Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 279 Su Dingfang: There are actors

"And me?"

Li Shiji felt lonely after listening excitedly.

The battle to destroy Xue Yantuo was briefly described, and the conquest of Goguryeo was only briefly described.

I thought this was the beginning of my role, but didn’t expect it to end immediately?

"What's the point of worrying about success?"

It was Li Jing who comforted Li Shiji, but looking at the old general, he thought that the old general was also the same as the Three Gods of War in the early Tang Dynasty.

For a moment, Li Shiji couldn't help but feel sad.

On the contrary, it made me even sadder.

At this moment, Su Lie felt happy in his heart.

Su Lie felt like he was getting old after staying in Kuang Dao Mansion for only three years.

30 years... I can’t imagine how boring this kind of life would be.

The inspections in Kuang Dao Mansion in the past three years were not as thrilling as the night he followed the old general Li Jing in his night attack on Yinshan Mountain.

A good man should be like this!

A mixed emotion of gratitude and joy rose up in Su Lie's heart.

If it hadn't been for what this junior said, it would have been difficult for him, Su Lie, to stand here even if he thought about it.

Of course sweeping the streets is just a joke, but in Kuang Dao Mansion, it seems really hard to find anything to do without sweeping the streets.

"Dingfang should take advantage of his good years and make great achievements!"

Su Lie turned his head. This encouragement came from Li Shimin.

Nodding vigorously, Su Lie didn't want to ask why Chang'an had been idle for 30 years.

He only knows that the opportunity has come and he must take advantage of it!

After encouraging Su Lie, Li Shimin felt a little complicated:

"Why are the Turkic thieves so cunning and repetitive!"

I am so proud that I can really suppress these thieves!
It seems that it hasn't been long since Yu Zhen became angry and frustrated again.

But then he quickly made up for it:
"The rebels are all thieves, but there are also good men in the Turks!"

[Before Xiao Lu took action, his rebellion plan was sent to Li Zhi's desk by the governor of Tingzhou.

Li Zhi also acted decisively. Before Xiao Lu could rebel, he coaxed Xiao Lu's legitimate son to Chang'an.

After holding the hostage, Li Zhi became more confident and sent an envoy to have friendly contacts with Xiao Lu. In the end, Xiao Lu gave up his plan.

This fruitless rebellion should have ended here. Xiaolu's son should have received an education loyal to the Tang Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty, and finally took over the power when Xiaolu was old, and fought for the interests of the Tang Dynasty to drain the Turks. Blood.

But I don’t know what Li Zhi’s considerations were, but within a few years, Xiao Lu’s son, the hostage he had obtained, was released, which can be said to be very irrational.

Xiaolu's son had seen the prosperity of Chang'an and believed that rashly rebelling against the Tang Dynasty was just asking for death, so he urged his father to go west to attack the Western Turks.

This matter went very smoothly. As the general Zuo Xiaowei and the governor of the Tang Dynasty, Xiao Lu had no reservations about the Tang army's tactics and weapons.

With the blessing of the two parties, Xiaolu defeated his fellow villagers and annexed the Western Turks in less than a year, calling himself Shabolo Khan.

It can be said that it is a rebellion, or it can be said that the son does not want to be called dad when he grows up.

In short, the Western Turks once again became a stumbling block for the Tang army's westward advance, and they became more proactive.

Xiao Lu, who called himself Khan, wanted to control his own destiny and took the initiative to show his fangs to Datang. Then he was slapped stupidly by Li Zhi:

In 652, Liang Jianfang and Qibi Heli led [-] Tang troops and recruited [-] Uighur cavalry, for a total of [-] troops.

The Tang army won a small victory, chased the enemy for 60 miles, beheaded [-] people, beheaded [-] enemy commanders, and returned to the court.

In 655, Li Zhi, who was satisfied with visiting the nunnery, chose to take the initiative to attack the Western Turks. Cheng Zhijie was appointed as the general manager of the march on Congshan Road, with Wang Wendu as his deputy, and Su Dingfang led the front army to attack the Western Turks.

The Tang army won the first battle soon after entering the Western Turks. After a long chase, the two sides launched a battle at Yingsao River. The Turks' [-] elite cavalry and the Tang army were inextricably killed here.

For the Turks, there are still [-] elite cavalry on the way to support. As long as they persist until the reinforcements arrive, victory will definitely belong to the Turks!

But unfortunately, Su Dingfang was resting not far from the battlefield. The fight between the two sides was too fierce, and he noticed it first.

The battlefield was changing rapidly, and Su Dingfang instantly made a bold plan:

With [-] fine cavalry, they quietly circle away and attack the Turks' rear. They will attack the Tang army from both sides and will surely win a great victory!
The plan went very smoothly. The Turkic army was defeated, and the armor and baggage were discarded all over the mountains and plains. Su Dingfang led his army to pursue them for twenty miles and beheaded [-] people.

From this moment on, this war became very strange to Su Dingfang.

After a great victory in pursuit, the order to return to the army and form formation was passed to Su Dingfang.

After returning full of questions, Wang Wendu stood up and said that the emperor had an edict, Cheng Zhijie relied on his courage to underestimate the enemy, and the Western Expedition army was commanded by Wang Wendu from now on.

With Cheng Zhijie's acquiescence, the transfer of power went smoothly, but Wang Wendu's subsequent order was even more difficult for Su Dingfang to understand.

Having already won a great victory, Wang Wendu ordered the Tang army to form a square formation and advance slowly, and strictly ordered the Tang army not to go deep into the hinterland of the Western Turks.

After arriving at Hengdu City, many barbarians were frightened by the military might of the Tang Dynasty and took the initiative to leave the city and surrender.

Wang Wendu issued an order stating that the barbarians were ambitious and would rebel again.

Then he ordered that all the surrendered Hu people be killed and their money kept privately.

After Su Dingfang heard the order, everyone was dumbfounded and refused to obey. In the end, he could only watch Cheng Zhijie and Wang Wendu kill all the Hu people who surrendered and put their money into their pockets.In the end, the battle ended in vain with Su Dingfang's [-] cavalry entering the formation and victory.

Wang Wendu corrected the imperial edict and was sentenced to death, and was eventually dismissed as a commoner.

Cheng Zhijie should be executed if he failed to pursue the enemy according to the law. He thought of his old ministers and was dismissed from office in order to avoid death. 】

"This is to indulge the enemy!"

Seeing His Majesty's angry look, Changsun Wuji immediately took the lead to speak.

Then thoughtfully:
"The two marching generals are acting so strangely...there may be something unexpected happening in the court."

Changsun Wuji always felt that he smelled a familiar smell from it.

"No matter how bad things happen in the court, we can't play with the lives of our soldiers!"

Li Shimin looked coldly:
"Moreover, no matter what happens, national affairs should always be the top priority. Why don't you understand?"

Su Lie nodded fiercely.

For a moment, he felt that his luck was a little too bad.

After 30 years of sweeping the streets in Chang'an, what happened to someone like this?

Neither the coach nor the lieutenant wants to win, but he is the only one who is serious about fighting?

Du Ruhui read the transcribed text twice and finally found a doubt:
"The prince governs...a nunnery?"

Fang Xuanling stretched out his head and looked at it for a while, but finally shook his head and didn't understand:
"Perhaps it was because Master Xuanzang returned to China at that time, and everyone in the Tang Dynasty worshiped Buddhism, and the prince's governance was also affected by it."

Du Ruhui glanced at Fang Xuanling. The two of them still didn't finish their words, but the meaning was very clear:

If you have a heart for Buddhism, you should also go to a temple. What is the etiquette for going to a nunnery?
Li Shimin just asked angrily, not a political idiot. He thought for a moment and snorted:

"Cheng Yaojin is a man who knows how to protect himself wisely."

Li Shimin knew very well how to obey the transfer of power without verifying the authenticity of the edict, and calmly killed, surrendered, and hid wealth in order to face charges.

Is Cheng Zhijie short of money?I'm afraid no one in the Tang Dynasty would believe this. After the defeat of Wagang and his surrender to Wang Shichong, Cheng Zhijie had never failed to achieve his goals.

When he was a pioneer, he was brave and brave, and when he led the army, he advanced and retreated in a measured manner. It can be said that money, fame and fame were like floating clouds to Cheng Zhijie.

When a prince of the Tang Dynasty went to rob a poor barbarian, he could not think of any other possibility except to take the initiative and give him a hand.

"At that time, Zhijie was already sixty-seven years old, and he may have lost his strength."

Qin Qiong didn't think much about it and chose to say something for her old friend.

Yaojin is Cheng Zhijie's old name. His Majesty took the initiative to call this name, which shows that he has a lot of opinions.

Li Shimin sighed as he looked at the battlefield, which was full of momentum at the beginning but ultimately failed.

Prince Zhi is now an infant, and he doesn't know what his character is.

Zhijie has been favored by him, and his fame and money are all in vain, but maybe this is also a bad signal for Prince Zhi.

But...having some guesses doesn't mean that there are no doubts in my heart.

So Li Shimin snorted again:
"After all, I was already dead at that time, and I couldn't control you anymore."

So the officials hurriedly handed over their hands and confessed the crime.

[It is still unclear why Cheng Zhijie and Wang Wendu performed such tricks.

But if we contact the court at that time, we might be able to make a pretty bold guess.

In 655, when Cheng Zhijie and Su Dingfang went out to the army, a major event happened in the court: Wang Liwu was deposed.

Comrade Li Zhixiao resisted the huge pressure from the court, deposed Queen Wang, and appointed Wu Zetian as Queen.

At that time, there was a lot of discussion about this in the court. Therefore, sending troops to the Western Turks can be seen as a way for Li Zhi and Empress Wu to divert the attention of the court.

If you check her place of origin, you will find that Queen Wang was born in the Wang family in Qi County, Shanxi Province.

So it's a coincidence, isn't it? Wang Wendu of Jiao Zhao was also from the Wang family in Qi County.

And looking at this matter, why did Wang Wendu make the edict, just to waste the food and grass of the Tang Dynasty, create trouble for Cheng Zhijie, and let himself be beheaded?
The most amazing thing is that Wang Wendu was executed according to the law, but he was only punished by being demoted to a commoner. In just two years, he rose again, became the governor of Xiongjin, guarded Baekje, and his official career went further. .

So can we make a bold guess:
Was Wang Wendu under the instigation of others, and was this move intended to cause trouble for Li Zhi and Wu Zetian?
So who is Wu Zetian’s opponent?Changsun Wuji.

Moreover, Wang Wendu's final encounter also vaguely corresponds to Changsun Wuji.

In 659, someone submitted a memorial to Li Zhi, claiming that Changsun Wuji had rebelled.

Li Zhi did not confront Changsun Wuji, but directly reduced his official position and fiefdom, fled to Qianzhou, and ordered government soldiers to "escort" him along the way.

In July of the same year, people from Zhongshushe rushed to Qianzhou in person and forced Changsun Wuji to hang himself.

Just one year later, in 660, Wang Wendu died suddenly in Baekje.

The testimony was signed by a local from Baekje, stating that Wang Wendu suddenly fell ill and died suddenly on the spot.

In this matter, Cheng Zhijie should just go with the flow, because he really wants to retire and return to his hometown.

Cheng Zhijie took advantage of this incident to become an official and enjoyed family happiness at home. He died ten years later and was buried with Zhaoling. 】

Suddenly, people in the Manna Hall fell on their backs.

(End of this chapter)