Shaoming three years, 948 AD, August 20th.
There were only two thousand Khitan armors left by Lu Ping on the grassland, and they were about to make a death struggle.
Du Sage, the powerful chieftain of the divination group, wanted to take advantage of his position and asked Zhang Yan to give him three heads of ten thousand households.
The chief of Mierqi, Huluba, lost his hope of getting the Wugushan pasture.
The one who slipped through the net, Ge Luo Jingyi, decided to 'let go' of his hatred and find a way to be my dog, Zhang Shengren.
When father worries about his father, Gusi is thinking about how to be filial.
In Liangzhou, I, Saint Zhang, summoned the leaders of the Qingtang tribes, mainly the six surnames of Xishan Babu, Songpan Thirty-one Dongdai, and Dafeichuan.
In addition to Langjie Jiangcuo, the consolation envoy of Songpan Prefecture, and Su Shangzhi, the consolation envoy of Kangding Prefecture, who had already obtained official positions.
Zhang Yan reestablished Xihai Prefecture in the core territory of Dafeichuan, the old Tuyuhun site, and the ruins of Xihai County in the Sui Dynasty. The location of the prefecture was located around Gonghe County, Hainan Prefecture, Qinghai Province.
Lun Jingxu, the leader of the Lun clan in Dafeichuan, was appointed as the comfort envoy of Xihai Prefecture. The Lun clan was allowed to recruit the forbidden army Jintian Town in Dafeichuan, and Lun Rinbo was the chief soldier of Jintian Town.
Subsequently, Zhang Gao appointed Shen Nianban, the deputy defense envoy of Longyou Province, as the prefect of Huangshui Prefecture, the military supervisor of Huangshui Prefecture, and the Qingtang Observer Envoy, etc., allowing him to coordinate the assistance to the Qingtang Plateau.
At the same time, Cui Huxin of Ya'an Prefecture also received orders to support the Eight Divisions of Xishan and Songpan Prefecture.
Behind these orders, the leaders of the various ministries coming to the DPRK were ready to start saving money and food, to fully support the Liufa Sect in continuing to advance into the core area of Qingtang, and to be prepared to use war to solve the problem.
But I, Saint Zhang, don’t pay much attention to these things.
The Qingtang strategy currently has a relatively low priority. Let Lun Jingxu, Su Shangzhi and Langjie Jiangcuo try the water first. It is best if they succeed. If they fail, they can make up for it later.
After I, Saint Zhang, took away six beauties from the Asami Morobe family, I focused all my attention on getting out of the fortress.
Just when he summoned the leaders of various ministries, Luantai and the Privy Council of Zhongshu Province had made all preparations for war.
According to the battle plan jointly submitted by the eleven Luantai Tao Lue She people and nine chariot and horse soldiers from the Privy Council, they have already established existing and abandoned Tang Dynasty Zhushoujiang cities in Juyanhai, Tuanhan Mountain, Shuofang, north of Hetao and other places. , Shouzuo City began to store a large amount of supplies.
This is done firstly to prepare for the army's march, and secondly and most importantly, it is to prepare in case the army cannot complete its combat objectives before the cold winter.
If the set combat objectives cannot be achieved, the main force will temporarily withdraw to these towns built on the grassland to avoid the wind and snow.
The remaining elites will mix with the local conquered tribes and wait for opportunities, waiting until May or June of next year to cooperate with the main force heading north again.
On August 21st, Zhang Yan visited Juyanhai in person and held a swearing-in ceremony.
After the training of the conscripts in Longyou, Hexi Province, 21,000 cavalry were left behind. The Hanshandu, pro-army, and forbidden troops he brought with him totaled 12,000 infantry and cavalry.
In addition to these people, there were also the eight tribes of Xishan, the thirty-one Dongdai of Songpan, and the three hundred Xiaoqi of the six surnames of Dafeichuan who came to court.
His face was pale, and he never expected that he was just here to congratulate him, but he actually wanted to participate in the high-ranking operation of Le Shi Yanran, Li Jingda of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the thirty people of the Southern Tang Forbidden Army who were also ugly under his command. .
Of course, Qian Yue's envoy couldn't escape. He thought he was lucky and began to resist Shen Huzi, who was eager for him later. Qian Yue's 30 inner tooth soldiers were also completely dizzy because they were about to go out to fight.
Who is this? A second ago, they were still thinking about surviving in Jiangnan and earning a few small coins to live on.
Le Shi Yanran, who was about to join the legend in the next second, couldn't help but ask themselves, is he worthy?
Li Cunhui rode his horse and ran over from a distance. He was almost thirty years old, with an uncontrollable smile on his face.
Because he already knew that Murong Nobunaga would not participate in this expedition, thinking that he could finally make a contribution that Murong Lao Er did not have, how could Li Cunhui not be happy and excited.
Zhang Hao also looked at Li Cunhui with a smile. This guy and Murong Nobunaga were the two brothers of the younger generation of the rebel army in the past.
But in terms of ability, Li Cunhui is not like Murong Nobunaga who can handle the government affairs of a province or even a country. He is just a simple general.
In terms of character, Murong Nobunaga can be called Yi Bo Yuntian. He is known as Xiao Mengchang and has friends all over the world. Although he holds a high position, he only has one wife and three concubines, which can be said to be very single-minded.
On the other hand, Li Cunhui had many problems. He was very kind to the soldiers under his command and loved his soldiers as much as his own son. However, he just liked to fight with other generals of the same level. He was often sued by Zhang Gao. It gives me, Zhang Shengren, a lot of headaches.
He was even more unruly in his private life. Not to mention his dozens of wives and concubines, there were at least six or seven illegitimate children outside. His family's popularity war had always been a big joke in the elite circles of Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo.
But for Zhang Yan, Murong Nobunaga was destined to be released and sent to a distant place to conquer the monarchs and barbarians, but Li Cunhui could safely keep him by his side as a close general.
Li Cunhui will definitely not be as powerful as Murong Nobunaga in the future, but his life will definitely be much more free and easy than Nobunaga's.
"Take all your right feather Lin Guards, and I will give you Zhang Zhaojie's front compartment and Qu Qilang Qu Yanqing's left feather Lin Fenghuo Cavalry Camp.
In addition, Yang Jiye, Pan Mei, Cao Bin, Wang Shenqi, Yao Kechou, Zhang Yuanhui and other generals will also be given to you.
The specific command depends on the situation, but it must be reunited with Bai Congxin, Huang Yingda and others before the tenth of September. "
Li Cunhui was overjoyed. Zhang Yan basically gave him 70% of the elite troops who went out for this battle. It looked like there were only 5,000 cavalry, but in fact, even the 50,000 prairie cavalry were no match for them.
But Li Cunhui was still a little worried about Zhang Yan's safety, "I have taken all these elites away, and there will be no one to protect you."
Zhang Hao laughed, pointed at the tens of thousands of cavalrymen waiting for orders in the distance and said with a smile: "I am in Longyou, Hexi Province, so why should I be unprotected?
These 20,000 riders can serve as an army of 200,000, not to mention Zhang Zhaozhong, Zhang Cheng, Wang Quanbin and others. "
Li Cunhui then took the order and left with 5,000 cavalry and 20,000 military horses. In the whole army, only Zhang Yuanhui's 400 cavalry were armored cavalry, and Wang Shenqi's 600 cavalry were heavy armored cavalry. The rest were in order to save horse power. Hussars wearing only light armor.
Although this lightened the configuration of Zhang Zhou's elite, for the grassland cavalry, such cavalry with at least one piece of iron armor on their bodies was irresistible.
It can be said bluntly that if the horses under their crotches were tireless machines, these five thousand riders could conquer the entire grassland.
Watching Li Cunhui's troops slowly move northward from a distance, Zhang Shengren also began to issue orders to march eastward through Wang Yisi, his temporary staff officer corps.
I, Zhang Shengren, am still very confident. It can be seen from his division of troops that the main force in this battle is not actually the huge 27,000 main force around him, but the most elite Zhang Zhou in Li Cunhui's hands. The five thousand cavalry and the six thousand cavalrymen Bai Congxin and Huang Yingda had been fighting on the grassland for more than half a year.
These 11,000 fine cavalry plus 20,000 to 25,000 auxiliary light cavalry from 40,000 households in Moxi will complete most of the combat missions.
The more than 20,000 people led by Zhang Shengren were actually conducting an armed march.
Although these cavalrymen were born in Longyou, Hexi Province, and they looked as energetic as dragons, in fact most of them had not experienced the baptism of war, and their understanding of military discipline, marching, etc. only existed in training and in their minds.
If Zhang Yan really wanted to take them to participate in the decisive battle on the grassland and use them as the main force, he would be causing trouble for himself.
Once this battle outside the border is turned into an embarrassing situation, it will undoubtedly severely damage the morale of the military.
Not to mention that there are a large number of people from Qingtang, Nantang, and Qian Yuelai in this team, which makes Zhang Yan have to fight this battle extremely beautifully to achieve the effect he wants.
Therefore, the real main force of the battle is Li Cunhui and Bai Congxin's command, and Zhang Yan's more than 20,000 people. If they can complete the more than a thousand-mile journey out of the fortress with high quality, and finally participate in a few rout battles, so as to cause as little damage as possible It is a great victory for a person to complete Yanran Mountain and cut the stone.
After completing this, more than 20,000 cavalry will become the real Xiliang cavalry with men and horses like dragons. The people on the Qingtang Plateau will be more surrendered, and the military chiefs of Southern Tang and Qian Yue will not be able to afford much resistance. heart of.
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Lu Sanlang reluctantly stood up from the tight grip of a fat and white prairie woman, touched his sore waist, and then looked at the woman who was still sleeping soundly. He thought of me, the Great Sage Zhang, who was going out of the country.
He, Lu Sanlang, considered himself to be a strong man, but now he only had to deal with this one woman, and after half a month, he couldn't stand it anymore.
And Zhang Shengren's body is not much stronger than him, but he has to deal with more than a dozen women who have to be included in bed politics. Can he handle it?
I heard that guy Li Cunhui say that the women on the Qingtang Plateau are very strong!
"Sanlang, are you up so early?" Lu Sanlang had just gotten up, and the fat white woman was also woken up. She immediately stretched out her arms and put the two big lumps on her chest against Lu Sanlang's back, and she also made a sound in her mouth. Lu Sanlang moaned drunkenly, his feet softened by hearing this, and he quickly changed the subject.
"I don't know when Bactu will come back. Will this bitch Dusage go to the North Sea or the Fishing Sea in advance?"
Baktu is a Turkic word that means warrior. It would later be absorbed into Mongolian. The etymology of Bater, Batt, Batu and even the Manchu Batulu are all here.
When the woman heard Lu Sanlang's question, she let go of Lu Sanlang's hand, stood up with great pride and said, "My son Baktu is the most courageous warrior in Xizubu.
Even though he is only sixteen years old, he is as strong as a giant bear on the grassland and as smart as the cunningest fox. If he says he will come back today or tomorrow, he will definitely come back. "
All right! I, Lu Sanlang, also engaged in bed politics. This thirty-five-year-old woman, who was not ugly but just a little fat, was the de facto controller of the Xizu Bu Tribe, Mrs. Yu Lizi.
She was the head wife of the previous leader of Xizubu. After her husband died, she and her several-year-old son firmly controlled this small tribe of more than 7,000 people. She was not a simple person.
And Lu Sanlang followed Shi Mili all the way, that is, Yaoluo Ge Jingyi went eastward. When he arrived at the west side of Yanran Mountain, he was immediately taken by Yu Lizi. The two hit it off. Lu Sanlang lay down on the bed and took more than three hundred The cavalry pursuers infiltrated into the Xizubu tribe.
Baktu is the son of Mrs. Yulizi. He is indeed a good boy with both wisdom and courage. He is very famous among the divination people.
So Yulizi simply asked Bactu to serve as an envoy to go to Dusage to inquire about information.
After finishing her arrogance, the woman put on two pieces of clothing and went out. After a while, she brought in a large plate of milk cakes, mutton strips and a large bowl of salty milk tea for Lu Sanlang.
Lu Sanlang scratched his head. This woman was pretty good to him. Apart from being a little too demanding in bed and being a barbarian, there really wasn't much to choose from.
The two of them had something to eat together when they heard cheers coming from outside, and Yu Lizi jumped up.
"Baktu must be back."
As soon as he finished speaking, a terrifying young man with tall height, long legs, and a huge arm span opened the tent curtain and walked in. Although he was not particularly strong, he looked like he was a very good shooter.
The young man hugged his mother Yu Lizi first, then unceremoniously sat down opposite Lu Sanlang and started eating mutton strips. He was not hostile at all to Lu Sanlang's appearance.
This is an era in the grasslands where death is normal at the age of forty. When my mother was in her thirties, she struggled for twenty years and finally found a reliable man of comparable status.
This stepfather has no children and has hundreds of fine knights under his command. It's too late for Baktu to be happy. This is all the help of Xi Zubu!
Lu Sanlang was not in a hurry, and waited until Baktu was full before signaling Yu Lizi to come forward and ask questions.
Baktu waved his hand to stop his mother from speaking. He looked directly at Lu Sanlang and said.
"I saw Dusage. He was very kind to me. He gave me a set of cowhide armor, thirty good arrows, birch rods and fine iron arrowheads. He also gave me two of his best war horses. He also said that I would like Marry my granddaughter to me.
So I am very hesitant now. I don’t know what the emperor of the Central Plains can give me. "
The grassland is usually so straightforward. Even Yulizi thinks that it is normal for her son Bakutu to talk like this. Of course, who you serve depends on who gives you more benefits.
Lu Sanlang loosened his belt and decided to give this pair of inexperienced women a shock that belonged to the Zhou Dynasty.
However, he carefully asked Bactu what trump card he was holding and whether it was worth the asking price.
Buktu chuckled, "I brought a person, a smart fool. If I hand him over to Dusage, I can at least get ten times more benefits than this.
But if I hand this person over to you, Dusage will be doomed. Now it depends on how high the price you Tang people can offer. "
Lu Sanlang stood up suddenly. He knew that Bactu was not a casual talker, but also a smart man. When he said this, he must have gotten some information that was enough to determine the situation of the battle.
"Boy, think about it with your head. Du Sage is just a small chieftain in the prairie with less than 100,000 people.
The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty ruled thousands of miles of mountains and rivers and governed millions of people. What he could provide was something Du Sage could not even imagine. "
As he said this, Lu Sanlang couldn't help but laugh when he thought that Bactu compared the little Dusage with the Emperor of Zhou.
They laughed until Yulizi, Baktu, mother and son became a little angry and then stopped.
Lu Sanlang stretched out a finger and said, "Don't tell me what the emperor can give you. A certain Lu Sanlang can give you this amount of cloth-covered armor right now. It's the one that I'm wearing, the one you're so coveted."
Bactu recalled the silver-white cloth-covered armor worn by Lu Sanlang, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
What a nice armor that is! It is made tight with a good cotton hammer, lined with steel sheets that are worth tens of thousands of gold on the grassland, and a piece of gold silk armor is put on the inside. A bow weighing less than one stone cannot penetrate within thirty steps.
Even an ordinary warrior can easily kill the most powerful warrior on the grassland as long as he has a set of armor like this.
"You want to give me a set?" Bactu looked at Lu Sanlang longingly.
Lu Sanlang shook his head and motioned for him to continue guessing.
"Do you want ten sets?" Bactu's voice trembled. As long as there were ten sets, he could use the dozens or hundreds of sets of leather armor in the tribe to form an elite cavalry team.
Lu Sanlang still shook his head.
Bactu stood up in excitement, feeling a little dizzy, "How many sets are those? It can't be a hundred sets, right?"
Lu Sanlang slapped Bactu on the shoulder, "That's a hundred sets, as long as the information you bring is worth the price!"
Even for a prairie warrior like Baktu, when he heard about a hundred sets of cloth-covered armor, he almost lost his breath and just pulled it out.
Even Yu Lizi was trembling. She knew that the man in front of her could afford it, because among the three hundred cavalry he brought, there were at least a hundred sets of such armor.
Of course, Lu Sanlang still played some tricks. The premise of giving one hundred sets was that they were worth the price.
Obviously, Lu Sanlang did not think that Bactu could come up with information worth a hundred sets of cloth-covered armor.
And even if Lu Sanlang really wanted to give it, he couldn't afford it. He might be able to think of a way to give him ten sets of armor, but if a hundred sets of cloth-covered iron armor flowed into the grassland, he wouldn't even be able to save his head.
So Lu Sanlang's plan is to give this kid a few tricks and finally get rid of him. If he dares to pester him, the army will be out of control by then. He, a small chieftain with thousands of herdsmen, will not dare to pester him. He can only eat. Because of this dumb loss.
Although Bactu was smart, he still had too little knowledge. His mind had been so shocked by the hundreds of sets of cloth-covered iron armor that he lost the ability to think. He walked out of the tent suddenly and shouted at him to bring someone over.
"Shamili? How is it possible! How did you catch the shamili?"
After a while, exclamations of surprise came from the tent. Now it was Lu Sanlang's turn to be dumbfounded. This boy Bakutu actually caught back the Shamili he had been chasing.
As soon as Yaoluo Ge Jingyi looked at Lu Sanlang, he recognized that it was the Zhou army general who had been following him all the way. He immediately knelt down and began to cry.
"General, my name is Shamili. My name is Yaoluo Ge Jingyi. Now I have extremely important news to report. I just want the general to tell the saint something. I am willing to go to Liangzhou Mansion to be the head of Guizhou!"
After a while, Lu Sanlang shook for a while. This treacherous trick not only slipped the Yaoluoge family through the net, but also revealed the most critical information about Dusage and the Empress Dowager Shuluping.
This information is no longer a matter of whether it is worth a hundred sets of cloth-covered armor, but is related to a major event in the grassland that will be determined by the saint's battle.
This contribution was great enough for him, Lu Sanlang, to be granted the title of Marquis and Duke.
Suddenly, Lu Sanlang looked at the mother and son, and then thought of the thousand herdsmen in Xizubu, and a bold idea arose in his heart.
Gong Bai Congxin of Kucha County told him that he had decided to go west to establish a country in the middle of the river in response to the strategy of the sage Xia Jun and the Yi people.
And he, Lu Sanlang, was not welcomed by the entire Donggui Sect in the Central Plains, and his future was bleak at a glance.
Perhaps, this mother and son are his future?
He has no children now. If he can take advantage of this opportunity and bring a thousand herdsmen to join Xia Jun Yimin, at least he will have a future as a feudal country.
Anyway, he was raised as a Uighur since he was a child. He was born and raised in Anxi. Now that he has returned to Anxi, there is nothing wrong with him.
Thinking of this, Lu Sanlang took the hands of Yulizi and Baktu, and then said to Baktu seriously.
"This credit is so great that I can really only be your father now!"
(End of chapter)
