On February 12, Li Zhigao received the edict and canonization ceremony in Liangzhou City, and announced to the Liangzhou soldiers and people that he would lead Liangzhou to annex Daliang Kingdom. From then on, Li Zhigao served as Liangzhou's military envoy, and also led Liangzhou's governor and governor of Liang Jinzhu.
In the state military affairs, he was granted the title of Marquis of Mianyang, with a settlement of 500 households. Chai Jian was appointed as the deputy envoy of Liangzhou Jiedu, and also served as the governor of Jinzhou. He was granted the title of Marquis of Xunyang, with a settlement of 300 households, all serving Han Qian, the leader of the Liang Kingdom.
Act according to the edict.
Cao Gan sent his eldest son Cao Zhe to Liangzhou to observe the ceremony, and on behalf of the Shu Kingdom, he formally recognized the annexation of Jin and Liangzhou to the Liang Kingdom, and negotiated the new national boundary between the two countries and the loan of grain and fodder from Liangzhou.
After these things were completed, Feng Yi took the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er, Prince Xiang Yang Lin, Chen De and Chen Ruyi and other eunuchs and maids who had been kidnapped to flee westward the next day, as well as Chen De's family, and the Chun Shisanniang.
A total of more than a hundred prisoners took a boat and rushed directly to Xiangcheng to meet Zhou Bingwu, the minister of the Ministry of War of Chu and the envoy to recruit, Zhang Wei and others.
In any case, not to mention Zhou Bingwu, who was promoted from the defense envoy of Yongjia to the central court as Minister of War, Zhang Pei, as a veteran of the three dynasties who pursued the former Tianyou Emperor to expand the territory of Chu, would not be trusted by Wang Yang.
Yuan Yan leads the way; in terms of political stance, they will not obviously favor the side of King Fu or King Yang Zhitang.
Feng Yi took a group of prisoners and took a boat to Xiangcheng to meet Zhou Bingwu and Zhang Wei. Then, even if they were escorted or detained by Zhou Bingwu, they went directly to Jinling by water and met up with the people sent to Jinling from Donghu.
Negotiating with everyone in the Chu court together is the fastest.
With so many people, if they had to take a detour from the mountains west of Danjiang to Xichuan, and then pass through Tongbai Mountain to get to Yiyang by boat, it would be too much time wasted along the way.
Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan, Zhong Yanhu, and Yao Xishui took the more than two hundred people who followed them, including Zhou Yuan and Zhong Yanhu's family. Before Li Zhigao received the imperial edict, they headed west along the Han River and crossed the Zibai Mountain west of Hanzhong.
The difficult migration to the west.
The roads between the mountains and river valleys in the upper reaches of the Han River were difficult and difficult for horses to pass. In order to save physical strength, they even had to abandon more than two hundred heavy armors in Mianyang County.
It was not until half a month later that they climbed over Zibai Mountain, whose main peak is nearly a thousand feet high, and a faintly visible trail appeared between the Python Mountain Range from north to south.
"Is this the Yinping Road?"
Zhou Yuan vaguely remembered that the general direction of the Yinping Road was between the mountains with a radius of 200 to 300 miles. However, it had been herdsmen for thousands of years. The path trampled by the mountain people was not an official post road. This remote road in front of him
Zhou Yuan could not confirm whether the trail was the legendary Yinping Road.
If it is Yinpingdao, then they face three choices:
Continuing to cross the mountains to the west, they will enter the Songbo area controlled by the Western Qiang people.
To the south is the Mianzhou area in Bazhong, which was an important defensive town where the Shu army defended Zhao Mengji, and Wang Xiaoxian attacked southward via the Yinping Road.
To the north is Qinzhou, which Zhao Mengji's troops temporarily "borrowed" from the Pingxia people.
When Zhou Yuan hesitated, he was about to turn back to Lu Qingxia and Zhong Yanhu for discussion. At this time, several people on fast horses came galloping over from a dense forest several miles away in the southwest.
"May I ask if this person is the envoy of Lu Palace?" Although the people who came here were all dressed as hunters, they had pine and Tibetan war horses under their crotches. They rushed to rein in the horses and asked loudly.
Zhou Yuan didn't know whose spy the visitor belonged to. When he saw the other party coming up, he directly revealed their identity. He was secretly frightened and wanted to see how Zhong Yanhu would send someone to deal with them.
"The Marquis of Hejian knew that Mr. Zhou, the envoy from the Palace of Lu, would take this route, so he specially sent me to wait nearby and invited the envoy from the Palace of Lu, Mr. Zhou, to go to Qinzhou for a reunion..."
Lu Qingxia was covered with a veil to block the wind and sand, but the visitor seemed to recognize Zhou Yuan who was in a state of embarrassment and directly identified himself.
The Marquis of Hejian was Wu Sulu, a descendant of the Mongolian royal family. He was also the mastermind who revealed Li Zhigao's life experience to Li Pu in Jinling City and forced them to launch a hasty palace coup.
Zhou Yuan did not expect that the Mongol people and the Xinliang Army had already beaten their brains out in Heluo. Wu Sulu, who actually presided over the Guanjiang Tower, had the leisure to stay in Qinzhou, and even sent people to guard here to wait for them to pass by.
Doesn't this mean that the Mongols had already expected that Li Zhigao would be surrendered by Han Qian, and that they would be expelled by Li Zhigao and pass by here?
Zhou Yuan turned to look at Lu Qingxia and Zhong Yanhu behind him.
The current situation is very simple. The Shu Kingdom will definitely not tolerate them. If they continue to go west and enter the Songfan area controlled by the Qiang, it will be extremely difficult for them to take root with only their few manpower.
"We are just people who have been driven away, living in heaven and earth but useless..." Lu Qingxia sighed quietly.
"Don't be discouraged, Gongshi Lu," the leader with a beard jumped off his horse and came over, clasping his fists and saying, "Wang Zhao had long heard that his adoptive father and Mr. Xiao often mentioned the name of Gongshi Lu, and Cishou Palace changed
The mistake was because the Marquis of Hejian fell into Han Qian's plan and hurriedly forced the envoy of Lu Gong to act. If there was a mistake, it was because we miscalculated first. And this time Han Qian got the support of the Liang Emperor Zhu Yu to support the country, and the prince
Mr. Xiao also feels deeply that he has made a mistake. If Lu Gongshi can't calculate this son, it really doesn't mean anything."
Wang Jingrong secretly attached to Xiao Yiqing and founded Guanjiang Tower in the Jin Kingdom. He adopted dozens of adopted sons to take charge of his affairs. Zhou Yuan and the others had only met two or three of them before, and they had never heard of Wang Zhao's name before.
At this time, listening to him criticizing Wu Shulu, the Marquis of Hejian, without any scruples, and even directly mentioning Wu Su Dashi and Xiao Yiqing's missteps, I secretly felt that he was being ignorant, he should be considered a number one person, right?
If this were not the case, and if we were not very familiar with the terrain of the mountains west of Hanzhong, even if we could predict in advance that they would be expelled by Li Zhigao, it would be difficult to meet them nearby at the right time!
"How is the war in Heluo going?" Zhou Yuan couldn't help but ask. He was eager to see Han Qian being killed in Heluo and wanted to see what Li Zhigao's face would be like when he knew the news.
"The Yu River in Yanlin and other places north of Hejin has melted, and freezing floods broke out between the Xiaoxiang Mountains. The army was forced to withdraw to Mengzhou. It may take another half a month to attack Hulao Pass again."
Wang Zhao told him bluntly, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Zhou has been fighting with Han Qian for more than ten years and is very familiar with the Tangyi army. The prince and Mr. Xiao expected that Han Qian would surrender to Li Zhigao but would not tolerate you, so they specially
Let the Marquis of Hejian and I come to greet you. When we arrive in Mengzhou, we will treat you as high officials..."
The alluvial plain of the lower reaches of the Yiluo River is conducive to large-scale military and horse operations, and the use of cavalry to make circuitous intersperses. However, this area is blocked by Luoyang City, with Mang Mountain to the north and Songyue Mountain to the south. It is a standard pocket terrain, which is very difficult for the Tangyi Army.
The scale of the battle was unfamiliar, and the Yiluo River mouth would be threatened by floods at any time. The troops assembled in Mengzhou in early February did not dare to rashly seize Hulao Pass on the east flank and the Mangshan East Ridge on the west side of the Yiluo River mouth.
Advancing deeper into Yanshi territory.
The fierce battle between the two sides for more than half a month was concentrated on the ten-mile-deep alluvial plain between the mouth of the Yiluo River and Hulao Pass. They mainly fought for the Fangzhai between the hills and hills in the northwest foothills of Songshan Mountain to the west of Hulao Pass.
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Although certain results were achieved, Lingxun came as scheduled. Considering that the north and south of the Yuhe River would be blocked during the Lingxun period, even the Dongliang Army was unable to attack Hulao Pass from the east, and was even forced to capture several of the lands captured on the west side of Hulao Pass.
Zuofangzhai was abandoned and all retreated to the north bank to rest.
Although Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan, Zhong Yanhu and others were expelled from Liangzhou like lost dogs, and although they had fought openly and secretly with Han Qian over the years and never gained the upper hand, it is undeniable that when it comes to understanding Tangyi and Han Qian
So deep, there are probably not many people in the world who can match them.
Li Zhigao almost broke with Lu Qingxia and the others at the end of last year, and even removed Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan, Zhong Yanhu and others from their military power before allowing them to retreat to Liangzhou to rest - of course the situation directly determined that Li Zhigao would only choose
He made peace with Han Qian, but Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan, Zhong Yanhu and others were obstacles for Li Zhigao to make peace with Han Qian.
Therefore, Xiao Yiqing gave up sending envoys to Liangzhou, and instead sent people to wait on the road where Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and others were exiled. Of course, he expected that Li Zhigao would not want to bear the reputation of being ungrateful, and he also did not want Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and others to go into exile.
They continued to stay around to influence the generals of the late Honglou line in Liangzhou and Zhongyuan. Exiling Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and others was the most likely choice that Li Zhigao would make.
Zhou Yuan was faintly excited. He had not mentioned going to Mengwu before. He was mainly worried that they would look like lost dogs and rush to Qinzhou. They would be suspected of having a hot face but a cold butt. They would not be taken seriously. It was better to go to Song Dynasty first.
Fan waited and watched the situation for a while.
At this time, since Xiao Yiqing and Wu Su Dashi were afraid that Hejian Marquis Wu Sulu and Wang Zhao would come to invite him, they felt that there was no need to be pretentious...