Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 240 Betting
Zhen Xu, deputy envoy of the Xinquan Army, stood in front of the Yamen of Jie'er Mansion.

Climbing up the stairs from here, there are corpses everywhere, which seem to have experienced a tragic fight.

It's not that you can't use bows and arrows in heavy rain, but the effect is extremely poor.The warriors lost their temper and still liked to fight face to face, intending to overwhelm each other in momentum.

The Tubo elite guarded Jie'er Mansion. They resisted desperately until the last moment, but they were still ruthlessly crushed by the Xinquan army who came to kill them.

Almost all of Voffling's important figures were taken prisoner.Together with the old and weak women and children of Tubo inside and outside the city, they will become an important weapon to disintegrate the morale of the Tubo frontline army.

Perhaps, it has now disintegrated.The two sides bite so tightly in Hezheng County, the rear is lost, and once the news of family members being hostages spreads, the Fufuling clan will only be defeated like a mountain——Yang Yue specially ordered many Tibetans who fled north in a panic to leave , The purpose is to let them spread the news to Hezheng County, so that people can't hide it even if they want to.

Fan He, Marquis of Duyu, came out with a bloody long knife, and said with a smile, "Happy, the Tubo people are unprepared, so the governor's mansion took a lot of trouble."

"Shouldn't this battle be over?" Zhen Xu asked unwillingly.

"It should be over." Fan He said: "Further to the west, march along the Taoshui River Valley. The terrain is dangerous. If the Tubo people are prepared, it will be difficult to fight. It is necessary to advance troops in the direction of Hezhou at the same time. Only in this way can it be conquered. But over there in Hezhou, the commander-in-chief should have a class teacher."

"What the commander is more worried about is that there will be no one left after the attack, so it's a waste of money." Zhen Xu smiled and said: "The five prefectures of Min, Wei, He, Lin, and Lan have a vast area and are far away from Lingxia. Stationing is difficult."

The two of them smiled tacitly, and didn't say anything beyond what they said.In fact, if Commander Yang Du had not insisted, Minzhou might not have fought.

Minzhou took the risk and took it down, but what about Taozhou?Gambling is a must, can you win every time?I am afraid that Old General Yang would not dare to think so.Moreover, there are many Tubo tribes in Taozhou and the surrounding areas, and it is reasonable to stop there.They are already a tired army, and they can't fight against Lu Jin.

The most important thing is that the Difficult Army has expanded to its staged limit.Not to mention the lack of materials, the lack of manpower and talents alone is a major problem.

Garrison troops are needed to ensure security, manpower is needed for farming and grazing, and officials are needed to govern the place, all of which are lacking.Furthermore, most of the money in the town has been used to support the army in recent years, and the local construction owes a lot.With the style of the Marshal, he must want to make up these debts, and this will undoubtedly require manpower and material resources.

The grand occasion of dispatching [-] troops will not happen again in the short term. In the future, it will be a small fight. It will be good to dispatch more than [-] people until the people in Xinde are stable and the nearby Tibetan tribes are recruited.

"How much did you harvest today?"

"Let's behead more than [-] people, not many. They have all been sent to Hezheng County. The Dingyuan army should have a huge harvest." Fan He was a little envious.Wu Fu, some people kill so much that they don’t want to kill, such as Wang Yu, and some people have not killed enough and are very addicted, such as Fan He.

"More than [-] people were captured, all of them were old and weak, women and children, and they were all grazing and farming nearby. It's a pity that there are no horses, and the people who came over were all infantry, otherwise even more people would be captured." Fan He said again: "Fufuling The family collected [-] hu of grain and more than [-] head of cattle and sheep in Minzhou, all of which are now our military funds."

Zhen Xu laughed out loud.

"Let's go, eat yak meat, this is the first time I've seen it."

Yang Yue walked through the dilapidated streets.

The heavy rain has stopped.The blood on the street was washed away, but there was still a slight fishy smell in the air.

He just found a tombstone outside the city. It is very old, the handwriting is illegible, and only half of it is left.

The tombstone should belong to a member of the Li family in Longxi. It first wrote a long paragraph about what happened when he was a general in the country, and then changed his style of writing, "trapped in the middle of Tibet", "temporarily crowned in the dynasty of Tibet", "still ranked General".

He snorted coldly at that time, this is a false official of the Fan Dynasty.I don't know what happened later, even the grave was leveled, do you regret it later?

There are many aristocratic families in Longxi who are officials and generals in Tubo.The Tubo people wantonly abused and oppressed the ordinary Han people, but they often wooed the aristocratic families.

Dunhuang Yin, Suo, Cao, Zhang, Li, Si and other great clans, after Tubo fell into the city, immediately moved to Zuojin, and also got the privilege of exempting Tubo from taxes and servitude.The subordinates of the sect do not have to serve in the military and pay taxes, and still live a good life.

Yin Bolun served as the "Ambassador of the Daomen Cousin Tribe in Shazhou", Yin Jiayi served as the "Second General of the Pioneer Tribe in the Guazhou Jiedu March", and Yin Jiazhen served as the "Guazhou Jiedu March and merged the three tribes in Shazhou Cangcao and the branch plan" Wait."

The Suo family, a noble family in Dunhuang, served as an official in the Fan Dynasty, and they were constantly promoted.

With the military, government, and finances all in our hands, it is no wonder that Tubo can rise up when it declines.But why did the officials and soldiers sent by the imperial court suffer heavy casualties when resisting the Tubo army, while you local wealthy families did not suffer much loss?On the contrary, after the Tubo occupation, they took the opportunity to steal local power and did things that they could not do in the Tang Dynasty.

Yang Yue doesn't look down on any of these people, although the commander-in-chief said he was "too harsh" on others, but if he doesn't look up to them, he doesn't look down on them.No matter what difficulties you have, isn't it to protect those lands and parts at home?In order to continue to be rich?In order to resist Tubo, my Yang family was able to sacrifice their lives for several generations. The whole family fought to the death. Is it fun to eat sand all day long in Yudole City?

Helong prefectures can no longer appoint local nobles as officials!Using them may be effective quickly and stabilize the situation immediately, but in the long run, it will cause great harm.

Official, still have to find a way from the court.

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After Xiao Yu came back from court, he was frowning.

Yang Fugong's power is getting bigger and bigger, making it more and more difficult for these prime ministers.

Today, even through the matter of money and food, he wants to intervene in the three divisions of Duzhi, Yantie and Hubu that have always been in charge of the prime minister.Although the local wars are endless and these positions are becoming more and more difficult to obtain, Yang Fugong's move is still far beyond the boundary, which makes him quite annoyed.

But what to say, alas, so what to be annoyed.

Yang Fugong has power and soldiers, and the only ones in Beijing who can contend with him are his uncle and nephew Ximen Sigong.But Ximen Sigong was ill and his influence weakened, Yang Fugong became more and more lawless, so there was nothing he could do.

Another fatal thing was the death of Wang Chongrong, which really caught Xiao Yan by surprise.

Although Hezhong Town is still in the hands of the Wang family, and the transition of power has been considered smooth, but Wang Chongying and Wang Chongrong are two people, and their relationship will inevitably be affected.

If you want to do something these days, can you do it without foreign aid?

Simon Sigong was appointed as the envoy of the Tenth Army because of the Dingnan Army as foreign aid.Yang Fugong was appointed as the privy envoy because of the Hedong Army as foreign aid, and a bunch of hypocrites went to the outer town to hold the military power.

I tried to contact Zhu Mei myself, but he was not strong enough, with only 2 horses, and being watched by Jing Yuan Cheng Zongchu and Binning Zhe Zongben, it would be difficult for him to do anything.

Xiao Yan is also a veteran of the eunuchs, and he keenly felt that a huge conflict was likely to break out between the two powerful eunuch families in Chang'an, the Ximen family and the Yang family.

This time it was not the Ximen family who provoked it, but the Yang family thought that they were strong, and Ximen Sigong was old and sick, and wanted to take the opportunity to seize power.In this matter, Xiao Yu faintly felt that the saint might also support the Yang family, because he still remembered the matter of Lingwu County King's entry into Beijing!
Forget it, this prime minister has nothing to do.In the Jianghuai chaos, even though Zhu Quanzhong repeatedly showed his loyalty and sent troops to guard the Bianshui pay road, so that some goods could bypass the area where Qin Zongquan was ravaged and entered Beijing, it would be useless.

Afterwards, there was chaos in Sichuan again, and there were endless wars in several wealth-heavy areas, and Yang Fugong's fake sons had to go through the offerings first.It seemed natural for him to intervene in financial matters.

And that Li Hanzhi!He dared to intercept the confession of the princes of the Guandong, and according to Xiao Yun's idea, let Li Ke use his troops to destroy it.But in the eyes of others, it seems that they still want to appease the main purpose, the country is so powerful, what can the husband say?

The king's career is gone!
"Brother, everything is done!" Suddenly, Xiao Yun came in from the outer hall.

Xiao Xun (gòu) and Xiao Xun (qú) are brothers, both sons of Xiao Zhi (zhì), the prime minister of the Yizong Dynasty, and their great-grandfather was Xiao Fu, the prime minister of the Dezong Dynasty. The relationship is not ordinary.Xiao Mao, who has already served in the shogunate of the Dingnan Army, is in the room of Xiao Sheng, the son-in-law of the Dezong Dynasty. Although the relationship is relatively close, there is still a layer of separation.

Xiao Mao is currently entrusted with a major position in the Dingnan Army. He is the judge of the construction department of the shogunate and presides over the construction of Huaiyuan New City. His official career is very promising.At this time, Xiao Yun felt a little regretful. If he had known that he had sent his younger brother Xiao Yun there, what was the point of being the county magistrate of Yongle?
Now that Wang Chongrong died, Xiao Yu asked his younger brother to resign and come back, intending to increase his bet on the Dingnan Army.Because he wasn't quite sure what Xiao Mao's attitude towards their house was, there was a big difference between Xiao Shi and Xiao Shi.

"Are those all willing to go to Hewei?" Xiao Yan raised his brows and asked after hearing the words.

"With brother's face, I am naturally willing to go." Xiao Yun said with a smile.

He found a few people, all of whom were well-known.

Zhang Xuanyan, a provincial tribute Jinshi in the first year of Qianfu (874), is currently serving as a censor in the palace, from the seventh rank.

Pei Tingyu, a native of Wenxi in Hedong, was a Jinshi in Chengdu in the first year of Guangqi (885), and he has not yet obtained an official position.

Wang Yanchang, a native of Taiyuan, arrived in Chengdu in the first month of the second year of Guangming, and was admitted in the temporary imperial examination.At that time, there were few candidates but few admissions, so two people were selected. Wang Yanchang was one of them, and he has not yet obtained an official position.

Li Xun, a former member of the Ministry of Water, Wailang, later went to work in Dongdu.After the Chaos, the Eastern Capital fell, and Li Xun took refuge in Henan.Xiao Yu's teacher, Wang Duo, once recommended him to be an official in the court. He had just arrived in Beijing. After Xiao Yu knew about it, he approached him.

Xue Yiju, a native of Wenxi in Hedong, was a Jinshi during the Qianfu period, and is currently a householder.

In addition, there are more than a dozen tribute students from the Imperial College, all of whom are not bad at learning, at least they are familiar with articles and have a clever mind.

These people were all delineated by Xiao Yun, and then Xiao Yun came to negotiate with them one by one, and they were all settled.

How can there be no capital to place a bet?
This is Xiao Yan's capital, and it must be able to satisfy Lingwu County King.

As for Xiao Yan himself, he also intends to go to Hewei, but he still needs to communicate with Lingwu County King and get his nod.

(End of this chapter)