In the Later Tang Dynasty, Luoyang, the eastern capital, and Yingtianmen, the south gate of Ziwei City in the palace city, were the places where major state affairs and diplomatic occasions were held in the Later Tang Dynasty.
Although the Guiyi Army was regarded as a natural member of China in later generations, at this time, in the eyes of the Central Plains court, the Guiyi Army was completely different from Ma Chu, Southern Han, Fujian, Yue, etc., and they were regarded more as foreign vassals.
At this moment, Long Bian, the chief envoy of the Guiyi Army, and Jia Yanchang, the deputy envoy, were thanking the emperor outside Yingtianmen because Emperor Li Congke had agreed to the request of the Guiyi Army.
The imperial court posthumously awarded Cao Yijin the title of Grand Master and Prince of Qiao County, appointed Cao Yuanzhong as the Inspector of the School, Guasha and Shazhou Jiedu to inspect and deal with the fallen envoys of Fan and Shazhou, and appointed Zhang Zhao as the Inspector of the School and the envoy of the Yijun Army.
Although the envoy of the Guiyi Army inexplicably gave up the title of Jiedu Envoy of the Guiyi Army, he invited an observer envoy from Guasha and Erzhou Jiedu, and then invited another envoy of the Guiyi Army.
But as soon as Jia Yanchang's silver bullet offensive, especially the five second- and third-generation Han blood horses known as Tianma, appeared, Li Congke immediately agreed.
Privy Bachelor Xue Wenyu and others also accepted large amounts of bribes, so naturally no one objected.
Even as tribute envoys who presented Tianma, Jia Yanchang and Long Bian were rewarded by Emperor Li Congke with brocade robes and silver belts.
Now that they had been appointed and the official positions they applied for were obtained, Jia Yanchang and Long Bian quickly returned to the post house.
As soon as they entered the door, the clerk of the post house who had been fed by their money ran over and reported that the Ganzhou Uighur envoys had arrived with their BMWs and gold and silver. It was said that they wanted to accuse the Guiyi army of unprovoked attacks on them and the occupation of Suzhou.
"You dog slave, here to beg again!" Jia Yanchang suddenly looked extremely ugly.
This was also a common trick used by the Ganzhou Uighurs. At this time, they called the Later Tang court uncle and nephew, which was much more reliable in the eyes of the Central Plains court than the Guiyi army, which had a dark history of becoming emperor.
In the past years, when there were conflicts between the Uighurs and the Guiyi Army in Ganzhou, they would always seek help from the Central Plains court.
"But they are late. I am afraid that the court and the saints have no time to look west. However, it will be a long night and many dreams. Jia Yamen, please leave immediately!"
Long Bian immediately said to Jia Yanchang, who nodded.
"I know that the master has the important task of being a military envoy, so I won't refuse. I will leave twenty followers for you, so be careful."
Seeing Jia Yanchang hurriedly pack his clothes and salute, Long Bian couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Everyone knew that he had a secret mission from Zhang Zhao, but no one could have imagined that his mission was to help Zhang Zhao abduct King Dongdan's young daughter to Liangzhou.
What's going on! The well-known and well-known monk in Hexi Du Sengtong was actually going to deceive other people's daughters, and he had to do it.
"Master, the commander-in-chief has sent someone to invite you again!" The inn clerk looked at the monk in front of him with envy and jealousy.
What a good idea! He coaxed the commander-in-chief of Huaihua Army to invite him every day, listen to him preach about Buddhism every day, and give him countless gold, silver and jewels.
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King Yelvbei of Dongdan is now called Li Zanhua. This is the name given to him by Zhuangzong Li Cunxu after he arrived in the Later Tang Dynasty from Fuhai, Liaodong, and he was also given the official position of Jiedushi of the Huaihua Army.
Therefore, the post office clerk did not call him King Dongdan, but called him Commander-in-Chief.
Yelvbei's residence was in Fuchengfang, close to the imperial city. Luoyang, the eastern capital of the later Tang Dynasty, was slightly repaired on the basis of Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty. This boxy city structure was of course inherited. .
However, from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the present, Luoyang has experienced several disasters. The city has been in decline. Many buildings in the city have collapsed and are overgrown with thorns like a wild field.
The unruly people even took soil from the roads to build houses, making the whole of Luoyang full of potholes. The potholes on the ground in many markets were so big that even bullock carts could not pass.
The palace walls were not much better, with the vermilion paint peeling off and occasional collapses, causing holes of various sizes to appear in many places on the palace walls, where foxes, rabbits and wild dogs roamed.
At this time, the entire city of Luoyang was actually connected to the suburbs. The so-called awe-inspiring sacred capital and bypassed green fields refer to this phenomenon.
Now it still has the atmosphere of a national capital, that is, the palace city Ziwei City was renovated during the Zhuangzong period, and several cities such as Fuchengfang near Ziwei City.
But the Siyi Pavilion where Long Bian and other envoys lived was on the edge of the Yi River. By the time he rushed to Yelvbei's residence with a clanging clang, Abaoji's eldest son had already received a mixed message.
More than ten days ago, on the third day of September, Zhang Jingda, deputy general manager of the army in the north of the Later Tang Dynasty, led an army of 110,000 to besiege Taiyuan.
The Tang army dug a long trench to besiege Shi Jingtang. Seeing that Shi Jingtang could no longer hold on, he closed his eyes and immediately gave up all dignity. On the condition of ceding the sixteen states of Yanyun and calling himself emperor, he invited the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang's 50,000-strong army.
After that, the Tang army was forced to lift the siege of Taiyuan, and Zhang Jingda sent his generals Gao Xingzhou and Fu Yanqing to take the initiative.
Yelv Deguang pretended to be defeated and led the cavalry led by Gao Xingzhou and Fu Yanqing to the south of Fen River. Then he suddenly attacked in an ambush and cut the Later Tang army into two sections.
The two sides fought for three hours. The infantry of the Later Tang Dynasty, which had lost the cover of cavalry, was defeated. As many as ten thousand people were killed. They almost lost all their clothing, armor, equipment, food, grass and baggage. In fact, the entire army was wiped out.
The cavalry team located in the south did not suffer much losses, but their numbers were too small and they could no longer change the situation of the battle.
Later, Gao Xingzhou and Fu Yanqing led their cavalry into battle many times, but with little success.
Zhang Jingda gathered the defeated troops and was surrounded in the Jin'an military camp. He only waited for an internal incident to withdraw from the stage of history.
The 110,000 troops in this battle were basically most of the elites of the entire Later Tang Dynasty. Once Zhang Jingda was defeated, Shi Jingtang and the Khitan cavalry could go straight south, and the Luoyang court was in danger.
Yelvbei originally wanted to invite Long Bian to talk about Buddhism and painting skills. This man was a rare educated person among the Khitan people, and his poems, songs, and paintings were very good.
The Dunhuang School of Painting that Long Bian studied under combines East and West and specializes in religious paintings, which is quite new to Yelubei, so the two of them are very close to each other.
"After losing the battle at Tuanbai Valley, the imperial court may be on the verge of overthrow. I also fell in love with the master, so I didn't avoid speaking.
Although Yao Gu (Yelü Deguang), the leader of the Liao Kingdom, is the second younger brother of a certain person, the Tang Dynasty is my home country. Therefore, after receiving such bad news unexpectedly, I really have no intention of discussing Buddhism with the master today, and I ask for your forgiveness. "
Yelvbei had a sad look on his face, as if he was extremely anxious, but in fact he was doing it for others to see.
Long before Shi Jingtang invited Yelv Deguang to help in the war, Yelv Bei was aware of the weakness of the Later Tang Dynasty. He secretly wrote to Yelv Deguang, saying that the Central Plains was weak and he could go south to take advantage of it.
Long Bian's heart was beating wildly. Of course, he was not worried about the Later Tang Dynasty because of the tragic defeat in Tuanba Valley. He actually remembered Zhang Zhao's words.
At the beginning, Zhang Zhao told him that Wei Tuo Bodhisattva was wandering around in his dream, saying that there was a woman in Yelvbei, Dongdu, who had Buddha nature and could be a jade girl treasure, so that Longbian could save Longbian when he was in trouble in Dongdu.
At that time, Long Bian felt that this was either Zhang Zhao or someone who heard that one of Yelu Bei's daughters was extremely beautiful and became lustful, or he was using this matter to strengthen his Dharma King's attributes.
But now it seems that it is so accurate. How did the Dharma King know that the court was in trouble and Dongdu was in trouble? Could it be that Skanda Bodhisattva really entrusts dreams?
"Jie Shuai cares deeply about the imperial court. The poor monk can only admire him. However, the day before yesterday, he signed a lotus with him and said that there will be a disaster this year. He must be careful!"
Long Bian was shaken and began to believe Zhang Zhaozhi's words, so today was the first time that he took the initiative to bring the topic to this aspect.
Yelu Bei's face suddenly turned bad. In his opinion, the monk who returned to the rebel army was good in every way. He had profound Buddhist teachings and good paintings, but he always said that he would have a disaster this year and that he would have to give up a daughter or something. Can be resolved.
This happened before! He took it as a joke. These Buddhist believers always liked to preach scaremongering. Yelvbei was somewhat used to it, so he didn't take it to heart. However, when the news of the Battle of Tuanbai Valley came, he couldn't calm down.
Because since yesterday, he has noticed that there are many strange faces around his residence, some of whom are from the Forbidden Army Guards Ma Buqinjun. This is an obvious sign that the Saint is starting to guard against him.
Yelvbei let out a long sigh, "It's not that I don't want to give up a woman to serve the Buddha, but I only have two women at my knees.
The eldest daughter has been married for a long time but has not yet married, and the second daughter is still young, but at the age of cardamom, she is really someone's heartthrob! "
"Jie Shuai looks good. If the young lady had not been destined to the Buddha, the poor monk would not have come from far away from Hexi for this purpose. He did not sacrifice his life to ask the young lady to live as an ancient Buddha.
Tingting was thirteen years old, in early February. Even if a poor monk wanted a young lady of such an age to live alone for the rest of her life, the Buddha would not agree.
This is actually the Buddha, the wheel-turning holy king, who cannot bear to see the little lady in trouble. It is also an act of a poor monk who has been favored by the Commander-in-Chief and is willing to relieve the Commander-in-Chief from his misfortune. "
Yelu Bei thought seriously for a moment. Although he somewhat believed Long Bian's words, he still felt that something was wrong. There was a sense of coincidence everywhere.
"I wonder who the Chakravartin King is? Why can he know that my daughter is destined to be a Buddha even though he is thousands of miles away?"
"The Holy King Chakravartin originated from Tianzhu. He received enlightenment from the Buddha at Lingjiu Mountain and became the Dharma King in the human world. He has great supernatural powers.
In addition, the Dharma King was not a monk from Tianzhu, but was actually from China. His ancestor was Zhang Taibao of the Guiyi Army.
The master's treasures and the military treasures under his command have arrived, but they are in need of the jade girl's treasure. If the seven treasures are available, they will be able to make the light of my Buddha's compassion shine on the west of the river.
The jade girl's precious cardamom arrives, and the hairpin comes out. If the Commander-in-Chief is worried, he can also send his men, Xionghu, to escort him to Liangzhou.
The Guanyin Temple in Liangzhou has built a well-renovated house for the Jade Girl. If there is anything that does not suit your liking, it will be up to the commander-in-chief to decide whether to stay or leave. "
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People have said this, but they only want his daughter to go to intensive training for two or three years, and she can come back when she is fifteen years old.
The Khitan people believed in Buddhism to begin with. If word spread that Yelvbei had a daughter who was closely related to Buddhism, it would be even more glorious.
In addition, Yelubei had been secretly observing Long Bian and the Guiyi Army envoys these days. He really did not see any motive for harming him, so he pondered for a moment.
"Then please allow me to think about it for a while, Master. As a parent, it is human nature to find it difficult to leave your children and travel far away!"
"That's it, just wait patiently!" Long Bian chanted a Buddhist chant. He knew that Yelvbei was already tempted, and he only had to wait until all the imperial soldiers and horses in the Jin'an military camp were wiped out, and the task entrusted to him by Zhang Zhao could be completed.
