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Chapter 622 Dragging Jue Weiming Er into the palace (2)

In the first year of Yuanyou in the Song Dynasty and the first year of Yi Zhiping in Western Xia Dynasty, September was already ugly (the tenth day of the lunar month).

Pulling Jueweiming, there is still no trace of the southern barbarian cavalry that appeared inexplicably.

A piece of bad news came from Shizhou.

Liang Yixing, the director of the Xiangyou Supervisory Army in Shizhou, sent an envoy to inform him that Liu Changzuo, the Nanman's military envoy on the Yanyan Road, had led his army to break through the fortress of the Dabai Gao Kingdom in the Suizhou area. The Nanman elite on the Yanyan Road had been given the freedom to move. that power.

Liang Yixing had no choice but to lead his army to retreat to the fortress Wuyan at the northern foot of Hengshan Mountain (Wuyan City cannot be verified, only that it is at the northern foot of Hengshan Mountain, probably located in today's Jingbian County).

Now, the Nanman army on Fuyan Road can continue to move forward and capture Wuyan.

Once this happens, the Nanman army on the Yanyan Road will gain complete strategic initiative!
Because, a few years ago, Shen Kuo and Zhong E, the Nanman's pacification envoys on the Yanyan Road, captured Wuyan and started their strategy for Yongle City.

At the same time, it can also leave Dongchuan from Yanzhou, take the Dingbian Road of the Tang Dynasty from the south, outflank Baibao and Jintang, and encircle the Nanman army on the Huanqing Road to drag away the famous army!

You can also ignore the above two directions, go west from Yanzhou, pass through the Guoxinyi Road of Dabai Gaoguo (the Western Xia envoys basically took this road when entering the Song Dynasty), go straight to Hongzhou and Youzhou, and then take it directly from Youzhou Xiazhou.

Therefore, Liang Yixing had no choice. After his defeat, he could only shrink his troops across the board, retreat to Wuyan, and ask for help from Xiazhou in the rear.

I hope that the Xiazhou garrison can come for reinforcements from the direction of Wuding River.

Otherwise, once Wuyan is lost, Nanman's Fuyan Road will gain the right to move freely throughout the entire east of Wuding River.

By then, the entire strategic landscape will collapse.

The Prime Minister of Lanzhou may have no choice but to abandon Lanzhou immediately, then raise an overwhelming army to fight the Nanbarbarians at the northern foot of Hengshan Mountain in another decisive battle like Yongle City!
But this time, it is almost impossible for Nanman to make the same mistake as Yongle City again!

They will definitely choose a place with water to build a fortress!
If this is the case, even if the Nanman can be forced back in the end, how many people will die?
Therefore, Liang Yixing's meaning is extremely clear - my side is more important!

In order to understand Gao Guo, my consort, please wish yourself many blessings!
Please forgive me for not saving your ass!

I don’t have the ability to protect myself anymore!
After being trusted with his name, he was shocked.

He quickly ordered that the soldiers and horses that were confronting the Song army in the fortification areas of Dashun City and Huai'an Town gradually retreated.

At the same time, he also sent the head of the Shangluo family of Youzhou, Shangluo Fuyi, and the general Shangluo family's headquarters cavalry out of Baibao City to set up defenses in the direction of Dejingzhai to monitor the Zhou River Basin and prevent Yanyan Road. Song Jun came out from this direction and made his dumplings.

"The Prime Minister initially allowed me to come to Youzhou to preside over the attack on Huanqing Road..." At this time, Tuojue Weiming felt cold all over his body and murmured to himself: "I'm afraid, there are people who want to take me and me. Three thousand soldiers and horses from the headquarters, and the plans of the tribes in Youzhou to feed the Southern Barbarians!”

"This is cutting meat to feed the wolves!"

"Use the flesh and blood of me and the tribes in Youzhou to hold back the main force of the Southern Barbarians in Shaanxi and buy time for them to attack Lanzhou!"

Pulling Juewei's name, his pupils immediately turned red.

Because this is very, very possible.

The Lajue family is a wealthy family in Ganzhou.

Although they are from Dangxiang, the tribe has been moving between Guazhou and Ganzhou, so it is inevitable to intermarry with the Uighurs and have Uighur ancestry!
To the Liang family who was in power in Xingqing Mansion, the Tujue family was actually a vassal town.

Once he dies here, all the elite members of the family will be donated here.

Liang Yibu was able to successfully recapture Lanzhou, and even just forced the Nanman peace talks.

Then, for the Liang family, he could use his accusation of dragging Jue Weiming to humiliate the country and take advantage of the family's vitality to turn them into vassals of the Liang family, or even annex them!

In this way, the Liang family can develop their power to Guazhou, Shazhou, and Ganzhou, and control the Silk Road, a golden trade route that lays golden eggs.

The wealthy families in Youzhou, like the Tujue family, are also very independent forces in the Dabai Gao Kingdom.

Youzhou was originally the fundamental place when the Dabai Gao Kingdom was founded. When Jingzong founded the country, it all relied on the support of the powerful tribes in Youzhou.

The fundamental place of Wu Zangjia, who had all the power in the world, was in Youzhou.

Although the Wu Zang family has been executed, wealthy families such as the Wu Yi family, the Shangluo family, the Qing family, the Si family, and the Su Yi family are still a force that cannot be ignored in the Dabai Gao Kingdom.

Bubazi, who is tied with Tieyaozi and Poxijun, is basically selected from these wealthy families.

Ever since Wu Zangjia was uprooted, various ministries in Youzhou have always been alienated from Xingqing Mansion.

Especially for the Liang family, it poses a great threat and is an unstable factor.

At this time, Lajue Weiming also thought of the incident in Xingqing Mansion last year.

There had been rumors that Bingchang, the Wuzu, had sent people to contact the various ministries in Youzhou and ordered them to lead their troops to serve the king!
Thinking like this, Yan Jue Weiming's heart became colder and colder.

An emotion called betrayal and betrayal surged in my heart.

"No wonder...no wonder..."

"Liang Yibu wants to send relatives like Liang Yixing to Shizhou, but he puts a famous general like Weiming Liangming in the left wing of Shenyong!"

"Liang Yibu made up his mind early in the morning!"

From the perspective of Yan Jue Weiming, everything can now be explained.

Why would Liang Yibu allow him to come to Youzhou to avenge his shame and preside over the attack on Nanman Huanqing Road instead of letting Weizhou, who had been responsible for the confrontation with Nanman Huanqing Road?

Is it really because he is the son-in-law of the old queen mother and Liang Yibu's brother-in-law, and you want him to make contributions and avenge his shame?
Ha ha!

Just let him take the blame.

Otherwise, why was Liang Yixing, a member of the Liang family, stationed in Shizhou to protect his flanks? Rather than a veteran like Wei Mingliangming?
Apart from bullying the Uighurs, has Liang Yixing ever fought any tough battles?

The answer is no!
It’s just a relationship account!

What a shame that he was so blinded by hatred that he thought he could take advantage of the little-known new military envoy on Huanqing Road in Nanman to win meritorious deeds from him!
But I never thought that in the Southern Barbarian court, how could anyone be so simple as to promote someone out of the ordinary?

It's ridiculous that he laughed at the Southern Barbarians for being unmanned, so he looked down upon them with pride, ignored the danger, and ended up in the current situation.

"No...no..."

"I have to find a way to survive!"

"I must take the elite headquarters of the Tujue family back to Ganzhou!"

These three thousand elites are the strength of the Tujue family.

If they were all sent here, the Tujue family would be in ruins from now on.

Even if he dies, these three thousand troops will never be lost!
But what should he do?

Pulling Jueweiming was thinking anxiously, thinking.

The situation he faces now is very dangerous.

In Shizhou to the south, Liang Yixing, who was supposed to protect the flanks of the Baibao River, had already reduced his troops in an all-round way.

His flanks were completely exposed to the elite troops of Nanman's Yan Road.

Once the Nanman elite soldiers on the Yanyan Road did not choose to continue attacking Wuyan, they went south from Suizhou via Yanzhou, detoured from Dongchuan to Zhouhe, outflanked the direction of Baibao River, and cut off his connection with Youzhou.

His tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will be surrounded by the three villages of Baibao, Jintang and Houqiao.

Just when I was thinking about it.

A familiar voice came from outside the tent: "Is the supervisor here?"

The other party kept calling him several times, and only then did he come back to his senses and replied: "I'm here."

"Su Yiyi is asking for a meeting." The person outside the tent said.

Tuojue Weiming finally remembered who the other party was?

Su Yiyili, the head of the Su Yi family, is also the leader of the largest tribe in Youzhou.

At the same time, the Su Yi family is still the leader of a powerful tribal alliance in the Dabai Gao Kingdom - the so-called Suwei Nine Surnames.

They are the nine tribes headed by the Su Yi family that are active in the Wuding River Basin.

"Please come in!" Yanjue Weiming now needed to win the support of these wealthy families in Youzhou, so naturally his attitude was very low. He immediately stood up and opened the door for him personally.

Su Yiyili was a party aristocrat in his thirties, but he did not have a beard. Instead, he wore a felt hat and a mink coat. He walked in like this. When he saw Tuojue Weiming, the two of them After being greeted with greetings, he asked Juewei Ming, "The military leader is here, but have you heard about what happened in Shizhou?"

"Yes!" Su Yiyi nodded slowly: "Now, everyone in the ministry is panicking, so I would like to ask the supervisor to come up with an idea."

"Shall we fight or leave?"

"How about fighting? How about leaving?"

"If you stay here, there will be no way to survive!"

Lajue Weiming nodded: "What the military leader said is true!"

Now is the time to make a decisive decision!

If the delay continues, what if the Nanman army on Fuyan Road really outflanks Zhou He and cuts off his retreat.

It's almost winter.

Once the tens of thousands of troops he brought were surrounded in the fortification area with Jintang, Baibao and Houqiao villages as the core, they would have no reinforcements or food.

There is no need for Nanman to fight, they will starve and freeze to death in these three forts in less than a month.

Lajue Weiming then asked humbly: "What do the military leaders and the military leaders of various ministries think?"

After the Nanman Wang Anshi's reform, the Dabai Gao Kingdom absorbed his armor-preserving method and introduced the Dabai Gao Kingdom's version of the armor-preserving method, turning all the men into soldiers.

According to the law, all men over fifteen years old must join the army in case of war.

Moreover, everyone must be self-armed and even bring their own food to join the army.

For every two dings, choose one as a soldier and the other as a burden (auxiliary). This forms the smallest military unit: copy.

This caused the military power of Dabai Gao to expand rapidly, and the scale of war mobilization was also extremely large.

A Yuzhou can mobilize more than 40,000 and nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses.

However, in actual implementation, the Dabai Gao Kingdom was not a centralized dynasty.

It is a tribal alliance with Wei Mingjia as the core.

Each major wealthy family has its own armed forces and soldiers, so the armor protection method of Dabai Gao Kingdom naturally went wrong.

Except for Tie Yaozi, Poxi Army, Qisheng Army, and Bu Bazi.

The tribal army of Dabai Gaoguo is an armed force with tribes as its main body.

The soldiers of each tribe are also directly under the headquarters.

Specifically speaking to the various ministries in Youzhou, the troops and horses that came this time were in addition to the three thousand cavalry from the Tuojue family brought by Tuojue Weiming.

The rest are soldiers and horses organized by various tribes. A tribe is an army, and the leader is called the military leader.

In the past, Diajueweiming could rely on the elites he brought and the few wealthy families in Youzhou who were loyal to Xingqing Mansion to overwhelm other tribes.

He also used the looting rewards of victory in war to unite and encourage various ministries.

But now, the situation has changed.

Diajue Weiming must negotiate with these powerful factions to obtain their support. otherwise……

If each fights alone, the moment the troops withdraw is when the disaster begins.

Su Yiyili looked at Yajue Weiming, his attitude was unprecedentedly humble: "We and other ministries only obey the orders of the generals."

Tuojue Weiming was immediately overjoyed and was about to discuss it with him.

"It's just..." Su Yiyili looked at Yajue Weiming: "Southern barbarian cavalry appeared in the narrow road of the carriage..."

"If we can't catch them, expel them..."

He looked at Yajue Weiming and said, "The supervisors should also know that it will be difficult for us to withdraw our troops smoothly."

Pulling Jueweiming nodded and said: "Don't worry, Commander Su Yi, I will personally lead the cavalry to protect the flanks of the troops, prevent the attack of the southern barbarian cavalry coming from the narrow road of the carriage, and ensure the smooth withdrawal of the army to Youzhou!" "

Su Yiyi listened, thought for a moment, and said: "If the supervisory army can ensure the safety of our northern flank, I will be willing to persuade the leaders of the ministries to obey the supervisory army's orders!"

Tuojue Weiming was overjoyed and immediately said: "We have the army leader Laosu Yi!"

Let him lead his troops to the narrow road of the carriage to protect the flanks?
This is great!
Because this can keep away from the southern flank and the elite Nanman Yanyan Road that suddenly appeared from the direction of Zhou River and Baibao River.

At the same time, the carriage is only a hundred miles away from Weizhou on a narrow road.

Once nothing can be done, he can take his headquarters back to Weizhou through the narrow road of the carriage.

As long as the elite of the headquarters are in hand, Xingqing Mansion will not blame him too much.

But he didn't know that Su Yiyi was even more happy in his heart.

"Brother Zunzheng, with this piece of fat, I should be able to make things easier for you!"

The various tribes in Youzhou have rich survival experience.

I have long understood the truth that when encountering wolves in the wilderness, you don't need to run faster than your companions. You only need to find a way to get one of your companions injured and feed the wolves to escape safely.

And the Su Yi family is the best among them!
Su Yiyili looked at the expression on Zajue Weiming's face and thought to himself: "Just a Zajue Weiming, I'm afraid he won't be able to feed the hungry wolves of Bian Song..."

"I still have to find a way to find them more injured prey."

Wolves are very content creatures.

The same is true for Bian and Song Dynasties.

……

A peak north of Wangpan Mountain

A suitable tent is set up on this mountain.

His soldiers and horses were quietly grooming themselves. Although they did not take off their armor, they all had swords at hand.

But they all slept in stone houses with bonfires and water boiling on them.

Obviously, this is a village belonging to the Dangxiang tribe.

At this moment, Zhe Ke was chatting and laughing happily with the leader of the Dangxiang tribe.

“This time, it’s all thanks to Brother Li’s help!”

The tribe on Wangpan Mountain is the Sangni tribe.

The so-called Sangni, also known as the Suni tribe, is one of the nine surnames in Suwei.

Now sitting opposite Zhe Keshi is Su Ni Guide, the leader of the Su Ni tribe.

As for the Fuzhou Zhe family, they are family friends with the nine surnames of Su Wei!
Moreover, there is also an in-law relationship.

The wife of Zhe Keshi's cousin Zhe Ke'en was from the Tuo family, one of the nine surnames in Suwei.

As for your question, why does the wife of the Zhe family come from the Tuo family, one of the nine surnames of Su Wei?
Because the Tuo family was also a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty!

In the second year of Qingli, Tuojia tribe, one of the nine surnames of Suwei, led his troops to return to the Song Dynasty. He immediately participated in the punishment campaign against Yuan Hao's rebels and made military exploits. Their leader Tuo Deyu was awarded the title of deputy military commander and cavalry officer of the headquarters by the Song Dynasty. From then on, the Tuo family became the hereditary officials of Yanzhou, holding the official positions of captain and inspector of Yanzhou.

Now, because the current official family was named the Prince of Yan'an before he came to the throne, the local military officials and Tibetan officials in Yanzhou have also ascended to heaven. Someone from the Tuo family has been selected to go to Bianjing to serve as a dispatcher for the Imperial City Division, which is equivalent to He has become a confidant of the official family!
Therefore, the Tuo family's power in Yanzhou is rising rapidly.

The Tuo family, or all the tribes in the Suwei Nine Surnames Alliance, all have a Han surname - Li.

At that time, Li Shibin, the iron-walled minister who guarded Jinming Village for the Song Dynasty, was also the origin of Su Wei's nine surnames!
Therefore, although the nine surnames of Suwei and the foreign officials in the territory of the Song Dynasty belong to two different countries, they are still connected by the same roots and can be regarded as relatives in many different ways.

The Zhe family also became relatives with these wealthy families through marriage with these loyal ministers who returned to Yiyi.

The Zhe family often quietly help these poor relatives do whatever they can.

Relatives reciprocate the favor and often secretly send news to the Zhe family.

Of course, it’s up to the family members to judge whether it’s true or false.

In short, the relationship between them is very strange and complicated.

A few days ago, Zhe Keshi led his army to sneak into the Wangpanshan area. On his way to send scouts to investigate the narrow road in the carriage, the scouts discovered the Dangxiang tribe living next to the narrow road in the carriage.

Originally, Zhe could adapt to attack this tribe first.

To prevent them from reporting the news, but...

That night, when he led his troops to this place and was about to attack, the party members on the mountain shouted to him.

Say it in standard rhyme.

The content of the shouting would be very shocking to ordinary people's ears: "I am the late Emperor Xingxiao, the great sage Xuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty!"

"May I ask who is here?!"

The Tang Dynasty has been destroyed for almost 180 years. Isn't it ridiculous to meet a party member who claims to be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty on this narrow carriage road?

However, this is the symbol of Su Wei's nine surnames!

No matter how times change, Su Wei's nine surnames change.

The characteristic of this alliance is that they regard themselves as descendants of Tang Ruizong and Li Dan!

Moreover, they can also produce genealogy to prove their identity.

According to them, their ancestors were descendants of Tang Ruizong who followed Tang Suzong to Lingwu.

These Tang clans saw the chaos in the world, so they chose to stay there.

Later, they intermarried with Dangxiang people and integrated into Dangxiang, and their descendants became the nine surnames of Suwei.

Therefore, every year when people of the nine surnames of Suwei worship their ancestors, they kneel in front of the sacred tablet of "the great sage Xuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Daxingxiao" and bow three times and kowtow.

Although, the current Su Wei Jiu surname is no longer the original Su Wei Jiu surname.

But this is what people think, and the nine surnames of Suwei all recognize each other's identities and regard each other's relatives as their own relatives.

So, that night, Zhe Keshi from Fuzhou met Su Niguide, a relative of Dangxiang whom he had never met before.

When the two parties meet, they become brothers.

It's normal for brothers to interact with each other and borrow a place to sleep and repair, right?
Brothers help each other, is it normal for Su Nigui to help his younger brother get information?

As a result, Zhe Keshi's cavalry not only successfully found the party's baggage area in the narrow carriage road, but also burned it completely with fire.

There is a safe resting place in the hinterland of Dangxiang.

Of course, Zhe Keshi knows that all this comes at a price.

He is also waiting for the other party to make an offer.

Relatives are relatives, and the accounts must be settled clearly!
"If Brother Li is so interested, I can go to the court to ask for merit on my behalf and give him the rank of military commander, cavalry captain or even ambassador!" Zhe Keshi slowly offered his price: "In addition, , all kinds of rewards will never be less!”

Having said this, Zhe Keshi faced the direction of Bianjing, cupped his hands and said: "Today's officials have a broad mind and tolerate people from all over the world. If my brother returns to his righteousness, the reward will not be less than Wan Guan!"

Su Niguide smiled and handed over his hands: "If this is really possible, then thank you very much, dear brother..."

"It's just..." He looked at Zhe Keshi: "Brother, are you satisfied with this?"

Zhe Keshi looked at him, wondering what he wanted to say?
"To be honest, brother Xian..." Su Niguide lowered his voice and said, "Actually, brother Wei had been notified by brother Yili of the Su Yi family ten days ago. Brother Yili said that if he met the Bian family, , treat each other with courtesy."

"Unexpectedly, I met a wise brother!"

Having said this, Su Nigui De took a deep look at Zhe Keshi.

"And this morning, brother Yili sent someone to inform the meeting, asking the Bian brothers to wait here, and a big gift will be sent to them sooner or later!"

Zhe Keshi's chest rose and fell violently as he listened.

At the same time, he is also judging the truth or falsehood of what the other party says.

Since the Zhe family returned to the Song Dynasty, the Zhe family has not only benefited from Dangxiang relatives, but also suffered great losses from Dangxiang relatives.

Because the mental and psychological conditions of these relatives are very problematic.

Especially the relatives named Su Nijiu!
The probability of neurosis is very high!

This can be seen from their name for the Song Dynasty - the Bian family.

The Tang Dynasty perished at the hands of Hou Liang.

Although Zhu Wen and his back Liang had perished long ago.

But after the Five Dynasties, the regime that has always had Bianjing as its capital can be regarded as the successor of the Later Liang Dynasty.

Bianjing City, also known as Bianliang is proof!

Therefore, people with the nine surnames of Suwei may help the Song Dynasty officials and soldiers, but they may also harm the Song Dynasty officials and troops.

They can freely switch their positions with peace of mind.

Help the Song Dynasty - Han and traitors are not at odds with each other. Although we are party members, we are also descendants of the Great Sage Xuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty and Emperor Xingxiao! It’s a matter of course that justice lies in it!

And when they tried to harm the Song Dynasty, they became even more calm - Bian thieves! Die!

This is very clear to Zhe Keshi.

So, what is the current position of the nine Su Wei surnames?

In other words, in the current situation, which position is beneficial to them?

Perhaps sensing Zhe Keshi's doubts, Su Niguide said directly: "Perhaps my dear brother doesn't know yet?"

"After Brother Yili's envoy heard that the person who came was the wise brother of the Zhe family, he specifically asked me to inform him that the Bian family's Yanyan Road Jinglue pacifier had defeated the Wei Ming family's defense in Suizhou, and his troops were leading the way. We are advancing, and Wei Mingjia’s Shizhou Supervisory Army has already withdrawn its troops to Wuyan!”

Zhe Keshi understood immediately!
It's the former!
Han thieves are incompatible!
The nine surnames of Suwei awakened the Xia attributes inherent in the descendants of Emperor Xuanzhen and Emperor Xingxiao of the Tang Dynasty, and entered the stage where brothers were fighting outside the wall to resist their insults.

To put it simply - the Song Dynasty wants to win, and they want to protect themselves.

(End of this chapter)