Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 21 Peripheral Situation and Establishment of Daqi

In the 5th year of Emperor Liang, when spring was warm and flowers were blooming, the 22-year-old young king lay in the sea of ​​flowers in the imperial garden of Daming Palace and died for his country.

Follow the Great Liang that has enjoyed the country for 280 years.

Just like 310 years ago, Emperor Yu Mo died drunk in a wine vat.

In October of the same year, with the surrender of Yumen Gate Guard General, the destiny of heaven finally returned to Daqi.

That year was also the seventh year of Qi Taizu's rebellion.

Qi Taizu Chen Liang rose at the end of Wei Dynasty and was born in a rich peasant in Shandong.

During Liang Aizong's time, the world entered the Little Ice Age, and all income dropped sharply.

The cost of raising redundant soldiers and officials has successfully greatly exceeded the financial revenue for four consecutive years. Facing the impotent financial situation, Liang Aizong made the final struggle.

Increase taxes.

Continue to add taxes to the heavy tax that even landlords have to sell their land to pay taxes.

Great Liang exploded instantly.

Taizu's family also went bankrupt, so he took his brothers from the same clan down the canal to ask for a living.

After Taizu took his family children to the Cao Gang, he got acquainted with Jia Hun's two ancestors, the two brothers Jia Yan and Jia Yuan from the Jinling family, and his own mastermind Shi Tao.

At that time, the Jia family was not a powerful family, and the so-called big clan was only called big because of its large number of people. There were also historians from the same city in a similar situation.

The highest degree of education in the Jia family is only the last candidate, that is, the old father of the two brothers Jia Yan and Jia Yuan, Mrs. Jia.

If the Jia family was placed elsewhere, it would be a moderately wealthy family, but in Jinling City, where wealth and honor gather, even Jinshi has to live with its tail between its legs.Mrs. Jia also thought about living in another place.

But one is that there are too many people in the clan to move, and the other is the most important point, the outside is too chaotic, and I really dare not gamble with the lives of the whole clan whether they will be killed by the rebellion.

In the year when Aizong raised taxes, Juren’s dignity was torn apart. There were already a large number of clansmen, and the Jia family, who still had to do their best after removing the tax exemption quota, could not survive. Not only the tax exemption policy for Juren was cancelled, but the tax rate was also nearly doubled. double.

It was in this situation that the Jia brothers took their clan's children out to make a living.It's best to get famous, at worst it can save so many mouths to eat.

After experiencing unpromising jobs such as begging for food, robbing houses, and looting houses, the Jia brothers set their sights on the Cao Gang and immediately decided to take their children to join the Cao Gang.

Unexpectedly, they met Shi Tao from the same village again, and through his introduction, they met Chen Liang, the great ancestor who had become the little leader of the Cao Gang.

With the mutual support of the four, they began their magnificent life.

In the second year of the Rebel Army, Taizu was sent to his hometown Linzi to recruit troops and buy horses, preparing to fight against the Liang army occupying Henan.

Then the gang itself exploded.Faced with the question of whether to go west or south, the knife was moved.

The guild leader died tragically on the spot, and the two deputy guild leaders were hacked to death by angry cronies of the guild leader.

In this way, a group of Caobang people who followed Taizu to Shandong were integrated by Taizu, and Taizu was the main one.

The descendants of Haotian Qi are called the Great General.

But they did not immediately go south or west. Instead, they drilled the army and went north, defeated the Liangcangzhou frontier army that resisted the Yuan army in Cangzhou, and successfully incorporated them.

Yes, it has been 300 years since the Mongols occupied the land of North China at the end of the Yu Dynasty to the end of the Liang Dynasty, and they still have not completely regained their homeland in North China.

With the joining of the frontier army, the strength of the Qidi Rebel Army skyrocketed.

In the first year of the Houzhu, he surrounded Yuguan from the sea, and entered the grassland from Tongliao to complete the outflank of Juyongguan. It was already dragged down by the Liang Dynasty, and the Little Ice Age was completely divided. Mengwu himself was in civil war, and he was completely incapable of retaking Yanyun. up.Knowing that they were invincible, Yanyun's Mongolian army surrendered.

The boat was offered by the great captain of Jiaozhou, Mu Shi, who took the initiative to surrender, and Mu Shi's patriarch also became the later king of Dongping County.

The last danger in the north was also eliminated, and Taizu took advantage of the situation to become king, named King Qi.

In the next few years, Jia Yan defeated Wu Dingyue in the south, Jia Yuan was in charge of the north in the west, and Shi Tao was in the middle to dispatch logistics.

In the third year of the post-lord, the Qi army occupied Henan.

Four years later, the main force of Liang's Jin army was wiped out in the first battle of Taiyuan, and the last main force of Liang's Guanzhong army was defeated in the first battle of Baibi. The Great Liang Dynasty was powerless.

In April of the fifth year of the Empress Lord, Chang'an was captured and died in the cold.

In November, the Gongsun clan, who ruled Shu, was attached and named the king of Xining County.

In the following year, Taizu proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, Jianyuan Kaihuang, and the country was named Qi.

As if it was really destiny, the weather began to warm up, and the rain fell on this battered land again.

Destiny is here!

In the first year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, the second king, the third lord and the sixth lord were granted the first title, and the second lord Ning Rong was impressively listed, and Mrs. Shi was also the county lord.

The two kings are Jiaozhou Hai...Shang, the Mu family, who made contributions to the fleet and were granted the title of King of Dongping;

As for the remaining two kings.

The king of Beijing County is the Shui family, the head of the Yuan army in Liaodong, who was Han Chinese and re-Sinicized. The Qi army entered the grassland through their jurisdiction, and later led the Liaodong Han army to kill the Yuan army. The Liaodong Pingzhang political affairs of the army integrated the Liaodong army.

After tentatively invading the Qi army, he was chased back to Shenyang like a dog, and the Shui family finally chose to lead the army to surrender.

In the third year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, he was granted the title of King of Beijing County, and the Shui family became the loyal dog of the imperial court who suppressed the Khitan Jurchens.

The Huo family of Nan'an County can be regarded as a collection of the Mu family of Dongping County and the Gongsun family of Xining County.

The Huo family is also a well-known sea merchant in Lingnan. The difference is that while retaining the fleet, the Huo family spent all their wealth to recruit soldiers, and soon separated Guangdong and Guangxi.

When he wanted to continue to invade Nanzhao, he was defeated, but was pushed back by Nanzhao to his own land.There was no other way, but Jia Yan, the coach who went south to the Qi army, was found, and he was able to join with Guangdong and Guangxi as bargaining chips.In the sixth year of Kaihuang, he was named the king of Nan'an County.

The Han land is finally unified.

In the following decades, after the Northern Expedition of the three generations of Emperor Taizong and Emperor Taizong, the Mengwu was completely disabled, and the sweat was so profuse that he fled to Central Asia.

The tribes in Liaodong also swept the caves again and again, and they were completely finished.

During Taizong's time, Japanese pirates ravaged the coast. King Dongping led the Donghai Squadron to expedition to the four islands, captured Kamakura, and killed General Genji. Japan entered the Warring States Period.

As for Nanzhao, which beat Huo's rats to flee, in the 16th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, he was also defeated by Shan Guogong Shi Dekai, who was proficient in mountain warfare.

In the 18th year of Kaihuang, the Qi army conquered Kunming, Nanzhao was destroyed, and Shi Dekai was promoted to the Duke of the State for his meritorious service.

Taizong was resting and recuperating.

When the emperor succeeded to the throne, Mengwu took the throne again. In order to better fight against Mengwu, the emperor moved north to Yanjing and began his 30-year rule.

The time is up to Jia Hun going to the plateau.

It reaches Kuye Island in the east, Yili River Valley in the west, Waixing'an Mountains and Tianshan Mountains in the north, and Xuanweisi in the south.

The vast territory constitutes this huge and powerful empire.

The only regret is that the north of the Great Wall is still the pasture of the Mughals, the Junggars are still threatening the Anxi Protectorate, and the plateau has repeatedly invaded by virtue of the terrain.

The enemies outside the Junggar and the Great Wall are the threat to Daqi, and the Heshuote people on the plateau are just people who are intimidating.

This is also one of the reasons why the emperor and Lu Guan tacitly allowed Jia Hun to enter the plateau. The Heshuote people involved too much energy. Another battlefield must be opened up to break this deadlock.

Even if the [-] reinforcements from the Duhu Mansion also went into the battlefield, attacking the Heshuote army from both sides, the Heshuote people who came out in full force still dragged the energy of the Qi army, waiting for the big army in Monan. Khan was able to send troops south and let the Qi army suffer from the enemy.

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Lazang Khan's old face was full of worries. It was already the second month of sending envoys. In order to prevent the Qi army from intercepting, Lazang Khan sent several waves of envoys, but he was still worried.

He has never seen this generation of Khan, and he doesn't know what kind of person he is. Any news will be distorted to a certain extent after being spread by people. I hope that Khan is a man with a strategy.

The Chahar Department where the Great Khan is located did receive a letter of appeal for help from He Shuote, but when he went south last year, he was beaten up by Jiang Sheng, the commander-in-chief of Datong, and was almost trapped to death in the encirclement of the Qi army.

However, thank you for the gift of Changshengtian.

Afterwards, I found out that the good man who ran into the encirclement to deliver supplies to everyone was called Wang Ziteng. His army was not as weak as the Qi army in his impression, but in return for sending supplies from thousands of miles away, the Great Khan ordered everyone's benefactor to leave.

Bilige Khan, who received the message from Heshuote, was really powerless. His headquarters, Chahar, suffered a heavy loss, and he regained some vitality after annexing many small tribes.

Because of the defeat of Datong, his prestige plummeted, and the title of Great Khan, who had little appeal in the first place, was no longer paid attention to by many people. Even the neighbor Horqin tribe began to provoke him.

So several waves of Heshuote's envoys were left in the tribe by the hospitable Chahar people.

To be reasonable, if you greeted me in advance before the battle, I would help you call a meeting of various ministries to discuss it. You only told me when the fight started, and you want me to send troops quickly. I don’t want to lose face!

So Bilig Khan did not notify other tribes.

Lazang Khan couldn't wait for reinforcements.

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Nyainqentanglha Mountain, mountain pass.

Jia Hun's troops finally arrived at their destination.

Looking to the south, it seems as if you have already seen the Sunshine City.

Ten days ago, Bangor was captured effortlessly, and Jia Hun's Ministry made final preparations.

The gunpowder packs are also assembled.

The sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal burned anywhere from Yili to Nyainqentanglha Mountains were all made into gunpowder, and they were ready to be exploded.

They didn't want to use their lives to attack the red-and-white palace, but when they were arguing about how to take it down, Chaganbari caught an officer who was sending orders to Bangor.

Lazang Khan is now fasting and praying for seven days in the Jokhang Temple.

It is now the third day.

Lazang Khan, who was not very interested in these things in the early years, finally chose to entrust the fate of the army to the gods and Buddhas.

"God help me too! Set up camp, the gang leader will pick the best ones to do today, and attack Sunshine City early tomorrow morning!"

There is no need to fight the palace on the mountainside, and the difficulty will change from challenging to ordinary.

There are [-] defenders left, [-] vs. [-], the advantage is even there!
The camp is full of joyful atmosphere, and the journey of more than five months has come to the last stop.

The next day.

Jia Hun put on his armor again.

Different from before, the belt is still full of small items, and the side of the horse is also hung with a spear.

"Throw away everything you don't need, the gang leader threw away the pot for me! Throw away the excess jerky too, each person only brings three catties of meat and six candy sticks, and I put the rest where I am!

I didn't say you, you want to be exhausted with so many things! "

Jia Hun patrolled around, making sure to keep the load as light as possible. Along the way, he also captured a lot of Tibetan horses, barely enough for one man and three horses. At the most critical moment, Jia Hun did not intend to continue hiding. He wants a stud.

Six thousand cavalry armed to the teeth rushed for more than 300 miles to raid Sunshine City!
Shui Che and the others also checked the equipment of their subordinates one by one, and after confirming that they were correct, they all came to Jia Hun's side to confirm.

"General, all the troops are ready, please show me the general!"

All the people standing in front of Jia Hun knelt on one knee and saluted Jia Hun.

"Please show me the general!" 6000 people shouted in unison.

Great pride surged in Jia Hun's heart, and he was a little out of breath.

Jia Hun took a deep breath, and swung his whip south.

"All generals listen to the order, the Jokhang Temple in Sunlight City is [-] miles ahead, the target is Lhazang Khan, the whole army will attack!"

"Respect the general's order!"

Jia Hun got on his horse first and waved his whip.

"set off!"

(End of this chapter)