Zhang Huaiding was undoubtedly the happiest about the arrival of the imperial court mission, and his current relationship with the imperial court was extraordinary, which his brothers and sisters could not compare.

For example, Liangzhou under Zhang Huaiding's rule has more than 20,000 troops and 15,000 cavalry, of which 5,000 cavalry are equipped with weapons and equipment completely in accordance with the standards of the forbidden army, which is also the most elite unit in Zhang Huaiding's hands at present.

In fact, without the support of the imperial court, Liangzhou might have been captured by the Liangzhou Tubo or Wen people a few years ago.

In Liangzhou, the Han people did not have a numerical advantage, but the Liangzhou Tubo and Wen Mo people, represented by the Liugu Department, had an advantage, but the Han people controlled the city of Liangzhou.

With the support of the imperial court, Zhang Huaiding's army weapons and armor surpassed the armies of the Liangzhou Tubo and Wen Mo people, which could ensure that the city of Liangzhou was under his control.

Fortunately, Liangzhou Tubo is a plate of scattered sand, and even the Liugu Department is not monolithic, if Liangzhou Tubo is unified, even if Zhang Huaiding has 20,000 troops, he may not be able to hold it.

The base camp of the Guiyi Army was Shazhou, that is, Dunhuang.

During the strongest period of the Guiyi Army, it governed eleven prefectures, Shazhou (Dunhuang), Guazhou (Anxi), Yizhou (Hami), Xizhou (Turpan), Hezhou (Linxia), Ganzhou (Zhangye), Suzhou (Jiuquan), Lanzhou, Shanzhou (Ledu, Qinghai), Kuozhou (Hualong, Qinghai), and Minzhou (Minxian County, Gansu).

But Shanzhou and Kuozhou have long been recaptured by the Tibetans;

Both Illish and Western states were occupied by the Western Uighurs;

Minzhou and Hezhou were recaptured by Tubo more than ten years ago, and later after the imperial court recovered Longyou, they were divided into the jurisdiction of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

This means that today's Guiyi Army only has jurisdiction over five prefectures: Shazhou, Guazhou, Suzhou, Ganzhou, and Liangzhou.

Historically, Ganzhou was occupied by the Uighurs a few years later; The rulers of Suzhou, the Long family, became self-reliant and were subsequently defeated by the Ganzhou Uighurs, who also fell into the hands of the Ganzhou Uighurs.

Liangzhou became an enclave, and was finally jointly captured by the Liangzhou Tubo and Wen Mo people represented by the Liugu Department.

Historically, the Jinshan Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty established by Zhang Chengfeng claimed to control the eight states of Hexi, but in fact could only control the land of Shazhou and Guazhou.

There is another problem, at this time, the imperial court did not recognize Zhang Huaishen's Guiyi Army Festival Envoy with the existence of the Holy Decree, and the so-called Guiyi Army Festival Envoy was only Zhang Huaishen's self-style.

The imperial court was not strong before, so it was nothing.

Now that the imperial court has recovered Longyou, it has bordered the actual control of the Guiyi Army, and the Guiyi Army is in a situation of internal and external troubles.

This is also the reason why Zhang Huaiding has been cooperating with the imperial court.

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"Zhang Tingshi, this official looks at the strong soldiers of Liangzhou, why does Liangzhou City look like a great enemy?" Li Li was a little puzzled.

Zhang Huaiding smiled bitterly, "Li Shangshu doesn't know, Liangzhou just looks powerful, but in fact, today's Liangzhou has many external troubles. The Tibetan and late Wenzhou in Liangzhou alone made Liangzhou unable to completely reassure the whole of Liangzhou, and last month a caravan bound for Shazhou was plundered by a Tubo tribe warrior west of Liangzhou.

On the road from Lanzhou to Liangzhou, because of the existence of the imperial court Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, the Tubo and Wenmo people did not dare to mess around, so it was safer. ”

"I see!"

As soon as he entered the city of Liangzhou, Li Ling found that the Hu style was prevalent in the city, and the Tubo, Wenmo, Uighur and other foreign people could be seen everywhere, if he hadn't seen many Han people, he would have thought that this was a city controlled by the Hu people.

This is also normal, Hexi was ruled by the Tibetans for decades and was greatly influenced by the customs and habits of the Tibetans.

After entering Liangzhou City, the delegation and his party lived in the accommodation arranged by Zhang Huaiding, and as for the 3,000 cavalry, except for hundreds of people who followed into the city, the others were camped outside the city.

After all, Li Pei and the others did not come to seize Liangzhou, but to investigate the situation in Hexi.

And Li Pei and others will not leave Liangzhou for Shazhou immediately, and now the imperial court has not recognized Zhang Huaishen's Guiyi Army's envoys, what is it to go to Shazhou?

Liangzhou is not under the control of Zhang Huaiding, to be precise, there are four forces in Liangzhou at this time.

The most powerful is actually Liangzhou Tubo, followed by Zhang Huaiding, then Wen Mo, and finally the imperial court.

In fact, Liangzhou has always been under the joint control of the imperial court and the Guiyi army, a few years ago, the imperial court appointed Changshi and Sima, and Zhang Huaiding himself was not in Liangzhou, so there was no obstruction.

The first intervention of the imperial court in Liangzhou after the recovery of Liangzhou came from the original thousands of troops, and the history of Liangzhou has been sent by the imperial court.

However, the Huangchao Rebellion caused the imperial court to have no time to take care of Liangzhou, and Zhang Huaiding became the assassin of Liangzhou, to be precise, he was degraded, because Zhang Huaishen felt that it was a big threat. Later, because Li Ye wanted to increase his contact with Zhang Huaiding, he recognized Zhang Huaiding's position at this time in the form of an edict.

Today's Liang governor is called Weng Gao, a native of Fujian; Liangzhou Sima's name is Zhang Hongxin, who belongs to the earliest group of people sent to Liangzhou by the imperial court, and is also the representative of the thousands of Han soldiers and their descendants.

Because of the purpose of the mission to Liangzhou, Jinyiwei had already informed Weng Gao and Zhang Hongxin, so after Li Pei and the others stayed, Weng Gao and the others went to Li Pei and the others' residence.

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"Assassin Shi, Weng Changshi and Zhang Sima went to the residence of the mission, and the lower officials are worried that there is something hidden from us by the imperial court?"

Zhang Huaiding knocked on the wooden table and fell into deep thought.

There is also truth to the claims of his subordinates, but his son Zhang Chengfeng was a hostage in Chang'an, and the imperial court also provided him with a lot of weapons.

Although he exchanged war horses for them, there was no shortage of war horses in Hexi.

During the Sui Dynasty, Hexi was the main production area of war horses in the Sui Dynasty. Before the capture of Hexi by Tibet, it was also an important production area of war horses in the Tang Dynasty, can you imagine that there will be a shortage of war horses here?

Most of the war horses he traded with the imperial court were snatched from the hands of the Tubo and Wen Mo people, and he relied on the weapons traded from the imperial court.

Let's just say that there are nearly 100,000 war horses in the Liugu Division, but how many war horses do the more powerful Ganzhou Uighurs have?

After thinking for a while, Zhang Huaiding said in a deep voice, "Now is the critical moment. Without the support of the imperial court, it would be difficult for our plan to be realized, and we must be canonized by the imperial court. ”

"What about Liangzhou? Is it just to give it to the imperial court? This is the largest city in Hexi. "The people under him are a little unwilling.

"Although Liangzhou is the first city in Hexi, it is surrounded by powerful Ganzhou Uighurs, Liangzhou Tubo and Wenmo people. If it weren't for the support of the imperial court, maybe we wouldn't have been able to gain a foothold in Liangzhou at all, and now the Tubo and Wenmo people in Liangzhou are becoming more and more restless.

Moreover, the foundation of the Guiyi Army is in Shazhou and Guazhou, and Liangzhou is too far away from Shazhou, since the imperial court wants Liangzhou, what about giving it to them.

Only when the imperial court confronts the Tibetans and the Uighurs will it continue to support our Guiyi army.

Father too, why did you hand over the Guiyi Army to Zhang Huaishen in the first place, am I his son? ”

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