Chapter 80: It's Time to Go Home

On the first day of the fifth month of the second year of Yonglong, the imperial court issued an edict, announcing the rebuilding of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, and the seat of governance was the location of the original Hanhai Metropolitan Governor's Mansion at the Kunkun waterside, that is, when the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate was first established, the seat of the Metropolitan Protectorate, with Cao Huaishun, the deputy general of the Dingxiangdao march and the general of the Right Guard, as the Metropolitan Protector of the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei and the comforting envoy of the Antbei Metropolitan Protectorate, and the Left Guard General Liu Jingtong and the Right Guard General He Jiami as the Deputy Metropolitan Protector.

Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate set up Shan Yu Metropolitan Protectorate and Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate, with Liu Jingtong concurrently leading Shan Metropolitan Protector Mansion, and He Jiami leading Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate.

Shan Yu Duhufu was in charge of the original place to which it belonged, and the administrative office was still in Yunzhong City, and was ready to move to the first line of Heicheng north of the Jinhe River, but two new capital governors, namely Dingxiang Governor's Mansion and Sangqian Governor's Mansion, built a large-scale city in the area of Zhenshui north of Yinshan in the original Heicheng Land for military garrison.

The Hanhai Governor's Mansion consists of the Hanhai Governor's Mansion, the Jinwei Governor's Mansion, the Yanran Governor's Mansion, the Lushan Governor's Mansion, the Guilin Governor's Mansion, the Helan Governor's Mansion, and the Lushan Governor's Mansion, and sets up ten prefectures such as Yuxi and Gaoque, which were established in the Longshuo period, but they were all abolished in the next few years, and this time it was just a reset. Unlike at the beginning, although the governors of each prefecture and the assassins of each prefecture were still held by the heads of each tribe, the deputy governors and Sima positions were all held by Han officials appointed by the imperial court, and the county-level officials to which they belonged were also configured.

Therefore, the imperial court appointed a large number of officials to serve in the capital of Anbei, and for a time, the Baqiao outside Chang'an City was crowded with people who sent these officials to serve in Anbei.

In the edict, the imperial court ordered Cao Huaishun, the newly appointed protector of Anbei and the pacification envoy of Anbei, to lead his officials at all levels to immediately lead an army of 60,000 people, cross the desert, enter the vicinity of Kunshui, build a city, and prepare to garrison it for a long timeβ€”β€”

At the southern foot of Yin Mountain, the big tent of the marching department of Dingxiang Road was full of people.

As soon as the imperial court's edict to reset the capital of Anbei was delivered, Pei Xingjian immediately summoned the generals of his department to announce this particularly important matter.

After Liu Yibu broke through the tooth tent of the Turkic Ashina Funian, and together with Cao Huaishun, he forced the Xue Yantuo Department led by Dusha, Cheng Wuting and Li Zhishi joined forces to eliminate the remnants of Ashina Funian, Li Wenxian, He Jiami, and Liu Jingtong jointly defeated the remnants of Ashina Fu, and after Ashina Funian held Ashina Fufu to ask me to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, the men and horses of each department arrived on the south side of Yinshan Mountain and joined Pei Xingjian's department, Pei Xingjian also reported the detailed battle report that our army had completely quelled the Turkic rebellion, and reported to Chang'an as quickly as possible. and put forward his own opinions on how to deal with the affairs of this area.

In the following days, the armies of all walks of life rested on the south side of Yinshan, and in the process of resting, our army accepted the surrender of Xue Yantuo's other departments, Dahun and other departments, and the surrender of more than 200,000 people from these departments made Pei Xingjian a little surprised. The surrender of 200,000 people, plus the 200,000 captives captured by our army the year before, and the nearly 100,000 captives captured this time, it can be said that nearly half of the population in the original Anbei area has been captured by me or asked me to surrender, and more of these tribes have rejoined my Tang Dynasty, and my influence in this area of Tang has reached an unprecedented level, for Pei Xingjian, who created this miracle, how can I not be surprised!

Pei Xingjian read out the order of the imperial court to rebuild the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei, and announced the chief officials of the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei at all levels.

Pei Xingjian said after reading out the edict of the imperial court: "Ladies and gentlemen, the war of our army to suppress the Turkic rebellion has basically ended, and the next thing to do is how to strengthen the governance of this area.

The Dingxiangdao army is not a division, and the affairs in this area are still handled by Pei Xingjian, how to deploy the army entering Mobei, which is also what Pei Xingjian needs to do before leading the division, Pei Xingjian has privately discussed with Liu Yi, Cao Huaishun and other generals after receiving the edict, and now it is just announcing the final decision.

Pei Xingjian pointed to a large map hanging in the tent and announced: "Cao Huaishun and He Jiami led 40,000 horses and horses to make a detour from the southwest side of the desert, cross the Hunyi River, and enter the north of the desert..."

"Yes, Dashuai!" Cao Huaishun and He Jiami were ordered to respond.

Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate and Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate are not in the same place, but are far away and far apart, Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate is located in the lower reaches of the Kun River, and Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate is located in the lower reaches of the Dule River, the two places have a gap of hundreds of miles, from the Yinshan line through the desert southwest to the lower reaches of the Kun River, it is a relatively straightforward road, but to reach the location of the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate, just have to detour a lot of roads, from the Yinshan area directly through the desert, that is the most straight line and distance, but the deep desert environment is harsh, In addition, the movements of the tribes in the Mobei area who asked for surrender were not known, so in case of emergency, Pei Xingjian still ordered the two troops to march together, support each other, and pull out hundreds of thousands of livestock and other considerable quantities of grain and grass as military supplies.

The people and horses left in the Shan Yu Protectorate, because this area has just experienced a war, the tribes have been hit, the strength has been greatly reduced, our army has won a new victory, the morale is booming, and it is not far from Yunzhong City, so it can be helped, so both in terms of troops and the distribution of various military supplies, it is much less.

Pei Xingjian then announced the arrangements of several other ministries: "Liu Jingtong, Li Jingjia, and General Hua Dazhi led 20,000 horses to garrison Shan Yu in the territory of the Duhu Mansion, and immediately began to build the city... General Li Zhishi led the original Fengzhou border army and the original one, a total of 20,000 people, to return to Fengzhou and Xiazhou, General Li Wenhui led the headquarters back to Youzhou, and the rest returned to the dynasty with the commander's division..."

Liu Yi knew about Pei Xingjian's arrangement one step earlier, the appointment of these generals was arranged by the imperial court, Pei Xingjian was just a proposal, but most of Pei Xingjian's proposals were adopted, but the appointment of Li Jingjia and Hua Dazhi was outside Pei Xingjian's proposal, and these two generals Pei Xingjian originally did not advise them to stay in Anbei, which was another appointment of the imperial court.

However, Liu Yi felt that it was fortunate that Li Jingjia and Hua Dazhi would be newly appointed as governors and guard northern Xinjiang.

After Pei Xingjian announced a series of orders, he led the generals to prepare.

Liu Yi also followed the other generals out of Pei Xingjian's big tent, and just after walking a few steps, a guard outside the handsome tent chased after him, and saluted Liu Yixing and said: "General Liu, the marshal still has something to tell you..."

Liu Yi was about to go back to his place with Zhang Qianxuan, Yang Yuanyan, Li Jingjia, Hua Dazhi and other generals, when he heard Pei Xingjian's personal guards coming back and called, he also ordered the generals to say a few words, and immediately followed the herald's personal guards back to Pei Xingjian's big tent.

Liu Yi saw Pei Xingjian sitting in the tent very leisurely, with some wine and food in front of him, and he understood his intentions, but he still went up and saluted according to the etiquette of the army: "Handsome..."

"Yi'an, come, let's drink together and talk about something!" Pei Xingjian motioned for Liu Yi to sit down.

Liu Yi also sat down opposite Pei Xingjian as he said.

Pei Xingjian poured a full glass of wine for Liu Yi and toasted Liu Yi, "Yi'an, in a few more days, you can embark on the return journey!"

"Teacher, I didn't expect the war to go so smoothly, the Turkic rebellion was quelled so quickly, only a few months away, the war is over, back to Chang'an, it shouldn't be the end of the year!" Liu Yi sighed a little, it was still a year from the last war to the return to Chang'an, and this time it should be about the same time. Although it is said that the imperial court has carried out a series of arrangements after the war, and the generals still have a mission to bear, the tens of thousands of soldiers left behind have been under the leadership of Cao Huaishun, Liu Yi and other generals who are going to return to Beijing, as long as the military affairs are delivered, they can follow Pei Xingjian back to Chang'an, and the time to arrive in Chang'an should not be much later than the last time, and they will definitely arrive before the year.

"There are not many battles carried out this time, each war is a fatal blow to the Turks, most of Ashina Funian was annihilated, and the tooth tent was broken again, Ashina Funian has no way out except to ask for surrender, and Ashina Funian has surrendered, even if Ashina Funian is not obsessed with Ashina Funian, it will not be able to become a climate, at most the war will be extended for a while!" Pei Xingjian took a sip of wine and said, "The living forces of the tribes in the Anbei area have been seriously annihilated, and there should be no strength to rebel in a few years, where the next war may occur, in addition to the Tubo people, the most likely is the Anxi area, there are not many garrisons in Anxi, although Wang Fangyi's ability is good, but there are only 10,000 or 20,000 border troops under his command, and there is chaos in his territory, I am afraid that it will not be able to be effectively suppressed... It's a pity that in this life, I can't go to Anxi anymore..."

"Teacher, calm down in Anbei, presumably the Turks in Anxi are jealous of the attack ability of my Tang army, and may not be able to make trouble," Liu Yi also took a sip of wine, and also said his thoughts, "After returning to the court, I feel that I should go to His Majesty and Niangniang, strengthen the number of garrisons in Anxi, and take advantage of the situation to strengthen the governance of Anxi, Your Majesty and Niangniang should agree..."

"Let's talk about this after we go back to Chang'an," Pei Xingjian said lightly, "The power invested by the imperial court in Anbei is not small, and it may not take into account Anxi, if such a big move comes in Anxi, the ministers of the court will definitely oppose it, and the treasury will be emptied... Huh!"

"That's too," Liu Yi also agreed, doing such a big thing should be done gradually, take your time, Anbei and Anxi are too large, and if you rush for quick success, it may backfire.

"Yi'an, for the teacher, I think that after the army is classified, Your Majesty and Niangniang will definitely consider another big thing!" Pei Xingjian looked at Liu Yi and said.

"What's the matter?"

"Princess Taiping's marriage!" Pei Xingjian said happily, "Princess Taiping's age is not young, and when you return to Beijing, it is already the time to remove filial piety, and it is time for Niangniang to give marriage..."

"This..."

(To be continued)