Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1588 Thick hair!

While preparations for the war are in full swing, other things cannot be delayed.

This is Shao Shude's attitude all the time: everyone performs their duties, busy but not chaotic.

Half of the Khotan army has withdrawn, leaving only [-] light cavalry and [-] strong infantry led by Li Shengtian. The main purpose is to save food.

The monks and soldiers did not leave, and temporarily stayed at Artush Tongguang Temple. They will also participate in the next grass-threshing operation, although this sounds a bit contrary to harmony.

The vanguard has already set off, led by Yang Liang, including [-] horse-riding infantry from the Flying Dragon Army, [-] Qingqi from Khotan, and [-] Qingqi from Khotan, marching westward along the southern plain of Congling.

Shao Shude won't leave until a few days later, and taking advantage of the spare time in the meeting, he seized the time to review some more important memorials.

The first one was the military newspaper from Luoyang.

In the past six months, the situation in the middle school has been generally stable.After the King of Yan, Shao Mingyi, conquered the rebel tribes in the Tonghai Governor's Mansion, he went north to Quzhou to suppress the Dongcuan tribe.

Shao Shude swept away these.In Yunnan, the biggest enemies are terrain, disease, and nothing else!Fighting some poorly equipped militias mainly composed of tribes, do I need to read every word?
He focused on the last paragraph: The King of Yan asked to set up three thousand soldiers in the city of Baping, and Ji Ding granted the land, and distributed money and food, farm tools, cattle, and seeds to settle down.

The Zhengshitang agreed, the Nanya Privy Council agreed, and the Prince Jian Guo also agreed.But this matter was relatively big, and in the end, it was rushed to Shule with five hundred miles and handed over to Shao Shude for imperial approval.

After reading it, he was very relieved. Erlang was very tolerant, so he agreed with a stroke of his pen. According to the request of Lao Liu, he expanded Baping City, and the Ministry of Industry sent officials and construction experts to go south. Assist and handle it together.

After the expansion of Baping City, a Wangfu was built in the city, and a Wangfu was built in the mountains in the southwest.After the completion of the work, reward eunuchs, palace people, female musicians, and craftsmen—these are the queen's requirements, after all, she is her own flesh and blood, and it is impossible to treat her harshly.

Shao Shude didn't have any comments, but only raised one: After the rebellion in Quzhou was wiped out, all the captives were reduced to slaves and sent to Liaodong.

This matter happens to involve the second article.

After many years of stability in Liaodong Road, there was a rebellion, which made Shao Shude feel a little unbelievable.

The point is that it happened in Longquan mansion, which is even more surprising.

Taking a closer look, this rebellion is more like an accident: Li Congke, the deputy envoy of Liaodong Daodu, oppressed the Bohai people at will, killed innocent people indiscriminately, and even caused a rebellion.

The crown prince demoted Li Congke to be the commander of the Qingzhou Army, promoted Li Siben to be the deputy commander of the Liaodong Daodu, and promoted Zhou Jiying, the deputy commander of the Yingzhou Army.

4 rebels in Longquan Prefecture were demoted to slavery, and sent to Yuzhou, Mengzhou, and Meizhou as part of the trilogy.

After reading it, Shao Shude generally agreed with this treatment.However, when I saw Zhou Jiying's name, I was a little impressed. I remembered that he was originally a child of the Imperial Army. He was a farmer in Xin'an County, Henan Province. , Slowly improve the local state soldier system.

After reviewing, Shao Shude read the memorial again and remained silent for a long time.

Official governance is something that is really terrible sometimes.People like Li Congke can fight and kill, but it is really inappropriate for him to be an official.

After thinking about it, I was a little angry, so I added another one, calling Li Congke as the commander of the Yizhou State Army, and came to serve in front of the Shule Army as soon as possible.

It's best for this kind of devil king to be disciplined by his father, Li Siyuan, and the father and son will fight for Lao Tzu!

After dealing with a large pile of memorials, the last one is about the Korean peninsula: the king of Taifeng and the descendants of Maitreya Buddha Gong sent envoys to the court to file a complaint, saying that there were many pirates from the Central Plains in the coastal waters, who plundered and sold them to Liaodong as slaves , Please ask Da Xiazi to issue an edict to ban it.

The crown prince did not dare to specialize in such a level of diplomatic affairs, so he sent Shule to ask the sage for approval.

Shao Shude just sneered after watching it, Gong Yi refused to accept the conferment of the imperial court, how dare he come to sue?So only four words were approved: "Ban his size!"

After reviewing all the memorials, Shao Shude pushed them aside, feeling a little terrified in his heart for a moment: this country, without him, is still running stably...

Then he laughed at himself, perhaps many people wished him to die quickly.

The person who was demoted to a slave was gnashing his teeth at him while repairing the earth, cursing constantly.

The family members of the enemy generals and warriors who were killed by him said that on the battlefield, life and death depend on fate, and no one is to blame for death, but in reality?Who knows what they are thinking behind the scenes.

Was Jiang Ren, who was robbed of his wife and daughter and teased by him, really so indifferent?When you saw your beloved wife's belly growing like a blown balloon, did you make a lot of straw figures in private?
Hehe, I am still alive and kicking, so I disappointed you all.

I will use one victory after another to make you even more desperate.Daxia's prestige is getting stronger day by day, and it is basically getting more stable day by day. Even if you want to rebel, you will not be able to attract a few friends.

despair!I am such a man, whether you curse or praise me, nothing will hurt me.

The only thing that can defeat me is time.

I can't wait!

On the first day of August in the 15th year of Jianji, after personally supervising the harvest of spring wheat, Shao Shude left Shule, took civil and military officials, palace guards, and marched westward under the protection of tens of thousands of troops.

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Fergana was called "Bahana" in the Tang Dynasty, and it was called "Dawan Kingdom-Bahana" in the "Hanshu", which corresponds to the Persian meaning of "a mountain basin with only one exit".

In the late period of the Arab Umayyad Dynasty (White Clothes Dashi), it completed the conquest of Persia and then aimed at Central Asia.

In the fourth year of Chang'an (704) after Empress Wu, Qudibo served as the emir (equivalent to the governor) of the Great Khorasan Province in white clothes. With Mulu (now Mare, Turkmenistan) as the capital, he had more than 5 troops—— "4 are from Basra, 7000 are from Kufa, 7000 are obedient citizens."

"Acquisitive people" are soldiers recruited in conquered areas, most likely Persians.

From this year onwards, Dashi's army in the Mulu area has been maintained at this scale to suppress the entire Great Khorasan Province (including part of Central Asia) until the change of dynasty in 750.

In the first year of Tang Zhongzong's Shenlong (705), Qutibo conquered Tocharistan (the capital is in Balkh Province, northern Afghanistan).

In 706-709 he leveled the disobedient tribes around Bukhara.

From 710 to 712, he conquered Samarkand and Khwarazm.

From 713 to 715, he sent troops deep into the Syr Darya Valley, and at this time he finally kicked the iron plate.

In the third year of Kaiyuan (715), Dashi joined forces with Tubo to interfere in the succession of the king of the Tubo country, and a war broke out with Datang, and was finally defeated.

From this year onwards, the Great Food Monarch issued a decree that whoever can cross the Congling Mountains and conquer the Tang Dynasty in the east will be the governor of China.

It doesn't matter if the soldiers are dead.Just continue recruiting from Baghdad, Basra, and Damascus, one after another.

So persistent, so stubborn, until the Tuqi rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and was defeated. They defeated Gao Xianzhi in the Battle of Talas, finally won Bahanna, and obtained the passage to China.

But at this time Tubo came again.

They competed with the big food in Central Asia, and expanded their footsteps into the grasslands and deserts, forcibly blocking the black-clothed big food's eastward invasion.

When Tubo failed, so did the black-clothed food, and Central Asia was broken into one place, until the rise of Saman Persia...

Central Asia, it turns out, is a crossroads, and anyone who becomes strong will kick it.

The Turks came to disaster, Persia came to disaster, Dashi came to disaster, the Tang Dynasty came to disaster, and Tubo also came to disaster. The latest time, it was the Uighurs who moved westward and penetrated Central Asia.

Now, it was clear that someone else was in trouble.

On the evening of the second day of August, the army arrived near Congling and camped in a small oasis (now Wupal Town, Shufu County).

Arriving in this area, it is obvious that the terrain is gradually rising.However, the nearby agriculture is developing very well. There are many wheat fields and orchards, and they have not been affected by the war.The sage has already issued a notice to calm the people, as long as you don't try to die, it is generally no big deal.

At the foot of the mountain on the west side of the oasis, there is actually a Buddhist temple named Dafu Temple. No one knows when it was built. It may be called the Northern Dynasty or the Sui Dynasty.

There are gurgling springs in front of the mountain and green trees on the mountain. There are more than 70 monks in the temple. They seem to be quite knowledgeable because they are translating Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures. In the [-]s, the ruins of this large-scale Buddhist temple were discovered. Destroyed during the Creator's eastward march.

Shao Shude didn't stay here any longer, and continued to march the next day.

As the altitude got higher and higher, he obviously felt the thinness of the air.

For a moment, he felt a little regret.

Isn't it uncomfortable to stay in Shule and sleep with Satuk's wife in your arms?Inject vitality into the place where her life was conceived repeatedly, listen to the messenger's report when she is free, and command remotely, I don't know how much effort is saved.

But he knows that's not how it works.

There is such an opportunity to walk through the legendary historical city, trace the footsteps of the heroes in history who established martial arts, and even engrave their own mark again. This kind of willful opportunity does not come often.

He now has willful capital, and his inner desires have overwhelmed other needs.What's more, if you don't come personally, how can you command the various tribes?It was inevitable to take this trip—of course, he also took Satuk's wife and daughter with him to see if there was a chance to meet that person.

On the fourth day of August, he received a report from the pioneer courier: Yang Liang asked to go straight to the battle and raise the city.

Shao Shude immediately asked for a map and watched it carefully.

Juzhanti, also known as Kuzen City, is near the second largest city in Tajikistan, Khujand (Khujand), and is the western entrance of the Fergana Basin.

From here to the southwest, you can go to the old Dongcao and Kang, and enter the area where the Sogdians are relatively dense.

The northwest can lead to the old stone country (Tashkent).

To the east, you can enter the heartland of Pullhana.

"It's too risky." Shao Shude slapped his palm on the map, and said, "Send an order to Yang Liang. According to the original plan, first gain a foothold before we talk."

According to the information provided by the businessman, there are six cities and dozens of villages and towns in Bahanna from west to east, and the westernmost city is Huzhi City or Juzhanti.

Directly marching the army to the west, blocking the entire basin, and then slowly concocting it, this plan can be described as extremely bold.But Shao Shude wanted to hold his hand first, let's have a look.

The envoy left soon after receiving the military order.

Shao Shude sat next to the dilapidated post road, looked at the vast mountains in the distance, and suddenly smiled: "Yang Liang's plan is not without merit. Try the thief's weight first and then make a fuss. If it doesn't work, just block the whole What about the basin?"

After drinking a cup of tea, he clapped his hands, got up on his horse, and said, "Let's go! Follow me to Caogu!"

(End of this chapter)