In the 5th year of Lianghouzhu, when spring was warm and flowers were blooming, the 22-year-old young king lay in the sea of flowers in the imperial garden of Daming Palace and died for his country.
Follow the great Liang who has enjoyed the country for 280 years.
Just like 310 years ago, Emperor Yu Mo died drunk in a wine vat.
In October of the same year, with the surrender of the guard at Yumen Pass, the destiny of the Qi Dynasty finally returned.
That year was also the seventh year of Qi Taizu's rebellion.
Chen Ming, Taizu of the Qi Dynasty, rose to prominence in the late Qi Dynasty and was born as a rich farmer in Shandong.
During the Liang Aizong period, the world entered the Little Ice Age, and all incomes dropped sharply.
The cost of raising redundant soldiers and officials has greatly exceeded the fiscal revenue for four consecutive years. Faced with the financial inability to recover, Liang Aizong made a final struggle.
Increase taxes.
Continue to add taxes to the heavy tax that even landlords have to pay on selling their land.
Great Liang exploded instantly.
Taizu's family also went bankrupt, so he took his brothers from the same clan and went south to the canal to make a living.
After Taizu took his family children to the Caobang, he met two of Jia Hui's ancestors, the two brothers Jia Yan and Jia Yuan, who were born in the Jinling family, and his own mastermind Shi Tao.
At that time, the Jia family was not a powerful family. The so-called big family was only called big because of its large number of members. The historians in the same city were in a similar situation.
The highest academic qualification in the Jia family is only a candidate at the bottom of the list, that is, the old father of the two brothers Jia Yan and Jia Yuan, Grandpa Jia.
If the Jia family were placed elsewhere, they would be a moderately wealthy family, but in Jinling City, where the rich and powerful gathered, even Jinshi had to live with their tail between their legs. Mrs. Jia also wanted to change her life.
But one thing is that there are too many people in the tribe who cannot move, and the other point is the most important point. It is too chaotic outside, and I really dare not risk the lives of the entire tribe on whether they will be killed by the rebel army.
In the year when Aizong raised taxes, Juren's dignity was torn apart. The Jia family, which already had a large clan, still had to do its best to support the clan after the tax-free quota was removed, could no longer survive. Not only was Juren's tax exemption policy cancelled, but the tax rate was also increased by nearly 10%. Double.
It was under such circumstances that the Jia brothers went out to explore with their children. The best thing is to make a name for yourself, and the worst thing is that you can save so many mouths to eat.
After experiencing unpromising jobs such as begging, robbing homes and houses, the Jia brothers set their sights on the Caogang and immediately decided to join the Caogang with their children.
Unexpectedly, he reunited with Shi Tao, a fellow villager, and was introduced to Taizu Chen Ming, who had become the small leader of the Cao Gang. The four chatted happily and became each other's confidants.
With the mutual support of the four people, their magnificent life began.
In the second year of the rebellion, Taizu was sent to his hometown of Linzi to recruit troops and prepare to attack the Liang army in Henan westward.
Then Caobang himself exploded. Faced with the question of whether to go west or south, I took the knife.
The gang leader died tragically on the spot, and the two deputy gang leaders were also hacked to death by the angry gang leader's cronies. The Caogang rebels, who vaguely resembled the first rebel army, were torn apart.
In this way, a group of Caogang people who followed Taizu to Shandong were integrated by Taizu and regarded as the leader.
The descendants of Tian Qi were called generals.
However, they did not immediately go south or west. Instead, they trained their troops and went north. They defeated the Liangcangzhou border troops who resisted the Yuan army in Cangzhou and successfully incorporated them.
Yes, it has been three hundred years since Mengwu occupied the land of North China at the end of Yu Yu Dynasty and it has still not been completely recovered in North China by the end of Liang Dynasty.
With the addition of the border troops, the strength of the Qi Di rebels surged.
In the first year of Houzhu's reign, he outflanked Yuguan by sea, and entered the grassland from Tongliao to complete the outflank of Juyongguan. They had been dragged down by the Liang Dynasty, and were completely divided during the Little Ice Age. The Mongols themselves were engaged in civil war and were completely unable to recapture Yanyun. . Yanyun's Mongolian army surrendered knowing that they were outnumbered.
The ship was offered by Mu, the great shipowner of Jiaozhou, who later became the Prince of Dongping County.
The last danger in the north was eliminated, and Taizu also took advantage of the situation to become king, named King Qi.
In the next few years, Jia Yan was responsible for defeating Wu Dingyue in the south, Jia Yuan was in charge of the north in the west, and Shi Tao was in the middle to coordinate logistics.
In the third year of the reign of Emperor Hou, the Qi army occupied Henan.
In four years, the main force of the Liang and Jin armies was completely wiped out in the First Battle of Taiyuan, and the last main force of the Liang army, the Guanzhong Army, was defeated in the First Battle of Baibi. The Great Liang Dynasty was unable to recover.
In April of the fifth year of the Hou Dynasty, Chang'an was captured and Liang died.
In November, the Gongsun family, which was separatist in Shu, was granted the title of Prince of Xining County.
The following year, Taizu proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, established the Yuan Dynasty and established the emperor, and the country was named Qi.
As if it was destiny, the weather began to get warmer and rain fell on this riddled land again.
Destiny comes together!
In the first year of Kaihuang's reign, the first two princes, three princes and six princes were granted the title. Among them, the second prince Ning Rong was prominently listed, and Grandpa Shi was also ranked as a county prince.
The two kings were Jiaozhou Hai...Shang and Mu clan. For their meritorious service in presenting the fleet, they were granted the title of Prince of Dongping County. The Gongsun clan of Hanzhong, for their meritorious service in offering land, were granted the title of Prince of Xining County.
As for the remaining two kings.
The Prince of Beijing County was the Shui clan, the leader of the Yuan army in Liaodong who had been converted into Mongols by the Han people and then re-Chinese. It was through their jurisdiction that the Qi army entered the grassland, and later led the Han army in Liaodong to kill the Yuan army. The Liaodong Pingzhang political affairs of the army integrated the Liaodong army.
After tentatively attacking the Qi army, they were driven back to Shenyang like a dog. The Shui family finally chose to lead the army to surrender.
In the third year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, he was granted the title of Prince of Beijing County, and the Shui family became the loyal dog of the court who suppressed the Khitan Jurchens.
The Huo family of Nan'an County can be regarded as a collection of the Mu family of Dongping County and the Gongsun family of Xining County.
The Huo family was also a famous maritime merchant in Lingnan. The difference was that while retaining the fleet, the Huo family spent all their wealth to recruit troops and quickly separated Guangdong and Guangxi.
They were defeated when they tried to invade Nanzhao, but were pushed back to their own territory by Nanzhao. With no other choice, he found Jia Yan, the coach of the Qi army who had gone south, and used Guangdong and Guangxi as bargaining chips to join him. In the sixth year of Kaihuang's reign, he was granted the title of Prince of Nan'an County.
Han Dynasty was finally unified.
In the following decades, the Northern Expedition of three generations of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong completely crippled the Mongols and forced the Great Khan to flee to Central Asia. It was not until the reign of Emperor Taizong that he dared to return to his pasture.
The various tribes in Liaodong also followed the plowing and sweeping of caves again and again, and they were completely finished.
During Taizong's reign, Japanese pirates were raging along the coast. Prince Dongping led the Donghai Navy on an expedition to the four islands, captured Kamakura, and killed General Genji. Japan also entered the Warring States Period.
As for Nanzhao, which made Huo's rats flee, in the 16th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, he was also defeated by Tuiguo Gong Shi Dekai, who was proficient in mountain warfare.
In the 18th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, the Qi army captured Kunming and Nanzhao was destroyed. Shi Dekai was promoted to Duke of Guo due to his merit.
Taizong was recuperating.
When the emperor succeeded to the throne, Mengwu became powerful again. In order to better fight against Mengwu, the emperor moved north to Yanjing and began his thirty-year rule.
The time ends until Jia Hui reaches the plateau.
It reaches Kuye Island in the east, Ili Valley in the west, Waixing'an Mountains and Tianshan Mountains in the north, and Jiugang Xuanweisi in the south.
The vast territory formed this huge and powerful empire.
The only three regrets are that north of the Great Wall are still the pastures of the Mongol people, the Junggar people still threaten the Anxi Protectorate, and the plateau has also been invaded repeatedly depending on the terrain.
The enemies outside the Junggar and the Great Wall are the threat to Daqi, and the Heshuote people on the plateau are just enemies.
This is one of the reasons why the emperor and Lu Guan tacitly allowed Jia Hui to enter the plateau. The Heshuote people involved too much energy, and the Canyuan tribes in Monan were already ready to move. If the stalemate continues, the situation will only get worse. Another battlefield must be opened to break this deadlock.
Even though the 15,000 reinforcements from the Duhu Mansion were thrown into the battlefield, attacking the Heshuote army from both sides, the Heshuote army that came out in full force still held back the energy of the Qi army, waiting for the big troops far away in Monan. Khan was able to send troops southward, leaving the Qi army vulnerable from both sides.
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Laziang Khan's old face was full of worry. This was already the second month of sending envoys. In order to prevent the Qi army from intercepting them, Laziang Khan had sent several waves of envoys, but he was still worried.
He has never seen the Great Khan of this generation and doesn't know what kind of person he is. Any news will be distorted to a certain extent after being spread by people. I hope the Great Khan is a wise man.
The Chahar tribe where the Great Khan was located did receive a letter asking for help from Heshuote, but when he went south last year, he was beaten violently by Jiang Sheng, the chief military officer of Datong, and was almost trapped to death in the encirclement of the Qi army.
However, thank you for the gift of Changshengtian.
Later, I learned that the good man who ran into the encirclement to deliver supplies to everyone was named Wang Ziteng. His army was not as weak as the Qi army in the impression, but in return for sending supplies from thousands of miles away, the Great Khan ordered that everyone's benefactor be allowed to leave.
Bilig Khan, who received the message from Heshuote, was really helpless. His headquarters, Chahar, suffered heavy losses and had to annex many small tribes before regaining some strength.
Because of the defeat of Datong, his reputation plummeted. The name of Great Khan, which had little appeal in the first place, was depleted of many ministers. Even his neighbors, the Horqin tribe, began to provoke him.
Therefore, several waves of Heshuote's envoys were left in the tribe by the hospitable Chahar people.
To be honest, if you had said hello to me in advance before the war, I would have convened a meeting with all the ministries for you to discuss it. You only told me now that the war started that you wanted me to send troops as soon as possible. I don’t want to lose face!
Therefore, Bilige Khan's notice did not inform other tribes.
Lazar Khan could not hope for reinforcements.
. . . . .
Nyenqentanglha Mountain, pass.
Jia Hui's troops finally arrived at their destination.
Looking south, it seems as if I have already seen the Sunshine City.
Ten days ago, Bangor was captured effortlessly, and Jia Hui's troops made final preparations.
The gunpowder bags are also assembled.
The sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal burned everywhere from Ili La to Nyainqentanglha Mountain were all mixed into gunpowder, waiting to be exploded.
They didn't want to use their lives to attack the red and white palace. While they were arguing about how to capture the palace, Chaganbari captured an officer who was delivering orders to Bangor.
Lhasang Khan is now fasting and praying for seven days in the Jokhang Temple.
It is now the third day.
Lazar Khan, who was not very interested in these in his early years, finally chose to entrust the fate of his army to gods and Buddhas.
"God help me! Set up camp, the gang leader army will pick up the good ones today, and rush to Sunlight City early tomorrow morning!"
There is no need to fight the palace on the mountainside, the difficulty level changes from challenging to normal in one go.
There are four thousand defenders left, six thousand against four thousand, the advantage is even!
There was a joyful atmosphere in the camp, and the journey of more than five months had come to the last stop.
The next day.
Jia Hui once again put on his armor.
Different from before, the belt is still full of small objects, and spears are also hung on the sides of the war horse.
"Throw away all the unnecessary things. Gang Toujun threw the pot to me! Throw away the excess dried meat. Each person only brought three kilograms of meat and six candy bars. I left the rest where they were!
I didn’t tell you, you’re going to tire yourself out with so many things! "
Jia Hui patrolled left and right, making sure to keep the load as light as possible. Along the way, he also captured a lot of Tibetan horses, which were barely enough for one person and three horses. At the most critical moment, Jia Hui did not intend to hide anymore. He's going to stud.
Six thousand cavalry armed to the teeth traveled more than 300 miles to attack Sunlight City!
Shui Che and others also checked the equipment of their subordinates one by one to confirm that it was correct, and then came to Jia Hui's side to confirm.
"General, all the troops are ready. General, please give me your instructions!"
Everyone standing in front of Jia Hui knelt on one knee and gave a military salute to Jia Hui.
"General, please give me instructions!" Six thousand people shouted in unison.
Intense pride surged in Jia Hui's heart, and she was a little breathless.
Jia Hui took a deep breath and waved his riding whip south.
"Generals, listen to the order. The Jokhang Temple in Sunlight City is three hundred miles ahead. The target is Lhasang Khan. The entire army will attack!"
"Respect the general's order!"
Jia Hui took the lead in getting on his horse and waved his whip.
"Set off!"
