son-in-law

Chapter 920

In previous years, Hexi had a lot of drought and little rain, but this year it was uncharacteristically, the weather changed in March, and the rain poured down.

In the land of Hexi, there will either be no water, or it will be overwhelming.It is only because of the high mountains in the north and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the south that the ancient Hexi road is pressed into a long ditch.It rained continuously for several days, the floods rushed, the mud and sand rolled, and the slurry was yellow. Where the water passed, houses collapsed, trees fell and walls collapsed.

Of course, before the rainstorm came, the Hungarian cavalry had already passed Yumen Pass, headed east quickly, and arrived at Wuwei.On the fourth day of March, the Huns marched along the Zhangye River. On the rainy night of the sixth day of March, they attacked Liang Jun's left wing and surrounded Zhao Qiang's troops.Zhao Qiang and his three divisions failed to break through the siege, but were trapped even tighter.

Seeing that the situation was not good, An Guogong withdrew his troops at Pipa Mountain and Wucheng to defend them in the heavy rain, forming a situation of fighting corners.The Eighth Division of Iron Cavalry and the Second Division of Archer's Cavalry were observing the situation in Herong City, waiting to support Zhao Qiang's breakout.

But Zhao Qiang failed to break out, but Wang Caotian led his troops to retreat, and retreated to Pipa Mountain.

Tang Zhen asked Wang Caotian why he had no order to withdraw his troops.Wang Caotian said that the heavy rain continued, and Herong City was submerged in water. If they did not retreat, the heavy cavalry would be stuck in the quagmire, and the Eighth Division would not be able to leave even if it wanted to.

Wang Caotian's words inspired Tang Zhen to imitate Guan Yunchang's flooding of the Seventh Army.All the dikes that could be dug were dug up, and it happened that the torrential rain was more intense at this time, and the wall of water was billowing, heading straight for Wuwei.

The loess road suddenly became muddy, and the Hungarian cavalry were stuck in the mud and couldn't move an inch.The flood continued, and the nearby hundreds of miles seemed like an ocean with rough waves.The mountains and hills in the past are now more like isolated islands and sandbars.The heads and tails of Sangla and Xiongli couldn't look at each other, so they looked for places to stay temporarily.

Suddenly I saw the boat, it was An Guogong who came by boat. Thousands of bamboo rafts carried soldiers from the Liang Dynasty and defeated the enemies on the sandbar one by one.The reason why the enemy army is tyrannical is because there are cavalry galloping freely.Now that horses can't do it, how can they be the opponents of the Liang Dynasty if they only rely on infantry to form an array.

In the rainstorm, An Guogong killed [-] enemies, captured [-] prisoners, captured countless horses and weapons, and regained Wuwei in one fell swoop.

The situation of the war changed sharply. Sangla King Murongkun fled to Xining, but was intercepted and killed by the national teacher Ouyang Kun in Tulou Mountain, so the little prince Murongqu was appointed as Sangla King, and Murongkun's head was cut off, and presented to the commander of the Western Expedition Tang Zhen, and sent a form of surrender.

An Guogong laughed out loud, and without any worries, he handed over the matter of accepting the surrender to King Kang Zhaodi, and then ordered the second and eighth divisions of Shence to continue westward, recover Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang, and open up the Hexi Corridor and Jiaohe City in one fell swoop. Restoring the former Anxi Protectorate, opened up three thousand miles, and expanded the soil to Congling.

But at this time Zhao Di said: Zhangye and Jiuquan cannot be hit, because this is an agreement between him and Sangla Guoshi Ouyang Kun.

Tang Zhendao: That is your agreement, not mine!
Tang Zhen took the case against him: "Tell Ouyang Kun that if you can leave Xining Mansion for him, it is considered to be taking care of him. From then on, Sangla set up a chief, and the Murong family hereditary succession, to control the local Xianbei and Qiang people, and maintain the stability of the tribe. Xining Mansion must Set up observers to supervise culture and education, and set up Sima to supervise Taoist soldiers. Taoist soldiers are not allowed to exceed 200 or [-] people, otherwise they will be destroyed."

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When Empress Dowager Cao announced the news of Hexi's victory, the officials cheered and wept with joy.When the news spread to the people, the people cheered, cried and ran to tell each other.Spontaneously holding up slogans and waving small flags, a long, endless line poured into Qinghuafang, set up a stage to sing operas, and set off cannons and drums in front of the Duke's Mansion.The sound of firecrackers went out and rang again, one after another.

The reason why the people are happy is of course for their own considerations, but it has to be said that almost every man in China has the ambition of Lingyun to serve the country in his heart.Hexi is like a throat, it feels very uncomfortable to be stuck in the neck.Now being crushed by An Guogong's fist, how can it not be very satisfying.

This battle only took more than three months, and the consumption of national power was not very large.The malignant tumor in the Northwest was eradicated with one move, and Sang La had no power to fight back.While opening up the Hexi Corridor, the control over the Anxi Protectorate was restored, and the recovered area was larger than expected.

In the third year of Daxing, on the ninth day of March, at about [-]:[-] a.m., good news spread from the Chang'an County Lord's Mansion that Ouyang Xiaoqiao, the concubine of Duke An, gave birth to a baby boy named Tang Kaiguang.And this day was the day when the imperial court announced the victory of Hexi.For Tang Ling'er, this situation was really a multi-fold happy event, which made her, who couldn't show her emotions or anger, be happy and happy all day long, and she was overjoyed.

The princess mansion is as usual, the princess is happy and everyone is happy, and they all go to Xiaoxilou to visit Xiao Qiao.

At this time, King Qin was still discussing matters in the court, and he didn't know what he was talking about. It was said that the quarrel in the court was very fierce.These things were all told by Tang Kuan when he went home early.But at this time, the quarrel in the court had little to do with the Tang family, so they didn't say anything about it.

Ouyang Jing knew that her daughter was going into labor, so she stayed in the small west courtyard last night. During the delivery, she suddenly heard her daughter howling in pain, and Ouyang Jing's heart rose to her throat.Suddenly hearing the young master crying, Ouyang Jing jumped so high.When he was happy, he gave happy money to everyone in front of him. After a while, a bag of gold coins was sold out.

Xiao Huan got a gold coin, and happily ran to Tang Fei and Tang Cui to show off. Tang Fei and Tang Cui's little sisters also went to Ouyang Jing to ask for money. I don't know if Ouyang Jing still has money in his pocket at this time.

The little boy was born in the morning, to protect himself from the wind and avoid people.

In the afternoon, when the mother was stable and the young master was sleeping soundly, Ouyang Jing and others went upstairs to visit her one after another.

Soon Tang Ling'er also went upstairs to visit, to see what the little nephew looked like.

At this time, Xiao Qiao asked her doubts: "... Strange, just a moment ago, he said that the battle situation was critical. How could there be a victory report within two hours? Could it be that An Guogong turned the world around within two hours?"

Tang Ling'er caressed the cradle, turned around, and said softly: "When the first battle report was sent out, it was raining heavily and the stage horse was difficult to move, so it was slow; The first letter ran faster; but when the third battle report was sent out, the flood receded and the stage horses galloped. Therefore, the time when these three battle reports were sent was very close. But judging from the dates left on the battle report, it was Seven days apart."

"Oh, that's how it is." Xiao Qiao nodded in relief, remembering something, and said: "I don't know when the Duke will come back..."

Before Xiao Qiao finished speaking, Wang Xun came upstairs: "Report to the Princess, King Qin is back."

"In a hurry?"

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In the court hall just now, it was Kang Wang and Xian Wang who were arguing fiercely.But this matter has nothing to do with the clan. The representatives of the Tang, Meng, and Ximen families have nothing to do, and they have to listen to it from the sidelines, which makes them dizzy and impatient.

The two factions are vying for the posts of Xining Observation Envoy and Sima.

Kang Wang faction said that in this battle, Kang Wang went to the battlefield in person, and took the risk of going to Xining to accept the surrender in person, and made outstanding contributions.Therefore, the posts of Xining Observation Envoy and Sima should be appointed by King Kang.

At this time, the Xianwang faction roared up, shouting: Zhao Qiang, the son of the Xianwang, was unstoppable in this battle, and the three divisions under him suffered the most heavy losses. The lives of [-] iron-blooded soldiers are not worth the merit of King Kang's surrender?

Cao Yuzan seemed to be playing tricks on purpose, and sat on top of it silently, while the little emperor Zhao Ce was drowsy.

Cao Yuzan did not leave the court for a while, so Meng Danqing, Ximen Zhensen and Tang Xun could not leave the banquet.Later Simon Zhensen had enough and became a peacemaker.Let King Xian and King Kang appoint one each.As a result, the two factions competed for the post of observer again, and they blushed and glared angrily, as if they wanted to eat meat.

At this time, the little emperor fell asleep.

To say that Zhao Ce is also a strange child, maybe because he grew up in the court, he is used to seeing officials quarreling.In the past, he was afraid and cried from time to time, but later he got used to it, and when he heard the officials quarreling, he would feel sleepy.

"Okay, stop arguing." Cao Yuzan said lazily, "The Observation Envoy and Sima have equal power. What do you think?"

Everyone was waiting for her words, and as soon as she uttered her words, the noise stopped immediately and dispersed towards the hall.

After the war ended, King Qin was in a good mood, but as the regent, he couldn't be idle at all.No, Cao Yuzan posed a problem for Su Yu again, asking Su Yu to go to the Tang family to ask for money.

Speaking of which, Cao Yuhan is not making trouble for no reason.For the war, Cao Yuzan prepared enough money and food for Tang Zhen to fight for a year.But now it will be over in three months, so the remaining seven months of money and food should be returned.

But asking for money from the Tang family is like grabbing meat with a tiger's mouth or buns with a dog's mouth, it's not easy.

Although Hexi was regained, the Tang family was still heavily in debt, and the entire Chang'an Road was in a state of waste, and the time to spend money was the most.

Not long after, Tang Ling'er returned to Xiaofeng Pavilion, and saw King Qin sitting on the couch playing backgammon with Wan Yanqing, Kong Ji with his hands behind his back, and Zhu Xiejun with their hands folded, standing aside watching.Seeing the princess coming up, the children ran out holding the chessboard.

"What's the matter, Your Highness?"

"Cao Yuzan wants money."

"Oh..." Tang Linger sat down: "The accounts for money and food are all in Chang'an, I don't have them here. But I can ask Brother Ten to send the accounts."

Su Yu squinted her eyes and said nothing.

Tang Ling'er smirked: "Our Tang family will not renege on their debts."

Su Yu smiled wryly: "Now the national treasury is empty, if part of the money can be returned, there is no need to implement the New Deal. I went to Hanzhong this time to see clearly that when a New Deal appears, only a few can be successfully implemented. Most of them are successful. It is an excuse for powerful people to make money."

Tang Linger said: "According to what you say, then don't announce new policies?"

Su Yu raised his eyebrows: "It's nothing more than necessary. We really should have fewer policies. The more policies, the more departments, the richer the powerful, and the more miserable the people. The benefits that can really fall into the hands of the people have already been taken away. Skinned."

Su Yu picked up an orange: "Swallow the most delicious juice, chew the pulp, and finally spit out the chewed and bitter peel to the common people, it's not bad."

(End of this chapter)