Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 167

"Your Majesty, Yaozi went to inquire, and the Nestorian dignitary and prudence are indeed not locals.

Not only the two of them, many people said that there are many backbones in Nestorianism, they all come from some tribes that they haven't heard much about.

In addition, several elders who believe in Nestorianism said that these people act in a somewhat mysterious way.

Moreover, Balasagon was dominated by Manichaeism and Uyghur witch religion a few decades ago, but after the fathers of these two great sages brought their people over the snow-capped mountains to Balasagon, Nestorianism began. Gradually rise.

In a few decades, it became the largest religion in Balasagon. The formerly popular Manichaeism withered, and the witch religion was directly annexed. "

To inquire about news, people like Ma Yaozi should go. Although his mouth is full of alcohol and his body smells like meat, he will indeed be able to mingle with the locals very quickly.

"Okay! You go and let Bai Congxin and Hu Guang come to see me!"

Zhang Zhao nodded, and asked Ma Yaozi to go out to inform people, while he made a fist with his right hand and kept hitting the palm of his left hand, in order to relieve the tension in his heart.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean? The Guo family probably didn't go back to Kucha, but crossed the mountains and came to Balasagon, and became the great virtues of Nestorianism?"

Huitong monk Zheng Tong looked at Zhang Zhao excitedly, and Li Qilang behind him also came over after hearing the words.

"It's very possible! But it's not sure yet!"

In fact, it should be relatively certain, Zhang Zhao secretly thought, there are capable people in this Guo family!

Becoming religious is the best choice to make yourself appear less out of place in this crowd of mobs.

And if you believe in religion, Nestorianism is the most suitable one.

There are many Uyghurs in Manichaeism, which is not conducive to getting into a high position.

Buddhism is closely watched by the rulers, and it is easy to be exposed.

Only Nestorianism, many believers are Sogdians, their characteristics of businessmen, and after the extermination of the nine surnames in Zhaowu, they are also people who lost their country like Tang Er in Anxi. Both sides have common experiences and are in a weak position, which is the best collaborator.

"Your Majesty, do you have something to tell us?" While thinking, Bai Congxin and Hu Guang walked in from the outside.

"There is something to do, Hu Guang, go and gather all the good riders and shooters in our own Youyi City, and everyone will bring three days of dry food.

Bai Congxin, you go outside to find Ashinasili from the Bashimi Department, and ask him to pick 100 people to prepare dry food for three days, and you go out with us. "

"Going out? Duke, shouldn't we go to the Nestorian temple in the city now and ask the majestic master?"

Zheng Tong looked at Zhang Zhao in bewilderment, he didn't understand what Duke Zhang wanted to do.

Zhang Zhao tidied up his clothes and asked, "Did you find any difference between the information provided by Master Titsigu and Ma Yaozi?"

Zheng Tong and Li Qilang shook their heads in confusion again. Didn't these two mean that the Nestorian master was suspected to be from the Guo family?What difference can it make?
"Master Titsigu clearly told me that the two Nestorian masters are Tang Er.

According to the inquiring news from Ma Yaozi, the Nestorians only knew that the fathers of these two great virtuous men came from Shule decades ago, but they didn't know which tribe they came from, nor did they say they were Tang'er.

This shows that they are deliberately covering up and downplaying their ethnic imprints, knowing that they belong to Tang'er, only the upper class who are peers, and the lower class people don't know it at all.

So if we go to the door now, it is very likely that we will not be able to ask anything, and there is a high probability that they will not admit it.

Because Tang'er's status in Anxi does not necessarily mean that it is beneficial, and what happened to their fathers and grandparents, especially Guo Dalang, if it is really the Guo family, they should be very wary.

And since it is going to be covered up and downplayed, it is very likely that there will be no traces left in the Nestorian temple in Balasagun. "

"The Duke is right!" Zheng Tong said a little disappointed.

"Back then, Guo Dalang of the Guo family was called a traitor by us. The whole Guo family left in anger. They probably don't want to recognize us anymore."

"So we can't go directly to that dignitary, we can only start from other places, you two also bring three days of dry food with me, we go directly to He Lie City.

It is said that this is the area where Nestorian believers are most concentrated besides Bala Sagon. If my guess is correct, if the Guo family still thinks they are Tang'er, there must be something we want to see there! "

. . . .

He Lie City, which is also a big town on the edge of Rehai (Iksai Lake), is about a hundred miles away from Balasagun.

Zhang Zhao led [-] cavalry to set off from Balasagun in the early morning, and at three or four in the afternoon, he was already only twenty miles away from Helie City.

He rode a horse and ran forty kilometers in half a day. Compared with those fierce men in history, such as Xia Houyuan who was five hundred in three days and one thousand in six days.

An elite Mongolian cavalry who can run an average of seventy to eighty kilometers a day and run for a month without stopping, this speed is not fast.

But for Anxi at the moment, it is definitely very fast. This is a march, and it is just a method of riding with three horses in rotation.

A loud copper whistle sounded, Hu Cile's second son, Hu Guang, galloped over on a white horse.

Hucile was injured after the battle of Polu City last time, so he didn't come this time. The three hundred Yueqi were led by Huguang.

As soon as Zhang Zhao saw that the rightful master was not there, he unceremoniously incorporated the three hundred Yueqi into Youyidu.

After the Battle of Polu City, Zhang Zhao adjusted the military system, which was basically the same as that of the Guiyi Army, mainly for the convenience of returning to Dunhuang to seize power in the future.

Now Zhang Zhao’s Fengtian Army has an army (2000 people)-battalion (1000 people)-two capitals on the left and right (500 people each)-five generals (100 each), and then each general has two teams, each with five fire.

The current Fengtian Army is not counted as officers, just about 2000 people, Zhang Zhao is the commander of the army, and Yin Yaozi is the deputy commander.

Among them, Zhang Zhao's own team of 1000 people is Fengtian Camp, Yin Yaozi is the camp officer Zuodu Yuhou, and his subordinates are Regret Shandu and Youyidu.

Regret Shandu is the infantry, Yan Jin is the captain of the infantry and the first general on the left, and Fan Quan, Ma Yaozi, Wang Tongxun, and Shan Zhuer are the four generals.

You Yidu is a cavalry soldier, and Bai Congxin is the captain of the cavalry and the first cavalry general on the left.

However, the position of a genuine Captain still needs to be stabbed by the tiger. After all, most of You Yidu's family fortunes belong to Yueqi who belonged to the rebel army.

Then Li Ruotai was the deputy captain of Jiaqi, and Huguang, Ma Shacai, and Qiongre Duojin were the cavalry generals.

Liu Zaisheng was the officer of the Feng'en Camp formed by Khotan's palace guards, and Yuhou, the right capital.

However, Liu Zaisheng is still recuperating from his injuries, and it is very likely that he will be reused by Li Shengtian after he recovers, and he may not necessarily return to the Fengtian Army.

Therefore, Ma Jirong, a Khotan officer appointed by another Li Shengtian, was the Marquis of Yu, the right capital.

Basically, Zhang Zhao did not participate in the appointment of the following captains and generals, because this was Li Shengtian's palace guard.

Throwing it to Zhang Zhao is to strengthen Zhang Zhao's strength, and secondly, Li Shengtian also has the purpose of asking Zhang Zhao to help him train his talents.

Of course, although Zhang Zhao did not intervene too much in these palace guards, they still respected and obeyed Zhang Zhao very much.

Not to mention how favored he is by Li Shengtian, even the two battles between Shule and Polu City are enough for them to look up to.

In addition to these 2000 people, there is also a Shenji Capital with Cao Shishi and Cao Yanming as the captain.

Master Zhitong, the core figure of the original Shenjidu, lost his hand, so he could only go back to the temple where Yaer watched to enjoy his life.

So Zhang Zhao simply disbanded all the old magic machines on the spot, and took the elite among them into Fengtian Camp.

Some leftovers were thrown to Cao Yanming. They took Cao Yanming as the captain and Shi Chongmin as their deputy, specializing in gunpowder and hole blasting.

The last one left was Zhang Zhao's own personal guard. This team of warriors he had recruited from the defeated army of Saktu and the rangers of the Bashimi tribe consisted of about 100 people, and Zhang Zhao led it himself.

Fanshun, Manxiong and Dunzhu are all in his bodyguards. They are said to be bodyguards, but in fact they are elites who often participate in tough battles and death battles.

"Report to the Duke, a tribe is holding a wedding banquet three miles northeast of the front, and scattered sentry cavalry were also found in the direction of He Lie City.

Are we rushing straight into He Lie City to control the people?

Or leave most of them here, pretending to be Bala Sagon and coming to the city quietly? "

Hu Guang, who came back from the investigation, cupped his hands and reported immediately.

This is also what Zhang Zhao admires most about Hu Guang. He has a brain and can think, and he can provide several ideas for Zhang Zhao to choose from, unlike some of his idiots who only know how to rush and fight.

Zhang Zhao thought about it, now is a tense moment, and his three hundred riders are going to He Lie City by himself, and he will probably be regarded as an enemy.

In addition, I don't know if the Guo family will be wary of Tang Er from the east because of Guo Dalang's affairs?So Zhang Zhao decided to explore the situation around He Lie City first!

"Marquis Yu of the Yin Capital led his army to rest here, and Ma Shacai arranged for sentries. Bai Congxin, Hu Guang, and Fan Shun picked twenty cavalry guards to follow me, and we went to congratulate the newcomers in the distance."

. . . .

Guangcheng Fort, the name is a bit of a mouthful for people on the nearby grasslands, but the surrounding herdsmen have long been used to it, and many people's pronunciation is already very standard.

Although Guangcheng Castle is not big, it is a very important small town around Atami.

Because there is a special tribe here, they can weave soft and dense cloth and brew all kinds of delicious fruit wine. What makes the surrounding herdsmen even more excited is that there are craftsmen in Guangcheng Castle who can make and repair ironware.

Ironware is a very important utensil on the grassland. It can not only be used to make weapons, but also cannot be separated from daily life. It can be used as cooking utensils, various tools, and ornaments on girls.

On the grassland at this time, a slightly larger iron pot is often the greatest wealth of a small tribe of dozens of people.

A small iron pot with a bowl mouth that can be used for stewing and cooking can also be worth several cows, and you can marry the most beautiful flowers in a radius of tens of miles.

Similarly, if a woman can bring a small iron pot when she gets married, it is a guarantee of her status in her husband's family.

Even when remarrying, the children do not need to be taken away, but the iron pot must be taken away.

And all utensils are always damaged. In the past, if they were broken, they could only be used until they could not be used and then melted away with tears. Since the construction of Guangcheng Castle, the surrounding herdsmen have a place to repair it.

So soon, around this small castle, more and more tribes came to trade, and the castle became bigger and bigger, and many people also converted to the Arhat that the people in the castle believed in.

"My brother, Chi Tian is sorry for you, but my father changed his mind, because the people from the Black Wolf Department said that the Persians will come over soon, and everyone who believes in Arhat will be in trouble.

He also didn't want my younger sister to go to Jiedan Mountain with you to endure hardships. You know, there is no way to survive there. I'm afraid we will starve to death before the Persians leave. "

A sweaty man in a leather robe was talking in a rambling manner.

On the opposite side of him, a young man in a blue gebu dress with scarlet satin around his waist was flushed, and he angrily grabbed his collar that was full of shame.

"Chi Tian! I thought you were a brother in vain. Today I also invited all the elders of the clan. How can you do this?
This is a humiliation to me!You'd better ask your father to send Aloro to me! "

"I can't persuade my father, Brother Guangcheng, I was the one who sneaked out to report to you today!"

Chi Tian felt even more ashamed. He lowered his head, not daring to look into the eyes of his brother.

"A Luoluo is already my wife, and she is pregnant with my child!" The brother named Guangcheng had no choice but to use his big move.

But he didn't expect that Chi Tian didn't care at all, and the shame on his face became even stronger.

"Hei Mao from the Hei Lang Department said he didn't mind, because brother, you are so smart, you are like a wise man on the prairie, your child must be smarter, he will definitely be trained well in the future, and he will be given a lot of property. "

Uh!Angry Guangcheng was still stunned for a moment, how could he go on with this?
"Look! This is evasion. When you encounter a strong enemy, you only know the consequences of evasion.

Evasion will only make respectable people lose respect, and will make a warrior lose all his glory.

This gentleman, the tribe on the grassland needs a strong man, they don't know how to endure humiliation! "

(End of this chapter)