The four counties of Fuyuan, Pingyuan, Zhenyuan and Ningyuan were the forefront of the Tang Empire's defense of the barbarians in the mountains in the early Tang Dynasty. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, although there were only hundreds of thousands of barbarians, regardless www.biquge.info of men, women and children, everyone was good at fighting, fierce, the mountains were their natural hiding place, large-scale Tang army attack, they followed the mountains, because they knew very well that the large-scale Tang army attack could not last too long, the mountains and mountains, the treacherous environment, was their natural defense zone, too many Tang army attacked, if they were entrenched in the mountains for a long time, logistics alone was enough to crush them. And small-scale sorties, once they penetrate deep into the mountains, will become a delicacy of the barbarians, and even the bones and dregs will not be left.

This made the Tang Empire, which had already dominated the world at that time, extremely embarrassed, suppressed, unable to eradicate and caress it, but the other party was soft and hard and did not eat it, they were like a piece of kraft candy, sticking to the body of the Tang Empire.

In the end, the Tang Empire decided to build Yuejing, and the brilliant Emperor Li Qing established a century-long strategy of peaceful evolution, but Yuejing, as the central city in the north, and the role he would play in the next century-long plan, doomed him to not be able to build it in a short time, and during this period, the barbarians at the peak of their strength would inevitably continue to raise troops and invade. All of them had four military fortresses, Fuyuan, Pingyuan, Zhenyuan, and Ningyuan, which were aimed at the four most powerful barbarian tribes at that time.

In the first ten years, a large number of troops were stationed in these four military fortresses, but they were no longer mainly attacking, but mainly engaged in defense, using this defensive line to seal the barbarians in the mountains. From a simple earthen city at the beginning, in the attack of the barbarians again and again, it slowly evolved into a fortified city. During those decades, every inch of these four fortresses was soaked in the blood of soldiers on both sides.

The construction of Yuejing City, as well as these four military fortresses, is an extremely financially expensive large-scale state act, fortunately, at that time the Tang Empire was under the leadership of Emperor Li Qing, the country was thriving, these enough to consume all the financial resources of a country, but in the first few years, as the Tang Empire became stronger and stronger, the money consumed did not constitute a burden for the total income of the Tang Dynasty.

And the barbarians also had an unborn hero back then, Murong Ke.

Although the Tang Empire collectively referred to all these tribes in the mountains as barbarians, in fact, they were composed of hundreds of tribes, the largest tribe exceeded 100,000 people, and the smallest tribe was only a few hundred people, originally these tribes were not harmonious with each other, it was normal to fight and kill, before Murong Ke, no one could screw them together until Murong Ke appeared.

As a grandmaster, Murong Ke is not only amazing in martial arts cultivation, but also unique in his political skills and personality charm, in his hands, hundreds of barbarian tribes gathered together, intending to establish an empire that belongs to them, and their purpose is to occupy the land of the current Yue Kingdom.

But it's a pity that Murong Ke was born at the wrong time, and he met the peerless hero Li Qing, who was not born in the world, which doomed him to a tragic end. When he spent more than ten years, integrated all the barbarian tribes, and confidently stepped out of the mountain, Emperor Li Qing had already defeated the last army of the Zhou Empire in Luocheng, and the Tang army entered Luocheng and completed the great cause of unifying the world.

Emperor Li Qing of Chang'an, the capital of Chang'an, has completely freed his hands, Murong Ke has lost the best opportunity, if he can complete the integration ten years earlier, then the days of Emperor Li Qing's domination of the world are only afraid to be postponed indefinitely.

The barbarians ravaged the north, attacking the city and plundering the land, the main force of the Tang army immediately went to the north, and fought fiercely with the barbarians, in the case of the combat effectiveness of the two sides was almost the same, the Tang army's numerical superiority, equipment superiority and endless logistical support made Murong Ke defeated and returned, and since then he has changed from a contender to a harasser.

But under his leadership, the barbarians at that time were still a powerful force, and the powerful Emperor Li Qing also had to prepare a set of strategies for them individually.

When the Yuejing City was about to be completed, and the four fortresses of Fuyuan Pingyuan Town and Yuanningyuan were getting stronger and stronger, Murong Ke understood that if he dragged on any longer, he would never have a chance to win.

In the last battle, he gathered all the barbarian people, hundreds of thousands of troops poured out, and at this time, the emperor of the Tang Empire, Li Qing, also drove the expedition in person, that battle, than the Tang army and the Zhou army to win the battle of Los Angeles was much more tragic.

Needless to say, the Tang army used these four fortress strongholds to fight with the barbarians for several months, and in the end, the poor barbarian logistics were not continued, and the Tang army, with the strong national backing, had an increasingly obvious advantage, and slowly surrounded the barbarians, and finally Murong Ke had to admit that he was defeated. When the encirclement was about to be formed, he ordered the withdrawal of the army, and after he personally led the pro-army that he had trained for more than ten years, he covered the rest of the tribal army to flee back to the mountains.

In this last battle, Murong Ke finally met Li Qing, the emperor of the Tang Empire, who had driven him to a dead end step by step.

Hundreds of thousands of Tang troops surrounded Murong Ke after the break, and Murong Ke, who fought desperately and bloodily, was finally killed on the spot by Emperor Li Qing, and tens of thousands of elite barbarians were killed and wounded.

After this battle, the vitality of the barbarians was greatly damaged, and they could no longer compete with the Tang Empire, and they retreated into the mountains, because of the death of Murong Ke, the tribal alliance lost its leader, and the remaining heavyweights competed for power, and the tribal alliance collapsed and divided again.

Since then, the century-old differentiation strategy carefully prepared by Emperor Li Qing finally began to play their role slowly, because of the blockade of the Tang Empire, in order to compete for survival resources among the barbarians, internal wars were frequent, big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp, and some of the smallest tribes, because of the difficulty of survival in the mountains, in order not to perish, they finally chose to go out of the mountains, surrendered to the Tang Empire, left the mountains on which they depended, and changed their way of life. Little by little, it began to integrate into the ordinary life of the Tang Empire.

Just like dominoes, after the first one falls, the following ones will fall, and after dozens or hundreds of years, almost most of the barbarian tribes have descended the mountain and become a member of the Tang Empire. Over the course of thousands of years of history, they have almost become one with the Tang people. It has been passed down from generation to generation, and after a thousand years, their descendants can no longer remember their origins, but only think that they were originally a member of the Tang people.

Of course, there are also stubborn ones, including the Murong Ke clan, in that battle, their losses were the greatest, the elite of the clan, almost all the dead and wounded, in the subsequent tribes to fight for power, they can no longer be able to compete with other tribes, can only rely on Murong Ke's last residual power, the clan moved to the depths of the mountains more farther away to avoid the disaster.

After thousands of years of recuperation and recuperation, the world has changed, and the only thing that has not changed is the ambition of the Murong clan to re-emerge from the mountain and win the world again.

Murong Hong stood on the square in front of the yamen of Fuyuan City and County Government, looking up at the bronze statue of Li Qing that was more than ten meters high, and his heart was full of anger, because Li Qing on this bronze statue waved a knife, and the front of the long knife did not enter the chest of another bronze statue. The bronze statue is vividly shaped, although it has lasted for thousands of years, but it can still see the faces of both sides, this person who was pierced through the chest by Li Qing's long knife must be angry, and the person who seems to be looking up to the sky is his ancestor, Murong Ke.

Murong Hong's hand tightly grasped the handle of the knife on his waist, his muscles were exposed, and he bit his lip tightly.

We're back.

After thousands of years, our Murong clan is still there, but the empire created by this man who shows off his martial arts and prestige is no longer there, and even his descendants are gone.

It's a pity, if the Li family still has descendants, he will definitely kill him, and then next to this statue, another statue will be made to kill him.

"Patriarch, let's go! They're still waiting for us! Behind him, Murong Jing, an elder of the Murong clan with white hair, reminded in a low voice.

Murong Hong nodded slightly, "Elder, this time, we want to take back what belongs to us." ”

"Of course!" Murong Jing smiled.

The two strode towards the yamen of the Fuyuan County Mansion, and one of them, who had been waiting there for a long time, immediately introduced the two to the inner mansion.

Jiang Haokun stood at the door of the lobby, watching the two of them coming, with a smile on his face, and his hands clenched into fists: "Distinguished guests are coming from afar, if you miss the welcome, forgive your sins!" ”

"Lord Jiang is polite." Murong Hong's ferocious aura in front of the statue had long since disappeared at this moment, replaced by a modest smile. "I haven't come to this Fuyuan City for more than ten years, I can't imagine that there is still no change, and after walking around the city a few times, it is still the same scene as it was back then."

Jiang Haokun's face changed slightly: "Patriarch Murong has been to Fuyuan County before?" ”

"Why haven't you been?" Murong Hong said with a smile: "I have lived in this Fuyuan City for ten years, and I have been studying in the Siyuan Academy here, and this Fuyuan City is very familiar to me. ”

"I see, Patriarch Murong is really hiding from me, and I am really blind, I didn't know that such a distinguished guest was around, otherwise I would have to entertain him well?" Jiang Haokun said with a smile.

"That's not a big deal." Murong Hong smiled hesitantly: "If Jiang Junshou knew my true identity at that time, I am afraid that he would have kidnapped me to ask for a reward." ”

Patriarch Murong laughed. Jiang Haokun laughed, stretched out his hand sideways, and said: "Please come in, two, introduce two nobles to the two, this is Lord Qin Li Qin from Chang'an, and this is General Wu Teng of the Dragon Inlaid Army of Qi State." ”

The four of them looked at each other, Wu Teng was silent, but Qin Li smiled and said, "Brother Murong, it's been a long time." ”

"Brother Qin has always been okay? The support over the years is unforgettable. (To be continued.) )