The great roc flies to vibrate the eight descendants, but the mid-heaven destroys it but it is unable to do anything.
The remaining wind is stirring for eternity, and I am hanging on my left armband while wandering around the fusang tree.
Later generations will pass this on, who will shed tears when Zhongni dies?
——"Death Song" by Li Bai
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After Liu Zhan was executed, the rebels dispersed and surrendered one after another, no longer stubbornly resisting.
The Tang army's Yang Huiyuan's troops defeated the rebel general Wang Xun in Huainan. Wang Xun fled to Changshu with his remaining troops and was desperate, so he surrendered to the Tang army.
The rebel general Zhang Jingchao had gathered more than 7,000 men and was preparing to attack Hangzhou again. When he heard that Liu Zhan was dead, he handed over his army to his general Zhang Falei and ordered him to continue attacking Hangzhou. Then he fled to the sea alone and has been missing since then.
Zhang Falei immediately led his troops to attack Hangzhou, but was defeated by Li Zangyong and had to surrender.
At this point, Liu Zhan's rebellion was declared settled.
After talking about the Tang Navy, the eldest grandson Yanxing took out a few letters from the wooden box beside him and handed them to Bai Fu.
Now, you have been granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister, and you are a highly respected minister with no reward. If I want to reward you, I can only break the earth and make you a king!
The Persian Allied Forces coveted the prosperity of Guangzhou, and saw that the defense of the place was empty. They simply took action before returning to the country, and cooperated with the large food merchants in the city to capture the city, plunder, and burn down the treasury and houses.
Bloodbath in Guangzhou.
These letters were all written by the eldest son Yanxing to the censor of the dynasty. They fabricated a lot of false things, accusing Bai Fu of deducting military pay, squandering military expenses, extravagance and waste, and fabricating war results.
After the Anlushan rebellion, in the first year of Zhide (756), the Bakhna and Abbasid dynasties who participated in the Talas Campaign even sent troops to assist the Tang Dynasty in quelling the rebellion.
Bai Fuxiong's talent was great, but his hospitality was hard to resist. Ding Jiuqu and Sheng Hailiu, the leaders of the rebels on Daonan Road in Hebei Province, were invited to go south from the Yellow River to the Yangtze River.
Bai Fu had repeatedly reported to the court, hoping to reorganize the Jianghuai Navy. However, the court was noncommittal. On the one hand, the court was short of financial resources, and more importantly, few important officials in the court recognized the importance of naval construction.
However, the Hu people who helped suppress the rebellion soon realized the decline of the Tang Dynasty.
The Dashi merchants who live and do business in Guangzhou are by no means ordinary traders, but a powerful armed private tribe with their own private soldiers and warships. If they encounter danger, they can go into battle at any time.
"Anyone who offends a strong man will be punished no matter how far away he is!"
After hearing this, the eldest grandson, Yan Xing, kept nodding his head and praising Bai Fu's extraordinary strategic vision.
Bai Fu contacted the Dajiang Gang through the Sichuan Gang. Under Bai Fu's mobilization, the Ruan brothers joined the Tang Army's navy and quickly trained the Tang Army's troops skilled in water warfare on the Yangtze River.
The Yangtze River Waterway is the territory of the Dajiang Gang.
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The subsequent naval battle on Tsushima Island allowed me to see the strength of the Japanese navy. The Japanese were inherently ambitious, and if they took advantage of the opportunity, they would be as harmful as the grassland horsemen who went south to herd horses...
Why do you prefer navy so much?"
Without a powerful navy or military strength to fight across the sea, once the Tang Dynasty shows signs of fatigue, these barbarian merchants will turn into pirates, like bloodthirsty sharks, biting off pieces from the Tang Dynasty.
Here comes the meat.
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Changsun Yanxing asked: "Fu'er, since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, except for a few battles such as the Battle of Chibi, the wars that rewrote history mostly occurred in the Central Plains and outside the Great Wall. Therefore, all dynasties in the past dynasties focused on horse riding and archery and neglected the construction of naval forces.
The Anshi Rebellion has not yet been put down, the Tang Dynasty's treasury is empty, the navy is weak, and it is unable to start a war. It can only swallow its anger and turn a blind eye to the atrocities committed by Dashi and the Persian coalition forces, unable to avenge the unjust deaths of the people in Guangzhou.
Bai Fuguang posted a hero post and sincerely invited Jianghu gang disciples to join the Tang army.
In the third year of the reign of Emperor De (758), Tubo took advantage of the An-Shi Rebellion and seized the Hexi Corridor, cutting off the route for the Dashi and Persian coalition forces to return home by land.
At the celebration banquet, the generals drank and drank, and it was very lively.
After the Battle of Talos, the influence of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions was not shaken, and the Tang army in the Western Regions quickly recovered. Just two years later, Feng Changqing, who was promoted to the governor of Anxi, attacked Tubo in the twelfth year of Tianbao (753).
Taking control of Dabolu, he defeated the enemy army and occupied the city of Dabolu Bodhisattva. In the fourteenth year of Tianbao (755), he reached the peak of Western Region Economic Strategy.
On the other hand, Bai Fu asked the Persian general Alberts to build a naval academy in Guangzhou to train naval combat officers for the Tang Dynasty.
Bai Fu frowned and asked, "Sir, which song are you singing?"
In desperation, Bai Fu begged his eldest son, Yan Xing, and other aristocratic families who had migrated to the south of the Yangtze River to contribute money and grain. He gave the raised grain and salary to Sun Dashan, who would use it to build warships in Quanzhou and build nests to attract phoenixes.
In April of the tenth year of Tianbao (751), General Gao Xianzhi personally led the Tibetan and Han troops to attack Dashi with 30,000 troops, penetrating more than 700 miles into the territory and reaching Talas City (near present-day Zhambul City in the Republic of Kazakhstan), and fought with Dashi.
The two armies encountered each other, and the two sides fought fiercely for five days, with no victory or defeat. At an important moment of the stalemate between the two sides, the Geluolu tribe in the Tang army suddenly rebelled, and attacked the Tang army with Dashi. General Gao Xianzhi was defeated.
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Bai Fu pointed at the Persian general Alberts and said: "Alberts told me that the Tang Dynasty was not the center of the world.
The eldest grandson, Yan Xing, laughed and said: "These are your life insurance books."
Fu'er, in the battle between Jianghuai and Jianghuai, you defeated Liu Zhan, destroyed the Japanese pirates, and made an immortal contribution.
Bai Fu looked at the bonfire in the distance, where the Persian general Alberts was singing and dancing with everyone.
These large and small kingdoms are scattered around the vast oceans such as the West Sea and the Lei Zhu Sea. A large part of the wars between them are naval battles.
Bai Fu thought for a moment and guessed seven or seven or eight. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Sir, are you asking me to disgrace myself?"
Bai Fu's words were spoken from the bottom of his heart.
After Bai Fu looked at it, he couldn't help but be stunned.
To the west of the Tang Dynasty, there were countless kingdoms, large and small. Among them, the Qin Dynasty and the Dashi Empire had a large population, a vast territory, and were as powerful as the Tang Dynasty.
As the saying goes, it is easy to get a thousand armies but hard to find a general. If you want to build a navy, you must rely on generals.
After the Battle of Dengzhou, the Jianghuai Navy of the Tang Dynasty was wiped out, and Chen Honghu's whereabouts were unknown.
Chang Sun Yan tied his long beard with his hands, nodded, and said slowly: "Not bad.
After the celebration banquet, the eldest grandson Yan Xing and Bai Fu dismissed everyone and talked all night long.
These thousands of years of naval battles made the shipbuilding skills of Persia, Qin, and Dashi extremely developed, and they were even able to travel across the oceans and trade with the Tang Dynasty."
Dashi, the Persian coalition forces instead set out from Guangzhou, took the waterway, and took the merchant ships of Dashi merchants to return to Dashi, Persia.
One day, I, Bai Fu, will lead the ‘King of the Seven Seas’ into the West Sea, Lei Zhu Sea, and let the barbarian pirates tremble under the strong ships and cannons of the Tang Dynasty!”
They burned, killed, looted, and raped women in Guangzhou. They committed even worse crimes than the Uighur soldiers in Luoyang City.
After sacking Guangzhou, Dashi and the Persian coalition led their troops to board the ship and cross the sea to return home. However, Guangzhou was reduced to a sea of fire and turned into scorched earth.
It is 12,000 miles westward from Anyuan Gate in Chang'an to the western border of the Tang Dynasty. Longyou served as a choke point for east-west communication and became the most prosperous place in the Tang Dynasty.
Ever since the Guangzhou Rebellion, I have made up my mind to form a navy that can fight across the sea.
Even Li Jing, the God of War of the Tang Dynasty, has not made you a king. How could you, a young man, be so virtuous and capable that the Li Tang royal family can make you a king?
If you don't bow your head, I don't know how many people will regard you as a thorn in their side, a thorn in their flesh, and make you unable to guard against open and hidden arrows. At worst, they will ruin your marriage with Qingluan; at worst, they will put you in jail and take your life.
"
Changsun Yanxing asked, and Bai Fu immediately understood the stakes here.
However, you know, it is easier said than done to disgrace oneself. Bai Fu's face suddenly turned livid, his chest heaved up and down, and he was filled with anger.