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Chapter 226 Temporary Army Supervision
In the sixth year of Tianbao, Gao Xianzhi went on an expedition to Xiaobolu. This battle was also a battle for Gao Xianzhi's rise. After this battle, Gao Xianzhi replaced Fumeng Lingcha as the envoy of the Four Towns of Anxi.

The Battle of Xiaobolu was of course to prevent the Tubo army from entering Anxi through Xiaobolu, and at the same time cut off the Tubo army's involvement in the Tucharian countries.

In the sixth year of Tianbao, Tubo stationed [-] troops in the area of ​​Dabolu. Gao Xianzhi led [-] troops across Congling, conquered Lianyun Fort, and entered Xiaobolu through the pass of Tanjuling Mountain.

At that time, although the city of Nieduo, the city of King Xiaobolu, was broken and the Tubo princess was captured, tens of thousands of Tubo reinforcements also arrived at the same time. When the Tang army retreated northward, the pursuers had already arrived. In desperation, General Xi Yuanqing cut off the vine bridge on Poyi River. , blocked the Tubo army on the south bank of the cliff, and the small Bolu country was divided into two, with the Poyi River as the boundary, the south was occupied by the Tubo army, and the north was controlled by the Tang army.

Gao Xianzhi recruited more than a thousand people locally to form the Tianbao Guiren Army to strictly prevent the Tubo army from going north.

Tianbao’s six-year Battle of Xiaobolu was not completely successful. To be precise, it was only half successful. It successfully prevented the Tubo army from entering Anxi through Xiaobolu, but it did not take down the city of Neduo, the king’s city of Xiaobolu, nor could it succeed. Prevent Tubo from continuing to advance westward and get involved in Tocharo.

The Tubo army took the Dabolu Kingdom as the logistics center, and continued westward along the south bank of the Poyi River. In the eighth year of Tianbao, it took control of the Qishi Kingdom and cut off the food road for the garrison in the Yasin Valley, seriously threatening the survival of the Tianbao Guiren Army. .

In addition, the State of Shishi not only threatened the food security of Xiaobolu Tang's army, but the Tubo Army could also use the State of Qishi as a springboard to invade the vast Tocharo area. The Snow Mountain enters the Bomi River Valley, the Daxue Mountain is today's Hindu Kush Mountain, and the Bomi River Valley is today's Wakhan Corridor, and it can also enter Anxi.

One of the reasons why Gao Xianzhi went to Chang'an this spring was to ask the emperor and the court for instructions, and to send troops to the Shiguo, which was approved by the court.

After marching for six days, Li Ye followed Feng Changqing's army to Shule Town, which is today's Kashgar.

Hearing that Li Ye was coming, Gao Xianzhi went out of the camp to greet him personally, and welcomed Li Ye into the tent of the Chinese army.

Gao Xianzhi asked Li Ye to sit down and said with a smile, "The last time we met was in Xuandu Guan, unexpectedly, we met again in Shule, thousands of miles away, after only a few months. Master, are you going to travel in the Hezhong area?"

Li Ye shook his head, "Too many things have happened in the past few months, Mr. Gao may not know that Master Mingsong was assassinated and died."

Gao Xianzhi was taken aback, "Who did it?"

"Does Gao Shijun still remember Shi Kun?"

Gao Xianzhi flashed a trace of anger along the way: "That traitor is now the king of the Shi Kingdom. These years, I have put the overall situation first and have not made things difficult for him. Could it be that he assassinated Ming Song?"

Li Ye nodded, "He heard that Feilong had emerged, so he sent his son Shidu to Chang'an to find Master Mingsong, and tried to ask for Feilong's relics. As a result, there was a dispute and Mingsong was assassinated. Later, Shidu found me and was killed by me."

Gao Xianzhi snorted, "This Shi Kun took refuge in Dashi, thought he had Dashi as his backing, and even sent troops to attack Talas Army City. I am going to lead the army to deal with him. Now the old and new scores will be settled together."

Li Ye said silently in his heart: "This is the root cause of the Talas War."

"Then the young master came to Anxi this time"

At this time, Li Ye took out the gold medal and asked, "Does Shi Jun know this?"

Gao Xianzhi's eyes widened all of a sudden, "How can you have the emperor's gold medal?"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "To tell you the truth, I didn't come here for a tour. The emperor ordered me to investigate the situation in Dashi and Hezhong. I'm still the secretary of the Anxi Governor's Mansion to join the army and have the title of censor."

Gao Xianzhi's eyes lit up, "Do you have the title of Yushi?"

"It's just a temporary title, and it may be resigned after returning."

Gao Xianzhi was overjoyed, and quickly got up and said, "That's great, it's really better to come early than coincidental, my lord, please come with me!"

Li Ye was confused and followed him to another big tent. Gao Xianzhi said in a low voice: "When going out to fight, you must be accompanied by a supervising army. Unfortunately, the border supervising army fell ill and was unable to accompany the army, which seriously affected the expedition to Shishiguo. , I was worrying, just because you have the title of censor, you can supervise the army for him."

Li Ye was stunned, "Can I supervise the army for him?"

"It's not you supervising the army for him, but he can entrust you to be the supervising army. One prerequisite is to have the title of censor."

"The border guards should have men too!"

"One of his two subordinates went to Beiting, and the other went back to Chang'an to report. They happened to be neither in Anxi."

"But" Li Ye was still a little hesitant.

"Don't refuse, just do me a favor, I'm going to die of worry now."

Gao Xianzhi pulled Li Ye into a large tent. This was a ward with a strong smell of medicine. There was a middle-aged man lying on the bed. His face was fair and beardless, and he was in good condition. He didn't have a single wrinkle. Perhaps it was because of his illness that his complexion was not very good. Well, this person is Bian Lingcheng, the military supervisor.

Anxi is really far away from the emperor, if there is no supervising army, Gao Xianzhi will become the emperor on his own and the court will not know, but this Bian Lingcheng is not bad, basically does not interfere with military affairs.

"Gao Shijun, what did the doctor from Kucha say about my illness?" Bian Lingcheng asked with a whimper.

Gao Xianzhi smiled and said: "The doctor said that the supervising army is just not acclimatized, and hurt the stomach, and it will be fine after a few months of rest."

"That's good, Ambassador Gao, our subordinates happen to be away, which affects your expedition."

Gao Xianzhi waved his hands and said with a smile: "Coincidentally, an envoy from the emperor happened to come today, and he has the title of censor."

"Who?" Bian Lingcheng asked nervously.

"It's Li Xiangguo's grandson, called Li Ye!"

Gao Xianzhi gave Li Ye a wink, and Li Ye hurriedly stepped forward and bowed in salute: "Li Ye sees the Border Supervisor Army!"

Bian Lingcheng turned his head to look at Li Ye for a moment, then laughed, "Our family met you, at Gao Weng's house, you played polo for him, right?"

"Oh! Why do I have no memory at all!"

"Xiao Feng will take you to see the dormitory. Our house happens to be right next to you. You may not have noticed me."

That was the first time I went to Gao Lishi's mansion. It seemed that there were a few eunuchs in Baoshouyuan, but Li Ye really didn't remember it.

Bian Lingcheng asked again: "Gao Shijun said that you have the title of censor, do you have a token of censor platform?"

"I only have this!"

Li Ye took out the emperor's gold medal, Bian Lingcheng took the gold medal and looked at it carefully for a while, then sighed and said: "The Holy Majesty actually gave you the gold medal, hey! With this gold medal, it doesn't matter whether you have the title of censor or not. When we turn back, our family I will hand over the supervisor's arrow to you."

Coming out of the big tent, Li Ye was a little embarrassed: "I was going to join the war, but the envoy made me a supervisor!"

Gao Xianzhi smiled and said, "As long as you are in the army, you can do whatever you want, even if you become a cook, it won't affect your status as a military supervisor."

It turned out that this is the case, Li Ye understood, he pondered for a while and asked Gao Xianzhi: "Is there any conflict between Shijun's attacking Shi Kingdom and attacking Shi Kingdom?"

Gao Xianzhi shook his head, "The attack on Shi Kingdom will have to wait until next spring."

Pausing for a while, Gao Xianzhi said again: "The time to attack Shiguo is also very tight, we can't delay any longer, we have to start tomorrow!"

At dawn the next day, the [-] troops who had only rested for half a day set off again.

This time it was Feng Changqing who led the troops to attack the Shiguo, and Gao Xianzhi was also cultivating his own successor. He would leave Anxi after his term of office expired, but he hoped that his confidant would still be in charge of Anxi.

(End of this chapter)