Chapter 87 Autumn Hunting
Autumn hunting?
Mo Chou glanced up at Wei Yue opposite.
Wei Yue sat cross-legged by the door, the sunlight shining in from behind, stretching his shadow very long, projecting it onto the opposite wall, as long as he shook his body slightly, the shadow on the wall shook more violently, like a group of demons dancing.
At this time, the expression on his face was sad.
At first, there was some excitement, but now, that excitement is gone.
Autumn Hunting!
Du Rui's expression did not change, and his eyes were gloomy.
Now he is a little different from a month ago, a month ago, his eyes were a kind of trance, in the face of external stimuli, although there was a reaction, the reaction was slow, and, in front of different people, his performance has been fine-tuned, now, his eyes have become quiet, it seems, no longer like the appearance of a fugue outside the world, and a little less sluggish, more smart.
He naturally knew what the occasion was for the autumn hunt......
A long time ago, when he was a child, he had heard about the autumn hunt from many people, and for the Du clan's Tang Empire, the annual autumn hunt was a show of showing off its powerful force to the four seas.
During the period of Taizong, in the autumn hunt of a certain year, Taizong led a cadre of princes and grandsons, hundreds of court officials, and tens of thousands of pro-troops out of Daming Palace, out of Chang'an City, and even out of the Guanzhong Plain, all the way to the west, through the Hexi Corridor, after the Qilian Mountain, to the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, where the enclosure of the autumn hunt was launched.
Officially, it was an autumn hunt.
In the history books, it was also an autumn hunt.
Just like Du Rui's previous life, the aircraft carrier formation of the lighthouse country came to the coast of the motherland to show off its might, saying that it was to protect freedom of navigation and maintain free trade, but in fact, it was just an armed parade in disguise, showing its powerful force, deterring all countries that covet their own boss position, especially the rabbit that obviously has a tendency to take the lead.
Speaking of this world, mention the Taizong period.
The reason why there is a long-distance autumn hunt is nothing more than to deter the countries of the Western Regions.
Now the countries of the Western Regions are attacking each other, the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty has disappeared, the Silk Road is isolated, the Hexi Corridor is controlled by the Tianfang Sects, but the Tang Dynasty is now in internal friction, nominally, it is still a unified empire, however, many places are unruly, if the orders of the imperial court are beneficial to themselves, they will obey it, if it is not beneficial, the edict is just a piece of waste paper.
Like the land of Yan Zhao, it is actually no different from independence.
Taxes, grain, grass and money will not be sent to Chang'an.
During the reign of Taizong, the countries of the Western Regions did not attack each other, and the Turks in the north did not go south.
Under the Yanmen Pass, Taizong and the high priest of the Turks started a vicious fight.
The battle between the great grandmasters has always been understated, and it often starts silently, just like Ning Daoren entered the barracks to find Guo Linggong in the snow night, and the two played a game of chess, sometimes, the contest between these great grandmasters is not known to outsiders at all, and the fact that Ning Dao and Guo Linggong played chess is just a legend in the rivers and lakes.
Taizu strikes three times!
Taizong blocked the door!
Up to now, although this is a legend, in the reign of Taizong, it is a fact, that battle, many people have paid attention, and the consequences of that battle can determine the future direction of the entire dynasty.
The crown prince was supported by the Guanzhong gate valve, and Taizong also had some support from the Guandong gate valve, and most of his generals and cronies, Wenchen and strategists were Kwantung, after all, the prince had a righteous name, and Taizu also sent a message to support the eldest son to inherit his empire, so basically all the Guanzhong wealthy families stood on the prince's side.
The establishment of the Tang Empire was based on the process of Guanzhong's victory over other wealthy families in the world.
After the establishment of the empire, the court was naturally full of Guanzhong people, there were not many court officials from the Kanto region, but it was just an embellishment, and there was not even a single person in the palace hall of Chang'an.
Therefore, the Guandong gate valve is secretly supporting Taizong, even if Taizong does not take the initiative to seize power, just to protect himself, they will not allow it, and will do something in private to make the prince's party and Taizong turn against each other.
Therefore, there were only a small number of Guanzhong people in Tiance Hall at that time in Taizong, and basically, they were all people from Kanto.
There is a good saying, the arrow is on the bow, and it has to be sent!
Sometimes things do not depend on people's will, the tide of the times, once it pushes you, you can only move with the tide, not yourself.
What's more, Taizong himself has the will to seize power.
At that time, he had an ambition and a strong ability to match that ambition.
This ability does not refer to those Kanto gate valves, characters like Taizong have long understood that external forces cannot be relied on, only their own strength is the real power, and external forces can be borrowed, but they cannot be relied on.
At that time, he had an adventure.
When attacking Luoyang, he reconnoitred the enemy situation in Bishan, and was locked by two grandmaster-level warriors in the city, at that time, he was only promoted to grandmaster, and he was a little careless at that time, and there was no grandmaster-level warrior to protect him.
In the whole world, even in the world of great battles, there are not many martial artists at the grandmaster level, and among them, there are many people who don't care about the world, just guard their own manors or sects, and do not participate in the game of competing for the world. In the battle array, it is too luxurious to be a bodyguard for a grandmaster-level figure, and they have other uses.
If the big camp was attacked by a grandmaster-level figure and caused the camp to roar, it would be funny.
Therefore, once the big camp is established, there are grandmasters guarding the four corners, and the spiritual power of the grandmaster is spread out, so that the approach of other martial artists can be detected.
Taizong, who was a master of art, came out to investigate the enemy's situation, and only brought a few personal soldiers.
I don't know if there is a spy on the other side inside, or a traitor, or bad luck, in short, Dazong encountered an ambush by two grandmasters, so he had to fly away and escape into the mountains.
During the pursuit, he fell into a dungeon.
In the underground palace, he had an adventure and obtained a fist-sized yellow spar, which I don't know which sect's inheritance, which contains a huge amount of spiritual power, Taizong will take the spiritual power in the spar for his own use, and replace it with others, most of them will go crazy and die, however, Taizong cultivates the Ichthyosaurus Mind Change Method, and it is a complete method.
These spiritual powers have become some kind of nourishment.
It's like filling up a car with no gas.
In the end, Taizong walked out of the Bishan underground palace alive, and the two grandmasters of the Northern Zheng Dynasty who also fell into the underground palace fell, one was when he was competing with Taizong for the spar, he was hit by the huge spiritual power in the spar, and he was deranged, so he was killed by Taizong, and the other was found later, at that time, Taizong had already converted part of the spiritual power into his own use.
The grandmaster who came after him in the end was from Songshan Shaolin, the ancestral court of Northland Zen Buddhism, Taizong was in his twenties at the time, and the promotion to grandmaster was still short, in fact, he was not the opponent of this veteran grandmaster. The reason why the other party sent two grandmasters was that he didn't want Taizong to get out, and wanted to completely kill Taizong.
The latter thought that Taizong was the former Taizong, and since Taizong was facing the battle, he must be in the middle of it, so the two started a fierce battle in the underground palace, which collapsed the underground palace and destroyed this unknown sect inheritance place.
In the end, only Taizong walked out of the mountain palace.
Beizheng fell two grandmasters, and the morale became low, and it didn't take long for the city gate to open and surrender.
It was with this adventure and the help of the spar that Taizong was able to be promoted to the great master in his thirties, and the palace transformation was successful.
Having said that, at the beginning of the Yanmen Pass, the battle between Taizong and the Turkic high priest was under the gaze of more than 100,000 people. In fact, Taizong and the high priest just stood ten zhang apart, and seemed to say a few words to each other.
As soon as the incense was burned, the high priest turned and left.
When he left, his back was stiffened even more, and his long black hair instantly turned snow-white.
Since then, the Turks no longer went south, and gave up the Hetao area to the Tang Empire, no longer herdsmen came to graze horses and sheep, of course, now, the Hetao area has been occupied by the Xihu people, the fertile land has been destroyed, the crops have disappeared, and it has become a land for the Hu people to graze horses.
Taizong's expedition to autumn hunting was in the second year after the First World War at Yanmen Pass.
Only a few thousand people accompanied him to the foot of the Tianshan Mountains.
The countries of the Western Regions have more than 100,000 coalition troops, mainly the Wusun people, the alliance leaders at that time, and Taizong and his party confronted each other at the foot of the Tianshan Mountain, however, this battle did not start, when the Tang army showed combat effectiveness in the autumn hunt, the strong men of the Western Regions countries have lost their hearts, even if there are many people, they can't raise the courage and confidence to fight with the Tang army, all they can do is to retreat and bow down.
In that autumn hunt, Taizong won the title of Heavenly Khan.
In that autumn hunt, the Tang Empire established the Anxi Protectorate, which was located in the Western Regions, and under an order, even if it was a prince, he could only bow down and obey the order.
However, the same is true......
Now, the scale of the Tang Empire's autumn hunt is getting smaller and smaller, and it can't even be held in some years, just like knowing that the Silk Road was cut off, and the commercial activities of Chang'an City suddenly decreased by a small half, but the empire was unable to do anything, and sent a large army to conquer, without that force, you know, when the rebellion was suppressed, the Fengxiang Guo family could borrow the horse team of the Tianfang people who occupied the Hexi Corridor.
Now, Guo Linggong is not there, and the prestige of the eldest son Guo Fei is obviously unable to call on those heavenly people, so he can only turn a blind eye.
After Yingzong Du Zhen ascended the throne, an autumn hunt was held every year, and the scale was very small, but it was to go around in the royal forest farm.
This time it was different, saying that he was going to Huanglong.
In the past, adult princes followed, but this time, princes over ten years old such as Du Rui, Du Hu, and Du Yun had to accompany them.
Every time you go on an autumn hunt, something happens.
The crown prince Du Xian, that is, encountered an assassination during the autumn hunt and was seriously injured.
Two hundred years after the founding of the Tang Empire, several princes died in the autumn hunt.
Wei Yue showed a sad look at this time.