Tibet

Chapter 447 Donation Appeal
Li Ye had already prepared the draft, and he said calmly: "Reporting to your majesty, this is actually the spoils of two wars. One war was a battle between the two wars. The opponent was the Eastern Army of the Great Eater. We annihilated the Eastern Army of the Great Eater. The remaining troops seized a large amount of wealth.

The second battle was against the Khazar Turks. The Hezhong army wiped out more than [-] enemy troops, occupied Bandar, the city of the Aral Sea, and seized millions of gold coins. area of ​​influence. "

Li Longji had read the military report of the Battle of Talas and knew that the Eastern Legion of the Great Eater was the Tocharians who believed in the Great Eater Cult, but who the Khazar Turks were, he was at a loss.

"General Li, tell me about the Khazar Turks, I don't know much about them."

Li Ye brought a map, and immediately an eunuch hung the map on a wooden stand. Li Ye pointed to the map and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the Khazar people are actually the Gesa tribe among the nine surnames of Huihe, who moved westward to the Caspian Sea area. They merged with a large number of small local tribes and established the Khanate Khanate. Because of the support of the Western Turks, there were also many Turks in the country, especially in the early years of Tianbao. After the death of the Turkic Baimei Khan, a large number of Turks fled to the Khanate Khanate. "

Li Ye pointed to the two large lakes and said: "Your Majesty, this is the Aral Sea, which is as large as the East Road, and the larger lake to the west of it is called the Caspian Sea, which is the size of four East Roads, and is quite large. To the south of it is the Dashi Dynasty, to the west is the Great Qin Kingdom, and to the north and east is the territory of the Khazar Khanate.”

Li Longji asked little by little: "Where is Datang's sphere of influence?"

"To the east of the Aral Sea, it is more than four thousand miles away from Suiye. To the south of the Aral Sea are the Nine Sogdian Kingdoms. The vast land east of the Aral Sea is the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Longji smiled and said: "This is the first time I know that the territory of the Tang Dynasty is so vast, and I also know that the Caspian Sea is as large as four East Roads. It really opened my eyes. Li Dudu, please continue to talk!"

Li Ye pointed to the Khazar Khanate and continued: "There are two major forces in the Khazar Khanate, one is the Khazar Turkic forces, and the other is the Khazar Turkic forces. Since the Khazar forces converted to Judaism, the conflict between the two forces has intensified. Tianbao In nine years, Baiyi Dashi perished, and the Khazar Khanate lost its biggest foreign enemy, and civil war broke out.

Probably last year, the Khazar Turkic forces were defeated and moved eastward, aiming at the Yili River Valley under the jurisdiction of Suiye. In October last year, [-] vanguards went to Yibohai and slaughtered Ge Luolu who lived on the west bank of Yibohai. The tribe immediately joined forces with Narman, the chief of Geluolu, and wiped out three thousand invaders when the heavy snow came. "

Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan listened with great interest. Li Ye paused for a moment, and Li Longji smiled and said, "What next?"

"Then after the beginning of spring today, Beizhi led more than [-] troops to march westward with the Ge Luolu people, intercepting the Khazar Turkic army that was about to move eastward. In the area of ​​the Turgai River about [-] miles away from Suiye, they encountered people on the way eastward. The Khazar Turkic Army has more than [-] people. We broke out in a big war. In the end, the Tang Army wiped out this enemy army that was trying to invade the east at the cost of more than [-] casualties. However, the family members of the Khazar Turkic Army are still in the Aral Sea The city of Banda to the east, and the wealth accumulated by the Khazar Turks are also there.

The humble led an army of [-] to continue the westward expedition. Just two days before we arrived in Bandar City, the Khazars tore up the agreement reached with the Khazar Turks and took the first step to occupy Bandar City. Your Majesty, please pay attention to this Bandar City s position. "

"What's wrong with the location?" Yang Guifei asked.

"Bandar City happens to be located on the very fertile alluvial plain of the Yaosha River. According to the location, this should be the land that belongs to the Tang Dynasty. I led [-] troops to Bandar City and asked to share the possessions that belong to us, but the Khazar The people refused, and since they did not have many troops in the city, they humblely led the army to capture the city.”

"Did General Li massacre the city?" Concubine Yang asked worriedly.

Li Ye shook his head and said: "The humble official never killed the old, the weak, women and children, nor did he kill prisoners. The reason why the humble official captured this city was because the city did not belong to the Khazar Khanate, but to Ashinasa, the leader of the Khazar Turks. Now this city has become the westernmost city in the Tang Dynasty, and the humble official named it Xianhai City, and there are currently a thousand Tang troops stationed there."

"Not bad!"

Li Longji praised repeatedly: "With this city, the westernmost border of the Tang Dynasty will be stable in the Aral Sea."

Speaking of this, Li Longji narrowed his eyes again and asked, "How much wealth did Tang Jun get from capturing Xianhai City?"

"About 400 million gold coins!"

"What about all the battles? How much do you get?"

"About 250 million gold coins!"

"How was it distributed?"

"The imperial court only pays half of our salary for soldiers' rewards and salaries. We ourselves have to pay 60 yuan a year and give half of it to His Majesty."

"The broken leaf should have more than 100 million gold coins!"

"There are still 150 million pieces left over from the war."

Li Longji narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay! Let's talk about your appeal."

"The lowly position has only one request. The Hezhong Governor's Mansion is short of troops. I implore Your Majesty to increase the number of troops to 4000."

Li Longji smiled slightly and said, "Does Hezhong need so many troops?"

"Your Majesty, I have captured Bandar City from the Khazar Khanate. The Khazars will not let it go. It is very likely that the Tang army will face a big battle next year. The Khazar Khanate has an army of 4. Even if they send half of their troops, there will still be [-] million people.

With Suiye's current strength of more than 1 Tang troops, they are not their opponents. At that time, it will not be a problem that Xianhai City cannot be defended. Maybe half of the Hezhong area will be occupied by them. This is one of them.

Then the Tubo army in Dabolu is expanding westward. They are going to march to Tocharo. The time is next year. Dabolu has 1 Tubo troops. The [-] Tang army in the Hezhong Governor's Mansion alone will definitely not be able to defeat the opponent. Just deal with it We are struggling on one side, not to mention that next year it is likely to be a battle on both sides, and the humble position is extremely anxious, so I ask His Majesty for help. "

Li Longji nodded, "Increasing troops is a very important matter, let me think about it carefully!"

The 300 million gold coins that Li Yexu gave him have not yet been obtained, how could he immediately agree to increase troops?

As the saying goes, 'If you don't see rabbits, don't let go of hawks; if you don't see money, don't increase troops. '

Li Longji called Gao Lishi forward again, and whispered to him about the son-in-law case. Gao Lishi nodded repeatedly, and then he and Li Ye left.

Li Longji smiled at Yang Yuhuan and said, "Hearing what he said was so magnificent, I want to go to the Western Regions."

Yang Yuhuan said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, I am yearning for the Western Regions even more. I want to hear more stories about the Western Regions!"

"Okay! You can summon him at any time, as I said just now, he is specially allowed to enter the palace."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yang Yuhuan hesitated and asked again: "Does Your Majesty want to send him more troops?"

Li Longji squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Let's think about it after I get 300 million gold coins first!"

Li Ye followed Gao Lishi to his official room, Gao Lishi asked him to sit down and said, "When are you leaving?"

"We must leave in September at the latest, or it will be too late."

Gao Lishi nodded, "There is no rush to increase the number of troops, let His Majesty think about it."

"Gao Weng, I'm afraid it's too late to transfer troops from the Central Plains. I hope to transfer [-] troops from Anxi and Beiting to Suiye."

"This plan is good. I will report it to the emperor, but now let's talk about the problem at hand. The emperor wants you to be responsible for investigating the death of the consort and find the real culprit within a month!"

Li Ye's eyes widened, "This case has nothing to do with me! Besides, I'm a frontier general, not the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Justice."

"They investigate theirs, and you investigate yours, without interfering with each other. This time, the imperial concubine recommended you to investigate the case. I can see that she appreciates you. Don't let her down."

"But I will get married on August [-]th."

"So I will give you a month. It will not affect your marriage, and it will benefit you. Even if you can't get it, your father can get it."

Li Ye had no choice but to agree.

Gao Lishi smiled and said, "Tell me what resources you need."

"I need manpower, I need power, and maybe I will kill people."

Gao Lishi took out a gorgeous short golden sword from the locked iron box, and handed it to Li Ye, "This is Shangfang Tianzi sword, the emperor asked me to give it to you, seeing the sword is like seeing a saint, it is much more powerful than that gold medal , Only the censor can be held, you have the title of censor, you can hold it, but you can only hold it for a month at most, and there is another principle, you can suspend officials with a sword, but you cannot remove them, let alone kill them, I mean Officials above rank nine, and the rest are up to you."

"Where is the army mobilization?" Li Ye asked again.

"Outside of Chang'an City, a maximum of 1000 people can be mobilized, and within Chang'an City, a maximum of [-] people."

"I'm short of manpower."

Gao Lishi said lightly: "Dali Temple Qing Jiwen is my man, you can ask him for someone."

"And my father's resignation!" Li Ye simply asked for it.

"It's temporarily frozen, and the imperial examination case is also frozen. It depends on your performance!"

Gao Lishi smiled and asked: "You should have an idea about this case, where do you plan to start?"

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "There is something suspicious about the warriors in the son-in-law's mansion, I suspect there is an internal response!"

Gao Lishi gave a thumbs up.

(End of this chapter)