Chapter 435: The elders still remember the affairs of Xuanhe (III)

I owe debts.

At the end of last year, more than a dozen IOUs were issued in the Duomei tribe and Supi tribe because of horse grain. Mainly in the Duomei tribe, only two were issued in the Supi tribe.

At that time, everyone thought it was a joke, but because of this powerful army, they had to lend some of the stored grass to the Tang army. As for the IOU, some tribes threw it away directly. The ones that were not thrown away were not taken seriously.

Staying on the plateau, the communication was very backward. Not long ago, I learned that the prince of the Tang Dynasty had fled back and was not at a disadvantage. But no one thought of asking for it. However, in this battle, the various Tubo tribes were under great pressure, and some tribes remembered this matter and came to Qinghai with their IOU to try it.

I happened to come to Qinghai when the situation in Qinghai was deteriorating. I saw many Tang soldiers like wolves and tigers along the way, and I felt sad. Soon I was scouted by the Tang Dynasty and saw them sneaking and caught them alive. After hearing about this, Hei Teeth Changzhi was happy. This man seemed rude, but his heart was very delicate, and immediately thought of all kinds of benefits. He sent someone to send them to Shanzhou City.

Welcome them politely and let them go into the house and sit down.

The five people took out the IOU tremblingly. Li Wei looked at it and said, "Don't be afraid. Gu promised, a promise will definitely make gold. But you all come from afar. Gu promised to give you a lot of cloth and give you back. How can you carry Duomian back?"

The four of them chattered and couldn't speak, so they brought a translator. The translator explained and said, "Let's come and take a look. I heard that the Tang Dynasty was rich and people were hospitality, so I tried my luck. If the prince of the Tang Dynasty promised, we would go back to each tribe immediately and send the people to bring some livestock and silk to return."

"Yes, our Tang people are the most hospitality. But we Tang people have another saying: Friends come and drink, and enemies come and have swords and guns. However, you are a guest from afar, and have helped orphans, where are you coming and serve wine, food and entertainment."

After serving the food and warmly we sent them back.

"Your Highness, why are you so enthusiastic about them?" asked a guard in confusion.

"You don't understand that a friend from afar and arguing near. This is also a war."

But as the captured materials were presented, I realized that there was another huge gain in this battle.

Li Wei underestimated Tuyuhun's wealth. In fact, the most painful thing has been the people until now. Some nobles still have a lot of wealth in their hands.

Before the decline of Tuyuhun, the Sui Dynasty had conquered once, the Tang Dynasty had conquered once, and the Tubo once. Since the success of the Tubo conquered, Xue Rengui entered Qinghai. This time, he mainly supported Nuohun to return to Qinghai. He did not commit any crimes and did not take a shot of the masses, which would not cause much harm to Tuyuhun.

After so many years of development, the Tuyuhun people did not recover under the high-pressure policy of Tubo, but the wealth in the hands of the nobles was getting more and more. Moreover, this was a civilized nation, which could cultivate land, nomadic, and trade. The nobles accumulated a lot of wealth. This time, the Tang Dynasty fought a protracted battle with Tubo, and the people and finances of both countries were harmed. However, Tubo was not good at forcing the nobles to present their wealth, and they also had to rely on them to command the people of various tribes.

The same was true for the Tang Dynasty. The treasury was empty, but did the country's wealth be really beaten? No, the various landlord families still had a lot of wealth in their hands. They even used a lot of materials and had a smart fortune because of this battle.

This time the defeat was so fast that it was beyond everyone's imagination, so the nobles scattered all over Qinghai and did not escape in time. All of these wealth was obtained by the Tang army. After seeing this situation, Heichi Changzhi and others immediately divided up thousands of cavalry to various tribes and attacked these nobles in advance. There were also Shudun City, Mantou City, Fuqi City and other cities, and many nobles did not have time to escape. Unlike Tubo, cities were built, but various nobles were unwilling to enter the city to live. Even the time when Zanpu of Tubo stayed in Lushe City was very short. Unlike Dongnu Qiang, there were many cities, but they were not called cities, but villages, living on various dangerous mountains, building villages on the mountains to prevent the enemy from invading.

However, when Tuyuhun people were in the city for a long time, a large number of nobles lived in the city. This time, they quickly conquered and captured many nobles, and these wealth was also presented. This surprised Li Wei. I remember that when Li Jing attacked Tuyuhun, I wonder if he had obtained wealth. Even if there were, historical books would not record it. But there must be some. Although the military power was used in the early Tang Dynasty, the war continued for years and without the support of external wealth, the Tang Dynasty could not launch so many battles.

The rise of Tubo is probably the same.

No soldiers embezzled, and half of the prince let the words go will be distributed to the soldiers. No one would believe the prince's words. So these gold, silver and treasures were sent to Chang'an in a steady stream. Historical books probably won't record them, but with cattle, sheep and fur, it cannot be filled in the consumption of this war, which may make up for the economic pressure brought by the war.

But one thing happened.

The people who wanted to migrate were all tribes who were close to Nuohubo. They didn’t know whether they were close to each other. However, they were all vulnerable tribes in Tuyuhun, so the whole tribe was looking for a way out. These tribes were very poor, and it was also the reason why Li Wei ordered that the people who had gathered in Chiling should not move.

However, as the Tang Dynasty army was divided into five divisions, more than 100,000 troops were washed away in Tuyuhun. In addition to throwing cattle and sheep away in time and fleeing to various divisions in various valleys, most tribes had lost all their wealth, including the nobles and leaders of each tribe, which became the main targets of the desperation. They had no choice but to lead their tribes to join Nuohubo.

Then something happened. On this day, Nuohubo found Li Wei again: "Your Highness, your soldiers arrested our Tuyuhun leader, beat him up, and hung him on the flagpole."

"I'll go over and take a look," Li Wei immediately threw down his work and walked out.

If you don’t want to surrender, you won’t need to sow too many evil consequences once you go to Shanzhou.

After walking over and asking the whole story. It turned out that it was caused by prisoners of war. Li Wei did not get this information, and he did not remember that Tubo had taken all prisoners of war to Luosiecheng. In fact, he was wrong. Tuyuhun and the Tubo people valued it very much. Most of the prisoners of war were taken back to the Tubo Plateau, and some prisoners of war were sent to Tuyuhun's nobles as slaves. Among them, there were tens of thousands of prisoners of war after Xue Rengui's defeat, counting the captured people of the Central Plains, and Liu Shenli's deserters who invaded the three roads of Jiannan, arresting a large number of strong men. There were about 30,000 strong men, many people died, and how many people were alive, there were many people, but how many people could not be known.

The poor little fish and shrimp fled to Shanzhou first. The more they went back, the more they were Tuyuhun's crocodiles, the chiefs of various tribes, and these slaves were all under their tents. They lived a miserable life. They didn't dare to say that after passing Chiling, they were afraid of causing a murder. Until Shanzhou, when they saw the patrolling Tang army, a prisoner of war shouted.

The patrolling Tang army immediately counted the prisoners of war. It turned out that there were more than 300 people sent to the nobleman, but now only more than 150 people remained. In a rage, the Tang army beat the nobleman and hung it on the flagpole to establish his authority.

When Li Wei was displeased, he said with a gloomy face: "Da Khan, what's the point of calling you alone? Could it be that our Tang Dynasty soldiers should be your slaves to Tuyuhun?"

"No," Princess Honghua immediately explained: "Your Highness, the meaning of the Khan, since they have surrendered, please forgive me once. You know the system of Tuyuhun."

It refers to a loose management system like Tuyuhun. The Khan of Tuyuhun commanded the chiefs of various departments and mobilized the people of various departments through the chiefs of various departments.

"Gu knows, but Dahan continues to appoint these nobles. Gu is still very worried about your Tuyuhun's future."

"Yes, Your Highness, can you let me take your time?"

"Let him go," Li Wei shouted.

Putting this nobleman down, Li Wei really wanted to execute this person immediately, but he was rational and did not do this. Killing the surrendered prisoners is not auspicious, or he would not surrender and kill them. Now Qinghai's model is also very good, and it rewarded Tuyuhun, who was pro-Tang, even if the Dangxiang people who were originally in love with Tubo gave them the opportunity to repent. However, they were severely attacked on the Tuyuhun who still did not repent. They could not suppress them all, and then the border troubles could not be endless, nor could they win them all over. No one was a worry-free master, as long as they were strong, they would backfire. They could only pull one and one, just like what his great grandfather did, the national strength was not large, but they could expand their territory. So he endured this tone.

Nuohebo and Princess Honghua thanked each other very much. Not only this nobleman, but there should be many people behind him. This is the beginning.

Li Wei said again: "No need to thank you. But Khan, you should also think about it carefully. This time, I used a lot of the army of the court, and many Hu people, Qiang people, and the Fan people, including the Dangxiang people you look down on, have you used the soldiers of your Tuyuhun divisions in Lingzhou? After returning, you should also think carefully. Be friends, be mutually beneficial, and don't just think about yourself."

Leave after saying that.

This reminded Li Wei of the sudden warning and immediately notified the generals of Heiqie, and did not think about plundering property. Let's see if there were any prisoners of war from the Tang Dynasty in each tribe, and all those who could be rescued were rescued. Lou Shide was then asked to leave Chiling and search the tribes.

Then Pei Xingjian was notified to interrogate in Wansu City.

A large number of nobles were captured from Mantou City and Shudun City, and these nobles were taken to Dangxiang to participate in labor. They were all best friends of Tubo. When it was July 1st, they were secretly sent to the Central Plains to work as a tribe in August. From the nobles to the tribe, they would not care whether they could adapt to it.

But Nuohubo's slightly selfish behavior also sounded a wake-up call for him. The Tuyuhun tribe in Lingzhou was not powerful, but this time a large number of Tuyuhun people fled, with many women, young and old, and not strong now. But after more than ten years, Tuyuhun will rise again.

So he issued a second order to Pei Xingjian, transferring the tribe to the Dangxiang people to the greatest extent, and gathering each tribe together to see if the population could be concealed or sent to the Central Plains to melt, and weakening the power of Tuyuhun.

The interrogation results were quickly released. Not only were there any tribe, but they were mainly in the capital of Tuyuhun. The Han people were skillful. The Tuyuhun capital was built in many places over the years, and most of them were concentrated in the place where they worked as hard labor. Or later, a group of slaves captured by Qinling and the strong men were sent to Qinghai, mostly Qiang people, and some Han people were scattered in various tribes, including the Dangxiang people.

Dangxiang people also need labor and are Qiang people, so they are not able to report.

However, it is difficult to know whether this Qiang people are from the Qiang people in this sector are true or fake. However, it is indeed a surviving people of the Tang Dynasty, so Li Wei used the Tuyuhun people to exchange these Qiang slaves to the Dangxiang people. Then he issued an order to Heichi Chang, concentrating the main force in the Tuyuhun royal city, forcing Mo He to hand over the slaves. If he did not hand over, he immediately forcibly conquered and then massacred the city.

Seeing the Tang army spreading over and began to shout, Mo He had to find Lunzanpo to discuss.

Lunzan Po just pondered.

He knew very well about the situation in Qinghai and sent a scout to go out to inquire.

In fact, the situation in Qinghai would not have been so bad. If time was calm, a group of troops could be organized to force a battle. Of course, after this battle, Qinghai would be corrupt, but the Tang Dynasty army would also suffer heavy losses. The main situation was corrupt too quickly. With the tens of thousands of troops of Dangxiang, Suzhou mobilized more than 10,000 troops, and all the troops of the Tang army had the advantage, and no tribe dared to resist.

He did not believe that Li Weizhen dared to forcibly conquer Tuyuhun City. The terrain in this area was dangerous. If it was forcibly attacked, the Tang army would suffer a considerable loss. It did not conform to the policy of Prince Tang. With the minimum loss, it would destroy Tuyuhun's financial and manpower, making Qinghai a ruin and making the Tubo people unable to gain a foothold.

But I dare not gamble. Not only these slaves, but also Tuyuhun City has a lot of wealth. The Tang army was so blinded by the robbery of supplies. It was inevitable that they would not be jealous. After thinking for a long time, he said, "Let it be for them."

This release means that Tuyuhun completely admits defeat. There is no way to see if the second brother can have the means to defy the will.

So I let go, while letting go, Mo He was crying, Tuyuhun was over. After this disaster, I could not think about the glory of the past. Not only that, if possible, the Tang army continued to refuse to let go, and eventually they would fall to the level of inferiority to Dangxiang people, or even Dangxiang people.
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