Chapter 970: unbreakable land

Chapter 970: unbreakable land

  Chapter 970 Unbreakable Land

Guangzhou.

  Qin Lang walked into the meeting hall of Jinglue Mansion, Gao Feng, Gao Jifu, Jia Wuben and others had already arrived.

  Eunuch Gao Feng smiled flatteringly at Qin Lang, Gao Jifu also nodded politely, Lao Jia smiled, and Niu Jianhu couldn't hide his excitement.

"good news."

   Niu Jianhu hurriedly reported a little proudly, "The turtle king has exerted his strength, and offered a few bastards."

  Qin Lang knew that the tortoise king he was talking about must be Cuan Guiwang. As for those bastards, they were probably Dong Cuan governors.

   Sure enough, Niu Jianhu explained the situation in detail next.

  There was no movement until King Cuan returned, so Cheng Chumo sent troops to garrison Yuxi Bazi, Cuan Hongda hurriedly gave up Yuxi, and then King Cuan rushed to Wumeng Mountain to contact the various tribes, united with the nine tribes of Wuman, and formally fought against Dongcuan.

  But the two sides have been confronting each other, and there was no big fight. This made Cheng Chumo very dissatisfied, and simply sent troops to occupy Jiangchuan Bazi.

   He even threatened to send troops to Dianchi Lake to be stationed in Kunzhou to help Cuan Hongda strengthen his defense against the Dong Cuan rebels.

   Now, Cuan Hongda couldn't sit still anymore, so he had to lead the troops to the expedition himself.

  The two fathers, one in the south and the other in the north, launched a north-south attack on Dong Cuan.

"The wall fell and everyone pushed, Dong Cuan Cuan Qianfu, Cuan Chongdao Chong Chongsheng's uncle and nephew were attacked from both sides, but the house was leaking and it rained all night. At the call of Zhang Shigui, the governor of Ningzhou, the army was raised."

"Zangke Department, Kunming Department, Keman Department, Guizhou Department, Timan Department, Manpi Department, Liao Department, Meiyi Department, Baman Department, Shangcha Department, Bo Nuo Department, Xinke Department, Liren Department Eighteen Guizhou barbarian tribes, including the Moyi tribe, the Baihu tribe, and the Dongxie Yuanshen, Nanxieqiang, Xixiezhuang, and Xizhao Zhaochengs who had previously entered Chang'an to meet the emperor and were conferred by the emperor, The momentum is huge, gather to advance westward, and kill Dong Cuan by surprise..."

  Since the Han Dynasty, most of the central Guizhou area is still in the clan and tribal society. The places where Xieman and Eastern Zhaoman lived have not been subject to China since ancient times.

  From the Han Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, although the Central Plains has been working hard to develop central Guizhou, its actual influence only reached the north bank of the Wujiang River in Tang Wude.

  The areas further south are basically ruled by Jimi.

However, the central Guizhou region has an important geographical location. It is located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. There are many large and small rivers such as the Wujiang River, the Yuanjiang River, and the Qingjiang River, as well as the Beipan River, Nanpan River, and Duliu River that belong to the Pearl River system. These criss-crossing waterways and The land channel connects central Guizhou with Yunnan, Shannan, Jiannan, Lingnan, etc., and can reach various places from the hinterland of central Guizhou.

  A barren and secluded place, control and lead the various vassals.

  For Datang, who was determined to manage Yunnan and Lingnan, Central Guizhou was an area that had to be controlled from a geopolitical point of view, as well as in terms of physical geography and traffic roads.

  From the beginning of Wude, a large number of surnames and barbarian chieftains in central Guizhou were conferred as governors, and then at the beginning of Zhenguan, Zhengzhou was gradually established in the north of Wujiang River and northeast Guizhou, and troops were emigrated.

In the past few years, taking advantage of the great victory of Lingnan Pingman, they simply reformed the land and returned to the people in the central Guizhou area. Although the reform of the land and the people in the middle of Guizhou was not as deep as that in Lingnan, a large number of barbarian chiefs were still appointed. The governor of Zhengzhou County was set up for each reform, but at least the reform has begun.

And as the imperial court changed the original Juzhou to Dongning Prefecture, granted the prince Li You the governor of Dongning Prefecture, and made Zhang Shigui the governor of Bozhou, the southern area of ​​Qianzhong Road began to be involved in the torrent of reform. .

  The land that the former king did not open up, please dress up.

  The hometown of prehistoric records, and it is a prefecture and county.

After Zhang Shigui, the son of heaven, personally served as a general and escorted Qi Wang Li You to the middle of Guizhou, he also began to learn what Qin Lang did in Lingnan. Guard the border and open up business routes.

  For the various tribes in central Guizhou, while wooing and intimidating, they benefited both.

   After forcefully annihilating several disobedient barbarians, they gradually made all the barbarians in central Guizhou obey the orders of the governor's office of Dongning Prefecture.

  During the civil war of the Cuan Clan in Yunnan, the Tonghai Governor’s Mansion has been suppressing Xi Cuan in the south and sending troops, and Shi Duan Zhixuan, the governor’s mansion of Xining Prefecture, also supervised the Baiman in the Erhai Lake area to approach the east.

  Zhang Shigui has not been idle, and has been calling all the barbarians in central Guizhou to gather troops.

"Cuan Chongdao did not die at the hands of King Cuangui, but at the hands of Zhang Shigui. This Zhang Shigui is also very powerful. No one expected that he could really integrate all the barbarians in central Guizhou and send troops so quickly. And this This time, Xixie, Dongzhao Erbu, who was most dissatisfied with China before, was the pioneer."

  Yingzhou in Yuanshen in the east is located in Sandu and Taijiang in later generations, while Zhuangzhou in Xieqiang in the south is in the area from Guiyang south to Miaoling.

Mingzhou of Zhaomo in the Western Zhao Dynasty is located in the middle reaches of the Wujiang River, and is located in the Sinan area of ​​later generations. It is also very powerful, with more than 10,000 households. The land is blocked by mountain caves. The itinerary is 23 days from east to west, so it can be seen that its territory is also very large.

  West Xieman has an even older history. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, its leader was named Yilang by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, managed Cang County, and was inherited from generation to generation, becoming the ancestor of the Xie family in Guizhou Province.

  The Xie family, from the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, can be described as hereditary and guarded from generation to generation.

  In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Yanzhou was established with its land, and the state is now Anshun, with a very wide territory.

  After San Xie and Yi Zhao were surrendered by Zhang Shigui, Xi Xie and Xi Zhao took the initiative to invite them to be the vanguard.

  The vanguard of the Western Zhao Dynasty led the troops back up the Wujiang River, then crossed the Dalou Mountains, went straight to the Chishui River, and entered the rear of the Wuman in the Eastern Cuan.

   Xie Xie Yuan led his army westward along the Sancha River, went straight to Luzhou, and rushed to Mazhou (Xuanwei).

  Zhang Shigui's ability to lead troops is indeed very strong, and he was in Longyou, then in Jiannan, and then in Qianzhong.

  Benefits and strengths.

  First Cuan Ganfu died in battle, and then his nephews Cuan Chongdao and Cuan Chongsheng died in battle. Qin Lang can imagine what kind of situation Dong Cuan is in now.

  The tree falls and the monkeys scatter, and it is true.

Originally there were thirty-seven tribes of Wuman, Wumeng and other nine tribes were drawn over by King Cuangui, but there were still twenty-eight tribes still following Dongcuan, but now the Tang army is besieging from all sides, Cuan Qianfu, the leader of Dongcuan, died, Several backbone disciples also died in battle, and no one knew that Dong Cuan was over.

   Happy news.

  Cheng Chumo is in southern Yunnan, Duan Zhixuan is in western Yunnan, and Zhang Shigui is in western Guizhou. Now they are surrounded on three sides.

  Xi Cuan Cuan Hongda Cuangui Wang and his son were driven to attack Dong Cuan.

   "There is one less arrogant person in this world." Niu Jianhu said with a smile, "It seems that the Nanzhong region won without a fight after all."

"How can it be said that we won without fighting? Isn't this a group of soldiers and horses coming together?" Jia Wuben said, he followed Zhang Xutuo and Shi Wansui to conquer the Cuan clan of Nanzhong before, and it was Cuangui who fought at that time Grandpa Cuanwan knows the barbarians in Nanzhong quite well, and these people don't accept the Central Plains.

  At the beginning, the Sui Dynasty conquered Nanzhong Cuan clan, but it also conquered three times.

   But in the end, it only defeated its soldiers and horses, captured and beheaded its leader, and failed to truly conquer this area.

"Don't be too happy too early. In the Tang Dynasty, I divided the Nanzhong region into Yunnan and Guizhou, and now I'm implementing reforms to return the land to the local people, but the effect has not been obvious. Although the leaders of Dongcuan are dead, But Dong Cuan hasn't really surrendered yet."

   "Indeed." Qin Lang nodded in agreement.

   "Since you have fought, you must stop once and for all. If you can't, you should stop. It is better to use the remaining courage to chase the poor."

  Qin Lang immediately wrote a letter to Emperor Luoyang, proposing some measures to deal with Dong Cuan.

  The memorial was sent out, and within half a month, the emperor's reply arrived, which was unexpectedly fast.

   "The sage ordered Duke Wei to go to the south of Lingnan, and also to take part in Nanzhong."

   Li Shimin obviously approved of Qin Lang's suggestion, so he simply didn't bother the two masters, and directly let Qin Lang take part in the Nanzhong region, let him lead the war against Dongcuan, and gave him full power to act cheaply. Duan Zhixuan, Zhang Shigui, Cheng Chumo and other generals in the South China Central Committee all obeyed his control. The barbarians in Nanzhong listened to orders. "

  After receiving this edict, Qin Lang held a meeting again at the Economic and Strategic Office.

   "According to the news from the east of Yunnan, each branch of Dongcuan has asked the imperial court to surrender, and all armies have temporarily suspended their operations." Jia Wuben said, "What is Sanlang going to do?"

   "To cut the weeds, we must get rid of the roots. Dong Cuan cannot be given another chance to repeat himself. They must also pay a heavy price for their rebellion."

   "Kill them all?" Niu Jianhu asked.

"Killing people is not the way to solve the problem." Qin Lang shook his head. He is not the kind of person who is very bloodthirsty. If this is the case, Li Shimin would not let him come to Jiedu Nanzhong area, and directly let Duan Zhixuan or Zhang Shigui. Wouldn't it be nice if one person was in charge of Nanzhong?

   "First of all, we have to let Dong Cuan move away. They have managed the Dian land for hundreds of years, and their forces are stubborn and intricate. It would be a disaster to keep them. I plan to move out all the more than 200,000 households directly controlled by Dong Cuan."

   "Where to move? There are so many people, and only some of them belong to the Dong Cuan family, so there is no need to move all of them?"

   "To make room and clean."

Qin Lang believed that this was actually a good way to strengthen control over Yunnan. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, he moved Dongcuan and the population under his rule to Tonghai, Xining, Dongning, Jiaozhou, Guizhou, Guangzhou, Huzhou and other surrounding areas will enrich the population of these big towns.

   Then the Han people moved from the Central Plains to the eastern Yunnan area to fill the vacancy.

   Such strenuous tossing must be a waste of time and money, but it must be tossed in this way in order to seize control.

  For the Dongcuan people, they will not be merciless. Adult males will be executed directly, and the immature ones will be exiled to the frontier as slaves, and the females will not be enslaved in the Ye court.

   "What if you resist?"

  Jia Wu glanced at Gao Feng who was speaking in vain, "Several armies are there, and they dare to resist at this time, but it's just a incidental thing, just destroy it directly."

  The old general's murderous words made Gao Feng stop talking.

He recalled his tragic childhood experience. At that time, his family was also a powerful family in Lingnan. Later, because he participated in the rebellion against the imperial court, his family was ruined after the defeat. was castrated and sent to the palace.

  Dong Cuan will receive the same treatment as his family did back then.

  The Central Plains Dynasty has never been soft on rebels, especially those barbarians on the frontier.

   "How to deal with Xi Cuan? This time they are also considered to have contributed to the chaos, so it is not easy to attack them?"

  Qin Lang smiled.

   "If you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded. For all the direct descendants of Xi Cuan, they will all be granted titles and rewards."

   Niu Jianhu immediately understood, this is Mingsheng's dark tone, or is he taking the opportunity to transfer away?

   "How about the Wuman tribes?"

"Kill those who should be killed, those who should be beaten, and those who are able to admit defeat after killing and beating can be appeased, and the children of their leaders will be sent to Chang'an Luoyang, and then some will be recruited and transferred to Jiaozhou and other places in Guangzhou, and then sent to Liuguan and construction troops. Fortress, garrison troops and horses, strengthen supervision.”

Wuman still needs to be treated differently. They can’t just shovel them all out in the same way as Dong Cuan, but they must also weaken their strength as much as possible. They must agree to change their lands and return them to the brigades, send officials, and soldiers. They have to agree to pay taxes and serve in the military.

   And have to send hostages to the court.

  If you can do this, you can let them go.

  If you can’t do it, just beat it until you serve it.

"I think we can consider swapping the Wuman tribes, let them exchange sites or something, and exchange some good sites for the Wumeng and other tribes who participated in the suppression of the chaos this time, and even for some big Wuman tribes , split him up, disperse some of the tribes to other places, and weaken their strength." Jia Wuben made a suggestion.

  Qin Lang nodded, thinking that this suggestion is good.

  In general, after this war, Dong Cuan, which was split from the Cuan family, finally came to an end after decades of dominance in eastern Yunnan.

And those Wuman tribes who look forward to the east, will inevitably lose their strength this time. After being repaired, those who know the knowledge know that the sky in the east of Yunnan will be the sky of the Tang Dynasty, and they will all You have to listen to Datang.

  Although I dare not say that all Wuman tribes are obedient, at least most of them will. As for some tribes who are still obsessed with obsession, there is no need to worry.

   Taking this opportunity, killing Dong Cuan and shaking Wuman will surely shake the Baiman in Erhai Lake and all the barbarians in central Guizhou.

   "The divisions of the entire Nanzhong area are still a bit messy, and many of them are unreasonable. After this battle, we have to readjust first." Qin Lang said, looking at the map of Nanzhong in front of him.

  Large blank areas, we need to add prefectures and counties, some messy prefectures and counties, those that should be merged and those that should be withdrawn should be withdrawn. The point is that after this time, the imperial court will increase the garrison in Yunnan and central Guizhou to strengthen control.

  Jia Wuben, as the oldest person in the room, and the old qualifications of Qin Lang's grandfather, leisurely made another suggestion.

   "I suggest that Saburo can go to Dianchi Lake and Kunzhou to comfort the ministries and the soldiers who put down the chaos."

   "At that time, call Xi Cuan, Xi Xie, Xi Zhao, Nanzhao and other barbarian chieftains from the southern and central regions to come to see them, and give them a good beating."

   "I really don't want to run. It's very painful to travel long distances in this July season." Qin Lang laughed. "I have no choice but to take a trip. Mr. Jia conquered the Nanzhong Cuan clan decades ago, and he still has a great reputation in Yunnan. Why don't you come with me?"

   "Thirty years have passed in a flash, it's okay, let's revisit the old place."

  (end of this chapter)