In the fourth year of Changxing in the Later Tang Dynasty and the 22nd year of Tongqing in Khotan, in May 933 AD, Zhang Zhao, who had stayed in Suiye for almost a year, led his army out of Suiye City.
In the past nearly a year, Zhang Zhao first defeated the invaders of Saman Persia and ascended to the throne of Sui Yejuer Khan.
In Suiye City, the political structure of Suiyeliu, headed by Guo Xuanqing, and the elder councils of Suiye were established.
He also established the Western Governor's Office to help Suiye City regain control of the east of Talos.
And when Zhang Zhao, who had brought more than 2,000 people to support Suiye, left this time, he took a full 3,000 people with him.
This is not as simple as adding a thousand people, because except for the two hundred soldiers of the Khotan palace guard who stayed in Suiye, the other more than 700 people have already returned to Shule.
In other words, Zhang Zhao and more than 3,000 troops were all his own troops.
However, the organization has not changed, the army is still called Fengtian Army, and Fengtian Camp has basically not changed much. Zhang Zhao only absorbed more than 200 warriors from around Suiye City and entered Hanshan City.
Feng'en Battalion, another battalion of the Fengtian Army, was disbanded because Li Shengtian recalled the Khotan palace guards.
The one who filled the gap in this battalion was the new battalion head established and trained by Zhang Zhao in Suiye, mainly the children of the Guo family - Baoda Camp. Its name came from the most famous army in Suiye Town in the Tang Dynasty - Baoda Army.
Yan Jin was successfully promoted and was thrown to Baoda Camp by Zhang Zhao as the camp officer Youdu Yuhou. His post of captain of the Hanshandu Infantry Army was taken over by Fan Quan.
Baoda camp has Feihudu and Iron Horsedu. The former is a mounted heavy infantry, mainly descendants of the Guo family, but it is personally controlled by Yan Jin as the captain.
The latter is called Iron Horse Capital, but it is actually dominated by archers. There are only one hundred heavy armored cavalry, and they are pseudo-heavy armored cavalry whose horses do not wear armor and the men only wear chainmail.
Guo Guang, the son of Guo Xuanli, became the captain, which can be regarded as fulfilling Zhang Zhao's promise. Although Guo Xuanli was removed, Zhang Zhao did not attack Guo Xuanli's son, but instead reused him.
And Guo Guangcheng is also different from Guo Guangsheng, who was arranged by Zhang Zhao to follow Wu Yuan'er and become a civil official. He actually did not resist his father's loss of power. On the contrary, he had long disagreed with Guo Xuanli's operation of continuously deepening the education of the Guo family.
At the same time, Zhang Zhao finally began to establish his own civil service system. Guo Tiance was appointed by Zhang Zhao as his staff officer. Wu Yuan'er and Zhu Qingquan also obtained this position.
More than 40 people trained by Yin Yaozi in Talas were also included in this system. They were headed by Secretary Guo Tiance.
In fact, the position of staff officer is not unique to later generations. This official position began to be established in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. Nowadays, many kings in the Central Plains who were transformed from military governors have also established this official position.
And this staff officer, which means staff consultant, is very close to the functions of later generations, but it is not limited to military affairs, they can also participate in civil decision-making.
"Great Khan! This is a biography of the heroes of this dynasty compiled according to the Great Khan's brief draft. Please take a look at it!"
Guo Tiance brought over a box full of manuscript papers. These days, the new generation Qianliju of the Guo family is exhausted.
Because after Zhang Zhao gave him a story outline, he gave him the polishing work.
And it doesn't mean that the writing is done, but Zhang Zhao has to check every plot. If he feels that the writing is not satisfactory, Zhang Zhao will ask him to change it. After more than a month of repeated revisions, Guo Tiance almost collapsed.
What does Zhang Zhao want? He is writing!
This move was something he came up with after much thought. The reason was that Guo Xuanli gave him a good lesson, which made Zhang Zhao realize that it was very difficult for him to bring people back from Anxi and Hezhong.
Because a family like the Guo family that has already achieved a certain status in the local area is difficult to bring back.
Although they still retain their traditions, there is almost no difference to the locals.
The locals do not discriminate against them. On the contrary, because the Han people are hard-working and hard-working and value culture and other factors, once they stabilize, they will gradually climb into the local middle and upper classes.
This is inevitable. Different from the impression of later generations that all ethnic groups in Anxi and Hezhong would target the Tang people, they were definitely not free enough to specifically target the Tang people.
Because the entire Anxi and Hezhong are actually large places where various ethnic groups meet and integrate.
There are white people here like the Scythians, there are yellow and white races like the Uyghurs and the Gallolu, people who believe in Buddhism, Jesus, the Great Light God, primitive shamanism, all kinds of people. have.
In other words, in Anxi and Hezhong in this era, ethnicity and appearance are not a sin, but being weak and unable to protect oneself is an original sin.
Those who can overcome this difficulty, such as the Guo family, will slowly grow stronger. If the Central Plains Dynasty can have soldiers march westward to regain Anxi during this time, it is possible to bring them back and become the pillars of the Central Plains Dynasty in controlling Anxi and Hezhong.
But if the Central Plains dynasty cannot come, it will gradually and completely become barbaric in dozens or hundreds of years, which is an inevitable result.
Families that cannot survive this stage, such as the Li family that is attached to Dayun Temple in Shule, will gradually disappear in the long river of history.
This is the biggest difficulty Zhang Zhao faces. If he has strong national and military support like Ban Dingyuan, only a family like the Guo family can support him.
But he didn't. His current strength was all due to his own bravery and pulling part of Li Shengtian's banner to erect it.
That's why Guo Xuanli believed that he was not wrong, and even felt that he had obtained a good treatment for Zhang Zhao for the sake of being a descendant of the Tang Dynasty.
If it hadn't aroused Guo Tiance and others' longing to return eastward when they entered the country, and taken advantage of Guo Xuanqing's dissatisfaction with Guo Xuanli and his ambition to dominate Broken Leaf, he might have actually sent it this time, unless Zhang Zhao was willing to launch The army washed Suiye City.
This was also the reason why Guo Xuanqing was willing to help Zhang Zhao search for 80 sets of iron armor and treasures worth more than 150,000 guan, and why he agreed to Zhang Zhao taking away the captured Persian army's armor, weapons, donkeys, horses and other supplies.
Guo Xuanqing knew that Zhang Zhao had no foundation, and he was waiting for Zhang Zhao to leave to take sole control of Suiye.
Zhang Zhao also simply took away the elite men, horses and property. He had no desire for Sui Ye's power, and he didn't want to find some balance or keep any confidants.
Are you kidding? It's more than two thousand miles from Suiye to Shule, more than four thousand miles from Shule to Dunhuang, and more than three thousand miles from Dunhuang to Chang'an. It's almost as far as the distance from Suiye to Baghdad.
At such a long distance, unless you know how to shadow a clone, it's useless to leave anything behind.
What Zhang Zhao needs and can take away is Suiye's armor, donkeys, horses, treasures, warriors willing to follow him, and the title Suiye Ju'er Khan that he values very much.
If Zhang Zhao can go out from Longyoudong to pacify the world in the future, then Guo Xuanqing will go directly to Chang'an to pay tribute without even using an edict, and give him whatever he wants.
If you ask him to go to Chang'an as a hostage, maybe people will think that God's grace is so great that he can return to his hometown to retire.
If Donggui fails, then don't say anything. In a world where strength is respected, the relationship between people is so simple and unpretentious.
The first step to successfully return to the east is to ensure that Zhang Zhao can get enough elite soldiers from Anxi to return to Dunhuang.
A small part of it depends on the support of Li Shengtian and Cao Yuanxin, but most of it depends on his own collection.
Well, as analyzed earlier, a big family like the Guo family that can live well may not necessarily be willing to return eastward with him.
Li Qilang and Zheng Tong were willing, but they were almost bare-bones.
What is even more worrisome is that there has always been an unstable factor in the Fengtian Army, that is, although they have been winning battles and have no shortage of money, the people below them lack officials, power, and a place to settle down.
Zhang Zhao currently does not have any official position. He did not dare to take up the official position given by Li Shengtian in Khotan because he was afraid that if he took the official position in Khotan too seriously, he would be plucked by Li Shengtian after years of hard work.
Secondly, he can't use the sign of Suiye Ju'erhan. If he uses this, he can't use it now unless he is willing to arrange the people below him to work in Suiye.
The Guiyi Army would have nothing to do with him, and the Central Plains Dynasty would not think of consecrating him, a little-known figure in the team.
So Zhang Zhao seems to be quite noble now. He is a khan, a prince and governor, and a queen of a famous family, but he can't use any of them. It can be said that he has nothing.
So, how to maintain the ideological consistency of the team? How can the descendants of Tang'er who are willing to return east know his existence and be willing to follow him from the vast sea of people?
How to make returning to the homeland from the east an event full of glory?
Once material security is met, spiritual needs must be met.
Therefore, the distinguished cultural figure Zhang Dahan is planning to publish a book, and he is also planning to publish two books at once.
The first book is called "The Complete Biography of the Heroes of the Tang Dynasty", which is actually based on the "The Complete Biography of the Tang Dynasty" edited by Yuanhu Yusou in the Qing Dynasty.
The reason why I chose this book is because Zhang Zhao is very familiar with the story line of this book.
When I was a child, I didn’t have many entertainment activities. Talking about the Romance of the Tang Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms was Zhang Zhao’s most precious spiritual and cultural source from a group of friends to his parents and grandparents at home.
What is the ranking of the eighteen and thirty-six heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties?
Li Yuanba hit the sky with a hammer, Yuwen Chengdu, the second-generation official, and Pei Yuanqing rode a jade lion that illuminated the night.
Luo Cheng's horse treads the muddy river, Qin Qiong's horse selling, Chen Yaojin's three-axe, Shan Xiongxin's Juxian Village and so on.
These images are deeply ingrained in Zhang Zhao's heart, so he only needs to outline the details and then have people polish them.
This art form actually did not fully mature until the middle and late Qing Dynasty. Now, it is a super killer weapon, no less shocking than Zhang Zhao's first experience with Jurassic Park and Star Wars. .
And the effect was indeed very significant. Zhang Zhao first asked Wu Yuan'er to try to say something to Yan Jin and Ma Yaozi, and he immediately captured the hearts of these guys.
Wu Yuan'er didn't dare to appear alone in front of them now. He would be caught if he appeared, and he would never be able to get away without his voice becoming hoarse.
In addition to "The Complete Biography of the Heroes of the Tang Dynasty" which has exaggerated elements, the second book is documentary literature that is biased towards historical facts. Zhang Zhao named it "The Biography of the Heroes of the Han and Tang Dynasties".
The book starts with the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, but the largest section focuses on famous officials and generals of the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, especially those related to the Western Regions. Each person is a short biography-like story.
Including Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Dou Gu, Dou Xian, Ban Chao, Chen Tang and Geng Gong who were hungry for Hulu meat in the Han Dynasty.
As well as Li Jing, Xue Rengui, Su Dingfang, Ashina Sheer, Guo Xiaoke of the Tang Dynasty, as well as Zhang Zhao's ancestor, Zhang Xiaosong and others who led a mob of ten thousand people to fight against the great man-eating wolf and rats.
In the carriage, Zhang Zhaozi carefully read the first ten and last ten chapters of Guo Tiance's manuscript, and finally nodded with satisfaction.
"The Complete Biography of Heroes of the Tang Dynasty" has 130 chapters and a total of 650,000 words. In this era, it is definitely the top entertainment masterpiece.
Zhang Zhao just thought about it for a moment, and the horror of having to write 650,000 words on soft paper with calligraphy made his scalp tingle.
Later Internet articles often contain millions of words, which are based on computer coding. It is really scary to write them directly by hand.
"Okay! Keep this book. When you get to Shule, find dozens of scholars to copy ten sets of books. Then, according to my requirements, train a group of scholars. Can you complete it in one month?"
Zhang Zhao returned the box to Guo Tiance and asked. Guo Tiance pondered for a moment.
"The Khan has a destiny, and I should do my best. But I don't know if there are so many jute papers in Shule, and I don't know if there are any scholars who can write well?"
Zhang Zhao sighed. It was so difficult to write a book in ancient times. Even if you had written it, it would still be very difficult to turn it into a book.
Especially in Anxi, because there is almost no printing technology here, and movable type printing has not yet been invented, copying has become a big problem.
Not many people in Anxi can even write Chinese characters, let alone write them well. There are ten sets of books with 650,000 words, and the jute paper used is an incredible amount.
well! It seems that we still need Li Shengtian's help to see if there are any in Khotan City.
"I will discuss this issue with the Great Sage and the Emperor to see if we can transfer some from Khotan.
If you do your job well, if you can finish it within a month, this book will have your name Guo Tiance listed among the authors.
Also, don’t call him Khan from now on. You can call him Duke of a certain county or Erlangjun. "
Guo Tiance suddenly became excited. Can a small gunman also have copyright? This is a masterpiece of 650,000 words! It's enough to leave a name in history.
"Don't worry, Lord, I will do my best to complete it within the month."
