"The edict of the Tang Emperor said: Zhang Huaiding, the former assassin of Liangzhou, has meritorious service in governing Liangzhou, and inherits his father's shadow. Now Zhang Huaiding is the county of Dunhuang, and he is the envoy of the righteous army in the west of the river! ”

Hearing that he was not only appointed by the imperial court as the new envoy of the Guiyi Army, but also canonized as the county magistrate of Dunhuang, Zhang Huaiding was stunned for a moment and suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted.

"Minister Zhang Huaiding is grateful, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

This decree was read out by Li himself, and although the voice was not particularly loud, it was relatively loud, at least all the officials and generals in the hall could hear it clearly.

And the eyes of everyone looking at Zhang Huaiding have also changed.

To tell the truth, Zhang Huaiding's ascension to the throne this time was not glorious, not to mention the mutiny, and he also killed Zhang Huaishen and his six sons, which is not ruthless.

Although this person was not killed by Zhang Huaiding, but by Suo Xun.

However, there must be Zhang Huaiding's instruction in it, and he didn't dare to ask for Xun or kill casually.

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This holy decree can be regarded as the second holy decree of the Tang Dynasty that appeared in Shazhou since the Tubo occupied Shazhou for more than 100 years, and it was also read out by the Shangshu of the Imperial Court Rites Department.

You must know how many years Zhang Huaishen has been an envoy of festivals, but he can't ask for this holy decree.

However, since the arrival of the imperial court delegation yesterday, they have truly understood the relationship between Zhang Huaiding and the imperial court.

The 5,000 elite cavalry brought by Zhang Huaiding before were almost exactly the same as the 2,000 elite cavalry responsible for escorting the mission.

You don't have to think about it to know that the equipment came from the imperial court.

With the support of the imperial court, it is no wonder that Zhang Huaiding dared to raise troops to attack Shazhou.

Now that Zhang Huaiding is powerful, coupled with the support of the imperial court, even if there are people who are dissatisfied with Zhang Huaiding, they dare not jump out and sing the opposite tune at this time, which is simply looking for death.

"Dunhuang Bo please, before coming, His Majesty had said that the deputy envoy of Jiedu, the marching Sima and the assassins of various states, after Dunhuang Bo decided on the candidate, the court will make up a holy decree later.

As for the other personnel, Dunhuang Bo can appoint himself and then report to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate. ”

Li said with a smile, and then handed the holy decree to Zhang Huaiding.

"Thank you Li Shangshu, please also ask Li Shangshu to sit aside, Zhang will hold a dinner in the house tonight, and please Li Shangshu be sure to attend."

The delegation led by Li will stay in Shazhou for at least half a month before leaving, and on the way back, they will stop for a while in various prefectures and counties along the way to learn about the local situation before returning to Chang'an.

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The new official took office with three fires, and the first fire, Zhang Huaiding, was ready to burn on the Ganzhou Uighurs.

The two major foreign enemies of the Guiyi Army were not the Tibetans, but the Uighurs, the Uighurs of Xizhou and the Uighurs of Ganzhou.

However, the Uighurs in Xizhou were too powerful, with a population of nearly one million and nearly 200,000 soldiers at full strength, which was not at all a match for the Guiyi army.

So Zhang Huaiding set his sights on the Uighurs in Ganzhou.

When he served as the Assassin of Liangzhou, he naturally did not fight against the powerful Ganzhou Uighurs.

But now that he has become the envoy of the Guiyi Army, he has jurisdiction over the entire Guiyi Army's more than 100,000 troops, so naturally he does not have to fear the Ganzhou Uighurs.

Although Zhang Huaiding's temperance was recognized by the imperial court, after all, it was obtained by a coup d'état, so he needed to stand up.

How to Liwei? Naturally, it's war!

However, when Zhang Huaiding proposed to use troops against the Uighurs in Ganzhou, Li Mingzhen expressed his resolute opposition.

"Servant shooting, now that the situation of the Guiyi Army is not easy to come by, we should take a good rest and recuperate, eliminate internal discord factors, and rashly use troops against the Uighurs in Ganzhou, which is really inappropriate.

Although our Guiyi army outnumbered the Uighurs in Ganzhou, it was not wise for the Uighurs in Ganzhou to have a population of more than 200,000 and 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers. ”

"Li Sima, are you questioning Ben's decision? Now in the eyes of the Guiyi army's internal and external troubles, Xizhou and Yizhou are occupied by the Uighurs of Xizhou.

The entire Guiyi army was under the jurisdiction of only the four prefectures of Sha, Gua, Su, and Ganzhou, and Suzhou and Ganzhou were encroached upon by the Ganzhou Uighurs, and could only retreat to the state city and more than ten miles nearby.

In the long run, is the Guiyi Army still a Guiyi Army? Zhang Huaiding asked rhetorically.

Zhang Huaiding is naturally ambitious, in his opinion, 'take Helan Guangwu City in the east, sweep the Tianshan Han Navy in the west, set Yanran Yinshan Road in the north, and end in Rongqiang, Sichuan and Zangping in the south' This is what the Guiyi Army should do.

Even if you take Helan Guangwu City in the east, Liangzhou has become a place controlled by the imperial court, which is obviously unrealistic.

You can't go east, you can go south, west, and north.

If he couldn't even clean up the Uighurs in Ganzhou, how could he restore the former situation of the Guiyi army commanding the eleven prefectures in Hexi, and only be satisfied with the current four prefectures?

"But now the Guiyi Army doesn't want to fight, they are used to the current peaceful life, and you will drag the entire Guiyi Army into the abyss of war!" Li Mingzhen said-for-tat.

"Do you still have me in your eyes?" Zhang Huaiding was so angry that his beard trembled.

Seeing that something was wrong with the situation, Suo Xun next to him hurriedly stood up, "Servant shooting, Li Sima didn't mean it, don't be angry!" ”

"Humph!" Zhang Huaiding flicked his sleeves, his face was still not good-looking, "Suo Xun, what do you think of the matter proposed by this servant to use troops against the Uighurs in Ganzhou?" ”

Suo Xun is a little embarrassed, neither of them can be offended, but if it is with the mud, it will obviously offend both sides.

"Servant shot, Li Sima, in fact, I think I can ask the imperial court for assistance? If they can send troops to contain them in the direction of Liangzhou, the pressure on our Guiyi army will be reduced a lot. ”

"The Imperial Court?" Zhang Huaiding frowned, others don't know, he knows more about the situation of the imperial court, and it is impossible for the imperial court to use troops in Hexi on a large scale at present.

"It's not easy to say that the imperial court is sending troops!"

"The servants may be forgetful of the nobles, but the Ganzhou Uighurs have something in their hands that the imperial court is interested in." Suo Xun said with a smile, looking confident.

"What the Imperial Court is interested in?" Zhang Huaiding didn't think of anything for a while.

Li Mingzhen had some guesses, "You mean the grass beach in Daying?" ”

The name of Damaying Caotan is a little unfamiliar, but if you say that it is another name in later generations--- Shandan Military Horse Farm, more people will know it.

In later generations, it was the world's largest military horse farm.

After Huo Qubing defeated the Xiongnu and occupied here, the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty and the current Tang Dynasty all set up horse farms here, which is also one of the most important horse farms in the Central Plains Dynasty.

In the early Tang Dynasty, at its peak, it could provide 70,000 war horses for the imperial court every year.

That's not a small number!

Although there is no shortage of horses in the imperial court today, the largest pasture is only the pasture under the jurisdiction of the Songzhou Governor's Office, which can now provide more than 15,000 war horses to the imperial court every year.

The imperial court also set up three shepherds in Longyou and Yanzhou, but they were all just starting, and the war horses of the imperial court were still purchased from various tribes in Longyou.

The purchased war horses are naturally inferior to those raised by themselves, which can guarantee quality and quantity.

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