Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 309

"The Master said: 'A gentleman is concerned with filial piety, so loyalty can be transferred to the king; when it is done for brothers and sisters, obedience can be transferred to the elders; family management, so governance can be transferred to the official. It is based on the conduct, and the name is established on the Future generations will live on.’” In Wuquan County School of Lanzhou, Wu Rong was teaching the classics and meanings to the students.

There are a total of [-] classics in the imperial examinations, all of which have to be tested, and the "Book of Filial Piety" is one of them.

Wu Rong actually liked the job quite a bit.The monthly salary is three mils, and it is 36 mils a year, and there are gifts such as fruits on four seasons and eight festivals.Even on some important festivals, the gifts will be more generous.For example, during the winter solstice last year, he got a sheep and took it home to raise it.

He has taken his family to Lanzhou.

The hometown of Yuezhou has been ravaged by wars in recent years. Warriors have been killed here and there, and the people can't live a peaceful life.At present, it is said that a martial artist named Qian Liu is the most powerful, but who knows, maybe one day his subordinates rebel, and his head will fall to the ground, and in the end he will continue to kill and kill, never ending.

The imperial court has become more and more outrageous over the years.The middle officials are arrogant and domineering, and don't take Gang Ji seriously.The prime ministers of Nan Ya are also incompetent. They don't know what they are doing all day long, and they don't know how to refresh the government.

It's getting worse and worse!
As for Longyou Town, how should I put it, although it is Shuofang Jiedu envoy Shao Shude's vassal, but on the surface it is Xiao Xiang who is in charge.The King of Lingwu County didn't care much about small things, he only set the general direction of the Longyou states, and gave Xiao Xiang a lot of autonomy, which made them, the scholars from Chang'an, feel much more comfortable.

Wuquan County has not been established for a long time, just a few years.The household registration is not abundant, only 4 to [-] people, most of them are descendants of Tianbao survivors under the original Tubo rule, and there are some newcomers from Henan Province, who are both herding and farming, so they can only make do with it.Can survive, but not very rich.

There are a total of twenty students in the county school. They are young and don't look very smart.Especially the few new students who enrolled this year have no foundation at all. It is said that they failed the martial arts exam and can only study literature.

When Wu Rong first heard about this, he was stunned for a long time, and then he sighed: People's hearts are not ancient!
He didn't know where to start teaching these students without any foundation, so he threw them all to the teaching assistants and concentrated on cultivating others.

But those students, how should I put it, even without considering the factors of cheating in the examination room, Wu Rong didn't think they could pass the exam, no matter what subject they were in!Can't pass the exam!
Teaching and educating people in the county school has been regarded by Wu Rong as a matter of cultivating sentiment and tempering mind.Anyway, the students knew in their hearts that in the future, at most, they would go to the prefectural and county level yamen as petty officials, or go to the shogunate as a driving officer. people.

There are also two Tubo students in the county school, who were forced by the county, and it is said that it is the intention of the shogunate.

Tubo students were not young when they entered school, they must be seventeen or eighteen years old, and they heard that they were married, which made Wu Rong: "..."

Although they didn't learn very well, they were sincere and respected their teachers. They gave away more than ten sheep a year, and they didn't know which tribe they were from.

It is too much to give!Being so open-minded and eager to learn, Wu Rong was very moved, and secretly made up his mind that no matter how hard he worked, he must teach these two students well.

Turning Hu into Xia is also one of the cool points of literati.

The two Tubo students came a little late today.

When Wu Rong saw it, he was not very happy, but he still said gently: "All the students have arrived, but you two are late."

"Master." The two students saluted together.

"Well, do you still have doubts about the lesson you taught last time? If so, you can talk about it now." Wu Rong said kindly.

The two looked at each other, and then one of them bit the bullet and said, "Master, I'm here to say goodbye today."

Wu Rong was stunned, and said: "You have only been in school for two months, and your foundation is shallow. It is time to work hard."

"Master, I'm going to go out with General Zhang." A student said.

Wu Rongru was struck by lightning and went out to fight?fight?

"Master, I didn't pass the martial arts exam, so I came to the county school to study. Now I have the opportunity to go out with the army, and I will go to fight for my future, so I came to say goodbye." Another student said.

Another blow!Wu Rong felt a little dizzy, he failed the martial arts exam, so he came to study literature, and now he is going to fight, so he went to be a martial arts man again?
"Fight with General Zhang? Which General Zhang?" Wu Rong continued to ask without giving up.

"The envoy of the Zhenwu Army, Zhang Yanqiu, is now the recruit envoy in the south of Liangzhou, and he wants to lead the army to attack north—er, Tubo."

"Why did Zhang Yanqiu come to Longyou..." Wu Rong really didn't care about this kind of fighting and killing recently, but he didn't doubt the authenticity of what the two Tubo students said.The king of Lingwu County really likes to conscript foreign soldiers when he is fighting on all sides. The surviving fan tribes in Lanzhou are basically not affected in the last war, and they surrendered quickly after the war. It is normal to be asked to send out troops.

Wu Rong was in a daze and didn't know when the two students left.

After leaving school, he met Qin Gui, the tribal envoy of the capital of Lanzhou on the street.

This person is full of hair, but he is hale and hearty, and he walks with full momentum, which is not inferior to young people.

"Doctor Wu." Qin Gui took the initiative to salute.

"Official Qin, where are you going in such a hurry?" Wu Rong asked.

"It's not a secret anymore. General Zhang ordered Lanzhou to supply fodder, grain and beans, and the army will go north to conquer Liugu Tubo. Time is urgent, and I will go to the various ministries to urge it." Qin Gui said.

In the four counties of Lanzhou, there are still some Tubo and Qiang people, so the post of tribal envoy was set up here, under the supervision of Qin Gui, and Dong Zheng was the deputy envoy.

Wu Rong vaguely knew that Liangzhou, a mountain away to the north, was fighting.But I didn't expect that the Hewei states would also send troops. Is it because the war is unfavorable?
Thinking of this, he sighed.Wouldn't the most important reason for moving to Lanzhou be the stability here?There is also an emotional element.If Lanzhou also suffers from military disasters, the world is so big, where else can we go?
At this time, outside Lanzhou City, a large group of soldiers are marching.

At the Jinchengguan ferry, people shouted and horses neighed, and the traffic flowed like a dragon.

Zhang Yanqiu stood on the pass city, overlooking the post road in the distance.

On the post road is an endless marching column, which is the [-]-step army of the Jinglue Army Guan Kaijun, and a large number of Fan Han masters accompanying the army.

The Jinglue Army started from the Linzhou area. Except for 500 people left to guard the fortress, the main force stationed in Dalaigu, Changcheng Castle and other places were all transferred northward to gather in Lanzhou to collect supplies.

In the distance that cannot be seen, more than 3000 main force of the Feng'an Army stationed in Guangwu Liang have also gone north.

The two armies will march along the Nishui (Zhuanglang River) valley, cross Guangwu County (a county under the jurisdiction of Lanzhou, southeast of today's Yongdeng County), and reach Changsong County of Liangzhou (now around the West Huangyang River in Gulang County) for 220 miles. , nearby is the lair of Hongyuan Gubu, one of the six valleys.

Go out of Hongyuan Valley and go 120 miles northwest, and you will find Liangzhou City.

Except for Hongchi Ridge near Hongyuan Valley, the whole course is almost a flat river valley with water and grass, which is very convenient for marching.

Today is already the first day of April in the second year of Wende, the Feng'an army left [-] infantry to defend the city, and the rest were dispatched. The main force of the meeting should have penetrated a hundred miles into the Nishui River Valley.Five hundred cavalry pawns were at the vanguard, and if nothing else happened, they would probably have fought with Zhuanglangu, one of the Liugu Tubo.

Can't delay!Zhang Yanqiu turned around and went down to Guancheng, calling for Yang Yi and Liang Hanyong.

There are still traces to follow when a general uses troops. He likes to be prudent, defeat the enemy with a majestic formation, and at most add a little change.

Now the commander-in-chief is in Liangzhou, and there are Tianzhu Army, Shunyi Army, Iron Cavalry Army, Leopard Cavalry Capital, Gamo and other Fan tribes along the way. This is the Zhengbing.Yang Yue, the envoy of Qicheng Slaying, led the Xinquan army and the tribes of the tribes.

Then turn our attention to the broader battlefield. The army on the entire Liangzhou battlefield is a regular soldier, and the ones they set off from Lanzhou on this journey are surprise soldiers.The regular soldiers are dignified, the strange soldiers stand out, one straight and the other strange, and they cooperate to smash the enemy army.

Back then when he received the urgent letter from the commander in Xiazhou, Zhang Yanqiu guessed the general strategy after only reading the first two lines.This does not mean any disrespect, the commander-in-chief's strategy is a mature and prudent strategy, without any risk factors, but it can still achieve results.This is the kingly way of war, if you don't use troops like this, Zhang Yanqiu will look down on the general.

Taking risks is addictive!

"Emissary Yang Youyi, the [-] cavalrymen of the Jinglue Army have already crossed the river. You immediately lead your troops westward and northward to Guangwu County to collect grain, and then continue northward to cooperate with the [-] cavalrymen of the Feng'an Army to attack Liugu Tubo. " Zhang Yanqiu ordered.

"The last general obeys orders." Yang Yi answered loudly.

"Vice General Liang, the cavalry of the Fan tribes in Lanzhou are still being assembled. Once the assembly is complete, I will give you command to go north and enter Liangzhou."

"The last will obey."

There are also a thousand cavalry from the German Army!
This way, the commander-in-chief meant to let them travel westward from Hezhou, pass through Shanzhou, and go out of Dadoubagu.

This is the route that Yang Guang led hundreds of thousands of troops to patrol the west in the fifth year of Daye.

It may also be the largest Western Expedition so far. It captured the capital of Tuyuhun and shocked the Tibetan tribes far and near.

During the Kaiyuan period, the imperial court set up a big fighting army here, with 500 soldiers in charge.The weather in this valley is changeable in summer and autumn, and it is prone to sudden rain and snow. If you are unprepared, you may suffer a big loss.However, the geographical location is excellent, more than [-] miles from Liangzhou in the east, and [-] miles from Zendan, the "King City" of the Uighurs in the north, it is still worth the risk.

The [-] cavalry were commanded by Tian Xing, the envoy of You Yi of the Tiande Army, plus more than [-] cavalry from the Fan tribe in Hezhou.The commander-in-chief specifically instructed that if the two families did not send troops, they would give up on this road.

Tubo in Shanzhou has already received the goods from Longyou Jiedu envoy Xiao Yu, so it is not a problem to make excuses, and they can even provide fodder and spare horses.

Several groups of soldiers and horses went out together, and the odds and odds complemented each other. Now it depends on the results of the battle.Even if the Ganzhou Uighurs who entered Liangzhou cannot be wiped out, they must be severely damaged so that they will not dare to have any ambitions for at least a generation.

The Hexi states do not need a regime whose strength is clearly superior to others.If there is, destroy it.

(End of this chapter)