After Tongguan, the sky actually cleared.

But the sun was so bright that it was dazzling to the eyes, and it was really a blue sky with no clouds.

Wang Hui said: "Your Majesty, this is a sign of good luck. ”

As soon as the army came out, the grain and grass came from Qinghai, which is the benefit of cultivating the sea of youth. From Liangzhou to Songzhou, a total of nearly 100,000 hectares of tuntian fields were cultivated. Add some cultivated land to make Longyou another big granary of the Tang Dynasty. But there are all kinds of drawbacks, the inconvenience of transportation, can only be consumed by themselves. Even if it is transported to the Western Regions, the freight is also very high, but the cost of shipping from Qinghai to the Western Regions is bound to be much lower than that of shipping from Guanzhong to the Western Regions. It is unlikely that it will be possible to feed an army of more than 100,000 troops, but it is not a big problem to provide food and grass for tens of thousands of troops.

Weapons and other supplies had to be transported from Guanzhong to the Western Regions, and there was no way to transport them, as some time ago, when it rained heavily.

Wang Hui is the product of the authentic military superintendent.

This person is from a family of eunuchs, his grandfather was an official to Minzhou, and his father Wang Xingguo was a captain of Chang'an. In the third year of Xianheng, the Ming Jing was transferred to the Qing Yuanwei. has not been promoted, and later after the imperial court set up a military affairs supervisor, last year he lost the official seal and defected to the military affairs supervisor. It is not strange in the Tang Dynasty, the life of the Tang Dynasty is not the life of the Song and Ming Dynasty, most of the students admire Ban Chao's pen from Rong, no matter how weak the life is, he often has a sword hanging in his waist, and he drinks too much, and he will dance the sword to make a drunken madness, Wang Hui's behavior is very ordinary.

Because of the lack of generals, Liu Renliang, Pei Xingjian, and some other generals usually take some time to teach this group of students. Including Li Wei, they all come to teach from time to time. When I saw Wang Hui, who was less than thirty years old, with a majestic appearance and a majestic bearing, I was very happy in my heart. Usually I also teach carefully, intentionally or unintentionally, and this time Li Wei went on an expedition and brought this person over by the way.

In addition to Wang Hui, there is also Zhang Renyuan, who failed in the two imperial examinations, so he changed the martial arts examination this year. He was talented in civil and military affairs, and immediately stood out, so Pei Xingjian was selected from many students and recommended to Li Wei.

But it is difficult to say whether the generals or the handsome talents that Li Wei needs, and bringing these two people out can be regarded as training. After all, I have never been on the battlefield and lack actual combat experience. Maybe he often talks about it in class, but when it comes to actual combat, he can become Zhao Kuo and Ma Jian and others.

In addition, there are several other people, all of whom are outstanding in the military affairs supervision and brought over for training as key targets.

Li Wei looked around, the sun was scorching, and the muddy road was dried in just two or three days. The stagnant water in some high-lying fields has also evaporated, but it rained heavily some time ago, and the low-lying places are still covered with water. One by one, the crops fell in the mud and withered.

sighed and said: "It's a good thing that the sun comes out, but I'm afraid that after the flood, there will be a big drought, so I can't imagine the situation in Guanzhong." ”

In that case, not only will the summer harvest be harvested, but there will be no hope for the autumn harvest.

Li Wei's fears soon became a reality.

Guanzhong was severely affected, did not dare to delay, all the way to Qinghai, the sun has been shining hotly, and in some places even the ground is cracked. A rare catastrophe has arrived in Guanzhong. Even the water in the Guangtong Canal gradually dried up due to the continuous diversion of water for irrigation by the people, affecting the navigation of ships.

Although the imperial court has taken many emergency measures, food aid from all over the country has been continuously transported to Guanzhong, and even at the expense of pulling the grain from Longyou, Qinghai to Guanzhong in horse-drawn carriages, the price of grain in Guanzhong is still one price a day, and finally broke through the barrier of each bucket of rice.

All the way to the west, the army could see many people fleeing to Qinghai.

This is also a big face for Li Zhifengchan.

Li Wei didn't care, and there were many reasons for this. Guanzhong is the cradle of Chinese civilization, but it has paid a heavy price for the nation. Excessive development led to a large amount of soil erosion, and during the Tang Dynasty, after Weishui, there were already many areas of loess.

In order to protect the security of Gyeonggi, the important land of Gyeonggi in the Han and Tang dynasties continued to adopt some policies, which made Guanzhong densely populated and once again increased the burden on this land.

From Lingwu to Hetao, let the nomads graze, and the damage to the environment is even worse.

The terrain has Liupan Mountain and Xiaoji Mountain in the west, Qinling Mountain in the south, Luliang Mountain in the east, and the Northern Shaanxi Plateau in the north, the terrain is treacherous, but there is only one river transportation in the Weishui Basin to communicate with the outside world, and the transportation is inconvenient. Therefore, when a disaster occurs, there are serious consequences. I don't remember very clearly, but the later Li Zicheng uprising seems to have been caused by the great drought in Guanzhong.

But isn't it true that there are many people who can protect the safety of the capital?

Solving this problem, reducing population density, protecting the environment, and expelling nomadic nomads is the real fundamental. However, none of that item is what Li Wei dares to move now.

There is good news to hear.

Hearing about the change in Ashina's car book, Wang Fangyi personally led the army to rush to the dangerous city.

Seeing that the number of troops in the Tang Dynasty was small, Wang Fangyi did not have any major battles to make a name for himself except for building Broken Leaf City, and Ashina Che Bo despised it. So an army was sent to the Ili River and the Ili River to snipe the Tang army. There was a fierce battle between the two armies at the Erie River.

However, Ashina Chebo neglected morale, and although they were numerous, the Western Turks had always been afraid of the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty implemented a policy of restraint in the Western Regions, which had many drawbacks, but also won the support of some tribes. In the face of the strong attack of the Tang Dynasty army, after a fierce battle, the army was disheartened and fled in defeat. It was a service, and more than 1,000 levels were beheaded.

The rebellious Turkic nobles were not reconciled to a great defeat, and only about a thousand soldiers were killed, and the losses were not heavy. At the instigation of Ashina Chebo, the three surnamed Yumian led more than 100,000 people to join the rebels, united and pounced on Wang Fangyi's army with great momentum.

Wang Fangyi gathered his army and stationed his troops at the Seke Lake in Atahai, Kyrgyzstan, and waited for the battle. This battle was fought very hard, and in order to strengthen morale, Wang Fangyi himself rushed out of the enemy formation as a leader. The elbow was shot by an arrow from the Turks, and blood immediately burst out. Wang Fangyi drew his horizontal knife to cut off the cluster of arrows, did not bandage it, and still continued to lead the army to fight. This is a good lead. For example, Cao Huaishun has not yet been defeated, he himself began to turn his horse and run away, how can a soldier have the confidence to fight?

Seeing that the commander was so brave, the Tang army shouted loudly, and their morale became high, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became, and they crushed the attack of the throat in one fell swoop. Soon after, the 100,000 Turkic rebels were defeated by the 20,000 Anxi army.

Ashina swallowed his face and saw that this road was impassable, the army of the Tang Dynasty was small, but it seemed that it was still like the army of the early Tang Dynasty, invincible. If you continue to fight, all morale will be gone. He decided to change his tactics and sent scouts to contact some of the Turkic soldiers in the Anxi army. Let them defect, and take out a lot of money, let them take advantage of the chaos of the battle, approach Wang Fangyi, and arrest Wang Fangyi. However, he met a Tang Army commander who was not only brave, but also a wise general.

Even at this time, Ashina's toe was moving, and Wang Fangyi could count it. He had long been guarded against him, secretly sent soldiers to monitor, and after receiving the news, he issued an order to summon all the main generals to enter the big tent to discuss. Seventy Turkic generals who collaborated with the enemy were summoned to the big tent of the Chinese army, and when they saw that all the people were gathered, they immediately sent people to take them down and behead them for public display. After eliminating the destabilizing factors in the army, it happened to be a strong wind. The Tang army was in the wind again and immediately launched an attack. Taking advantage of the wind, the horse suddenly rushed to the camp of the Turkic army. Originally, the soldiers of the First World War were already depressed, and seeing the wind blowing up large clouds of dust, the Turkic rebels did not know how many Tang troops rushed over.

In a hurry, including Ashina, they all began to flee for their lives. In just one blow, more than 7,000 people were beheaded. Wang Fangyi once again took advantage of the victory to pursue and sent cavalry to attack the fleeing rebels. In fact, when fighting, it is impossible to kill as many enemies as you want. Expanding the results of the battle is to pursue, and the defeat of the troops is like a mountain, and the enemy is often completely annihilated, and it is precisely because of the enemy's rout that it is caused. In this pursuit, countless enemies were killed, and more than 300 large and small leaders were captured.

Li Wei's Tang army had just arrived in Hezhou when they heard the news of the pacification of the Western Regions.

After hearing the report, Guo Yuanzhen, who came from the north to meet, asked, "Your Majesty, do we still want to go to Qinghai?" ”

When I went to Qinghai, I gathered all the troops to quell the Western Turkic rebellion, but the Western Turks had been pacified, and there was not much point in going.

"Why not?" Li Wei replied.

The riots of the Western Turks, in Li Wei's eyes, never took it to heart. The difference of nationalities and the disunity of various ministries will not cause too much harm. On the contrary, he was worried about the Ashina bone in the northern desert.

But he came to the Western Regions just to quell the rebellion?

Looking at the green wheat in the distance, he said, "I didn't expect that I came to Qinghai again." ”

However, the situation is different from the previous time I came to Qinghai. The previous time was the crown prince, although he had a famous position, his name was not obvious, and he had to consult the court for everything before he could make the decision. This time it was the emperor's personal conquest, and he himself had military power. He can do whatever he wants, without having to ask so-and-so, including his parents.

When I arrived in Qinghai, whether it was the military or the people, it was my own voice. Including Wang Fangyi, he must have a good impression of himself than he has of his parents.

Qinghai, what a sea, this sea is wide, just let yourself swim. It's so high, it's high, and I let myself fly. And as long as you have been in the Western Regions, you can remotely control Qinghai Ganliang, which is an army of more than 100,000 people, and personal safety is guaranteed.

This idea is a bit unfounded, but Wu Zetian did not move to kill. But Li Wei has never been very reassured about this mother. With an army in your hands and a position, you have everything. For example, when he raised troops, the nature of his troops was different from that of Xu Jingye in later generations.

Besides, he has the name of the emperor, so why use the word "army"?

When they arrived in Hezhou, Heiya Changzhi and Li Jinxing greeted him.

There were many people who came to greet him, including the generals in Li Wei's hands, as well as the elders of various party departments.

Li Jinxing said happily: "I didn't expect that the minister would be able to accompany His Majesty to fight again." ”

Hei Tooth Changzhi was very dissatisfied, and said on the side: "Your Majesty, why did you take General Li and didn't take me, the ministers stayed in Qinghai and were moldy." ”

"Come, come, we will speak in our tent."

After arguing with the ministers, he pulled Li Jinxing and Heiya Changzhi into the tent, sat down and said, "After arriving in Tingzhou, I won't necessarily fight. ”

Li Wei's plan is that Hei Tooth Changzhi and Li Jinxing don't know. But after the Western Turks were pacified, the emperor still continued to come to Qinghai and continued to recruit troops, and he would definitely fight.

"Then Your Majesty wants to ......"

"General Heizhi, in my trip, the Western Turks are not the focus, the focus is on the Hezhong region. In the past, in addition to pursuing the rebels, our army only occasionally went to the countries in the Hanaka region. Even when his father canonized the governors of Lingxi, he only sent an envoy to it, and did not garrison troops. As a result, our cohesion towards the Hanzhong region is gradually declining. I want to take the army to the Hanzhong area, so that they can see that the army of our dynasty can also come to the river, so that they can increase their confidence in our DPRK. ”

"Your Majesty, it's not right, there are three roads from the Western Regions to the river, and the north is from the broken leaves to the river, this is the road, but there are also roads to Tocharian in the middle and south. The central and northern parts are under the control of our dynasty for the time being, but the southern part continues to be under the control of the Tibetans. There is even a big food, and there are only more than 20,000 people under the command of His Majesty, once they join forces, Your Majesty's trip to the river will become very dangerous. ”

"General Blacktooth, you are too worried, although the Great Eclipse is powerful, the countries in the river are very dissatisfied with it. Besides, they fought on two fronts with Byzantium in the west, and they couldn't divide many troops. When they arrived in the river, they could not take advantage of the wind when the place was favorable to people and people. Guan Jian is also a long way away, and they are not able to send a large army. As for Tibet, is it easy to climb over the Kunlun Mountains and the Green Mountains? Fewer troops can be sent. Besides, after I arrived in the Western Regions, I mainly dealt with government affairs and settled in Anxi Town, which is fundamental. They can't be allowed to rebel like this again. Whether you can go to the river or not also depends on the situation. If it is not good, recruit them and form a loose alliance to resist the northward expansion of the Great Eclipse. If it's good, maybe I'd like to send troops to Khorasan and make contact with them on a small scale. ”

When the Great Food rose, it sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty several times, but the Tang Dynasty never recognized this regime. There have been occasional visits by envoys from both countries, but they have always been hostile. It's just a state of affairs, and neither side knows much about the other's combat effectiveness.

So this time Li Wei wanted to test it, including the generals he brought.

Whether it was Wang Zhang brought from Luoyang, Xue Ne and others selected from Qinghai, Guo Yuanzhen and others summoned from the north, etc., they were all for training and training. Provide more generals for the Tang Dynasty in the future. This talent is a process of growth and tempering, such as Li Ji, Xu Maogong of Wagangzhai at the beginning, very good, but certainly not as good as the later cow, in the heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties, there are many people who are better than him in actual ability in history, but because of the combat experience, he gradually stood out and became a world-famous general. Li Jing can't be counted, that's the god of war, how many years has it taken to come out.

Wang Fangyi has been in the Western Regions for a long time, and he understands that he personally escorts the Persian prince to Tocharo, and this person is also indispensable. But there is still a lack of a heavy general to guard, and among the three of the Black Tooth Changzhi, Li Wei thought about it repeatedly. Xue Rengui is old, and once there is a change in the Northern Turks, he has experience in dealing with the enemy and wants to stay. Hei Tooth Changzhi also had a big victory in Qinghai, and Qinghai did not leave a single hero, so he was not very relieved. Li Jinxing is also old, and after this battle, Li Wei plans to let him retire and go back to rest. That's why Li Jinxing was chosen.

Roughly speaking.

"Your Majesty, what do you think I will use?"

"General Heizhi, don't think that the imperial court is negotiating peace with Tubo, but many problems have not been resolved, such as Qinghai, the Western Regions, and even the jurisdiction of Shengqiang in Jiannan. There were not a few nobles in the main battle of Tibet, not only the surrounding parts of our dynasty, but they also eyed the Hezhong region. It's just that in the first battle of Qinghai, their current situation is a little embarrassing, so they acquiesced to the peace of the Tubo Wulu clan. This group of people, including the Gar family, is the one who really controls the power of Tibet. This is not a long-term solution. ”

Heiya Changzhi and Li Jinxing couldn't keep quiet, not only the relationship between the two countries, but also the relationship between the Wulu clan and the emperor, strictly speaking, Zampu of Tubo was still the authentic prince of the Tang Dynasty.

The two looked at each other strangely.

"Your eyes are very obscene, and the state must come first compared to the interests of the state."

"Yes."

"If this is not wrong, the scale of the Northern Turkic rebellion will not be large, and they have reached Yudu Jin Mountain, which increases the difficulty of conquest. On Qinling will not let go of this opportunity, and will still send troops to support him from afar. It's hard to say the scale. Moreover, he has always regarded me as the number one enemy of Tibet, and he did not hesitate to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to besiege me. This time, I didn't have the geographical advantage of Qinghai, and I didn't have many troops, so I was going to the Western Regions alone. If the leaves are broken in Tingzhou, far away, there is nothing to be done about Qinling. But if I go to the river......"

"So Your Majesty, you can't go."

"Why can't you go? When I went to the river, the terrain became short, and the countries did not have a bad impression of our dynasty, and I sent troops to deal with the big cannibals for them. Although there are not many troops, how many troops can be recruited by the countries in the river? On the Qin Tomb will also be considered. But just in case, I need the assistance of General Blacktooth, listen to me......" said the plan in his heart.

The information of the big food in the river, after the envoy in the river and his party, Li Wei had more information in his hands. But because it is in Lingxi, it is not the center of gravity of the Tang Dynasty, so I don't know enough. So on this trip, I discussed with Liu Renliang and Pei Xingjian repeatedly, and took into account every detail.

From a strategic perspective, Qinling will be superior. However, this trip is preemptive, Qinghai has a black tooth often responds, the Western Regions has Wang Fangyi and Li Jinxing, two strong generals, and has lost the right time, place and people, and Tubo is poor in national strength, on Qinling's personal resourcefulness, can no longer make up for these shortcomings. Unless his military cultivation really reaches the level of Li Jing, although this person is very capable, his level is at most at the level of Li Ji and Liu Heimin, which is a compliment.

If Qinling is unwilling, it may not occupy the wind.

Moreover, it was on Qinling's initiative to provoke, and the Tang Army also took the upper hand. If you don't move, as long as you defeat him again, Tubo will be even more embarrassed, which is equivalent to supporting the momentum of Wulu's mother and son in the country. Unless the Wulu clan did not hesitate to become the puppet of the Qinling for the sake of Tibet, and wanted to help the Qinling. That's also impossible.

In fact, the status of the Wulu clan is very delicate, he has saved Li Wei, and he has his son, he can preside over the Tubo regime, as long as he escapes, Li Wei will also treat him well, and if he has a child, he will inevitably become one of the important concubines in the harem.

Li Wei, Pei Xingjian, and Liu Renliang considered for several days, and almost all the possibilities and details were considered. Hei Tooth Changzhi and Li Jinxing had no objections.

"I think he sent troops, but it's unlikely that he will send troops. But when I leave Qinghai, I'll give him a small reason. ”

After the discussion, the camp was allocated to Shanzhou.

I looked at it all the way and it was fine. It is governed by the military, and it is rarely annexed to the land. Almost every family was given a hectare of land, and the imperial court had no taxes for the time being, so the people's lives were very rich.

Not only the families of the Han people and soldiers, but also the party members have gradually improved in recent years because of their stable lives. Every year on New Year's Day, the rally held by Li Wei was punished, and this practice continued, and on New Year's Day, all Han people and party members sang and danced to celebrate the festival. The mutual affinity has accelerated the speed of integration. What he saw made Li Wei very satisfied.

Turning his head to the elders of the various clans, he said, "In a few years, the children of your various departments will have improved in their knowledge, and at that time, I will allocate one or two places during the imperial examination to select the best for your children." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Almost all of them fell to their knees.

The imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was extremely strict, and only a few dozen jinshi were admitted at a time, and sometimes only a few were admitted. The number of places for one or two may seem small, but for one party member, it is enough. This was also an opportunity for the party members to enter the mainstream society of the Tang Dynasty.

Hei Tooth Changzhi and Li Jinxing were silent. This is a preferential policy for party members, but after all kinds of changes, perhaps after a few decades, these party items will inevitably become the same as those Xianbei people in Guanzhong Henan, and eventually become a nation with the Han people.

Both are aliens, but they are not disgusted. separated, and seemed to maintain the independence of the nation, but in the end it was excluded from the Han people, and it was an inferior nation. Only when there is true integration, the Han people of the Tang Dynasty will not discriminate. This is their idea.,Sinicization is very heavy.,Don't exclusive.,Other tribal chiefs don't necessarily think like this.。

A large number of immigrants, with the stability of life, this way to come, the scene seen is also thriving, vibrant. This also paid a price, many people came to Qinghai because of the soil and water dissuitability, fell ill, and even caused hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled people to be unable to support it, and finally died of illness.

Walked around and looked.

The army's Heiya Changzhi and Li Jinxing had also been selected a long time ago, and they were both the bravest soldiers in the Qinghai Army, including more than 4,000 party children.

Li Wei stayed for a few days and then left Qinghai, but on a different path.

led the army, went out of the city of watering the river, went straight to Hongji City, crossed the Yellow River, and stepped on the Dafei River. Instead of going through the Badou Valley, from the Hexi Corridor to the Western Regions. This line immediately endowed with an extremely strong symbolic meaning.

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