On the ninth day of the lunar month, Wen Yuankai rushed to Baishanshu with a batch of grain and grass, and after learning about the situation in Liangzhou from Zong Jingcheng, he was about to go to Liangzhou first, but unexpectedly news came from Liangzhou, and the situation changed rapidly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The conditions proposed by the Zhe clan were not approved by Hou Zhang, and he was very dissatisfied. And Shen Nianban was not willing to lose the Chishui Military City and Tonggu Qiangdi, and was sharpening his sword Huohuo, preparing to recapture it by force.

The actual strength in Hou Zhang's hands was only 1,000 people, and there were 2,500 Ya troops, but Wang Tinghan and Zhou Jianzhang didn't listen to him much. Cui Huxin also has 3,000 people under his command, and his Chishui Military City has lost all the foundations, so he can only stay in Liangzhou City, and it is not bad to be able to protect Zhou City.

But these generals all had their own interests, and Hou Zhang didn't want to be controlled by them, and felt a huge danger, so he sent a fast horse to report to Baishanshu and ask for help from Zong Jingcheng's department.

On the twelfth day of the twelfth month, Zong Jingcheng left ten battalions to garrison Baishanshu, and Wen Yuankai led the sixth, ninth, eleventh, and fourteenth battalions of 2,000 soldiers to enter Anguo Town, which is eighty miles away from Liangzhou City in the west, sixty miles away from Nanchang City in the west, forty miles away from Heshu City in the south, and one hundred and seventy miles away from Wulan County, the gathering place of grain and grass in the rear, and the supply of grain and grass is very tight, and it is said that you can go out to collect food when you enter the enemy territory, but that will deepen the hostility of the Tibetan people to the Zhou army and bring greater trouble, so it stopped in Anguo Town.

It is said that it is an enemy territory, but the relationship between this situation is very delicate, whether it is Shen Nianban or Zhe Jiashi, they all ignore the appeasement of Hou Zhang, the marshal of Hexi, and are ready to fight to gain actual control of Liangzhou.

Based on these factors, Wen Yuankai decided not to go to Liangzhou for the time being, and let the Liangzhou soldiers report back to Hou Zhang, so that he could appease the generals and hold the state city steadily. At the same time, he went south to the city, hoping that the Shen Nian-like Liugu Department could provide some grain and grass, otherwise, the soldiers of the four battalions of Zong Jingcheng's department would be hungry and could only go back to Wulan, Huizhou for the winter.

The sky was gloomy, the temperature was getting colder and colder, the wind was blowing and the faces were painful, three hundred horsemen escorted Wen Yuankai, galloping on the desolate field, the Kipkou in the distance was already in sight, and the city was located in Kipkou.

This is a valley, from which you can reach Changzhou, Anguo Town, Wenche Town and other places in the north, and 60 miles south is the Yangfei Valley and Pipa Valley in the south of Guzang Mountain, and the main habitat of the fertile grassland on both sides of the Wuzhi River. At present, Shen Jialan led 2,000 soldiers to guard it, and transported grain and grass to Changzhou.

"Don't drive! That's it, you wait, I'll go to negotiate first! "Accompanying is Hou Zhang's eldest grandson Hou Chao, he is the deputy commander of the Sixth Battalion Horse Army, and his riding and archery martial arts are not bad, but he lacks experience, and he still has some frivolity of the generals.

"Go ahead! I heard that this Shen Jialan is not easy to deal with, so you have to be careful when you speak. Wen Yuankai heard his colleagues and Zhang Yue talk about the matter of Liangzhou, so he admonished.

Hou Chao only brought two horsemen, and he went to the outside of the military city before beating the horse, and the horse was placed in front of the door, and the soldiers stood with guns and knives, and a ten-captain had already seen them and stood in front of the horse to watch.

"This brother is invited, a deputy commander of the Yuan Army in Huizhou Town, and he came to report on the order of Wen Beijia, and he wants to enter the city to see the patriarch Shen Shao!" Hou Chao sat on horseback and shouted.

"Wait a minute, don't trespass!" The Liugu tribe was a mixture of Fan and Han, and they had more and more dealings with the Zhou army in Huizhou, and most of the soldiers could speak Chinese. The captain of the ten men returned the salute with his chest, and turned and went into the city.

Not long after, a Tibetan officer rode out of the city with his entourage, and went to see Wen Yuankai under Hou Chao's instructions, and led them into the city to go to the military office. This military city was built in the Tang Dynasty, the city wall is weathered badly, the streets in the city are also potholes, there are many dilapidated and low houses near the north gate, as well as shops, markets, and then the south point is full of garrison barracks.

Shen Jialan finally went out of the military office to greet him, and ordered his subordinates to receive the cavalry soldiers, take care of the war horses, and lead Wen Yuankai and Hou Chao into the military office. The hall was a little weirdly arranged, there was a felt blanket on the ground, I didn't see the couch, it was all covered with fur, and there were already two people sitting in the hall, looking at Wen Yuankai and the two together.

"Introduce the two Zhou envoys, this is our Biwa Valley Panluo Patriarch!" Shen Jialan sat down behind the short table in the upper hall, and pointed to a short man in his forties with a big black cake face on the right and introduced.

"Huizhou, don't drive Wen Yuankai to see the patriarch of Pan Luo!" Wen Yuankai bowed as a courtesy, no matter how it was, there should be a superficial courtesy.

"Don't be polite! A certain Panrogler, please! Pan Rogler squinted his eyes and smiled and nodded, pointing to the empty seat on the left.

"This is the patriarch of the Tibetan Gate Valley, and he is the same as Baiting Haisu's Discussion of the Bowl." Shen Jialan pointed to another chubby young man in his twenties with a chubby round face.

"Oh...... But after the Tang Dynasty talked about Qinling and Zanpo, it was awe-inspiring! Wen Yuankai knew something about the remnants of the Tubo Clan, so he smiled and complimented.

In the early Tang Dynasty, after the Tubo brothers commanded the troops and horses, they often troubled the Tang Dynasty, actively expanded the border, successively encroached on the land of Longyou and Hexi, and used their families to monopolize themselves, but it greatly weakened the power of Zampu, so as to create a situation in which the military strength of Tubo was heavy on the outside and light on the inside, which caused the dissatisfaction of Tubo Zampu, and conspired with Zhubo to eradicate it, and finally returned to the Tang Dynasty one after another. However, the clan and their descendants are still scattered in Hexi and Longyou, and some belong to Li Tang and change their surname to Li.

"It turns out that Wen Beijia also knows my ancestor, please sit down!" On the careful and proud laughter, the attitude suddenly became enthusiastic.

"After the rebellion of the chieftain, the heart of annexing Liangzhou is not dead, and the old jackal of Jiashi is very difficult, and now he sent his eldest son to send troops to attack Changzhou, and after he attacked Tonggu Snow Mountain Qiang, he was gathering troops and horses, and he would use troops on Guzang Nanshan in the near future, how could we sit idly by. Now that Wen Bei is coming, I don't know what good news he brings? Shen Jialan asked loudly.

"We will send 2,000 troops to Anguo Town, but the food and grass are not continued, and the soldiers will change from three meals to two meals, and I am afraid that they will return to Ulan in the near future!" Wen Yuankai smiled secretly in his heart, and took the opportunity to put forward the purpose, but he was a little worried in his heart. If Shen Jialan provides grain and grass, there must be conditions.

"O grain and grass! Wen Beijia can know that Cui Huxin, the patriarch of Jingu, lost the Chishui Military City, and his tribe's road north to Liangzhou was cut off, plus there are more than 6,000 troops in Liangzhou City, all relying on our Six Grain Department to provide grain and grass, no matter how much I am afraid I will not be able to supply! Shen Jialan prevaricated.

"That being the case, the Zhenyuan army can only go back to Baishanshu first, as long as Liangzhou is not lost, Hou Dashuai is safe and sound, how to deal with it or wait for the court to make a decree before making a plan." Wen Yuankai is also an old official, how can he be deceived by this bargaining front.

"Tokyo is thousands of miles away from Hexi, if you wait for the will to act, Wen Beijia is not worried that Hou Jieshuai will be expelled by the Zhe Clan, and he will not be able to deal with Liangzhou if he loses it?" Shen Jialan had no choice but to use this as a threat.

"I have millions of soldiers in the Great Zhou, and even if the Zhe Kui clan has the courage to swallow the sky, I don't dare to treat Hou Dashuai easily, right? Liangzhou is a fetter state on the left and right, as long as you pay tribute to the court, everything else can be discussed! Wen Yuankai replied with a smile.

It means that the court will lose its nominal rule over Liangzhou at most, while the Liugu Department will face the disaster of extermination, and even refuse to give grain and grass, and you still want to get the support of the court. What's more, even if the Zhe Kui clan swallows Liangzhou alone, they have to show themselves to the court, and they dare not stand on their own, so what does it matter to the court whether you win or lose. (To be continued.) )