On the twenty-second day of the winter month, Li Luo's army finally went out of the Longgu Road, went straight to Qingshui County, one of the three counties of Qinzhou, and entered Longyou (later Gannan).

Longyou is a rare humid zone in the northwest, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the climate is warm, and Sichuan and Shu are very similar, not like the northwest region at all. Even though it's winter, it's not too cold here.

It is no wonder that it can become one of the earliest sources of Chinese civilization.

The people along the way, when they saw the large number of soldiers and horses, all fled one after another. The people here did not have spies to sneak in in advance to do work, and they didn't know much about the Tang Army. Although they knew Tang Guo and Li Luo, they didn't know how the Tang Army was different from other armies.

That's kind of ironic. Longxi is the "ancestral homeland" of Tang Lord Li Luo, and Lintao is not far away.

How can you do that?

At this time, all the officials in Qingshui County fled when they heard the news, and the county seat was completely undefended. Li Luo did not enter the county seat at all, but only sent a joint Tang army and a few new science and technology scholars to "pick up the seal" and take over the local power.

The Tang army marched westward along Weishui, and only two days later entered Qinzhou (Tianshui), and accepted Chengji County, which swept through like a leaf and swept straight into the Marshal's Mansion of Gongchang, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, which was set up in Dingxi Prefecture in the Tao River Valley.

At the same time, Xiao Bei, the Khitan general of the Tang Army, attacked Qingyang in Longdong with 50,000 soldiers and horses, and Shen Huahua and Liu Weitai, who were stationed in Xiaoguan, went out of Xiaoguan Road with 20,000 soldiers and horses, marched west along the Jing River, and attacked the Guyuan Anxi Palace.

The entire south-central Gansu and southern Ningxia (both of which belonged to Shaanxi at this time) suddenly poured into more than 100,000 Tang troops, and the strategy was like fire.

The Yuan army, which only had tens of thousands of remnants in Shaanxi, although it organized a large number of local wealthy armed resistance, how could it be outnumbered?

It's really urgent everywhere, and it's retreating everywhere.

On the twenty-fifth day of the winter month, the Tang army led by Li Luo personally defeated the 20,000 yuan army of the Yuan army Gongchangdu Marshal A Dai and the 40,000 army assembled by 20,000 local wealthy clans in the north of the Tao River.

Although the Yuan army had 40,000, it was a patchwork of horses, including the Kirkin army, the Hao armed forces, the noble private soldiers and slaves, and the real Mongol cavalry, less than 3,000 people.

How can this be fought?

The Tang army led by Li Luo had 50,000 people, 15,000 cavalry alone, and 10,000 firearms soldiers. Even the 50,000 Mongolian cavalry are not afraid, how can the 40,000 patchwork infantry-based motley army of the Yuan army be an opponent?

There was no suspense at all, and the Tang army destroyed the Yuan army's illusion of luck with a fierce offensive.

For the first time, the Tang army generously attacked the Yuan army with iron cavalry, and defeated the Yuan army at the first time, killing more than 10,000 people and capturing more than 20,000 people.

After the rise of the Tang Kingdom, there were many battles. But as soon as he went into battle, he took the initiative to use cavalry to face off against the Yuan army, which was the first time.

The cavalry that bullied Adai was less than three thousand.

The cavalry of the Tang Army is completely the style of play of the former Tang cavalry and the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom: rush and kill!

Since you can't shoot on horseback, then rush up and slash and kill with your spear and long weapon. This kind of cavalry white-knuckle horse combat tests the knight's personal strength and coordination ability.

After easily winning the Taohe victory, the Tang army took advantage of the victory to attack Dingxi City and captured the officials of the Yamen of the Marshal Mansion of Gongchang.

Then, Li Luo left a small number of soldiers and horses, and rushed straight to Lintao!

On the thirtieth day of the winter month, the Tang army marched into Gaolan Mountain, occupied half of Lanzhou, and drank the Yellow River!

Almost at the same time, Xiao Bei defeated the local forces of Qingyang with 20,000 yuan and captured Qingyang City. And Shen Huahua also captured Guyuan.

More than 100,000 Tang troops were divided into four parts, and the entire Longyou and Longdong fell into the hands of the Tang army in less than half a month!

It's really a strategy.

…………

"The villain is respectful, meet the wolf lord! Meet Your Majesty! Inside the Tang lord's tent, a tall young man with a vegetable-colored face was bowing down in fear, and even trembling slightly.

I don't know if it's excitement or fright.

This person's name is Yan Jing, and he was originally a shepherd slave.

It turned out that Zong Day, who had infiltrated Longyou a month in advance, had already contacted the Jurchen remnants of Longyou and summoned them to serve the anti-Yuan.

The most famous of them is Yan Jing.

"Okay, you're here just in time!" Li Luo personally helped Yan Jing up, "I heard Zong Tian say, are you Du Lie's clan brother?" ”

"Back to the wolf lord, the villain and Du Lie are indeed brothers of the same clan, but they are out of five suits." Yan Jing replied respectfully, "His grandfather was the envoy of the Longyou Festival back then, and the villain's ancestor was just a Zhizhou. ”

His face was flushed, his voice trembled, and he was clearly nervous and agitated by the Emperor's reception. In fact, it was the title of wolf lord that narrowed the distance, otherwise he would only be more nervous.

Although he has some insight and prestige among the herdsmen, in the final analysis, he is righteous and powerful, and then he has read a little book and knows some words.

But he was a slave after all, and the biggest person he ever saw was a Mongol official.

Li Luo patted him on the shoulder, "Zong Tian is my confidant Yuancong, and he has already made the secretary of the military department. I don't think of you as an outsider anymore. ”

Yan Jing suddenly felt a warmth in his heart, and said excitedly: "The villain Xie Wolf Lord accepts, we are willing to fight for the wolf lord on the battlefield and restore the Central Plains, and the horse leather shroud will never regret it." ”

After the fall of the Jin Kingdom, these Jurchen remnants were enslaved by the Mongol nobles, most of them became herdsmen, and a few became the field slaves of the wealthy clans.

Longyou is an important place in the Jin Kingdom, because it is necessary to guard against Western Xia and Western Liao. At that time, there were more than 100,000 Jurchen people here.

But now, there are less than 30,000 Jurchens in the entire Longyou. Many people were killed by the Mongol army, or became the Yuan army, and used as cannon fodder for the Yuan army.

The people Zong Ri contacted were all Jurchen herdsmen, and the men were all good at riding horses, and they were good cavalry seedlings.

When they learned that the acting king had become the father of Tang Doctrine and was respected as the emperor, they immediately became enthusiastic and asked to serve the Tang Emperor.

In less than a month, Zong Ri recruited thousands of Jurchen elites, and everyone could ride a horse and draw a bow.

They also took the initiative to kill the Mongol nobles of the manor and pasture, robbed the war horses and weapons, beheaded the chief armor master, and attacked the county seat. By the time Zong Tian brought them to see Li Luo, more than 5,000 people were almost armed.

"Yan Jing, are you five thousand Jurchens?" Li Luo asked while inspecting these soldiers and horses who were still herdsmen before.

Yan Jing replied: "Eighty percent are Jurchens, and a few are Qiang, Dangxiang and Han. However, Zong Tian said it well, there are no Jurchen party members now, and we are all systematic in the Tang Dynasty, and we are all classified as Huaxia people. ”

Li Luo glanced at Zong Tian approvingly. Well, Zong Tian did a good job, and the publicity was in place.

In fact, it is not surprising that they have suffered enough over the years precisely because they are Jurchens. Many Jurchens are too late to hide their Jurchen identities, who is willing to bear the name of Jurchen?

They just want to live like individuals. If you have a chance to make a future, it will be even better.

"Yan Jing, I first appointed you as the commander of a thousand cavalry, a great warrior, with the rank of Sima, commanding a thousand people, and temporarily organized as an auxiliary." Li Luo immediately injured Yan Jing with a military position.

Although Yan Jing brought 5,000 people, he was not the only leader among them, and there were several leaders, all of whom were also named 1,000 cavalry commanders and incorporated into auxiliary soldiers.

After all, they were still herdsmen before, and they had never fought at all, in fact, they were untrained recruits, and they could afford to be temporarily assigned to the auxiliaries.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! We must be loyal to Datang and Your Majesty! Yan Jing and the others bowed together, and they couldn't close their mouths happily.

Captain of a Thousand Riders!

They used to be slaves of Mongolian nobles, but now they are officials!

At this time, Hule Timur, the governor of Pingzhang in Gansu Province of the Yuan Dynasty in Ganzhou (Zhangye), had already learned the news of the Tang army's attack on Longyou.

However, the heavy army of Gansu is still in the far Western Regions, and it will take a month to come back, where can he support the Longyou Yuan army?

Hule Timur could only arrange a limited number of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the north bank of Lanzhou on the first line of Lanzhou to prevent the Tang army from crossing the river.

Lanzhou is in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the water is not large, and it is relatively soothing, and it is easy to cross the river. In fact, if the Tang army decided to cross the river, tens of thousands of Gansu Yuan troops would not be able to stop it at all.

Fortunately, Li Luo did not have the idea of crossing the Yellow River to take Gansu.

Because Li Luo knew that the heavy troops of the Yuan army in the Western Regions would soon return to Gansu, at least 100,000 cavalry.

He only needs to hold on to the Yellow River and Longshan (Liupan Mountain) now. However, although Gansu will not be taken, it is still necessary to cross the river and fight a dozen!

Why?

Because the 100,000 war horses that were freed in the Guanshan Plain were transferred to Liangzhou by the Yuan Court, and the generation must be recovered!

At this time, the entire Longyou has been snowing heavily, and the weather is freezing cold, so it is not suitable to send troops.

However, it is completely possible to wait until the Yellow River freezes and cross the river in one fell swoop.

At the beginning of the month, the fighting in Longyou stopped. The Tang army annihilated tens of thousands of Yuan troops and regimental training armies, and captured tens of thousands.

The Tang army was divided into many detachments, occupied prefectures and counties, took over local power, suppressed Haoqiang, freed slaves, and began to implement the Juntian Order.

Longyou has always been wealthy, and there are many powerful families. Many of these big families are still big families that have been handed down by the Guanlong aristocratic group for hundreds of years. There are also many fiefs cast by the Mongolian nobles.

This time, they paid money, troops and food, prevented the regiment from training armed and private soldiers, and helped the Yuan court resist the Tang army, committing a great crime.

The Tang army arrested people according to the list. Anyone who resisted the Tang army was to have their homes raided. The pastures and property of all the Mongol nobles were confiscated, and the population was enslaved.

Every day, he had to make a snowflake-like list of property statistics and fly into the Gaolan Mountain camp where Li Luo was located.

Gold and silver, grain, cloth, horses, jewelry, soil, pastures... The whole nine yards.

Before the raid was completed, there were millions of stone for grain, millions of taels of silver, and more than 100,000 taels of gold alone.

There are also more than 30,000 cows, horses, and livestock, and tens of thousands of skins. The number of officials, nobles, family members and children of wealthy families who were punished as slaves exceeded 3,000.

Not to mention that there are still a lot of monopolized land and forests.

Another war windfall.

That's not all, it's only half of the number. There are more than one million people in the entire Longyou, nearly half of whom are slaves of wealthy families and slaves of officials and nobles, think about how much wealth they have.

There were also land and slaves encroached upon by the great tantric monasteries and so-and-so monasteries, which were also confiscated and liberated.

On the seventh day of the lunar month, the biggest windfall came.

This is a list sent by Shen Peanut and Liu Weitai from Guyuan. They confiscated the property of Ananda, the king of Ananda!

King Anxi had been in Guyuan before. Later, Kublai Khan led him on an expedition to the west, and he temporarily stayed in the Black Sea area to defend the former Golden Horde. However, his royal property and family in Guyuan were not taken away.

At this time, the property of the Anxi Royal Mansion was all cheaper than Tang Jun.

The list that Li Luo saw was densely recorded for several pages.

Gold alone, there are more than 100,000 taels!

There are more than a million silver, and there are countless jewels, which are difficult to estimate. There were also thousands of horses, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and mountains of hides, salt, and grain.

The total value is estimated in the millions!

It's really rich. King Anxi was sealed to Longyou, and it was only more than ten years. In more than ten years, he has accumulated a value of several millions, which is amazing.

It's a pity that now it's all Li Luo's.

But Li Luo, a man, is not satisfied.

Because he thought of it, wasn't Temujin buried near the Guyuan Anxi Palace, at the foot of Liupan Mountain?

Guyuan is not a famous and good place, and King Anxi is so favored, but he is sealed here, of course, there is a reason.

The reason is that he secretly guarded the tomb of Temujin.

This secret was dug out by the spy Li Yong from the mouth of the demon monk Yang Lian Zhenjia before he died. Yang Lian Zhenjia is one of the very few people who accidentally knows this secret.

Yang Lian Zhenjia wanted to exchange this secret for a happy death, but unfortunately Li Yong tricked him. In the end, Yang Lian Zhenjia was eaten alive by the small fish in the sea and died, wailing for several hours.

Li Luo thought about this secret, his eyes narrowed dangerously, revealing an excited and cold look, like a jackal.

This time he attacked Longyou, wantonly raided his family, and Longyou was powerful and noble, and nine out of ten families became proletarians. He made millions of dollars. The grain copied alone is enough for 500,000 people who built Chang'an to eat for a year.

But... Not enough!

He wants something from Temujin!

Temujin destroyed so many countries in Central and Western Asia, and many of those countries produced gold!

Lao Tie also emptied the treasury of Western Xia!

Why does his mausoleum hide so much gold? Is it wasteful? Legend has it that the gold he was buried with is said to be incalculable. Other jewels are also difficult to estimate.

Why don't you want someone like Li Luo?

Li Luo calmed his mind. Don't rush. Lao Tie's grave is there, and he can't run away.

The top priority at the moment is to take advantage of the weak strength of the Yuan army in Gansu, cross the Yellow River, clean up the Haoqiang and officials and nobles in Gansu, take their things, and then chase back 100,000 war horses.

This time, we want to earn enough money to build Chang'an City!

Take your money and bread, and repair my walls. This is me!

"Someone, it is rumored that Liu Weitai has come to see me." Li Luo thought for a while and named it this one.

Liu Weitai and Yuan Ting's feud was as deep as the sea, it was Li Luo who saved his life, ensured him to avenge the destruction of the door, and accepted him as a student, giving him a future.

If you choose ten generals who are the most loyal to Li Luo, there must be Liu Weitai among them.

Five days later, Liu Weitai came to the camp of Gaolan Mountain and bowed respectfully: "Weichen Liu Weitai, meet Your Majesty!" Student Liu Weitai, meet the teacher! ”

Li Luo waved his hand, asked the left and right attendants to retreat, looked at Liu Weitai, and said meaningfully: "Weitai, you copied Ananda's palace, I am very happy, you did a good job." But..."

Lord Tang said this, his voice became a little gloomy, "Have you seen the white pagoda near the Anxi Palace?" Do you have? ”

Liu Weitai didn't think about why His Majesty asked this, and replied honestly: "Back to Your Majesty, there is indeed a white tower, less than a mile away from the Anxi Palace, and there is a green temple under the tower. ”

Li Luo's eyes sharpened, but then he became warm again, and said lightly: "I heard that under that white tower, there is the tomb of Temujin. ”

Liu Weitai's body trembled, and he suddenly understood a little.

But I heard His Majesty sigh, "When I mention this stubble, I am very emotional." Meng Yuan instructed people to dig up the imperial tombs of the Song Dynasty and dig graves for treasures... It is said that it is bad luck for bad people. I really grieve for the Zhao family. ”

"Alright. I just asked, it's none of your business, you go back to Guyuan, and implement the Juntian Order well. ”

Speaking of which, Lord Tang was no longer willing to say a word.

Listening to the ears of the unresponsive people, Lord Tang actually didn't say a word of use. But if you listen to it in the ears of smart people, Lord Tang will say everything.

Coincidentally, Liu Weitai is a smart person. Not only is he a smart person, but he is also a very responsible person.

Therefore, Liu Weitai did not express his position. He just kowtowed, arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty cherishes it, and the minister has retired." ”

"Go ahead, do it." Li Luo said very gently.

It wasn't until Liu Weitai left the big tent that Li Luo showed a look of regret.

This kind of thing must have been done by himself. For someone like him, the attraction of such a thing is too great.

It was so big that he couldn't help but have to do it himself.

But... He must not do it himself.

Not only can they not do it themselves, but they can't even order their subordinates to do it. Rather, it can only imply a wise and most loyal and strong-mouthed courtier to do it.

Because, he is the Son of Heaven, the Ninety-Five Supreme, and the Lord of the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor, how can you do such a thing?

Is he shameless?

Do you want the reputation of the Eternal Sage?

However, although Li Luo was very regretful, he also put his mind at ease. Liu Weitai, you will definitely be able to do this well!

All he had to do was be patient.

…………

"Your Majesty! The ice of the Yellow River is thick for future generations! ”

Yan Falcon excitedly entered the imperial tent and reported, "It is completely feasible for the army to cross the river!" It's hard enough to break the ice. ”

Oh?

Li Luo felt out of the tent, climbed to the top of Gaolan Mountain, braved the snowflakes to take a look at the north, and sure enough, he saw the big river up and down, and suddenly lost the surging, only a white expanse, and the Yuan army camp tent on the other side of the Yellow River could be seen in the distance.

A cold north whistling with snowflakes roared, Lord Tang tightened the Xuanhu Dayu on his body, and laughed: "Okay, it is said that the generals will cross the river!" ”

After the Tang army joined forces, the Tang army in Longyou was as high as 100,000. Li Luo stayed behind with 20,000 men and crossed the river with 80,000 people. Among them, there were 30,000 cavalry alone, as well as 5,000 armed Jurchen cavalry auxiliaries, 2,000 Khitan auxiliaries recruited by Xiaobei, and more than 1,000 party cavalry auxiliaries recruited by Shen Peanut.

Of these 8,000 auxiliaries, all of them could ride horses. This armed, though not really cavalry, is a considerable force. As long as you train hard for a year and a half according to the model of the Tang Army and eat enough for half a year, you are a good cavalryman.

As soon as the Tang lord gave an order, the 80,000 Tang troops concentrated on the south bank of the Yellow River suddenly moved.

This movement is very big, where can you hide it from the Yuan army on the other side?

But the Yuan army has few soldiers, and there are mainly Han troops, so what can they do?

They have always been lucky, praying that the Tang army will not cross the river. At this time, the Tang army wanted to cross the river, and they couldn't stop it.

"Woo-woo-"

The desolate sound of the horn sounded leisurely in the Tang army, making the vast Yellow River and Gaolan Mountain even more solemn.

As soon as the dragon and phoenix of the Tang lord moved, the Tang army of the brigade drove to the Yellow River, discharged a team several miles wide, and braved the wind and snow, swaggering and murderous to cross the river.

The tens of thousands of troops on the other side of the river were like nothing.

The Lanzhou section of the Yellow River flows gently, often freezing in winter, and is several feet thick enough for a large army to pass through. However, the Yellow River between Qin and Jin was turbulent, so it rarely froze, and even if it froze, it was very thin.

"Boom, boom—"

Ten pounds of artillery first fired at the opposite bank, and the flesh and blood of the bombarded Yuan army flew sideways.

"Kill!"

Tens of thousands of Tang infantry launched a full-scale attack from the river, which was several miles wide. The horses of 30,000 cavalry were wrapped in linen cloth to prevent slipping, and slowly walked on the Yellow River, followed by 8,000 cavalry auxiliaries, and a horse team of nearly 40,000 people, although they were not galloping, but their momentum was still very amazing.

For safety, tens of thousands of cavalry not only did not dare to run, but crossed the river several miles wide to prevent the ice from shattering.

The Yuan army on the other side also had 50,000 or 60,000 people at this time, but they were also fighting and fighting, and there were not many elites at all.

As soon as the Tang army's artillery bombarded and saw the Tang army rushing like a tide, many private soldiers of the wealthy clan were frightened and fled one after another.

It doesn't matter if they break and flee, the morale of the entire Yuan army will be over.

First, the private soldiers of the Hao clan fled, and then the landlord regiment practiced and fled, and 20,000 or 30,000 people retreated all of a sudden.

Then the Han army also fled. In the end, the only thousands of Mongol cavalry were also unable to support themselves, and after a symbolic round of bows and arrows, they had no choice but to retreat.

It is right to retreat, to resist is to wait for death, and there is no point.

By the time the Tang army reached the opposite bank, the Yuan army had already run away.

"Chase!" Li Luo ordered, he was not willing to let go of tens of thousands of prisoners, they were all coolies who did not need money.

"Boom—" The cavalry of the Tang Army pressed upwards and immediately pursued with all their might, chasing them all the way to the city of Lanzhou, surrounding tens of thousands of Yuan troops who had no time to flee into the city.

The regimental training and private soldiers laid down their weapons and surrendered, and many Kelchinhan troops also chose to surrender. Only more than 10,000 people fled.

The Yuan court officials of Lanzhou City watched the scene outside the city in horror, and many people rushed down the city tower directly, trying to escape through the north gate.

But where is the time?

Lanzhou was surrounded by Tang cavalry.

In the blink of an eye, Lanzhou City, which was empty of troops, was attacked by the Tang army. The Tang army rushed into the city, confiscated the treasury without saying a word, raided the homes of the noble officials in the city, and transported cartloads of goods and grain out of the city.

Immediately afterwards, the Tang army carried a large number of mules, horses and prisoners, and advanced directly to the Ganliang area, approaching Ganzhou, where the Pingzhang Yamen of Gansu Province was located.

At the same time, Li Luo sent the cavalry generals Hugu and Yelu Zhongjie to lead the main cavalry force to the north, intending to snatch the war horses that were transported to Liangzhou.

The Tang army's large-scale attack on Gansu this time was either to occupy territory or to "rob".

Therefore, the Tang army took advantage of the emptiness of the Yuan army in Gansu, divided its troops to drive the prisoners, and carried carriages around to confiscate the property of noble officials and wealthy families.

Empty cities were breached, and the treasury was emptied.

The nobles, officials, wealthy families, temples, and so-and-so religions in Gansu really poured blood mold. The Tang army took the regiment as a unit, and the more rich and powerful it passed, the more it suffered, and the more ordinary people were, the more it did not commit any crimes.

Gansu officials exclaimed everywhere: "Tang Kou! Tang Kou! Tang Kou! ”

When Pingzhang heard that the Tang army was approaching Ganzhou, he was furious and looked forward to the return of the army from the Western Regions every day.

However, the messenger told him that the soldiers and horses of Gansu who had been transferred to the Western Regions would not be able to return for at least half a month.

It's been half a month, it's too late!

ps: Crab crab, good night, very unwell, I'll go to the hospital tomorrow.

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