assistance of thunder bombs, do we still need to think about tactics?

Zhang Sun Wuji shook his head and said, "Master Du, the tactics you arranged are very few. I have nothing to say."

Du He nodded and said, "In that case, generals, please go down and make preparations."

Just as the generals were about to stand up and salute, a scout walked in from outside the hall, his face looking very solemn.

The scout walked to the center of the hall and reported: "Reporting to General Du, Tubo has sent troops!"

"According to the estimates of my brothers, Tubo will send about 10 troops this time!"

what!

Tubo still dares to send troops here?

When the generals heard the news, their faces were filled with anger.

Xi Junmai stood up and challenged, "Master Du, I challenge you to fight!"

"As long as you give me 2 soldiers and horses, I will be able to destroy the Tibetan army of !"

Immediately afterwards, generals such as Wang Jun'e, Guo Daquan and Cheng Mingzhen stood up and asked to fight.

After several crushing battles, these generals have now regained their confidence and do not take the Tubo soldiers seriously at all.

Besides, the war is now at its end. If we can make more military achievements, we will receive significant rewards after returning to the court.

"Quiet."

Du He waved at them and then asked the scout.

"Where are the Tibetan soldiers?"

The scout quickly replied, "Reporting to General Du, the Tibetan soldiers have reached Shule City, less than two hundred miles away from Suiye City."

"Based on the Tibetan soldiers' marching speed, we estimate they'll reach Suiye City the day after tomorrow!"

The territories of Tubo and Western Turkestan were adjacent to each other.

Although the Western Turkic city of Suiye was close to the Tubo border, due to the barrier of the plateau, Tubo soldiers had to travel hundreds of miles to reach the Western Turkic region.

Think for a moment.

Du He smiled and said, "Since the Tubo are coming to join in the fun, let's wait until they enter Suiye City and then deal with them together."

"Our action plan remains unchanged. We will set out early tomorrow morning and head straight for Suiye City!"

The Baishui Hu City where they were located was very far away from Suiye City. At the normal marching speed, it would take at least three or four days to arrive.

The weather is very cold now, and Du He doesn't want his soldiers to travel day and night to ambush the 10-strong Tubo army.

Perhaps the casualties from attacking Suiye City by force would not be as great as those from a thousand-mile raid.

When the generals saw Du He make the decision, they all bowed in response.

"I will obey your orders!"

After they finished their greetings, they strode out of the hall.

Changsun Wuji bowed to Du He and left with a heavy heart.

Du He said to the scout, "You've worked hard. Go back and have a good rest."

"I'll arrange for someone to cook more mutton for you later. You'll have to go out and gather information more often these days."

Hearing Du He's caring words, the scout leader suddenly became excited.

He was flattered and said, "Thank you, Chief Steward Du!"

As he said this, he bowed solemnly and then left the hall with an excited look on his face.

He had fought under generals such as Li Jing, Li Ji, Hou Junji and Xue Wanche. Apart from the two great generals Li Jing and Li Ji, only Du He was considerate of their hard work.

After Du He gave Zhang Shizheng a few words of advice, he returned to the backyard with a calm expression.

Night falls.

In the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion.

Changsun Wuji wrote a few more secret letters, and just when he was about to call in his personal guards, he suddenly froze.

"It's been so long, why hasn't the messenger come back to report?"

"Could it be that something happened to them?"

In order to return to Chang'an before Xue Rengui, he asked the guards who delivered the letter to ride two horses each. According to their pace, they should have returned to Baishui Hu City long ago.

But they haven't come back yet. The only possibility is that something happened to the messengers.

There was silence for a long time.

Zhang Sun Wuji suddenly raised his head: "Du He sent people to intercept his guards!"

Thinking of this possibility, Changsun Wuji felt cold.

His letter could not be delivered back, and the King of Chu, the Yuwen family of Guanzhong, the Xie family of Chenjun, and the Yang family of Hongnong must have been dealt with by Your Majesty!

"hateful!"

"You are a bad breed with no moral principles!"

Changsun Wuji cursed a few times. He was now both angry and helpless towards Du He.

Guessing that Du He was still sending people to monitor him, Changsun Wuji took a look at the secret letter he had painstakingly written, and then threw it into the hand warmer and burned it to ashes.

Looking at the ashes in the fire, a murderous intent gradually appeared on Changsun Wuji's face.

"I will never lose!"

Li Chengqian and Du He were both cruel and ruthless people. When Li Chengqian ascended the throne, there would definitely be no place for the Changsun family in the court.

He is the most meritorious official in Lingyan Pavilion. He would be unwilling to accept being cleared out of the power center of the Tang Dynasty later!

...

The next day.

When the sun rises.

Just as the 10 Tang troops were leaving Baishuihu City in high spirits, another 10 Tibetan troops were assembled in Shule City a thousand miles away.

Inside the city lord's palace.

The Tubo chief general sat high in the main seat, the generals of the Western Turkic Shule City sat on the left side of the hall, and a group of Tubo generals sat on the right side.

At this moment, the Tubo generals all raised their heads and looked at the Western Turkic generals opposite them with contempt.

Useless wimp!

Even with all the troops in the country, they were still unable to defeat a mere 10 Tang troops!

What a shame!