Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 725 You Can't Throw Stones, But You Can Still Seal Zen
Slow step by step, I am talking about me, Zhang Shengren.

He paid homage to the [-] soldiers of the Han army who were killed by Li Guangli in the southeast of Yanran Mountain, erected stone monuments to commemorate them, and even decided to send people to build temples after the next year, so he continued to go north.

Then he met the herdsman of Yejubabu who was completely subdued by Yang Jiye.

These grassland herdsmen were surprised and delighted when they heard that the Supreme God was here in person. Overnight, tens of thousands of herdsmen brought their families to visit the big tent of the Yejuzabu, and some even came here to worship all the way .

As a last resort, Zhang Tie stayed in Yejuzabu for another day, during which he gave a kind old lady (Riruge's mother) a purple gold (bronze) Buddha statue, and left behind a Dharma preaching monk and several ascetics. , to help them build a temple here, and then continue northward under the guidance of the herdsmen of the Yejuza tribe.

In just two days, Zhang Shengren's army quickly advanced to the main battlefield of this battle, where the former Anbei Capital of the Tang Dynasty was located.

But even if he didn't come slowly, the battle was already over.

The two "good sons" Li Cunhui and Yang Jiye, and Huang Yingda, who has been out of the country for more than a year, have been waiting for him here.

As far as this record is concerned, it's really not bad. Zhou Jun only dispatched more than 7000 cavalry from Huang Yingda's department and more than [-] cavalry from the former army led by Li Cunhui, a total of less than [-] people.

Even the three tribes of Poyejuza, Dalimi, and Beizhanbu, and by the way, almost wiped out the entire army of Mierqi Sanqianqi who went south.

A total of more than 10,000 heads were beheaded, more than [-] cavalry were surrendered, [-] cattle, [-] horses, and [-]+ sheep were captured.

Dozens of chieftains Qijin, Dagan, and Burke were captured, and 9 herdsmen from each tribe were captured.

This cannot be said to be a small contribution, in fact, it is very large, and the gains are almost equal to Huo Qubing's gains in the Battle of Hexi.

Although the vegetables and chickens on the grassland at this time cannot be compared with the Huns in the heyday of the Han Dynasty, the Zhou army did not send many troops this time. The real combat troops were not counted as the grassland auxiliary soldiers they surrendered. nothing.

With this credit, can he cut stones in Yanran Mountain?
It is definitely possible. After breaking the North Blocking Formation and cutting Tuo Sage, Mierqi's strength was also greatly weakened and he was active around the Yuerhai. The threat of the entire Mobei can be said to have been relieved by more than half.

But Zhang Ting looked back at the Helong cavalry led by him, and they were all a little disappointed. They followed Zhang Ting all the way to the north, but they didn't get a battle.

Those Tubo and Qiang cavalrymen and Southern Tang and Wuyue soldiers were very excited.

Wu Yue and Shen Huzi were quite dark, he looked almost like a Hexi native, and was excitedly watching to stop the captives.

On the way, Li Jingda, who thought he was going to be exhausted to death, shed a lot of tears behind his back, had already taken several envoys from the Southern Tang Dynasty to the city of Woluduo, saying that poetry was flourishing, and he wanted to write a poem to commemorate it.

Zhang Ting's state of mind was somewhat similar to that of the Helong cavalrymen under him. With this feat, there is no problem in cutting stones, but he was a little disappointed.

So, I, Zhang Shengren, stood outside the city of the Anbei Protectorate and looked at it again and again, feeling a little emotional.

"This is a majestic city! Standing here, one can imagine how ambitious the Tang Dynasty was when it built this city."

Li Cunhui came over and said with a smile: "My lord, this is not only the Anbei Protectorate of the Great Dynasty of the past, but also the dragon city of the Huns, the tooth tent of the Turks, and the royal city of the Uighurs."

Zhang Ting looked around and no one was paying attention, and a chestnut hit Li Cunhui's head.

"I thought you didn't know? Knowing that you move so fast, you bastard, I led more than 2 people along the way, lost ten catties of meat, and ended up becoming your kid's transportation captain."

The word captain of the transportation team is a bit strange, but Li Cunhui understood what it meant right away. He wanted to laugh but didn't dare to hold it back. Just in time, he saw Yang Jiye making a fuss in the distance, so he immediately caught the kid. .

My young general Yang Wudi felt even more guilty when he saw Zhang Tie. Li Cunhui's attack could still be said to be a normal attack, but Yang Jiye believed Pan Mei's words and stopped Hu Ke halfway to finish my Zhang Shengren's food.

Seeing Zhang Ke staring at him, Yang Jiye could only put on a playful smile.

"My lord, don't get mad at your body. The North Blockers waiting to be broken this time are just small characters. The real big shots are still in the east."

Zhang Tie stopped joking with the two adoptive sons, his face darkened, "Is there any definite news?"

"Yes!" Li Cunhui nodded again and again, "Qilang go and bring that guy over."

Yang Jiye brought it, and it was none other than his father who was kneeling in front of Zhang Tie now, worrying about Ba Yegus.

He was persuaded by Hulu Bashu, the chief of Mierqi, to backstab his father, Dusage, who had treated him harshly.

It turned out that Li Cunhui killed Du Sage directly in a surprise attack before he even started to attack.

Ba Yegus, who felt that he had lost his direction, and was unwilling to be the lord of one or two hundred herdsmen for the rest of his life, immediately became enlightened.

Since he was even going to sell his father Du Sage, why couldn't he just sell the Khitan Queen Mother?

What's more, the Khitan Empress Dowager is worth more than his father Tusage no matter how you look at it!
Zhang Tie sat in his seat and thought for a while. This Ba Yegus still seemed to be very loyal, and he had a little vision. At least he knew that he appeared as a follower of the Six Dharma Sect.

However, his ability is not very strong, and he has been rejected by Du Sage, so he may not be able to appease the herdsmen who live in the third division of Beizhan Bubu.

According to Zhang Ting's thinking, the best way to solve the grassland problem is to learn from Genghis Khan in history.

Disrupt the control of the various ministries, remove the direct rule of the old nobles over the tribes, appoint the relatives around them as Wanhu, and the warriors who follow them as Qianhu, and change the federal grassland political system into the centralized power of the Great Khan.

The 12 grassland households designed by Zhang Tie borrowed from this idea.

But Genghis Khan was able to do this because he was originally a prairie man, and he was often on the prairie, so his confidants could naturally be on the prairie for a long time.

But Zhang Ting couldn't do it, he couldn't stay outside the Great Wall for a long time, and it was impossible for Li Cunhui, Yang Jiye and others to directly let them work in the grassland.

So Zhang Tie must have another weapon, which is the assistance of the Six Dharma Schools.

But at present, it will take some time for the Six Dharma School to spread on the grassland.

All right!It seems that for the grassland now, the only way to mobilize troops is to continue to suppress the tribes that refuse to surrender with the support of the tribes that believe in the Six Laws.

At the same time, the construction of [-] households can be slowed down a bit. What really needs to be accelerated is the layout of the Six Dharma Schools on the grasslands.

For example, one Living Buddha was set up in Moxi, Mobei, and Daxianbei Mountain, and a number of temples were built in each small place. First, the religious law area and the corresponding monk-official hierarchy were established, and then a political system such as Wanhu was incorporated.

From this point of view, a person with average ability and character like Ba Yegus can be used.

Anyway, what Zhang Tie is asking now is to set up the framework first, and wait until the Southern Tang, Wuyue, and Southern Han Kingdoms in the south are settled, and then completely rectify the grassland in turn.

"Get up and talk, and quickly report the situation of Shuluping and Dilie Babu!"

Hearing that the Supreme Heaven allowed him to get up, Ba Yegus only felt a numbness all over his body. In the past 20 years, he finally made a bet right.

Although he was told to get up, Ba Yegus still didn't dare to look at Zhang Ting, and if he dared to look directly at the Supreme Heaven, he might be blinded by the Buddha's light.

So Ba Yegus lowered his head and bent his waist slightly, his eyes only saw the position of Zhang Tie's chest.

"The Empress Dowager Khitan is from the Eight Divisions of Dilie who arrived in March this year. Along with her, there are two thousand Khitan armored and leather troops and a hundred eminent monks."

Speaking of this, Ba Yegusi paused, "It is these fake eminent monks from Khitan who deceived us, saying that the Six Dharma Schools are evil and heretics, and that Du Sage, Hulu Bashi, etc. dared to resist."

While Zhang Ting was listening, he asked Zhongshu Luantai who was beside him to wait for the imperial edict to record it.

After Ba Yegus went out with thanks, Zhang Ting combined the information with the report sent back by the monk of the Six Dharma School and the Khitan spies of Jin Yi's personal guard, and basically figured out the situation of the eight divisions of the enemy. up.

Sure enough, the evil wind against the Six Law Schools on the grassland was blown by Shuluping.

In fact, after the Khitan was attacked one after another, the old woman had begun to be disliked by other Khitan nobles because she strongly advocated returning to the Great Xianbei Mountain. Especially after the prosperity of Jinzhou, her prestige dropped a lot.

After persuading his son Yelu Lihu, who insisted on going to Jinzhou to die, Shuluping decisively led the last two or three thousand Khitan military essence he could drive into the territory of the Eight Divisions of Dilie.

In addition to the more than 2000 Khitan armors in his hand, Shuluping also used the prestige of the Khitan people in the past to recruit more than 3000 fighters from Shiwei and Tieli.

As for the Dilie Eight Clans, they are actually the most powerful tribes on the grassland.

Because Dilie Babu was somewhat related to Shuluping's mother clan, and because he received preferential treatment from the Khitan people, he appeared as a grassland spy most of the time in history.

Historically, during the Khitan period, there were many rebellions on the grasslands, and even the eight tribes of the enemy participated in the rebellion, but there has never been a rebellion of all eight tribes.

Correspondingly, most of the benefits that the Khitan people gave to the tribes of the grassland were eaten up by the Dilie Babu.

Now Dilie Babu has more than 20 tents and a population of more than [-], and they live more densely than the Beizhubu people. They can draw [-] to [-] cavalry at any time, and their strength should not be underestimated.

Of course, this strength is based on the fact that the eight divisions of Dilie are together. In fact, the Khitan people are not completely at ease with the divisions of Dilie, so the eight divisions have never had a leader, and they all obey the Khitans.

After Zhang Tie learned about the situation, he immediately called all the civil and military officials to discuss.

Zhang Cheng and others who didn't win the battle were very excited. The commander of the right wing, who has always been known for not fighting for success and keeping a low profile, said loudly for the first time.

"Although it is already mid-September, the weather has not completely turned cold, the army is full of food and soldiers, and the morale is high enough to launch another Eastern Expedition.

Moreover, the strength of the Eight Divisions of Dilie is the most powerful in the grassland, so the Khitans cannot be allowed to integrate them. We must eliminate this hidden danger in one fell swoop while Shuluping's prestige is not established. "

Li Cunhui and Huang Yingda also agreed, and Huang Yingda said: "The reason why the Khitan people were able to instigate various ministries to resist the Six Dharma Schools is that Shuluping used the Khitan people's former prestige, and there are more than a hundred demon monks to confuse people's hearts.

The Eight Divisions of Dilie may be wiped out slowly, but these hundreds of demon monks must be eradicated immediately! "

Huang Yingda, like Bai Congxin, was from the Yellow-headed Uighur, and actually belonged to the old Kucha people in Tocharian.

As for the Bai Congxin family, that is to say, the royal family of Kucha is mostly mixed with Han people, and their appearance characteristics are no longer obvious, but Huang Yingda is obvious, with white skin and slightly fiery red hair.

Moreover, what Huang Yingda led all the year round was also the cavalry unit formed by the Uyghur captives in Ganzhou, which was the original Uyghur Yicong Left and Right Battalion.

These people are fanatical converts, but they are now the most devout group in Hexi who believe in the Six Dharma School.

Seeing that the generals had all spoken, Li Fang, who served as the servant of Luantai, also reminded: "Saint, if I don't wait to conquer the Eight Divisions of the Enemy Lie, the pressure will go to the Duke of Jin." .

Moreover, the son-in-law of Ganquan County, Zhe Erlang, the military supervisor of Datong Prefecture, led [-] riders to leave the fortress from Fengzhoutan, and has not been in contact. "

Zhang Ting nodded when he heard the words. This time the troops were dispatched together by the Five Route Army.

Yan Jin's mission is to go straight to the Khitan's Shangjing Linhuang Mansion, and if the battle goes well, he will also go to wipe out the Wugu tribes who fish and hunt in the Great Xianbei Mountain.

Zhe Dejian was originally arranged to deal with the Yejuza tribe, but they have not seen their army now, so it is very likely that they went in the wrong direction and crashed into the territory of the enemy's army in the east.

If Zhang Tie's main force does not move, all the pressure will go to them, which is indeed a bit dangerous.

"Okay, all the armies will rest for a day, get up early tomorrow, and go east to conquer the eight divisions of the enemy!" Zhang Tie immediately made a decision.

(End of this chapter)