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Chapter 129 Broken Leaves Left Behind

The Talas region originally had a relatively complete defense line, but its defense line was not considered a natural danger, if the enemy and our forces were disparity, it is difficult to say whether this defense line could play a role, and the hinterland was too shallow, unless there were more supplies in the rear, it could not withstand a long-term offensive and defensive battle - this is also the reason why the Anxi Tang Army did not use this place as a base after defrauding Talas.

And now the situation in Satuk is even worse - at the beginning, the Tang army was only attacked from both sides of the east and west, but at this moment, the Talas region was still planted by Guo Luolai and a nail in his abdomen, if Zhang Mai's army moved westward, the troops of the "Destroy Tang Yan" between Talas and Julan City would be in trouble, and Kulan City would not be able to defend with all its might, and the entire defense line would collapse.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Mai sat in Broken Leaf and was not worried about the battle situation in Talas at all, and the Tang army accumulated grain in the Broken Leaf River Valley, saving the capital to continue to march into the army.

However, Satuk is not a person who sits idly by after all, although Zhang Mai implemented a pragmatic government in Lingxi, not all tribes bought it, and some patriarchs and chieftains still led their troops to Satuk out of ethnic or religious considerations, so in the past few months, there are still many Uighurs and Tianfangized nomadic tribes in the Western Regions who have entered the Talas region to join - from this incident, it can be seen that Satuk, the Great Khan, still has a certain appeal.

In the past six months, a clear dividing line has been formed between Kulan City, Shierji and the Broken Leaf Desert - to the east is the world of the Han family and the ethnic groups willing to accept the rule of the Tang Dynasty, pursuing the concept of religious equality and secularization, and to the west are the ethnic groups and religions that adhere to Huhua and Tianfang.

In the autumn and winter of the third year of Tiance, Satuk calculated the time and let Hushagar play with the false army in the layout of Kulan City, but he suddenly led his troops to break into the middle of the river.

The rebel army in front had swept away all the obstacles to the advance, and Sulai had set aside the road, so Satuk's troops marched to Baishui City and Pingge without stagnation, and arrived near Samarkand in only a month on light horse, and the main force of the large army in the rear also entered the river, and when Satuk broke here, he collected the forces of various factions and controlled more than 100,000 people.

His move is quite thunderous, Daxu pushed to Pingge, Xiqi only got the news, and then the news reached the broken leaves, the time was already the second month of winter, the weather will turn cold again, and it will be the season when it is impossible to use soldiers.

After hearing the news, Ge Dan Mo Ge Qihui and his son scolded Satuk for being cunning and abnormal, and the military generals such as Shi Ba and others all asked for orders to brave the wind and snow to attack.

Zhang Mai said lightly: "He played this trick well, but we don't have to be beaten by him, and Yiqiē is still carried out according to the original plan." On the day of spring next year, we will continue to march into the army. Guo Luo, you go south first, try to enter Xiji, Guo Wei is my front, take Talas first, and then the two sides will besiege Pingge. Let's get to Pingkatsu Castle and drink again. ”

Guo Luo suddenly said: "Marshal, my mother's mansion has been found, if you enter Talas, can you go over and see." ”

Guo Luo's mother died of illness on the way to capture Shule, and Zhang Mai and others buried her on the way, probably between Talas and Ningyuan. At that time, Pepsi was hasty, and I was afraid that the grave would be discovered and dug by the chasing soldiers, so I didn't even set up a tombstone, but just made a secret mark, and after a few years, Guo Luo and other troops controlled this area and immediately sent people to look for it, but it took a long time to find it.

Zhang Mai was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Yes, it should be." He added: "Do you want to move your mother-in-law to Ningyuan or Hexi?" ”

Guo Luo said: "Hexi is too far away, and you may not be able to settle down in Liangzhou for a long time in the future, Marshal, Fen'er will follow you, won't you have to migrate?" Although I have been guarding Ningyuan for many years, I am afraid that I will not continue to guard Ningyuan in the future. My brother and sister are not settled yet, and if we change our place of residence after the grave is moved, will we have to move again? Guo Luo really couldn't bear to let his ancestors move repeatedly. It's better to wait until all the qiē has settled down. ”

If today's policy of the Tang Dynasty will face heavy changes, the pattern of Liangzhou is only the capital of partial security, and it is not yet qualified to be the capital of a great empire. As for Guo Luo, his task of taking the helm for Tiance Datang in the past few years has been completed, and he will turn from defense to attack in the future, and finally whether to continue to go out of the town and border to split the land and seal the king, or enter the central ruling country, but it has not yet been finalized, and the brothers and sisters have not yet, so Guo Luo decided not to move the grave of his deceased mother for the time being.

Before Guo Luo was about to leave, he picked an occasion with only a few cronies and said to Zhang Mai: "The marshal leads the troops westward, but the ruler of the broken leaf has to choose a suitable person - here is the two major supplies of our army in the coming year, Ningyuan can rest assured, but the broken leaf is a new country, and not only will there be no future trouble, but you can also meet the army to the west and contact Beiting to the east." If it is not used, it will leave a little worry. ”

Zhang Mai said: "Do you have any candidates in mind?" ”

Guo Luo said: "If you want to talk about trust, it is natural that we bring the best people, but our people are not familiar with the people here, and they are not familiar with the details of the temperament of various ethnic groups and tribes, and they are not closely related to the herdsmen leaders. But we are about to use troops against the river, but we can't slowly change the customs in a few years, so I have built a Lingxi people—now those who still have dreams of Satuk have fled westward, and the rest are all those who want to make a name for themselves in our Tiance army, as long as we march smoothly, those who stay behind will generally not have any dissenting intentions. ”

Zhang Mai nodded and said, "Okay, I'll think about it." ”

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Although Guo Luo's conversation with him was top secret, I don't know why some news leaked a little, and all the ethnic groups outside knew that Zhang Mai had the intention of going west, so they all wondered who he would use after his westward expedition.

There are many generals in the Tang Dynasty, but there are not many government officials with enough ability and qualifications to guard such a large area, and there are Zheng Wei, Zhang Yi, Luo Fu and others in the east, but it is obviously impossible to come, if you want to find them around, there are two people with the highest voice - that is, Shi Huaicheng and Ge Danmo

In the winter of this year, Zhang Mai gathered all the departments in the broken leaves, assigned the generals, and ordered the chiefs of all the clans to come to see Shi Ba, and everyone guessed that Zhang Mai intended to use Shi Ba as the military commander - this was greatly unexpected by everyone, Shi Ba has always been Zhang Mai's cronies, and it is the strong hand of the Tang army.

Although Shi Ba himself was not satisfied with this arrangement, Zhang Mai said to him: "This is also your hometown, you are now back to your hometown, there is no benefit in staying for a while, and besides, you have always just charged into battle, and no one else just said that you are a reckless man, but now I will leave you another task, stay in Broken Leaves, and recruit people to train a new cavalry for me, this is not an easy thing for you, but I don't know if you can do it." ”

When Shi Ba heard this, he turned his displeasure into a happy one, and said: "Marshal, don't worry, I will definitely not disappoint your expectations, I will not only charge, how many new people are brought by me to become a general's broken leaves, here are strong people and strong horses, you leave me here alone, I can also give you a training place of one or two thousand fine horses when I turn around."

Zhang Mai laughed and said, "One or two thousand fine riders? You just blow it, you Ah Yi only have this number on hand, Ah Luo and Xue Fu haven't yet, if you can get one or two hundred thousand fine horses during my departure, I will give you a general."

The head of the military is chosen, but what about the auxiliary ministers?

Zhang Mai did not reveal his tone for a long time.

Everyone was waiting a little anxiously, Guo Wei and Shi Ba came to see each other this day, the two of them were friends, and now they are shoulder to shoulder in the army, and they are becoming more and more intimate. ”

Shi Ba said: "Why? ”

Guo Wei said: "You are about to become the general of the town guard here, although the military and the government are separated, but you can not interfere in government affairs when you have nothing to do, if something really happens, you still have to make up your mind?" Therefore, this auxiliary minister must cooperate well with you. This candidate can wait until the departure of our army to be announced, but we can't wait until the departure of the army to let you know. ”

Shi Ba nodded again and again and said, "It is reasonable, but the marshal has not said the candidate for a long time, and I can only be in a hurry." ”

"Then it depends on whether the marshal doesn't want to make it public yet, or whether the marshal can't make up his mind yet." Guo Wei said: "If the marshal doesn't want to make it public, then we might as well wait and see the marshal's arrangement, but if the marshal can't make up his mind, we have to help think about it." Anyway, you'll have to ask about it first. ”

Shi Ba pulled him and said, "Then you come with me, you can talk more than me." He took Guo Wei with him.

After hearing this, Zhang Mai pointed at Shi Ba and scolded with a smile: "You are me, who do you have to find someone to accompany you if you ask something?" ”

Shi Bahan smiled: "Marshal, the little stone is afraid of you."

Zhang Mai snorted and said, "Are you afraid of me? How many times have you played tricks on me, and you're still afraid of me? ”

Ma Xiaochun next to him also smiled, and Shi Ba said: "I dare to joke with you in private matters, when it comes to big things, I'm always a little afraid." He pulled Guo Wei again and said, "Besides, Lao Guo is not an outsider, right?" ”

At this time, Wei Renpu was sorting out his notes and interjected: "Actually, General Guo and General Shi's concerns are also reasonable. The candidates for the left-behind ministers should indeed have been decided earlier. ”

Zhang Mai pointed at him and said, "How about you stay?" ”

Wei Renpu hurriedly said: "Renpu is young and shallow, and it is difficult to convince the public. ”

Zhang Mai smiled: "You are not modest at all, and you don't say that you can't do it." He stopped and looked at the top of the big tent, and after a while, he sighed leisurely and said, "Actually, I'm a little unsure now." ”

Guo Wei said: "If you really can't pick a suitable candidate here, it's better to transfer someone from the east." ”

Zhang Mai shook his head and said, "How many people in our army are capable of civil and martial arts?" It is not easy for a pure Wenchen to settle the hundreds of tribes of Broken Leaves. No, it doesn't. Arlo said that he had to use the locals, and that made a lot of sense. ”

Shi Ba said: "It turns out that the marshal has already had an idea. Well, that old man turned out to be good too. ”

"The old man?" Zhang Mai Yiqi said: "I don't have an idea myself, you know who I'm going to choose?" ”

Shi Ba smiled: "If you are a local, then who else can there be, isn't it Shi Huaicheng, Shi Kezhuang father and son, Shi Huaicheng is very capable of hard work, Shi Kezhuang is not bad, let him be my deputy." I have their father and son to help me, and I am sure of governing Lingxi. ”

Ma Xiaochun also said: "Xiaoshi is right, these two people are really good. I have often heard of their incorruptible reputation outside, the Shi family has deep roots in Lingxi, Shi Huaicheng has a high prestige among the various ministries, and this man already had a reputation for being a virtuous minister when he was under Arslan—we all heard of his deeds when we were children in Yibohai. If he comes to be the left-behind minister, then we will definitely be able to ensure that we have no worries. ”

Zhang Mai heaved and said, "What do you know?" Ma Xiaochun didn't dare to speak again.

Seeing this, Guo Wei asked, "Does the marshal have any concerns?" ”

Zhang Mai hesitated, and sent Ma Xiaochun out to see if the mare's milk wine had come, Wei Renpu stepped forward and said: "Actually, the minister thinks that in a special period, it is not necessary to use honest officials to govern the country. ”

Zhang Mai glanced at him and said, "If it's you, who do you think is suitable?" ”

Wei Renpu thought about it for a while-in fact, he had already thought about this matter, and then he thought about how to phrase it, and finally said: "The minister thinks that it is better to use Shi Huaicheng than to use Ge Danmo." ”

Shi Bawa shouted out in the tent and said, "How can you use that corrupt official, traitor, and traitor?"

Wei Renpu said: "Actually, Ge Danmo is not an incompetent person, otherwise he would not have been able to compete with Shi Huaicheng under Arslan for so many years. Moreover, as far as I know, during his reign, the taxes of Lingxi and the property of Arslan were not reduced, and there was no major turmoil among the ministries, which shows that he still has the ability to collect taxes and reconcile the various ministries. If it weren't for Arslan being oppressed by us, and there was a big trouble like Satuk inside, Lingxi Hui might not have collapsed. ”

Shi Ba sneered: "This Ge Danmo will naturally collect taxes, he is the biggest corrupt official in Lingxi, he reconciles all the ministries?" Hmph, whoever gives him more bribes, he will support whomever he gives, and whoever gives him less bribes, he will suppress people like him to stay behind and guard the broken leaves, and the people of Lingxi will not obey him."

Wei Renpu said: "Now that the two rivers have been decided, as long as there is no big difference, there will be no accident, and there will be a violent storm in the Western Regions." Our westward expedition is imminent, and the biggest requirement for the broken leaves side is that the left-behind people can stabilize the situation, and at the same time send grain, grass and sheep to the west, as for other things, such as internal development, they can be held back. If you want to rely on Godamo to turn the two rivers into a happy land, it will definitely not work, but this person is very eager in everything after his surrender, and always wants to show his loyalty in front of the marshal, but he has never had the opportunity, if the marshal overrides public opinion and appoints him to stay behind, he will be grateful, and when the time comes, add a little supervision and balance, and you can use its long and limit its short. ”

Shi Ba didn't like Ge Danmo, and seeing that Zhang Mai was nodding slightly, he hurriedly said, "Why do you have to let Ge Danmo come?" Just let Shi Huaicheng do it, won't there be no need for any restrictions? Ge Danmo only has some partial talents, but Shi Huaicheng has some great talents, and this person is both talented and virtuous, and has a wide range of contacts in the local area. If he is here, I promise that not only will I be able to stabilize the broken leaves, but also the tribes and common people of the two rivers will be blessed. ”

Wei Renpu smiled lightly, there was no interface, Zhang Mai also smiled lightly, and said, "Dao Ji is right, just use Ge Danmo." ”

Guo Wei immediately came to his senses, but Shi Ba stared, and he couldn't understand it for a while.

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