After summoning the envoys from Wu and Yue, Zhang Gao simply summoned Li Jingda, the envoy from the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Because Zhang Shengren could completely guess what Li Jing was thinking.
Li Jing didn't grow up in a deep palace. When his father Li Min was still called Xu Zhigao, Li Jing was an important banner for Li Min to stay in Jiangning and control the political power.
At that time, Li Min was not ready to usurp the Xu family's power in Southern Wu, and the resistance forces had not been completely wiped out. It can be said that Li Jing grew up in a dangerous political environment and still had some abilities.
In his self-perception, his father Li Min was Tang Gaozu, so he was born to be Tang Taizong, or at least a junior Taizong.
With this kind of mentality, it is impossible to surrender and be a small person right away. This corner is not easy to turn around.
Perhaps in Li Jing's view, the current surrender is to learn from the Yue King Gou Jian to endure humiliation and bear the burden.
When Zhang Hao saw Li Jingda wearing a silver-white python robe and acting very yearning for unification, speaking in the same language as a dog, he immediately understood that Li Jing wanted to paralyze him.
Otherwise, it should be Li Jingsui, the crown prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and not Li Jingda, who has a reputation for being upright.
This is just to deceive me, Saint Zhang, into thinking that I am the master of mediocrity!
However, Zhang Yan did not criticize him and seemed very happy. He generously gave Li Jingda a super-standard gift.
snort! It would be troublesome enough to have Meng Chang here, but it would be even more exciting if there was Li Jing. He wanted to die on his own, but I, Zhang Shengren, had to figure out how to arrange him.
After summoning the envoys from the two countries, another letter from Bai Congxin arrived.
Lu Sanlang had successfully captured the defeated army of Shimili, and with the help of a small local tribe that believed in the Liufa Sect, he had taken root three to four hundred miles away from Yanran Mountain.
At the same time, the tribes around Yanran Mountain also began to gather here under the call of the chiefs of Merqi, Hulu Badu, and the chiefs of Zubu Hao, Du Sage. They even raised the banner of protecting the law. It is said that there were 100,000 riders. many.
Zhang Gao circulated Bai Congxin's performance to the generals in the palace, tapped his fingers on the desk in front of him, and then spoke.
"The four tribes of Merqi, Zubu, Dalimi, and Yefugua are just barbarians outside the Great Wall. The so-called powerful chiefs also have little knowledge. How do they understand the difference between these six sects and the esoteric sect that was originally popular in that place? This must be someone. It was specially explained to them.”
After hearing this, all the generals agreed. Zhang Yan was right. The religious scriptures were specifically designed to be mysterious and mysterious.
Not to mention the grassland barbarians such as Mierqi and Zubu who are illiterate, it is not easy for even the cultural people of the Central Plains to clearly explain the difference between the Liufa Sect and other Buddhist sects.
Although the Six Dharma Sect respects the Supreme Heaven as Allah, it does not completely ignore the Buddha, right?
It is not uncommon for other sects to worship the Buddha and then choose a Buddha or a Bodhisattva as their main belief, not to mention directly nihilizing the Buddha and simply talking about philosophy.
Therefore, without professional explanation, it is difficult to explain clearly the origin and ins and outs of using the Supreme Heaven to lift up the Buddha in the Sutras of the Six Dharma Sect, and it is also objectionable.
Yuan Heng, a Hanlin scholar from Zhongshu Luantai, raised his hand and said, "The words of the sage hit the mark. Judging from the report sent back by Duke Bai, the tribes in Moxi, even if they are originally Buddhist tribes, are very important." They quickly converted to the Six Dharma Sect without much resistance, and they even took the initiative to join.
Because compared with the Buddhist classics that were popular in the grasslands in the past, the Six Methods Sect's teachings that only worship the Supreme Heaven and integrate the Supreme Heaven with Tengger are more suitable for the people in the grasslands to understand.
In the past, those classics filled with gods and Buddhas, big and small, were more complicated than those of the Six Dharma Sect.
But when they arrived among the tribes in Yanran Mountain, they suddenly encountered extremely strong resistance, which must have been premeditated.
I can even conclude that the instigator behind this is none other than Khitan! "
Jiao Jixun nodded when he heard this, and also held up his hands and said: "The Queen Mother of Broken Wrists can be regarded as a hero of her generation. I think if she wants to make a last stand, she will drag these prairie barbarians against me."
"Sir, it seems that Murong Erlang bullied Shu Luping very miserably!" Li Cunhui said with a smile: "I heard from you the day before yesterday that Murong Erlang's report is coming soon. Let's see what he said!"
All the generals laughed and did not take this matter to heart, because the general trend of the world was here. No matter how hard Shu Luping struggled, he could not escape the ending of Zhou Xingliao's death. It would only make it more difficult.
While everyone was talking, news came from outside that an urgent envoy had arrived, saying that a report from Murong Nobunaga, the governor of Anton and Duke of Yan, had arrived.
Zhang Yan quickly let people in, and then opened Murong Nobunaga's report.
This is the case in this era. The distance is too far. If there is no report, Zhang Yan will have no idea what happened to Murong Nobunaga.
After opening the memorial and reading only a few lines, Zhang Hao burst out laughing, "It's true that Shu Luping couldn't help it!
In March of this year, the Tuyuhun cavalry of the Anton Metropolitan Governor's Office completely cut off the internal and external connections between Khitan and Jinzhou. After three months of siege, Shuluping sent 20,000 troops to the west for rescue. As a result, Nobunaga'er was killed in the Daling River (Daling River). The east bank of the river was defeated by waiting for work.
More than three thousand Khitan people were killed by the formation. Shu Luping's elite soldiers, who had worked hard for a year and a half, were almost wiped out in just one night. "
In the past, Zhang Zhi used the method of boiling frogs in warm water to deal with the Khitan because he was afraid that Shulu Ping and Yelu Lihu would do something to the death, such as leveling rice fields, destroying water conservancy facilities, and destroying Jinzhou, Khitan Tokyo (Liaoyang), Yinzhou (Tieling) and other places. All the people moved away.
The prosperous land in western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning was completely deserted, and he was even more afraid that the remaining 20,000 to 30,000 elite Khitans would run to the Greater Khingan Mountains to fight guerrillas with him.
So they gave the Khitan people quite good treatment, and then only Murong Nobunaga and Gao Xingzhou were left to guard Beiping Mansion. The garrison was only three or four thousand, not even as large as the Khitan army. In this way, the Khitan people were held back. So that they can't be ruthless and flee north.
This plan worked as expected. Shuluping naturally knew that this was Zhang Gao's poisonous plan. After meeting with Zhang Gao from Chengde Mansion, he insisted on immediately withdrawing northward and destroying the entire Liao Dynasty when he returned.
But no one responded to her, what a joke, the Greater Khingan Mountains and even the Xianbei Wasteland are not so easy to treat. Not only the Khitan nobles, but also the people below are used to the wealth of Liaodong and Western Liaoning, and are not willing to move north at all.
Not only was Shuluping unable to convince them, but even his own son Yelulihu was unwilling to return north.
No matter how strong the Queen Mother was, she could not destroy everyone's jobs by herself. She had no choice but to compromise and continue to let the Khitans stay in western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning.
Seeing that Zhang Yan's plan worked, Murong Nobunaga immediately became a thief.
At that time, Zhang Gao promised to open the forging trade in Chengde Prefecture and Jinzhou. Murong Nobunaga used the excuse that Chengde Prefecture had not been completed yet and opened only one forging market in Jinzhou.
And he was very generous and placed the market outside Jinzhou City, where the Khitans could control.
At the same time, he wrote to Zhang Yan one after another, asking Zhang Yan to personally supervise the Hexi Chamber of Commerce to transport a large amount of in-demand goods to Jinzhou for sale.
Thanks to this two-pronged push, in just half a year, Jinzhou immediately transformed from an ordinary Khitan state into the most important and prosperous business center in western and eastern Liaoning.
There are hundreds of merchants of all ethnic groups entering and leaving Jinzhou every day. It can be said that merchants gather together and treasures pile up like mountains.
The Khitan nobles, fascinated by the immediate benefits, began to invest a lot of money to open trading houses in Jinzhou, and continuously transported specialties from Liaoxi, Linhuangfu, Jurchen tribes, and even Goryeo to Jinzhou.
Murong Nobunaga, like the most skilled hunter, waited for a full year and a half, until almost all the Khitan nobles had invested a lot of money in Jinzhou, before he instructed the Tyuhun people under his command to start causing trouble for the surrounding Khitan tribes.
The Khitans couldn't bear this anger, so they killed several Tuyuhun tribesmen who they regarded as invaders. This immediately gave Murong Nobunaga an excuse. He suddenly sent troops to surround Jinzhou and cut off internal and external connections.
This made all the Khitan nobles extremely anxious. After the negotiations failed, they decisively organized reinforcements in an attempt to use military means to resolve Murong Nobunaga's siege of Jinzhou.
At this moment, the only ones in the entire Khitan who were still vigilant were Shuluping and the Khitan who stayed behind at Yelu Dichaan in Tokyo.
Both believed that the Khitan army's current numbers, equipment, and especially morale were simply not enough to compete with Zhou.
Even if there are more than ten thousand people under Murong Nobunaga, they can't defeat them.
Moreover, Murong Nobunaga was obviously encircling the area for reinforcements. He had figured out that they were reluctant to part with Jinzhou's wealth and was just luring them into being deceived.
Especially Yelu Dichaan, he stopped in front of Yelu Lihu and tried to persuade him with tears streaming down his face. He even said, "Our ancestors came from the mountains and forests, and now returning to the mountains and forests is the way to survive for us Khitan people. If we are reluctant to part with Jinzhou's wealth, Goods, fear of losing both people and money.
Yelu Lihu was so angry that he personally held an iron ruler and beat Yelu's enemy chariot until his head was bloody.
In fact, these Khitan people could not listen to what Yelu dijian said, because many of them had all their wealth in Jinzhou City, and they had no determination to give up directly.
Good wealth is hard to part with! If they had this perseverance, how could Zhang Yan easily kill the Khitan Emperor twice.
So, there was no suspense about all this. Yelu Lihu personally led an army of 20,000 people to relieve the siege of Jinzhou. Murong Nobunaga first used his partial force from Shuofang Tugu Hunyuan Yanchao to meet the enemy.
Yuan Yanchao was severely defeated by Yelu Lihu who came in a hurry. He lost five to six hundred men and horses. He only escaped with his life by burning the Daling River pontoon bridge in a hurry.
Yelu Lihu's confidence increased greatly, and he ignored Yeluhou's advice to set up camp first and find out more about the battle situation in Jinzhou before speaking. He thought that he was invincible and could defeat Murong Nobunaga.
He actually directly ordered all the cavalrymen to dismount and build pontoon bridges, insisting on crossing the river now to pursue Yuan Yanchao's troops.
As a result, at noon, when the Khitan pontoon bridge was half-way up and the people were tired, their horses were exhausted and they were not wearing armor, Murong Nobunaga suddenly arrived with three thousand elite cavalry.
It turned out that he had been lying in ambush in the upper reaches of the Daling River, and only appeared suddenly when the Khitans were tired.
Gao Xingzhou was on the left, Zhang Xibao was on the right, and Murong Nobunaga was in the middle and took the lead. The Khitan people had no time to react and were directly penetrated!
In the chaos, Yelu Lihu, Yeluhou and others were killed among the rebels. In the end, less than a thousand of the 20,000 troops escaped.
In just one battle, Murong Nobunaga directly broke the last backbone of the Khitan people.
"Okay! My son is indeed a hero. He only dispatched less than 5,000 men and completely eliminated the Khitans. From now on, no one in Hebei Province can fight against me!"
Zhang Gao stood up and shouted loudly, and all the officials in the palace also stood up and congratulated loudly.
Murong Nobunaga's battle was indeed beautiful. He spent a full year and a half planning and slowly let the Khitans fall into the trap. In the end, he completely captured the Khitans as neatly as picking a ripe fruit.
Looking at the time, Murong Nobunaga's memorial was sent two and a half months ago.
Because he didn't know that Zhang Yan had arrived at Liangzhou Mansion at the time, the report was sent to the Tokyo court first, and the Tokyo court then sent a fast horse to Chang'an Mansion. It turned out that Zhang Yan had already arrived at Liangzhou Mansion, so the horse went north again before sending it to Chang'an Mansion. In the hands of Zhang Yan.
Before Murong Nobunaga dealt with Yelu Lihu, the siege of Jinzhou started at the beginning of this year, which happened to be the time when Bai Congxin and others left the fortress.
Thinking about it, it was because of this incident that Shuluping realized that Yelulihu and even the entire Khitan could no longer be saved, so Shuluping, who had been staying in Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, Khitan, began to contact the grassland tribes such as Meerqi and Zubu. .
After reluctantly clearing up the cause and effect, Zhang Yan returned to the map. The smile on his face never faded. He pointed to the Yanran Mountain area and said.
“Since ancient times, people in the grasslands have had no fixed abode, coming and going like the wind. The Central Plains courts of all dynasties have wanted to attack them. The most difficult thing is not how to defeat them, but how to find them before the logistical supplies are exhausted.
Shu Luping thought he was causing trouble for me, but in fact he was helping me gather these rabble.
Now, as long as we lead our elite troops to the north and attack Bai Congxin from both sides, we can defeat all the grassland tribes in one battle. From ancient times to the present, has there ever been an easier way to defeat Shi Yanran than this? "
When the generals heard Shi Yanran's words, they were all excited as if they wanted to make a show, yes! Is there anything easier than this to kill Shi Yanran?
Li Cunhui had long been envious of Murong Nobunaga's great achievements in Jinzhou, so he couldn't wait to run to Zhang Hao, pointing to the map and saying.
"According to the survey and mapping by the Library of the Ministry of War, up to 1,600 miles north from Juyan Sea is Yanran Mountain.
Although the section north of Juyanhai consists of high mountains and desert moraine, it is not difficult to cross it as long as you bring enough drinking water and keep heading north. "
As he said that, he looked at Zhang Yan with eager eyes, "Sir, please let me be the vanguard. With only five hundred elite riders, I can reach Yanran Mountain and contact Lu Sanlang. Your Excellency will lead the army and arrive soon." Call Mi'er and beg all the tribes to have no escape!"
Le Shi Yanran, this matter was difficult in other dynasties, but it was not difficult for the Tang Dynasty in its heyday and Zhang Zhou now.
Because in their heyday, Datang and Zhang Zhou both had a powerful Hexi.
As Li Cunhui said, from Juyanhai in the west of Hexi, where the Ejina Banner was located in later generations, to Yanran Mountain in the north, it is only more than 800 to less than 900 kilometers.
If the Central Plains court had a strong, wealthy and solid Hexi, it could easily hoard supplies and recruit troops in Juyanhai.
Then across the Altai Mountains and the nearby sandy areas, you can reach the Yanran Mountains. Even the Badain Jaran Desert can be ignored because it is within your grasp.
Especially now that Zhang Zhou, the emperor and most of the ministers' group are from Hexi, they have a stronger hold on Hexi than Li Tang.
It can be said that except for the republics of later generations, no dynasty in a thousand years could control Hexi so firmly.
Other dynasties did not have this advantage and could not assemble large troops in Longyou. They could only attack from Datong, Beijing and other places, crossing half the grassland.
The Ming Dynasty was the most difficult. It didn't even have Shuofang. It was like a person was missing a hand, so it was unable to solve the threat to the grassland.
"Sir, please go with your third brother. It's a journey of 1,800 miles. It will only take you twelve days to complete the journey. After another three days' rest, you will be able to lead the army."
Hearing that Li Cunhui was going to get this great achievement, Yang Jiye jumped out quickly and shamelessly called Li Cunhui third brother, which made Li Cunhui feel numb and wanted to go up and block his mouth.
Zhang Gao laughed three times and did not say anything about his arrangements. Instead, he said with great emotion: "It is so easy for me to defeat Shi Yanran today. It is all the result of the champions of the previous Han Dynasty!
Ever since the champion marched to the west of Hexi, cut off the Xiongnu's arm, and established Zhangye for the country, Yanran Mountain has always been within our military front.
This is how people in the past planted trees for others to enjoy the shade. When I go today, I should also hold this idea in mind to completely eliminate the threat from the grassland for our children and grandchildren! "
All the generals understood instantly and shouted loudly that they would like to be the champions of saints.
Zhang Gao decided that this time he would personally go out to the fortress and take this good opportunity to completely spread the Six Methods Sect on the grassland, and then quickly build 120,000 grassland households, and then slowly implement his plan to lead the grassland tribes to the west. The plan to lead to the west.
Perhaps, there are as many as 30,000 conscripted cavalry gathered in Hexi and Longyou in Liangzhou.
Envoys from the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wu Yue are also here, as well as Tibetan and Qiang powerful men from Dafichuan, Songpan, and Xishan.
It's better to take them all to the grassland and let them fully see how powerful they are.
Well, there’s a clue!
(End of chapter)
