Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 279 North of Liangzhou
When mentioning Liangzhou, people of later generations generally subconsciously think that it is Lanzhou, the provincial capital of Gansu in later generations.

But in fact it is not, Liangzhou is Wuwei, Gansu for later generations.

This is a rather lonely city in the Republic. If the name Wuwei does not sound mighty, many people would not have any impression of this remote city at all.

The entire population of Wuwei City in later generations is less than 500,000, and its GDP is only a mere [-] billion.

The core Liangzhou District of Wuwei City has a total population of only 88, and the population of Wuwei City is even smaller.

No matter in terms of GDP, population and popularity, it can be said that there is no sense of existence.

But at this time, Liangzhou was the capital of Northwest China. Politically, it was the essence of the Five Liangs. It was the capital of Hexi. Important, the national guard.

Since Huo Qubing recovered the Hexi Corridor, Liangzhou has been the heart and logistics base for the Central Plains regime to attack and defend the nomadic regime in the Northwest.

In the Tang Dynasty, facing the military pressure from Tubo, Liangzhou became an important town where the Tang Dynasty restricted Tubo.

This is not only because of Liangzhou's important geographical location, but also because of Liangzhou's folk customs and martial arts.

Zheng Tai, a book of the Later Han Dynasty, said that the counties in Kansai were quite accustomed to military affairs. Since then, they have fought against the Qiang several times. Human.

The Xiliang Army at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was even more brave and invincible, and the Tang Dynasty continued the bravery of the generals in Kansai.

Zhang Zhao once read the words of a family in later generations, saying that the sign of the complete decline of the Tang Dynasty was not the Anshi Rebellion.

Because even if the Anshi Rebellion caused heavy losses to Tang's heart, and the Jiedu envoys in all towns all had the intention to support their troops, overall, the Tang court's prestige has not been lost.

The fact that there are many feudal towns does not mean that they can ignore the court's greetings, nor does it mean that there are no loyal ministers and righteous men who have the heart to the court.

At this time, the country can generally be maintained, as long as there are no more stupid tricks, and if there are one or two wise kings, the country's power can even be restored.

But then Tubo captured Liangzhou, which completely ruined the possibility of the revival of the Tang Dynasty.

The loss of Liangzhou caused Hexi, Anxi, and Beiting to be completely cut off from the Tang Dynasty, the Silk Road was cut off by Tubo, Chang'an lost its biggest source of income, and it was extremely passive militarily.

Occupying Liangzhou, the Tubo cavalry could threaten Chang'an at any time. Bai Juyi once lamented that Liangzhou fell for 40 years, and Helong invaded seven thousand miles.Usually Anxi is thousands of miles away, but today the border guards are in Fengxiang.

Under the triple blow of the severance of the Silk Road, the arbitrary cut-off of taxes by the feudal towns, and the frequent invasion of Tubo, the Tang court, which could only firmly control the Guanzhong area, finally came to its end.

But now, Tubo's precipitous decline, even thousands of years later, has never regained its former glory.

The Central Plains Dynasty never really controlled the Five Cool Essences and the Hexi Metropolis. Historically, it finally fell into the hands of the Xixia people.

It's a pity that the people of Xixia embarked on a road of no return from the very beginning. Li Yuanhao, the founder of the country and known as the Son of Heaven, became so abnormal when he got old that Zhang Zhao even doubted whether Gao Yang was reincarnated.

And since Li Yuanhao's crookedness, Xixia has never looked like a normal country.

Otherwise, the Xixia Kingdom would definitely become a dynasty that made the Northern Song Dynasty extremely painful, and the threat was likely to be greater than that of the Liao Kingdom.

Therefore, in view of Liangzhou's unique and excellent conditions, Zhang Zhao reluctantly gave up the temptation to deal with Ganzhou Uighurs first, and instead took advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take Liangzhou first.

Liaoquan Shouzhuo fought, although Zhang Zhao felt very depressed, because the Ganzhou Renyu Khan, who had become a turtle in the urn, ran away completely.

But in fact the results were pretty good. More than [-] of the [-] cavalry conscripted by the Uighurs in Ganzhou were killed on the spot and more than [-] were captured.

If you count their losses in the First World War in Suzhou, the entire Ganzhou Uighurs lost more than [-] men.

For a tribe with a core population of 300,000 and limited recruitment to pull out [-] to [-], this is a very heavy loss. Counting the loss of armor and equipment, they are almost on the verge of subjugation.

If it weren't for the fact that the Guiyi Army's plate was too small, Zhang Zhao couldn't fully utilize the resources of Guasha and the two places, and there was a more attractive Liangzhou waiting for him to capture, at most half a year to eight months, Zhang Zhao would have the confidence to take The Ganzhou Uighurs were digested.

There was the sound of hoofbeats, and hundreds of cavalry escorted a woman in men's clothing with several brightly colored banners.

This is not Ganzhou City, nor Liangzhou City, but Baitinghai in the north of Liangzhou, which is located in the north of Minqin County, Gansu Province in later generations.

Zhang Zhao did not go directly to Liangzhou from Ganzhou, but first detoured to Juyanhai, north of Ganzhou, which is later known as Ejina Banner, and then drew an N shape from the grassland, and finally came to Baitinghai.

Liangzhou is not so easy to get into!
Pei Yuan had already gone to stay in Liangzhou Jiedu and Li Wenqian returned. At the same time, Zhang Zhao also sent Zhang Liecheng to lead the two hundred Sogdians who came back with him from Ningyuan, pretending to be merchants from Anxi. , Pretending to be the second batch of tribute horse envoys of the Guiyi Army, entered Liangzhou City.

"Erlang, where's Nobunaga? Haven't they come back yet?"

Mrs. Cao San quickly jumped off the horse, and before she landed, she was asking about his precious son.

"It should be soon! Don't worry, his boy brought five hundred fine cavalry and one thousand Ganzhou Uighur captives, just to sweep up a few small tribes of Dadan people, and he will be back soon."

Zhang Zhao patted the back of Mrs. Cao San's hand, and said to himself that your son is not afraid of wearing a white robe often in a new way on the battlefield, and there is no danger in beating a few Dadan tribes.

This is also the second reason why Zhang Zhao chose to cross the grassland. In the battle against the Uighurs in Ganzhou, Zhang Zhao selected 1000 people from the captives he captured.

Then use the 1000 people as a supplement to sweep up the grassland tribes north of Juyanhai and Baitinghai.

He is going to build a light cavalry of about 3000 people who specialize in dirty work.

"The covenant between Lao Taishan and Renyu has been concluded? Has your twelve aunts been rescued from Ganzhou City?" Zhang Zhao asked.

After Renyu Khan successfully ran back to Ganzhou City, Zhang Zhao was not interested in besieging Ganzhou City anymore.

Going there is a waste of time. If you really want to fight, the Uighurs in Ganzhou will fight to the death. They can't beat them in two or three months. He doesn't have that much time.

Just at this time, Cao Yuanzhong got the news that Zhang Zhao had won the entire Suzhou and defeated the Uighurs in Ganzhou. He couldn't sit still. He risked affecting the spring plowing, recruited 2000 people, and rushed to Liaoquan himself. Keep and catch.

After Cao Yuanzhong arrived, Zhang Zhao found that brothers Cao Yuande and Cao Yuanshen were in the team, and he immediately felt relieved.

His father-in-law still has enough brains. No wonder in history, after the successive deaths of his father and two brothers, he was able to hold the power of the Guiyi Army for 30 years under the suppression of the Uighurs in Ganzhou.

So Zhang Zhao left 2000 people for Cao Yuanzhong, and handed over to Cao Yuanzhong the reunion with Renyu Khan of Ganzhou.

He only made two demands, that is, the 300,000 ransom promised by Renyu Khan, and a big money cannot be missed.

Twelve daughters and three grandchildren of Cao Yijin married to Aduoyu Khan must be handed over.

The former is to weaken Renyu Khan to a greater extent, because the 300,000 guan cannot be paid by the Yaogeluo family alone, and it must be apportioned to other tribes.

You, Renyu, have lost your teacher and lost your land, and you will search for the tribesmen when you come back, your prestige will definitely be greatly reduced.

In this case, Yao Ge Luo Tongli, who was also disgraced and didn't know where to go, would not be completely powerless to fight back, and the internal fighting in Ganzhou would not stop.

Asking to return Cao Yijin's daughter and grandson is to prepare for the complete surrender of the Ganzhou Uighurs.

Humans are like this. If there is a step to deceive themselves and others, then many people will choose to borrow the slope to go down the donkey.

At the same time, the return of his daughter can greatly alleviate Cao Yijin's guilt.

After all, he married his daughter for more than three years, and his son-in-law Ah Duoyu was killed, and his daughter's life was almost ruined here.

"The covenant has been made!" Mrs. Cao said with a smile: "You really got what Erlang said, that Renyu Khan is really a ruthless master.

He didn't even care about his son, Prince Jingqiong, and closed the four gates of Ganzhou. He also wanted to send rangers to cut off our food roads, hoping to consume my [-] troops! "

"That's for sure, 300,000 coins! Renyu is not as rich as I am, and 300,000 coins can kill him!

Not to mention letting A Duoyu's son go, that would be a major event with endless troubles, so why did he agree to it later? "Zhang Zhao asked suspiciously.

"This is all thanks to Liu Di, the craftsman under Erlang. He is a great talent. He commanded the craftsmen of Huolei Ya, and together with Fourteen, made four trebuchets in ten days. They only bombarded the Ganzhou city wall. In less than two hours, Renyu Khan obediently surrendered!"

Miss Cao San thought of this, and immediately burst into laughter, but when she smiled, tears began to glisten in her eyes.

Zhang Zhao sighed, took her hand and squeezed it. Mrs. Cao must have remembered the tragic situation when the Ganzhou Uighurs attacked the city of Dunhuang, and the death of her cousin Suo Sanlang.

"Don't worry! After I take over Liangzhou, I will definitely attack Ganzhou again. Let them pay back ten times the insult they gave us back then!"

(End of this chapter)