Chapter 132

At the same time, Nanzhao defeated Tubo in Shenchuan and Tieqiao, "captured [-] people, and surrendered the leader to talk about begging beggar soup and not hiding Xinuoyu".

In 794 AD, Yanzhou City was built, and Emperor Dezong ordered Wei Gao to withdraw his troops.

During this troop dispatch, the Jiannan army made the most meritorious deeds, eradicating more than [-] Tubo fortresses in total. Wei Gao was promoted to be the inspector's right servant because of his meritorious service, and was granted the title of Fufeng County Bo.

Wei Gao recruited the chieftains of Nu, Heling, Nanshui, Baigou, Buzhi, Ruoshui, Qingyuan, and Duoba among the Qiang and barbarians in the Western Mountains, and made them enter the court to pay tribute.

He also sent his staff Cui Zuoshi from Shimenguan to Yunnan to open the Shimen South Road and restore the connection with Nanzhao.

In September of 795 A.D., the imperial court added Wei Gao as an envoy to control the barbarians near the border, the Eight Kingdoms of Xishan, and the appeasement of Yunnan.

In February of the following year, he was promoted to Pingzhangshi under the Tongzhong Shumen and became envoy. In March, Wei Gaozuo said that he had taken over [-] Qiangman households.

Wei Gao made a good relationship with Nanzhao, donated a lot of money, and taught him the grammar of battle formation.

Li Deyu, the envoy of Xichuan Festival in Jiannan during Tang Wenzong's time, believed that Wei Gao's move "inspired military robbers" and caused carbuncles, which had not yet been broken during his tenure.

When Du Yuanying, Li Deyu's predecessor, was in the town of Jiannan, Nanzhao took advantage of the gap to invade, drove deep, burned all living beings, and burned everything.

In May of 797 AD, Wei Gao sent troops to recover the city of Xizhou.

In 800 A.D., Wei Gao sent his generals to defeat Tubo's army in Lizhou and Xizhou many times. When he was in Xizhou, he captured seven of his big cage officials alive, and seized a large number of horses, livestock and equipment.

Tubo Zanpu was furious, so he expanded his troops on a large scale, built forts, built boats, and planned to invade. Wei Gao defeated these plans one by one, and then captured the two cities of Mogong and Yong.

In the same year, the Tubo chief and supervisor, Nanggong, Lacheng and other nine local envoys, cage officer Ma Dingde and his 87 generals led the entire tribe to surrender.

Ma Dingde has strategies and is familiar with the art of war and the terrain of mountains and rivers. Every time Tubo uses troops, Ma Dingde often takes a post car to discuss military affairs, and all the generals in the Tubo army report to him the established plan.

So far, he surrendered to the court because of several disadvantages in using troops and fear of punishment.

In 801 A.D., more than 1000 Moxieman households under the control of Tubo in Kunming City surrendered.

Because of the collapse of his tribe, Zanpu invaded Lingzhou and Shuozhou in the north, and captured Linzhou.

Emperor Dezong sent envoys to Chengdu Mansion and ordered Wei Gao to send troops deep into the territory of Tubo again to contain them. Wei Gao ordered about 5 troops from each army to attack.

The Jiannan Army sent troops into Tubo in August, and claimed to have defeated Tubo in Yazhou in September.

By October, a total of 16 Tubo troops were defeated, seven cities and five military towns were captured, 6000 civilian households were captured, [-] enemy soldiers were captured alive, and more than [-] beheaded, so they attacked Weizhou.

Reinforcements came twice and fought thousands of miles away, and the Tubo army was defeated repeatedly.

At this time, the tribes who invaded Lingzhou and Shuozhou in Tubo were transferred southward, and Zanpu sent Lun Mangre as the prime minister and also served as the ambassador of the Wudao Jiedu soldiers and horses in the eastern border, leading a mixed team of 10 tribes. People come to rescue the siege of Victoria.

The Jiannan Army with 1 people occupied the dangerous position, set up an ambush, and sent 1000 people to challenge it first. Seeing that there were few people in the reckless, they led the whole army to pursue.

Jiannan's ambush soldiers came out together, attacking them unprepared, shouting like thunder, the Tubo army collapsed without fighting, Lun Mangre was captured alive, and more than half of the [-] Tubo troops were injured.

Dezong was overjoyed when he heard the good news. He went to pay homage to Wei Gao as the inspector and situ, and also served as the order of Zhongshu.

In 799 A.D., Emperor Dezong ordered the towns to attack Wu Shaocheng, the envoy of Huaixi Jiedu who refused to obey the imperial order.

However, because the imperial court did not have a commander in chief, every time the armies of the towns sent troops, they would fight on their own in order to protect themselves, so the long battles were in vain.

In view of this situation, Emperor Dezong ordered Han Quanyi, the envoy of Xia Sui Jiedu, to serve as the envoy of Caizhou's four-sided camp recruiting and commanding the towns.

Han Quanyi was cowardly and incompetent, causing the officers and troops to be defeated twice. Wei Gao heard that the towns had failed, so he told Dezong:

"Please appoint Hun Yu and Jia Dan as Marshals to lead the armies. If Your Majesty is unwilling to bother the elders and important ministers, then I ask you to lead ten thousand elite troops to the Baxia, go east out of Jingchu, and go to wipe out the evil rebels.

If not, Wu Shaocheng should be pardoned while pleading guilty, and stop the armies of the two rivers so that both public and private parties can recuperate. This is also a second-class strategy.

If Wu Shaocheng is full of crimes in the future and is killed by his subordinates, Wu Shaocheng's official title will be awarded to the murderer.

This is to get rid of one Wu Shaocheng and give birth to another Wu Shaocheng, and there will be endless disasters. "

Dezong agreed, and when Wu Shaocheng sent his envoy to plead guilty, he issued an imperial edict to pardon him.

Wei Gao served in Shudi for 21 years, and increased taxes to ensure that Tang Dezong paid money to Tang Dezong on a monthly basis, so as to maintain his grace, but it made Shudi's financial resources empty and exhausted, which was criticized by current scholars.

When he was in office, the states under his jurisdiction exempted each other from rent and tax in private, and tax was exempted every three years.

Officials under Wei Gao who have been promoted to higher ranks over the years will be recommended to be the governor of Jiannan, or arranged to be the staff of the government.

Wei Gao appeases the soldiers under his command by distributing generous military salaries. When the soldiers are married and buried, he will provide them with all the expenses they need, so he can serve for a long time without any injuries, and the soldiers are willing to work for him. Zhao, defeated Tubo.

Since 788 A.D., Wei Gao and Nanzhao have negotiated back and forth by letters.

In 791 AD, the Tang Dynasty sent Duan Yizhong, an ex-Nanzhao minister, back to Nanzhao for business negotiations.

In 792 A.D., Wei Gao sent a letter to Nanzhao Yimouxun, willing to work with Nanzhao to expel Tubo from Yunling, defend each other, and be a family forever.

The next year, Nanzhao sent envoys from Rongzhou, Qianzhou, and Annan to present their watches, willing to return to the Tang Dynasty.Emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty granted Yi Mouxun an edict and ordered Wei Gao to send envoys to Nanzhao to appease him.

In 793 A.D., Tang and Nanzhao met at the Temple of Diancang Mountain, ending a war of more than [-] years.

In 801 A.D., King Yongqiang of Pyu sent his younger brother Shu Nantuo to present "National Music". The dancing postures and musical instruments of the Pyu Kingdom were presented to the imperial court.

The following year, the Piao National Orchestra arrived in Chang'an, the capital, and performed at the Tang court, where it was welcomed by Tang Dezong and officials.

So far, the central government of the Tang Dynasty has established a direct friendly relationship with the Pyu Kingdom, and the Piao Kingdom’s music offerings constituted an important content of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, marking the stability of the Tang Dynasty’s influence on the southwest region.

In the strategy of uniting Nanzhao against Tubo, Wei Gao successively opened roads and set up post stations on the north and south roads between Sichuan and Yunnan, reopening the Southern Silk Road.

After the reopening of the Southern Silk Road, it promoted the communication between Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao, and also benefited the communication between Tang Dynasty and countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

In addition to being an official, Wei Gao is also a poet and writer. There are three poems in "Quan Tang Poems", ten articles in "Quan Tang Wen", and two supplementary articles in "Supplements to Tang Wen". .

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