"Zijin, now that the Third Division has just been established, its responsibilities may be more important than those of the Ministry of Household Affairs. You should carefully select talents to enrich the Third Division and clarify the responsibilities so that the country's financial operations can run smoothly."
"Reserve money and food so that we can fight against the Yan and Yongliang lands as soon as possible, in order to regain the old land of the Han family as soon as possible and complete the unification of the country, so as to comfort the generals of the Northern Expedition who died on the battlefield and were buried in horse leather."
Xu Zongwen summoned Guo Shang alone in the inner court of Luoyang Palace and revealed to him the important decision that Ning State would go to war with Yan State and Lu Liang within three years.
The reason why they were able to march directly to Liangzhou was thanks to Fu Deng and Yao Chang who had been fighting in Guanzhong for many years. In the end, both of them were defeated and died.
At the end of the first year of Xiping, there was heavy snow in Longxi and livestock froze to death. Fu Deng led an army of 3,000 to attack Yao Chang who had 50,000 troops. Due to the small number of troops, he was defeated. Fu Deng was killed by Yao Chang. Soon after, Yao Qin became a beggar. Fu Guoren and Bald Wu Gu join forces to attack and destroy!
Zheng Lue took the opportunity to send troops to Anding, Lueyang and Tianshui counties, all of which were decided with one drum.
At this point, the land in Guanzhong was once again owned by the Ning Kingdom.
In the northwest, only Bald Wugu (Southern Liang), Qifu Guoren (Western Qin), and the Luliang forces who separatized Liangzhou were left.
Guo Shang naturally knew Xu Zongwen's ambition to unify the world, and he replied confidently: "I will definitely live up to the king's trust! I will collect enough food and salary within three years to provide the king with armor."
At that time, Guo Shang was granted the title of Duke of Fufeng County by Xu Zongwen, the third envoy and the crown prince and Taifu because of his contribution in assisting Huan Shimin in recovering Yizhou.
Xu Zongwen treated Guo Shang with great kindness!
"Okay!" Xu Zongwen naturally trusted Guo Shang's ability. "I still remember that when the rebellion of King Sima Daozi of Kuaiji was put down, Bian Fanzhi, the prefect of Shi'an, went to the government with Huan Xuan to advise him. This person has now served as Danyang Yin. I want to recruit this person to serve as the imperial censor of Ningguo."
After Xu Zongwen mentioned it, Guo Shang also remembered this matter, and he echoed: "I thought that since Bian Fanzhi had given advice to the king, he must be good at admonishing and giving good advice. The imperial censor is the third prince. If the king can conquer him personally, Anyone who appreciates the kindness of the King will be able to go north to the King."
Ningguo's three provinces and six ministries are now in operation, but the Yushitai has just been built, and the center has not yet been able to select officials.
"What you said makes sense. I will write a letter of conquest myself now."
Just when the Ning Kingdom was first established, the military officials and officials were determined to forge ahead, the people were prosperous, and the country was prosperous, the years passed quietly, and the fourth year of Xiping came quietly...
In the autumn and August of the fourth year of Xiping (397), Fu Deng was defeated and Yao Chang was overthrown. Ningguo Shangshutai issued an edict written by Xu Zongwen, ordering General Shen Yu, Duke of Guangping County, to be the commander, and General Anxi and Duke Zheng Lue of Dunhuang County to be the commander. Vice-president, Fubo General Shen Chong was appointed as the vanguard officer, commanding 100,000 troops, and ordered him to leave Jiayuguan and advance towards Liangzhou.
Shen Yu personally led 15,000 soldiers from the Tianji Battalion of the Northern Expeditionary Army to raid Tianshui, destroy the Warrior City, and chase Qifu Guoren, and then conquered Jin City, and the army Bingfeng drove directly to Guzang, the capital of Luliang.
In the vanguard of Shen Yu's tent, Fubo General Shen Chong and Yongzhou Zhongbing Fu Liang (a native of Beidi County and Sili Colonel Fu Xuansun) led 2,000 troops to attack the west city of Guzang, chasing Lu Guang's son and King Siliang all the way. Lu Shao, the main force of the Tianji Battalion entered Guzang.
Shen Chong led his men and horses from Guzang to the west to chase the remnants of Lu Shao's army who had fled to Zhangye. They encountered Lu Shao in Linze and the battle was about to begin...
"General, it's the Liang Army. They've entered Danxia Mountain!" Shen Chong's subordinate captain shouted excitedly, pointing to the smoke and dust kicked up by the Liang Army's cavalry.
There is a large area of Danxia Mountain in Zhangye Linze. If the sun rises after rain, the Danxia Mountains will show colorful colors, dazzling and magnificent, which is a great spectacle.
Danxia Mountain is not only a beautiful scenery, but also an important place suitable for setting up an ambush. Danxia Mountain is crisscrossed with ravines, steep cliffs, resolute peaks, and rough ridges. Although there are not many trees, it is surrounded by dangers, and tens of thousands of people are hiding there. Extremely difficult to detect!
"Just go in. Is it possible that we can't go up if they get into the mountain?" Shen Chong was noncommittal. He pulled out the ring-headed knife from his waist and pointed at the Danxia Valley: "Follow me and kill!"
The sergeants had been chasing Lu Shao for three days and three nights, and they were already furious. Now that Lu Shao was right in front of them, how could they give up halfway?
Under the leadership of Shen Chong, all the soldiers galloped into the Danxia Mountain, unwilling to be left behind.
Lu Chao, the hussar general of the Liang Kingdom, was the cousin of Lu Shao, the king of Liang. In order to cover Lu Shao's escape, he led five thousand troops to stop Shen Chong in Yungu.
When he saw the Liang army in formation appearing on the narrow road in Danxia Mountain, Shen Chong took the lead and rushed into the Liang army without saying a word.
"咻咻咻——"
The two thousand elite cavalrymen of the Suzaku Battalion braved the sparse rain of arrows and launched a charge against the Liang Army, which was twice their size. The Liang Army, who was frightened by the Suzaku Battalion, watched helplessly as the defense line loosened. No one dared to go up to mend the hole, and instead lost their battle. The soldiers dropped their flags and ran for their lives.
"Don't let the enemy general run away!" Shen Chong recognized Lu Chao at first sight among the fighting crowd, and led his men to surround Lu Chao.
Shen Chong took the lead. Wherever the sword fell, the fallen soldiers groaned in pain. After a while, he was less than ten feet in front of Lu Chao.
Lu Chao was quite courageous and showed no fear on his face. He clenched the scimitar in his hand and rode his horse to attack Shen Chong: "The survival of the Di people depends on this battle. It is the Di people who will follow my general and kill the Han traitors!"
Before he finished speaking, hundreds of people from Liang's army suddenly appeared and gathered around Lu Chao. They all looked fiercely in their eyes, gnashing their teeth and staring angrily at the soldiers of the Suzaku Camp who were charging towards them!
When Shen Chong saw this, he did not slow down his attack speed. He led a squad of a hundred people and galloped towards Lu Chao's military formation without hesitation!
After a burst of fighting, the tragic neighing of horses sounded, and the war came to an end.
Within an hour of burning the incense, all the hundreds of Di people gathered around Lu Shao were gone.
I have to say that these people are indeed non-bloody, and they are men. They are completely different from the Liang army who ran away when they saw the Jin army a few days ago! Although he was defeated, he dared to charge without flinching. This shows that Lu Guang's success back then was not without foundation.
"Who is coming? My general will not kill unknown people!" Lu Chao was sitting alone on the horse. All the Di soldiers around him had been killed, and the remaining Liang soldiers were also dead.
Shen Chong didn't say anything. He directly raised his sword and rushed towards Lu Chao.
Lu Chao's scimitar met the blow from Shen Chong's hand, and the horses under the two men neighed fiercely.
Shen Chong withdrew his sword and pretended to slash at Lu Chao again. Lu Chao sneered and said that it was nothing more than a small trick. Unexpectedly, Shen Chong's sword hit Lu Chao's mount halfway!
"Xi Lulu..." The back of the maroon horse Lu Chao was sitting on was cut off. When Shen Chong drew the knife, the horse fell completely, throwing Lu Chao heavily to the ground.
"Han thieves are cunning!" Lu Chao took a mouthful of sand and broke half of his leg. He couldn't move. He could only point at Shen Chong and beat him, but he was quickly tied up by the sergeants who came from all directions. A solid one.
Shen Chong laughed and said: "Soldiers are deceitful. This sentence is something that even a young Han boy like me understands, but you barbarians actually sneer at it?"
"Remember, the one who captured you alive was General Shen Chong of Fubo, who was marching to join the army under the command of General Ning Guo, the vanguard of the expedition to the west."
Soon, the prisoners of the Liang army were brought to Shen Chong. Shen Chong did not ask any questions. He first ordered his men to kill the noisiest one in public, then he asked around and killed the Jin army's prisoners, and then ordered his men to kill them. These enemy soldiers with the blood of their brothers on their hands were pulled out and beheaded.
"I only give you one chance. Where did Lu Shao escape to?"
After Shen Chong asked the question, he didn't look back. When no one responded, he immediately prepared to order the arrow to be fired.
"General, I know this! Prince Liang went to Yunjianxia, begging General for mercy!"
Yunjianxia is the deepest and most secret valley in Danxia Mountain.
"Okay, very good." Shen Chong smiled with satisfaction: "Those who know the current affairs are heroes." Then he led his people to go deep into Danxia Mountain to chase Lu Shao.
After the Battle of Hexi, the war in various counties was suppressed, and Liangzhou was conquered!
In order to guard against Helian Bobo's surprise attack, Shen Yu built beacon towers in the Qilian Mountains, rebuilt the cities of Zhangye and Jiuquan, built more than 30 large and small camps, and expanded the land for thousands of miles.
Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty occupied two passes and listed four counties, the land in Hexi was included in the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty.
At the end of the Later Han Dynasty, Ma Teng and Han Sui occupied Liangzhou, which was later recovered by Cao Wei. In the first year of Jin Yongning, Zhang Gui served as the captain of the Qiang Protector and the governor of Liangzhou, and the Zhang family began to appear on the stage of Liangzhou.
Zhang Gui, Zhang Shi, Zhang Mao, Zhang Jun, Zhang Chonghua...Zhang Tianxi, Zhang Tianxi and others have been passing down the throne of Liang Wang to stabilize the Zhang family in the past eighty years. Countries in the Western Regions feared the Zhang family's power and paid tribute one after another.
Shortly after Fu Qin destroyed Liang Kingdom (Qian Liang), Lu Guang was ordered to march westward. On the way, Lu Guang's squadron heard that Qin King Fu Jian had been killed, so he surrendered Dunhuang and Jinchang successively.
Later, Lu Guang defeated Liang Yin, the son of Liangzhou governor Liang Xi, at Yumen Pass. Wuwei prefect Peng Jixian and Liang Xi surrendered to Lu Guang. Lu Guang occupied Guzang and officially took over Liangzhou.
Starting from Lu Guang and passed down from Lu Shao, the Lu family and his son had ruled Liangzhou for fifteen years and finally perished!
In the Luoyang Palace, Zhuge Kan, who was ordered to defend the Shangdang, sent military information. The Yan army mobilized an army of 150,000 to prepare to invade the south!
"Is there no battle report from Liangzhou yet?" Xu Zongwen urged several times. It has been three months, and Shen Yu has not yet sent the battle report to Luoyang. He also doesn't know what the battle situation is like ahead. The Yan State is also eyeing the border and is preparing to invade. .
"Reporting to the king, we have sent three groups of envoys to urge you. At present, the Privy Council has not received the battle report from the general." The minister ordered Pei Qing to go out with a wat in his hand.
"How are the preparations for the Luoyang Central Army's expedition?"
"Back to your Majesty, the Northern Army has been ordered to complete its reorganization, but the Konghe and Shence armies are still recruiting sergeants to return to the camp." Zhu Chen, the former general, deputy privy envoy and Xiangyang County Duke, immediately went out to report, and Shen Yu went out to fight. He is the talker of the Privy Council.
Ningguo imitated the Han system and established the Southern Army and the Northern Army in the capital Luoyang.
The Southern Army was selected from each battalion of the Northern Expedition to serve as men with clean family backgrounds and bravery. A total of 5,000 men were divided into five battalions.
The Northern Army was composed of 5,000 warriors drawn from the Anqin Army and the Xiangyang Bingchenzi Camp, totaling 5,000 men and divided into five battalions.
Both the northern and southern armies belong to the imperial army and are on duty at Luoyang Palace on a rotating basis.
An additional 100,000 men and horses were recruited and trained into the Shence Army, the Crane Control Army, and the Longjie Army to garrison around Luoyang. Each army has ten battalions, with two to three thousand men in each battalion. They are ordered to go out at any time to fight against the rebels!
"You're not fully prepared yet?"
In fact, it was not because the sergeants had to postpone their arrival. It was just that the Spring Festival of the fifth year of Xiping had just passed and it was the founding day of the Ning Kingdom. Xu Zongwen ordered all the armies in Beijing to take turns to take a fifteen-day holiday to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the Ning Kingdom...
When Xu Zongwen was anxious and uneasy, the Han general outside the palace came in and announced: "Your Majesty, the Liangzhou Army has reported!"
"Okay!" Xu Zongwen breathed a sigh of relief, and the officials looked really relaxed for a while.
Soon, Xu Zongwen personally met with the sergeant sent by Shen Yu to deliver the good news.
When he learned that Shen Chong had won a great victory in Zhangye and captured Lu Chao alive, Xu Zongwen not only praised him: "The late Han Dynasty had Ma Fubo who was so powerful in Xiliang. Now Daning also has a General Fubo, and Shen Fubo is even better than Ma Fubo!"
"Congratulations to the king for capturing Liangzhou!"
"Congratulations to the king for capturing Liangzhou..."
