Chapter 242: Establishing the Shen Ce Army and posthumously conferring the title of King on Li Xuan's grandfather
A few days ago, Liu Yan and Yang Wan were ordered to come to Doma's tent.

Li Xuan discussed with them the development plan for Qinghai.

Li Xuan planned to establish Qinghai County with its capital in Fuxi City.

The area south of the Qilian Mountains in the Hexi Corridor belonged to Qinghai County.

Qinghai County was connected with Xiping County, Zhangye County, Jiuquan County, Jinchang County, Dunhuang County, and Jiuqu County.

Qinghai County extends west to Xiangride area.

Northeastern Qinghai is all mountainous and uninhabited. It is only incorporated into the territory, and it is sparsely populated. Even so, Li Xuan is ready to divide Qinghai County into thirteen counties.

It will definitely be a populous county in the future. The area of ​​the entire Qinghai County is larger than the five counties in the Hexi Corridor combined.

The Jishi County was established at the Dajishi Mountain south of the Yellow River between Jiuqu and Lintao, covering the former Tongjia area, and Longluo City (now Machen County) was built as its seat of government.

In this way, the Tang Dynasty perfectly surrounded the Bailang Qiang.

From then on, the Bailang Qiang dared not have any disloyal thoughts towards the Tang Dynasty.

The last one is Baihai County, which established five counties including Heyuan and Baihai, with Baihai as the seat of government.

It just happened to block the connection between Subi and Tubo.

In fact, Su Bi had already offended Tubo to death, and the probability of him stabbing the Tang Dynasty was very low. As long as Li Xuan was there, there would definitely be a chance to lead his troops to Luoshui City.

Li Xuan also discussed with Liu Yan and Yang Wan where in Qinghai to settle Tuyuhun, Tubo and Dangxiang.

The army needed to be redeployed. The defense area of ​​Longyou County in the Tang Dynasty had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Li Xuan reported to Li Longji and asked him to reassign the Chishui Army to the Hexi Jiedushi.

Because the Uighurs were also an enemy, without the Chishui Army, Hexi would be too weak.

In addition, the Hexi Army can also go directly through Yangguan and Yumenguan to the Western Regions.

The most important thing is that there is no need to station nearly 100,000 troops in Jiuqu.

Li Xuan settled Geshu Han's Jishi Army in Longluo City of Jishi County, and also settled the Momen Army in Jishi County and established the Momen Military City.

Pingyi Shouzhuo was settled in Taoyang County.

The Wuning Army (reformed from the Zhenxi Army) and the Jintian Army in Jiuqu will not be moved for the time being.

The Ningbyeon Army was transferred to Chishui City, formerly Shudun City.

The Weisheng Army was mobilized to the south of Qinghai.

The original Ningbyon Military City and Weisheng Military City were abandoned and used as cities for the people.

Jiuqu has enough Wuning troops.

The Baishui Army in Longyou was mobilized to the north of Qinghai, and the Weirong Army was mobilized to the east of Qinghai.

These transfers were all used to manage Tibetan captives and Tibetan civilians.

The Anren army, with more than 10,000 soldiers, was stationed in Chaka Salt Lake and Dulan area to establish a new Anren city.

The Heyuan Army was transferred to Hehe (now Buha River) for stationing.

Unlike Tubo, the Tang army would mobilize Tubo warriors and cooperate with Han craftsmen to build strong cities in these places.

The original Baishui Military City, Weirong Military City, and Anren Military City were abandoned and turned into cities for migrating civilians.

The strategic focus of the Tang army began to move towards the snowy plateau.

The original garrisons, watchtowers and military cities of the Tang army no longer had any meaning.

Li Xuan finally decided to move the seat of the Longyou Jiedushi to Fuqi City.

The Lintao army was also stationed in Fuxi.

Placing the army in Huangshui City would be putting the cart before the horse.

This arrangement was not to keep the dying Tubo under control, but to make it easier to monitor the Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, Tongjia, Tubo and other ethnic groups, and even to intimidate the Bailang Qiang and Subi states.

Suihe Shouzhuo will later be renamed Zhenwu Army and stationed in Shibao City.

Although Shibao City has no strategic value now, it is an important road from Hehuang to Qinghai and can be used for surveillance.

Other armies in Longyou, such as the Ningsai Army, the Zhenwei Army, and the Hechuan Shouzhuo, also left Ningsai and Xiping counties.

Although they only have 500 to 1,000 people, the significance of this small army and guard is to remotely control the garrisons and patrol the borders.

Otherwise it cannot be considered a frontier army.

Li Xuan transferred Hechuan Shouzhuo to Wuhai City, which was actually the border of Suobei, but this important road must be controlled by the Tang Dynasty, and Suobei would not say anything.

The Zhenwei Army was transferred to Fuluochuan, the Ningsai Army was changed to Linfan Army, and transferred to the Ulan area northwest of Chaka Salt Lake.

Finally, there is a plan to establish three new armies in Baihai, namely the Shenwei Army, Suirong Army, and Dingrong Army.

The focus here is the Divine Power Army.

Over the past month, Li Xuan thought about it again and again, and suddenly felt that the name of the Shenwei Army was not good. He decided not to use the name Shenwei, but to change it to the Shen Ce Army.

In the next one or two years, Li Xuan would try every means to become prime minister.

You cannot bring your personal guards with you to Chang'an, because Li Longji will let the Jinwu Guards protect him. At most you can bring a few personal guards, or recruit slaves.

The Shen Ce Army, with a total of 15,000 people, was stationed in the fertile Baihai area, and they also had cattle and sheep to enjoy.

Li Xuan planned to keep his personal guards in the Shence Army to form the backbone of the Shence Army.

Nan Jiyun, deputy envoy of Lintao Army, was appointed as the first military envoy of Shen Ce.

Li Sheng was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Shence Army, and Zhang Wanfu was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Shence Army.

Pei Ying was a cavalry general in the Shence Army. As for the other Shence guards, those who had achieved the feat of jumping and swaying were all appointed as Yajiang or Langjiang of the Shence, Suirong and Dingrong armies, while those who had not been appointed were just escort officers.

Li Xuan promoted a deputy envoy of the Heyuan Army named Qu Huan to be the envoy of the Dingrong Army. He was very brave in battle and deserved promotion.

Duan Xueshi, the secretary of Hexi, was promoted to be the commander of Suirong Army, and it was planned that Suirong Army would have 2,000 more troops than Dingrong Army.

Among his subordinates, Duan Xueshi was the one that Li Xuan could trust as a general.

He wanted to use Shen Ce as the foundation and Ding Rong and Sui Rong as the two wings. These more than 20,000 troops would become the first line of defense to guard Tubo.

He can also use it when he starts a rebellion in the future.

Once the situation in the newly occupied areas is stabilized and soldiers are recruited, the infantry and cavalry from Hedong, Shuofang and Hexi will be transferred away.

The Hexi Chishui Army was transferred back to Liangzhou City.

The Dadou Army, which was originally in Liangzhou City, was transferred to Xiutuhai on the coast of Baiting Sea to establish the Dadou Army City to put pressure on the Uighurs.

Li Xuan defeated Tubo and built a city at Xiutuhai, which was only one step away from the Uighurs. The Uighurs would definitely think too much and be afraid.

Because compared with the powerful Tubo, the Uighurs were nothing.

However, such a powerful Tubo was defeated by Li Xuan in three years, and the Zamp was captured alive.

Development plan from Qinghai to Baihai and military mobilization, this is the third memorial.

In addition, there was a letter from home.

Before he knew it, Li Xuan had grown another year older and reached adult age.

According to etiquette, Li Xuan should have a courtesy name.

Of course, the Tang Dynasty did not attach as much importance to courtesy names as the Han Dynasty. Some scholars and dignitaries did not use courtesy names, and did not have any courtesy names.

After the memorial was sent to Chang'an in an emergency over a distance of 600 miles, Li Xuan did not stay in Duoma. He escorted Chidai Zhudan and others and prepared to go to Qinghai.

By the way, we will solve the problem of Stone Castle...

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Chang'an City.

A month ago, Li Xuan sent people to deliver the news of the defeat of Tubo to Chang'an at full speed.

For several days in a row, postmen rushed to Chang'an City at a speed of 700 miles.

From the Dafeichuan cavalry defeating the enemy, to the capture of Chidai Zhudan alive, to the complete annihilation of the Tubo soldiers.

Li Longji was very excited when he received the news.

Especially after receiving the news that the Tubo army was completely annihilated and Chidai Zhudan was captured alive, Li Longji issued an edict to suspend court and hold a three-day banquet.

He went on stage, beating the 羯鼓, dancing, and indulging himself in unbridled passion, with even his hair loose.

The servant wanted to remind him, but Li Longji turned a deaf ear to it. He used the heroic and bright sound of the 羯鼓 to express his feelings.

Since he ascended the throne, never has a war made him so excited.

He hoped that Chidai Zhudan would kowtow to him and perform a dance for him, just like Jie Li Khan did when he met Emperor Taizong.

Li Longji also knew that Li Xuan was still dealing with many post-war matters and would not be able to return to Chang'an to surrender the prisoners in a short period of time.

Now Li Longji was only waiting for Li Xuan to deliver the battle report, and he wanted to read it carefully.

See how Li Xuan annihilated the 330,000-strong Tubo army and captured Chidai Zhudan alive?

Before, Li Longji believed that Li Xuan would win, but he never thought that he would achieve such a result in just a few months.

Some ministers suggested that Li Xuan should pursue the victory and destroy Tubo.

But Li Longji scolded him: "Do you know more about military tactics than Qilang?"

These ministers do not understand the meaning of war.

The Tang army fought from autumn to the next spring, and their morale was no longer as strong as before.

The Bayankala Pass is more than 3,000 miles away from Lhasa City.

It is equivalent to the distance from Chang'an to Lingnan.

And the journey is difficult.

This is also the reason why Tubo dared to provoke the Tang Dynasty regardless of the consequences.

Even the ambitious Li Longji knew that without a year or two of preparation, the army would not be able to advance further.

These ministers did not necessarily want to make things difficult for Li Xuan, but they wanted to gain credit for it. If Li Xuan could directly attack the city of Lhasa, they, the proposers, would also have made contributions.

However, there were good and bad officials among the ministers, some of whom were incompetent and ignorant.

In late spring in March, when butterflies were dancing and orioles were singing, Li Xuan's complete battle report finally arrived in Chang'an.

Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan were enjoying the flowers in Qujiang. The flowers and trees in Qujiang were hazy, the willows on the bank were like smoke, and petals were flying all over the sky.

The gentle sound of guzheng came from the island of Qujiang, which was charming and intoxicating. Yang Yuhuan and Li Longji also looked at the stone carvings on Qujiang: Only the peony is the true national beauty, and the capital is moved when the flowers bloom.

Both of them seemed to be thinking about something.

Li Longji regretted that Li Xuan's battle report had not yet arrived.

Yang Yuhuan thought of the young Li Xuan at that time, and chanted two peonies in front of the pavilion.

Although the peony carved on the stone tablet is known to everyone, young and old, she prefers "Suspected to be the work of the goddess of Luochuan, with thousands of charming shapes breaking through the morning glow."

"Your Majesty, Doctor Li has sent a report on the battle from the Snowy Plateau..."

At this moment, a Yulin Lang came to Li Longji with a package to report.

What a spoiler!

Generally speaking, unless it is an urgent military situation, there is no need to disturb the saint's interest.

However, this package is not black, and the name does not indicate urgent military information.

"Let's get going to Ziyun Tower!"

Li Longji, who usually loved to play, had no interest in it at all. He didn't even have time to return to the palace. He ordered his servants to go to Ziyun Tower in Qujiang to read Li Xuan's memorial.

"The three aunts accompanied Yuhuan to play in Qujiang..."

Li Longji did not forget to give some instructions before leaving, and then quickened his pace to Ziyun Tower.

"Qi Lang has become extremely rich this time. Even now, Chang'an is still talking about how Qi Lang killed and captured 300,000 Tibetans and captured the Tibetan king."

Mrs. Qin said with great envy.

Everyone knows that the reason why Li Longji was so happy during this period was because Li Xuan defeated Tubo and captured the Tubo Zamp.

And nine out of ten teahouses and taverns in Chang'an City were discussing Li Xuan's capture of the Tibetan Zamp.

The Tang Dynasty and Tubo fought for more than a hundred years, and Tubo's strength had become deeply rooted in people's hearts.

What Li Xuan did really touched people's hearts.

When the young men heard such stories, their blood boiled.

A real man should be like Li Xuan. This sentence has been mentioned since Li Xuan captured two Khans alive, and now it has become a catchphrase among young people.

Li Xuan's contributions were so great that they overshadowed his achievements in beheading the chief prime minister of Tubo and capturing the Tuyuhun king, the Tongjia king, and the Dangxiang king.

People at that time compared Li Xuan with Li Jing.

Compared to Li Jing, who achieved success late in life, became famous at a young age, had a heroic spirit and unparalleled talent for poetry, Li Xuan is more attractive to young people to explore.

Some of the dandy young men in Chang'an no longer want to "look at the flowers and horses" this year, but want to join the army at the border and become heroes.

There is no doubt that Li Xuan is the most famous person in the Tang Dynasty besides Li Longji.

This reputation will soon spread across the country through Chang'an and Luoyang.

"Qilang is now the Duke of Chu. Will he be crowned king?"

Yang Yuyao became extremely excited when she heard the name Li Xuan.

She really wanted to see how majestic Li Xuan looked when he killed his enemies.

Too bad it will never be seen.

"He is extremely wealthy and a member of the royal family. The sage will definitely make Qilang a king. Not long ago, the sage posthumously made Qilang's grandfather the Prince of Longxi County. This must be a preparation for making him a king."

Mrs. Korea took over.

Not only them, people in Chang'an also had such discussions.

No one was dissatisfied when Li Xuan was made king.

What Li Xuan did was worthy of being a marquis.

Li Xuan's grandfather was Li Xiang, the son of Li Chengqian.

Because of Li Chengqian's rebellion, Li Xiang was implicated and did not have a decent title, but was only the Beijia of Huaizhou.

When Li Shizhi was the governor of Youzhou, he requested Li Longji to bury Li Chengqian and Li Xiang together with Li Shimin in Zhaoling Mausoleum.

Li Longji agreed and posthumously conferred the title of Prince Min of Hengshan on Li Chengqian, the title of Governor of Kuaiji County and Duke of Xun on Li Xiang, and even Li Xiang's brother Li Jue was posthumously conferred the title of Governor of Qingzhou and Minister of Imperial Clan Affairs.

Li Xiang was from Longxi and was posthumously named Prince of Longxi, which made him a distinguished figure after his death.

"Yuhuan, if you have the chance, please ask the saint to give Yang Qi the title of a prince..., then our Yang family will be honored."

Mrs. Qin said to Yang Yuhuan.

She thought that this would not be difficult to accomplish given Li Longji's favor for Yang Yuhuan.

"Without Qilang's ability, who can bear the weight of the prince? Among the twenty-four heroes in Lingyan Pavilion, only the Prince of Hejian was conferred the title because he was a member of the royal family, and the rest were all dukes. Our Yang family is not a member of the royal family, so how can we compare with the heroes in Lingyan Pavilion? Sister, please don't say such things again in the future."

Yang Yuhuan said decisively.

How could she possibly influence the sage to crown him king? Her sister took the king of a different surname too lightly.

In the Lingyan Pavilion, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Li Jing, Yuchi Gong, Qin Qiong, and Li Ji, their names are still being praised today, but they were only founding dukes.

Moreover, her brothers Yang Jian and Yang Qi both rose from ordinary people to high positions.

It makes people jealous.

Yang Yuhuan felt that her sister's words were too inconsiderate.

"Okay, Yuhuan! But Yang Zhao is a great talent, and the saints have praised him many times. His relationship with our family is not far away."

When Lady Qin heard what Yang Yuhuan said, she didn't dare to mention the matter of making him king again.

The Yang family also wanted to train a minister, but Yang Jian and Yang Qi were not ambitious enough, so they could only choose Yang Zhao, who was ambitious and capable.

"Yang Zhao's achievements are nothing compared to Qi Lang's..."

Yang Yuhuan's mind was not on Yang Zhao at all.

"Qi Lang is an outsider after all. When he is upright, even my Yang family has to give way to him..."

Lady Han thought of the orchard outside Chang'an. Li Xuan was standing there, which was the territory. Yang Qi and Princess Taihua, who were always arrogant, had to swallow their anger.

Not to mention that after this war, even they couldn't imagine Li Xuan's wealth.

"Qilang is like an ancient gentleman, who enforces the law impartially. If Yang and Qilang clash, it must be Yang's fault. I will persuade the saint to sacrifice his relatives for the greater good."

Yang Yuhuan knew that her sister and brother were restless in Chang'an, so she made it clear in advance. No matter whether Li Xuan arrested Yang Jian, Yang Qi, or other members of the Yang family in the future, she would side with Li Xuan.

The three Yang sisters were very surprised. As a family, they all prospered and suffered together.

But then again, with just one word from Yang Yuhuan, any member of the Yang family who held a high position could take off his official uniform.

"Yuhuan, let's not talk about this anymore, let's get on the pleasure boat..."

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Yang Yuyao took Yang Yuhuan to board the pleasure boat for a cruise on the lake.

……

Purple Cloud Tower.

Accompanied by Gao Lishi, Li Longji first opened the "Book of the Defeat of Tubo at Dafeichuan and the Capture of the Zamp".

"Lushi, I want to watch this for three days and three nights!"

Li Longji saw the thick stack of money and smiled humorously.

In fact, it didn’t take that long. Li Longji was just joking.

Li Longji had been waiting for this memorial for a long time, so he ordered the eunuchs in the palace that once Li Xuan's memorial arrived, no matter what he was doing, it must be passed to him as soon as possible.

"The war lasted for several months, so there must have been many details and thrills. Qilang also had to subdue those Tibetan-affiliated tribes, so it is only natural that there is such a record."

When the saint asked, Gao Lishi naturally responded.

"How can history books compare to this battle report? I would rather this battle report be ten times thicker. This is my achievement. The ancient emperors should have the same thoughts as me."

Li Longji opened the battle report with a smile.

This is the painting that embellishes his prosperous era and the achievement that makes him truly comparable to Emperor Taizong.

As long as there are things that are beneficial to him and can make him famous for eternity, no matter how many there are, he will read every word.

"This is a perfect calligraphy. Qilang's army actually has such a chief secretary."

The battle report is divided into several stages. The first stage was written by Yan Zhenqing. Li Longji was amazed at Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy.

Li Longji was in a very good mood and found everything beautiful, let alone the truly top-notch calligraphy.

Li Longji was thinking about summoning the staff who wrote the war report to Chang'an.

This is the great military merit. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for Yan Zhenqing to stand out as an official. If he participates in a battle, he will have the opportunity to be promoted quickly.

Next, Li Longji watched the battle report carefully.

He was very pleased with the compliments. How could a barbarian thief with a ruler, a pearl, and a dan be compared with him?

It was a big mistake for Princess Jincheng to enter Tubo!

"Everyone says Meng Ben and Xia Yu are brave, but how can they compare to Qi Lang? Xiang Yu and Ran Min are not as sharp as Qi Lang. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei can defeat ten thousand men, but Qi Lang is as strong as ten thousand men. I think if Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong of our dynasty were alive, they would feel inferior to him..."

When seeing Li Xuan fighting against the eighteen fierce Tibetan generals, Li Longji slapped the jade table and said.

The details of Li Xuan's battles were recorded by the army, and with the inscription by Liu Dan, Li Longji could imagine the scene of Li Xuan fighting on the battlefield.

He believed that among the brave generals of ancient and modern times, Li Xuan must be the leader.

"The Ruler Belt Pearl Pill has finally fallen into my hands. Qilang, if you have time, you should quickly send the Ruler Belt Pearl Pill to Chang'an."

After seeing Li Xuan capture Chidaizhudan alive, Li Longji couldn't wait.

Border commanders presenting captives has always been a ceremony to show their merits in the Tang Dynasty.

With such a great contribution, if Li Xuan did not take the initiative to return to Chang'an, no one could offer the captives on his behalf.

"The source of the Yellow River is so amazing, the snowy plateau is a scene of divine work. Throughout the dynasties, I am the only one who has incorporated the Yellow River into the territory of China... People all over the world should know such deeds..."

Upon learning that Li Xuanquan had annexed the Yellow River to the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji was overwhelmed with emotion and felt a great sense of accomplishment.

What the ancient emperors pursued was accomplished under his rule.

The most important thing is that Emperor Taizong did not do this...

(End of this chapter)