Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"Of course not." Xue Wanche said: "I just mentioned it casually, congratulations to you little Dengke. It's fine if you don't want to talk about it. I'm here today because I have something to ask my brother."

"What's the matter?"

"Your Gaoyang country has found two copper mines all of a sudden, and it is considered developed. But what about my Wu'an country? There is still no improvement. I'm afraid it won't be long before all my people have to go to your Gaoyang country."

Fang Yiai said: "Brother, what do you mean... you want me to help you find mines too?"

"Brother, you are so kind. You didn't need my old brother to open his mouth, and he brought it up by himself! How is it? How difficult is it to find mines?"

Fang Yiai smiled slightly and said, "What's so difficult about this? Brother, don't worry, within three months, I will definitely find you a good copper mine."

"Thank you, thank you! Uh..." Xue Wanche said, "Brother Yu, Brother Yu has a question that I have been unable to understand. I wonder if you can tell me directly."

"Brother, please speak if you have something to say."

"When you were in Chang'an, you didn't have such a great ability. If you say that you are commanding well now, you were hiding your clumsiness before. What's the matter with your ability to find ore and smelt copper? If you have this ability, you didn't need it before Liar."

"Is this..."

A scene appeared in Fang Yiai's mind. Under the dim light, Guo Ye handed a few pieces of paper into his hand, and said, "I can only help you so much, can you successfully counterattack Princess Gaoyang?" , in the end it depends on your improvisation. Brother, I wish you luck!"

Chapter 6

There were bloodstains all over the simple fence, and the shallow trench was covered with corpses.Half of the hastily erected camp had been destroyed.

Outside the camp, tens of thousands of natives held wooden guns and soft bows, screaming like crazy.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhang Liang knew that the more than 800 people he had brought with him were considered finished, and it might not take long before they would become the food of the barbarians.

Where did it all begin?

In the eighth year of Yonghui, Donghua King Guo Ye led an army of 5 people and their families, a total of [-] people, across the ocean to conquer America.Two years later, news came that the Tang army had laid down a large territory on that continent and gained a firm foothold.

King Donghua will not return to Datang again, and he doesn't even need the support of the Tang army, as long as the criminals or people who have nothing to live after the catastrophe are transported from the Tang Dynasty.

Hearing this news, I really let out a sigh of relief.With Guo Ye not around, that secret might really be able to be hidden forever.

However, the sky does not obey people's wishes. How can there be such a cheap thing in the world?

In the 13th year of Yonghui, Master Changsun, who was the master of Lijingmen at the time, published a book, accusing himself of secretly taking refuge in Concubine Yin decades ago.Later, when Emperor Taizong conquered Goguryeo, he intended to rebel.

That's fine, but more importantly, during the coup of Queen Yin in the first year of Yonghui, he played a disgraceful role in it.

There are piles of piles of evidence, and the evidence is irrefutable.

In the end, it was the emperor who saw that he was the 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, so he gave him a lighter sentence and ordered him to feudalize the South China Sea.

I feel sorry for my old man in his 70s who has to travel across the oceans to expand his territory.

Fortunately in the misfortune, because the development of the previous feudal states was not bad, there were even rumors that Nanyang was full of gold in the Central Plains.

Despite his notoriety, he recruited more than 800 people from all over the world.In the process of dissipating all the wealth and buying a boat to go to sea, it went smoothly.

However, as soon as he arrived at his fiefdom, the situation changed suddenly.

First hundreds of natives came to attack and drove them back, and then thousands of people came the next day!

Relying on the strength of Jiajian soldiers, after killing thousands of people, they can stab a hornet's nest.

On the third day, tens of thousands of natives surrounded the small camp, so that nothing could get in or water out.It seems that they are not going to kill all of them, and they are not willing to give up.

Just die, I am over 70, still afraid of death?The most important thing is that these natives are so barbaric that they actually eat people!

I once saw with my own eyes that they dismembered a prisoner, divided them and ate them!

What's the matter with this shit!

Did I travel across the ocean by myself just to be a dish for the natives?

Thinking of this, Zhang Liang couldn't help feeling sad and burst into tears.

"My lord, my lord!" A voice woke him up.Zhang Liang wiped his eyes and looked up, but it turned out to be his only son Zhang Shenwei.

"Son, why are you here?"

"The natives have already retreated. It's getting late now, and they probably won't attack again today. My son is here to tell you that you don't have to worry about the war."

"You have a heart." Zhang Liang sighed softly, and said: "Speaking of it, I'm sorry for your father. If you were not implicated by me, you would still be an official in Chang'an. But you can't be an official. Just being a commoner is much better than being in the belly of a barbarian, right?"

Zhang Shen shook his head slightly, and said: "My lord father, why did you say that? These natives can only use stone, wood, and bone as their utensils, and they don't have any iron utensils. All they rely on is that there are many people. Although we are few, we can You may not lose."

"Hey, don't give me peace of mind." Zhang Liang said: "The natives are not good at equipment, and it is far from being brave and not afraid of death. But this trick is popular all over the world, and the number of people beats the few, and the strength of the troops is very different. , our army will undoubtedly be defeated."

Zhang Shenwei said: "My lord father, don't increase the morale of others and destroy our own prestige. It is true that we are at a disadvantage now. But my child estimates that there will be no problem in guarding for another three to five days."

"Three or five days? What's the point of keeping three or five days?"

"At that time, we will have reinforcements! We are not the only vassal state in Nanyang, there is also Wu'an State established by Xu Jingzong, Wuyang State established by Xue Wanche, and Gaoyang State established by Fang Yiai and Princess Gaoyang. , Qi Wang Li Youjian's Qi State."

Zhang Liang said: "You mean, these four countries will support us?"

"It doesn't need four countries. The strength of these natives is just like that. As long as any country supports us, we will win this battle."

He shook his head and said, "Son, give up your heart, and there won't be any reinforcements."

Zhang Shenwei's expression changed slightly, and he said, "Why?"

"Hey, you still ask why, isn't it obvious?"

Zhang Liang sighed, and continued: "It's all for my father's fault. In fact, we are in the same boat as these four countries!"

"Why do you say that?"

"Let's talk about Qi State, Wu'an State and Gaoyang State first. You've heard some things, right? Back then, Qi Wang Li You conspired to rebel and imprison Emperor Taizong, and his father also participated in it."

Zhang Shenwei was puzzled, and said: "You have conspired against us together, and you were regarded as 'like-minded' before. Now that you have been demoted to Nanyang by His Majesty, you can also be regarded as 'difficult brothers and sisters'. Shouldn't they come to help us? Why are we in trouble again? ?”

"Hey! What do you know? It's not that simple. I thought it was wrong for my father at the beginning, so I quickly retreated. And threatened them, never reveal my affairs. Since then, we have been from friends turned into an enemy!"

"Even if the Three Kingdoms are unreliable, what about Li Yifu's Wuyang Kingdom?"

Zhang Liang said: "You don't have to count on Li Yifu. Although I have no grievances or enmities with him, don't forget that his eldest brother is the king of Donghua, Guo Ye. I have been fighting with Guo Ye for many years, and the hatred is as deep as the sea. He is wrong. It’s enough for me to throw stones at someone, so how could it be possible to send charcoal in a timely manner?”

"This..." Zhang Shenwei said depressingly: "Father, you have offended too many people, right? Why does it seem like everyone in the world hates each other?"

Zhang Liang said helplessly: "Hey, who said otherwise? If I had known today, my father would not have done such a terrible thing at the beginning. But what is the use of saying this now? These people have no hope, we Just sit and wait."

Zhang Shen thought for a while, and said, "I always feel that things may not be that bad."