Qu Wentai really vomited blood. When Hou Jun gathered his army to Jikou, the entire Gaochang Kingdom was in chaos. In addition, the Western Turkic Khan ran away with his treason, and Gaochang Kingdom became a big piece of fat under the iron hoof of the Tang Dynasty King's Army.

In terms of origin, Qu Wentai had a very good relationship with the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Gaochang and the Tang Dynasty still had a sweet and charming honeymoon period. At that time, the relationship between the two countries was so good that it was so irritating to the point of mixing oil in honey, which was so irritating.

In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin defeated the Dong* Tu* Que. The most powerful enemy in the north of the Tang Dynasty was destroyed from then on. The news reached the neighboring countries of the Tang Dynasty. The kings of all countries were shocked and frightened. So everyone gathered to discuss and decided to give Li Shimin the title of "Tian Khan". That year, the king of Gaochang, Qu Wentai, and his wife Yuwen, bumped thousands of miles to go to Chang'an to pay homage to Li Shimin. Li Shimin was very happy at the time and praised him in front of others. This guy was so sensible.

So Li Shimin not only gave Qu Wentai all kinds of gold, silver and silk, but also made an exception to give Qu Wentai's wife Yuwen's surname "Li", and listed her as a clan relative, and named him Princess Changle. In other words, Qu Wentai went to Chang'an for a walk and became Li Shimin's brother-in-law for no reason. I don't know what Li Shimin thought at that time. A woman who was indisputable was named her princess, and her name was still his own sister. She never considered leaving a way out for herself. What should I do if the relationship between the two countries was bad in the future? When Qu Wentai pointed at Li Shimin's nose and cursed "x your sister", what did Li Shimin take to go back? What was the truth...

The honeymoon period was too short. As a small country that survived in the cracks between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks, Qu Wentai's personality was also shaking. Soon, a mistress appeared between the Tang Dynasty and Gaochang. The Western Turks' Yipi Dulu Khan forced and tempted Qu Wentai to be brought over, and Gaochang gradually stood on the opposite side of the Tang Dynasty.

Not long after, the Tang army occupied Xizhou City, and from then on, the Tang Dynasty and Gaochang completely broke up. Under the instigation of the Western Turks, Gaochang devoted all his troops to attack Xizhou. This battle finally escalated the relationship between the two countries from breaking into an enemy.

Therefore, less than three months after the Battle of Xizhou, Hou Junji's army surrounded Gaochangdu City, while the Western Turks were betrayal and ran without a trace. The reputation of the Tang army was too loud. The Western Turks' Yipidulu Khan could not afford this risk because it was very likely that the Tang army would be destroyed. From the East Turks in the past, to Xueyantuo a few months ago, all powerful countries fell under the iron hooves of the Tang army. What kind of Western Turks can't block the Tang army's sharp attack? Since they can't stop it, just run away.

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In the first month of the 14th year of Zhenguan, Hou Junji's troops conquered Gaochang Jikou, and a large army marched straight into the city of Gaochang.

On the day when the army completed the encirclement of the capital, the king of Gaochang sent envoys out of the city to seek peace. Hou Junji came here with the order. Li Shimin's decree did not have the option of "seeking peace". He had a firm intention and he must destroy the country!

The envoy didn't even see Hou Junji's face, so he was driven out of the central army camp by the Tang army soldiers. Hou Junji coldly threw out a sentence, "Call the king of the country, Qu, and kill him!"

The envoy ran back to the city with his head in his arms, and his nose and face were swollen, which brought this sentence in full. Then, the king of Gaochang, Qu Wentai, died of illness that night.

I have to say that the Lord Gaochang is really obedient. He will die if he dies without delaying any time. Of course, it is said that he is "death from illness". It is probably a bit of a whitewash. In fact, Qu Wentai was scared to death.

That night, 40,000 soldiers of the Tang army were full of food and waited for the attack after dawn to start attacking the city, but the crying sounds in the capital of Gaochang was shocking. The people in the city ran back and forth and cried. A moment before dawn, a white lantern was hung on the palace and posted a note of national demise, internal troubles and external troubles, and the enemy was in front of it. At dawn, the terrified ministers of Gaochang State were specially handled and urgently launched the next king of Gaochang State, Qu Wentai's eldest son Qu Zhisheng, who was the first to take the blame.

Just before Hou Junji ordered the drum to attack the city, the envoy of Gaochang State went out of the city again to seek peace and brought a letter of surrender from the new king Qu Zhisheng. The book said that the original king Qu Wentai died of illness last night. Gaochang had previously lost his ministers and offended many crimes of offending the Tang Dynasty. Qu Wentai was alone. The so-called enemy died and his grudges were eliminated. Gaochang's subjects were innocent and should not bear this crime.

Hou Junji laughed and tore the book of begging for surrender to pieces. What a joke? This general came here thousands of miles away to destroy the country and earn some military merits. You have begged for surrender. What should I do with my military merits? Therefore, Hou Junji had never seen this book of surrender, and put forward a harsh condition, asking the new king Qu Zhisheng and all the royal relatives of Gaochang to tie him out of the city, and all went to Chang'an with the army to personally apologize to His Majesty Tian Khan of the Tang Dynasty.

This requirement is too much. The clay man is also a part of the earth, not to mention that he is the ruler of a country.

Hou Junji's request was naturally rejected by Gaochang Kingdom. Of course, this move was exactly what Hou Junji wanted. This time he led a large army to fight westward, and his Majesty the Emperor's decree of his country. Hou Junji didn't want to be good at all, so he ordered the drums to attack the city.

The city of Gaochang Capital was naturally much stronger than Xizhou. The Tang army flocked to it and still failed to take it down for two hours. Hou Junji was furious and felt that he couldn't bear to face it. It took such a lot of effort to attack a small barbarian country. Even if he wins a lot in the future, he will be embarrassed to speak, so... the shocking thunder made by Li Su appeared.

The small black pottery jar was flying in the sky with blue smoke. On the city tower and outside the city gate, explosions came one after another. The army of Gaochang was beaten to pieces as early as the city of Xizhou. Now there are less than three thousand guards in the capital. A thunder of the sky was thrown away. The soldiers of Gaochang were blown to tears and cry. After the Tang army threw a few more rounds of thunder, the gate of the capital finally opened. The ministers were wearing official uniforms and accompanied the new king Qu Zhisheng, who had just ascended the throne for less than a day, and surrendered with a sad face. According to Hou Junji's request, all the royal family members of the Gaochang Kingdom tied their hands and became prisoners of the Tang army. The most unfair thing was Qu Zhisheng. He became a prisoner in just a few hours and became the shortest reign in history.

Seeing that Gaochang State surrendered so happily, Hou Junji couldn't help but smack his lips without any loss. Then he waved his hand in a daze and ordered the imprisonment of the Lord and relatives of Gaochang State, and the Tang army entered the capital of Gaochang State.

The Tang army, like a wolf and a tiger, rushed into the capital with cheers. The city cried and cursed, and the sound was shocked. There were many cases of looting in the army, but Hou Junji turned a blind eye. As for the captured monarchs and ministers of Gaochang State, they cried as they watched the Tang army bullying and looting in their capital.

The country is destroyed, the city is sunk, the mountains and rivers are broken, and the people are crying.

On the 26th day of the first lunar month of the 14th year of Zhenguan, Gaochang destroyed the country.

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A country was wiped out from the map by the Tang army. After Hou Junji destroyed Gaochang Kingdom, he continued to rectify his troops and prepared to launch a military force. He attacked the coalition forces of various countries in Xizhou. Now the Tang Dynasty will return them one by one.

This is the domineering spirit of the Tang Dynasty. If you have any grudges, you will be repaid without waiting for ten years.

The entire Western Regions were panicked because of the anger of His Majesty Tiankang of the Tang Dynasty. People should not be allowed to escape all day long. The people of the Western Regions fled their hometowns and headed to the farther west of the Dashi Empire. The kings sent envoys one after another, asking for peace from the Tang Dynasty or surrendering, and only wanted to save their lives and the royal family.

The Western Regions were in chaos, but Xizhou, which was originally in the eye of a storm, seemed extremely calm.

Li Su was still waiting for the imperial edict from Chang'an. Strangely, the imperial edict did not arrive for a long time. Without Li Shimin's order, Li Su was still a foreigner in Xizhou.

During this period, merchants led by Gong Hu entered Xizhou City one by one, loading with bricks, stones, muds, tiles and grains for repairing the city walls and winemaking. Li Su specially set a piece of land in the city and built a large winemaking workshop.

The people who left the city due to war have now returned to the city one by one. After dragging the old and young people into the city, they saw a scorched and ruined old residence. People knelt in the dust and cried for a while, stood up to wipe away their tears, and rebuilt their homes without saying a word.

The crowd returning to the city was mixed with familiar figures, such as Master Qian, who was willing to work hard.

With the arrival of Master Qian, Xizhou City seemed to have a cancer growing, becoming more and more lively. Within five days, there were five gambling stalls in the city and two brothels were quickly built and opened. Businessmen from all over the country who went to Xizhou to look for business opportunities were filled with a ecstasy soup and walked into the gambling stalls one by one, and they spent a lot of money like flowing water. So the Xizhou City sang and danced, singing every night, and the laughter and joy of the money piled up spread to the night sky outside the city.

This city where war has just stopped is gradually rejuvenated.

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On February 16, 14th year of Zhenguan, on an ordinary day, Li Subai was bored sitting outside the barracks yawning, thinking about his lazy life.

On this day, Li Su still waited for a monk before he could wait for Li Shimin's imperial edict.

The monk is an old monk, probably in his fifties. He is wearing a shabby patchwork monk's robe, holding a black pottery bowl in his hand, and holding a crutch in his other hand. He seems to have walked a long way. He said he was a monk but not a bald head. He has a lot of hair sparsely grown on his head. He stood outside the gate with a kind face, looking at the soldiers patrolling back and forth with a smile.

The monk came from the west alone. After coming to Xizhou, he first went to the city to pay homage to the governor. Unfortunately, all the city was in trouble during this period. Cao Yu was so busy that he didn't see his people at all. After inquiring in the city, he learned that there was a different master living in the camp outside the city, and it was a county granted by His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

So at this moment, the monk stood outside the gate of the camp, waiting for Li Su to receive him with a smile.

Li Su has now completely handed over the power of Xizhou to Cao Yu. Compared to Cao Yu's busyness, Li Su seems very leisurely. The first thing he does when he opens his eyes every day is to think about what to do today to waste his long and boring time.

When he heard that a monk asked for a meeting, Li Su immediately became energetic.

Monk, you should be consecrated? Yes, I asked him to make a mark of his eight characters and calculate the passing years...

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Chapter completed!