A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 166 Wu Huaiyu Must Die
Chang'an Weibei, Jingyang.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the autumn wind blows, and the melons and fruits are fragrant.On the Weibei Plain, sorghum, millet, broomcorn millet, millet, soybeans, and sesame seeds all mature one after another.

It's just that on the plains this year, we can't see the joy of harvest, nor can we see the scene of harvesting in full swing.

The food planted hard by the people in Guanzhong of the Tang Dynasty has grown up after a long season, but at this time it is being trampled and snatched by the Turkic people.

Jieli moved from Wugong to Jingyang, and the mighty people and horses covered the sky and covered the earth. The Turkic people grazed their war horses, cattle and sheep in the farmland unscrupulously, eating the crops to their heart's content, and the abundant grain fed the Turkic cattle, horses and sheep to the full fat.

Jieli Khan looked at the fat cattle, sheep and horses, but he was not happy, his eyes were full of worry, and his brows were tightly wrinkled.

"Is Li Shimin still unwilling to agree?"

Zhi Shili felt the great dissatisfaction of Da Khan, but he could only answer helplessly, "No matter how I threaten, Li Shimin is not afraid. I can feel that it is not pretending to be calm, but really confident." .”

Jie Li gritted his teeth, "Where does he have the confidence? He mutinied and seized the throne, his foundation was unstable, and people's hearts were not attached. At this time, we have killed Guanzhong in one fell swoop, and we have beaten them outside Chang'an City. Where does he have the confidence?"

"Khan, the Tang people are more united than we expected. Although the three kings Li Youliang of Liangzhou, Li Daozong of Lingzhou, and Li Yi of Jingzhou did not dare to fight with us, Li Jing, Chai Shao, Qin Qiong and others are very brave. Even we Unexpectedly, Li Shimin would personally lead his troops to attack the camp in the middle of the night..."

"I have traveled to Chang'an these days, and found that although Chang'an City is a little nervous, there is no panic. Food prices have risen a lot, but there is no famine. The soldiers and civilians in Chang'an trust Li Shimin very much, especially after Kang Sumi was defeated and captured. , the people of Chang'an are no longer afraid of us."

Jieli let out a long sigh.

Now it's him who can't get off the tiger.

"You are in Chang'an, but have you found out what kind of weapon the Tang people use is the thunderbolt?"

"I found out that that kind of weapon is called Palm Thunder, and it was refined by the white-robed chief who was once offered a reward by the Great Khan."

"The thunder in the palm, what is that thing?" Xieli asked. The Turks were defeated by this kind of thing several times. Some surviving defeated soldiers described that it was the Tang people summoning the sky thunder. Xieli didn't believe it at all. The Turks worshiped the god Tengger. , worships wolves, and believes that everything in the world is bestowed by Changshengtian.

But as a profuse khan, he also knew that even the great Turkic shaman did not have the ability to summon thunder and lightning.

He even believed that it was a mysterious weapon of the Tang people.

"There are many legends in Chang'an City. Some people say that the master of Wu Huaiyu, the chief supervisor in white robes, is Xiaoyaozi, the Immortal Master of Louguan. Xiaoyaozi is omnipotent, including the method of summoning thunder.

Some people also say that the thunder in the palm is Wu Huaiyu summoning the god thunder with the method of talisman seals, and some say that it is a elixir refined by the Taoist alchemy method, which will explode when it encounters fire..."

"Have you seen Wu Huaiyu in Chang'an?"

"I've seen it from afar. I found out that he was previously appointed by Li Shimin as the commander of the Military Weapons Supervision Shenjifang, and later he was promoted to the Military Weapons Superintendent. He was suddenly dismissed recently. This Shenjifang is heavily guarded. I guess That's where the Palm Thunder comes in."

Jie Li's brows became tighter, "People in the Tang Dynasty specially built a magic workshop, doesn't that mean that this kind of palm mine can be produced continuously, and we will have to face more of this kind of thing in the future?"

A nobleman said at the side: "This palm thunder is only capable of making loud noises and splashing sparks. It is nothing special. As long as you are more careful, it is no more powerful than a rocket."

Jieli didn't agree with his words, and was defeated several times by Tangren's palm lightning, which showed that this thing was very powerful.

"We must find a way to get this palm thunder secret method over."

The noble said: "Just send someone to assassinate the white-robed chief, and it will be settled once and for all."

Xie Li thought for a while, "Wu Huaiyu, the white-robed supervisor, really deserves to be killed. I'll leave this matter to you."

"Sili, you will go to Chang'an City again and tell Li Shimin that Ben Dahan is willing to negotiate with Tang to withdraw troops. Our conditions are also very simple. As long as Tang Guo releases Shuozhou and Yunzhou to the north of Yanmen Pass, as well as Baiyu of Qingzhou in the middle The lands of Ling, Yan, Xia, Shou, Yin, Sheng, and Feng in the north of the mountain are all ceded to me for Turkic horse herding and sheep. Then I am willing to form an alliance with him and swear that I will never commit any crimes again, and I will give him a good horse. Three thousand, twenty thousand cattle and sheep."

The places Jieli mentioned are now in the hands of the anti-king Liang Shidu in Yanxia and Yinshou. The Tang Dynasty used Lingzhou as its base camp and continued to attack and defend with Liang Shi. At one time, many places were taken back, such as Xia Yushe Set up Wucheng, which is a military city established in Yanzhou by Li Daozong before he attacked Yanzhou.

However, Fengzhou and Shengzhou were also under the actual control of the Turks. In the first year of Wude, Tang took Wuyuan County of the Sui Dynasty as Fengzhou and established a general management office. However, in the sixth year of Wude, Fengzhou was abolished and will not be A large number of officials and people all evacuated to Qingzhou, and since then, the two states of Fengsheng and Hetao have been handed over to the Turks.

Xitao Xitao Yinchuan Plain is Datang's current Lingzhou, which is still firmly in the hands of Datang, and it is also an important place to crusade against the capital of Shuofang Liangshi and defend against the Turks.

However, Fengzhou and Shengzhou in Dongtao are all occupied by Turkic people, and the area around Fengzhou is still where Yushe set up his tent.

In Jieli's request to Ximian, there is actually only one Lingzhou that is now owned by Datang, but this Lingzhou is also something that Datang will never give up.

As for Daibeishuo and Yunzhou in the east, it is impossible for Datang to give up. Even if the land is sparsely populated, these are strategically important places.

"Khan, Emperor Tang will not agree to this request."

"I sent 20 cavalry to the south, I can't let me go back empty-handed, Ben Dahan agreed, but I, the Turkic 20 cavalry, would not agree.

Jieli flicked his horsewhip, and said to Sili irritably, "Of course, if Li Shimin really refuses to give in, you can also give in appropriately. We don't need Lingzhou, but Tang Guo must also admit that it will not invade our Turkic minister Liang. The Yanxia prefectures in the capital of the teacher, and if Li Shimin still refuses, he can give in a little bit. Shuozhou is no longer there, but Li Tang must not violate Dingxiangyunzhou again."

Fengzhou, Shengzhou, and Yunzhou are all controlled by the Turks now.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Fengzhou was Wuyuan County, and Zhang Changxun, the general guard, took advantage of the chaos to separate the regime. In order to protect himself, he attached himself to the Turks and was awarded the title of Li Teqin. The county was changed to a state, and he was granted the governor of Fengzhou.

Shengzhou, that is, Yulin County in the Sui Dynasty. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Zuo Yiwei Guo Zihe and the criminals exiled Yulin. Taking advantage of the famine in the county, he took 18 people to capture the county prime minister, beheaded him, opened warehouses, released grain, recruited soldiers and bought horses, and ruled Yulin. He called himself King Yongle, and united in the south. Liang Shidu served the Turks in the north, and the Turks canonized him as Emperor Pingyang, but Guo Zihe didn't dare to accept it, so he changed the title to Wulishe.

In the first year of Wude, Guo Zihe also belonged to the Tang Dynasty, and was appointed as the governor of Lingzhou, and later he was appointed as the governor of Yunzhou. Dried up.

Later, when Guo Zihe was defeated, Li Yuan asked him to move all his troops to the south and settle in Yanzhou.

Yunzhou and Shengzhou were naturally controlled by the Turks, and Shuozhou was the only place outside Yanmen Pass.

Speaking of Fengzhou, Shengzhou, Yunzhou and other places, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, they have not been able to actually control them. He sent Li Jiancheng to fight against Zhang Changxun, and finally forced Zhang Changxun to enter the court and worship General You Wuhou. However, under the huge pressure of the Turks, Li Tang finally gave up Fengsheng to the Turks in order to fight for the Central Plains wholeheartedly.

Only then did Yu Sheshe's Nanxia Hetao Jianya come into being.

The Turkic invasion was very smooth at the beginning, much smoother than Jieli's invasion of Taiyuan last year. Although almost the entire Hedong was plundered last year, in the final battle of Taigu, although tens of thousands of Tang troops and Zhang Jin were destroyed, it was a bloody battle. Japan, the Turks also suffered a lot of casualties.

This year started off smoothly, but now that they have hit the Guanzhong Plain, it is a bit difficult to get off, especially when the road has been blocked by the Tang army. Li Jing, Chai Shao, Fan Xing, and Xue Wanche are blocking the door. If the court negotiates peace, they have to fight back, but facing the dangerous and fortified city will give the Turkic people a headache.

"This is Ben Dahan's bottom line. If Li Tang even refuses to agree to this, then Ben Dahan will lead these [-] cavalry to kill eastward, break through Tongguan and Pujin Pass, kill him in Henan Province, and break through his Central Plains." Heart!"

"No one can stop me from having a hundred thousand Turkic cavalry come and go freely."

"As long as he agrees to my conditions, we will return north immediately."

At this time, Jieli is still unwilling to give up the land of Hetao and Daibei easily, and even wants to defend Liang Shidu, the last anti-king in the Central Plains, to the end.

The purpose, of course, is to make Datang lose thousands of miles of depth, so that Lingzhou and Bingzhou, the two core towns, will be directly exposed to the iron hoofs of the Turks.

As long as these lands are not lost, the Turks will always be invincible when facing Li Tang.

I didn't take advantage of it this time, so I will make a comeback next year!
"Then Wu Huaiyu must die!"

Jie Li uttered harsh words and issued a death order, this guy made Jie Li's teeth itch with hatred.

"It would be even better if we can capture him alive and tie him back. Then we can get the secret of Palm Thunder from him, and we won't be afraid of this secret weapon of the Tang people, and it can even be used by us."

"Khan is wise and mighty!"

Jieli showed a complacent expression, there were quite a few Turkic people in the city of Chang'an, and Jieli didn't think it would be too difficult to kidnap a small military officer.

Looking at the golden crops in front of him, he raised his horsewhip and pointed, "Here's an order to hurry up and snatch up the grain in the field. Even if the negotiation is successful, don't leave it to the Tang people."

(End of this chapter)