Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 475
Lanzhou, Zhang Zhao had just arrived in Lanzhou, Jia Yanchang, the governor of Lanzhou, the commander-in-chief of Wuwei Town guarding Lanzhou, Wang Tinghan, the judge of Lanzhou, Su Lunluxin, the Lanling water transport envoy, and Cao Renqing, the Lanshan water transport envoy, greeted Zhang outside the city of Lanzhou. Show up.

The officials were headed by Jia Yanchang and Ma Shacai, but Cao Renqing, the envoy of Lanshan Water Transport, stood a little ahead.

Because the 51-year-old Cao Renqing is Zhang Zhao's uncle and the elder of the Cao family in Shazhou.

This is another ethical confusion, because Cao Renqing is actually Cao Yijin's cousin. Cao Yijin was originally called Cao Rengui, but changed his name to Cao Yijin after he took over the power of the Guiyi Army.

Therefore, Cao Renqing, who married Zhang Zhao's aunt, can also be said to be Zhang Zhao's cousin.

The circle of the Guiyi Army is too small, tens of thousands of Han people are huddled in Dunhuang, and the chaotic ethical stalks are simply standard.

Under Zhang Zhao's rule, Lanzhou is not as good as before. Historically, when it was in the hands of Datang, the important towns in Longyou, Hexi were Liangzhou and Shanzhou. Lanzhou's status was often inferior to Shazhou.

But in Zhang Zhao's place, Lanzhou's status has undergone great changes, and now it has surpassed Shanzhou to become the second largest city in Liangguo.

Zhang Zhao also often went to Lanzhou, and the Huguo Temple outside Lanzhou City was almost becoming Zhang Zhao's residence.

The reason for such a big change is that Zhang Zhao has been promoting the water transport communication between Hexi Longyou and Lingwu, which can be seen from the current power structure in Lanzhou.

The Lanling water transport envoy and the Lanshan water transport envoy, one in charge of the water transport from Lanzhou to Lingzhou, and the other in charge of the water transport from Shanzhou to Lanzhou, have become important officials in Lanzhou City.

As the most important river in China, the Yellow River, known as the mother river, also has an extremely important position in Longyou, Hexi.

At this time, it was difficult to build the road, let alone the ability to build tunnels, so convenient water transportation became the most important transportation condition.

Especially in Longyou, Hexi, this is the most important thing.

At this time, the Yellow River running through Longyou and Lingwu in Hexi had four very important water transport areas.

One is the water transport from Lanzhou to Lingzhou.

However, after the wars in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, only the section from Lingzhou to Huizhou, that is, the section from Lingwu District in Ningxia to Jingyuan in Gansu, and the section from Huizhou to Lanzhou are basically unavailable for large ships.

The last time Zhang Zhao raised his troops to crusade against the Li family of the Dingnan Army, all the troops were dispatched from Liangzhou and traveled by land to the Xinquan Army in the northwest of Huizhou before being transported away by water.

The second is more important, that is, the water transportation from Shanzhou, where the Longyou Jiedushi Office is located, to Lanzhou.

This is the famous Huangshui River, which is also called Huangshui River in later generations. The starting point of this section of water transportation is Shancheng, and then it goes down to Huangshuicheng and then to Lanzhou.

Shancheng is Xining, Qinghai for later generations, and Huangshui City is Ledu County, Qinghai. From Xining, Qinghai to Lanzhou, Gansu, it goes without saying how important water transport is to connect the two provincial capitals.

The third waterway is the Lishui River, which is called the Daxia River in later generations, and it is also an important tributary of the Yellow River.

This waterway runs from Hezhou (Linxia, ​​Gansu Province) to Lanzhou, and is of great significance for connecting the two states of Hekuo and controlling the old place of Tuyuhun to the west of the two states.

The fourth waterway is the Taoshui waterway, which is the key waterway from Taozhou to Lanzhou, which is the line from Lintan, Minxian, Gansu to Lanzhou in later generations.

These four river sections were all connected during the Tang Dynasty, and later the Hehuang River in the Northern Song Dynasty was also connected except that the water transportation from Lanzhou to Lingzhou was not accessible.

It can be said that only by connecting these four waterways can one truly master Hexi Longyou and Lingwu.

The important reason why Zhang Zhao's government of Liang State can only focus on Liang, Lan, Gan and other states is that the four waterways have not been connected in time.

For example, it took seven days to travel from Shanzhou to Lanzhou before water transportation was available. Even without carrying a large amount of supplies, it was very hard to cross mountains and ridges.

However, the Huangshui waterway is connected. From Shanzhou to Lanzhou, a "giant ship" of more than [-] tons can travel, and it only takes three days to get there. Whether it is transferring materials or dispatching troops, it is much more convenient.

So in the past five years, Zhang Zhao has been supervising and urging the dredging of water transportation in various places.

He came to Lanzhou today because the Yellow River waterway from Lanzhou to Huizhou and the Huangshui waterway from Shanzhou to Lanzhou have been fully connected.

The Lanling Water Transport Envoy and the Lanshan Water Transport Envoy, which have been established for several years, are finally worthy of their names and can be fully operational.

Since then, from Lanzhou to Lingzhou, one or two hundred tons of ships can be passed. Lingzhou has police, and Lanzhou can send tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to Lingzhou by large ships within [-] days.

The Tuyuhun and Tubo warriors in Shanzhou can also reach the front line of Lingzhou from the Shanzhou plateau within [-] days.

It can be said that in this way, Zhang Zhao no longer worried that the Khitans would enter Lingzhou from the gap of Helan Mountain, and of course, he was even less afraid of the rebellion of the local powerful chieftains in Lingzhou.

However, these two most important ones have been connected, and Taoshui and Lishui have not yet been connected.

And it has not yet been repaired, because through the two rivers, the people's power in Hexi has been almost used up.

It's not that the food supply can't keep up, Zhang Zhao even has the financial resources to give rewards to these people who serve in corvee. Although it's not much, it's much better than those who use people's resources for nothing.

The people's power is unusable, which means that the physical limit of these people has been exceeded.

He eats some coarse grains every day, and only sees meat once every half a month. With this kind of food, long-term dry and heavy physical labor can kill people.

So it had to be stopped for a few months. In addition, although Liangguo had a large population, the territory was too large and the population was scattered, so it was impossible to use it in rotation.

Therefore, after dredging the Huangshui and Lanhui waterways, it is impossible to organize large-scale construction and dredging again.

Faced with this situation, Zhang Zhao could only make a choice. Taoshui and Lishui, these two waterways, must choose only one.

Because the Khitan's third southward battle with the later Jin Dynasty was imminent, Zhang Zhao could not spend more people's and financial resources on dredging the river, and had to prepare for the next war situation.

In this way, the importance of Taoshui water transportation has come up, because it can directly reach the south of Didao through it, thus saving a lot of transportation capacity.

"First gather the disaster victims from Guanzhong in the Longxi and Xiangwu areas of Weizhou, and dispatch technicians to dredge the Huangshui River to train them according to the formation of battalions.

By the end of this year, at least the Taoshui waterway from Lanzhou to Didao should be dredged. "

While Zhang Zhao instructed Jia Yanchang, he began to make calculations in his heart.

Judging from the current situation in Liangzhou, Lanzhou is the intersection of these four waterways, and its economic status will soon catch up with or even surpass that of Liangzhou.

In order to enter Guanzhong and the Central Plains, it will become an inevitable trend for the center of Liang's rule to move southward.

He is also already considering moving the office of Longyou Road from Shanzhou to Lanzhou, and then making Shanzhou the core city to appease the Qingtang Plateau in the future.

Of course, we can't act now, because not to mention the bitter cold on the Qingtang Plateau, the current force value is still good, and the descendants of the various Zanpu families still have some appeal.

We must wait until Hexi Buddhism begins to affect Qingtang before we can act.

. . . .

And just when Zhang Zhao started preparations in Lanzhou, Yelu Deguang, who had been on the shore of Yuanyangbo in Saibei Grassland for almost three months, finally set off for the south.

However, he did not go to Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo in western Liaoning, nor did he go to Dading Mansion in Zhongjing. Instead, he went to Tanzhou, which is north of Youdu Mansion in Nanjing, which is Miyun in later Beijing.

To say that my righteous brother, King Zhang, is indeed a bit of a crotch among the emperors of all dynasties in military affairs, but he is definitely number one in terms of political skills and acumen.

After experiencing such a disastrous defeat, he first ran to Yuanyangbo to ensure his own safety, and then sent all the domestic forces to Yuanyangbo.

And soon launched a big plan to throw the pot away, blaming all the failures of this disastrous defeat on his domestic powerful factions other than his hardcore confidantes.

After Yelu Deguang shaped them into sinners who caused great defeat, he immediately served them with sticks as punishment.

In this way, among the Khitan people, the impression that this defeat was not caused by His Majesty, but that the ministers misled the country was quickly formed.

After hitting the board, remove yourself from the image of the loser.

Let everyone be in a state of anxiety, not knowing what punishment will come next, and even starting to join forces to protect themselves, Yelu Deguang's attitude immediately became friendly again.

In front of all the Khitan nobles whose buttocks and backs were smashed, he announced that he would take the leadership responsibility, so he pardoned everyone's crimes and no longer pursued them.

Then he immediately ordered people to redeem the corpses of the Khitan dead soldiers from the Later Jin Dynasty, buried them one by one, and held a grand ceremony.

In the end, he publicly accused Hou Jin of a series of treacherous acts, and said that he would definitely avenge his hatred, and directed the anger of hatred to Jin again.

So far, it was originally Yelu Deguang who made a mistake in his command and let the cavalry dismount, which led to the big defeat. In the end, he picked himself out instead, and created a similar image of Goujian and King Huai of Chu, which stabilized the situation.

Moreover, Yelu Deguang is still very shrewd. Shuluping, the empress dowager with a severed arm who lives in Liaoyang Mansion, Tokyo, asked Yelu Deguang to go to Liaoyang Mansion to cultivate several times, but Yelu Deguang refused. The tribal army was transferred to Youdu Mansion.

Ha ha!Shulu stayed in Liaoyang all the year round, and Yelu Lihu, the beloved son of the Empress Dowager with Broken Wrist, held an army of [-]. If Yelu Deguang really went, it's hard to say what would happen.

After Yelu Deguang stabilized the powerful faction in the country this time, he continued to issue edicts in the name of the emperor, which put great pressure on Shuluping, especially Yelu Lihu.

After several times of arguing, Shuluping couldn't bear Yelu Deguang's request, and transferred [-] elite tribal troops to Youdu Mansion.

At this point, Yelu Deguang's position was completely stabilized, and then he summoned Zhao Yanshou, Zhao Yanzhao, Han Kuangye, Han Kuangtu, Liu Yanzuo and other Han officials who were in Youdu Mansion to Tanzhou.

This is Yelu Deguang's habit, he doesn't easily enter Youdu Mansion, because he still has some worries about the Han people in Youyun Sixteen Prefectures.

Tanzhou is a perfect location, just stuck on the main road of Youdu entering and exiting the grassland.

If the grassland changes, you can quickly enter Youdu to prepare for defense, and if you have changes, you can quickly retreat to the grassland.

The important reason why Yelude called these Han officials to Tanzhou was that he was going to go south again.

(End of this chapter)