After reading Gao Xingzhou's memorials, Zhang Gao immediately opened the memorials of Murong Nobunaga.
There are not many things to report, only two things, but these two things are very important.
The first is that 110,000 Tuyuhun, Qingtang, Dangxiang and other ethnic groups recruited from Hexi, Longyou, Shuofang, and Ningxia have arrived in Pingzhou, Chengde Prefecture, and the grasslands north of Yanshan.
Murong Nobunaga selected 7,000 strong horsemen and equipped them with a certain amount of armor. He basically controlled the pastures with a radius of several hundred miles.
Under their threat, the Khitans gave up their long-running Dading Mansion in Zhongjing and retreated to the vicinity of Songshan Pavilion. Shulu Ping and Yelu Lihu even retreated to Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing.
Songshan Pavilion was Chifeng in Inner Mongolia in later generations. In fact, it was still relatively close to Beiping Prefecture. Based on the current situation of the Khitan people, if Murong Nobunaga really started to drive them away, they would not be able to defend Songshan Pavilion.
But Hao Daer has been faithfully implementing Zhang Zhang's strategy. Before Zhang Zhou unified and was not ready to sweep the entire Liao Dynasty, he tried to suppress the Khitans as little as possible to prevent them from fleeing to the bitter cold Xing'an Mountains.
Of course, it would be very uncomfortable if you don’t eat the fat you talk about.
Therefore, Murong Nobunaga requested Zhang Yan, hoping that Zhang Yan would allow him to start a planned advance attack when the strength of his Andong governor's camp began to gain an advantage over the Khitans.
The main purpose was to plunder the Khitan and the people and livestock of various ethnic groups under their rule, in preparation for the complete attack on the Khitan and Wang's Korea.
Zhang Gao thought about it for a while and agreed to Murong Nobunaga's request. He estimated that Murong Nobunaga was coveting Jinzhou controlled by the Khitans.
According to the news from the Jinyi personal guards and the staff from the north room of the Privy Council, the Tuyuhun Rangers under Murong Nobunaga have begun to appear frequently on the west bank of the Xiaoling River (Xiaoling River).
Jinzhou is indeed a big fat place!
This place was originally the sacred land of the Khitans, but now it has become a mutual market for trade between the Khitans and the Central Plains. Merchants from all over the world are bustling with people. No wonder Murong Xin is greedy.
The second thing was a little beyond Zhang Yan's expectation, and that was about Tuyuhun in Hedong.
Originally, before he was ready to send Murong Nobunaga to Japan to become the king, Zhang Yan was still a little afraid that the Tuyuhun people in Hedong would cause certain trouble if Murong Nobunaga took over.
Even Murong Nobunaga himself did not dare to have anything to do with the Tuyuhun people in Hedong.
Unexpectedly, these Tuyuhun people believed in the Buddha to the core. They regarded the Six Dharma Sect as a heresy and resolutely refused to admit that the supreme heaven Zhang Zhang was the only representative of the Buddha in the earthly world.
After the news of the conversion came, the Tuyuhun people in Hedong were entrenched in the mountains of Shizhou, Lanzhou and other places. They fought against the officials who came to move them with a more determined attitude than Liu Zhiyuan and the Khitan people, even if they moved to the surroundings of Yanshan The Tuyuhun people in Hedong also fled in large numbers.
Murong Nobunaga roughly estimated that among the 130,000 Tuyuhun people east of Hedong, there would be no more than 30,000 people who had already accepted or were now preparing to accept the Six Methods Sect.
Good guy, these bitches are getting tough now!
Zhang Hao's nose was so angry that he didn't hold them accountable for following Liu Zhiyuan, but now it's a good thing that he started to rub his nose and face.
At this time, the governor of Datong, the military supervisor of Datong, and the memorial from Zhang Zhan's adopted son Zhe Deyuan also arrived, which was about Yelu Yaliguo, the youngest son of Yelu Abaoji.
This Khitan prince, who was captured by the Later Tang Dynasty and guarded the palace for more than ten years in the Central Plains, secretly communicated with Zhang Gao after returning to the grassland. He played a certain role in Zhang Gao's battle to defeat Yelu Ruan and Yelu Wuzhi. effect.
After Zhang Gao met with Shuluping in Chengde Mansion, he was afraid that he would be killed by Shuluping, so he sent Zhang Xibao to persuade Yeluyaliguo to lead his tribe to move south to the Hetao area.
Of course, Yelu Yaliguo knew the skills of his aunt, so without any hesitation, he immediately led more than 37,000 people in his headquarters to go south and moved to the west of Daqing Mountain in the Hetao area to nomadically.
Zhang Zhang originally wanted to use Yelu He, the eldest son of Yelu Yaliguo, to take over the control of the tribe from Yelu Yaliguo.
However, since they were Khitan people after all, they were afraid that Zhang Gao would go back on his word, so they were still a little frightened after moving south, and Yeluhe could not fully control it.
So Zhang Gao agreed to let Yelu Yaliguo control him for a while longer.
Now after more than half a year of getting along, these Khitan people are relieved, and Yeluhe has been able to fully control the tribe.
So Yelu Yaliguo wrote to Zhang Xi, saying that he could hand over the tribe to Yelu He, but he did not want to live in Luoyang, the sacred capital, and hoped that Zhang Xi would agree to let him live in Taiyuan Prefecture for a long time.
Zhang Hao frowned. It was obvious that Yeluhe still did not fully grasp the situation, so Yelu Yaliguo wanted to stay in Taiyuan.
It's not that he has any bad intentions. It's impossible for him to make waves with 30,000 or 40,000 people, but having 30,000 to 40,000 people at his disposal is nothing compared to being a wealthy man in Luoyang, the capital of the world. Much better.
"No! Send an envoy to tell Yelu Yaliguo to go south quickly. Damn it, cats and dogs will have to negotiate terms with me!"
For the first time, Zhang Hao used a rare swear word. Who knew that he had been holding back his anger these days, and Yelu Yaliguo bumped into his hand again.
This guy was thrown by Emperor Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty to guard the palace gate in Taiyuan, and he didn't dare to let go. Now that he has given him so many benefits, he still expects to control the tens of thousands of tribes and continue to be his little Khitan king. What a fool. Smoked.
Zhong envoys are envoys sent directly from the palace. In the past, most of them were eunuchs. In Zhang Zhou's case, most of them were subordinate officials of Zhongshu Province.
The advantage of this is that it is convenient and can be set off without having to go through external discussions.
Of course, the effectiveness is not as great as that of a formal angel. Whether others listen or not depends on the emperor's control over him.
After thinking about it, Zhang Yan summoned Wei Renpu, the minister of the Ministry of War and the political advisor who had accompanied him to Guanzhong.
When Zhang Gao entered Guanzhong this time, he brought with him Feng Dao, Xue Juzheng, Wei Renpu and other officials from other dynasties.
After Wei Renpu arrived, Zhang Yan changed his anger and discussed with him with a smile about ordering Yan Jin to send troops to conquer Tuyuhun in Hedong, move these guys around Yanshan, and prepare to establish the province of Andong.
Zhang Yan's inner dynasty, Zhongshu Province Luantai, was only in charge of the pro-army and forbidden troops in terms of military affairs. As Yan Jin was the Pingzhang of Hedong Province, of course he had to obey the management of the outer dynasty to a certain extent.
It is certainly impossible to send out troops to conquer Tuyuhun in Shi, Lan and other places. It is certainly impossible to mobilize only the imperial army. Therefore, it must be ordered by the Privy Council to comply with the rules, and it is still necessary to go through the foreign court procedures.
Wei Renpu was not surprised at all by Zhang Yan's smile. The emperor was like this, very particular about rules.
Those within the scope of the Zhongshu Provincial Committee's powers were directly determined by the Gan Gang. However, for matters involving foreign dynasties, great attention was paid to preparing the powers and opinions of courtiers.
Naturally, since the emperor is so good-tempered, Wei Renpu will certainly not stand up to Zhang Gao.
This was not the case in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when civil servants dared to deliberately confront the emperor just for the sake of invitations. How could the civil servants of the Five Dynasties have the courage?
So Wei Renpu immediately followed Zhang Yan's request and led his entourage back to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo to find the ministers who were left behind to discuss the conquest of Tuyuhun in Hedong and the establishment of Andong Province.
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In the third year of Zhang Zhou's Shaoming Dynasty, on February 17, 948 AD, after Zhang Xuan stayed in Guanzhong for another half month, He Fujin, the deputy defense envoy of Hedong, led the 3,000 people from Changguo Town of the Forbidden Army south of Taiyuan, as well as the Hanhai troops mobilized by Yan Jin. A battalion from the town rushed to Guanzhong.
Changguo Town was originally composed of Guanzhong Yi Cong. After Zhang Gao dispatched 3,000 people from Changguo Town to guard Jinzhou and other places south of Taiyuan, he re-established a new Changguo Town in Guanzhong.
The situation in Hedong, under Yan Jin's lenient and gentle governance, quickly changed into a great situation in the territory.
The only place where there is still disharmony is that the relocation of the Tuyuhun people from Shizhou, Lanzhou and other places caused certain riots.
But these guys only need a small number of forbidden troops to cooperate with the guards in Hedong and the Yi Congjian'er in various prefectures and counties, and they can be solved.
Therefore, it seems unnecessary for the prefectures and counties south of Taiyuan to hoard thousands of forbidden troops for a long time.
Zhang Gao had carefully thought about ordering He Fu to enter Guanzhong, because he needed an experienced general to preside over the attack on Hanzhong.
So Zhang Gao renamed the imperial army in Changguo Town, Hedong Province brought back by He Fujin to Xingqing Town, and named them after Xingqing Palace, one of the three major palaces in the Tang Dynasty.
On February 19, the day after He Fujin arrived, Li Rong, the governor of the Zhaoyi Army in Shangdang Mansion (Luzhou), led 1,500 Zhaoyi Army tooth soldiers and also came to Guanzhong.
As one of Zhang Zhou's four remaining governors, neither Li Rong nor Shangdang Mansion can compare with Gao Xingzhou's Beiping Mansion, Fu Yanqing's Changshan Mansion, and An Shenqi's Beihai Mansion.
The biggest reason why Li Rong was able to get a Jiedushi position was related to his great contribution in the battle with Guo Wei at the mouth of Hezhang Valley.
At that time, Li Rong falsely claimed that he was the military commander of Zhaoyi Army in Luzhou, and divided the Wujie Army of Hedong general Shi Hongzhao. With a knife in his back, Guo Wei, who had the upper hand, turned the battle at Hezhang Valley Pass into a chaos, which eventually led to The entire army almost collapsed.
After the war, out of the need for a strong general to control Shangdang Mansion (Luzhou), and of course to reward Li Rong for his great service, Zhang Zhi made Li Rongzhen the military governor of Shangdang Mansion Zhaoyi Army.
Li Rong himself naturally knew that he could not be compared with Gao Xingzhou and others who guarded Hebei and Shandong for Zhang Yan.
Therefore, after Gao Xingzhou and three other people wrote letters asking for the removal of Jiedushi from their posts, they also immediately wrote letters requesting to resign from the post of Jiedushi of Zhaoyi Army in Shangdang Mansion.
Zhang Zhi is also very satisfied with Li Rong's knowledge and interests. In the past year, he has made a lot of money in the Shangdang government, and has almost reached 80% of what Zhang Zhi can tolerate. Now he is asking himself to be the Jiedushihao, proving that Li Rong Rong still knows how to advance and retreat.
After officially deciding to abolish the Zhaoyi Army's Jiedushi in Shangdang Prefecture, Zhang Jian ordered Li Rong to select the Zhaoyi Army's tooth soldiers and eliminate those who wanted to live in their hometowns if they had enough. Guard army.
The remaining 1,500 people were all strong men, and they were willing to continue to gain wealth with swords and guns, so Zhang Gao ordered Li Rong to take them to Guanzhong.
After summoning Li Rong for a duel, Zhang Yan found that although Li Rong was a bit greedy for money and did not seem to have a very long-term vision, he was still quite capable of leading troops in battle.
And he was quite loyal, of course. In history, after Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne, he still hung up the portrait of Guo Wei and cried bitterly.
So Zhang Gao selected one hundred Yicon Qiaoqi, one hundred united archers and three hundred spear Yicon from the Guanzhong auxiliary troops recruited and incorporated them into Li Rong's Zhaoyi Army. He changed the Zhaoyi Army into the Forbidden Army Zhaoyi Town and prepared to let them fight in After successfully conquering Shu, he stayed in Hanzhong.
On February 22, Governor Chijie was in charge of the military affairs of various prefectures and counties in Hubei Province. General Ma Zhaoyuan, the general who defeated Shu, sent a memorial to Guanzhong, informing Jiangling Prefecture that the 22,000-strong Shu navy army had been rested and ready to dispatch warships at any time. He went up the river and attacked the Kuizhou Ningjiang Army of Shu.
Immediately afterwards, Xiangyang Prefecture Yin and Ping Shu Deputy General Er Zhujing also sent people to report.
The 7,000-strong imperial army stationed in Feng'an Town of Xiangyang Prefecture and the Guards Army of Xiangyang Guard have entered Ankang Prefecture (Jinzhou). They can go upstream from Ankang Prefecture at any time to attack Yuanzhou (Yangxian County, Shaanxi Province), the eastern gate of Han Dynasty in Shu Kingdom. .
The messenger sent by Ma Zhaoyuan was a tall and thin young general. Zhang Yan saw that he was a little thin and he was young, so he didn't pay much attention.
When it was time to report, the young general surnamed Cao marked and explained Ma Zhaoyuan's military arrangements in Jiangling Prefecture and Yichang Prefecture (Xiazhou) on the map one by one as neatly as a few treasures.
His organization is clear, he understands the situation of each army, and clearly explains the advantages and disadvantages of going up the river from Yichang Prefecture. He is not stage frightened at all, and he still has the air of a general.
Zhang Gao was surprised for a moment, such a talent shouldn't be an unknown person! So he asked with a smile: "What official position do you hold now? When did you join the army?"
Okay! Zhang Shengren didn't pay attention to what this young general said before. It wasn't until he thought he was a talented person that he remembered to ask in detail.
The young general saw Zhang Yan standing behind him, waiting for the edict. Of course he knew that the emperor had a precedent of recording talents and then reusing them, so his cheeks turned red with excitement and he crossed his arms in response to Zhang Yan.
"Cao Bin, the last general of the tenth general, You Bao Tao Guard, joined the army in the winter of the second year of Shaoming Dynasty!"
"What's your name?" Zhang Yan suddenly widened his eyes. Others were not familiar with it, but the name Cao Bin was very familiar.
The first martial artist in the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty was almost the only handsome man in the Northern Song Dynasty who could be compared with the famous founding generals of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Of course, he was ultimately destroyed by the weird system of the Northern Song Dynasty, which led to the end of the period.
"Last General Cao Bin!" Cao Bin was a little confused. His name shouldn't surprise the saint so much, right? Could it be that someone from the Cao family in Shazhou is called this name?
"Who are you, Guo Wei, Pingzhang of Hunan Province?" Zhang Yan decided to confirm again.
Cao Bin replied with some anxiety: "Guo Taiwei is the uncle of the last general."
That's right. In history, the reason why Cao Bin became successful quickly was not only his own ability, but also because his aunt Zhang was Guo Wei's third wife.
"Hahaha!" Zhang Hao laughed happily, "Are you willing to be a personal follower of so-and-so?"
Cao Bin was also so happy that he almost jumped up. The emperor's personal entourage, except for the royal guards, was also Han Shandu.
A general like him would not go to Jinyi to guard, so he would definitely enter Hanshan City.
Hearing such good news, Cao Bin was overjoyed and bowed to the ground with a big gift, "General, I am willing to go through fire and water for the saint!"
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On February 27th, Pingzhang Zhede of Shuofang Province personally led the imperial army in Yong'an Town. This 3,000-strong imperial army, mainly composed of the Zhe family's Yong'an army, arrived in Chang'an. Since then, all the troops to conquer Shu have arrived.
Zhang Yan immediately held a military meeting and began to discuss specific strategies for conquering Shu.
At the same time, Zhang Gao ordered the governor of Tianshui Prefecture and the commander-in-chief of Xiongwu Town to attack Bu Jia Shi, and Luo Yu'er, the Guanzhong defense envoy, immediately blocked the road to Shu.
Then he ordered Li Xiaojie to mobilize the spies in Jinyi who were lurking in Shu, and began to build up momentum and spread false news everywhere.
At one point, it was said that the Emperor of Zhou led an army of 100,000 to conquer Hanzhong.
After a while, he said that Murong Nobunaga, who was almost Zhang Zhou's number one general, personally supervised the army to set off from Tianshui Mansion and go south via the Qishan Road to attack the middle of Shu.
The reason why Zhang Yan did this was to muddy the water. Anyway, the news of the conquest of Shu could not be concealed. It was better to fish in troubled waters and see if the Shu Congress would reveal any flaws.
Although the natural dangers in Sichuan are invincible and everything is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are many natural dangers and there are many places to defend.
Meng Shu's regular army only numbers fifty or sixty thousand, and it is impossible to defend everywhere. Let them get into chaos first, and maybe there will be a chance.
