Text Chapter 391 The world is one

As An Lushan's Anding army raged in the hinterland of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, it was Yunnan Burma that was the first to collapse.

During the period of Emperor Wu, the Yunnan-Burma area was included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and with Yang Shuo's rebellion against Wu's accession to the throne, Yunnan-Burma finally surrendered to the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

However, after all, Yunnan-Burma was too far away from Nanjing, and the Southern Zhou Dynasty had been busy with the Northern Expedition since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and was unable to effectively rule Yunnan-Burma, resulting in the scale of the local indigenous people's rebellion becoming larger and larger.

The purpose of the indigenous rebellion is to restore the country, the Yunnan-Burma area has countless effects, Yang Guang was wiped out in the later period, and now seeing the division of the Tang Dynasty, the natives who are bent on recovering the country naturally take advantage of the situation.

Fugu Huaien led his troops to attack Yunnan and Burma, and some natives tried to fish in troubled waters, secretly helped the Tang army to ambush the Zhou army, opened the city and offered the pass, and tried in vain to bring disaster to the east, so that the Tang army could capture Yunnan and Burma as soon as possible and then go north to Yunnan and Guizhou to continue to fight with the Zhou army, so that they would have enough time to restore the country.

It's a pity that Fugu Huaien saw through their intentions, pretended to promise first, and defeated Gao Xianzhi three times with the help of local indigenous forces, which was the Xuanjia elite cavalry that the Southern Zhou Dynasty was proud of, and also lost its combat power because the war horse was poisoned by the local aborigines, and finally Fugu Huaien drove the Zhou army out to recover the Yunnan-Burma area, Gao Xianzhi led the defeated army to retreat Yungui to gather and defend, and at the same time played the Southern Zhou court and asked for reinforcements.

Fugu Huai'en, who conquered Yunnan and Burma, did not rush to attack Yungui, and as early as before the army was sent, Yang Ping'an had an order to tell him how to deal with the indigenous people of Yunnan and Burma.

The great migration of population, this is the best way for Yang Ping'an to solve the indigenous resistance.

Fugu Huaien first led the troops to rectify Yunnan and Burma, and then divided the land to his soldiers according to his military merits, which was equivalent to moving the people from the Western Regions to the area of Yunnan and Burma and integrating with the local aborigines.

Then began to govern Yunnan and Burma, and was not in a hurry to attack Yungui, although it would give the Southern Zhou reinforcements a chance and lose the opportunity to conquer Yungui in one go, but it could reduce the pressure on the stable army operating in the hinterland of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, and it could also make the people of the Western Regions better integrate into Yunnan and Burma, and enhance their loyalty and boost the morale of the army.

The natives who were bent on recovering the country found out that they had been deceived and became furious, and immediately organized people to attack and harass the Tang army.

A large number of indigenous royal descendants were killed, and many more were taken prisoner.

For these captured natives, Fugu Huaien formed them into a prayer army, bluntly saying that they should have been executed for rebellion, but the Tang Emperor was merciful, so he gave them another chance.

If they are organized into an army, as long as they make enough military achievements, they will not only be able to avoid death, but also be able to seal hundreds of households to get land like the people of the Western Regions.

At the same time, when governing the area of Yunnan and Burma, Fugu Huaien restrained the soldiers and horses, and did not commit any offense against the local people, and the Eastern Capital sent a large number of young officials who had just been promoted to Yunnan and Burma to join hands with the local officials to govern Yunnan and Burma.

Yunnan and Burma are too desolate, compared to the Central Plains, it is definitely a barren land, and officials who have been immersed in silver in officialdom for a long time are naturally reluctant to go, and they are afraid that they will be degraded if they go, and it will be difficult to break the jar and break it.

But young officials are different, especially the officials of the common people who have passed the imperial examination high school, they have low rank, and they have no power background, and they can still dominate the government when they go to Yunnan and Burma, show their talents, and do not have to worry about being oppressed and jealous by their superiors.

If it is done well and shines brightly, it will be easily seen by the imperial court, and it will be transferred back to the eastern capital to entrust it with important tasks.

This was Yang Ping'an's promise to these young Jinshi who were sent out to Yunnan and Burma as officials, and it also aroused the fighting spirit of these people.

With officials who wanted to show their ambitions and an army of servants who wanted to restore the country, Yunnan and Burma gradually entered the stage of development, as more and more of the indigenous remnants and young people who wanted to restore the country were killed.

Fugu Huaien sat in Yunnan and Burma for a full year, which made the Southern Zhou suddenly wake up to his plan, and the Southern Zhou had gathered an army of 100,000 in the Yunnan-Guizhou area to strictly prevent Fugu Huaien from leading troops to attack, which led to the pressure on the stable army in the hinterland of the Southern Zhou Dynasty to decrease, and the space for activity expanded.

Prior to this, due to the Zhou army's intensified encirclement and suppression of the Anding army, the Anding army's soldiers and horses were once reduced to less than 30,000, and there was almost no place to hide.

has been in danger many times, if it weren't for An Lushan's excellent sense of danger, he killed it several times before the Zhou army surrounded and closed, I am afraid that the Anding army would have been wiped out long ago.

In this way, before Fugu Huaien conquered Yunnan and Burma, the Anding Army also became a lost dog, and finally robbed a water village and hid in it.

After the Southern Zhou gathered troops and horses to defend Yungui, the Anding army began to move again, and along the way to conquer the Jiangnan bandit village to increase the troops, and then all the way south, it seemed to attack Quanzhou, an important city for overseas trade in the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Quanzhou is an important city for overseas trade in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, providing a large number of taxes for the treasury every year, and the imperial merchant ships also set sail from here.

When the Zhou army gathered a large number of soldiers and horses in the south to intercept him, he suddenly led the troops north, marched all the way, won seven battles and seven victories, and jumped out of the Zhou army's encirclement three times, and actually attacked Nanjing.

By fighting and raising the war, the Anding army at this time has expanded to 80,000 people, although the combat power is greatly reduced, but the victory lies in the large number of people, in the face of some small counties and counties, there is almost no need to fight, only by the number of people will be frightened by the city officials or flee or surrender.

The Anding army approached Nanjing, which shocked the Southern Zhou government and the public.

Wu Cong can still be calm, but many officials in the DPRK and China began to panic, the Anding Army has been active in the territory of the Southern Zhou Dynasty for more than a year, and they know the combat effectiveness of this soldier and horse very well, this is not a force that can be easily defeated, and the difficulty of the little-known leading general An Lushan also gave the Southern Zhou generals who fought against him a headache.

What kind of person is An Lushan, a purebred Hu man with a low status, when he was in the Xue family's army, he was just a small firehead army that everyone bullied.

But now, since he followed Yang Ping'an, he has gradually shown his outstanding and special ability to lead troops.

The Mandate of Heaven is the Mandate of Heaven in the end, knowing the heavens, knowing the heavens, knowing the heavens, with him, he is not afraid of the pearl being dusty, even if it is the gold in the dung pit, it can immediately bloom with light.

Think about the Mandate of Heaven during the Emperor Wu period, in the Tiance Mansion formed, most of those civil and military generals were promoted to the end of the micro.

There is a destiny, this world, sooner or later, it will be the world of the Tang Dynasty.

It was not only the officials of the Southern Zhou Dynasty who had this kind of thought, but even Wu Cong had been shaken.

When the spring flowers bloomed in another year, after the early dynasty dispersed, Yang Ping'an accompanied Yang Fu to deal with the government affairs, made arrangements with the cabinet for the spring flood in some areas, and accompanied Su Min for a long time Spring flowers and autumn moons, and the family of three had lunch in the palace before returning to his Horse Mansion.

He has already married Su Jia, and there are many women in the house, fortunately, there is the set of exercises that Lao Su Tou taught him, otherwise his body is really unbearable.

In the morning, he accompanied Su Min Yang Fu, and in the afternoon, he accompanied his wife and beautiful family to play in the eastern capital.

When I returned home in the evening, when the whole family was about to have lunch, suddenly the housekeeper Gao Lishi came to report, saying that Deng Wei and Xie Tiancheng wanted to see him.

Yang Guozhong is now able to control Longwei, so it is no longer suitable for Gao Lishi to stay in the palace and stay in Longwei.

In fact, he didn't want to be Yang Guozhong's deputy, he was too angry, Yang Ping'an offered to let him come to the Horse Mansion as a housekeeper, and he immediately agreed.

Don't underestimate this housekeeper, there are still seven-rank officials in front of the prime minister, not to mention that Yang Ping'an is still a master above 10,000 people under one person, and he is still the one who is destined for heaven.

Gao Lishi is willing to serve by Yang Ping'an's side, so that his status does not decrease but increases, taking Yang Guozhong as an example, since Gao Lishi became the housekeeper of the Horse Mansion, Yang Guozhong no longer dared to bully him like before.

On the contrary, he reported Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu to Yang Ping'an from time to time, causing Yang Ping'an to call Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu to the mansion every once in a while.

Yang Ping'an also hopes that Gao Lishi is in his sight, because Gao Lishi knows too much.

At dinnertime, Gao Lishi came to report, saying that Deng Wei and Xie Tiancheng asked to see them, and Yang Ping'an saw them in the study, but he didn't expect to see five people.

In addition to Deng Wei and Xie Tiancheng, there is also Dong'er, who is in the dust, and two six or seven-year-old children beside Dong'er.

"Dong'er." Seeing Dong'er, Yang Ping'an was overjoyed, the first woman he came to in ancient times, the woman who had been separated from him for the longest time, and the woman who had been thinking about him for the past few years, finally came back.

But Dong'er's first sentence made Yang Ping'an's mouth open wide: "This is your father, call him father." ”

Dong'er came back from Nanjing, and brought back a pair of Yang Ping'an's children, the boy was born to Wu Cong, and the girl was born to Dong'er, both of whom were Yang Ping'an's children.

She was a weak woman, with a child, and returned to Luoyang from Nanjing under the secret protection of Tian Cewei.

Since there is no soil for the activities of the Tiance Guards in today's Luoyang, the Tian Ce Guards who protect them have not entered the city.

After Dong'er took the two children into the city, the unfamiliar face immediately attracted the attention of the "underworld" in the city, and even the people in the city knew that as long as Tiancewei was found, the imperial court would have a heavy reward, so the people of the eastern capital were very concerned about strangers.

The "underworld" of the Eastern Capital discovered the three of Dong'er, and immediately someone stalked and reported to Deng Wei and Xie Tiancheng, Deng Xie and the two are now the kings of the underground world of the Eastern Capital.

Could it be that in order to successfully infiltrate the Eastern Capital, Tian Cewei has played a new trick.

Curious, the two of them went to see what was going on, and they recognized Dong'er, and hurriedly took Dong'er and the three of them to the Horse Mansion.

Dong'er returned to the Eastern Capital this time, Wu Cong deliberately asked her to go back, she didn't want to leave, but Wu Cong insisted and asked her to bring the two children back to Yang Ping'an.

Originally, these two children are Yang Ping'an's flesh and blood, and when they grow so big, they should be allowed to meet their father.

This is Wu Cong's excuse, but Dong'er, who is in Lan Xin, noticed from Wu Cong's clues during this period of time, that Wu Cong has been in a bad mood recently, and sent the two children back to the Eastern Capital, but I am afraid that I have made the worst plan.

Yang Ping'an didn't know.

If there is no accident, the defeat of the Southern Zhou is only a matter of time.

On the national strength of the Southern Zhou is inferior to the Northern Tang Dynasty, the advantage of the Southern Zhou is in the secret Tian Cewei, but with the passage of time, Tian Ce Wei from dark to light, the previous placement in the Eastern Capital of the fine work is all exposed, he Yang Ping'an has a way to prevent Tian Ce Wei from infiltrating Luoyang again, which makes Tian Ce Wei's intelligence system no longer have the power before the war.

Moreover, the identity of the Mandate of Heaven has a greater impact on Tiancewei, and with the pacification of the Northern Tang Dynasty, more forces can be concentrated to attack the Southern Zhou.

And the Southern Zhou Dynasty is not right, Wu Cong's accession to the throne has brought this to the peak, the Southern Zhou officials, most of them were officials of the Northern Tang Dynasty before, and only a few are really loyal to the country, Yang Ping'an took An Lushan as a strange soldier, harassed in the territory of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, and the defeat of the Southern Zhou Dynasty has begun to take shape under the convergence of many factors.

Even if Wu Cong had Tian Cewei in hand, in the face of the Southern Zhou, which was about to become full of holes, he didn't have too many means to bring the dead back to life.

So Wu Cong asked Dong'er to send the two children back to the Eastern Capital and send them to Yang Ping'an, even if the Southern Zhou Dynasty was defeated in the future, she died on the spot, at least the child was innocent.

"Xianggong, you have to save Sister Cao'er." Dong'er, who has been with Wu Cong for many years, has a deep sisterhood between the two, and she is very worried about Wu Cong.

"Yes, Xianggong, didn't you say that you will protect your woman for the rest of your life, although she is the monarch of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, she is also your woman."

"Xianggong, the Lord has a deep affection for you, you must save her."

Zhen Niang and Xie Aman, who rushed to hear the news, also ordered to open their mouths to plead.

Dong'er and Xie Aman know each other, and they also have a good relationship with Su Jia, so it is easy to integrate into Yang Ping'an's harem.

After Zhen Niang and Xie Aman, Su Jia and Yang Yuhuan also interceded for Wu Cong, and Xue Yufeng, who had been at war with the Southern Zhou Dynasty, couldn't help but say that after destroying the Southern Zhou Dynasty in the future, there was no need to kill Wu Cong, and she could be brought back.

Anyway, there are so many sisters in them, and one more is not too many.

"Cao'er, you're going to break the cauldron."

Yang Ping'an could understand Wu Cong's mood and sent his son back to him, so that he would no longer have to worry about fighting with the Northern Tang Dynasty.

Destiny descendants VS destiny people, Yang Ping'an smiled bitterly in his heart.

For this reason, he specially found Lao Sutou, hoping that he could rush to Nanjing first, and when the city of Nanjing was broken, he would rob Wu Cong first and secretly bring him back to Tokyo Horse Mansion.

As for the manpower, Long Wei Yingwei chooses with Lao Sutou.

In the past few years, seeing the national strength of the Northern Tang Dynasty is booming, seeing the rapid growth of his grandson Yang Fu, and seeing that the war is becoming more and more beneficial to the Northern Tang Dynasty, he is also comforted.

Regarding Yang Ping'an's request, he agreed without hesitation.

Not to mention that he had made a promise before, just to say the fate between Su Dingfang, the ancestor of the Su family, and the ancestor of the Wu family, as well as the kindness of the ancestor of the Wu family to Su Dingfang, he could not sit back and watch Wu Cong die.

However, in terms of selecting manpower, it was really unexpected by Yang Ping'an, Lao Sutou didn't want Longwei Yingwei, but Yang Ping'an's Tiger Army.

The combat power of Long Wei Yingwei is still there, but in the hands of Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu, it gradually began to decline.

Ying Wei is okay to say that Li Linfu's surname is also in line with the accusations of Ying Wei's supervision and spying, but Ying Wei's character has been greatly affected, not to mention Long Wei, who has almost become Yang Guozhong's façade decoration.

On the contrary, it is the five thousand tigers, who still maintain their true colors during the Yangzhou campaign, they attach great importance to the hard-won life now, are particularly grateful to Yang Ping'an, and firmly implement Yang Ping'an's orders, becoming the strongest combat force in the eastern capital.

Old Su Tou had already discovered this, so before Long Wei and Ying Wei were not harmed by Li Yanger, he transferred some of them with superior character and ability, formed Long Yingwei from the new group, and trained them to protect Emperor Yang Rui.

The defeat of Longwei Yingwei was intentional by Yang Ping'an, Longwei protected Yang Rui, and Yingwei was controlled by Xiao Taishi for ten years, Yang Ping'an was not sure if there were any diehards in the middle, it was better to disperse, he could rebuild an organization and replace Longwei Yingwei, such as the Tiger Ben Army.

From this point of view, Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu still have a big role.

Lao Su Tou left Long Yingwei in the eastern capital to protect Yang Fu, transferred hundreds of people from the Tiger Ben army, and rushed to Jiangnan in disguise to infiltrate Nanjing.

The war continues.

Almost at the same time, the troops and horses of the Northern Tang Dynasty stepped up their onslaught at the same time.

An Lushan led the Anding army, conquered Hangzhou in a shameless and deceitful way, and approached Nanjing, this was the first time that the Anding army did not sweep the city and retreat immediately after capturing the city of the Southern Zhou, but strengthened the city defense and hoarded grain and grass, making a look of holding the battle, which also indicated that the Northern Tang Dynasty would launch the final blow to the Southern Zhou.

Xue Song sent troops from Taixing and stormed Jiangyin.

Guo Ziyi personally ordered the army, recovered most of Hezhou, and looked across the river from Li Guangbi, the main force of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Fugu Huaien went out of Yunnan and Burma, with the Qihuo army as the vanguard, attacked Yungui, and launched a cruel and fierce offensive and defensive battle with the Southern Zhou soldiers and horses led by Gao Xianzhi.

Feng Changqing took advantage of the situation to send a sneak attack on Yungui by bypassing Sichuan and Shu, and at the same time led troops to contain the main force of the Zhou army in Sichuan and Shu, so that it could not support Gao Xianzhi of Yungui.

More and more Southern Zhou officials secretly wrote to the Northern Tang Dynasty, saying that their loyalty remained unchanged, but they were forced to become Southern Zhou courtiers due to the situation, but they were willing to help the Northern Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses in secret, in order to atone for their crimes.

The Southern Zhou had been forced into a desperate situation, but it broke out with amazing tenacity, and the soldiers and horses from all walks of life struggled to support it, making it difficult for the Tang army to go further.

It was An Lushan, who sent troops to attack the counties around Hangzhou, and was also tricked by a small county lieutenant to defeat the strong with the weak.

In order to end this war as soon as possible, Yang Ping'an took the former tiger Ben as his escort, rushed to Sichuan and Shu, and secretly met with the Yan brothers.

The Yan brothers surrendered to Cheng and dedicated the entire Sichuan and Shu to the Northern Tang Dynasty, and since then, the western gate of the Southern Zhou Dynasty has been completely opened, and the army of Yungui and Gao Xianzhi has become a lone army.

After the Yan brothers surrendered, they did not want to be the enemy of Tiance, so they returned to the Eastern Capital with Yang Ping'an.

After Feng Changqing recovered Sichuan and Shu, he pretended to throw the army south and cooperated with the army of Fugu Huaien to flank Gao Xianzhi, leaving only a small number of troops to defend Sichuan and Shu.

Li Guangbi repeated in the three, and finally made up his mind to send a large army to attack Sichuan and Shu, and strive to recover Sichuan and Shu as soon as possible and rescue Gao Xianzhi.

Although he knew that this might be Feng Changqing's strategy, he had no choice, if Sichuan Shu could not take it back, when Gao Xianzhi was defeated and Yungui fell into the hands of the Northern Tang, the wisdom of the Southern Zhou Dynasty would perish faster.

In the end, he still fell into the plan, and the soldiers and horses sent by him were ambushed by Feng Changqing, and he returned defeated, bluffing in order to confuse Guo Ziyi on the other side of the bank, and Guo Ziyi saw through it, and took the opportunity to cross the river and storm it, grabbed several ferries, and finally held three.

Holding three crossings allowed the Northern Tang army to cross the river in a steady stream, while Nanjing was less than three days away.

The Southern Zhou government and the opposition were shaken, and urgently dispatched troops and horses to reinforce Li Guangbi, striving to recapture the ferry and drive the Tang army back to Jiangbei.

But at this time, Xue Song increased his attack on Jiangyin, and Feng Changqing divided his troops into two routes, all the way south to Yungui, joined the previous partial division, and cooperated with Fugu Huaien to flank Gao Xianzhi's army, and he led another army and horses to the east, and cooperated with Guo Ziyi to attack Li Guangbi.

At the same time, An Lushan abandoned Hangzhou and led the Anding army, which had expanded to 100,000 soldiers and horses, to Nanjing.

The Southern Zhou Dynasty finally evolved from an emergency on all fronts to a four-sided flowering of the Northern Tang Dynasty.

In the winter of the seventh year of Kaiyuan, Gao Xianzhi was defeated and captured, and the Northern Tang Dynasty recovered Yungui.

In the spring of the eighth year of Kaiyuan, Xue Song conquered Jiangyin.

In the summer of the eighth year of Kaiyuan, Li Guangbi, who was holding on to the Jingxiang area, was defeated and wanted to draw his sword to kill himself, but was knocked unconscious by the generals around him and fled back to Nanjing.

In the autumn of the eighth year of Kaiyuan, soldiers and horses from the Northern Tang Dynasty besieged Nanjing and blocked the river, and Nanjing became an isolated city.

With the recovery or surrender of all parts of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the Southern Zhou Dynasty existed in name only, leaving only the isolated city of Nanjing.

At the beginning of the winter of the eighth year of Kaiyuan, the city of Nanjing was broken, the palace was on fire, and the Southern Zhou Emperor Wu Cong disappeared, suspected to be [***] killed.

Since then, the Southern Zhou Dynasty has disappeared, the Tang Dynasty has dominated the world, the war has subsided and entered a stage of stability, and the people can finally no longer be disturbed by the war.

After a month-long persuasion by Yang Ping'an and his daughters, Wu Cong finally figured it out, gave up the last wish of his ancestors, and was willing to be a good wife and mother, and teach her husband and children at home.

Eight years later, Yang Fu crowned Chengren, Yang Ping'an handed over all the power in his hands, and wanted to take the beauty to live in seclusion, but was stopped by Yang Fu.

As Yang Fu grew up and showed the potential of the Ming Dynasty, many officials in the court were worried that the collision between the Ming Emperor and the powerful ministers would bring disaster to the Tang Dynasty, which had just settled down.

What is unimaginable to them is that Yang Ping'an is not in love with power, and Yang Fu has a deep affection for Yang Ping'an, and insists on refusing to let him resign, even Yang Ping'an can't figure it out.

Later, Su Min told the inside story, it turned out that she told him all about Yang Fu's life experience a few years ago.

A few years ago, Yang Fu, who was in his teenage years, inevitably developed a rebellious mentality, and there were rumors in the palace that Yang Ping'an had an affair with the Empress Dowager Su, which made his attitude towards Yang Ping'an change greatly.

Su Min was worried that their father and son were at odds with each other, so he found an opportunity to tell Yang Fu the truth, Yang Fu's growth has always been accompanied by rumors of his life experience, when he learned his true life experience, but also knew that he was the descendant of the Mandate of Heaven, although he was shocked, but accepted it within a few days.

For him, he is the emperor, and it is enough for his father Yang Ping'an to assist him with all his heart.

The determination of blood once again evoked his memories when he was young, the flesh and blood relationship with Yang Ping'an, and he also understood the rumors about the Queen Mother having an affair with Yang Ping'an.

Therefore, he didn't want Yang Ping'an to leave, because in that case, it would not only be Yang Ping'an who would leave, but also his mother Su Min, and all his relatives would leave him.

Yang Fu, who had never experienced the intrigue of fighting for the throne, did not cultivate an iron-hearted heart that his six relatives did not recognize, so he did not allow Yang Ping'an to leave the Eastern Capital.

He named Yang Ping'an as the Duke of Anguo, built the Anguo Mansion in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang, and gave Yang Ping'an a long life...... It's still a little early, though.

At the same time, the palace annex was built next to the Anguo Mansion for the Empress Dowager Su to recuperate again, which was actually a chance for the two to meet.

Since then, the hidden dangers of Datang have been eliminated, and Yang Ping'an has lived the leisurely life he has always wanted with Zhongmei.

(End of book)