The Sixth Department of Dafeichuan, the Eighth Department of Xishan, and Dongdai of Songpan Thirty-one had been here for several days, but Zhang Yan did not summon them.
Ever since what happened to Dong Jiniang in Tianshui Mansion, Zhang Yan understood the nobility of his status as the Supreme Being.
Perhaps it should not be called noble, but should be called superior to all living beings.
This kind of feeling cannot be said not to exist in Han Dynasty, it can only be said to be very rare, but it is very common in Qingtang Plateau.
This is the supreme heaven, which is second only to Buddha in the sutras and higher than all Arhats, Bodhisattvas, Vajra, and Jialan. It is a living god in the true sense.
With such an identity, how could I be allowed to meet you casually?
Therefore, Zhang Gao did not care about these Tubo, Qiang and other powerful chiefs at all. He just ordered Fanshun, who stayed in Xijing, and Jia Yanchang, Pingzhang of Longyou Province, to be responsible for the reception, allowing these people to experience the wealth of Han in Liangzhou.
As for the residence of these powerful chiefs, it would be better to choose. Zhang Yan directly asked the first great master of Dayun Temple in Liangzhou to come forward and arrange them in Dayun Temple.
Of course, this also involves arranging for these 'local leopards' to visit the Buddhist treasures 'given' to Zhang Xuan by the Buddha when he attained enlightenment at Lingjiu Mountain in Tianzhu.
As for the explanation of the classics of the Six Dharma Sect, the language hints and suggestions, Zhang Gao does not need to come forward. The great virtues, monks, Rinpoche, etc. of the Liufa Sect are much more proficient than Zhang Gao.
So what is Zhang Hao doing?
Of course he was preparing to lead his army out of the fortress and restrain Shi Yanran.
Don't blame me, Zhang Shengren, for being so cautious when beating a few grassland chiefs. This is because someone is "Zhu Yu" in front!
Uh, or should it be called behind?
Anyway, as soon as Zhang Hao closes his eyes, something embarrassing will appear in his mind.
I am the God of War of the Ming Dynasty, Baozong, and Zhu Qizhen, an overseas student from Wala.
Before this thing, the emperors of the unified dynasty personally conquered the grasslands, and the most dangerous thing was the Baideng siege of Han Gaozu.
But in fact, the siege of Baideng was the first time that the Han and Hungarian sides were evenly matched.
The Xiongnu cavalry could not break through the Baishan Mountain guarded by the elite Han infantry, and the Han infantry had nothing to do with the Xiongnu cavalry.
In the end, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, who did not know what shame was, took the initiative to give in, ending the crisis.
It can be seen that even the siege of Baideng can be said to be more beautiful than the earthen fort built by my foreign students in Wala.
During the years of my career as emperor, Zhang Shengren, the two heavyweights Baozong and Jiumei were the ones who urged him to make fewer mistakes in the position of emperor.
Whenever Zhang Hao doesn't know what to do at some point, he will recall the operations of these two people and then do the opposite.
Even if the policy created in this way is of little use, it will basically not cause much harm to the country.
This is the benefit of studying history!
In order to not be as conspicuous as the Tumubao God of War, Zhang Hao naturally had to plan carefully.
Based on the information from the Anbei Protectorate Atlas left behind by the Tang Dynasty and the maps of later generations recalled by Zhang Yan, the route of this troop dispatch was roughly planned.
In this era, even if troops were sent from Juyanhai (Ejina Banner) northwest of Jiuquan in later generations, they had to go eastward for about 400 miles to the Han Shoujiang City or Han Fan Madam City, which was later known as Dalan in Mongolia. After reaching the vicinity of Zhadagad, go north and head straight to Yanran Mountain.
In history, Huo Qubing drank Ma Hanhai, Dou Xianle Shi Yanran, and of course Li Guangli failed to attack Dragon City. The main force all followed this path.
But if we go this way, the distance is about seven or eight hundred miles longer than going directly north from Juyanhai.
If you go directly north, you have to climb over the Tahan Mountain and Nanshan Mountain, which are part of the Altai Mountains, then pass between the Fuyangju Mountain and the Junji Mountain, and follow the Hunyi River (Wengjin River) directly into the original area where the Zubu people are entrenched. The location of the Tang Anbei Protectorate was also known as the Harah Forest of Mongolia in later generations.
Both roads have their own advantages and disadvantages. Going directly north is bound to be impossible for the whole army to pass through. Taking Mrs. Fan City in the Han Dynasty is farther, but it is easier for large troops to pass.
As soon as the two plans came out, as expected, all the generals agreed to go north directly from Juyan Sea, catching the divination people by surprise.
Of course, the plan they proposed was to have their own elite cavalry ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 people, and go directly over the mountains and ridges to the north.
As the emperor, Zhang Gao led at least 20,000 horses to Madam Fan's city.
This road also had a famous name in the Tang Dynasty, called Towering Khan Road.
Zhang Gao estimated that there were more than 35,000 infantry and cavalry who followed him into Guanzhong, but most of them were used to fight the battle of Shu. Now there are only 15,000 infantry and cavalry who escorted him to Liangzhou.
These days, there are about 32,000 Yi Congxiaoqi, Unite Archers, and Pro-Army Disciples who have been recruited to participate in the rural shooting ceremony in Longyou, Hexi Province.
Of course, these people cannot be taken away. After the selection, only 20,000 paces and cavalry are qualified, plus the 10,000 paces and cavalry that can be taken out of the fortress, the total is 30,000 horses.
If we divide our troops again, there will be about 20,000 people following Zhang Yan.
This is still dangerous on the grassland. No one can defeat him with 20,000 people, but the return route will still be cut off by enemy cavalry, as well as natural and man-made disasters, etc., which must be taken into consideration.
Zhang Gao asked Bai Congxin's report to be studied carefully. Bai Congxin now only had 5,500 main cavalry, and the remaining 20,000 cavalry from 40,000 families including Bashimi, for a total of 26,000. people.
Including Zhang Yan, the total number is about 56,000, which is a bit small for a grassland that spans thousands of miles.
After all, in addition to fighting, riding on the grassland also involves chasing. Throwing 50,000 people onto the vast grassland is like scattering a few sesame seeds in the sea.
"Sage! I believe that since the Yanran Mountain tribes' resistance to the Liufa Sect this time is likely to be fueled by the Khitans, we cannot just prepare to fight from west to east.
We also need to beware of Shuluping's recruitment of Menggu, Wugu, Dilie, Tuzala and Shiwei tribes to come to the west.
Since a saint is leaving the fortress, he must give the most thorough consideration and be lenient to the enemy. "Fan Quan thought for a moment and reminded Zhang Hao from the side.
Zhang Yan is actually considering this issue as well. His reputation has reached this point. If he succeeds in trying to suppress Shi Yanran this time, his reputation will be as high as that of Emperor Taizong Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty.
Then the Southern Tang Dynasty, which has always claimed to be the Tang clan, the Wuyue Kingdom, which was about to be controlled, and the Qingyuan Army Liu Congxiao, etc., can basically be decided by passing on the message.
Of course, the impact was also on the Tubo, Qiang and other tribal chiefs who came from the Qingtang Plateau this time.
If they can see with their own eyes that after they embrace a tall man who can personally conquer the grassland, these people will organize a large army to fight with the more logical Zanpu when they go back and establish the status of Liufa Sect on the plateau.
But the higher you climb, the harder you fall. Not to mention being as showy as the Baozong this time, even if Zhang Hao didn't catch Chief Du Sage and Chief Merqi, he would still have done something wrong to Zhang Hao. reputation, causing a certain degree of damage.
However, Zhang Yan did not immediately answer Fanquan's suggestion, but turned to look at Gao Huaide behind him.
"Zang Yong has been in Beiping Mansion for a long time. Do you think Shuluping can still command the grassland tribes and Shiwei tribes now?"
"Yes!" Gao Huaide replied without hesitation and raised his hand.
"Sages, grassland tribes have always been afraid of power but not moral. They are trapped by their knowledge and environment. They have a far-reaching understanding of power. They do not consider multiple factors like us Han people.
There is only one thing they consider, that is, the one thing that can defeat me right now is power.
As for some big country in the distance, they may not know it, and even if they know it, they may not take it to heart.
So close to Beiping Prefecture, Datong Prefecture, and even the tribes in western Liaoning, even Xi Ren who originally wore the same pants as the Khitan people, Shu Luping could no longer adjust.
But the Khitans can still mobilize the tribes far away on the east and west sides of the Xianbei Mountains. "
The Greater and Lesser Xianbei Mountains are what the Greater and Lesser Xing'an Mountains are called at this time. Gao Huaide's family was originally a rich man in the north of Yanshan Mountain. Recently, he stayed in Beiping Mansion with his father Gao Xingzhou and Murong Nobunaga for more than a year.
In addition, the Khitans have been quarreling with the Khitans, and the harassing Khitans can't even stay in the Dading Palace in Zhongjing, so they know the inside story very well.
He said that Shulu Ping could mobilize the tribes around the Xianbei Mountains and the Great Xianbei Mountains, so he could definitely mobilize them.
Hearing this, Zhang Yan first laughed three times, and then said: "Since the time of the Zhou Emperor Xia Jun and his people, our tribe has always adopted an all-embracing style and embraced the tribes of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness from all directions.
Therefore, although the later dynasties were born in Shatuo, they were still Tang children.
Since Emperor Xiaowen, the tribes of Xianbei have been indistinguishable from China. This great Xianbei Mountain is also our ancestral land! How can the people here be deceived by Shulu Ping?
This time when I go out of the country, I will also solve these problems. "
Everyone had a strange feeling. In the Tang Dynasty, if you talked about the Xianbei bloodline with the Li Tang royal family, or talked about Sha Tuoer with the Li family of the later dynasty, they would jump up and smash your head.
But when Emperor Zhang came to see this issue, he was very open-minded, and now he even wanted to incorporate the Xianbei, Shatuo and other tribes into China.
However, Emperor Zhang also has taboos. If you mention the word "Tibetan thief" to him, you will be killed.
A Zhongshu Lilang who was recording the meeting in the palace suddenly thought, could it be that the Li Tang royal family really had Xianbei blood, the royal family of the later dynasties were Shatuo people, and my Zhang Shengren family must also have Tubo blood mixed in?
Mist grass! Just when he thought of this, Qi Julang's face was dripping with sweat, his back felt cold, and he almost couldn't hold the brush. He quickly buried this fatal discovery deep in his heart.
In fact, Zhang Yan's family, starting from Zhang Yichao's generation, definitely does not have Tubo blood, and the inheritance is also very clear.
But when it comes to the generation of Zhang Yitan and Zhang Yichao's father, Zhang Qianyi, it becomes a bit blurry.
Zhang Yan himself had a vague feeling that something seemed to have been deliberately concealed in the experiences of his great-great-grandfather Zhang Qianyi and the sixth generation ancestor whose name he did not even know.
As a large Han family, the Zhang family was still a local wealthy family during the 100 years that the Tubo people ruled Hexi. It is very likely that they had married into Tubo nobles.
So in fact, it is not just Zhang Yan who dislikes the word "fan thief". The Zhang family of Shazhou Longtou is even more taboo about hearing this word.
However, Zhang Yan didn't know what the people below were complaining about, and it didn't matter if he did. Li Erfeng would still be considered a barbarian every day in later generations.
I don’t even think about it, even if the Li Tang royal family has Xianbei blood, who will the Xianbei people merge with later.
Even Li Erfeng couldn't escape being discussed, and it was normal for him, Zhang Erfeng, to be discussed.
Therefore, I, Zhang Shengren, was very excited to publish his outrageous remarks on the Internet, "Send a fast horse to Tokyo and ask the Minister of Finance to tell the world that anyone with the surname of Tuoba, Erzhu, or Hou Mochen should immediately pay filial piety." Under the regulations of Emperor Wen, the surnames were changed to Han surnames such as Yuan, Zhu, and Chen.
The remaining surnames of Yuwen, Murong, Dugu, and Yuchi were all added to the Han surnames. Zhongshu Hanlin Academy, who was ordered to stay in Tokyo, began to compile the surnames of the world. I returned from Yanran Mountain and immediately compiled the surnames of hundreds of families. "
Are there still people with the surnames Tuoba, Erzhu, and Hou Mochen? have! That's quite a lot.
Yuan Heng, the counselor Zhang Gao brought back from Ma Chu, was originally named Tuoba Heng. Er Zhujing, who was brought back from Anxi, was Zhang Shengren's favorite general. Based on this, we can't say many people with these Xianbei surnames, but Definitely a lot.
A military meeting went off the rails, and Zhang Shengren took the opportunity to publish a large speech about national integration and unity, and put his group of Tubo, Dangxiang, Xianbei, Shatuo, Uighur, and Zhaowujiu under his command. The civil and military general was moved to tears.
Everyone said that they would follow me, Saint Zhang, to restore the great dynasty and be a good Han Chinese.
As for the Han civil servants and generals under his command, they had long been accustomed to Zhang Zhang's style.
Moreover, these may sound like foreigners, but they are indeed no different from the Han people. Except for some clues found in their surnames, there is no way to tell that they are foreigners.
Some even traces of their surnames have been wiped away. Whether you admit it or not, they are already Han Chinese.
There was nothing Zhang Yan could do about it. He was from Hexi and made his fortune in Anxi. Even his aunt and uncle were barbarians. None of the unified emperors from ancient times to the present had such a complicated background as Zhang Yan.
Compared with his Zhou royal family, the Li Tang royal family can be regarded as pure Han people.
If it weren't for our ancestor Zhang Xiaosong, who was a powerful figure in the Western Regions, and his great-grandfather Zhang Yichao, who was a world-famous hero and loyal minister, and the Dragon Tongue Zhang family could be considered one of the Han sects, Zhang Xi's status as a Han would not be as good as that of Li Keyong. The identity of the Tang royal family is reliable.
In order to erase these marks, Zhang Yan had no choice but to deny it, nor could he deny it as shamelessly as the Li and Tang royal family.
If he wants to do this, he is digging his own foundation. You must know that Emperor Zhang's biggest base is the Guiyi Army Faction, Donggui Faction and Lianglan Liugu Faction, all of whom have the same origin as him.
So Zhang Yan simply took up the banner of national integration, put the matter on the bright side, and directly merged Xianbei, Shatuo, etc. into the big Han family, so that no one could hold on to him.
This is not giving an identity to the Xianbei and Shatuo people who have long been integrated. This is giving an identity to the millions of Amo people in Longyou, Hexi!
Identity recognition is a big matter, compared with sending troops outside the wall is a trivial matter. Zhang Yan continued to discuss this matter with the civil servants and generals, and finally decided on the military arrangements.
Li Cunhui and Yang Jiye immediately took the supplies to Juyanhai to stock up. Then, with them as the first and second vanguard, they led 5,000 cavalry directly over Tuanhan Mountain to the north.
Zhang Zhi then personally led about 20,000 horsemen to the east towards Lady Fan City in the Han Dynasty, and finally went north along the towering Khan Road.
In addition, Datong Prefecture Yin and Datong Prefecture Superintendent of Soldiers and Horses Zhe Deqin were ordered to lead 2,000 fine cavalry from Bingzhou to the west to Shuofang Province, and join the 10,000 households from the four lower Khitan tribes in the Yinshan area. A total of 5,000 fine cavalry were sent from Shuofang into the desert, and directly Go to Yanran Governor's Mansion (near Ula Bator).
Originally, the Pingzhang of Shuofang Province was supposed to be Gao Xingzhou, the father of Gao Huaide. However, because Murong Nobunaga wanted to deal with the Khitans in western and eastern Liaoning, Zhang Gao ordered Gao Xingzhou to postpone the trip. Now he can only let Zhe De. Go to war.
Finally, he ordered Pingzhang, the governor of Hedong, and Yan Jin, the Duke of Jin who stayed behind in Beijing, to select eight thousand elite cavalry from Hedong and march out of Datong Prefecture.
Fu Yanqing, the governor of Pingzhang of Hebei Province and Qinghe County, selected the elite cavalry of Hebei and the 15,000 cavalry of Jiaodong and Zhili Yicong. They left the fortress from Beiping Prefecture and went straight to Linhuang Prefecture of Khitan in Beijing, preparing to cut off Shuluping's return route.
Just make dumplings for Shu Luping. If you want to beat them, you can deal with them all at once.
(End of chapter)
