Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 75

At the beginning of 932, in the third year of Changxing in the later Tang Dynasty, the Khotan Dabao Dasheng Emperor celebrated 20 years together. After three and a half months of trekking, Zhang Zhao finally arrived at Khotan City, the capital of Khotan Jin Kingdom.

Khotan City, that is, Hotan City in later generations, Hotan at this time, both in terms of climate and vegetation, is better than that of Ming and Qing Dynasties in later generations, mainly because some oases and swamps that can regulate the ecological environment at this time have not been destroyed. or even disappear.

Looking up Zhang Zhao, Khotan City occupies a very large area, originating from the Green Yu River (Karakashi River) and Baiyu River (Yulong Kashi River) in Kunlun Mountains.

Like Kunlun Mountain stretching out two arms, holding the most beautiful emerald in southern Xinjiang in the palm of your hand.

There are also Niya River, Wuyu River (Keriya River) and other rivers passing through.

Thanks to such an abundant water source, the moat of Khotan City is definitely second to none in the Western Regions. It is at least three to four meters wide and five to six meters deep, and the city wall is about three to four meters high. The specially built urn city is very defensive. complete.

Looking at these completely Chinese-style city defense systems and city gates, Zhang Zhao must have thought that he was in the Central Plains if he didn't say that this was in the Western Regions thousands of miles away.

"So-and-so, Dabao Jin Guojian Taiwei, Ma Furong, the magistrate of Anjun Prefecture, was ordered to welcome the envoy of the Dongguo Great Tang Guiyi Army!"

Zhang Zhao and others stopped three miles away from the city of Khotan, because they were the envoys of the Guiyi Army. According to the rules, as the in-laws of the Guiyi Army for generations, the Kingdom of Khotan would send ministers to greet them as a show of respect.

But at this time, Zhang Zhao could only stand by the side, and Fan Running, who had helped him along the way, went to the front. He was the envoy of the Guiyi Army, and Zhang Zhao came to Khotan to fight the autumn wind and join his relatives.

Zhang Zhao must have heard of Ma Furong. Zhang Zhao's aunt, Princess Fengtian, married his father, Zhang Chengfeng, and the send-off envoy was Ma Furong's father, Ma Yuan.

Ma Furong's younger brother Ma Jirong is more famous in history. He was sent to Luoyang by Li Shengtian to pay homage to the Later Jin Dynasty who ruled the Central Plains at that time.

"A remnant of the Tang Dynasty, Ma Furong, the sixth grandson of Ma Zhongliang, the chief protector of the Anxi Protectorate Cao Cao, pays his respects to the Duke of Nanyang County of the Tang Dynasty, the Taibao, and the Jiedu Envoy Zhang Gongyi Chao Jieshuai!"

Zhang Zhaoben was standing by the side watching the play, watching Ma Furong and Fan Running sternly talking about the good relations between the two countries.

As a result, I never expected that after Ma Furong and Fan Running said a few words, he came directly to Zhang Zhao's side, and he didn't just say goodbye, but actually bowed down directly.

To be honest, I, Zhang Da, a time traveler, am more like a member of a family at this time than the original Zhang Zhao.

But in the face of Ma Furong's sudden salute, he suddenly found that he didn't know what etiquette he should use to return.

Zhang Zhao hesitated for a moment, and was about to dodge first, but Zhang Zhong suddenly grabbed him by the corner of his clothes. Zhang Zhao followed Zhang Zhong's gaze, and it turned out that Ma Furong's visit was not Zhang Zhao, but Zhang Zhao's face behind him. banner.

Fuck!Only then did Zhang Zhao realize that Zhang Zhong, the 'man of god', had given him another moth!

It turned out that Zhang Zhong erected two large banners in front of the six flags, door Jing, and Xinpan, which symbolized the Jiedushi of the Guiyi Army.

On one side was the banner with Zhang characters held by himself, which symbolized Zhang Yichao, the Duke of Nanyang County and the Commander of the Guiyi Army.

One side is held by Fanshun, which was handed down from Zhang Yichao's era and used by Zhang Huaishen and Zhang Huaiding.

Well!This is taking the place out of favor. It seems that Zhang Zhong's resentment towards the Cao family, or simply resentment, is quite large.

Only after he left Dunhuang, he came out directly to fight with the Cao family for the legal principle of returning to the rebel army.

Fan Running's lips trembled several times, and finally looked at Zhang Zhao, but he still didn't say anything.

The corners of Zhang Zhao's eyes also twitched, he didn't look at Zhang Zhong, but gave Fanshun a hard look, staring at this guy until he broke out in cold sweat.

"Ma Taiwei, please! The boy has met the Taiwei. He is young and ignorant. It is the first time to go far, and he can only borrow the power and prestige of his ancestors!"

Ma Furong paid homage to Zhang Yichao, not Zhang Zhao, so Zhang Zhao had to wait for Ma Furong to pay homage, and then quickly helped Ma Furong up from the side, and he had to take the matter to himself.

This Ma Furong seems to be in his forties, and he is still Li Shengtian's confidant, but don't offend people before you start messing around in Khotan.

"What did Mr. Erlang say? Taibao Gong is the great benefactor of Tang'er in Hexi and Anxi. It is a blessing to be able to pay homage to Taibao Gong's six banners and festivals today!"

Zhang Zhao looked at Ma Furong in surprise, because he didn't realize that Ma Furong was telling lies, which seemed to be sincere.

"Mr. Erlang may not know that it is definitely not an exaggeration to say that Mr. Taibao is Anxi Tanger's great benefactor.

If Duke Taibao hadn’t raised righteousness in Shazhou and cut off the retreat of the Tubo people in Khotan, how could the previous kings drive away the Tubo Khotan so quickly and sue Dongdai with the copper characters!We, the fallen Anxi Tang'er, how can we wash away the shame of being a slave to the Tubo people! "

"So that's it! Thank you Taiwei for clarifying the boy's confusion!" Zhang Zhao looked at this Khotan senior official who looked completely Han and spoke Chinese fluently and nodded.

He claimed to be a survivor of the Tang Dynasty, and he joined the army after Facao under the command of the Anxi Metropolitan Guard, so it seems to be true.

And this also gave Zhang Zhao a hint, that is, Zhang Yichao's action in Guasha to drive out the Tibetans and restore the six counties in Hexi was not an isolated action.

He was closely linked with Tang Jun's defeat of the real power faction in Tubo in Longyou, Luomenchuan's fight against envoys, and the restoration of the country in Khotan later.

It is precisely because Tang Xuanzong, who is known as the Little Taizong, led the Tang Dynasty to restore a certain strength in the early years of Dazhong, defeating the fear of fear and regaining the three prefectures and seven passes.

Under Tang Ting's strong attack, Tubo, which had fallen into a split, was no longer able to maintain its strength in the entire Hexi and Anxi, and this was how Zhang Yichao regained the six counties.

It was only after Zhang Yichao regained the six counties in Hexi and cut off the retreat of the Tubo people in Anxi that the Yuchi family was finally able to drive out the Tubo people and restore the country.

This can be seen from the timeline. In 847, the Tang Dynasty recovered the Yuan, Le, and Qin prefectures in Longyou.
In 848, Zhang Yichao succeeded in raising righteousness in Shazhou, and further recovered Guazhou, Suzhou and Ganzhou.

And just two years later, in 850, Khotan king Yuchi Nanta led the Khotanese to drive out the Tubo people and successfully restore the country.

No wonder Khotan and the Guiyi Army have been married for generations in history, and the good ones have to wear a pair of trousers.

It is no wonder that Zhang Zhong brought out the six banners and Jingjie from Zhang Yichao's era, and Ma Furong, as a high-ranking official in Khotan, was willing to kowtow to the 19-year-old boy Zhang Zhao.

All of this is still the shadow of Zhang Yichao more than [-] years ago, the descendants of the patrons!

"Mr. Erlang! Please follow Ma into the city! The survivors of the Tang Dynasty in Khotan City want to see the grandson of the Taibao and our warriors of the Tang Dynasty!"

Zhang Zhao nodded, why it took him three months to reach Khotan City, one reason was to wait in Yuechang (Qiemo) for Yan Jin and others to come.

It is also to repair the armor and other items that were damaged in the bloody battle in Mud City, and to show the best side to Anxi Tang'er, who has not seen anyone from his homeland for decades.

(End of this chapter)