Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 363 You Can't Handle This Thing

Luoyang, Lagerstroemia city, the sun is rising, and the returnee missions from eighteen prefectures in Longyou, Hexi came from Tongguan.

Along the way, Huazhou Township National Army, Tongzhou Kuangguo Army, Hezhong Protectorate Army, Shanzhou Baoyi Army, etc., all the town troops sent tooth soldiers to escort the missions to the Jiedushi sites they passed.

By the time they arrived in Luoyang, there were already more than [-] people in the entire mission.

This Haoran Jingjing, which had just experienced the Zhang Congbin Rebellion and was surrounded by green fields, became noisy again today.

In addition to the eighteen prefectures returning missions of the Guiyi Army, heroes, literati, and family members who had been lost in Anxi and Hexi, and even descendants of the king's army who camped in Anxi back then, all came.

Together with these heroes of the Central Plains inspired by loyalty, Song Tongyi worshiped Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, and Wu Zhao, the Empress of Zetian, in the morning outside Ziwei City in Luoyang, and worshiped Zhuangzong and Mingzong of the Later Tang Dynasty in the afternoon.

In June, after more than three months, the returning missions from the eighteen prefectures in Longyou, Hexi, finally arrived in Kaifeng, the capital of the later Jin Dynasty.

With the Guiyi Army, more than 3000 people came together, and with the Guiyi Army Mission, the number reached as many as 4000 people.

Throughout the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the Hungarians all over the world fought against each other, the glory of the warriors was lost, the face of the literati was disgraced, the scholars were restless, and everyone was in danger.

Therefore, there has never been such a moment in this era that makes people feel so full of righteousness and glory.

There was a burst of noise, coming from Chaoyang Gate in the east. It turned out that the descendants of Yang Xiuming, the former Hexi Jiedu envoy, came specially after hearing that the Hexi Longyou Returning Mission had arrived in Luoyang.

Yang Xiuming was born in Hongnong Yang's offshoot, everyone thought that these aristocratic families had long since ceased to exist, but they didn't expect that there were still descendants.

After a while, more than ten riders came galloping like a whirlwind. It turned out that they were descendants of Yan's family from Taiyuan in Hedong.

The Yan family in Taiyuan continued until the Republic period. The Yan family in Wenning, Shanxi and the Yan family in Guangdong and Guangxi were all separated from here.

The final climax was when more than a dozen silver-knife officers in brocade robes entered Tokyo surrounded by a thin man.

"Isn't this Guo Shaoqing?" Someone recognized the person coming.

Shaoqing is not a name, but an official position. This person is the fifth grandson of Guo Ziyi, the king of Fenyang in the Tang Dynasty, the last Jiedu envoy of the four towns of Anxi, the grandnephew of Guo Xin, the king of Wuwei County, and Guo Zaihui, who once served as Wei Shaoqing of the Later Tang Dynasty.

After the last emperor entered Luoyang, he moved to Jinling, and his children were all officials in the Tang Kingdom in Huainan, but now he came from the Tang Kingdom.

As agreed, the two parties met outside the Daning Palace.

Guo Tiance, a descendant of the king of Wuwei County Guo Xin, secretary of the Hexi Longyou Jiedu Ambassador, tremblingly called his uncle, and then gave Guo Zaihui the God of Guo Xin, which had been kept by Suiye Guo's family.

"It's been 30 years! Uncle's throne has finally returned here. The ancestral hall of the Guo family has been moved to Luling Magang by a certain person. When my uncle arrives there, he must have endless words with King Zhongwu (Guo Ziyi)!"

Guo Zaihui wept a few times, and then handed over to Guo Tiance the engraved tablet engraved on the other side with Guo Gongxin, the Jiedu Envoy of the Four Towns of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty and the King of Wuwei County.

"This is the seat of the uncle in the ancestral hall, and I will leave it to Tiance you today!"

Guo Tiance knelt down to take over the god's seat, and said proudly: "We have traveled nine thousand and nine hundred miles, and in Suiye, Anxi, the Guo family still has incense, and they still remember their homeland.

When the country is unified and the world is unified, my nephew will definitely escort this god to Suiye and Kucha, so that the spirit of my ancestors in heaven can also be comforted. "

Hearing this, Guo Zaihui also cried and bowed to the west three times, without even looking at Shi Jingtang on the Daning palace city, and then left in a hurry under the guard of more than ten cavalry.

On the top of Daning Palace, Shi Jingtang seemed to be struck by lightning, he backed up several steps, a few traces of shame slowly appeared on his face, and then was replaced by a pale color.

He understood that the return of the [-] prefectures in Longyou, Hexi this time was related to everyone.

Hexi Zhang Zhao became famous all over the world, and the persistence of the soldiers in Anxi, Hexi, and Longyou was also admired by the world. The eighteen prefectures returning missions will enjoy the courtesy of the whole world.

The descendants of the former generals of the Anxi Army and the Hexi Army, such as the surviving Hongnong Yang family, Taiyuan Yan family, Taiyuan Guo family, and the remaining descendants of the Anxi camp army, are the Jiedu envoys sent to escort all the way. There is honor.

Only him, Shi Jingtang, might not get much glory!

The emperor was in a trance in the Daning Palace for a while, if he hadn't betrayed Yanyun sixteen states, no!If he hadn't officially decreed to cede Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures a few months ago, he would be the one enjoying this honor at this moment.

Just look at the huge momentum created by the Eighteen States Returning Mission, the kind of feeling that makes everyone feel proud.

If he hadn't betrayed the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, if he hadn't called Yelu Deguang his father, then today, Shi Jingtang could have used this righteousness to gather people's hearts, suppress the feudal towns internally, serve Tang and Shu externally, and exile Khitan in the north. Achieve the eternal emperor.

He also understood that when he was still making a fuss on the Yuwang account of Yingying Gougou, Zhang Zhao directly cut off his vitality from the highest point.

It's too late!If the supreme righteousness is handed over to a person who has completely destroyed the righteousness, it will not be a bonus but a great loss of points.

He can't grasp it at all, and people in the world will only despise him even more because of it.

At this moment, beside Shi Jingtang, in the eyes of the old fox Feng Dao, there was an excited look that should not exist in him.

Jing Yanguang, who deeply hated Shi Jingtang's father's service to Khitan, sighed repeatedly.

Lu Dao, Liu Tao, Xue Juzheng and other civil servants looked fascinated, Liu Zhiyuan's chest heaved violently, and Yang Guangyuan even looked directly at Shi Jingtang, wishing that the person standing there was him.

Everyone, except for the notorious Sang Weihan, who is deeply bound to Shi Jingtang, has raised the feeling that the pearl of the Guiyi Army is dusty, and Shi Jingtang feels that he is not like a gentleman!
For a while, people's hearts fluttered.

. . . .

Among all the evils of the Yellow River, the richest is the only one, and Lingzhou, Lingwu, Huaiyuan and other places where Shuofang Jiedushi is located are the richest of the former and the latter.

There are lush water and grass, ten thousand hectares of fertile land, the Yellow River water transportation is convenient, and the Yellow River waterway is natural danger, which can be cultivated and herded. It is backed by the Central Plains and faces the desert.

Here, apart from Shuofang, there are dry and bitter cold places everywhere. Only Shuofang is located in the south of the Yangtze River. It is the first front line and the best base for the Central Plains Dynasty to fight against the grassland people.

As long as the Central Plains dynasty has the Hetao area, it can easily form a huge advantage over the grassland people.

This is the best bridgehead and supply point for the Han people in the northwest. When they are strong, they go out to the north to conquer everywhere, and when they are weak, they can also use this as a fortress to hold on.

The Lingwu Jiedushi at this time was Zhang Xichong from Youzhou, who was also an extremely unusual existence in the late Tang and Five Dynasties.

He was captured by Khitan in his early years, and the leader of Khitan appointed him as Pingzhou Jiedu envoy, but he secretly regarded himself as Ban Chao and Su Wu, and was proud of being a Han.

During Tang Mingzong's Li Siyuan period, Zhang Xichong planned for many years and inspired his subordinates with Ban Chao's story. He raised troops to attack and kill Khitan soldiers and horses, and sent [-] Han people from Pingzhou to Tang Dynasty.

After returning home, Zhang Xichong was extremely filial to his mother. As a town governor, when he took his mother to take care of him in Ruzhou, he personally carried the sedan chair for more than [-] miles.

When he took office as envoy of Lingwu Jiedu, Zhang Xichong refined his soldiers, performed honestly and honestly, guarded the fields, and had abundant food, so that the soldiers did not suffer from transit.

The Lingwu Army, whose military discipline had been corrupted, took on a completely new look under his rule. The Khitans who wanted to take advantage of Shi Jingtang's entry into the Central Plains several times to seize the Lingwu Army were afraid of his reputation and dared not do so.

When Pei Yuan first arrived in Lingwu, he was in a bitter mood. If his family hadn't been detained by Shi Jingtang, he would have quit his job and gone to Hexi.

But after half a year, Pei Yuan was deeply impressed by Zhang Xichong, and he also saw clearly the complicated situation Lingwu was facing.

It has been hundreds of years since the Han people moved here since the end of the Tang Dynasty. Hu people are everywhere, ignorant of culture and education, and even do not agree with the Central Plains Dynasty.

And in the north and south of Lingzhou, the Khitan cavalry in the north came and went, tempting the people of Lingwu to take refuge.

The Dangxiang Li family of the Dingnan Army in the southeast is eyeing Lingwu. They keep sending Dangxiang tribes to infiltrate Lingzhou, trying to swallow it all at once.

Pei Yuan was horrified to find out that in Shuofang, which is an important border area of ​​the country, the Han population has less than [-] households, while the Hu population has ten times that.

Once this changes, whether it is occupied by the Khitan people or the Dangxiang people, for the Central Plains dynasty that has lost Yanshan and Yinshan, there will be no peace in the northwest.

At this moment, an old man and a young man who are deeply worried about the fate of Shuofang (Lingwu), the fate of the Central Plains court, and the fate of the Han people all over the world stand at the head of Lingwu City, looking at the Yellow River and the distant land under their feet. In the desert where I was, I was speechless for a long time.

The situation in Lingwu has deteriorated, and I am afraid it will be difficult to turn around. The Han people have moved out on a large scale, and even Zhang Xichong can only make up for it.

What is the use of digging a hundred wells because the water source is exhausted?
As for Zhang Zhao, Pei Yuan thought about it, but Pei Yuan shook his head. Although Zhang Zhao has a great talent, but Hexi has been humiliated for a long time, and it is extremely difficult to correct it.

With the Guiyi Army's strength of several thousand troops, within three to five years, they will not have the ability to take care of Lingwu at all.

"Yuying! The vitality of this place is dead. I am weak and old in the border town. I have no escape from my gifts! You should resign when you go back, and don't die in a desperate situation like me!"

After a long time, Zhang Xichong held Pei Yuan's hand, and the two walked arm in arm, towards Lingwu City.

Pei Yuan looked up to the sky and let out a mournful cry, struggled for a moment, then shook his head.

"If you haven't been to Lingwu, you can pretend you didn't see it, but when you arrive at Lingwu, seeing the mountains and rivers shattered and the catastrophe approaching, how can you just watch Lingwu fall?"

Zhang Xichong smiled moved, and then the corner of his mouth was filled with bitterness, "He is another person who can't escape his own heart. If he can be like the emperor of Tokyo, how can he be troubled?"

Pei Yuan was taken aback for a moment, and the two of them laughed out loud at Nanmian at the same time. In the smiles, there was a merciless mockery of Shi Jingtang.

At this moment, a camel bell sounded in the distance, and it sounded like a caravan was coming. Pei Yuan tiptoed to look, his expression changed unconsciously.

Those who can use this kind of Bactrian camel to carry goods must be related to Zhang Zhao.

Because after the existence of the whirlwind cannon in Hexi, this kind of Bactrian camel, which is more than enough to bear the whirlwind cannon, has become a military controlled livestock, and ordinary businessmen can't get it at all.

Sure enough, when he looked down the city, he saw that in the caravan entering the city, although the leader of the caravan looked like a Sogdian, he was extremely fluent in Chinese.

Moreover, he also has an accent that Pei Yuan seems to have known before. This very upright accent is very strange. Once you hear it, you will never forget it.

Under the sunlight, the purple-black hair of the strong Sogdian man who entered the Wengcheng was shining. He was one of Zhang Zhao's false sons, the son-in-law of Kang Jinshan of the Sogdian Chamber of Commerce in Hexi, and Zhang Liecheng, a heroic general of the Guiyi Army.

(End of this chapter)