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After Satuk was corrected, the envoys offered gifts, Zhang Mai received the Quran, but gave back a copy of the Commentary on the Thirteen Classics, and received gifts from the Bouweich brothers, and gave the beauty to Guo Luo in public, the gold to the soldiers, the sword to Guo Wei, and the war horse to Yang Xin. To read the latest chapters, please lock in Aishang Novel Network biquge.infobiquge.info followed by another gift, but it is a beautiful silk robe, and a rough map, the map between the Aral Sea and the Arabian Sea, along the mountains, deserts, rivers, forming a dotted line, east of the dotted line in six characters written "Datang"!

Zhang Mai's dotted line encompasses the five Central Asian countries and Afghanistan today, and its border is about the border between Iran and Afghanistan today, and then extends north to the Aral Sea.

When Watik and the others were shocked, He Chungshan paid attention to the messenger of the Bouweich brothers, and when he saw that he was not moving, he thought to himself: "The line of the marshal is still within the range that they can accept!" Then he saw that the messenger looked at the silk robe and pondered, and said to himself: "The marshal has given this silk robe, which is a hint that he is willing to reopen the Silk Road, so as to make peace." ”

Zhang Mai swept the corner of his eyes, pointed to the map and said, "I want to build a twin city in this place." I will send people to manage the eastern city, and the western city will be in charge of the Bouweich brothers, and the silk from the east will be transferred here, and then transferred to the heavenly kingdoms. ”

After listening to the translation, Bouweich's envoy couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, and thought to himself: "If he wants to build the Twin Cities to be managed with our emir, then he will not go west in a short time, and these Twin Cities will become the middle point between the Tang Dynasty and the Heavenly Side." Moreover, the silk gathers here and then transports to the countries of the heavens, which is equivalent to letting my clan act as the sole agent of the western section of the Silk Road! ”

Watik's face changed slightly, and he thought: "The Bouweich brothers have long wanted to enter Baghdad with the intention of usurping the throne, but they have not yet completely stabilized internally, and there is a great enemy of Zhang Mai in the east, if the twin cities are built as soon as Bouweich is built, there will be no worries, and with the endless supply of silk from the east, the Bouweich brothers are bound to be rich, and who else can prevent them from entering Baghdad at that time?" ”

Zhang Mai said: "It's just that Hezhong decided to spend most of my strength on the reconstruction of Hezhong, but this Shuangtaro City needs the Bouweich brothers to contribute." ”

The place he pointed to was far west of Bukhara, but it happened to be in the middle of the former sphere of influence of the Saman and Bouweich brothers, and on a communication artery, the envoy of Bouweich did not speak much before he said: "If the Heavenly Khan has such a grand wish, our emir is willing to send 100,000 men to carry stones for the Heavenly Khan."

Wei Renpu and the others were overjoyed when they heard this, but Zhang Mai only smiled slightly on his face and said: "It's not for me to carry stones, this twin city is a friendly city between Datang and Tianfang, this is a matter for the two of us." ”

The envoy of the Bouweich brothers said: "What the Heavenly Khan said is that this is a matter for our two families, and I will definitely return to the emir after I go back, and then send my noble ministers to meet the Heavenly Khan." ”

Zhang Mai pointed at Guo Luo and said: "I will entrust the matter of the Twin Cities to General Guo, and let Bouweich discuss it with General Guo." ”

The envoys of the Bouweich brothers saluted and said yes, and that night Zhang Mai feasted all the envoys and dispersed.

After the messenger dispersed, his poison stayed in Bukhara for ten days, and sent many famous generals under his command to inspect the land, and set up a stone monument, at this time Zhang Maiwei's name was far away, no one in the entire Western Regions was not in awe, no clan was not in awe, the stele was often regarded as a holy place by the tribe where it was located, and some ignorant herdsmen even touched the stele to heal, exorcise ghosts, and ask for season, but these are all later words.

Zhang Mai himself traveled very slowly on the road from Bukhara to Samarkand, receiving all ethnic groups and tribes and receiving their worship along the way.

The stability in the river and the construction of the twin cities are trivial and complicated, after Zhang Mai arrived in Kangju, he entrusted the former to Guo Luo, and appointed the latter to Liu An, and he made Guo Bian still return to India, Guo Bian was reluctant to give up, Wei Renpu said: "Now although the generals have military power and land, but they have not obtained the title, it is advisable to be a prince again, in order to stay in the heart of the Liang general." Otherwise, in the form of the Western Regions, the second and third generations will be alienated. ”

Zhang Mai's original intention was not to make such a feudalism, but the situation in the Western Regions was different from that of the Central Plains.

At this point, Zhang Mai made up his mind, and ordered Wei Renpu to draft documents, gradually canonized, and in accordance with the ancient rites of the Spring and Autumn Period, to the meritorious generals to be awarded the title of the marquis and the five barons, each of which is divided into three grades, a total of fifteen grades, the duke hereditary replacement, the marquis V and beheaded, the fourth count and beheaded, the viscount III and beheaded, the baron will stop again, and the descendants can be crowned and renewed if they have merit.

Guo Luo and Yang Yi were named dukes, Guo Luo temporarily took Kangju, Yang Yi temporarily took Luntai, Shi Ba, Guo Wei, Xue Fu and others were the high-grade marquises, Guo Bian was the low-grade marquis for opening India and attacking Bukhara, and he also had to be the low-grade marquis, and he was regented in the Xindu City.

Zhang Mai said to Guo Bian: "Xiao Bian, although India is now wild, it is also a big ancient country, and it is easy to forge ahead, with us as your backing, although you open up the territory to go, I have a hunch that the future achievements may surpass your brother." ”

Zhang Mai stayed in Kangju for another ten days, dealt with some calming work, and then continued to travel eastward, and soon after leaving the city, he immediately changed into a fast horse, galloped all the way, passed Ningyuan, passed Shule, he is now an emperor, but after Ningyuan, the speed of returning to the east is much faster than a rapid march.

Although Wei Renpu and others are civil officials, they have also been accustomed to long-distance driving in the past two years, so they can still follow suit. The guards of a prefecture and the two divine arrow battalions on the left and right, guarding Zhang Mai and his core decision-making level, entered the ground of Hexi in the late autumn of the fifth year of Tiance, this year the north wind came early, and the snow had already begun to fall in Guazhou at the end of September.

Murong Chunhua was ordered by Yang Yizhi to come to Guazhou to greet him, and Xue Fu from Liangzhou also sent Xue Suding to meet them. Feng heard the latest news from the Central Plains.

It turns out that in the past year, the Central Plains can be said to be turned upside down!

After Li Congke's repeated failures, he finally lost the country, Luoyang also lost after Zhang Jingda's defeat, Shi Jingjiao led the troops into the eastern capital, and said that the emperor ordered the world Henan, Hedong Prefectures and Taiban to surrender to Guanzhong Prefectures, and some of them were attached to Luoyang, and some of them were connected with Tiance and Shu, and the Dingyan army took the opportunity to announce its attachment, Shu took the opportunity to annex part of the territory close to Hanzhong, Shuo Fang announced that Li Congke kept the festival, and at the same time Zhao Dejun seized part of Hebei and Shandong, and the Khitan occupied the entire Central Plains of Yandi, It can be said that it has become a mess of porridge!

Zhang Mai has been receiving these pieces of information one after another when he was in the near west, but they have not been kept secret, and then Xue Suding came and brought the latest military information and said: "The marshal is not good!" The Khitan suddenly sent troops from the Eilechuan River and went south in two ways to attack Taonan and Shuofang! ”

Zhang Mai exclaimed: "Elechuan! ”

Since the chaos in the Central Plains, because Liangzhou side adheres to the strategy of defending the east and attacking the west, so Xue Fu has been preparing for active defense, he has been making a close connection along the Yellow River to prevent a fierce attack from the east, after the news that Zhang Mai arrived at any time in the west, Xue Fu gradually adjusted the strategy, changed the active defense to the preparation of both offense and defense, at the same time, Cao Yuanzhong and many feudal towns in Guanzhong secretly communicated with each other, as long as the time came, Zhang Mai gave an order, the north was difficult, and Xue Fu could march at the same time to seize the Guanzhong Plain.

Liangzhou also thought that the Khitan might launch an attack on the Tiance regime, but since the Central Plains Rebellion, Yelu Deguang has been active in Hebei, and a few days ago it was reported that Shi Jingjiao wanted to cede Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures in exchange for Khitan support. These are all unexpected by everyone in the world!

These three places, although the Taonan region and the Dingyan area are still owned by the Later Tang Dynasty, but the Tiance regime has a very strong control over this, Shuofang also has a good relationship with the Tiance regime, although Zhang Xichong is known as Li Conghe Shoujie, but Guo Fen has also been fighting for him to be able to peacefully merge into Tiance, Yelu suddenly attacked these three places, it is equivalent to a war against Zhang Mai!

At this time, Zhang Mairen was in Guazhou, thousands of miles away from Taonan and Dingyan, with a dark face, and said, "Then how is the battle situation now?" ”

Xue Suding said: "Just a month ago, Yelu Deguang and Shu Luping also sent envoys to Liangzhou to show goodwill, and even Shi Jingjiao also sent envoys to sue for peace, claiming that as long as the marshal recognizes his throne, he is willing to cede the party, and at the same time he is willing to respect the marshal as a brother, and make each other emperor, emulating Qin Qi of the Warring States, and respecting both the east and the west." ”

Zhang Mai sneered: "Who is the same as him!" What qualifications does a traitor have to call me a brother? Besides, Shuo Fang is no longer in Shi Jingjiao's hands, and he can do it with things that are not in his hands! As for the Khitan coming to show goodwill, it is really false! ”

"Yes!" Xue Suding said: "But in the matter, no one expected that the Khitan would choose this opportunity to suddenly go south and attack in multiple ways, and the troops transferred are all elite cavalry from Mobei and Monan!" In just a few days, it swept through Taonan, Fuzhou and Linzhou were lost one after another, most of Shuofang's territory was also broken by Huma, Zhang Xichong was also defeated in the battle, and retreated to Lingzhou.

The people of Fulin Erzhou and Taonan fled into Dingyan under the drive of the Khitan, and there were not so many people who could not survive in the difficulty, and these refugees fled westward, and now in addition to Lingzhou and Xiazhou, which are still struggling to support, the entire Hetao area north of Yanzhou has all fallen into the hands of the Khitan! And all of this in just a few days! ”

"In just a few days!" Zhang Mai said: "In this way, Yelu Deguang's plan is really well-intentioned!" ”

Xue Suding said: "Our army in order to go west, manpower and material resources to the west, Xue Dudu's troops in the hands of the Khitan can not compete with the Khitan, although the elite soldiers and horses who returned from the river have been stationed in Liangzhou, but most of them are exhausted, can not immediately put into the battlefield, the governor heard that the marshal returned to the east, so he sent the last general starry night to report the battle situation ahead, Xue Dudu said, our army is now self-protection, aid Lingzhou, Xiazhou is beyond the power of the force, if you want to help, I am afraid that you will take care of one or the other, but if you don't help, once Lingxia is lost, Then our many years of operation in the north will have to go down the drain, and our situation in the Central Plains will also be very passive, how to deal with it, please ask the marshal to decide as soon as possible! ”

Zhang Mai groaned slightly, Wei Renpu was sick beside him, he rarely rushed to speak on military matters, but at this time he said sharply: "Marshal!" Taonan and Yanyun must not fall into the hands of the Hu people! Those are the two gateways of Hebei, Hedong and Guanzhong! If these two places fall into the hands of the Khitan at the same time, then the Central Plains will be like fish on the anvil and let it be slaughtered! ”

Zhang Mai said: "Daoji doesn't have to be excited, with me for a day, I will not allow Hu Er to run rampant!" A messenger was called: "You go back immediately to tell Xue Fu, I will let Guo Wei cross the Yellow River immediately, and when I arrive, I will carry out a counterattack!" At the same time, inform Lingzhou and Xiazhou, and wait for me to fight the Khitan! ”

Xue Suding said: "General Guo's troops and horses, I'm afraid they haven't been sent to the battlefield yet!" ”

Although Guo Wei's department was an elite, they had just gone through a thousand-mile drive, and before the Western Expedition, they had just experienced the Battle of Luntai, and those who had participated in two major battles in succession were extremely tired mentally and physically, and if they wanted to recover from this state, they could not rest for a few days.

Zhang Mai said: "Don't ask more, do my orders!" ”

Xue Suding didn't dare to say more, and Murong Chunhua said: "Marshal, this time our army's westward expedition has hurt its vitality, and our army will definitely not be able to fight again this year!" Please be cautious in this matter. Even if Shuofang and Taonan are lost, they can be recaptured in the coming year, but if the elite generals are lost, they will not be able to form elite soldiers if they want to reconvene. ”

Zhang Mai said: "I'll take my own Zhang, you can bring my letter to Yang Yi last night, and go back to Luntai." Stroking the red satin blood spear, he said word by word: "Don't say that it is a strategic place like Shuofang and Yanyun, in my hands, even an inch of land cannot be lost!" ”

The young generals beside him were all enthusiastic when they heard this.

Guazhou guards are about to welcome Zhang into the city to avoid the snow. Zhang Mai said: "The military situation in the East is urgent, and the people are in dire straits, so they can't be delayed because of this little snow!" ”

Just talk to Xue Suding on the horse, still pat the horse to the east, all the way to the city does not enter, meet the house does not live, are on the outskirts of the city to set up tents, such a way of walking is fast, but if the march is a taboo, even if Zhang Mai's guards and the arrow battalion are elite, tens of thousands of miles without rest to drive can not stand it, Zhang Mai has already begun to get lucky, when he arrived in Ganzhou, he lost a circle, and the accompanying soldiers were all discouraged, Wei Renpu was even sick, Zhang Mai let him rest in Ganzhou, Wei Renpu said: "Marshal clerical matters, More ministers, when the ministers are not there, I am afraid that there will be suffocation when the upload is issued, I am still young, I can support it, how can I go back to Liangzhou and then recuperate. ”

The people and horses looked at the people who were about to enter Liangzhou, Guo Fen greeted the people and horses had not yet seen, first at the foot of Yanzhi Mountain, I saw thousands of people wearing linen and wearing filial piety, kneeling on the road, the pioneer went to investigate, and came back and said: "Qi Yuyuan is the original scholar in a pick, and the leader is called Fan Qian." ”

Wei Renpu sighed in the car, and those scholars saw Zhang Mai's poison and were already shouting in unison: "Marshal! Central Plains Bandang, please save me Huaxia and save the people in the world! ”

A new big war is about to break out!

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