Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 404 Messenger

"You are Lu Wenjin?" Shao Shude asked while sitting on the mat.

Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng, one on the left and the other on the right, all set their sights on the envoy from Youzhou.

"The King of Lingwu County remembers my name?" Lu Wenjin was a little surprised.

"Where is Liu Rengong now?" Shao Shude asked.

Lu Wenjin was a little surprised why Marshal Shao in the northwest of the famous town paid attention to Liu Kutou, but he still replied: "After the fall of Weizhou, General Liu was defeated and returned to Fanyang. He was punished and sent to supervise the construction of Qigou Pass."

Shao Shude nodded.Qigouguan, a very familiar name.

"Why did Shuai Li send you here?"

"Back to the king of Lingwu County, my commander wants to attack Yuzhou and avenge the trap, and hope that the powerful soldiers from Hexi will help." Lu Wenjin replied.

This is not to save the son who was arrested, it is because he thinks that the son died not fast enough!
Li Kuangwei, if you are cruel to others, you can be cruel to yourself, too!
"The king of Longxi County is my sworn brother, I don't want to kill him, so please come back." Shao Shude said.

Lu Wenjin was a little surprised.

Didn't you send troops last time?More than [-] troops marched across the grassland to the north of Yunzhou, all the clans were terrified and fled one after another, it was even scarier than Khitan to the east.In the end, he was forced to retreat the Hedong army, majestic, how could he not want to fight this time?
"The king of Lingwu County is short of gold and silk? That's right, the army's conquest will cost a lot, and my commander-in-chief is willing to help—"

"No need." Shao Shude reached out his hand to stop the words behind him, then changed the subject and asked, "General Lu, does he know that there is a young man named Yeluyi in the Nieri clan of Khitan Delabu?"

"I know." Lu Wenjin replied: "The Niriya family has served as Yili Jin for generations. Since Niriya, there have been 16 people in Fan VII. Yeluyi's uncle, Yelv Shilu, has served as Yili Jin in the headquarters and also in the tribal alliance Yili Jin. My nephew, Yeluyi, is Tamabu Shali. This son has strategies and is good at conquest, and he is already well-known."

The Khitan tribal alliance implemented the two systems of Fan and Han.

In the fourth year of Kaiyuan, Khitan Li Inhuo and Xi Li Dajiu led their troops to surrender, "in order to make inactivity the king of Songmo County, the general of Xingzuo Jinwu and the governor of Songmo", and the chiefs of the eight tribes under him all worshiped as governors.

He also set up a static analysis army in his mansion, Li Dahuo was the ambassador of economic strategy, and the general Ke Tuyu was the deputy envoy.

The imperial court sent personnel to the Governor's Mansion of Songmo to reorganize its army and distribute pastures, farmland, and Dingkou.

Since then, Khitan has separated the military and the government.The king of Songmo County and the governor are the supreme leaders and have a righteous name, but the military power is controlled by the deputy envoy of the Jingxi Army, and the actual power is actually greater than that of the county king or the leader of the tribal alliance.

But later, he rebelled and was flattened by the court. In the 23rd year of Kaiyuan, Nieli was added as the governor of Songmo.Nie Li rebelled again, and in the 25th year of Kaiyuan, Nie Li fled to Mobei.

He did not dare to be the governor or the Great Khan any more. It is shameless to respect Yaonian as the leader of the Eight-Party Alliance and steal the title of "Supreme Khan" from the Turks.Even in the heyday of the Liao Kingdom, I am afraid that it is far inferior to the Turks.

From then on, the Yaoren family served as the khan, and the descendants of Niriya served as the military chief of the Diela tribe (Yi Lijin), who also served as the tribal alliance Yili Jin, and held the actual power.

At present, the Khan of the Eight Khitan tribes is Chende Jin, and the descendant of Niriya, Yelu Shilu, is the Eight Division Yili Jin. Yelv Yi is Yelu Shilu's favorite and most trusted descendant, and he intends to make the eight military chiefs of the Yelu clan ancestral position to him.

"Has Khitan been doing well recently?" Shao Shude asked again.

"Restless. Over the past few years, the conquests have eroded all tribes. The Tatar, Xi, Shiwei and other tribes have been driven by salt, and the clan tents have been soaked." Lu Wenjin replied.

Shao Shude stood up, frowning in thought.

In fact, throughout the dynasties, as long as the dynasty lasted long enough, there would always be a powerful regime on the grassland.This is a natural law and it is difficult to change.

The country was established, the Turks were strong, and several vassal forces were established in the north, such as Liang Shidu.

After Emperor Taizong won peace with the founding elite soldiers, he has always paid great attention to the development of the grassland tribes.In the Gaozong, Wuhou, and Xuanzong dynasties, military and diplomatic means were used together, making it impossible to form a strong regime on the grassland until the Anshi Rebellion broke out.

This proficient use of diplomatic means comes from the genes of the Northern Dynasties, which is quite different from the introverted dynasties that rose from the heartland of the Central Plains.Guochao does not discriminate against Hu people, and has a deep understanding of the grassland. He is often deeply involved in the internal affairs of the grassland and has achieved amazing results.

In the Tang Dynasty, the barbarians in the northern grasslands tried to unify many times, but there were always traitors and lackeys of the Tang Dynasty everywhere, and the division was too fragmented.The Uyghur Khanate collapsed unexpectedly again, and finally failed to come back to life.

Of course, even in the era of feudal separatism, the northern towns were also strong in force.When the Xi people were overjoyed, they were suppressed by Youzhou Town, and when the Uighur embers wanted to cheer up, they were suppressed by the Tiande Army, Zhenwu Army, and Hedong Army.

At this point, not the Turkic people, not the Uyghur people, not the Xi people, not the Shiwei people, but the Khitan people "stand up" and once again try to integrate the various ministries of the grassland.

Shao Shude had a hunch that according to the current situation, several regimes would emerge one after another in the Central Plains and Grasslands to stand against each other.Everyone is racing against time, whoever establishes the country first and annexes the surrounding towns or tribes will have the upper hand.

Khitan's current strength is nothing more than a big feudal town.

Regarding the grassland, Shao Shude appreciates the Guochao's approach, and should regard it as a part of the empire and deeply participate in its internal affairs.

Obviously the danger is there, but you still bury your head in the sand and forget about repairing a side wall, and let the grassland barbarians toss around outside the side wall. This is an extremely wrong approach.

Be proactive!
Since the Kingdom of China, few of the leaders of Turkic and Xue Yantuo grassland powers died in the hands of the Tang army. Most of them were killed by their own people or hostile tribes, and then sent their heads to Chang'an.

If you don't participate in grassland affairs, you will have no influence, you will not be able to use diplomatic means, and there will be no such good things that are in danger of being snuffed out in the bud.

With the development of cavalry technology and tactics, this arm will usher in its golden age, and its power will far exceed that of the Han Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The grassland nation will also usher in its heyday.

At this time, if the Central Plains Dynasty is still in the old way, it will be very dangerous to continue to repair the Great Wall and the border wall, and let the danger spread and develop, and it will be irresponsible to future generations.

Compared with the Turks, the Xiongnu are weak chickens, the difference lies in equipment and organization.Compared with Mongolia, the Turks are a little bit less interesting, and the difference lies in tactical thinking.

"General Lu, tell Li Shuai when you go back, if there is any change in Khitan, I am willing to send troops to help. However, Li Keyong is my righteous brother, and I can't bear to attack each other." Shao Shude said.

Lu Wenjin was a little helpless.

You are willing to fight Khitan, but we dare not let you come.

After several times, Xixi, Shiwei and even the army behind the mountain saw the strength of the Shuofang army. If they invaded Youzhou Town in the future, no one should turn against each other and open the door to welcome the surrender?
He doesn't understand the word influence, but the meaning is clear, which allows you to come here casually?
Yizhou, Xinzhou, Guizhou and other places are originally mixed with Hu and Han, and the king of Lingwu County is very "hu". It is said that he has several titles on him. A hero who started in a miscellaneous place, if he was allowed to control the tribes outside the Great Wall, he would want to fight Hedong and Hedong, and Youzhou and Youzhou. The grassland is his home.

"Since the king of Lingwu County is unwilling, let's let this matter go. There is another matter. My commander wants to buy [-] war horses. He wants Qinghai horses, not grassland horses. He wants to sell them with gold and silver." Lu Wenjin said.

"Shuai Li is really busy." Shao Shude laughed.

Five thousand war horses is not too much, and the four major ranches can get them, but he doesn't want to use this part of the reserve.

This business should be handed over to Hexi Gamo, Ganzhou Uighur, and Suzhou Long's family. If you follow yourself, there must be some benefits.

"I agree to this matter." Shao Shude replied: "You go to Shengzhou yourself, and just go to the Deputy Chief Protector Song of the Chief Protector's Mansion."

After finishing speaking, Shao Shude let Lu Wen in.

"The imperial court has to go alone." Shao Shude said, turning around and sitting back on the bed.

Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng's expressions turned serious, knowing that this was the right thing to do.

"Why, both of you don't want to go?" Seeing that the two were silent, Shao Shude laughed and said, "Is Chang'an a dragon's pond or a tiger's lair?"

Chen and Zhao laughed dryly.Chang'an's matter is easy to grasp and wastes time.

"If you don't take the initiative, then I will call the roll call. Zhao Da, you go to this matter."

"I obey." Zhao Guangfeng replied directly without refusing.

"Seize the timing well, it's not yet the time to mobilize troops." Shao Shude urged again.

******
Li Hang entered Jinyang lightly.

A year later, it seems that not much has changed.

If there is a change, it may be that the place is more chaotic. It is an eye-opener for him to have soldiers looting merchants and civilians.

If Lanzhou and Taiyuan Prefectures along the way had not sent troops to escort them, Li Hang doubted whether he would be able to reach Jinyang alive.

"The envoy should live here." An official of the Hedong shogunate led Li Hang to a house and said.

"This is not a post station, but who's mansion? It's been a long time since there were no people there." Li Hang wondered.

This mansion has been built several times, and it seems that the cost is very high. Even in the three cities of Jinyang, it can be called a mansion compound, but no one lives there, it is strange.

"This is He Gongya's mansion. In the past, the king of Lingwu County lived here for many days." The shogunate official said, "Since the envoy came from Lingxia, it doesn't hurt to live here."

"Thank you so much." Li Hang didn't refuse, and directly moved the luggage in with his entourage.

Seeing that Li Hang and others were all living in, the shogunate officials called a general, gave a few orders, and then left.

The general led a team of people to guard all the gates and strictly prohibited entry and exit.

Li Hang cursed a few words in a low voice.

Li Keyong has learned a lot, and he is not allowed to go out for a casual stroll.

But along the way, even though I was just looking at the flowers on horseback, I still saw a lot of reality.

The area around Caochengchuan where Shuo and Lan meet is full of rivers and lush water and grass, but the population is barren. It is obvious that Li Keyong has no plan to spend his energy there.

If a large-scale Northern Expedition is to be made, a fodder storehouse and a granary must be set up in such a place, unless this road is not planned.

On the front line of Loufan and Gujiaocheng, a lot of horses were faintly seen, which should be the horse supervisor of the ranch, and Li Keyong finally got back to business.

Horses like this kind of place that is slightly cold, with water and grass at the same time.During the heyday of the Kingdom, a horse ranch was set up here, and later buildings were built to guard and pasture city, which is similar to Xishi city in the south of Huizhou.

The roads around Yangchangzaka are full of potholes and have not been repaired for many years.Cangcheng is also very dilapidated, even covered with moss, it seems to be abandoned.

What does this mean?It shows that Li Keyong never considered attacking Hezhong, nor did he consider attacking Shuozhou north from Lanzhou.

After entering the city, the market was a little bit depressed.As for how it compares to last year, I can't tell much. It seems to have gotten worse, but it doesn't seem to be there.

time is too short!If you look at it three years later, there may be obvious changes.

"Ke Yong didn't think about the Northern Expedition, so the Commander may feel at ease." Li Hang wandered around the weed-filled courtyard, and when he came to He Gongya's study, he turned around and left.

How dare he enter the bedroom where the commander-in-chief once lingered.

"Oh, the commander-in-chief didn't use my words, and he missed the opportunity." Li Hang picked a piece of thatch casually, and sighed while playing with it.

Li Keyong obviously didn't want to go to the Northern Expedition anymore. He only needed to wait for his main force to go east, and the time to attack Wang Chongying and his son would be ripe.

Li Hang once suggested to secretly send people to contact Wang Ke to support him as the governor of the river and instigate civil strife in the Wang family, but was rejected by the commander-in-chief on the grounds that "Chong'er is weak."

However, if there is no civil strife in the Wang family, how should Hezhong be captured?
Forget it, maybe the commander himself didn't intend to take Hezhong, and he didn't want to stimulate Li Keyong too much.

Li Keyong should be summoned in a few days, and Li Hang went through the speech again in his mind to make sure that there was no problem before returning to the main hall to sit down.

There is not even a maid to warm the bed, how does Li Keyong treat guests?

(End of this chapter)