The guard general of Yizhou, surnamed Chen, "He first led the state in the second year of the Tang Dynasty, and he was still in the Tang Dynasty" - this is the record of Zhao and Song officials. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"When Zhang Shuai revived the Guiyi army, Yi and Xizhou were among the eleven states, and then the Guiyi army was in civil strife, and the Uighurs defeated the Tubo who wanted to take the opportunity to occupy Xizhou again, and obtained the land of Xizhou, and then expanded in all directions, and Yizhou was surrendered. Nowadays, the Uighurs in Western Prefecture are powerful, and they have repeatedly expanded eastward, and Illino has followed. Chen Daliang, the general of Yizhou, had a relationship with him, and it sounds good, he is a person who meets the source of the left and right, you are welcome, and the Uighur general is also! ”

During the march, Cao Yijin said to Meng Ping.

"According to the investigation of the Military Intelligence Department, the Chen family in Yizhou is in decline, and it is not as good as the Shazhou Guiyi Army, and in order to survive in the troubled times, they have to rely on the strong, which is understandable." Meng Ping said.

Having said that, but now that the king is here, Chen Daliang has no intention of opening the city to welcome him, but it is unreasonable. His ancestors were originally guards of the Tang Dynasty, and were ordered by our emperor to guard Yizhou, although they have had a bad fate over the years, but now that the king is here, he does not open the city to greet him, how is this kind of behavior different from a traitor? "Cao Yijin has a very bad sense of Chen Daliang.

Meng Ping smiled and was noncommittal, "When the Uighur troops in Xizhou pressed the border, he surrendered to him, but now that my Wang Shi has arrived, how can he not surrender?" If he does not surrender, it can only mean that, in his opinion, the king's army is not as powerful as the Uighurs. ”

Hearing Meng Ping's words, Cao Yijin pondered for a moment, and then laughed: "In this way, Chen Daliang will indeed descend." ”

A few days later, the forbidden army arrived in Yizhou and camped outside the city, preparing to attack the city.

Yizhou, that is, the later Hami, the state of Yiwu County, is located in the basin plain, is a desert oasis, the Silk Road artery, in a sense of the throat of the place.

At the head of Yizhou City, Chen Daliang was looking at the forbidden army formation, and like the soldiers beside him, his face was frightened. The large array of infantry soldiers of the forbidden army stands quietly like a lake and sea, thousands of elite horses gallop like a river, iron armor is like a wall, horses are like clouds, and spears are like a forest, all of which are shocking.

"Report! General, the number of crossbows outside the four walls has been pointed out! ”

"How much?"

"There are more than 1,000 outside each wall, and there are nearly 5,000 crossbows! And ......"

"And it's all big crossbows?"

"Yes!"

"Five thousand crossbows...... Five thousand, which is about the same as my soldiers guarding the city......"

"Look, General, what is that?"

"That's ...... Siege engines? ”

Suddenly, a huge iron ball fell in the sky, smashed outside the city wall, exploded with a bang, and fell to the ground like thunder, and the flames and smoke were everywhere, smashing out a seven-foot pit. Without waiting for Chen Daliang to react, one after another iron balls rose into the air, flying like rain, like meteorites about to fall, and fell in front of the city wall one after another. In the sound of an explosion that shattered the eardrums, the fire was like a tidal wave, covering everything, and the heat wave rushed towards the face, burning people's faces. When the thunder stopped and the smoke and dust fell, Chen Daliang and his soldiers were dumbfounded, only to see that in front of the city wall, there were already potholes.

"This ...... What is this? ”

"I didn't ...... I've never seen it! ”

"If this falls on the city wall, the wall will not be like paper?"

Chen Daliang couldn't help but tremble slightly, and then looked at the crossbow array outside the city, then at the elite cavalry torrent outside the city, and then at the lake and sea army outside the city, he didn't dwell on it for too long, turned around and asked: "How long will it take for the Uighur soldiers and horses to arrive?" ”

"The Lion King is gathering heavy troops, and he has not yet set off from Xizhou." The people around him replied.

"So...... I'm afraid I can't wait! Chen Daliang's face was pale.

"What does General Chen want? Are you ready to surrender? With the grace of the Khan, how can you surrender without a fight?! Beside Chen Daliang, a Uighur official shouted a question.

Chen Daliang glanced at him and pointed to the outside of the city, "If Your Excellency is not satisfied, you will be able to allocate men and horses to you, and you will lead the army to fight, how about it?" ”

"You ......" The Uighur official was immediately choked with red faces and speechless.

From time to time, there are more than 100 horsemen rushed to the front of the city, when the first cavalry general held the military order, unhurriedly unfolded, did not look at the city, routinely unfolded, read aloud: "Yizhou guard general Chen Daliang, the ancestor of Er, was ordered by the court, for the Tang Dynasty to guard the western frontier, today, this marshal led 100,000 forbidden troops to the west, will return to Anxi, reset the four towns of Anxi, if you are willing to be a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, quickly descend, if you are willing to be a traitor of the Tang Dynasty, a quick battle!" ”

After that, the cavalry general received the military order, but he didn't even ask Chen Daliang what he meant, and directly turned his horse's head and turned around and left.

"This ...... How could this man be so rampant! "There were generals in the city who were angry and ashamed.

Chen Daliang glanced at him, "You want to fight?" ”

The general's words were stopped, his face turned pale, and he finally had to retreat.

Chen Daliang glanced around at everyone, "Who dares to fight?" ”

Everyone bowed their heads.

Chen Daliang was angry in his heart, and couldn't help but roar: "Since you don't dare to fight, then what are you doing here, open the city gate, and go out to welcome!" ”

After saying that, he shook his hand angrily and pushed everyone away and walked down the road.

Everyone looked at each other, reacted one after another, and hurriedly followed.

After the forbidden army array, seeing Yizhou open the city gate on the watchtower, Cao Yijin was slightly stunned at first, and then smiled at Meng Ping: "The handsome man is really like a god, this Chen Daliang has finally descended." ”

"Although Chen Daliang is a guard general in Yizhou, in the final analysis, he is just guarding Yizhou for others, and he is not the real master. In this case, it is natural that he will not be guilty of selling his life. Meng Ping smiled, "General Cao, and together with Ben Shuai, go to Yizhou City to take a look." ”

"Good!"

When Cao Yijin followed Meng Ping to the front of the city, Chen Daliang had already disarmed and changed into ordinary robes, leading the generals to wait for a long time. Seeing Meng Ping, Chen Daliang immediately greeted him, and after saluting, he burst into tears and said: "I have been guarding Yizhou for many years, and the last general is looking forward to the king coming to the west for a day, and now I finally see Meng Shuai, and the last general will die without regrets!" ”

Of course, Meng Ping didn't believe Chen Daliang's words, but he still had to recognize Chen Daliang's contributions, "General Chen has been guarding Yizhou for the Tang Dynasty for generations, and he has worked hard and made great achievements, how can this commander not know?" This time, General Chen took the initiative to open the city to welcome the king, and the commander will also truthfully show the emperor. ”

"Thank you Meng Shuai!" Chen Daliang thanked him again and again, and turned sideways to get out of the way, "Meng Shuai, please enter the city!" ”

......

"The Uighur Khan of Xizhou called himself Aslan Khan, and the people of the Western Regions called him the Lion King, and now he is in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and the nine Uighurs surnamed Wuhu and Qiuzi are all following his orders, and their king's tent is in the north court in summer and in Xizhou in winter." In the state capital, Chen Daliang spared no effort to introduce the situation in the Western Regions to Meng Ping, "At the western foot of the Tianshan Mountains is the Qarakhanid Dynasty established by the Turkic descendants of Qarluq and the Uighurs who migrated westward. ”

"According to what you said earlier, the soldiers and horses from the west of the Uighurs from the east are already gathering, and they will be coming east in the near future?" Meng Ping asked.

"Yes. Earlier, Meng Shuai sent troops, and the Uighur officials in Yizhou urgently reported to Xizhou, and the Lion King gathered a large army. Chen Daliang said.

"Youtu!"

The area of Xizhou is the Turpan Basin, the area of Xizhou and Yizhou, located at the southern foot of the eastern branch of the Tianshan Mountains, does not belong to the Taklamakan Desert, there are few deserts and many oases, and the environment is much better than that of Khotan, although it cannot be compared with the Central Plains, but it can also be called the prosperity of the Western Regions.

"Enter Xizhou and seize Puchang!" Looking at the map, Meng Ping made up his mind.

Puchang is a county under the jurisdiction of Xizhou, and it has nothing to do with Puchanghai. From Yizhou to Xizhou, the marching route is along the southern foot of the eastern branch of Tianshan, all the way through the Luo Hu in Yizhou and the Chiting in Xizhou.

The reason why Xizhou is a prosperous land can be seen from the number of counties under its jurisdiction, Gan, Su, Gua, Sha, Yi and other prefectures have only one or two counties within their jurisdiction, while Xizhou has five counties of Puchang, Liuzhong, Jiaohe, Tianshan and Gaochang.

After many days of marching, the forbidden army arrived in Puchang.

At the same time, more than 100,000 Uighur soldiers and horses from Western Prefecture also arrived in Puchang.

The two armies then fought at Puchang.

......

Luoyang, on the day of heavy rain, there are lightning and thunder.

In the Chongwen Palace, a huge map hangs on the wall, more than a foot in length and width, and Li Congjing stands in front of the map with his hand, holding a military newspaper in his hand.

The progress of the forbidden army in the Western Regions was much faster than he had imagined.

Jing Xinmo, who was standing on the side, saw that Li Congjing had not moved for a long time, and had not spoken for a long time, so he couldn't help but ask tentatively: "Official, what the military newspaper said, but Wang Shi has achieved a great victory?" ”

Li Congjing came back to his senses from his contemplation and bowed slightly, "The Battle of Puchang, the two armies fought fiercely for more than 200,000 days for more than ten days, Meng Ping won a great victory, beheaded more than 20,000 people, captured the Lion King, and stationed in Gaochang City, and the Uighur tribes then rushed to join each other. ”

Jing Xinmo was overjoyed, "This is great news, the official family should be happy!" The Uighurs of Western Prefecture are annexed, and there will be no more great Kou in the Western Regions! ”

"It's great news, and we should be happy." Li Congjing sighed lightly, "But I don't think otherwise. ”

"What do the officials think?" Jing Xinmo asked curiously.

Li Congjing's gaze did not take his eyes off the map, and only said two words: "China." ”

In the middle of the ring, Li Congjing continued: "Historically, from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the Xia Shang and then to the Zhou, the place of the ancestors, from the bank of the Yellow River, a corner of the land, has been constantly expanding outward, and countless tribes were barbarians first, conquered by my ancestors, and it was China. The world is vast, and it is difficult for one person to govern, so the Son of Heaven divided the princes. In the beginning, a prince was divided into one land, and there was only one city in each land, and at that time, the king had the world, the prince had the city, and the doctor had a home. A city is a prince, a prince is a country, and hundreds of princes are hundreds of countries, all under one world. Subsequently, the princes governed the state, the people gradually increased, and the cities gradually increased, and in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, within a country, there were several cities, and the vassal states annexed each other, and a country had dozens of cities. At this time, the princes were in the county of the country, and they ruled over dozens of cities, and a vassal state became a world. The monarchs of the Warring States are all kings, and they are worthy of their names. When the first emperor leveled the world, he established the foundation of the domestic territory. ”

"The world is so big, not in the Great Wall, but even outside the Great Wall, in the states outside the Saiwai, and a thousand years ago, outside the Yellow River, what is the difference? After the Qin Dynasty, the world has repeatedly fallen apart, after all, unified, whenever the sea is unified, the monarch does not fail to announce the world, saying that the world has been divided for a long time, and people are determined to be unified. You don't see, since the Han Dynasty, the land of the Western Regions is also China, the people of the Western Regions, and the heart of unification is no different from the Central Plains. In the past, I thought that the land of the Western Regions, where all ethnic groups lived together, pacified the Western Regions, there were thousands of difficulties, but now I see the invincible Wang Shi, and I hear that the people of the Western Regions have worn many Chinese clothes, but I know that the 36 countries of the Western Regions in the early Han Dynasty have turned cities into counties and counties since the Han Dynasty, and they are the world of my China, and the tribes of the Western Regions have long been my subjects of China. ”

Li Congjing breathed a long sigh of relief, and said: "In the past, Wuhu was 'chaotic' in China, but now, the Central Plains does not see Wuhu, only China, and the states and tribes of the Western Regions, why not the same?" The Uighurs occupied Gaochang, and still sent envoys to the court to 'repay the victory', and were canonized by our China, and the Uighurs were thousands of miles away, and once the Uighurs had a royal court, they also sent envoys to the court, begging us to be canonized by China, and paying tribute from generation to generation, why? Without it, because I am China, because he admires China, he is willing to be China. China is strong, Chinese civilization is prosperous, and the world is so big, who doesn't bow down? ”

Speaking of this, Li Congjing thought of Zhao Song, and his tone couldn't help but sink a little, "Since the Han Dynasty, thousands of years have fallen, my China has made peace with all the tribes, but when it comes to tribute, it has always been the tribute of all the tribes to my China, and there is no matter of China paying tribute to the four Yi!" Moreover, I and my relatives are also regarded as grace and glory by many of them, as evidenced by the fact that the Uighurs in Khotan and Xizhou have called themselves 'nephews' for a hundred years. Han Tang, Han Tang, what is Han Tang? Han and Tang are the world! What is the world? The land of tribute of all nations is the world! The monarchs and ministers of the Han and Tang dynasties, and the people of the Han and Tang dynasties, can pat their chests and say that China is the world! ”

Jing Xinmo was stunned, couldn't answer, just looked at Li Congjing with awe and adoration eyes.

"The Han Dynasty opened up its territory, there were the Western Regions, the dynasty expanded its territory, and there were four governors, if it was according to common sense, the northern grasslands should also be conquered by my Tang Dynasty and be the counties of my Tang Dynasty. However, in the past hundred years, there have been Uighurs and Tibetans in all directions, and now there are Khitans from the north, isn't this the fault of my Tang monarchs? ! Li Congjing's eyes were fierce, "Khitans, enjoy my Chinese civilization, imitate my Chinese behavior, but set himself up as the emperor and pretend to be the Son of Heaven, how can this be true!" ”

With a flick of his sleeves, Li Congjing turned around in front of the map, his eyes passed through the palace gate, penetrated the heavy rain and thunder and lightning outside the hall, and the words were loud: "In this world, there are countless princes, but only one person can be called the emperor!" ”

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Volume IX, Finale.

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The next volume is finished.