Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 674 Out of Town

Chapter 87 Going out of town to protect the Western Regions (Second update)
On the second day, without waiting for Chen Ying to send troops, Su Dingfang sent back the news.

Qu Boya, the king of Gaochang, bound himself, led the sheep and carried the pot, and asked to surrender on his own initiative.In fact, this result was not beyond Chen Ying's expectations. In the Western Regions, since Chen Ying defeated Tong Yehu Khan with 20 troops in Liangzhou, his aura had already been established. Even if King Gaochang had a kind of resistance, The Gaochang people who have been enslaved by King Gaochang for a long time will not follow King Gaochang to resist Chen Ying's army.

However, Chen Ying also has Chen Ying's weakness.

He was exhausted.Although all the tribes in the Western Regions surrendered one after another and contributed food and fodder, these food and fodder barely supported Chen Ying's entire army from starving to death, but they could not support Chen Ying to launch a large-scale war.

Although Lingzhou has food, Liangzhou also has it, but heavy snow has blocked roads and transportation has been interrupted. In this weather, Maodong is okay, and there will definitely be a large number of non-combat attrition when going out.

However, Chen Ying was not idle.Instead, they sent scattered cavalry to convey the order of the Western Regions to pay respects to Chen Ying to the ministries.

Whether they come or not is their own business.However, as long as you dare not come, you will bear the consequences.

Unexpectedly, Gaochang has a lot of cotton.There is no technical difficulty in picking cotton. Gaochang City and Gaoche City started at the same time, and finally spun cotton thread into cotton cloth. There is no rush. Chen Ying is really not proficient in this kind of thing, let alone the principle of the loom , even if it looks like it, he has never seen it, and the pictures of ancient looms that he has vaguely seen, he will throw it somewhere.

Having nothing to do, Chen Ying asked Gaoche's domestic business travelers for a topographic map of the Western Regions in Gaoche City. After more than two months, Chen Ying finally completed the topographic map of the Western Regions.

Looking at the map, it is not difficult to see that the Congling Mountains, Tianshan Mountains, and Altai Mountains are actually huge commanding heights. The importance of the Western Regions is self-evident. Once the nomads gain a firm foothold here, they will have a strong impact on the Northern Shaanxi Plateau, the Yinchuan Plain, and even the Guanzhong Plain. The pressure of Mount Tai, and the rolling iron cavalry pouring down from the plateau like a mountain torrent are enough to crush all resistance into powder in an instant.

Fortunately among the misfortunes, there are four counties in the west of Hexi in a dry zone that is more than [-] miles long, and marching is a very serious problem.The reason why Chen Ying braved the severe cold to come to conquer in winter is actually to solve the water problem.

In winter, it will snow to some extent in Hexi, and it is not difficult to solve the water problem of people and horses when there is snow.

But the reverse is also the same, if the nomads rest in the Western Regions for a few years, raise their soldiers and horses, and really pour down like a mountain torrent, it will be a disaster.Yangguan, Yumenguan and Jiayuguan alone cannot stop them.No matter how strong the pass is, there is always a chance to break through.

Fortunately, our ancestors did not disappoint us. The Western Regions have always used soldiers to cultivate the fields, and farming instead of guarding is a rule formed since the Han Dynasty.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the warlords separatist regime, the imperial court could not reach the Western Regions, Tubo captured Hexi, and pointed at Guanzhong. At this critical moment, Zhang Yichao, a native of Shazhou, stepped forward to recover the eleven prefectures in Hexi, and led eleven prefectures to return to the Tang Dynasty. The Northwest separatist regime was established.

In fact, once the Northwest is separated, it will be no less harmful than the Northeast.Fortunately, the folk customs in Qinliang land are extremely fierce, and they can barely hold on, but the Yinchuan Plain will not work. Once the Ordos Plateau is lost, the Yinchuan Plain will not be able to keep it. And if the Yinchuan Plain is lost, the entire Hetao Plain will be blown away. This is why for 2000 years, the Han people knew that the Western Regions, Hexi, and Hetao Plains were fertile, suitable for farming and animal husbandry, and a little management would present an idyllic beauty, but they never made great efforts to manage them. The reason for the Hetao Plain.

Because they are afraid that the Western Regions, Hexi, and Hetao areas will become a springboard for attacking the Central Plains.

Although Chen Ying doesn't understand history and is not proficient in politics, he knows that once the main ethnic group in a country loses their sense of identity with the country, the country will also lose its centripetal force. out?

Ethnic minorities, that is pure nonsense, they will be the most unstable factors, and flag-raising rebellion is the most likely.

In Chen Ying's view, the world is not a world of one person, but a world of people in the world.Those who share the benefits of the world will gain the world; those who are good at the benefits of the world will lose the world.There is time in the sky, there is wealth in the earth, and those who can share it with others are benevolence. Where there is benevolence, the world belongs to it.Those who prevent people from dying, solve people's difficulties, save people from suffering, and relieve people in need are virtues, where virtue resides, and the world belongs to it.Those who share sorrows and joys with others, who have the same likes and dislikes, are righteous, and where righteousness lies, the world goes to it.Ordinary people hate death and enjoy life, love virtue and return to profit, and those who can generate profit are the way, and where the way is, the world returns to it.

Because of the interests, the Han people in Gaochang Kingdom had to turn Han into Hu in order to survive.Then for the sake of profit, he can also turn a Hu into a Han.

Thinking of this, Chen Ying sighed for a while.

Helpless, he is only the marshal of the marching capital, in charge of the military, not civil affairs.

All these plans, Chen Ying can only stop on paper, but cannot put them into action.

Fortunately, Chen Ying's entanglement didn't last long.

At the beginning of December in the third year of Wude, An Xing and his party of more than a hundred people arrived in Gaoche City.

However, An Xing and the others looked very miserable, like beggars.They were so unlucky that they encountered a storm and were almost frozen to death outside Jiaohe City.Fortunately, dozens of people froze to death and finally arrived at Jiaohe City safely. After resting in Jiaohe City for three days, they rushed to Gaoche City impatiently.

Anxing's nose flowed three inches, and Chen Ying felt sick, and unconsciously stepped back a foot away.

However, An Xing bowed to Chen Ying and said, "Congratulations to General Chen!"

Chen Ying asked inexplicably, "Where does joy come from?"

At this moment, another fat eunuch stood up from behind An Xing. Originally, Chen Ying thought he was An Xing's official. After all, he never asked about An Xing's affairs.As an envoy to watch the army, An Xing was accompanied by a full [-] people, including his guards, his subordinates and staff.

The obese eunuch cleared his throat and said, "Duke Liang, the general of the town army, the commander-in-law commander-in-law, and the commander-in-chief of the Xihe Road Marching Army, Marshal received the order!"

Chen Ying stared blankly at the imperial decree, feeling a little surprised.The imperial decree declares the imperial power, and it is the most sloppy. The texture of the handle is strictly different according to the grade of the officials who receive the decree. The first-rank officials are jade axes, and the second-rank officials are black rhinoceros horn axes. Looking at the imperial decree, it is brocade weaving. , with flying golden dragons on both sides, it is indeed an imperial edict that can only be used for second-rank officials.

Chen Ying is only a second rank officer now, this officer is useless.His real position is Marshal of the Marching Army, but this decree, is it an imperial decree for promotion?
The eunuch said in a cadenced tone: "Liang Guogong, the general of the town army, the captain of the son-in-law, the marshal of the horse captain of the Xihedao marching army, and Chijie. Since leading the Western Expedition, he has made outstanding achievements in defeating the Turks and clarifying the atmosphere of thieves. The second grade, Xihe Dao Xingtai Shangshu Zuo Pushe, and the Great Protector of the Western Regions, for encouragement..."

Chen Ying was slightly taken aback after the decree was announced, worrying that he would not be able to Sinicize the Western Regions, and what he lacked most was a title. Now this title, is this how he got it?
Luo Shixin pulled An Xing to the side and asked, "Marshal, or Da Du Hu?"

An Xing smiled without saying a word.

Chen Ying came to his senses: "Zhou Qing, send the Chinese envoys to the backyard to rest, by the way, don't forget to offer a Gaoche souvenir!"

For eunuchs, Chen Ying does not despise eunuchs from the bottom of his heart like some literati. Physical disabilities are only a problem with this system. As men, I am afraid no one is willing to castrate them, unless of course they cannot survive.

An Xing smiled slightly at the envoy, he naturally understood what Chen Ying meant by special products.

Chen Ying's so-called local product is money.Moreover, Chen Ying has always been generous. An Xing is a person who takes money to do things. He took Chen Ying's money and never said "bad things" about Chen Ying.Of course, he would say harmless bad things, such as killing prisoners, robbing, and bullying vassals. If An Xing really favored Chen Ying in everything, and Li Yuan was not a fool, he might be transferred back within three months.

After An Xing and his party left, Chen Ying explained to Luo Shixin: "The governor of the Western Regions is the second rank, and the marching marshal is the third rank!"

Luo Shixin suddenly realized: "This is a promotion!"

Chen Ying smiled and said nothing.

All the soldiers also congratulated Chen Ying one after another. Chen Ying announced that all the soldiers in the army would be rewarded with a catty of wine.

All the soldiers cheered like thunder.

However, the whole army was divided into three pieces.There is one piece for the Modao Army and the Xiaoqi Army, one piece for the Nine Divisions of Zhaowu, and one piece for the servant army of other ministries.

Looking at this scene, Luo Shixin said with a worried face: "General Protector, the quality of this group of people is very good. But their hearts are not with us yet."

Even Luo Shixin could see this problem, why couldn't Chen Ying see it.

It's just that he didn't have power before, but now that he has power and status, it's very easy to solve it.

When Zhou Qing came back at this time, he winked at Chen Ying.

Chen Ying understood that Anxing had already collected the money.

Chen Ying said to Zhou Qing: "You go and call Ma Mengming, if you don't!"

Ever since Ma Mengming was sent to Gaoche City by King Gaochang as an envoy, Chen Ying discovered that this Ma Mengming was actually a talented person. He was proficient in more than a dozen languages ​​of the natives of the Western Regions, and he was also a pragmatic official.

When Chen Ying thought about it, Li Yuan would definitely prepare for him the subordinate officials of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, such as Chang Shi, Join the Army, Sima, the Thirteen Caos, join the army, and assistant officials. Anyway, Li Yuan would not let the Protectorate of the Western Regions become Chen Ying of one word.

However, Li Yuan would definitely take into account Chen Ying's presence and give him several official positions for Chen Ying to assign by himself.

Chen Ying took a fancy to Ma Mengming's ability, and decided to recruit Ma Mengming to join the army as a recorder for the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

Recording affairs and joining the army was actually the responsibility of the ancient master Bo.

In the shogunate of the ministers who commanded the army and opened the government below the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the master book often participated in confidential affairs and was in charge of the affairs of the government.Xi Zouchi used to be the master book of Huan Wen, and people at that time said, "Reading Confucian books for 30 years is not as good as learning the master book once."This is the time when the master's power is at its peak.

Of course, the power of recording affairs and joining the army mainly depends on whether the chief trusts or not, which is the same as the regular servant on horseback. If the emperor trusts the regular attendant on horseback riding, then the regular attendant on horseback riding can influence the important decisions of the court, and he is the de facto prime minister.

But once you don't trust it, it's just a decoration.

Ma Mengming came to Chen Ying and bowed to salute: "Caomin pay respects to the Chief Protector!"

"You will no longer be a grassroots citizen!" Chen Ying looked at Ma Mengming and said, "I am preparing to cover you up privately, and appoint you to join the army as a recorder for the Imperial Guard of the Western Regions!"

Ma Mengming understood that joining the army as a recorder of the Protectorate of the Western Regions was just a junior official of the seventh rank, but the private scene was extraordinary!
Ma Mengming hurriedly bowed down: "Thank you for your support and support!"

PS: The monthly ticket is [-] plus more, it will be later.More later!
(End of this chapter)