Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 777 Something is wrong

"Your Majesty, you must avenge us!" Inside the Youzhou Military Mansion, the chieftains of the Yinshan Tatars knelt on the ground and begged.

The relationship between Yinshan Tatars and Shatuo is difficult to completely separate, but overall they are very close.

Later Yuan Chengzong Dade Ninth Year (1305), the head of the Wanggu tribe "Consort Gao Tang Zhong Xian Wang Stele" (Kuo Lijisi) recorded: "I would like to follow the family tradition, after the Shatuo Yanmen Jiedu. The ancestor Bu Guo, A member of the Wanggu tribe, the world is a minister."

"Hebei Li's Xiande Jie": "The test of the king of Qi (that is, Kuolijisi)... claiming to be the descendant of Li Keyong, the king of Jin."

"The Story of the Ancestral Hall of the Princess of Qin" calls the sister of Kuolijisi, who was married as the Princess of Qin, the "Queen of Tang Zhuxie".

The leaders of the Wanggu tribe of all dynasties were very concerned about the Jin King’s Mausoleum and the Jin King’s Shadow Hall Stele in the Bolin Temple. Kuolijisi specially "guarded dozens of households in the Yanmen tombs, and banned people from woodcutters and herdsmen."

It is also clearly recorded in the stele of King Jin Yingtang: "The distant grandson of the king (Li Keyong), Ala Khuriti Ji Khurli... Knowing that the king is a distant ancestor, he presided over his sacrifice."

If Li Keyong were to read these inscriptions at this time, he would spit on you.

Pretending to be an ancestor, why is this?
But it is true that the Yinshan Tatars had a close relationship with Shatuo.There was a lot of intermarriage between the two tribes. Many Shatuo herdsmen were integrated by the Yinshan Tatars and became Tatars. Many people regarded them as a family.

After Li Keyong's incident, he recruited a large number of Shatuo, Zhaowu Nine Surnames, Yinshan Tatars, Tuyuhun, and Shiwei tribes into the army.There are a large number of Tatars in Guanzhong to discuss Huangchao, and they are an important part of his starting army.

Later, Li Keyong became the governor of Hedong, and his momentum became stronger and stronger. It is understandable that the Yinshan Tatars gradually controlled him.

The reason for pretending to be an ancestor may have occurred in this paragraph.

"It's really useless for you to wait." Li Keyong sat on the head, sneering: "In the past, everyone claimed to be able to shoot eagles, but when they really started, they ran faster than each other."

The chiefs stopped crying.

In the past, when Xia bandits raided, during the battle of Nuozhenshui, they took all the luggage, the old and the weak, and then went back to outflank the army. Tens of thousands of cavalry rushed in, and everyone was terrified and scattered like birds and beasts.

Later, the Xia bandits raided their nomadic land again, and the tribe divided into several branches and fled in different directions. In the end, they were still massacred, and the cattle, sheep, wealth, and people suffered heavy losses.

It seemed, as if, was kind of useless.

"In the past when Huang Chao rebelled in the Central Plains, Li Youjin ran to the grassland to recruit soldiers, saying that you had been pardoned by the Emperor Tang, and took 5000 people away. At that time, we supported you. The bravest young men in the tribe followed Li Youjin. .” Someone started to get emotional and started crying again.

Li Youjin, that would be the chief of the Zhuxie tribe of Shatuo's three tribes, and the younger brother of Li Guochang.After Li Guochang and his son fled to the north to take refuge in Tatar, he kept running actively until Chang'an was trapped by Huang Chao, waiting for an opportunity.

Li Ke used the first team to counter the rebellion with [-] paces. It was Li Youjin who helped recruit him, and waited for Li Ke to take over in Xin and Dai. It can be said that he helped a lot and was also very selfless.

Li Youjin died a long time ago, but he told everyone that Shatuo's prosperity depends on Li Keyong, and no one else can.

Li Keyong respects and admires Li Youjin very much, and has always treated Rong and his family preferentially.

Among the Tatar chieftains present was Li Youjin's in-laws. Hearing this name, he burst into tears, seemingly very sad.

Li Ke couldn't speak with cynicism.

He became very silent, with nostalgia and sadness in his expression.

He thought of the tragic situation when he was surrounded and wiped out by the imperial army in Yunzhou, and he also remembered the high spirits when he entered Guan Zhongping Huangchao. He was almost the same person at that time as he is now.

"Get up." Li Ke stretched out his hand and sighed, "How are you doing in the new pasture?"

After more than 1 remnants of the Yinshan Tatars went east to seek refuge, Li Keyong placed them on the grassland between Yunzhou and Guizhou.But these pastures are not without owners. In fact, there are a large number of Shiwei and Xixi, and a small number of Uighurs, Tuyuhun, and Tatars.

With so many people suddenly coming to the pasture, it must be re-divided, and it suddenly became a little crowded.And most of the Shiwei people didn't have good things to say about the bereaved dog Yinshan Tatar, and even had a lot of invisible oppression. Li Cunxiao reported this, but Li Keyong didn't say anything at the time.

In addition, with Shao Shude's establishment of Rouzhou, some people from the Qibi tribe of Baidaochuan have moved eastward.They mixed with Shao Shude and became stronger and better equipped. Within a few months, they had clashed with the Yinshan Tatars and even the Shiwei people several times, and they were extremely overbearing.

The Yinshan Tatars came to Li Keyong crying for help, but they really had no choice. Who made the Shao thief so aggressive?
"Your Majesty, Shao Shude is known as the Supreme Khan and has great ambitions. He told you all lies. I heard that he was renovating the Towering Khan Road in the Yinshan area. It was the place where the grassland tribes sent envoys to visit the Khan. On the avenue, Emperor Taizong also specially set up 68 post stations in Saibei. Building this road, is it possible to visit today?" A chief who is still familiar with the allusions wiped his tears and said: "He just wants to be Khan that day, and the grassland is big. Khan's ambitions have not been concealed at all, is the emperor of the Central Plains still far away?"

Li Ke frowned and asked, "What do you want?"

"Your Majesty, please send troops to help us regain the pasture." The chieftains bowed down and shouted.

"Let my son Cunxiao come here, I want to count how many tribes I have." Li Keyong summoned his own soldiers and ordered.

The chieftains were overjoyed and looked at each other in private.

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On the road going northward in the vortex, cavalry came one by one.

Fans with braided hair and fur coats roared back and forth, arrows raining down like rain.

Liang Jun has long been accustomed to this, even numb.They gathered the carts like drinking water and eating, and used bows and crossbows to disperse these nasty "mosquitoes and flies", and fought and left.

Xia Bandit's move was used against the Changzhi Army in Luoyang, but the effect was actually limited.The frontal attack cannot be broken, it can only play a retarding role, that is, slow down the advance speed of Liang Jun, and he has to pay a lot of casualties. It is hard to say whether he will win or lose.

After half an hour, the Fan finally withdrew.

They left in such a hurry that they didn't even have time to take the body, or maybe they didn't care.

Shi Shucong looked at the sky and ordered the army to stop and set up camp in due course.

The camp suddenly became busy, and the auxiliary soldiers were busy, cutting down trees and building the camp.

One soldier went to the outside to guard, and the other sat on the ground, waiting for the rotation.

"I heard that Feng Dalang is back, he was released by the Xia people, and he gave him a bag of pancakes before he left." On the grass, several soldiers chatted in low voices.

"Isn't he captured?"

"He was captured, but Feng Dalang said that the Xia people were not bloodthirsty, nor did they torture him, so he let him go."

"In fact, Feng Dalang is not the only one who came back." Another sergeant said mysteriously: "I heard that Xu San from the Jiaying camp also brought back a bag of steamed cakes. He also said that the Xia people arrested many people from the suburbs of Suzhou. The common people originally wanted to make them do hard labor, but later they released the too old and the too young."

"It's more than that! I heard that they even see patients."

"Kong Er, since you know about it, why are you still pestering me to ask?"

"I also inquired from other Pao Ze."

"Do many people know?"

"Yes, more than a dozen people were released, and they all praised the Xia people, saying that they are benevolent and righteous. Some people found it strange after hearing about it, and secretly told their fellow villagers and friends. It took only one day and one night, and it spread everywhere. Many people We all know."

"That is to say, if we are captured, we don't have to worry at all?"

"Don't think too simple, let's live first. On the battlefield, how do you know that you will be captured instead of dying under the edge?"

"That's true, but it seems that the Xia people are really good, they are not cruel people, and when they are at the end of the road, they will surrender."

A military academy passing by next to him frowned when he heard the whispers of the sergeants.

He remembered the old events in the Yuanhe period, when the imperial court challenged Li Shidao in Ziqing and ordered the Xuanwu Army, Yicheng Army, Wuning Army in Henan, and Weibo and Cangjing Towns in Hebei to send troops together.Wei Shuai Tian Hongzheng captured 47 people under Xia Houcheng and released them.After Cheng returned to the camp, he secretly reported that the rebels were grateful to the imperial court, and there would be descendants.

Xia thief's heart attack strategy!The military academy was a little annoyed, no wonder Xiangyong from Bozhou suddenly left the camp in the morning, he wanted to go back to his hometown, but he had no fighting spirit in his heart.

Moreover, there is a hidden content in the news, that is, Xia thief has approached Suzhou city, now not only Bozhou Xiangyong wants to run away, but Suzhou Xiangyong is also in a hurry to go back.The soldiers of the Feisheng Army who settled down in Suzhou are probably not much better. They are professional warriors and can hold out a little, but only a little.

"Shut up." The military academy reprimanded: "If you pass on such words to shake the morale of the army, if you are caught by the Fazhi officer, dozens of whips will be considered light, and you will be out of luck if you are not lucky."

After all, he snorted coldly and left.

Shi Shucong also received the following report, feeling ashamed.Recently, he has been thinking about the future, and he has loosened the control of the military. This is his mistake.

But it's not a big deal.Generally speaking, this kind of psychological attack will only take effect when he is at the end of the road, and it will at most deceive some unsteady Xiangyong.

What happened in Yuanhe 13th year (818)?The imperial court suppressed Wu Yuanji's rebellion in Huaixi, and the towns were terrified. Li Shidao, the envoy of Ziqing Jiedu who had ghosts in his heart, asked to sacrifice Yi, Mi, and Haizhou to the imperial court.The Henghai Festival made Cheng Quan feel uneasy, and brought his family into the court.Chengde Jiedu envoy Wang Chengzong ordered his two sons Wang Zhigan and Wang Zhixin to enter the court as hostages, and presented the pictures of De and Dizhou to Chang'an, and began to make offerings at the same time.Youzhou Jiedu envoy Liu always obeyed the court, and Wei Bo also became a thug of the court, very obedient.

Next, all the Taoist soldiers challenged Ziqing, and Li Shidao lost consecutive battles. He still trusted the villain and suspected the general. Only in this way could Tian Hongzheng succeed.

The current situation is far from reaching this point.Moreover, the battle situation has improved recently, mainly because Yang Xingmi's threat to Huaixi has increased greatly, Zhe Silun is under a lot of pressure, and he might withdraw his troops from Yingzhou.Once the Huaining army retreated, Zhe Zongben could not support it alone, and most of them would not be able to break through Yancheng, so they could only retreat back to Caizhou in despair.

There are only [-] people left in Qi Bizhang's army. He has [-] troops here, and he is fully confident in driving them out. The situation is still under control.

The sound of horseshoes sounded in the distance. It turned out that the messenger rushed back after seeing the Tibetans retreating.

Seeing the anxious look on the messenger's face, Shi Shucong had a bad feeling in his heart and asked, "Why are you so panicked?"

"Dutou." The messenger was very experienced, approached and lowered his voice: "Yanzhou soldiers plundered Teng County, and some people saw Yanzhen cavalry soldiers in the suburbs of Pei County."

Shi Shucong listened calmly, but cursed in his heart.

Zhu Jin, can you control your subordinates?Or on purpose?Shouldn't he seek revenge on He Gui and Liang Hanyong?
"Has Zhu Jin ever sent a large army?" Shi Shucong also asked in a low voice.

"No, only looting." The messenger replied.

Shi Shucong felt relieved, the worst did not happen.It should be Zhu Jin's lax control and private behavior of the sergeant.

But this situation is getting worse and worse.

(End of this chapter)