Chastity Layman

  Chapter 855 Over and over again

  Qin Lang's memorial was sent to Chang'an, but did not cause any disturbance in the imperial capital.

  Chang'an city with millions of families is becoming more and more lively. In the golden autumn of October, after the autumn harvest, everyone is busy holding rural drinking ceremonies, and there are many more scholars in Chang'an city who come to study and take exams. The autumn is crisp, neither hot nor cold, just in time to come here.

What everyone is concerned about is that this year’s autumn harvest in Guanzhong and the Central Plains is also a big harvest. The rice in Chang’an has stabilized at 20 yuan per bucket of rice, wheat at 15 yuan, and corn at only 12 yuan. Otherwise, even places like Guanzhong may drop to two or three dollars per bucket of rice.

  Moved into the Zhengshitang office of Zhongshu Provincial Yamen, and has been busy with one thing recently, foreign affairs. First, the turmoil in the Western Regions has been settled. After the Mud War, although he was a little reluctant, he finally led his troops to Suiyeqianquan Mountain Khan Court under the urging and persuasion of Changsun Wuji, and finally moved the west from Congling , Shule, Khotan, Qiuci, Yanqi in the north to the Tianshan Mountains, and Gaochang in the east were all handed over to the Tang Dynasty.

When he left, he took away all the Tutunfa Turkic aristocrats who had been stationed in several countries by the Western Turks. The Turkic people are in a dilemma, and they are very happy because they have been tortured and disabled.

   They welcome the new Tang Dynasty, just like when the Western Turks came from the east on big horses, with hundreds of thousands of riders, and drove away the disgusting people who were on their heads.

Ni Shi went to Qianquan Mountain in Suiyechuan, Changsun Wuji also returned to Chang'an, but Datang left several towns of soldiers and horses in the area south of Tianshan Mountain, with a total of more than 20,000 troops stationed, and they are building beacons along the Silk Road day and night. Terraces, post stations, and commercial halls, all the key points of the throat, are busy with troops stationed in fields, immigrants and pioneers.

At the same time, the Tang Dynasty also named Ashina Yugu, Ashinasheer, and Tiele's Qibi Heli from the original Eastern Turks as county kings, granted them little khans, and placed them in the Western Regions. They brought their own tribesmen and horses , Nominally belonged to the Western Turkic Khan Nishu, but in fact, like the Tocharian Yehu and the Khazar Yehu, they were all out of Nishi's control.

   On the other hand, the emperor placed the three county kings of the Hu nationality who had already become the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty and the county head into the Western Regions.

  Xue Yantuo, like the Qibi tribe, belonged to the strong Tie Le family at the beginning. Later, he opposed the Turks, and turned against the West and the East. Once the Eastern Turks were wiped out, Xue Yantuo took advantage of it, and quickly took over all the land in Mobei, and even wanted to reach out to Monan.

  When Siyehu Khan in the Western Regions was arrogant, Datang provoked a little, and Yi Nan led Xue Yantuo's army to march west, and taught Siyehu what it means to be thirty years in Hexi and thirty years in Hedong.

  After the war, Yinan wanted to occupy the area from the west of Jinshan Mountain to the northeastern part of Tianshan Mountain.

It’s just that Li Shimin’s eyes were sharp, and the prime ministers in the political affairs hall at that time were also unambiguous, and famous generals such as Qin Lang, Li Jing, and Li Ji all played to the emperor, and Xue Yantuo would never be allowed to get involved in the west of Jinshan. The three leading tribes, Ashinasheer and Ashinasheer, were blocked in the area west of Jinshan.

He also awarded rewards to the original West Turkic Wudulu tribe, Tuqishi, Chumi and other tribes, put pressure on Yinan, and finally ordered Yinan to withdraw his troops, and at the same time gave him a reward, and on the other hand, let Mobei's The frequent actions of the Huihe tribes made the Yinan's backyard unstable, so they finally had to lead their troops back to the Mobei land east of Jinshan.

   The circling and planning here is very exciting.

Anyway, after Yi Nan returned to Mobei, he was very angry. He felt that he had been fooled by Datang from the beginning to the end. With so much effort, he was basically the one who defeated Si Yehu. In the end, he didn't take any advantage. The ministries didn't get it, the name and name didn't get it, the cattle and horses didn't grab it, and Datang and Ni got all the benefits, and I wasted my efforts in vain.

  Yi Nan, who became more and more enraged, first ordered the soldiers and horses, and beat the Huihe tribes who had made small moves behind their backs. They hurriedly begged for mercy and apologized, and finally Datang ran out to fight again.

   One thing is not over, another thing starts again.

The Western Regions did not occupy, taught his own anti-bone boy and made Datang sidelined. In the end, Li Shimin actually got rid of Yu Sheshe Ashina, the fat ball who turned his back on his ancestors, recognized Qin Qiong as his father, and changed his name to Qin Guozhong. He actually named that pig the Great Khan of the Eastern Turks, and asked him to lead the Turkic tribes back to their hometown of Mobei.

  To restore the Khan Court in Mobei.

   This hurt Yi Nan's heart severely.

   Over and over again.

  After Mobei was swallowed by Xue Yantuo, is there any reason to spit it out again? If you don't give it to Monan, you won't give it to Jinshan. Now it's okay to push Huihe back, but you still want to let the Turkic people come back to Mobei now?

What's the meaning?

  The friendship from the original cooperation is completely gone.

  Although they didn't officially tear their skins apart, the relationship between Datang and Xue Yantuo has become tense.

  Qin Guozhong became the Great Khan of the Eastern Turks, the county king of the Tang Dynasty, and the brother-in-law of Li Shimin. He took many Turkic people who had moved to the front line of the Great Wall, and began to walk north, preparing to cross the desert and return to Mobei.

The Yi man didn't talk too much. Since Datang didn't give him face, then he didn't give Tian Khan any face. He directly mobilized his soldiers and horses, crossed the desert first, and ran to Monan to prepare to ambush Yang Guozhong's men and horses. They were wiped out, and took the opportunity to go south to **** the Monan area, and even planned to set up a southern court directly in the former Eastern Turkic Dingxiang Khan Court.

   It's just that although Yi Nan is careful and courageous, Tie Le is not monolithic at this time.

Although the Bodhisattvas of the Huihe tribe once supported Yinan as the great sweat of the Tiele people and resisted the East Turkic Jieli Khan together, but later the Tang Dynasty wooed the Huihe tribes very much, and they were canonized and rewarded, frequently hinting that Xue Yantuo What the barbarians can get, so can your Huihe Bodhisattvas.

  He can be a profuse sweat, and you can be a profuse sweat.

  Turks have two tribes, the East and the West, each with its own khan. Why can’t the Tiele people be divided into the East and the West, with both Khans standing side by side?

Although Yinan is fierce, he is young and energetic. He has never been very good at dealing with old guys like Bodhisattva, the leader of Huihe. If there is dissatisfaction, the Bodhisattva will be even more unwilling to be controlled by the barbarians when the Tang Dynasty keeps fighting behind him.

The last time Yinan went west, the Bodhisattva was doing trouble in Mobei. Yinan came back and dealt with the Bodhisattva severely. He lost a lot of people and horses by beating him. In the end, he compensated a lot of cattle, horses and alpacas, and even sent one of his lovely granddaughters They were all forced to marry barbarian men as concubines, and the old Bodhisattva was also full of anger.

  This time the barbarians led troops to the south to attack Yang Guozhong. The Bodhisattva claimed that he was sick and could not follow the call, so he sent his son to lead the troops to join the expedition. On the other hand, he secretly sent someone to report to the Tang Dynasty.

  Yi Nan prepared meticulously, but as a result, Yang Guozhong had just walked to Yinshan Baidao, and before he had passed Yinshan, he received a secret letter sent by the emperor urgently.

  Yang Guozhong broke into a cold sweat from fright, and immediately led his troops to the Yin Mountain.

   On the one hand, he asked for help from the Tang army in Daibei and Hetao, and on the other hand, he urgently called Li Simo, Shidanai and other chiefs to lead their troops to help.

  Shi Liji, the governor of Bingzhou, Qiao Shiwang, the governor of Xiazhou, Zhang Jian, the governor of Daizhou, and others led troops to help. Li Jiyi was a bold man, not satisfied with defending the south of Yinshan Mountain, and proposed to attack on his own initiative, using his tactics.

  Li Shiji asked Yang Guozhong to continue raising his banner, pretending he didn't know Xue Yantuo's strategy, and made a lot of noise in the Baidao area of ​​Yinshan Mountain, as if he was about to go north.

  However, he led Qiao Shiwang and Zhang Jian to secretly gather 12,000 fine cavalry from the frontier army, and Qingqi quietly went north.

  The mantis catches the cicada, the oriole follows.

  Xue Yantuo was still quietly ambush, preparing to overthrow Yang Guozhong, but he didn't know that the ambush he thought was a secret had long been reported to Datang by the Huihe people.

  So on a foggy morning, Li Shiji's 12,000 troops quietly detoured to the side of the Xue Yantuo people. Fortunately, Yinan was also a fierce man.

   It was discovered on the outskirts, and it failed to get close to the Yinan camp, and fought with a Xue Yantuo army about 20 miles away from it.

  Fighted fiercely for half a day, more than 2,000 ranks were cut, and more than 3,000 cavalry were captured.

  Although they won, the sneak attack plan also failed. Yi Nan led a large army to encircle him, and Li Ji calmly retreated to the south of Yinshan Mountain.

The two sides confronted each other across the Yin Mountain for half a month. In the end, Yinan saw that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, so he had to retreat and go north. However, Yinan did not withdraw all the troops, but sent a few brothers to lead part of the troops to stay in the desert. To the south, Yang Guozhong and Tang Jun took Yinshan as the boundary, and refused to return these territories to Datang.

  Things are getting more and more deadlocked.

  There are voices in Chang'an City that are getting louder and louder, that is, to send troops to cross the Yin Mountain, and even go to Mobei to destroy the Yinan. It's just that compared to the strong fighting spirit of the people, whether it's the Zhengshitang or the Ganlu Hall, the prime minister and the emperor are still very calm.

Fighting wars, Datang can fight at this time, but it is not worthwhile to go to Monan or even Mobei to fight, especially at the moment, although Yinan is domineering, he does have capital. Xue Yantuo did not have as strong cavalry as the Turks, but the Xue Yantuo people are good at forging iron. They have not weak armor-making ability, not only leather armor but also iron armor, so Xue Yantuo has a very special horse-riding armored infantry, which is very fast. , good at shooting, and strong defense.

  Yi Nan also relied on this fast horse, iron armor and sharp arrows to crush all the tribes in Mobei to death.

The imperial court may not be afraid of them, but it is not worth fighting, and the risks are not directly proportional to the benefits. Most of the prime ministers of the Zhengshitang have the opinion that let the Turks fight with the Xueyantuo people in Monan, and then unite with the Huihe people in Mobei. Shangxi, Qi, Xi and other northeastern tribes played with Xue Yantuo.

   Datang only needs to wave the flag and shout in the back, and sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

  Anyway, as long as the flames of war do not reach the border of Datang, we can calm down for the time being.

   Li Shimin also supported this. The expedition to Xue Yantuo was too costly and risky. It was nothing if he won, but if he lost, it would be terrible. Li Shimin was not willing to take such a risk.

Ever since, the Zhengshitang is now busy fighting with Xue Yantuo every day. Both sides maintain restraint. Yang Guozhong, the Great Khan of the Eastern Turks, now has to stay on the White Road for a while, using the black city as a temporary court, which puts Li Simo, the little Khan in the south of the Eastern Turks, in an embarrassing situation.

   On the other side, although the Goguryeo people were generally held down by the Tang Dynasty, they still came to make some troubles from time to time, always complaining about injustice, and even the Liaohe border was always not peaceful.

The prime ministers of Zhengshitang not only have to appease the sullen Western Turkic Khan in Suiye Qianquan Mountain, but also are busy fighting wits and courage with Xue Yantuo Yinan Khan in Mobei, here they have to appease the bluffing Goguryeo people from time to time .

At this time, no one really has the energy to pay attention to the riots in the south of that day. No one cares too much about what is one hundred thousand and two hundred thousand, thousands of miles away. What kind of waves are coming, in other words, everyone trusts Qin Lang and Li Daliang who are in charge of Lingnan. They believe that no matter how big the mess is, they can suppress it, so they don't bother to worry about there.

  After the Zhengshitang received the latest memorial, it just pasted a yellow ticket on the outside of the memorial. The draft on it was also extremely simple. It only needed to write three characters, and then it was forwarded to the emperor through the Bank of Taiwan.

When the scholars of the Imperial Academy helped the emperor sort out the memorials, after reading them, they just classified them as insignificant. When they were playing, the academician Cen Wenwen presented some important memorials about the latest situation of the Xue Yantuo Department in Mobei. In front of the emperor, he briefly reported some other matters verbally.

Regarding Qin Lang's story about the fight against the barbarians in the South of the Five Ridges, it is just a passing sentence. The Juding Man was defeated. His female chief led the people to flee to the Southwest and the Barbarians. Li Daliang led the Jiaozhou Army to continue the pursuit. , the war situation is as good as ever.

   Li Shimin hummed.

  Stopped the vermilion pen in hand, raised his head.

  Cen Wenwen immediately stopped playing the report, waiting for the emperor's instructions.

  But the emperor pondered for a while, but finally just nodded, and then said, "Continue!"

after a few days.

  When Cen Wenwen played the matter, he also reported Qin Lang’s progress in pacifying the barbarians verbally and incidentally. He set up the land of seven states in the old place of Juding, and captured more than 150,000 rebel barbarians...

   Li Shimin said in surprise, "Have you caught so many barbarians?"

Regarding the seven prefectures established by Qin Lang in Juding Barbarian Land, Li Shimin also nodded his approval. The Juding Land was divided into seven prefectures, one of which belonged to Yunnan Province, two prefectures belonged to Guangxi Province, and one prefecture belonged to Guizhou Province. Middle Road, and the remaining three states belong to Guangnan Road.

  Walking to one side of the bookshelf, he took out a map, and Li Shimin swiped his finger on it, gesticulating Qin Lang's marching route against barbarians, as well as the newly established land of seven states.

  Emperor Sun Li Xiang's feudal land Juding Prefecture is located in the northwest corner of Annan Road.

"Now that Juding has been conquered, let the East Palace arrange some people to go to Juding to start building the Juding Governor's Mansion and the Dunhuang County Prince's Mansion, first send people to manage and manage it on behalf of Xiang'er, and go to Jiufan to guard it after the coronation ceremony. "

  (end of this chapter)