Huainan East Road, Yangzhou Huaiyang Canal connects the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but there is a magnificent scene of good water tumbling and emptying. And a group of soldiers and horses are rushing towards the coast. He is leading his subordinate Jinqi to take over the inspection of Huainan Road.
Si, the transfer envoy was under the control of Si, who thoroughly investigated the soldiers and horses of the Song Army. Shi Bao fiercely reined in the reins, and then looked sideways at the rippling smoke. The boundless river was covered with patches of mist, rolling eastward, boundless. Shi Bao looked out.
After a moment, he suddenly grinned and said in a leisurely voice: "I used to go back and forth in the north to kill for a long time, but now I have achieved great things, and I am about to return to the south of the Yangtze River again..."
Not only were there all the state capitals in the Jianghuai region, but Liu Tang's troops took advantage of the situation and moved from the south end of Huainan West Road to Jiangnan East Road in Jiangzhou. In the Wuweijun area, Mu Hong led the army to capture his hometown of Jieyang Town first, and then with
Several groups of soldiers and horses joined forces to seize the prefectural government office. During the Tang Dynasty, it was praised as "the world's dependence for taxation" and "the most prosperous area in the world since ancient times". All large areas of territory have also fallen under the control of the Xiao, Tang and Qi dynasties.
As a result, the Song Dynasty, which originally intended to take advantage of Xiao and Tang to fight on both fronts and gather troops as soon as possible to have a plan, was seriously injured. As for Li Qiong, the key figure who contributed to the current drastic change in the current situation, Xiao and Tang approved it
He was also ordered to be granted the title of General of Taining Guard, Supreme Protector of the Army, and the title of Founding Marquis. Wang Shizhong, Jin Sai and other generals who surrendered to the Song Dynasty also received generous titles and rewards. This was finally a good thing for Li Qiong.
After achieving his wish, he was sent by a middle-rank military officer in the Song Dynasty army. The commander, who had always been deliberately trying to get high-ranking officials and generous salaries, suddenly became a high-ranking military officer in the Qi Dynasty.
Of course, Xiao Tang still had some dislike for Li Qiong in his heart, although the main reason that tempted him to rebel against the Song Dynasty was that he realized in advance that his new immediate boss was trying to depose him from military power, both openly and secretly.
Zhemo's official career would become increasingly bleak, which incited the Song Dynasty's main force, which was equivalent to a military region, to defect and rebel. But Xiao Tang also knew very well that if he had not replaced Liu Yu in the official history, the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty would have been at odds.
In this situation, Li Qiong mobilized tens of thousands of Song troops to surrender to the Jin Dynasty. Not only did they surrender to the foreign captives, this military coup was also one of the main reasons why the Song Dynasty's strategic situation with the Jin Dynasty was completely passive, unable to regain the lost territory, and instead taught the Jin Dynasty to further annex the Central Plains.
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However, considering the current situation, from the position of achieving hegemony, it is often less impetuous. Now that Li Qiong instigated this military coup, Xiao Tang said that he had become the biggest beneficiary. So Li Qiong was indeed the biggest beneficiary for Qi Dynasty.
He is a surrendered minister who has made great achievements, and according to his situation, he will definitely surrender to his service wholeheartedly, and will not have any second thoughts. To deal with such surrendered ministers who have sincerely surrendered and achieved extraordinary achievements for no reason,
Having a bad reputation for being good at killing is undoubtedly a foolish move to stop recruiting other talents who might otherwise surrender.
On the contrary, Li Qiong not only cannot move, but at least for the moment, he will be greatly rewarded and generously sealed. This also sends a signal to the commander-in-chief who still obeys the orders of the Song court. The Song court has jurisdiction over other military departments, and I am afraid that now
There are also many military officers and generals who are wavering, hesitant, and holding certain military power. And those people saw that Li Qiong, who led his troops to defect to Xiao Tang, enjoyed high officials and generous salaries, real power, treatment, etc. in the Qi Dynasty.
When they are far more powerful than Song Ting, what strange thoughts will arise in their hearts?
Compared with Yue Fei, Yang Yizhong, Liu Qi, Wang De and other famous generals who were loyal to the Song Dynasty, Song Dynasty generals who could be more easily instigated to rebel and surrender, Xiao Tangruo was still just an idler drinking tea and reading historical treatises on ancient and modern times.
The attitude of most of them was not very favorable. But now that they were pushed to the opposite side of the Song court, those generals of the Song army who were easily instigated to rebel had to hold certain local military power, so Xiao Tang would have to treat them more
After all, it is impossible for loyal ministers and martyrs like Yue Fei to betray the emperor and his ministers, or to teach them to surrender, certain conditions must be met, and the process will still be quite tricky...
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The war to quickly capture the states and counties in the Jianghuai region went very smoothly and was almost coming to an end. Xiao Tang was also preparing to start from Linhuang Mansion and his troops returned to the court.
Nowadays, large areas of grassland in the eastern Monan region are divided and settled according to the guardian alliance system, and have been ruled by the Qi Dynasty with a more direct policy. Of course, in addition to the beggars who showed respect and submission to Xiao and Tang on the surface, they still retained full autonomy.
The Yan tribe, as well as the Naiman tribe in the corner of the Altai Mountains in the west of the desert, who once sent troops to support Yelu Dashi's independent westward march; the Merqi tribe in the far north of the desert, inhabited and thrived in the Selenge River Basin on the east bank of Lake Baikal in Russia in later years;
As well as the Onyila Tribe, which operates in the western corner of Lake Baikal and the Yenisei River Basin... some tribes that still retain relatively strong strength on the grasslands are free from the direct rule of the Qi Dynasty.
However, according to the alliance and flag system implemented by the Qing Dynasty on the Mongolian tribes, it originally went through a long process of gradual improvement. According to the official historical trajectory, Huang Taiji changed the name of the country to the Qing Dynasty, and after the death of Lin Dan Khan, the social structure of Mongolia immediately fell into a state of decentralization.
From the beginning of the implementation of the alliance flag system in various ministries, until the 36th year of Qianlong's reign, when the Torgut tribe returned to China, all Mongolian tribes were included in the alliance flag system. The process from initial establishment to completion took more than 140 years.
Years, although the time is relatively long, the Qing Dynasty did achieve the complete integration of the territories of Outer Mongolia and Inner Mongolia into the territory of all Chinese dynasties. During this period, in addition to the rebellion of Junggar Khan, compared with the Ming Dynasty, the relationship with the Mongolian Tatars
, the Oara tribe has been at war for years, and the Qing Dynasty has basically been able to effectively control the Mongolian Plateau, which had rebelled and surrendered at times, and even had the opportunity to threaten various tribes in the Central Plains Dynasty.
Xiao Tang knew that he could not eat hot tofu in a hurry. Since the implementation of the alliance system was generally in line with the need to strengthen the direct management of the various tribes in the desert, it would still take time to settle down and maintain the order of the various tribes under the arrangement of the alliance system.
At the same time, he continued to promote and develop in the desert. After all, after he led the Qi Dynasty army to evacuate from the desert, the Qiyan tribe, the Naiman tribe, the Merqi tribe... and other tribes will probably still fight for the plunder of Fengmao.
There were conflicts over water, grass, and livestock property, and they killed and conquered each other. The rest of the Mongol and Wei tribes who were watching the evolution of the situation were willing to obey the alliance system in order to be protected by the power of the Qi Dynasty and avoid being enslaved by the rule of other powerful tribes.
There will inevitably be more and more ethnic groups arranged to accept the rule of the Qi Dynasty.
Of course, at this time, there is still a need for capable ministers to sit in Linhuang Mansion and continue to preside over major matters such as placement, negotiation, and control of various ministries. For this, of course, Xiao Tang already has the most suitable candidate in his mind...
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On the eve of his departure back to Daming Mansion that day, he had a detailed discussion with Xiao Tang in Linhuang Mansion's palace. Ma Kuo, who had received the important post of General Protector of Anbei Protectorate in person, was stunned for a moment.
He couldn't help but express his joy at being able to give full play to his talents and ambitions. Then he straightened his clothes and bowed to Xiao Tang again: "The Anbei Protectorate was established in Linhuang Mansion. Although it was based on the control of the Western Regions during the Han and Tang Dynasties,
The official offices of various ministries in Beiting are experts in the law of guarding the alliance, controlling the Mongolian clan Wei Tou and other ministries, and maintaining peace and tranquility in border affairs... His Majesty has been entrusted with such an important task and granted the vassal the capital of Anbei.
Although he is sincere and frightened to protect such an important position, he must work hard to comfort the ministries under the Supervisory Alliance system, narrate merits, punish mistakes... and negotiate and mediate with other ministries that are still controlled according to the previous supervision policy.