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Chapter 796
Six years of Wude, four years of innovation and February.

In the land of Shuofang, there are thousands of miles of Hengshan.

Hengshan is a place where many ethnic groups live together. Back then, the Huns Helianbo built a unified city here. The water and grass are abundant here, and it is a place where many nomads live.Today, there are Tiefu tribe, Jihu tribe, Dangxiang tribe, and some Turkic people who belong to other species of Xiongnu.

Therefore, the tribes in Qianli Hengshan are complicated. Currently Xue Wanjun, Zhang Changxun, Yuan Junzhang and other generals of the Zhao army are standing aside with a man in a leather jacket, looking at the formation of the Tang army at the foot of the mountain.This man in a leather jacket was the Dadu Vija Khan back then, who established himself as Liang Shidu of the Emperor of Liang.

Liang Shidu's family has been a general of Yingyang Lang in Shuofang County for generations. When there was chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, they took advantage of the chaos and raised troops. They belonged to the type of warlords.After raising troops, he surrendered to the Turks together with Guo Zi and Liu Wu on Wednesday, and was named Khan by the Turks.

The fate of these three people will be different in the future. Liu Wuzhou has long been defeated by Li Chongjiu, and he was defeated and died.

Liang Shidu was always at a disadvantage in the battle with Li Tang. In fact, Li Tang didn't use much force to deal with Liang Shidu. The big reason was that he was afraid of the Turks.But even so, Li Tang was winning steadily.

Under the guard of Li Jiancheng's confidant, Duan Decao, the governor of Yanzhou, Liang Shidu lost consecutive battles. In the second year of Wude, Liang Shidu was defeated in the battle with Duan Decao. As a result, his generals Zhang Ju and Liu Min surrendered to Tang.Before Li Chongjiu sent Yuan Junzhang to persuade Liang Shidu to surrender, Liang Jun was defeated by Li Tang again.

So when Yuan Junzhang came to persuade him to surrender, Master Liang couldn't ask for it. He immediately changed his court and surrendered to Zhao Guo, and at the same time asked Zhao Guo for help, otherwise he would really destroy the country.Li Chongjiu believed that Shuofang was a strategically important place with abundant water and grass. Historically, Xixia occupied this place and threatened Guanzhong many times. If it occupied this place, it could lengthen Li Tang's defense line.

Therefore, Li Chongjiu first added Liang Shidu as the king of Shuofang County to strengthen his heart. On the other hand, he worshiped Zhang Changxun as the marching commander of Northern Shaanxi Province. He led 1 horses and crossed the river directly from Yangshan to reinforce Liang Shidu.Later, when he heard that Duan Decao was attacking fiercely, Li Chongjiu was worried that Zhang Changxun would not be able to defend, so he sent Xue Wanche's younger brother Xue Wanjun to lead [-] elite Zhao troops to Shuofang to stabilize the situation.

Li Chongjiu sent so many people here one after another, one is to stabilize the local situation, and the other is to attract local ethnic groups.

After defeating the Turks, the prestige of Zhao State has radiated to all parts of the grassland. For the Tiefu tribe, Jihu tribe, and Dangxiang tribe living on Hengshan, Zhao State is a big country that is too powerful to be offended .

Now as Zhao Jun entered Shuofang, the local tribes couldn't sit still anymore, and came to Shuo to Zhang Changxun. Xue Wanjun expressed their loyalty, some offered hostages, and some offered some special products from the tribe to show their respect for Zhao. country's obedience.

Zhang Changxun is also very skillful in dealing with affairs, and he is always kind to appease the various ministries who take the initiative to request, and Zhao Guo's ethnic policy has always been very successful. Arrived at Shuofang.

The exchange between the two sides can be regarded as getting what they need, and the local tribe has benefited even more.

Among the eight tribes of the Dangxiang clan, the leader of the most powerful Tuoba tribe, Tuoba Chici, took the initiative to go to Shuofang and offered his three sons as hostages.Afterwards, Liu Yicheng, the head of the Jihu tribe, led a thousand soldiers to Shuofang and was willing to join Zhao. Hundreds of Tiefu tribe also joined.

Now Tuoba Chici and Liu Xicheng are all leading their troops, standing at the foot of the mountain, together with Liang Shidu, confronting Tang Army General Duan Decao on the opposite side.

Duan Decao, who was in formation at the foot of the mountain, looked up the mountain, and he saw his old opponent Liang Shidu standing with several generals in red shirts, and there were many soldiers and horses from the Hu tribe around him. .

"You don't need to look at the manager, Master Liang must have surrendered to Zhao, otherwise, where did he come from with so many troops?" Liu Lan and Duan Decao said.

Duan Decao took a look at Liu Lan. From the first time he saw him, he didn't like this gloomy scholar.But he also knew that scholars like this would kill without a knife.

Duan Decao didn't want to offend Liu Lan, and he was also his own supervisor.Duan Decao said nonchalantly: "Not only Zhao Jun, but also the barbarians near Qianli Hengshan. It turned out that Master Liang was shrunk by me, but now he has turned over. I really don't want to be reconciled."

Liu Lan nodded when she heard the words and said: "This is the general trend. Zhao's destruction of the Turks not only shocked the grasslands, but even the Hu tribe in Hengshan was affected and surrendered to Zhao. But I am worried that it is the shock that Chang'an received. , I’m afraid it’s even bigger than the grassland.”

Duan De worriedly admitted that Liu Lan's analysis was very reasonable. Ever since Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang to surrender to the Turks, Li Tang had never straightened up his attitude towards the Turks.Cessation of territory and vassalization will not bring peace, the Turks will still attack you, and the two families have always had small-scale wars.

The Turkic people usually fought mainly by looting, but no matter whether the Tang army won or lost, life was difficult.When Li Yuanji was guarding Taiyuan, the Turks invaded.In order to avoid a bigger war with the Turks, Li Yuanji privately allowed the Turks to plunder around Taiyuan, and afterwards sent hundreds of Han women to the Turks, and the Turks retreated.

But now, the Turks who have been in power for a while, and have been on the grassland for many years, were actually wiped out by Zhao Guo, and even the Khan was captured alive and taken to Youjing.Duan Decao could imagine that the faces of Li and Tang officials in Chang'an must be quite ugly.

Even Duan Decao has to admit at this moment that after the annexation of Turks, if Zhao Guo can digest the power of the grassland ministries and use them for his own use, then the overall national power will overwhelm Li Tang.

The general trend has already changed overnight, and the speed of the change is beyond anyone's expectation.

"Let's retreat! Take advantage of the current situation, the Liang division has suffered a disastrous defeat and their morale is completely lost, and the Zhao army has just arrived, and they don't know the details, so they must not dare to pursue them." Duan Decao said suddenly.

Liu Lan nodded after hearing this and said: "The words of Director Duan are indeed true, but the crown prince is a bit difficult to explain. He has always hoped that you, General Duan, can defeat Liang Shidu. You must know that His Royal Highness urgently needs this victory now. Come and suppress King Qin in Beijing."

Duan Decao glanced at Liu Lan and said: "Then you have to win the battle. Somebody is a soldier, and he must be responsible for the soldiers. If he loses the battle, it will be my brothers who have been killed and injured for many years. I, Duan Decao, will not use the lives of my subordinates." Take the risk."

Liu Lan smiled and said: "What Director Duan said is reasonable, but I will report this matter to the Crown Prince truthfully. His Highness the Crown Prince will be furious when the time comes, but I will not be able to keep you."

Duan Decao glared at Liu Lan, but left with a sneer.

(End of this chapter)