Han Hai Tang Ergui

Zhang Ting is 51 years old this year, and Bai Congxin is about eight years older than Zhang Ting, and he will be 60 years old in just over a month.

Years have ruthlessly left an indelible mark on the face of this Yuan Congpai general.

Since ancient times, famous generals are like beauties, and the world is not allowed to see gray hair.

In the first half of his life, Bai Congxin fought with Zhang Ting in the north and south, and when he was approaching the year of Ershun, he was still fighting for his descendants thousands of miles away.

Although the head is white, but the ambition is not lost, it can be called an old man, but the word is somewhat sad.

Therefore, when he received a letter from Zhang Xianyu, the great king of Anguo, asking him to go to Tianmen to close for a while, Bai Cong was still very sad in his heart.

Although Zhang Xianyu spoke very politely, calling him uncle, and using the words "nephew respectfully invites him", this does not change Zhang Xianyu will become the head of the kings in the Hezhong area, and Zheng Fan is trapped in the "cage" again.

For a while, Bai Congxin began to wonder whether he was right or wrong in insisting on returning to Anxi and Hezhong to build a country.

Could it be that the country of the Bai family that the ancestors have always dreamed of is not as good as being a famous minister and general in the Central Plains?

In the city of Xinzheng, Bai Congxin did not leave after receiving the letter. He wanted to wait to see what regulations Lu Sanlang had.

It wasn't until the eldest son Bai Xuanyi and the second son Bai Xuanqi came to urge him for the third time that Bai Congxin moved slowly, and couldn't help explaining to his two sons:
"It's not because of my father's reluctance to go immediately, but because Zheng Fan has frequently invaded and occupied the lands of Saman Persia and Jin Fan over the years. guilt."

It seems that Bai Congxin is not old-fashioned yet. He still knows that what he did is a sin, so he has some concerns.

"The sage must be aware of these little tricks. Zheng Fan undertook the important task of suppressing the rebels Li and Guo in the early stage, and captured Shiguo City, which provided an opportunity for the court to intervene in the river, but now he is trapped in a square inch and cannot move. .

A little presumptuousness is actually asking for rewards from the saints. Therefore, it is not that no one has been impeached for so many years, but they have all lived in peace.

But now that King An Chijie came here under the orders of the emperor, in a certain heart, he really has no idea! "

Bai Xuanyi nodded empathetically. He is most familiar with Zhang Xiancun, King of Chu. The two are excellent buddies, but Zhang Xianyu is not very familiar with Bai Xuanyi, so he is also very worried.

"King An seems to be here to lead the Xia in Hezhong, but he has nothing to rely on other than the emperor's order. If he wants to establish his prestige, we Zheng Fan are probably the most suitable."

The father and son fell into silence for a while, but after a while, they heard bursts of cheers from outside. The sound was so loud that they could hear it clearly even in the palace.

Bai Congxin hurriedly asked someone to inquire, and after a while, the guard ran in from outside with ecstasy to report.

"Your Majesty, there is an envoy from Dinghai City to inform. He said that half a month ago, the King of Shu sent an army of [-] tigers and wolves to a place five hundred miles northwest of Dinghai City to defeat the bandits.

In this battle, more than [-] soldiers were killed, tens of thousands of prisoners were captured, and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep were captured. "

Sanbai in the room immediately stood up, and after a while, Bai Congxin murmured:
"The dragon begets the dragon, and the phoenix begets the phoenix! The sage was also at the same age back then, and he led us down the Polu Prefecture with [-] horses to resist Saktu's [-] fine horses.

At that time, we all thought that we were going to die in the yellow sand all over the sky. Only the saint firmly believed that the other generation was just a chicken and a dog, and it turned out to be so.

Now that the king of Shu has not yet lost his crown, he can travel hundreds of miles a day with [-] partial teachers, and defeat [-] barbarians. Isn't it Zhang's luck?Is the Destiny Fruit in Middle Earth? "

Bai Congxin's words caused everyone to fall into silence again, but suddenly the second son Bai Xuanqi stood up suddenly, and exclaimed with some fear:

"The king of Shu defeated the thief Hu, and relieved the danger of wildfire and prairie fire in the Grand Duchy of Dinghai. He came from Dinghai City with the momentum of a great victory, and the king of Song can also leave Taluosi. They all pass by my Zheng Fan. Father, we have to Immediately go to Tianmen to close."

Bai Xuanyi shook his head, "Second brother, don't be alarmed, the King of Shu has won a great victory and has established his prestige, so the Bai family has no worries."

Bai Congxin nodded, "We are indeed going to close the gate of heaven."

Then he shook his head again, "It's not because of the soldiers of the King of Shu and the King of Song, but because with the power of the King of Shu, he can only serve as a deputy. Then King An is really like the rumors. The person in Xia's predicament."

In fact, not only Bai Congxin thinks this way, well, it should be said that even Bai Congxin has such concerns, and the others are even more timid.

After receiving Zhang Xianyu's letter, no one set off, but after receiving the good news from Zhang Xiantai, king of Shu, they almost set off immediately as a group.

. . . .

Tianmenguan is located at the mouth of the Ningyuan Basin, which is Khujand in the Fergana Basin in history. It belongs to the kind of gate that can immediately make the entire basin a tortoise-like pass that people can't talk about.

Zhang Xianyu chose to meet with Bai Congxin and others here, which also has a deep meaning.

Ningyuan, which is easy to defend, difficult to attack and rich, is the concrete representative of the Central Plains court in the river.

It can be not only a solid backing for Zhu Xia in the river, but also a fortress that makes them dare not disagree.

Although each of them still has a little bit of love in their hearts, after all, it is a gathering of the kings of Xia in the river, and the scene is still very grand, not to mention that Zhang Xianyu is still an angel holding festivals.

The soldiers below were not as thoughtful as the ones above, so they really regarded this as a rare big gathering. The yellow-headed servants in the river served them, and delicious food and fine wines from various feudal clans were brought up like flowing water.

The top Bodhisattva trained by Guo Yuer in Anxi City (Bukhara) sang and danced like flowers and butterflies, causing bursts of laughter.

The climax of the banquet was the [-] Kimark-Khasa-Oguz-Qipchak prisoners presented by Zhang Xiantai.

Although the names of these people are weird, they are basically the survivors of the former Turkic Khanate. Among them, the leader of the Khazar tribe is the Shuzong of the Turkic Ashina clan.

Since the Xia Junyi people are wanted, the defeated captives are the best spoils of war. After Zhang Xiantai offered them, Zhang Xianyu kept 2000 people for himself, and gave the rest to the kings of Xia present in the name of his father, Zhang Ji.

However, only Lu Zhen and Lu Saburo were not given.

It's not that Zhang Xianyu doesn't want to see Lu Sanlang, it's precisely Lu Sanlang's choice.

Seeing the surprised eyes floating on him, Lu Sanlang bowed, and then said with a smile:

"My lords, a certain family has been invited by the King of Shu, and has already written to the sage, requesting to move the Grand Duchy of Dinghai to the west again. Now that Kimak, Ogus and other tribes are like bereaved dogs, it is a great opportunity to make contributions.

If the sage allows it, a certain Lu Sanlang is willing to establish a principality between Yashui (Ural River) and Antilla Water (Volga River). In the future, there will be as many prisoners as there are, haha. "

Everyone's faces showed disbelief at first, but after a while, they all showed stunned expressions.

Those who can sit here, whether it is Hu Guang who manages the territory for his son-in-law, or King Bai Congxin of the State of Zheng, King Li Congde of the State of Jin, and Guo Yuer, all know something about the west.

Yashui and Antirashui are both on the north shore of the West Sea. The climate between the two rivers is suitable and not dry at all. After continuous development by the Huns and Turks, it has become quite suitable for farming.

From Shiguo City, it is about [-] to [-] miles. If it is a hurry, it is indeed very far, but if it is moved to the domain, it is not so far away.

In particular, this road used to be basically a flat road, without the high mountains and deep valleys like Nanzhong and Guizhou, and Lu Sanlang's Dinghai Grand Duchy had a strong nomadic attribute.

They can send tens of thousands of paces to conquer the locals first, and then slowly move their families over a few years to occupy the rich arable land and fertile pastures.

Lu Sanlang made this decision not on a whim.

The foundation of the Grand Duchy of Dinghai is the more than [-] herdsmen of the original Xizhubu people, plus the Central Plains soldiers recruited by Lu Sanlang in several wars, and the defeated Oguz people at the bottom.

Just like this, 10,000+ people are placed around Leizhuhai, there are a lot of enemies on the west and north sides, and the Oguz people below are always making troubles.

Lu Sanlang has to think about it, he will continue to go west with Zhang Xiantai, the king of Shu, and after the king of Shu establishes a large country in Yashui (Ural River) and Antillashui (Volga River), he will be under Zhang Xiantai's command As the biggest vassal, even the Grand Duchy of Dinghai is not prepared to ask for it.

Thinking of this, Lu Sanlang glanced at Bai Congxin, the only King Zheng who was not a descendant of a sage, or a general of the Yuan Cong faction, was so miserable, let alone him.

After all, who could be closer than his own son?

Without the strong support of Zhang Shengren, a good father behind him, it is okay for the rest of the people to come out and become vassals of Xiajun Yimin, but it is too difficult to be independent masters.

Hearing what Lu Sanlang said, Zhang Xianyu looked at Zhang Xiantai involuntarily, and sighed in his heart.

Of the two beauties sent to the palace by heroes from Hebei back then, it was Gao who was ignorant of Fu's earlier marriage and gave birth to an heir first.

After Hedong was pacified, the martial arts of the two places with the same background quickly moved closer together, and they all regarded Zhang Xiantai as a treasure in their palms. Coupled with his father's love, he developed a tenth younger brother who was capable of fighting and also very assertive.

In the study of Longtao Academy, Zhang Xiantai has always been one of the best in grades, so he is not very happy about his father's arrangement for him to be in Tocharo.

It is true that Tochara is a good place. It can threaten the river in the northwest, control Persia in the southwest, and go to Tianzhu in the east.

However, Zhang Xian is too unhappy, he is not happy to drill the valleys in Tocharo, his ideal is to ride a tall horse, lead a hundred thousand lions, go westward, and flog the barbarians in the extreme west.

Let one castle after another, one barbarian king after another tremble under his whip, even queue up to kiss his own shoes, that's what a man should do!
"The tenth brother has already made a choice. If you want to follow the example of Attila, the last king of the Huns, and become the whip of God to flog Suyi in the far west, then the elder brother will write the letter with you."

As soon as Zhang Xianyu heard Lu Sanlang utter the term Antira River, he knew Zhang Xiantai's ambition, because when his father was in Longtao Academy, he told them a story.

It is said that after the Northern Huns who were completely defeated by Dou Gu and Dou Xian fled westward, their descendants mixed with the local barbarians on the coast of the West Sea, forming a new tribe of Huns mixed with certain Northern Huns noble blood.

Antila Khan in this tribe finally captured dozens of tribes and kingdoms in Suyi, the far western land, and even made the Great Qin surrender under his iron hoof for a time, and was called the whip of God by Suyi.

This is the most popular story in Longtao Academy, and the most popular story among the students, even in Longtao Academy, there is a drama about Antilla Khan's Western Expedition.

And the one who can play the role of Antira Khan in the play must be the best student in Longtao Academy.

The students ignored that Zhang Ting did not clearly confirm the direct relationship between the new Huns in Xihai and the northern Huns. What they completely substituted was that the Huns who were beaten by the big man were able to become Suyi, a place in the far west. God's whip.

The Antila River (Volga River) is the place where Antila Khan grew up. In the ancient Huns or Turkic language, the literal translation is the father's land, which can be translated as hometown or ancestral land.

After explaining this stalk to everyone, Zhang Xianyu smiled and said to Zhang Xiantai: "My brother Shilang has the ambition of Kunpeng, and he will be the whip of God of the new generation!"

Zhang Xiantai stood up, arched his hands, and said proudly: "The so-called God's whip is just the survivors of the Huns, how can it compare with the might of our Zhou Han army? Those plain barbarians have no knowledge, how can they know where the real God is!
Hearing that the Great Qin that was attacked by Antilla in the past is still alive, and that Constantinople is the richest city in the far west, I really want to see it. "

Well, this is not an easy task. You must know that the Byzantine emperor who has just ascended the throne at this time is the famous green hat king through the ages, the top boiling sheep, and the Saracens white death who made the pure love warrior fall to the ground. Military strategist Nikephoros II.

Even the subsequent John I and the Bulgarian butcher Vasily II were famous military emperors.

The new generation of Huo Qubing-style royal generals in the Great Zhou Dynasty met the three generations of Byzantine military emperors, and it was really a battle between dragons and tigers.

Of course, all the people present, even the time traveler Zhang Yu, didn't know these things very well, so the betting at the banquet continued.

Lu Sanlang could feel that Zhang Shengren's own son would not be able to obtain a lot of resources, but Bai Congxin didn't know.

He tasted it for a while, and suddenly found that Lu Sanlang's Dinghai Grand Duchy was gone, and the problem of Zheng Fan being blocked from all sides was solved in one go.

Although it was difficult to go west, it was better than being useless, so Bai Congxin clapped his hands and laughed.

"The king of Shu is so heroic, how could he not have a warrior to accompany him? Xuande, the fourth son of a certain family, and Xuanzhao, the fifth son, are proficient in horse bows and horses. They are willing to march west with the king with one hundred brave cavalry, one hundred hussar cavalry, and three hundred archer cavalry."

Laobai still knows how to do business. Now Zheng Fan has too many masters. The 10,000+ Han soldiers and grassland warriors he recruited have to be supported by less than 50 local people, which is too heavy a burden.

As long as Zhang Xiantai is willing to go west, he is happy to throw away his burden, and he can also pay for food, buy a part of the territory of the Grand Duchy of Dinghai from Lu Sanlang, and then go north to conquer the Kimak people.

Therefore, he had to bet heavily on Zhang Xiantai, king of Shu, to let the emperor see his thoughts, and then agree to annex part of the territory of the Grand Duchy of Dinghai.

After speaking, Bai Congxin took a look at Lu Sanlang, and raised his white jade wine glass at him.

Lu Sanlang and Bai Congxin have been together for more than ten years, of course he understood Bai Congxin's meaning in an instant, and immediately shouted at Bai Congxin with a smile:

"King Zheng, I heard that your fourth wife is so charming and charming, she is a rare beauty in Zheng Fan, and the King of Shu is a new generation of heroes, why don't you go against the son-in-law Weng?"

Bai Congxin's fourth daughter was born to a Sogdian Liangyuan. Although she was very beautiful, but the Bai family was from Tocharian, and if her mother was from Sogdia, it would be a bit embarrassing.

Generally speaking, this kind of beautiful daughter who has no Han family blood at all is born with only the current usage, which is used to marry as a concubine or marry to attract talents.

That's why Bai Congxin doesn't care if Bai Siniang is a concubine or not, because if he really wants to ask for that, then it's not marriage, it's insulting.

When Bai Congxin heard what Lu Sanlang said, he stroked his beard and smiled without speaking. The eldest son Bai Xuanyi immediately smiled and shook his head beside him.

"Little sister was born in the wilderness and doesn't know etiquette, so how can she be worthy of His Royal Highness the King of Shu?"

But having said that, Bai's father and son still looked at Zhang Xiantai. The so-called being born in the frontier without knowing etiquette is obviously just self-effacing.

Zhang Xiantai quickly thought about it in his mind. If he could marry Bai Congxin's daughter, then Ningyuan's supplies could be transported to Lei Zhuhai (Aral Sea) through Yaoshashui.

After arriving at Leizhu Sea, the closest place to the West Sea (Caspian Sea) is less than a thousand miles away.

But this is not the lore, the lore is the Uzboyi ancient river.

This is an ancient river site that has long since dried up and now only has a channel.

Thousands of years ago, the Wuhu Water (Amu Darya River) once flowed into the Caspian Sea instead of the Aral Sea.

Even after flowing into the Aral Sea, the Aral Sea has intermittently poured into the Caspian Sea through the Uzboy River because of its excessive water volume.

This is the biggest secret Zhang Tie gave Zhang Xianyu, and it is also the lore of the future.

When Zhang Zhou's forces gained a firm foothold on the northern shore of the Caspian Sea, they only needed to dig a canal of tens of kilometers to reintroduce the Amu Darya River into the Caspian Sea.

In this way, Zhang Zhou's forces can quickly enter the coast of the Caspian Sea, and even by building a Caspian Sea fleet, they can easily control the Caucasus Mountains and northern Iran. In this way, thousands of kilometers of material transportation consumption can be saved.

By that time, even Byzantium, Syria, and Egypt will face the threat of the Han army.

So now let Bai Congxin and Zhang Xiantai form a son-in-law to control the northern shore of the Caspian Sea, and first defeat the barbarians on the northern shore of the West Sea (Caspian Sea) to establish a stable base.

Then establish a stronghold southward through the West Sea to provide sufficient supplies for Dashi and Daxia. It is simply not perfect.

Zhang Xiantai has been paying attention to Zhang Xianyu's movements. After the elder brother he admired nodded slightly, Zhang Xiantai immediately came out to bow to Bai Congxin, and said loudly:
"The boy is new here, he can be loved by his uncle, and he is terrified. If he can be accompanied by his fourth mother, he should be treated with kindness."

Both father and son of the Bai family were overjoyed. Now Zhang Zhou's harem of the foreign prince has been approved by the emperor.

As far as good brotherhood is concerned within the feudal kingdom, it has the same status as imperial concubine, so the Bai family and his son are extremely satisfied.

Seeing that Bai Congxin has made a bet, the rest of the people have to follow suit.

Zhang Xianyu's eyes flashed brightly. He seemed to know how to solve the problem in Hezhong. He immediately stopped the people from raising their pointless bets, and immediately dismissed all the servants, leaving only the vassals above Junnan present.

A huge map was hung in front of all the Xia kings in the river. At this moment, Zhang Xianyu seemed to be possessed by his father Zhang Tie. He pointed to the location of the ancient Uzboyi River road and said:

"If the river can be restored, then our money, food, weapons, equipment, and even soldiers and horses can be transported to the north of Persia near the Western Sea with extreme wear and tear.

If Rai (Tehran) can be defeated again and become our support in Persia, then the world will be so big that we can go anywhere.

Gentlemen, just Dashi, this is a big country with 3000 million mouths, and a mouthful of it will be full of oil, let alone Daqin. "

The place Zhang Xianyu refers to is Surrey and other places on the coast of the Caspian Sea in later generations. From here to Rai (Tehran), there are only three hundred miles left.

And if the land transportation starts from Xinzheng Wangcheng, the straight-line transportation without considering the terrain will be [-] miles.

"Enough, enough!" Bai Congxin murmured, "Don't talk about eating Dashi and Daqin, just eat half of it, and our descendants will all be kings."

Sure enough, he is a model father. At this time, what Bai Congxin thinks about is his descendants.

But as soon as his words fell, Guo Yuer looked at a certain place on the map, and his eyes began to sparkle.