Chapter 816 If you don’t give money, it doesn’t count...
Author: Middle-aged paper tiger
Chapter 816 If you don’t give money, it doesn’t count.
In the seventh month of the fifth year of the Shaoming Dynasty, one hundred and twenty miles south of Luoche, on the north bank of the Yangqiabo Zangbo River, there was Qushui City.
The so-called Yangqiapo Zangbo River is the Yarlung Zangbo River in later generations, and Qushui City is Qushui County in later generations.
Since ancient times, this has been the transportation center from Lhasa to Shannan, Nyingchi, Shigatse and other places.
After hearing that the Tang Dynasty occupied Luoche, the feudal lords from various places in Qingtang jointly elected King Ali Zhaxi Degun, who occupied Buyang (Pulang County), as the king.
The feudal lords of Shannan, Linzhi and other places also sent troops to participate. The coalition forces totaled 47,800 infantry and cavalry, and they jointly shed blood and vowed to drive the Tang people out of Luoche.
Li Cunhui took the lead and led his army south to block the key point of Qushui City to avoid leading the war directly outside Luosu City.
The founder of the Ali King lineage is actually an old acquaintance of Zhang Shengren, the same Jide Nyimagon who also claims to praise Pu.
However, after the short honeymoon period between the two parties, as Zhang Gao's forces withdrew from Tianzhu, Hezhong and Anxi and shifted their attention to the east, Jidenimagon quickly said goodbye to Zhang Gao.
The current Ali region should actually be called the Greater Ali region, because in addition to the Ali region of the later Republic, it also included most of the Kashmir region.
At this time, heading south from the Ali area, it is directly to the place where my blood vessels exploded when I heard it, Zhang Shengren.
He sealed it himself, thinking that it could be used as a bridgehead to control Tianzhu, and later Zhenyuan Kingdom used Tianfangjiao Fort as its capital.
The leader of the Zhenyuan Kingdom, Bingzhong, was originally from the Xiaobolu Kingdom living in the Congling area.
After the Xiaobolu Kingdom was wiped out by Gao Xianzhi, the Tang Dynasty established Congling Shouchu here as a place of actual control by the Tang Dynasty.
Xiao Bolu's race should be a mixture of Tocharians from Kashgar and Sino-Tibetan people.
When the Central Plains was prosperous in the Han and Tang dynasties, they and the Tat people (ancestors of the Tajik people) who lived next to each other jointly called themselves Hanri Tianzhong.
In other words, they believe that their tribe is the descendant of the princess from the Central Plains and the tribes that followed her to the east.
This is actually a narrative of mixed blood between Han and Indo-Europeans, and it is also a symbol of the power of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Even during the years when the Tang Dynasty controlled Congling, the upper echelons of their tribe could barely understand Chinese.
Every time he thought about this, Zhang Yan was speechless for a while. With such a good relationship with the Central Plains, Zhang Bingzhong's niece Cao Yanmian was also Cao Shufei, one of Zhang Yan's four concubines.
As a result, as soon as this old boy established a foothold in Zhenyuan Kingdom, he colluded with Jidenimagon and even married Jidenimagon's daughter. It seemed that he wanted to completely treat Zhenyuan Kingdom as his own territory.
But now, Jidenimagon has passed away, and his three sons, Bejiribagon, Tashi Degun, and Dezugun, have divided the Ali dynasty into three parts and established separate regimes.
And Tashi Degun, who was elected as the king this time, was the strongest among them. Zhang Bingzhong married Tashi Degun's sister.
This time he dreamed of breaking into Luoche City and becoming a champion in Qingtang, and Zhang Bingzhong was behind him.
The leader of the Zhenyuan Kingdom was already having trouble sleeping and eating. He did not expect that Zhang Yan could really become the emperor of the Central Plains.
Originally, he thought that Zhang Yan would definitely die in this impossible dream, which was also an important reason why he dared to become the king behind closed doors.
Now, seeing that he has caused huge trouble, of course he must persuade more people to get on the same boat with him, so that they can fight against him.
Li Cunhui was not in a hurry at all. He didn't even wear armor. The coalition forces on the opposite side arrived at the beginning of May, but now it was the end of July, and the battle still had not started. The two sides were still facing each other across the Yangchabu Zangbo River.
However, the south bank of the river where the opponent is stationed and its surroundings were originally the territory of the Lhasa royal family. Now that Zanpu has surrendered, Li Cunhui does not believe that the small nobles and common people below still have much willingness to fight.
Most of the coalition forces on the opposite side came from afar. Due to the traffic environment on the Qingtang Plateau, they could not bring much supplies. Food and grass must be provided by the local feudal nobles south and west of Qushui City.
This is not a small number, there are almost 50,000 troops, and there are thousands of mules and horses. People eat horses, and even mountains of gold and silver cannot bear it.
At the same time, the Zhou army's baggage and supplies had long been hoarded in the Women's Kingdom area, which was later known as Yushu City.
As soon as the snow melted a little, Huangshui Prefecture, Songpan Xuanwei Envoy, and Kangding Xuanwei Envoy recruited more than 100,000 civilians, and more than 20,000 yaks began to be transported to Luochang. With the previous seizures, there was no need to worry about supplies.
Therefore, Li Cunhui calmly started a war of attrition with his opponent. He did not believe that the nobles of the original Lhasa royal family, who had been responsible for providing food and grass for the coalition forces, could withstand it.
Sure enough, ten days later, on the fifth day of August, Li Cunhui's sentry in the sentry tower on the hill discovered a commotion in the army formation opposite.
Later that night, people from the Qingjie area who claimed to be Gyantse swam to the north bank of the river and expressed their willingness to provide internal support for the army.
Li Cunhui ignored them all, hacked them all to death, and threw the bodies into the river. What a joke, just three or two kittens here just trying to gain trust?
Regardless of whether it was true or not, Li Cunhui felt that the local tycoon opposite had not yet reached the point where he could no longer hold back any longer, so he would not take any action until he saw Big Fish appear in person.
Ten days later, when the Zhou army here was celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, someone came from the lower reaches of the Yangchabu Zangbo River for more than a hundred miles and came to Li Cunhui's military camp in person to ask for an audience.
The person who came was none other than Shanwu Xingya, the head of the Wu Lu family. He fell to the ground crying as soon as he entered the military camp. It turned out that the riot by the coalition forces ten days ago was caused by their family.
As a result, Shang Xingya's personal followers were killed, and hundreds of people in his tribe were killed. King Tashi Degun, elected by the coalition, also detained Shang Xingya's eldest son and nephew, saying that if the Lu family and others did not supply military supplies on time,
He will kill his whole family.
"Mr. Cun Hui, Tashi Degun didn't want to be more logical at all, because he knew how powerful the Tang Dynasty was.
These pig-like and dog-like things simply want to hold the 50,000-strong army in their hands until they overwhelm the locals so that they can occupy our land."
The gray-haired Shang Wuxinya was crying with snot and tears. He had suffered a big loss now. If he had known better, he might as well have taken refuge with these Tang people.
Li Cunhui burst into laughter on the spot. As expected, Tashi Degun still had his wits about him. No wonder he could still confront him in such an unfavorable situation.
It turned out that he had no intention of marching into Luozhe at all, but just wanted to consume the strength of the powerful people west of Luozhe, so that he could annex them.
Tashi Degun's base was in Buyang, which was later known as Purang County of the Republic of China and the western region of Nepal, which was a full 2,500 miles away from Luosu.
With such a long distance, even if he broke into Luozu, he wouldn't be able to control it unless he was willing to move to Luozu City.
But if you enter the logic, you will be far away from the basic market, and there is a high probability that you will be pinched by others like Chiwang Xuzan.
In this case, it is better to simply destroy the local tyrants south and west of the Yangqiabo Zangbo River, including the Lu family.
Then annexing the territory close to where he basically made concessions is not much better than running into Luozuo and acting as a puppet.
Shang Moxinya thought that Li Cunhui would believe him immediately after hearing this, and then he couldn't wait to ask him if there was any way to cross the river. Unexpectedly, Li Cunhui laughed a few times.
"If Tashi Degun is so sensible, why should I cross the river to beat him?
The land around Qingtang is beyond the control of us Han people, Tang'er. The court only needs to have some logic in hand.
As for Tashi Degun, he can be granted the title of prince or something like that. As long as he is willing to humble himself and be a small boy, then it will be good for you, good for me, and good for everyone."
After that, without listening to Shang Wuxinya's explanation, he was kicked out again.
Because the time has not come yet, Shang Wu Xingya and other local tycoons can still provide a certain amount of food and grass. These guys have two sides, and if they don't let it hurt to their bones, they won't know the benefits of joining the Central Plains.
Moreover, just as Tashi Degun thought, Li Cunhui also wanted to severely weaken these local powerful people. Since Tashi Degun was willing to take action, why not do it.
On August 25th, Shang Wuxinya came over again. This time he really couldn't stand it any longer.
While he was still outside the military tent, he led a group of local tycoons from the south bank of the Zangbo River in Yangchabu, kowtowing step by step, all the way into Li Cunhui's camp.
Behind Shang Moxinya and others, there were dozens of shabby monks standing. These were all former Buddhist monks hidden on the south bank of the river.
Shang Mo Xin Ya brought them here because he wanted to express his willingness to convert to the Six Methods Sect.
Afterwards, he had three large boxes of treasures brought in, all containing various hidden gems and gold and silver items. It seemed that he had indeed taken out everything at the bottom of the boxes at home.
A coquettish beauty was also pushed forward by Shang Wuxinya.
"This is the second daughter of a poor family on the south bank of the river. I wonder if she can catch the eye of Duke Wei."
Li Cunhui took a look and said, oh! She is indeed very beautiful, and she is clean and white. Unlike other Tubo women who always have the smell of not taking a bath all year round. He only smelled this fragrant smell, and he agreed.
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In fact, you don’t blame me, Li Sanlang, for being lustful. There has always been a great demand for brave and unparalleled generals like him in some aspects.
For example, Chang Yuchun in history, after King Kaiping went to war, as long as it was not the eve of the decisive battle, he liked strong women the most. If not, Heifer would not be unable to accept them.
Li Cunhui was like this. He had just turned thirty and already had nearly forty wives and concubines. It was said that he didn't even know how many children he had. His bodyguards in Jinyi counted them for him, and they found that there were thirty-seven of them.
So much so that because of his high position as the Duke of Wei, Zhang Gao had to help him from time to time, otherwise the family would not be in a good position.
This also shows how extraordinary Murong Nobunaga is. Among all the unparalleled generals in the past dynasties who were so close to the emperor, the only ones who could suppress their inner desires were Wei Qing a thousand years ago and Xu Da four or five hundred years later.
Just waiting for a few people.
However, although Li Cunhui is lustful, he is also very shameless!
He likes women very much, and he also likes gold and silver, but as long as he feels that the best time has not come, he will just take it as sugar-coated and throw the cannonball back.
I took your money and women, but I can still do nothing!
If you don’t pay, it doesn’t count as prostitution!
However, after the last failure, Shang Wuxinya seems to have inquired about my reputation, Li Weigong, and he has also prepared a trump card.
When he saw Li Cunhui shamelessly preparing to say a few words and then take the little beauty from a poor family to the back to enjoy herself, Shang Moxinya shouted in a deep voice:
"Mr. Wei, among the coalition forces opposite, there are 300 soldiers from the Zhenyuan Kingdom. The Zhenyuan Kingdom advocates Bingzhong, and he is the brother-in-law of Tashi Degun!"
What! Li Cunhui's face turned solemn. He stepped forward and grabbed Shang Wuxinya's collar, "But that Zhenyuan country in Tianzhu?"
"Exactly!" Shang Moxinya had already found out clearly. Not only did he know that there were 300 soldiers from the Zhenyuan Kingdom in the coalition army, he even knew the list of officers among them.
"You know you have to pay a price for talking nonsense!" Li Cunhui was really anxious now.
Because he knew that Zhenyuan Kingdom's advocate Bingzhong was the person his emperor's adoptive father hated the most. If there were soldiers from Zhenyuan Kingdom on the other side, he would definitely capture them all.
"I would like to issue a military order. If not, please ask Duke Wei to behead my servant!"
"Okay!" Li Cunhui shouted, "Murong Xinchun, you lead 500 cavalry carrying Weiwei, cross the river with Da Shang, and set off fireworks as a signal."
They were able to cross the river several times and reach the Zhou army's camp without Xingya, which proves that they must have a very hidden crossing.
Otherwise, the reconnaissance cavalry of the army on the opposite side spread out for more than thirty miles along the river and were searching at any time. It would be impossible for them to cross the river just because they wanted to.
Murong Xinchun immediately accepted the order and left. Among the 10,000 cavalry brought by Li Cunhui this time, there were 500 Hanshandu's Beiwei cavalry battalion and 500 Youyu Linwei's iron cavalry.
Among them, the Beiwei Iron Cavalry Battalion was commanded by Murong Xinchun. Although this man could not command more than Du Yuhou, he was very powerful and had few opponents except for his cousin Murong Nobunaga and a few others. He was perfect for charging into the enemy formation.
On the south bank of the river, not long after Shang Wu Xing Ya and others left, someone reported the whereabouts of these people to Tashi Degun. After all, Shang Wu Xing Ya searched for the remaining gold and silver. Dozens of people crossed the river, and the movement was not small.
Tashi Degun didn't care at all, because he just wanted to force Shang Moxinya and others away and force them away so that they could easily occupy the land of these people near the Houzang area.
Moreover, Tashi Degun also knew that Shang Wuxinya and others must have a secret ferry somewhere, but Tashi Degun was still not afraid.
His reconnaissance cavalry has set a reconnaissance distance of fifty miles up and down the river. There is sufficient warning time, and there are watchtowers at every high point along the river. The movement of any troops on the opposite side is basically transparent.
"Zanpu, the Tang people on the other side sent out about five or six hundred horses and went downstream." Sure enough, after a while, the trusted general came to report.
Tashi Degun looked at the various Dongdai, marshals, lieutenants and leaders in the tent and laughed loudly, "Do the Zhou people want to defeat my 50,000-strong army with only 500 cavalry? It's just like a worm shaking a tree, it's overestimating one's own capabilities!"
We ordered the reconnaissance cavalry along the way to closely investigate the movements downstream. The army still focuses on preventing the Zhou army from crossing the river. As long as the army on the opposite side cannot cross the river, these 500 cavalry are just here to die."
On August 28, Li Cunhui mobilized his 30,000 troops and began to try to cross the river and attack.
This really made Tashi Degun more determined. He deployed all his heavily armored infantry and strong archers to the river bank to engage in a bloody battle with the main force of the Zhou army.
As for the lower reaches, he left three thousand elite cavalry and two thousand wandering cavalry, and set up obstacles with antlers and stones at key points in the camp for defense.
When Tashi Degun came to think of it, he was defending with ten times the force. How could he be afraid of attacking with only 500 cavalry?
On August 29, Murong Xinchun led 500 cavalry and arrived two miles south of the Tashi Degun coalition camp.
Murong Xinchun saw that the camp on the opposite side was well-organized, surrounded by thousands of cavalry, and thousands of civilians holding bows, arrows and wooden guns to defend behind the horses and earthen walls, and there was no way he could rush in.
So he simply led his troops to retreat to a hill, and asked his men to remove their armor and shout insults at the opposite side on the mountain. He also ordered the sharpshooters to continuously shoot the fox tails they had prepared at the opposite military camp.
Giving fox tails is the most insulting way among Tibetan men. According to Tibetan customs in history, brave men are rewarded with tiger and leopard skins, while cowards are devalued with fox tails.
Although the Tibetan lieutenant general who stayed on the opposite side was also a cautious and experienced general, he really found it unbearable to be insulted. He ordered his cavalry to investigate all directions. After knowing that the Tang Dynasty only had 500 cavalry, he immediately decided to go out to meet the enemy.
There are only 500 people on the opposite side, and yet he dares to dismount, take off his armor, and insult him. If he doesn't dare to go forward, let alone the Gui (military households) under his command, even the ordinary Yong (civilian households) will not look down on him. That person
It's ruined.
Murong Xinchun was overjoyed when he saw that he had been led to the opposite side. He ordered his cavalry to dismount and line up on the hillside to defend with strong bows and crossbows.
The Tubo people, relying on ten times the enemy, rode their horses directly to the mountains, but this was the Beiwei cavalry camp! The crossbow formation composed of sixty or seventy divine arm bows plus other sophisticated crossbows also had geographical advantages.
, which is so easy to rush.
More than 4,000 Tubo cavalry charged three times in a row. In addition to being shot dead and wounded three to four hundred people, not even a hair of the Beiwei cavalry camp was touched. Instead, the corpses of fallen men and horses blocked the road.
The Tibetan deputy general's face was so dark that he was almost dripping with tears. He looked around, and then he suddenly changed his mind. He first mobilized more than 2,000 civilian soldiers behind the Juma, and asked them to form an array with wooden guns and hunting bows, and go to the hillside.
It blocks the road down the mountain and acts as a barrier to stop horses.
Then another thousand rangers were ordered to press the formation with five hundred on each side. The remaining three thousand cavalry were all dismounted. Those wearing heavy armor and holding round shields were in front, and those wearing light armor or no armor were holding infantry bows in the back.
Since my cavalry can't rush forward, let's just use heavy armored infantry to squeeze it out. Let's see what you do!
Murong Xinchun excitedly waved his fist and shouted excitedly to the surrounding officers: "Gentlemen, the opportunity to make a meritorious service has arrived. If we charge forward with our horses at this moment, we will definitely be able to break through the Tibetan army!"
In today’s battle, the first prize belongs to us, but I don’t know who can obtain this great merit that has been passed down to three generations of count.”
According to Zhang Zhou's military merit and title system, those who achieve great results with one strike will definitely be awarded the title of earl.
Even if it cannot be hereditary, after three generations of descendants, it can still protect the descendants. Having a fifteenth-level martial arts master and martial-level official is not an exaggeration.
Everyone naturally knew this, and everyone had extremely excited looks on their faces, and their fighting spirit soared into the sky.
At this moment, the Tibetan infantry under the hillock had already moved away the corpses of men and horses, preparing to attack from behind.
‘Woooooo!’ There was a sound of conch horns on the mountain, and five hundred cavalrymen from the Beiwei Iron Cavalry Battalion, wearing cotton armor and holding horseshoes, swooped down amidst the deafening shouts!
The Tubo deputy general howled miserably and turned pale. In order to defend against the enemy's bows and arrows, the soldiers in the front row did not carry long spears at all, but held Shangma knives and round shields. How could they withstand the impact of the cavalry?
The deputy general roared loudly and called on his soldiers to change their spears, and the archers in the rear row immediately began to fire volleys.
However, the Beiwei cavalry battalion was wearing heavy armor and did not care about the arrows thrown. With a clang, the Tubo people screamed one after another.
The impact of the five hundred armored cavalry accelerating down the hillside was so terrifying that many Tubo people were even knocked directly into the air.
Murong Xinchun had quick eyesight and quick hands. He saw the Tibetan deputy general commanding from a distance. He shouted and fired three arrows in a row. The deputy general screamed and fell off his horse. Seeing this, the surrounding Tubo soldiers ran to both sides in fear.
They were all like this. How could the civilian soldiers with wooden guns dare to form a formation? The Beiwei cavalry camp was still more than two hundred steps away from them, so these civilian soldiers dispersed in a hurry.
The deputy general arranged for a thousand rangers to press the formation on both wings. Seeing that the Zhou army's 500 horsemen instantly dispersed thousands of infantry, they did not dare to come forward. They did not know who was taking the lead, so they ran away with a crash.
On the riverside, the fierce battle was at a critical point. Li Cunhui was not really doing nothing on the north bank of the river these days. Instead, during these days, he built a large number of small wooden boats and assembled a considerable number of small trebuchets and crossbows.
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As soon as the battle started, after the Zhou army led the enemy's main force to the river, they immediately smashed stones and fired crossbows. The coalition forces, who did not know the actual situation, suffered a huge loss and had no choice but to retreat as a whole.
Taking this opportunity, Li Cunhui ordered his army to race with hundreds of ships, successfully assaulted the other side, and then began to build a pontoon bridge.
Tashi Degun's original dream of relying on the Yarlung Zangbo River to defend his position was shattered in an instant, and he could only fight a positional battle by the river. As more and more Zhou troops crossed the river, it became increasingly difficult for the coalition forces to deal with it.
At this moment, Murong Xinchun and 500 cavalry rushed in. They first broke through the coalition forces' blockade 500 steps away, and then lit up fireworks to notify Li Cunhui.
After doing this, Murong Xinchun and his five hundred cavalry threw away all the burdens on their horses, such as bones, wrought copper maces, horizontal knives, and crossbows.
It can be said that except for the God's Arm Bow, which cannot be discarded, all of them were thrown away. All the soldiers, armed with horses and spears, charged directly back and forth among the crowded Tibetan coalition forces, causing people everywhere to fall on their backs and causing a bloody storm in the sky.
After Li Cunhui received the fireworks signal, he beat the war drums himself, and the entire army unfurled the Liufa Zong's silver-white and gold swastika flag of the Liufa Zong. The sound shook the roof tiles and launched a full-scale attack.
The Tibetan allied forces could not withstand this originally, but now they were suddenly hit hard, and they suddenly became a mess.
Moreover, the Ngari area where Tashi Degun was located was originally the stronghold of Buddhism. Because it is close to India, it was least affected by Langdama's policy of exterminating Buddhism. Historically, the revival of Tibetan Buddhism began in the Ngari area.
There was no way to defeat them now. Zhou troops seemed to be charging everywhere, and when they saw the silver-white gold swastika flag of the Liufa Sect, the coalition soldiers suddenly remembered the legends of the Supreme Heaven.
And the rumor that scares them the most is, 'The souls of those killed by the Six Dharma Sect's Punishment Knights will be imprisoned in the Eternal Hell forever and will not be reincarnated.'
Damn it, this is nothing! The coalition forces that could have held on for a while suddenly suffered a sudden landslide in just two quarters of an hour. Tens of thousands of troops fled everywhere, or simply fell to the ground and begged for mercy.
Under the protection of his close associates, Tashi Degun abandoned all his belongings and ran towards the Bailang area in the west without his life.
Two days later, he finally gathered 10,000 people, and Li Cunhui personally led more than 3,000 cavalry to catch up.
The two sides fought fiercely for half an hour, and Tashi Degun was defeated again, with only a hundred mounted guards left to escape.
On September 11, while Li Cunhui was feeling disappointed because he had not caught Tashi Degun, good news came from Kuba to the west of Bailang.
Tashi Degun and his entourage were ambushed and captured by the leaders and monks of the Kuba area, and they were already on the way to be escorted.
In this battle, Li Cunhui used 15,000 infantry and cavalry and more than 10,000 Tibetan auxiliary troops to defeat nearly 50,000 Tashi Degun's coalition troops, beheading more than 6,000 people and capturing more than 30,000 prisoners.
Below Tashi Degun, hundreds of noble leaders from various places were killed and captured. It can be said that the coalition army was completely wiped out.
In particular, the five hundred iron cavalry commanded by Murong Xinchun were said to be Buddhist protectors who came from heaven and could fight one against a hundred.
With the results of this battle, the Zhou army could truly suppress the nobles and millions of people on the plateau.
Next, it was Guo Tiance's turn to complete the reconstruction of the political system here, especially the living Buddha system of the Liufa Sect.