Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Qu Wentai said, "Why did you help us?"

"Help you?" Murong Fuyun shook his head and said, "After you restore the country, our two countries will be bordered by Jiaohe, the east of Jiaohe belongs to our Tuyuhun, and the west of Jiaohe belongs to your Gaochang country!"

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"What did you say? Murong Fuyun? Tuyuhun?" Chen Ying couldn't believe it when he took this information.If it wasn't for the eyeliner that Tiger Yicong placed beside Qu Wentai, Chen Ying would have almost forgotten about Tuyuhun.

However, Tuyuhun is an important country in Chinese history.Counting from Murong Tuyuhun and some families of Xianbei Murong, until the last Tuyuhun king Murongfu stopped attacking, it lasted for nearly 400 years.

In Master Jin Yong's "Dragon Ba Bu", there are South Murong and North Qiaofeng.However, there was Murong Fu in history. Although Tuyuhun continued from the original Tuyuhun tribe, Wu Kingdom, Wei Kingdom, Henan Kingdom, and Qinghai Kingdom to the end, it was the longest country in history.However, Chen Ying remembered that Tuyuhun had always been sandwiched between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, vacillating from side to side, pro-Tang or Tubo repeatedly, until Tubo finally annihilated the country.

Until now, Chen Ying is still rejoicing that if he hadn't changed his plan and hadn't launched a western expedition, it is very likely that his retreat would be blocked by Tuyuhun Khan King Murong Fuyun. It was more than [-] miles to reach Shule. When there was a change in the rear, Chen Ying led his army back again, and I am afraid that he would be passive everywhere.

Besides, don't look at Chen Ying's soldiers are strong and powerful, but they are not of my race, so their hearts must be different. Chen Ying does not want to repeat Gao Xianzhi's mistakes.

Therefore, when Chen Ying's [-] troops went into battle, he had to keep [-] to [-] Tang soldiers to deal with unexpected changes at any time.If the battle goes well, the [-] to [-] servants of various ethnic groups will be a big help. If there is an accident, then this army will rebel.

Chen Ying was shocked and angry when he learned that Murong Fuyun's leadership had actually arrived at Mulei from Xihai (now Qinghai).What surprised him was that he did not think of Murong Fuyun and Tuyuhun Kingdom.The anger is that there is no news from the Liangzhou General Manager's Office for such a large military mobilization.

"Damn it!" Chen Ying shouted angrily.At this moment, Zhou Qing suddenly walked over with a blood-stained bamboo tube.

Chen Ying was slightly taken aback: "What is this?"

Zhou Qing said: "Liangzhou Xinqi!"

Chen Ying asked again: "Where is the person? Didn't hold on!"

Chen Ying quickly pulled the seal away, opened it and was shocked.

It is true that the house leaked and rained continuously, and Liang, Gan, Su, Guazhou, and Shazhou were attacked by Tubo.

At this time, Chen Ying really felt like a dog.

Chen Ying looked at Ma Mengming beside him and asked, "How much do you know about Tubo?"

"Tubo?" Ma Mengming thought for a while and said, "The original Gaochang Kingdom had very little contact with Tubo. I vaguely remember that five years ago, Tubo replaced Xin Zanpu, and now it seems to be Songtsan Gampo."

"Songtsan Gampo?" Chen Ying naturally knew Songtsan Gampo. According to historical records, Li Shimin married Songtsen Gampo to Tubo, and Princess Wencheng married Songtsan Gampo. Just one of Songtsan Gampo's three concubines.Chen Ying asked, "Is Songtsen Gampo very powerful?"

"I don't know if he is powerful or not, but I do know that he was only three years old when he took the throne, and now he is only eight years old!" Ma Mengming said with a smile: "How can an eight-year-old baby be so powerful?"

Another question immediately popped into Chen Ying's mind.

Chen Ying muttered to himself, "Why did the Tibetans attack Liangzhou?"

"This humble man knows a thing or two!" Ma Mengming thought for a while and said, "In recent years, the relationship between Tubo and Tuyuhun of Xihai has been at odds, and conflicts have often erupted. Migrating, peeking at the pastures of Dafeichuan..."

Ma Mengming's guess was actually completely wrong.

Murong Fuyun has deep Sinicization, and he is very clear that once Li and Tang complete the unification, they will definitely control the Western Regions, and Tuyuhun will definitely bear the brunt.

Although the troops led by Chen Ying are powerful, the Western Regions are too poor to provide food for themselves. Once the connection between Chen Ying and Li Tang's court is blocked, Chen Ying's army will become a lone army. , you can collapse without fighting.

At the same time, Murong Fuyun has long been envious of the prosperity of Gaochang Kingdom.However, he couldn't offend the Western Turks. Although Gao Changguo was a dog of the Western Turks, it was up to the owner to beat the dog. Once the owner was angered, the anger of the Western Turks was not something Tuyuhun could bear.

Li Yuanji arrived in Liangzhou city at the beginning of the year, took over as the governor of Liangzhou, and prepared Liangzhou's military affairs.However, when Li Yuanji took over Liangzhou, it was just in time for spring plowing. At this time, the government soldiers had no way to gather, and after last year's war, Liangzhou soldiers and horses also suffered heavy losses.

However, Murong Fuyun is a very smart person. When he left the West Sea, he adopted a plan to divert disaster to the east.He sent a small group of Tuyuhun cavalry disguised as Tang cavalry to plunder the Tubo tribe in Dafeichuan (Qieji Kuangyuan in the south of Qunan in Qinghai).

The Tuyuhun people were originally white Xianbei people. After more than 200 years of mixed blood, especially Qiang, Di, Tubo, Han and other bloodlines were mixed into the tribe. Since then, the appearance and characteristics of the Tuyuhun people are almost the same as those of the Tang people. As long as they don’t speak, It won't wear clothes at all.

After more than a month of repeated looting, Murong Fuyun successfully aroused the anger of the Tubo people.At this time, Songtsan Gampo was only a six-year-old child. The power of the Tubo Kingdom was in the hands of his father Langri Lunzan's confidant ministers Zanggu, Ba Yuzebu, Nong Zhongbo and others.

Tubo is divided into five "Ru" and 61 Dongdai. These "Ru" and "Dongdai" were originally administrative units, but they were also military units during wartime. If "Ru" is compared to the "Tao" of the Tang Dynasty, their "Dongdai" is equivalent to the state.At this time, Su Pi's "Ru" was exactly Zang Gu.

Zang Gu was originally an aristocrat of the Subi Kingdom. He was very annoyed by this, and immediately led a Tubo army of more than [-] cavalry to fight back aggressively.

However, Murong Fuyun had already led away from the West Sea. Facing the deserted West Sea, Zang Gu, who was still angry, began to invade Liang, Gan, Su, Guazhou, and Shazhou.

Li Yuanji's Liangzhou army hadn't regained its vitality. In this case, in addition to asking the court for help, he also asked Chen Ying for help.

When Chen Ying received Li Yuanji's request for help, he closed his eyes and thought for a while.

The arrival of Murong Fuyun is bound to boost the arrogance of some people, and they will launch a rebellion, and it will not be far away.But Liangzhou can't let the Tubo people continue to wreak havoc like this.

Thinking of this, Chen Ying suddenly had an idea.

Chen Ying walked out with the horizontal knife, and Ma Mengming asked nervously, "Prince Guard, where are you going?"

"Go and help the king of Qi get the place back!" In Chen Ying's view, the king of Qi, Li Yuanji, is actually not that bad, but just a brat who likes to show off.After all, he is also Chen Ying's brother-in-law, and his brother-in-law was beaten up, so I naturally want to get this place back for him!

Ma Mengming said in a hurry: "Most of them calm down, the Tubo people are not easy to provoke. These Tubo people are even more brutal than the Turkic people. Although they are poorly equipped and very fierce, even the Turkic people are not willing to provoke them easily..."

Before Ma Mengming finished speaking, Chen Ying said: "Now we need to establish rules. Our Tang Dynasty is not a place where anyone can come and fight anyone who wants!"

Ma Mengming persuaded: "General Protector, why do you have to be as knowledgeable as a mad dog like Tubo?"

Chen Yingdao: "I don't want to bully anyone, but if any mad dog comes out and barks at me, I will unceremoniously chop off the dog's head..."

PS: I have a card, it's a bit late today!

Chapter 92 Set Fire to Dafeichuan

Chapter 93 Set Fire to Dafeichuan

Hua'ergou Iron and Steel Workshop, Ma Mengming followed Chen Ying to Hua'ergou, looking at the busy construction scene in front of him, Ma Mengming was a little dazed.It's not that he has never been to Hua'ergou.The land here is barren and sparsely populated. Let alone crops, even weeds are scarce. Not only are there no Han people here to cultivate wasteland, even herdsmen do not come here to graze.

Originally, there was no road in Hua'ergou, but now, the six-foot-wide road has changed drastically, with frequent traffic, and countless people of all nationalities are busy constructing it.The wooden hammer and the round stone roller worked alternately, making the paved road as smooth as a mirror. Ma Mengming secretly clicked his tongue in his heart. Even the imperial roads in Gaochang City may not have this level.

In front is a post station for changing horses. Next to the post station, there are rows of houses built in different places. The texture of these houses is very strange. It is different from the thatched houses and adobe houses in the mainland. The walls are blue-gray and feel to the touch. Hard and cool.Just by the roadside of the post station, a tall wooden roller device is connected to a millstone through a strange mechanism. Two or three donkeys pull the millstone and keep turning it, and the roller rotates accordingly. There is a scratching sound of rubbing against the inner wall. The rotating shaft of the wooden barrel is a wooden stick wrapped with an iron leaf at a key part. When the drum rotates, this shaft does not rotate with it.Firewood was piled under the barrel, and the flames were still far away from the barrel, but the steam could be seen wrapping the barrel with the naked eye.

Ma Mengming watched for a while, and saw that one side of the drum was suddenly opened, and the young peasants immediately rushed forward to shovel a kind of thing from the drum with wooden shovels. When I looked closely, there seemed to be smiling particles mixed in. In an instant, the contents of the bucket had been scooped up by the peasants, and the chassis was re-sealed. Two peasants in the distance came over with buckets full of small slag and stones.

With a pungent smell in his nose, Ma Mengming asked curiously: "Da Duhu, can this stone resin water also be used to pave roads?"

"This is not tartar water. I call it asphalt. It's just the residue after refining tartar water. It's the best way to pave roads!" Chen Yingwen laughed dumbfounded.

Since the discovery of iron ore and coal mines in Huaergou, Chen Ying accidentally discovered a large amount of crude oil in Heihaizi, southwest of Jinman County.In fact, Chen Ying didn't know that the crude oil and coal would ignite spontaneously after a few years, forming a mountain of fire.

However, Chen Ying naturally would not give up this unexpected talent.After simple distillation and refining of crude oil, light gasoline or diesel oil can be obtained, which can be used to burn the enemy, which is much more powerful than fierce fire oil and the so-called Greek fire.Because the crude oil in Heihaizi has been exposed to the air for too long, the amount of oil in it is not too large. On the contrary, when it is refined, there is a lot of asphalt, the residue of crude oil.

And yes, Chen Ying mixed the residue from steelmaking together with pebbles, mixed with asphalt, and paved the asphalt road for future generations.In this way, the speed of road construction is much faster. The people in front leveled the ground, then rolled it with stone rollers, and finally spread asphalt and stones, sprinkled with fine sand, and after rolling with stone rollers, it was completed.

With the traffic volume of roads in this era, it may take tens or hundreds of years without repairs.

Since there are no special roads in the Western Regions, if there are too many people walking, it will become a road.Therefore, the Western Regions are notoriously easy to attack and difficult to defend. As long as they cross the Upper Shule, Lower Shule, and Geluoling Valleys of Congling, there are almost no strategic points in the Western Regions to defend.

But it is different when Chen Yingxiu develops this kind of road. Once people get used to walking this kind of road and using four-wheeled carriages to transport supplies, then in the future, Chen Ying will be able to set up checkpoints on the road's checkpoints, and can effectively carry out defense!