Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 122 Sweet dates are big, but not much meat

Karakhan's cavalry retreated, because if they did not retreat, they would not be able to leave.

They besieged Zhang Zhao, a simple military stronghold, for three full days. Surrounding this small field, [-] cavalry initially adopted the tactics of siege for twelve hours, cutting off water and aid, and intimidating.

Unfortunately, it rained heavily the day before, and a group of people survived by the rainwater!
Then the thousand and five cavalry dismounted and put on their armor, ready to fight on foot against these besieged guys.

As a result, in less than an hour, they left behind seventy or eighty corpses and ran away.

The more than [-] Askars plus the God Warriors can't do it, let alone their [-] cavalry.

On the third day, Ittihad in the city pulled out the defenders who had regained some morale and encircled them with the cavalry on all sides to prepare for a storm. However, after two hours of fighting between the two sides, the attacker retreated in a hurry.

The remaining [-] cavalry headed north, and it seemed that they were going directly to Balasagon.

Askar of Ittihad dropped hundreds of corpses again and retreated to Shule City. This time, he ordered people to block all the gates with boulders.

Less than an hour after they retreated, the Khotan army, flying the golden swastika flag and the mouse-headed mouse king banner with human body, arrived in large numbers.

In thirteen days, Zhang Zhao defeated the three large-scale attacks of the Shule defenders, killed and seriously injured more than [-] Shule defenders and god warriors, killing countless people, and the Ittihad's "nail pulling" operation failed completely. .

During these thirteen days, Li Shengtian personally mobilized a [-]-strong army to surround Esksa Castle without regard to casualties, and finally pulled out the most important nail outside Shule City.

And with the fall of Fort Esksa, the fall of Fort Yusuf, which is hard to support, is also a matter of time.

When Li Shengtian saw Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zhao and his subordinates, Regret Shan and You Yijun Erlang, were still in bright armor.

They were mentally exhausted, but their morale was high. Although a lot of their lips were dead due to lack of water, as long as they replenished water, they were still a lion that could continue to fight.

On the other hand, among his five hundred palace guards, at least one-third of them suffered from diseases due to drinking the collected rainwater.

As for the Ya'erkan he didn't want to see and the Buddhists and people near Shule, at least half of them began to get sick one after another because of unclean diet.

As soon as Li Shengtian raised his head, he found Zhang Zhao looking at him with shining eyes. After a short pause, Li Shengtian waved his hand to invite Chengzhi from the palace beside him.

"Send all these people to the Jialuolou Temple where Ya'er sees, and let the Zhou monks cook medicine for treatment. They are all meritorious ministers of our Dajin Kingdom. They should give medicine to the doctor, give them food and rice, and take good care of them! In the future They are all subjects of my Great Jin Kingdom!"

"Son of Heaven, Shengming!"

"Thank you for the grace of the Son of Heaven!"

The sound of singing praises came, after a long journey, digging trenches to build an army camp, and then being forced to fight with the Karakhans, and finally being knocked down by heavy rain and unhygienic food. Li Shengtian kowtowed and bowed, completely forgetting that they had resentment towards Li Shengtian not long ago.

But for troublesome people, Li Shengtian can solve it with a few words lightly, but not for Zhang Zhao.

Wen Wu, who followed Li Shengtian, could only imagine how great Zhang Zhao's contribution was during these thirteen days, just looking at the tragic situation in Shule City.

Relying on the burden of more than ten thousand, which is basically a side effect, and relying on more than one hundred soldiers in the headquarters, five hundred palace guards, and hundreds of miners, he managed to carry tens of thousands of soldiers under the condition that there was no danger to defend Shule City. Karahan's regular soldiers and warriors attacked in turn.

It can be said that without Zhang Zhaoshule's bloody battle, they would not have successfully captured Esksa Fort in [-] days.

"Erlang! Uncle saw you right! You really are my horse!"

Li Shengtian held Zhang Zhao's arms, tears were already glistening in his eyes, his expression was so excited that he didn't look like a king at all, Zhang Zhao was a little uncertain, did Li Shengtian really reveal his true feelings?Is there still a little bit of acting involved?
Zhang Zhao was guessing how much of Li Shengtian's excitement was real, and the Khotan army generals around Li Shengtian kept thinking about the words "My family is a thousand miles away".

Speaking from an uncle's mouth, uh, it also makes sense, but it seems a little too intimate, so intimate that people can't help but think about it.

You know, Li Congde, the prince of the Great Jin Kingdom, is still studying in Dunhuang, and has not lived in Khotan for six or seven years.

"The lonely king grew up under the care of the eldest sister, and now the eldest sister's son has made such great contributions to the lonely king. The lonely king decided to change the name of Ya'er Kanzhou to Fengtian Prefecture, and Ya'er Kancheng to Fengtian City.

Zhang Zhao, the servant of Huangmen and lieutenant of Fengtian Army, was granted the title of Duke of Fengtian County, inheriting all the rights and interests of Princess Fengtian, the eldest sister of the lonely king, in the Kingdom of Jin.

The Duke of Fengtian County is allowed to use the surname Yuchi!All the regular taxes of Fengtian City belong to the Lord of Fengtian County! "

Yuchi, to be precise, should be called Vi-ca, or Vijaya in Sanskrit. This is a very ancient Indo-European word, and it is also believed to be derived from Sanskrit.

It means victors, conquerors, and many Hu ethnic groups used this word as their surname in history.

For example, the Turkic Vija Khan’s Vika is actually the word Vi-ca, and later English represents Victor, and the root of the word also comes from this word.

It has to be said that Li Shengtian is really qualified politically. Zhang Zhao is Han, and Li Shengtian has half Scythian blood.

The Zhang surname is a common surname in the Central Plains, and Zhang Zhao’s Nanyang Zhang family is a prominent family in the Central Plains. Although the Yuchi surname has been integrated into the Central Plains surnames as early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it is always a Hu people’s surname.

Therefore, Li Shengtian didn't say to give the surname, because if he said to give the surname, it would not be a reward, but an insult, so he announced that Zhang Zhao could use the surname Yuchi, which seemed very flexible.

On the one hand, Zhang Zhao obtained a qualification similar to that of the royal family of Tian, ​​which not only let others know Zhang Zhao's status in his heart, but also did not seem a little insulting.

On the other hand, the surnames of Li Shengtian and his son have long since ceased to be Weichi, one is Li Shengtian and the other is Li Congde.

However, Zhang Zhao can be called Yu Chizhao instead of Li Zhao, so it is obvious that Zhang Zhao and Li Congde are distinguished.

In short, Zhang Zhao has since then possessed the qualifications of the Khotan royal family, but he is very different from other Khotan royal families, especially Prince Li Congde, so that some careerists will not have the wrong understanding.

As for changing Yaerkan to Fengtian, and giving Zhang Zhao the regular tax Yaerkan, this is also a very clever move.

On the surface, the richness of the reward and the high glory are unrivaled for a time, but Ya'er saw that changing to Fengtian does not mean that Ya'er saw that the title was given to Zhang Zhao.

Taxation in Khotan is divided into regular tax, distribution tax, servitude, corvee, etc. The regular tax is about the same as the [-]th tax in the early Han Dynasty, and it cannot be collected or is rarely collected in many places.

The textile industry in Khotan is very developed, and the country's main tax is actually the cloth tax. Not only the textile industry needs to pay the cloth tax, but the land tax is also converted into cloth tax and then paid.

So the crow that Zhang Zhao got is taxable, eh!It sounds like Tian En is very powerful, but it is about one or two hundred guan a year, which is not a small amount, but it is definitely not as grand as it sounds!
"The armies are ready, set up camp, the thief Ittihad has been severely injured by Erlang, we will take advantage of his illness to kill him, attack day and night, and take Shule!"

Li Shengtian pulled Zhang Zhao and walked a few steps towards the city of Shule, then turned around and said loudly.

"Liu Zaisheng, your palace guards are still fighting with Duke Fengtian. The previous compensation for casualties and rewards for military exploits should be reported as soon as possible to assist Duke Fengtian in compiling and reporting. The lonely king will reward you heavily!"

"My nephew represents regret Shandu, You Yijun, Shenjidu, and son of Fenjindu. Thank you, the Son of Heaven, for your reward!" Zhang Zhaoxing thanked loudly, and a look of understanding flashed in the eyes of both of them.

These people under Zhang Zhao's command were not Li Shengtian's army, but Zhang Zhao's own private army. Li Shengtian asked him to make the award book, even if he did not interfere with Zhang Zhao's sovereignty, it was also a kind of reward and care in disguise.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Zhao ate Shenjidu and Fenjindu, who had become soldiers but whose status was uncertain.

The miners in Fenjindu now have eight 900 people, and the Zhitong in Shenjidu have four 500 people. Although Zhang Zhao can’t eat all of them, it’s okay to keep 300 people each.

At this point, Zhang Zhao finally got together a military guard for Xiazhe Chong Mansion (800 people)!

(End of this chapter)