Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 669 The Prelude to the Conquest of Shu

After reading Gao Xingzhou's memorial, Zhang Tie immediately opened Murong Xinchang's memorial.

Hao Da'er didn't report many things, only two things, but these two things were very important.

The first is that 11 Tuyuhun, Qingtang, Dangxiang and other tribes recruited from Hexi, Longyou, Shuofang, and Ningxia have arrived in Pingzhou, Chengde Mansion, and the grasslands north of Yanshan Mountain.

Murong Nobunaga selected seven thousand riders, equipped with a certain amount of iron armor, and basically controlled the pastures with a radius of hundreds of miles.

Under their threat, the Khitan people gave up the Zhongjing Dading Mansion, which had been in business for a long time, and retreated to the vicinity of the Songshan Pavilion.Shuluping and Yelu Lihu even retreated to Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing.

Songshan Pavilion is the Chifeng of Inner Mongolia in later generations. In fact, it is still relatively close to Beiping Prefecture. Given the current situation of the Khitan people, if Murong Nobunaga really started to drive them away hard, they would not be able to hold Songshan Pavilion.

But Hao Da'er has been faithfully implementing Zhang Ting's strategy. Before Zhang Zhou is unified and is not ready to sweep the whole Liao, he should try to oppress the Khitan people as little as possible, so as to prevent them from fleeing to the bitterly cold Xing'an Mountains.

Of course, it would be very uncomfortable not to eat the fat that is on the lips.

Therefore, Murong Nobunaga asked Zhang Tie that when the strength of his Andong Metropolitan Governor's camp began to form an advantage over Khitan, he hoped that Zhang Tie would allow him to start a planned advance attack.

The main purpose was to plunder the Khitan and the clans and livestock under their rule, in preparation for the complete attack on the Khitan and Wang's Goryeo.

Zhang Tie thought about it, and agreed to Murong Nobunaga's request. He estimated that Murong Nobunaga was greedy for Jinzhou controlled by the Khitan people.

According to the news from Jinyi's personal guards and the north chamber of the Privy Council, Murong Xinchang's Tuyuhun rangers have begun to frequently appear on the west bank of the Xiaoling River (Xiaoling River).

Jinzhou is indeed a big piece of fat!

This place used to be a fertile land of Khitan, but now it has become a mutual market for Khitan people and Central Plains trade, with merchants from all over the world bustling with each other, no wonder Murong Xinchang is greedy.

The second matter was somewhat beyond Zhang Tie's expectations, and that was the matter about Tuyuhun in Hedong.

Before he planned to take Murong Nobunaga to Japan to become the king, Zhang Tie was a little afraid that the Tuyuhun people in Hedong would cause certain troubles if they were taken over by Murong Nobunaga.

Even Murong Nobunaga himself did not dare to get involved with the Tuyuhun people in Hedong.

Unexpectedly, these Tuyuhun people believed in the Buddha to the core. They regarded the Six Dharma School as heresy, and they firmly refused to admit that Zhang Ting, the supreme heaven, was the only representative of the Buddha in the secular world.

After the news of the conversion came, the Tuyuhun people in Hedong were entrenched on the high mountains in Shizhou, Lanzhou and other places, and they fought against the officials who came to move them with a more resolute attitude than against Liu Zhiyuan and the Khitan people, even if they moved to the vicinity of Yanshan The Tuyuhun people in the east of the river also fled in large numbers.

Murong Nobunaga roughly estimated that among the 13 Tuyuhun people in Hedong, no more than [-] have already accepted or are now ready to accept the Six Dharma School.

Good guy, these dogs are getting tougher now!

Zhang Tie's nose was so angry that he didn't pursue their crime of following Liu Zhiyuan, but now he started to push his nose on his face.

At this time, the governor of Datong, the supervisor of Datong soldiers and horses, and the memorial of Zhe Deyuan, the adopted son of Zhang Tie, also arrived. It was about Yelu Yaliguo, the youngest son of Yelu Abaoji.

The Khitan prince, who was captured by the Later Tang Dynasty and guarded the palace gates in the Central Plains for more than ten years, returned to the grassland and secretly communicated with Zhang Ting. effect.

After Zhang Tie met with Shuluping in Chengde Mansion, he was afraid that he would be dealt with by Shuluping, so he specially sent Zhang Xibao to persuade Yelu Yaliguo to lead his tribe to move south to the Hetao area.

Of course, Yeluya Liguo knew the skills of this aunt, so without the slightest hesitation, he immediately led more than 7000 people from the headquarters to the south, and moved to the nomadic west of Daqing Mountain in the Hetao area.

Zhang Tie originally wanted to use Yelu Yaliguo's eldest son, Yeluhe, to succeed Yelu Yaliguo in controlling the tribe.

However, since they were Khitan people after all, they were afraid that Zhang Ting would backtrack, and they were still a little frightened after moving south, which Yeluhe could not fully grasp.

So Zhang Ting agreed to continue to let Yelu Yaliguo master it for a period of time.

Now after more than half a year of getting along, these Khitan people are relieved, and Yeluhe has been able to completely control the tribe.

So Yelu Yaliguo wrote a letter to Zhang Wei, saying that he could hand over the tribe to Yeluhe, but he didn't want to live in Luoyang, the capital of the gods, and hoped that Zhang Kai would agree with him to live in Taiyuan Mansion for a long time.

Zhang Ting frowned. Obviously, Yeluhe still hadn't fully grasped the situation, so Yelu Yaliguo wanted to stay in Taiyuan.

It's not that he has two minds, it's impossible for 4 to 4 people to make waves, but it's better to have [-] to [-] people to drive, than to be a rich man behind closed doors in Luoyang, the capital of God much.

"No! Send the envoy to tell Yelu Yaliguo to go south quickly. Damn it, all cats and dogs have to negotiate terms with me!"

It was the first time that Zhang Tie swears uncommonly. Who told him that Yelu Yaliguo hit his hand again when he was holding back his anger these days.

This guy was thrown at the palace gate in Taiyuan by Emperor Zhuangzong of the later Tang Dynasty. He didn't dare to let a fart go. Now that I have given him so many benefits, he still expects to control those tens of thousands of tribes and continue to be his little Khitan king. What a brain! smoked.

The Chinese envoys are the envoys sent directly from the palace. In the past, most of them were eunuchs, and most of Zhang Zhou was the subordinate officials of Zhongshu Province.

The advantage of doing this is that it is convenient, and you can start without going through discussions with the outside court.

Of course, the effectiveness is not as great as that of an official angel. Whether others listen or not depends on the emperor's control over him.

After thinking about it, Zhang Tie summoned Wei Renpu, Minister of the Ministry of War and Political Advisor who accompanied him to Guanzhong.

When Zhang Tie entered the pass this time, he brought Feng Dao, Xue Juzheng, Wei Renpu and other officials from the outer dynasty with him.

After Wei Renpu arrived, Zhang Tie changed the anger on his face, and discussed with him with a smile about ordering Yan Jin to send troops to conquer Tuyuhun in Hedong, move these guys to the surrounding area of ​​Yanshan Mountain, and prepare for the establishment of Andong Province.

Zhang Ting's Luantai of Zhongshu Province in the Inner Dynasty was only in charge of the pro-army and the forbidden army. Yan Jin, as the Pingzhang of the Hedong Province, of course had to obey the management of the Outer Dynasty to a certain extent.

It is certainly impossible to mobilize only the forbidden army to dispatch the army to conquer Tuyuhun in Shi, Lan and other places, so it must be ordered by the Privy Council to comply with the rules, and it is still necessary to go through the foreign court procedure.

Wei Renpu was not surprised by Zhang Tie's smile at all, the emperor is like this, he is very particular about rules.

Those within the scope of the Ministry of Education's authority are directly arbitrarily determined.But for matters involving foreign courts, he still pays great attention to preparing the power and opinions of courtiers.

Naturally, the emperor has such a good temper, and of course Wei Renpu will not go against Zhang Ting.

This is not the case in the middle and late Ming Dynasty when civil servants dared to confront the emperor deliberately in order to invite fame and buy straight.

So Wei Renpu immediately followed Zhang Teng's request, and immediately led his entourage back to Kaifeng Mansion, Tokyo, to find the left-behind ministers, and discussed the conquest of Tuyuhun in Hedong and the establishment of Andong Province.

. . . .

In the third year of Zhang Zhou Shaoming, on February 948th, 3000 AD, after Zhang Teng stayed in Guanzhong for another half a month, He Fujin, deputy defense envoy of Hedong, led [-] guards in Changguo Town, the forbidden army south of Taiyuan, and Hanhai Town assigned by Yan Jin. A battalion rushed to Guanzhong.

Changguo Town was originally formed by Guanzhong Yicong. After Zhang Tie dispatched 3000 people from Changguo Town to guard Jinzhou and other places south of Taiyuan, he re-established a new Changguo Town in Guanzhong.

And the situation in Hedong, under Yan Jin's lenient and gentle governance, quickly changed to a great order in the territory.

The only place where there is still disharmony is that the relocation of Tuyuhun people in Shizhou, Lanzhou and other places caused some disturbances.

But these guys only need a small number of forbidden troops to cooperate with the Guards Army in Hedong and Yi Cong Jianer in various prefectures and counties, and they can solve it.

Therefore, it seems unnecessary for the prefectures and counties south of Taiyuan to hoard thousands of forbidden troops for a long time.

Ordering He Fu to enter Guanzhong was also carefully considered by Zhang Tie, because he needed an experienced general to preside over the attack on Hanzhong.

So Zhang Ting renamed the Forbidden Army in Changguo Town, Hedong, which He Fujin brought back, to Xingqing Town, and named them after Xingqing Palace, one of the three great palaces in Tang Dynasty.

On February [-]th, on the second day after He Fujin's arrival, Li Rong, the envoy of the Zhaoyi Army of Shangdang Mansion (Luzhou), led [-] soldiers of the Zhaoyi Army to Guanzhong.

As one of Zhang Zhou's only four remaining Jiedu envoys, neither Li Rong nor Shangdang Mansion can compare with Gao Xingzhou's Beiping Mansion, Fu Yanqing's Changshan Mansion, and An Shenqi's Beihai Mansion.

The biggest reason why Li Rong was able to win the position of Jiedushi was related to his great achievements in the battle with Guo Wei in the Hezhanggukou battle.

At that time, Li Rong falsely claimed that the Luzhou Zhaoyi Army Jiedushi divided the Wujie Army of the Hedong fierce general Shi Hongzhao. With a knife in the back, Guo Wei, who had the advantage, turned the battle of Hezhanggukou into a chaotic fight, which finally led to the whole war. The army almost collapsed.

After the war, out of the need for a fierce general to control the Shangdang Mansion (Luzhou), and of course to reward Li Rong for his great achievements, Zhang Ting appointed Li Rongzhen as the Jiedu Envoy of the Zhaoyi Army of the Shangdang Mansion.

Li Rong himself naturally knew that he could not be compared with Gao Xingzhou and others who guarded Hebei and Shandong for Zhang Tie.

Therefore, after Gao Xingzhou and other three people successively wrote to ask for the dismissal of the Jiedu envoy, they also immediately wrote to resign from the post of Jiedu envoy of the Zhaoyi Army of the Shangdang Mansion.

Zhang Tie is also very satisfied with Li Rong's sense of taste. Over the past year, he has made a lot of money in the Shangdang Mansion, and it has almost reached [-]% of what Zhang Tie can bear. Now, please go to Jiedushi to prove that Li Rong Rong still knows how to advance and retreat.

After formally deciding to abolish the Jiedu Envoy of the Zhaoyi Army of the Shangdang Mansion, Zhang Tie ordered Li Rong to select the soldiers of the Zhaoyi Army, weed out those who wanted to live in their hometown after making enough money, and transfer those with average combat effectiveness to the local army. Guards Army.

The remaining 500 people were all strong and strong men, and they were willing to continue to gain wealth with a knife and a gun, so Zhang Wei ordered Li Rong to take them to Guanzhong.

After summoning Li Rong, Zhang Ting found that although Li Rong was greedy for money and didn't seem to have a long-term vision, he was quite capable in leading troops in battle.

And quite loyal, of course, in history, after Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne, he still hung a portrait of Guo Wei and wept bitterly.

So Zhang Ke selected one hundred Yi Cong Xiaoqi, one hundred united archers and three hundred spear Yi Cong from the recruited Guanzhong auxiliary soldiers to be incorporated into Li Rong's Zhaoyi Army, and changed the Zhaoyi Army to the Forbidden Army Zhaoyi Town, and prepared to let them be in Zhaoyi Town. After conquering Shu, he stayed in Hanzhong.

On February 22, Chijie Commander-in-Chief supervised the military affairs of Zhuzhou prefectures and counties in Hubei Province. Ma Zhaoyuan, the general of Pingshu, sent people to send memorials to Guanzhong to inform Jiangling Prefecture that the 2000 soldiers of the Shushui army had already rested and could dispatch warships to go against the river at any time. First, the Kuizhou Ningjiang Army attacked Shu.

Immediately afterwards, Erzhu Jing, the governor of Xiangyang and the deputy general of Pingshu, also sent someone to report.

The imperial army stationed in Xiangyang Prefecture, Feng'an Town, and Xiangyangwei's guard army, 7000 people, have entered Ankang Prefecture (Jinzhou), and can attack Yuanzhou (Yangxian County, Shaanxi Province), the middle gate of Han Dynasty, from Ankang Prefecture against the current at any time.

The envoy sent by Ma Zhaoyuan was a tall and thin young general. Zhang Tie saw that he was a little thin and young, so he didn't pay much attention.

When it was time to report, the young general surnamed Cao explained Ma Zhaoyuan's military arrangements in Jiangling Mansion and Yichang Mansion (Xiazhou) neatly and neatly marked on the map one by one like a few treasures.

He is well-organized, understands the situation of each army, and clearly explains the advantages and disadvantages of going up the river from Yichang Mansion.

Zhang Ting was surprised for a moment, such a talent should not be an unknown person!So he asked with a smile, "What is your official position now? When did you join the army?"

Well!Zhang Shengren didn't pay attention to what the young general said before, and he didn't remember to ask carefully until he felt that he was a talent.

Seeing that Zhang Ting was standing behind Zhang Ting waiting for the edict, the young general knew that the emperor had a precedent for recording talents and then reuse them, so his cheeks flushed with excitement, and he crossed his hands to report to Zhang Ting.

"The last general, the right leopard, the ten generals of the guard, Cao Bin, Shao Ming enlisted in the army in the winter of the second year!"

"What's your name?" Zhang Tie's eyes widened suddenly. Others were not familiar with it, but the name Cao Bin was too familiar.

The No. [-] Martial Arts Founder of the Northern Song Dynasty was almost the only handsome talent in the Northern Song Dynasty who could be compared with the famous founding generals of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

"The last general Cao Bin!" Cao Bin was a little confused. His name shouldn't surprise the saint so much, right?Could it be that someone from the Cao family in Shazhou has this name?
"Who are you, Guo Wei, Pingzhang, Hunan Province?" Zhang Ting decided to confirm again.

Cao Bin replied nervously, "Taiwei Guo is the uncle of the last general."

That's right, the reason why Cao Bin can make a fortune in history is not only his own ability, but also because his aunt Zhang is Guo Wei's third wife.

"Hahaha!" Zhang Tie laughed happily, "Would you like to be with someone?"

Cao Bin was also so happy that he almost jumped up. The emperor's personal entourage, except for Jinyi's personal guards, were all regrettable.

A military general like him would not go to Jinyi to guard, so he must have entered Regret Mountain Capital.

Hearing such good news, Cao Bin was overjoyed, and bowed to the ground with a big gift, "The general is willing, willing to go through fire and water for the saint!"

. . . .

On February 27, Pingzhang Zhede of Shuofang Province personally led the Forbidden Army in Yong'an Town. The 3000 Forbidden Army formed by Zhejia Yong'an Army as the main body arrived in Chang'an.

Zhang Tie immediately held a military meeting and began to discuss the specific strategy of conquering Shu.

At the same time, Zhang Tie ordered the prefect of Tianshui Prefecture and the commander-in-chief of Xiongwu Town to Zhebu Jiashi, and Luo Yuer, the defense officer in Guanzhong, immediately blocked the road to Shu.

Then he ordered Li Xiaojie to mobilize the Jinyi personal guard spies lurking in Shu, and began to create momentum and spread false news everywhere.

After a while, it was said that the emperor of Zhou State led an army of [-] to conquer Hanzhong himself.

After a while, it was said that Murong Nobunaga, who was almost Zhang Zhou's number one military general, personally supervised the army and set off from Tianshui Mansion, and was going to go southward on Qishan Road and go straight to Shuzhong.

The reason why Zhang Tie did this was to muddy the water. Anyway, the news of the attack on Shu would definitely not be concealed. It is better to fish in troubled waters and see if the Shu Congress will reveal its flaws.

Although the natural dangers in central Sichuan are invincible, and everywhere is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but there are many natural dangers, and there are many places to defend.

Meng Shu's regular army is only [-] to [-] in size, and it is impossible to defend everywhere. Let them mess up first, maybe there will be a chance.

(End of this chapter)