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    Chapter 61: Mistress Li Chiying took her maid to the outside of Lingzhou City.  Although spring has passed, the outside of Lingzhou City looks like a big garden.  The hillside is covered with bamboo and various flowers, and even some Gobi deserts are planted with sugar beets. Among the boundless green, then red, white, yellow, purple, bright colors are mixed in the boundless.  The greenery spread to the horizon.  In fact, it is still mainly green.  Food is the most important thing for the people, and they have transformed from a nomadic life to a farming life. The most important thing for them is food.  Although Wang Hua sent batches of food, even a fool knew that this was just a temporary measure.  It was impossible for Wang Hua to support them for the rest of his life.  This was still Wang Hua¡¯s golden finger, and he did a lot of publicity afterwards.  Otherwise, there is still no way to promote these side businesses.  However, the hillsides where crops cannot be grown are heavily used.  Pieces of small bamboo grow extremely slender, and the smooth and tender bamboo poles sway gracefully in the wind, which is beautiful and moving.  But it would take several more months before they could be harvested, mashed and pulped.  The same is true for beets. Now they are just small green seedlings. Anyway, ordinary people have no way to tell the difference between them and radishes.  In fact, it can also be used as a vegetable.  Not only that, it is impossible to make the nomads change their living habits all at once. Every household still keeps large livestock such as cattle, horses and sheep. However, when the sugar beets mature, the residue and leaves after sugar extraction are the best feed.  Another effect is that some beet species have beautiful leaves.  Especially with such large-scale planting, the endless green leaves and red leaves, and the breeze blows, the entire plains of the eight states become seas of green and yellow, adding a beautiful scenery to the eight states.  The harvest of these two things will still take several months, but there are two things that are already being harvested.  Although the porcelain is not as good as the porcelain from several porcelain kilns of Wang Painter in Jiangnan, it can be made do with the research and development of dozens of Wang Painter's technicians.  If it hadn't been for the invasion of Xenoluo, many big orders would have been placed.  The other thing is flowers. Many places were ruined due to the troops sent by the Three Kingdoms, but there are still many flowers that were not planted and are blooming.  Now someone picked the flowers and sold them by the pound to Wang Hua's men.  But this harvest is still very limited. After all, the flowers have not grown much, and wild flowers continue to account for a large share.  But this gave the people hope.  In short, the vitality is extremely moving and the scenery is extremely beautiful.  So Li Chiying had nothing to do and often went outside the city to watch the beautiful scenery outside the city.  Que'er was lying on a piece of beet, looking at the tender green leaves and asked: "Princess, can this thing be transformed into sucrose?" "Yes, it can't be transformed, Erlang will not let the people grow so much." "  But it looks very different from sugar cane. "She has never been to Lingnan, and Li Chiying has never been to it.  Therefore, she has never eaten fresh longan and lychee, but sugar cane has a long shelf life and can even be found in Jiangnan. She has eaten it in Luoyang, Chang'an.  How do these two things look different?  Li Chiying thought for a while and said: "The appearance is different, but the effect is the same. Maybe it is just like an inkstone. Pure mud can be used to make inkstones, tiles can be used to make inkstones, and stones can also be used to make inkstones." This answer made Que'er feel unsatisfied, but we will wait and see,  In a few months, whether it is a male or a female, it will be out.  At this moment, a soldier ran over on horseback, came to Li Chiying's side, respectfully performed a military salute, and said, "Mr. Zhu has invited the little princess." In fact, there were dozens of guards not far away,  Scattered in all directions, vigilant.  Now many puzzling public cases are understood.  Only the case of Li Chiying's disappearance in Fengzhou has not been investigated.  Although the Eight Prefectures are not Fengzhou now, to put it bluntly, even if someone captures Li Chiying there, it will be difficult to take him out of the Eight Prefectures.  However, Wang Hua still sent a large number of guards to guard her.  It¡¯s not Li Chiying, it¡¯s mainly because of her complicated background, involving Li Dan and herself, anything could happen.  "I know, Que'er, let's go back." After saying that, she walked towards Lingzhou City. She came out to relax and walked all the way without taking a sedan or a car.  Also walked all the way back.  This kind of low-key and simplicity makes the common people like her very much and think she is a good princess.  When he was about to arrive at Zhu Dian's door, Zhang Yuan came over and stopped Li Chiying. He asked, "Little princess, have you heard any news about Wang Shilang?" He had been in Lingzhou for several days, but still made no progress.  Zhu Tong couldn't get anything in. Although he asked Li Chiying to help him, he was still worried because he didn't see Wang Hua himself.  The main reason was that he didn't know Wang Hua's whereabouts. If he knew it, he would have to hurry up even if Wang Hua was killing the enemy in front of the two armies.?Go and talk to him.  But the whereabouts of Guan Jianwang¡¯s paintings are unknown.  Li Chiying shook his head.  "Then can you hear where he is?" "Secretary Zhang, this bloody battle in the bloody camp resulted in heavy casualties," Li Chiying said, feeling a little annoyed. She was still confused at first, but she brought back a large number of dead soldiers.  They were buried in the Martyrs Cemetery, and some were returned to their original tribes for burial according to national customs.  But the number of coffins in the tens of thousands is still shocking.  If it weren¡¯t for the queen and a group of ministers in the imperial court, how could so many soldiers die in the blood camp, or how many soldiers in the imperial court could die?  This sacrifice is completely unnecessary.  As an important official in the court, you did not try to persuade the emperor, but instead came to force Wang Hua. This made her somewhat dissatisfied.  She added: "Under this heavy sacrifice, Erlang still has to divide his troops to deal with the Tubo people and the Turks. I don't know about the battle, but I have heard that Mochu and the Tubo Xinuluo are not easy to deal with. Besides, they have ten men.  There are 70,000 to 80,000 troops, all of whom are elite warriors. We must not only defeat them, but also rescue the people they captured. This will not be easy, Zhang Shilang, so don¡¯t worry about Erlang at this time.¡±  I don¡¯t know, but when she found Zhu Dian later, Zhu Dian also said something related to her.  The Tubo people are not scary. In fact, after arriving in Taozhou, Xinolo captured thousands of people and moved them to Jishi Mountain.  However, there are a large number of Tibetan prisoners in the eight states. These are regular soldiers, and they are exchanged for the captured people.  I believe the Tubo people are still very happy.  But what kind of ratio can Tubo accept?  It is impossible to compare one to one, and one to two is not cost-effective, but one to three or one to four, or one to five in exchange for people, everyone is currently discussing.  In addition, there are nearly a million Han people living in Tubo for various reasons. Except for a very small number of common people, the other people's lives are very low.  Wang Hua also wanted to exchange part of it back.  But this is a bit difficult.  After all, the majority of the Eight Prefectures are barbarians and Tibetan people, and this is also true for soldiers. If such an exchange is made, the people and soldiers will think that Wang Hua is discriminating.  Exchange must be exchanged, but how can we prevent misunderstandings between the people and the soldiers?  This is also under discussion.  But what about the Turks?  The Turks did not take prisoners. Even Wang Hua immediately took action. But facing a powerful enemy, he had to be cautious. During this period of time, nearly seven or eight thousand people had surrendered to Mo Mo.  Chu moved to the north side of Yinshan Mountain.  So it¡¯s difficult.  But the perspectives are different and the problems are viewed differently.  Zhang said he knew it was difficult, but that was what he was afraid of.  After driving away the Tibetans, the Tibetans now attacked Qinzhou.  Then the Blood Camp took Qinzhou by the way. Once Qinzhou was lost, it then drew a straight line along Yuanzhou, with Weizhou at the top, Minzhou, Chengzhou, Wuzhou, Dangzhou, Fuzhou, Diezhou, Taozhou at the bottom, and so on.  Needless to say, Linzhou has fallen into the hands of the Blood Camp.  All will be occupied by the blood camp.  When the time came, the soldiers of the Blood Camp had to make serious sacrifices. Even if Wang Hua wanted to hand over the goods, his subordinates were unwilling. At least most of the state capitals were not obtained from the imperial court, but were snatched from the hands of the Tubo people.  Wang Hua still relies on them to fight, and in the end he will only listen to their opinions.  Then he went to the north. Wang Hua stationed his army in Xiazhou, which showed that he was also interested in several northern states.  Therefore, if you want to stop it, you have to stop it now. After Tubo is defeated in the Blood Camp, it will be too late.  Just as he was about to speak, Zhu Dian had already come to greet him from afar. After he came over, he said: "Little Princess, I have something to ask of you. You are here, Minister Zhang. It just so happens that I have some news for you." What news?  Zhang Shuo was speculating in his mind and entered Zhu Ding's house together with Li Chiying.  Several people sat down, and Zhu Tong first said to Zhang: "Shilang Zhang, just in time, there is a good news ahead. First, Tao Hanming, the governor of Qinzhou, did not let the Tubo people succeed in attacking the city in Qinzhou. General Xue Song fought back at the street pavilion.  Another Tibetan army killed 6,000 enemies and forced Xinuoluo back. Then Xinuoluo went south to Wuzhou and was attacked by Sun Renxian, the governor of Songzhou who came to support him. In addition, he was worried about Jishishan, so he led his troops.  "Withdrawing from Xiqing Mountain" is very simple. It may be recorded in history books in the future, but Zhang said that he knows that this process is not that simple.  When he came, the Tubo army was already approaching Minzhou, and Minzhou was in danger.  Therefore, it was only a matter of time before Tibet attacked Qinzhou.  But under the training of the blood camp, the old Xue family's son, who likes to fight, has grown rapidly in the past few years, and he also believes in his achievements.  However, Tao Hanming, the governor of Qinzhou, was still able to defend the city of Qinzhou even though he had no soldiers or generals in the city.  He didn't quite believe it.  There must be someone from the blood camp involved in this.  Even Sun Renxian, who came from Songzhou, also had the shadow of Blood Camp.  From the perspective of the country and the peopleIn terms of benefits, it is a good thing for Blood Camp to do this.  So he listened quietly.  "Yesterday in Xiqing Mountain, the Tubo people fought with our bloody camp. Almost all Xinoluo's 10,000-strong army was Mo. Early this morning, he led his troops to escape from Jishi Mountain to Zishan. Starting from Jishi Mountain, he went all the way to the north.  "Into our territory of the Tang Dynasty." "Xinuluo was defeated? Has Jishi Mountain been recovered?" Zhang Shuo asked with his mouth wide open.  "Yes, let me tell you another thing. General Manager Guo has sent troops from Liangzhou and is heading towards Dafeichuan. If there are no accidents, Dafeichuan will soon become the territory of the Tang Dynasty." With that, Zhu Dian sent a message from the front.  The information was delivered.  But there is one piece of news that Zhu Ding did not say.  Xueying and Guo Yuanzhen use Chiling as the dividing line, from the east of Chiling to the south of Jishi Mountain, it belongs to the territory occupied by Xueying. This land area is not small. As the east gate of this land, it may not have any impact on other states.  Interested, but it was impossible for Taozhou and Diezhou to be handed over to the Tang court.  Zhang said that after flipping through the information, although the movement of the blood camp was unknown, it was good news that made people's blood boil.  But he was also more worried about the court. With such fighting power and such clever tricks, if the court didn't want to come up with a good idea, it might follow Webster's advice and end up with a bloody head.  As for Guo Yuanzhen, he is obviously following Wang Hua to shine shoes, but this is a good thing. If Wang Hua is allowed to occupy Dafeichuan, countless Tuyuhun people will soon be captured by Wang Hua, and the blood camp will have an even greater headache.  However, Guo Yuanzhen's move was also a headache. It was easy to occupy but difficult to hold.  Think about the consequences if Tubo hears this news in the future.  These two places will become a field of life and death.  But because Guo Yuanzhen was involved, even the imperial court could not avoid being involved.  Rubbing his temples, there was only one really good news. The blood camp was better than he expected and did not take the opportunity to expand eastward.  He said unhappily: "Congratulations to the Blood Camp, this way the Blood Camp can gather its main force and fight against the Turks." "Shilang Zhang, it's not that simple. In this battle, our Blood Camp sacrificed five or six people again."  "Thousands of soldiers." Some soldiers were sacrificed in the battle of Xue Song Jieting and the subsequent harassment tactics, and the dangerous roads in the west Qingshan Mountains caused a small number of non-combat attrition. The casualties when Xiao Song led the army to attack the city were Xinuo.  After Luo Ru's bereaved dog escaped to Jishi Mountain, he immediately led the army to Zishan. However, there were still some checkpoints that he had not received news from, and there were casualties again when they were conquered. During the battle, Geshuhan was killed and wounded by Xi Nuoluo's men who fought to the death.  Zhu Dian said that five or six thousand people, including the militia, would only be higher but not lower.  Of course, in the face of this result, these casualties are also a miracle.  "Moreover, to stop Mochu, he must keep the people's property he captured, and his escape route must be cut off. Therefore, the camp governor made some arrangements, but it is not yet time to make them public. So in order to confuse the enemy, Jishishan's  The army must stop and rest. Even if the time comes, not many troops can be spared. The army must be left in Jishishan to prevent the Tibetans from counterattack. We also need to send troops to prevent them from attacking behind our eight states.  Minister, do you think so?" Zhang said with a wry smile and couldn't answer.  "In this way, we still won't be able to spare many troops. But you can write a memorial to report to the court. After these two battles, our blood camp suffered heavy damage. This is another good time to destroy the blood camp. Miss it.  After this time, the blood camp expands again, and there will be no chance. But we must remember that every time the imperial court tries to attack our blood camp, our blood camp will cause severe pain to the imperial court next time.  , We are unwilling to defend the city of Chang'an for the imperial court. Once again, we are unwilling to defend the city of Luoyang for the imperial court." The last sentence was filled with murderous intent.  Then Zhu Tong turned to Li Chiying.  Wang Hua¡¯s plan is good, but its execution is difficult.  To have a miraculous effect, there must be nearly a thousand warriors, disguised as tribesmen, accompanied by the elderly, children, and women. This tribe has at least two thousand people.  This is a very large tribe, and Mochui is systematically plundering Hu people or Tibetan people to enrich the people of Monan.  This large tribe will immediately enter Mochu's sight.  The hard part is the back.  If you want to sip silently without harming young and old women, it is best to be a Turk. There are indeed Turks in the eight states, and of course there are more in Liuhu and Fengsheng.  But this refers to more people compared with the Eight Prefectures. In fact, the number is still not very large. They were all oppressed by the Turks and fled to the Tang Dynasty and were resettled in the northwest.  In terms of number, the nine surnames of Zhaowu are the largest, followed by Dangxiang people, and a small number of Shatuo people, Tubo people, Qiang people, Uighurs and other Shiwei ethnic groups.  The main task of these Fanzi was to raise horses for the imperial court.  This was also Mochu's biggest gain. More than 10,000 war horses were sent back to the Turks. ?????????????????????, Wang Hua was still helpless.  There was not enough time to prepare, so he could only sit back and watch these people and livestock being kidnapped by the Turks.  But there are not many Turks in the Eight Prefectures. Even if there are, there are not that many Turkic warriors. Are they pretending to be people from other tribes?  What to do if you find out?  Even if there is, I don¡¯t feel reassured.  The Dangxiang people were a vulnerable group in Tubo, and Mochui also had no respect for them.  As long as it enters the sight of the Turks, it will definitely end badly.  The Tyuhun people were treated a little better than the Dangxiang people in Tubo, but in Mochu's eyes they were almost the same as the Dangxiang people.  Moreover, there are many people in Tuyuhun in the Eight Prefectures, but the number of Tuyuhun people in Liuhu Prefecture is sparse, so it is not a good choice.  So in the end, we focused on the nine surnames of Zhaowu. Some of the nine surnames of Zhaowu have been flirting with the Turks. Therefore, they may be the second race in Mo Chu's eyes.  However, he was still afraid of accidents, so he set out as late as possible. When it was almost time to take action, the selected tribe should be brought into the sight of Mochu's soldiers.  This will reduce the unnecessary sacrifices of the people.  But it is also a very risky action. The elderly and children may be tortured and killed by the Turks, and women may still suffer a bad end.  Which tribe is willing to participate in this mission?  Zhu Dian carefully selected during this period. There were many people with the nine surnames of Zhaowu, but they may not be happy.  Finally, we found five or six tribes that we thought were more loyal and called their chiefs to discuss.  This requires people to take the initiative, and as I said, once it is done, the Blood Camp will give them strong support, not only financially, but also with many weapons to increase their strength, and in addition, they will also give them a large number of prisoners of war to fill the population.  However, all the chiefs were hesitant, and finally a chief named Shi stood up. He agreed, but there were several conditions.  The first condition is that there are four to five thousand of his tribesmen scattered throughout the eight states, so they are drawn from various places and cannot drain out all the blood.  Moreover, only 1,500 ethnic groups can be selected to preserve their bloodline.  Zhu Tong immediately agreed to this condition.  The second condition is that more than 200 soldiers of the Shi surname have entered the blood camp, or are in the militia, but these are the future of the Shi surname.  Since Shi made this sacrifice, soldiers can no longer take this risk.  Therefore, soldiers can only be drawn from the other nine Zhaowu surnames.  Zhu Tong also agreed, but he smiled and said: "Old chief, it is not that dangerous. It is possible that a few ethnic groups will be abused by the Turks, but not many. This is the camp governor's consideration of everyone.  That¡¯s why we treat it with caution. As for soldiers, there are still dangers in the battle, even more dangerous than this mission. But if you bring it up, we will agree.¡± This matter has been finalized, but it is not over.  All the warriors and common people gathered together. They were not from the same tribe, they just belonged to the nine surnames of Zhaowu.  Even though the people all have the surname Shi, they haven't lived in the same place these years.  If you enter Liuhu State like this, you will be discovered immediately.  So he secretly moved them to the east of Yanzhou City and let them live together for a period of time, even pretending to be father and son.  Fortunately, people nowadays are open to the concept of chastity, and the Hu people are even more open. Some people are not happy, but they are not so angry that they would use a knife to fight.  However, Zhu Tong still issued a strict order that soldiers were not allowed to have relations with women. They slept together, but the tents were closed and each slept separately.  Zhu Tong can only do this. As for whether there will be a dirty relationship in the middle, that doesn't matter.  The time has come, and this mixed tribe began to prepare to set off for Liuhu Prefecture.  When Zhu Tong mentioned this, he did not send Zhang Tong away. Zhu Tong still believed in the character of this minister.  But before setting off, Zhu Tong wanted to warm the hearts of the people, but it was a pity that Wang Hua was not there, otherwise it would be best.  So he planned to go there in person, but the weight was a little too light, so he found Li Chiying.  Li Chiying was surprised and asked, "Will it work if I go?" Zhu Ding just smiled.  At this time, Xiaoqueer was more responsive than Li Chiying. She whispered: "Princess, mistress." "Mistress?" Li Chiying still asked strangely.  Zhang Shuo and Li Longji were flirting with each other. When he heard the news, he couldn't help but interjected and said: "Little Princess, don't worry about so much, just go." Li Chiying finally came to her senses and blinked with her big, delicate eyes.  Blink, the more you blink, the brighter it becomes.  []
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