Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 171 Street Light Pendant in Action

Beiting Duhufu, this is a purely military city.

It is not so much a city as it is a military fortress.

Beiting City was built in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, only a few dozen miles away from Luntai County.

In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han forces withdrew from Beiting, but the old Beiting Dufu Mansion was preserved intact after hundreds of years of wind and rain.

When the Great Tang pushes its influence here again, it is logical to accept the legacy of the Great Han, re-establish the Beiting Protectorate, and once again spread its influence to Mobei.

Cao Lingzhong is a 50-year-old veteran. He has gray hair and looks like an ordinary old man without armor.

At this time, he was sitting in the lobby of the Protectorate's Mansion, looking at the sand table in the center of the lobby, thinking hard.

"Decree that the Altay Department arbitrarily abolished the Khan and ordered the Han Navy to send troops to attack the Great Tang."

"Here's an order that there are bandits in Hot Spring and Bole, order Tale and other four departments to come out and fight against them."

"Here's an order, the Tianshan army escorts the rations to the north, don't let the news out and get robbed by the Uyghurs."

Several military orders were issued in a row, and every time an order was issued, the secretary in charge of the Duhu Mansion wrote it down, and then handed it over to the orderly who knelt down in the hall.

These messengers wear clothes of different colors, corresponding to the three directly-administered state capitals of Beiting and the seventeen prefectures. Whenever an order corresponding to the state capital arrives, the messenger immediately takes the order and gallops down. to deliver military orders.

Cao Lingzhong controlled the entire Beiting through this system.

After issuing several orders in a row, Cao Lingzhong was a little tired.

It was bitterly cold in Saibei, and Cao Lingzhong's health was not as good as before.

In the past, I used to deal with military orders without stopping for a day, but now I have to think for a long time every time I make an order, and I feel dizzy when I handle a few military orders.

People are always dissatisfied, but it is a pity that there is no successor in the Beiting army.

Originally, Cen Shen, the judge of the Protectorate's Mansion, was a talented individual, but Cao Lingzhong thought he could entrust him with the honor of the Protectorate's Mansion in Beiting.

Unexpectedly, the An Lushan rebellion changed the entire situation in Beiting.

Cen Shen led the Beiting partial division into Guanzhong. The last letter said that he had led troops to Xiangzhou, and he didn't know if Datang had recovered the Eastern Capital.

However, Cao Lingzhong has no time to think about these things. Now that Beiting has taken away a lot of people, and Gaochang City no longer transfers military supplies, Cao Lingzhong is thinking hard every day to maintain the situation in Beiting.

Relying on the prestige and popularity he had accumulated in the past, Cao Lingzhong managed to control the situation.

A few days ago, King Jianning sent someone over, and he opened his mouth and asked Beiting to join him.

Cao Lingzhong asked the envoy to bring a message to King Jianning, asking him to make up for the military rations owed by Beiting.

The envoy left cursing, Cao Lingzhong was quite disdainful, a county king in his 20s, didn't he rely on his noble background?
Cao Lingzhong was also a veteran who guarded Beiting for Datang for ten years. The imperial court sent this young county king to take charge of Longyou Road. Cao Lingzhong was not convinced at all.

Haven't you figured out what the royal family of Li and Tang have made of the world?Now another brat is sent to Longyou to fight for power and profit. Is it because he dislikes his ancestors for being too big?
Cao Lingzhong's attitude towards Li Yan is disdainful. Beiting is not just a frontier defense area of ​​the imperial court, but the base camp for Datang to manipulate the northern nomads.

Therefore, Beiting Daduhu is a high-ranking official of the second rank. This is not the state governor who only needs to manage civil affairs in the inland, but a proper frontier official.

Cao Lingzhong didn't expect those well-clothed and well-fed princes Li Tang to understand the difficulties of him, a general in the north, and he just begged the king of Jianning not to come and trouble him.

Northern Xinjiang is already in jeopardy, and it can no longer stand the toss!

"Great guard!"

A secretary in charge rushed in quickly.

Although Cao Lingzhong was only the rear guard of Beiting Duhu, he was also the deputy commander of Beiting Duhufu.

But the imperial court did not appoint a new Beiting Protector. Second, Cao Lingzhong's reputation in Beiting was too high, so everyone called him the Great Protector.

"What's going on in a panic!"

Cao Lingzhong is strict in governing the army, and treats the officials of the Duhu Mansion in the same way as governing the army. On weekdays, the officials in the department are cautious in reporting work.

The secretary in charge immediately crossed his hands in return and said, "The Chief Protector! The military resources of Gaochang City have been transferred! This time, there are not only food and grass, but also weapons for 1000 people!"

Cao Lingzhong asked suspiciously: "You said that the military resources in Gaochang City have been transferred?"

Since the new emperor ascended the throne, in order to borrow troops from the Uighurs, he completely abandoned the strategy of balancing the Uighurs.

Since last year, Beiting Duhu Mansion has been short of food and clothing, and even the application for daily replacement of weapons has been rejected.

Cao Lingzhong even threatened to lead troops to Gaochang City to rob, but Li Xiuzhang, the governor of Xizhou, took a tough attitude, so Cao Lingzhong could only hold back.

The envoy of King Jianning came a few days ago, and Cao Lingzhong also mentioned this matter, asking King Jianning to make up for the military funds owed by Beiting before negotiating.

Didn't expect military funds to be sent so soon?
This time Cao Lingzhong was also surprised, and the secretary went on to say: "Sima Shangbo, King Jianning's hegemony, represents King Jianning, and will arrive in Tingzhou tomorrow."

Now that the military supplies have already started to be transported, Cao Lingzhong also breathed a sigh of relief.

Most of Beiting is the vast sea and wasteland, and the food is good. After all, the imperial court has transferred 2 people to Guanzhong, and the hoarded food is still supported.

But the weapons and equipment must be changed, and these things must be supported by other cities in Longyou Road.

That being the case, let's meet the envoy of King Jianning.

Shang Bo was wearing an official uniform. This time, he didn't hold the festival, but walked into the lobby of Beiting Governor's Mansion directly as the marching Sima of King Jianning, the chief executive of Longyou Road.

Shang Bo had a lot of airs, and his attitude was quite arrogant, but Cao Lingzhong entertained him warmly according to the etiquette.

As an envoy these days, there is no right of diplomatic immunity. Many Tang envoys were beheaded and assassinated. Even the envoys sent by the Tang court to the feudal towns were killed.

Back then, the emperor sent envoys to Fanyang in order to test whether An Lushan was really rebelling. Unexpectedly, as soon as the envoys arrived, Anlushan had already raised troops, and directly killed the court envoys to sacrifice the flag, which became the first incident of Anlushan's rebellion. a victim.

The Beiting Duhu Mansion was unruly, and Shang Bo stood in the lobby of the Duhu Mansion with a calm demeanor, which made Cao Lingzhong take a high look at King Jianning.

What Cao Lingzhong didn't expect was that this overlord marching Sima named Shang Bo didn't say any correct nonsense like loyalty to the emperor, but said directly:

"The Bafu is willing to support Beiting Governor's Mansion's strategy of balancing the Uighurs. I am not here this time to inquire about the crimes, but to ask Cao Duhu what needs the Bafu's support?"

Shang Bo stood in the lobby and said this to Cao Lingzhong in front of the generals in the Beiting court. After he finished speaking, even though Cao Lingzhong was strict in governing the army, the generals in the hall started whispering.

Doesn't King Jianning play his cards according to the routine?

Cao Lingzhong was also taken aback, only to hear Shang Bo continue: "Your Highness has said that he is willing to recommend Cao Liuhou as the Chief Protector of the Beiting Protectorate. The Beiting generals have made great contributions and should be commended by the court."

Now everyone was even more stunned. They thought that this business expo was here to inquire about the teacher's crimes, but they didn't expect to send money, food and official posts.

Cao Lingzhong didn't know if he had been pussyed by Li Tang's royal family for a long time, and he was inexplicably moved.

However, Cao Lingzhong is already in his 50s, and it is not the first time that he has been painted. It is one thing to say that he is beautiful, and he will talk about it when the benefits are available.

In this way, Shang Bo lived in the Beiting Dufu Mansion, Cao Lingzhong did not express his position on whether he would submit to King Jianning, and allowed Shang Bo to freely enter and leave the Beiting Dufu Mansion, and did not give an answer.

And Shang Bo was not in a hurry, after reading the order of Ba Mansion, he has been wandering around Beiting Governor's Mansion, chatting with people when he has nothing to do.

In addition to chatting with people, Shang Bo would drink with the low-level officials in the Beiting Duhu Mansion when he had nothing to do. He spent a lot of money here and there, and Shang Bo established a good relationship with these people.

A group of merchants and players from the "Street Lamp Pendant" trade union escorted the rations and weapons to the north. They accepted the secret mission of King Jianning. Besides sending the rations and weapons to Beiting, they also had other secret tasks.

Now the "Street Lamp Pendant" trade union is committed to opening up business routes to the four towns of Anxi. These players, including the chairman Sun Jianguo, have organized a large caravan to Anxi.

So this time, those who accepted the task of going north were all ordinary members of the trade union.

Pang Yawei, a pancake tycoon, is also among them. Now his pancakes have become a well-known delicacy in Longyou. He hired people to set up several large pots to make pancakes every day.

But making money is making money, but Pang Yawei is naturally not satisfied with being a pancake seller, so he signed up for this mission going north.

The first batch sent to Beiting were the weapons and armor eliminated from the Moli Army treasury.

Now Moli, Doulu, and the Yumen Army who had just surrendered had all used weapons made by Guazhou Iron.

The weapons in the treasury were either returned to the furnace for recasting, and those in good condition were kept, and this time they were sent to Beiting.

Pang Yawei is a businessman, this is his first adventure out of the city, and everything he sees feels fresh.

But after a day out of the city, Pang Yawei's mouth was full of wind and sand, and he no longer had any freshness.

He finally understood why those big food merchants had to wear veils, it turned out that they were used to block the sand!
Fortunately, the distance from Gaochang to Tingzhou is not far, and Pang Yawei saw the city wall of Tingzhou after walking for four days.

Pang Yawei, who had eaten the sand all the way, burst into tears, running a business is too hard!I'm going home to sell pancakes!

However, the task of wanting to be himself was only half completed, and Pang Yawei could only enter Tingzhou City with the troops he escorted.

[Blue Rare Mission: This mission is a mission chain, and the mission rewards are calculated according to the degree of mission completion. 】

[1. Escorting military rations and weapons to Tingzhou City has been completed. 】

[2. Win over the low-level military officers and officials of Beiting Dufu Mansion, the task progress is 0%. 】

All players who have accepted the quest know that the most important thing in this quest chain is the second quest.

(End of this chapter)