"Archmaster, Holy Decree."

Sichuan Road, Yazhou.

Compared with Chang'an, they are beginning to celebrate the New Year, and in Lizhou, far away in the southwest, a large army is marching.

It was the tens of thousands of troops of the Zuolong Wu Army, the Sichuan Daozhou Soldiers and the Shenji Battalion led by Cui Anqian.

Because the first two days were the Shangyuan Festival, the army rested in Chengdu Mansion for two days, and only set off from Chengdu Mansion the day before yesterday.

Although it is the New Year, but the war generals, no matter whether it is the New Year or not, what Cui An has to do is to take a rest in the important days, which can be regarded as a relaxation for the soldiers.

"Divine decree?"

Hearing the news, Cui Anqian hurriedly got up, tidied up his clothes, and walked out quickly, only to see several eunuchs and a team of forbidden soldiers waiting outside for a long time.

"Cui Anqian, the envoy and the general manager of Pingnan, received the order!"

"Chen Cui'an sneaks in the order!"

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A few days ago, a report came from the Protectorate of the Anxi Metropolitan that the Anxi Iron Army had defeated 40,000 Uighur cavalry from Xizhou in Zhongyunbu, west of Yumen Pass, and had captured nearly 30,000. I asked Aiqing to inform Aiqing, and I hope that Aiqing and the soldiers of Pingnan will encourage him.

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Hearing the strange content of the holy decree, Cui Anqian was also puzzled, but he still accepted the decree first, and then thought about the holy intentions.

"Thanksgiving!"

After speaking, the eunuch who passed the decree handed it to Cui Anqian with both hands, and then said in that unique sharp voice.

"Mr. Cui must understand His Majesty's meaning, His Majesty attaches great importance to the Chief Executive."

"Thank you father-in-law for reminding me, father-in-law, please sit down and rest, and stay at the banquet to entertain my father-in-law and his party." Cui An said politely.

"Manager Cui is polite, our family and others have to go back to restore their lives, so we won't bother the manager."

"Are you in such a hurry?" Seeing that the group was so anxious, Cui Anqian hurriedly said, "Then let me send someone to send my father-in-law out." ”

The subordinates next to him hurriedly and politely left with the eunuchs, and did not forget to express their gratitude.

After the eunuch who delivered the decree left, the generals were a little puzzled.

"Archmaster, what does this will mean? Anthi defeated the Uighurs, why should they tell us? ”

Cui An shook his head, "Actually, it's very simple, this holy decree of the saint is called encouragement, but it actually reminds us."

Well, leave the matter of the decree alone. Rest for one night in Yazhou, set off tomorrow morning, and strive to arrive at the Zhennan Governor's Mansion as soon as possible. ”

Seeing that Cui Anqian didn't want to explain too much, everyone could only give up and leave in a huff.

Cui Anqian looked at the direction of Chang'an and sighed, nominally this is an encouragement, but in fact he is a general.

In order to pacify the Southern Zhao, the imperial court abandoned the plan of large-scale use of troops in the Western Regions, and turned to fully guarantee the war against the Southern Zhao.

Now the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate won the first battle without reinforcements from the imperial court.

If his side can't win the victory with the full support of the imperial court, then the result can be imagined.

From Chengdu to the Zhennan Governor's Mansion, it is thousands of miles long.

In addition, there are mostly mountain roads along the way, and the marching speed is slow, and it is rare to travel 100 miles every day, especially after passing Yazhou.

This is also the reason why it is difficult for the Central Plains Dynasty to actually control the southwest border, the road is too difficult to walk, as long as there is a rebellion, the reinforcement of the army is also a problem. Huaxiu Chinese

It was with these in mind that the attack on Nanzhao was launched from two directions.

The movement of the Tang army's assembly was so big, the trade routes along the line were blocked, and business travelers were not allowed to pass through, if Zheng Maisi didn't know why, it would be really stupid.

And if he was really stupid, he would not have been able to seize the power of Nanzhao.

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"Xiangye, what now?

According to the report from the border garrison, the Tang people's spies were active, and our spies also found that the Tang people were massing troops on a large scale in the Huichuan Governor's Mansion and Annam. ”

Seeing that Zheng Maisi's face was not good, his subordinates were also a little weak-hearted.

"Why did the Don army attack us? Yes! Zheng Maisi suddenly yelled.

"I'm afraid. I'm afraid it's the Holy One who has moved reinforcements. ”

"Shun Huazhen!" Thinking of the little emperor in the palace, Zheng Maisi gritted his teeth, "He's looking for death." Originally, I really wanted him to live a few more years, but I didn't expect him to want to die so much. ”

Hearing that Zheng Maisi had the idea of killing the king, his subordinates were not too surprised, it was a matter of time.

But some people thought of the crux of the problem, "Xiangye, the matter of the little emperor can be put aside, the key is how to resist the attack of the Tang army?"

The Tang army has Duan Baolong leading the way, and he must be very clear about our defensive situation, if the Tang army cannot be blocked, Yang Tho Baa City will not be safe. ”

"Immediately ordered to recruit troops from all the tribes and prepare for battle. At that time, the Tang army couldn't help Nanzhao, and now it can't do the same.

And to transfer the elephant soldiers back, I want to let the Tang army know that Nanzhao is not something they can fight if they want to. ”

Seeing that Zheng Maisi was bent on fighting, others were also a little hesitant.

With the current national strength of Nanzhao, it is really not suitable for war, and they originally planned to persuade Zheng Maisi to take the initiative to sue for peace, in exchange for the support of the Tang people, to avoid the disaster of war.

Even if it is to be a vassal to the Tang people, it is not impossible, but Zheng Maihei has made up his mind to fight.

Soon Zheng Maisi ordered the conscription of troops throughout the country.

The administrative region of the whole country of Nanzhao is divided into ten eyelids and six sections of the two governors, which are the ten eyelids in the surrounding area of Erhai Lake, which is also the core ruling area of Nanzhao, and it is also the most densely populated and economically prosperous area of Nanzhao.

The six knots are Tuodong and Nongdong in the east, Yinsheng in the south, Yongchang and Lishui in the west, and Jianchuan in the north.

The two governors are the former Huichuan Governor's Mansion and the Tonghai Governor's Mansion adjacent to the Tang Annan Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

However, the Huichuan Governor's Mansion has been returned to the Tang Dynasty, so now there are ten eyelids and six sections left in Nanzhao.

Among them, the Huichuan Governor's Mansion, the Langdong Jiedu Envoy, and the Tuodong Jiedu Envoy were to guard against the Tang Jiannan Road or Sichuan Province, and the Tonghai Governor's Mansion was responsible for guarding against the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty;

The Lishui Festival Envoy and the Jianchuan Governor's Mansion were to guard against Tibet;

The Yinsheng Festival envoy was used to settle the Han people (in order to prevent the Han people in the territory from colluding with the Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao moved the Han people from Langdong, Tuodong and other places to this place, and the Yinsheng Festival envoy did not border the Tang Dynasty);

As for Yongchang, which is the strongest in the six sections, it is the residence of the Gu Ailao clan, and the royal family of Nanzhao is from the Gu Ailao clan, so the relationship between Nanzhao and Gu Ailao was very good before, and it was also an important force for the Nanzhao royal family to rule Nanzhao before.

Nanzhao had a standing army of 30,000, and Yongchang had 10,000, because it was also responsible for guarding against the Western Governor (which can be understood as the white barbarian).

It's a pity that the elite of the Yongchang Jiedu envoy was defeated in the battle with the Tang army during the reign of Shilong and Longshun, which also led to the weakening of the Nanzhao royal family to a certain extent.

Now the governor of the six festivals in this world is controlled by Zheng Maihei, either his people, or they will be submissive to him.

In order to resist the attack of the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Maisi ordered to form another 60,000 troops within a month, and gather 100,000 troops. The envoy of Yongchang Jiedu received a request to recruit 20,000 people.

With the scale of about one million people in Nanzhao today, an army of 100,000 was formed, which shows that Zheng Maihei is also out of the way.