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19. Duan Zuo decided

Three days later, in the corridor of Penglai Academy, the emperor was in a surprisingly good mood and said to the scholar-in-law Duke who was escorting by his side: "Wei Gao and Gao Yue's strategy, I have asked the young envoys of the General Military Supervisor Academy to reply, all of which are allowed. I immediately waited for the frontier news within the ban."

The Duke of the Vatic followed behind and thought to himself: "Has the Holy Lord been stimulated? Even if he is happy, he will not be so happy."

The emperor's behavior next made him even more frightened.

The emperor's hand was silently stroking the back of Duke Wei. Duke Wei felt a cold and dead breath coming from his back, and his whole body was trembling. Of course, he had heard this anecdote in Fengtian City: Anyone who had touched the emperor's back and comforted him would die from the king's affairs.

Then the emperor's eager voice came: "From Zhou, you and Gao Yue were in the same sanctuary, and they were also in the same year, right?"

The Soldiers must have said that it is.

Then the emperor asked a lot of interesting stories about Gao Yue's past when he was in Taofen's sanctuary, and laughter kept echoing between the pavilions and pools in front of Penglai Hall.

"Since Zhou, do you think this grandson is better, or is it better for grandson?"

This question is even more clueless and even more terrifying. The Duke of the Soldier's face was twisted and his mouth was closed stubbornly.

"Your Majesty, how can my grandson be as good as my grandson?" It took a long time before the Duke of the Military Affairs Office reported the answer.

"Alas, Zhou has become a bit pedantic. According to my opinion, if there are many descendants, there will be trouble. The grandchildren can make them feel at ease to assist their descendants, and the son-in-law is not considered a relative, right?"

Out of a strong desire to survive, Duke Wei smiled and refused to answer the emperor's nonsense, but hehe.

Then the emperor said with a sigh: "I have a kind prince and a good prince. If I have a few good grandsons, and with the assistance of wise ministers from Zhou and other wise men, why worry about the Tang Dynasty's revival?"

After saying that, the emperor deeply caressed the back of the Duke of the War...

In the late spring, in the original place of Dachang, Qingzhou City, flames emerged from the stoves built along the mountain. When Gao Yue left, he still kept thousands of Dongshan slaves. Now they have begun to forge weapons and armaments again, which seems to indicate that the Tang family's new large-scale offensive against the rebel Dangxiang is about to arrive.

Sure enough, in the following time, one abnormal movement after another was transmitted to the Tongwan City where Yuanhui was located through various channels:

The Emperor of the Tang family re-appointed Gao Yue, not only did he restore his post, but he also gave him the Tongtian belt;

It is said that the Yining army began to gather on a large scale near Bailicheng, and might have to go to Qingzhou and then to Yanzhou;

The Tang family spent nearly 2 million guan of money and bought rice in the northwest to hoard it. They also recruited sailors and began to transport supplies to Lingwu City;

The traitors Nori Shirae and Siba Ono also began to shoot arrow books to the Dangxiangying Fortress in the Dali River in the Xiaoli River in Shannan, which were full of words of inciting rebellion and disagreement.

These signs indicate that Gao Yue is coming again and completely slaughtering and destroying us, and is now preparing in full swing.

"Don't panic. Since Gao Yue is reused now, it means that the Tang family has reached the end of their lives. Moreover, even Gao Yue may not be able to break through the rock-solid Tongwan City; furthermore, Xifan has begun to besiege Shazhou, and Anxi Beiting, which is lonely outside the Tang family, will be out of protection. If I can hold on for a while, I may be able to let Miyao sit as the fifth position in the world after Tang, Xifan, Uighurs, and Yunnan." Yuan Hui kept cheering himself up secretly, and then strengthened the repair of Tongwan City's defense and strive to be foolproof; on the other hand, he will also transport military horses and weapons to Prince Nixiang along the mountain road in Shandong, and Prince Nixiang has begun to set up stoves in the valley occupied to smel various copper and iron weapons.

Yuan Hui was right. Xifan had already gathered nearly 30,000 troops at this time, using Guazhou and Ganzhou as the base to approach Dunhuang, Shazhou, and let the dispatched troops occupy Yumen Pass to cut off the relationship between Shazhou and Beiting states. Then the main force built seven camps along the north, south and east sides of Shazhou City, besieging Dunhuang City and beginning a suffocating attack.

In fact, thanks to the two little kings Shatuo and Tuyuhun who had previously surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, the military strength of Xifan was greatly reduced. Especially Shang Qixin'er's host, only sent 5,000 soldiers and horses. The main force of the siege was Ma Chongying from the north, and 5,000 soldiers and horses from the Qinghai Avenue.

Even if we gathered these 30,000 people, the standard for this big data collection was to be selected by three households.

If one of the three households is drawn, almost all the people will be soldiers. Only a semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic slave regime like Xifan can barely support it.

In addition, in order to solve the logistics needs of attacking Dunhuang City, Zamp specially issued a resolution:

The land in Ganzhou was fertile, so all walks of life were asked to send a considerable number of Han slaves to come here to farm and produce grain and fodder to solve the military supplies nearby.

In fact, the military and political system of Xifan at this time was quite similar to that of the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the similar Jiedushi, the large agricultural officers (farmland envoys) under his subordinates were equivalent to the land envoys of the Tang Dynasty. Their responsibilities were to command serfs to reclaim fields in the occupied areas of Xifan, and use "tu" as a unit of measurement to replace the "mu" of the Tang Dynasty. The fields were divided into two categories, one was the "lu fields" used as the officers and soldiers of Xifan, and the other was the "situ fields" used to support Buddhist temples.

Although the host did not send many troops, there were the most Tang people in its area, so Zanpu asked Shang Qixin'er to send 5,000 people to the camp in Ganzhou.

Shang Qixin'er naturally handed over the task to Xu Sheren, the big agricultural officer.

Xu Sheren forced Duan Zuo to go to his manor and all Shanzhou, and collected 5,000 Tang people to Ganzhou to go to the fortress of the foreign camps that besieged Shazhou.

Duan Zuo was shocked and said to Xu Sheren: "The journey of Ganzhou is long. If you recruit too many Han people to go there, how should you ensure the local harvest, especially the harvest at your home?"

But Xu Sheren said, everything I have given to me was given by the god Zanpu. If you offend Zanpu by anger, the ending will be much more serious than you said.

At this time, Duan Zuo gritted his teeth and said to Xu Sheren: "Ganzhou is the jurisdiction of Ma Chongying. He has always been incompatible with the great speech Shang Qixiner. If we go there, there are no seeds, oxen, and farm tools. Ma Chongying refuses to provide them. What should we do?"

Finally, Xu Sheren agreed to Duan Zuo's request, saying that he could let this group of Tang people carry farm tools and bring some cattle and calf carts on the road. In short, Duan Zuo, you are responsible for doing everything.

"Here!" Duan Zuocheng responded. While he was performing the courtesy, a fire-like light flashed in his eyes, as if he was determined to do a feat that he had to do.

At the same time, in the Wenshu Temple in Shanzhou, the traveler Yuan Tong stood upright in the courtyard, paying homage to his mother, Ding'Ezeng and Zanpu's little prince Moudi.

Previously, there were sects represented by Padmasambhava from Xifan, and there was a dispute with the Zen Buddhism in Helong Han area represented by Mahayana. In order to calm the dispute, Chisong Dezan handed over his eldest son Muni to Padmasambhava, and his younger son Mudi to Mahayana and Niang. Ding'Ezeng, each practicing.
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