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Chapter 318 Alibaba's Gate

Yunxiu smiled again. From the bottom of her heart, she seemed to have surprised and pleased this well-known young man many times.

She said: "You don't have to worry, the battle for the throne has nothing to do with me. I just promised the Prime Minister three things, and I won't intervene in other things."

But Wang Hua was skeptical about her words. With the relationship between her teacher and Li Dan, how could it be impossible not to participate?

It's just that Wang Hua thought of another thing again. Not only are almost all the ministers in the court participating in the battle for the throne, but even some important forces from the major families and the people, as well as these religions, are also involved.

This also shows that more people have the courage to see through Wu Zetian's loss of control over the court.If it was more than ten years ago, no Taoist or Buddhist school would dare to get close to the Li Dan brothers openly.

Yunxiu said again: "This is the choice of Wang Yingdu. I dare not comment, but I have met the crown prince and the king of Liang. The crown prince is an elder, but he is not wise enough, and the character of the king of Liang is too despicable. "

Having said that, she didn't go any further, but the implication was very clear, and she was very disapproving of Wang Hua's choice.

After she finished speaking, she looked at Wang Hua and saw that he didn't make a sound.Suddenly he realized something in his heart, and thought of the magnificent and coquettish young woman he had seen in Xijing.But at this moment, there were some ripples in her heart.

Wang Hua had already started talking to Zhang Xiaosong. Although it was a pity that Li Louguan died in battle, the only thing that made him feel relieved was that both Zhang Xiaosong and Ge Shuhan came back, although they were all injured.

When they heard that they encountered the aurora and that the northernmost place only had two hours of daylight, everyone was puzzled.

Wang Hua drew a map on the ground with a branch and said, "It is very likely that they have arrived here."

It should be very close to the Arctic Ocean, but it still hasn't reached the Arctic Ocean, it's very close to the Arctic Circle, and it hasn't reached the Arctic Circle. In addition, it hasn't reached the pole of the winter solstice, so we can still see the drowsy sun for two hours every day.

Zhang Xiaosong asked strangely: "Wang Yingdu, what kind of map is this, why didn't you give it to us before leaving?"

You must know that the more they went north in those days, seeing all kinds of incredible natural phenomena, the more uncertain their future was in their hearts. If there was such a map drawn by Wang, it would be another needle for calming the sea.

Wang Hua smiled wryly and said, "I didn't expect such a thing to happen in the end, why don't we go to the big tent to talk."

After entering Guo Yuanzhen's tent, Wang Hua took out the huge map and said, "It can be considered that you have reached the end of the world, but there is still a long way to go."

The footprint of the Blood Camp may be creating a great miracle for mankind, especially in October, but there is still land to the north, and it is possible that they are still some distance away from the mouth of the Ob River, let alone the farther north of Asia. Mal Peninsula.Counting from the pole of the North Pole, let alone the end of the world, it is possible that their northernmost latitude is around 65 degrees, which is more than 20 degrees away from the pole of the North Pole at [-] degrees.

But Wang Hua had a lot of knowledge that he couldn't say.

He had no choice but to say: "It is possible that the earth we live in is a circle, revolving around the sun, so there are polar day and polar night phenomena."

As he spoke, he placed his two hammers on the table and made an explanation, explaining the reasons for the length of the weather and the change in temperature.But he raised his head and saw that everyone was silent.

I smiled wryly, although I said it very vaguely, and said it with the most simple reasoning, but this kind of theory is too shocking in modern times.

Then he said: "As for the strange lightning you see, it is not the scene of hell at the end of the world, it is a natural phenomenon in the extreme north and south, just like the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River, and the frequent storms along the coast. You see Are the colors mainly red, green and blue?"

Zhang Xiaosong nodded, but looked at Wang Hua with an even more strange expression.As far as he knows, they almost reached the Qarun River last February, and that time was also the northernmost place Wang Hua reached in his life, let alone seeing the color of the aurora he mentioned.

Wang Hua also said: "The earth we live in has two kinds of power, one is gravity and the other is magnetic field. Why do people always fall down after jumping around? No matter how majestic a bird can fly, it has different heights. Limitation? This is the force of the earth, he has a gravitational force, which is the suction force, which attracts all objects downward. Of course there are other forces, such as buoyancy, which is why we can swim. Anti-thrust with thrust, plus air buoyancy, which is why birds can fly. As for the magnetic field."

Wang Hua asked for pen and paper again, drew a sphere, and drew a flow diagram of the magnetic field, but he didn't dare to go on to explain the reason for the formation of the magnetic field, it was too weird, and said: "This is the principle of the compass. But in some places where the magnetic field is unevenly distributed, the compass will lose its effect. When the solar wind passes through the north and south poles, due to the characteristics of the earth's magnetic field, a large number of discharges are generated, which is the reason for the formation of the aurora."

"What solar wind? What is electricity?" Xue Song asked curiously from the side.

"It's the storm of the sun. It contains a lot of electrons. For example, when we take off our dry clothes in dark weather, we can see some tiny sparks. This is called electricity, but it is powerful without lightning. But this phenomenon is also They are not equal. In some years, when the solar wind is strong, the Northern Lights appear in a wider area and more frequently. On the contrary, the opposite is true.”

Seeing that everyone was still puzzled, Wang Hua waved his hand and said, "This is not important, everyone listen to me to say another thing."

The more you talk about it, the more complicated it becomes, and the more you talk about it, the more bewitching it becomes.Although it will not be crucified or roasted on the fire, but if you talk too much, some people will always wonder where they come from.

"Everyone, remember, there is no limit to learning and working hard. The more knowledge we have, the more puzzles we will find. For example, I can't use a reason to reasonably explain the Daoism of Master Yunxiu. .”

Everyone seems to understand this sentence, and there is no need to explain it, because she is a proud disciple of the Shangqing School, and she knows Taoism naturally.Only Yunxiu took a meaningful look at Wang Hua, thinking that she knew Wang Hua very well, but found that Wang Hua was still a mystery and hadn't really solved it.She practiced Taoism and paid attention to a certain state of mind, and she also heard that Wang Hua's words just now were incomplete and untrue. It's not that he didn't know, but that he didn't really make it clear on purpose.

"Don't take it for granted, but understand why you take it for granted. For example, why does one plus one equal two and not three?" Wang Hua said another sentence that made everyone puzzled.He said again: "But there is one thing. Although the terrain in these places is harsh, there are many mineral deposits such as iron ore and gold mines, as well as various tall timbers. The land of the Western Regions is not valued. Once cotton is popularized, everyone will realize the importance of the Northwest. Knowledge has not yet developed.”

When Wang Hua said this, he didn't go any further. It is obviously unrealistic to talk about opening up territories and going to Europe.Although Siberia is also a pain in the hearts of the Chinese, after all, the Chinese have traveled there countless times, and the Russians are now just an unknown small tribe in Eastern Europe.But in the end it became the territory of others.

Zhang Xiaosong went on talking again, they hunted a large number of strange deer that day, Wang Hua knew it was a reindeer, but this time he didn't say anything more.Although the deerskins they obtained were not enough for them to survive in this cold place safely, it temporarily relieved the pressure brought by the severe cold to some extent.

Then it turned to the southwest.But not long after, he encountered a big mountain. Speaking of this, Zhang Xiaosong looked at the map drawn by Wang and remained silent for a long time.If I had obtained this map earlier, I might have brought back dozens of brothers.However, Wang Hua can't be blamed, he didn't expect this battle to turn into the final situation.

But Zhang Xiaosong looked at Wang Hua with some awe in his eyes. Others might be a little sloppy, but he was born as a Jinshi, and he has read a lot of books. It can be said that some of the knowledge Wang Hua knows cannot be found in all books. of.People nowadays, if they can't figure it out, they will refer to ghosts and gods. This introduction, Zhang Xiaosong's look at Wang Hua is different.

Wang Hua understood, but he just smiled wryly and didn't say anything.

But near the mountains, the situation did not improve.The weather is getting colder, but because of the proximity to the mountains, there are more wild animals, and sometimes hunting can get some fur warmth.However, another crisis came. A large number of war horses died due to the severe cold, and some soldiers were frozen to death.

In addition, the mountains are not what they imagined. There are many places that cannot be passed due to the dense trees and shrubs. There are also some mountains extending from the Ural Mountains that Wang Hua said. It is impossible to run along these mountains. .It is the most difficult thing to forcibly climb over.

These mountains are uninhabited, the roads are rugged, and in some places there are no roads at all.

By the end of November, they had traveled nearly half of the Ural Mountains.By this time most of the horses and soldiers had froze to death.And the temperature is so low that it turns into ice.In desperation, they happened to come across a big cave and stayed there.

Wang Hua sighed, maybe there is no unparalleled road, if they had to forcefully cross the south in the coldest twelfth lunar month, they might not be able to come back.

It was not until the first month of the first month, after six or nine, that they set off again.The reason for leaving so early was the lack of food for the horses, but that was it. There were only about [-] horses that survived, and they had to share a horse with two people to go south. They encountered new difficulties. Along the mountainous area, Started to meet some people.But regardless of the language barrier, the tribes in these places are barbaric and uncivilized, and luckily their weapons are outdated. That's it, and it caused serious losses to the soldiers of the Scarlet Battalion.Until the beginning of February, they escaped from the Ural Mountains, because there were still a small number of horses, and the ice and snow had not melted, leaving some marks on the snow.It was found by Yunxiu with scouts.

In fact, the scouts sent this time also lost more than a dozen people because of the cold local temperature.

And it's also a coincidence, after all, Wang Hua drew it on the map, but how big is the area.

They are all tough guys, Zhang Xiaosong didn't say much about the various pains involved, but seeing a lot of chilblains on their faces and hands, he also knows how difficult this job is.

After Zhang Xiaosong finished speaking, Wang Hua immediately asked them to go down to heal their injuries.However, he looked towards the west, flashing with incomparable anger.

Guo Yuanzhen was worried that he would be agitated, so he grabbed Wang Hua's hand and said in a low voice, "Wang Yingdu, we have discussed it."

Wang Hua nodded, but left without saying a word.

In March, the Northwest War finally kicked off. First, Mo Chuo led an army to bombard Huaiyuan City and Lingzhou City, and Mo Chuo's son Bao Ju led an army to attack Yizhou City.Guo Yuanzhen and Wang Hua formulated a strategy based on this, and adopted the method of occupying the city to resist in these places.Of course, such passive resistance caused a large number of casualties to the people and soldiers.

However, the coalition forces of the Tang Dynasty sent troops out of Gongyue City and went west along the Yili River to cover the [-] ethnic groups who had taken refuge in Ashina Huaidao, the son of the new Western Turkic Khan Huseruo, and went eastward.

Of course, Wu Zhile could not allow this phenomenon to happen.There are not many ethnic groups under his rule, most of them are other ethnic groups with ten surnames. If they all return to Huaidao's rule, Tuqishi will collapse.

So the army was assembled to cut off the back of the Tang coalition forces. After three days of confrontation in the Yili River, the soldiers of the Scarlet Battalion suddenly rushed out from behind and attacked from two directions. The Tuqi Shi army was defeated. In this battle, 5000 people were killed Soldiers with many horses.

In fact, at this time, Tuqishi was defeated several times, and the situation was not so good.It was when Wu Zhile gathered the army again that the envoys of Wei Zhigu and Tocharo arrived.The purpose of Tocharo's envoy was very simple, to persuade them to fight. Although the Scarlet Battalion did not do well, under Wu Zhile's pursuit, the Scarlet Battalion suffered heavy casualties this time.As for the loss of Tuqishi's army, he did not say.Moreover, the Tang Dynasty made a lot of compensation, and Uzhile should have a step down.If Uzhile still doesn't repent and just go against the grain, Tucharuo doesn't want to be the second Tie Le nine surnames when there is Dashi in the west and silent sipping in the east.Then they will inevitably help Huaidao regain control of the entire Western Turks and use troops against the Turks.

Wei Zhigu threw out the cotton again, and settled the score for Wu Zhile.

Under this kind of carrot-and-stick offensive, Wuzhile had only one way to keep Tuqishi, to rely on the power of Dashi, but as Tocharo said, he would become the second Iron Man. Le Jiu surname.After all, the management under the Tang Dynasty was dispersed, as long as some property was paid in tribute, it had its own autonomy.

Finally, before April came, the alliance made a blood oath and became a new vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. It was bounded by the West Turkic Huaidao with Gongyue City as the boundary, and the Western Turkic was divided into two, each under their own jurisdiction.At the same time, the Tang Dynasty provided a lot of rewards and sent special personnel to teach cotton planting.In addition, the Tang Dynasty also awarded the king of Tocharo as Great Khan, and re-established the Yuezhi, Teutonic, Xiuxian and other governors, but the appointment power of these governors belonged to Tocharian Khan.

In fact, there used to be Persia, Kunxu Prefecture and other governor's mansions, but unfortunately they have now become territories under the rule of Dashi.In addition, the Tang Dynasty also provided a large number of iron utensils in order to allow Tuhuoluo Tuqishi to resist the big food going east.

Wang Hua was very dissatisfied with this clause.Of course, the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were very satisfied and regained a large amount of lost land, satisfying the desire of the monarchs and ministers to open up borders and soil.However, Wang Hua knew that what he got was just a false name, but the Tang Dynasty gave up a lot of real benefits.For this treaty, the property provided by the Tang Dynasty may reach more than 30 yuan.But the benefits are not high, and the covenant is not strong.Only benefits, all other blood oaths are false.

There is another one, which is only a one-time loss, which is completely different from the old coins of the Song Dynasty.

Only Huaidao was very unhappy. In order to appease the dissatisfaction in Huaidao's heart, Wu Zetian once again became an official and became a nobleman, and also provided a lot of property to the West Turks.But it was all in May, Wang Hua left the Western Regions early.

Several alliances came into being. In mid-April, Wang Hua suddenly led the blood battalion from Geluluo to the west, and Guo Yuanzhen led the army to counterattack from the south.

However, after hearing that the Tang Dynasty had signed a covenant with Tuqishi, Zhuoju began to retreat with his army.In desperation, Wang Hua had no choice but to plunder the Turkic people all the way. It happened that a large amount of cotton was cultivated in the northwest and there was a shortage of labor.Then head east all the way to Juyanhai. At the same time, Guo Yuanzhen and the army responded from the south, trying to outflank Mochu.

Mo Chuo sent people to take the captured people and property to Mobei, and then turned west with tens of thousands of troops.He wanted to take advantage of Wang Hua's army in the north and Guo Yuanzhen's army in the south, with a desert in between, and fight Wang Hua to the death.

But Wang Hua took advantage of the small number of cavalry troops, and they were flexible, so they started to go around in circles with Mo Chuai.

A few days later, Mo Chuan heard the news that Guo Yuanzhen's main force was heading north along Zhangye, saw no hope, and left with the army.

Wang Hua and Guo Yuanzhen also had to hide their flags because they had consumed countless food and grass due to several months of marching and preparing for the war. The court had difficulty in spending.

After tossing for more than half a year, the development of things returned to the starting point again.It's just that the form of the Western Regions was rewritten, and the Eastern Turks and the Tang Dynasty suffered heavy losses.This time the two sides really need to recuperate.But this time the crisis was also resolved.

Wang Hua continued to lead the army to Beihetao, which was also the most severely damaged place in this Turkic invasion.However, most of the victims were Hu people, and many of them were taken captive to Saibei by Mo Chuai.Therefore, the imperial court adopted Zhang Renyuan's suggestion and built the city.

Zhang Renyuan was transferred to Hedong, and it was also after Wu Zetian heard Wang Hua's words that he began to pay attention to this person again.During the silent invasion, Zhang Renyuan performed very well, and when Mo Chuan mobilized the army to try to encircle the Bloody Camp, he led the army to follow behind and took back thousands of people captured by Mo Chuo, as well as many Livestock property.

Zhang Renyuan then wrote a letter, suggesting to build a city. If three to four cities were built along the Beihetao area and sent heavy troops to defend, Mochuo would not dare to lead the army deep.Once he goes deep and gets entangled with the army of the Tang Dynasty, he may become a turtle in the urn because of the obstruction of these cities.

Wang Hua smiled when he heard it, and it was a good idea. For example, Guo Yuanzhen built a city in the Hexi Corridor, and Fan Zhongyan and Zhong Shiheng later built a city in Shaanxi, which played a very good defensive role.In fact, in history, Zhang Renyuan cut off the Turkic invasion road because of rebuilding the three surrendered cities, and the number of Turkic invasions began to gradually decrease.In the hands of Bijia Khan, only a friendly policy was adopted with the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Hua led the army to Beihetao to prevent Mochuo from destroying Zhang Renyuan's plan to build a new city.But Xiao Song and Wang Junchuo stayed in the Western Regions because of their meritorious promotion.

In the first ten days of June, Wang Hua came to Lingzhou. As soon as the team set up camp, a report came from outside the camp, saying that his maid Li Hongmuzili had come.These two people were ordered by Wang Hua, and he guessed that after the Three Kingdoms Alliance's plan to attack the Tang Dynasty was broken, they would not invade the Tang Dynasty on a large scale within a few years.So his personal affairs were also on the agenda.So there are some arrangements for calling them here.

When Wang Hua let them in, Li Hong looked at him first and said, "My face is sunburned again."

Mu Zili had not been in Wang's house for a long time, and there were others beside him, so he didn't speak.These are two people with completely opposite personalities. Li Hong is extroverted and has been in charge of the Wang family's economy for so many years. Yan Ran has become the housekeeper of the Wang family.With a lot of power in the family, even Wang Hua's father avoided her three points when he saw her.But Mu Zili and Wang Hua saw that she was very wise because of her neixiu character through her sarcasm to Zhang Jianzhi that day.

Wang Hua said: "Fortunately, the crisis has finally been resolved."

Tell them to sit down.

Li Hong said, "Erlang, Alibaba's door has opened."

This is a story Wang Hua told Sifeng Sanfeng when he was 13 years old, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.But Muzili couldn't figure it out.

Wang Hua just smiled. For this result, it was already in his budget.Of course, don’t be unlucky, there was a big typhoon just after sailing, as long as the ship returns safely, the harvest can be imagined.He said, "I haven't taken out the ledger yet."

(End of this chapter)