Chapter 712 Look at my five armies advancing together
Chapter 712 Look at my five armies advancing together
The Sixth Division of Dafeichuan, the Eighth Division of Xishan, and the Thirty-One of Songpan and Dongdai have been here for several days, and Zhang Gao has not summoned them.
After what happened to Dong Jiniang in Tianshui Mansion, Zhang Yan understood the nobility of his supreme status.
Perhaps it should not be called noble, but should be called superior to all living beings.
This kind of feeling cannot be said not to exist in the Han region, it can only be said to be very rare, but it is very common in the Qingtang Plateau.
This is the supreme heaven, which is second only to Buddha in the meaning of the scriptures and higher than all Arhats, Bodhisattvas, Vajra, and Jialan. It is a living god in the true sense.
With such an identity, how could I be allowed to meet you casually?
Therefore, Zhang Gao did not care about these Tubo people, Qiang people and other powerful chiefs at all. He just ordered Fanshun, who stayed in Xijing, and Jia Yanchang, Pingzhang of Longyou Province, to be responsible for the reception, allowing these people to experience the wealth of Han in Liangzhou.
As for the residence of these powerful chiefs, it would be better to choose. Zhang Yan directly asked the first great master of Dayun Temple in Liangzhou to come forward and arrange them in Dayun Temple.
Of course, this would also involve arranging for these 'local leopards' to visit the Buddhist treasures 'given' to Zhang Yan by the 'Buddha' when he attained enlightenment at Lingjiu Mountain in Tianzhu.
As for the explanation of the classics of the Six Dharma Sect, the language hints and admonishments, there is no need for Zhang Gao to come forward. The eminent monks, monks, Rinpoche, etc. of the Liu Dharma Sect are much more proficient than Zhang Gao.
So what is Zhang Hao doing?
Of course he was preparing to lead his army out of the fortress and defeat Shi Yanran.
Don't blame me, Saint Zhang, for being so cautious when beating a few grassland chiefs. This is because someone is "Zhu Yu" in front!
Uh, or should it be called behind?
Anyway, as soon as Zhang Hao closes his eyes, something embarrassing will appear in his mind.
I am the God of War of the Ming Dynasty, Baozong, and Zhu Qizhen, an overseas student from Wala.
Before this thing, the emperors of the unified dynasty personally conquered the grasslands, and the most dangerous thing was the Baideng siege of Han Gaozu.
But in fact, the Siege of Baideng was the first time that the Han and Hungarian sides were evenly matched.
The Xiongnu cavalry could not break through the Baishan Mountain guarded by the elite Han infantry, and the Han infantry had nothing to do with the Xiongnu cavalry.
In the end, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, who did not know what shame was, took the initiative to give in and ended the crisis.
It can be seen that even the Siege of Baideng can be said to be more beautiful than the earthen fortress built by my foreign students in Wala.
During my years as an emperor, Zhang Shengren has been urged to make fewer mistakes in his position as emperor by the two heavyweights Baozong and Jiumei.
Whenever Zhang Hao doesn't know what to do at some point, he will recall the operations of these two people and then do the opposite.
Even if the policy created in this way is of little use, it will basically not cause much harm to the country.
This is the benefit of studying history!
In order to not be as obvious as the Tumubao God of War, Zhang Hao naturally had to plan carefully.
Based on the information from the Anbei Protectorate Atlas left behind by the Tang Dynasty and the maps of later generations recalled by Zhang Yan, the route of this dispatch was roughly planned.
In this era, even if troops were sent from Juyanhai (Ejina Banner) northwest of Jiuquan in later generations, they would have to go eastward for more than 400 miles to reach Han Shoujiang City or Han Fan Madam City, which was later known as Dalan in Mongolia. After approaching Zhadagad, go north and head straight to Yanran Mountain.
In history, Huo Qubing and Ma Hanhai, Dou Xianle and Shi Yanran, and of course Li Guangli's failed attack on Dragon City, all followed this path.
But if you go this way, the distance is about seven to eight hundred miles longer than going directly north from Juyanhai.
If you go directly north, you have to climb over the Tuhan Mountain and Nanshan Mountain, which are part of the Altai Mountains, then pass between the Fuyangju Mountain and the Junji Mountain, and follow the Hunyi River (Wengjin River) directly into the original area where the Zubu people are entrenched.
The location of the Tang Anbei Protectorate was also known as the Harah Forest of Mongolia in later generations.
Both roads have their own advantages and disadvantages. If you go directly north, it is impossible for the whole army to pass through. Taking Mrs. Fan City in the Han Dynasty is farther, but it is easier for large troops to pass.
As soon as the two plans came out, as expected, all the generals agreed to go north directly from the Juyan Sea, catching the divination people by surprise.
Of course, the plan they proposed was to have their own elite cavalry ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 people, and go directly over the mountains and ridges to the north.
As the emperor, Zhang Gao led at least 20,000 horses to march away from Madam Fan's city.
This road also had a famous name in the Tang Dynasty, called Towering Khan Road.
Zhang Gao estimated that there were more than 35,000 infantry and cavalry who followed him into Guanzhong, but most of them were used to fight the battle of Shu. Now those who escorted him to Liangzhou are only 15,000 infantry and cavalry.
These days, there are approximately 32,000 Yi Congxiaoqi, united archers, pro-army disciples, etc. who have been recruited in Longyou, Hexi Province to participate in the rural shooting ceremony.
Of course, we can't take all of these people away. After selecting the qualified ones, there are only 20,000 horsemen, plus the 10,000 horsemen who can take them out of the fortress, the total is 30,000 horses.
If the troops were divided again, the number who would follow Zhang Gao would be about 20,000.
This is still dangerous on the grassland. No one can defeat him with 20,000 people, but he will still be cut off by the enemy's cavalry, as well as natural and man-made disasters, etc., which must be taken into consideration.
Zhang Gao asked people to take Bai Congxin's report and study it carefully. Bai Congxin now only had 5,500 main horsemen, and the remaining 20,000 cavalrymen including Basimi and other 40,000 households, for a total of 26,000.
people.
Including Zhang Yan, the total number is about 56,000, which is a bit small for a grassland that spans thousands of miles.
After all, in addition to fighting, riding on the grassland also involves chasing. Throwing 50,000 people onto the vast grassland is like scattering a few sesame seeds in the sea.
"Sage! I believe that since the Yanran Mountain tribes' resistance to the Liufa Sect this time is likely to be fueled by the Khitans, we cannot just prepare to fight from west to east.
We also need to beware of Shuluping's recruitment of Menggu, Wugu, Dilie, Tuzala and Shiwei tribes from the west.
Since a saint is leaving the fortress, we must make the most thorough considerations and show leniency to the enemy." Fan Quan thought for a moment and reminded Zhang Xuan from the side.
Zhang Yan is actually thinking about this issue as well. His reputation has reached this level. If he succeeds in seizing Shi Yanran this time, his reputation will be as high as that of Emperor Taizong Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty.
Then the Southern Tang Dynasty, which has always called itself the Tang clan, the Wuyue Kingdom, which was about to be controlled, and the Qingyuan Army Liu Congxiao, etc., can basically be decided by passing on the message.
Of course, the impact was also on the Tubo, Qiang and other tribal chiefs who came from the Qingtang Plateau this time.
If they can see with their own eyes that they have embraced a tall man who can personally conquer the grassland, these people will organize a large army to fight with the more logical Zanpu when they go back and establish the status of the Six Methods Sect on the plateau.
But the higher you climb, the harder you fall. Not to mention being as showy as Baozong this time, even if Zhang Hao didn't catch Chief Du Sage and Chief Mi'erqi, he would have done something wrong to Zhang Hao.
reputation, causing a certain degree of damage.
However, Zhang Yan did not immediately answer Fan Quan's suggestion, but turned to look at Gao Huaide behind him.
"Zang Yong has been in Beiping Mansion for a long time. Do you think Shuluping can still command the grassland tribes and Shiwei tribes now?"
"Yes!" Gao Huaide replied without hesitation and raised his hand.
"Sages and tribes on the grasslands have always been afraid of power but not moral. They are trapped by their knowledge and environment. They have a far-reaching understanding of power. They do not have the ability to consider multiple factors like us Han people.
There is only one thing they consider, and that is what can defeat me right now, and that is power.
As for some big country in the distance, they may not know it, and even if they know it, they may not take it to heart.
So close to Beiping Prefecture, Datong Prefecture, and even other tribes in western Liaoning, even the Xi people who originally wore the same pants as the Khitan people, Shu Luping could no longer be adjusted.
But the Khitans can still mobilize the tribes far away on the east and west sides of the Xianbei Mountains."
The Greater and Lesser Xianbei Mountains are what the Greater and Lesser Xing'an Mountains were called at this time. Gao Huaide's family was originally a rich man in the north of Yanshan Mountain. Recently, he stayed in Beiping Prefecture with his father Gao Xingzhou and Murong Nobunaga for more than a year.
In addition, the Khitans have been quarreling with the Khitans, and the harassing Khitans can't even stay in the Dading Palace in Zhongjing, so they know the inside story very well.
He said that if Shu Luping could mobilize the tribes around the Xianbei Mountains and the Great Xianbei Mountains, then he would definitely be able to mobilize them.
Hearing this, Zhang Yan first laughed three times, and then said: "Since the time of the Zhou Emperor, Xia Jun, and the Yi people, our tribe has always adopted an all-embracing style and embraced the tribes of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness.
Therefore, although the later dynasties were born in Shatuo, they were still children of the Tang Dynasty.
The Xianbei tribes have been indistinguishable from China since Emperor Xiaowen. This great Xianbei Mountain is also our ancestral land! How can we let the people here be deceived by Shulu Ping?
When I go out this time, I will also solve these problems."
Everyone had a strange feeling. In the Tang Dynasty, if you talked about the Xianbei bloodline with the Li family of the Tang Dynasty, or talked about Sha Tuoer with the Li family of the later dynasty, they would jump up and smash your head.
But when Emperor Zhang came to see this issue, he was very open-minded, and now he even wanted to incorporate the Xianbei, Shatuo and other tribes into China.
However, Emperor Zhang also had taboos. If you mentioned the word "Tibetan thief" to him, you would be killed.
A Zhongshu Lilang who was recording the meeting in the palace suddenly thought, could it be that the Li Tang royal family really had Xianbei blood, the royal family of the later dynasties were Shatuo people, and my Zhang Shengren family must also have Tubo blood mixed in?
Wucao! As soon as he thought of this, Qi Julang's face was dripping with sweat, his back felt cold, and he almost couldn't hold the brush. He quickly buried this fatal discovery deep in his heart.
In fact, Zhang Yan's family, starting from Zhang Yichao's generation, definitely does not have Tubo blood, and the inheritance is also very clear.
But when it comes to Zhang Yitan, Zhang Yichao's father Zhang Qianyi's generation is a bit blurry.
Zhang Yan himself had a vague feeling that something seemed to have been deliberately concealed in the experiences of his great-great-grandfather Zhang Qianyi and the sixth generation ancestor whose name he did not even know.
As a large Han family, the Zhang family was still a local wealthy family during the 100 years that the Tubo people ruled Hexi. It is very likely that they had married into Tibetan nobles.
So in fact, it is not only Zhang Zhi who dislikes the word "fan thief", the Zhang family of Shazhou Longtou is even more taboo about hearing this word.
However, Zhang Yan didn't know what the people below were complaining about, and it didn't matter if he did. Li Erfeng would still be considered a barbarian every day in later generations.
I don’t even think about it, even if the Li Tang royal family had Xianbei blood, who would the Xianbei people later merge with.
Even Li Erfeng couldn't escape being discussed. It's normal for Zhang Erfeng to be discussed.
Therefore, I, Zhang Shengren, was very excited to publish his outrageous remarks on the Internet, "Send a fast horse to Tokyo and ask the Minister of Finance to tell the world that anyone with the surname of Tuoba, Erzhu, or Hou Mochen will immediately pay filial piety."
Under the regulations of Emperor Wen, the surnames were changed to Yuan, Zhu, Chen and other Han surnames.
The remaining Yuwen, Murong, Dugu, Yuchi, etc. were all added to the Han surnames. Zhongshu Hanlin Academy, who stayed in Tokyo, was ordered to start compiling the surnames of the world. I returned from Yanran Mountain and immediately compiled the surnames of hundreds of families."
Are there still people with the surnames Tuoba, Erzhu, and Hou Mochen? Yes! There are quite a few.
Yuan Heng, the counselor Zhang Gao brought back from Ma Chu, was originally named Tuoba Heng. Er Zhujing, who was brought back from Anxi, was Zhang Shengren's favorite general. Based on this, we can't say many people with these Xianbei surnames, but
Definitely a lot.
A military meeting went off the rails, and Zhang Shengren took the opportunity to publish a large speech about national integration and unity, and put his group of Tubo, Dangxiang, Xianbei, Shatuo, Uighur, and Zhaowujiu under his command.
The civil and military general was moved to tears.
Everyone said that they would follow me, Saint Zhang, to restore the great dynasty and be a good Han Chinese.
As for the Han civil servants and generals under his command, they had long been accustomed to Zhang Zhang's style.
Moreover, these may sound like foreigners, but they are indeed no different from the Han people. Except for some clues found in their surnames, there is no way to tell that they are foreigners at all.
Some even traces of their surnames have been wiped away. Whether you admit it or not, they are already Han Chinese.
There was nothing Zhang Yan could do about it. He was from Hexi and made his fortune in Anxi. Even his aunt and uncle were Hu people. None of the unified emperors throughout the ages had such a complicated background as Zhang Yan.
Compared with his Zhou royal family, the Li Tang royal family can be regarded as pure Han people.
If it weren't for our ancestor Zhang Xiaosong, who was a powerful figure in the Western Regions, and his great-grandfather Zhang Yichao, who was also a world-famous hero and loyal minister, the Dragon Tongue Zhang family could be considered one of the small Han sects.
The identity of the Tang royal family is reliable.
In order to erase these marks, Zhang Yan had no choice but to deny it, nor could he be as shameless as the Li and Tang royal family.
If he does this, he is digging his own foundation. You must know that Emperor Zhang's biggest base is the Guiyi Army Faction, Donggui Faction and Lianglan Liugu Faction, all of whom have the same background as him.
So Zhang Gao simply used the banner of national integration, put the matter on the bright side, and directly merged Xianbei, Shatuo, etc. into the big Han family, so that no one could hold on to him.
This is not giving an identity to the Xianbei and Shatuo people who have long been integrated. This is giving an identity to the millions of Amo people in Longyou, Hexi!
Identity recognition is a big matter, compared with sending troops outside the wall is a trivial matter. Zhang Yan continued to discuss this matter with the civil servants and generals, and finally decided on the military arrangements.
Li Cunhui and Yang Jiye immediately took the supplies to Juyanhai to stock up. Then, with them as the leading and deputy vanguards, they led 5,000 cavalry directly over Tuanhan Mountain and headed north.
Zhang Zhi then personally led about 20,000 horsemen to the east towards Lady Fan City in the Han Dynasty, and finally went north along the towering Khan Road.
In addition, he ordered Datong Prefecture Yin and Datong Prefecture Military and Horse Supervisor Zhe Deku to lead 2,000 fine cavalry from Bingzhou to the west to Shuofang Province, and join the 10,000 households from the four lower Khitan tribes in the Yinshan area. A total of 5,000 fine cavalry were sent from Shuofang into the desert, and directly
Ben Yanran Governor's Mansion (near Ula Bator).
Originally, the Pingzhang of Shuofang Province was supposed to be Gao Xingzhou, the father of Gao Huaide, but because Murong Nobunaga wanted to deal with the Khitan people in western and eastern Liaoning, Zhang Gao ordered Gao Xingzhou to postpone the trip. Now he can only let Zhe De.
Go to war.
Finally, he ordered Pingzhang, the governor of Hedong Province, to stay in Beijing. Yan Jin, the Duke of Jin, selected eight thousand elite cavalry from Hedong Province and marched out of Datong Prefecture.
Hebei Province Pingzhang, Qinghe County Duke Fu Yanqing selected Hebei elite cavalry to join Jiaodong, Zhili Yicong's 15,000 cavalry, left the fortress from Beiping Prefecture, went straight to Khitan and went to Linhuang Prefecture in Beijing, preparing to cut off Shuluping's return route.
Just make dumplings for Shulu Ping, and if you want to beat them, they will be dealt with in one go.