The Guiyi Army was a local government based in Dunhuang in the Hexi region from the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Song Dynasty.

The early Guiyi Army inherited the legacy of the Anxi Army.

In 840, the last of the four towns of Anxi, Qiuci City, was annexed by the Uighurs, and the Anxi Army was completely destroyed, and the territory in that area disappeared from the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Tubo and Uighur were also dragged down to the end of their strength in the years of war, and soon civil strife broke out one after another, and they were as precarious as the Tang Empire.

Only eight years later, Zhang Yichao took the opportunity to contact everywhere, led his troops to overthrow the rule of the Tubo nobles over Shazhou, and established his own army.

At its peak, the territory under his rule once ruled eleven states in Hexi, and the military might was astonishing. It can be said that he would beat Tubo if he caught Tubo, and beat Uighur if he met Uighur.

However, Zhang Yichao still cared about his homeland, and sent people to meet the Tang emperor with geomancy maps, household registration books, fish scale books, etc.

The emperor at that time was Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, who was known as the Little Emperor Taizong of Tang.

Emperor Xuanzong gladly accepted the offer and issued an order to establish the Guiyi Army, and appointed Zhang Yichao as the first Jiedushi of the Guiyi Army.

According to historical records, the territory under the jurisdiction of the Guiyi Army extended to Yiwu in the west and Lingwu in the east. The Tang Dynasty gained more than 4,000 miles of land, with a population of one million, and six counties and rivers, all returned to the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Yichao was later recalled to Chang'an and appointed as the Right Shenwu General, with the title of Si Tu.

The Guiyi Army was succeeded by Zhang Huaishen, the son of his elder brother.

In the 13th year of Xiantong, 872, Zhang Yichao died at the age of 73, and Emperor Yizong of Tang Li Yi posthumously awarded him the title of Taibao.

The second Jiedushi of the Guiyi Army, Zhang Huaishen, was also quite capable, and defeated the Uighurs several times.

But there was a problem with military leaders like them.

They could only attack wherever they wanted with the support of the local big families, and if they were not careful, they would be easily stabbed in the back.

Zhang Huaiding, the successor of Zhang Huaishen and the son of Zhang Yichao, was stabbed in the back by Suo Xun, the son-in-law of Zhang Yichao.

Suo Xun, who was entrusted by Zhang Huaiding to take care of his son, directly became the governor himself, replacing Zhang Huaiding's son.

This made Zhang Yichao's other daughter and son-in-law very dissatisfied, so they overthrew Suo Xun and appointed Zhang Huaishen's other son Zhang Chengfeng as the fifth governor.

At this point, everyone was still happy.

However, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Chengfeng established the Jinshan Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty and called himself the White-robed Emperor of Jinshan.

From his behavior of proclaiming himself the emperor, it can be seen that he is a figure like Yuan Shu.

He may have some ability, but not much, and he implicated Zhang Yichao, who should have been famous for thousands of years.

Under his series of operations, the Jinshan Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty made enemies on all sides, was defeated everywhere, and finally had to change its name to the Dunhuang Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty.

Zhang Chengfeng was also renamed the Heavenly King of Dunhuang from the White-robed Emperor of Jinshan Kingdom in the Western Han Dynasty, and became the puppet emperor of Ganzhou Uighur Khan.

Jinshan Kingdom perished soon after.

The post of Jiedushi of Guiyi Army should have become a thing of the past.

But at this time, Cao Yijin, the son-in-law of Suo Xun, stood up and took up the banner, and returned to the Later Tang Dynasty again.

So they became Guiyi Army again.

Cao Yijin served as Jiedushi of Guiyi Army, Governor of Shazhou, and Inspector of Sikong.

Over the next 100 years, the Guiyi Army regime changed hands several times, but they were all in the hands of the Cao family.

Although they were not a country in name, they had various cooperation or exchanges with other countries, just like a reasonable and legal vassal area.

It was not until Cao Xianshun, the eighth Jiedushi of the Cao family, surrendered to Xixia with a thousand cavalry that the Guiyi Army regime was completely over.

Counting from Zhang Yichao, the Guiyi Army regime lasted for almost two hundred years.

Although it experienced ups and downs and was not strong, it was stronger than the Yuan Dynasty and was a highlight in history.

But in the eyes of historical figures, it cannot be counted that way.

At least, Cao Yijin and the subsequent Jiedushi of the Guiyi Army cannot be compared with the previous generations of Jiedushi.

Zhang Chengfeng, who declared himself emperor, cannot be compared with his ancestors.

But then again, the Tang Dynasty was gone at that time, and the Central Plains was ruled by the Later Liang Dynasty.

Zhang Chengfeng had people and land, so what was wrong with his independence? It was not really a rebellion for the Tang Dynasty royal family, at best it was a nuisance.

Therefore, Li Er and others had no opinion on Zhang Yichao's family.

They already had several Tang Dynasty time and space, and they were given special attention.

Especially Zhang Yichao.

When Li Er personally led his troops to rescue the Anxi Army, although Zhang Yichao was not worth mentioning among the famous generals, he was also assigned the task of guarding the central army and led the Shenwu Army to protect Li Er.

After the war, Li Er directly conferred him the title of Duke of Yiguo and personally wrote a plaque with the four characters "Guarding the Border" as a gift.

The Jiedushi of the Guiyi Army represented by Cao Yijin were naturally the eight Jiedushi of their Cao family.

Although these eight Jiedushi did not have the opportunity to open a portal, they stillThey opened two or three doors.

Adding the doors opened by other people in the relevant time and space, they really got eight Jiedushi together.

Although Cao Yijin was only the "Taizu" of a small regime, it was no problem for him to control a group of children and grandchildren.

Under his leadership, the eight Jiedushi of the Guiyi Army had unified their ideas and were determined to ride the wind and waves in the increasingly turbulent situation to maintain their power, status and lives.

Obviously, after looking around, they did not choose the regimes such as Xixia, Later Tang, and Later Liang, but wanted to get in touch with Zhang Yichao and others and connect with the Tang Dynasty.

When Liu Qi told Li Zhongfu about what he saw and heard about Cao Yijin and the young Kangxi, Li Zhongfu was fishing by a river in Taibai Mountain.

Looking at his phone, Li Zhongfu muttered, "Zhang Jue's predictions have gradually been confirmed. If the Tang Dynasty intervenes, things will become more difficult. Zhang Jue is probably jumping up and down now."

Zhang Jue is not jumping up and down.

That's the Tang Dynasty!

Once the Tang Dynasty intervenes, it's like a group of children playing cockfighting, but an adult with an AK comes to join the battle.

The danger is rising sharply!

He immediately found Zhenguan Li Er.

"Your Majesty, can you not intervene?" Zhang Jue asked.

Li Er asked back, "Do you know what netizens in later generations said?"

"What is it?"

"The Tang Dynasty was at the most suitable place in Chinese history to expand its territory, but the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty did not do their job properly. They were so powerful, but they spent all their thoughts on internal fighting. If they had managed the conquered territories well and conquered more territories, it would have been great."

Zhang Jue: ...

That's not how you understand it, bastard!

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