One step slowly, each step slowly, that’s me, Zhang Shengren.
He paid homage to the 70,000 Han soldiers who were killed by Li Guangli in the southeast of Yanran Mountain, and set up stone monuments to commemorate them. He even decided to send people to build a temple after the year, so he continued north.
Then he met the herdsmen of the Yefu tribe who were completely conquered by Yang Jiye.
These grassland herdsmen were surprised and happy when they heard that the Supreme God had come in person. Overnight, tens of thousands of herdsmen came with their families to worship at the tent of Yefubu tribe. Some people even came from more than ten miles away to worship all the way. .
Zhang Xuan had no choice but to stay in Yehufu for one more day. During this period, he also gave a kind old lady (Mother of Riruge) a purple gold (bronze) Buddha statue, and left one monk who spread the Dharma and several ascetics. , helped them build a temple here, and then continued northward under the guidance of the herdsmen of the Yefu tribe.
Within two days, Zhang Shengren's army quickly advanced to the main battlefield of this battle, which was where the former Anbei Protectorate City of the Tang Dynasty was located.
But even if he came quickly, the battle was already over.
Li Cunhui and Yang Jiye, the two 'good sons', and Huang Yingda, who had been away for more than a year, were already waiting for him here.
Speaking of this record, it is indeed not bad. The Zhou army only dispatched more than a thousand cavalry from Huang Yingda's department plus more than 5,000 cavalry from the front army led by Li Cunhui, a total of less than 7,000 people.
He even defeated the three tribes of Yefugua, Dalimi, and Beizubu, and by the way, he also defeated the three thousand horsemen of Meerqi who were going south, almost annihilating them.
A total of more than 8,000 people were beheaded, more than 20,000 cavalry were surrendered, and 30,000 cattle, 90,000 horses, and more than 600,000 sheep were captured.
They captured dozens of people from various tribes, such as Qijin, Dagan and Beke, who were seeking chiefs, and 90,000 herdsmen from each tribe.
This cannot be said to be a small achievement. In fact, it is very large. The gains are almost equivalent to Huo Qubing's gains in the Battle of Hexi.
Although the novice tribes on the grassland at this time cannot be compared with the Xiongnu in the heyday of the Han Dynasty, the Zhou army did not send many troops this time. The real combat troops did not include the grassland auxiliary troops they surrendered, and even ten thousand cavalry were included. nothing.
With this merit, can I cut stones in Yanran Mountain?
It's definitely possible. After defeating the Northern Resistance Formation and killing Du Sage, Mi'erqi's strength was greatly reduced and he was far away from Yu'erhai. It can be said that more than half of the threat to the entire Mobei was eliminated.
But Zhang Gao looked back at the Helong cavalry led by him, and they were a little disappointed. They followed Zhang Gao all the way northward, but in the end they failed to win a battle.
The Tubo and Qiang cavalry and the Southern Tang and Wuyue soldiers were very excited.
Wu Yue's Shen Huzi was a lot darker. He looked like a Hexi native. He was excitedly watching the captives.
Li Jingda, who thought he was going to die of exhaustion on the way and secretly shed a lot of tears, had already taken several envoys from the Southern Tang Dynasty to Worudo City, saying that he was writing poems to commemorate the great popularity of poetry.
Zhang Yan's state of mind was somewhat similar to that of his Helong cavalry. With this achievement, there was no problem in squeezing the stone, but he felt a little disappointed.
So, I, Saint Zhang, stood outside the Anbei Protectorate and looked at it again and again, and I couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
"This is a majestic city! Standing here, you can imagine how ambitious the Tang Dynasty was when it built this city."
Li Cunhui came over and said with a smile: "Sir, this is not only the Anbei Protectorate of the great dynasty in the past, but also the Dragon City of the Huns, the tooth tent of the Turks, and the royal city of the Uighurs."
Zhang Hao looked around and saw that no one was paying attention. Then he hit Li Cunhui on the head with a chestnut.
"I thought you didn't know? Knowing that you little bitch can move so fast, I led more than 20,000 people along the way and lost ten kilograms of meat. In the end, I became your kid's transportation captain."
The word "captain of the transport brigade" was a bit strange, but Li Cunhui understood what it meant immediately. He wanted to laugh but didn't dare, so he had to hold it in. He happened to see Yang Jiye acting up in the distance, so he immediately caught the kid. .
I, the young general Yang Wudi, felt even more guilty when he saw Zhang Yan. Li Cunhui's attack could be said to be normal, but Yang Jiye believed Pan Mei's words and cut Hu Ke off halfway and finished all the dishes of Zhang Shengren.
Seeing Zhang Hao staring at him, Yang Jiye could only put on a playful smile.
"Sir, please don't get so angry. The people from Beizu who are waiting to break through this time are just minor characters. The real big shots are still in the east."
Zhang Yan stopped joking with his two adopted sons and his face darkened, "Is there any definite news?"
"Yes!" Li Cunhui nodded repeatedly, "Qi Lang, go and bring that guy over."
Yang Jiye brought him, and now the person kneeling in front of Zhang Yan was none other than his father, who was worried about pulling out Ye Gusi.
He was originally persuaded by the chief of Milqi, Hulu Balshu, and planned to backstab the father who treated him harshly.
Unexpectedly, Li Cunhui killed Du Sage directly in a surprise attack before he started taking action.
Feeling that he had lost his direction, and unwilling to be the leader of one or two hundred herdsmen for the rest of his life, Banye Gusi immediately understood.
Since he was even planning to sell his father Dusage, why couldn't he just sell it to the Khitan Queen Mother?
What's more, this Khitan Queen Mother is probably more valuable than her father Du Sage!
Zhang Gao sat in his seat and thought for a while. This Ba Ye Gusi still seemed to be very loyal, and he had a little bit of vision. He at least knew how to appear as a follower of the Liufa Sect.
But his ability is not very strong, and he has always been rejected by Du Sage, so he may not be able to appease the herdsmen of the three tribes of Beizu Bu.
According to Zhang Yan, the best way to solve the grassland problem is to follow the example of Genghis Khan in history.
Disorganize the subordinates of the various ministries, lift the direct rule of the old nobles over the tribes, appoint the relatives around them as Wanhu, and the warriors who follow them as Qianhu, and transform the federal-style grassland political system into the centralized power of the Great Khan.
The 120,000 households in the grassland designed by Zhang Yan are based on this idea.
But Genghis Khan was able to do this because he was originally from the grasslands and he was often on the grasslands. Naturally, his close friends could also stay on the grasslands for a long time.
But Zhang Yan couldn't do it. He couldn't stay outside the Great Wall for a long time, and it was impossible for Li Cunhui, Yang Jiye and others to directly let them serve in the grasslands.
Therefore, Zhang Yan must need another weapon, which is the assistance of the Six Methods Sect.
But at present, it will take some time for the Six Methods Sect to spread on the grassland.
All right! It seems that for the grassland now, all we can do is deploy troops, with the support of the tribes who believe in the Six Laws Sect, to continuously eliminate the tribes that refuse to surrender.
At the same time, the construction of 10,000 households can be slowed down a little. What really needs to be accelerated is the layout of the Six Methods Sect in the grassland.
For example, in Moxi, Mobei, and the Daxianbei Mountains, there is one living Buddha each, and a number of temples are built in each small place. The religious legal area and the corresponding monk-official hierarchy are first established, and then the political system of ten thousand households is incorporated.
So from this point of view, someone with average ability and character like Ba Yegusi can be used.
Anyway, what Zhang Yan wants now is to set up the framework first, and then completely rectify the grassland after the Southern Tang, Wuyue, and Southern Han kingdoms in the south have been conquered.
"Get up and speak, and report the situation of Shulu Ping and the Eight Divisions of Di Lie as soon as possible!"
Hearing that the Supreme God allowed him to get up, Ba Yegusi felt a numbness all over his body. In the past twenty years, he finally made a right bet.
Even though he was told to get up, Ba Yegusi still did not dare to look at Zhang Xian. If he dared to look directly at the Supreme Heaven, he might be blinded by the Buddha's light.
So Ba Yegusi lowered his head and bent his waist slightly, his eyes only seeing the position of Zhang Hao's chest.
"The Khitan Queen Mother is one of the Eight Enemy Lieutenants who arrived in March this year. With her, there are two thousand Khitan iron-armored and leather-clad troops and a hundred eminent monks."
Speaking of this, Ba Yegusi paused and said, "It's these fake eminent monks from the Khitan who deceived us, saying that the Six Dharma Sect is an evil heretic, and only Du Sage, Hulu Badu, etc. dare to resist."
While Zhang Gao was listening, he asked Zhongshu Luantai, who was waiting for the imperial edict, to write it down.
After Ba Yegu Si left with his gratitude, Zhang Yan combined this information with the reports sent back by the Six Dharma Sect monks and the Khitan spies who were the bodyguards in Jinyi, and basically figured out the situation of the Eight Divisions of Enemy Lie. .
Sure enough, this demonic wind that rebelled against the Six Methods Sect on the grassland was caused by Shulu Ping.
In fact, after the Khitan was hit one after another, this old woman gradually began to be disliked by other Khitan nobles because she advocated retreating to the Xianbei Mountains. Especially after the prosperity of Jinzhou, her prestige dropped a lot.
After being unable to persuade his son Yelu Lihu, who insisted on going to Jinzhou to die, Shuluping decisively led the last two or three thousand Khitan martial arts essence that he could still mobilize and stationed in the territory of the Eight Divisions of Dilie.
In addition to the more than 2,000 Khitan armors in his hands, Shuluping also used the Khitan's former prestige to recruit more than 3,000 warriors from Shiwei and Tieli tribes.
As for the Dilie Eight Tribes, they are actually the most powerful tribe on the grassland.
Because the Eight Tribes of Dilie are somewhat related to Shuluping's mother clan, and because they received preferential treatment from the Khitan people, he appeared as a grassland spy most of the time in history.
Historically, during the Khitan period, there were many rebellions on the grasslands. Even some of the eight enemy tribes participated, but all eight tribes had never rebelled together.
Correspondingly, most of the benefits that the Khitans provided to the grassland tribes were naturally eaten up by the Eight Tribes of Dilie.
Now the Eight Divisions of Enemy Lie have more than 30,000 tents and a population of more than 200,000. Moreover, they live more densely than the Bei Zubu people. They can draw out 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry at any time, and their strength cannot be underestimated.
Of course, this strength is calculated based on the eight enemy tribes being together. In fact, the Khitans are not completely confident about the eight enemy tribes, so the eight tribes have never had a leader, and they all obey the Khitans.
After Zhang Gao understood the situation, he immediately summoned all civil and military ministers for discussion.
Zhang Cheng and others who had not won the battle were very excited. The commander of the right wing, who was known for not claiming credit and keeping a low profile, said loudly for the first time.
“Although it is already mid-September, the weather has not completely turned cold yet. The army is well-fed and its morale is high enough to launch another Eastern Expedition.
Moreover, the eight enemy tribes are the strongest in the grassland, so the Khitans cannot be allowed to integrate them. They must eliminate this hidden danger in one fell swoop before Shulu Ping's prestige is established. "
Li Cunhui and Huang Yingda also agreed. Huang Yingda said: "The reason why the Khitans were able to incite various tribes to resist the Six Fa Sect was that, in addition to Shulu Ping taking advantage of the Khitan's former prestige, there were also more than a hundred monster monks who deceived people's hearts.
The eight enemy tribes may be eliminated slowly, but these hundreds of monster monks must be eradicated immediately! "
Huang Yingda, like Bai Congxin, was born as a Yellow-headed Uyghur. In fact, he belonged to the old Kucha people in Tochara.
As for the Bai Congxin family, that is, the Kucha royal family, a large number of people are mixed with Han people. Their facial features are no longer obvious, but Huang Yingda is obvious, with white skin and slightly fiery red hair.
Moreover, Huang Yingda always led the cavalry unit formed by the Uighur prisoners in Ganzhou, which was the original left and right battalions of the Uighurs.
Out of fanaticism as converts, these people are now the most devout group of people in Hexi who believe in the Six Methods Sect.
Seeing that the generals had all spoken, Li Fang, the minister of Chongluantai and the minister of Zhongshu's army, also reminded: "Sage, if I don't wait to conquer the eight enemy tribes in the east, the pressure will be on the Duke of Jin. .
Moreover, the consort of Ganquan County and Datong Prefecture's military and horse supervisor Zhe Erlang and his 8,000 cavalry have not been in contact since they left Fengzhou Beach. I am worried that Zhe's consort will run into the enemy's territory. "
Zhang Gao nodded when he heard this. This time the troops were sent out by all five armies.
Yan Jin's mission is to attack the Khitan's Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing. If the battle goes well, he will also clear out the Wugu tribes who fish and hunt in the Daxianbei Mountains.
Zhe Deyi was originally assigned to deal with the Yefu tribe, but now that they have not seen their army, it is very likely that they have strayed and crashed into the territory of the enemy's troops to the east.
If Zhang Yan's main force does not move, all the pressure will go to them, which is indeed dangerous.
"Okay, each army will recuperate for a day, and get up early tomorrow to march eastward to conquer the eight enemy armies!" Zhang Gao immediately made a decision.
(End of chapter)
