Fang Guoshou did not give in and said directly: "Our plan is to take a detour from the Mobei grassland and attack the home base of the puppet Yan rebels!"
Go around the grassland and attack Anlu Mountain's lair?
Anlu Mountain is dead, and the core area of the area controlled by the Puppet Yan today is the three towns that Anlu Mountain was entrusted with back then.
That is, Pinglu, Fanyang (Youzhou) and Hedong towns.
Pinglu is probably the current Liaoning area.
Fan Yang was probably the Gyeonggi region in later generations.
Finally, the Hedong area is probably the area around today's Hebei Province.
These three areas are the core areas of False Swallow.
In fact, since the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty has never been able to solve the problem of separatist vassal towns in the north.
The town of Heshuo continued to resist the Tang Dynasty until the fall of the Tang Dynasty. It rebelled and surrendered repeatedly and remained outside the rule of the Tang Dynasty.
Timur opened the map, and his eyes lit up. This plan is really feasible!
The northern grasslands are actually integrated, which is a general geographical concept.
In fact, the entire Mobei grassland can be subdivided into two areas, Modong and Moxi.
Today, the main area where the Uighurs are active is the Moxi region, which is later known as the Xinjiang area.
It is said that the Uighurs are the co-owners of the grassland, and the main force is also in the Moxi area.
The entire eastern part of the Mongolian Plateau, that is, the geographical Modong region, is still in a state of chaos.
However, the entire Mobei grassland is connected. These tribes are scattered and unable to resist the hegemony of the Uighurs. These tribes have all expressed their submission to the Uighurs.
Modong is the area in the eastern part of Inner Mongolia today. If King Jianning's army spans the entire Mobei grassland, they can attack the three towns of Pinglu, Fanyang and Hedong from the rear!
After hearing this crazy plan, Timur was stunned.
You must know that this is the Tang Dynasty, and such a plan to move thousands of miles away is quite difficult!
But if we can really cross the grassland and go around to the rear of the Puppet Yan, we can encircle it with the imperial army and completely eliminate the northern vassal town!
Timur's eyes lit up.
"Is this the [Grand Plan] you are talking about?"
Fang Guoshou nodded and said:
"It was such a strategy. According to historical progress, although the Tang Dynasty regained the two capitals, it failed to capture the three towns in Hedong. Later, even the vassal town in Heshuo also rebelled, and the northern border defense system completely collapsed."
"Since then, the Tang Dynasty has completely fallen into the vortex of separatist vassal towns. Even if the emperor wants to work hard, he cannot solve the problem of separatist vassal towns in the north."
"Coupled with the corruption and incompetence of the entire Tang Dynasty, the sun finally fell."
Speaking of this, Fang Guoshou also felt a little sad.
As a researcher of Sui and Tang history, Fang Guoshou also longed for the prosperous and powerful Tang Dynasty when he was young, so he chose this direction.
But the more I study, the more I feel that the glory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was just fleeting. The separatist rule of vassal towns that permeated the entire middle and late Tang Dynasty was the true color of the dynasty.
No matter how glorious it was in the early days, so many emperors and generals could not prevent this great dynasty from declining.
But in Fang Guoshou's opinion, the Tang Dynasty was really the peak of the feudal dynasty in history.
The atmosphere of all nations coming to Korea, the open view of the world, and the continuous absorption of knowledge from all ethnic groups, whether it is cultural, economic, or military and political achievements, can be said to be the peak of the feudal dynasty.
Coming to this game, Fang Guoshou, in addition to building Longyou, also wanted to help the Tang Dynasty.
If the Anshi Rebellion could be completely quelled and the feudal vassal towns in the north could be wiped out, what would happen to the Tang Dynasty?
Fang Guoshou added: "But this plan is not the entire content of [the grand plan]."
"That is?"
"Making King Jianning the emperor is the ultimate goal of the entire plan!"
"It lasted two years for Zhide, two years for Qianyuan, and two years for Shangyuan. Li Heng only reigned for six years, and now one-third of it has passed."
"We still have four years to make King Jianning ascend to the position of emperor."
"If you want to seize the direct descendants, you must have merit. The credit for quelling the puppet Yan rebellion is the biggest bargaining chip to seize the direct descendants!"
"With this bargaining chip, everything can be planned!"
Timur now understood what the "great plan" of this union was.
It is naturally impossible for players to develop in Longyou.
However, if he waited until the new emperor ascended the throne and started a rebellion at that time, King Jianning would not have the legal justice.
Moreover, dragging Datang into civil war again is not what the players want.
Therefore, when Li Heng is in power, he must complete the great contribution of quelling the Anshi Rebellion, and then support King Jianning to seize the throne!
In that case, players can urgently transform Datang.
It turns out to be such a “great plan”!
Now Timur also found a goal to play games.
For a long time, the extremely high degree of freedom in "Feng Yun of the Tang Dynasty" has confused many players.
Tamerlane was the same, just following the mission and drifting with it.
Although it is good to play the game this way, I always feel that something is missing.
But now that he has a new goal, Timur also understands the direction of his efforts.
Timur asked: "Mr. Fang, are you going to visit the tribes in Modong this time and ask them to lend us a road?"
Fang Guoshou shook his head and said: "Since the demise of the Eastern Turks, the desert east has been a mess, and there is nothing to worry about."
"What is Fang always going to do?"
Fang Guoshou said: "I want to visit Bohai Country."
Bohai country?
This is another name that Timur has never heard of.
Fang Guoshou said: "Bohai State is now part of Northeast China, the Northeast of the Korean Peninsula and the Far East of Russia."
"In its heyday, the Bohai Kingdom had five capitals, fifteen prefectures, and sixty-two prefectures under its jurisdiction. Its culture was deeply influenced by the culture of the Tang Dynasty, and it enjoyed the reputation of the 'Prosperous Country in the East of the Sea'."
"Now in Bohai Kingdom, King Wen of Bohai, Da Qinmao, should be reigning."
Timur asked in confusion: "Why are you sending an envoy to Bohai?"
Fang Guoshou said: "A long-distance attack on the grassland is possible with our current army and transportation capabilities."
"But if we want to attack the three northern towns, it won't be over in a short time. We need a stable supply."
"The Bohai Kingdom is just north of the Three Northern Towns. If we can use the Bohai Kingdom as a logistics base, then we will have no problem conquering the Three Northern Towns."
Timur's eyes lit up. Sure enough, the plan thought up by so many top players must be comprehensive.
When an army marches for a long distance, the biggest difficulty is food supplies.
The Modong area is barren and the army cannot supply supplies on the spot.
Since the Bohai Kingdom is said to be a "prosperous country in the east of the sea", there must be no problem in supplying Longyou's army.
But Timur thought of another question and asked:
"Since the Bohai Kingdom was very loyal to the Tang Dynasty, why didn't the Tang Dynasty invite the Bohai Kingdom to send troops to quell the Anshi Rebellion?"
Fang Guoshou said with a smile: "There are only interests between countries. Bohai Country did not rebel along with the three northern towns. It is already quite good."
"Besides, the Bohai State was founded by the Mohe people. In the past, Anlushan was founded by fighting the Mohe and Xianbei people on the border. They would definitely not dare to send troops."
Now Timur understood why Fang Guoshou wanted to go to Bohai as an envoy.
This is just like when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian as an envoy to the Western Regions, he wanted to unite the Bohai Kingdom to assist in attacking the puppet Yan.
Longyou, like Emperor Wu back then, did not need the military support of the Yuezhi, but only needed them to borrow roads and provide logistics.
Timur said: "What if the Bohai Kingdom does not cooperate?"
Fang Guoshou sneered and said: "If you don't cooperate, then let Bohai Country have a taste of our methods!"
Hearing Fang Guoshou's words, Timur couldn't help but tremble.
This history professor who regained his youth in the game also let himself go in the game.
Whoever has experienced that era of struggle is not a strong-willed person.
Timur could only pray that the Bohai Kingdom would not use any petty tactics.
Just when Fang Guoshou left Geluolu and was about to return to Shazhou to report on his duties before heading to Bohai Country.
The new Uighur envoy also asked to see Mou Yu Khan.
After Shang Bo left the Uighurs, he recommended businessman Zhang Keda to Li Yan as the Uighur ambassador.
Zhang Keda was once a member of the Westbound Merchant Group and made contributions when the player controlled Pai County.
After Zhang Keda returned to Shazhou, he did several trades with the Uighurs and made a lot of money.
Zhang Keda is quite gifted in languages, and he quickly learned the Uighur language while doing trade.
The several trading stations that Zhang Keda was responsible for were very profitable. After Shang Bo took Zhang Keda out of office, he recommended Zhang Keda to the Governor's Office to succeed him as the Xuanwei Envoy of the Uighur Affairs Department.
After receiving the silver seal from Shazhou, the first thing Zhang Keda did when he took office was to ask to see Mou Yu Khan.
"Building roads?" Mou Yu Khan looked at Zhang Keda and asked doubtfully.
Zhang Keda said: "Honorable Khan, we have a saying in Longyou, 'If you want to be rich, you must first build roads.' If the Uighurs want to be prosperous, they must build roads!"
Mou Yu Khan laughed: "Building roads? Doesn't that allow you to transport more goods from Longyou to plunder our wealth?"
Mou Yu Khan was proficient in business when he was still a prince. He sneered and said: "Now that our Uighur money has been exchanged for the Tang Dynasty's pleasures, many people will starve to death in winter. Can anyone build roads?"
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Zhang Ke Keda had been prepared for a long time. He said: "Khan, I am here this time to talk about the best way to get rich!"
A recipe for getting rich?
Mou Yu Khan asked: "A good way to get rich? Haha."
Zhang Keda said: "Khan also knows the Jinshan of the Geluolu people, right?"
Mou Yu Khan slapped the chair and said: "You have the nerve to talk about the Geluolu people! They have the support of your Tang Dynasty to plunder the population on our border!"
Speaking of the Geluolu people, Mou Yu Khan was even more angry.
It was at the Battle of Jinshan that Mou Yu Khan lost his father, thus ruining the Uighurs' dream of dominating the grasslands.
Zhang Keda said: "The Uighurs also sit on the Jinshan Mountain. I'm afraid the Khan doesn't know it!"