Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 297

An Xiuxiu poured a bowl of kumiss and drank it down.

Li Duo and He Yu sat at the bottom, chewing and eating the camel meat, looking very happy.

The hundreds of miles to Liangzhou is not easy to walk, it has been in disrepair for many years, and it is dilapidated.Moreover, the weather is cold and the wind and sand are all over the sky, which makes people miserable.

But they have no choice.

Two or three thousand subordinates of Li Hanzhi and Qin Zongquan, and more than 600 Shatuo people who rebelled from Hedong.Fang voted for the new master, but his meritorious service and trust were not strengthened. At this time, he had to work hard.

Noisy, not at this time.

Taking a knife to cut a piece of undercooked camel meat, An Xiuxiu suddenly said: "Someone seems to be wrong about the movement in this city."

Li Duo and He Yan were taken aback for a moment, but they didn't stop what they were doing, they were still drinking and eating meat.

An Xiuxiu felt his anger rise little by little.

Are all starving ghosts reincarnated?I used to eat human flesh with Li Hanzhi and Qin Zongquan, but now I fall in love with eating camel meat again?
Calm down, be fucking calm!An Xiuxiu suppressed his anger, and said as pleasantly as possible: "Both, it's been two months since we've been here, and everyone in Liangzhou Town pretends they haven't seen us. What's the reason for that?"

"Weng Gao is afraid that we will take his bird seat!" Li Duo sneered and said, "This broken city has so few people, and there are rebellious Gamo tribes outside the city. I don't even want to send it to me."

"You still need to give it away." He Yu swallowed a piece of meat hard, and said, "If the commander-in-chief orders me to be the governor, I will build a shrine for him."

Li Duo gave a strange laugh, and said: "In this place, there are few farmers and many savages grazing, and I didn't even see a few women. Those Yun soldiers back then didn't see everyone marrying wives. If we settle down, most likely The same end, what's the good?"

It's another sad thing to say.

In the past, in order to consolidate the situation in Liangzhou, the imperial court transferred 500 soldiers from Yunzhou to Liangzhou.Decades have passed, and these two thousand and five hundred people really don't have many wives and children, and thousands of people will die. It can be seen that the imperial court's management in Liangzhou is really struggling.

Speaking of which, it's better to be handsome Shao.Back then, when they attacked Dijin Zefan, all the grassland women captured were given to the captives in Chaozhong as wives.

During the last Western Expedition, Weizhou and Minzhou captured another [-] to [-] Tubo women and children, some of whom were assigned to the five thousand prisoners who went to Shibian in Weizhou to be their wives, and some of them were exiled to more than a thousand prisoners from all walks of life in Huizhou. The prisoner is his wife.The rest were escorted back to Lingzhou, organized into a tribe, and grazed at the foot of Helan Mountain.

Some new recruits from the Cai people did not pick and choose, and married these Tubo women directly. It doesn’t matter if you buy one and get one free, or get two free.

Look at Liangzhou again, alas!The sergeants are so poor that even the Tibetans look down on them.The good Kanto privileged class, the samurai, who have no descendants, don't regret it if they don't know.

"Weng Gao, I think he hasn't given up. He worked so hard to get rid of the former Jiedu envoy, and he definitely doesn't want to put another observer envoy on his head. I don't know what the commander's strategy is..." An Xiuxiu said. The brave general is true, but he is not completely ignorant of the situation. When the Shunyi army came to Liangzhou, the general meant to control the city and wait for the follow-up troops to arrive.

To control the seven cities of Liangzhou, to be honest, it can be done now.The more than a thousand state soldiers in the city are basically the descendants of the Yun soldiers back then. They lacked both pay and equipment, and their morale was low.If you really want to do it, you can wipe it out in half an hour.

What everyone in Liangzhou relied on was nothing more than the brand of the imperial court.

An Xiuxiu felt that his tyrannical emotions could no longer be suppressed, so he should teach those Liangzhou officials a lesson.But some did not dare, for fear of being punished by the commander-in-chief.

Alas, would it be more enjoyable if he voted for Qin Zongquan back then?
"Military envoy, there is an urgent matter." A sergeant suddenly came in to report.

"Bring it here!" An Xiuxiu threw away the butcher knife, and without wiping his hands, he grabbed the urgent item and read it.

"I don't know Yang Yue well, do you two know each other?" After reading it, An Xiuxiu asked.

Li Duo and He Yu looked at each other and shook their heads.

"The commander-in-chief appointed him as the envoy to kill the seven cities of Liangzhou, and led four thousand new spring troops from Huizhou." An Xiuxiu said briefly: "We—all belong to his control."

"This..." Li Duo was puzzled: "Liangzhou is such a poor place, it can't afford so many soldiers."

"The Baijia Division of Huizhou, the Tuoba Division of Minzhou, and the Luma Division of Qinzhou also sent troops from the Fan tribe to drive cattle, sheep, horses and camels to help in the battle."

"The pasture will not turn green for more than two months. How can we drive the cattle and sheep at this time?"

"The prefectures and counties have accumulated fodder. After leaving Huizhou, the fodder is not enough to kill the sheep. By the time we reach Liangzhou, it will probably be the beginning of April."

"Can you still use troops like this?"

An Xiuxiu glanced at He Yan, and said with a sneer, "You are not a prairie man, so you don't know the magic of using troops in the prairie."

Originally, he wanted to say that he would never eat human flesh, but after thinking about the commander's instructions before leaving, and the imaginable cold and merciless gaze, he restrained himself.

The big picture is the big picture.

On the other side of the city, the conversation between Zhang Hongxin and Li Mingzhen has entered the middle stage.

"Li Sima is also a veteran of the shogunate. You should know that there are no more than a thousand soldiers in the city, and only a few hundred hectares outside the city. At the end of the year, the rebellion is uncertain, and the five counties of Liangzhou belong to him. Ganzhou is also in the hands of the Uighurs. The Yanqi Long Family is based on it. This mess can only be turned around with a strong army guarding it. The Lingwu County King has a great talent and strategy. He has hundreds of good generals and [-] elite soldiers. " Having said that, Zhang Hongxin took a look at Li Mingzhen, saw that he was hesitant, and added to the fire: "Even the salary of our Liangzhou general and the cost of raising soldiers, the King of Lingwu County has to come to find a way. .Shazhou Jiedu envoy Zhang Huaishen, is it possible that he can transport food again? He is too busy to take care of himself now."

Li Mingzhen has an inexplicable relationship with the Guiyi Army.

This time the imperial court canonized Zhang Huaishen as the Jiedu Envoy of Shazhou, not the Jiedu Envoy of the Rebel Army, and only governed one area of ​​Shazhou, which is also quite interesting.

To put it simply, they are afraid that Liangzhou will be annexed.

If you want to blame, blame you, Zhang Huaishen, for not paying attention to the influence. First, you called yourself as a soldier and horse of the Guiyi Army, and then you even called yourself the Hexi Jiedushi for more than ten years.Finding it wrong again, he gave up this self-proclaimed title, but it was too late.

It may not be without its own reasons that it has not been granted by the imperial court for 20 years.

This time it’s okay, the imperial court canonized the Jiedushi of Shazhou, not the Jiedushi of Guiyi Army.Although no impact can be seen for the time being, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the imperial court doesn't like Zhang Huaishen, and the internal careerists are encouraged, and maybe something will happen.

"It's not easy for the imperial court to manage Hexi. How many ups and downs have we avoided over the years? If we throw it away in our hands, wouldn't it be infamous?" Li Mingzhen sighed, still hesitating.

Recalling the glorious years in the past, Li Mingzhen is also a little bit sad that the career he once worked so hard for is stolen by others.

"Li Sima must not forget that the King of Lingwu County is the Hexi Observation and Disposal Envoy appointed by the imperial court, and has the right to supervise the military and civilian affairs of Hexi Liang, Gansu and Su prefectures." Zhang Hongxin said.

Li Mingzhen's expression moved slightly.

Yes, the king of Lingwu County is also the observer of Hexi.If he were to govern Hexi, it would be no problem, and everyone would still be a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Li Mingzhen relieved a lot of his worries, and said, "The situation in the three prefectures of Hexi is complicated. Gamo, Uyghur, Longjia, Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, and Tubo are intermingled with each other. We must ask the observers to send large troops."

Zhang Hongxin stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "Shuofang's powerful soldiers are known as elites, and they will surely help us achieve great things."

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In Zendan County, Ganzhou (now Shandan, Gansu), a large-scale palace has been completed.

Lord Wumu (Master Wumu) rode a horse in the city, looking at this "magnificent" city, his heart was full of boundless pride.

This is his city, and in the vast area inside and outside the city, tens of thousands of people who surrendered to him lived.And all of this was obtained by him through war horses and bows and knives.

The former Khan was dead, worthless in a gravel field, and it was Lord Umm who did it.

On the grassland, the strong are respected.

The former Khan was defeated by the various tribes under the rule of the Long family, lost Ganzhou, and lost the source of wealth on the Silk Road, so he can't complain about being killed by his tribe.

Fortunately, he, Lord Wumu, was wise and mighty, and he led the gradually recovering tribe to repeatedly see-saw with the Long family. After several years of hard work, he finally forced the Long family to abandon Ganzhou. Nomadic tribes outside the city are gone.

All the tribes in Ganzhou, Han, Yanqi (Longjia tribe), Tubo, Sogdian, and Tuyuhun all surrendered to the Uighurs.

In particular, the Long family tribe, the former owner of Ganzhou, has been annexed by Lord Wumu.This group of Yanqi people with "nosed augmentation" and "many beards" became Uighur tribes. They raised horses for them and went out to fight at the same time. There is nothing more proud of life than this.

The next step is to attack Suzhou.

The bereaved dogs of the Long family, together with the Tongjia (Sogdians), Tubo, and Tuyuhun who were close to them, were all targets of conquest.

Oh, by the way, we must not forget the Suzhou Uighurs.They are all traitors, and they must also be conquered and annexed!
"Khan!" Several Uighur chieftains knelt before their horses and welcomed him back.

Lord Umm leaped lightly from his horse.

"Is everything ready?" Lord Umm said.

"Ready. One hundred pieces of gold and silver wares, five hundred horses, and three thousand leathers of various colors will be escorted by the Ye Luohe clan to Chang'an."

"Is the name written correctly?"

"Li Renmei, I beg the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to canonize Yingyi Khan."

Renmei is the Chinese name of Lord Wumu, who was originally from the Li family in Longxi.

Don't laugh, it's true!
Because they helped Guochao put down the Anshi Rebellion, many Uyghur Khans and nobles were given the surname Li, and the royal family of Guochao was descended from the Longxi Li family, so the Uighur nobles also called themselves the Longxi Li family.

In history, three generations of Cao's Guiyi Army's ancestors and grandchildren married Ganzhou Uighurs.Cao Yijin's wife, Yingyi Khan's daughter, and Princess Uighurtian of Ganzhou called herself the Li family of Longxi.

"Khan, there is one more thing. Weng Gao, the defense envoy of Liangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, sent an envoy to report that Shao Shude, the observation envoy of Hexi, sent a large army into Liangzhou. , Long Family and other ministries also tried their best to collude with them and slander our Uighur reputation. Shao Shude is very likely to be persuaded by him to send troops westward to conquer Ganzhou."

Lord Wumu laughed a lot when he heard the words, and everyone was puzzled.

"Weng Gao deceived me." Lord Wumu laughed and said, "Shao Shude is the envoy of the Dingnan Army Jiedu. I believe he attacked Liangzhou, because Liangzhou is dark and weak, and it will not be a climate at the end of the year. But attacking Ganzhou, I don't believe it."

Among the various tribes in Liangzhou, Yanmo is the most powerful, with more than [-] people living around the city of Liangzhou.The second is Tubo, living in the six valleys in the south of Liangzhou, named Liugubu, with tens of thousands of people.The rest are the Tuyuhun, Sogdian, Longjia, Uighur, Dangxiang and other tribes. There are not many people, ranging from a few thousand to [-] to [-].

On the contrary, the Han people are the least, with thousands of people killed, and they are still being assimilated by the surrounding tribes, and they may completely disappear in a few decades.

Of course, none of these tribes can compare to the Uighurs in Ganzhou.After the Ganzhou Uighurs took control of Suzhou, there were as many as 30 people. At this time, Ganzhou alone had more than [-] people. It was stronger than the Long Family at that time. , Su Erzhou, and Liangzhou Yanmo also surrendered.

The Uighurs in Ganzhou are now the strongest forces in the seven states of Liang, Gan, Su, Gua, Sha, Yi, and Xi.Surpassing the Long Family and the Guiyi Army who once defeated them, the whole process of rising is very inspirational.

Lord Wumu did not believe that the Dingnan army was going to attack Ganzhou.However, it did not prevent him from taking the opportunity to intervene in Liangzhou.

At the end of the day, it's too hateful.In the past, he was the lackey of the Long family and took orders from the Long family.Now that his strength is stronger, his wings are stiffer, and he doesn't listen to the Long family's words, but he must repay the humiliation he once brought to the Uighurs.

The Tubo Liugu tribe is the mortal enemy of Yan Mo, who has been attacking and killing them all year round, and it seems that they can win over.

(End of this chapter)