After Meng Ping settled on Xizhou, the Uighurs took the initiative to join and proposed to send an envoy to Luoyang to pay tribute. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Meng Ping did not stay in Xizhou for long, leaving only a considerable part of the garrison, and then set off for Qiuzi, because Xizhou was a powerful place for the Uighurs of Gaochang, and letting the Uighur tribes and ethnic groups of the Western Regions come to Xizhou to meet them, it would still allow the Gaochang Uighurs, who were landlords, to gain a certain prestige, and the Tang Dynasty wanted to rebuild the Anxi Protectorate in the Western Regions, so naturally they would not "carry" the Uighurs.

In the past, the location of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate was in Qiuci Town, one of the four towns, and after Meng Ping arrived in Qiuci, he summoned the Uighur tribes of the Western Regions and the ethnic groups of the Western Regions to hold a grand ceremony to announce the rebuilding of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate. As a result, the Tarim Basin and the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains were returned to the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate. At the same time, Gao Xingzhou led the Hengchong Army, and the Shuofang Army led by Chai Kehong, joined Shule Town, and Huangfulin returned to Shaye Town, announcing the rebuilding of the four towns of Anxi.

After the reconstruction of the Anxi capital and the establishment of the Western Regions, Meng Ping was going to lead the forbidden army back to the dynasty, leaving only a part of the soldiers as the backbone of the border army to defend the four towns of Anxi.

Li Congjing originally wanted to take Gao Xingzhou as the first new protector, but Li Shaocheng insisted on sitting in the Western Regions, and said in the book that he did not want to return to the dynasty to retire in the prosperous market, and was willing to fight in the army for the rest of his life and defend the frontier for the Tang Dynasty.

On the eve of Meng Ping's return to the dynasty, he arrived at Li Shaocheng, who was appointed as the protector of Anxi, and met with him to drink goodbye.

"The Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate has been rebuilt, and the land of the Western Regions, with the Uighurs already attached, has generally been stabilized, and only a few small tribes still have a heart of disobedience, and they need to share some energy to deal with it. But these are small sections, and the most important thing in the affairs of Anxi lies in two: first, the management of the Uighurs; Second, defend the western border and fight the Kara Khan. ”

During the banquet, Meng Ping said to Li Shaocheng, "Although the Uighurs are annexed, they are still powerful, and they have to take great care to manage them. However, the imperial court had already sent Zhang Yilou and others to preside over the civil affairs of Anxi, and Qi Tongwen, Li Gu and others from the academy had improved agricultural affairs. The most important thing now is to get the Uighurs to quickly establish the hearts of the Tang courtiers, and the best way to achieve this is to recruit the Uighur army, and to fight against the foreign enemy under your control. According to Li Shengtian's words and the report of the Military Intelligence Department, Karahan is not to be feared, and what should be paid attention to is the power behind him. And this is also an opportunity, if you want to unite the forces of the Western Regions and fight against the Qarakhan, you must rely on the cohesive effect of Buddhism on people's hearts. Your Majesty has granted my request, and will let Master Qi Ji lead hundreds of monks to the Western Regions to manage Buddhist affairs in the Western Regions, and call on believers to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and fight for the Western Regions! ”

Li Shaocheng nodded, "The four towns of Anxi, Khotan is headed by Chai Kehong, Broken Leaf is led by Li Yanlin, Shule is led by Shi Yanchao, and Qiuzi is taken care of by me, the four towns have a total of 30,000 soldiers of our army, plus Khotan and Uighur soldiers and horses, it is enough to defend the western border and block the invasion of Qarakhani." Hexi has Li Yanchao as a backup, which can also make my Anxi have no worries. ”

Meng Ping showed a look of reminiscence, and said with emotion: "Shi Yanchao, Li Yanlin, the three masters of the martial arts academy, it's a pity, there is one less Shi Chonggui, if Shi Chonggui can also go out of the town of Anxi, it will become a good story......

"Shi Chonggui is a sincere descendant, but it's a pity that it's ......," Li Shaocheng sighed, "With Shi Jingjiao, an old thief, his life is ruined...... Although when he was in Lingzhou, Shi Chonggui made meritorious contributions to the imperial court at the last moment, but he carried the brand of Shi Jingjiao on his body, which could not be erased, Your Majesty...... It's hard to reuse him anymore. ”

Meng Ping was also silent for a while, "I don't need to say much about this matter...... According to His Majesty's wishes, the Beiting Protectorate will not be established for the time being, and I am afraid that only the Beiting Metropolitan Mansion will be established in the future, Brother Li, the burden on your shoulders is very ......heavy."

Li Shaocheng smiled, "It's okay, the north of the North Court is Huang Jiasi, and that is also my 'nephew' of the Tang Dynasty, it is unlikely that it will be troubled, if there is no accident, Huang Jiasi will come to congratulate him soon when he learns that the Anxi Dadu Protectorate has been rebuilt." ”

Meng Ping also smiled, "Then I'm going to congratulate Brother Li first." ”

"It's not to congratulate me Li Shaocheng, but to congratulate me Datang." Li Shaocheng said with a smile, and immediately thought of something, and the words changed, "Hexi Military Town and Anxi Military Town have been re-established, and Li Yanchao and I are both facing Tubo, what does Your Majesty think of Tubo?" ”

Meng Ping showed a thoughtful look, "It is said that the current situation of Tibet is divided, if Your Majesty intends to use troops against Tibet, I am afraid that it will not wait too long." ”

Li Shaocheng nodded and said no more.

When it was over, Meng Ping asked Li Shaocheng with a straight face: "Brother Li, I will return to the court tomorrow, what do you have to say, do you need me to bring it to Your Majesty?" ”

Li Shaocheng paused, his eyes became a little distant, he remembered that in the nineteenth year of Tianyou, he led a hundred men from Ma Zhi, outside the city of Weizhou in the gray morning, together with a group of miscellaneous soldiers, waiting to follow Li Congjing to fight; He remembered that Li Congjing had established a hundred battle army in Qimen, and he couldn't even gather 3,000 soldiers for a while; He remembered the heavy snowy night in Changhe County, where they attacked the city at night...... The past was like the wind, the curtain reappeared, and it flashed in his mind like a horse.

After being stunned for a long time, Li Shaocheng retracted his thoughts, looked at Meng Ping, and said solemnly: "Please report to Your Majesty, the world is not peaceful, Li Shaocheng is willing to fight endlessly!" ”

Meng Ping opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't say a word, so he could only get up and leave the table and bow deeply to Li Shaocheng.

Qimen has a hundred battle army, the so-called hundred battle army, and the soldiers are a hundred battles.

There are two generals in the Hundred Battles Army, one is named Li Shaocheng and the other is called Meng Ping, who have fought all their lives.

......

In the side hall of the Metropolitan Protectorate, Shi Yanchao and Li Yanlin stayed together, the former was sitting in danger, and the latter was bored.

"Xiao Shi, you said that the general of the capital protector called us here and didn't summon us, what is the reason?" Li Yanlin glanced at Shi Yanchao and said.

Shi Yanchao didn't look at Li Yanlin, "If you want to come, you don't necessarily have to see you." ”

"Why did you call us when you didn't see us?" Li Yanlin's eyes widened.

"I'll see you when I'm free, and I'll see you if I'm not free." Shi Yanchao said without squinting.

Li Yanlin was unhappy, "What is your reasoning, are we so unimportant?" ”

Shi Yanchao snorted coldly, "No matter how important you are, how important are you?" ”

Li Yanlin said angrily: "Shi Yanchao, why don't I like to hear what you say so much? Do you still think that we are being hung here? ”

Shi Yanchao glanced at Li Yanlin, "If you are not satisfied, you can try to rush in to find the theory of Dadu Protection." ”

"What the fuck do you think I wouldn't dare?" Li Yanlin stood up suddenly, rolled up her sleeves angrily and was about to go out, took two steps, and turned back, "Shi Yanchao, before I was cleaned up by the capital, I cleaned you up first!" ”

"Come on, come on, see if you clean me up, or if I clean you up." Shi Yanchao looks like a dog looking down on people.

Li Yanlin was furious, and rushed to Shi Yanchao with a wow-wow, castration was extremely fast, and he had the potential to rush on the battlefield, but when he arrived in front of Shi Yanchao, he suddenly stopped, stopped faster than he rushed, and then suddenly sat on the side with his head down, and sighed: "Shi Yanchao, your mother, I know that you are also dissatisfied, don't you just want to provoke me, and fight with me in a good name?" I don't know you stinky face? ”

Shi Yanchao turned his head, looked at Li Yanlin seriously, and said, "I didn't see you so wise before." ”

"you!" Li Yanlin scolded, and then vented his anger again, "Since the beginning of the fight, the three of us have fought in front of the martial arts academy, for so many years, whenever we get together and two people start fighting, there are either people next to us who persuade peace or someone who applauds...... Now, what's the point of the two of us messing around without that guy? ”

Shi Yanchao looked up at Fang Liang, not wanting Li Yanlin to see the melancholy in his eyes, "That guy, will he be beheaded?" ”

Li Yanlin said with a disturbed head: "It's not enough to be beheaded, but if you and I want to fight side by side, I'm afraid it's impossible." ”

Shi Yanchao snorted coldly, pretending to be tough and said: "Anyway, this guy can't fight, if he really wants to fight for years and years, maybe he will be cut off by others and lose the face of our three masters......"

"Shi Yanchao, you straight thief, slandering your grandfather Shi behind your back!" With a roar, a man strode in from outside the door.

Shi Yanchao and Li Yanlin were both stunned, and at the same time looked at the people who came, who was it if it wasn't Shi Chonggui?

"Little Stone?" Li Yanqing was surprised and delighted, and couldn't help jumping, "Why are you here?" ”

Shi Chonggui raised his head, "Naturally, you are useless, Your Majesty sent me to sweep the Western Regions and defend the Dadu Protectorate!" ”

......

Luoyang.

Outside Dingdingmen Street, there are civil and military officials, there are grand honor guards, and there are people who surround the road. Li Congjing's car was driving impressively ahead, and on the official road in front of him, a mighty team was slowly coming.

On this day, Li Congjing personally welcomed Mo Li, who went to sea, to return to the court, and set up a banquet in the palace to wash the dust for Mo Li and others.

The next day, Mo Li entered the palace and reported to Li Congjing what he had learned and seen in the Guangxian Palace.

"According to the plan before the trip, this trip to sea is intended to establish a maritime Silk Road, open up commercial exchanges with Tianzhu, and find out the commercial details of Tianzhu." Mo Li and Li Congjing sat opposite each other, the former took a sip of tea, put the tea bowl on the small table, and continued: "The earlier plan has been realized, so I left and led the fleet back to the court. When I left Tianzhu, I spent a lot of time negotiating trade conditions with the various separatist forces in Tianzhu, and the separatist forces in Tianzhu were all overjoyed when they heard that our Datang caravan was coming. However, there are also people who intend to use trade as a condition to let my Datang soldiers help them in the war, and promise a lot of lucrative conditions, according to His Majesty's instructions, the Datang fleet and caravan will not be involved in the civil strife in Tianzhu, so they all refuse. At the same time, the expeditionary fleet, led by Ma Huaiyuan, arrived in the area of Dashi. ”

Li Congjing said with a smile: "Brother Mo has worked hard and made great achievements, there is no need to say much, that day Zhu divided the princes and wanted my Tang Dynasty to help them in the war, the Tang Dynasty really didn't have to pay attention to it, but in the future, they could also sell the Tang Dynasty armor and weapons to them, which was always no problem." In business, it is profitable, how can it not be profitable? Moreover, the early reunification of Tianzhu and the stability of the merchant environment will be conducive to the trading of commercial goods...... Left and right I Datang does not seek to interfere in the military and politics of Tianzhu, so I don't have to be too constrained. ”

After the blueprint for the construction of the overseas business empire was discussed, Li Congjing briefly talked to Mo Li about the Khitan and the Western Regions war, Mo Li was first overjoyed, and then said with a straight face: "In any case, the Khitan retreat from Yikun Prefecture was a matter after the prince arrived in Yikun Prefecture. ”

Li Congjing said: "He has a good temperament, and this trip has also been proven, which is the key...... As for the Khitan, after a long battle, they could not capture Yikun Prefecture, the loss of troops and generals, the consumption of property was not small, the people's grievances were quite large, the ambition of the officials and generals of Yelu Deguang's family was hit, Yelu Min and other pro-Tang factions took advantage of the situation to counterattack, Yelu Deguang could not bear the pressure, and the withdrawal of troops was also expected. ”

"That being the case, when does Your Majesty plan to send troops to destroy the Khitan Kingdom?" Mo Li asked.

Li Congjing's eyes are far away, "This battle of Yikunzhou, has seen the effect of the pro-Tang faction's efforts for many years, after this battle, the Khitan army and people should also extinguish the last bit of thought that should not be there, the pro-Tang faction's sinicization of the Khitan will also be smoother and popular, and in the future, my Tang Dynasty iron armor will go north, and I will not worry about the counterattack of their Restoration faction after destroying the Khitan State." However, now that the war in the Western Regions is over, the soldiers are tired, and the treasury is empty, I plan to recuperate for two years. Two years later, the war of annihilation was launched against the Khitan! ”

Mo Li agreed, "The increase in the wealth of overseas caravans will also make the treasury full a lot in two years." ”