Although Prince Ye Hu was not good at strategy, he was not proficient in power.
However, he did take the lead and treated his soldiers very well.
So he gave an order, and twenty dead Uighur soldiers set out from the Uighur military camp next to Fengxiang Mansion and headed north to intercept and kill the Uighur envoys seeking marriage.
The Uighur mission is a formal mission, and it must have taken the official route directly to Fengxiang Mansion.
From Mobei, go south to Lingzhou, then pass through Yuanzhou and Longzhou, and finally arrive at Fengxiang Mansion.
Among them, Guyuan City in Yuanzhou was the only way for the envoys to go south.
Guyuan City, ancient people commented on its mountainous geography as:
"Control Wuyuan on the left, Lanhui on the right, Huangliu around the north, Kongtong blocking the south, holding the shoulders of eight counties, and the key points of Wansan Town."
Now all the officials of Guyuan City were standing at the end of the city, looking into the distance. After a while, a knight holding a banner appeared in the sight of all the officials.
The current governor of Yuanzhou, He Gong, who has the highest official position in Guyuan City, is standing solemnly outside Guyuan City, waiting for the knight who upholds integrity to slowly walk up to him.
"He Gonggong, the governor of Yuanzhou, is respectfully greeting King Jianning on his birthday!"
Following the governor's shout, all the officials in Yuanzhou saluted King Jianning's birthday.
The person holding the Jianning King's Jingjie was none other than Li Daoyuan from the eastbound tour group. When everyone finished saluting, he bowed to everyone again:
"Li Daoyuan, the marching commander of the Jianning Prince's Mansion, paid a courtesy call to the Governor He."
He Gongzheng immediately took Li Daoyuan's hand and said: "Your Majesty, you have worked hard all the way. You can feel at ease when you arrive at Guyuan City!"
Then He Gongzheng looked into the distance and saw tens of thousands of livestock being driven outside Guyuan City.
Li Daoyuan originally traveled eastward to visit the great rivers and mountains of the Tang Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, Li Yan captured the young men, and King Jianning gave them a mission, asking them to bring nine thousand miscellaneous animals and one thousand war horses to report their victory to the Tang Dynasty court.
At the same time, this batch of captured livestock was sent to the Tang Dynasty court and handed over to his father for disposal.
The report of victory has been spread to all the state capitals along the way.
When the news reached Lingzhou, everyone in Lingzhou sneered.
What is King Jianning like? Others don’t know, but all the Lingzhou military generals have seen him.
Although in the Li Tang clan, he was considered brave and good at fighting.
After the Maweipo mutiny, it was indeed King Jianning who escorted the emperor all the way north and moved north to Lingwu to ascend the throne.
But how much ability King Jianning has, others don’t know. Guo Ziyi, who has been King Jianning’s teacher, doesn’t know?
Lingzhou was under the control of Shuofang Jiedushi, and many people had witnessed the emperor's ascension to the throne in Lingwu. Of course, they knew that when King Jianning went west to Longyou, he was deliberately exiled and marginalized for the sake of the stability of the court.
As for restraining Longyou, this is just a joke.
How could these arrogant and powerful generals in Longyou be controlled by a prince who had no soldiers, no money, and no favors?
Even if the emperor goes to Longyou, it will still take a lot of effort to tame these soldiers, right?
Then Lingzhou could occasionally hear some rumors about King Jianning.
Why did King Jianning march into Shazhou?
King Jianning took control of Beiting.
King Jianning marched into Hexi.
Everyone in Lingzhou laughed, thinking that these were all fantasy and hearsay.
After Fang Guan, the governor of Hexi Province, took office, everyone in Lingzhou was even more excited to watch the excitement.
Previously, King Jianning was appointed to be in charge of Longyou, and now Fang Guan, the former prime minister, was asked to control Hexi. The attitude of the court is interesting.
Later, people in Wuwei City said that Fang Guan was defeated by King Jianning.
Now everyone in Lingzhou finally has some new understanding of King Jianning. Maybe this King Jianning really has some tricks?
However, the victory document stated that King Jianning commanded the Beiting Army, "mediated" the Western Expedition of Gel Khan, and wanted to donate 9,000 miscellaneous animals and 1,000 horses to the court. Anyone in Lingzhou who knew a little bit about military affairs would
Laughed.
The imperial court established Shuofang Jiedushi and annexed the Hetao area. The main purpose was to defend the nomadic people in the north.
The Xiongnu, Rouran, Turks, Uighurs, and northern nomads took turns taking action, and the border troubles in the north never ceased for a day.
The people of Lingzhou naturally knew how powerful the Uighurs were. Although the Uighurs were still considered submissive to the Tang Dynasty, Lingzhou was often plundered by small groups of Uighur "bandits", so they naturally knew the fighting prowess of the Uighurs.
How many people are there in the Beiting Protectorate?
How many people are there in Longyou?
The imperial court had almost drained the troops in the border areas to suppress the rebellion. These manpower was not even enough to defend the land of the Tang Dynasty, let alone take the initiative to intervene in the Uighur Khan's personal conquest.
But when Li Daoyuan led 10,000 livestock to Lingzhou, everyone in Lingzhou was shocked.
The imperial court set up a horse market in Lingzhou to purchase war horses from the Uighurs.
But when the Lingzhou officials saw the strong horses behind Li Daoyuan, they knew that the horses they had received from the Uighurs were inferior horses.
There were also those herds of cattle and sheep. If the main Uighur force had not been severely damaged, where would they have obtained so many livestock?
Lingzhou did not dare to neglect, and immediately recruited soldiers and civilians to help drive the livestock, prepared fodder along the way, and escorted Li Daoyuan and his party to continue south.
The letters from Lingzhou were also sent to the states along the way, and also to the court of Fengxiang Mansion.
When the imperial court received the victory document from King Jianning, its first reaction was that King Jianning was bragging.
Today, there are still 4,000 Uighur elites assisting the Tang Dynasty in pacifying the Anlushan Rebellion, so the Tang court is also very aware of the fighting power of these Uighur elites.
The Tang Dynasty court was also aware of the news of Gel Khan's western expedition.
If it were in the Xuanzong court, the Tang Dynasty would definitely reprimand the Uighurs and send troops to Ge Luolu to maintain the status quo of the grassland division.
But now the imperial court has no ability to interfere in the grassland, so it can only allow Gel Khan to send troops. The Tang Dynasty imperial court did not even dare to send envoys to reprimand the Uighurs.
However, the result was unexpected. The princes in the court did not pay much attention to King Jianning's document reporting his victory, thinking that it was King Jianning who lied about his military exploits in order to be transferred back to the Central Plains.
The ministers from the prince's faction wrote to the emperor one after another, impeaching King Jianning for "deceiving his father and lying about his military achievements."
The emperor's approach was to remain silent and downplay the impact of the incident.
But soon, news came from Lingzhou that King Jianning had really sent someone to escort 10,000 livestock seized from the Uighurs to Fengxiang Mansion!
If this news is not enough to prove the victory of Jinshan, the old Uighur Khan passed away, and the new khan's obedient attitude in sending an envoy to declare vassal status to the Tang Dynasty and asking to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty further proves that the victory of Jinshan is not a fiction.
The court was shocked!
Now everyone in the court finally believed that King Jianning had really succeeded in interfering with the Uighurs and defeated the army of the old Uighur Khan!
At that time, the imperial army violently attacked Xijing and was defeated in Qingqu, losing troops and generals.
This batch of livestock sent from Longyou can be said to be a timely help.
The emperor strictly ordered all states and counties along the way to ensure that this batch of livestock was delivered to Xijing intact!
Amid the enthusiastic "farewell" from Lingzhou officials, Li Daoyuan led the civilians recruited by the government, drove their livestock southward, and arrived outside Guyuan City, the seat of Yuanzhou Prefecture.
After receiving the news, He Gongzheng, the governor of Yuanzhou, led all the officials in the city out of the city to greet King Jianning's envoy reporting the victory.
Yuanzhou has an important geographical location. Although it is only Zhongzhou in terms of population, since the rise of Tubo, Yuanzhou was promoted to Shangzhou by the Tang Dynasty.
As the governor of Yuanzhou, He Gongzheng was a proper second-rank official.
In the Tang Dynasty, the official positions of Zhengyipin were rarely awarded, and the governor was a proper feudal official.
He Gongzheng also served as the "commander of all military affairs in Yuanzhou", which meant that he controlled the garrison in Yuanzhou. He was the governor of Bianzhou who controlled both military and political affairs.
As long as He Gongzheng was transferred back to the imperial court, his appointment as the Minister of the Six Departments could only be regarded as a smooth transfer.
Being appointed as Prime Minister is also a normal promotion.
However, at this time, such a high-ranking official actually respected Li Daoyuan, a "temporary worker" in Jianning Palace, which shocked the Yuanzhou officials.
After He Gongzheng, the governor of Yuanzhou, personally welcomed Li Daoyuan into the city and interviewed Li Daoyuan alone in the governor's mansion, he said with a troubled expression:
"Li Sima, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I'm being polite to others this time and I'm asking for something from you."
Li Daoyuan didn't know what worries this dignified governor of Shangzhou had for him to ask for help.
However, Li Daoyuan's mission is to safely deliver the livestock to Fengxiang Mansion, but this mission also requires the assistance of the state governments along the way.
So Li Daoyuan said politely: "Master He Fu, please tell me. As long as Li can do it, he will definitely try his best to help Mr. Fu."
At this time, Governor He sighed and said, "The Uighur envoy to seek marriage, An Daxie, is also in Guyuan City now."
Speaking of this, He Jashi looked like he had eaten shit.
The Uighur asked to marry the Tang princess. If it had been the emperor's time, the Uighur envoy would not even be able to enter Xijing City.
I guess he was scolded back by the minister of Honglu Temple outside Baqiao.
How could a dignified princess of the Tang Dynasty marry a barbarian from the prairie?
Ida Xiefa was a veteran minister who had served two generations of Khans. He was proficient in Han affairs and was very familiar with the Tang Dynasty.
He naturally knew that it would be quite difficult for a foreign country like the Uighurs to marry a Tang princess.
But the difficulty is difficulty. Tubo also married Princess Wencheng and Princess Jincheng. If Tubo can do it, why can't the Uighurs!
It is a pity that the backbone of the Uighurs has been broken by King Jianning. The defeat of Jinshan caused heavy losses to the Uighur Yazhang soldiers. The Uighurs are already the strongest among the outsiders.
The biggest difficulty facing An Daxie's haircut was how to intimidate the Tang Dynasty court and force the Tang Dynasty to marry the princess.
So the old man finally chose Guyuan City.
After I arrived at the post house, I started to have a small quarrel every day and a big quarrel every two days, making things difficult for me at every turn.
He Gongzheng personally arranged for his capable subordinates to serve An Daxie's haircut, and the Uighurs finally stopped arguing in the post house.
But they started to make other arrangements. Sometimes they wanted to visit the Guyuan military camp, and sometimes they wanted to go hunting out of the city. In short, Guyuan City was disturbed and could not live in peace.
Li Daoyuan is also a well-rounded person, and he immediately understood what He Gongzheng meant.
King Jianning was the one who defeated the Uighur Khan. Because of the diplomatic relations between the Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs, he had to let go of this old Uighur thief.
Now that King Jianning's envoy is here, Li Daoyuan can come forward to teach me a lesson about getting a haircut!
But everyone in Guyuan City did not know that a group of dead Uighur warriors were also rushing toward Guyuan City.