Chapter 131 Li Shimin's Ambition
After conquering Naqu City, Liu Tong and Xunxiang rescued more than 3,000 Han slaves in just one Naqu tribe. The Beiwei Army and Supi tribe, together with the rescued Han slaves, emptied the entire Naqu City.
After more than half a month of rest, Liu Tong selected more than 500 Han slaves from the rescue of Han slaves and added them to the Beiwei Army. He used the old generation to fight while training.
The Supi tribe also obtained a lot of food and wealth, and the soldiers of the Supi tribe were also in high morale.
The Beiwei Army and Supi Army had high morale and had a very fierce offensive. Usually, the Beiwei Army launched a night attack, first to clear the enemy's sentinels at a designated location, and then everyone rushed in. When the enemy reacted, the Beiwei Army had already used beheading tactics. The soldiers could not find the generals, and the generals could not find the soldiers. They wanted to resist and only resisted sporadically.
After continuously eliminating six or seven Tubo tribes, Liu Tong's troops already had more than 8,000 war horses and more than 5,000 elite troops. This was the result of Liu Tong and Xunxiang's repeated careful screening of soldiers. If the threshold was lowered, their troops would have grown to more than 10,000 people.
On December 7, the fourth year of Wude, it was also on this day. Under Subi Quzhen's guidance, 1,500 Beiwei soldiers and more than 500 Subi tribe soldiers traveled through mountains and rivers, braved the severe cold to reach Suvaquluo (meaning the Huang family land), more than 350 miles east of Roburula. Subiquluo tribe and Subiquzhen unexpectedly discovered that this was actually the remnant of the Subi tribe led by the former Subi tribe. However, although the Suvaquluo tribe was mainly a little queen, it gradually evolved into a patriarchal social tribe due to environmental needs.
The Sufaquluo tribe immediately joined Liu Tong and his team under the leadership of the little queen. The Sufaquluo tribe is famous for its combat effectiveness. He has been practicing martial arts since childhood and is accompanied by poisonous snakes and beasts. He is all good at fists, kicks, guns, bows and arrows. He runs like flying in the mountains and forests, and often has several Tubo soldiers with one person. The addition of this elite soldier greatly increases Liu Tong's strength and his momentum is even stronger.
The Luoburula Valley where the Supi tribe is located has become the base camp of the Beiwei Army. A large amount of seized materials, cattle, sheep and horses were transported to the Luoburula Valley.
At this moment, Tubo's former minister, Tunmi Alu, who was located in the city of Lushe, learned the news. However, Tunmi Alu did not take it seriously. He thought that it was just a group of humble slaves who wanted to rebel. In fact, various places and tribes in Tubo were taking place every moment.
Because of Tunmi Alu's mistake, Tubo also missed the opportunity to eliminate the danger from its infancy. When the Tubo court discovered something wrong, Liu Tong and Xunxiang had already formed a force, like La Rob, it turned into a nightmare for the Tubo people.
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In late December of the fourth year of Wude, Li Shimin secretly entered Chang'an. It has been almost three months since Li Shimin defeated the Eastern Turkic Khan outside Dingran City. Li Yuan formally issued an order to order Li Shimin to station in Taiyuan and comfort the southern part of the desert. Under this circumstance, Li Shimin was not happy.
He was not willing to be a general, he was thinking about the position of the Eastern Palace. Li Yuan gave him his official position, but he didn't care. He added three thousand households to fief, and Li Shimin also didn't care. Li Yuan increased his authority, but he didn't care.
But Li Shimin was unhappy when he had lived in Taiyuan for a long time and stayed away from the center. A general who had been guarding outside for a long time was not what Li Shimin wanted.
Li Shimin, who disguised himself as an ordinary vendor, came to Chang'an City with a yellow beard on his face. Li Shimin, who was dressed as a slut, looked at the bustling crowd, full of emotion.
Chang'an West City is known as the world's number one market, bringing together wealth and goods from all over the world. The customs and customs of all countries and regions can be seen here. Hu people dressed in different languages come from all over the world, and there are also artists who perform surprises and juggle and magic, fire-breathing and knife-rolling nail beds, and ventriloquism to summon birds to hover and dance on their heads, which is breathtaking.
Of course, in December, Chang'an also turned into ice, but the severe cold could not stop people's enthusiasm. Especially the Western Turks were defeated and lost control of the region east of the Ile Valley in the Western Regions. At this time, Hu Ji from the Western Regions and various ethnic groups and different races danced a dance with undifferentiated styles at the door of the store, which can be called a major scenery in the Western City.
Li Shimin watched the two rude girls dance to the beautiful music seriously.
These two harp girls are really cold-resistant. They only wear half a strapless breasts, revealing their flat belly, twisting their waists very flexible, and dancing willow branches swaying in the wind.
Such a landscape was probably only seen in the feudal era of China. After the Song Dynasty, the defense of ethics and education really emerged. Dare to show your belly on the street? Wait until the pig cage is soaked!
In fact, although there are many pedestrians in the street market, everyone is busy with their belly, so they are not in the mood to watch the scenery and dance! Only people like Li Shimin will stop and watch. Then the two beards lifted up their skirts, exposed their white thighs, and asked for rewards to the people around them!
Li Shimin was in a very good mood and poured out a handful of copper coins from Lei Yongji's purse. He didn't count them, so he threw them at the two Hu Ji.
Although Li Shimin disguised himself as a Hu merchant and dressed up like a lustful Hu merchant, he was only when facing people who were absolutely familiar, even if Li Shimin turned into ashes, he would be considered as a result.
"Why is he back?" At this moment, a carriage was parked not far from Li Shimin. The carriage quietly lifted the curtains, and the people in the carriage took advantage of this gap and looked at Li Shimin quietly.
The people in the carriage were nothing but Wei Ting, the former Prince of the East Palace, led by Wei Ting. Jingzhao Wei was one of the most important gentry families in the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, there were twenty prime ministers, and their influence spread throughout the country from Jingzhao. There was a folk saying "Wei Du in the south of the city, and the Tianchi Wu".
Like Changsun Wuji, Wei Ting is both loyal to each camp. Changsun Wuji is loyal to Li Shimin, while Wei Ting is loyal to Li Jiancheng.
The carriage was parked on the side of the road for a while and no one noticed it, but once it took a long time, it would definitely attract the attention of others. Wei Ting ordered the coachman in front and said, "Go to the Lifang Hutong in front!"
The carriage slowly started, and at this moment, Wei Ting suddenly saw a carriage with a familiar logo.
Although the carriage was low-key and luxurious, Wei Ting could easily see that it was a carriage from Pei.
Since the Han and Wei dynasties, the Guanlong area has always been the only source of traditional Han culture. Especially since the chaos at the end of the Jin Dynasty, many literati and ambitious scholars have taken refuge here. The northern ethnic minorities entered the Central Plains and had a small number of people. In order to maintain their long-term rule, both military and politically, they all must and first of all, to achieve cultural recognition with the landlord class in the Guanlong area and must establish a solid political and military alliance with them. It is in this historical context that the so-called four surnames of Guanzhong were born. The "Four surnames of Guanzhong" were Wei Pei and Liuxue, the main gentry leader of the Guanzhong area in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and had a great reputation in the Guanzhong area. The main ones were the Wei family of Jingzhao, the Xue family of Hedong, Pei family of Hedong, and Liu family of Hedong. These four surnames were used to becoming the "Four surnames of Guanzhong".
Like the Five Wangs of the Dongzong, the four surnames of Guanzhong are all well-known aristocratic families in the world. They have both in-laws and cooperative relationships, and of course, a conflicting relationship!
Wei Ting quietly ordered a servant in the carriage: "See if you don't see the dance Hu Shang?"
The servant nodded and said, "I saw it, keep an eye on him and see who he meets with the Pei family later!"
The servant jumped out of the carriage.
After the servant left, Wei Ting felt something was wrong. Li Shimin is now the general of the Zhu Kingdom, the general of Anbei, and the general manager of Bingzhou. According to the rules, Li Shimin should not return without an imperial edict.
But he didn't get any news or news that Li Yuan wanted to recall Li Shimin, which made Wei Ting feel puzzled.
After a long time, the servant returned and reported, "Alang, I saw that Hu Shang seemed to be Pei Xiangguo!"
"Haha..." Wei Ting threw a golden bean over. The servant quickly took it and instantly caught it.
Wei Ting said: "Find an opportunity to hear what they are talking about. If I can find useful news, I will still have a reward!"
"Thank you, Ah Lang!" The servant turned around and disappeared into the vast sea of people.
Wei Ting said to the coachman: "Go to the East Palace!"
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The biggest convenience of the Tang Tongli Money House is not to facilitate business, but to facilitate bribery. A thin piece of paper can be ten thousand coins, one hundred thousand coins, or one million coins. Of course, the premise is that you have to have this money.
Li Shimin looked at the 100,000 yuan ticket with great sigh. Li Shimin slowly handed the ticket to Pei Ji.
Li Shimin looked at Pei Ji with anticipation and said, "Pei Xiangguo is here to help!"
Pei Ji glanced at the numbers on the money ticket without hesitation, but his face remained unmoved: "His Royal Highness Qin, have you ever played Go?
Li Shimin smiled and said, "I learned it when I was a teenager, but I still play doubles more on weekdays!"
Pei Ji said lightly: "There is a term in Go, called golden horns, silver edges, grass belly..."
Li Shimin nodded and said, "Well, I've heard of it!"
"The world is a beautiful place with horns, edges and belly... Longyou, Ganliang, is located in the northwest; Guanzhong, Bashu, and southwest, are two corners; Hedong, facing north and south, are one side; Hebei is flat, Henan is high in the west and low in the east, and is attacked from all sides, is grass belly..."
Li Shimin laughed and said, "Pei Xiangguo, this metaphor is very wonderful! However, is this statement too outdated? Now Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong have all been awarded the title..."
As soon as he said this, Li Shimin suddenly realized.
The battle between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng is also the world, but the difference is different.
Of course, the most important thing is that Li Shimin heard what Pei Ji meant.
Guanzhong is actually the big belly of the Li Tang court.
Once you lose the gold and silver edges, your belly will be at slaughtered.
Pei Ji disagreed with Li Shimin's return to Chang'an at this time, but should have grabbed the silver border and then pursued the golden corner.
Chapter completed!