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Chapter 762 Changes (two updates in one)
Ever since Yuwentai established the Guanlongmen Clan, after Wei, Zhou, Sui, and Tang dynasties, dozens of emperors have changed in a blink of an eye, but in fact they can be regarded as the continuation of an interest group.

Over the past few hundred years, the flames of war have ended, dynasties have changed their names, and the emperor has changed a few times like a revolving door, but the core of the Guanlongmen clan has never changed.

For hundreds of years, two people tried to challenge but failed. Yang Guang wanted to support the Jiangzuo Clan against the Guanlong Clan, but they failed. people.

As for Wu Zetian, it is also an example. After her death, her Wu family is no longer there.

Therefore, in order to fight against the Guanlongmen Faction, a new interest group must be established.

It has to be admitted that the elites of this era are still the gentry, and the gentry have been able to rule the roost for hundreds of years not only because they have monopolized a lot of resources, contacts and knowledge.During the Heyin Change in history, Er Zhurong massacred more than 2000 gentry children, but did not shake the foundation of the gentry.However, Zhu Wen's Baimayi disaster only killed more than 30 people.Take the Guanlongmen Clan as an example to compare. The characteristics of the sons and daughters of the gentry in the Guanlongmen Clan are those who are capable of fighting and governing the Hu and Han peoples. People in this group will be prime ministers and will be generals when they leave. There is no such thing as civil and military division. (Note [-]).In addition to civil and martial arts, the disciples of Guanlong know a little about farming, raising livestock, carpentry, etc.At that time, if a scholar didn't distinguish between wheat and beans, he was considered to be ignorant.Therefore, as long as it is not the kind of second-generation ancestor, the sons and daughters of scholars with a little ambition have the ability to mount a horse to fight, and dismount to govern the country.It is precisely because they can become officials without passing the imperial examination, so what they have learned is what they can apply.On the contrary, Li Tang later became a Jinshi, and he used poetry and songs as the criterion. He really didn't know what role poetry and songs had in governing the country and the world, and the people's livelihood. Many of them were the kind of useless scholars.The purpose of the birth of the imperial examination was not to promote poor families, but to curb the power of the gentry. At that time, the power of the gentry to recommend each other to be officials was in the hands of the court itself.Li Chongjiu promoted the imperial examination and popularized county schools. The county school was also to strengthen the power of the poor children, but winning the world could not only be helped by the support of the poor children, but also a very important part of the general trend.Therefore, it is Li Chongjiu who needs to establish the Hebei Group, win over Shandong Gaomen, and form a family of elites who can fight against the Guanlong Group.After Li Chongjiu and Cui Renshi said this, the Cui family immediately sent someone to come and agreed to the marriage.Among the top families in the world, such as Hongnong Yang, Lanling Xiao, Qinghe Cui, Boling Cui, Fanyang Lu, and Taiyuan Wang have all officially joined Dazhao, and many of their children are in Dazhao Official, and stood firmly on Li Chongjiu's side.In addition to the six great gentry clans, second-tier and second-rate clans such as the Bohai Gao clan, Taiyuan Wen clan, and Hedong Xue clan also have a group of generals. In addition to lacking some time background, their real power is not inferior to the above-mentioned first-rate clans. door valve.These nine clans formed a confrontation with Li Tang's Guanlong clan, coupled with the Luoyang embargo, and Li Tang's internal strife, this is where Li Chongjiu's confidence in winning before the decisive battle between Li Tang and Li Tang.After the formation of the powerful barriers, the accumulation of the general trend has been completed, and the next step is the actual thing, that is, to follow the trend.After appeasing the people in Luoyang, Li Chongjiu sent people to lobby in various counties and counties in Henan through the influence of several major gentry families.In the counties and counties of Henan, the foundation of Li Tang was not solid. At the beginning, Wang Shichong was forced to rise to power as a warlord. Although he was able to suppress the localities with a strong military force for a while, he did not have the gentry who relied on the root to form a reliable interest group.

Cao Cao coerced the emperor to order the princes, and let Cao Wei spend decades on behalf of the Han to support his own interest groups.But Wang Shichong's time was too short, and his methods were far inferior to Cao Cao's, and at most he was Er Zhurong's generation.

Therefore, after Li Tang defeated Zheng, Wang Shichong caused people to betray their relatives.After losing to Li Shimin in the field, the only source of support was gone, so the counties and counties in Henan unanimously raised their flags and surrendered to Tang. Zheng Guo was defeated by Tang and Zhao in less than half a year.

And after Li Yuan captured Henan, because he didn't capture Luoyang, he didn't dare to take too much action against the local powerful forces in Henan.Therefore, for Li Chongjiu, it is very important to compete with Li Tang for the local powerful forces in Henan.The key to the success of this, one is to rely on one's own power, and the other is to look at each other's personal connections.Li Chongjiu ordered the detailed work of the Department of Rumors, and they all started to act together.Among the powerful families in Henan, there are many relatives, or the children of the family are officials in Dazhao. Especially this time when Daxingtai in Henan was established, hundreds of Luoyang's children went to Zhao. These people's families were not from the gentry. It is the contacts and relatives accumulated over the years of officials and officials, and many of the current Henan tycoons are also related to each other.These officials were instructed by Li Chongjiu, and considering their own career prospects, they all began to write letters to people they knew, asking them to join them.Their letters were immediately sent to the counties and counties in Henan. Although the generals leading the army and the top leaders of the county officials were all controlled by Li Tang, the generals under the generals, as well as the second officials in the counties and counties, were all locals. , They will make their own judgments considering the future of their own family.

Some people had fantasies before that if Li Tang succeeded in counterattacking Luoyang, now with Li Yuan's retreat, it shows that Li Tang is no longer able to conquer Luoyang.

Luoyang, the political and economic center of Henan, has always been in the hands of Li Chongjiu. In addition, the Zhao Guo Navy can deploy troops through the Tongji Canal at any time, so the strategic advantages and disadvantages are clear at a glance.

Therefore, Li Chongjiu's army is still standing still in Luoyang. Soldiers, generals, and officials of all levels of the Tang army who came to Luoyang from various counties and counties in Henan to join them are one after another.These people also let Li Chongjiu see the success of adjusting Henan. How Li Yuan dealt with Wang Shichong at the beginning, and how Li Chongjiu used it to deal with Li Yuan now.

It is almost like a repeat of Li Tang's attack on Wang Shichong. At the beginning, the Henan gentry took their families and defected to Li Tang in Guanzhong, and now they have turned to Zhao Guo with their families.
The counties and counties in Henan suddenly became turbulent. The chiefs of the counties and counties had nothing to do about it.In less than a month, Li Chongjiu had shaken the foundation of Henan. At this time, Li Tang Henan Daxingtai had been established.Li Chongjiu decided not to give Li Xiaogong a chance, and led the army in advance to conquer Henan in the first battle.This time his goal was Liang County, to capture Kaifeng, capture Bianshui, and open up the Tongji Canal.As long as the Tongji Canal is opened, you can go directly to Jiangdu by boat from Luoyang, and the soldiers and horses at Daxingtai on Henan Road and Daxingtai on Jiangnan Road can be mobilized freely.Li Chongjiu ordered generals in Luoyang, Xue Wanche's Wu Weijun, Shan Xiongxin's Hou Weijun, Wang Bo, Meng Haigong's generals, and the wealthy families who came from various counties in Henan to defect, a total of 5 horses, and Cheng Mingzhen who entered the border water from the Yellow River had [-] water Division, a total of [-] troops, is bound to win Li Chongjiu in Kaifeng.After counting troops, Li Chongjiu took a warship from Luoyang Gongcheng and went straight out of Luoyang City along the Luoshui River.

Every time he walks this waterway, Li Chongjiu is extremely grateful to Yang Guang for building this Grand Canal.The starting point of this Grand Canal is directly at Shanglin Garden near Luoyang Palace.

That is to say, if Li Chongjiu goes from Luoyang Palace to Youjing, or Jiangdu, he doesn't need to take a step by himself, and he can complete the journey without stopping.

The section of the canal from Shanglinyuan to Luoyang was built by Zhang Chun in the Eastern Han Dynasty.Yang Guang just used it on the spot.
The fleet headed northeast along the Luoshui River, passed through Yanshi and Luokou, and arrived at the confluence of Luoshui River and the Yellow River. It joined forces with Cheng Mingzhen's [-] sailors and [-] grain ships dispatched from the Luokou warehouse. Suddenly the river was full of Zhao Jun's fleet.

With the dispatch of grain ships, it will undoubtedly save tens of thousands of people from the pain of carrying grain and grass on the road.Now Zhao Jun is used to the combat method of grain ships accompanying the army.

This is also the convenience brought by the Grand Canal.

It's autumn, the autumn frost has come, and the killing air of the autumn wind has been smelled in the north and south of the Yellow River.The turbid waves on the Yellow River were raging, and the Zhao fleet, loaded with soldiers, rations, and siege weapons, sailed on the Yellow River for a while, and entered the canal from Banzhu in Xingyang. At this time, the fleet turned to the southeast.

The predecessor of Tongji Canal is Bianqu, and the predecessor of Bianqu is Honggou, the wishful thinking of the Chu River and Hanjie of the King of Chu.

Since the Tongji Canal diverted the Yellow River into the Huaihe River, the Zhao Jun fleet went straight down the river like a broken bamboo.
From Xingyang, it passes through Zhongmou and arrives at Kaifeng.Kaifeng is Daliang, the former capital of Wei Dynasty. When King Qin destroyed Wei, general Wang Ben dug the Yellow River here and flooded Daliang City.After the Wei Dynasty was destroyed, Daliang was razed by the Qin State.

And now the land of Liangbian, where Kaifeng is located, has become very prosperous again because of the canal.

A hundred years later, Du Fu wrote a poem describing the prosperity of Liang County. In the past, when I traveled to the middle of the Song Dynasty, only King Liang Xiao was the capital.The name is now Chen Liuya, and the drama is Bei Wei Ju.There are [-] houses in the city, and the high buildings illuminate the thoroughfare.The boat and the car are half a day, and the host and the guest are more entertaining.Li Tang was stationed in Liang, Bian Erzhou was the general Cheng Jiahui and Wang Yaohan.As soon as Li Chongjiu's army entered the Tongji Canal, the cities of Liang and Bianzhou were already in turmoil.

Many Li Tang guards left the city overnight and fled.Many prefectures and counties are determined by the proclamation, and even the important town of Shangqiu surrendered without a fight. The county magistrate Li Tang, who was born in the Zheng family of Xingyang, took the initiative to change his banner and announced that he would surrender to Zhao under the half-threatening persuasion of his subordinates.Cheng Jiahui and Wang Yaohan also knew that the surrounding cities could not be defended, so they gathered their troops in Kaifeng City to try to fight.At the end of September in the second year of reform, the autumn sun rose slowly, and the field outside Kaifeng City was now a sea of ​​red.Li Chongjiu's [-] troops landed in Kaifeng. There were tall building ships far and near on the edge of the water, boats walking close to the shore, and grain ships with deep drafts and full loads.The huge building boat swayed close to the city of Kaifeng. The towering hull was almost as high as the city wall.

The soldiers of the Tang army on the wall looked at Zhao Jun's huge hull painted with black ship paint and the towering mast of the tree, they couldn't help swallowing, and their faces turned cold.

On the boats, teams of soldiers from the Zhao army were carried to land. On the banks of the Bianshui River, all kinds of siege equipment were piled up like mountains on the banks.Cheng Jiahui and Wang Yaohan stood on the bow of the boat and looked stunned, "The Hou Wei Army stationed in Luoyang Shan Xiongxin, the Wu Wei Army in Youjing, and Cheng Mingzhen's Inland River Navy all came. These are all the elite soldiers of Zhao State. "Cheng Jiahui's voice trembled a little.Before Cheng Jiahui finished speaking, at the far end, Zhao Jun's flags joined in one after another, people from all walks of life gathered under the city, and even the imperial flag of Emperor Zhao appeared in the sky.Seeing that even the Emperor Li Chongjiu of Zhao Kingdom had come, Wang Yaohan couldn't help but feel a little bit pissed off.At this time, Li Chongjiu led the army to look at the city of Kaifeng, and asked to the left and right: "Will Kaifeng refuse to surrender?" At this time, the general Luo Shixin clasped his fists and went away, saying: "Someone and the guard Wang Yaohan, who are old in the past, can go to persuade them to surrender. Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "Okay." Luo Shixin immediately led a group of people through thousands of troops and rushed to the top of the city, "Is General Wang here? A certain Luo Shixin has something to say, if he and his brother were in Pushan Gong back then Please come and see me." Wang Yaohan was stunned for a moment, but when he looked around, he saw a general riding a horse and holding an iron gun in the city, whether it was Luo Shixin or someone else.Seeing Cheng Jiahui, Wang Yaohan and the soldiers on the top of the wall all looked at him, waved their hands and said: "I must be here to persuade you to surrender, I will never see you." Seeing that Wang Yaohan did not answer, Luo Shixin continued: "Back then Your brother, Wang Bodang, followed Pu Shangong, and died together with him at the hands of Master Sheng Yan. Brothers and sisters are irreconcilable, and now you are serving Li Tang. Where will you be placed? It is better to abandon Tang and return to Zhao as soon as possible. " Wang Yaohan gritted his teeth when he heard this, and Cheng Jiahui hurriedly said, "Brother Wang, you don't need to be provoked by this person. We all know that your family is in Chang'an, and you will never betray Tang." Wang Yaohan nodded and said : "Brother Cheng, just believe me. But this person is really hateful, pass the order to shoot back!" At that moment, a volley of arrows was fired from the city of Kaifeng.Luo Shixin was so courageous that he raised his gun and shot several arrows under the city. The whole army of Zhao State applauded Luo Shixin's skill.

Zhao Jun's flag was waving under the city, and the three armies shouted loudly. Wang Yaohan couldn't help frowning when he saw that a round of arrows shot, not only did not suppress the morale of Zhao Jun, but was so high.

Luo Shixin said a few more words, seeing that there was no movement on the top of the city, he immediately led his troops back.Luo Shixin returned to the central army and reported to Li Chongjiu: "Your Majesty, the city general refused to surrender, and a certain general asked for orders to attack the city himself."

Hearing what Luo Shixin said, Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "You don't have to get angry. These two generals of the Tang Dynasty didn't know the time. They just brought their own destruction. Within a few days, someone put the heads of these two people in front of my case." '

At the same time, outside the Great Wall thousands of miles away, north of Huangshui.

The Yellow River is just autumn at this time, but outside the Great Wall is already approaching the cold winter.This year's winter seems to be earlier than before. Many cattle and sheep on the grassland have not grown fat in autumn, so it is easy to not survive this year's cold winter.

But for Guo Xiaoke right now, what he cares most about is not these.He is now leading the troops and is already on the north bank of Huangshui.

It turned out that drastic changes had taken place on the grassland recently. 20 Turkic cavalry led by Jieli Khan entered the territory of Tuli after passing through Daluobo.
Tuli's reaction was not slow at all, as soon as the news of Xieli's dispatch of troops came out.He also quickly assembled various troops, and nearly [-] to [-] people confronted Jieli Khan.Although the force was inferior to Xieli's army, Tuli had a geographical advantage, and he guarded every pass. Although Xieli had many troops, there was nothing he could do about him.

But Tuli was very afraid of his uncle, and even took the initiative to ask for help from Guo Xiaoke of Zhao Guo's Songmo Governor's Mansion.

After Guo Xiaoke learned about it, he asked Tuli to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, and without hesitation, he immediately mobilized the Xi tribe, Khitan, Mohe, Dingling, and various departments of the Han army in the territory, and assembled 3 horses to cross the Huangshui River to reinforce Tuli.

However, before Guo Xiaoke's troops arrived, he heard the news of Tuli's disastrous defeat.

It turned out that Jieli Khan took the risk and sent troops to attack Tielangkou at night, copying the back of Tuli's army.Jieli's adventure was successful, and after hearing the news that the back route was cut off, the Tuli army was suddenly in a panic. At this time, Jieli's army launched an attack from the front.

Tuli's army was defeated for thousands of miles. Tuli only led 6000 to [-] people to protect his family members, managed to fight a bloody road, broke out of the encirclement, and threw all his clansmen to Jieli.

Guo Xiaoke heard the news and couldn't help yelling, Tuli himself was defeated, but now he has crossed the Huangshui, if Jieli's victorious troops cover up and kill him at this time, his army will soon be in danger.

Guo Xiaoke is now in a dangerous place, he did not send troops to retreat quickly, now that night is approaching, at least wait until this night, not to mention that the fear of retreating at this time will spread to the entire army, if the camp is bombed, it will be terrible up.

Guo Xiaoke asked people to build a camp to prepare for defense, and at the same time dispatched scouts to search north.

Just after Guo Xiaoke stationed in the big camp, the scouts reported that there were indeed cavalry in the north of the grassland, but it was not Xieli's army that came, but Tuli's defeated army.

Guo Xiaoke got up when he heard this, ran outside the big tent and jumped on his horse, and led a dozen of his own soldiers out of the gate and headed north.

Guo Xiaoke rode northward for a while, and finally saw Tuli's men and horses. He expected Tuli to be defeated badly, but he didn't expect that Tuli was defeated in this field.

Looking at Tuli's tired face, he seemed to have aged decades instantly. When he first saw him, the high-spirited and loud-voiced Tuli Khan seemed like a tiger whose spine had been ripped out.

Is this still the same Tuli who vowed to marry Da Zhao back then?Guo Xiaoke looked at Tuli and asked, "Khan. '

Tu Li shook his head and said, "We've lost, we've all lost, there's only so little of my troops left." '
'I'm not asking you this, I'm asking you where is Xieli's army? '

'Jeli? ’ Tuli smiled wryly and said, ‘Don’t worry, Jieli didn’t come after him, but Jieli led his army south to Youjing! '
Note [-]: The original words of the historian Chen Yinke.

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