Introduction to Volume 2 and Introduction to Volume 3 (free of charge)
When this title was written, the late Tang Dynasty had been serialized for 7 months now, and there was a break during the period, but most of the time it was insisted on updating.
Before I wrote an essay, I thought it was easy to write 3,000 words a day, but when I actually did it, it was really not easy.
Ah Yong is a newcomer, the late Tang Dynasty started from scratch, and slowly accumulated to today's achievements, which makes Ah Yong very emotional, and Ah Yong is very grateful to the friends who have always supported Ah Yong.
However, the book of the late Tang Dynasty was still out of the ranks of hitting the streets, and the income from writing books was not much. Ah Yong is still busy with work, and many times he doesn't want to stick to it. But the dream in my heart is still encouraging me to persevere.
However, dreams are not the whole of life, firewood, rice, oil and salt are the main theme of life. In order for the late Tang Dynasty to continue, and for Ah Yong's dream to go further, please also like this article friends to continue to support Ah Yong and support the late Tang Dynasty.
Next, some of the problems in Volume 2. It is true that Ah Yong, as a newcomer, has always wanted to write a heroic and enthusiastic history/history story, but there are still many problems in Ah Yong's writing today.
For example, the description of the battle, Ah Yong always can't find the cool point and the trick of the battle description, so when you read the battle, everyone thinks it's not good, please bear with me. Hehe, Ah Yong is still working hard.
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Volume 2: The entire content of the whole volume revolves around the preparations before the arrival of the Yellow Nest, as well as some personnel struggles in Chang'an City.
In the second volume, Tian Lingzi's treatment is a little laissez-faire, but Li Bao, the king of Ji in this volume, is no longer in the first volume, he is in a state of being slaughtered by others, and he already has the power to protect himself.
At the time of the first volume, Li Bao's living environment was very sinister, and the eunuchs at that stage had huge energy. So many people think that Li Bao is a bit high-profile when they see this, not only fighting for power but also fighting for favorite concubines.
I don't know if the people who complained about Li Bao's high-profile death have noticed that the political environment of the Yizong Dynasty and the historical environment of the Zhaozong Dynasty are different.
Some people think that the eunuchs of the late Tang Dynasty are very powerful, and they can kill whoever they want, and the emperor will kill them, let alone you as a prince? In fact, it is not wrong to think this way, but there is one thing you didn't expect, that is, Yizong's Laozi is Emperor Xuanzong.
Xuanzong is a very good emperor, with the title of "Little Taizong", although Xuanzong failed to end the strange image of eunuchs, but his suppression of eunuchs during his reign was still very powerful.
It can be seen from the situation that the "five surnames and seven families" were prime ministers in the imperial court at that time, Xuanzong was very concerned about the suppression and balance of power, but later Xuanzong died and the power of the eunuchs was revived.
and then to Yizong's laissez-faire, but the emperor's majesty was still very strong at this time, and in the Yizong Dynasty, Tian Lingzi's family was dominant. Holding the power, the power of the eunuchs has really reached its peak.
After Tian Lingzi's death, Yang Fugong, who took over the mantle of Tian Lingzi, tried his best to eliminate the public opinion on the independence of Shouwang Li Jie, and then Weiling Zhaozong. and controlled the power of Chang'an, but at this time, Yang Fugong was still slightly deficient compared with Tian Lingzi, at least the majesty of the center had been lost.
When Tian Lingzi was in power, the central government could still command some feudal towns, but during the Zhaozong period, the central orders were no longer out of Chang'an. Yang Fugong's power is discounted, which is even more natural, and the emperor's situation is naturally even more miserable.
To sum up, in the second volume, Li Bao's living environment in Chang'an City was much better. Without the eunuch's Weiling, Li Bao was naturally happy to be at ease, and began to push down the soft girl or something.
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Regarding Tian Lingzi's treatment, Ah Yong still adheres to a sentence, if you want people to perish, you must first make them crazy. Tian Lingzi has not done enough, and it is not conducive to Li Bao's image.
At this time in the Tang Dynasty, personal image was very important, and the ancients attached great importance to "righteousness".
Li Bao has been working hard to manage his own image, which is a kind of political asset, and he has a good effect on Li Bao's great cause at a critical time.
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In terms of the use of weapons, Li Bao will develop new weapons in the future, such as divine arm bows, slashes/horses/knives and powerful bows and crossbows.
As for fire/guns and artillery, this will be temporarily suspended, after all, with the technical level of the Tang Dynasty, it is not realistic to make steel, and there are still many technical problems to be solved in the casting of iron cannons.
Li Bao is an otaku and doesn't understand these technical issues, so readers who want to see the fire rush to line up and shoot, and the artillery sweeping all directions may be disappointed.
In addition, fire/guns and artillery were not invincible in the era of cold weapons, after all, the Song Dynasty / began to develop gunpowder and other weapons, and it was only in the Ming Dynasty that it really became a great success.
However, the firearms and artillery of the highly skilled Ming Dynasty still failed to completely crush the Jurchens in Manchuria, but were taken over by the Jurchens.
The various firearms of the Song Dynasty still did not avoid the danger of being wiped out by the nomads.
Of course, some people may say that the Song Dynasty could not defeat the Liao people because of the problem of the sixteen states of Youyun, and Bianjing is located in the plain and there is no danger to defend. Coupled with the fact that the Zhao and Song royal families consciously suppressed the status of military generals, it eventually caused the tragedy of the two Song Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty was counterattacked by the Jurchens, but it was said that it was a problem of time and people.
It can be seen from the lessons of the Song and Ming dynasties that no matter how high the generational difference is, if there is no suitable person and a suitable social environment, it will be difficult to escape the fate of being eliminated in the end.
The Weizhou army under the leadership of Li Bao had to do all that was to point out a path to his subordinates, so that his subordinates could always be full of fighting wildness. Such a nation is vibrant, and such a state is the state of an empire that is revitalized.
What kind of social form is the citizens of such a state, Ah Yong thinks that it should be compared to Britain in the 19th century, when they were full of aggression everywhere, and the colonies of the British Empire were spread all over the world, known as the empire on which the sun never sets.
If Li Bao wants to maintain the wildness of his men, he must have a tangible goal to motivate them, so the focus of the third volume is on trade and plunder.
The desire for wealth and power can effectively stimulate people's fighting power. What Li Bao has to do is to guide the direction and formulate a general phalanx.
From Ah Yong's point of view, we can see that the development direction of the late Tang Dynasty will not be in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, and the next development will be to open up the country, and the Central Asian regions occupied by Tubo, Nanzhao, the Western Regions and the Great Food are all Li Bao's goals.
As for the melee in the domestic feudal towns, Li Bao would let the feudal towns eat the dogs, and then turn around to clean them up.
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The main target of Juan 3 is Tibet, which has been divided into a confrontation between two forces since the last Zamprangdama was killed, and in the melee between the chiefs of some small and medium-sized forces, Li Bao can use his strength to slowly annex low-altitude areas such as the Qinghai region.
As for the high-altitude areas, Li Bao didn't need to go in person, he could find his agent in Tubo to kill and then support the puppets.
The geographical location of the Tubo region is very important, and it is an important bridgehead for the Tang Dynasty to pass through Central Asia, and the fighting power of the Tubo people is also very strong. In particular, some nomadic peoples still recognize the suzerainty of Tibet, which is a point that can be exploited.
Volume 3 is a volume of Li Bao's farming, which laid the foundation for the future Jingluo Hexi.
Well, that's all there is to it. I won't update it today, and I'll continue to update it tomorrow.