Chapter 830: The Situation in Nanzhao (Second Update)
When Longteng arrived in Kunming, the situation in Nanzhao had changed again.
After Zheng Maihei killed the king, he randomly ascended the throne in Yang Tho Baa City and established the Great Changhe Kingdom.
As for the country built by Duan Baolong, it is still called Nanzhao, but it is based on Jianchuan City.
After the three families divided the Southern Zhao, many people thought that the Tang army would fight with Zheng Maisi, but Duan Baolong fought with Zheng Maisi first.
Since Duan Baolong's strength was the weakest among the three, he wanted to annex the Yongchang Jiedu Envoy.
But Zheng Maisi, who had lost the three towns of Tuodong, Nongdong and Tonghai, naturally couldn't sit back and watch Duan Baolong swallow his forces behind.
As a result, the armies of both sides fought for the town of Yongchang.
In terms of strength, Duan Baolong is not as good as Zheng Maisi, but Zheng Maisi has to guard against the Tang army and cannot attack with all his strength, resulting in the last two in Yongchang Town.
Zheng Maisi only occupied Yongchang City and the area south of it, while Duan Baolong, who occupied Dayi, captured the main towns of Yongchang Town, such as Changpang City, Yueli City, and Softening Mansion, and then received the support of the Lishui Jiedu envoys.
During this time, the Tang army was not idle, but took the opportunity to capture the Yinsheng Festival envoy and captured a number of towns in the north of Yinsheng.
The area of these towns in the north of Yinsheng is less than one-fifth of the area of Yinshengjie, but the population accounts for seventy percent of the population of Yinsheng Mansion, and there are many Han people in the jurisdiction.
As for the southern region of the Yinsheng Festival, there are ten tribes such as Heizhi, and the Tang army does not want to fight with these indigenous tribes at this time.
So when Longteng came, the area of the Yunnan Governor's Mansion was expanded.
Long before Long Teng came, Cui Anqian ordered the news of the Tang Dynasty's canonization of Long Teng as the king of Nanzhao to go out, and it was also for this reason that Yinsheng Jiedu made the northern towns surrender so quickly.
And because the news of Longteng's rebuilding of Nanzhao in Kunming and his marriage with the Tang Dynasty spread, Zheng Maihei and Duan Baolong's subordinates were also a little unstable.
Although the Nanzhao royal family was basically killed, its influence in Nanzhao is still not small.
Longteng is also an authentic prince of the clan, and with the support of the Tang Dynasty, it is more attractive no matter how you look at it.
Therefore, after learning that Longteng returned to Nanzhao, many people loyal to the Nanzhao royal family came to take refuge.
"Your Majesty, the old minister sees Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, when you come back, we people will have the backbone."
Seeing this group of relict ministers, Long Teng has not yet adapted to his new identity, "All ministers, please remember that in the future, you will call this king 'king', and don't say the word 'Your Majesty' anymore." Now, this king has accepted the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, and Nanzhao will be a subject state of the Tang Dynasty after that.
This was also set by the previous king, and this king only continued the last wish of the previous king. ”
Long Teng actually wanted to say that Datang's idea was not simple, and his ambitions were also very big, but he didn't dare.
He knew that if he didn't cooperate, his fate would be miserable, and it would only be a matter of a few breaths for the Nanzhao royal family to be wiped out.
After thinking about it, he still threw the pot to Shun Huazhen, he didn't count it as a hat, this matter was originally proposed by the other party.
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Hearing this, these ministers were also a little shocked, this...
"Your Majesty... Why does this have to be the case, Your Majesty? "Someone doesn't understand.
"Nanzhao, do you have the strength to quell Nanzhao's civil strife now? We Datang are here to help you.
Now that your new king has succeeded to the throne, and with our Tang Dynasty sending troops to help, it will be easy to quell the rebellion of Zheng Maisi and Duan Baolong. Cui Anqian said lightly on the side, his tone was a little unpolite.
These former ministers of Nanzhao all looked at each other, and they wanted to refute it, but the last one chose to shut up.
"The matter of quelling the rebellion will trouble Chief Cui." Longteng said politely.
"Your Highness don't worry, you have a mission to quell the rebellion." Cui Anqian assured.
At this time, Cui Anqian does have that confidence,
The arrival of the Right Dragon Martial Army and the Left Martial Guard left Cui An with nearly 50,000 forbidden troops in his hands.
In addition, in Qin Yi'an's hands, in addition to the army left behind in Tonghai, he can also take out 15,000 soldiers and horses; On Wang Jian's side, after integrating the army of the original Tuodong Jiedu envoy, he also had 10,000 troops.
Coupled with Yue Changxu, Zhang Lian and Nanzhao's surrender army, the total army is nearly 90,000.
On the side of the Nanzhao surrender army, because Long Teng became the new king of Nanzhao, many generals loyal to the Nanzhao surrendered one after another, and most of those surrendered troops also chose to surrender.
However, for these surrenders, Cui Anqian ordered Wang Jian and Yue Changxu to lead one each, that is, he could not let Long Teng get involved in the military power.
In this regard, although Longteng is dissatisfied, he is helpless.
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"Chief, the city in front of you is called Yunnan Eyelid (also called Yunnan Eye), which is the easternmost city of the Ten Eyelids, and according to the information we have found, there are 2,000 people defending it.
In the entire Shibi region, Zheng Maisi's troops were mainly in Taihe City and Yang Tho City, with a total of 30,000 troops.
In addition, there are 3,000 garrisons in the Yichuan eyelids, which should be to guard against Duan Baolong. ”
Yue Changxu explained to Cui Anqian.
The group was on a hillside two miles outside the city of Yunnan Eyelid, standing on the hillside, and everyone could just see the situation of Yunnan Eyelid.
The big chief and the defenders on the city wall obviously looked like they were facing a great enemy, which was also normal, after all, Cui Anqian and the others could appear here, which meant that the army was nearby.
"Duan Baolong, this guy doesn't care about him for now, and when he cleans up Zheng Maihei, he will settle accounts with this traitor." Although Cui Anqian guessed that Duan Baolong was uneasy and kind, after all, he betrayed Tang under his own hands, and he didn't want to lose face.
"The chief manager, the last general is willing to ask for battle, and he will take this Yunnan eyelid within one day." Zhang Lian, who learned that Liu Kui had made great contributions in Hexi, was eager to make meritorious contributions.
Cui Anqian shook his head, "Don't make noise about Zhang Yuma's Shenji battalion for the time being, your troops will be of great use." ”
"What's the big deal? The chief manager, the Holy Lord asked the Divine Machine Battalion to participate in the battle in order to test the actual combat of the Divine Machine Battalion. Since Pingnan, the Shenji Battalion has never been on the battlefield, and the soldiers below have complained. Hearing that he couldn't go to the battlefield again, Zhang Lian was also a little dissatisfied.
"Don't be anxious, Zhang Yuma, this envoy is not unwilling to let the Shenji Battalion participate in the war, but Zheng Maisi has a force in his hands, I'm afraid that even the coalition forces can't deal with it, only the Shenji Battalion can be defeated." Hearing the resentment in Zhang Lian's words, Cui Anqian was also a little helpless.
"What troops?" Zhang Lian was also a little curious.
"Elephant soldiers!"
Cui An said in a deep voice.
In fact, Cui Anqian has only heard of elephant soldiers, but he has never seen them.
He still learned from Zhao Shengzheng and Long Teng that Nanzhao originally had an elephant soldier, but now it is in the hands of Zheng Maihei, and neither of them knows the specific number.
However, Cui Anqian has a certain understanding of the power of elephant soldiers.
The elephant's skin is rough and thick, ordinary bows and arrows can't shoot through, and they rush up, no one can stop it, I'm afraid the forbidden army may not be able to stop it.
In this case, Cui An's subconscious method is the artillery and muskets of the Shenji Battalion, which may have a miraculous effect.
"Elephant soldiers? What class is that? ”
Zhang Lian is a northerner, and he has never even seen an elephant, let alone an elephant soldier.