Chapter 134: Seeking Hexi (Chinese)

Cui Xiaofu picked up the pen and gently approved the word "correct" on the copy of Zhang Huan's appointment letter. Then she put down the pen and looked carefully at the appointment letter. This was the first appointment signed since she was the Empress Dowager. According to the Tang Dynasty, the appointment of officials of third rank and above must be signed by the emperor. Now she is the empress dowager's supervisor, and the imperial pen is under her control. Although the personnel appointment is only a formality for her, Cui Xiaofu still cared very much. She read gently, "Appoint Zhang Huan, the general of the Tianqi Camp, as the governor of Liangzhou and the governor of Wuwei County," This is from the third rank. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, she has held a high position for a hundred years. How many people can there be?

However, Cui Xiaofu was not sighing, but it was recommended by Cui and Pei Erxiang. Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone!

She handed the appointment letter to Li Fanyun casually and smiled and said, "The Ai family originally planned to keep him as the commander of the Yulin Army. It seems that the Ai family is still wronged."

Li Fanyun's eyes were still cold and she was wearing a Taoist robe, but there were some patterns on the Taoist robe, and the colors were slightly brighter. Despite this, she still looked a little out of place in the Tang Dynasty palace with colorful flowers.

She took Zhang Huan's appointment letter and looked carefully. Her cold eyes showed a little warmth. She carefully took out a piece of the empress dowager's seal from a jade box, dipped it in red mud, and pressed a bright red seal on the appointment letter.

"He will be very difficult in the future. Hexi has suffered disasters for years. Not to mention the distant future, it is a difficult problem to survive this winter. However, as long as he survives this winter, he can gain a foothold in Hexi."

"He can!" Cui Xiaofu smiled, then frowned. She had just received the news that Pei Jun's daughter Pei Ying was actually next to Zhang Huan. What should Cui Ning do? If he married Pei Ying, wouldn't Zhang Huan leave him and turn to Pei Jun.

"How is Cui Ning doing these days?" After Cui Xiaofu became the Empress Dowager, she was diligent in political affairs and rarely met Cui Ning. However, Li Fanyun had a close relationship with Cui Ning because of her younger brother.

"She has always asked me for Taoist classics these two days, and I suspect she also wants to become a monk." Li Fanyun sighed.

Cui Xiaofu was stunned and immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. Once the elder brother found out that Cui Ning was tired of the world, he would immediately marry her, and it was very likely Wang Yan, the son of Wang Ang.

"No! I have to talk to my elder brother." Cui Xiaofu suddenly made up her mind that she must not lose Cui Ning's chess piece.

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More than a dozen cavalry guards rushed out of Mingde Gate like lightning, heading west, and heading towards Longyou, scaring the passers-by on both sides so much that they dodged to both sides, causing everyone to discuss. Who is going to be promoted today, and it is so urgent.

Since the emperor passed away, all public entertainment activities have been banned as usual. The first thing to do is the annual polo competition. Just seven days before the start of the polo competition, the court suddenly canceled this year's competition, which disappointed the citizens of Chang'an. Their attention was gradually attracted by the chaotic situation of the Tang Dynasty. It was reported that Zhang Huan, the general of the Tianqi Camp, had left Chang'an and led his army to recover the former land of Hexi in the Tang Dynasty. In this rare and boring winter, in the Tang Dynasty, which advocates heroes, this is undoubtedly the most anticipated highlight.

In the Imperial College Hall, thousands of students sat solemnly and quietly listened to Han Yu, the second-in-command of the Imperial College, this speech was strongly supported by the Imperial College Ye Chu Xingming.

"Since the Anshi Rebellion, conquered Helong, and the troops from Shuofang entered the Central Plains and Jingnan, Tubo took advantage of the emptiness of our Western Regions and invaded Helong several times on a large scale, plundering millions of my brothers and sisters. The elderly parents were chiseled with their eyes and arms and abandoned them in the wilderness. For more than ten years, all of our Tang Dynasty occupied Gan, Liang, Su, Gua, Shan, and Min, and Lin dozens of prefectures and counties. The descendants of the Tang Dynasty were born as Rong slaves, with fur fur and heads, and tattooed with red faces. Every year, they worshiped their fathers and grandchildren, dressed in Chinese clothes, and cried countless dead."

Han Yu's voice was low, his eyes were filled with sadness and anger. "In the second year of Zhide, Tubo captured Jincheng County, plundered thousands of women, children, young and strong men in the Tang Dynasty, and delivered them to their most barbaric tribe as slaves to live. Finally, he stared at the hometown. Countless people cried and fainted, and jumped off the cliff and died. There were hundreds of people who died. It was so unfortunate that they were born as people of the Tang Dynasty!"

At this time, there was a sigh in the hall, and suddenly a hoarse voice chanted among the Tai students: "There is no longer a person in Longtou, and the Hu cavalry entered Liangzhou City at night. The Han family fought and died everywhere, and they lost all the land in Longxi...."

Then hundreds and thousands of people followed suit, "Turn the people from the border to go to Huzhong, scattering cattle, sheep and eating wheat and millet. Last year, China raised its descendants, and now they are wearing felt furs and learning Hu language. Who can better use Li Qingche to collect the Han family in Liangzhou?"

The hall was filled with sadness and anger.

"But now someone wants to recover the rivers and mountains for my Tang Dynasty!" Han Yu's voice suddenly rose, and he said passionately: "Who was the one who burned the Uighur military rations in the winter? Who is the one who burned Han Erbali this summer? It's him! Zhang Huan, the general of the Central Army, has led 5,000 Iron Cavalry of the Tang Dynasty to Hexi, to recover my old land in Hexi, to recover Anxi and Beiting, and to rebuild the four towns of Anxi. He even wanted to go west again and again, insert the dragon flag of the Tang Dynasty on the top of the Thousand Leaf City, and reappear the heroic spirit of my Tiankang in the Tang Dynasty!"

He took a deep breath and said proudly: "Why don't a man bring Wu Gou to collect the things that the 50 states of Guanshan and the seven major families cannot do, but a general who is as young as us."

Speaking of this, Han Yu finally burst into anger. He stared at the eyes of every young scholar present for a long time and felt their about to boil. His grief and anger echoed in the hall, "But just by the Yellow River, there is a big family who will use tens of thousands of people to encircle our heroes for the sake of the family's selfish interests. To make him hate him on the edge of Hexi. We can allow him to die in the battlefield, but we will never allow him to die under the knife of our compatriots. Then we! What should we do for him?"

"Let's go petition!" A slightly lower voice shouted in the crowd, and then a hundred people shouted, "Let's go to Daming Palace to petition!"

The voices of hundreds of people immediately turned into shouts from thousands: "Let the Wei family let him go west!"

The dissatisfaction that had been suppressed for sixteen years finally broke out at this moment. On November 14, the first year of Xuanren, three thousand Tai students marched in front of the Daming Palace and asked Wei Yan to let Zhang Huan go west. More and more people, the momentum became increasingly large. Finally, it turned into 120,000 scholars who participated in the imperial examinations the following year sat quietly on the Zhuque Street in Beijing, denying Wei Yan's rebellion and demanding the court to remove Wei Yan from his position as a minister of the cabinet.

Immediately, dozens of officials from the Wei family in Beijing rushed to Longyou in various ways, using hundreds of thousands of ways.

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The flag was covered in the wind, and a majestic white horse galloped at the foot of Henan Mountain. Zhang Huan rode his horse, his white mane flying, floating onto his silver helmet. The earth was covered with snow. Behind him, thousands of cavalrymen were like a long dragon, whistling forward in the cold wind, the mountains were dancing silver, and the original wax figures were galloping.

The Tianqi Camp crossed the Yellow River in Lingwu County and had gone south for more than 300 miles. On the mountains on the right, the broken Great Wall was vaguely visible, while on the left was the Yellow River dozens of miles apart. When you walked forward, there was a narrow and long Gobi area along hundreds of miles.

"Wow-" Zhang Huan let out a light cry, slowly tightening the reins. He looked up at the sky. The setting sun was red as red as blood. Several small black dots quickly disappeared on the hills. They were the enemy's scouts.

He waved his hand and immediately whispered: "Camp on the spot and rest for two hours!"

Soon, hundreds of white tents rose, and Pei Ying's face felt so cold that she felt so cold. She kept sipping the heat to her hands and crawling into a thick leather tent next to the handsome tent.

Zhang Huan knelt on an old military carpet and carefully studied the map in front of him. There was a no-man's land in front, and the nearest county was four hundred miles away. On the other side of the Yellow River is Huijun, which is the only prefecture and county in Hexi on the east bank of the Yellow River, with thousands of troops stationed.

Judging from the time and distance, if there were no special circumstances in the Longyou Army and Shuofang Army, they should have crossed the Yellow River and the scouts appeared, then they were most likely within a hundred miles of their own.

Of course, these are just speculations, and everything has to wait for the scouts. At this moment, a slight sound of horse hooves came from afar. As soon as Zhang Huan walked to the door of the camp in a few steps, several horses rushed towards him. This was the scout who was inquiring about information.

"Report to the general that the 20,000 Longyou Army and the 30,000 Shuofang Army gathered 80 miles ahead and had crossed the Yellow River and were rushing towards us."

Zhang Huan nodded and asked again: "Does there be any information from the Hexi Army?"

"The brothers to the west have been gone for three days, and no news has come."

"I understand, I'll look for it again!" Several scouts headed south again and disappeared on the horizon in a moment.

"General, I wonder if Li Hengqiu will be in trouble?" He Lou Wuji next to him was a little worried. Although he and Li Hengqiu often quarreled and were not convinced, when he was facing the enemy, he was very worried about Li Hengqiu again.

"He is a local, a veteran, so there should be no trouble." Zhang Huan turned around and walked into the tent, waved to He Lou Wuji, "Come here, I have something to discuss with you."

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"What! The general wants to cross the river to take Huijun again?" He Lou Wuji was anxious. The only advantage of the Tianqi Camp is that it is maneuvering and flexible. Taking Huijun is equivalent to giving up his strengths and falling into the siege.

"General must think clearly, the enemy army has 50,000 people!"

Zhang Huan walked to the camp gate with his hands behind his back. He stared at the boundless Gobi Desert to the west and sighed slightly, "Of course I know that crossing the river to take over the county again is not the best strategy, but our opponent is really cunning. He never refused to let the Hexi Army come out. If we wandered for too long, the Hexi Army would not come out. Take advantage of the time when he is not very clear about our purpose, and then lead the Hexi Army out."

"But it's enough for 50,000 troops to surround us. He still has no need to let Hexi come out to participate in the siege! General, will this be worth the loss?"
Chapter completed!