Chapter eight hundred and fiftieth man crazy for money
In the first month of the spring of the second year of Yuanshuo, Li Siye led his troops out of Dunhuang and arrived at Gaochang, Xizhou. He stationed troops in Gaochang and Puchang counties, waiting for the Beiting Jiedu envoy to come and pay his respects.
Zhou Yi was the envoy he personally arranged to stay in Beiting, and was later officially appointed by the imperial court as the envoy of Beiting. This person gave him the impression of being loyal, reliable, sincere and trustworthy. But humans are the most difficult animals in the world to explain clearly.
It is also impossible to guess that the passage of time will cause them to change.
However, after waiting for three days, Zhou Yi did not come, let alone send any envoys. By this time, Li Siye had already realized the problem, and his face turned frighteningly dark.
He calmly returned to his tent and ordered someone to send a message to Bai Xiaode, who was leading the artillery battalion stationed in Dunhuang, and ordered him to lead the artillery battalion into Xizhou and prepare for battle at any time.
After Bai Xiaode received the military order, the warlike factor in his blood became restless again. He thought that there would be no war after Hexi defeated Tubo. Unexpectedly, someone was seeking death, and now he hit the muzzle of his gun.
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The mansion of Zhou Yi, the governor of Beiting, is magnificent, and it is nothing like the mansion of General Xicui. There are pavilions and pavilions in the courtyard, and the sound of silk and bamboo can be heard. In the inner courtyard, there are beauties of various styles in the back house.
Its size is comparable to the emperor's harem.
Where does the money for his extravagant life come from? The answer is obvious. Few people can resist the temptation of guarding such a huge treasury in Tingzhou City. In the past few years when An Lushan rebelled, it was he who
He lived the most prosperous days in the Central Plains. He was fighting life and death in the Central Plains, and he was living and drinking in the rear. He thought that Li Siye might be entangled in the war and never come back. He might even die on the battlefield, or be relocated elsewhere by the emperor, but he never thought that
However, he was actually able to lead troops into Hexi.
Zhou Yi was in a panic. Facing Li Siye's sudden arrival, he knew that the wealth in his hands could not be saved, but he was unwilling to give up like this. If it was only a few tens of thousands of taels of gold, it would be okay to give up, but he personally took the gold in the treasury with him.
It took a full ten days to arrive at the sum of 1,630,000 kilograms, not to mention all kinds of brocade, silk and Sichuan brocade, and mountains of sandalwood and agate. This is simply a treasure trove.
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It took him five years to squander a small fraction of it. As long as he had this gold in his hands, he would be enough to become the overlord of the Western Regions, but the prerequisite was to get rid of Li Siye who came to evade his debt.
For him, this was as difficult as a dream for Duke Zhou. The opponent defeated Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi, and squeezed out Li Siye, who was in charge of the imperial court and occupied Guanzhong. Even Hexi Jiedushi Yang Zhilie, who commanded 40,000 troops, had to surrender to him. Now he leads the way.
Jun came to Xizhou from Dunhuang, obviously wanting to enter Tingzhou to take away the gold and property in the treasure house. How could he let others take possession of the things he had guarded for several years?
When Zhou Yi was so worried, he finally thought of a way, which was to spend money to hire reinforcements. Geluolu, who was active in the east and west of Suiye River and north of Tianshan Mountain, was known as the mercenary of the Western Regions. Xigeluolu had a hundred thousand cavalry. In order to
They do everything with money. There is also the Shatuo tribe north of Tingzhou, which has nearly 30,000 people. In addition, he has spent money to recruit troops in the past two years, and he has also gathered an army of 25,000 people.
A total of more than 100,000 people would be able to defeat Li Siye.
Before Li Siye arrived in Gaochang, Xizhou, Zhou Yi hurriedly took out four carts of gold from the treasury, and he and his eldest son Zhou Tianwang personally escorted them to the Geluolu and Shatuo tribes respectively.
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Xige Luolu's camp was a hundred miles away from Tingzhou. Before setting off, he asked his trusted generals to defend the city and resist, and not to reply to anyone in the city until he came back.
Three days later, Zhou Yi arrived at the Geluolu camp and stood outside the camp gate to ask for an audience. The two soldiers guarding the camp gave him an indifferent look and then told him, "Wait here!" They turned around and entered the camp gate to report.
Geluolu Khan Dunbijia was getting stronger and stronger in his old age. Although he was gray-haired, he was surrounded by two young and beautiful special agents. Hearing that Zhou Yi, the governor of Beiting, came, his eyes suddenly gleamed and he murmured in his heart: "I heard rumors that Zhou Yi
Tingzhou, where my son is in charge, has a huge treasury left by Li Siye, and he is a money-keeper. Now that there is trouble in the Central Plains, Li Siye may never be able to return to the Western Regions in his life. I have long wanted to annex Tingzhou, and
With this treasury as his own, Zhou Yi must not be able to resist it, but if Wei Boyu, the governor of Anxi Province, interferes with his own business, he will be in trouble."
At this moment, many desires and thoughts flashed through Old Dunbija's mind, but he never considered the purpose of the other party's coming.
"Let him in, remember to use swords and guns in battle! Give him a taste of his power!"
After getting the permission, Zhou Yi walked into the Geluolu camp without hesitation. There were two rows of warriors standing in front of the Khan's tent. One row held scimitars in their hands, and the other row held long spears in their hands. They were fighting with each other.
The arch allows Zhou Yi to pass underneath.
After all, Zhou Yi was a man who fought hard from the Beiting Army. How could he be intimidated by such a battle? He walked through the arch with his head raised and his chest expressionless, and entered the tent to face Dunpiga who was sitting on the Persian carpet.
The Khan crossed his hands and said: "I'm here next week. Khan Dunpiga is here and safe."
Dunbijia raised his beard and sneered: "Zhou Yi, you are just a small Beiting Jiedu envoy, but you don't say hello to me when you see me?"
Zhou Yi almost exploded with anger at Dunbiga's face, but today he had something to ask for, so he had to bend down a little lower and praised: "Zhou Yi pays homage to Dunbiga Khan."
"That's pretty much it." Dunbijia couldn't help but became arrogant, and said to Zhou Yi with a smile: "Zhou Yi, I heard that there was a rebellion in the Central Plains, and maybe there will be a change of dynasties, and you border governors will become motherless.
Children, they are fighting fiercely in the Central Plains, and they will not care about you in ten or a hundred years. Now the Western Region is not peaceful, Dashi successively invades the nine tribes in the river, Tubo aggressively attempts to capture Longyou and the west of the river, and the Shatuo people are also not peaceful.
Be willing to stop. I heard that you still have a sum of gold hidden in your hand. This man is not guilty of the crime, so you are in a very bad situation."
Zhou Yi patiently listened to him nagging in front of him, already greeting the eighteenth generation of his ancestors in his heart.
"I don't need Khan to worry about me, Zhou Yi has his own way."
"I am also worried about you. I think it would be better for you to lead the entire Tingzhou people to submit to me, Ge Luolu. When the time comes that I will dominate the Western Region, I will be able to grant you the title of Special Qin Dangdang, haha."
The special service is equivalent to a prince, and only the heirs of the Khan can be granted the title of special service. This seems to be a disguised adoption of an adopted son, which is a great humiliation for Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi believed that he was a man who could bend and stretch, so he would not argue with him for now, and would fall out with him after the use was over. Then he said with a smile: "We will discuss this matter later. Today I am here to ask Khan for help."
Dunbija Khan was wary, leaned back and asked, "What help can you do? I'm not helping you in vain."
Zhou Yi clapped his hands heavily, the sound of a carriage clattering outside the tent, Zhou Yi opened the curtain and invited: "Khan, please take a look."
The Khan followed him out in surprise, and when he opened a few large boxes in the first car, he found that they were all filled with glittering gold collars and Sasanian gold coins. By this time, his eyes were shining and he could not even close his mouth.
He jumped onto the second carriage and stretched out his hand to lift the tarpaulin on it. He saw rolls of silk with bright and rich colors. Among them, Shu brocade and Jiangnan brocade were the most expensive.
These are hot treasures on the Silk Road. As long as you give up your hands on food, you can get more wealth. Although Geluolu, as a grassland tribe, can meet the requirements of life as long as they have cattle, sheep and horses, but
People should have higher pursuits, right?
He suppressed his expression of surprise and put on a solemn look and asked: "You want me to help you fight? Who to fight?"