Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1495
After lunch, Shao Shude moved to Zichen Palace.

Four of the six chief and deputy officials of the Privy Council of Nanya came, and four of the seven prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall also came.

Shao Shude's eyes swept over Li Tangbin, Zhu Shuzong, Shao Desheng, Hu Zhen, Zhao Guangfeng, Xiao Yun, Wang Pu, and Lu Siye one by one.

Except for the necessary left-behind personnel, everyone who can come has come.

"Sit down." After eating, Shao Shude's anger had subsided a little, but he was still very angry.

Everyone felt the solemnity of the atmosphere and sat down in order.

"Zhu Qing, tell me first, where are the ministries?" Shao Shude asked.

"Observe the decree." Zhu Shuzong reported: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and has long expected that Nanzhao has ulterior motives and wants to attack me. Therefore, he has a plan in his chest and seizes the enemy's opportunity..."

"Don't talk nonsense." Shao Shude glanced at him and said, "Let's get straight to the point."

"Yes." Zhu Shuzong continued: "On the third day of October, the Privy Council issued an order that 8000 people from the Zhu Yanshou Department of the Dragon and Tiger Army entered the two prefectures of Zang and Bo. and Dongchuan.”

"The 2 troops of the Ningyuan Army's Gu Quanwu Department drove to Yongzhou and arrived at the end of October. Lingxi Road provided supplies."

"2 people from the Huang Fan Department of the Qing Navy arrived in Jiaozhou in batches in mid-November, and Annan and Guangzhou jointly provided supplies."

"Li Siyuan of the Guangjie Army was originally scheduled to arrive in Qianzhou at the end of November, but due to lack of supplies, they have been stranded in Jingzhou so far. Your Majesty has heard about this matter."

"There are more than [-] people in the Shengjie Army. Except for the [-] people who stayed behind in Chengdu and Zizhou, the rest were divided into Tunqiong, Ya, Ling, Li, and Yi. They arrived one after another during the twelfth lunar month of last year, and Xichuan provided supplies."

After talking about this, Zhu Shuzong successively mentioned some local township recruiting situations.

Shao Shude nodded, this was his early preparations for the possible attack of the Dai Nagawa Kingdom.It can be seen from the posture that Annan, Yongzhou, Qianzhong, and Shuzhong have all dispatched soldiers and horses, because it is not sure which direction the enemy will attack from.

It can also be seen from the location of the garrison that he adopts a defensive posture as a whole, and at this stage he does not want to fight the enemy at all.

If Gein wants to attack, his troops should be deployed further forward, where the mountains are high and the forests are dense, the roads are rugged, and the transportation of materials is extremely expensive.But now they are mostly stationed in places where it is relatively easy to obtain supplies and consume less, but they are not good starting points for attack.

This is also the reason why he was very annoyed when he heard that Da Changhe Guo even dared to take the initiative to attack.

To be honest, if Zheng Renmin is smart enough, he should stay at home honestly and allow Shao Shude to go west, and maybe he can escape the catastrophe.After all, he was over 50 years old, what if he died after the Western Expedition?

In central and southern Guizhou, southern Jiannan, Wuguan large area of ​​Manliu tribes, even Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, and southern Jiangxi, there are many Manliu tribes. The degree of development in the south is extremely limited. He really treats you How interested is Nanzhao at home?
Now he jumped out on his own initiative to block the Gaochang Uyghur, attract Shao Shude's attention, and disrupt his strategic plan, it can be said that he is as stupid as a pig.

Now that it's over, there's nothing more to say.

"The thieves will come out, the enemy's situation is clear." Shao Shude said: "Li Qing, don't you want to say something?"

Li Tangbin was secretly flipping through the small note, and said immediately after hearing the words: "Your Majesty, this battle may recover the entire territory of Yizhou."

"Oh?" Shao Shude noticed his small movements, and asked, "Where is the big story of Yizhou? When was it? It was in the reign of Tianbao, or in the reign of Xiantong, or in the reign of Qianning?"

He asked, of course, for a reason.

The original geographical range of Yizhou is very wide.

In the fourteenth year of Tianbao (755), Yizhou governed nine counties, with more than 17 registered households.At that time, the southern border of Yizhou was not in Yangpengling. From here, it went south of Lingzhou, passed Jingkou Station and Biyi Station, and reached Huichuan Town for 160 miles, which is the location of Huichuan County to which Yizhou belongs.Tang set up a joint army here as a base for managing Yunnan.

Going south from Huichuan County, passing through Mujiguan, 120 miles away, we arrived at the Huichuan Dudufu (now Huili) located in Nanzhao.The governor's mansion in Huichuan went south for dozens of miles to Lushui (Jinsha River), which was the southern boundary of Yizhou during the Tianbao period.

To the south of the Jinsha River, Tang also established Yaozhou (Yunnan County), governing three counties, and governing Yaocheng (now Chuxiong Yao'an).Because it was too prominent, and there were only three thousand registered households, it was occupied by Nanzhao before the Anshi Rebellion.

In the year when the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Tubo and Nanzhao jointly invaded the north and occupied Yizhou.The next year, Tang Jun recovered.

Then Ge Luofeng sent out troops alone, and occupied Yizhou again.Tang Jun came again, this time only recovered part of it.

Then saw repeatedly.At that time, Nanzhao subdued a large number of tribes in Myanmar, and set up the Lishui Jiedu Envoy here. South Gu Wuyou, so they focused on the north, successively built Tuodong (Kunming) and other cities, and set up Huichuan Dudufu in the south of Yizhou , a little north.

During the reign of Zong Dali in the Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao joined forces with Tubo to attack the Dadu River and was defeated by Tang general Li Sheng.Li Sheng took advantage of the victory to pursue and regained a large area of ​​land in Yizhou.

During the reign of Emperor Dezong, Nanzhao and Tubo once again joined forces to go north and invaded Jiannan, where they were defeated by Wei Gao.

Also in the Dezong Dynasty, after a series of diplomatic means, Nanzhao voted for Tang.In the ninth year of Zhenyuan (793), Yimouxun, king of Nanzhao, defeated Tubo, captured sixteen cities, captured five kings, surrendered more than one hundred thousand soldiers, and won countless military assets.

In the tenth year of Zhenyuan (794), Nanzhao and Tang "Cangshan League", Nanzhao officially voted to Tang, sent protons to Chang'an, and sent envoys to pay tribute.

In the next few years, Nanzhao and Tang joined forces to defeat Tubo in succession.

This kind of friendly relationship has been maintained until the period of Wen and Xuan. At this time, the rationale of Tang Yizhou has also changed again and again. It has reached Sanfu City, and the southern boundary of Yizhou is also set in the Yangpengling area.

At the end of Emperor Xuanzong and the beginning of Emperor Yizong, Nanzhao once again invaded the north, capturing Jiaozhou, Yongzhou, Yizhou and other places. The war lasted for more than ten years, and it was not until Gao Pian defeated Nanzhao that the lost land was regained. Yong'an City in the north.

In another time and space in history, Dachanghe Kingdom attacked Qianshu from the north, starting from the Nanzhao Huichuan Dudufu, easily occupied the cities of Tangyi Prefecture, advanced to the south bank of the Dadu River, and was defeated by Wang Jian, killing tens of thousands of people.Taking advantage of the situation, Wang Jian pursued and once occupied Jingjing Temple near Guyizhou City - Meng Longshun had died here, and recovered a large area of ​​land.

Until Wang Quanbin destroyed Houshu, Zhao Kuangyin decided to use the Dadu River as the boundary and ordered the withdrawal of troops from Yizhou.The area of ​​Yizhou, which had been repeatedly seen and seen for 200 years, was finally completely abandoned, including the part of Lizhou south of the Dadu River.

So, Shao Shude asked Li Tangbin, when did you mean Yizhou?The prefectural capital of Yizhou has been relocated several times. Where do you want to go?

Hearing this, Li Tangbin looked at the cheat sheet again, and said, "Whatever happens, I have to call Yaozhou."

"Oh?" Shao Shude smiled, and said, "Li Qing is very ambitious. Dali is Nanzhao Xijing, Shanchan Mansion is Tokyo, and Yaozhou is sandwiched between the two capitals. Are you trying to destroy the country?"

"The most difficult thing to destroy a country is that the mountains are high and the roads are far away, the food, grass and military equipment are not enough, and the water and soil are not submissive, so there are many victims." Li Tangbin said: "If your majesty is not afraid of the dead, the generals of Xu Nanzheng will kill people in Nanzhao and raise food on the spot. , it is not difficult to obtain."

Shao Shude was noncommittal after hearing this.

Forage is indeed the hardest.Why did Nanzhao and Tang Dynasty toss in this area of ​​Yizhou for 200 years?Because this is the Xichang and Liangshan area of ​​later generations, the transportation is very inconvenient, and it will be very troublesome for anyone who wants to cross this place to attack north or south.

And once you pass here, for example, when Nanzhao enters Jiannan, or when the Tang army goes south to Kunming, it will be much easier, because you can garrison or collect food locally.

The difficulty lies in Yizhou.

Today, in the nine counties of Yizhou, only Taideng, Qiongbu, and Suqi counties are controlled by Daxia, and Suqi County has also moved the county management to other places.The state capital is Yong'an City, north of Papaya Ridge.

Now that Zheng Renmin's army is approaching aggressively, most of these places can't stop it.

However, it’s okay to lose these places.There were not many people in the first place, if it could not be used as a front-line warning buffer against the enemy, it would be of little value.

So……

"How to cross the mountainous area of ​​Yizhou?" Shao Shude asked.

"Your Majesty, it's better to show weakness, first sit and watch Nanzhao conquer the fortresses, prefectures and counties south of the Dadu River, and then lose a few battles, let the Nanzhao soldiers and horses in and let them cross the Dadu River, and break them in the last battle. " Li Tangbin suggested.

"Your Majesty can't." Xiao Yun said hastily: "If the thieves advance to the Dadu River, they will be satisfied, and they will station troops to guard it. With the difficulty of crossing the river, it may be difficult to get back the land of Henan."

"Your Majesty, what Xiang Xiang said is just one of them." Wang Pu also said: "Second, if the thieves cross the river in large numbers, the already hard-to-control barbarians in Li and Ya prefectures will definitely respond in groups, and the situation may collapse suddenly. Too risky."

"You know what!" Seeing that his plan was refuted to pieces, Li Tangbin broke his defenses and said angrily, "If you stick to Yizhou, go hide and seek with the thieves. How much food will it cost? How many people will die? If a saint uses My strategy is to let all the bandits in, and keep none of them away."

"Are you sure?" Shao Shude asked.

A surge of hope suddenly ignited in Li Tangbin's heart.He swallowed, and asked stammeringly, "Your Majesty will let me go to Jiannan?"

"To be honest, I originally wanted to leave this opportunity to others." Shao Shude glanced at Li Tangbin, snorted, and said, "But, now..."

"Your Majesty!" Li Tangbin stood up suddenly, and said earnestly, "I would like to go to Sichuan to preside over the overall situation. If this battle cannot be won, Your Majesty can just take my title, and I have no hatred."

Xiao Yun, Wang Pu and the others looked at each other and closed their mouths wisely.

The holy will has been decided, and it is useless to say more.

Shao Shude walked around the hall with his hands behind his back.

Everyone followed closely, waiting for him to make a decision.

"Boom!" Shao Shude punched the table, feeling very depressed.

This year he was going to march west, but he can't leave now because he is worried.

The army has been handed over, what if someone becomes self-reliant in Sichuan?
Or, what about self-reliance after capturing Nanzhao?
What's more, the army of the Southern Expedition couldn't bear the hardship, what should we do if someone made a noise?
Can the prince do it?
What he wants to see most is that the country is in a state of peace in the world, and then he can go west with peace of mind.But Zheng Renmin didn't give him this chance.

I expected you to attack me!

You actually came to attack me!

This anger was stagnated in his chest, and he couldn't let go of it for a long time.After a long time, he said in a soft voice: "The horse infantry soldiers in Beijing, if Li Qing likes them, you can choose some of them to take away and go to Sichuan to assist my son."

"Of order." Li Tangbin was overjoyed.

"Also, I promise you to act cheaply." Shao Shude sighed, and added: "Take it easy and don't overdo it."

Li Tangbin understood in seconds, and immediately said: "I have always loved soldiers, Your Majesty, don't worry."

(End of this chapter)