Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 433 Take a Walk on the G7 Expressway (Two in One)

The Gaochang Uyghur Khanate implemented a two-capital system.

On weekdays, Gaochang City, which is the later Gaochang District of Turpan City, is the capital.

In summer, the king's tent will be moved to Futu City, and Futu City will be the summer capital.

Futu City is the original Tingzhou City where the Beiting Protectorate of the Great Tang Dynasty was located, and it is also the most important fortress for Gaochang's national defense to defend against enemies coming from the northern desert.

In history, Yelu Abaoji punished the Gaochang Uyghurs by crossing the desert from the north and killing them directly under the city of Tingzhou.

At this time, not only the Gaochang Uighurs implemented the two-capital system, but the Khitans also implemented the more complicated five-capital system.

This is actually a process in which the grassland fishing and hunting peoples located in the northern part of the Central Plains began to transform into semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural.

This situation is more obvious in Gaochang Uighurs.

The Khitan people turned to form a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural pattern after they owned the Yanyun Sixteen States, and Gaochang was earlier than the Khitan people.

Because after the capture of Kucha, the Han and Tang dynasties in Kucha, Yanqi, Xizhou, Yizhou and other large tracts of reclamation land belonged to the Gaochang Uighurs, so that they had the conditions for farming.

Similarly, the Great Khans of Gaochang Uighurs of all dynasties regarded Tingzhou as their summer capital, which is the same idea as the Khitan people.

They want to maintain the fighting power of the core tribes and prevent them from becoming corrupt through this large-scale migration of the king's tent, as well as various riding, shooting and hunting competitions.

Moreover, compared with the five-capital system of the Khitan people and the four-season bowl system in spring, summer, autumn and winter, the huge financial pressure on the Liao State is different.

Since Tingzhou and Gaochang are not far from each other, and there are also large-scale grain-producing fields nearby, it can be said that the Gaochang Uyghur dual-capital system was very successful.

Not only did this policy not have much impact on the finances of the Gaochang Uyghurs, but it also successfully allowed the Gaochang Uyghurs to maintain a certain level of combat effectiveness.

In history, they were able to stand on their own from the servant Gujun in the seventh year of Xiantong in the Tang Dynasty, that is, 866 AD, until the 11th year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty (1218), when the Western Liao Dynasty fell, and they still existed for more than ten years.

Xiangguo is about [-] years old, and it can be regarded as the strongest country in the chaotic era of Hexi and Anxi.

. . . .

After Zhe Deyuan's wedding, Zhang Zhao began to convene his ministers to discuss the attack on Gaochang Uighurs.

Because although Jie Lipijia didn't say no to the title of Heavenly King, he didn't agree with it either, so he gave me a drag formula for King Zhang.

Eh!I won't tell me what I want to do, I will close my eyes and not answer, if you call me, I won't hear you, if you ask me, I won't answer, let's see what you can do to me?Just play!
Of course, Zhang Zhao couldn't let the Gaochang Uyghurs just do this and waste him, so he sent Guo Tiance to stockpile supplies in Dunhuang, and at the same time began to select the army for the expedition.

Since this expedition was the first thousand-mile raid by Liang State's army, the straight-line distance from Liangzhou to Gaochang was [-] miles, so Zhang Zhao was still very cautious.

For this reason, he specially transferred all the horse killers who had been stationed in Qingzhou to control the various ministries of the newly attached Qiang parties in the four prefectures of Hui, Qing, Wei, and Yan.

At the same time, Yan Jin was given full power to serve as the envoy of the four prefectures of Qin, Wei, Qing, and Hui, and unified command of the military forces of the four prefectures of Qin, Wei, and Qinghui stationed near Guanzhong to prevent any changes in the Later Jin and Later Shu.

In terms of cavalry, Zhang Zhao dispatched 3000 Xiaoqi from Yushandu, [-] people from the left and right Habayashi Guards, [-] elite cavalry from the nine towns, and [-] Xiaoqi from Yicong Xiaoqi from all ethnic groups in the four prefectures of Lianglan and Shanhe.

And the newly attached Zhejia, Yangjia, and Lingzhou Dangxiang Tuoba Yanchao also sent [-] fine horses each.

Among them, there are [-] armored cavalry, [-] heavy armored cavalry, [-] light armored cavalry, and the remaining [-] cavalry archers who have no armor or only wear very little leather armor.

Infantry is much less, because the Gaochang Uighurs are basically cavalry.

So Zhang Zhao simply dispatched two infantry battalions stationed on the front lines of Ganzhou and Suzhou, which were controlled by Man Xiong and Wang Communication respectively.

Dunzhu took the five hundred jumping soldiers he had trained for Zhang Zhao.

These jumping soldiers are equipped with rattan plates inlaid with steel plates, and hold waist knives that are good for chopping.

This was made by Zhang Zhao according to the appearance of the later Yanling Saber. Compared with the horizontal sword, it is much shorter, but its weight is lighter, and it is more suitable for close combat.

However, the sharpest combat method of these jumping soldiers is the refined steel throwing spears on their backs.

This was Dunzhu's unique move. When facing the enemy, unless they were wearing two layers of cloth armor, otherwise, the spear thrown by an elite javeliner would be very lethal.

In addition to the two thousand and five hundred people, the remaining infantry was the 500 people of the heavy armored pikemen that Feng Hui helped Zhang Zhao build after he arrived in Liangzhou with more than three hundred of them as a team.

These heavy armored soldiers trained by Feng Hui with the method of practicing silver guns in the past, use bows and crossbows in the distance, white silver guns in the near, and axes and hammers close to the body, and their combat effectiveness is also very terrifying.

Moreover, the organizational model of the Silver Gun Effect Festival is actually the result of the recruitment system going astray in the past.

From fighting for you when you give money, to beating you if you don’t give money.

However, although the road has gone astray, in Zhang Zhao's vision, no matter whether he continues to develop west of the river, regains the Jing Navy, or defeats Wang's Koryo, and conquers the Japanese archipelago.

The recruiting system of mercenaries is actually more effective than the mansion system.

The biggest driving force for colonization abroad, in terms of the will of the country alone, is weak in succession, and the main thing is to make a profit.

With benefits, there will be the greatest motivation for colonization and development. Feng Hui and his silver spear effect are Zhang Zhao's explorations in the recruitment system.

After deciding the number of troops to be transferred, it is time to advance the route.

The marching bachelors of Qionglin Academy quickly took out the prepared sand table map of Gaochang Kingdom.

This was produced by the Hexi Sogdian Chamber of Commerce with all its efforts in the past few years. The Gaochang Uighur Jielipijia did not have such a detailed map.

Such complicated things as the sand table were of course created by Zhang Zhao.

However, unlike the sand table of later generations, which strives to be precise in terms of latitude and longitude, contour line altitude, etc., there are no such terms and technical means at this time.

Zhang Zhao's sand table can only be regarded as a very crude original version. The biggest function is to mark out the mountains, rivers and valleys.

But that's enough. Fighting with the current cold weapons, that's all the information you need to know.

After the sand table was set up and the map was hung up, the marching bachelors of Qionglin Academy began to introduce the generals in the room one by one.

After listening to Bai Congxin, he was the first to have an opinion.

As a former royal family of Kucha, the Bai family of Kucha and the original Kucha people have been separated, but Bai Congxin's longing for his hometown and his desire to restore the past glory of the Bai family are growing day by day.

With such a desire, of course, Bai Congxin has studied Anxi's situation from all aspects. It is estimated that the elimination of Gaochang Uighurs has been played in his mind countless times.

"Look, Heavenly King. In the fourth year of Tongguang in the Tang Dynasty, Khitan Lord Yelu Abaoji sent [-] cavalry to cross thousands of miles of yellow sand to punish the Uighurs in Gaochang. From here, they came directly to Futu City."

Bai Congxin first marked the route for the Khitans to launch a military strike against the Gaochang Uighurs in 926.

It is to go out of Dahei Mountain, pass through the passage between Beita Mountain and Bogda Mountain, and appear directly outside Tingzhou City.

Bai Congxin went on to say: "The reason why the Khitan people were able to succeed in those days was because before that, there were tribes of the Khitan people who were nomadic in the north.

The Khitan people had enough guides and logistical support, so they could succeed in one blow.

But we do not have these advantages. This road has to pass through thousands of miles of yellow sand, and it is very dangerous to rush into it.

And they can't carry much luggage, they can only make a surprise attack, and if they fail, they have to return, without any entanglement capital. "

Zhang Zhao nodded. He had also studied this route. As Bai Congxin said, the Khitan people's success back then depended on their sufficient guides and logistics in this area.

Moreover, the goals of the Khitan people are not the same as those of Zhang Zhao.

The Khitans wanted to teach the Gaochang Uighurs a lesson, extort a large sum of money, and at the same time bring the Xiajias people in the west and north under their rule.

But Zhang Zhao is not, he is going to destroy the Uighurs in Gaochang.

If you rush forward lightly and fail to break through the city of Tingzhou, or fail to deal a fatal blow to the Gaochang Uighurs, then you will be in trouble. The wasted baggage alone will have to be astronomical.

"Bai Sanlang, don't be a fool, you must have a solution, tell me quickly."

They are all old brothers, and when they saw that Bai Congxin was showing off, Fanshun, Huang Yingda and others immediately started booing.

Zhang Zhao also smiled and nodded, letting Bai Congxin continue.

Only then did Bai Congxin return to the sand table, and he drew a line with his fingers to the south of the Khitan's marching route.

"This is the north of Yizhou, and the Great Dynasty established Pulei County here in the past.

The trade route was cut off in the past, and this road was abandoned because it was too desolate. Now the king of heaven reopened the trade route, so many merchants gradually passed by.

Although this road also needs to cross a few pieces of sandy land, but because it is not far from the two states of Guasha, we can dispatch it calmly, and we can also recruit merchants as guides, which is far better than taking the risk of taking the old road of the Khitan people! "

Zhang Zhao took a closer look, and found that the road Bai Congxin mentioned was actually a road between two mountains, located a little north of Yizhou.

However, the more Zhang Zhao looked at it, the more familiar it became. Suddenly he saw a mark on the sand table indicating a small lake.

Seeing that Zhang Zhao also noticed the small lake, Bai Congxin continued.

"This lake is called Pulei Lake, and it's only four hundred miles away from Tingzhou. It's very convenient for us to replenish water here."

Pole Lake?Zhang Zhao understood why he felt so familiar with this road.

What the hell, isn't it the G7 highway from Ejina Banner to Xinjiang during the Republic period?

If there is no accident, this Pulei Lake should be the Balikun Lake in later generations, and Zhang Zhao still has an impression of this road, because he had driven once before crossing.

However, this road is not easy to walk. Even in Yiwu and Balikun, the environment is still relatively harsh.

When passing through the two mountains of Balikun Mountain and Moqin Ula Mountain, the surrounding area is either desert or Gobi. It is more convenient for later generations to have a highway, but it is hard to say at this time.

"There are also a lot of barren moraine along this road, can it accommodate tens of thousands of troops to pass?
If you still can't bring more luggage, it seems that the route taken by the Khitan people doesn't have much advantage. "

Bai Congxin didn't expect Zhang Zhao to be familiar with this road, so he raised his hand.

"The Heavenly King's holy candle shines, this road really cannot pass tens of thousands of troops at one time, otherwise the water supply along the way will be a big problem.

But fortunately, there is Pulei Lake, but we can pass through in batches.

Please ask the king of heaven to allow the minister to lead the troops of the headquarters and the left and right Habayashi guards first, and then divide the [-] soldiers and horses into a group, a total of four passes.

On the edge of Shatuo moraine, forty miles northwest of Tingzhou, there is a spring called Xianquan. Although the spring water is salty, it is still drinkable.

There is a small town next to the spring, which is the former Xianquan Town of Dachaoting Prefecture.

After the final general occupies this place, he will arrange defenses to isolate Gaochang Uighur spies.

Waiting for the Heavenly King to lead the army to gather and attack Tingzhou with thunderous momentum, great things will be accomplished. "

Shatuo Moraine is part of the Gurbantunggut Desert, where the hometown of the Shatuo people in the Central Plains is now.

Zhang Zhao glanced at Bai Congxin, and found that his cavalry warrior was full of longing, longing for him to fire the first shot to destroy the Uighurs in Gaochang.

"This plan is feasible. We will approve it in batches and gather in Xianquan Town! After trusting you, get ready and take you as the vanguard."

In an instant, Zhang Zhao made a decision, not to chill Bai Congxin's heart at this time.

However, he still felt in his heart that he should give Bai Congxin a deputy.

Zhang Zhao is not afraid of anything else, but he is afraid that Bai Congxin will be too impulsive and will rashly attack bad things.

However, Zhang Zhao was a little hesitant about the candidate.

Because Nobunaga Murong hadn't returned from Tokyo yet, it was very unlikely that he would come back before departure.

Li Cunhui is still keeping his filial piety, and it is hard to say whether he can catch up with the first batch of pioneers.

Ma Shacai used to be Bai Congxin's subordinate, if Bai Congxin went crazy, he probably wouldn't be able to stop him.

Not to mention Huang Yingda, although he was as famous as Bai Congxin back then, but after Huang Yingda chose the wrong path, the status difference with Bai Congxin is too big now.

Li Xiaojie is a suitable candidate, but he has joined the Brocade Envoy, if he is sent there, he will be more like a supervisor of the army, it is clear that he does not trust and is not suitable.

After all the calculations, maybe Qiongre Duojin is more suitable, but this person is better at charging, and leading troops is not his strong point. If something happens, he will be persuaded by Bai Congxin.

Headache!

However, compared to the headaches of the northern cavalry, the south is much easier.

A total of 500 people, 500 people cavalry infantry, and 1000 people rangers were dispatched in total.

Zhang Zhao was going to directly appoint Feng Hui as the commander of the army. This is also a veteran who has been on the battlefield since Li Cunxu's time. He has no problem commanding more than [-] people.

It can also show Zhang Zhao's great trust in him, and even his confidantes such as Manxiong, Dunzhu, and Wang Tongtong are entrusted to him to command.

During the discussion, Li Xiaojie ran in suddenly, and then whispered something in Zhang Zhao's ear, Zhang Zhao immediately took a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Bai Congxin.

"I believe that you will preside over this military meeting, and all marching bachelors will make records."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what happened, and after listening for a while, Zhang Zhao suddenly heard angrily yelling.

"I don't know what to do, then kill them all! Don't leave a single one!"

. . . .

In Suzhou, under the lonely mountain, the moonlight is cold, a caravan of more than one hundred people has been killed.

Except for a few leaders who left torture information, no one was left alive.

Even some warriors in armor were checking the identity of the deceased one by one.

What makes Zhang Zhao angry is this caravan.

On the surface, they are a large caravan coming from the land of Seven Rivers to trade in Chang'an. There are all kinds of people in it, including Shatuo people, Ge Luolu people, and even Persians.

However, in fact, they Gaochang Uighur Heavenly King Jie Lipijia secretly sent envoys to the Central Plains and Khitan.

They originally planned to go north to Juyanhai after passing Suzhou City, and then detoured to Khitan and Jin respectively.

It's not that Liangguo doesn't allow the caravans of Gaochang Uyghurs to pass through, but they still want to be so secretive, so they are naturally planning to send reinforcements.

"White mink skins are two thousand six hundred and thirty-two, black mink skins are two hundred and fifty, green mink skins are five hundred and three, and white cotton cloth is one thousand three hundred.

Yushi, Yushi vase, jade, jade bridle, jade belt, jade Yue ax each fifty, nine catties of amber.

60 pieces of ivory, [-] yuan of emerald, [-] pieces of real pearl (pearl), [-] catties of Huhuanglian, fragrant medicine, and frankincense. "

The more Qiongre Duojin read it, the more angry he became, and he sneered.

"This Jieli Pijia is really bloody! This must be worth [-] guan, right? He is willing to be a vassal, and there is no less than [-] guan without tribute.

This dog slave, relying on the king of heaven to open up business routes, earns a lot of money. Not only does he not come to honor the king of heaven, but he also claims to be shameless and pretends to be the king of heaven. "

The surrounding guards who were in charge of killing this caravan disguised as Uyghur envoys from Gaochang were also very angry and cursed at the dead bodies on the ground.

Their mentality is exactly the general mentality of Liang country.

They felt that Zhang Zhao finally opened up the trade route, and the Gaochang Uyghur did nothing, and just shared half of the benefits.

Don't rush to pay the protection fee, recognize yourself as a vassal, don't say it every year, and dare to call yourself the king behind closed doors.

In fact, even Zhang Zhao's point of anger is here, these Jieli Pijia don't know what's good or bad!

On the surface, it seems that he wants to bury his head in the sand, and secretly looks for helpers everywhere.

If Chen Tingxiao from the Chen family hadn't sent the news through Wu Yuan'er, Zhang Zhao would not have known that this envoy disguised as a caravan was about to pass through Suzhou.

. . . .

Zhang Zhao killed the Gaochang Uighur envoys in Suzhou, and the Khitan envoys were not treated much better in the Later Jin Dynasty.

After Qiao Ying arrived in Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, Shi Zhonggui talked about him from left to right, and walked away when he was in a hurry.

Near the posthouse where the Khitan envoys lived, there were often soldiers wielding sharp knives and insulting them. Both Han and Khitan people in the envoys were terrified.

Qiao Ying had no choice but to block herself outside the Daning Palace every day.

Shi Chonggui, who was in a hurry to confer Feng's title as empress, had no choice but to summon him again, and when Qiao Ying met, Jing Yanguang stood in front of Shi Chonggui.

Jing Yanguang looked at Qiao Ying arrogantly. Since he talked with Murong Nobunaga, he has gained some confidence in his heart.

As long as the Liang Kingdom does not go to Guanzhong and only deals with the Khitan and Liao Kingdom, he is still confident.

Jing Yanguang privately believed that the three families are currently running side by side. If the Khitan takes the Central Plains, the second thing must be to attack the Liang Kingdom from the north to the south.

Therefore, Liangguo never dared to help Khitan, but had to be afraid that Khitan would take over the Central Plains.

And he thinks that Murong Nobunaga is right in saying that Jing Yanguang can only maintain his power by holding the banner of resistance to Khitan.

If you really want to make peace with Khitan, just like what Murong Nobunaga said, how can there be any place for him Jing Yanguang?

So when faced with Qiao Ying's threat of war between the two countries, Jing Yanguang shouted with furious eyebrows.

"Jin has a hundred thousand sharp swords, and Weng will come when he wants to fight. In the future, he can't help his grandson and make fun of the world."

There are [-] sharp swords in my Great Jin Dynasty. Yelu De Guang, as a grandfather, if you insist on coming to fight, if you can't beat your grandson, the world will laugh at you.

Qiao Ying, the Khitan envoy, knew very well that a war between the two countries was inevitable, and the mission had failed.

But he came with another task, that is to find out who is pushing Shi Chonggui?Finally got the answer.

However, Qiao Ying is still a very old fritter. Hearing what Jing Yanguang said, he deliberately lowered his posture, as if he was afraid that Liao Jin would lose his love.

"If you say so, I'm afraid my lord won't believe it. Please write it on paper and report it to the emperor!" Qiao Ying is asking for Jing Yanguang's criminal evidence!

But Jing Yanguang drifted away, not realizing the importance of this thing at all.

Without waiting for Shi Chonggui's order, he asked the officials in the hall to write these words on a piece of paper, and asked Qiao Ying to bring them back to Khitan.

Qiao Ying took the letter without any delay, immediately left the palace, got on her horse and galloped towards Khitan territory.

At the same time, Liu Zhiyuan from Hedong Town was still paying attention to all this.

Unlike other people in history who were scrambling to join Khitan, Liu Zhiyuan seemed to see the throne beckoning to him at this time.

He is well aware of Yelu Deguang's ambitions, and if there is no conflict, he will create friction in order to go south.

Now that Shi Chonggui and Jing Yanguang have given the Khitan people such a handle, the war is about to start.

But just when Liu Zhiyuan wanted to discuss with Guo Wei, he realized that Guo Wei was not around.

Because Guo Wei's first wife, and even his benefactor Chai Shi, is dying of illness, Guo Wei is now always by Chai Shi's side.

Chai didn't expect his words to be a prophecy. Ever since he wrote to ask Guo Rong to come back, he really couldn't afford to get sick.

But at this time, Chai showed a very far-sighted and assertive side.

Holding on to her sick body, she took Guo Wei's hand and asked, "Has Brother Rong ever returned?"

Guo Wei thought she wanted Guo Rong to come back quickly, so he shook Chai's hand and nodded.

"I'll send more military academies and servants to wait at various intersections. When I see Brother Rong, I'll tell him to come back quickly."

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Chai shook her head firmly, "My imminent death cannot delay Brother Rong's future.

He is in the Liang country, and he is favored by the king of heaven. His future is boundless. If he returns to Hedong, he will never have this chance again.

I asked my brother to tell me that I am fine, I have gone back to Xingzhou to visit my relatives, and let him go back to Liangguo. "

Guo Wei quickly agreed, and was going to ask someone to stop Guo Rong and not let him come back.

But unfortunately, the person who sent the order met Guo Rong who came back before he left Jinyang City.

Chai looked at Guo Rong, who had been on the road for several days, with a look of dust on his face, and the expression of guilt on his face could not be added.

"Brother Rong, I'm in good health, go back to Hexi!"

Sure enough, he shook his head resolutely, "Aunt is seriously ill, how can I go again? Fame and wealth are all destined by heaven, how can it be compared to being filial at the knee of Aunt?"

Chai also shed big tears, "If I die, you must keep your filial piety, Liangguo is thousands of miles away, I am the one who harmed you!"

After speaking, he hugged Guo Rong's head and burst into tears. Guo Wei, who only cried, was also very sad.

Guo Wei knew better, not only because Guo Rong might have to keep his filial piety after returning, but also because Zhang Zhao and Liu Zhiyuan both wanted to go to the Central Plains to compete for the throne.

These two are competitors.

He Guo Wei is now Liu Zhiyuan's confidant.It is bound to be impossible for Guo Rong to go to Liangzhou, Hexi, to play for Zhang Zhao again.

Therefore, the opportunity that Guo Rong got outside Xiazhou City is likely to be ruined.

　In the first two chapters, the names of the Khitan envoys were mistaken, and there were many unreliable Baidu Encyclopedias, which have been corrected now.

　　
　
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