The banquet of Jinxing County was full of joy, and early the next morning, the conscripted army was about to embark on the journey back to their hometown. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This expedition was less than a month, but for everyone, the experience during this period will never be forgotten.

Many people set foot on the land of Longxi for the first time, many people cut off the heads of the Huns for the first time to avenge the world, and many people witnessed the Liang army crisscrossing the north and being invincible for the first time.

So many firsts, they were all led by one person, that is, the Metropolitan Governor Zhang Jun. Because of this, Zhang Jun's prestige reached a peak in the conquest army, and even along the entire river. As for Guzang and the farther counties of Jiuquan and Zhangye, the news is relatively lagging behind, but various stories about the conquest army are already circulating.

For example, the young general is proficient in the Heavenly Fire technique, and he can invite the Zhu Rong clan to descend the Heavenly Fire to defeat the enemy; For example, the Long Xiang Army is a god general who drives immortal beasts, the Hujie Army is a giant man with a height of eight feet and a waist circumference of eight feet, and the Crane Army is a wizard who can call the wind and rain and make the arrows fly farther. Although all of the above is nonsense, it is still very marketable among grass people.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Jun was writing a letter to his uncle. At the end of the banquet last night, the messenger from Guzang arrived, mainly conveying two things: one was about the establishment of the west of Taoshui, and the other was that Zhang Mao had decided to come to the front line in person and continue the eastward crusade.

Regarding the first thing, Dou Tao has already put forward a very mature idea, as long as there are counties in Caohan, Lintao and Didao, he can firmly grasp the entire land west of Taoshui. Zhang Jun is not worried that Guzang will have any disputes over this, because this is the case with historical development, and the only thing to consider is the allocation and division of interests among officials at all levels. In this regard, Zhang Mao is an extremely experienced politician and will never have a problem.

As for the second thing, Zhang Jun had a headache. Because of the butterfly effect of his own traverser, he expanded the results of the Eastern Crusade, which made his uncle, who was thinking about the Eastern Crusade and seize Longxi, have a strategic miscalculation, and felt that as long as he invested the Chinese army and more military forces, he could include the entire Longxi into the territory of Liangzhou. But Zhang Jun understood that according to the comprehensive strength of Liangzhou at this time, it was possible to fight a local war with the Xiongnu and Han States, but it was not possible to compete with the national strength of the Han State.

Therefore, the first task at present is to digest the newly recovered places, and at the same time resist the counterattack of the Huns, as for the continuation of the eastward crusade, it is simply nonsense. When the time comes, not only will they not be able to defeat it, but it is likely that the land they have already obtained will be lost.

But Zhang Jun can't tell his uncle these reasons so bluntly, his nephew succeeded so easily, isn't your uncle as good as you? He must consider Zhang Mao's feelings, speaking is an art, and he must not be embarrassed by his uncle, but let him realize the key to the problem and retreat from the difficulty.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Jun finally picked up the pen and wrote on the note: "General Junjian, General Pingdong Jun presents ······"

He understood Zhang Mao's eagerness to go eastward, and when a person's health deteriorated, he would be more eager to fulfill his wishes. Even if there is even a little hope, it will not be easy to give up. Therefore, Zhang Jun did not write his own attitude in the recital, but used the method of presenting facts to let Zhang Mao see the objective situation on the front line.

First of all, the comparison of troops, although the Han army in Qinzhou was heavily damaged in Yuzhong, but the total strength still has more than 10,000 people, if the war is expanded, tens of thousands of soldiers can also be temporarily recruited. Moreover, the elite of the Chinese army of the Xiongnu Han State is also ready to move, and I believe that the counterattack will not be delayed for too long, nor will it give Liangzhou time to gain a firm foothold. If the Xiongnu Chinese army is dispatched, plus the county soldiers of each county, the total strength can reach three or four hundred thousand. Is Liangzhou affordable for a campaign of this magnitude?

The difference in cost between dispatching 300,000 people to take the initiative to attack and mobilizing 300,000 other enemy troops to attack is very huge, and the Liang army has not mobilized so many troops to fight abroad for many years, and it is basically on the defensive, so from generals to non-commissioned officers, they lack psychological preparation and experience.

Secondly, foreign enemies and wealthy clans have always been ready to move, and once the Zhang family orders the elite of the Chinese army to leave Guzang, you will lose the deterrent power to deter the place. At the same time, the Chinese army can only win, not lose. Once it fails, Liangzhou will not be able to afford the impact at all. In history, Liu Yao personally recruited and invaded, and Zhang Mao surrendered before fighting, and would rather call the ministers and pay tribute to accept humiliation than avoid war, which was precisely out of avoiding the risk of defeat.

As long as the Chinese army is there, Zhang's rule in Liangzhou will be as stable as Mount Tai, but once the Chinese army fails or suffers huge losses, the Zhang family will be in danger in an instant.

Zhang Jun believes that if he makes the problem clear, his uncle will make a rational judgment.

Just when he had just finished writing the song and was about to be replaced and sent out urgently, the guards came in to report that Chen Zhou's from the Chen Chamber of Commerce was out asking to see him. So Zhang Jun put the song on the desk and said, "Let her in." ”

After a while, the beautiful woman Chen Zhou, who still had charm, walked in, bowed a few steps away, and said, "I have seen the Metropolitan Governor. ”

"You may be seated." Zhang Jun stretched out his hand to signal, and Chen Zhou gave another salute before kneeling opposite Zhang Jun.

"What?"

"Two things, one good and one bad, which one does the Metropolitan Governor want to hear?" Chen Zhou smiled.

"Hahaha!" Zhang Jun laughed, this was a more popular word in later generations, but he didn't expect it to be said by this woman more than a thousand years ago, and he was in a better mood at the moment, and replied: "Then listen to the good news first." ”

"No." Chen Zhou said: "The lowly subordinates have been tracking down the Heavenly Master Dao thieves who have kidnapped the county lord, and they have finally discovered their lair. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Jun's heart moved, the Heavenly Master Dao can be regarded as a rebel professional in this era, and it is a real evil for the ruler······ Teaching ······ Fear ······ Horror ······ Group ······ Weaving, if they know about the nest and then destroy it, it can greatly weaken their ability to rebel.

"Where's the lair?"

"······ in Shudi"

"In the territory of Chengguo?"

"Yes······"

"Hiss ·······" Zhang Jun frowned for a week, and realized that things were not simple, and said, "Tell me in detail." ”

Chen Zhoushi said: "At present, the fine work of the metropolitan governor has basically spread all over the major metropolises and county administrations in the world, and our people have been following a few Heavenly Master Dao disciples who were deliberately released, and found that they went all the way south, thinking that they would return to the old nest in the south of the Yangtze River, but unexpectedly they went straight to Bashu, and finally stopped in Chengdu, the capital of Chengdu. (Regarding the origin of the name of Chengdu, according to the record of "Taiping Huanyu Ji", it is borrowed from the historical process of the construction of the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the king of Zhou Qianqi was named Shudu after "one year and lived in Chengju, two years into Yi, and three years in Chengdu". The pronunciation of the word "Chengdu" in Shu language is Shudu. "'Cheng' is 'Bi Ye' and 'Final'", the meaning of Chengdu is "the 'final capital' of Shu, or 'the last capital'." Built in 256 BC)

"Is it related to the Lee family?" Zhang Jun was keenly aware of the seriousness of the problem, and the Li regime in Chengguo was established with the support of Heavenly Master Dao, and it had a strong evil ······ Teaching background, if they want to do something, it's not horror······ It's that simple.

"What the Metropolitan Governor said is good, our people found that those Heavenly Master Dao thieves often go in and out of the Li family's princes, and they also have dealings with many high-ranking officials and nobles." Chen Zhou's report.

"Keep a close watch for the time being, don't startle the snake." Since it is possible that Chengguo is making trouble behind the scenes, he can't act rashly.

"No!" Chen Zhou took the order.

"Huh!" Zhang Jun laughed at himself and said, "This news is not good, but the Governor of Pontus is looking forward to the bad news." ”

Chen Zhoushi suddenly got up and knelt on the ground, pleading guilty: "The Grand Duke, you are incompetent, and the caravan that was sold in Qiuchi earlier was robbed on the way back!" ”

"What?" Zhang Jun was surprised: "Isn't it that five hundred dragon battalion light cavalry escorts have been deployed, how can they be robbed, and what about the soldiers?" ”

Chen Zhou bowed his head and said: "The soldiers are fine, the other party dispatched more than 3,000 horses at a time, and surrounded our caravan at once, and the steward thought that the money was not enough, so he didn't let the soldiers do it, but brought people to negotiate, who knew that they would be detained and threatened······

She buried her head lower and said, "There is a huge disparity in numbers, and our people have not fearlessly resisted. ”

Zhang Jun's face was like frost, and it was gloomy all of a sudden. He was not angry that the soldiers in charge of the escort surrendered, but he didn't expect that even Tuyuhun would dare to be so bold and dare to openly plunder the caravan in Liangzhou, especially since this caravan was still under the banner of his Zhang clan!

"Which one did it?" He asked through gritted teeth.

Chen Zhou replied: "I found out, it's the Huangshui Department." ”

"Good!" Zhang Jun took the case and said angrily: "It's just a little bit of a relic, I don't know how thick the sky is!" He immediately summoned the guards and ordered: "Order the three armies to change their routes, and the governor of Pontus will go and personally meet the king of Tuyuhun for a while!" ”

Tugu (yù) Hun, also known as Tuhun, is the name of the ancient northwest ethnic group and the country it founded. They were originally a branch of the Xianbei Murong Department in Liaodong, and the Tibetans called them Achai. From the Western Jin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, most of them were active in the Qilian Mountains and the upper valleys of the Yellow River.

Zhang Jun called it a Xianbei relic, not a contemptuous name invented by himself, but an allusion.

In the Jin Dynasty, "Tuyuhun" was the name of a person, he was the eldest brother of Murong Diao (that is, the eldest son born to the younger wife), and his father Murong She, who gave him 1,700 families in the tribe as slaves. After Murong She's death, Murong became the heir, and the discord between the brothers led to a horse fight between the two tribes (similar to a cockfight).

At that time, Murong Diao said angrily: "My father was different from each other, you and my brother have become two families, so why not stay away from each other, why do you need to fight!" Tuyuhun replied, "Horses are just livestock, and fighting is the norm, so why be angry with people?" It's easy to say goodbye, and you should go thousands of miles away. And so he did.

Later, Murong repented······ Xianbei said that his brother was Agan, and he remembered it and made it "the song of Agan", and he thought about it in the twilight of the year, and often sang it.

Therefore, it was Tuyuhun's runaway from home that led to the later Tuyuhun tribe, which is also the reason why Zhang Jun called it "Xianbei Relic".

At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the leader Tuyuhun finally led his troops west to Caohan. Later, after years of expansion, he ruled the Qiang and Di tribes in present-day Qinghai, Gannan and northwest Sichuan, and established a state.

At this time, Tuyuhun was far less powerful than the early Sui and Tang dynasties in history, because it was not long after the founding of the country, it was also in a state of paying tribute everywhere, and it was basically hugged when there was a thigh. Because it borders Liangzhou, King Tuyuhun is also very deferential to the Zhang family, and even if there is occasional friction, he still respects Daliang in general.

Zhang Jun didn't know if it was because Tuyuhun heard that the Liang army was at war with the Han State, so he thought that he had no time to take care of it so tentatively, but they dared to openly plunder the caravan with the banner of the Zhang family, which means that it was time to beat it.

Soon, the main generals of the three armies of Long Xiang, Hu Jie, and Konghe, as well as Chen Zhen, who joined the army, and Suo Sanjie, the master of the craftsman, all gathered in the big tent, and even Dou Tao, the guard of Jinxing County, also rushed to hear the news.

Zhang Jun asked Chen Zhou to briefly explain the situation again, which naturally aroused the anger of the generals.

Hu Shuo simply shouted: "Lord, don't bother you to drive, and let me lead a thousand foot soldiers to take the dog head of the king of Tuguhun back to drink!" ”

Although Tuyuhun is not strong, there are tens of thousands of people who control the strings, and it is by no means something that a thousand foot soldiers can teach. Zhang Jun waved his hand to let him return to his position and stand up, pointed to an unfolded map and said: "The Huangshui Department of Tuyuhun is reluctant to leave Jinxing, this time the governor of Pontus will lead the Longxiang army to question the king of Tuyuhun, and the rest of the troops will still return to Guangwu for repairs as planned." ”

At this time, the generals of the Hujie Army and the Crane Control Army stopped doing it, and they all spoke out to ask for war, and Han Hu also said: "Lord, Tuyuhun does this, once the war starts, only the Longxiang Army is afraid that the strength will not be ······."

"Humph!" Wang Meng and Zhou Tong both snorted coldly, and said unhappily: "The lord is not going to attack the city, what are you doing with the foot soldiers to drag down the time?" Only our Longxiang soldiers are enough! ”

Zhang Jun also said: "The roads in Tuyuhun are difficult to travel, and it may be difficult for foot soldiers to trek. The purpose of this expedition was only to question Tugu Hun Zhi's subordinates, and the governor thought that they would not dare to be enemies of Da Liang. Don't worry too much. ”

Dou Tao said: "Dadu Governor, this Huangshui Department is a mixed residence between the Qiang people and Xianbei, not necessarily because of the will of the King of Tuyuhun, and now the war with the Han State has not been appeased, so it is not appropriate to make a big fight." If this trip makes the king of Tuyuhun bow his head, he should not be too humiliated. ”

Zhang Jun nodded and said: "Make the banquet of the king's weight, Jun remember." ”

He said to the soldiers: "If the king of Tuyuhun is obedient, we should just go on a trip; But if you want to try the severity of Da Liang, then you don't need to be polite, just step on its palace tent! ”

This sounded much more energetic, and the soldiers of the Long Xiang Army suddenly received the order, but they didn't expect that there would be military merits to take the initiative to send them to the door when they went home. As for the generals of the two armies of Hujie and Konghe, they were envious.

Da Liang should be cautious about the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, but he does not have much fear of Tuyuhun, but it is the other party that should be afraid.

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