If you want to continue to expand westward and take the land of Qizhou in Hexi, Li Tianqu knows that the competitor from the north cannot be ignored.

After all, Jin State is still crazy invading states and plundering land, trying to break through the prefectures and cities in various prefectures before Wei State takes over the entire territory of Liang State.

However, the northern territory of Liang State was originally belonged to the Liang State, and adjacent to it were the five prefectures of Xia, Sui, Yin, You and Yan, and the Dingnan Army vassal states, which were hereditary ruled by the Dangxiang Tuoba tribe; and the Shuofang Army vassal states centered on Lingzhou and now Han Xun is now in charge.

The Tuoba clan of Dingnan Army, who was given the Li surname by the Tang court, was actually only one of the eight major divisions of Dangxiang. Under the rule of the vassal states and even in several surrounding military prefectures, there were many areas where Han people lived in mixed areas with Dangxiang. Although Li Sijian, the governor who was in charge of the vassal state, was also an ancestor of the later Xixia royal family. It would take nearly a hundred years before the birth of the founding emperor of the Western Xia Dynasty Li Yuanhao.

The current Dingnan Army Tuoba clan, according to the original trajectory, would nominally depend on the Central Plains regimes of the Five Dynasties. Li Sijian had had close contacts with Zhu Wen before. After the Tang Dynasty was cut off, he immediately wrote a letter to submit to the Zhu Liang State.

It was not until Li Sijian's grandson Li Yichao that the Tuoba tribe began to show its ambition to break away from the Central Plains rule and establish an independent regime in essence. During the reign of Li Siyuan, the Later Tang Dynasty experienced several major battles, and it was the beginning of the Dangxiang Li family's separatist Xiazhou. However, after the Later Jin and Later Han, the Dingnan Army's vassal states were beaten hard by Guo Wei, the Taizu of Later Zhou, and it was not until the Song Dynasty that it used the prestige accumulated over the management of the Xia and Yin provinces for generations, and was able to split the territory and establish the country and become emperor.

But now Li Sijian, as the governor, has only been more than twenty years since his brother Li Sigong was granted the title of the Dingnan Army's vassal state. The local forces are not deeply rooted, so they still have to rely on the Central Plains dynasty. During the Liang and Jin battle for hegemony, although the Dingnan Army did not send troops to attack Jin, it also offered war resources such as war horses to Zhu Wen, which was to shaking the flag for Liang.

However, Li Cunxu is now about to raise troops to attack the Dingnan Army. The Wei Dynasty has not only replaced the position of the overlord of the Central Plains, but has now destroyed the Liang Kingdom, and is not far away from the territory of his party Xiang Tuoba's army... Li Tianqu is also very curious. Now that the Dingnan Army, Wei and Jin countries have become neighbors, how will they stand?

As for Han Xun, who was in charge of the vassal states of Shuofang Army, when Zhu Wen led his army to the northwest and attacked Li Maozhen in the name of serving the king and saving the emperor, he also aroused the hostility of warlords in various parts of the northwest. However, he and Li Sijian of the Dingnan Army can be said to be the only two separatist forces supporting Zhu Wen.

In return, Zhu Wen, who usurped the Tang and established Liang, also recognized Han Xun's control over the Shuofang Army's vassal states. Therefore, in name, he nominally praised the Liang State and actually had the power of autonomy and independence.

As the governor of the northwest barrier, Han Xun also made achievements in repelling the Tubo invasion. In theory, he would also be in charge of Shuofang for more than 20 years. When governing one side, he paid special attention to protecting the country and ensuring the people. Although he did not easily use troops from outside, he did not know that he had repelled Tubo people and even resisted Liu Zhijun, who had defected to Li Maozhen according to the official history line, which also made him a famous general who was outstanding in the Five Dynasties return without success. Therefore, Han Xun is also a tough bone that generally does not cause trouble, but is very difficult to crack if he wants to touch him...

Han Xun and his parents and children, Han Zhu, focused on ensuring safety in one area, managing water conservancy, encouraging farming, and managing Lingzhou and other places, so they were deeply loved by the military and civilians. It was also the generation of grandchildren Han Pu and Han Cheng who were unable to control their subordinates to make trouble, so they wrote a letter to ask Emperor Mingzong of the Later Tang Dynasty to take over the vassal states. Kang Fu, the Shatuo clan who had served under Li Keyong's earlier tent, ruled the Shuofang Army, and ended the Han family's rule over Lingzhou and other places.

At least now, the Shuofang Army is still the territory under Han Xun's control. The people of Lingzhou are grateful for his kindness, and even asked to establish a ancestral hall when he was alive. It is estimated that the old fox Zhu Wen also weighed that Han Xun had expressed his surrender, but he had a very high prestige in the local area... So not only agreed, he also sent officials to write articles for Han Xun to build a ancestral hall, and let the people of Lingzhou worship in the ancestral hall.

So Li Tianqu probably could have imagined that the Tuoba tribe of the Dingnan Army and the Han family in Shuofang were separatist regimes. They did not dare to be enemies of the powerful dynasties in the Central Plains, nor would they attempt to claim to be kings and emperors, and did not have strong ambitions to expand externally... But if anyone intends to annex their territory, they will inevitably encounter tenacious resistance.

But soon, Jin State would become a powerful neighbor to them... But the Wei Dynasty destroyed Liang State, and its territory now under its jurisdiction was within reach of Xiazhou, Lingzhou and other places... So Li Sijian and Han Xun were the lords of the vassal states. When facing the two powerful countries of Wei and Jin, which side would they tend to submit to?

Li Tianqu was also very clear about the diplomatic skills of King Li Cunxu of Jin. Although he was eager to compete with his own forces and annex the territory of Liang as much as possible, he should not rashly invade and settle difficulties. The two separatist vassal states in Shuofang led to Han Xun, Li Sijian and even the eight divisions behind him immediately transformed into hostile relations.

In addition, the geographical location will also be with the Wei Dynasty, the late Xia Dynasty, Liangzhou, which is close to Jin State, and even the Ganzhou Uighurs, which are underestimated in that area, and also with the separatist forces, they are also scattered adjacent to the Tubo tribes... This also made Li Tianqu suddenly hear the joke in the later series "Bright Sword" that appeared, and the entire northwest of Shanxi was in chaos...

No wonder Zhu Wen, who was eager to strengthen his national strength and returned to the Central Plains, did not continue to go west and expand his territory to the north, because no matter which dynasty is powerful, no matter which separatist regime is taken against, it is likely to mean that he has stabbed a hornet's nest.

And the game between major powers... Li Tianqu predicted that Li Cunxu would have a great probability of sending envoys to the Tuoba tribe of Dingnan Army, the Han family of Shuofang, the Uighurs of Ganzhou... and even the separatist forces scattered in the late Xia Dynasty in Liangzhou, so as to bring each other closer together as much as possible.

At present, it is really inconvenient to attack the Qizhou territories, which were originally a vassal state of the Hexi Army. Otherwise, other separatist forces would immediately realize that the Wei Dynasty destroyed the Liang State, and then they would not want them to submit to their subordinates and express their obedience, but to annex the territory ruled by their respective generations.

At that time, he would be angry with the powerful ruler as strong as Li Cunxu. According to historical records, he would have the ability to smoothly divide the Zhao State, which was vassalized by Liang State. Beiping and other separatist regimes turned to him. After almost controlling the Heshuo region, he would kill the Yellow River and launch a large-scale counterattack to destroy the feudal Later Liang. What's more, most of the senior officials of Jin State were from Shatuo, and they should have talent bonuses when dealing with various tribes in the northwest. Then Li Cunxu would definitely seize the opportunity, take advantage of the situation to raise the banner, unite with the forces in the northwest, and it is very likely to establish a "Association of Wei"... Will this cause the strength of Jin State to suddenly surge?

"It seems that not only do I want to divide and compete with Li Yazi to compete with the territory under the rule of Liang, but I will compete with him next, and there will also be diplomatic means of being striking..."

Li Tianqu, who was about to arrive in Chang'an, turned into a dragon chariot and muttered. According to the military information previously reported, the Jin State sent a roundabout way to invade the south, but was blocked by the Wei army. The troops of Zhesilun, who had to go to the northeast, had also taken down the troops and horses of the army and the troops of Zhesilun who had to be defeated in the northeast. They had also taken down Fang and two military states.

After all, Chang'an was attacked by a surprise attack, Emperor Liang Zhu Youzhen died, and the Liang regime had already fallen out, the Liang army guards in various prefectures in the north would definitely not resist and resist stubbornly. According to the military situation reported, the remaining armies under Li Cunxu not only took Yanzhou in the north. After a little rest, they continued to go west and continue to advance in the north... They will soon reach the sphere of influence of the Dingnan Army and the Shuofang Army.

It seems that after taking over Chang'an, we must also choose a few suitable candidates from the surrendered ministers, and rush to Dingnan, Shuofang, Liangzhou, Ganzhou and other places to engage in diplomatic relations with the regimes of all parties as soon as possible... After all, this is also the top priority in competing with Li Cunxu...
Chapter completed!