Yinzhou was Hami in Xinjiang in later republics.
As the first city on the northern Silk Road after leaving Dunhuang, Yinzhou also benefited from the restoration of the Silk Road and became much more prosperous than before.
However, precisely because of the prosperity, the status of the Chen family, the governor of Yinzhou, has actually declined.
Because originally the Pugu family did not attach much importance to Yinzhou, but regarded it as the first barrier of resistance in case enemies came from Hexi, and they were happy that the Chen family acted as sandbags in Yinzhou.
But things are different now. Since the prosperity of the Silk Road, Yinzhou has gradually become more prosperous.
The clan members of the Pugu family were covetous of Yinzhou's prosperity and commercial taxes. A group of people led by Diluodagan Pugucheng kept reaching out to Yinzhou, causing the Chen family's status to gradually decline.
Because Wang Jiulang offended Jielipijia, Wu Daler and others were escorted by Uighur soldiers and horses and driven out of Gaochang that day.
Jielibijia thought that there would be no envoys in Gaochang, but when Wu Daler and others went to Jielibijia's royal tent, Wu Daler's younger brother Wu Yuan'er had secretly come to Yinzhou.
To the north of Yinzhou City, at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, the Shichengzi River rushes down from the mountains and breaks out of the rich Hami Basin.
A famous Hami Shichengzi Reservoir will be built here in later generations, making Hami one of the richest places in the entire northwest.
At this time, this rich basin belonged to the Chen family. The Chen family and the Gaochang Han people who were dependent on the Chen family worked hard here.
These more than 100,000 acres of land produce a large amount of rice and beans every year, and they also weave a large amount of cloth here.
A large part of the famous Gaochang white cotton is produced here.
Wu Yuan'er saw the wealth in the Hami Basin, and he understood better than Wu Dal'er why Zhang Zhao wanted to attack the Gaochang Uighurs.
With the rich Hami Basin, Hami is a focal point that controls the entire Anxi.
In the future, the Liang Kingdom can cultivate and garrison troops here. If they can get more than a thousand soldiers and horses, it will be a stable logistics supply base when the situation is strong. If the situation is poor, they can occupy the basin to defend themselves and wait for reinforcements from Hexi.
No wonder that after the Guiyi Army lost Yinzhou, the second-generation Guiyi Army Jiedushi Zhang Huaishen was quickly criticized for this, and he could not control the turbulent public sentiment.
"This is the land of abundance in Anxi! The governor is sitting on such a treasure..."
Wu Yuan'er drawled his voice, and Chen Huiyao beside him felt complacent for a while, but Wu Yuan'er's next words made his expression change drastically.
"Sitting on such a treasured land, does the governor know how all his descendants will die?"
Chen Huiyao's expression changed, and his eldest son Chen Tingxiao glared at Wu Yuan'er angrily.
"Is your envoy here to tease me? If you dare to say such things, will you think that I, the son of the Chen family, are all cowards and don't dare to kill you?"
"Hahaha! Sure enough, the young hero is so heroic!" Wu Yuan'er didn't take it seriously.
"Does Mr. Chen Dalang think that someone is insulting you? No! Now the Pugu family of the Gaochang clan has set its sights on your family property. There are many Uighurs and few Tangers in this country, and you will be overwhelmed sooner or later.
Moreover, this Yinzhou is the family property of the king I advocated in the past, and it can control Anxi, so it is impossible not to rob it.
Governors and Dalangjun, please ask yourself, can they stop the tens of thousands of troops from Liang Kingdom? "
However, Wu Yuan'er said that the Chen family seemed to be in disaster, but Chen Huiyao was not nervous at all.
Because this may happen in the future, but it will not happen now. Even if it happens in the future, the Chen family has ways to deal with it.
The clan members of the Pugu family don't have many people at all, and they don't know how to farm and run businesses. They have no ability to annex the tens of thousands of people in the Chen family. The worst they can do is suck some blood from them.
On the other hand, if he surrenders to the Liang Kingdom, war will probably come soon. Who knows if the Liang Kingdom can take over the Pugu family?
Once they can't eat, not only will the current peaceful life of the Chen family be gone, but a disaster will soon come.
Of course, it's not that Chen Huiyao refuses to take refuge with Zhang Zhao. Zhang Zhao is also Tang'er after all. In the past, Chen Huiyao's great-grandfather was also a talented general under Zhang Taibao Zhang Yichao. It is not shameful to take refuge in Zhang Zhao, nor is it uneconomical.
But Chen Huiyao's plan was that he would only join forces after seeing Liang's army, or at least Zhang Zhao showing his willingness and strength to annex the Gaochang Uighurs.
As soon as Wu Yuan'er saw Chen Huiyao's unruffled attitude, he knew that verbal threats were of no use.
Chen Huiyao is already old. Even if he is not old, his heart must be old.
For such an old fritter, all he wants to do is save his family, his family, and at most his clan members, so the risk-taking is beyond his thoughts and needs.
But that’s it! Wu Yuan'er glanced at Chen Tingxiao beside Chen Huiyao with the corner of his eyes.
The old one has no chance, but this young one, although the look in his eyes is very unkind, he can be attracted and used.
After all, young people are full of ideas such as making achievements and making a breakthrough, and are more likely to burst out with enthusiasm than middle-aged people.
So Wu Yuan'er pretended to be helpless and sighed, "I never thought that before I got to Wenwen Township, my heroic ambition had already been worn away!
In the past, Emperor Chen Wu put down the Hou Jing Rebellion and continued the Han culture in the most critical times. He was such a hero, but his descendants have become just trying to live in peace! "
Emperor Chen Wu was Chen Baxian. Unlike later generations, who were rarely known, people at this time still respected Chen Baxian.
Most people think that he ended Hou Jing's rebellion. When Hou Jing was about to kill all the well-dressed nobles who crossed to the south and the Han culture was about to be passed on, he turned the tide and prevented thousands of years of civilization from being cut off.
In fact, this is also true. Compared with later generations who pursue Ran Min and think that he saved the northern Han people, in fact Chen Baxian of the Southern Dynasty also did the same thing, and his credit should be greater.
Without Chen Ba to eliminate Hou Jing first, after Hou Jing kills all the Wenhua families in Jiangnan, the inheritance will be cut off, which is not a joke.
Although Chen Baxian died in the end, the emperor Chen of the Southern Dynasties was a descendant of Chen Baxian's brother Chen Tanxian.
But the entire Nanchen royal family's nostalgia and admiration for Chen Baxian is very strong.
Chen Huiyao's expression changed back then, but he was not angry because of Wu Yuan'er's words, but because he felt that Wu Yuan'er wanted to use words to arouse the impulse of his son Chen Tingxiao and others.
"It's getting late, so please let us set off! It would be bad if we are detected by the Pugu family's ranger sentries.
I, the Chen family, want to express my heart to your Majesty, but the vast ocean is unable to stop me. Please forgive me for my helplessness. "
Wu Yuan'er had already locked his target and had no intention of continuing to argue with Chen Huiyao, so he put on a business-like smile.
"I will report the governor's difficulties to the King of Heaven truthfully. It's just a pity that the governor made such a choice. The young hero of the clan will no longer be able to see the beautiful scenery of his hometown in the south of the Yangtze River where the grass grows and the orioles fly."
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Eight Hundred Miles Mohe Yanqi, this is the terrifying desert that lies between Dunhuang and Yinzhou. When Tang Xuanzang passed through this place in the past, he always had Yu Ji in mind.
Later generations even processed this place into Monk Sha's Quicksand River, but there was so much quicksand that the river was completely invisible. Not only was there no river, the entire Moheyan Moraine had almost no water source and no life.
Just at the entrance of Mohe Yanqi, there is a small stone city. It has an extremely beautiful name in later generations - Xingxingxia.
There are also people here, a small tribe of more than a hundred people nomadic here. They are called Xiaozhongjiuren, which actually means Xiaozhongyun people.
They are actually the same race as the Zhongyun people of Zhongzhou in the Liang Kingdom. Those who surrendered to the Gaochang Uighurs in the north are called Xiaozhe comforters, which means they are a minority.
These small and comforting days were originally very sad, but after Zhang Zhao conquered Zhongyun Kingdom, their lives changed.
In order to make up for the lack of population in Khotan, Li Shengtian constantly asked Li Ruoliu to move the Da Zhongyun people of Zhongyun State to Khotan.
The vacancy left by Dazhong Yun's departure was gradually filled by the small group of comforters.
For this reason, the Zhongyun warriors controlled by Li Ruoliu clashed with the Gaochang Uighurs many times.
The more than a hundred people at the entrance did not leave. They were actually left behind by Zhang Zhao on purpose.
If you observe carefully, in this tribe of more than a hundred people, the ratio of daughters to children is very small, so small that it is a bit abnormal. Most of them are fierce warriors.
As soon as Wu Yuan'er led more than ten riders to the entrance, the sound of horse hooves came from behind.
The knights around him immediately became nervous, and the small group of herdsmen nomadic here also immediately picked up their bows and arrows and mounted their horses.
Wu Yuan'er, however, waved his hand confidently, signaling everyone around him not to be nervous, and then asked a knight next to him to turn around and run to the weathered sand pile to shout.
"But Chen Dalang from Yinzhou is here?"
"Exactly! Angel please stay!"
Sure enough, a loud reply came from behind. When he got closer, he saw that it was Chen Huiyao's eldest son, Chen Tingxiao, and more than ten men from the Chen family, chasing after him on horseback.
Wu Yuan'er laughed loudly. He looked at Chen Tingxiao who looked a little embarrassed because of his eager pursuit and said with a smile.
"I read that right, you Chen Dalang are indeed heroic."
Not sure whether it was because he was tired or because he was praised by Wu Yuan'er, Chen Tingxiao had a few blushes on his face. He jumped off his horse and cupped his hands towards Wu Yuan'er.
"The angel knew that he would definitely come after me?"
Wu Yuan'er nodded firmly, "This is not something that I know, but what the King of Heaven told me when we set off. He said that someone from the Chen family in Yinzhou will definitely be chasing after me?"
"Oh!" Chen Tingxiao's eyes lit up and he asked quickly.
"It was actually King Zhang who said it. King Zhang also knows about our Chen family?"
"Of course the Heavenly King knows, does Dalang Jun know why the Heavenly King insists on joining the Chen family?
Could it be that with the great strength of Great Liang and our hundreds of thousands of cavalry, we can't just cross Mobei and raid Futu City like the Khitans did in the past, and we have to go to Yinzhou and take Gaochang?
No! If it weren't for the fact that your Chen family was guarding Yinzhou, the King of Heaven wouldn't have sent you there at all. "
"Why did the King of Heaven send angels?" Before Chen Tingxiao asked, someone from the Chen family behind him was already asking loudly, obviously attracted by Wu Yuan'er's words.
"That's because the King of Heaven told me that in this land west of Hexi, the Chen family, the Zhang family, and other families in the Guiyi Army are all the same, they are all upright men.
In the past, Emperor Chen Wu was such a hero and contributed to the survival of Han culture. There will definitely be heroes among his descendants.
I, Daliang, not only want to use the Chen family to destroy the Gaochang Uighurs, but also bring the Chen family back to the country, so that the descendants of Emperor Chen Wu can see with their own eyes the land of plenty and plenty in the south of the Yangtze River. "
For the Chinese, there is nothing more useful than flattering their ancestors.
After hearing Wu Yuan'er's words, Chen Tingxiao and more than a dozen people all blushed and wished they could find a few Pugu family members to kill them now to show off their heroic spirit.
Chen Tingxiao felt as if he was drinking mellow wine, and he was a little drunk. After a long while, he bowed his head to Wu Yuan'er to the end.
"Although Chen is dull, he still has great ambitions. He asked the angel to report back to the King of Heaven, saying that the Chen family in Yinzhou would never lose the prestige of their ancestors.
Please rest assured that the two thousand sons of the Chen family are willing to follow the King of Heaven and return to their homeland. "
Wu Yuan'er nodded, "I believe in Da Langjun, but your father seems to disagree. What can I do?"
"Simple!" Chen Tingxiao had a cruel look on his face.
"The Pugu family sent tax collectors from the clan to collect taxes in Yinzhou. As soon as the King of Heaven sent a message, a certain person would lead his brothers to kill the tax collectors of the Pugu family. At that time, the adults of a certain family also rebelled. If you don’t want to be against it, you have to be against it!”
Good guy! This turns out to be a good and filial boy!
"But..." Chen Tingxiao seemed a little embarrassed immediately.
"I also have something that I hope the angel can repay to the King of Heaven and ask the King of Heaven to fulfill."
"Please tell me." A question flashed through Wu Yuan'er's mind, and he looked embarrassed, as if it was related to the relationship between a man and a woman.
But why does the King of Heaven need to accomplish this kind of thing?
Speaking of this matter, the embarrassed look on Chen Tingxiao's face suddenly disappeared, and he started to grit his teeth.
"There was a marriage agreement with the daughter of Gaochang Diloda Ganbu Gucheng, but today the Khan wanted to marry Bugla Khan because the princess was too young to be a human being, so...!"
Speaking of this, Chen Tingxiao's expression became even more painful, "So the Khan intended to let the daughter of Pao Diluo Dagan, who was engaged to be married, marry the Bugla Khan together with the princess!
Please angel to repay the King of Heaven, I, Chen Tingxiao, am willing to go through fire and water for the King of Heaven, but please the King of Heaven, I will definitely help someone to shed his blood for this great shame! "
Wu Yuan Erzhi thought for a moment and understood what was going on.
Because it was his brother Wu Dal who went to blackmail Tiroda.
Now it seems that it was probably because Pugu Cheng could not afford the ransom fee of several thousand guan that the Chen family sold iron to make up for it.
Perhaps Pu Gucheng felt that the relationship with the Chen family could not be stalemate, so he agreed to marry his daughter to Chen Tingxiao, the eldest son of Chen Huiyao, the head of the Chen family.
However, I never thought that Gaochang Uighur Khan Jieli Bijia was planning a marriage with Bugla Khan Saktu.
It's just that my daughter is still young, so I want to marry the daughter of my cousin Pu Gucheng to replace the princess when she can't do anything.
Pu Gucheng had already had a grudge with the Chen family over the ransom money, and he finally settled it with his daughter, but now his daughter can't get married.
Perhaps because he was afraid that the Chen family would be resentful because of the fate, he secretly revealed this unfinished marriage in an attempt to reduce the Chen family's anger.
But hey hey! Wu Yuan'er smiled, which not only let him know the secret, but also pushed Chen Tingxiao, who had been robbed of his mother-in-law, to Liang Guo's side.
"Don't worry, Mr. Da Lang, no matter what he sweats or not, no one can rob me of my heroic aunt of the Han family. The King of Heaven will definitely avenge this for you."
