Section 164: Holding the Festival in the Clouds (1)
When later generations commented on this pursuit, they often lamented that Liu Shan's troops were very limited at that time. Faced with the defeated Turkic soldiers who were running all over the mountains, if Liangzhou could organize a team to intercept them in front or even increase the pursuit power, the Turks would definitely not recover from then on. However, history is unchangeable. The Tang Dynasty at that time fought on several lines and had no way to reinforce Liangzhou's soldiers.
Even if the Liushan army came to Liangzhou at this time, it can be said that it was not the army of the Tang Dynasty, but the peasant army that rushed out from the surrounding areas of Luoyang. In any case, the battle of Liangzhou was a great victory. Forty thousand Liangzhou defenders drove the Turkic soldiers ten times their size back to the grassland and chased them all the way until Wangting. However, the Tang cavalry who were chasing at that time did not know that their pursuit of the Turkic defeated soldiers had approached Wangting.
Perhaps, it was precisely because there was the Wang Ting in front that the Turkic Khan had to seek peace from the Tang army, or it was precisely because there was the Wang Ting in front that the Liu Shan army, who had accepted the Turkic Khan's request for peace, escaped a siege.
On October 15, 2018, the third year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, the Turks were defeated in the north of Liangzhou City. The pursuing Tang cavalry chased them until they were completely dark before they stopped their war horses. Then in the thin light of the second morning, the Tang cavalry chased the Turks and chased them until October 18. On the evening of the 18th, Jie Li Khan sent envoys to seek peace, and the pursuit ended. The Turks were more than half of the battle. The Turks were originally defeated. When the Tang army retreated and gathered them, only more than 100,000 remaining defeated soldiers were left. In the north of Liangzhou City, the Turks' corpses were covered with vision. There were so many corpses that the Tang army was cleaning up the battlefield. It only burned the corpses for several days.
These were only a small part of the Turkic soldiers who died in battle. During the Tang army's journey to pursue the Turkic army, the blood of the Turkic cavalry stained the road red, and the bodies were piled everywhere. So after the spring of the next year, the grass on this road grew very lush, and human blood and corpses were broken down into nutrients for green grass.
On October 23, the third year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, the Turks sent envoys to Liangzhou to seek peace. The team of envoys was quite large, with several tribe leaders of the Turks inside. They almost followed the withdrawn team of the Tang cavalrymen to Liangzhou. They knelt outside Liangzhou City to see the garrison of Liangzhou, and then submitted a letter of surrender to Liu Shan according to the customs of the Han people.
On October 23, the third year of Wude, Liu Shan accepted the Turks' request for peace and arranged the Turkic envoys to be in the Guanshi in Liangzhou.
After the Turks were defeated in Liangzhou on October 15, the civilians who left Liangzhou began to return to Liangzhou one after another. By the 23rd, most of the civilians had returned to Liangzhou City. The returned civilians began to get angry again. The local officers and soldiers stationed in Liangzhou, following Liu Shan's previous promise, Liu Shan also gave them a long holiday so that they could reunite with their families.
Liangzhou was in a festive atmosphere, with the noisy gongs and drums ringing in Liangzhou City. At night, the citizens in the city sang and danced around the bonfire. At this time, Liu Shan was also very busy.
When he just returned to Liangzhou, he was busy cleaning the battlefield. If the corpses were not cleaned up in time, it would be easy to cause plague. Fortunately, it was winter at this time, and the possibility of plague was still very small, but the corpses still had to be cleaned up. At this time, no Turks came to clean up their own corpses. The bodies had not been cleaned up yet, and Liu Shan was busy dealing with the return of civilians. The return of urban civilians was by no means a trivial matter. After they came back, they had to help provide them with their living, eating, drinking, drinking, and various needs. For this reason, Liu Shan was busy for several days. The city residents had just settled down, and Liu Shan was pulled by various figures to celebrate their victory, socializing in officialdom, wealthy businessmen won over their feelings, and ordinary people also pulled Liu Shan to their crowd to celebrate the victory in Liangzhou.
Some social events cannot be rejected, and some powerful Liu Shan can only deal with the surface, but when a large number of civilians demand to meet Liu Shan, Liu Shan will never shirk responsibility. Since returning to Liangzhou on the 21st, Liu Shan has never had a good rest. Almost every day, he is busy with many things. After dealing with various things, he often can only sleep for two or three hours a day, and sometimes he can't sleep well for two or three hours.
Liu Shan felt that after his victory, it was more tiring to deal with various occasions than to fight the battle in Liangzhou again. At this time, some people came to Liangzhou to see Liu Shan. These people were not Turkic or locals in Liangzhou, but officials from other prefectures and counties in the northern border. The officials who asked for their visit lined up outside Liu Shan's military camp. They all came to celebrate Liu Shan's victory. Of course, many people wanted to curry favor with such a shining general in the future.
With a backstage, an army, and a stunning contribution in Liangzhou, many people think that Liu Shan’s future will definitely be bright and bright.
And this is not the most deadly thing. What's bad is that when the news of Liu Shan's marriage was not revealed, all kinds of officials and wealthy businessmen came to find Liu Shan again. Among these people, there were many powerful people, some of whom were even the eighth aunt and the second aunt, and some of them were royal relatives. Liu Shan even saw several people who had direct relatives with the powerful people in Chang'an.
All of these people came to propose marriage without exception. There is a saying among the Han people that raise their hands and do not hit people with smiles, not to mention that they come to propose marriage. Moreover, the matchmaker relies on a mouth. There are no photos in this era and no chance to meet. The girls in the Tang Dynasty were still very shy. The sky was so dark that the matchmaker was blown away by the matchmaker, and the girls who looked like fairies brought various halos that could make their husbands promising. Liu Shan heard that his ears were calloused and he was miserable.
In the end, Liu Shan had to take Yi'er on before meeting these people, and ordered Yi'er to wear women's clothing and wear whatever she was beautiful. Then, before meeting others, he said that this was my wife and my wife.
As a result, some people kept introducing Liu Shan to the daughter of a wealthy businessman and the pearl in the hand of a powerful man. Liu Shan forgot that it was the Tang Dynasty at this time, and men could have three wives and four concubines. How could others let him go with such a promising general? I don’t know who Liu Shan’s pain at this time. My brothers all said that you would marry all these people, and even Lin Meng said that if you don’t want them, I’ll want them all. It’s a joke. There are not thousands of people who propose marriages these days, and there are eight hundred, and Liu Shan can’t stand it. However, Liu Shan knew that Lin Meng had many visitors recently, and the guests had stepped on his threshold several times. I think Lin Meng has not made a few marriages these days.
In early November, when the Turkic envoy asked Liu Shan to send someone to the royal court to discuss the Turkic surrender, the incident that surprised everyone in Liangzhou City had a surprise. Of course, there were no glasses in this era. Liu Shan actually agreed to the envoy's request and said that he would take people to the Turkic royal court immediately.
No one expected that Liu Shan, who was in high reputation and famous at this time, would go to the Turkic royal court in person. Moreover, when he went to the royal court, Liu Shan did not bring the army. It was useless to bring many troops to the other party. Moreover, only if he did not bring the army, he could show sincerity. Liu Shan did not bring anyone, so he brought Yi'er. Of course, three people heard that Yi'er was going to go to the Turkic royal court with Liu Shan, and the three of them insisted on going.
Liu Shan didn't want to take the three of them, so he and Yier went to the Turkic royal court. No matter how they looked like the two of them went abroad for a honeymoon. It would be too disgusting to bring three more.
However, when the three of them told Liu Shan that something happened in the morning at Uncle Zhang’s house that day, Liu Shan immediately changed his words.
Yi'er also needs someone to take care of her along the way.
The royal court is extremely dangerous. I feel relieved if you three peerless masters are here.
If you accompany me, I will no longer be lonely. I will take you there this time, well, this is certain.
On November 3, accompanied by the Turkic envoy, Liu Shan, Yier and Aunt Yun’s three treasured disciples went to the Turkic royal court. Liu Shan did not expect that this trip to the royal court would take an important step in his life. Of course, there was only one Liu Shan who went to the royal court at this time, and the farther away from those who proposed marriage, the better.
Later generations often wonder why Liu Shan was going to the Turkic royal court at this time. A general who had just beaten his opponent to the other party's nest was extremely dangerous. Liu Shan didn't think so. The Turkic army lost more than half of its losses, and the other tribes around him were eyeing him. It was very necessary for the Turkic to seek peace. Moreover, Jie Li Khan was not a fool. Killing a Tang army general would not cause much damage to the Tang Dynasty, and it would also attract the Tang Dynasty's revenge army. Moreover, Liu Shan intuition told himself that he would not be in danger when he went to the Turkic army.
Chapter completed!