Chapter 776: Seeking the Moon in the Hexi Corridor
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He had nothing to say all night, and the next morning Li Dingguo went to the military camp to inspect.
Although Zhao Lian could not provide supplements to the army's food and grass, he had promised to supplement some of the Minzhuang as auxiliary soldiers to help the Ming army transport supplies.
Of course, Li Dingguo also had to be responsible for the food and supplies of this auxiliary soldiers.
This is also a matter of course, and Li Dingguo responded at once.
In addition, he wanted to see how the soldiers were in their condition after a day of rest and whether they had recovered almost.
"Your Highness the King of Jin, the prefect Zhao Lian asked for a meeting."
At this time, the personal soldiers suddenly came to report that Zhao Lian was here.
Li Dingguo nodded and said, "Bring him in."
"Get orders."
After a while, Zhao Lian was brought here. He knelt down very respectfully and saluted towards Li Dingguo and said, "Sir, please pay homage to His Highness, King of Jin."
"Mr. Zhao, please get up quickly. You don't have to give such a great gift when you meet me in the future."
In fact, Li Dingguo has always wanted to say this to Zhao Lian, but he just has no chance.
Now that Zhao Lian is still obsessed with it, Li Dingguo has to say it.
"Well, why did Your Highness King Jin say this?"
Zhao Lian made a puzzled statement and said helplessly: "The emperor's admiration for His Highness King Jin is like a surging river."
Although Li Dingguo was used to flattery, he still felt that Zhao Lian’s words were a bit numb.
Why do big men say so stingy? Scholars are so terrible.
"I won't talk about this anymore. I'll ask you all the heroes who are used as auxiliary soldiers."
Zhao Lian said with a flattering look on his face and smiled: "Your Highness King Jin's instructions will naturally be remembered in your heart, and it has been arranged long ago. Any young and strong person over the age of 18 or under the age of 50, who have brothers in his family must be summoned."
"Don't worry, Your Highness King Jin has collected 50,000 people, and the rest will be selected and sent to Your Highness King Jin's army within three days."
Li Dingguo nodded with satisfaction: "That's good, just don't waste the people and the money."
"That's certain, that's certain."
Zhao Lian nodded like pounding garlic, with a flattering look on his face.
"Well, I plan to set off in five days. Just send the civilians to you before that. I will not let them go for nothing, and I will pay them according to the number of people."
"Your Highness King Jin is really kind and righteous."
Zhao Lian gave another flattery without hesitation.
"If there is nothing else, just step down."
Li Dingguo served tea to see off guests, so Zhao Lian naturally would not be ignorant, so he bowed and retreated with a bow
But in five days, Zhao Lian indeed brought together the tens of thousands of civilians needed by Li Dingguo, and the army had to go on the way.
Xi'an has been very comfortable these days, but Li Dingguo was really miserable by this Zhao Lian.
Although it is very comfortable to hear that people flatter, Zhao Lian is too numb, and you can't scold him bluntly, so it's so embarrassing.
Now I can finally continue traveling west, and Li Dingguo feels very comfortable.
The Ming army was moving very fast, heading towards Lanzhou through the official road.
After making some food and grass supplements in Lanzhou, the army continued to move towards Wuwei.
Wuwei is also the beginning of the Hexi Corridor.
The so-called Hexi Corridor refers to an extremely narrow corridor clamped by two stretching mountains.
The southern end is the Qilian Mountains, and the northern end is Longshou Mountain-Heli Mountain-Mazong Mountain, which is named because it is located west of the Yellow River.
During the strong Han and Tang dynasties, the control of the Hexi Corridor was very stable, so the Silk Road was also smooth.
In general, the important towns in the Hexi Corridor include Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiayuguan, Dunhuang, etc., and further west are Hami and other places.
In the Western Han Dynasty, four counties were set up in the Hexi Corridor, which is the famous Four Hexi County.
During the Tang Dynasty, the Hexi Corridor was under the jurisdiction of Longyou Road and was an important business road connecting the Silk Road.
Later, Zhang Yichao led the Guiyi army to occupy Hexi, and Longyou surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
This can also be regarded as a reflection of the Central Plains dynasty's control over the Hexi Corridor.
However, since the Song Dynasty, its control over the Hexi Corridor has dropped sharply, and it has even lost control.
In the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, only one Hami Guard was controlled, and as of today, it was even controlled only the area east of Jiayuguan. It is really touching.
Li Dingguo naturally had his own opinion on this.
Although the imperial court nominally controls the area east of Jiayuguan, it is not known in fact.
Li Dingguo felt that this area may not be stable now. His first task was to restore the imperial court's authority over this generation of areas, and then go west to Jiayuguan to restore the Ming Dynasty's rule over Dunhuang.
As for the west of Dunhuang
Hami and even the Anxi Protectorate during the prosperous Tang Dynasty must have been restored, but that is the next step.
Li Dingguo is a person with a strong sense of honor. Since he is so trusted by the Holy Emperor, he will do his best to help the Ming Dynasty restore its former glory.
Wuwei is also known as Liangzhou.
It was named after Emperor Wu of Han sent Huo Qubing to conquer the Huns and demonstrated the power of the Han Dynasty.
Now the Ming Dynasty also has actual control over Wuwei.
However, when Li Dingguo led his army to Wuwei, he discovered something very strange, that is, the entire Wuwei City looked listless and did not look like many defenders at all.
He sent someone to call the door, but found that the gates of Wuwei City seemed to be blocked.
"Your Highness the King of Jin is under the imperial edict of His Majesty the Emperor to expedition the west, but you don't open the door quickly."
Li Dingguo's personal soldiers could not bear it anymore and shouted at the top of their voices.
"You are really the army led by King Jin?"
Finally, a head appeared from behind the cliff, and he watched with caution.
"Nonsense, haven't you seen the flag of my army? If you look at these tens of thousands of troops, are you lying to you?"
The personal soldiers responded angrily.
"Then wait a moment and I'll report to my general."
Li Dingguo was in a very peaceful mood, but he really wanted to figure out what was going on in Wuwei City.
After about one stick of incense, the soldier returned and said in a deep voice: "My general said that it may be a thief nearby, so you must come out evidence to open the city gate."
This time, the personal soldiers were so angry that they almost passed away.
How could there be such a stubborn person?
He was about to scold him when he was stopped by Li Dingguo.
"Take out the imperial edict and read it."
The personal soldiers had no choice but to take out the imperial edict and read it at the top of their voice.
"It's OK, right? You don't suspect that the imperial edict is fake."
"Don't dare, don't dare."
The Wuwei soldier hurriedly explained to the people around him, and then ran off the horse.
It took about a cup of tea before the door was opened.
Later, Li Dingguo led his personal army into the city, and the rest of the army stationed outside the city.
There is no way to do this. After all, Wuwei is no better than a big city like Xi'an and Lanzhou, and it is impossible for all soldiers to be stationed in.
Besides, there are not so many barracks
Chapter completed!