Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 370 Yunzhou

On the Guanghao Grassland outside the Great Wall, countless nomadic peoples, large and small, have risen and fallen in the long river of history. They are hostile, allied, killed, and annexed with each other. Similar things also happened in the Central Plains. In other words, although the north and the south had confronted each other for hundreds of years, the situation of great unification reappeared in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Unlike the Central Plains, the annexation and killing on the grassland never stopped, which directly led to the situation of discord on the grassland.

Nowadays, although there are many people in Li and Tang who are afraid of the Turks, they all know that no matter whether it is fighting with troops or beauties and generous gifts, it is ultimately to reject the Turks from entering the Central Plains.

Turkic was originally a Rouran iron slave, but gradually became stronger, replaced Rouran, and claimed to control millions of strings, eyeing the Central Plains... But not everyone, or every tribal leader hopes to rule the Central Plains.

For example, Ashinasheer at this moment is an example. Although he was ordered to lead troops to harass Hebei and Shandong last year, he actually tried to dissuade him in private before sending troops, but Jieli Khan insisted on going his own way.

Jieli Khan intends to take control of the Central Plains, and he is close to the left and right and often preaches the destiny... Li Tang's foothold is unstable. Tang Yi contends for right and wrong...

But Ashinasheer sneered at this, Li Tang was not stable, could Turkic be stable?
If it was during the reign of Luo Khan that his father was in power, he would be [-]% sure that he would use Yang Zhengdao, king of the Sui Dynasty, to capture Bingzhou, peek at the Guanzhong in the east, and go south to the Central Plains... Unfortunately, before the expedition, his father died of illness suddenly, and Jieli Khan came to power.

When Jieli Khan rectified the interior, took control of the overall situation, and sent troops to the south to invade Bingzhou, he was stopped in Daizhou by Liu Shirang, who was then the governor of Bingzhou... Not long after, the battle report that King Qin captured the two kings and swept the Central Plains spread. coming.

Instead of gnawing on the hard bones of Li and Tang, it is better to go to the west... In recent years, there have been frequent civil strife in Western Turks.

Well, in history, this Ashinasheer took advantage of the civil strife in Western Turks, suddenly marched west, captured most of the territory of Western Turks, and called himself "Dub Khan".

Because of his remarks, Ashinasheer was quite excluded among the Turks. After all, the Turks still showed a tendency to overwhelm Li Tang over the years...Although Ashinasheer was a Turkic royal family, he studied since he was a child, which is an exception.

Thinking of Liu Shirang, Ashinasheer frowned. This is really tough. He glanced at the respectful Zhou Zhoulang, and asked with a casual smile: "I heard that the King of Handong was defeated in the battle of Wei County. Li Shan's handwriting...have you heard of this person?"

Tuesday Lang's face changed slightly, he lowered his head and replied, "At the beginning of the year, I moved to Hedong, but I heard that... Li Huairen was named Guantao County Duke because of planning the Shandong war."

"Guantao County Lord?" Ashinasheer chuckled, and shook the whip in his hand with great interest, "Although this person is not in his prime, he is really an extraordinary person..."

Guantao is the place where Li Shan changed back to Li Daoxuan and Xue Zhong, and it was also the beginning of Li Shan's fame in Shandong, and it was also the place where Ashinasheer wanted to return to the north, and it was also the turning point for Liu Heita's army from prosperity to decline.

Yuan Xiaozheng asked curiously: "Li Huairen, what kind of person is this?"

Li Shansheng captured Yugu and exchanged Li Daoxuan for Li Daoxuan. This matter was not a secret among the high-level officials in the Tang Dynasty, but few people in the Turks knew about it. Yuan Xiaozheng, as the son of Yuan Junzhang, had never even heard of the name Li Shan. .

Ashinasheer didn't answer, and scanned the shop, "Apart from drinks, do you have any other goods?"

"My lord, the caravan hasn't been out of customs for many years, this time I only brought drinks..." Zhou Zhoulang asked cautiously, "If my lord... I am willing to help you."

Ashinasheer pondered for a while, "I haven't seen the caravan go out for a long time, so I won't embarrass you, no iron, just send some tea and salt."

"Thank you sir for your understanding." Zhou Zhoulang bowed, "I will be leaving in two days, and I will bring more tea and salt for the next trip."

Tea and salt are needed by the Turks, and they cannot be produced in the grasslands. Basically, they can only rely on these caravans. "

"I would like to obey orders." Yuan Xiaozheng replied seriously.

Ashinasheer was noncommittal. He came to Yunzhou this time because he was ordered by Jieli Khan to see whether Yuan Junzhang could regain Mayi this year after his new defeat...

But today I heard that Li Tang banned alcohol in Guanzhong, which means that there may be a famine, and without Ma Yi, the army broke through Yanmen and attacked Hedong... There are not small variables.

It's better to go south directly from Lingzhou and enter the Guannei Road... Ashinasheer doesn't want to gnaw on Li Tang's increasingly hard bone, but who makes Jieli Khan so persistent.

Asking the store clerk to deliver all the wine to the carriage, Ashina paused, and suddenly said: "Next time, bring more wine."

"Uh... oh, little man, try your best."

Ashinasheer thought to himself that Li Tang's prohibition of alcohol means that there is not enough food, and it is always a good thing to let the other party consume more food.

Yuan Xiaozheng is the second son of Yuan Junzhang, who manages general affairs all the year round, and is not good at military affairs, so he asked a special question, "Wine, salt and tea are out of the customs, the guard of Yanmen should check... And someone remembers, Li Tang is not allowed to trade, right? "

"By the way, the guard of the Yanmen Gate is Li Gaoqian, General of Zuo Wuwei, Duke of Jiangxia."

Yuan Xiaozheng looked at Ashinasheer, "Last year when Khan went south, Master Yu Sheshe was defeated in Xinzhou... Li Gaoqian led the army."

"This time in the Mayi battle, Li Gaoqian led the troops out of the fortress..."

Ashinasheer nodded slightly, he is the second son of Chuluo Khan, and Yu Sheshe is the third eldest, the two have always been on good terms with each other, and both are proficient in Sinology, but their political stances are different.

Ashinasheer had some objections to Jieli Khan's entry into the Central Plains, but he was loyal to Jieli Khan himself, and Ashina Yushe was very dissatisfied with Jieli Khan... At that time, his father Khan died of illness, and his eldest son O Sheshe was already an adult, but Princess Jieli Khan Goulian Yicheng took the Khan throne.

The name is that Osheshe is ugly and weak, and Chuluo Khan's direct line is dissatisfied, and Osheshe became ill soon after, and Yu Sheshe suspected that it was the hand of Jieli Khan.

Various thoughts swirled in Ashinasheer's mind, and he turned his head to look at Zhou Zhoulang... This is a doubtful point. There have not been a large number of caravans coming to Yunzhou for many years. Last year, the army broke through Yanmen. Finally, he was forced to retreat by Tang Jun.

And not long ago, he just heard that Li Tang changed his banner, defeated Tuyuhun's main force in the first battle, beheaded Tianzhu King, and captured Khan Fuyun alive.

This caravan is not a spy, is it?
Coughing carefully twice, Zhou Zhoulang showed a look that you understand, "Jiangxia County Duke fights on the battlefield, but he also needs to eat and dress..."

Ashinasheer laughed, and the suspicions that had just arisen immediately dissipated. He has studied Sinology since he was a child, and he knows that the reason... is sufficient.

On the other hand, Yuan Xiaozheng looked at Zhou Zhoulang with playful eyes.

(End of this chapter)