Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 531 People's hearts, Ti Rang, Shu soldiers also came
Hexi, Liangzhou.Since Zhang Zhao's expedition, the atmosphere in Hexi has been tense.

Song Shantong, the right minister who stayed behind, Luo Tongda, the old general of the Guiyi Army, Zhang Zhao's confidants Liu Na, Cao Yanming and others, followed Zhang Zhao's order.

Let the Queen Mother Fengtian of Liangguo bring the Queen Cao Yanxi to hold Zhang Zhao's only son, Zhang Xianming, who is only two years old this year, is coming to the court to handle domestic affairs.

However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the foundation of the Great Liang Kingdom, which spans thousands of miles and governs 6 million people, is not yet solid.

If Zhang Zhao is gone, the country will immediately fall apart.

So before Zhang Zhao set off, the aunt, Queen Mother Fengtian, asked Zhang Zhong to transfer two hundred guards from Ningyuan after obtaining Zhang Zhao's consent.

These personal guards were all rescued by Zhang Zhao from Saktu and Persians in the past, and they all belonged to the nine surnames of Zhaowu and other Uighurs and Oghuz who did not want to convert to the Tianfang religion.

Their families and tribes now live on hundreds of thousands of acres of private land in Ningyuan Zhang Zhao, so their loyalty is unquestionable.

Just when Zhang Zhaogang was advancing from Guandong, the Empress Dowager Fengtian sent the two hundred guard knights to the Central Plains.

Their only mission is to protect Zhang Zhao and escape back to Hexi when the army is defeated.

It has to be said that Queen Mother Fengtian's thinking is still clear, even if this Liang country does not have the [-] army, it can barely support it.

Because Zhang Zhao’s military system in Tuntian Mansion in Hexi and the policy of engaging in religious worship among Tubo, Tuyuhun, Dadan and Qiang party members as a Buddhist Dharma King have achieved great success.

Without these 50,000 troops, Liang State's vitality will be severely damaged, but as long as Zhang Zhao is still there, he can recruit all warriors from all ethnic groups. There were three [-] people.

With these three 50,000 people, it is enough to keep Liang country, and after another ten years of recuperation, it can become strong again.

But without Zhang Zhao, it would be over, and the entire Liang Kingdom would collapse immediately.

Song Shantong feels that the pressure is a bit heavy recently. As the right minister of Liang Kingdom, Zhang Zhao, the King of Great Liang, that's not right!Now he should be called the uncle of His Majesty King Yong of Kai Tiance Mansion.

He is very trusted by Zhang Zhao, otherwise Zhang Zhao would not have entrusted him with the important task of staying in the capital.

However, Song Shantong has always had a regret, that is, although many children of the Song family have entered official positions, most of them are middle- and low-level civil servants, not many hold high positions, and there are not many of them in the army.

How can this work?
According to Song Shantong's thinking, to ensure the power of the Song family in the future, it would be a great disadvantage if there were not many soldiers in the family.

After all, according to the point of view at this time, civil servants are nothing more than vassals, and those who really have power are warriors.

What he did as the right minister felt a little aggrieved because he didn't have the right to speak in the military.

However, Song Shantong felt that he was very loyal and dedicated, and he was still the prime minister, but the Queen Mother Fengtian of Yongshou Palace did not agree with him, and beat him openly and secretly.

The promotions of several children of the Song family were blocked by the queen mother of Fengtian, and his eldest son, Song Yuanshen, who was a trainer of the Longyou Taoist regiment in Lanzhou, was transferred back to serve as the servant of the Ministry of war.

This is obviously to guard against the Song family, fearing that they will master the United Archers and Yi Cong Xiaoqi of Longyou Dao.

Song Shantong, who was very dissatisfied, went to see Zhang Zhao's biological mother, Song Shi, Queen Mother of Fengsheng.

In the end, my younger sister was still the same, she opened her mouth to talk about the Dharma, and shut her mouth to show that the Song family suffered losses, which is a blessing, and only by not seeking power can one avoid disasters, which made Song Shantong quite depressed.

"My lord, Ah Weng's frame has arrived, hurry up and greet him!"

Song Shantong had just returned home after dealing with a lot of official business, but before his butt was seated, the youngest son Song Yuanchun ran in and shouted.

"Didn't I say that when your Aunt's carriage passed Zendan, someone would come and tell us to meet him? Why are you already outside the mansion?"

The A Weng that Song Yuanchun said was Song Shantong's father, Song Tongyi, Zhang Zhao's grandfather.

The old man is used to the environment of Dunhuang, so he has been staying in Shazhou, but recently he said that he would come to Liangzhou to visit his daughter and great-grandchildren.

Song Yuanchun looked helpless, "The servants sent by the child in Zendan Dan were directly captured by A Weng's guards, and there was no chance to report."

Song Shantong felt a little thumping in his heart, and a bad feeling suddenly emerged.

A little grandson like Song Yuanchun may only see Ah Weng's kind and kind side, but Song Shantong knows that his 80 years old father is definitely a difficult character to deal with.

This is from the fact that Song Tongyi agreed to marry his daughter to Zhang Chengfeng as compensation, and he was able to quickly take refuge in the Cao family after the unstoppable rise of the Cao family.

Then he could tacitly cooperate with the Queen Mother Fengtian in Bo Yun's treachery to keep his grandson Zhang Zhao.

In the end, after Zhang Zhaodong returned, he could quickly dissolve the resentment in Zhang Zhao's heart and reconcile with him.

And took advantage of the trend to push the Song family to the top family of the old Guiyi army who is not as good as the Cao family on the surface, but in fact is far more trusted than the Cao family. You can see Song Tongyi's skills and vision.

Such a terrifying father directly tied up the servants he sent to greet him, and then suddenly appeared outside the mansion, apparently to Xingshi to question him.

For a moment, Song Shantong immediately recalled the fear of being dominated by his father, and big beads of sweat fell down.

"Nizi! Kneel down!"

Sure enough, as Song Shantong expected, his father, Song Tongyi, who was 80 years old and could still eat half a catty of meat for a meal, and drank two cents of wine, yelled at him with a thorn in his hand, and made him kneel outside the mansion.

Song Shantong's head was dripping with cold sweat, and he was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do.

He is now the right minister of a country, and he was appointed by Zhang Zhao when he left. He is also in his sixties, and it would be too embarrassing to be punished to kneel in front of the public.

And based on his understanding of his father Song Tongyi, it would be impossible to just kneel down, and if not, he would even be beaten.

But if you don't kneel, a reputation of being unfilial will spread immediately.

In this era, unfilial piety is anyone's culprit, as long as this word is used, it will immediately become a street mouse that everyone shouts and beats.

Let alone being an official, there will always be problems in being a human being.

"My lord, please save some face!" So Song Shantong, whose face was flushed, could only start begging.

"I don't know why the adults are dissatisfied, but I can give the children a chance to explain."

Song Tongyi squinted his eyes. In his eyes, the eldest son with gray beard and hair was no different from when he was a teenager.

He waved the thorn in his hand, causing more cold sweat on Song Shantong's forehead. After applying enough pressure, he spoke slowly.

"You know how to save face so much, that's why you're rushing out of things like this. The fate has already come out, and the mountains and rivers have already mutated. As the right minister, you are still staying behind, but you are still doing those old ways.

Running for dogs, fighting for power and profit, and planting children, the eyes can only see the one-third of an acre of land under their feet today.

If you save your face today, my Song family will be overthrown tomorrow! "

Song Shantong blushed immediately after being spat out mercilessly by his father.

"Everything my child does is for the country. My Song family has passed down poems and rites for hundreds of years. There are many talented people coming out of my sons and daughters. Is it any wonder how many people are reused?
The Son of Heaven also has the blood of my Song family, and my uncle's family guards the family property for my nephew, what's wrong? "

Song Tongyi sighed, "A certain life is so wise, why are all the sons such fools?

I thought you could be an exception, but in the end I wanted to be someone like Liang Ji and He Jin.

Without further ado, kneel down! "

Before Song Shantong could speak, Song Yuanchun, the youngest son who had always been pampered, stepped forward and said, "Ah Weng wronged my father. It is obvious that Queen Mother Fengtian deliberately targeted the Song family!"

Song Tongyi was so angry (scared) by these words that his face paled, he stepped forward suddenly, and hit Song Yuanchun with a thorn, only hitting Song Yuanchun with bruises and screaming.

"How does Zhuzi know? How dare you make such a rebellious statement?"

After roaring, Song Tongyi wanted to beat Song Shantong.

At this moment, Song Shantong's eldest son, former Longyou Dao defense envoy, and now the right servant of the Ministry of War, Song Yuanshen, rode over from a distance on a horse.

The others were still far away, so they reined in their horses and jumped off, then flew over and knelt down in front of Song Tongyi, kowtowed and begged.

"I also ask Ah Weng to be merciful, my grandson is willing to replace it with her own body."

As he spoke, he quickly took off his clothes and stood between his father and grandfather.

Seeing the arrival of the eldest grandson, Song Tongyi's gloomy face suddenly turned pale.

"I heard from Empress Dowager Fengsheng that you are the one who resigns from the position of training envoy of the Longyou Taoist regiment?"

Before Song Yuanshen could speak, Song Shantong became angry, and the embarrassment of losing face in front of his father was immediately transferred to the eldest son.

"Nizi! It turned out that you resigned on your own initiative. I said how dare the queen mother invade my Song family's power so blatantly.

Do you know how much effort I spent to get you to be the trainer of the Longyou Daoist Mission? "

When Song Tongyi heard that the eldest son was still so stupid, he flew into a rage, and rushed forward with a thorn. Song Yuanshen quickly hugged Song Tongyi's thigh.

"Don't get angry, and don't hurt your body. My aunt said that as long as Ah Weng arrives, I will let the adults take care of me. In this Liangzhou, you still have to come and sit in charge."

Shocked, Song Shantong pointed to the eldest son who was kneeling on the ground, his mouth trembling, unable to speak.

He vaguely guessed that his father, Song Tongyi, was specially invited from Dunhuang by his eldest son, Song Yuanshen, and his younger sister, the Empress Dowager Fengsheng, to calm him down.

Song Tongyi patted Song Yuanshen on the shoulder, and immediately didn't want to hit anyone anymore, he looked at Song Shantong and said.

"After six years as minister, your vision is not as good as your son's. The Heavenly King entrusted the country to you to stay behind. It was for you to follow Xiao Guicao to stabilize the place, but you regarded this trust as connivance.

The reason why my Song family is deeply trusted is because my family has been civil servants for generations and has never participated in military affairs.

But you assigned Yuan Shen to the position of training envoy of the Longyou Daoist Regiment, and also trained the Song family's children to enter the army. It's all due to negligence in discipline!Let you really regard the emperor as a nephew. "

The more Song Tongyi said, the more heartbroken he was. The Song family had no foundation in the army. What they did was just to make it sound better on the bright side. Without five or eight years of hard work, it would be impossible to have any effect.

Of course, more importantly, it is very taboo for the Song family to do this.

His grandson, King Zhang, is not a soft-hearted person. He is old in the Yijun family and uses the Song family not only because the Song family is his grandfather's family, but also because the Song family never interferes in military power.

Song Tongyi believed that once the Song family really intervened in the military, when Zhang Zhao came back, no matter whether he won or lost, he would be in bad luck.

It's okay to win, maybe it's just a little punishment with thunder and rain, and then the Song family will be excluded from the core layer.

If he loses, he will definitely be the first to use the Song family to divert attention.

After an external defeat, in order to suppress domestic opposition, it has always been the only magic weapon to find a model who is responsible for the blame and deal with it to death.

Just when Song Tongyi was thinking about whether to take his son to Yongshou Palace and ask to see the Queen Mother Fengtian and his daughter, the Queen Mother Fengsheng.

After all, it is not something that can be decided in just a few words to avoid the dignified right-hand man.

Suddenly there was thunderous cheers in the distance, and for a moment, the entire Liangzhou city was like boiling water, and countless people rushed to the street calling for friends.

The Song family's mansion is at the east gate, so immediately after the cheers, more than ten cavalry envoys, with red pennant flags on their backs and ocher-yellow loofahs in their hands, galloped in from the east gate.

"Great victory! Great victory! Great victory for the Eastern Expeditionary Army! In the battle of Luoyang, our Yongliang army defeated the Khitan and killed the bones of the Khitan leader Yao! The [-] Liao army was wiped out!"

"Hahahaha!" Song Tongyi laughed three times, threw away the thorn in his hand, and danced excitedly.

"Okay! That's great! The event is settled! My young lady is going to be the Empress Dowager!"

In an instant, amidst the roar of the big victory in the whole city, the entire Song family was incoherent with excitement, and many people even burst into tears.

If the king succeeds in taking control of the Central Plains, the Song family will rise immediately. They are the authentic descendants.

Compared with this, finding a small official in Hexi and Longyou is nothing worth mentioning.

Originally, there were still some people standing beside Song Shantong, thinking that Zhang Zhao would not be around, so they would get more officials when the Song family was in charge.

Now it seems that it is completely unnecessary. Compared with the Central Plains, the barren land on the right side of Hexi is nothing.

After the ecstasy, Song Tongyi yelled loudly as he looked at this unbelievable son.

"Left and right! Seal the mansion for me and keep it under strict supervision. Don't let them out without my order."

Then he took Song Yuanshen's hand, "My dear grandson, you and I will enter the palace quickly, and you know what to do next?"

Song Yuanshen nodded, "The two empress dowagers and queens Fengtian and Fengsheng will definitely go to the Central Plains, but our Song family must not stick to the position of staying behind. It is better to recommend Zhang Huaiqing, an elder of the Zhang family, to stay in Liangzhou."

. . . .

In Liangzhou Yongshou Palace, facing the carnival crowd in the whole city, the Empress Dowager Li of Fengtian, the Empress Dowager Song of Fengsheng, Queen Cao Yanxi, Lady Cao Yannai of Shouchang County, Lady Li Ruoliu of Shanshan County, etc. also had tears in their eyes.

A year of anxiety has finally been relieved.

Zhang Zhao not only defeated the Khitan, but also beheaded the leader of the Khitan. It can be said that half the world can be determined in one battle.

Third lady Cao Yannai and little aunt Li Ruoliu looked at each other. As Zhang Zhao's first two women, they were also Zhang Zhao's friend in need, and it was as if in a dream.

Mrs. Cao San thought of the little novice who was dressed in tattered black clothes and stupidly clamped her thighs, fearing that the "weapon" would fall out. After 14 years of hard work, she was about to become the supreme in the world.

Li Ruoliu thought of that stormy afternoon when Zhang Zhao, with only a hundred people, appeared in Mud City of Zhongyun Kingdom like a Tai Sui God descended from the sky.

In the first battle, he killed Zhongyun Wang Sanpoba, who was self-defense in the city and lost his mind.

Back then when Zhang Zhao was not tempted by her beauty and almost let that idiot Dunzhu smash her to death with a single bone, Li Ruoliu understood that this is a person who can accomplish great things.

It's just that she never thought that Zhang Zhao would be able to achieve the position of supreme under heaven.

"The two empress dowagers and queens are invited to take Shiro outside the city to accept the court congratulations. This is the great achievement of all Yongliang warriors. We should celebrate together with their families!"

As soon as Song Tongyi came in, he hurriedly asked all the women in the house to take Zhang Zhao's son, Zhang Xianjing, out to accept court congratulations.

Now it's just that Lub Feijie has arrived, but it's not announced, always informal.

So, led by Zhang Zhao's aunt, Queen Mother Fengtian, and birth mother Song, Queen Mother Fengsheng, Queen Cao Yanxi carried two-year-old Zhang Xianjing, surrounded by Cao Yannai, Li Ruoliu, Cao Yanmian, etc., to Yongxun Palace, the outer city of the palace. The main entrance is on the Fengmen Gate.

The people who had been waiting outside for a long time heard the news of the great victory in Luoyang from Queen Cao Yanxi in person, and there were thunderous cheers.

Cao Yanxi then announced that a celebration banquet would be held at the four gates of Liangzhou to entertain the families of all the soldiers who went to war, and the curfew would be lifted.

After announcing the happy event to the public, Cao Yannai and others immediately returned to Yongxun Palace, and then held a group of officials to discuss.

Cao Yannai held Zhang Zhao's handbook and said to Song Tongyi.

"Ah Weng, Your Majesty has already proclaimed himself the Son of Zhou and entered the Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo.

Qin ordered me to immediately mobilize another [-] troops, of which [-] were handed over to Cao Gonggong, the servant of the sect, to guard the Guanzhong and guard against the Kingdom of Shu.

Ten thousand were transferred to Tokyo to guard various places.I am afraid that the candidate for the leader of the army must find a well-known general. "

Song Tongyi naturally stood in the right position of his son Song Shantong, and no one thought there was anything wrong. Song Youxiang, who was jumping up and down a while ago, immediately seemed to have never appeared before.

Song Tongyi cupped his hands, "This is a big matter, and we need a safe general. Feng Hui, governor of Xizhou, just returned to Liangzhou, why don't let Feng Hui command the army to go to Guanzhong and Central Plains."

Feng Hui was appointed by Zhang Zhao as the governor of Xizhou after the last battle against the Gaochang Uighurs and stayed in Gaochang City.

Before Zhang Zhao set off, he sent an envoy to appoint Chen Huiyao from the Chen family of Yizhou as the governor of Xizhou and the envoy of Gaochang, and summoned Feng Hui back.

Both Feng Hui and his son are fierce generals, so of course they should be used in the Central Plains where the military pressure is even greater.

Queen Mother Fengtian, Queen Mother Fengsheng and Queen Cao Yanxi looked at each other, the three nodded at the same time, Cao Yanxi turned around and said softly.

"Ah Weng's suggestion is good, let Feng Hui act as the escort and lead the army eastward."

Feng Hui's official position is to act as a (temporary) Luanjia escort, which means that Zhang Zhao's mother, concubine and children are about to leave for Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo.

"Then Liangzhou stayed behind, who should be awarded? Can Ah Weng take on this important task for his granddaughter?" Queen Cao Yanxi continued to ask.

Song Tongyi lowered his head and glanced at his grandson Song Yuanshen, motioning for him to come out and speak, but he became more cautious in his heart. Cao Yanxi's words did not mean to be probing.

Song Yuanshen immediately came out and said: "Ah Weng is too old to stay behind, and I have always wanted to go back to the Central Plains to have a look. By the way, I will go back to Xingzhou South and my hometown to worship ancestors. Please escort A Weng to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo together."

Zhang Zhao's maternal ancestral family had always regarded themselves as descendants of the Song family in Guangping, and recognized Kaiyuan's famous Prime Minister Song Jing as their ancestor, so this request seemed reasonable.

Zhang Zhao's biological mother, Empress Dowager Song, has undergone considerable changes in her personality over the past ten years. Since Zhang Zhao's foundation has become more and more stable, Song, who has always been timid and chanting Buddhism, has become more cheerful.

She still couldn't bear to see her father being so cautious, so she took the initiative to speak.

"Uncle Zhang Gong Huaiqing is an elder of the Zhang family in Shazhou, so he is suitable to be the left-behind in Liangzhou!"

After the Song family said that, Li Shi, the queen mother of Fengtian, who was a little dissatisfied with Song Shantong's operation some time ago, immediately nodded.

"Sister's suggestion is good, Huaiqing's football team can stay behind."

How about Zhang Huaiqing? As Zhang Zhao's only remaining grandparent, Zhang Yichao's only surviving nephew.

He is actually not very old, and his body is not bad. Although his ability is average, he is at least a person who can understand clearly and does not have much ambition. He belongs to the kind that everyone can rest assured and accept.

However, his ability is not enough for the important task of staying behind in Liangzhou, so as Zhang Tianzi's real friend in need, Murong Nobunaga's mother, Mrs. Cao Sanniang Yannai, the wife of Shanshan County, came out and added.

"Staying behind is a great responsibility, and we must implement the emperor's fraternity law. Since the emperor has granted arbitrary power, it is better to first call Shuofang Taoist ambassador Pei Yuan into Liangzhou, seal the school as the Taibao, Shangshu Youpushe, and Hexi Taoist ambassador. Liangzhou stay-behind deputy envoy, assisting Duke Huaiqing.

As for the position of Shuofangdao ambassador, I heard that Liu Zhiyuan from Hedong was also wooing Fuzhou Zhe Congyuan, so I simply appointed Zhe Congyuan's eldest son, Zhe Dejian, as Doctor Yinqing Guanglu, and served as the second envoy of Shuofangdao's chief executive and regiment training. "

The third lady was as shrewd as ever, and her suggestion was immediately appreciated by the two queen mothers and queens, as well as Song Tongyi.

Zhang Huaiqing is an elder of the clan, with no status and status. Although he lacks ability, he can convince the crowd.

Pei Yuan is Zhang Zhao's minister, and he has worked hard and stayed in Shuofang for so many years, let alone his ability.

To be transferred to be the left-behind deputy envoy, one is to give a reward, and the other is to complement and restrain each other with Zhang Huaiqing, which is the safest.

As for the transfer of Zhe Dejian to Shuofang Dao as the chief minister and the second envoy of regiment training, that would be even better.

Liu Zhiyuan had always hoped to win over Zhe Congyuan from Fuzhou, so now he directly promoted Zhe Congyuan's son to the level of mastering Shuofang Dao.

Then Liu Zhiyuan would force him to death in the big fart of Hedong, and he couldn't come up with such a condition, so naturally he couldn't win over Zhe Congyuan.

As for the law of fraternity, it was decided when Zhang Zhao left, that is, Zhang Tianzi was going to elevate Lianglan, Gansu, Guasha, Shanbazhou in Hexi to an unprecedented height.

To put it simply, it is in this place that the improved Fubing system is fully implemented.

Subject to changes in the earth's weather that do not depend on human will, it is obvious that the Northwest will gradually become arid in the next 1000 years.

Here, it is no longer like the Tang Dynasty and before, with abundant rainfall and lush vegetation, which can support a large number of people.

So Zhang Zhao is going to lock up these eight states, and all civilian households will become government soldiers, and each household will become a medium-sized landlord's family with more than [-] mu of land, plus mountains, forests and pastures.

Then give them preferential treatment in terms of taxation, so that the only thing they need to pay attention to is riding a horse, archery and killing people.

In the future, his imperial guards in the Zhou Dynasty - the left and right Habayashi guards will only be selected from these eight states.

The military fields of these eight states cannot be transferred or bought and sold. If the descendants fail the military force assessment, they will be taken back.

The so-called fraternity law is to avoid population breeding and continuous analysis of property, resulting in the reduction of the economic status of the government soldiers and bankruptcy.

The meaning of Tirang is actually the eldest son inheritance system. As for the rest of the brothers, after they reach the age of one, they will have to be the elder brother to find their own way out.

But the idea is good, but it is complicated to operate.

For example, the elder brother’s physical inability to support martial arts training, disability due to injuries during martial arts training, and inability to give birth to heirs, etc., all need to be considered.

So to do this well, it must be an important minister like Pei Yuan.

And it was time to start working, because most of the [-] troops who followed Zhang Zhao would never return to Hexi.

The property they already owned in Hexi had to be handed over to their younger brothers, and those without younger brothers would have to sell it, and their family members would also have to move out. There was really not much trouble.

. . . .

At the end of 945 AD, in order to arrive at Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo before the Yuan Dynasty, the Queen Cao Yanxi came forward to organize, and everyone in Liangzhou immediately prepared the equipment for departure.

Feng Hui led an army of [-] to protect Luanjia in the east, while Liangzhou was handed over to the left-behind Zhang Huaiqing and the left-behind deputy envoy Pei Yuan.

Almost at the same time, Guanzhong was still experiencing war.

In July, Meng Chang, the lord of Shu, realized that he was likely to be deceived, so he began to send envoys into Guanzhong frequently.

Yin Yaozi and Liu Zaisheng couldn't hide it until mid-September.

Furious, Meng Chang immediately ordered the Shu army to advance in three ways.

Along the way, An Siqian was commanded by Zuo Kuang Shengjun's Ma Budu, and the superintendent [-] troops left Qishan and went straight to Qinzhou (Tianshui).

On the other hand, Sun Hanshao, the envoy of the Wuding Army in Yuanzhou, led [-] troops out of Dasan Pass and rushed to Fengxiang Mansion.

The main force of the last Shu army was the general of Shu, Zhong Shuling, and Zhang Qianzhao, the Jiedu envoy of Shannan Xidao, who was appointed as the envoy of the northern camp to recruit and appease. He led [-] main forces to attack Chang'an from Ziwu Valley.

However, the Zhou army was led by Yin Yaozi to guard Qinzhou with 4000 troops, Liu Zaisheng supervised [-] people to guard Fengxiang Mansion, and Cao Yuanzhong led [-] people to guard Chang'an. They were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength.

Although Shu was considered by Zhang Zhao as not having much combat power, they had a lot of armor and enough food, and the generals were also from Daibei Wuxun, so their combat power was not too low.

At the end of September, Chang'an was in an emergency. After Liu Zaisheng received Cao Yuanzhong's order, he had to abandon Fengxiang Mansion and the whole army returned to defend Chang'an.

After the Shu army captured Fengxiang Mansion, Meng Chang was overjoyed and took advantage of the momentum to increase his troops.

Zhang Qianzhao, who came out of Ziwu Valley, went straight to Chang'an with his elite, but as soon as he arrived in the Guanzhong Plain, he was defeated by Liu Zaisheng with four thousand cavalry.Thousands of soldiers were lost, so they had to retreat to Meridian Valley.

Since then, Zhang Qianzhao has continued to invite troops from Meng Chang, while building more forts to offset the advantage of the Zhou army's iron cavalry, restrain the Zhou army, and wait for the opportunity.

　Seven thousand words combined into one.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)