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Volume 1: Never give up being a Lingnan native Chapter 244: The war is coming

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    After Zhou Chengye took over the post of Suirong City Envoy in late February, he never left this small frontier city. He stayed in the city quietly for three months, which made some stretch  People who wanted to watch him struggle were disappointed.  During these three months, Zhou Chengye meticulously completed the expansion and reorganization of the Suirong Army, the establishment of soldier source files, the relocation of military families, the cleanup of spies in the city, the improvement of training facilities, the localization of logistics support, and the opening of devil training camps according to his own plan.  Waiting for work.  If he had not worried about alerting the Tibetan people, Zhou Chengye might have ordered the soldiers in the city to heighten and thicken the walls of Suirong City, build reverse-sloping bunkers and fully enclosed watchtowers.  Although Tuesday does not have unparalleled martial arts skills, he has an unparalleled mind and a strategic vision that far exceeds that of his contemporaries, so it is destined that his efforts will be richly rewarded.  When the newly appointed envoy of Suirong City, Zhou Chengye, and his three thousand soldiers were training desperately in the city, the relationship between Tang Dynasty and Tubo finally changed significantly, and this change was exactly what Zhou Chengye expected and expected.  Things have to start with the Tubo people¡¯s attack on the Great Bol¨¹ Kingdom in the second half of last year.  Bolu Kingdom is close to the southeast of Congling (today's Pamir Plateau), guarding the main transportation routes between Tianzhu, Tocharo, Longyou Road and Tubo, hindering the Tibetan people from invading the northwest and entering the Western Regions.  At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, due to the powerful Turkic threat in the north, there was no time to solidify in the west. The Bolu Kingdom at that time was defeated by Tibet and split into two countries: Big Bolu and Little Bolu.  Those who stayed in the same place became the Great Bol¨¹, while the part that moved northwest to the Hanza Valley became the Little Bur¨¹.  The two countries are about three hundred miles apart.  From the Wu Zhou period to Li Longji's accession to the throne, Da Bolu sent envoys to Chang'an three times to pay tribute and request for a title.  The Tang Empire successively appointed the monarch of Da Bolu several times.  In the early years of Kaiyuan, the monarch of Xiaobolu was "unmindful" because his country was attacked by Tibet, so he personally went to Chang'an to express his surrender to Li Longji.  Since Xiaobolu was the choke point for Tibet to attack the four towns of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji ordered Beiting Jiedu envoy Zhang Xiaosong to send Shule deputy envoy Zhang Sili to lead four thousand Western Region coalition forces to rescue Xiaobolu.  He sent troops to meet the Tang army and successfully defeated the Tubo invading army.  Kaiyuan tenth year.  The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty granted Jinbu Jin the title of King Xiaobolu.  After the death of Mei Jinzuo, Su Fili succeeded to the throne as King Xiaobol¨¹. However, he was defeated by the Tubo army and was forced to surrender to Tubo. He also married a Tubo princess as his concubine. From then on, the Tubo forces bypassed the Great Bol¨¹ Kingdom and penetrated deep into the Western Regions.  , and more than twenty small countries in the Western Regions all became vassals of Tubo.     after this.  Tian Renwan, the military governor of Anxi, once led an army to attack Xiaobolu, which was controlled by the Tubo people, but failed.  However, the Tubo people's appetite did not stop there. After taking down Xiao Bolu and completely controlling it, they set their sights of aggression on Da Bolu, which was affiliated with the Tang Empire.  The autumn of the twenty-fourth year of Kaiyuan, that is, the second half of last year.  The Tubo people launched an aggressive war against Dabolu.  The armistice agreement signed between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo Kingdom at that time was limited to Chiling as the boundary and did not involve the dependent countries of the Tang Dynasty, especially the area near Congling.  Therefore, the Tubo Kingdom believed that their attack on Dabolu did not break the alliance between Tubo and Tang Dynasty.  However, Li Longji was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty at this time, and few of him and his generals were fools.  Everyone understands the truth of lips dying and teeth cold, and they also understand the threat and harm to the Tang Dynasty after the Tubo people occupied Dabolu.  Therefore, Li Longji immediately sent a special envoy to Luoxucheng, the capital of Tubo, and ordered Tubo to immediately stop its attack on Dabolu.  At that time, in the eyes of the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty, both Tubo and Dabolu were vassals of the Tang Empire, so it was natural for the emperor to send envoys to order Tibet to withdraw its troops.  However, this time, the Tubo Kingdom did not give Li Longji any face. It clearly rejected the Tang emperor's order, took half a year to completely occupy Dabolu, and imprisoned the king and princess of Dabolu.  When the news came back to Chang'an, it happened to be the second month after Zhou Chengye rushed to Suirong City to take office.  Li Longji was slapped hard on the face by the Tubo people. You can imagine how angry he became!  In fact, the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were very aware of the increasingly serious harm caused by Tubo to the Tang Dynasty.  Although the two countries have stopped large-scale mutual attacks in recent years, Tubo has been harassing the Longyou area, and secretly united with the Turks to threaten the rule of the northern Tang Dynasty, intending to cut off the Hexi Corridor and cut off the Tang Empire's control of the four towns in Anxi.  and exchanges with countries in the Western Regions.  Now that Tubo had taken the initiative to attack Dabolu, Li Longji, who had always wanted to attack Tubo, finally couldn't bear it anymore. He immediately issued an order to Hexi Jiedushi Cui Xiyi, ordering him to mobilize a large army to attack Qinghai Lake from the Meng Valley area.  region, teach Tubo a lesson.    The reason why Li Longji ordered Cui Xiyi, the military governor of Hexi, but not Wang Junkuo, the military governor of Longyou, was hidden.  After Cui Xiyi served as the military governor of Hexi Province, he wrote a letter to Kilixu, the military governor of Qinghai and Tibet, saying that now that the two countries are reconciled, why do they still need to set up military agencies like this at the border?  This not only hinders the farming and grazing of the people of the two countries, but also increases military expenditures. It is better for everyone to withdraw.  This Kilixu was a real person, and he also trusted and respected Cui Xiyi very much, so he formed an alliance with Cui Xiyi and jointly withdrew the garrison troops in the Hexi area.  However, shortly after both sides withdrew their garrison troops, Tubo launched an attack on Dabolu. When Cui Xiyi's adjutant Sun Jie returned to Chang'an to report to the emperor, in order to please the emperor, he boldly suggested taking advantage of the Tubo people.  When Longyou and Hexi were unprepared, they suddenly launched an attack on Tubo.  At this time, Li Longji, who was in anger, listened to Sun Hui's suggestion and sent a eunuch named Zhao Huicong to go back to Liangzhou, where the Hexi Jiedushi was stationed, with Sun Hui, and announced the emperor's order to Cui Xiyi, asking him to immediately  You can prepare your troops and prepare to attack Tibet from the Meng Valley area!  Cui Xiyi is a gentleman. After receiving the orders from Zhao Huicong and Sun Hui, he felt very conflicted.  Because, last year, he made an alliance with Kilichu and killed the dog, and the two parties agreed not to start a war easily, but now he was going to be the one to break the agreement.  However, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty could not disobey the decree, so Cui Xiyi slowly began to prepare for the attack on Tubo. At the same time, he sent a secret message to Longyou Jiedushi Wang Junkuo, hoping that both sides would prepare at the same time and send troops to attack together.  Tibet.  The main reason why Cui Xiyi notified Wang Junkuo was that since he was going to be the one to betray his trust this time, he would simply do everything right to be worthy of the huge price he had to pay for his personal reputation by betraying the alliance.  In other words, Cui Xiyi will bear the infamy of betrayal, while the benefits will be shared by the Hexi garrison and the Longyou garrison!  Wang Junkuo was also greatly surprised after receiving Cui Xiyi's order. He immediately summoned the senior generals of the Longyou army to Huangshui City to secretly hold a pre-war mobilization meeting.  As the commander-in-chief second only to Wang Junkuo, Guo Yingyi naturally had to attend this very important meeting.  After discussions with the generals, everyone unanimously approved the decision to send all troops. The goal of the operation was to regain most of the Tuyuhun territory occupied by the Tubo people!  After the first-level combat deployment meeting, Shanzhou Governor Guo Yingyi immediately convened his main generals to hold a second-level combat deployment meeting.  This time, Zhou Chengye, the lord of Suirong City, was naturally among the participating generals.  There are 80,000 troops stationed in Shanzhou, including several generals with high qualifications and ranks. They are the chief generals of the Lintao Army, the Heyuan Army, the Xuanwei Army, the Baishui Army, and the Anren Army.  The generals who are similar to Zhou Chengye but have much more seniority are Dingrong City Envoy, Shibao City Envoy, and Suihe Shouchuo General.  After the generals sat down and looked at the young and unattractive face of the newly appointed general of Suirong City, Zhou Chengye, everyone's expressions were a bit surprised and amusing.  Of course, there were also people in the audience who gave Zhou Chengye a friendly smile, such as the Lord of Stone Castle, Bai Xiufeng.  Others looked at Zhou Chengye with curiosity and concern, such as Wang Zhongsi, the new acting chief of the White Water Army.  "Today we have convened a meeting. The content is very confidential. I hope that everyone will be extremely cautious and not let any news leak out!" After Guo Yingyi said this, he ordered Guo Yuanzhong who was standing behind him: "Guo Shenjun, please read out the Jiedu Envoy  Commander-in-Chief Wang Junkuo¡¯s order!¡± Guo Yuanzhong then loudly read to everyone Wang Junkuo¡¯s order to launch an all-out attack on Tibet in the near future.  After listening to this, all the generals looked solemn and calm, waiting for Governor Guo to assign tasks.  "In this battle, I ordered the Baishui Army to attack the Tibetan garrison stationed in Xincheng, the Xuanwei Army to attack the Hemenfu area, the Anren Army to attack the Niuxindui area to the west, and the Heyuan Army and Lintao Army to attack separately.  Half of the troops gathered together to attack Fuqi City. As for the other city garrison troops, they stayed put to guard against the Tibetan counterattack! "Guo Yingyi announced the battle order. The generals who received the mission were naturally very happy, but some of the troops were smaller.  The generals responsible for the defense were a little depressed, and among them was the youngest Zhou Chengye.  ¡°That¡¯s it for this meeting. Do you have any other opinions?¡± Guo Yingyi asked.  "To the Commander-in-Chief, I have something to say!" Zhou Chengye finally stood up and said loudly.  "Speak!" "Can the Suirong Army participate in operations to support friendly forces in a timely manner based on the progress of the war?"   "Can you guarantee that Suirong City will not be lost?" "The general dares to issue a military order to ensure that Suirong City will not be lost!" "Okay, in that case, I agree that the Suirong Army will participate when the opportunity is right.  Go to support the operation." After hearing this, Zhou Chengye showed an incomprehensible smile to Governor Guo and Guo Yuanzhong who was looking puzzled behind him, and then walked out of the meeting hall quickly.  Governor Guo, who is used to seeing big scenes, would never have imagined what kind of consequences his outspoken words would have this time!  PS: Thank you jerryw1975 book friend for your first monthly ticket at the beginning of the month!
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