Yulia fell asleep next to Yuan Feng like a kitten, blowing hot air from her bright red mouth and blowing Yuan Feng's tips. He felt itchy, but he didn't dare to move. He quietly turned sideways and took a closer look.
Looking at Yulia's face, the Liqian girl's fair skin and high nose are completely different from those of Han women, but the beauty of women in the world is always the same. For a moment, Yuan Feng couldn't help but think of Aunt Ya.
Is she still alive? If she were still in the world, could she sleep so peacefully?
Two drops of crystal droplets fell from the corner of Yulia's mouth, which was saliva. She smacked her mouth, and she slept soundly. The little girl didn't understand the relationship between men and women. Yuan Feng was just an ignorant boy, so naturally nothing happened at night. Dongfang Wei
At dawn, Yulia got up rubbing her sleepy eyes. It was time to practice pipa again, but she couldn't practice anymore today. The Liqian people were about to leave their hometown where they had lived for hundreds of years and go to distant Liang.
The state fled the disaster of war.
The camels and carriages were ready. Pots and pans were loaded on the carriages. People rode camels and horses, with cattle and sheep following behind. They slowly walked out of Liqian Village. Everyone couldn't help but look back at their hometown.
With tears in my eyes, I don’t know when I will be able to return home after leaving.
The further east you go, the more people are on the road. It's already approaching the end of the year, and ordinary people are at home enjoying the winter. But the war is approaching, and the brutality of the Turks is well known to the world, so the entire Hexi Corridor is full of people.
The people all embarked on the road back east. No matter which road they took, the destination was always Liangzhou.
The cavalry sent out by Yuan Feng withdrew one after another. According to them, the Turkic cavalry had disappeared. Now there were refugees everywhere. No less than 100,000 people were heading towards Liangzhou with their luggage, cattle and horses. There was a long queue on the road. At this time
If the Turkic cavalry came to attack, these hundreds of Ganzhou cavalry would not be able to do anything.
These people are all people under the rule of Liangzhou. Over the years, Cao Zhifu's rule has been quite benevolent. Ganliangzhou is actually Cao Yanhui's fiefdom. Every year, he only needs to pay symbolic tribute to the court with some special products. His old man is equivalent to
The local emperors are the ones passed down from generation to generation, so they don’t have to be like the local officials in other places who desperately scrape land before their term is over. Besides, the terrain in Liangzhou is better. It is located in the east of the Hexi Corridor, which is equivalent to the west gate of Gansu.
, here is a gathering place for merchants from the East and the West. The annual business tax alone is a considerable income. Liangzhou is not only prosperous in commerce, but also in handicrafts and animal husbandry. There are 20 residents of various ethnic groups, mainly Han people.
Wan, Chang'an in the east, and Yili in the west, there is no such a huge city. In the hearts of the people, Liangzhou is an unshakable monument. Even without the warning of the officers and soldiers, they will subconsciously go to Liangzhou.
Liangzhou Government Office, this is probably the most luxurious magistrate's office in the world. The place where official business is handled and the place where the magistrate lives are divided into two parts, just like the palace, which is divided into inside and outside. The office area is magnificent and filled with soldiers.
Officials in green robes came and went in an orderly manner, and the inner house was magnificent and magnificent, blending the characteristics of Eastern and Western architecture. It was luxurious and exquisite, but not overbearing. This also shows the cunningness of Magistrate Cao.
Like other yamen in the Zhou Dynasty, Liangzhou Prefecture was divided into three classes and six rooms. The Zhuang class, Kuai class and Zao class had yamen servants, and the officials, soldiers, workers, punishments and ritual households had six rooms. However, the establishment was extremely large.
I won’t go into detail about the squad’s yamen officers. There are three squads in each room. Each squad has forty or fifty people. They are equipped with fire sticks and waist knives. This is a staff of nearly a thousand people. The strong squad is responsible for the defense of the prefect and important places in the city.
There are more than three thousand people, equipped with chainmail, swords, bows and crossbows and other weapons, and the personnel are also the most powerful soldiers in Liangzhou. To put it bluntly, Zhuangban is the bodyguard of the prefect. Kuaiban serves as an anti-smuggling and anti-smuggling team.
There are thousands of armed forces maintaining law and order in the city, and they can also be regarded as direct descendants of the prefect.
Liangzhou is located on the border, and these troops alone are not enough, so Cao Yanhui greatly expanded the Forbidden Army under Liangzhou Prefecture. Originally, the Forbidden Army should not be controlled by the prefect, but Mr. Cao is so smart.
In addition to the prefectural magistrate, he also had the military post of Liangzhou Commander-in-Chief, so that he could legitimately control the armies and horses of Ganzhou and Liangzhou.
The Second Army of Ganliang was really Cao Yanhui's hard work. Being able to dominate one side did not rely on wealth or being brave and fierce, but a strong but low-key army. Cao Yanhui was not ambitious and never wanted to conquer the Central Plains.
In the world, he does not want to march westward to Yili and conquer the endless land. What he wants is to secure the two states of Gansu and Liang safely and rule hereditary.
Xiliang's army is extremely well-equipped. The money that Cao Yanhui has accumulated over the years has been spent on these troops in addition to strengthening the city defense of Liangzhou. Whether it is Eastern or Western armor and weapons, as long as they are good, he will buy them.
If the quantity is large and inconvenient to purchase, blacksmiths are hired to make it at a high price. For example, the chain armor commonly used by the Persians. This kind of soft armor with six small steel rings fastened together is much lighter than the Central Plains-style armor. Soldiers wear it
It can move freely and has good defense. There are no craftsmen in the Central Plains who can make it, so Cao Yanhui hired Persian craftsmen to make it at a high price. There are also Persian scimitars and compound bows used by the Mongols, as well as pewter pole spears used by the Central Plains army. The Liangzhou army is equipped with them.
, Ganzhou also deployed a professional mercenary group composed of Liqian people. This group of people has been engaged in warfare for hundreds of years, and their force is considerable. Cao Yanhui spent a lot of money to hire them in order to strengthen his defense power.
Fortunately, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate in the Western Regions has been at war with the Timurid Empire and has no time to look eastward. However, since the Zhou regime in the Central Plains overthrew the Han Dynasty, its rule has been unstable, with frequent border troubles and civil uprisings. The Emperor
There is no time to care about Xiliang's affairs, so Liangzhou has been safe for a long time.
Not to mention Liangzhou, which is out of reach, even Gansu is far away from the emperor. Local officials and wealthy families are divided into one side, and they are very arrogant. Isn't it? Some time ago, the governor of Gansu used an excuse to suppress horse thieves and pushed thousands of troops into the city.
The border between Liangzhou and Liangzhou would have reached the border. If the Liangzhou army had not mobilized urgently to deter the other side, it might have been a big war.
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In the splendid Persian-style hospital, the old and frail Cao Yanhui sat behind the case, listening to the quarrel between his eldest son and his brother-in-law.
Cao Jun is Cao Yanhui's eldest son. He is timid by nature, but also eccentric and irritable. Cao Yanhui is not at ease with him inheriting his family business. Cai Yong is his brother-in-law and has been working hard with him since he was twenty years old. He has not made any achievements over the years.
There is also hard work. Cai Yong's sister has been married to him for more than ten years. She gave birth to a baby named Cai Xiu. She was young, smart, kind and upright. Cao Yanhui started to think of passing the throne to his second son, but after all, Cao Jun was
The eldest son, who is much older than his younger brother, is really in trouble. Cai Xiu is his opponent, so Cao Yanhui has used Cai Yong to check and balance his eldest son for a long time.
Unexpectedly, the struggle below became more and more intense, and this time it actually reached the point of fighting. Cai Yong instructed his subordinate Qian Zong to assassinate Cao Jun to no avail. Then he stood still and watched Ganzhou be besieged by the Turks. Later, the Ganzhou army retreated.
There was a friction on the way and a large number of Ganzhou troops were killed.
Of course, this is just Cao Jun's side of the story. In Cai Yong's words, it was clearly Cao Jun who lost Ganzhou due to a bad battle. In order to shirk responsibility, he just put the blame on himself. There was indeed friction, but it was Ganzhou.
Instigated by the Liangzhou Army, the Liangzhou Army put the overall situation first and repeatedly tolerated it, killing and wounding dozens of people without hesitation.
The aging Cao Yanhui waved his hand and signaled the two red-faced people to stop arguing. Cao Jun was only twenty-five years old this year, but Cao Yanhui was already over sixty years old and his body was broken. The maid brought ginseng soup to serve Mr. Cao.
After two mouthfuls, the old man regained his energy. He didn't care who was right or wrong. He had more important things to do now.
Wiping his mouth with a gold-trimmed brocade handkerchief, Cao Yanhui, the nominal magistrate of Liangzhou but actually the king of Xiliang, spoke: "Have you had enough quarrel? If it's not enough, continue. If it's enough, let me say a few words."
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Cao Yanhui likes to call himself "Benfu", which is the title of the prefect. This is also the reason why he is smart. Someone once taught him that it is best to be low-key and talk about wealth. At that time, Cao Yanhui was already forty years old.
He was still a penniless poor scholar. He became famous after following that man, married a wife and gave birth to Cao Jun.
Hearing what the prefect said, Cao Jun and Cai Yong were like cocks that had been defeated in a fight. They retreated and did not dare to make any more noise. Cao Yanhui then snorted and said: "According to the report of the spies deployed by our government in the Western Regions, this
The sub-Turkic expedition to the east was a massive one, with the Eastern Chagatai Khanate’s 200,000 troops at the front, followed by the Timur Empire’s 800,000 troops, and the leader of the entire army… was Emperor Timur himself.”
Cao Jun and Cai Yong were shocked when they heard this. With millions of troops marching eastward, and even Emperor Timur, who was said to be more powerful than Genghis Khan, personally leading the army, wouldn't Liangzhou become a piece of cake on the chopping board?
It's been slaughtered. What's the point of them still arguing about inheritance rights here?
"Father, is this serious?" Cao Jun asked in a trembling voice.
"The information came from the Western Regions. No one can guarantee whether it is true or not. But you should know better than my father. Didn't you already see the enemy troops in Ganzhou? They didn't even have a decent battle."
If you fight, you will lose Ganzhou, huh, you are considered my son, Cao Yanhui!"
Cao Jun hurriedly knelt down and said: "To inform my father, it is indeed the army of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate that attacked Ganzhou, but the march was much more fierce than before. It must be because of the supervisory troops sent by Timur. Such a situation
Look, this information may be true, a million-strong Turkic army is coming, what should we do?"
Cai Yong was also frightened. He never expected that this war would be such a big event and that his glory and wealth might come to an end in this life. He also knelt down and said, "Everything will be arranged by your Excellency."
Cao Yanhui said: "The best way to cope with all changes is to remain unchanged..."
Just as he was talking, someone outside suddenly reported urgently: "Sir, the city is full of refugees, and there are still more refugees coming. General Zhao at the west gate asks for permission to close the city gate."