Chapter 118: The Battle of the Western Regions
Seeing Du Guangyuan's face full of nervousness, Gao Xianzhi immediately ordered Yabing to send the letter. Seeing the small two copper tubes, one with the name Fuwuzi Guangyuan, and the other with the worship of Gao Shuai, the governor of Jixi, he threw the one who gave Du Guangyuan, and he opened the copper tube that Du Shiyi gave him. He just scanned the two thin letters and found that Du Shiyi was thanking him for his support and trust in his eldest son, and the other was to tactfully inform him that the situation in Mobei had changed now, and he would immediately return to the Anbeiya tent. In the future, he might not have any letters to bring to Du Guangyuan. In the third was to wish him a victory in the conquest of Shiguo.
Finally, Du Shiyi mentioned that in the current Great Food Kingdom, the slave uprising in the Khorasan Governor's Office was in turmoil. If the countries west of the Pamirs, which were once controlled by the Khorasan Governor's Office were to be recaptured, this was the best opportunity.
After reading this, Gao Xianzhi was immediately energetic and smiled happily: "Sure enough, those who know me are all gentlemen of Du's family."
In the early years, Du Anzhi treated him very well, but now Du Shiyi pointed out his plan again, and they were all from the Du family.
Du Guangyuan was frowning and digesting the tactics of the big food tactics that his father told him in the letter, as well as the causes and consequences of the riot in the country of Dashi. Hearing Gao Xianzhi's praise, he couldn't help but raise his head immediately. At this moment, Gao Xianzhi's face was excited, the red tide was full of redness, and his spirit was filled with the glory of confidence. Gao Xianzhi's favor and respect for the Du family has a long history. The first thing Gao Xianzhi did when he returned to Kucha Town after entering Beijing was to send letters to Beiting Jiedushi Li Jian, the governor of Beiting, and asked Du Anzhi back to his death. Then he appointed him as the judge of the Jiedushi, and this time he sent troops to give him military power and the power of the camp.
But because of this, Du Guangyuan had to be amazed at his father's sharp vision and preparations for the future.
Du Shiyi's judgment of the times was exactly the same as himself. Gao Xianzhi was excited and generously let Du Guangyuan read the letter his father gave him. Seeing that Du Guangyuan hesitated for a moment, he also presented the letter to him with both hands. He took it and scanned it. Seeing that the information about Dashi domestically included the Dashi tactics he already knew and the kingly battle that he had no idea at all, Gao Xianzhi was very surprised.
The letter not only pointed out the current Dashi, but also the white-clothed Dashi, which was still white. The Umayyad dynasty was suffering unprecedented turmoil, and also made a corresponding summary of the Dashi Caliph system that the people in the Central Plains were not very familiar with. They also made corresponding analysis of the royal system of the Umayyad dynasty, as well as the forces behind Abu Muslim who led slave uprisings in the Kharasan Governor's Office. Even Dashi relied on religion to boost the morale of the army and rely on rich rewards to rely on soldiers not to fear death. They even mentioned the religious invasion and high pressure of the Dashi on the Western Regions. Finally, they pointed out the biggest problem of the Anxi Protectorate.
That is, there is not enough troops. Whenever the troops are sent, the Anxi Protectorate needs to recruit corresponding soldiers from the Western Regions. If these soldiers turn against each other due to the continuous infiltration of the Great Food, it is the greatest danger.
Now, the riot that Abu Muslim (Baibosilin) led 500 people to start from the Governor's Office of Khorasan was instigated by the Abbas family. Once it was officially over, this person would become the new Governor of Khorasan, which would be a story later.
Therefore, Gao Xianzhi rolled up the letter again and exchanged it with Du Guangyuan, and then said in a deep voice: "Your father really has a long-term vision. When the conquest of Tuqi Shi, the Tang Dynasty had Bahanna and Shiguo, and the Shiguo, who had helped him, but the result is that the former king of Bahanna, who was born in the Qi family, married my Tang Dynasty Yihe Princess, and was always loyal to the Tang Dynasty. Although Shiguo was devoted to our Tang Dynasty, the Shiguo, who was less than 2,000 soldiers from all over the country and was loyal to the Shiguo, was unable to send troops to provide assistance in time when Dashi invaded the east. The throne no longer belonged to Yinatutun of the Shesheti tribe, but came from the Chebbitshi special service of the Chebbitshi tribe."
Du Guangyuan also saw a copy of the manuscript of the King of Shi Kingdom, the current deputy king of Yi Natutun, who begged the Tang Dynasty to fight against Dashi. His humble and earnest words were really touching. But because the Anxi Manuscript of the Tang Dynasty was under the control of Tian Renwan at that time, Tian Renwan, who was a literati, believed that there was no need to recruit heavy troops for the Shi Kingdom, which was thousands of miles away, and even advised the emperor. Therefore, under the offensive of Dashi, Yi Natutun had to kneel down and surrender, and the throne of Shi Kingdom also fell into the hands of Chebishi's subordinates who had Dashi's support.
"If the former kingdom of Shi Kingdom cannot be restored to the former kingdom of Shi Kingdom when it is troublesome now, and let the deputy king of the Tang Dynasty, Yilatutun, who is the one in the Tang Dynasty, ascend the throne again, the west of the Curling Mountains will no longer belong to the Tang Dynasty. If it moves westward again, the consequences will be even more unpredictable."
Gao Xianzhi said this, but his tone was not tough, but a little helpless. Because Du Shiyi pointed out his most clumsy point in his letter to Du Guangyuan, that is, Anxi and Beiting were the most embarrassing areas in the Tang Dynasty except for Jiannan Road and Lingnan Prefectures. Because there were far fewer Han people living here than other tribes, the number of soldiers under his jurisdiction was the smallest. Moreover, every time he fought, he often needed to travel far, so he had to leave enough people to guard it. For example, when attacking Xiao Bolu, the direct troops from the Anxi Protectorate's Office were less than 5,000, and the rest were recruited from Shule and other places.
This time he went to the Shi Kingdom, he also needed to recruit soldiers and horses from various towns such as Shule and Yutian. The loyalty of these soldiers was not a problem, but if he recruited them from vassal states such as Gelulu's right wing, he would probably have to be careful of the result Du Shiyi said.
"Master, Master?"
When Du Guangyuan saw Gao Xianzhi suddenly distracted, he couldn't help but scream. The next moment, he saw Gao Xianzhi suddenly clenched his fist and smashed the city of Hengluo on the territory of the Shi Kingdom.
"If you want to defeat the Shi Kingdom, you must first take Hengluo. Thinking about the time when Sulu Khan, who was a member of Tuqi Shi Hei, was stupid in old age and had his own way to die, but when he was there, the momentum of Dashi invasion in the east was blocking the front. Now the Shiqi Shi was in decline, and the right wing of Geluo rose. The Huang surname of Tuqi Shi now occupied the Sailed Ye, and the Hei surname was originally in Hengluo, but because of his decline in strength, even Hengluo was occupied by the Shi Kingdom." Speaking of this, Gao Xianzhi suddenly turned to look at Du Guangyuan and said, "This time he went to the Shi Kingdom, Li Siye has asked himself to be the vanguard. I originally planned to let you get from my army. Today I will get your father's letter. I will ask you another question, would you like to deputy Li Siye be the vanguard?"
"I wish to follow General Li to attack the tough situation"
Seeing that Du Guangyuan agreed without saying a word, Gao Xianzhi was very satisfied: "Okay, you go back and prepare immediately."
After Du Guangyuan bowed deeply and turned away, Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but sigh. He wanted Du Anzhi to come because the two had worked together, and Du Anzhi gave him a field. He used him as the judge of the military governor to suppress the civil forces in the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion that had opposed him and was then generously subdued by him. As for military generals, he seemed to have no shortage of military generals, such as Li Siye and others, who were very brave, but they were always lacking one, which was as good as a bridle, and could trap people.
When Gao Xianzhi was lamenting that he had no shortage of brave generals or business talents, but only had no deputy, the civil and military officials in the Beiting Jiedushi's mansion were chewing barbecue. Just yesterday, Li Jian, who had been less and less energy recently, just submitted a memorial to ask for retirement, recommending Duan Guangzhen to replace him as the Jiedushi. According to his original intention, Li Linfu is now gone in the court, but it is replaced by a villain like Yang Guozhong who is even more powerful than a villain, which is better than a letter from the civil and military officials to write a letter from the court, so as not to send someone who is not at all familiar with the situation in the Western Regions. Finally, Wang Han and others presented the facts and reasoned, persuaded the old man who was stubborn, so they had to write a letter alone.
However, when talking about the situation in Mobei, Li Jian began to get angry again. He first cursed the dead Li Linfu, and then scolded Yang Guozhong for harming the country and the people. Then, famous people in the court were named one by one. Even when he was a little drunk, Li Jian even complained a few words. For him, who was born in the royal family, this was already a disrespectful limit. Fortunately, everyone who had joined the fun was all the trusted people. Afterwards, when his personal soldiers personally helped Li Jian into the house to rest, Duan Guangzhen personally warned again.
"If anyone spreads Li Dashui's drunken words, don't blame me for turning against others."
The old commander scolded the monarch and ministers in the court, and everyone turned the topic to Helong without realizing it. Speaking of An Sishun being summoned to Beijing as the Minister of War, Geshu Han governed the two towns, and Duan Xiushi, who was half a disciple of Wang Zhongsi, fell silent without realizing it. As for Wang Fanglie, who was born in a parish and did not inherit the style of his ancestors, but instead inherited the irritability of his grandfather, he spoke more directly: "Marrior Wang's reputation was defiled before, and Yang Guozhong also had a share. Since Geshu Han happened to be in the eyes of His Majesty, did he know that the King of Wang would come back? He was so at ease that he took over the governor of the two towns. I wonder if it wasn't for Marshal Wang, how could he seize the Stone Castle City?"
This was a bit heartbroken. But although Ge Shu Han was a brave general, none of the people present had a friendship with him. Even Wang Han sneered with a drunken voice: "Ge Shu Han is so old that he finally got through. How could he really be willing to fight to protect the return of Marshal Wang? Wang Dashan made a comeback, did he, the governor of Longyou, Hexi, abdicated to the wise? He did not see Nan Jiyun following Marshal Wang for so long, and now he has been confessed to the high position again. He said that he was a military envoy in Hexi. But in the past, all the soldiers and horses in Longyou were taken to others. He was almost forty, but he wasted many years of his life."
Brother Shuhan may not really want to rise and fall in secret with Nan Jiyun, but in his subconscious, he may indeed be somewhat indescribable to Nan Jiyun, who is younger than him and far earlier than him. Moreover, Wang Zhongsi's trust in him at the beginning was more than him and An Sishun. People like Wang Han who knew that Wang Zhongsi had a half-master distinction towards Nan Jiyun were very clear about the mystery.
So, seeing everyone regretting Nan Jiyun, Wang Han suddenly dropped the wine cup and stood up, and then said, "Now Marshal Du is tripped in Mobei and cannot escape. I have a good idea to help Jiyun get out of trouble, but for him, maybe I'm afraid he'll be discouraged for a while."
Although there were so many people present, not everyone had a friendship with Nan Jiyun, but everyone respected him as a real man. They looked at each other and asked Wang Han to speak quickly.
Seeing this situation, Wang Han immediately picked up the wine pot and opened the lid, and drank it so hard. Then he said with drunkenness: "If a person like Jiyun is so despicable, there is only one way to give up Helong, which has been rooted for more than ten years. If Geshuhan drives him away tomorrow, I will instigate Li Dashui to compile a letter to Hedong and ask him to send troops to support Shazhou. I believe that Judge Gao will help."
Chapter completed!