The edifice of every country or dynasty will be supported by a group of loyal ministers and good futures.Zhang Xiong, who fled to the Western Turks with Ju Boya, was one of the loyal ministers and good generals of the Ju Gaochang State.This Zhang Xiong, his ancestral home is Nanyang County, that is, Nanyang, Henan Province in later generations, and his ancestors entered Gaochang with the large army that moved west to Tuntian and garrisoned the border.Because of his background in martial arts, he has been in the military for generations.His grandfather was the general of the left guard of Gaochang State, his father was the general of Jianyi, and his aunt was the wife of the eighth king of Gaochang, Ju Boya, the princess.Looking at this life experience, he is not only a nobleman of the official N generation, but also a relative of the emperor.He fled with Ju Boya, and he protected not only the car, but also the family.After six years of forbearance and perseverance, Zhang Xiong and they finally ushered in a good opportunity to make contributions, the end of the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Empire dominated the world, and Ju Boya, who judged the situation and sizing up the situation, stood firmly on the side of the Tang Dynasty this time.With the assistance of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Xiong and others attacked the city and plundered the land, and finally six years later, they successfully beheaded the coup d'état under the city of Gaochang.After the restoration of the Ju family Gaochang, Ju Boya made great contributions to the first building, and Zhang Xiong, who made great contributions, of course wanted to reward him heavily.Speaking of which, all the officials and gentlemen may not believe that Zhang Xiong, who is a thirty-nine-year-old general, is still a diamond king who guards himself like jade at this time?
Isn't it amazing, anyway, that's what it is written in the history books, but isn't this right, Ju Boya, seeing that there is no reward, when he was worried, he suddenly remembered that he still had a sixteen-year-old daughter Ju Shi to be in the boudoir, so Lao Ju patted his thigh, and recruited his nephew Zhang Xiong as his son-in-law.This Ju girl is no one else, she is born to Ju Boya and Zhang Xiong's aunt Concubine Zhang, speaking of which, he married his own cousin, if this marriage is placed in the future generations, it will not be possible to get a certificate at all, because it is illegal for close relatives to marry.But in any case, Comrade Zhang Xiong, who is nearly forty years old, finally gained his love after fighting for half a life.After Ju Boya's death, he passed on to his son Ju Wentai.This Ju Wentai is the foolish worm who did the foolish thing, and at the same time annoyed Li Er of Chang'an and Li Lu of Broken Leaves, this Ju Wentai was also born to Concubine Zhang, and is the brother of Zhang Xiong's wife.Zhang Xiong's relationship with his new owner, Ju Wentai, became very special, they were both cousins, Zhang Xiong's second identity and Ju Wentai's brother-in-law.After Ju Wentai became the family of Gao Changguo, he immediately promoted his cousin and brother-in-law Zhang Xiong to the general of the protector of the country, participated in the management of military affairs, and enjoyed honor.But the honeymoon period of the two soon fell to the freezing point due to political differences.Zhang Xiong was quite far-sighted, he saw that the overall situation of the unification of the Tang Dynasty had been decided, and advocated subordination to the Tang Dynasty.At first, Ju Wentai also followed Zhang Xiong's advice, continued the foreign policy of his father Ju Boya, and entered Beijing in the fourth year of Zhenguan to meet Li Er, the leader of the Tang Dynasty, and also met Li Lu in Chang'an.At that time, His Majesty Li Er saw that Ju Wentai's kid was still good, and in order to further improve the good-neighborly and friendly relations, His Majesty Li Er also put down his body and took the initiative to show favor to the fledgling Ju Wentai, giving his wife Yuwen the surname Li, and named Princess Changle, this treatment is not high, right?
However, as the new leader, Ju Wentai has not been able to come out of the shadow of his father's six-year loss of the country due to his pro-Sui.He didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, slowly, he went against his father's pro-Tang policy, played a little clever, he maintained friendship with the Tang Dynasty on the surface, but behind the scenes, he took refuge in the Western Turks set up by Ashina Desire, and did some stupid things that harmed the interests of the Tang Dynasty........
This Ju Wentai left a name in history not only because he is a famous Erwuzai in the Han people, but also because he has a lot of friendship with that Tang Xuanzang, after the monk Xuanzang escaped from Guazhou privately, all the way west, when passing through Gaochang Kingdom, the king of Gaochang is Ju Wentai, this Ju Wentai is also a faithful believer in Buddhism.Therefore, when he heard that a Tang monk was visiting, Ju Wentai personally led his wife, children, and ministers out of the city, lined up to greet Xuanzang, and warmly entertained him.In order to let the monk Xuanzang stay as a doctor of Buddhism in his country, Ju Wentai put forward the condition of "the wealth in the country can be chosen at will, and the mansion in the country can be chosen at will".Generally speaking, this kind of thing is not wanted.But Xuanzang's destination was Tianzhu, so he naturally declined politely.Ju Wentai was finally moved by the sincerity of the monk Xuanzang to the Buddha, and not only saw him off in person, but also gave Xuanzang 4 apprentices, 30 horses and 25 soldiers, and wrote 24 official letters to the head of the district administration who was going to pass through......
Ju Wentai courteously treated Master Xuanzang, a high-ranking monk of the Tang Dynasty who traveled westward, but ignored the power of the Tang Emperor, which is also a thousand eccentrics.Ahem, the words are far away, for Ju Wentai's perverse behavior, Zhang Xiong, who assisted the country's governance, naturally tried every possible persuasion, but Ju Wentai not only did not accept it, but also reduced his authority, and moved to kill several times, and in the end, because of the special relationship between the two of them, they did not poison Zhang Xiong.In the early years, due to Zhang Xiong's death, Ju Wentai still had some concerns, and although his performance was too decent, he was not too nervous.However, Zhang Nan died of depression at the age of 50 because of "the rules are useless, and the worries are sick".After Zhang Xiong's death, Ju Wentai lost a wordy wise man beside him, and he became more and more inch-inch.So there are those things that were said in the urgent report, Ju Wentai didn't know that His Majesty Li Er in Chang'an in the east, and Li Lu's little madman with broken leaves, but he also had his own plans, in his opinion, Gaochang and Datang are separated by thousands of miles, and there is a natural line of defense in the middle - the barrier of the Lop Nur Desert of the Sea of Death, plus there is also the protection of the Western Turks set up by the strong neighbor Ashina Desire Valley, the emperor is far away, and it is impossible for Chang'an to attack Gaochang from a distance.As for the broken leaves, Ju Wentai is not worried, although Li Lu's Jiankun dominates Central Asia, not long ago, he attacked and occupied Qiuzi, and the countries in the Western Regions cried and shouted for his mother, and even the invincible Ashina Desire Valley set was also greatly damaged, but Ju Wentai believes that the foundation of Ashina Desire Valley is still there, and Li Lu has to pass the Ashina Desire Valley set up this pass even if he retaliates, and there is a big top when the sky falls, he Ju Wentai is afraid of wool?
As the saying goes, if you don't do it, you can't die, and Ju Wentai is arrogant, this is the rhythm of death.Ju Wentai, who has no fear, started a big dream of separating one side in the northern border of the desert in the corner of "stealing peace".Some dreams can be made, but some dreams are terrible.Ju Wentai doesn't understand this truth, and he doesn't want to understand it!
Lao Li and Xiao Li he provoked, one is the son of the plane, the other is a traveler, Lao Li and Xiao Li are ruthless people, Lao Li in order to seize the throne, he did not hesitate to create the "Xuanwumen tragedy", even hunting his brothers, detaining his father can do it, Xiao Li is not a good thing, he started to make a fortune from the far north, accompanied by conquest and killing, his Jiankun did not stop conquering, the smoke of gunpowder in Qiuzi, as well as the tragic experience of Buddhism in the Western Regions, and the blood of those Hu people who refused to submit, all explained to the world, This Xiao Li and Lao Li are essentially all the way.Let's talk about Lao Li in Chang'an first, as Ju Wentai expected, it is not a simple matter for the Tang Dynasty to go on an expedition to Gaochang.If you can not use force, you will not use force, and it is best to sit down and negotiate a solution.As a result, His Majesty Li Er summoned the envoy of Gaochang and issued a serious warning about Gaochangguo's actions.In fact, this is an opportunity for His Majesty Li Er to give Xiao Juzi, however, Xiao Ju Tai, who is obsessed with ghosts, still does not know the height of the sky, and actually wrote back to His Majesty Li Er: "The eagle flies in the sky, the pheasant scurries in the artemisia grass, the cat plays in front of the hall, and the mouse is in the cave, each has its own place, isn't it happy!"
”Look at what this said, Datang is Datang, and Gaochang is Gaochang; The two of us still play our own games, and it's good to enter the river without violating the river water.Not only that, Ju Wentai also openly fought against the Tang Dynasty, not only imitating the Central Plains to set up three provinces and six hundred officials, but also persuading the Xue Yantuo regime in Mobei not to obey the Tang Dynasty.This is obviously a competition, to rebel, this is not to give face to the Tang Dynasty, how can your little Gao Changguo have the ability to set up three provinces and six departments, even a powerful sect like Jiankun does not dare to set up three provinces and six departments, how old are you?
At this moment, His Majesty Li Er, who has always regarded himself very highly, was angry enough, and His Majesty Li Er was really angry, and he told the envoy of Gaochangguo that Lao Tzu would send troops to kill your Gaochangguo........
When the envoy brought the news back and told Ju Wentai, Ju Wentai didn't pay attention to Li Er's words at all, he thought that Li Er was just intimidating himself, when he entered the court in Chang'an, he carefully observed the situation along the way, and found that the local people's livelihood had already withered, far less than the Sui Dynasty.Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, is 7,000 miles away from Gaochang, including 2,000 miles in the desert area, and the climate is cold in winter and hot in summer.If the Tang army makes a big attack, I am afraid that it will not be able to eat all the grain and grass in twenty days.Even if they reached Gaochang, the Tang army was nothing more than a tired army that could be easily defeated.But Ju Wentai didn't expect that Li Er of Chang'an was really angry, Li Er made up his mind to pull out the nail of Gaochang, although Wei Zheng, Wen Yanbo and others all thought that the country had just ended the expedition to Tuyuhun, and it was the time when the soldiers were tired and the people were tired, and it was not suitable for the expedition, especially for a distant country like Gaochang, if it was not operated properly, it would be easy to fail, but Li Er withstood the pressure and decided to launch an expedition against Gaochang.As for Xiao Li, Xiao Li also sent an envoy to Gaochang, but he didn't even see Ju Wentai's face, so he was driven away, and when the envoy returned to Broken Leaves, Xiao Li was as angry as Lao Li, Ju Wentai, do you think you are Ultraman or what?
Don't you think that it is safe for you to have the Turks set up by Ashina Desire Valley behind you to block you, okay, just rush this, Li Lu also has to play a roundabout strategy, he immediately gave Xu Da an order in Qiuzi, let him lead the troops to go to the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains to bypass Bosten Lake, and take Yanqi to Gaochang!
If Chang'an sends troops, it is true that they have to consider the problem of being far away from the absolute region and the desert barrier, but from the west of the Jiankun army, they are not afraid of any desert, they have a lot of experience in crossing the desert, and there are many deserts in Central Asia, not to mention that Xu Da also recruited a lot of Hu people in the Western Regions who are familiar with the desert as guides, so in Xu Da they cleanly took the Yinshan Road fortress (Kumish Town in Tuoxun County), after the news reached Gaochang, the Gaochang monarchs and ministers panicked......