Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

When Li Daozong and An Xinggui were discussing, Gaochang State (around the post-Turpan Basin).

Ju Wentai has been a little excited recently. His wild father, oh no, his supporter Yipidulu has brought him a new order, asking him to cooperate with the other party and completely eliminate the false Khan. !

It seems to be an order, but in fact Ju Wentai is very happy, because this proves that Gaochang has a very important influence in the Western Regions!have a look!Whether it's Western Turks or Datang, doesn't it still depend on Gao Chang's face? !

You can’t blame Ju Wentai for having this kind of thinking, because the entire 36 countries in the Western Regions have to be dogs for the Western Turks or the Tang Dynasty! But he is not Gaochang!Hmph, those other Cheshi Houguo, Yanqi, and Qiuci were either used as dogs by two different Khans of the Western Turks, or they were used as dogs by Datang, or even both sides!

Only he Gaochang is independent.

At least Ju Wentai thinks so, because Gaochang does not pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, nor does it pay tribute to the Western Turks.But other countries have to pay tribute to Datang or the Western Turks, hmph, the tributes from countries like Yanqi to Datang were all stopped by him, Ju Wentai!

All these tributes fell into his own pocket, so Ju Wentai swelled up. He thought that Gaochang was very important. He didn't see how he blocked the envoys of these countries from paying tribute to Datang, but didn't Datang have anything to do with him?Isn't it just to condemn myself for nothing, heh, I am not a bird of Datang, so he still has nothing to do? !

The same is true for Western Turks, don't they still need to contain Datang by themselves?Or involve other khans!I have been in Gaochang for so many years, and I am not afraid of these people at all.

That Lishi defected to Datang, and Yipidulu was afraid that he would get the support of Datang, so behind his back he wanted him, Ju Wentai, to cut off all ties between the Western Regions and Datang!But Ju Wentai didn't want to do this, or to be precise, he cut off all the connections between Datang and countries in the Western Regions, and then used this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Datang or increase toll taxes.

But this time, the main forces of Datang were directly involved in Tubo. Think about how long Datang had been entangled with Tuyuhun in the first place?Now Tubo's environment is worse than Tuyuhun's, so Tubo will naturally involve more troops from Datang.

So, here's a great opportunity!Obviously, Yipidulu also saw this opportunity, so he let himself cut off the connection between the Western Regions and Datang, and then let him have the opportunity to completely eliminate Yilisuo!

And this request of Yipidulu is also an opportunity for Ju Wentai, because he Gaochang can take the opportunity to attack and take down Yiwu country (later Hami)!Although Yiwu is now the territory of Datang, Ju Wentai felt that it was not a big problem for him to attack Yiwu.

The reason is very simple. The main forces of the Tang Dynasty are not on the side of Longyou Road, and Yiwu is originally the Yiwu country. It has not been long since I joined the Datang. Yiwu was originally a small country with only one city, and now it has annexed Yiwu , He Gaochang can naturally increase the land area by a lot.

And Yipidulu also sent him [-] troops, which allowed Ju Wentai to gather [-] troops!

Of course, Li Daozong and An Xinggui learned about Ju Wentai's plan to attack Yiwu City not long after discussing the marching plan.

To be honest, Li Daozong and An Xinggui who learned about this plan were a little confused. They didn't know where Ju Wentai's courage came from.

Of course, Yiwu City is not big, its walls are not high, its population is not large, and the troops stationed in the Tang Dynasty are only two thousand, but this is what you Gaochang can do?Or do you think Datang really dare not hit you?It is true that since the Zhenguan years, Ju Wentai has been provoking Datang many times, and at that time because Tuyuhun was not dealt with, Li Shimin really could not spare any troops to deal with him.

But this... don't you have any clues in your own mind?

The population of Gaochang as a whole is only over 4, and its military strength is about [-] to [-]. It's fine if you provoke Datang, take the initiative to attack?

Of course, it is impossible for Li Daozong and An Xinggui to know that Ju Wentai played like this in history. The problem is that it is fine for him to play like this. In the end, when he learned that the Tang army had arrived, he was scared to death by himself again.

It's true... a bit outrageous.

"Why don't we just take this opportunity to take the whole of Gaochang directly?" After learning about Ju Wentai's attack plan, Li Daozong and An Xinggui quickly discussed and revised the original plan.

They were planning to hook up with Ju Wentai, but who knew that Ju Wentai was really planning to kill himself, as His Highness said.

"Send out [-] cavalry, [-] to wipe out the invading enemy, and the other [-] to bypass the enemy and only attack the capital of Gaochang, taking the opportunity to take down the capital of Gaochang." An Xinggui said quickly.

"But Your Highness asked me to test the new weapon." Li Daozong said helplessly.

"New weapon." An Xinggui froze for a moment, "What new weapon? Armor?"

"Obviously not." Li Daozong shook his head and said, "The convoy in charge of logistics transportation should have already transported the weapons to Yiwu, because all of us dispatched this time are cavalry, so these large weapons are definitely not easy to carry, and the logistics team will be responsible for the time being." The troops will be responsible for the delivery."

"At the moment, I don't know what it is. It was originally sent to Yiwu to receive it, but who knew that Gaochang would take the initiative to send troops."

"Then...surround and not fight!" An Xinggui hesitated for a moment, and said decisively, anyway, Gaochang has no more than [-] troops at most, and after eliminating [-], taking Gaochang with [-] cavalry is not a problem at all. "

"That's fine. It just so happens that His Majesty also specifically told us that when we use troops against Gaochang in summer, we must be careful of heatstroke. After all, the weather is too hot. If you wear full-body armor, it will be too long for soldiers and horses. For regional advances, the best time to attack is in the morning. That time is the coolest. We must avoid non-combat attrition." Li Daozong nodded.

"Yes." An Xinggui also nodded, the temperature in that ghostly place in Gaochang is indeed high, it's too hot in summer.Although His Highness upgraded the armor for them, wearing these armors is simply suffering.

So it can only be worn during combat, and precisely because of this, the job of scouting must be the best, otherwise, it would be too embarrassing to be attacked by the enemy before it has time to wear armor.

After determining the strategy, a total of [-] troops quickly set out from Suoyang City and Dunhuang respectively, and [-] troops went from Dunhuang to Raoqiang City via Hanyumen Pass and the ruins of Yangguan, and then divided into two at Raoqiang and Loulan.

The remaining [-] troops went straight to Yiwu City!

This time the [-] troops dispatched by Datang were all cavalry, and the reason why they were all cavalry was to obtain higher mobility in the later stage.

And similarly, the configuration of the [-] troops is also equipped with one rider and three horses.

However, they did not count the logistics supply troops. If the logistics supply troops are included, it is reasonable to record an army of 20 to [-] in the history books.