Chapter 32 The Guiyi Army and the Ganzhou Uighurs-Father and Son Bureau
"Why did Mr. Erlang write "Your Majesty the Duke?" Mrs. Cao Sanniang laughed a few times and then asked. This was the first time Zhang Zhao saw her smiling so happily.
"Because a certain year is only nineteen, and King Ling Gong is already fifty-nine, and a certain year is still strong and healthy for five years, and King Ling Gong will be in another five years..."
Zhang Zhao didn't finish his words, but the meaning was obvious. He was only twenty-four in five years, and Cao Yijin was already sixty-four in five years.
In this era, the Guiyi Army had to fight hard to maintain its four battles. Since Zhang Yichao established the Guiyi Army, except for himself, no Jiedu envoy of the Guiyi Army has lived past the age of sixty.
"That's right! Erlangjun will be younger than Nunu in five years' time, let alone Prince Linggong!"
Mrs. Cao Sanni stood up. She bent over and leaned on the table. She stretched her head in front of Zhang Zhao's eyes. She had red lips and a sharp nose. Her peach blossom eyes were watery with a pink tint, and her two soft flesh were even.
Spreading it on the table makes it look even more "vast!"
"Furthermore, I can also tell you that King Ling Gong's health is actually not very good. This year's alliance with the Hue Khan of Ganzhou was forced to go!"
Zhang Zhao suddenly understood and nodded, "So that's the case. I'd like to explain that it's our Dunhuang Kingdom that suppresses the Ganzhou Uighurs. How could King Linggong condescend to go to Ganzhou!"
At this time, the biggest enemy of the Guiyi Army was the Ganzhou Uighurs in the east. Zhang Zhao's father, Zhang Chengfeng, failed in the war with the Ganzhou Uighurs and was chased to the gates of Dunhuang. He was forced to respect the Ganzhou Uighurs Tianmu Khan.
After becoming a father, I lost my heart and had to abdicate.
In addition, the Ganzhou Uighurs often blocked the tribute and trade routes from the Guiyi Army to the Central Plains court, so the conflict between the two sides was deep.
After the Cao family succeeded Zhang, in order to get rid of this humiliating status, Cao Yijin proposed to Ganzhou as an envoy of the Guiyi Army.
Married the daughter of Thien Mu Khan, who is the aunt of the current Hue Khan Yao Geluo Renyu. Princess Thien Li.
In this way, the Jiedushi of the Guiyi Army became the real son of Ganzhou Uighur Tianmu Khan, and got rid of the humiliating position of being forced to recognize his father.
During the more than ten years of civil strife among the Uighurs in Ganzhou after the death of Tianmu Khan, Cao Yijin quickly seized the opportunity to conquer Ganzhou, and then married his daughter to Yao Geluo, the daughter he had with Princess Li of Tian.
Renyu’s elder brother was the previous Ganzhou Khan Yao Geluo Aduoyu.
From then on, the Jiedu envoy who returned to the rebel army became the father-in-law of the Ganzhou Uighur Khan. It was the turn of Ganzhou Khan to be his son and Cao Yijin to be his father.
For more than ten years, the positions of father and son have been reversed, which is a small act of shame.
Although A Duoyu was a short-lived ghost and did not serve as Cao Yijin's father-in-law for a few years, the situation in which the Guiyi Army was strong and Ganzhou was weak had already formed.
Therefore, if there is a normal alliance, it should be the Hue Khan Yao Geluo Renyu of the Hue Khan of Ganzhou Uighurs who comes to Dunhuang, not Cao Yijin who goes to Ganzhou.
However, after hearing the secret revealed by Cao Sanniang, everything made sense. The reason why the Ganzhou Uighurs were at a disadvantage was not that they were weaker than the Guiyi Army, but that Cao Yijin was very capable and defeated the Ganzhou Uighurs.
I’m so scared.
However, this kind of advantage, which is entirely based on your personal ability, is not solid.
In recent years, Ganzhou Uighurs have begun to jump up and down again. This is because Cao Yijin was not in good health and could not manage politics for a long time.
That's why Cao Yijin ignored his health and rushed to Ganzhou this time. This is to tell the Uighurs in Ganzhou that I am still in good health. Don't fucking jump. Whoever jumps will be beaten.<
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Thinking of this, Zhang Zhao was not in a good mood, and he let out a long sigh, even though it was Cao Yijin who overthrew Zhang Chengfeng as emperor.
But in fact, this was not what Cao Yijin deliberately promoted, but after Zhang Chengfeng recognized the Ganzhou Uighur Khan as his father, the Jinshan Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty could no longer be maintained.
As for Cao's replacement of Zhang, it can almost be said to be a bloodless coup, except for Qi Xiaohu's father Qi Jiarun who led the imperial army to resist a little, and Zhang Chengfeng's eldest son, Zhang Chengfeng, who was suffering from dysentery.
Zhao's brother Zhang Xuan was frightened and his illness worsened and he died.
Even Zhang Huaiqing of the Zhang family in Nanyang, Zhang Chengfeng's cousin, Zhang Yichao's nephew, and Zhang Yichao's cousin grandnephew, the Dusengtong Zhang Xishou, and Zhang Liangzhen, the envoy in charge of the internal and external capital city in Yaqian, did not resist, of course.
It was not liquidated afterwards.
In the end, the only unlucky ones in this coup were the two-year-old remnant Zhang Zhao, Qi Xiaohu, and others.
From Zhang Zhao's point of view, he had reason to resent Cao Yijin, because his father Zhang Chengfeng died of depression two years later, and he himself was under surveillance for more than ten years and deprived of all power.
But from the perspective of the majority of the Guiyi Army, they all benefited from this coup. Without Cao Yijin’s strong support after taking power, only the Guiyi Army in Guasha and Shazhou could still suppress Ganzhou.
I'm afraid the Uighur would have exploded on the spot and ceased to exist.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, has not yet reached the age of ears, so why is your health suddenly in trouble? This is really bad news! We have just had a few years of peace in Tang'er, is there going to be chaos again?"
Lady Cao Sanni looked at Zhang Zhao's expression carefully in front of him. After a while, she sat back down again, her expression even more excited.
"Now I feel that Mr. Erlang will definitely achieve great things. At least if I were Mr. Erlang, I would only be secretly happy that your majesty is getting late, and I would never think it was bad news.
Erlangjun can have this kind of mind and understanding, and not be blinded by personal grudges, and not lose his judgment because of hatred, this is what the wise kings of ancient times were like!"
"Mingjun?" Zhang Zhao grinned, "Are you making fun of me? I have a team of less than a hundred people now, and calling myself a captain is shameless. How can I start talking about Mingjun!"
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"I didn't make fun of Mr. Erlang! Because Mr. Erlang doesn't know the responsibility he should bear yet!"
Madam Cao Sanni still had a serious expression on her face, "Now our Dunhuang Kingdom looks prosperous and powerful, but in fact it is already in danger, because the core of the Dunhuang Kingdom is only more than 100,000 Hexi Tanger and more than 60,000 Chinese millet.
Special people."
"So few!" Zhang Zhao was shocked!
According to Zhang Zhao's memory and the speculations of later generations, the core members of the Guiyi Army at this time should be more than 300,000!
Among them, Hexi Tanger, the core one, must have at least 200,000 people. Otherwise, it would not be able to support 10,000 elite soldiers, and it would not be possible to guarantee the dominant position of Han culture in Guasha. He never expected that the number of Hexi Tanger would be so high.
Less than half of what was expected.
"The war with the Ganzhou Uighurs twenty years ago really damaged our vitality.
In the Tang Dynasty in Dunhuang, every family wore mourning and every household mourned. More than a thousand of the ten thousand elite soldiers died in the battle. Later, the whole country was forced to fight, and the young men suffered even more heavy losses!"
Cao Sanniang gave a wry smile, and tears filled her eyes. Zhang Zhao was not yet born at that time, but Cao Sanniang was already nine years old and could remember things.
"The uncle's family on the left side of the slave's family, Suo's family, all the men were recruited. Eleven members of the family went, and only three came back.
Suo Sanlang is such a good son! This cousin is familiar with the scriptures, can shoot a hard bow, knows the rhythm, and is good at playing the vertical harp.
When I was young, my mother always asked me with a smile, "How about marrying my third cousin when I grow up?"
Speaking of this, Cao Sanniang's face suddenly changed, and even her peach blossom eyes radiated infinite evil spirit and sadness due to extreme anger and pain.
"When I saw my third cousin again, he was already a headless corpse. His head was cut off by the Yue people and has not been found to this day. The hands that were good at playing and raising the harp were also smashed by a hammer.
Got it!
He was only fifteen years old that year! I have almost forgotten his appearance!"
Speaking of this, Cao Sanniang's tears were rolling down her cheeks and she couldn't stop crying.
Note: Xianxian Ju is the disparaging name given to the Ganzhou Uighurs by the Guiyi Army, which means short-legged hairy monkey.
