15. Admiration for Annan
At the meeting place between Qinjiang and Longmenjiang, Wei Tuotian, who had dark skin, first jumped into the water. He was originally a Kunlun slave and had a natural familiarity with the sea. Then he found a gentle ashore passage and waved to the tall tooth boat.
Then Gao Yue held the Yunfu sword symbolizing the battle, the wind twitched his purple robe, chewed a sugar ball in his mouth, and went down from the tooth boat, and moved onto a light boat. More than a dozen generals, military officers and staff surrounded him.
When he was twenty steps to the shore, Gao Yue jumped down with a quick step, and the waves spread to his knees. Then, he walked side by side with many soldiers and children, and amid the shocking cheers, and wadeed in the water until he climbed the land of Qinzhou.
Ming Huaiyi also jumped down with his father, but ended up sank into the sea and was pulled ashore by his two younger brothers and others.
"If you touch water, you won't have good luck, you won't have good luck!" Ming Huai shouted angrily, and then felt sorry for the sugar balls he carried, which were washed away by the water.
When the army arrived at Qinzhou, they found that the city gods, walls and governments of the city were destroyed and unbuilt, and the market temples were full of weeds. They knew that it was difficult for the dynasty to maintain normal order in these states. So Gao Yue ordered to surround the city and set up camps: Wu Yi's three armies on the left, center and right, each building, Zhenhaijun and Baishuilang set up camps around Longmen River Bay. Two-thirds of the people gathered on the shore, and one-third were left on the ships to guard the ship.
Previously, Gao Yue asked the Pingbo Army of Lingnan and the Navy of Zhejiang East Town to retain a small part of the military strength in turn, and temporarily stationed on the front coasts of Hepu, Leizhou and Yangjiang in Lianzhou, responsible for the transportation safety of food and fodder supply.
Upon climbing the incomplete Qinzhou enemy platform, Gao Yue looked at the sea behind him, and then looked at the mountains and ridges on both sides of the Longmen River and the dense forests. He asked Zhang Zhou, the Yuhou of Pingbo Army: "How is the journey to Annan Prefecture in Jiaozhou?"
Zhang Zhou said that if you sail on a boat and have a good wind, you will only take one day to enter Jiaozhou.
“Where is the land?”
Zhang Zhou replied that from the southwest corner of Qinzhou, you can climb over the mountains and enter the boundary of the Dongman settlement on the left and right rivers in Xiyuan, and you can also use a narrow road to enter the north and south border of Annan.
Gao Yue nodded and sighed, "Qinzhou Lianzhou is such a 'Sea Gate' connecting Annan!" At this time, he took out the brocade map with his own hands, pointed to the ocean south, and said to the people around him: "Pingxi Yuan Huangdong Man is just a target of this conquest. Another one is to go to sea from Qinzhou after Pingren to Annan Protectorate, expel the barbarians entrenched in that place, and restore the garrison of our Tang."
Lu Zhi had previously reminded that Annan and Xiyuan's rebellious liars obviously had Nanzhao's support behind the scenes.
Although Nanzhao is now surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, it also knows that in the north, there are two military routes to attack it, one is the Qingxi Road in Zhuzhou or the other is the Shimen Road in Rongzhou. But in addition, there is also a military route in the Tang Dynasty, which is the "butou Road" between Annan and Dianchi Lake: During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, the Jiannan Jiedushi Zhang Qiujianqiong was ordered to open a passage, which was to set off from Anning City (now Anning City, Yunnan Province), and go directly to the Annan Protectorate along the Honghe River.
The war between the Tang and Nanzhao broke out three times, and the Tang army in Annan also used the stubborn route to attack Nanzhao three times, cooperated with the other two routes to attack Nanzhao from north to south. Although the overall situation failed in the end, this route also shocked Nanzhao. Therefore, after the Anshi Rebellion, Nanzhao also actively expanded its power east of Dianchi Lake, just like Xifan. The goal was to covet Annan and avoid threats from both sides. Although he was not war openly, he always secretly supported Lingnan and Annan's liemins rebelled on the party.
But Gao Yue does not allow this to happen.
Because Annan has been an indivisible territory of our Celestial Empire since ancient times.
As for the situation in the border, Annan is located on the rich Honghe Agricultural Zone and is the gateway of the East and West Road of Lingnan. If Jiaozhou in Annan is lost, the entire Lingnan Tangao is equal to a hole; in addition, for Gao Yue's plan, Jiaozhou Port in Annan has been the place of the tribute sea routes of the South China Sea countries since ancient times. From Jiaozhou Port, the nearest one is three or five hundred miles and the distance is tens of thousands of miles. You can take a boat to different countries. If you lose this place, the Celestial Empire's exploration of the ocean will be like a loud shut.
In history, it was the Tang Dynasty's inadvertent handling of Annan, which caused the large-scale invasion of Nanzhao in the northwest direction, which led to the destruction of Annan. Nanzhao used this as a springboard to spread the fire and ravage the Yongguan area. The production and order in Lingnan were greatly damaged, and the world was shaken. Later, Gao Pian led the army and defeated Nanzhao, restored Annan, and established the Jinghai Army's Jiedushi. In order to prevent Nanzhao from invading Yongguan again and threatened the mainland with the Guiguan route, he transferred Xu Siwu Ning army to the south and guard Guilin (this also shows that the Tang Dynasty was powerful in Lingnan.
The great mourning was impossible to mobilize the Tumen Army) and various promises were made. In the ninth year of Xiantong (869), the garrisons of the Wuning Army, who had been guarding Guilin for six years, were unable to return home. After receiving letters from their family, they learned that the Tang court had "short military treasury and difficult to send troops, and they stayed for a year of garrison", they angrily killed Dutou, and then returned home alone, and led the grain judge Pang Xun, who went to Jianghuai to turn against the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty exhausted its last little force to extinguish it. Then five years later, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao's words appeared on the stage of history...
The Tang Dynasty was destroyed in Huangchao, and the disaster was based on Guilin.
So where is the disaster in Guilin based? It is obviously Annan.
So no matter which reason, this repetition of Annan is definitely within Gao Yue's military plan.
Just after the extermination of the Huangdong Man of Xiyuan.
At this time, in the mountains and valleys on the west side of Rongguan City, the sound of a shocking drum was sounded. The bronze drum was a symbol of the power and prestige of the Lili clan. Soon, the Huangdongman in Yulinzhou, a total of 40,000 to 50,000 strong men. After hearing the drum sound, he knew that it was the Grand Marshal who summoned their elders to discuss matters and discuss the issue of how to fight this war.
In front of the high gate of the camp, Huang Shaoqing, a coach from the Huang Cave in Xiyuan, was covered with flowers and cloth, standing in front of the crowd of old people, saying: I heard that the reinforcements from the Tang family were coming.
However, at this time, most of the Huangdong Man believed that the Tang family’s reinforcements came from Hunan.
Because Gao Yue had previously written to Hunan Observer Li Xun, he not only allowed him to strengthen the city defense in Shao, Yong and Dao, but also asked him to instruct the governors of the three states to recruit bravely and unite and create momentum. This move was not only to protect the portal of Lingnan West Road to the mainland, but also to confuse Huang Shaoqing and create conditions for his main force to land in Qinzhou.
Therefore, most kings, the old answers are:
"With King Rong Cheng in Guiguan, you can rest assured."
King Rong Cheng was Huang Shaodu, the younger brother of Huang Shaoqing.
When Huang Shaoqing was in charge, he appointed himself as the Grand Marshal of the Nantian and the King of Zhongyue. He appointed his brother Huang Shaogong as the deputy Marshal, the King of Zhennan, and his son Huang Changmio as the King of Guinan. There are also Kings of Vietnam, King of South Sea, King of Tuonan, etc., in various sizes, hundreds of them.
Only Huang Changmio was worried, saying that if the Tang army landed on the sea in Qinzhou and then crossed Hengshan north of Qinzhou, we could break the Yong and Bin states, and we would be attacked from both sides and it would be difficult for us to retreat to Xiyuan.
Chapter completed!