Liangzhou, also known as Guzang and Yongliang, is a modern Wuwei. Pen "fun" pavilion www.biquge.info Tang Dynasty Tianbao first year (742 years) changed to Wuwei County, the first year of Ganyuan (758 years) to restore Liangzhou, according to the records of Tianbao years, 22,462 households, 12,281 mouths, with five counties.

This place is the gateway of the Hexi Corridor, connecting Lanzhou in the south, Xinjiang in the north, Guanzhong in the east, and Dunhuang in the north. The mountains are separated in front of the desert, and the desert is surrounded by the back, which is known as "the first line in the vast desert and the throat of the five counties".

In particular, the terrain here is flat, and the Yellow River flows through it, which is the largest accumulation plain in the west of the river. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty migrated a large number of Han people to settle here, it is a densely populated land with fertile fields. What's more valuable is that this place is the main route of the Silk Road, with business and travel diverging and continuous exchanges. Therefore, the treatment of the cold has always been placed here.

Whether it is, the Liangzhou Thorn History Department, Yongzhou Mu or Thorn History, or the Hexi Jiedu Envoy, the Liangzhou Governor's Mansion, to the Ming and Qing Dynasties of Shaanxi Buzheng Division, Ganliang Dao, all of which are the same.

What is more rare and valuable is that this place is complex because of the race, and produces good horses, so the folk customs are fierce, since ancient times, even in the Republic of China, the name of Liangzhou Jingqi has never fallen.

However, this prestige does not make the defenders more emboldened now. At this moment, under the city of Liangzhou, the battle flags are all over the place, and the 30,000 army will surround this place. Liangzhou fell into the hands of the Tubo people for decades, which is very regrettable, but it is time to make up for the regret.

'Drink, take back Liangzhou, and we can go and recover the entire four towns of Anxi.' When the elders of Longxi had to meet the group and arrived in Chang'an, under the city of Liangzhou, the war was also about to break out.

Xiaohu led the army, with 20,000 Tang troops as the main force and supplemented by 3,000 Longxi Minzhuang, known as 30,000, and surrounded Liangzhou City. Liangzhou will be conquered in the near future.

This place is already the last stronghold of Tubo in Liangzhou, affected by the defeat of the Tang army last year, the recovery of Huizhou and Lanzhou, and Zhang Yichao's expulsion of Tubo and the recovery of Shazhou by himself, a series of incidents broke out in Longxi.

Many Tibetan guards either took the initiative or passively abandoned the city, which originally belonged to the Tang Tucheng and returned to the Tang Dynasty one by one. Those defenders took their meager troops and all ran to Liangzhou, so as long as they conquered here, the left army of Shence would be a complete merit.

In the face of the aggressiveness of the Tang army, Liangzhou had to react by relying on the city wall, closing the city to defend itself, hanging up the anti-battle card, and ignoring the drowning of the Tang army.

'Is it useful to keep it?' Li Chengyi shook his head, and reacted to the Tubo general, very disdainful, not dying until the Yellow River, and not shedding tears when he saw the coffin.

'Drink, the garrison of the city has reached more than 10,000 people. Xiaohu said with a smile, I think it is this false number of people who are safe, which gives the Tubo guards confidence. From the moment of the fall of Huizhou, it was a matter of time before Liangzhou was recovered, and it was meaningless for Tubo to gain confidence.

Liangzhou, the terrain is key, the terrain is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, and the landform types are divided into three types: mountains, plains, oases and deserts. The southwest is a mountainous terrain with extremely dangerous forms.

There is an ancient wave gorge, known as the "golden pass and silver lock" in western China, the narrowest part is only a few meters wide, a husband is a pass, ten thousand people do not open. The female general of the Yang Sect in the Song Dynasty, when she conquered the Western Xia, went to Gulang Gorge, was desperate, jumped off the cliff and committed suicide, leaving the legend of "Twelve Widows Drop Tears Cliff". Don't talk about the Song Dynasty, when it came to the Republic of China, the Ma Jiajun also fought a tough battle with the People's Liberation Army here, which should have been devastated, but also because of the geographical advantage, the losses were great.

This canyon winds through the entire Hexi Corridor, if you start from Lanzhou, as long as the Tubo soldiers choke the Gulang Gorge, maybe they can really easily hold the entire Liangzhou, and try to protect Liangzhou without loss. It's just that maybe, Xiaohu didn't think that the Tubo soldiers had this ability. Not to mention anything else, just because of the long-range firepower gap between the two armies, the Tubo people dared to defend the gorge, and Xiaohu dared to turn it into a Tubo cemetery.

In addition, Gulang Gorge is dangerous, but it is from Lanzhou, if you go to Huizhou it is different, a horse Pingchuan, as long as you cross the busiest in the Tang Dynasty, the largest ferry, Huining Guandu, is a smooth road. Gulang Gorge could not hinder the Tang army at all.

In the Tang Dynasty, when the Silk Road was still unobstructed, there were two roads from Chang'an to Liangzhou, one was Qinzhou Road, which was named after Qinzhou, which was called the southern route of the Silk Road.

The road started from Liangzhou at that time and crossed the Yellow River to Lanzhou. Then go south through Linzhou all the way to Chang'an. The total length of the road is about 2,000 miles.

The other is from Liangzhou to Huizhou, from Huining Pass to cross the river, and then to Huining Pass on the south bank of the Yellow River. Then go southeast from Huining Pass, and arrive at Huining County, the station of Huizhou, from which you can go southeast through Yuanzhou to Chang'an.

The total length of this road is 1,730 miles, except that it is about two or three hundred miles less than Qinzhou Road. The whole trip does not have to cross the mountains and deep valleys many times, except for the Yuanzhou section, it is easier to walk than Qinzhou Road, the only disadvantage is that after crossing the Yellow River, the road is sparsely populated and relatively desolate.

In order to ensure the smooth march of the army, the Shence army divided into two routes, to ensure that even if the Tubo people continued to harass with cavalry, or held the Gulang Gorge, they could not prevent the Tang army from reaching the city of Liangzhou to join the army. However, it was probably frightened, not to mention that there was no cavalry harassment along the way, and even Gulang Gorge was undefended.

However, now that it is mid-May, will it be too late to come to pull out the last nail in Liangzhou? In fact, if it was only the Shence Army, it would have held a celebration in Liangzhou City a long time ago, but it took too much effort to recruit too many Tubo people, and in order to educate them, it took a lot of effort.

It took a lot of effort just to get them to understand the orders. There is also a cavalry army that has to be organized, and it takes a lot of effort from the boss. On the one hand, it is slow to build roads, and on the other hand, it takes the boss's hard work to reorganize. It is necessary to try to integrate the Tubo soldiers, so that they can initially integrate into the Tang army, and they will not be hindered.

The infantry army has to drill the queue, and it can keep up with the footsteps of the Tang army, and it will not be hindered. No one suggested dividing and conquering Tibet and setting up a separate Tibetan army. It's not that no one has thought about it, but he knows that this is not in line with Li Chende's purpose, and if he wants to set up a separate Tubo army, why should he recruit them? You just need to do the same as before, don't worry about it, don't make trouble for me, and make regular offerings of some meager property, and everything will be fine.

In wartime, it is good to respond to the call to send troops and bring your own food, weapons, and horses to participate in the war. But that is not in line with Li Chen's national integration plan, except for these Shence officers, who were brought up by Li Chen, who can understand this intention, everyone else, including those prime ministers, can hardly understand why Li Chen has to spend so much energy.

No matter what others think, they have to practice for a few months, and now, the infantry army is initially effective. At least those Tubo people will no longer be divided between left and right, and they are very strict when they walk in line.

Compared to the training of infantry troops, cavalry is much more difficult, or a little easier. Speaking of difficulty, cavalry is more difficult to train than infantry, and it is difficult to train in just a few months. To put it simply, the main thing is to run in, and the cavalry is not integrated so quickly.

Xiaohu selected soldiers with a foundation in horsemanship from the Shence army and mixed them with the Tubo soldiers to form a new Shence Youyu Houma Army. This part was ridiculed by the Tang army, although the Tibetan people are not all horseback people, but these people are, they are like nomads, everyone rides from small to large, and their riding skills are very exquisite.

They showed their superiority in front of the Tang army, performing two or even three horses galloping side by side, and then they jumped from one horse to another, jumping around and not stopping halfway. Or standing on horseback, or even riding and shooting.

Those newly joined Tang Army, although they have a foundation in horsemanship, they are not as good as them after all. As a result, after being ridiculed, a conflict broke out between the two sides, and as a result, they were all locked up in a small black house by Xiaohu, whether it was a Tibetan or a Han Chinese.

Afterwards, Xiaohu admonished them, 'If you can't compare to others in riding, you can do it?' Yes, if you have the ability to beat people down immediately, a manly man, where you fall, you have to get up, and use facts to shut them up. How is it different from an ordinary rural villager? ’

Since then, the cavalry of the Tang Army has worked hard and practiced hard, and now no matter how flexible they are, they can at least fight against the Tubo cavalry without falling behind.

If you want to say, Xiaohu has any experience in this, and what secrets can help these Tubo people to accelerate their integration into this group, Xiaohu will say, play...

It's really just playing, there are a lot of sports activities in the Tang Army, and everyone can freely choose sports competitions in their leisure time. Football is, of course, the most popular, and even the Tibetans love it.

In order to actively participate in this activity, many Tibetans have exploded into an astonishing learning speed, at least some terms, such as passing, offside, shooting, and fast attack. When the Tubo soldiers learned a lot of football terminology, they also learned a lot of combat instructions. This was unexpected by Li Chen.

Now, the Tang army gathered under the city of Liangzhou, and the army was at its peak, even if they joined the Tubo soldiers for a few months and put on the armor of the Tang army, they looked like a model, at least the Tubo soldiers in Liangzhou City, the two trembled, and they were nervous. As for further run-in in the future, it will be after conquering Liangzhou.

It's just that when Xiaohu has everything, the siege weapons are built, and Xiaohu gives the order to prepare for the siege, the west gate of Liangzhou City is wide open, and many Tubo people escape.

Is it a fraud? The result made Xiaohu very disappointed, it was really surrendered, the Tang army did not receive much resistance, easily controlled the West Gate, and then relied on this to easily conquer several other gates, the Liangzhou soldiers had no will to fight, saw the Tang Army, and surrendered directly on their knees, and as a result, it was more troublesome to collect these defeated soldiers than to attack the city.

Why did it fall? It's simple, that guard is stupid, others are not stupid, and they didn't come to Liangzhou voluntarily. There is no way to go, and inertia goes down to Liangzhou.

They are not loyal to Shang Wanwen and maids, or they have no regrets about the death of the Great Tibetan. vowed to keep the last bit of Tubo in Longxi, and looked forward to Shang Wanwen, or which Tubo king, could make a comeback and revive the glory of Tubo.

They were forced to come to Liangzhou, where else could they go if they didn't come here? Back to Tibet, although the Shence army did not recover Shanzhou, but only broke through Shanzhou and obtained the wealth and population looted by the Tubo people, but after all, it was still under the control of the Tang army. In case you run somewhere, you are accidentally taken by someone to ask for credit, and you will be upside down.

Also, Tibet is in tatters and is still in the civil war, and even if you run back, there is no good fruit to eat. The most important point, even if you are lucky and don't meet the Shence Army, Shanzhou is already under the atrocities of fear of heat, and there is no trace of thousands of miles, from there, what should I do with the food along the way? They didn't have much food for their journey.

Therefore, they had to gather at the hub of Liangzhou, saying that they were waiting for death, and it was a period

This is the case for the Tubo people from Guazhou and Ganzhou in the west, and the same is true for the Tubo people from Hezhou and Linzhou, and from the south of Lanzhou. A few fled back to Tibet, a few scattered and disappeared, and the last half gathered in Liangzhou in search of security.

As a result, Liangzhou was also quickly surrounded, and in the face of the strong combat power, the bow and crossbow were so fierce that the Tang army, they had no intention of fighting at all, and directly defected and surrendered. Anyway, I heard that the Tang Army not only does not kill people, but also manages a meal, and when the time comes, it is not bad to go to work in the Tang Army and change food.

Surrendering like this made Xiaohu very angry, this is the time to show the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, the three thousand people are still watching, you surrendered like this? So angry that Xiaohu wanted to kill the prisoner.

Of course, killing prisoners is just angry talk, these are important labor. Fortunately, there is also a Tubo Liangzhou guard, who is stubborn and stubborn, and he resists stubbornly in his city guard. Xiaohu was overjoyed, and used long-range thunder and fire oil bombs to dismantle the entire city guard mansion into white ground, which was regarded as a lesson for those people. The only pity is that some talents in the city guard mansion have also turned into ashes.

'Ding'er, Grandpa has no objection to you entertaining those soldiers, but there should be a limit. ''No, the boy knows.'' After being scolded, Ding Wei had to retreat, but at some point, Ma Yuanwu had already followed behind, "Shaolangjun, why don't you make a decision early?" Now that everything is in place, just wait for Shao Langjun to do it. ’

'Hmph. Ding, snorted, "You're just a eunuch, and you don't have a lot to do." Ma Yuanwu's face was full of anger, and he said to himself, "Poor old slave, for the long-term peace and stability of the Tang Dynasty and the peace of the world, I ran around, and I also contacted all ethnic groups outside the territory, all of whom were interested in participating in the grand event." ’

'It's a pity that the handsome, I don't know where the righteousness of the world is, I am obsessed, if it goes on for a long time, I am afraid that there will be a disaster of destroying the family. Poor ah, when the time comes, the whole house will be burned. Alas.... When the time comes, those good women in the house don't know where they will go. Ding De's face twitched, and Ma Yuanwu secretly sneered.

'The survival of the old and the young in the house is all in the thought of Shaolangjun. Ma Yuanwu finally came to such a sentence, which made Dingde's face change, "Actually, the old slave has another way, if Shao Langjun can't bear it..." In the end, Ma Yuanwu slowly threw out his true purpose... (To be continued.) )

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