The war finally ended before dawn. The Tubo army fought hard until the last man was killed. Although the spirit was commendable, it also brought huge losses to the Tang army. The Tang army suffered more than 3,000 casualties, including more than 2,000 killed in battle.
people.
All 10,000 people in the Tibetan army were killed, including the general Ma Chongying, who was blown into several pieces, and finally the soldiers found his head.
Firearms exerted great power in this battle. Almost half of the Tibetan soldiers were killed or fell down after being hit by poisoned iron pellets.
The Tang army spent a whole day cleaning the battlefield, burning the corpses, and putting the ashes of the fallen Tang soldiers into urns, preparing to take them back to Chang'an.
Xi Wanli led several generals to the temporary city built by Tubo. It was of the same style as the fortress he encountered in the Shishi Kingdom before. It was made of huge stones and was very rough, but the area was not small, almost the same as a small county town.
Many stone houses were built in the city, which should be warehouses, filled with various logistical supplies.
Xi Wanli stood at the top of the city and looked into the distance. He saw many dots around, which must be local people. Dabolu is indeed a rare place to live. The land on both sides of the Shiquan River is very fertile, and there are large areas in the distance.
There are woods and plenty of sunshine.
At this time, a group of soldiers brought several locals to the city of Belu. The soldiers took them into the city and came to Xi Wanli.
The few old men are not like the Tubo people, but they are exactly the same as the Zushiguo and Xiaobolu people. Of course, it is normal to be like the Xiaobolu people. They are originally one country.
Several old men knelt down and saluted. Xi Wanli waved his hands and said with a smile, "Please get up, old men. No need to be too polite!"
A soldier translated for them. Several old men stood up tremblingly. Xi Wanli pointed to the wheat field in the distance and said, "Is that wheat field yours?"
Several old men shook their heads, "Those are the Tibetan people's wheat fields. Our wheat fields are further away."
Xi Wanli was a little confused, "Are there still Tubo civilians living around here?"
Several old men smiled and explained: "There are no Tibetan civilians. The Tibetan people we refer to refer to the Tibetan army."
So that's it. Xi Wanli nodded and said: "I know that this was originally your land and was occupied by the Tubo people, so I invited you here to return part of the land to you."
Several old men were surprised and happy, and quickly knelt down to thank them.
Xi Wanli smiled again and said: "I will station some troops here. I hope we can guard against Tibet together. Once the Tubo army comes to kill, you must tell the garrison in advance."
Several old men quickly said: "We will do our best to assist the Tang army in guarding against the Tibetan army!"
The army rested for another two days, and Xi Wanli ordered Yingyang Xie Yunfeng to lead a thousand troops to garrison in Dabolu for one year. New troops will replace them tomorrow.
Xi Wanli immediately led the army back to the Kingdom of Xuushi. On the way, he stayed in Xiaobolu for a day and stationed 500 troops each in Xiaobolu and Xuushi. The 10,000-strong army returned to Anxi in a mighty manner.
Beilong Bay in Bohai Prefecture is the northernmost seaport of the Tang Dynasty. It is also a military port. The navy of the Tang Dynasty stationed 3,000 troops and hundreds of warships here.
This morning, the tower suddenly remembered the fierce alarm bell, "dong-dong-dong-"
The sound of the bell spread throughout the harbor, and the soldiers in the military camp rushed out and rushed to the dock.
Jiao Yuanli, the chief general of the Tang army, also rode to the dock and shouted loudly: "What happened?"
A soldier ran up and reported: "General, three large ships have been spotted in the north. Their origins are unknown and they are heading towards our harbor!"
Jiao Yuanli was stunned, how could a big ship come from the north? This has never happened before!
He immediately ordered General Guo Qingyun: "General Guo, you immediately lead ten clippers to investigate!"
"Follow the order!"
Guo Qingyun immediately led a hundred soldiers on ten speedboats and sailed out of the harbor to greet the three large ships in the distance.
The three large ships were Yang Liangyao and his party who returned to the Tang Dynasty after going through all kinds of hardships. There were only three large ships left. A month ago, the last steam engine stalled, and they could only rely on pedal paddles to travel. Today
In the Central America area, they encountered wind and waves. When they were avoiding the wind and waves, a large ship accidentally hit a reef and eventually sank. Fortunately, all materials and personnel were transferred to three other large ships.
Despite this, more than two dozen soldiers died of illness on the way, including Yao Chunshan, who was responsible for maintaining the steam engine. He was old and his body could not bear the hard work of traveling thousands of miles. He died of illness a month ago.
At this time, everyone's will has reached its limit. If they don't return to the Tang Dynasty, many people will go crazy.
Suddenly a soldier pointed forward and shouted: "There is a ship ahead, which is the battle flag of the Tang Dynasty!"
Everyone saw clearly that ten five-hundred-stone speedboats were approaching them. On the warships were the red-bottomed black dragon flags of the Tang army. Everyone on the three big ships cheered.
Even Yang Liangyao couldn't help but burst into tears and finally returned to Datang.
Three large ships of ten thousand stones began to slowly dock at the port. Jiao Yuanli could not help but stand in awe when he learned that they were actually ordered to go to sea for tens of thousands of miles and returned from the Tang Army.
Two thousand Tang troops lined up to welcome the return of the expedition team. Jiao Yuanli ordered the soldiers to board the ship to help the team members disembark. They had lived at sea for too long and many of them could no longer stand on land.
At this time, Yang Liangyao said to Jiao Yuanli: "We have brought back many important crop seeds, which are important things that the emperor has been waiting for. Our soldiers can rest here, but I must return to Chang'an as soon as possible. Please make arrangements for me, general."
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Jiao Yuanli nodded, "If you don't have much stuff, you can take the land route, ride a horse to Chang'an, and keep changing horses. You can reach Chang'an in as soon as one month. If you take the water route, it will take at least two months!"
Yang Liangyao thought for a while and said: "We can travel both by water and land. We can take part of it on horseback and take the rest by water!"
Jiao Yuanli immediately divided his troops into two groups and sent a hundred soldiers to escort Jiao Yuanli on the land route. At the same time, he arranged for three warships to take the water route to transport a large amount of important supplies to Chang'an.
Before leaving, Yang Liangyao handed a small bag of corn seeds to the county magistrate Wang Yuan and asked him to try planting them in Longyuan County.
Time is gradually approaching May, and an examination affecting thousands of households is taking place in the Guanzhong and Luoyang areas.
This was the beginning of the reform of local officials. The officials mainly included the two officials of Criminal Law and Household Affairs, as well as Xuezheng, Xingbao and Liucao. There were also six county assistants, a total of sixteen people. But this exam
Does not include county school teaching assistants.
Guanzhong area and Luoyang area are pilot projects. After successful promotion in these two places, it will be promoted to all parts of the world.
The examination center in Guanzhong is in Chang'an. About a thousand candidates from nearly a hundred counties across Guanzhong gathered in Chang'an. The ages of these candidates varied, some were in their forties, and some were only in their twenties.
Although the number of people was small, the whole of Chang'an suddenly became lively because of their arrival. The streets and alleys of Chang'an and even the court rooms were talking about this exam.
Including the tenth period of the Tang Dynasty, an article by Prime Minister Wei Jiansu was also published, explaining the significance of this examination.
The imperial court attached great importance to this examination. All candidates' food and accommodation were covered by the imperial court, and the county government paid for round-trip travel expenses.
The main method of subsidies provided by the imperial court was three hundred cash per person per day, including two hundred cash for accommodation and one hundred cash for meals.
The upper room in a mid-level inn only costs two hundred cents per room. One hundred cents is enough for three meals in the inn. Of course, if you have to live in a private courtyard and go out to restaurants, it will definitely not be enough, so you will have to pay for it yourself.
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At noon that day, a restaurant in Chongrenfang was bustling with people. Several officials from Chencang County were sitting on the second floor drinking. Wang Han, the county captain of Chencang County, was the leader.
Wang Han picked up the wine glass and slowly said to everyone: "I had a brief chat with my relatives in the court today. It is said that the exam is very simple. As long as you don't dawdle around, you can basically pass the exam. It just tests what everyone usually does. Everyone usually does it."
I'm tired of doing all kinds of paperwork. Of course, I'll give you a small thing in the form of a case and see how you deal with it."
Everyone laughed and said, "As long as you don't test various scriptures!"
The head catcher Ma Hui asked: "Then what is the test for our head catcher?"