Zhang Yue persuaded him to surrender, and the two captured officers hesitated, half pushing and half admitting on the spot, but when asked about confidentiality, the two of them talked about him left and right, and refused to tell the truth when they died, which was not a sincere surrender. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Yue grinned, called Yang Xuanli and Fu Zhaoji to take the two down to torture, interrogate them separately, and asked Li Duoshou to analyze and sort out the report, and sit in the hall with Hou Zhang to drink tea and wait.

When it was dark, the confession was finally presented in front of them, and after reading it, Zhang Yue and Hou Zhang immediately felt uneasy, and deeply felt that they had underestimated the strength of the Zhe Kui clan, and now they were facing a big problem, insufficient troops.

In the month of last year, Zhe Jiashi made a plan and then moved, inviting the 5,000 elite horsemen of the prince of Huluo to help, breaking Shen Nian in one fell swoop, and driving him back to Yangfei Valley. Then put forward the conditions for marriage, but Changzhou Shen Banruo deliberately let go of Shen Xuelian, and this matter could not be negotiated for a while.

Until the beginning of the spring of this year, Shen Nianban was forced to be helpless, so he had to change to Shen Panruo's daughter to marry Zhe Ge Zhi, and presented a large number of military supplies such as grain, grass and weapons as a dowry, and transferred the only remaining 10,000 tribal elite soldiers of the Liugu Department to hand over, swore allegiance to Zhe Jiashi, and let Shen Jialan and other seven or eight sons of the head of the Six Valleys go to Jialin Prefecture as hostages, and this matter will be revealed.

If it weren't for the lack of integration, the Rokuya tribe might have died out and been annexed by the Zhe Clan, but even now, Shen Nianban would no longer be able to send troops, and there was almost no possibility of acting as an internal response.

The situation is not only that, the Uighur 5,000 cavalry have not returned since last year, and the prince of the Uighur has not returned until the beginning of the year, when he heard that there is a movement of troops in Huizhou, he returned to Ganzhou, and is about to transfer another 2,000 palace tent cavalry to help, which is very dangerous.

This is only in the army, Zhe Jiashi also spread rumors in Liangzhou, claiming that the Great Zhou would use troops to the Western Regions on a large scale, and all the tribes in the Hexi Corridor would pay tribute to the Zhou army as military rations, and offer protons to show submission.

As soon as the news spread, people in all parts of Hexi were panicked, and the Qiang tribes believed it to be true, fearful, and sent envoys everywhere to inquire about the authenticity of the news, and formed alliances with each other to prepare for resistance.

In fact, it is no wonder that they are suspicious, since the end of the Tang Dynasty since the division of the Tubo country, the Tibetan and Qiang tribes in Hexi have been scattered and fighting with each other. But this kind of behavior is only superficial, and the Central Plains Dynasty is also willing to accept it, but in fact it can't control Hexi.

But if Da Zhou really uses troops against Hexi, it will be the same, not only will the existing land and pasture not be able to be kept, but even the chief will not have to do it, which is something that no one wants.

However, Liangzhou had two major forces, the Liugu tribe had surrendered, and Ganzhou was an ally, so Zhe Jiashi set his sights on the land of Hehuang and Qinghai south of the Great Snow Mountain, and sent envoys to Qingtang City, Miaochuan City, and Lanzhou.

At the beginning of the first month, before the ice and snow melted, he took a large number of silk cloths, porcelain, gold, silver and jade from the Liugu Department as gifts, led 300 cavalry guards to pass through Ganzhou, and the Uighur envoys secretly crossed Qilian City, crossed the path west of the Great Snow Mountain in Tonggu and went south, and finally arrived at Qingtang City at the end of the first month.

Qingtang City is located in the south bank of Huangshui in the east of Qinghai, that is, Shancheng in the Tang Dynasty, which was called Xining, and the Tubo Dynasty set up the Shanzhou Festival after occupying this place, and governed the northeast of Shanzhou and Kuozhou Chiling. When the country was destroyed in Tibet, the Jiedu Government Office had no order, and it became a tribe, and there were two large and 10,000 households in Shanzhou.

One is the tribe of the ten thousand households in Miaochuan City who rule several large garrisons, and the head of the ten thousand households is named Wen Fan; One is that the ten thousand households of Qingtang City also rule that there are a number of large garrisons, and the head of the ten thousand households is named Yingcheng Kuoji. As for Lanzhou Chikui, although it is the queen of the Tubo royal line, it is a side branch and is not taken seriously.

Coming to Qingtang in the spring, coupled with the diplomatic note handed over when entering the country, it attracted the extreme attention of Yingcheng Jiji, and he personally greeted him with the honor guard of 10,000 households, and led him to the city to receive him. The city was originally the county town left over from the Tang Dynasty, but after repeated wars, it was built higher and higher, and many of the buildings in the city were the style of the Sogdians learned from the Tibetans, and the tall palaces with domed stone pillars were built. However, it also retains the style of the Central Plains, and the eaves flying corner style architecture is also common.

The Wanhu Chief's Mansion is located on a slightly higher slope in the city, coupled with a high pedestal, enter the yatang and look back, the pattern of the city is in full view, and it is the first time he has come to Qingtang. The Uighur envoy was not surprised, but he had come.

"Your envoy has worked hard from afar, dare to ask how Jingqiong Khan is well? Is this a deal or is it a ......" Ying Chengji is in his forties, with a fat round face with plateau red, and he doesn't pay much attention to the folding bowl, but is very enthusiastic about Mi Xue. After all, the Uighurs were khanates, and the county had frequent contacts with the Qingtang tribes.

"I learned that the Uighur envoy came to accompany the Liangzhou family, because in recent years, the Great Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains has been moving westward, so I have to guard against it!" Mi was also in his forties, with a fat face and a kind and warm smile. It may also be due to the influence of Tuyuhun, in the Tubo official system and titles, the official name is added to the adult.

"Oh...... Really? I see you've brought a lot of goods! "Qinghai is far from the Central Plains, and there are several major tribes separated from Huining, and the battle of Huining a few years ago, Yingcheng has heard of it, but he is only interested in money and goods now.

"Liangzhou 10,000 households are full of money, and they have seen Yingcheng 10,000 households, and they are courteous!" The bowl flashed out, stepped forward and raised his hand to press his chest as a salute, and handed over the list of gifts, seeing that Yingcheng Jiji was eager to take it, he smiled and said: "We also brought the goods, and we want to trade some weapons and armor, I don't know if it's possible?" ”

"Oh? Of course! Of course you can ......" Ying Chengji looked at the gift list, and immediately smiled, pretending to blink his little eyes blinking, and laughed: "How many goods do you have, I want them all!" ”

"Of course there is no problem! If the Lord of Wanhu needs more, why don't you send troops with us and go to Hoeryong to move in? The fold immediately changed the conversation and led to the right thing.

"Ahem...... Now it's not the same as in the past, Qingtang has enjoyed peace for nearly a hundred years, and people from all departments rarely gather for training, so it's not appropriate to use troops on a large scale, right? "Yingcheng has no intention of making a big move, so he prevaricates.

In fact, there are often wars in the departments south of Jishi Mountain, many people come to him to ask for reinforcements, a large number of trade materials, he took the opportunity to sell a lot of horses, cattle and sheep, as well as swords, guns and armor, why not sit on the ground and make a fortune. Now Liangzhou is also asking for it, but it is just the icing on the cake, bringing him profits, plus the north is separated by the big snow mountain, and the march is very inconvenient, of course, he does not want to provoke the fire.

The mission was not achieved in Qingtang, and the transaction of goods was completed, so he took a large number of soldiers and armor to the east along Huangshui, and went to Miaochuan City to meet Wen Fan, the head of ten thousand households, but the result was still the same. After all, the fire didn't burn on him, and no one wanted to do much.

Unwilling to fold the bowl, he continued to go eastward, and did not arrive in Lanzhou until mid-February, lobbying the garrison Chang Chikui, who was middle-aged and quite knowledgeable, but warmly received him, and was also a little moved.

Because of the third year of Guangshun, Tuoba Bogu, the chief of the garrison in Huizhou, asked him for help, but he did not agree. After the Bailan tribe and the Zhuoluo tribe came to the rescue, the result was a big defeat and returned, the Bailan tribe patriarch Pan Fu Duowang also died in battle, this matter was very disturbing in Lanzhou, Weizhou, Hezhou major tribes for a period of time, everyone was a little uneasy.

However, the Zhou army did not move later, Tuoba Bogu still lived on the west bank of the Yellow River after his surrender, and the Yuan army of Huizhou Town had no intention of advancing westward, and all the departments were relieved. Now that the Zhenyuan army is sending troops to Liangzhou, it is difficult to guarantee that it will enter Lanzhou one day, and Chi Kui can't sit still, but he didn't agree to the request to send troops to help, and only gave a few hundred pairs of armor.

He was very helpless, and set off on February 18, heading north from the Kaluo River on the bank of the Zhuanglang River in Lanzhou, and returning to Liangzhou from the Yangfei Valley in the Nanshan Mountains of Guzang, and by the way, he could also ask for a batch of grain and grass from the Liugu Department. (To be continued.) )