Zhen Xu, deputy envoy of the Xinquan Army, stood in front of the Yamen of Jie'er Mansion.
Climbing up the stairs from here, there were corpses scattered everywhere, looking like they had gone through a brutal fight.
It's not that you can't use bows and arrows in heavy rain, but the effect is very poor. When warriors get angry, they still like to fight face to face, aiming to overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum.
Those guarding the Jie'er Mansion were also Tibetan elites. They resisted until the last moment, but were still ruthlessly crushed by the Xinquan Army who came to kill them.
Almost all the important figures of the Fufuling clan were captured. Together with the old, weak, women and children of the Tibetan people inside and outside the city, they would become an important weapon in dismantling the morale of the Tibetan frontline troops.
Perhaps, it has collapsed now. The two sides are so tight in Hezheng County. Once the news spreads that the rear is lost and the family is a hostage, the Fufuling clan will only be defeated. Yang Yue specially ordered a lot of warehouses to be released.
The Tibetans who fled north in fear left so that they could spread the news to Hezheng County so that no one could hide it even if they wanted to.
Du Yuhou Fan He came out with a bloody long knife and said with a smile: "It's so good. The Tubo people are unprepared, so the governor's office has spent a lot of time."
"Is this battle over?" Zhen Xu asked reluctantly.
"It should be over." Fan He said: "Further west, march along the Taoshui River Valley. The terrain is difficult. If the Tubo people are prepared, it will be difficult to fight. We must advance from the direction of Hezhou at the same time, attack from two directions, and divide the Tibetan army.
Only in this way can we capture the enemy's strength. But on the Hezhou side, the commander-in-chief should be taking charge."
"What the commander is more worried about is that even if we capture it, there will be no one, so we will waste the money." Zhen Xu smiled and said: "The five states of Min, Wei, He, Lin, and Lan are vast in area and far away from Lingxia. If there is no one,
It’s difficult to settle down.”
The two of them smiled in a tacit understanding, and neither of them said the hidden meaning. In fact, if Commander Yang hadn't insisted, Minzhou might not have fought.
The adventure of Minzhou was defeated, but what about Taozhou? Gambling can never happen again, and you can win every time? I am afraid that Old General Yang would not dare to think so. Moreover, there are many Tubo tribes in Taozhou and nearby areas, and there are many people.
With such a strong force, it is reasonable to stop here. They are already a tired army, and their strength cannot penetrate Lu's line of defense.
The most critical thing is that the disaster-defeating army has expanded to its stage limit. Not to mention the lack of materials, the lack of manpower and talents alone is a big problem.
Garrison is needed to ensure security, manpower is needed for farming and herding, and officials are needed to govern the local area. These are all in short supply. Furthermore, in recent years, most of the money in the town has been used to support the army, and local construction debts are serious. In the style of the commander-in-chief,
They definitely want to make up for these debts, and this will undoubtedly require the investment of manpower and material resources.
The grand occasion of dispatching 50,000 troops will not happen again in the short term. From now on, it will be a small fight. It will be good to dispatch more than 20,000 troops until the people of the new land are stabilized and the nearby Tibetan tribes have been recruited.
"How much did you gain today?"
"Behead more than 700 people, not many. All the people have been sent to Hezheng County. The Dingyuan Army should make huge gains." Fan He was a little envious. Wu Fu, there are people who don't want to kill, such as Wang Yu,
Some people haven't killed enough and are addicted to it, such as Fan He.
"We also captured more than 10,000 people, all of whom were old and weak, women and children, who were herding cattle and farming nearby. It's a pity that there were no horses, and those who came over were all infantry, otherwise we would have captured more people." Fan He added: "Fu Fuling
The clan's extortionate levies and extortionate measures have hoarded 24,000 hu of grain and more than 100,000 cattle and sheep in Minzhou, which are now our military supplies."
Zhen Xu laughed loudly after hearing this.
"Let's go eat yak meat. This is my first time seeing you."
Yang Yue walked through the dilapidated streets.
The heavy rain has stopped. The blood stains on the streets have been washed away, but there is still a faint fishy smell in the air.
He just found a tombstone outside the city. It was very old, the writing was unclear, and only half of it was left.
The tombstone should belong to a member of the Li family in Longxi. First, he wrote a long paragraph about what he was like when he was a general in the imperial dynasty. Then he changed the direction of his writing and said, "Floated in the middle of Fan", "Temporarily crowned in the Fan dynasty", "Still ranked among the top"
General".
He snorted coldly at that time, saying that he had become a puppet official in the Tibetan Dynasty. I don’t know what happened to him later. Even his grave was leveled. Do you not regret it later?
There are many aristocratic families in Longxi who serve as officials and generals in Tubo. The Tubo people wantonly humiliate and exploit ordinary Han people, but they often win over the aristocratic families.
Dunhuang's Yin, Suo, Cao, Zhang, Li, Si and other wealthy families immediately moved to Zuojin after Tubo fell into the city. They also got the privilege of being exempted from taxes and servitude in Tubo. The rest of the family did not have to serve or pay taxes, and they still lived a comfortable life.
life.
Yin Bolun was appointed as "Ambassador of Shazhou Daomen Cousin Tribe", Yin Jiayi was appointed as "Second General of the Pioneer Tribe of Guazhou Jiedu March", and Yin Jiazhen was appointed as "Guazhou Jiedu March and the Cangcao and branch planner of the three tribes of Shazhou".
Wait for the envoy".
The Suo family, a wealthy family in Dunhuang, served as officials in the Tibetan Dynasty and was constantly promoted.
With the military, government, and finance in hand, it’s no wonder that Tubo was able to rise up as soon as the situation declined. But why did the officials and sergeants sent by the imperial court suffer heavy casualties when resisting the Tibetan army, but the wealthy locals like you did not suffer much loss? On the contrary, in the
After Tubo invaded and occupied the country, they took the opportunity to steal local power and accomplished what they could not do in the Tang Dynasty.
Yang Yue doesn't look down on any of these people. Although the commander-in-chief says he is "too harsh" on others, he still doesn't look down on him. No matter what difficulties you have, are they just to protect the land and tribes at home?
In order to continue to be rich and powerful? In order to resist the Tubo, my Yang family could sacrifice their lives for several generations and fight to the death with the whole family. Is it fun to eat sand all day in that place in Yuduole City?
The Helong Prefectures can no longer appoint local nobles as officials! Using them may be effective quickly and stabilize the situation immediately, but in the long run, the harm will be great.
Officials still have to find a solution from the court.
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After Xiao Yu came back from the court, he looked gloomy.
Yang Fugong became more and more powerful in the court, making it more and more difficult for them, the prime ministers, to do their jobs.
Today, it is even more important to use the matter of money and food to intervene in the three departments of Duzhi, Yantie, and Hubu, which have always been controlled by the prime minister. Although the local war is endless and these positions are becoming increasingly difficult to fill, Yang Fugong's move is still
It went too far beyond the bounds, which made him quite annoyed.
But what can I say, well, so what if I am annoyed.
Yang Fugong had power and soldiers, and the only people in Beijing who could compete with them were Ximen Sigong's uncle and nephew. However, Ximen Sigong was ill and the situation was a bit unstable. Yang Fugong became more and more lawless, and there was nothing he could do.
Another fatal thing was that Wang Chongrong died, which really surprised Xiao Yun.
Although Hezhong Town is still in the hands of the Wang family and the power has been transferred smoothly, Wang Chongying and Wang Chongrong are two people after all, and their relationship is inevitably affected.
If you want to do something these days, can you do it without foreign aid?
Ximen Sigong was appointed as the envoy of the Tenth Army because the Dingnan Army was the external aid. Yang Fugong was appointed the Privy Envoy because the Hedong Army was the external aid. He made a lot of false claims and went to other towns to hold military power.
I tried to contact Zhu Mei, but he was not strong enough, with only 20,000 troops, and being watched by Jingyuan Cheng Zongchu and Xingning Zhe Zongben, I was afraid it would be difficult to do anything.
Xiao Yuan was also a veteran of the officialdom, and he keenly felt that a huge conflict was likely to break out between the Ximen family and the Yang family, the two most powerful official families in Chang'an.
This time it was not Ximen who initiated it, but Yang who thought he was strong, and Ximen Sigong was old and suffering from various illnesses, so he wanted to take the opportunity to seize power. In this matter, Xiao Yu had a faint feeling that the saint might also support it.
Yang family, are you still resenting the fact that Prince Lingwu came to Beijing?
Forget it, this prime minister has nothing to do. When the Jianghuai chaos broke out, even though Zhu Quanzhong repeatedly reported his loyalty and sent soldiers to protect the Bianshui River Road, which allowed some property to bypass the area where Qin Zongquan was ravaged and enter Beijing, it was a drop in the bucket.
To no avail.
Subsequently, chaos broke out in central Sichuan, and wars continued in several wealthy areas. The goods offered by Yang Fugong's pretenders were also given to him first. It seemed natural that he would intervene in financial matters.
And that Li Hanzhi! He actually dared to intercept the confessions of the princes of Guandong. According to Xiao Tao's idea, he just asked Li Keyong to send troops to annihilate him. But in the eyes of others, it seems that he still wants to appease the princes. The country's situation is like this.
What do you say?
The king’s career is gone!
"Brother, you're in luck!" Suddenly, Xiao Yu walked in from the outer hall.
Xiao Gou (gou) and Xiao Qu (qú) are brothers. They are both sons of Xiao Chi (zhì), the prime minister of the Yizong Dynasty. Their great-grandfather was Xiao Fu, the prime minister of the Dezong Dynasty. Their relationship is unusual. Xiao has served in the shogunate of the Dingnan Army.
Mao was the roommate of Xiao Sheng, the consort of Dezong Dynasty. Although the relationship was relatively close, they were still separated by one layer.
Xiao Mao is currently in the Dingnan Army. He is the construction judge of the shogunate and is in charge of the construction of Huaiyuan New City. His career is very promising. At this time, Xiao Yu felt a little regretful. If he had known that he would have sent his younger brother Xiao Yu there, that
What does it mean to be the magistrate of Yongle County?
Now that Wang Chongrong died, Xiao Tao asked his younger brother to resign and come back, planning to increase his bets on the army. Because he was not very sure about Xiao Mao's attitude towards their family. There was a big difference between the Xiao family and the Xiao family.
It's big.
"Who are all willing to go to Hewei?" Xiao Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked after hearing this.
"Because of my brother's reputation, I am naturally willing to go." Xiao Yu said with a smile.
He found several people, all of whom were famous.
Zhang Xuanyan was a Jinshi from the township in the first year of Qianfu (874). He is currently serving as the imperial censor in the palace, ranking from the seventh rank.
Pei Tingyu, a native of Shanyin, Yuezhou, passed the imperial examination in Chengdu in the first year of Guangqi (885), but has not yet obtained an official position.
Wang Yanchang, a native of Taiyuan, came to Chengdu in the first month of the second year of Guangming Dynasty and was admitted in the impromptu imperial examination. There were few candidates at that time, but there were also few admissions, so only two people were admitted. Wang Yanchang was one of them, and he has not yet been admitted.
Li Ding, a former member of the Ministry of Water Resources, later went to serve in Dongdu. After the fall of Dongdu after the Chao Rebellion, Li Ding took refuge in Henan. Wang Duo, Xiao Xun's advisor, planned to recommend him to the court as an official. Now he has arrived in Beijing.
After finding out, he came to the door.
Xue Yiju, a native of Wenxi in Hedong, was a Jinshi during the Qianfu period and is currently a living scholar.
In addition, there are more than ten imperial students who are talented and academically acceptable. They are at least familiar with articles and have smart minds.
These people were all selected by Xiao Yu, and then Xiao Yu came to discuss them one by one, and everything was settled.
How can you make a bet without capital?
This is Xiao Yu's capital, and he must be able to satisfy Prince Lingwu.
As for Xiao Yu himself, he also wants to go to Hewei, but he still needs to communicate with the Lingwu County Prince and get his nod.