Chapter 39 Chapter Thirty-Nine

After the Liao and Song Dynasties, the first large-scale civil strife since the founding of Xixia gradually unfolded. Since the disintegration of the Tang Dynasty, dynasties have continued to rise and fall, and the only criterion to test whether they can avoid a flash in the pan is whether they can stabilize the interior, because most of these dynasties since the end of the Tang Dynasty died in the civil strife. In this regard, the Song State is undoubtedly the best. Zhao Kuangyin decisively released the military power in a cup of water, and lifted the military power of those princes who had not yet established the country, which fundamentally guaranteed the stability of the Song State regime. There was an attempted rebellion case by Zhao Guangmei. In the ten years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there has never been a single incident of rebellion by the royal family or the commander-in-chief. In fact, there has never been one since. Any empire in the world is more successful.

The Liao Kingdom did very poorly in this regard. The Liao Kingdom was established more than 50 years earlier than the Song Dynasty. Because there were many tribal chiefs with military power and great independent power, most of the royal descendants also had their own tribes, so civil strife Frequently, several emperors either died on the battlefield or died under the butcher's knife of their own people. Now it is Xixia's turn. Whether this emerging kingdom can withstand this test, even the Song and Liao countries have never been more concerned. Ganzhou Yizhi rebelled and elected Aguli as Khan, and her cousin Hena Muya served as special service and Meilu.Secret service is the prince, and Mei Lu is the head of the royal family, leading the palace guard army composed of the Aguli clan's guards.Aguli’s cousin is also said to have royal blood, tracing back to the source, and her ancestors are Fengcheng Khan and Princess Xian’an of the Tang Dynasty.

Princess Xian'an was the eighth daughter of Tang Dezong Li Shizhi. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was in decline, and the Huihe Kingdom was needed to contain the Turks, so she was married to Huihe Longevity Tianqin Khan. The Khan who was known as longevity died a year later, so She married his son Zhongzhen Khan, who was poisoned to death three months later, and the princess married his son Fengcheng Khan, who died of illness five years later. Khan, Princess Xian'an changed her husband again. Princess Xian'an married two surnames, four husbands, and three generations of grandparents, so the genealogy is quite confusing, and it is not easy to check, especially the Huihe tribe, which does not pay much attention to the inheritance and protection of cultural materials.But Su Erman didn't care too much about it, even if Aguli just wanted to find a trusted confidant, he didn't care. Although Hu Laowen died, he lost his restraint, his ambition grew further, and he was no longer satisfied with revenge, but He is not sure about eating Aguli's tribe, as long as Aguli can support and obey his decision, he will be satisfied.

Today, Suerman has taken the position of Ye Hu (deputy king), who has always been reserved for Khan's children and clan, and concurrently serves as prime minister and Abo (commander of troops and horses), while Yan Hongda, Dagan, and Qi Jin , Tutun and other officials are mostly his nephews and cronies, who can be said to overshadow the sky in Ganzhou. Su Erman was in power and high-spirited, and immediately sent troops eastward to take Liangzhou.After a year of recuperation, Ganzhou has somewhat recovered some of its vitality. In addition, the treasure of Heishui City has been unearthed, and the hype has exerted ten times the effect. Sure enough, some small tribes nearby have come to join, so the momentum is even stronger.Lurong Dengba, the prefect of Liangzhou, saw Su Erman's aggressiveness and dared not go out to fight, so he and his brother Tashi Dorji guarded Guzang City, neither surrendering nor going out to fight.

Su Erman fought for a while to no avail. When Zhang Pu returned, Mukui, who had been stationed in Suzhou, divided his troops to attack. Mukui was Yang Hao's direct confidant. Mu En also sent thousands of elite soldiers to reinforce him. Mu Kui sent troops eastward, and Aguli worried that Ganzhou would be lost, so he transferred back his own army that accompanied Su Erman to strengthen Ganzhou's defense. Fortunately, Mukui's troops are limited and he is responsible for suppressing Suzhou. He is also worried that he will be entangled in the war in Ganzhou. There will be a fire in the backyard of Suzhou, so he dare not go all out. The two sides fought a few battles, but Aguli's winning rate is relatively low. many.Su Erman saw that Aguli was strong enough to withstand the threat from the western front, and Lurong Dengba had been shrinking his head and didn't dare to fight at all, so he let go of his taboo, bypassed Liangzhou and went straight to Shatuo.

After Zhang Pu rushed back to Xingzhou, he suggested to Yang Hao to adopt a policy of appeasement, and sent back the Weiwu tribe to the nephew of the Tuoba Hanchan brothers to appease the Tuoba tribes, and then transferred his troops westward to face Surman. Yang Hao was furious when he heard the words , Forget his position as the commander-in-chief of the five armies, he was demoted to the defense envoy of Shatuo, ordered him to take crimes and make meritorious deeds, guard the only way Suerman must pass to the east, and promote his confidant Mu Sheren as a doctor to supervise the military affairs of Shatuo .

Due to the instability of the Tuoba tribes, Yang Hao needed to stay with a large number of direct troops around Xingzhou for safety. This kind of internal friction seriously restricted his strength, so there were not many defenders in Shatuo, and Zhang Pu was fighting with Zhongfang. Su Erman was overjoyed when he heard the news, and he let go of his courage and went straight to Shatuo. Zhang Pu, who was originally brave and good at fighting, was really defeated. He blindly occupied the city As for defending, Shatuo's terrain was not a place to defend for a long time. After resisting for half a month, Shatuo was forced to give up. Zhang Pu retreated and asked Xingzhou for reinforcements.

Yang Hao's army, which has always been invincible on the ground in Hexi, was finally defeated. When the news spread to Xingzhou, the whole city was shaken, and people were panicked. A group of Tuoba nobles headed by them. Tuoba Qingyun's home is full of people at the moment, it is very lively, and all the heads of the Tuoba clan are gathered here.It was late autumn at this time, the wind was blowing, the sky was full of sand, and all the trees were withered, but the big courtyard of Tuoba Qingyun's family was full of heat, and all the leaders of the Tuoba clan were beaming with joy.

"How about it, without our Tuoba clan, the king has become a toothless tiger. Back then, even Ye Luohe had to run away from the invincible army that ran across the river west, but now, even one of his women can't resist. No match, hehe! Your Majesty must be regretting it now." There was a plate of fat hand-caught mutton in front of a Tuoba headman, the juice was dripping, and he didn't know how to wipe it, so he just raised his oil-stained mouth and said triumphantly. Another big man wearing an expensive squirrel fur robe slanted down a bowl of wine, gave a heavy meal, and said, "That's right, my tribe doesn't pay, work, or work. In short, if the king refuses to let this step, I, Batu Er, will never admit that he is the master of my Tuoba clan, hum, this country belongs to him, if he is not in a hurry, I am not in a hurry, let's see who suffers in the end."

Tuoba Wu sat cross-legged at the head, looked at the excited crowd, and said with a cold snort, "Everyone, you seem to be satisfied with the current situation?" A leader stared at him and said, "Why, are you not satisfied? Your Majesty doesn't regard our brother as his own family, and we have to go through life and death for him? Your Majesty can be today without the help of our brothers? Now that Xixia has established a country, What good did we get? The day the two brothers Tuoba and Hanchan were killed, we just stood there and watched, not even farting!" The more he spoke, the angrier he became, he suddenly picked up the big bowl, and slammed it on the ground. A wine bowl was smashed into pieces: "Your Majesty is so majestic and majestic! It was Tuoba Hanchan who killed today, and you may be the one who killed tomorrow." , it’s me, it’s him!”

"That's right, that's right!" "Hey, although the king is Lord Guangcen's adopted son, he is not a member of our Tuoba family. Look at those individuals that the king has reused, how many of them are from our Tuoba family? It was different at the beginning, it will be difficult." Wuzhou, the surname is Tuoba, what is the surname of the current Xixia Kingdom?" "At the beginning? What are you talking about at the beginning? If we had the courage to send troops to drive away Yang Hao when he occupied Xiazhou, now the one sitting in the Dragon Court is Lord Li Guangrui, and Lord Li Guangrui treats us a hundred times better than the current king." "Pull it down, you don't want to think about what kind of soldiers and horses the king had in his hands back then, have you seen the Mo Dao formation and heavy armored cavalry? It's up to us, hey!" "Hugh grow up other people's ambitions and destroy one's prestige. As the saying goes, ants kill elephants more than others. What's more, at that time, he could only use these two groups of troops. The Modao formation and heavy armored soldiers were inconvenient to move, and they couldn't fight for a long time. They could only be used at critical moments Take it out to scare people, can it control the situation of the battle?" "Shh, everyone, don't talk about it. What's the use of talking about it now? If it reaches the king's ears, it will be ruined. I heard that the flying feathers are very powerful." Tuoba Wu sneered and said: "No matter how powerful it is, how many people can it have? It has to be investigated where something happened, but there are no thousands of hands and eyes, who can see everything in the world, otherwise, the chaos in Ganzhou would not be caused He didn't know anything about this field beforehand." "Everyone!" He raised his hands, clapped his hands three times, raised his voice and said: "Everyone, be quiet and listen to what I, Tuobawu, have to say." The noisy voices in the big courtyard gradually calmed down, and finally there was no sound, and countless pairs of eyes were fixed on Tuoba Wu. "Everyone, at the Great Court Meeting that day, we offered advice face to face, but the King refused to accept his faithful advice, and instead used Li Jitan, Li Tianlun, and Tuoba Cangmu to entangle us, for the two brothers Tuoba Hanchan and for ourselves. The chance to fight for rights is lost!" "The second time, the old man came forward and led me, more than a hundred leaders of the Tuoba clan, to plead for mercy. At that time, Ganzhou was in chaos. I thought that the king would take the opportunity to step down and give us a face. What happened? The result is... He used the heads of the two brothers Tuoba and Han Chan to slap us bloody across the face!" Tuoba Wu became more and more angry as he spoke, and his voice became louder. The whole hall was filled with his roaring voice: "Your Majesty doesn't regard us as his own family at all. Haven't you seen it clearly? Now that Suleman has occupied Shatuo, Your Majesty's soldiers and horses are retreating steadily, but has your Majesty ever surrendered to us because of this? Don't forget, Shazhou, Guazhou, Suzhou, and Muen Mukui's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and Lingzhou to the north, all the way The next step is to gather more troops. With just one Suleman, it is extremely difficult to get in. If Suleman returns without success, or even loses to the king, wouldn't it prove that the king can enjoy himself even if he leaves us? At that time, I am afraid that His Majesty will be even more unscrupulous, and we will become fish in His Majesty's hands. The means we use against His Majesty today will be evidence of our resistance to the edict in the future. What will happen to the two brothers Tuoba and Hanchan if they resist the edict? You are all clear, shall we... want to follow in their footsteps?" Tuoba Wu's voice came to an abrupt end, and the lingering sound really had the effect of lingering. The hall was so quiet that even a needle could be heard clearly. After a long time, someone said unexpectedly: "You... what do you mean? Do you want us to give in to the king and take the initiative to send troops to help?" Tuoba Qingyun stroked his beard and said: "I'm afraid...it's useless. You don't even look at who the king trusts and values ​​the most, and what the king wants, you still can't see it? Unless Let's dedicate the whole tribe to Xingzhou honestly and be idlers, otherwise... it won't be able to satisfy the king's appetite. Dear clansmen, the king is originally from the Song Dynasty. Do you know how those Jiedu envoys with heavy soldiers in their hands were able to preserve their lives and wealth after Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor of the Song Dynasty?Are you...willing to give up your tribe? " Tuoba Wu said loudly: "Of course I don't want to! This grassland, this tribe, is handed down from our ancestors, and no one can take it away! Give up all this, in exchange for an official position, and live a peaceful life in Xingzhou? Even if Yang Hao doesn’t bother us, how long can we be rich? Can our descendants be officials from generation to generation? Can our family still be rich from generation to generation? Will we have the face to meet our ancestors after a hundred years?” Some brains have reacted flexibly, and asked in a deep voice: "Tuobawu, what do you mean?" Tuoba Wu clenched his fists and said awe-inspiringly: "Since he, Yang Hao, doesn't take soft things, let's fight hard! If Suerman can't get into Xingzhou, let's help him!" Someone said dumbfounded: "Isn't it? Let the Huihe people in? What good will that do us?" Someone immediately retorted: "Why are you so stupid? There are heavy soldiers gathered around Xingzhou. If Suleman really came in, how much trouble can he cause? That old guy who lost his son has been dazzled by the revenge of losing his son. Tuoba Wu means to use him to create chaos, let's take this opportunity to make a military remonstrance!" Hearing that they were going to resist Yang Hao by force, all the leaders looked at each other, some were gearing up, their eyes showed bloodthirsty excitement, while some looked away, feeling timid.Seeing this, Tuoba Qingyun hurriedly said: "Yang Yanlang, who was originally stationed in Yinzhou, is now stationed in Xiaoguan, while Zhang Pu, who retreated and defended, has been suppressed by planting and release. He is not very successful in front of the king. He has already complained. From him His dissatisfaction can already be seen in the battle with Su Erman. There is only one Yang Jiye in Xingzhou now. At least half of the palace guards come from Cheng Shixiong, and Cheng Shixiong is in love with the old owner of the inn, but his old owner was assigned by Yang Hao Shazhou, huh, so...if someone acts as Suleman's internal response...it's dangerous, but it's not dangerous at all." Tuoba Wu immediately said: "That's right, as long as we put our minds together, there is great hope for this matter. Of course, Yang Hao, the king, will still be kept. If he dies, our Xixia Kingdom will be torn apart, but the king The treacherous ministers around you who deceive the public with false rumors and steal power, such as Zhong Fang, Ding Chengzong, and even our Tuoba family traitors Li Tianlun, Li Jitan, Tuoba Cangmu and his son, must die! At that time, Yang Hao would not be able to rely on my Tuoba family.All those present here today are members of my Tuoba clan. On and around the house, there are people from Uncle Qingyun’s clan holding arrows to guard them. There is no doubt about their safety. You can open your mind and speak freely!Everyone, be willing to join hands with me and fuck him vigorously! " ... In the palace, Ding Chengzong and Yang Hao sat opposite each other, Ding Chengzong put down his son and said in a deep voice: "Tuoba Wu, Tuoba Qingyun is about to move." "Tuoba Wu, Tuoba Qingyun?" Yang Hao was stunned, holding the flag and pondering, and said for a long time: "Their tribe is near Lingzhou, if they respond inside, it will be really effective. No wonder they seem to have However, they... probably aren't the ones I want to find." Ding Chengzong smiled and said, "The reason?" Yang Hao said: "The changes we have mastered before are not something these two people can do." On the chessboard, Ding Chengzong went straight to the middle, attacking fiercely, Yang Hao ignored it, he lightly put down a piece, but gave way to the middle, and played it in the right corner, the left and right pieces echoed each other, forming a pincer attack, "pa As soon as the ground fell, Yang Hao said decisively: "Let them in! I won't pull the string if I don't see devils!" "what?" Yang Hao laughed and said, "I mean... I don't see rabbits... I don't want to hawk."