Changsun Wuji sat by the brazier and roasted the fire while eating steamed Hu cakes. "It's really unbelievable that Li Daliang would make such a mistake."

In the courtyard outside the palace gate, in the prime ministers' lounge, the prime ministers were very sad. The southern plains were originally smooth sailing, Qin Lang and Li Daliang were advancing rapidly, killing the barbarians. They thought that the chaos would end soon, but who knew that the governor of Aizhou had lost 8,000 troops.

It was not the Annan who led the 8,000 barbarians who were bound by the leader, but the 8,000 elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. These 8,000 people basically accounted for half of the elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty in Annan.

As soon as the news reached Chang'an City, the prime ministers were shocked and the emperor was so shocked that they could not speak.

Since Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty has been invincible for foreign wars. It captured Jie Li and destroyed the Turks, killed Fu Yun and destroyed Tuyuhun, and then launched troops to the Western Regions to attack and destroy the Western Turks Siye Hu Khan. Not to mention that the Qiang people who Qin Lang fought in Longyou knelt on the ground and surrendered, and the Qiangs, Dangxiang, Bailan and other Qiangs surrendered one after another.

I haven't felt like I was beaten for a long time.

Hou Junji was a little excited and said gloomy, "I expected them to be a little defeat."

Before he could finish his words, Changsun Wuji and other ministers glared at him, making him swallow the rest of his words.

"What's going on?" Gao Shilian sighed and asked. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Gao Shilian was implicated in the case of defection from Hu Sizheng, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and was demoted to Jiaozhou as the county chief clerk. The situation in Annan was the most familiar one among the prime ministers except Qin Lang.

But he was also very strange about this defeat.

Eight thousand elite soldiers, why are they wiped out?

Changsun Wuji shook his head, "Li Daliang and Qin Lang both reported in detail about this battle. In addition, the Ministry of War's Office, the Ministry of War, the Baiqi Division, etc. have investigation reports. In general, this was a defeat that would not be defeated, and Zhang Bi was not an unknown soldier. On the contrary, Zhang Bi was a powerful general with rich experience in combat formations. Not only did he participate in the Central Plains melee at the end of the Sui Dynasty, but he later fought against the Turks and quelled Tuyuhun. During this Tiannan Barbarian Rebellion, Zhang Bi also charged forward and made many military achievements."

"If you want to say it, it's this. The Jucheng barbarians showed amazing combat power under the leadership of a woman. In the battle of Nongrenhe, they showed no level of ordinary barbarians. Their fighting spirit could even surpass the Turks, Tuyuhun and other armies, and were comparable to Zhang Bi's army."

Hou Junji couldn't help but say, "This defeat was all caused by Qin Lang and Li Daliang underestimating the enemy and Zhang Bi's greed for merit and advancement. How could you say this? That 黑官网 is just a group of mobs, and he had already returned from the Zuoxi River. After several defeats, he would have become a dog that was lost and a frightened bird. How could he have any fighting spirit? If Zhang Bi had not greed for merit and advancement, how could he have suffered such defeat?"

Changsun Wuji was furious.

"You, the Marquis, are also the general who leads troops. Can't you face the enemy with this information? You are saying these things now, besides attacking political enemies, do you dare to say that you have some justice? Eight thousand soldiers fought bloody battles in Nongrenhe and their entire army was wiped out, but they also killed and injured more than 20,000 barbarians, and gave the rebel barbarians a heavy blow, forcing them to abandon their nests and flee..."

Gao Shilian also said to him bluntly, "Please respect the soldiers who sacrificed for the country. You are also a soldier. Please do not insult them! They sacrificed and bleeded for the country and did not tolerate you insulting them later."

Hou Junji snorted coldly, "The right and wrong, merit and demerit will be judged by the saints. Don't just keep it a secret because you have a close relationship with Qin Lang."

Changsun Wuji heard enough and pointed at Hou Junji directly, "I will tell you in front of the saints that Hou Junji will go to Annan to lead troops to quell the rebellion and be the deputy general of Qin Lang!"

"When the time comes, we must see your ability, and whether it is as good as your mouth can say it!"

Because of the previous grudges in the Western Regions, Hou Junji and Changsun Wuji have formed a bond.

"The court does not need a soldier or a soldier to recruit these barbarians. There is no war. Qin Lang and others deliberately forced the barbarians to provoke them. Now, as long as the saints give a pacification order, the matter will be quelled soon." Hou Junji confronted him in a tit-for-tat manner.

"Enough!" Changsun Wuji couldn't help but patted the table, "Jucheng Man, Heman, have repeatedly blocked the commercial roads and robbed commercial goods before. This time, Jucheng was even more bold and rebellious, and he dared to establish a country and become king. Isn't this an ordinary chaos? Are you Hou Junji or a minister of the Tang Dynasty?"

Ma Zhou and others were too lazy to pay attention to Hou Junji, who was like a messenger. "What's the situation there now? Does the Prime Minister Qin ask the court to dispatch troops south?"

Changsun Wuji no longer paid attention to Hou Junji and said seriously, "Qin Lang is not panicked. He said that although he lost a general and lost an elite army, the barbarians could not resist the sky. On the contrary, after this battle, the Jucheng barbarians have been completely injured and unable to turn the sky back. Nong's family has fled south with the defeated generals and ignored the Jucheng nest. Qin Lang has now basically occupied the Jucheng land. Now he is stepping up the construction of seven prefectures, building fortresses, garrisoning troops and immigrating, building roads, and intensifying attacks and recruitment of various barbarian villages. He also said that before the New Year, the barbarians can be smoothed north of the West River!"

"Brave!" Hou Junji disdained.

Wei Zheng asked, "Where is Qin Lang now, where is Li Daliang? How many soldiers do they have in their hands, and are the barbarians of Zuoxidong safely?"

"Whether the military's money, food and equipment are supplied, can the soldiers complain?"

"Li Daliang left his body to Baping City and retreated back to the mouth of Xilinzhou to guard the river, while Qin Lang is now stationed in Nongrenhe." Changsun Wuji finished eating the steamed Hu cake in his hand, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and Ma Zhou handed him a cup of tea. Ma Zhou thanked him and took it and took a sip. "Now north of the West River, there are basically no main forces of the rebel barbarians. All the main forces of the rebel barbarians have fled to the south of the Yangtze River with Nong Jinhu and Meng Guju. Now Qin Lang and the others are busy sweeping the barbarian villages in Jiangbei......"

"Qin Lang said there is no problem for the money and grain for the time being. Xidaojiang is completely controlled by the court, and there are naval troops patrolling the river. The grain ships are free to travel. Jiaozhou is originally a grain-producing land and salt along the coast, so there is no shortage of salt and grain. The equipment is quite sufficient, and the morale of the soldiers is pretty good. In short, the weather is cool now, which is quite suitable for sweeping the barbarians."

Because the main force of the barbarians fled south, there are not many barbarians in Jiangbei now. After being killed by Li Daliang and Qin Lang, many people now know that they are in awe. Many barbarians don’t dare to resist stubbornly anymore. Anyway, they have not been resisting for a long time. Therefore, most of them have been surrendering in a hurry and honestly accepting the registered households and people. Even Qin Lang summoned their heads to serve. They are very obedient and cooperated with the recruitment of barbarians to build cities and roads."

"Qin Lang said this battle, and he fought two thousand miles of barbarian land and seven states for the court. It's the truth."

Hou Junji snorted coldly, "Since Qin Lang is so capable, why didn't he take advantage of the victory to pursue him and directly kill Xidaojiang, solve the Hemanjuchoman and the Man and the Man, and then open up two thousand miles of land for the court and add seven states? They are just covering up their failure!"

Ma Zhou and others ignored him and were thinking about the significance of this result to the Tang Dynasty. Qin Lang was not the kind of person who talked nonsense. Since he said that the situation had been controlled, that would be the case. Besides, even if he lies, the Hundred Cavalry and others would expose it. No one has come forward to object now, which means that this is probably the case.

This is indeed good news. If Annan's situation is out of control due to that defeat, it will be very troublesome.

Although the imperial court can also draw troops from various places to go south, the soldiers elsewhere are afraid that they will find it difficult to adapt to the climatic conditions there, not to mention that it is already cold winter, and it is very inconvenient to send troops to the point where it is difficult to move troops there. When the troops arrive there, it is probably after the New Year, and it will be a season of continuous rain there, which is even more unfavorable to quell the chaos.

In short, if the court really wants to mobilize troops south to quell the chaos, the situation will be really hard to deal with.

Fortunately, Qin Lang had mastered the situation and did not need the court to send troops south. He had already expanded two thousand miles of land for the court, fighting the Juchengman and the Heman Meng tribes to escape the West River. The twenty-seven barbarians in Jiangbei are now very aware of the current affairs because of the defeat of the Juchengman and the Heman tribes.

They were very cooperative and obedient towards Qin Lang and Li Daliang's westward advance. The Ayue tribe, the joint venture department, the Hami tribe, the Qixi tribe, the Tierongdian tribe, the Nalou tribe, the Huimo tribe, the Wang Nongshan tribe, the Milu tribe, the Maitreya tribe, the Chuxiong tribe, etc. are basically not involved in the rebellion now.

Among them, the tribes south of the Nanpan River and north of the Xidao River were extremely respectful to the Tang army who arrived. Qin Lang summoned the leaders of the tribes and said that they would change their territory and return to the current and to form households and civilians. None of these people dared to refuse.

Seeing that they were so aware of each other, Qin Lang did not force them too much and established the Tonghai Governor's Office, which was under the prefectures and counties.

He still appointed the barbarian chiefs as governors and county magistrates. Qin Lang personally served as the governor of Tonghai, and appointed some military generals to serve as chiefs, Sima, and military positions of the states, and stationed troops in important places in the governor's office.

Xicuan in Kunzhou, Dianchi Lake and Dongcuan in Qujing remained silent about Qin Lang and other officials leading the imperial officers and soldiers into Yunnan. They also sent their children to escort a batch of money and grain to work hard, but did not send troops to cooperate.

Hou Junji smiled but didn't laugh.

"Qin Lang has made changes to the land and returned to the current, and has caused such a big mess. It has not been cleaned up yet, and now it has been done again? He is not afraid of rebelling all the barbarians in southeast Yunnan again? Just blow it, what is the surrender of the wind, and the tribes obey. If he is so obedient, how could the chanman rebell? How could the Heman rebell? It is really such a great reputation that the Heman rebelled, and why did the Tang Demon rebell? How could the Heman rebell in the south of the Western Daojiang River not expect the wind to return to the wind?"

Wei Zheng held the teacup and thoughtfully, "I have to remind Duke Wei to take a closer look. I will pacify the Jucheng barbarians first. As for the barbarians in southeastern Yunnan, don't move them for the time being, and don't touch them even more."

Compared to the Cuan family, although Jucheng has a long history, it is nothing now. In front of the Cuan family, it is just a little man. The Cuan family is a real behemoth. Even though the Cuan family was in conflict and split during the Sui Dynasty, the Cuan family is still the overlord in Yunnan.

If the Cuan family is forced to rebel, that is a big trouble.
Chapter completed!