Qian Song

Chapter 467 I'd rather kill a mistake than let it go (ask for a monthly ticket!)

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Many people thought that Li Cun's pace of external expansion would stop when he completely regained the grassland and made the territory of the Daqian Dynasty second only to the territory of the Tang Dynasty in its most powerful period.

——If the Prince Continent is included in the territory of the Daqian Dynasty, the current territory of the Daqian Dynasty alone is already the largest dynasty in history.

But these people are wrong.

In the spring of the 21st year of Hongwu, Li Cun appointed Liu Qi as Marshal of the Tubo capital, and the three-pronged army marched on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; Han Qixian was transferred by Li Cun from Ningbei Road to Tibet as the Xuanfu envoy due to his outstanding political achievements, responsible for political, economic, and political affairs. Diplomacy and other means assisted Liu Qi in recovering and governing the Tubo area.

In less than half a year, Liu Qi, Han Qixian and others completely recovered the Tubo area for the Daqian Dynasty.

The reason why this battle went so smoothly was not only because the military strength of Qianjun was too strong and the political, economic, diplomatic and other strategies of Han Qixian and others were used appropriately, but also because it was powerful enough to threaten the safety of the Tang Dynasty. The Tibetan people who had to marry Princess Wencheng and Princess Jincheng were no longer what they used to be.

During its most powerful period, Tubo and the Tang Dynasty were roughly bounded by Longshan Mountain to the east, Helan Mountain in Ningxia to the north, and Nanzhao as a tributary to the south. It occupied Beiting and Anxi, and once advanced to Hengda south of the Himalayas The north bank of the river.

However, prosperity must decline.

Due to frequent wars, Tubo's national power was weakened, and the generals Li Sheng, Wei Gao, Shi Jingfeng and others during the Tang Dynasty severely damaged the Tibetan army many times, so that Tubo began to turn from prosperity to decline and could no longer expand outwards.

Later, the internal conflicts of the Tubo ruling class increasingly intensified.

After the death of Zampulang Dama, the last Tibetan emperor, the Tubo ministers were divided into two factions due to the dispute between his two sons (Yongdan, adopted by the eldest princess, and Ou Song, born to the younger princess).

What followed was that the Tubo royal family was completely divided into two groups, fighting for years.

At the same time, Tubo generals in various places also supported their troops to dominate and competed with each other.

In addition, some tribes that belonged to Tubo in the past also broke away from Tubo's jurisdiction.

Immediately afterwards, a slave-civilian uprising broke out and swept the entire Tubo region.

Under such a situation, the Tubo Dynasty collapsed with the decline of Buddhism.

Later, after the collapse of the Tubo dynasty, many large and small political regimes emerged.

There are also four king lines among them, namely: the Lhasa king line, the Ali king line, the Yaze king line and the Yalongjua king line.

Nowadays, there are many warlords in the Tubo area, and it has become a mess. They do not rule each other, and they have formed deadly feuds with each other. They are at war with each other, and they have long been extremely weak due to internal strife.

Therefore, Liu Qi, Han Qixian and others, through continuous attacks, win-overs, and surrenders, and supplemented by some small means, easily destroyed Tubo, the Lhasa King's family, the Ali King's family, the Yaze King's family, and Yalongjue's family. The Awang clan and other Tibetan forces must either surrender or be destroyed.

As usual, all the Tubo royal family, royal family, and dignitaries were taken to the capital of the Daqian Dynasty, all the men were imprisoned in the City of All Nations, and all the women were sent to Li Cun's harem.

In this battle, Liu Qi, Han Qixian and others pushed the western boundary of the Daqian Dynasty to the Himalayas, and the land area suddenly increased by more than 100 million square meters.

At the same time, Li Cun personally wrote a letter to Duan Zhengyan, Xianzong of Dali, telling him that Dali was related to the national security of the Daqian Dynasty, and he was determined to win it. For the sake of Dali’s visits to the country every year, and Dali’s Since the Duan family is also a descendant of the Han people, they will not send troops to attack the Dali Kingdom. Instead, they will build a Buddhist temple in Jinling City. The royal family and clan of the Dali Duan family will come to this temple to become monks. Anyway, the Dali Duan family The Wang family and clan all advocate Buddhism, and most of them end up becoming monks.

Duan Zhengyan, also known as Duan Heyu, is the son of Duan Zhengchun, Emperor Wen'an of Dali, and the prototype of Duan Yu in Jin Yong's martial arts novel "The Eight Parts of the Dragon".

When Duan Zhengyan was born, it was when his uncle Duan Zhengming was in power, which is consistent with the setting in the novel "Tian Long Ba Bu".

Li Cun was not talking nonsense. Being a monk was really the ultimate destination for the royal family and clan of the Duan family in Dali.

Previously, under the pressure of Gao Zhisheng and Gao Shengtai, the emperor of Dali, Duan Shouhui took the throne as a monk on the grounds that disasters occurred frequently during his reign, and took his ancestral seat to his brother Duan Zhengming.

Duan Zhengming reigned for 13 years, and people's hearts gradually returned to Gao Shengtai. Duan Zhengming abdicated to Gao Shengtai. Gao Shengtai established "Greater China" and changed the reign name to "Shangzhi", while Duan Zhengming also evaded his position and became a monk.

But one night in the second year after Gao Shengtai ascended the throne, after dinner, he suddenly felt dizzy and fell to the ground.

After waking up, Gao Shengtai knew that it would be difficult to recover, so he left his last words to his son Gao Taiming, asking him to return the throne of the Duan family.

Therefore, in the second year of Shangzhi, Gao Taiming abolished "Greater China" according to his father's order, returned to power Duan Zhengchun, and took charge of the Prime Minister and the Duke of China. However, all the government orders were issued by his country, and the people of the country called him "Gao Guozhu". Persia, Kunlun and other countries came to When paying tribute, one also pays homage to Gao Taiming first.

Later, Duan Zhengchun also became a monk and abdicated the throne to his son Duan Zhengyan.

During Duan Zhengyan's reign, internally, he was diligent in political affairs, loved the people and used talents; externally, he first surrendered to the Zhao and Song dynasties, often sending envoys to congratulate him, and was awarded the titles of Jin Ziguanglu Doctor, Inspector Sikong and Yunnan Festival by Zhao Ji. Du Shi, Shangzhu Kingdom, King of Dali.Later, the Daqian Dynasty rose, and he decisively paid tribute to the Daqian Dynasty every year. It can be said that even if Li Cun sneezed, Duan Zhengyan would definitely send someone to greet him as soon as possible.

The reason why Duan Zhengyan is so attentive to Li Cun is because Duan Zhengyan knows very well that the Daqian dynasty established by Li Cun is much more powerful than any previous dynasty, and Li Cun is very ambitious and will one day be against him. Started by neighboring countries.

Facts have proved that Duan Zhengyan was right. Li Cun indeed annexed all the surrounding countries and created the largest and most powerful dynasty in history.

Now, even though Duan Zhengyan is trying to get rid of Li Cun, Li Cun still wants to annex Dali Kingdom.

Duan Zhengyan felt bitter about this and sighed: "This is the tragedy of a small country!"

Duan Zhengyan believes that powerful people such as the Zhao and Song dynasties, the Liao Empire, the Jin Kingdom, Goryeo, Xixia, and Tubo are no match for the Daqian Dynasty. The Dali Kingdom, whose military strength is not actually strong, will certainly not be the Daqian Dynasty. Dynasty rivals.

According to Duan Zhengyan's original intention, Dali simply surrendered unconditionally as Li Cun said.

But the problem is that although Duan Zhengyan has been working hard over the years, the Duan family has never been able to change the situation of being ignored by the Gao family.

The most important thing is that the military power of Dali has always been in the hands of the Gao family.

——Thirty years ago, 30 tribes of Wuman tribes in the east rebelled. After Prime Minister Gao Taiming (son of Gao Shengtai) sent troops to quell the rebellion, military power has always been in the hands of the Gao family.

After Gao Taiming's death, Gao Taiyun was appointed prime minister, presiding over the state and military affairs of Dali.

Later, the position of Prime Minister was passed to Gao Taiming's son Gao Mingqing.

Then, after the Muning, Yuan, Yi, Po, Ma and other tribes rebelled, 37 Wuman tribes rebelled again and captured Shanchan. Gao Mingqing who went to conquer was killed.

But even so, the power of the Gao family has never failed.

Soon, the officials considered Gao Mingqing's nephew Gao Liangcheng and virtuous, and asked him to make him prime minister, with the title Duke of China.

Duan Zhengyan had no choice but to agree.

After Gao Liangcheng became the prime minister, he fully demonstrated his wisdom and talent. Not only did he put down the 37 Wuman rebellions in a short period of time, but he also carried out drastic reforms that made Dali stronger than ever before.

This made Duan Zhengyan not only unable to get back his royal power, but also had to marry his legitimate daughter, Princess Zhaoqing, the daughter of De Fei Wang, to Gao Liang.

In other words, although Duan Zhengyan is the emperor of Dali, in fact, he cannot control the political affairs of Dali.

Therefore, in the face of Li Cun's request for Dali to surrender unconditionally, Duan Zhengyan could only discuss it with his son-in-law Gao Liangcheng and suggested that the Daqian Dynasty was invincible and the enemy would perish. Why not surrender to Dali?

No, Gao Liangcheng was young and arrogant and unwilling to surrender to the Daqian Dynasty.

Gao Liangcheng said: "I, Dali, treat Dali with respect and never lack etiquette. Why should Dali come to attack me? This is extremely unreasonable!"

Gao Liangcheng said with righteous indignation: "If you use a wise teacher to attack an unrighteous person, you will have straight principles and strong courage, and you don't need to have little faith in battle; if you use an unethical person to attack a wise teacher, your principles will be subdued and your spirit will be weak. There is no need for petty righteousness in wartime..."

Gao Liangcheng meant that the Daqian Dynasty had no name and was bound to lose, so it insisted on fighting.Duan Zhengyan couldn't resist Gao Liangcheng, so he could only tactfully submit a memorial to Li Cun, asking Li Cun to pass over to Dali without mentioning an unconditional surrender.

Seeing this, how could Li Cun not know what Dali's attitude was?

Without saying a word, Li Cun made Kong Lengzi the marshal to attack the capital of Dali, appointed Song Jiang as the southwest propaganda envoy, and ordered Kong Lengzi, Song Jiang and others to regain Dali through military, political, economic, diplomatic and other means.

Kong Lunzi didn't care whether the Dali Kingdom was at fault or not, he had always fought wherever Li Cun asked him to, and he would never bargain.

Therefore, after receiving Li Cun's order, Kong Lengzi immediately organized his army and immediately led an army of [-] troops to attack the Dali Kingdom.

Seeing this, Duan Zhengyan could only send Gao Liangcheng to lead an army of 15 to fight.

The two sides did not conduct too many tests and started a decisive battle beside the Dadu River.

After handing it over, Gao Liangcheng was immediately stunned!

He has never seen such a capable army in his life!

It is no exaggeration to say that in less than an hour, the 15 Dali army was defeated by the Qian army, and what followed was a unilateral massacre by the Qian army.

Statistics after the war showed that the Qian army suffered less than a thousand casualties, while the Dali army suffered more than 5 casualties and more than 4 were captured alive. The rest fled in all directions, and Gao Liangcheng was also captured alive.

Immediately afterwards, Kong Lengzi divided into three groups with Yan Xiaoguang and Sun Hebing, and then personally led the army in the middle group, crossed the Dadu River, and reached the Jinsha River.

After hearing the news, many chiefs surrendered and offered a plan to use leather bags to cross the river. Kong Lengzi and a group of army generals and staff thought this was a good idea, so they used skin rafts to cross the river and arrived at Lijiang.

Wu Yong, who came together, stopped Kong Lengzi from continuing to fight, but instead sent an envoy to Dali to persuade him to surrender.

The new prime minister of Dali, Gao Liangcheng's younger brother Gao Licheng, advocated resolute resistance and personally killed the envoy sent by Wu Yong.

When Kong Lengzi heard the news, he was furious and led his army straight down to Longshou Pass, and then approached Dali City without almost any resistance.

At the same time, the West Route Army led by Yan Xiaoguang also crossed the river and reached Tacheng, Judian, and Shigu in Lijiang County. The East Route Army led by Sun He also crossed the Jinsha River and reached Chuxiong and Yao'an soon after.

In this way, the three armies of the Daqian Dynasty formed a siege on Dali City.

Seeing this, the dignitaries and gentry of Dali State surrendered one after another, and even turned against him.

Duan Zhengyan and Gao Licheng knew that something was wrong, so they led their troops to fight against the city.

As a result, there is no doubt that the Dali army suffered a crushing defeat under the attack of Yun Xiaoguang and Sun He.

After Duan Zhengyan and Gao Li were successful and defeated, they had no choice but to abandon the city and flee, each going their own way.

Qian's army then easily captured the capital of Dali.

After the city was broken, Song Jiang asked Kong Lengzi to restrain the army and trade fairly with the Dali people. Qiu did not commit any crimes, so the army and the people were at peace.

Soon after, Duan Zhengyan and Gao Licheng were arrested.

Dali was destroyed.

It is worth mentioning that Sun He, who was the first to rush into the capital of Dali, knew that Li Cun loved the daughters of the royal family and the clan.

Therefore, after the city was broken, Sun He rushed straight to the Dali Imperial City without hesitation and captured all the royal family and clan members of Dali. Also captured by Sun He was the entire Gao family.

Soon, Kong Lengzi, Song Jiang and others sent people to escort Duan Zhengyan, Gao Liangcheng, Gao Licheng, the royal family and clan of Dali Kingdom, and the entire Gao family back to Nanjing Jinling City.

but--

The destruction of the Dali Kingdom does not mean that the war in Dali is over.

Although Dali is a small country, its situation is actually quite complicated.

——To the east of the Dali Kingdom, there are 37 Black Cuan tribes such as Langyu, Afang, and Tiandong, which the world also calls the 37 Wuman tribes. There are many small forces in the Erhai area, known as the "22 Kingdoms".

If all these chaotic forces are not wiped out or subdued, how can we say that the Daqian Dynasty has regained Dali?

However, there seem to be a lot of these miscellaneous forces, but they can't even defeat the Dali Army. How can they be the opponent of the invincible Gan Army?

Therefore, it is only a matter of time to completely regain the Dali Kingdom.

Li Cun was very confident in this, so he directly changed the name of Dali Kingdom to Yunnan Road and directly incorporated it into the territory of the Daqian Dynasty.

To be honest, Li Cun was really prepared to let the royal family and clan of Dali become monks, and he was not even prepared to touch the daughters of the royal family and clan of Dali.

But Li Cun finally showed his kindness once, but Duan Zhengyan, Gao Liangcheng, Gao Licheng and others did not appreciate it.

There is nothing to say. Of course, Li Cun threw all the royal family and clan of Dali and the Gao clan into the City of All Nations. Even if they wanted to become monks, they could only do so in the City of All Nations. At the same time, Li Cun also He took all the royal and clan daughters of Dali and the women of the Gao clan into his harem.

——After these women enter Li Cun's harem, the female officials will select the young and beautiful ones to serve Li Cun, and the old and lusty ones will be sent to Ci'an Palace according to the old method, so that they can spend their time in Ci'an Palace. In his later years, in a word, the royal family, royal family, clan, and other people who may pose a threat to the rule of the Daqian Dynasty should never think of living outside and becoming a future trouble for the Daqian Dynasty.

By the way, Li Cun is actually looking forward to "Duan Yu's" concubines. He doesn't know if there are Wang Yuyan, Mu Wanqing, and Zhong Ling among them.

However, a novel is just a novel after all.

Duan Zhengyan's queen, Empress Gao, was not Wang Yuyan at all, and there were no Mu Wanqing or Zhong Ling among Duan Zhengyan's concubines.

Moreover, most of Duan Zhengyan's concubines are over 40 years old. Even the relatively young Queen Gao is already 39 years old.

In addition, Li Cun heard that Empress Gao was so arrogant and jealous that she would scold all the concubines, including Duan Zhengyan's favorite concubine Wang.

Li Cun disliked women like Queen Gao.

Therefore, after playing casually for two times, Li Cun stopped patronizing Queen Gao.

But then again, Duan Zhengyan has many children and grandchildren, so there are also many daughters-in-law and granddaughter-in-laws. Duan Zhengyan also has many daughters, granddaughters, and granddaughters.

These women can also make Li Cun happy.

Moreover, Li Cun was very suspicious that the mother of Duan Zhengyan's daughter Princess Zhaoqing (that is, Gao Liangcheng's first wife), Concubine De Wang, was the prototype of Wang Yuyan.

Because it is said that Duan Zhengyan loved Concubine De and Wang very much. If the Gao family did not control the government of Dali, Duan Zhengyan would have deposed Empress Gao and made De and Wang the queen.

However, yes or no, it doesn't matter.

As you know, Li Cun has always been someone who would rather kill someone wrong than let him go...

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