"Greetings to brother." The old and new cities of Yunzhou were opened at the same time, and Helian Duo, the military commander of the Datong Army, went out of the city for several miles and met each other on the left and right.
Shao Shude got off the carriage and glanced at the old man with a weathered face.
Is Helianduo a traitor?
In fact, judging from his actions, he did nothing to disgrace the court.
When Li Guochang and his son were attacked in Hedong, Helianduo was ordered to go out and attack Yunzhou with his Tuyuhun troops. At the beginning, there was some hesitation, but in the final stage, he made a contribution and captured the city of Yunzhou. He was named the military governor of Datong Army.
He is also the governor of Yunzhou.
Later, Huang Chao occupied Chang'an, and the imperial court pardoned Li Keyong's crime and ordered him to lead troops into Guanzhong to help the war. However, Li Keyong repeatedly bargained and plundered prefectures and counties from time to time. Zheng Congyong, the governor of Hedong, ordered the Datong Army, Zhenwu Army, and Youzhou Army
Zhen and Hedong worked together to encircle and suppress the enemy, but were "invincible". Helianduo also sent troops at that time, and he was very active.
He is actually very satisfied with his current status. He sticks to integrity and is a local emperor, even though it is just a small town.
But he is very uneasy now because Li Keyong has never been able to forgive him for an old incident from that year: after the Li family and his son fled north to the Tatars, Helianduo bribed the Tatar chieftains with a large amount of money and asked them to kill Li Keyong.
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The Tatars did not take action in the end.
And the position of the Datong Army was very critical, so it got to this point.
"My dear brother, you are brave and resourceful in the face of a powerful enemy. It is not easy to deal with it so far." Shao Shude smiled and helped Helian Duo and said: "Li Keyong led a hundred thousand people and came with a fierce momentum. He almost threw a whip.
The trend of stopping the flow. Before I sent out troops, I discussed with the military officials and everyone thought it was impossible. In the end, although I sent out troops, I also sent out 200,000 Han soldiers and horses in the town. Only in this way did I scare Li Keyong away. This battle
, it’s not that easy. It’s the end of the world for me to be able to achieve this.”
There is a twenty-year age difference between the two of them. However, one affectionately calls him brother, and the other calmly calls him wise brother. They are political creatures. It is really hard to bear to look at them.
"Brother, don't make fun of me. Without foreign aid, it would be difficult for the Datong Army to leave the city to fight in the field. This time Li Keyong retreated, but next time he comes back, I will be at the end of my rope." Helian Duo shook his head and sighed.
Said: "The troops in Hedong are strong and powerful, and they also have a geographical advantage. They can advance, attack, retreat or defend, so it is difficult to deal with them."
There are still tens of thousands of soldiers in Yunzhou, both Tibetan and Han. Their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of Hedong, but it cannot be said to be worse, otherwise they would not be able to hold on now.
The Helian family is also the chief of most of the Tuyuhun tribes. Many people have served as governors of the Yinshan Mountains in the past dynasties. They have strong appeal among the Tuyuhun tribes in the Yinshan Mountains and can easily recruit tens of thousands of troops.
And this is actually what Shao Shude values most. He wants to slowly win over and digest the five northern tribes, and prevent them from being annexed by either Hedong or Khitan.
Now it seems that we have to start from Tuyuhun.
"I wonder where brother wants to camp?" Helianduo asked cautiously.
"Is there a place to stay in the city?" Shao Shude was not polite at all.
Helian Duo's expression changed slightly, and then he said: "There are some Buddhist temples in Kaiyuan Temple. They are very clean and can be used as a residence for my brother. However, it is difficult to deal with them in the military camp..."
"Yunzhou is very vast, so it doesn't matter. Someone can lead Tielin's army into the city and conquer the houses in Lifang." Shao Shude said.
The Yunzhou City of the Imperial Dynasty basically followed the construction of Pingcheng, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
In the past, after Emperor Daowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital from Shengle to Pingcheng, he sent people to Yecheng, Chang'an and Luoyang built during the Cao Wei Dynasty to inspect, measure the foundations of each building, and imitate the buildings after returning. Therefore, the scale of Yunzhou is still relatively large:
"After the Dao, Wu Yu wanted to spread the palace and house, and regulate dozens of miles in all directions of Pingcheng. He would imitate the system of Ye, Luo, and Chang'an, and transport millions of materials."
In the 18th year of Kaiyuan, the imperial court began to repair Yunzhou.
In the 21st year of Kaiyuan, the ancestral hall of Emperor Xiaowen was built, with officials offering sacrifices to it. In the fourth year of Tianbao, the outer walls that had no city walls in the Northern Wei Dynasty were also included, and the scale of the city was further expanded.
Well, it is much larger than Huaiyuan New City, which Marshal Shao spent several years building, and the old city combined. It is considered very large at the level of Guochaozhou City.
Kaiyuan Temple was also built during the Xuanzong Dynasty. "In the 26th year, all counties in the world were ordered to establish Longxing and Kaiyuan Temples."
Yunzhou Kaiyuan Temple is located in the south of the city, near Fengjie, Beiping, Xinzheng, Renxian and other squares. Each square can accommodate four to five hundred families.
The Tielin Army escorted Shao Shude's car from the east gate (Yingchun Gate) and checked into Kaiyuan Temple directly.
Yunzhou City was sparsely populated and there were many empty houses, so the Tielin Army quickly occupied the residential houses around the temple, and set up anti-horse guns on the street to protect them tightly.
Shao Shude is also very satisfied with this city.
Among the cities in Hedong Province, it was second only to Jinyang City, ranking second in scale.
What a majestic city on the grassland! No wonder that after it was taken away by the Khitans in later generations, it directly became their Xijing.
After settling in Kaiyuan Temple, the soldiers directly baked cakes, killed sheep, and prepared meals for Shao Shude.
The monks looked on and frowned. This martial artist was too vulgar. We usually just drink some wine, but we don't dare to kill sheep directly in the temple. These gangs of killers are talented!
In the afternoon, Helianduo thought about it and came to see him again. Two generals came with him, namely Bai Yicheng and Gao Wenji.
Bai Yicheng was a native of Tuyuhun and Helianduo's confidant.
Gao Wenji is a general who was demoted by Li Keyong.
At the end of the Qianfu period, Shuozhou guard Gao Wenji took the initiative to surrender the city. Then he kidnapped Fu Wenda and repeatedly "committed evil", which Li Keyong hated very much.
These days, those who are officers and generals in the Datong Army are basically anti-Li activists.
"Brother, just now Li Shizhong from Youzhou sent someone to write a letter. He said that he wanted to go to the court to challenge Li Keyong. He invited me from Yunzhou to go to the court together to build up the momentum."
"What do you think, dear brother?" Shao Shude asked.
"I also want to go to the imperial court and attack Li Keyong." Helian Duo said.
Shao Shude got up and walked around twice and said, "Are you two towns alone?"
"Li Shizhong has sent people to contact Chengde Wang Rong and Xuanwu Zhu Quanzhong. These two people are probably willing to send troops to attack Hedong."
"As long as Zhu Quanzhong is willing, Wang Rong can't say." Shao Shude said.
This time, Li Ke went north to attack the Datong Army. Why did he dare to attack with his entire army? Because Zhu Quanzhong's main force was in the middle of the attack and had no time to spare.
In order to support Shi Pu, Li Keyong specially sent the cavalry general Shi Junhe with 500 fine cavalry to assist Xiang and stationed in Suzhou.
Suzhou was captured by Zhu Quanzhong last year, but Zhang Shaoguang, the governor he appointed, failed to stabilize the situation and was expelled by the demoted general Zhang Jun, who then surrendered to Shi Pu. Zhu Youyu led his army to attack it and captured Shi Junhe, which was a revenge for the defeat of Xingzhou last year.
It's a matter of revenge.
If there really was a chance to engage Li Keyong, Zhu Quanzhong would still be willing.
But Wang Rong is too young and may not dare to send troops into this muddy water.
"If Chengde can't come, it will be the same if my brother comes." Helianduo glanced at Shao Shude and saw the calm expression on his face, so he said: "Brother came with his army this time, and Li Keyong fled south in a hurry.
We are already scared. If our three towns join forces, Ke Yong will definitely deploy heavy troops to defend the northern front. Zhu Quanzhong on the southern front can take advantage of the opportunity to attack the river. Lu and Li Ya'er cannot take care of the head and tail, and they will be defeated."
Shao Shude sneered when he heard this.
Helianduo was shocked, not knowing where he had offended this god.
"By doing this, doesn't it mean that I am making a wedding dress for Zhu Quanzhong?" Shao Shude asked.
This is the situation I tried my best to avoid. Do you have any political vision at all?
Helianduo was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
This cheap brother - he has big plans, he even wants to eat the east part of the river.
"Will Li Kuangwei come to Yunzhou?" Shao Shude asked impatiently: "Li Keyong also ran away. He left but didn't leave, and he didn't come in. What's the point? My dear brother, I still have contact with him.
You might as well send someone to ask."
Helianduo's mind finally became clearer.
He smacked Shao Shude's words carefully and found that he seemed to have a vague rejection of Youzhou Town. As for the reason, Helianduo thought about it for a moment and understood that Shao Shude wanted all the vassal towns on Hedong Road.
ah.
"Brother, I will send someone to ask." Helianduo said in a low voice.
"The Yinshan Tatars, Black Chariots, Shiwei, and Xixi tribes all asked you to send envoys to contact them last time. Why are there still no news?" Shao Shude turned around and sat back in his chair, saying: "Don't tell me that you can't find it.
The Tuyuhun tribes graze their cattle in the Yunzhou area, so they should know this in detail."
Helian Duo was fifty years old. He was questioned repeatedly by Shao Shude. He felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare to say anything. He felt aggrieved.
Gao Wenji listened silently. He was a martial artist and didn't think there was anything wrong with Shao Shude's attitude. He had powerful soldiers and would naturally kill and seize them. Who made their Datong army weak?
"That's all, you don't need to go look for the Yinshan Tatars." Shao Shude waved his hand and said: "Hei Cha Shi Wei and the Xixi tribes must be contacted. I don't want to wait too long."
Yinshan Tatar has a complex composition. There are white people and yellow people, but they are mainly white people.
They moved from the Western Regions after the collapse of the Uighur Khanate. They absorbed some Uighurs and some Shatuo tribes. Some of the Dangxiang people were also Tatarized. They were widely distributed and very loose. They were related to Li Keyong.
Close, but not particularly close. Otherwise, the Tatar chieftains would not have become murderous because they were worried that Li Keyong would seize their power.
There are some Tatar tribes in Shao Shude's ruling area, both in Hexi and Lingzhou, but most of them are yellow or mixed with yellow and white. They should be of Tatar, Dangxiang, and Uighur ancestry. The real majority of Tatars are still from Yinshan and beyond.
In order to find them all on the northern prairie, Shao Shude thought that he could ask the Hun clan and Zhuang Lang clan of the Yinshan Tibetan tribe to find a way. They should know a little bit about it.
But it would be better if Helianduo could help. He must know more.
Once these tribes are found, they are invited to Xuanhong Pond to form an alliance.
Some things must be done in advance. Otherwise, can we really withstand the time when Yelu Abaoji leads an army of 300,000 to march westward to Fengzhou?
Of course, these tribes may not come.
Then, the more than 100,000 troops sent out this time will be able to play their role. You can't just go on an empty trip, right? A sweep of the nearby area is a routine operation.
As for 50,000 cavalry, which tribe could muster so many soldiers and horses? When Genghis Khan unified Mongolia, he only had 100,000 soldiers.