Chapter 59: The tree fell and the hozens scattered
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, you still need to have a good meal.
Li Tangbin ordered the slaughter of cattle and sheep, and the whole army had a great feast. The soldiers were smiling and rejoicing.
The cattle and sheep were naturally sponsored by the Nanman.
Scholars of later generations generally believe that the Yi tribes have a deep connection with the ancient Qiang Rong. Since ancient times, the Qiang Rong have been "good at herding animals", "clothes skin" and "do not eat grains".
The Qiang people once herded sheep for the Xirong people. Considering their wide distribution, the Yi tribes that once occupied a large plain in Sichuan learned to raise livestock from them, and the Wuman did have "a lot of cattle and horses".
During the Western Han Dynasty, an important material imported from Sichuan to the Central Plains was "horses". Sima Xiangru and Han said that they had obtained "300,000 cattle, horses and sheep" from Yizhou, and there were even "500 miles a day" in the Dianchi Lake area. The Legend of the Horse of God...
Yunnan is actually a place with very developed animal husbandry, which complements the cultivation of rice, wheat, millet and beans.
To put it bluntly, this is a southern civilization region that has the inheritance of the ancient Dian Kingdom and was carried forward by Nanzhao. In this era, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces are lagging behind Yunnan - it seems that this will still be the case in the 21st century.
Li Tangbin led an army of tens of thousands, all of whom were fierce warriors with sharp swords and spears. Naturally, they were not polite. If they couldn't find anything close by, they would search far away and kill them without giving them food. They had done a lot of evil.
But Li Tangbin was the Duke of Daxia Lu and the actual commander-in-chief of the army. He was only responsible for the lives of the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command and did not consider anything else. Whether the people of the Southern Barbarians hated him or feared him, he didn't care.
He is the second Xianyu Zhongtong.
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the camp also welcomed a special guest: Gao Fang, a member of Gao Yuanzhong, the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army of Dachanghe.
Gao Fang is not yet twenty years old this year. He has been smart since he was a child and has a good command of speech. He is different from other members of the clan, so he invested resources in his training and has now become prominent among the Gao clan.
Historically, he helped Duan Siping raise an army to attack the Dayi Ning Kingdom established by the Yang family, and was named "Yuehou". Not only was the Gao family's territory in the Xi'er River retained, but Juqiao (a suburb of Kunming) was also given as a private fief. .
The Gao family has always been a powerful family in Dali, controlling the situation behind the scenes and using the Duan family as a puppet.
Gao Fang's descendant Gao Shengtai once usurped the throne, changed the country's name to "Greater China", and called himself the Zhengde Emperor of Great China!!!
This is one of the five powerful families in Yunnan, the core force of Wang and Ma. The visit of the Gao family envoy is profound.
"See Mr. Li." After Gao Fang entered the camp, he was surrounded by fierce warriors, but he was not afraid. He bowed and saluted. His expression was neither humble nor arrogant, but somewhat magnanimous.
"What annoys you the most are those families with ulterior motives." Li Tangbin glanced at him and said, "I think you will be of benefit to the country, so I won't kill you today. Tell me, what are you doing?"
Gao Fang glanced at the soldiers and generals in the tent and hesitated to speak.
"Are you going to tell me?" Lao Li was in a bad mood, patted the table and asked.
When encountering such an old murderer and an old gangster, Gao Fang could only take a deep breath and said: "I have always heard that the Great Xiazi is generous and benevolent. He always says that he will be rewarded for his merits. Today, our uncle will expand the east with integrity and support us."
We have 150,000 strong soldiers. We know that the Zheng clan is going against the grain and Changhe will be destroyed by Zuo, so we are willing to surrender the land to preserve the Gao clan..."
"What conditions?" Li Tangbin asked bluntly.
Gao Fang calmed down and said: "My Gao family still has tribes in Xi'er River, if..."
"What are the conditions? Let's talk about it. If it doesn't work out, there is no need to report to the capital. I have refused on behalf of Your Majesty." Li Tangbin said impatiently.
The soldiers in the tent also sneered.
Some people joked about Gao Fang's thin skin and tender meat, saying that it was more comfortable to play with than a little lady.
Some people say that Erhai Lake nourishes people, and the girls of the Gao family must be very beautiful. The most beautiful ones will be presented to His Majesty, and the rest will be divided among themselves.
Some people say that this is not a good idea. They only love money. The Gao family has been rich for many generations, so the family collection must be very rich, or they can get a share of the pie.
Gao Fang took another deep breath.
He knew that the warriors were not all fools. Most of them were pretending to be vulgar and putting pressure on him.
"I heard that Da Xiazi attacked the Jurchens and ordered their chiefs to come and worship. Analyzing the five states where they were located: Tieli, Baolu, Heishui, Tongjiang, and Jinghai, each has its own governor." Gao Fang said: "The clans of this generation
Shuqi is the governor of Yongchang Prefecture and is the governor of the world."
"Yongchang Prefecture? Could it be Yongchang Town?" Li Tangbin asked.
"It's Yongchang Town." Gao Fang said.
Li Tangbin had no expression on his face, but he was thinking in his heart.
Previously, Yang Qianzhen sent an envoy to the camp and begged to be envoy to Yongchang, but he was hereditary and ignored him.
It seems that the Yang family is more vulgar and has not carefully studied the restraint system since the Tang and Xia Dynasties.
In the early years of the former Tang Dynasty, some relatively important Jisi Prefectures had governor's offices, and native officials hereditary governors existed in both the north and the south. In the relatively less important Jisu Prefecture, native officials hereditary governors were mostly in the south.
The Xia Dynasty inherited the Tang system, but with some changes. There are relatively many positions for governors. For example, the princes of the Seven Holy Prefectures are hereditary governors. The Jurchen chiefs of Baolu and other states also have hereditary governors. There are also a lot of two-character state names in central and southern Guizhou.
The governor of Jizhou Prefecture.
Under the governor, there are tribal envoys and other positions, which are generally enfeoffed within Zhengzhou.
At least Gao had researched it clearly, but Yang still clung to Jiedushi, although there was no essential difference between the two.
Let’s talk about the matter at hand, why are you so attracted to Yongchang Town? Is that place so good?
Li Tangbin didn't know much about it, after all, he had never been there. But a place that could be competed for by the Yang family and the Gao family would definitely be good. Thinking about this, he felt that these two families had no chance of getting Yongchang.
"This is such a big matter that I can't make the decision." Li Tangbin said, "Moreover, how can the state and land be discussed like a pile of goods? Since Mr. Gao is determined, he should organize his troops to Dali and listen to my orders.
.After establishing meritorious deeds, the saint will naturally award rewards as appropriate, do you understand?"
Gao Fang was shocked. Li Tangbin actually started talking to him in an official manner!
"What? Not happy?" Li Tangbin looked at Gao Fang with dangerous eyes and said, "The Gao family is actually based in Xijing, right? In the past, Piluoge unified the six imperial edicts, developed Yongchang, and moved 200,000 households to Xicuan
As far as Dali and Yongchang, the Gao family gradually rose up and has been the leader of the Xi'er River for more than a hundred years. It sounds good, but what we are fighting is a century-old power!"
The military academies burst out laughing after hearing this.
Some people say that Weibo Town has been uprooted for more than a hundred years, and three million people have still been uprooted. Weibo Wufu is much more difficult to deal with than the wealthy tribal families like the Gao family, and now they are being treated submissively.
Some people say that the towns in Hebei are all about 150 years old. They have iron-clad yamen soldiers and flowing military governors. Their foundations are much deeper than those of the southern barbarian tribes. Why don't you let Gao go to Hebei to have a look?
Some people said not to talk nonsense with them. Since the expedition, Li Lin and Wang Jiao had made many meritorious deeds, but they didn't even get anything out of them. They should let Zheng Renmin go and attack Tokyo to "have a good time".
Although Gao Fang was a man of outstanding intelligence, he still felt frightened when he heard the four words "happy and happy".
In the first year of Emperor Guangde's reign (763), Ge Luofeng visited Kunchuan (now Kunming).
In the first year of Yongtai (765), Feng Jiayi, the son of Ge Luofeng, conquered Quzhou and Jingzhou (today's Zhaotong area), which greatly improved the external environment of Kunchuan, so he built and expanded the east city and began to operate the Kunchuan area.
In the years that followed, captured people of various ethnic groups were continuously moved to Tuodong.
For example, in the 10th year of Zhenyuan, they defeated Tubo and obtained the Governor's Mansion of Shenchuan (today's Lijiang), and moved more than 10,000 Mozi barbarian households to Kunchuan.
When the capital of Pyu was captured, 3,000 nobles, officials, and monks were captured and sent to Tuodong.
When running Yongchang, the local Ailao Yi who were dissatisfied with discipline were sent to Shanchan Prefecture with their necks full of blood.
Such painstaking efforts for more than a hundred years have led to today's grand situation: Shanchan Prefecture has more than 200,000 households. It is rich in rice, wheat and beans, cattle and sheep are wild, men farm and women weave, and it also has the benefits of fishing and salt, and has cooperated with various tribes.
Doing business will bring huge profits.
In such a prosperous place, if tens of thousands of Xia soldiers poured in, how many days would it take for them to kill?
Recalling the villages I saw along the way where the Xia soldiers "requisitioned food", the places where corpses lay there were horrific. Some of them went too far, maybe because they thought the killing was too much, so they burned the village directly to cover up their bad deeds.
If they were allowed to go to Tokyo - Gao Fang couldn't imagine it. What's more, there was news from the northeast...
At this moment, the gentle young man was finally no match for a group of old gangsters. He lowered his head helplessly and said, "I will go back to discuss it."
"The deadline is ten days. If Gao Yuanzhong doesn't come, I will go to meet him." Li Tangbin said.
The military schools laughed.
Gao Fang finished the ceremony and left in embarrassment.
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On August 16, Li Tangbin broke camp and set off, arriving in Yunnan Province on one day.
In the evening, Dong Jialuo, Dong's envoy, asked to see him.
At that time, the troops were eating, and there was a lot of joy and laughter inside and outside the city.
I didn’t have much contact along the way, but I had a lot of fun eating and drinking.
Dong Jialuo's face twitched as he looked at the slaughtered cattle and sheep. The wealth accumulated since Nanzhao was being consumed day by day, just like Xianyu Zhongtong, it would harm the people!
Li Tangbin was meeting with Zhong Taizhang, the envoy of the Dragon and Tiger Army, in the camp.
Zhong Taizhang was originally from the Huainan Youya Military Academy. They were responsible for the "Two Hundred Man Miracle". Due to his outstanding martial arts skills and bravery in combat, he currently serves in the Longhu Army and was sent by Zhu Yanshou to contact him.
The Dragon and Tiger Army has passed through the Kunming tribe gathering area and is currently resting in Nanman Shicheng County (now north of Qujing) in Nanning Prefecture, where the Tang Dynasty was located. The local Wuman tribe provided cattle, wine, and labor for the troops, and "singed and danced with them." But before that, the people who entertained them
But poisonous arrows and all kinds of guerrilla warfare in the mountains are flying.
The reason for such a reversal was, to put it bluntly, a huge rout on the frontal battlefield.
They are local cowards, but they are not fools. Those who have survived to this day have the instinct of being a loser. They may be a little lacking in vision, but when the situation becomes so clear, they naturally have to change their stance.
Li Tangbin was overjoyed when he heard the news about Zhong Taizhang, and at the same time he was furious: He was almost deceived by that traitor Gao Fang!
Shicheng County is not far from Tokyo City. The Longhu Army has finished resting and can kill it at any time.
Li Tangbin immediately asked Zhong Taizhang to rush back to the station and told Zhu Yanshou that if he did not want to be dismissed, he would immediately invade Dongcheng and put pressure on the Gao family.
After Zhong Taizhang left, Li Tangbin waved to Dong Jialuo to come in for questioning.
This is another young man, a rising star from the Dong family of the Xi'erhe River clan, who is slightly less famous than Gao Fang.
Gao Fang and Dong Jialuo were two of Duan Siping's four founding heroes in history. They evolved into the four major families. Jin Yongzhong borrowed them as Duan Zhengchun's four great ministers. They were loyal, but this was not the case in history - you have seen the "loyalty" of usurping the throne.
"Retainer?"
Li Tangbin had heard beforehand that the Dong family had gathered more than ten thousand troops and planned to join forces with Wang Shi, so he asked straight to the point: "It would be a great good thing if the Dong family returned to their fate. But now I have to ask, is there an internal response in Xijing City?"
"Of course there is." Dong Jialuo replied directly without talking nonsense.
In fact, it is not only the Dong family, but also most other families, if they were not cleared out by Zheng Renmin.
"You will come with me to the west tomorrow." Li Tangbin nodded and said, "It's time for the Changhe Kingdom to come to an end."
Dong Jialuo is neither sad nor happy, so he speaks softly.