It has been the same from ancient times to the present, everyone likes relatives who are rich and generous.
Li Ye bought a set of jewelry worth nearly two thousand gu for each of his three uncles' daughters. Although everyone blamed him for spending money lavishly, their love for his nephew came from the bottom of his heart.
As a result, the old lady Li had some thoughts unique to middle-aged and elderly women. Can she marry her in person? It seems that it is natural for her cousin to marry her cousin.
It's just that the child is still young, so after a few years, this idea quietly took root in the old lady.
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In the study, Pei Fang put forward his own plan, using the emperor's gold medal in Li Ye's hand to mobilize troops for the expedition, and then he would send troops to Ju Yanhai in the name of rescuing the emperor's envoy.
This was an emergency rescue incident, and An Sishun could not blame himself for sending troops without the approval of the Jiedushi Commander.
It is not that Pei Fang has no power to send troops, such as annihilating horse bandits, suppressing herdsmen rebellion, resisting small-scale Tibetan sneak attacks, etc. As long as they do not cross territorial boundaries and the number of troops does not exceed 3,000, Pei Fang can send troops independently without the need for military governors.
approve.
If the number of troops sent exceeds 3,000, or if troops are sent across borders, they must be reported to the Jiedushi Mansion and can only be sent out after obtaining the approval of the Jiedushi Envoy.
But there are special cases. If an emergency occurs, you can send troops first and then report. Pei Fang took advantage of this special case.
Li Ye agreed to Pei Fang's plan and used the emperor's gold medal to mobilize a thousand cavalry to go out. Unexpectedly, Li Ye found an opportunity to solve the crisis in Zhangye. Unless he forced Xue to cancel the reward, he would never have peace.
Of course, if all one thousand cavalry were given to Li Ye, the army might not obey his command. Therefore, Pei Fang sent one thousand of his close men to follow Li Ye northward. They could guarantee to obey Li Ye's command.
Also accompanying Pei Fang was Pei Fang's second grandson Pei Xiu. Pei Xiu was also the third son of his uncle Pei Jia. He was born in the army. Although he was only twenty years old, he had been in the army for four years and served as a captain in the army.
There are also four school captains, including Pei Xiu, for a total of five school captains, each commanding 200 cavalry. Li Ye temporarily serves as the captain of Guoyi, and Ding Sheng serves as the deputy general.
A thousand cavalrymen marched toward Juyanhai in the northwest direction. The team marched along the Zhangye River, accompanied by thirty ships full of supplies.
In fact, after the ice and snow in the Qilian Mountains melted, they converged into many large rivers in the Hexi Corridor. These rivers eventually flowed into lakes, so many large lakes were formed in the northern part of the Hexi Corridor, such as Xiutuze and Baiting in Liangzhou.
There are many seas, including Juyan Sea in Ganzhou, Daze in Guazhou, Ojingze in Shazhou, etc. The most famous one is Juyan Sea in Ganzhou.
Juyanhai is located in the northwest of Ganzhou, 600 miles away from Zhangye, and is close to the northern grassland. Although it is blocked by the Qiaokou Mountains for hundreds of miles, there are many valleys in the mountains, so it is relatively easy to get there from the grassland.
However, it is not easy to go from Zhangye to Juyanhai. There are hundreds of miles of Gobi desert along the way. Fortunately, you can go along the Zhangye River and have sufficient water supplies.
Pei Xiu often went to Juyanhai. He was stationed in Juyanhai for a year and knew the situation there very well. On the way, he introduced the details of the Juyan Rebellion to Li Ye and Ding Sheng.
"Last year they came with thousands of herdsmen, including old, weak, women and children, so my grandfather allowed them to stay away for a few months and wait until spring this year before leaving. Unexpectedly, in March of this year, General Wu, the envoy of the same city's commander, sent someone to
It was reported that all the old and weak women and children on the other side were missing. They were all young and strong herdsmen. They looked like herdsmen on the surface, but in fact they were the army. Only then did my grandfather understand that they used old and weak women and children to trick us into agreeing to stay, and then sent troops to directly occupy it.
Arrived at Juyanhai Ranch.”
Li Ye nodded and asked: "Didn't Ju Yanhai guard the military city? Did they attack the military city?"
"There were none at the time, so my grandfather was relatively polite to them and sent people to negotiate with them and asked them to withdraw immediately. But instead of leaving, they started to use force. They attacked the Qiang tribe south of Juyanhai and killed nearly 100 people.
Hundreds of Qiang people and Qiang tribesmen were so frightened that they fled overnight.
In May of this year, these nomadic troops began to harass and attack Shouchou City. Five patrol soldiers were shot dead by them. In order to ensure the safety of the guards, my grandfather had to order the withdrawal of hundreds of garrison troops. Shouchou City was set on fire by them, so it was
It was called the Juyan Rebellion.
You also know what happened later. My grandfather wanted to send troops to retake Juyanhai several times, but he was persuaded by An Jiedushi. His attitude was rather ambiguous. He said that he must report to the imperial court and wait for the imperial court's approval before sending troops."
Li Ye felt something was wrong. Ge Luolu made the request to the court not long ago. Yang Guozhong was still in Bashu in May and had not returned to Beijing!
An Sishun's attitude was very ambiguous in May. Did he have some secret contact with the Geluolu people?
Li Ye thought for a while and there was another possibility. In recent months, there were rumors that An Sishun was going to be transferred. An Sishun was afraid that the outbreak of war would affect his career, so he wanted to suppress the war first. This is in line with An Sishun's history.
With his characteristic of caution and caution, if he were An Lushan, he would definitely send troops to fight and use his military exploits to demonstrate himself.
After much thought, Li Ye estimated that the reason was the latter. An Sishun wanted stability at this time and did not want a war to break out.
Just two days after Li Ye led a thousand troops to send troops, Pei Fang unexpectedly received an order from An Sishun. An Sishun allowed him to make his own decision, and it was up to Pei Fang to decide whether to send troops based on the specific situation.
An Sishun also received an order from the imperial court to send troops. With the clear will of the emperor, An Sishun would be held responsible if he continued to obstruct the sending of troops, so he took advantage of the situation and kicked the ball to Pei Fang.
Pei Fang immediately led 10,000 troops and 200 logistics ships in person, and sailed to Juyanhai in a mighty manner.
That afternoon, Li Ye's thousand cavalry arrived near Juyanhai. The desert disappeared yesterday. They had been walking on the endless grassland for a day, and they were very close to Juyanhai.
At this time, several cavalrymen ran over, and Pei Xiu reported to Li Ye: "The brothers who were monitoring Ju Yanhai are back, and they may have important information!"
The soldiers monitoring Juyanhai were sent by Pei Fang. There were ten soldiers in total. They had been monitoring the situation of the nomadic cavalry on the grassland since May. It can be said that their information was very important.
Li Ye immediately ordered the cavalry to rest where they were for the night and set out again early tomorrow morning.
A small tent was set up by the river. In the tent, Li Ye, Ding Sheng and five captains gathered in front of a table. On the table was a map of Juyanhai and its surrounding areas.
The person who reported the situation to them was a fire chief named Wang Lian.
"Captain, generals, there are currently about 8,000 nomadic cavalry around Juyanhai. According to our judgment, there are about 3,000 Geluolu cavalry and about 5,000 Xue cavalry. They are stationed there.
In their respective military camps, the two military camps are both on the north bank of Juyan Sea, about twenty miles apart."
Li Ye asked again: "What kind of equipment do they have?"
"The armor is all leather armor, no iron armor. The weapons of the Geluolu people are better, and the Xue cavalry is a little worse. We have seen them riding horses and shooting arrows. The range is about seventy steps, and can't reach a hundred steps. The battle is different from other grassland
There is no difference between the barbarians, there is no training, there is no formation coordination, it all relies on each person's own bravery to fight."
Li Ye nodded and asked: "Where are their supplies?"
"Reporting to the captain, speaking of supplies, there is a tribe on the other side of the Kipou Mountain. It should be the tribe that came here to take refuge last fall. They are responsible for providing supplies. I found that they drive groups of sheep every few days.
Come to the military camp.
Next to him, Pei Xiu asked again: "How is the defense of their military camp?"
"The security is very tight. The military camp has a wooden fence and a large number of patrol soldiers. It is impossible to get close."
Speaking of this, the fire chief sighed: "We also considered burning down their camp overnight, but found that there was no chance at all."
Li Ye looked at the two camps on the map and thought for a moment, then asked: "How far is the camp from the water?"