Han Shizu

Chapter 1086 The situation in Hexi has changed

Wang Yansheng's ridicule was really nothing to Pu Le, who had gone through untold hardships all the way to the East, and had honed his mind to be extraordinarily strong.Facing the scrutinizing eyes of Wang Yansheng, the general of the Han Dynasty, he responded with a low profile: "Because the small country of Xizhou is difficult to fight against the tyrannical Khitan people, my Khan sent a special minister to ask the Central Plains Celestial Dynasty for help!"

Probably because he was satisfied with the humble attitude of the Uighur envoy, Wang Yansheng didn't really mean to embarrass him. He scanned Cao Yuangong and Pu Le a few times, as if he was curious about how the Guiyi army got mixed up with the Uighur envoy.

"What's your loss?" Wang Yansheng asked Cao Yuangong.

"The thieves are strong, and more than half of the entourage were killed or injured. If the general hadn't rescued them in time, we would all have died! Hundreds of horses selected as tribute to the emperor, as well as more than a dozen vehicles and belongings, were robbed!" Cao Yuangong simply said Said.

"What a brave robber, he dared to touch even the missions, even the tribute to the emperor!" Hearing this, Wang Yansheng said murderously: "It's been many years since I have encountered such a thing!"

Noticing the misery of the mission, Wang Yansheng's eyes became colder than the weather, and said: "I'm afraid this group of bandits is not that simple!"

After all, Wang Yansheng is a veteran who has been stationed on the border for more than ten years. He also has an understanding of the situation in the northwest region. He does not need to think too much about many things, and he has enough keen judgment.

Listening to his words, Cao Yuangong also expressed his previous thoughts: "General, I just observed that the robbers are not afraid of death, they are well-trained, and their combat command is also very organized. They are definitely not ordinary grassroots bandits. !"

"Hmph!" Wang Yansheng snorted, raised his eyes and looked in the direction where the horse bandits were fleeing, thoughtfully.

"General, there were many casualties in the mission. It was a hard battle. They were exhausted and lacked medicine. We still hope for help!" Cao Yuangong asked actively.

Glancing at the old man, Wang Yansheng waved his hand, and said straightforwardly: "Clean up, I'll order someone to lead you to Guzang, and when you arrive at Guzang, someone will arrange for you!"

Hearing this, Cao Yuangong's face suddenly showed joy, and he cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, General!"

From the beginning to the end, Wang Yansheng sat on his horseback and spoke in a high-profile manner. Neither Cao Yuangong nor the Uighur envoy Pu Le seemed to show any dissatisfaction.

After achieving effective communication, the mission team relaxed completely, and quickly cleaned up the casualties and packed up the remaining tributes. With these seemingly powerful Han cavalry by their side, a group of people who had just experienced the test of life and death, and so on. They all felt inexplicably at ease.

As for Wang Yansheng, he didn't ask the soldiers under his command to help, he just reined in his horse and at the same time dispatched a hundred cavalry to chase the bandits in the direction they were fleeing.It wasn't Tuo Da, but on the way here, he sent another battalion to lead [-] riders from the north along the old Great Wall of Liangzhou to intercept the rampant horse bandits.

About half an hour later, there was another movement from the northwest direction, the sound of hooves trampling on the ice and snow was very obvious, but the Han flag raised high, let the tense mission team relax again.

The returned Han cavalry were still full and did not lose many people, but they had obviously experienced a battle, and they were full of murderous intent, and their robes were stained with blood.What makes people feel horrified is probably the head tied to the horse that keeps shaking as it advances. This is the head of Suolu returning.

There are more than a dozen carts and hundreds of horses, which are probably recaptured.The general of the battalion came to return and explained: "The bandits are cunning, they don't fight with each other, they just run away blindly, only beheaded 63, and took back 120 four horses and all the carts!"

"Did you find anything abnormal?" Wang Yansheng was a little dissatisfied with the result, but asked patiently.

The battalion general replied affirmatively: "This is by no means the bandits who were active in Hexi before, it seems to be a new force, mainly Uyghurs!"

Hearing this, Wang Yansheng immediately chuckled: "It seems that Hexi is getting more and more unstable!"

As he said that, Wang Yansheng pointed to the northeast and said, "Zhang Shuo, that's the former site of Fanhe County. You bring 200 people and set up a fort here. Later, we will send people to replenish you. I will clean up the surrounding area!"

Hearing the order, the battalion general named Zhang Shuo froze for a moment, looked at Wang Yansheng, and expressed a little hesitation: "General, I'm afraid the Uighurs will have objections to this!"

"This is the old land of Liangzhou, the land of the Han Dynasty. How dare the Uighurs have any opinions?" Wang Yansheng immediately said: "Nowadays, bandits are rampant, and they even dare to rob the tribute offered to the emperor. They really treat this place as a place outside the law. If the Uighurs don’t do anything, do they still dare to blame us for maintaining law and order and eradicating thieves?”

Wang Yansheng's words were extremely forceful. Of course, he still restrained himself from saying what was deep in his heart.

"You just need to obey the order! I will tell you about the British government!" Wang Yansheng continued: "Isn't the chief envoy planning to reset Panhe County? This is considered to be a preparation for them in advance!"

"Yes!" Battalion General Zhang Shuo obeyed the order without hesitation.

The situation in Liangzhou has always been complicated, especially the complexity of the tribal composition. Relying on the descendants of Hexi Jiedu and a large number of Sinicized Tubo and Tuyuhun people, the alliance with foreign countries established itself in Liangzhou in the chaotic late Tang Dynasty and continued. so many years.

Up to now, the era of Wenmo is completely over, but the original power structure has not been completely broken. The Liugu Tubo, which is dominated by the Zhebu clan, has also given respect and conferred official positions, which were divided into Guzang, Changsong territory.

For many years, the imperial court has been focusing on sorting out and appeasing the interior of Liangzhou. However, in the past two years, the imperial court has gradually increased its attention to the northwest, and with the arrival of Chai Rong, Wang Yansheng and others to the west, its ability to control has also improved significantly.

In the first year of Kaibao, Wu Tingzuo, the chief envoy, took office. With the cooperation of many parties, he put more pressure on the tribes inside and outside Liangzhou in terms of military and politics.Judging from the current trend, this pressure is exerted on the Uighurs in Ganzhou, and Wang Yansheng's actions are a sign.

In fact, the worries of the Uighurs in Ganzhou are not unfounded. It is indeed impossible for the big Han to let them occupy the strategically important Hexi Corridor forever.

Guzang City, a famous historical city, surrounding this city, countless Han and Yi forces have spent thousands of years writing wonderful epics.Now, after nearly a hundred years, it is the turn of the Central Plains Dynasty to play the leading role again.

The city has a large population, more than 4000 households, but Han people only account for a quarter.This is already the result of the court's efforts. When the court took over, there were less than [-] Han people in the city.

If you just blindly emphasize ethnicity and blood, then this city can't be called "Seoul". However, above the earthen city wall full of desert style, the eye-catching Han flag flutters in the wind.

Guzang City in winter is not deserted. In addition to the local people of various ethnic groups, there are also a large number of caravans and travelers living there, and a large amount of spirits from the pass also make the atmosphere in the city hot.

When Wang Yansheng and his party returned to Guzang, a drunken provocation had just ended, and officials were dispatched to deal with it, because a fight broke out.

Such security incidents are not Wang Yansheng's responsibility, and he may not eat human ears again for a long time.He ran directly to the government office, and in the yamen hall, Chai Rong was cooking wine and playing chess with the chief envoy Wu Tingzuo.

"Yinggong and Wu Shijun are at ease!" When they entered the room, Wang Yansheng was not polite, and directly picked up a glass of wine that the servant had poured out, and drank it down in one gulp.

Seeing this, Chai Rong, who is known for being heavy, couldn't help but smile, and said, "Ping Xihou has worked hard! How is the situation, has the envoy been rescued?"

"The envoy was quite capable, and he managed to hold back several times the bandits until he was rescued! The people who came from the rebel army are of high status. They are Cao Yuangong, the governor of Guazhou, and an envoy of Uighurs from Xizhou. They are also with us. !" Wang Yansheng gave a brief introduction, and looked at Wu Tingzuo: "The envoy team suffered a lot of casualties, and we still need to arrange and rescue them from the Yamen!"

Although Wu Tingzuo was born as a general, but he has read a lot of books and has a literary and heroic spirit on him. He bowed his hands to Chai Rong and said with a light smile: "Mr. Ying, this game of chess is over. I will go to appease the frightened man first. Messenger!"

"Brother Qingyuan, please go ahead!" Chai Rong replied.

When it comes to chess, Chai Rong is Wu Tingzuo's opponent, and he is about to lose. Wu Tingzuo walked away quickly, Wang Yansheng took his position, observed the chess game he couldn't understand for a while, and said directly: "The Uighurs are not safe anymore!"

"Is this group of Ma Kou related to the Uighurs?" Chai Rong frowned and asked.

Wang Yansheng said: "Although the horse bandits in the west of the river are inexhaustible, in the past few years, there has never been a bandit of this scale. It is so sudden, and the combat power is not bad. They dare to attack a team of envoys with enough force. Although the general's knowledge is shallow, if you say that this is an ordinary rogue, I don't believe it!"

Hearing this, Chai Rong thought for a while and said, "Do you think it was a Uighur in disguise?"

Wang Yansheng drank again, and said indifferently: "Why bother to entangle the authenticity, the general will think this is an opportunity!"

Noticing the way Chai Rong looked at him, Wang Yansheng reported his arrangements in Fanhe.To this, Chai Rong didn't react too much, thought for a while, and said: "Back then we made an appointment with the Uighurs to jointly maintain the peace of Hexi, but now the bandits are repeated. Since the Uighurs don't do their best, let the army of the big Han come!"

Hearing what he said, Wang Yansheng immediately smiled, and the British Duke's stamina and toughness quickly came to his appetite, and said: "In my opinion, it is so difficult to destroy the mere Uyghur. Give me [-] steps, and it will definitely break the Zen Dan in one fell swoop. Take back Gansu!"

Chai Rong said: "The imperial court also has considerations of the imperial court, and it needs to obey the overall situation!"

"In order to obey the overall situation, the last general will stay in the northwest for more than ten years!" Wang Yansheng said with emotion.

Chai Rong comforted him: "Don't worry, Marquis Pingxi, the land of Gansu will return to the Great Han sooner or later, and you will have a chance to make meritorious deeds!"

"It's just that the relationship between the Uighurs and the Han will gradually deteriorate."

In fact, since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the Ganzhou Uighurs have maintained friendly relations with the imperial court. When Emperor Liu was still the prince, he sent envoys to Tokyo.However, there is also a premise for this, that is, the big man is poor and weak, and is harmless to the northwest, so the alliance is good, even if he is a minister and pays tribute, it doesn't matter.

However, now that the big Han is too powerful and has shown obvious ambitions for the old Northwest, it would be abnormal if the Uyghurs remained as they were in the past.When aware of the crisis, it is understandable to repeat and take some measures, even if it is stupid, even if it is beyond self-control, it is not surprising.

"The Guiyi army sent envoys to the court this time, I'm afraid they have ulterior motives!" Chai Rong said again.

Wang Yansheng: "According to what Cao Yuangong said, he came here for a big event, but this guy is still covering it up and doesn't want to reveal it."

(End of this chapter)