Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 297

Hongchi Ridge of Pipa Mountain is called Wushao Ridge in later generations. This mountain range is tall and broad, stretching for dozens of miles. It is the natural boundary between the Longzhong Plateau and the Hexi Corridor.

The climate in the south of Hongchi Ridge is cold and humid, while in the north it is much arid. Hou Huo Qubing, the champion of the Western Han Dynasty, once built a city here, and later it became part of the Great Wall of the Han Dynasty.

Fan Zhi followed Jia Yanchang to the Leigong Mountain at the top of Hongchi Ridge. Looking around, Wushao Ridge is like a winding dragon, with its head on the west and its tail on the east, high on the west and low on the east, wrapped in clouds and fog, winding and twisting like a mountain range. Ups and downs, ravines vertical and horizontal.

It was deep winter, there was a lot of snow everywhere, and there was a big river circling at the foot of the mountain, which made the mountain more mysterious and unpredictable.

Fan Zhi and the others led their mules and horses to shelter from the wind and snow under an earthen wall. Looking at the dilapidated city wall of Xianhan, Fan Zhi was very moved.

"This Hongchi Ridge has always been a fortress in Longzhong, a battleground for military strategists, if you want to enter Longyou from Hexi, you must take this road.

When the Tang Dynasty was strong and prosperous in the past, a small city was built here and hundreds of soldiers were stationed here to control the two places. But now, such an important pass is so dilapidated and unguarded, it is really lamentable! "

What Fan Zhi laments is nothing more than the weakening of the Central Plains imperial court, so that Hexi and Longyou have become barbaric lands. The key places of the country in the past have long been hidden in the mountains and no one knows about them.

Jia Yanchang didn't take it seriously. He was a descendant of Han'er who had returned to the righteous army for many generations. Since he was sensible, he had never seen how powerful the Central Plains court was. There is not much empathy in comparison.

And if Longyou in Hexi was dilapidated, Jia Yanchang felt that the Central Plains court was not much different, but the climate was mild, the rainfall was abundant, and the products were rich, so they could support a few more people.

Except for a few squares and cities close to the imperial city Ziwei Palace in the eastern capital of Luoyang, many places are not even as well-organized as Dunhuang City.

Although people said that the lands of Southern Wu and Qianyue seemed to be more stable than the Central Plains, but Jia Yanchang had never been there, so it was impossible to compare.

But the complaints in his heart belonged to the complaints, Jia Yanchang definitely couldn't say these things in front of Fan Zhi, so he cupped his hands and continued following Fan Zhi's words.

"Since the imperial court lost Hexi Longyou in the Dali period, it has not been able to regain this place. Even after the civil strife in Tubo, the heavenly soldiers have not yet marched westward. I feel that man is the spirit of all things. If there is no man, it will be an important military town. That's all. .”

Fan Zhi was silent and did not continue to speak, because he could say that he had nothing to say. After the court abandoned Longyou and Hexi ignored it, just as Jia Yanchang said, the world is at the crux of the matter, so what is it without people?
"Angel, we just need to cross Hongchi Ridge now, and we will reach the boundary of Liangzhou. Liangzhou Gamo is more brave and sturdy than Lanzhou Gamo.

How about I wait for one or two at the foot of the mountain after I go down the mountain, and let the accompanying knights report to Liangzhou, and ask the envoys to send a large army to meet them. "

When Fan Zhi heard what Jia Yanchang said, his heart skipped a beat. The impression Lanzhou Gamo had left on him was already very tough.

The road they traveled was only a hundred miles away, and at least seven or eight times they encountered real swords and guns who came to rob them.

If Liangzhou Gamo is more difficult to deal with than Lanzhou Gamo, what kind of scene will it be?

. . . .

There is a Wucheng Shouzhuo City at the foot of Hongchi Ridge. This is the place where the ancestors of Zhaozhen Jiang’s family in Xiyinghe started.

Because of Zhao Zhen's relationship here, Wucheng Shouzhuo City has a much better fate than other military cities built by the Tang Dynasty in Longyou, Hexi. At least the earthen walls are still there, and there are hundreds of residents in the city.

Jia Yanchang set off for Luoyang, the eastern capital, at the end of August, and Fan Zhi certainly didn't know what happened in Liangzhou.

Back then, when the Six Ministries of Yanmo controlled this place, they would plunder if they disagreed with each other. It doesn't matter whether you are an envoy of the Guiyi Army or the Uyghurs in Ganzhou.

Therefore, before the few people went down the mountain, they saw a group of army horses gathered outside Wucheng Shouzhuo from halfway up the mountain, and they immediately became numb.

Jia Yanchang couldn't figure it out, what's going on?When the Yan Mo people robbed the envoys in the past, didn't they usually start looting when they encountered them?Why are you still playing sit-and-wait?

The [-] cavalry in Wucheng Shouzhuo, who were considered to be waiting for a rabbit, could be called the resentful cavalry brigade in the Guiyi Army.

The head is the short, stout Wang Tongtong with a dejected expression on his face. This guy has always been a restless character in the Guiyi Army.

Back then when he traveled west with Zhang Zhao, he was fearless in battle and had excellent martial arts skills. He often slashed generals and captured the flag with Zhang Zhao, but this person's bad habits were much more due to his martial arts skills.

Among Zhang Zhao's fierce generals, Ma Yaozi has poor eyesight and poor concentration, and is easy to be led to do bad things. Dunzhu is a bit straight-headed, so he often looks a little silly.

Man Xiong looks stupid, but in fact he is very shrewd. However, he probably has too much energy and can't control himself when it comes to women. Most of the salary and rewards are spent on the bellies of beauties.

So much so that he became a well-known large debtor in the Guiyi Army. Zhang Zhao gave him the bottom line several times, but he couldn't change it.

Wang Tongtong is amazing. He has no eyesight like Ma Yaozi. Sometimes he is worse than Dunzhu when he gets on the top.

The only advantage is that this person is more loyal and has a high degree of loyalty. He recognizes Zhang Zhao as the master. Zhang Zhao asked him to wipe his neck now, and he would never delay until the next moment.

Recently, Wang Tongtong took a fancy to the married daughter of a Han family in Liangzhou.

As a result, this guy was taken care of by someone, and he didn't have the money to eat and drink, so he directly started the old method of borrowing money.

Then thunder exploded without any accident, and Zhang Zhao, who hated him for not fighting, sent him to Wucheng to guard him.

Let him wait here for Jia Yanchang who came back from Luoyang, Wucheng is guarded and remote, unlike Liangzhou where there is no shortage of wine and beauties, it is entirely for the purpose of tempering Wang Communication here.

As such a resentful leader, the three generals under his command are all big grievances without exception.

The general on the left is Cui Huxin, who is a leader among the young Han people in Liangzhou.

However, this person has been at loggerheads with Zhebu Jiashi from Zhebu's family. Zhebu Jiashi relied on "sold" the Hongyuan Valley Department and got mixed up with the posts of Hexi Jiedu Tuiguan and Minqin County Magistrate.

Now Cui Hu was upset, and with Zhebu Jiashi's deliberate provocation, the two finally had a big battle outside Tonghua Gate, the north gate of Liangzhou.

Both sides brought 20 people each to form an army formation "one-on-one". In the end, Jiashi was slightly inferior and was beaten and lay at home for more than ten days. Cui Huxinsheng was victorious, but several front teeth were knocked out, and he is still talking. .

The most important reason for his misfortune was that this fight almost caused a big scuffle between the Han people in Liangzhou and the Hongyuan Gubu.

It also stimulated the hatred of the Liugu tribe that had already begun to migrate, not only slowing down the speed of Zhang Zhao's division of the six tribes, but also slightly strengthening the connection between the six tribes of Kumo.

Zhang Zhao, who was so angry that he was about to explode, immediately dismissed Cui Huxin from his post as the governor of Hexi Jiedu and the head of the Yabingdu, and sent him to Wucheng far away to guard and arrest him, and came to be the head of Wang Tongtong's subordinates.

On the right is the well-known Wen Chongle. This kid first beat up a storyteller who belonged to the officials of the Jiedu Yamen. When building the city, he sneaked, raped, and bullied other young men. Finally, he was sent to the hands of Man Xiong together with Yue Saonu.

In fact, this is nothing, because the warriors of this era are all of this virtue.

And compared to the farmers and herdsmen recruited casually, they were better at fighting. Zhang Zhao threw them to the wild bears. In fact, he still hoped that these people could become elite soldiers in the army after they could accept certain discipline.

It's just that these two people are still outstanding among a group of bastards who hate pigs and dogs. In the end, they were rejected by the wild bear and thrown to Wang Communication, who is also "outstanding".

The general of the Chinese army was Du Lun Chixin who beat the storyteller together with Wen Chongle. After Du Lun Chixin stayed with Zhang Zhao for a while, he was sent to Zhang Zhao's own army to learn cultural knowledge. The future is bright.

But he is really unlucky, he has nothing to do, but he shouldn't have a grudge father.

Their Du Lun family was the second largest family in the Hongyuan valley after the Zhebu family, but they were a step behind in selling the tribal officials, and were sold by Zhebu Jiashi first.

Father Du Lun, who didn't get this big benefit, erupted like a volcano of grievances. He didn't know which brain was wrong. He actually wanted to show his prestige in Liugubu by resisting the order to move Liubu.

Ha ha!That's all right, Zhang Zhao waited for several months and jumped out by himself without scaring the monkey.

He immediately asked Bai Congxin to lead the army to settle Du Lun Chixin's father, but fortunately Du Lun Chixin's father misplaced his brain quickly and slipped and knelt even faster.

Before the army arrived, he admitted his cowardice. After losing most of the land and population under his control, he obediently moved into the small courtyard that Zhang Zhao had prepared for him in Liangzhou.

The unlucky Du Lun Chixin was implicated and transferred from Zhang Zhao's side to Wang Tongtong's.

There are wronged officers, and of course there are wronged soldiers.

Several people were guarding in Wucheng, waiting for Jia Yanchang and others who came back from Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Wang Tongtong and the others were still afraid that they would miss it, so they specially sent scouts to investigate on Hongchi Ridge.

They never expected that the scouts under them would have someone more wronged than them.

It was a slightly windy and snowy afternoon, and the weather was slightly dark. Wang Communication received a message from Wen Chongle on Hongchi Ridge that the scout had returned.

It is said that there are hundreds of people on the mountain, and it may be that people from the Gamo tribe in Lanzhou are peeping here.

Wang Tongxin was overjoyed at that time. Don't you know what you are capable of in Lanzhou?Dare to spy on us here, isn't this a credit to you?

He immediately summoned the three generals Cui Huxin, Wen Chongle, and Du Lun Chixin to formulate a plan for the surprise attack in detail, and was ready to take credit for the contribution that came to him.

　I'm going on a business trip tomorrow, so the update may be a little later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)