Zhang Zhao's action of overturning the case shocked the four people in front of him, and even Master Daozhen's eyes widened in surprise.
"Mr. Zhang Erlang, why is this so? Who is Pugujun? Is it really not Guo Dalang who betrayed us?"
Before Zhang Zhao could answer, Zhang Zhong kept beating his chest and bursting into tears.
"Pu Gujun, this beast, is really a harmful pig and dog! There is not even a good person in the Li Tang court. The Taibao Gong should not have gone to Chang'an back then!"
Zhang Zhao's heart was also churning. He took several deep breaths before suppressing the anger in his heart.
"Master Daozhen doesn't know something. If we count the year you took the title of Anxi Army as the first year.
Those eight years were the time when my ancestor Taibao Gong was revolting in Shazhou.
At the beginning of the eleventh year, Taibaogong had basically controlled Yisan Prefecture in Gansu Province.
About twenty years later, after a bloody battle led by my great-uncle Zhang Huai Shen Gong, the elite Han soldiers finally regained Liangzhou. At this time, Tubo was in decline, and the Tang Dynasty finally opened up Hexi again!"
"You have opened up Hexi in twenty years? Are the angels in the past twenty-three years really court angels?"
Zheng Tong and others' faces were extremely pale. The four of them stared at Zhang Zhao in disbelief. Huixing monk Yang He's chest heaved violently, looking like he was on the verge of collapse.
Zhang Zhao slowly shook his head and said through gritted teeth: "The one who came is not an angel, but the Uighur servant Gu Jun.
This man is a brave general under the command of our Lord Taibao. After conquering Ganliang in the 21st year, he was sent by the Lord Taibao to lead 6,000 Han troops and horses to recover Anxi. At the end of the 27th year, he recovered Tingzhou and Xizhou!
This person is the first generation khan of the Gaochang Uighurs and the fifth generation ancestor of the khan of the present Wu mother."
"Since he is a brave general under the command of Taibao Gong, our Anxi Army also depends on the Uighurs for survival, so how could he attack us? Why did he act like this?"
The scars on Huitong monk Zhengtong's bald head began to twist. He looked at Zhang Zhao and shouted in confusion.
"Because..." Zhang Zhao felt that it was extremely difficult to say the words out of his mouth, and he was also suffocating in his heart.
The Anxi Army and the Guiyi Army did not feel sorry for Tang Ting in the slightest, but Tang Ting at that time definitely failed these two northwest loyalists. After another pause and calm down for more than ten seconds, Zhang Zhao continued to speak.
"Because at that time, my rebel army controlled 11 states including Hexi, Guasha, Ganliangsu, Minshan, Xiyi and so on. It was extremely powerful, with a population of more than 800,000, 30,000 soldiers, and more than 300,000 surrendered tribesmen outside the Great Wall.
Tens of thousands of light cavalry can be produced.
The Tang Dynasty was suffering from vassal towns. They were afraid that the Guiyi Army would become the next vassal town. They were afraid that we would even be far better than Weibo Town.
Because the vassal town in Hebei is far away, while the Guiyi army is close to Longyou. If there is a change, the cavalry can reach Chang'an in more than ten days. In view of this, the Tang court summoned my ancestor Taibao Gong to Chang'an, just like a hostage.
At this time, Pugujun regained Tingzhou, Xizhou and other places, and at the same time gained the allegiance of the nearby Uyghur tribes, and he began to intend to separatist rule. The Tang court also strongly supported this traitor in order to split the rebel army.
In those years, Pugujun obtained more than three times the amount of iron, cloth and even armor from the Tang court than the entire Guiyi army. If someone's guess is correct, the angel and Yixi Jiedu envoy Guo Dalang met in Xizhou,
It’s Pu Gujun!”
"Then why does he want to harm us? He has appointed himself as the governor of Yixi! It's not like Hu'er has not held this position.
My great-uncle Li Tao, Yuan Zhonggong, is a Sogdian! My whole family, Li Qilang, is Sogdian, so what? How could we, these thousands of miserable men, have hindered him?"
Li Qilang cried and shouted, "My Li family was originally prosperous, but it was a large family in the Anxi Army! If it hadn't been for the loss of hundreds of men in that battle, why would I be the only one left in the Li family today? Ning!
All the direct descendants of Prince Yuan Zhonggong of Sai County were killed in that battle!"
"Pu Gujun wants to harm you precisely because you are Tang'er. After he betrayed the Guiyi Army, my uncle Zhang Huaishen was already gathering troops to attack him, and your ancestors have been holding on to Anxi for hundreds of years. If you knew that the Guiyi Army was reviving in the east, what would you do?
Help whom?
It must be to help us. At that time, Pu Gujun had only more than 100,000 men and less than 20,000 troops and horses. If there were thousands of our rebels to the west of Xizhou, he would be defeated under attack from both sides.
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So he first deceived Guo Dalang and let the happy Guo Dalang lead the Anxi army into despair.
After that, because there were no allies in Anxi, my great-uncle Zhang Huaishen was unable to go deeper after he led his army to capture Yizhou.
After that, Yizhou was recaptured by Pugujun a few years later, and this bandit established the Gaochang Uighur Khanate. If we had known that the Anxi Army was still there at that time, how could the Gaochang Uighurs be where they are today."
"Why? Why? We have been holding on to Anxi for two hundred years, so why did we end up like this?
Our ancestors are so innocent! They were not destroyed at the hands of the Tubo people, but were destroyed by the Uighurs supported by the imperial court. Mr. Erlang, is this the end that a loyal minister and righteous man should have?"
Zheng Tong rushed over and grabbed Zhang Zhao's hand, with tears streaming down his face. He shook Zhang Zhao's arm desperately.
"Does Mr. Erlang know what life is like for those of us who have lost our country and our family? Qiuci is like a prison. We guard it and cannot leave!
The Tubo people, the Geluolu people, and the Xijias people waited until the wheat was ripe to attack us. Many people died every autumn harvest. We have been holding on for two hundred years for ten generations. How could this happen?"
Zhang Zhao took a deep breath and stood up. He grabbed Zheng Tong's hands and pulled him up, his eyes also filled with tears.
"I know Brother Zheng is in pain, because we in the Rebel Army are also in the same situation.
Tang Tingsheng was afraid that the Guiyi Army would become bigger, so he kept interfering in the inheritance of the Jiedushi within the Guiyi Army. As a result, every time we replaced the Jiedushi, we would be killed in a river of blood.
After the traitor Zhu Wen usurped the throne, he directly instigated the Ganzhou Uighurs to fight against me.
In the past fifty years, the Guiyi Army, which originally had millions of people and tens of thousands of soldiers, was trapped and trapped until it could only survive in the desert.
The reason why I came to look for you is, firstly, to protect myself, secondly, because I don’t want to fall into the trap of chaos, and thirdly, I want to go to Chang’an.
I want to ask, to ask the emperor on the throne, why he treats us like this? We have been loyal for two hundred years, do the carnivores in the court feel any guilt at all?"
"Yes! Mr. Erlang is right! I want to go back and ask, my ancestor Yan Chaogong of Taiyuan defended Shazhou for more than ten years, and his descendants withered and became slaves. For whom did he defend?
Why do the emperors of the Central Plains only care about killing each other and abandon us like worn-out shoes?" Yan Jin stood up and shouted loudly.
"Yes! We have to go back and ask, what is the purpose of our two hundred years of perseverance?" Yin Yaozi also said.
"Erlangjun, you are a great hero. We listen to you. After these two hundred years of perseverance, the court will always give us an answer.
Let's go with you, let's go to Chang'an, and ask the Central Plains court why we have been holding on for these two hundred years!"
After several people looked at each other, Huixing monk Yang He spoke up.
Zhang Zhao nodded, "It's time to go back to Chang'an and ask why the imperial court forgot about us people?
But if you want to ask why it has persisted for two hundred years? Then I can tell you now!
We are not holding on for the Li Tang royal family, nor are we holding on for survival, but we are holding on for the blood and culture in us.
This Tang Dynasty is not the Tang Dynasty of the Li family, but the Tang Dynasty of the Han and Tang Dynasties. It is the Tang Dynasty of all of us. What we stick to is the blood and glory passed down to us by Emperor Xuanyuan Huang!"