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Chapter 50 The Good News Continues

Wu Zetian is a very decisive person. After making up his mind about one thing, he will take action immediately. This is even more importantly important.

After Chen Yi learned from the mouth that Li Xian wanted to assign official positions to some other people or promote the official positions of many people, including Wei's father Wei Xuanzhen, Wu Zetian was furious and called Li Xian in front of him the day after Chen Yi said this.

Unexpectedly, Wu Zetian knew about the matter he and Wei discussed in private. Li Xian was so scared that he was scattered, and sweated coldly, and kept admitting his mistakes. He was also clever and attributed all the responsibilities to Wei, saying that Wei asked him to promote Wei Xuanzhen's official position and give other members of the Wei family special care. He was tangled and could only agree in the end.

Wu Zetian did not fully believe what Li Xian said in front of him because she had heard Chen Yi say earlier, but Li Xian was already scared, and she did not speak ill of her. She just scolded Li Xian in person, asking him not to be deceived by the people around him. If you can't make up your mind for those major issues related to the fate of the country, you can come to ask her, the queen; if the employer cannot make a judgment, you should also ask her. She, the queen, has been in charge of state affairs for many years on behalf of the emperor, and is very experienced in these matters and can make a decision for Li Xian.

Of course, Li Xian understood the meaning of his mother's words. In great fear, he could only agree timidly and promise that if there was anything indecisive in the future, he would definitely ask the queen of the mother. However, he also asked experimentally whether he would disturb his mother's rest. If he did this, he would feel guilty. How could Wu Zetian not know what his son was thinking? He just replied with a light expression, saying that she had already recuperated and did not need to hide in the palace to rest all day.

In the end, Li Xian retreated and changed his temperament again. He almost patted his chest and promised that he would come over to ask Wu Zetian for his ideas whenever there was something important. Only those who he thought were not very important would dare to make a decision in private.

Wei naturally knew that Chen Yi had told Wu Zetian about this, and she felt angry and resentful, but after listening to Chen Yi's explanations and the interests of Chen, she also accepted it.

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It has been two months since the army of Dingxiang Road set out, and there is continuous good news coming to the north!

After the army passed Yunzhong City, where the Shanyu Protectorate was located, the expeditionary Tang army quickly launched an attack.

When the Turks were in chaos, they were very arrogant and dared to concentrate their forces to attack the cities stationed by our Tang army, and even Yunzhongcheng dared to attack. Before the army of Dingxiang Road arrived, they also captured some small-scale cities and slaughtered all the defenders inside. However, facing those tall walled cities, the rebels who were not good at siege seemed powerless. Of course, they were extremely difficult to capture Yunzhongcheng, which had about 8,000 troops guarding.

Yunzhongcheng was not captured by the rebels, and several nearby small and medium-sized cities were still under the control of our Tang army. The army led by Pei Xingjian and Liu Shenli could quickly pass Yunzhongcheng and pounce straight towards the Yinshan line.

When I heard that my Dingxiang Road army was about to arrive near Yunzhong City, the Turkic rebels were scared and retreated to the south of Yinshan Mountain, stationed on Yinshan Mountain and Daqingshan Mountain, trying to avoid the edge of our Tang army. When the cold weather came, I would find a way to deal with our army and even decide on life and death.

But Pei Xingjian will definitely not let the Turks get what they want.

The army quickly arrived in Yunzhongcheng. Everyone thought that the commander would order the army that had been traveling for hundreds of miles in a row to rest and stay near Yunzhongcheng, waiting for the subsequent materials to be transported. After the soldiers were rested and had all the food and other supplies replenished, they would continue to march northward to find the main force of the Turkic rebels. But to everyone's surprise, when passing Yunzhongcheng, Pei Xingjian's order was to ask the soldiers to pass at full speed without stopping.

After passing Yunzhong City, Pei Xingjian also issued a new combat arrangement, ordering Liu Shenli to lead 20,000 troops to Daqingshan between Yunzhong City and Yinshan, preparing to eliminate the Turkic rebels in the Daqingshan area as soon as possible. Cheng Wuting and Li Xiaoyi, the general of the Zuo Qianniu Guard, each led 10,000 troops to bypass Daqingshan and rushed straight to Yinshan from the east; the general of the Right Wu Guard, Ashina Daozhen, and the general of the Right Guard, Mangbuzhi, each led 10,000 troops to bypass Daqingshan from the west, and rushed to Yinshan from the west; the general of the Left Jinwu Guard, Cao Huaishun, and the head of the Shanyu Protectorate, each left 10,000 troops to attack the Baidao of Yinshan at the fastest speed, and strived to cut off the passage of the Turkic rebels from the north of Yinshan; Pei Xingjian himself led the remaining 20,000 troops to directly attack the main force of the Turkic rebels guarding the southern foot of Yinshan.

Pei Xingjian's arrangement was beyond the surprise of his subordinates and even more so by the Turkic rebels. When Liu Shenli was ordered to quickly attack Daqingshan, the Turks were not prepared. More than 50,000 Turkic rebels stationed in Daqingshan were quickly defeated under the rapid raid of Liu Shenli's army. Our Tang Dynasty wiped out all the troops without any effort, of course most of them were captured.

Liu Shenli served as a guru in the Shanyu Protectorate for many years. He led his army to quell the Turkish rebellions, and was famous all over the desert. He was also familiar with the situation in the Shanyu Protectorate. He launched an attack in the direction that the Turkic rebels in the Daqingshan area had never expected. The effect of the attack was naturally amazing. When he heard that Liu Shenli led his troops to attack, several Turkic leaders quickly gave up their resistance and chose to surrender. The battle was not fierce, and there were not many casualties on both sides. In the end, nearly 50,000 Turks became prisoners of the Tang Dynasty and were taken to Yunzhong City. Liu Shenli, who had ended the battle in Daqingshan, immediately led his army to catch up with Pei Xingjian's troops who had already passed through Daqingshan, and was preparing to join forces to attack Ashide Wenfu and Ashina's main force of the Turkic rebels led by the two men!

The army of Dingxiang Road was advancing amazingly fast. Ashina Wenfu and Ashina did not expect the Tang army to attack so quickly. Although they made arrangements and arranged 50,000 troops to defend the Daqingshan area between Yinshan and Yunzhongcheng, and their troops were also ready to fight against the Tang army, they never expected that the 50,000 troops in Daqingshan would be wiped out by the Tang army within one day, and the Tang army would attack them from several directions.

The Ashina Fengshi Division was guarded near Heishan in Yinshan, which was about a hundred miles away from the Ashina Fu tribe, and was even higher than the Ashina Fu tribe. The previous location also allowed him to take the lead in taste of "tragedy". The Tang army in three directions raided the tent of his troops at night. He did not expect that the Tang army would attack them at this time and was awakened in his sleep. He could not organize effective resistance. More than 100,000 people quickly turned into mobs and allowed the Tang army to slaughter. The final result was: The Ashina Fengshi was captured by the Tang army, and the pseudo-"Turkish Khan" Ashina Nishuocu, who followed him, was killed by his subordinates. His head was presented to Pei Xingjian's tent as spoils. In addition to more than 10,000 people fled to Baolang Mountain, the others were either annihilated or captured.

After annihilated the Asina vocational department and cleared the pseudo Khan Asina slime, Pei Xingjian immediately reported good news to the court and said that the Turkish rebellion would be completely quelled before the New Year.

After the two battles, almost 130,000 Turks were already prisoners. The main ones who raised up and caused rebellion were the two divisions of Ashina and Ashidewenfu. The others followed the fun or were coerced. The main ones who were determined to fight against the Tang army were the Ashina and Ashidewenfu's troops. The other cooperative armies gave up their resistance as soon as the Tang army attacked, and all of these tribe members became prisoners.

Many captured Turkic heads were already regretting that they should not have been rebelled with Ashina's post and Ashidewenfu.

If they escaped from Ashina's rank and Ashide Wenfu and responded to the Tang army when the Tang army attacked, they would be Pei Xingjian's guests of honor, not prisoners. Even when Ashina's rank and Ashide Wenfu's rank rebelled, they would not take any action, which would be much better than the current situation. At least the Tang army would treat them as the people of the Tang Dynasty, and they would not become prisoners.

But now it is useless to regret. More than 100,000 Turkic prisoners will continue to carry out the great cause of adding bricks and tiles to the infrastructure of the Tang Dynasty, until they use their own labor to redeem their sins. Because so many new forces join the construction of the base of the Tang Dynasty will also accelerate.

The number of prisoners of the Turks continued to increase as the war progressed.

After the Asina Servant Department was quickly annihilated by Pei Xingjian's several troops, Pei Xingjian did not order the soldiers to rest, but led his army to continue to move forward, preparing to encircle and annihilate Ashdewen Fu's troops.

Because of the rapid action, the Ashina Fengshi Division and the previously defeated Turkic remnants of Daqingshan did not have time to escape to the Ashina Fu's camp. The men led by Pei Xingjian and other encircled Tang troops had already attacked the Ashina Fengshi Division. This battle almost replicated the process of annihilation of the Ashina Fengshi Division, which was also a one-sided massacre. The only difference is that the Ashina Fengshi was captured by the Tang army and captured alive on the horse, while the Ashina Fengshi voluntarily surrendered. After the Tang army attacked the camp and rushed into the camp from several directions, the Ashina Fengshi, who was awakened from sleep, immediately gathered his own guards and prepared to escape, but he could not escape, so he could only surrender to the Chengwuting Department, which was plundering the camp. The entire process of the war was not as good as annihilation of the Ashina Fengshi Minister.

Ashidewen Fu's troops had a total of 150,000 people. When counting the results, they found that there were as many as 145,000 Turks captured, which surprised Pei Xingjian and his generals. Pei Xingjian, who had been fighting for many years, had never recorded a battle that almost captured all his opponents. This was the first time that the fierce Turks became a group of sheep to be slaughtered in front of our elite soldiers in the Tang Dynasty.

During several battles, not many Turkic people were killed, and the total number was only more than 10,000 people. However, the Tang army's super attack power and powerful weapons were scenes that appeared in Turkic nightmare for a long time.

"Haha, Pei Pushe fulfilled his mission and quelled the rebellion of the Turks in just over two months! The power of our Tang army is so powerful that who can compete in the world!" This is the sincere sigh of Wu Zetian when the ministers are discussing how to deal with the aftermath! (To be continued.)
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