Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 233 Daxi Hehuang Valley Conquered
Luo Hongxin was born in the Bozhou State Army, and only the Bozhou Army can command it under his command. He is not even a soldier in the Weizhou Yajun.

Lao Luo's idea is very simple, slaughter this ten thousand government army, lead the Bozhou army into Weizhou, act as Jiedu government army, he can control the whole Weibo.

You must know that Weizhou, Xiangzhou, Tanzhou, and Beizhou don't care who is the Jiedushi, and whoever has the biggest fist will listen to him.

It turned out that his son Luo Shaowei did this in history.

Luo Shaowei secretly dispatched [-] Bozhou troops into Weizhou, directly sealed off the arsenal of the Weibo government army, and opened the city gate to let [-] Bian troops enter the city. Family members were massacred, and Luo Shao took control of the situation, but from then on, he surrendered to Zhu Wen.

In this battle, Wei Bo paid the price in blood. Zhu Wen's 70 troops stationed in Wei Bo for half a year, spent hundreds of millions of money, and even slaughtered [-] cattle and sheep.

Of course he didn't know these things.

"Yeah, after slaughtering the [-] yamen troops here, Weizhou still has [-] yamen troops. He still can't beat them. Compared with the yamen army's combat effectiveness, the state army is still far behind."

"His Majesty!"

Li Ye said: "Since I have granted you Wei Bo Jie Du Envoy, I will never watch Ai Qing being coerced by Ya Jun. Let's not discuss this matter now. When Bian Liang is settled, I will naturally uphold justice for you!"

Now if three thousand yamen troops were slaughtered, Weizhou would immediately turn against him when he heard the news, and this good meal would turn into raw rice. His Majesty the Emperor would definitely not want to do that.

Luo Hongxin thought for a while and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty Long En!"

Luo Hongxin went out of the tent, and Du Rangneng came out from behind the screen.

Li Ye said: "Wei Bo's soldiers are domineering, we should prepare early, what good strategy does Duke Du have?"

Du Rangneng said: "Wei Bo's folk style is tough, we should show kindness to reassure the people, and then cut down his soldiers so that there can be no chaos!"

After hearing this, Li Ye shook his head and said, "Mr. Du is benevolent, why is everyone in the world benevolent? Wei Bo has not been restrained by the court for a long time. The people only know Jiedu envoys, but not the emperor. Showing kindness can be compared to Jiedu." Make it? Cutting troops is even more difficult!"

Du Rang can and can't speak.

Li Ye heaved a long sigh. There were no great sages in the late Tang Dynasty, and so was Du Rangneng. Many things were impractical, not all because of a muddled mind, and lack of low-level experience. This is a big flaw.

Compared with this point, Jingxiang is obviously much better, and Xian's strategy is also more down-to-earth.

His Majesty the Emperor no longer discussed this matter with Du Rangneng, and he had some preliminary thoughts on how to deal with Wei Bo.

The Weibo Yajun must solve it, and it is easiest to massacre all of them.

But how could the wise and mighty emperor who blamed him blame him, and transfer Wei Bo's public grievances to others.

His Majesty the Emperor thought it over and over again, and Li Keyong of Hedong was the most suitable to carry the blame.

Slaughtered Wei Bo's army, consumed all of Wei Bo's century-old savings, and then spread the grievances of Wei Bo people on He Dong Li Keyong.

In the end, we can use another trick to relocate tens of thousands of households from Weibo to other states.

Li Ye thought for a while, and then said to his servant Zhao Xi:
"Check with Duan Kun, does Luo Hongxin have any daughters or sisters? Yushan's personal guards will also send people to the six prefectures of Weibo, generals above the school level, especially the generals of the Yajun, their resumes, family members, in-laws, etc. I want to know everything!"

"promise!"

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The next day, news from various armies gathered in the emperor's tent one after another.

Li Cunxiao finally got rid of Zhang Cunjing's shadow. In the battle of Qingshuihe, Wang Zhongshi's long sword army was defeated. Wang Zhongshi retreated to Caozhou City and occupied the city without fighting.

The [-] troops of Wang Shifan, the military governor of the Pinglu Army, have already arrived in Cao County, which is only two days away from Bianliang.

The Taining Army and the Tianping Army combined [-] troops, and they did not get entangled with Wang Zhongshi. Together with Li Cunxiao, they have already arrived at Mawangji, and they will reach Bianliang in a day.

Shi Pu's [-] Wuning troops have already arrived in Dingtao County, and they will reach Bianliang in two days.

Li Keyong, the envoy of the Hedong Festival that Li Ye was most concerned about, had done his best this time. He dispatched an army of [-] cavalry, and he also went to Zezhou along the way, bringing Li Hanzhi's [-] Zezhou army to the Xuanwu battlefield. Wan Dajun was on a rampage and had already crossed the Yellow River at Heyang Ferry.

And Zhu Wen led the army, walked around Xuzhou, and went north to Zhengzhou, but the number of troops reported made His Majesty frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, nine out of ten soldiers from Caizhou defected to Zhu Wen. The Xuanwu Army went all the way from Luoyang to Ruzhou and then to Xuzhou. They gathered [-] to [-] soldiers, and now they have [-] to [-] soldiers."

"call!"

Luoyang is safe and sunny, and the [-] to [-] Caizhou soldiers are secondary.

"Your Majesty, urgent report from Chang'an!"

Li Ye's mind tightened, what's the matter with Chang'an.

When I opened the memorial letter, I felt an uncontrollable ecstasy in my heart.

"Zhang Huaishen has lived up to my expectations. He conquered the Hehuang Valley, and the Uighurs in Ganzhou escaped to Mobei, and the whole area of ​​Hexi is restored!"

Du Rangneng also said excitedly: "The old minister congratulates His Majesty, and congratulates the Great Tang. Your Majesty's achievements will last forever, far away from the Qin and Han Dynasties!"

"Ha ha!"

The Hehuang Valley is the pearl of Hexi, with water and grassland stretching for thousands of miles. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, Hehuang Valley could provide the imperial court with nearly [-] war horses every year.

Leaving aside the economic benefits, the Hehuang Valley is geographically low in the north and south, bordering Qinghai Lake in the north, and guarding the throat of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

If the imperial court controls Hehuang, then Tubo is subject to the Tang Dynasty, and if Tubo controls Hehuang, the Tang Dynasty is subject to Tubo. Although Tubo is weak, the Hehuang Valley cannot be bypassed if the imperial court wants to expand the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

"Your Majesty, the entire territory of Hexi has been restored, and Zhang Huaishen is in control of the seventeen prefectures of Hexi. It is bound to be a big deal, so we should make preparations early."

Li Ye nodded, he must be on guard, but he couldn't hold back.

"Anxi and Beiting have not yet been restored, Gaochang Uighurs are constantly disturbing, and the commercial routes in the Western Regions are still not open. There is a long way to go!"

Li Ye wondered if Yang Shihou's Silver Spear Army and Hua Hong's and Yang Sheng's Left and Right Zhenwu Army should be transferred back now.

After thinking about it, I still shook my head, the Huainan water network is crisscrossed, and Yang Shihou's Silver Spear Army is all cavalry, which is not suitable.

Hua Hong and Yang Sheng's left and right Zhenwu troops can be transferred back, but Datang still needs to have enough military presence in Hexi, and there must be troops to replace them.

Now that the Hehuang Valley has been conquered, the threat from Tubo disappears immediately. More than 2 people from the two armies, the Zuolongwu Army and the Right Shenwu Army stationed in Weizhou to guard against Tubo, can withdraw.

"I ordered the Zuolongwu army to go to Guazhou, under Zhang Huaishen's restraint, to attack Anxi and Beiting, and fight the Gaochang Uighurs.

The Youshenwu Army entered Liangzhou and guarded Liangzhou under the control of the Yin season.

The left and right dragon cavalry armies each expanded their troops by [-] troops, and under the restraint of Zhang Huaishen, they guarded the Hehuang Valley.

Order Yang Shihou to break away from Hexi Jiedu envoy Zhang Huaishen's restraint, absorb the elites of Gamo and Uyghur, expand his troops to five thousand, and return to Chang'an to stand by.

Order the left and right Zhenwu troops to break away from the Liangzhou defense envoy Yin Jifeng, and return to Chang'an to stand by. "

Du Rangneng said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers of the left Longwu army and the right Shenwu army, and the left and right dragon cavalry troops are all from Guanzhong. If they go to Hexi for thousands of miles, they may be unstable."

Li Ye said: "Two years, at most two years, after the two-year garrison period, there will be another army to take over, and the military salary, land, taxes, etc. will be given more preferential treatment. If you don't want to go, I won't force you, and you can transfer to other troops. inside."

"The old minister has no objections, but to restore Beiting Anxi, there is only the Zuolongwu army, and they are all infantry. I am afraid it is not enough?"

Li Ye said: "There are a lot of horses in Hexi, they can train horse troops, and I can also order the towns to send troops to guard the border. It is not difficult to add another 3 to [-] horses."

Li Ye closed his eyes and let out a long breath. Under the imperial court, there are town soldiers from various states. There are [-] town soldiers in the river. The Tang Dynasty has no shortage of soldiers. What it lacks is food, money, and soldiers capable of fighting Soldiers, what is lacking is a loyal general in charge of the army.

"There is not much rain in Guanzhong this year. I am afraid that this year's harvest is not as good as last year. There is another locust plague in Jingzhou. The grain and grass in Guanzhong can no longer be shipped out. We have to keep some of it for emergencies."

"Fortunately, Zhu Wen plundered the population of Ruzhou and Xuzhou, but did not destroy the seedlings. There are also harvests in Caizhou and Luoyang. Maybe it can solve part of the problem!"

(End of this chapter)