What worries Huang Qiong even more is that there is also the King of Shu who now relies on the Fan family's intelligence network to finally find out his whereabouts. At present, the King of Shu has arrived in Uihe, and relying on the thousands of troops and horses he brought, he has occupied Yizhou, an important town in the northeast of Uihe. On the one hand, he is liaising with the tribes in the northwest of Northern Liaoning, and on the other hand, he is relying on the excellent horses produced by Uihe to continuously expand his strength. Now we have more than 30,000 cavalry.
Since its occupation of Illinois, it has continuously adopted the strategy of establishing close ties and attacking far away. On the one hand, it contacted the Kara Khanate further west and launched a two-sided attack on Uighur to spread its pressure. He even proposed marriage to the Kara Khanate and married its eldest princess. One side constantly took advantage of the civil strife in Huihe to launch attacks into the hinterland of Huihe, and used his status as the former Prince of Daqi to recruit surrenders and rebels within Huihe.
Although the title of King of Shu has been abolished by the old man, it still has a certain influence in the countries in the Western Regions. He still called himself King of Shu in the Western Regions, and still attracted the submission of a large number of Uighur nobles. Now in less than two years, most of Xizhou Uihe has been captured. The marriage with the Kara Khanate greatly increased its power. For a time, it was extremely popular in the Western Regions, and Huihe Khan was helpless.
According to the intelligence collected by the Fan family, when the Shu king fled to Xizhou to return to Hehe, the reason why he was able to bypass the imperial court's border troops in Longyou, especially at Yumen Pass, a key checkpoint, was that he was protected by the Qingtang Tibetans. The Qingtang tribes not only sent guides for him, but also provided the King of Shu with 7,000 fine war horses, thousands of camels and yaks, and also provided a large amount of highland barley and butter as supplies.
There were also thousands of young Tibetan men in Qingtang who served as cavalry and fresh troops, following the King of Shu across the entire plateau and all the way to the Western Regions. It can even be said that without the full cover of the Qingtang Tubo tribes. The King of Shu and his party could not reach the Western Regions at all. Huang Qiong still knew the path chosen by the King of Shu. Along the way there are not only plateaus and snow-capped mountains, but also hundreds of miles of uninhabited land.
Without a familiar guide and a large amount of supplies along the way, it would be impossible for King Shu and his party to go out. Even if they were hungry, they would all starve to death in the high mountains and deserts north of Tubo. But even so, after the King of Shu arrived in the Western Regions, nearly half of the men and horses following him were lost. It's a pity that Uihe was in civil strife at that time and had no time to pay attention to the Shu king who entered their territory.
After arriving in Huihe, the King of Shu was forced to plunder and recuperate for more than half a year. During this period, he won over the support of the Tubo tribe in the Western Regions and some small Uighur tribes. Relax in a short time. With the capital to march westward back to the hinterland of Hehe and seize Yizhou, and finally gain a firm foothold in Yizhou by capturing the yellow sand land in the Western Regions.
The intelligence network established by the Fan family based on the caravan was really impressive. The North and South Zhenfu Division, which the imperial court spent huge amounts of money on every year, tried their best to find out anything. In less than two months, they found out in detail how many women the King of Shu favored every night after he arrived in the Western Regions. The entire escape route of the King of Shu, the supplies he received from there along the way, and the support given by the various tribes of Tubo.
This information can almost be said to have thoroughly investigated the King of Shu. At the Nanbei Town Fusi, not even a single bird was found. Is it the incompetence of the Northern and Southern Zhenfu Division, or is the Fan family's intelligence network too efficient? Thinking of the information sent by the Fan family two days ago, Huang Qiong could only shake his head and sigh. Presumably, the North and South Zhenfu Division did not want to find out the King of Shu, but they did not want to find out.
But is this the intention of the old man, or are there people from the King of Shu in the North and South Zhenfu Division? First, although I am a little annoyed, there is nothing to worry about. Everyone has the feeling of licking a calf, even the most powerful emperor is no exception. Especially the old man, who is a bit too affectionate and seems to be decisive in killing, but in fact, he makes a mark wherever he goes.
The King of Shu was his son anyway, and he was the only remaining son of Queen Daxing. Even if he did something huge, he would try his best to be tolerant as long as it didn't really happen to Xiao Qiang. The board is often lifted high, but when it actually falls, even if I was gritting my teeth with hatred before, it is often neither light nor heavy. Not only does it fail to provide real education, it actually encourages arrogance.
Nowadays, there are almost no successful princes, which may be related to the fact that the old man seems to be disciplined, but is actually arrogant. Think about my underage brothers, studying with the master and having wet nurses and eunuchs to follow them. Some of them are six or seven years old and are still nursing, and they have to be held by a nanny before they can go to school. A child of seven or eight years old dared to punish his master by kneeling down at every turn, but the master did not dare to resist.
After a few words of instruction from the master, he dared to let the personal eunuch control the master's mouth. As a result, although there were many civil servants in the Manchu Dynasty and more well-educated people, few were willing to go to the emperor's school to study. Is it all because of those brothers, mothers and concubines? Has the old man ever said a word about this kind of thing? ? As long as he said something, why would his brothers be so arrogant and pampered?
Even a fart can make someone cry. These people are almost like trash. The North and South Town Fusi has not caught the King of Shu for a long time. It would not be surprising if there are factors related to the old man. Among them, except that King Shu is his son, he is the only free son of Queen Daxing. I'm afraid he also thinks that even if the King of Shu really captures him, it will be a hot potato for him. Naturally, he is reluctant to kill.
Even for the sake of Queen Daxing, he would not fail to do this. But not killing is not enough to make the people angry and to quell one's own anger. It also set a very bad example for other princes and even future generations. In the future, in order to fight for the throne, it will be okay to kill brothers, even to the point of patricide. The worst case scenario would be to be imprisoned, and even the three-foot white silk wouldn't be able to get it.
Compared with the throne, the penalty of losing freedom is almost nothing, so why not do it? How can the old man, who is not very good at governing but is very good at playing the emperor's game, not understand this? ? If the King of Shu really captures him, and he really spares his life, I am afraid that in the not too distant future, the Eight Kings Rebellion of the Western Jin Dynasty, in which the clan members of the Southern and Northern Dynasties will kill each other, will immediately take place.
So let's just play hard to get. As long as the King of Shu does not stay in Da Qi's territory to rebel, he will simply be sent out of the country as a gift in disguise. This will be an explanation to everyone. Anyway, the Northern and Southern Zhenfu Divisions are all in his hands. The real situation of the pursuit is only in his hands. He refused to admit it, saying that he had not been caught. He was the king of a country, so who could do anything to him?
Although this point is very chilling, Huang Qiong is not the most worried about it. What worried him most was that there were people from the King of Shu in the North and South Zhenfu Division. There were so many spies from the North and South Zhenfusi in the King of Shu's fiefdom, but none of them found anything about him. The spies in the North and South Town Fusi of King Duan's fiefdom were all exposed. This also proved in another aspect that King Shu had someone inside the North and South Town Fusi.
Only on this point, I also asked Concubine Shen. She only confessed that it was King Duan himself who found out the spies in Fusi in the north and south of King Duan's fiefdom. She accidentally found out about the secret spies from the North and South Zhenfu Division of Chengdu Prefecture from the emperor, and then revealed it to the King of Shu. As for whether the King of Shu had any other informants in the North and South Zhenfusi, she didn't know. This point proves in disguise that it is not the same.
But no matter what the reason is, the efficiency of the North and South Zhenfu Division is far inferior to the timely and accurate intelligence network established by the Fan family through caravans. This undoubtedly left Huang Qiong speechless. Moreover, the Fan family's intelligence network was so efficient that he felt a certain threat. If this intelligence network is not completely in his hands, it will really feel like a thorn in his back.
However, although I feel the power of the Fan family intelligence network now and the threats it may bring in the future. But the Fan family intelligence network provided him with the whereabouts of King Shu and his party after all. That is, this information was clearly told to Huang Qiong. Without the full support of Tubo in Qingtang, would the King of Shu still be as prosperous as he is today? I'm afraid he would have starved to death in the no-man's land of the Altyn Snow Mountains.
Huang Qiong believed that even if the Tubo nobles did not know the inside story of King Shu's escape, they would at least make some judgments based on the situation of King Shu at that time. Regardless of the past dynasties, those who can sit firmly in the nobility, especially the nomadic nobles who often fight among themselves, are not all idiots, but I am afraid there are not too many. Otherwise, their tribe would have become the slaves of others, and they would have become the victims of others.
But these people, after seeing the embarrassment of King Shu, still provided a lot of help. Seven thousand war horses and several thousand camels are no ordinary help. It can be seen from this that the connections between the Tubo tribes in Qingtang and the Shu king are close. If the King of Shu thinks that his strength is sufficient and decides to raise troops to fight for the throne, it is difficult to say whether the Qingtang Tubo tribes, which are closely connected with him, will become his vanguard.
Especially in recent years, because of Li Jiedu's brutal persecution and wanton looting, the Qingtang Tubo tribes have become increasingly dissatisfied with the imperial court. Although there was no open rebellion, there was already a hint of instability. If the King of Shu returns eastward, how many of these Tubo people will side with the court? Although these Tubo tribes have a strong spirit passed down from their ancestors, they have already declined.
But tens of thousands of Tubo cavalry are still a force that cannot be underestimated. Now that the imperial court is about to deal with the Guilin County King with all its strength, it really doesn't have much energy to take care of the northwest. Therefore, even if these Tubo people cannot be completely adopted for their own use, they cannot be completely tamed. But they must also point the knife in their hands in another direction. At least, these Tubo people will not be able to threaten Longyou.
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong couldn't help but scolded the bastard father and son ten thousand times in his heart. Their heads are all gone, but the evil they have done in the past few years is difficult to eliminate in a short time. And as the governor of Longyou who bound and governed the Tibetan people in Qingtang around Qinghai Lake, he actually knew nothing about the Tibetan tribes in Qingtang covering the escape of the Shu king to the west. He was really a bastard.
Although the father and son had only been in office for a few years, they didn't know how much time and energy it would take to wipe their butts and clean up the mess. Fortunately, it was not just in the hinterland of Tubo that the Red Sect was extremely prosperous and occupied a dominant position. The emerging Baijiao can also become a chess piece in his hands. With the paralysis of religion, at least the Tibetan people can not lift the sword in their hands.
As for who to support and who not to support, do you still have to choose? Of course, they support both, but neither supports them sincerely. It is necessary not only to prevent one of them from becoming the dominant one, but also to prevent which of them is stronger. Not only the dispute between the two sects must be put to good use this time, but also the tribes in the interior of Tubo must make good use of it. We must give seals to those who deserve it, and we must give rewards to those who deserve it.
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong suddenly remembered the alliance flag system created by a certain Hu people who established a dynasty hundreds of years later. Taking advantage of its internal disputes, that nation was unable to form a large tribe. Cooperation with religion completely abolished the nomadic people's hope of reunification. That dynasty never formed successive Central Plains dynasties throughout its lifetime, and had to face serious northern frontier troubles.
