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Chapter 1178 Believe
Chapter 1178 Believe
In Lanzhou City, there was a quarrel between two factions over the return of the Guiyi Army to the east.
In fact, Li Hao did not have a third eye, just like the song "The Han people speak the language of the Hu people, but curse the Han people on the city wall." They did not trust the Guiyi Army.
This is also human nature, just like a friend who you haven't contacted for several years or even more than ten years suddenly contacts you on WeChat one day.
Your first reaction is to cover your wallet.
It has been exactly fifty years since the Guiyi Army was annihilated. During this period, they have been settled on the Guazhou sandbar in Liangzhou and have never communicated with the Song Dynasty.
Now a businessman has brought their news. How much of it do you think is true?
The Dangxiang had been defeated repeatedly at the gates of Lanzhou, so how could they not be using a trick this time, deceiving the Song army into leaving the sturdy city of Lanzhou in the name of national justice, and setting up an ambush to annihilate them on the north bank of the Yellow River?
Li Hao and other generals stationed in Lanzhou City all thought this was a trick. Li Hao said: "The descendants of the Guiyi Army cannot be trusted, and we cannot send troops out of the city to rescue them."
Wang Hou, who was standing by, also said, "It does look like a conspiracy. It's 500 miles from Liangzhou to Lanzhou. How could a tribe of tens of thousands of people migrate to Lanzhou right under the noses of the Dangxiang people?"
"Even if a few people call for it, how can we know that the people below will follow it?"
"It is clear to everyone that the Dangxiang want to take Lanzhou. We cannot take this risk just because of the words of a few merchants. Once we lose Lanzhou, the entire Xihe Road will fall under the Dangxiang's attack."
Fan Yu had a different opinion on the words of frontline generals such as Wang Hou and Li Hao.
The generals were concerned about their own safety and interests, but Fan Yu felt that the tens of thousands of rebels coming to the south could not be viewed solely on this matter.
This is a big proposition for readers.
That is the civilization of our Chinese people, which has its own centripetal force. As long as we share the same language and race, no matter how many years have passed, there will be a day when we will return to the rule of the king.
This matter is of great political significance.
Fan Yu said: "The merchant just said that the Tanguts have repeatedly invaded their tribes and forced them to attack Aligu, and they have also continuously taken hostages. If this continues, the tribe will surely be destroyed, so all the merchants will return to the Song Dynasty."
"For this reason, I think Donggui is at least 70% true, and only 30% false."
Sun Lu also supported it and said, "The Guiyi Army longs for the return of the king, but if I refuse them because I am afraid of the situation, what tribes in Liangzhou will be willing to return to the Han Dynasty in the future?"
Fan Yu, Sun Lu, Wang Hou, Li Hao and other generals had different opinions.
Wang Hou now has the final say, but the money and grain are all in the hands of Fan Yu, so when everyone disagrees, it is better for him to prepare to send troops to rescue the Guiyi Army and at the same time leave the decision-making power to the court.
This is an irresponsible approach on everyone’s part.
Fortunately, there were still five days before the Guiyi Army marched south, so there was still some time, so the gold medal from Lanzhou City was quickly reported to the central government.
After seeing the golden medal, the emperor immediately summoned Zhang Yue to discuss the matter.
Zhang Yue was also somewhat confused by the Guiyi Army that appeared out of nowhere.
His first reaction was to think it was a trap, but after thinking it over, he felt that it was not the case. This was something that was hard to grasp.
Feng Jing had already come out and said, "Your Majesty, these people claim to be Han Chinese, but I think their words are untrustworthy."
"It has been fifty years since the Guiyi Army was destroyed by the Tanguts. It is hard to find anyone who still admires the king's rule."
"In fact, even among the Guiyi Army, how many of them were loyal to the previous dynasty and this dynasty? How can they care about the descendants fifty years later?"
Feng Jing's words were very cold and really broke people's wishful thinking.
However, Zhang Yue remembered that he had watched a video, which was not about the Guiyi Army, but the Anxi Army.
After the Anshi Rebellion, Anxi was cut off from the Tang Dynasty.
"A lonely city in ten thousand miles, filled with gray-haired soldiers" refers to the last Tang army holding out in the Western Regions.
The Anxi Army defended the border for decades, and finally died in battle with their heads full of white hair.
The last scene of the video shows soldiers in the city chanting the poem "As long as the flying general is in Dragon City, the Hu horse will not be allowed to cross Yinshan Mountain", which moved me a lot.
People cannot always be rational, sometimes they should be more emotional.
In fact, Wang Gui and other prime ministers also supported Feng Jing, because when you are unsure about this matter, it is better to do nothing.
Officials generally avoid taking responsibility if they can.
Just as Feng Jing poured cold water on him, Zhang Yue stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, I think that no matter whether it is true or false, we should send troops to rescue!"
The emperor was overjoyed when he heard this. He was of course the one who wished and believed that fifty years later, the descendants of the Guiyi Army would still be willing to regard themselves as Han people and Han subjects, and would be willing to pay homage to him, the Han emperor in the city of Bianliang.
He simply believed that there were loyal souls between heaven and earth.
However, Zhang Yue did not speak purely from the perspective of catering to the emperor's psychology. He said: "If the court wants to take Liangzhou, it must spend a lot of money to buy horse bones. Whether it is true or false, the court must give it a try. Even if it is wrong, it will let the people of Liangzhou know and make the Dangxiang suspicious."
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Early morning.
The cold wind of late autumn blows hard.
When the morning light illuminated Liang Province, the Han Dynasty led the tribe on the journey back east.
Behind him was his burned home, the chief's tent, the tribesmen's tents and huts, all burning in thick smoke.
The entire tribe was divided into groups, with the young and strong holding long sabers and riding their horses forward in the team, the old men were in charge of the carriages, and teams of camels were carrying heavy loads forward.
Women and children sat on the carriages, helping to drive the livestock while also being responsible for making fires and collecting firewood for cooking.
The Han Dynasty also sent a hundred elite cavalrymen to clear the way and look for merchants along the way. Their messages could be delivered to Lanzhou City, asking the Song army for support.
Although they are descendants of the Guiyi Army, garrisoning in Liangzhou for a long time has long been the way of warfare of the grassland tribes. In fact, they are also descendants of intermarriage between the Han people who were stationed there at that time and the local ethnic groups.
Because they had rebelled, the Han army decided to take drastic measures and first attacked a stronghold that usually monitored the Dangxiang army.
They also knew that at this time, Renduo Baozhong would definitely lead his troops to chase them. At the same time, their sworn enemy, the Western Region Uighurs, would also intercept them on their way back.
There were pursuers in front and behind, and blockades at the back.
The pursuing troops had not arrived yet, but the Western Region Uighurs had already appeared in front of them to block their way. Such a large-scale transfer was bound to make people's morale waver.
The Han knew that it would be a great sacrifice, so he encouraged the soldiers of the tribe: "There is no turning back. If we return to Liangzhou, we will either be enslaved by the Tanguts or the Renduo tribe. Only Lanzhou is our home."
"The Emperor of Han will definitely lend a helping hand and properly accommodate us."
No one knows what Lanzhou is like, but looking at the beautiful sunrise makes them yearn for it.
After hearing what the big man said, the soldiers followed him eastward without hesitation.
The big man looked at the soldiers who were marching forward with their heads down and muttered to himself, "No one knows how far the way home is, but he can only measure it step by step with his own feet."
There he will find his fellow countrymen and brothers waiting for him, there will be fertile and easy-to-cultivate land, vast pastures, sweet wine, singing and dancing, flowers, and a destiny where he will no longer be driven into servitude.
They can choose to live their own lives.