An Xiuxiu poured a bowl of kumiss and drank it all in one gulp.
Li Duo and He Wei were sitting at the bottom, chewing camel meat, looking very happy.
The hundreds of miles of road to Liangzhou is not easy to walk. It has been in disrepair for many years and is dilapidated. Moreover, it is freezing cold and windy and sandy, making it miserable.
But they have no choice.
Two to three thousand Li Hanzhi, Qin Zongquan's subordinates, and more than 600 Shatuo people who rebelled from Hedong. Fang surrendered to the new master, but the merits have not been established and the trust has not been increased. At this time, he had to make a desperate effort.
The commotion was not caused at this time.
Taking a knife and cutting a piece of half-cooked camel meat, An Xiuxiu suddenly said: "Something doesn't look right about the goings-on in this city."
Li Duo and He Wei were stunned for a moment, but they did not stop what they were doing and were still drinking and eating meat.
An Xiuxiu felt her anger rising little by little.
Are they all reincarnations of starving ghosts? They used to follow Li Hanzhi and Qin Zongquan to eat human flesh, but now they fall in love with eating camel meat?
Calm down, be damn calm! An Xiuxiu suppressed his anger and said as pleasantly as possible: "You two, it's been two months since we've been here, and everyone in Liangzhou Town pretends they haven't seen us. What's the point?"
"Weng Gao is afraid that we will take away his bird position!" Li Duo sneered and said, "It's a broken city with so few people, and there are unruly tribes outside the city. I don't even want to give him away."
"I still need to give it as a gift." He Yan swallowed a piece of meat and said, "If the commander-in-chief orders me to be the governor, I will build a shrine for him."
Li Duo laughed strangely and said: "In this place, there are few people farming and many barbarians grazing, and we don't even see a few women. Those Yin soldiers back then didn't see everyone marrying a wife. If we settle down, we will probably
The same end, what's the good thing?"
This is another sad thing to say.
In the past, in order to consolidate the situation in Liangzhou, the imperial court transferred 2,500 soldiers from Yunzhou to Liangzhou. Decades later, these 2,500 people really did not have many wives and children, and they probably killed thousands of them. It can be seen that the imperial court
Business in Liangzhou is really difficult.
Speaking of which, Marshal Shao is better. Back then, during the campaign against the Tibetan tribe, all the captured prairie women were given to the captives from the Chao tribe as wives.
During the last Western Expedition, another 20,000 to 30,000 Tibetan women and children were captured in the Wei and Min states. Some of them were given to the five thousand prisoners who went to Shibian in Weizhou as wives, and some were given to the more than a thousand exiled in Huizhou by all the people in the world.
The prisoners were served for a period of time. The rest were escorted back to Lingzhou, organized into a tribe, and grazed under the Helan Mountain.
Some of the new Cai people married these Tubo women without being picky. It didn’t matter if they bought one, got one, or gave two. It was really a “virtuous policy”.
Look at Liangzhou again, alas! The sergeants are so poor that even the Tibetan people look down on them. The good privileged class in Guandong, the brave warriors, are so messed up that they don’t even have descendants, and they don’t regret it later.
"Weng Gao, I think he hasn't given up yet. After all the hard work to drive away the previous Jiedu envoy, he definitely doesn't want to have another observation envoy on his head. I don't know what the commander-in-chief's strategy is..." An Xiuxiu is
He is indeed a brave general, but he is not completely unaware of the situation. When the Shunyi army came to Liangzhou, the commander-in-chief meant to control the city and wait for the arrival of subsequent troops.
To be honest, controlling the seven cities of Liangzhou can be done now. The more than a thousand state soldiers in the city are basically the descendants of the Yun soldiers in the past. They are short of pay and equipment and have low morale. If we really want to take action, they can be wiped out in half an hour.
Liangzhou's people relied on nothing more than the imperial court.
An Xiuxiu felt that his tyrannical mood could no longer be suppressed, and it was time to teach those Liangzhou officials a lesson. But he did not dare, for fear of being punished by the commander-in-chief.
Sigh, would it have been more enjoyable if he had voted for Qin Zongquan back then?
"Military envoy, there is something urgent." A sergeant suddenly came in to report.
"Bring it here!" An Xiuxiu threw away the meat cleaver, and without wiping his hands, he grabbed the urgent letter and started reading it.
“I’m not familiar with Yang Yue, do you two know each other?” After reading, An Xiuxiu asked.
Li Duo and He Wei looked at each other and shook their heads.
“The commander-in-chief appointed him as the beheading envoy for the seven cities of Liangzhou, and led four thousand Xinquan troops from Huizhou.” An Xiuxiu said simply: “We are all under his control.”
"This..." Li Duo was puzzled: "Liangzhou, a poor place like this, cannot afford to raise so many soldiers."
“The Baijia tribe in Huizhou, the Tuoba tribe in Minzhou, and the Luma tribe in Qinzhou also sent people and horses from the Fan tribe to drive cattle, sheep, horses and camels to help in the battle.”
"The pasture will not turn green for more than two months. How can we drive the cattle and sheep at this time?"
"There are fodder reserves in the prefectures and counties. After leaving Huizhou, if there is insufficient fodder, the sheep will be killed. By the time we reach Liangzhou, it will probably be the beginning of April."
“Can we still use troops like this?”
An Xiuxiu glanced at He Yi and sneered: "You are not from the grassland, so you don't know the magic of using troops on the grassland."
Originally, he wanted to say that he would never eat human flesh, but thinking about the commander's instructions before leaving and the imaginable cold and ruthless eyes, he resisted.
The overall situation, the overall situation is the most important thing.
At the other end of the city, the conversation between Zhang Hongxin and Li Mingzhen has entered the middle stage.
"Li Sima is also a veteran of the shogunate. You should know that there are only a thousand soldiers in the city, and there are only a few hundred hectares of land outside the city. He Mo is unruly and unpredictable in rebellion and surrender. Most of the five counties in Liangzhou belong to him. Ganzhou is also in the hands of the Uighurs, and Suzhou is in the hands of the Uighurs.
It is occupied by the Yan Qilong family. This mess needs a strong army to guard it in order to turn the crisis into peace. The king of Lingwu County has great talents and strategies, and has hundreds of good generals and hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers under his command. Now the Shunyi army has been sent into the city, and there will be more troops coming in the future.
." At this point, Zhang Hongxin glanced at Li Mingzhen, and seeing that he was hesitant, he added another word: "Even the salary of our Liangzhou generals and the cost of raising troops have to be considered by the king of Lingwu County.
Fazi. Is it possible that Zhang Huaishen, the governor of Shazhou, can bring more grain? He has too much time to take care of himself now."
Li Mingzhen has an unclear relationship with Gui Yijun.
This time, the imperial court conferred Zhang Huaishen as the military envoy of Shazhou instead of the military governor of Guiyi Army. The land was only governed by Shazhou, which is also quite interesting.
Simply put, it is because they are afraid that Liangzhou will be annexed.
The blame is on you, Zhang Huaishen, for not paying enough attention to the influence. He first claimed to be a soldier of the Guiyi Army and then called himself the Hexi Jiedu Envoy for more than ten years. Then he realized that it was wrong and gave up this self-proclaimed title.
But it's too late.
It may not be without his own reasons for not being able to seek canonization from the imperial court for twenty years.
Well, this time, the imperial court conferred the title of Shazhou Jiedushi instead of the Guiyi Army Jiedushi. Although there is no immediate impact, everyone with a discerning eye knows that the imperial court does not like Zhang Huaishen, and the internal careerists may be encouraged.
Something is going to happen.
"It is not easy for the imperial court to run Hexi. How many ups and downs have we escaped over the years? If you lose it in our hands, won't you have to bear infamy?" Li Mingzhen sighed, still a little hesitant.
Recalling the glorious past, Li Mingzhen was also a little reluctant to let go of the fact that the career he had worked so hard for had been stolen.
“Li Sima must not forget that the Prince of Lingwu County is the Hexi Observation and Disposal Envoy appointed by the imperial court and has the power to supervise the military and civilian affairs of the three states of Liang, Gan and Su in Hexi.” Zhang Hongxin said.
Li Mingzhen’s expression moved slightly.
Yes, the Prince of Lingwu County is also the Hexi Observer. If he is in charge of Hexi, there seems to be no problem, and everyone will still be loyal ministers of the Tang Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Li Mingzhen lost a lot of his worries and said: "The situation in the three states of Hexi is complicated. There are various ethnic groups in Tumo, Uighur, Longjia, Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, and Tubo. It is necessary to ask the observation envoy to mobilize the troops."
Zhang Hongxin stroked his beard and smiled, saying: "Shuofang's powerful soldiers are always considered elite, and they should be able to help with great things."
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In Xiedan County, Ganzhou (now Shandan, Gansu), a large-scale palace has been completed.
The Lord of Umu (Wumu Lord) rode her horse in the city, looking at this "magnificent" city, and her heart was filled with infinite pride.
This is his city. In the vast area inside and outside the city, there are tens of thousands of people who submit to him. And all of this was obtained by him through war horses and bows and swords.
The previous Khan was dead, dying worthless in a gravel field. The one who did it was Lord Umm.
On the grassland, the strong are respected.
The previous Khan was defeated by the various tribes under the rule of the Long family, lost Ganzhou, and lost the source of wealth from the Silk Road, so he could not blame himself for being killed by his tribe.
Fortunately, the leader of Wumu was wise and powerful, and he led the increasingly powerful tribe to repeatedly fight with the Long family. After several years of hard fighting, he was finally forced to abandon Ganzhou by the Long family, and fled in embarrassment with only a few hundred people, even in Ganzhou.
No more nomadic tribes outside the city.
The tribes of Ganzhou, the Han people, the Yanqi people (Longjia tribe), the Tubo people, the Sogdians, and the Tuyuhun people all surrendered before the Uighurs.
In particular, the Long family tribe, the former masters of Ganzhou, has been annexed by Lord Wumu. This group of Yanqi people with "rhinoplasty" and "bearded beards" became a separate tribe of Uighurs. They raised horses for them and went out to fight.
There is nothing more satisfying than this in life.
The next step is to attack Suzhou.
The lost dogs of the Long family, as well as the Tongji (Sogdians), Tubo and Tuyuhun who were close to them, were all targets of conquest.
Oh, by the way, we can’t forget the Suzhou Uighurs. They are all traitors and must be conquered and annexed!
“Great Khan!” Several Uighur tribe chiefs knelt in front of their horses to welcome his return.
Lord Umu jumped off his horse lightly.
“Are everything ready?” Lord Umm said.
"Ready. One hundred pieces of gold and silver, five hundred horses, and three thousand skins of various colors. The Yeluohe family will send people to escort them to Chang'an."
“Is your name correct?”
“Li Renmei, please ask the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to confer the title of Yingyi Khan.”
Renmei is the Chinese name of Lord Wu Mu, whose native place is the Li family in Longxi.
Don’t laugh, this is true!
Because they helped Guochao put down the Anshi Rebellion, many Uighur khans and nobles were given the surname Li, and the royal family of Guochao was after the Li family of Longxi, so the Uighur nobles also called themselves Li family of Longxi.
Historically, three generations of the Cao family's Guiyi army were married to the Ganzhou Uighurs. Cao Yijin's wife, the daughter of Yingyi Khan and Princess of Ganzhou Uighur Heaven, called herself the Li family of Longxi.
"Khan, there is one more thing. Weng Gao, the defense envoy of Liangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, sent an envoy to report, and Shao Shude, the observation envoy of Hexi Province, sent a large army to Liangzhou. It seems that he wants to collude with the tribes of Sumo and Tubo to do harm to me. Sogdiana in Liangzhou
, the Long family and other tribes also tried their best to collude with them to slander our Uighur reputation. Shao Shude is very likely to be persuaded by him and send troops westward to conquer Ganzhou."
The Lord of Umu burst out laughing when he heard this, and everyone was confused about what he meant.
"Weng Gao deceived me." Lord Wumu laughed and said, "Shao Shude is the envoy of the Dingnan Army. I trust him to attack Liangzhou, because Liangzhou is dark and weak, and the weather is not good. But I don't trust him to attack Ganzhou."
Among the tribes in Liangzhou, the Sumo tribe is the most powerful, with more than 100,000 people living around the city of Liangzhou. Next is the Tubo tribe, which lives in the six valleys in the south of Liangzhou, and is called the Liugu tribe, with tens of thousands of people.
.The remaining tribes are the Tuyuhun, Sogdian, Longjia, Uighur, Dangxiang and other tribes. Their people are not large, ranging from several thousand to ten or twenty thousand.
On the contrary, the Han people are the fewest, with thousands of people killed, and they are still being assimilated by the surrounding tribes, and may be completely extinct in a few decades.
Of course, none of these tribes can compare with the Ganzhou Uighurs. After the Ganzhou Uighurs took control of Suzhou, their number reached 300,000. At this time, there were only more than 100,000 people in Ganzhou. Their strength was already greater than that of the Dragons at that time.
When the Jialong family was at its strongest, it controlled Gansu and Suzhou, and Liangzhou also surrendered to it.
The Ganzhou Uighurs are now the strongest force in the seven states of Liang, Gan, Su, Gua, Sha, Yi, and Xizhou. They have surpassed the Long family and the Guiyi army who once defeated them. The whole process of their rise is very inspiring.
The Dingnan Army was going to attack Ganzhou, but Lord Wumu did not believe it. However, this did not prevent him from taking the opportunity to intervene inside Liangzhou.
ifier.
The Liugu tribe of Tubo is the sworn enemy of Su Mo. They attack and kill them all the year round. It seems that they can win over them.
