Winter goes and spring comes, and everything revives.

The thousands of cherry trees on the Cherry Island are blooming, the fallen flowers are colorful and beautiful, just like a fairyland on earth. Qin Lang, who is newlywed, is also happy like a god.

Although he still retained the title of Tongping Zhangshi, Qin Lang did not enter the Political Affairs Hall at all. Although the emperor had an edict saying that if he was not free, he could go to Pingzhang Zhengshi in the Political Affairs Hall every three or five days, Qin Lang had never been there once.

Although the emperor returned to Luoyang, after the beginning of the Chinese New Year, all the affairs of the court were handed over to the crown prince.

War broke out in Liaodong again. As the Bohai route was unblocked, a large amount of supplies began to be transported to the Liaodong front line, accompanied by several elite troops.

The chief of the Grand Governor's Office of Zhendong, Niu Jindaga, was appointed as the chief marching commander of the Pyongyang Road, and fully governed the Liaodong battlefield. He launched a spring offensive, blocked the Yalu River, and swept the entire Liaodong territory. He used Wugu City on the west bank of the Yalu River as the base camp to sweep the east.

Cheng Mingzhen used Beisha City as the base camp and swept from the southwest to the northeast, and Zhang Jian used Liaodong City as the base to swept the northeast, and the three routes were all out.

First sweep the countryside, cut off the connection between the city and villages, and prevent the Goguryeo people from plowing in spring.

Liaodong, which had been abandoned by the economic trap of the Tang Dynasty for many years, has now become even worse. It has lost the cheap food transported by sea. The Goguryeo people in Liaodong, which were blocked by the Tang army, were immediately trapped in dire straits.

I used to think that life is rich and life is good, but now I suddenly fell into an ice cave.

Those mines can no longer be mined, and even some local products such as ginseng cannot be sold to marine merchants now. The whole of Liaodong is like a pool of stagnant water.

All the Goguryeo people were forced to retreat among the mountain castles. After finally experiencing a cold winter, the Tang army had already gained a foothold here, occupied many big cities and towns, and divided Liaodong.

Leaving the strong mountain castle village means that there is no safety at all and will be captured by the Tang cavalry who are sweeping at any time.

And they continued to hide in the mountain castle village. Although the Tang army did not come to attack for the time being, they had no food to defend. Many castles finally survived this winter, and some castles with insufficient grain storage had to constantly drive some elderly, weak women and children out of the castle village in the cold winter to save food.

The poor people who were driven into the cold winter wilderness had nowhere to go. Although many of them were not from the fortress themselves, their village houses in the countryside had long been destroyed or occupied.

Even though they were not destroyed, the villages had no defensive ability at all. Facing the Tang cavalry who came and went like the wind, they could only surrender and were rushed to the nearby Tangjun Village Camp, and then waited to be sent to the beach, and then transported back to the Central Plains from there.

Some people try to escape into the mountains and forests, but without food and houses to shelter from the wind, how can they survive in the cold winter?

So later, many people who were driven out eventually took the initiative to look for Tangying just to drink hot soup and have a place to sleep with shelter. Although they didn't know where to take it to, they could at least temporarily survive.

In March and April, this is the time when there are no match for the young and old. Under normal circumstances, there will be many hungry people, and now the Goguryeo people are in a difficult situation.

Goguryeo's grain reserves in Liaodong were mainly concentrated in those big cities to prevent the Tang army from storing the Tang army. In small cities, they usually only store a small amount of grain to prevent the Tang army from robbing the city. This was originally military, but now it has become the last straw that crushed these stubborn Goguryeo people.

Niu Jinda's victory continued, and more and more fortresses. After a long time of food cuts, they chose to open a fort and surrender in despair.

The entire Liaodong City no longer has a systematic resistance. It is just starving and can no longer stand it.

The war in Liaodong went smoothly, and the imperial court had already begun to immigrate to the Liaodong area.

The new honorary Tian Jue Tian award for the title of Liaodong also began to draw up a preliminary plan and began to implement it in the Liaodong region.

But all of this has nothing to do with Qin Lang.

He now turns a blind eye to the outside world and is devoted to enjoying the cherry blossoms at home.

Cheng Yaojin returned to Liangzhou, Hexi to take charge. Su Dingfang has now replaced the position of chief of the Yizhou Grand Governor's Office, prosecutor, governor of the State, commander of Ningyuan army envoy, and also imprisoned the Dangxiang Qiang.

Guo Xiaoke, who was also from Wagang, was appointed as the chief of the Grand Governor's Office, the governor of Xizhou and the envoy of Zhenxi Army. This was once Li Ji's deputy. He also made great contributions in the battle to destroy Dou Jiande and was granted the title of the Pillar Kingdom.

After that, he has been serving as the governor in Hebei for more than ten years and was transferred to the Western Regions a few years ago.

The war in Liaodong was not over, and the court was planning to resolve Xueyantuo, the northern part of the Mo, and the turmoil in the Western Regions began again.

Yugushe was defeated by the Tang army and left Zhaowu. He secretly colluded with the Western Turkic Khan and Russian generals to raid the same Russia and defeated him while he was hunting and hunting him. He fled to Gaochang Road with Russia and was chased and killed.

After killing Tongyu, Yugushe officially established himself as Yipidulu Khan. Some Western Turkic tribes served him, and some old Russian tribes sent people to Luoyang to pay homage to the emperor, asking the Tang Dynasty to depose Yugushe and enthrone the new Khan for the Western Turkic.

The Tang Dynasty conferred Bobu Teqin, the son of Dulu Khan Nishu and Shaboluo Lishu Khan and Russia's brother, as Yibishaboluo Yehu Khan, and ordered him to succeed the Western Turks east and west hatches.

Yu Gu Shi thought he could take action first and then report to obtain the title of the Tang Dynasty. Seeing that the Tang Dynasty ignored the facts of fait accompli, he refused to establish him, so he began to do something without stopping, and soon defeated and killed the newly-entrusted Yibishaboluo Yehu Khan of the Tang Dynasty.

Then he tore up the agreement that Nishu Khan had signed with the Tang Dynasty, sent his troops to cross the Tianshan Mountains, infiltrate his own forces into Kucha, Yanqi and other countries. At the same time, he launched troops to attack Tucharo, killed Tucharo Yehu, annexed its territory, and impose the nine countries including Zhaowu Kangju, Mi, and Shi in the Western Regions.

In order to force the Tang Dynasty to recognize his status as the Khan of the Western Turks, Yugushi began to block the Silk Road, detain the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, and sent troops to attack the Tang Dynasty garrison in countries south of the Tianshan Mountains, and even married kings and princes such as Yanqi to win over them to fight against the Tang Dynasty.

The situation in the Western Regions was turbulent, and the court had to start adjusting its strategy and once again delayed its use of troops in the Mobei region, and began to use troops in the Western Regions first.

Originally, Li Shimin planned to use Hou Junji and Zhang Liang as partners to lead the Western Regions together and be responsible for the war in the Western Regions, but this matter was firmly opposed by Changsun Wuji, and Changsun's political ally Chu Suiliang also spoke out together, and the emperor finally chose Guo Xiaoke, a powerful general.

The court's strategy this time was to take charge of Hexi with Cheng Yaojin, a general who had just made great contributions in Liaodong. Then Guo Xiaoke led the fierce generals such as Hou Junji, Zhang Shigui, Xue Wanche, Li Heli, etc. to attack the Western Regions.

Not only should we cut off the hand that stretched to the south of the Tianshan Mountains, but we should also further strengthen the garrison and reclamation in the Western Regions, and completely suppress the anti-Tang forces of Yanqi and other countries that were already somewhat shaken.

He also had to officially march north of the Tianshan Mountains and attack the Zhaowu area. He also took down the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu, and at the same time he had to take over the Toguro area. He should directly establish a governor's office, garrison troops, farm farms, and establish post stations in the Zhaowu area. In the Tocharia area, he should also establish a throne prefecture.

Before sending troops, the Tang Dynasty conferred a new Western Turkic Khan, and the son of the former Khan was named Yipi Shekui Khan.

The official reason for the Tang army to send troops was to support Yipi Shekui Khan to quell the Western Turkic rebellion.

Guo Xiaoke was ordered to take charge. Before he left Luoyang, he asked for permission to attack Yanqi, because the Yanqi king Longtuqi branch had already formed a unit with Yugu, and he married his daughter to the brother of the general Ashina Quli, who was set up in Yugu. Yanqi was located south of Tianshan Mountain, close to Qiemo and Gaochang. If Yanqi did not take down Yanqi first, the rear of the Western Expedition Army would be unstable by then.

The expedition of Yanqi can also shock Kucha. If Kucha still does not repent, he can take advantage of the victory to conquer Kucha again, and the emperor allows the use of troops.

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"What exactly does Duke Wei mean?"

Changsun Wuji rarely came to visit him. Qin Lang's reply to his former allies and his father-in-law is very simple. He said that he was impatient and wanted to return to his fiefdom to enjoy life with peace of mind.

Changsun Wuji obviously couldn't accept this reply and didn't believe it at all.

At the age of thirty-two, just talk about retirement?

"Sanlang is really willing to give up?"

"Why can't you bear to bear?"

Changsun held the teacup and felt a little regretful, "Didn't Sanlang think about thinking about the future of the Qin family? Qin Zhongwu was in his prime? Now you are the head of the Qin family. Although the Qin family is good now, its foundation is not solid. You are now the favorite minister of the emperor and the prime minister of the dynasty. Naturally, you can maintain the Qin family and even lead the Qin family to go further. But if you abandon your post now and stay away from the center of the court, even if the impact may not be great in three to five years, it will be completely different over time."

"It's cold for the tea when people leave!"

Changsun Wuji persuaded him very carefully. Qin Lang is a very good political ally. Now the two are father-in-law and son-in-law. They have worked together well before, especially before, he discovered that Qin Lang is a man with strong abilities and is not fighting for power with him, so he hopes that Qin Lang will not leave and continue to stay in the court to help him.

Changsun has a strong desire for power, especially after overcoming Fang Xuanling and becoming the head of the court in recent years, he did not want to give up his position.

In a battle of power, if you don’t advance, you will retreat.

After Empress Changsun passed away, Changsun lost a powerful ally in the palace. Although the prince's current position is stable and his capital is also his own capital, Qin Lang is also irreplaceable.

Qin Lang was not moved at all about Changsun Wuji's persuasion and retention.

Different locations are located and different views are also different.

Changsun Wuji was still in the situation, so he was thinking about how to stabilize his position as prime minister, how to maintain the power of the Changsun family, and even go further. But Qin Lang was a time traveler after all, and although the prince Chengqian had stabilized his position, it was unlikely that there would be any changes.

But he still believed that even if he inherited the throne in the future and did not succeed Li Zhi, some things would not change in the new dynasty.

Because this involves the most core dispute over interests, it is difficult for the new king to tolerate the old ministers in power, even if they are their uncles and teachers, they will only be more vicious and fierce once they are tear them up. This is inevitable, not possible.

The emperor looked young, but last year's back sore reminded Qin Lang that the emperor's health was not good. In history, Li Shimin only lived fifty years old, and now it seems that he cannot escape this disaster. There is not much time left, so he must make arrangements early.

The sooner you escape, the better. You must not wait until Li Shimin is out of the way. It will be difficult for him to escape at that time.

It was a good thing to help the horse and send it to another trip, but I was afraid that good people would not be rewarded.
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