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Chapter 563 Gifts
When Li Longji left Lingzhou, the Blood Camp finally made the final arrangements.

Thirty thousand soldiers drawn from the captives of the Tang Dynasty were cut in half.Half of it is divided into Jishi Mountain. Anyway, it can't be divided into places close to the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, if you just want to be a deserter, why are you talking about fighting?Together with [-] Blood Battalion soldiers, under the leadership of Xiao Xue, guarded Jishi Mountain to prevent the Tubo people from going north.

Although the combat effectiveness of these [-] Tang soldiers is very problematic, it is not a big problem if they can stick to the checkpoint.What's more, the current Tang soldiers are not like the later Song soldiers, who are completely useless.Combat power is still considerable.

Xiao Song and Ge Shuhan continued to cooperate with Guo Yuanzhen along with [-] Blood Battalion soldiers.Wang Hua specially wrote a letter to Guo Yuanzhen, don't be fooled, thinking that the two of them are thick and big, it is better for them to be at ease and only lead the [-] troops of the blood camp to cooperate with you.Your own pawns tie the tie themselves.

This is the advantage of knowing the soldiers and knowing the generals.The talents of the two people are good, but they have never been in contact with each other. Everyone doesn't understand, and the battle must be ended in a short time, which is very difficult.

Besides, this is the third time the Tang Dynasty issued an imperial decree, urging Guo Yuanzhen to stop attacking Dafeichuan.

Xue Na was still a little scared in Youzhou, and his family was still in Chang'an City.Since Guo Yuanzhen had been in the Western Regions for a long time, his family had already picked him up, and with the Blood Camp in between, he had much less worries.Seeing the first imperial decree, I almost called my mother's egg.

However, it is still different in nature from Wang Hua, and it talks about the significance of accepting Dafeichuan.This significance is not small. Many Dangxiang people and Tuyuhun people lived from Jishi Mountain to Dafeichuan, which is the main source of taxation and military service in Tubo.As long as these two places are taken down, the national power of Tubo will be weakened by at least one third.Of course, Xue Rengui defeated Dafeichuan at that time, mainly because he underestimated the enemy and rushed forward. Now, unlike Xue Rengui, Jishi Mountain has been owned by the blood camp. Unlike Xue Rengui, Lun Qinling immediately found it from other places in Dafeichuan and Jishi Mountain A large number of reinforcements, coupled with the army he brought from Tubo, made up a superior army of 40.

Jishi Mountain was assigned to the Blood Camp, and now that Dafeichuan was obtained, only a few crossings leading to the south could be guarded to ensure that Dafeichuan was not lost.Dafeichuan is not lost, and the Hexi corridor behind, and the four towns in the Western Regions may remain stable forever.

Not only that, but also expanded the territory for the imperial court. At the same time, with Dafeichuan, Tubo lost an important horse source base, but the Tang Dynasty got the heaviest horse source base.

After writing the replay, he didn’t receive the second and third edicts from the imperial court at all. He looked for someone, and when he arrived at a certain mountain, the poor eunuch who made the decree asked which mountain it was, and he pointed to it. Looking in the direction of the mountain, my god, it’s already June, and the top of the mountain is still white.No wonder Wang Hua used Xue Huo Huo to wipe out tens of thousands of people in Tubo.

No one could be found, so the imperial envoy had no choice but to wait for Guo Yuanzhen to come back.where to wait.In the third batch of imperial envoys, there was an eunuch named Lin De, who was a diehard Webster. He immediately saw the tricks in it.In fact, I also want to thank Wang Hua. It turned out that the army of the Tang Dynasty was very afraid of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. First, it was cold, and second, there was miasma everywhere.Wang Hua explained that it was not miasma, but hypoxia on the plateau.Now many people don’t know the principle, but they know that if you want to fight on the plateau, you must first have a good body, second, you need to adapt to the weather and climate of the plateau after a period of time, and third, you can supplement it with rhodiola and other medicinal materials.

So Lin Dezi didn't believe in evil, and a few soldiers really led him into the mountains for a walk. After walking around for a while, Lin De quit. Run up the mountain in single clothes.Then I walked up these high mountains for a while, and there was frost in June and snow in June.I used to think I heard stories, but now I see it with my own eyes, and because of lack of water, people eat ice and horses eat snow.

I am used to being pampered and pampered in the palace, how can I adapt to this bad weather?
Knowing that the soldiers are playing ghost tricks, they can't climb up anymore. There is no prospect of climbing to the top of the mountain, and the top is covered with snow. Guo Yuanzhen is really on it?He is full of food?But I don't have the ability to climb up and expose this lie.Just climb up, so what, if Mr. Guo is not here, maybe he went to another place and strangled the soldiers to death.

But Guo Yuanzhen also urged Wang Hua.

We don't want to play like this anymore, the court forced me to do nothing, I want to withdraw the troops.

Wang Hua was very depressed when he heard that. Damn it, did I make contributions, or did you make contributions?You must know that this may make Guo Yuanzhen's name go down in history.
But this old fox is very cunning, he is sure, Wang Hua also wants him to make a quick decision, so he came to "threat" Wang Hua.

Wang Hua had no choice but to support a large amount of supplies free of charge.This also made Guo Yuanzhen feel at ease, don't look at the occupation, but also defend it.There is no need to worry about food, and the Western Regions can be self-sufficient. If there is a little lack, it is not a blood camp, and there is too much lack.I believe that the imperial court will not be embarrassed about this.Don't worry about war horses, on the contrary, they will donate a large number of war horses to the court.The main thing is weapons, afraid that the woman in the palace will break their weapons.

As long as Wang Hua can understand, keep the supply of weapons uninterrupted, and sometimes even send some reinforcements in time, he will dare to fight against the Tibetans.

In fact, Wang Hua has nothing to do with this old bastard now. This is the one who wrote "He Yan Zhongdao was abandoned, scattered and drifted to the edge of an ancient prison. The last two sentences of "Bao Jian Pian")", write "The dust flies outside the Great Wall, and the power of martial arts emerges every year. Death and life follow the jade sword, and work hard to Jin Wei (the first two sentences of "Sai Shang"), write "The autumn wind is majestic and the moon is Yiyi, When flying over Gao Wuying.In the dark, don’t teach others of your kind, who is known in the world ("Firefly") as a suave and passionate General Guo?
It seems that one cannot judge a person by appearance, nor can one judge a person by poetry.

But Guo Yuanzhen pinched him at the fatal point, not only supported the weapons, but also sent another general, Lun Gongren.

Back then, Tuyuhun was almost destroyed by the Lun family, so he was very familiar with Tuyuhun and Lun Gongren.Another point is that Lun Gongren has no conflict in his heart when dealing with Tuyuhun people, not Tubo people.

Even if there was conflict, it is gone now, Wang Hua treats each other with the courtesy of a national scholar, how dare he not serve Wang Hua?
Ge Shuhan and Xiao Song are attacking Mantou City, an important city in Tuyuhun.

But Lun Gongren didn't talk about how to win Mantou City, but talked about the situation of Tuyuhun.

"General Geshu, General Xiao, what does Tuyuhun produce?"

"War horse," the two said in unison.In particular, Datong horses and Hequ horses are used as seeds. Qinghai Lake is frozen every year, and the horses are placed on a small hill in Qinghai Lake without supervision. The horses are allowed to conceive in the next spring. "Breed", but it is very unsuitable. Emperor Sui Yang occupied Tuyuhun, but did not ask for this dragon stallion.Later, the Tuyuhun people introduced Dashi horses, and Qinghai Cong bred on the basis of dragon stallions, each worth several thousand guan.

It is this kind of Qinghai cong that Xiang Wang painted, not only the horse has good physical strength and fast speed, but also has a high IQ and understands human nature.

But Lun Gongren did not talk about the dragon stallion and Qinghai Cong, but talked about another kind of horse: "Yes, they are horses. The number of dragon stallions and Qinghai Cong is very small, but there are many excellent Hequ horses, and there is also a war horse. , that is, the Shu horse that you Tang people talk about. But it is not a small horse that came to Shu, but it was produced in Tuyuhun. Don’t underestimate this kind of horse. This kind of war horse is hardworking and good at walking in mountains. If the battalion governor is interested in the south one day, this kind of horse is a must-have war horse. Besides horses, there are also a lot of livestock, but two of them are the most important. The first is camels. Interest, this kind of livestock is more useful than war horses. The second is yaks. If you go south, there are more mountains, and horse-drawn carts are not suitable, and yaks will come in handy.”

In fact, the information Lun Gongren said is very important, but Xiao Song and the two haven't heard it yet. Anyway, Mantou City will not be able to attack for a while, so they listened to him fooling around.

"Then there are people. In the early days, Tuyuhun did not collect taxes, but only collected part of it from wealthy businessmen, plus the royal family's property, to maintain the regime. When fighting, all the people were soldiers. Later, it was crushed between two powerful countries and began to decline. But why did the Tang Dynasty fail to compete with Tubo for Tuyuhun? The first is geographical factors. The soldiers from the Central Plains were not used to coming here. The second is the contempt for Tuyuhun. Later, seeing that Tubo used Tuyuhun as a springboard to repeatedly invade the border, it was too late to regret. The third is the blood relationship. They are all from the Tibetans. Relatively speaking, it is easier to get closer. Fourth, although they both married princesses like Tubo, the Tang Dynasty, the object of support, made mistakes. But Tubo also made mistakes. The taxes levied are too heavy, especially in the crisis period of the past few years, but I did not expect that the court would not seize the opportunity, but let the blood camp seize the opportunity. There is another factor, the Bailan tribe, the Tang Dynasty sent troops to defeat Tuyuhun many times , and then they retreated to the Bailan tribe when they were defeated. The mountains were higher, more dangerous and colder, and the Tang Dynasty had nothing to do. And Tubo sorted it out from high to low, which is also an important reason."

Hearing this, Xiao Song and Ge Shuhan had already faintly grasped a point.

"Moreover, the Tuyuhun people are good at building cities and bridges. Just like Xiqiang City (the west side of Xiqing Mountain) occupied by our Xueying, and the Water River City and Nihe City (Lintan West) in the most important agricultural production area of ​​the Tuyuhun people. ), the original Summer Palace, Maqu City. Minghe, Zhennian, Sanzu City (all in Lintan), Dangyi City (Min County) that were included in the Tang Dynasty very early. The location of the Summer Palace on Dafeichuan Mantou City, King's Capital Futeng City, Old King's Capital Shudun City and Hezhen City. These four are the heaviest cities in Tuyuhun. In addition to the Dafeichuan area, there are further Tuyuhun City and Wuhai City At the same time, the technology of man-made bridges in Tuyuhun is very developed. For example, the 150-step Heli Bridge on the Yellow River in Hezhou is built with wood and stone. It has not fallen down for hundreds of years from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the present. This bridge was built by the Tuyuhun people.”

Xiao Song thought for a while and said: "General, I understand what you mean. If you attack Tuyuhun, the way we are doing now is wrong. It is the same as General Li Jing's attack on Tuyuhun decades ago. Tuyuhun is because There are many cities, which occupy an advantageous location. If the enemy is strong, you can also use the cities to slow down the enemy's footsteps, and then use the large number of hard-working ponies and yaks in the territory to drag supplies. There is a stone bridge leading to the river, so they can quickly evacuate to the Bailan Department that they have made friends with. But because the opponent is not familiar with the terrain, he is attacked by the city, and the road is muddy. Even if he knows it, he can't catch up. Like this Tuyuhun's vitality is still there, and with Tubo's assistance, even if it is occupied, it will be very difficult to hold on in the future, and it is easy to be counterattacked by them."

"That's right, we don't need to attack these tall city walls like this. We just need to send a powerful army to go around to the south, block the rear of Fuqi City and Tuyuhun City, cut off the way out of Tuyuhun, and cut off the Tuyuhun people. The idea. Then send people to surrender, and the overall situation of Tuyuhun will be settled."

Ge Shuhan and Xiao Song looked at each other and said, "It's done."

They said they couldn't do it, and they had to discuss it with Guo Yuanzhen.

The strategy Lun Gongren came to offer this time finally sounded the clarion call for Tuyuhun to return to the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Hua did not expect that transferring Lun Gongren to Tuyuhun would make such a great contribution.

He started to mobilize again, because Xue Na's army was marching westward, so he had to deploy [-] troops in Dongshoucheng and Shengzhou.This was led by Kong Heizi and Gongsun Yun.It's an interesting arrangement, at least from an outsider's perspective.Regardless of the relationship between Xue Na and Xue Song, Kong Heizi and Gongsun Yun both served as Xue Na's generals. In terms of relationship, Kong Heizi is still Xue Na's junior.The more Xue Na wanted to clarify, the more Wang Hua made Xue Na unclear.

This made a person breathe a sigh of relief. After drinking the river water for more than 20 days, the blood camp finally let him lead the army to surrender after Moji No. 11 surrender.Then repair the East Surrendered City.

Of course, because Mo Chuai's movements were unknown, Feng Changqing, who had excellent defense in both battles, led [-] prisoners of war and [-] elite soldiers to station in Fengzhou and Zhongshoujiang City.This is also a reasonable arrangement. Although the troops are a little weaker, there are walls to defend.Moreover, after Feng Changqing arrived in Fengzhou, he repaired all the cities again.And set up some checkpoints and big castles in Yinshan, and sent ships to patrol the river.

Offensive is impossible, and defense is more than enough.

After arranging this group of troops, the next step was to attack. Ukeli and Li Kailuo led [-] troops and [-] troops respectively to conquer Suizhou and Yanzhou, and then converged in Yanzhou and rushed to Danzhou and Yanzhou.

Guo Qianguan, Zhang Shougui, and Wang Jun each led [-] troops to conquer the three prefectures of Jinglong and Qing.

However, the 6000 people did not mainly attack the city and land. When they encountered a city with a tall wall and the garrison soldiers counterattacked fiercely, they immediately bypassed it.There is only one point, important levels must be taken down.Then occupy important villages and towns one by one, forming a situation where the countryside surrounds the city.

This is the second step, encouraging the people to go to the four northern states where the people are empty.It gets colder the farther you go to the north, and the Turkic people often go south. Although the blood camp has various favorable conditions, it is not welcomed by the people.However, under the victory of the blood camp, it is also a confidence.It is not tempting to most of the people, but it is still very exciting to a few poor people.The next step is food, and all excess food will be brought up, but unlike the Turkic people, although the blood camp forcibly brought up these food, they paid according to the market price.Next is the supplies that the other eight states lack.

If the soldiers in the city go out to fight, that's fine.

But this is not the main force, the main force is in the south.Guo Zhiyun and Zhang Xiaosong led [-] troops, [-] militiamen, and [-] prisoners of war from Tuyuhun, Dangxiang people, and Qiang people, from Linzhou to Weimin and Minzhou, and went straight to Qinzhou.Wang Junchuo and Liu Tong led [-] troops, plus [-] prisoners of war, starting from Dietao and Wuzhou to attack Dangzhou, Wuzhou, and finally Chengzhou.Then the two armies converged, leaving a part of the army to defend the city, and the main force went straight to Hanzhong.

This time the blood camp is very exciting. Although I know that the arrival of the blood camp is different from the arrival of the Tubo people, but once the war starts, the swords and arrows will be ruthless. God knows where the horse will run and where will the arrow fly?
Li Longji came all the way east, and along the way, he saw countless people fleeing the war, carrying their children and luggage, crying and making noise, fleeing eastward to escape the disaster of war.

But this gave Li Longji a help. Originally, he was worried all the way west, even though Li Dan prepared all the relevant documents for him.But once someone found out that he was going to Lingzhou, it would be a big deal.But now there are crowded crowds everywhere, not to mention that he is a crown prince in disguise, even if he is a crown prince in disguise, no one cares when he gets here.

Looking at the chaotic situation, Li Longji couldn't help muttering in his heart, could it be that Wang Hua and himself were playing tricks, and he really wanted to plot against him this time?

But a ridiculous farce happened on the other side.

After running all the way to Chang'an City, Zong Chuke and Liu Jingren stopped running. Now that they have been locked up and tortured, and running all the way desperately, their physical strength can't keep up.

In addition, they stopped and had to deal with one thing, which is hard to explain when they go back this time. The 20 army was forced to mobilize part of the troops, and the 20 army was finished.Even if the emperor decreed to behead the three of them, there was nothing to say.We have to discuss and find out what kind of excuse to talk about this matter with the court.At the same time, he quietly wrote a letter to Webster, asking her to say good things for the three of them.

Zhang said that he looked at the three people coldly and said nothing.Ride away immediately.

Xue Sijian looked at his back, and sneered: "What an air, it's just that I patted Wang Huama's ass in Lingzhou, but I haven't finished the court's errands yet."

Liu Jingren wanted to be more honest, he sighed and said: "General Xue, just don't say anything, this time Wang Hua released us, maybe Zhang Shuo said some good things in the middle."

One sentence reminds Zong Chuke of what he said, and if Zhang said something nice, Wang Hua would release himself?Ghost letter?But why did Wang Hua release the three of himself?
He couldn't figure it out, and while thinking, he was about to enter the city, but at the gate of the city, two people stopped them, and one person asked, "Your Excellency, Zong Shangshu?"

Calling him Shangshu, Zong Chuke hadn't heard this title for a long time, and said happily, "Exactly, may I ask who you are?"

"We brought things here for others." As he spoke, he opened a gift box from his arms, which contained [-] cash flying tickets, and then uncovered the small car behind him, which contained many rare corals and some precious stones .

Under the shining of the sun, it immediately released a dazzling brilliance.

This made the people at the gate of the city surround curiously one by one, and even the soldiers guarding the city were drooling when they looked at the small car.

The person said again: "This is the money that Wang Hua entrusted to give to Zong Shangshu. During this time, Zong Shangshu was shocked. But everything is in the past, and everyone's previous grievances and grievances will be forgotten. The money And this car, it was given to Zong Shangshu to suppress the shock."

Speaking of this, this person gave a big gift, and put the gift box on the car with another companion, and walked away.

Give me a present?The three of Zong Chuke were still in a daze, and when they came to their senses, they looked for someone again, but they didn't know where they had gone.

The soldiers guarding the city were moved when they first saw the property.But when someone said Zongshangshu, is there another Zongshangshu in the world?Lifting his head, he immediately recognized the three and saluted one by one.

A small team leader said: "Zong Shangshu, there are too many people at the gate of the city now, let the little ones help you escort them."

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, even if Zong Chuke made a big mistake this time, and with the queen covering him, it won't be a big problem.Now remember yourself, as long as you push your mouth, you will not be able to go up immediately.

"Escort a fart," can I have this gift?Wang Hua's taking money is not money, she is just playing tricks on herself.Can there be a gift like this?How many people at the gate of the city heard it just now?As soon as the incident spread to the court, the queen must have thought that she had made some agreement with Wang Hua, which made Wang Hua release her.

In fact, it is also easy to handle, at least it needs to be handed over.

But this is a man who loves money in the first place, not to mention the [-] coins, even the gift of this small car can't be taken without [-] to [-] coins.

One hundred thousand coins, if you string them into copper coins, you can count them one by one, and you will never be able to count them all in your lifetime.Are you willing to hand it in?
He was in a dilemma, but he forgot about another money-loving owner. Xue Sijian looked at the gift, and also had light in his eyes, looking at Zong Chuke eagerly.I thought in my heart, you will not eat alone.But I was too embarrassed to open my mouth. After all, they made it very clear and only named Zong Chuke.

Zong Chuke's head turned quickly. No matter how to deal with it, it is not an option to put this at the gate of the city.With a big wave of his hand: "Help me send it to the city."

Put it in his mansion in Chang'an first, and then deal with it.

But seeing Zong Chuke going all the way into the city without saying how to distribute the money, Xue Sijian's face finally turned cold.

(End of this chapter)