"So, that Yeluyi ran away again?"
Zhou Huaian, who was greeted into Youzhou City and began to receive the news report, couldn't help being slightly surprised:
"Exactly, after the Khitan people were defeated in the Battle of Daqingshan, the various ministries of Xixi were again anyway, releasing the imprisoned to the kings, killing all the chiefs and elders who were attached to the Khitan, and the garrison of Dongxi, only the prison officers. Yeluyi got off"
As the permanent representative, Jing Xiang replied respectfully:
"If you ran away, let's run away, anyway, the eight Khitan tribes will be gone..."
Zhou Huai'an waved his hand and said: But it was inevitable to sigh in his heart that this Yelu Abaoji is really the trait of the son of luck in some times, and he has escaped from adversity again and again in the face of adversity.
However, with the changes in the situation after the Great Qingshan War, the lakes and river basins on which the Khitan Babu depended to thrive and thrive, as well as the most quintessential ranches, camps, and settlements, have all been destroyed or destroyed. After that, even if they could escape tens of thousands of tribes, it wouldn't make any sense. At the same time, they had to face backlash and revenge from the tribes that had been suppressed for a long time.
According to Jingxiang’s words, the news of the Khitan’s defeat spread. In addition to Xixi, who regained the water, there were also Songmo, Shiwei, Tatar, and Uighurs around the second capital of Rao Le. The subordinate forces of the Ministry sent people to ask for peace envoys. Of course, Zhou Huai'an was a little surprised but not so unexpected. As a force that cannot be ignored in the Northeast, Bohai State finally sent people over.
Although the Bohai country headed by the Mohe clan has been weak and declining, and the royal clan headed by the Da clan will inevitably fall in the middle of the country besides the great power, it is still the territory of Haidong that spans thousands of miles. Big country. Therefore, they did not react when the Taiping Army occupied Liaodong, but kept dragging them until now before sending envoys, which made Zhou Huaian a little surprised and surprised.
It is important to know that the establishment of the An Dong Xingying camp is nominally for the follow-up pursuit and elimination of the remnants of the two capitals of Raole and Songmo, as well as the aftermath of the situation in Youyan, which is dominated by Lulong Town; but the follow-up expected planning of the government Among them, it was an organization for long-term and sustained war preparations for the restoration of the entire territory of the An Dong Duhu Mansion established in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. However, in the Khitan and Xi people, it is no longer enough, and the real goal of the next step is self-evident. .
Therefore, in addition to dispatching troops from Dengzhou to cross the sea in Liaodong, Zhu Laosan and his volunteers participated in the old ministry of Tubian, as well as some other former dynasty and vassal troops that have been subdued by the old and the new. It will play an important role in the next action. Of course, as a prerequisite for all this, it is to start hoarding a large amount of grain and machinery in Youzhou through the northern line of water transportation in Hebei, and at the same time carry out local transformation to rebuild the ruling order.
If it is the traditional historical line, it is undoubtedly the result of idiotic dreams to say that within a generation can restore the boundaries of the heyday of Han and Tang Dynasties; you know, even if the wise martial arts such as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty failed to conquer Goguryeo, it is still there. This frontier Xiaoqiang was really resolved during the Gaozong period; and the Ming Dynasty created by Daddy Pig did not cover the remnant Yuan forces outside the Great Wall until after the ancestor Zhu Di's five conquests outside the Great Wall.
However, Zhou Huai'an cannot stand as a traverser. He not only has long-term vision and planning from later generations, but also has the advantage of cross-age technology and military system. Whether it is the manpower and material resources provided by the high-yield crops and mining factories all over the country, or the logistical support provided by steam cars, ships and four-wheeled carts with steering gears and shock absorbers, or even the array of steel gunpowder and advanced tactics, Considerable combat effectiveness of military organizations.
After all, from a long-term perspective, a military formation composed of pure firearms and spurs is much more cost-effective and labor-saving than traditional military formations with a variety of cold weapons; not only because of the unification of equipment and logistics needs. This is not only due to the simplification of queue training and tactical changes, but also the lowering of the threshold for the quality of soldiers (as long as they can hold the firecrackers) and the compression of the training cycle.
In the most extreme case, it only takes more than a month of assault training, even if it is like a John Bull, all kinds of scum, hooligans, and beggars from street pubs, all comers will not refuse to arrest people and fill the army; rely on a group to spend money The children of the nobles and wealthy families who bought the positions of officers can still fight the entire field of the modern wars of the great powers with the identity of the European cudgel, leaving behind the reputation of the Sequoia Army in later generations.
Therefore, it is imperative and unstoppable to continue the expansion of the army and complete the plan for full-scale firearms. In the end, the only thing that can stop the Taiping Army's footsteps may be the harsh and dangerous climate on the grassland itself. Of course, in the follow-up operations, there is no need to have many garrisons, firearms, and garrisons; rivers, oasis, and immigration are indispensable, and problems that can be solved with money/productivity are not a problem.
Perhaps this round of battle itself is the cold weapon era that has lasted for thousands of years since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The last shining moment of light has come to an end.
On the other hand, it was a message sent from Guangfu five days ago, saying that since the beginning of the year, envoys from the eleven countries of the South China Sea have gathered in the local area one after another, preparing to go north to tributary the new dynasty as a ruler.
Among them are the Linyi (Champa) country adjacent to the south and north of Annan Prefecture, the water and land Chenla (Cambodia/Angkor dynasty), Piao (Myanmar/Bagan dynasty), Langyaxiu (Cambodia/Angkor dynasty) from the Indo-China Peninsula. Malay Peninsula); Polu and Buddha from the big island of the South China Sea (Sumatra), Poli (Kalimantan), Mayi (Luzon), Koling (Java).
Even the farthest island country, the Lion Country (present-day Sri Lanka), also had envoys. Among them, there were also small cities like Luoyue, Gokulu, and the like that were not well-known. And this can be regarded as Taiping Dudu's business development in the South China Sea and Outer Regions over the years, and finally ushered in a major achievement from quantitative change to qualitative change.
Therefore, with the arrival of their mission, it also means that the countries along the route, which are directly affected and deterred by the armed ships and escort ships from the Middle-Earth Armed Forces and escort warships, have accepted in disguised form that the Taiping Governor's House was navigating. Various countries have put forward a package of plans and conditions one after another.
For example, as a member of the new ministerial system in the future, they will export a large amount of local products such as rice and dried fruit to China in accordance with the corresponding trade quotas of the country where they are located; places such as Shuilu Zhenla, Linyi, Piaoguo, etc., are all land The fertile, humid climate and ripe rice are rich in rice; therefore, the grain price in the local harvest season is extremely low.
For another example, merchants who are licensed to hold a license issued by China Earth to set up factories, mine and operate mining and metallurgy in the local area; recruit laborers and capture wild men on the spot, and establish an exclusive guard team; and the local department must provide assistance and convenience. Or leased coastal ports for the berthing and supply of the escort and parade naval crews of the celestial dynasty on the sea routes;
As a corresponding reward, in addition to the symbolic routine rewards and official designated trades at the national level, the corresponding missions and their accompanying merchant groups were also granted quotas to purchase large-scale specialty products and luxury goods in China, or to be stationed in China. To stay and settle in the designated port areas of China, to meet the needs of operating corresponding characteristic industries and providing various service industries.
Of course, the navy who was responsible for supporting the Tianzhu Raiders would naturally not take the initiative to find trouble with these coastal states. But most of the actual situation is that these small countries scattered in the South Sea island states have been harmed by those Chinese shipowners and maritime merchants who are rampant on the sea. They even ransacked and burned daringly. As the largest power in the Indochina Peninsula (Pagan Dynasty), there were many coastal towns and ports in the Piao Kingdom (Pagan Dynasty).
After all, Datang’s shipbuilding technology and naval warfare level have now embarked on a fast track of rapid development under the leadership of the Taiping Army; although there is no chance to obtain artillery, the technical foundation for manufacturing strong marine vessels of more than a thousand materials costs a lot of money. Take over the eliminated heavy ordnance such as bed crossbows and throwers; it is enough to sling and suppress the numerous indigenous countries along the South China Sea Channel;
Even if you meet the legendary navy, the kind of warship with two pointed spinnakers that is bound with rope and glued with coconut milk sugar; or it is a light and thin shell that is only resistant to offshore winds from the West Tianzhu continent. The so-called "Tianzhu Great Boat" and even the "Kunlun Ship" with round body and square head from Kunlun slave production area-the black continent are not without the strength of the first battle or the superiority.
The so-called basic principle is that a murder weapon is in the hand to kill the heart. As the various men and horses sent out to conquer, there are inevitably mixed good and bad. There is no shortage of pirates, private sellers and other desperadoes who washed their feet ashore in the past; they naturally He dared not compete and harass with the strongholds and trade posts under the control of the Taiping Army, but it was more than enough to deal with the ships and ports of the foreigners of the island feudal clan.
For example, although the Pagan Kingdom (Pagan Dynasty) has the name of a big country in South China, it is actually a collection of local powers known as "dozens of princes and hundreds of vassals"; the royal family is respected by these big and small land monarchs and state leaders. The co-owner. But this kind of vassal relationship grew and fell with the rise and fall of the royal family and was not stable.
Because the former Pian royal family of Richaro (present-day Burma) was originally set as the capital, it was beaten by the Nanzhao regime from the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River. The capital was moved several times to the present city of Bagan (now southwest of Mandalay, Myanmar). The neighborhood was only replaced by the rising princes and princes more than fifty years ago. Therefore, it is far inferior in terms of name and righteousness.
Therefore, the so-called local king Piao can directly issue orders, that is, the territory where the west bank of the Irrawaddy River and the Qindun River converge. However, in the case of foreign conquests or foreign invasions, it is necessary to combine the vertical and even Xu Yi in the name of King Piao to mobilize the nominally subordinate vassals to send troops to help the war; it is like a trumpet. The five directions of Tianzhu are general.
Therefore, regarding the news that the coastal areas were frequently plundered and looted, the contemporary king of Piao basically defeated the foreign enemy and defeated the indifferent attitude of eliminating internal troubles; therefore, when the Chinese merchants broke through the obstruction of the local forces along the way, they went north. After arriving in Bagan City, King Piao, who was short of righteousness, immediately dispatched a tribute delegation from the Chinese Ambassador to China without hesitation.
Of course, after these countries have accepted the corresponding conditions and allowed the Tang people to regain their well-known strongholds and breakthroughs in the local area, whether it is as a dumping market for Chinese goods, as a source of raw materials, or in the future, overseas Tang people can thrive and thrive. Larger settlements will gradually be unable to let them decide on their own. Even if the general trend is to have twists and turns in the future, it will not hurt the overall situation.
When it comes to the country of Piao, we have to talk about Nanzhao country, which is currently being explored and operated in the southwest. Nowadays, the civil wars of Zheng (Mai Si), Yang (Deng), and Zhao (Shenzheng) on the Erhai Plain have not yet determined the victory or defeat, but the Nanzhao Meng clan involved in the civil war. Almost all men, women and children were killed.
In this process, the Duan family of Dali City in the southern part of the Erhai Plain, with the secret support of Qu Chengyu and others from the Taiping Westward Troop who occupied the territory of Nongdong Mansion, also steadily grew and rose to gather the surrounding knots. The people in the city are protected from the border, becoming a small and powerful local separatist force, and even secretly taking in a number of survivors of the royal family as a precaution.
Therefore, the main expected goal of the Taiping Army in the future is to directly or indirectly control the land of Yunnan in the next few years, the most suitable for farming in the Dianchi Lake Basin and the Erhai Plain, two population-rich and grain-producing areas; and then it will be possible to gain a firm foothold. With the support of the local population, large-scale development of minerals such as silver, copper and lead in the territory; after they were sent to Xichuan by water circulation, they were expected to meet the huge gap in coinage and industrial production.
Then, against the existence of the surrounding brutal forces. A multi-pronged package of military deterrence and encroachment, economic penetration, cultural influence, and political instigation will be used to reform the land and completely digest the southern part of the colorful clouds, and establish a long-term plan for ruling and claim power since ancient times, and leave it to future generations as much as possible. Go and finish slowly. (End of this chapter)