Tiantang

Chapter 251 Zhang Xuan's prestige and the jumping clown

Chapter 259 Zhang Xuan's prestige and the jumping clown
In fact, how could Zhang Xuan's [-] to [-] soldiers and horses disappear in Tubo territory.Such a large army of horses moved, even if they tried their best to hide their whereabouts, there would be a lot of movement.

However, the Tubo Plateau is vast and sparsely populated, and many places are sparsely populated.Zhang Xuan led his army away from the city, crossed mountains and ridges, chose a route closest to Tuyuhun's hometown, and marched calmly.

Although they did not fight head-on with the soldiers and horses in Tubo, they traveled back and forth across deserts, grasslands, and mountains in Tubo - this was a long-distance march that tested the physical strength, endurance and willpower of the Tang army. It can be said to be very bitter.

Moreover, deep in the territory of Tubo, if you are not careful, you may fall into heavy siege, so the army is also tense up and down.

At the beginning, Zhang Xuan would issue some military orders that seemed weird to the soldiers from time to time.

For example, Namu Lake, which was just crossed yesterday, but after resting in front of Namu Lake for a day, Zhang Xuan suddenly ordered the army to quickly return to Namu Lake, expelled a nomadic tribe in Tubo, and then marched north. After less than a hundred miles, he turned back to the east again, circled a big circle, went back and forth, and returned to the established marching route.

At the beginning, the soldiers complained quite a bit, but later, even ordinary soldiers figured out one thing: the governor did not want to toss the soldiers back and forth because of a mental illness, but just jumped out of the Tubo The encirclement of soldiers and horses made the Tubo soldiers and horses unclear about the real whereabouts of Tang Jun, and the pursuit went in the wrong direction.

When the Tubo army and horses came to their senses, Tang Jun had disappeared without a trace.

For more than a month, this coalition army composed of Huihe, Lingzhouwei, and Shence Army gradually merged into one because of sharing joys and sorrows.And because of the successful practice of strategy, strategy and tactics, Zhang Xuan's prestige in this coalition army gradually reached a peak.

Before, as the governor, what he got was the awe of the soldiers, which is a kind of awe for power; but now, in the hearts of the [-] soldiers, Zhang Xuan is like an omnipotent military god , had a blind worship of him.

In the battle of Shancheng, the firearms showed their power, directly defeating the Stanley army and annihilating more than [-] people.Afterwards, they chased and entered Tubo all the way, and harassed Tubo all the way, making the Tubo people frightened.

Turn back to the northwest, surprise Namche City, and obtain sufficient supplies and food.After that, they went south and forced the king of Tubo to attack some cities, which made the people of Tubo frightened.And just when the Tubo people came to rescue and besiege some cities, Zhang Xuan suddenly led his army back, passed by the Tubo army and horses, occupied Qilincuo, and got supplies again... Domineering in Tubo territory, coming and going Freely, playing with the Tubo people in the palm of his hand, it all depends on Zhang Xuan's strategy and tactics.

For more than a month, although the Tang army did not face the Tubo army and horses in Tubo territory, it wiped out nearly [-] Tubo stragglers, burned several Tubo granaries and military fortresses, and once occupied three medium-sized fortresses, causing destructive power. Quite huge.

It can be said that after the Tang army withdrew, the Tubo people did not even think about slowing down for three years.

As night fell, Tang Jun set up camp at the edge of the dense forest at the foot of Bogan Mountain.

The camp of 3 people is also very important. The piles of bonfires that are cooking are bright or dark, flickering, looking down from the high slope where Zhang Xuan galloped, the stars are dotted, very spectacular.

"Great Governor, cross Bogan Mountain, which is the plain. Our army marches quickly, and we can reach the outskirts of Tuyuhun's hometown in five days." Guo Ziyi said loudly.

Zhang Xuan silently looked at the dark night and the Bogan Mountain hidden in the night, nodded and said, "General Guo, are the Tibetans behind you here?"

"Great governor, report back from the expedition. A total of 3 people from the Tubo army gathered at Namu Lake, and then chased in the direction of our army, but it was at least three days away from our army. When the Tubo people came after us, our army had already I left." Guo Ziyi's voice was a little excited, and he cupped his hands slightly towards Zhang Xuan and said, "The governor's amazing strategy, you will learn a lot in the end!"

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, and turned his head to glance at Guo Ziyi, "This commander has also learned and used it flexibly, which made everyone laugh. However, this time our army entered Tubo, and our strategic goals have been achieved."

"Disturbing the situation in Tubo and destroying the national power of Tubo... Let the Tubo people be unable to invade the border of our Tang Dynasty for several years. At the same time, it is also a kind of military training." Zhang Xuan slowly rode his horse downhill, and Guo Ziyi and others mounted their horses to follow.

"General Guo, how long can our army's food supplies last?"

"Back to the Commander-in-Chief, according to the method taught by the Commander-in-Chief, our army cooks fried noodles and barbecue, and each soldier carries them as much as possible. In addition, hunting and robbing the Tubo tribe's food along the way, it is not a big problem to persist until the squadron returns to the court. .” Guo Ziyi replied respectfully.

"Pass down the order and let the brothers hold on for a few more days. When the squadron returns to the court, the commander will reward the three armies and reward everyone with a banquet." Zhang Xuan clamped his horse's belly and ran towards the camp. The closer he was to the camp, The aroma of a kind of boiled meat is getting stronger.

For more than a month, Zhang Xuan ordered his soldiers to plunder Tibetan cattle, sheep and horses as much as possible, slaughter them, pickle them or barbecue them, so that they could be carried easily and save food as much as possible.

Cut the marinated dried meat, boil it in a pot, then add some grains to make a thick porridge, which is a delicious meal, which is enough to supplement the physical exertion of soldiers.

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The order of the imperial court and Li Heng's edict were passed on to the Governor's Mansion of Longshuo. Li Fuguo, who was originally a very low-key supervising army, suddenly became full of energy. The authority of the Governor's Mansion.

Zhang Xuan had no news, the imperial court had an edict, and Feng Changqing had no choice but to watch Li Fuguo's villain succeed, gritted his teeth and endured.

After Li Fuguo came to power, the first thing he did was to make fun of the new Tuyuhun army that was under preparation.This was the result of Zhang Xuan's single-handed promotion. A new army of [-] Tuyuhun was forming, but it was banned by Li Fuguo's decree.

At the same time, Li Fuguo took bribes from big local merchants and Tuyuhun nobles wantonly in Lingzhou, and issued government orders indiscriminately, making Lingzhou a mess.He even lifted the ban, allowing Tuyuhun to build his own city outside Lingzhou.

Feng Changqing's repeated admonitions failed, so he could only continue to endure.

But his patience has brought Li Fuguo to push forward, and the conflict between the two is getting deeper and deeper.Until one day, Li Fuguo wanted to intervene in the affairs of the firearms battalion outside the city, Feng Changqing finally broke out.

The Firearms Camp is an important protection object that Zhang Xuan repeatedly told Feng Changqing before leaving, and no one is allowed to intervene.Li Fuguo wanted to take over the Firearms Camp, how could Feng Changqing agree.

Feng Changqing contradicted Li Fuguo face-to-face, Li Fuguo was furious, and angrily denounced Feng Changqing in public, and even released a message to show the imperial court and dismiss Feng Changqing from his official position, but Feng Changqing couldn't care less about these.

Li Fuguo is just a eunuch, but Feng Changqing is a famous general in the army, and has an incomparable influence in the army that Li Fuguo can't match.Because of Feng Changqing, it was impossible for Li Fuguo to completely take over the affairs of Lingzhou and Longshuo.

Among Zhang Xuan's decrees, one of the original items was to immigrate to the front line of Helong, and move the Tuyuhun tribe there in batches as a whole, in preparation for seizing the former homeland of Tuyuhun in the future.But Li Fuguo disrupted the situation, which directly disrupted Zhang Xuan's deployment.

Not only that, Li Fuguo also ordered the [-] Longshuo soldiers stationed on the front line of the river to be transferred back to Lingzhou and Shuofang, but Li Guangbi didn't ignore him at all after his first military order was issued.

Li Fuguo issued two military orders in a row, but there was no movement from Li Guangbi's side. Li Fuguo was furious, and immediately rushed to Hezhou with more than a hundred guards.

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On September [-]th, Li Fuguo rushed to Hezhou. He waited outside the city for a long time, but he didn't see Li Guangbi leading Hezhou generals out of the city to greet him, and he was furious.

He angrily led people into the city, and found that there were many "border residents" from the front line of Shanzhou and Qinghai in the city of Hezhou.These are border residents who urgently need to be resettled. Zhang Xuan asked Zhang Xun to guide these border residents to resettle in other places.

The prefect's mansion in Hezhou City is Li Guangbi's current commander-in-chief's mansion.

Li Guangbi was discussing military affairs with Zhang Xuan and the generals of Hezhou in the lobby, when he heard the news that the supervisor Li Fuguo had arrived, he couldn't help frowning.What he hated the most in his life was the eunuch, and he was quite critical of the imperial court letting Li Fuguo temporarily take over the power in Longshuo.

This is the reason why he ignored Li Fuguo's military order.

Of course, the most important thing is that he knew that it would not be long before Zhang Xuan would spread the news, and he would attack back and forth with the first-line army horses of Hexun, take down the old place of Tuyuhun in one fell swoop, and extend Hexun as a whole into the territory of Tubo for several hundreds of years. Here, the former land of Tuyuhun was included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and great achievements were made.

Once this achievement is accomplished, Zhang Xuan's power will naturally rise to a higher level.In the eyes of Li Guangbi, Li Fuguo is just a clown who can jump around for a few days.

But Li Guangbi did not expect that Li Fuguo would come to Hezhou.

He frowned, but still stood up and smiled at Zhang Xun and the others, "Master Zhang, Supervisor Li is here, can you and I go out to greet him?"

Zhang Xun sighed softly, stood up and said with a smile, "Welcome is what you have to do. Li Jianjun was ordered to act as the governor of Longshuo temporarily. We are all subordinates, so don't be rude."

Li Guangbi smiled, "Master Zhang, what does he know about an inner eunuch? I heard that he was arrogant and domineering in Lingzhou and made Lingzhou a mess, and now he has come to Hezhou to do harm..."

The two led the generals out of the mansion side by side. Li Guangbi bowed his hands to Li Fuguo, who was standing in front of the mansion with "Gu Pan Shengwei". What business is there?"

Li Fuguo sneered, and said reservedly, "The supervising army was ordered by the imperial court and His Highness the Crown Prince of Jianguo to act as an agent for the government and military affairs of Longshuo. At this moment, it is ordered to patrol Hezhou. Does General Li have any objections?"

(End of this chapter)