On the day of the wedding, the leader stood outside the Golden Palace to greet guests, and the wedding ceremony followed the customs of Erhai Lake.

Wei Fufeng and Duan Hongjin, dressed in the queen, made a calm appearance.

The Hekes were surprised that the prince of Erhai, who was a Han official, was not only young, but also wore the crown and robe of Emperor Nanzhao, and was a barbarian who "accompanies the customs".

Wei Fufeng and Nanzhao Princess Meng Yunu made a grand ceremony, and Meng Yunu knelt down to worship Queen Duan Hongjin.

After the ceremony, Wei Fufeng took two steps in front and said loudly: "Everyone, the God of Cangshan still protects you, and the water of Erhai Lake still nourishes you, and you have not lost anything.

The only change is that I replace Zheng Maisi. If you think you are Zheng Maisi's loyal lackeys, I will fight fearlessly. Thank you for your respects, please drink and have fun."

Wei Fufeng raised his right arm diagonally, and Tongmanyu's subordinates retelled their speeches from near to far.

After the retelling fell, Wei Fufeng shouted in a man's voice: "Come on a banquet, please do whatever you want today."

The sound fell, and the palace was busy, with tables and chairs arranged.

The leaders were talking a lot, exchanging the meaning of the princes of Erhai, and a rich banquet came.

The leaders happily entered the table and started eating. Most of them were not tribal chiefs in person, and half were concubines of ordinary status.

Drinking, eating and drinking, and talking, these "leaders" reached some consensus that the prince of Erhai County only replaced Zheng Maisi, who was also a descendant of the Han people.

The prince of Erhai was wearing barbarian robes and following the barbarian customs to get married, making the "leaders" feel closer.

The most important thing is that the prince of Erhai expressed in public that he would not change anything.

You should know that the barbarian tribe nobles or local wealthy families have one of the fundamental interests of owning slaves.

If Wei Fufeng insists on implementing the Han system, it will inevitably be incompatible with the local barbarian chiefs in Nanzhao.

Wei Fufeng's strategy was to slowly plan for it, first gain a foothold, and win over the indigenous forces as their own use. He could not let the Nanzhao area become a war quagmire that only enters but does not leave.

Systems and customs will naturally change when they experience humanistic invasion in the future.

Dali City was lively and lively for three days. The "leaders" set out on their way home with satisfaction. They brought back a message, the tribute tribute during the Zheng Maisi period, and the Erhai County Prince was halved.

In addition, a chamber of commerce was established and the prices of tea and medicinal materials were uniformly formulated. Any tribal major merchant who joined the chamber of commerce could sell it directly.

This measure made most small tribes happy and reduced price exploitation.

Wei Fufeng was in the palace, listening to the feedback, and feeling comfortable inside.

The most important feedback is that some tribes are willing to advance troops, and there are signs of restoring the military system of Nanzhao Prefecture.

The Nanzhao Prefecture Military System is similar to the prefecture military system in the early Tang Dynasty, and the difference is that it has different foundations.

Based on the local Dingkou, Nanzhao recruited tribes and wealthy families to become the government army, while the foundation of the government army system of the Tang Dynasty was the peasants.

Because Emperor Xuanzong of Tang could not curb land annexation, the government army system eventually collapsed, and he had to implement the recruitment system and accommodate refugees who had lost their land into the army, resulting in the era of vassal states.

The Anshi Rebellion was just a fuse, and the collapse of the military system was the earliest root cause of the formation of the vassal states.

Wei Fufeng set off and his trip to Erhai Lake basically achieved his wish. With a rational attitude, he resolutely extricated his gentleness and led his army north to the Jianchuan Jiedu.

Duan Hongjin and Meng Yunu accompanied him to Cangshan area.

Cangshan is the main peak at the southern end of the Yunling Mountains. It consists of nineteen peaks from north to south, starting from Eryuan Dengchuan in the north and ending at Tiansheng Bridge in Xiaguan in the south.

The nineteen peaks of Cangshan Mountain are majestic and majestic, which is in a strong contrast with the beautiful Erhai Lake scenery.

The peaks from north to south are: Yunnong, Canglang, Wutai, Lotus, Baiyun, Heyun, Sanyang, Lanfeng, Snowman, Yingle, Guanyin, Zhonghe, Longquan, Jade Bureau, Ma Long, Shengying, Buddha's peak, Ma Er, and set sun.

Wei Fufeng felt the beauty of Cangshan, and with Duan Hongjin and Meng Yunu, he solemnly sacrificed to the god of Cangshan, completing the last strategy of following the local customs.

Duan Hongjin and Meng Yunu returned to Dali City and chose a date to go to Yelang Mansion.

Wei Fufeng was leading the army outside and walking in the wilderness. He was like the soldiers and marching as hard as he was. One was to win over the morale of the army, and the other was to sustain his body and mind, maintain strong fighting spirit and rationality.

Although the beauty is soaked in wine and living a leisurely life, she needs to be protected with strength and lose her power. Wei Fufeng is just a dream of yellow graves and regrets are beyond reach.

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Jianchuan Jiedu was established in Nanzhao in the tenth year of Zhenyuan in the Tang Dynasty (794) and governed Jianchuan City (now Jianchuan County, Yunnan Province). It was one of the six Jiedus of Nanzhao.

The jurisdictions are Jianchuan, Fugong, Lanping, Eryuan, Heqing, and Sangchuan counties.

There is an Iron Bridge City at the northernmost part of the Jianchuan Jiedu, which originally belonged to one of the sixteen cities in Tubo.

In 794, Nanzhao Shengmuxun defeated Tubo and occupied Tieqiao City. There was an iron bridge spanning the Jinsha River in the north of the city. It was a transportation hub between Nanzhao and Tubo and a military important place.

Since the founding of Nanzhao, it has been swinging between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, rebelling against the Impermanence. It was once recognized by Tubo as the Zamp Bell, meaning an equal brotherly country.

Later, the Tubo Nanzhao coalition was defeated by the famous general Wei Gao. Tubo was angry and demoted Nanzhao to a vassal state. Nanzhao immediately surrendered to the Tang Dynasty again.

In order to defend against Tubo, Nanzhao Jianchuan Jiedu stationed heavily, and because the Jianchuan Jiedu had too much military power, the consequences of the powerful ministers in Nanzhao undermining the emperor.

Because Nanzhao has been in war for decades, the military strength of Jianchuan Jiedu was drawn, and the most powerful army of 80,000 was reduced to more than 10,000.

The southern Sichuan army attacked Erhai Lake. The Jianchuan Jiedu garrison received an order from the powerful ministers and returned to Dali City with eight thousand troops.

As the southern Sichuan army came in full force, the powerful minister Zheng Maisi had no confidence to defend the city, decisively and strategically abandoned the city, and preserved the vitality.

Zheng Maisi's strategy of avoiding his edge is in line with his previous war experience.

Due to the huge differences in geographical environment, cultural customs and ruling concepts, even if the Tang Dynasty's military strength was defeated in Nanzhao in the past, it would not be able to retreat in the end.

The Tang Dynasty's military forces could not withstand the barbarian guerrilla warfare.

However, in this war, Zheng Maisi made an empirical mistake.

In the past, when the Tang army attacked Nanzhao, the commanders were afraid of the court's crimes and did not dare to do anything that violated the Tang Dynasty's official system.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty's military power could only kill and accumulate military merits. To put it bluntly, after getting military merits, they left.

For example, Gao Pian, who gave Nanzhao a heavy blow, was a purely important official of the Tang Dynasty and did not dare to have the idea of ​​occupying Nanzhao and becoming the king.

Gao Pian served as the governor of Huainan. Seeing that the court was incompetent and weak, he became betrayal and ruled Huainan Road and refused to be dispatched by the court.

When Wei Fufeng attacked Nanzhao, the Tang Dynasty court was in name only and could not control him.

The army invaded strongly, supplemented by the measures of governing the countryside and following customs, and even putting on the robe of Emperor Nanzhao to "become a barbarian", which was completely an act of independent and kingdom.

If it were Wei Fufeng's ancestor Wei Gao, he would not dare to commit the serious crime of extermination of the nine clans.

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Wei Fufeng was quite cautious in his journey north, one was to prevent the barbarians from attacking, and the other was to prevent the Tubo attack.

According to the scout rewards sent by Linghu Wan'er, the Tieqiao City abandoned by Nanzhao is now occupied by two thousand Tubo troops.

The Tubo army occupied Tieqiao City, which made it impossible for the scouts to continue to obtain more Tubo movements.

The distance between Jianchuan City and Tieqiao City is equivalent to that between Dali City. Now, 5,000 southern Sichuan troops are stationed, including 3,000 slave soldiers.

If tens of thousands of Tubo troops invade, Jianchuan City cannot be defended.

The three thousand cavalry dispatched by Wei Fufeng had arrived in Sangchuan County (now belonging to the Naxi tribe of Lijiang) north of Jianchuan City.

Strategically, Wei Fufeng has three choices: one is to go on missions to negotiate, open business channels, give Tubo a satisfactory benefit, and seek peace.

The second is to send troops to seize the Tieqiao City and occupy the territory, but the consequences of taking the initiative are likely to trigger a subsequent war.

The third is to release the news that he wanted to seize the Iron Bridge City and lure Tubo to invade urgently.

Tubo experienced a separatist civil war that supported Zanpu, and split into many tribal alliances. When tribal alliances encountered invasions, they could quickly support them with the same hatred of the enemy.

However, it often requires long-term negotiations involving gathering troops to fight.

Wei Fufeng concluded that when Zheng Maisi was on a mission to Tubo, Tubo would definitely agree to join forces, but the negotiation of interests and the number of troops sent will take time to complete.

The Tubo vanguard occupied Tieqiao City in the vanguard, and the merchants of Nanzhao left but did not return, which was enough to show that Tubo was preparing for war, perhaps waiting for Zheng Maisi to counterattack from the south, forming a force of attacking from the north and the south.

According to the latest information, Zheng Maisi is seeking support from the southern barbarians and gathering troops.

The ten Black-tooth tribes (Dai people) in the south are quite powerful, similar to the Shengliao in the south of Qianzhong Road. They have been subordinate to Nanzhao for a long time and are under the Yinsheng Jiedu area.

But in fact, it was just a tribute and did not accept the Nanzhao military system.

Wei Fufeng decided to adopt the third strategy to lure Tubo invasion. He failed to gather completely in gambling. Before he arrived in Jianchuan City, he wanted to seize the news of Tieqiao City, and let people go.

The size of Jianchuan City is about two-thirds of Dali City, but the city is much simpler than Dali City, and it is mainly used for garrisons.

Dali City is the ruling center where large merchants live.

Wei Fufeng rested in the Jiedu Military Palace and instinctively considered the placement of cavalry in the future.

The battles on the left wing city north have been remarkable. Although they are all elites selected by the Iron Camp Army, after a long battle, they will inevitably develop the rebelliousness of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals. Being able to fight is a good thing and a bad thing that is a big problem.

After thinking for a long time, Wei Fufeng decided to split the cavalry and stationed in one battalion, and took turns to station in Bashu and Erhai.

When a war breaks out, mobilizes it again. More than a thousand cavalry gather together for a long time and can easily be controlled by the commander.

Three days passed in a flash, and suddenly the scout rushed to report that about two thousand Tubo cavalry rushed to Jianchuan City.

Wei Fufeng was unexpectedly, and he came so quickly! He then understood the Tubo intention, which was the cavalry as the vanguard, intending to prevent him from escaping and capturing the king.

Wei Fufeng was most worried that he was most worried about the invasion of tens of thousands of Tubo's army. The vanguard of the two thousand Tubo cavalry gave him the opportunity to defeat each one, and he immediately issued a military order.

When the Tubo army arrived, the gate of Jianchuan City was closed, and Wei Fufeng climbed up to the city wall and looked at the countless Tubo cavalry outside.

The Tubo cavalry galloped back and forth, and their momentum was shaking the sky and earth, but they surrounded the city at a distance.

"Good horse." Wei Fufeng stood on the female wall and exclaimed calmly.

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