Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 496
Chang'an Jinchang Army Jiedu Envoy Office, here was originally a part of Xingqing Palace of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty.

After Chang'an City experienced large-scale burning and destruction by Huang Chao, Li Maozhen, Zhu Wen and others, the problem is actually still very big.

For example, in the Daming Palace in the north of the city, only the tall wall remains, and the rest has been completely destroyed.

The main functional areas, East Market and West Market, are also almost completely destroyed, and only a few ruins such as Kaiyuanmen remain.

The only one that can remain relatively intact is the Xingqing Palace area where the Jinchang Army’s Jiedu Office is located. After several years of repairs by the later Tang court, it can finally be used as Zhang Zhao’s residence.

Before Zhang Zhao opened the trade route again, there were only about [-] residents left in Chang'an City.

After seven or eight years of recovery, there are currently about 140,000 people, which has fully doubled, and it can barely be regarded as a bit of recovery.

However, due to the ruins of the city, the houses can only be distributed on both sides of Suzaku Street, and the houses are relatively low, looking like a city without a common city.

The only good offices, government offices, etc., are located around Xingqing Palace.

This distribution pattern is why Zhang Zhao thinks the problem is big.

Because of a large number of ruined walls and long-striped residential buildings, the defense of Chang'an City is useless.

At present, the Jinchang Army is building a fortress in the city, combining a part of the city wall that can still be used, supplemented by fences, antlers and other equipment to complete the defense.

Zhang Zhao shook his head, this level of city defense can only defend against thieves, it is impossible to defend against the army who came to attack.

However, it is quite in line with the temper of the five generations of warriors.Soldiers don't want to defend the city at all, and start fighting as soon as they set up their positions.

But if it is to be the capital of the country, it is not good. Even now, it is a bit dangerous, because the threat of Mengshu is real.

During the years when Yan Jin was in Qinzhou, Meng Shu sent many people from Lizhou Zhaowu Jiedushi (Sichuan Guangyuan) and Shannan Xidao Jiedushi Xingyuanfu (Hanzhong) to infiltrate Guanzhong, a small-scale battle of hundreds of people , happens all the time.

And Zhang Zhao learned from the merchants who walked the Shu road that Meng Chang had been hoarding grain and grass in Lizhou, Xingyuan Mansion, and Yuanzhou Wuding Army Jiedushi (Yang County, Shaanxi Province) to refine soldiers.

In addition, in history, Meng Shu took advantage of this period of time to take down Qin, Cheng Erzhou and Fengxiang Mansion, which was regarded as a big threat to Zhang Zhao.

Originally, Zhang Zhao wanted to repair Chang'an City, but after thinking about what he saw all the way south from Weizhou, King Zhang shook his head wisely.

Because after the Han and Tang dynasties, especially at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an was burned and then repaired, and then burned and repaired several times. Big wood, to repair the palace.

"My lord, Pei Shizhong has sent a letter from Lingzhou."

Although Guo Tiance became the deputy privy envoy, he was still the same as before. Whenever he had free time, he would go to Zhang Zhao's side and be Zhang Zhao's personal attendant.

Hearing Guo Tiance's letter from Pei Yuan, Zhang Xichong immediately looked up at the sky with an expression of wandering.

Others don't know what Pei Yuan's letter is for, how can Zhang Xichong not know?
Lingzhou is a pit. There are a lot of problems in the northern party and ministries, and there are few Han people. Moreover, there are no strong enemies on the grasslands, so there is no chance to make contributions at all.

Regardless of your great ability, if you go to Lingwu, it's tantamount to diving headlong into a mud pit. It seems that the status of a party member is extremely important, but in fact it is almost the same as a distribution.

So Zhang Xichong knew what Pei Yuan wanted to do without even looking at it. He definitely wanted to be transferred to Guanzhong and enter the Central Plains with the king.

Sure enough, Zhang Zhao scratched his head with a headache after reading the letter.

Pei Yuan first recalled how the two met each other, pointing out his credit "by the way", and then praised Zhang Zhao.

The central meaning is to come to Guanzhong. Even if it is impossible to follow the east to the Central Plains, it is also possible to guard Chang'an.

Zhang Zhao looked around, and all civil servants and generals who thought they might be recruited immediately looked up to Zhang Xichong.

Yin Yaozi lowered his head, as if the pattern on his sleeves is a famous painting.

Cao Yuanzhong held up a book he found somewhere, and was flipping through it.

Yan Jin almost shrank himself into the shadows.

Liu Sheng was more serious, he moved back a bit, and gave Man Xiong a wink, telling him to cover himself.

Zhang Zhao sighed, at a time like this, no one would be willing to go to Lingwu to replace Pei Yuan.

Moreover, Lingwu can't do without Pei Yuan. Integrating the local party and other ministries of Fanhan is not an easy task, and ordinary people can't do it at all.

So King Zhang looked at Zhang Xichong, this old man has been in Lingwu for so many years, there should be some people in his pocket, maybe he can recommend one?
Seeing Zhang Zhao looking at him with piercing eyes, Zhang Xichong was shocked, thinking that Zhang Zhao wanted him to go to Lingwu again, so he hurried out to offer advice.

"Your Majesty, Pei Yuying wrote the letter not because she wanted to come to Guanzhong, but because she didn't have the merits of being a dragon.

Now that the waterway from Lanzhou to Lingzhou has been opened up, and the transportation of supplies is smooth, it is better to ask Pei Yuan to recruit warships and sailors to go down the river and take Fengzhou controlled by the Khitan.

Then he ordered Zhe Congyuan to lead the Hao Chieftain of Fulin Erzhou and Wu Luan, the deputy commander of Datong Town, to attack Shengzhou from Fuzhou.

After the two armies converged, they would retake Yunzhou. This would allow the Khitans to be attacked from the front and back, and encircle the east of the river. "

It makes sense, Zhang Zhao nodded, Pei Yuan should be like what Zhang Xichong said, because he was afraid of staying in Lingwu and not having the merits of founding a new dynasty, so he turned his head and said to Fan Zhi.

"The Ministry of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China drafted an edict, ordering Pei Yuan, Zhe Congyuan, Yang Hongxin, Wu Luan and others to attack Yunzhou in response to the Guanzhong army."

"The king is wise, but I hope that the king can send a letter in his personal capacity, so as to appease Pei Yuying a lot."

Zhang Xichong let out a long sigh of relief, and said to Zhang Zhao.

Right!It is indeed necessary to write another letter in a private capacity.

As the Central Plains scholar who followed Zhang Zhao at the beginning, he suffered a lot for Zhang Zhao’s great cause, and he did not change his mind when faced with the temptation of Shi Jingtang’s high-ranking officials. It is definitely very unfair that he cannot follow Zhang Zhao out of Guanzhong Dingding Central Plains .

"Yuying is in Shuofang, and she has worked hard and made great achievements. If she can go down the river and harvest Fengzhou, Tiande Army and Zhenwu Army, she will definitely be among the best in terms of rewards in the future."

Seeing that there was no risk of going to Lingzhou, Yan Jin jumped out immediately.

"Your Majesty, Meng Chang, the lord of Shu, has recently frequently transferred the Imperial Guards of Shu to Lizhou and Xingyuan Mansion. Have we dealt with the Shu army and marched eastward?"

Zhang Zhao was a little speechless, his own rise had actually boosted the ambition of this boy Meng Chang.

Instead of sitting on the bed and treating the harem as a brothel, this kid actually wants to take down Guanzhong.

"No! The Khitans are raging in the Central Plains, and Xingyi soldiers are imminent. There is no accurate information on when Meng Shu will send troops. We have no time to wait."

Hearing what Zhang Zhao said, everyone knew that Zhang Zhao wanted to fight Khitan first, and then consider the rest.

In fact, it is also true, in order to gain righteousness, King Zhang let Li Congyi publicly say that the Khitan expelled from the north is the emperor of the Central Plains, so he must not wait any longer.

Yin Yaozi finally stopped looking at his sleeves, he sighed in his heart, and immediately found that Zhang Zhao's eyes were also looking at him.

Is there any way, who told him that Yin Kite has always been good at defending.

"My lord, please guard Qinzhou to prevent the Shu army from going north from Jiezhou (Wudu)."

"Cousin understands righteousness deeply. With you sitting in Qinzhou, the west of Guanzhong will have no worries!" Zhang Zhao greatly appreciated Yin Yaozi's spirit.

However, Qinzhou (Tianshui) can only block the Shu army going north from Jiezhou, but it can't do anything to those who pass through Chencang Road and Xiegushui (Baoxie Road) from Xingyuan Mansion (Hanzhong).

Seeing this, Liu Zaisheng also took the initiative to invite Ying. He can also be regarded as the best defensive general on Zhang Zhao's side besides Yin Yaozi.

"Your servant, please lead Yingyang and Feng'an towns with [-] soldiers to guard Fengxiang mansion to guard against the Shu army."

Zhang Zhao was even more satisfied. Someone had to go to the Central Plains to fight the Khitan, but someone had to do the hard work and tiring work of staying behind, right?

"Brother, please work hard. Temporarily stay in Chang'an, responsible for supporting Yin Yaozi, Liu Zaisheng, Yushu Army, and stabilizing Guanzhong."

The elder brother Zhang Dawang said was Li Ruoyu, Li Ruoliu's elder brother.

After returning to the east, he gradually gave up his military position and became a senior official guarding one side.

"I don't work hard, I am willing to stabilize Guanzhong for the king."

Of course Li Ruotai knew what Zhang Zhao meant, that Guanzhong was about to march eastward before it was settled, and it was necessary to keep a trustworthy and capable person to guard it.

As Zhang Zhao's uncle, he is the most suitable person.

"Your Majesty, I have a plan, maybe you can delay Shu Lord's desire to enter Guanzhong." He Ning said suddenly.

"Please speak, He Weng." Zhang Zhao waved his hand, signaling He Ning to speak freely.

For Zhang Zhao, he didn't want to attack Shu first, so the later Shu sent troops, the better for him.

"Your Majesty holds great righteousness in his hands, and chasing Khitan is a righteous act, why not spread the word to Mengshu, Nanping, Qianyue and other countries first, calling on them to raise troops together and attack Khitan together.

You can even secretly tell the Lord of Shu, Meng Chang, that the king is going to raise troops in August, and ask the Lord of Shu to provide food, grass and equipment. After the agreement is completed, Qin and Cheng will be rewarded. "

"Send troops in August? Also cut off Qin and form two states?"

Ma Sha didn't understand the twists and turns of these scribes, and couldn't help frowning.

He Ning smiled calculatedly, "All this is just to paralyze Lord Shu.

Meng Chang was born in a wealthy family and grew up in a deep palace. Although he has an enterprising heart, he can be regarded as the master of benevolence, but he is not the emperor immediately.

Moreover, the land of Shu is rich and prosperous, and I don't know how to fight for 20 years. The minister concluded that the fighting spirit of the Shu army is not firm.

We can spread the message to the Kingdom of Shu, speak more sincerely, ask for money, food and equipment, agree with them to send troops in August, and are willing to cede the land of the two prefectures.

Everyone in the Kingdom of Shu must believe it, thinking that Guanzhong is broken, and it is difficult for us to transport grain and grass in Dayong, so we have to ask them.

Considering that there will be plenty of time in August, the Kingdom of Shu must be slack, and the deployment of troops will not be so urgent.

If we wait until August, when the other soldiers are ready, and we are willing to fulfill our promise, we can get Qin and Chengzhou for nothing. If not, the Guanzhong will be empty, and they can take it themselves. "

Zhang Zhao laughed, "Who would have known that we would have dispatched troops in April, had already driven Khitan north in August, and Guanzhong had long been settled.

If Meng Chang didn't know what to do, he could destroy Shu first, and then take back the land of Yanyun. "

"Then why do you only pass on Meng Shu, Jingnan, and Qian Yue? Not Wu and Tang?"

Guo Tiance and others still don't know much about the situation in the Central Plains, that's why they asked this question.

He Ning put a serious face on his face, cupped his hands at Guo Tiance, and then looked at Zhang Zhao and said.

"Fang today, apart from the Khitan and Liao Kingdoms, which are my greatest rivals, Wu and Tang should not be underestimated.

Although that generation lacked cavalry and soldiers were not as brave as those in the north, but the land was vast and densely populated, the army was more armored and food was sufficient, and there were even more water troops criss-crossing the river.

I am not good at boating from the north, and the Central Plains was ravaged by Khitan, so many of them are broken, so we must not take Wu Tang lightly.

If it is passed on to Li Jing, the lord of the Tang Dynasty, that generation has assumed the title of the Great Tang Clan, and if he is allowed to gain righteousness, Xiang, Deng, Shen, Cai and other states will be in danger, and we must be wary of their association with Khitan. "

What He Ning said actually made sense. Zhang Zhao vaguely remembered that in history, Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, sent envoys to contact Yelu Deguang when Khitan entered the Central Plains.

This also became an important reason why the Later Han and Later Zhou dynasties continued to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty.

In fact, from a historical point of view, if there hadn't been a poet emperor like Li Yu, it would not have been easy for the Northern Song Dynasty to destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty. Zhang Zhao immediately followed suit.

"Okay! According to He Weng's words, spread the word to Mengshu, Nanping, Machu, Qianyue and other countries, and let them rise up together and chase Khitan together."

(End of this chapter)