The memorial submitted by Zhao Ziliang to the imperial court on accepting the surrender and surrender of Xituyuhun, and recommending that Murong Jieyan be canonized as King Bailan and Governor of Haixi was quickly approved.
The New Year had just turned, and on the tenth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Tianbao, The court's reply arrived, approving what Zhao Ziliang had played, and sending a special judge to Zhao Ziliang.
This person was Yan Zhenqing, who had met Zhao Ziliang several times in the court and had a great influence on later calligraphy.
Yan Zhenqing brought the imperial court's canonization document and official seal for Murong Jieyan.
When he saw Zhao Ziliang, Zhao Ziliang was leading the army and civilians to build a city in Fuqi City, and they were working in full swing.
Fuqi City is located on the west side of the West Sea.
It was originally the royal city of the Tuyuhun Kingdom.
Since Xue Rengui was defeated by the Tubo people on the Qieji Grassland, the original eastern Tuyuhun was occupied by the Tubo people.
Fuqi City naturally fell into the hands of the Tubo people.
Over the years, the Tubo people People have not done much to repair the city, so that the city is almost in ruins.
Zhao Ziliang did not plan to build the city high.
The purpose of building the city was mainly to keep out wind and snow and to surround livestock, rather than for defense.
Besides, the area was sparsely populated.
It was impossible to build the walls of a city several feet high.
Maybe, there aren't that many laborers to do this work.
Under the leadership of Zhao Ziliang, the city wall was built to a height of two feet.
This height did not require much labor, stone, rammed earth, or much technical content, and it also had certain defensive capabilities.
Nomadic soldiers who were not good at attacking cities It is not easy for a horse to climb such a high city wall.
Some Tuyuhun people originally lived here, and this city was an important transportation hub between the east and the west when the Hexi Corridor was unavailable from the fourth to the sixth century, and its geographical location was always important.
During the Sui Dynasty, the seat of Xihai County was located here.
Zhao Ziliang decided to set up the seat of Xihai County here after careful consideration.
It is on the west side of Qinghai Lake.
Not only can he keep an eye on the west Tuyuhun in Bailan, but he can also attack Mantou City in the southeast of Xihai with the army and civilians of Longyou Road. , Gongji City, and the Tubo army in Huayuan City.
"Okay, pull up!"
Zhao Ziliang tied the rope to a big stone and shouted to the soldiers on the city wall.
The soldiers shouted together through the pulley group while pulling the big stone up and building it on the city wall.
Zhao Ziliang was about to tie another rope to a big rock nearby.
At this time, Ma Lin came from behind with an official in his thirties wearing official uniforms and clasped his fists and reported: "General, the imperial court sent you The judge has arrived."
Zhao Ziliang tied the rope and shouted to the soldiers on the wall: "It's time to pull."
After shouting, he turned around, nodded to Ma Lin, and looked at the civil servant next to him.
This man was in his thirties, with a long beard and a plump face.
Perhaps he had not adapted to the climate here in the plateau area, and his expression was dull.
He looked so good.
He felt that this person looked familiar.
Before he could think of it, he saw this person bowing and saying, "The new judge of Xihai Dudu Mansion and the governor of Xihai County, Shi Yan Zhenqing, pays homage to the general."
Hearing Yan Zhenqing introduce himself, Zhao Ziliang clapped his hands and said with a smile: "I remember, Mr.
Qingchen, we have been ministers in the same palace for a long time, and we have met several times.
By the way, twice.
You also read a certain book from the Holy Spirit, right?"
Yan Zhenqing belonged to Li Linfu's lineage in the court.
He was once pushed out by Li Linfu as a pawn to impeach Zhao Ziliang in front of the emperor.
Many people in the court knew about this.
Yan Zhenqing had been beating drums in his heart before he came, worried that Zhao Ziliang would hate him.
Now Zhao Ziliang is in front of him. carry This incident made Yan Zhenqing very embarrassed, and he didn't know where to put his old face.
When the soldiers and generals nearby heard that this new judge had impeached Zhao Ziliang several times in the court, they all looked at Yan Zhenqing.
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With murderous intent, this was definitely not a kind look.
Yan Zhenqing hurriedly held up his hands and said: "General, that is really not the intention of the official.
The general has also stayed in the court for several years.
You should know that sometimes you can't help yourself in the court.
Even if you are here to serve as a judge for the general, He Changshi is not what Yan wants, but don't worry, General, just do whatever the General wants to do, and the subordinates will pretend they didn't see it."
Of course Zhao Ziliang knew that Yan Zhenqing was sent by Li Linfu to monitor him and pull his pigtails.
When he heard what he said, he immediately refused: "Master Yan, this is not possible.
What is going to happen, how can you pretend that you didn't see it?"
You must know that you are the judge and chief historian of a certain country, and I, the general, rely on you for many things."
Yan Zhenqing couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "The general has misunderstood what I mean.
If the general has something to do, just give him your orders.
No one dares to disobey me."
"Okay then" Zhao Ziliang stretched out his hand and patted Yan Zhenqing's shoulder, almost knocking Yan Zhenqing off his feet, and said with a smile: "You see, I, the general, still have a lot of military affairs to be busy with.
This city-building matter is really cumbersome.
How about asking Mr.
Yan to take over?"
" The blow just now was so strong that Yan Zhenqing was so painful that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his face turned a little blue.
He grinned and promised: "Promise, I will do a good job in this matter and build the city wall as soon as possible."
After the tragic defeat of Mangbuzhi, who only escaped with his life, all the Tibetan troops stationed along the west coast of the West Sea withdrew.
The Tubo people also knew that after this defeat, the area around the West Sea would probably not be saved.
Instead of letting the troops deployed here be destroyed If the Tang army swallows it, it is better to abandon this area and preserve these troops.
Just one month after the agreement with Murong Jieyan, Murong Jieyan took action against the Tubo army stationed in Bailan.
Of the three thousand Tubo soldiers, not one of them escaped, and all of them were beheaded.
No, Zhao Ziliang had just handed over the task of building the city to Yan Zhenqing and escaped by himself.
Before his butt was still hot, his brother Shuhan came to report.
"General, Murong Jieyan is here with his cavalry and will be here soon."
"Oh, let's go and have a look," Zhao Ziliang said, riding on the Wuli horse and heading south.
Ge Shuhan and Bo Lehan followed immediately with their followers.
There is a Nanshan Mountain from east to west on the south coast of the West Sea, which separates the West Sea from Bailan, the royal city of West Tuyuhun.
From Bailan to Fuqi City, one has to bypass the western end of Nanshan Mountain, and the eastern end of Nanshan Mountain is still in the hands of the Tubo people.
Murong Jieyan and his troops are there After bypassing the western end of Nanshan Mountain, we arrived at Fuqi City.
Murong Jieyan came to Zhao Ziliang with a cavalry of more than a thousand cavalry and hundreds of horses.
He dismounted from his horse, stroked his chest and saluted: "Murong Jieyan meets the general."
Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and said with a smile: "You don't need to be polite, Chief Murong.
I don't know why Chief Murong is here this time."
Murong Jieyan turned around and pointed at the human head tied to the back of a horse in the cavalry team and said: "General, the three thousand soldiers and horses of Tubo stationed in Bailan have been wiped out by our army.
Here are the heads, many of them, please check, General."
Zhao Ziliang looked in the direction of Murong Jieyan's finger, and sure enough, he saw that each horse in the cavalry team had a number of heads tied to its back.
Judging from the hair accessories and appearance, they were all Tibetan people.
He immediately smiled and said to Murong Jieyan His actions expressed his affirmation: "Okay, Chief Murong is indeed a man of his word.
You have worked hard along the way.
Please follow me to the camp to rest.
Brother Shuhan, you can take people to bury these heads."
"promise" "Thank you General" The soldiers and horses brought by Murong Jieyan stayed outside the Tang army camp to rest.
He and several guards followed Zhao Ziliang into the Tang army camp and came to the Chinese army tent.
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Zhao Ziliang had people bring hot tea, warm wine and food to Murong Jieyan.
After enjoying it, he also drank a few drinks with him.
After eating and drinking, Murong Jieyan wiped his mouth and said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, a few days ago, I sent someone to the capital city of Tubo.
Now I have sent a letter to Lhasa, clearly stating that I, Tuyuhunda Yanmangbojie, have The descendants are no longer mainly Tubo, but have attached themselves to the Tang Dynasty, advancing and retreating with the Tang Dynasty.
This is a copy of the document sent to Luo Su, please take a look at it, general."
A subordinate took a roll of sheepskin from Murong Jieyan's hand and turned around and handed it to Zhao Ziliang with both hands.
Zhao Ziliang took it and opened it and saw a statement in Chinese and Tubo writing on it to break with Tubo and join the Tang Dynasty.
Zhao Ziliang put away the parchment with satisfaction and clapped his hands.
A servant brought a roll of yellow cloth and a square object wrapped in red silk on a tray.
Zhao Ziliang took the tray and said to Murong Jieyan: "Chief Murong, no, King Bailan , now he should be called King Bailan.
The imperial decree has come down, and Murong Jieyan is officially canonized as King Bailan, and Murong Jieyan, the governor of Haixi Prefecture, accept the decree."
Murong Jieyan looked excited.
He hurriedly got up and knelt down in front of Zhao Ziliang.
He bowed respectfully and shouted: "Long live, long live, long live my emperor."
Then he very carefully took the tray and handed it to his guards.
On the fifth day of February, Fuqi City was finally rebuilt.
The area was still as large as before and was divided into an inner city and an outer city, but the city wall was only half as high as before.
After the construction of the city was completed, Zhao Ziliang immediately formed the Fuqi Army in Fuqi City.
At the same time, he used a large fighting army and the western Tuyuhun as a guide to wipe out all the Tibetan strongholds deployed in the Qaidam Basin.
Zhao Ziliang did not personally lead the troops this time.
He stayed in Fuqi City to form the Fuqi Army.
The troops were led by Ge Shuhan and Gao Xiuyan and divided into two groups to march towards the hinterland of Qaidam.
Liu Gong, the deputy envoy of the Dadou Army, stayed behind in Qi.
Lian County.
As the battle line advanced to the south of the West Sea, there was no need for the Da Dou Army to maintain a size of more than 10,000 people.
Zhao Ziliang left the Da Dou Army with a regular establishment of 7,200 men, and all the excess troops were assigned to the Fuqi Army. , a total of more than 3,800 people, including 2,000 cavalry and 2,800 infantry.
With these 3,800 as the backbone, he traveled from around the West Sea The Qiang, Tuyuhun, and Han people were recruited from the pastoral tribes to enrich the Fuqi army.
They also sent people to the hinterland of the Central Plains to recruit idle young men at high prices to guard the border.
By the beginning of March, a total of 8,500 troops had been recruited, plus the original three Eighteen hundred people, for 12,300 people, a considerable number of them have completed military training, and only 3,000 people have just entered the training period.
Including the large fighting army, Zhao Ziliang already had nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands.
With such a strong force, Zhao Ziliang turned his attention to Huayuan County, Mantou City, and Gongji County in the southeast of the West Sea, which were occupied by the Tibetan army.
City, Chuihe City, Xiqiang City, Shudun City, Minghe City and other Dafeichuan areas Nowadays, these places occupied by the Tubo people are in the gap between Longyou Road and Xihai County.
If you want to pull out the Tibetan military strongholds in these places, cooperation with Longyou Road is the best way
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