Chapter 24 Return to Righteousness
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Uighur Prime Minister Dong Tu asked again: "Are the cavalry in Lanzhou easy to move around? Can I catch up with my Uighur hero?" Zhai Fu said sadly: "Yes, the Lanzhou army doesn't know what it is. The cavalry is all good horses, and there are many grassland tribe warriors who have joined in it. The light cavalry comes and goes like the wind, but I am afraid it is better than my Hexi Uighurs." Dong Tu asked again: "According to what you see, Chen De can keep his word, but I am the noble of my Uighurs.
If all those who have no sins are released, will he not be afraid of raising tigers?” Zhai Fu made up a lot of lies, and his courage became stronger and he said in a deep voice: “Prime Minister, Chen De’s subordinates are full of fierce generals who are like wolves and tigers, and he can kill people with glaring eyes. How could he be afraid that our defeated generals will cause trouble? He declared that if our army does not surrender tomorrow at 3 o'clock tomorrow, he will kill all the Uighur tribes in Hexi without leaving any mouthful.”
"Enough!" Khan Jing Qiong shouted loudly, sweat dripping down his cheeks, blue veins on the back of his hand rose, and he was silent for a while, sitting down dejectedly, whispering: "Prime Minister, call the generals of the army in the city, and everyone discuss it." The once ambitious and unruly Uighur Khan seemed extremely old at this moment.
"The King," Prime Minister Dong Tu knelt down on the ground and spoke loudly, "How important is the war surrender? There is a saying in the Han people's "Book of Changes" that if the king is not secret, he will lose his ministers; if the ministers are not secret, he will lose his virginity. At present, the army of Lanzhou is besieging the city, and the various departments in the city are in amazement. Some towns are condoning the slaughter of Han people, carrying heavy blood debts, and they will definitely refuse to surrender. They may not support troops and cause chaos. Some town generals are holding the king to exchange for wealth and prosperity in Lanzhou. Although there are only three thousand soldiers in the city, they are undercurrents everywhere. If the king summons this group of ulterior motives to discuss major events, I am afraid it will be too late to regret it!" Dong Tu was really capable. As he spoke, he actually cried bitterly, as if not so, it would not be enough to show his extremely loyalty to Jingqiong Khan.
Jing Qiong's face was pale. He was old and weak. All the Uighur tribes in Ganzhou were ready to seize the Khan throne and fought in private. He also held the idea of "I will not care about the flood after I die." He was so happy that these sharp-toned wolf cubs were restrained by each other. But when the building was about to collapse, he realized that his control over his subordinates was so weak that he felt pitiful. Thinking of the various tragic means used by the Uighurs to fight for the throne, Jing Qiong was horrified and thought to himself that maybe Alidy gave it to the powerful Chen De, and instead treated her well. He sat on the ground weakly and whispered: "Since that's the case, as the Prime Minister said, summoning the governors of each town to the palace to discuss matters, detain them all first, and then sending his confidants to arrange for each department to find Chen De in Lanzhou to get out of the city."
Prime Minister Dong Tu was quite proud of himself and asked for his withdrawal, holding Zhai Fu, the envoy who was about to set off for the Lanzhou camp immediately.
Zhai Fu witnessed Dong Tu's turnaround and turn a rain, and made efforts to promote peace talks. He became more cautious about Dong Tu and bowed respectfully and said, "What else does the Prime Minister have to give?"
Dong Tu had a faint smile on his face, a little unfathomable, and asked in a low voice: "You have seen clearly what I have persuaded the king to surrender Lord Chen De of Lanzhou to the city?"
Zhai Fu replied: "The Prime Minister is willing to continue the safety of the Uighur tribes and speaks up for justice. It is really a great hero and hero who saves the 300,000 Uighurs in Ganzhou who are among the fire and fire." He thought that Dong Tu was afraid that he would leak the process of peace and peace, so he gave him a high hat. He wanted to kneel down and hug Dong Tu's thigh and shout, "Prime Minister I am in the same group."
Dong Tu sneered, his head approached Zhai Fu slightly, and reminded him: "If Lord Chen De asks about the past, you should tell him in detail in the original place." Seeing Zhai Fu was stunned, he said, "Glory and wealth are right between your lips and tongue, do you know?" Zhai Fu suddenly realized that this politician was easier to turn against him than a prostitute, but Dong Tu wanted to use his first contribution to convince the Uighur Khan to surrender and sold himself to Chen De. He hurriedly said in a gratitude and tears: "The prime minister's gratitude is very grateful. I am willing to work hard for the sake of the dog and horse."
Dong Tu was very proud and patted his shoulder to show relief. He turned around and left to arrange surrender in the city. He estimated that Chen De's subordinates were all Han people and wanted to rule the 300,000 Ganzhou Uighurs, Jing Qiong Khan was not available. Most of the governors of various tribes with blood debts in their hands could not be used. He was well-read about poetry, books, and strategies, and his knowledge was no less than that of the Han people's strategists. He held the great merit of surrender and surrender. Maybe he was selected by the future Lord of Hexi to become the agent of the ruler of the Uighur tribes.
It is not impossible to become a new Uighur Khan after decades of business, gaining the trust of Chen De, and becoming a new Uighur Khan. Who said that a scimitar can be a hero and fight the world? Aren’t the officials of the Han people in the Central Plains all literati without the power to tie a chicken? Thinking of this, the Uighur Prime Minister Dong Tu, who could not hold his shoulders and read archers since childhood, was proud and full of passion, as if an eagle was about to break out of his chest, flew into the vast night sky, whistling across the vast land of Hexi, hovering continuously, and going straight to the sky.
Just as Suzhou City was quietly starting to make final preparations for surrendering to the Lanzhou army, Dunhuang City, the capital of Guiyi Army in Shazhou, was in chaos. The mansion of the town general Lin Hong was dispatched by Cao Yanlu, the governor of Guiyi Army, and sent a heavy army to surround him. The iron hooves were on torches, the swords were lit, the bows and arrows broke through the air, the noise of people and horses were neighing and the silence of the late night.
"Lin Hong, you secretly communicate with the court to rebel against Zhang. The Jiedushi has already known it all. If you don't want to surrender quickly, don't wait for the brothers of the Guiyi Army to meet each other!" Cao Yuanshou is a general of the Cao family. Although he has no position in the Guiyi Army, he commands the Cao family's soldiers. Recently, Cao Yanlu received a secret report, including Chen Qingzong, general of Ziting Town, Zheng Shangda, general of Yonggui Town, and An Shang, general of Qingquan Town, and secretly meet in the mansion of Lin Hong in Shouchang Town, and conspires to have a Yumen Pass.
The clan colluded with rebellion, and these four towns occupied half of the Guiyi army. The Cao family of Suli did not dare to force them too much, for fear that they would lead their troops to the foreign vassals. But now Chen De's army is in front of him, he can no longer tolerate the four generals' conspiracy. Cao Yanlu made up his mind and ordered Cao Yuanshou to lead troops to surround Lin Hong's mansion. As for whether the soldiers in the foreign vassal would immediately cause chaos or disperse in a hurry, they would not be able to worry about it at this moment.
No matter how Cao Yuanshou shouted, Lin Hong's mansion was as quiet as a ghost house, like a beast lurking quietly in the night, but it showed indescribable weirdness and danger. Behind the wall of the half-high man, I don't know how many powerful crossbows and shields were ambushed. I just waited for the attack outside to appear and take his life. The Guiyi Army in Shazhou was located among the Huhu. Even at the strongest time, the governor of the Guiyi Army also wrote to the court to say, "The soldiers are fierce every day and fight every month." There was a ruthless and fierce wind from all over the top. Since the four towns had already broken up with the governor's headquarters, it was an internal strife that would be killed by death.
Cao Yuanshou's shouting outside the mansion was just a formality. Seeing that he did not answer inside, his face darkened and waved his hand and ordered: "Bow and crossbow, sword and shield come forward, and hit the door!" Although the four towns each had their own troops, the Cao family was the dominant in Dunhuang City, and the total number of guards and soldiers of the four towns was only 200.
With his military order, the twelve strong men used thick leather ropes to lift out a huge bumper wood, and with a bang, they swayed slightly to the gate of Lin Hong's mansion. At this moment, the figure of a crossbowman suddenly popped out from the low wall and laid a row of cold arrows outside. Unpredictable, the Cao family soldiers surrounded by the gate of the mansion were shot at dozens of people. The screams pierced the night sky, officially announcing the beginning of the war between the brothers and feet inside the Guiyi army.
"Lin Hong rebelled, opened his mansion, gold, silver, jewelry, children, jade and silk, and the soldiers took it themselves!" Cao Yuanshou gathered his energy and made a loud order. With the help of the Uighurs, Cao won the throne of the governor of the Guiyi Army, and had long lost the hearts of the people in the army, so those who encourage morale were nothing more than women of wealth.
In Lin Hong's mansion, hundreds of soldiers stood up solemnly. A servant and a servant were in a different head, bleeding all over the ground. Lin Hong, the general of Shouchang Town, with a helmet and armor, wiped the bloody sword on the military robe casually, and said apologizing to the other three generals: "Brothers' house is not clean, and the rumors of the wind will be leaked, and the three brothers will be implicated by then." "It is a blessing that our military men died on the battlefield and were wrapped in horses and corpses. Why do you need to act like a child? Let the rats outside laugh!" An Shang, the general of Qingquan Town, shouted loudly among the four generals.
"This Cao regards us as a thorn in our eyes for a day, and it will be a matter of time before we can take the poison," Ziting Town general Chen Qingzong said in a deep voice, "Those who regret it cannot witness the Han family's restoration of Hexi." "Yes, Zhang Zhongyao has good luck and has received a wise assistant. We are one step behind, but we can only go underground in Huangquan to see the king's army heading west." Yonggui Town general Zheng Shangda patted the sword on his waist.
The Cao family generals were rectifying their troops and attacking the mansion again. Archers had long shot the arrow feathers in densely. It was difficult for Lin Hong's house to stand up in a neutral courtyard, let alone use a crossbowman to shoot the sergeant who hit the door. Soon, the unsolid gate of the house collapsed. The outside soldiers rushed in, and the lights in the courtyard were brightly illuminated. The four generals led hundreds of soldiers with helmets and armor to treat them solemnly. The two hatchbacks shouted loudly and killed them.
In Dunhuang Pass City, the town general Luo Youtong looked at the sky-storming fire pillars in the city, shouting and killing loudly, and hesitated in his heart. Finally, he stomped his feet hard, cursed his mother, and said to the entourage: "Come on Lord Suo Yuanxun, I have something to ask for."
Soon, Suo Yuanxun came hurriedly with his clothes. When he saw Luo Youtong, he smiled and said, "Lord Luo went to Zhao Yuanxun at night, don't know what?" Although he and Luo Youtong were colleagues who had worked together for many days. Luo Youtong was a rude person, but he was still quite regular in major matters. The most important thing is that Luo Youtong was a general promoted by Cao Yangong from the Guiyi Army, which was also the reason why Cao was relieved to let him guard the Guancheng.
At that time, the Uighur Khan Yao Luoge of Ganzhou was hesitant and wanted to summon the governors of various departments to discuss the surrender. Hou Dong robbed the land with his head and cried and bloody advice, "The lord should decide the major matter of surrender in the war." The people in the city changed their hearts, and the generals had two hearts to endure the life of their own lives to others?" Yao Luoge of the city moved and surrendered to the city.
---Dong Tu's "Letter to Xia"
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