The Tubo army continued to attack Dahua, and Jia Gu, the magistrate of Hejin County, abandoned the city and fled.
At this time, the Tubo people had realized that Dahua was only a small town with over a thousand people, and it was not enough for them to waste time. The army swept through Dahua without stopping at all.
The places where the Tubo people passed were similar to those of Bai Yusuo's rebels, like locusts passing through the border, leaving not a single blade of grass behind.
At the river bank, the Tubo forward troops caught up with the fleeing Dahua officials and people. Wherever the horses' hooves passed, people fell to the ground. The Tubo army then rumbled past. After sorting themselves out at the shallows, they began to cross the river.
On the eighth day of July, only three days after the Tibetan army passed through Jishi Mountain, the Tibetan army had crossed the Yellow River and entered Hualong County, Cihe County.
Unlike Dahua, the Hualong County Captain was a Han and Qiang mixed race. When he heard that the Tibetan army was coming, he first killed the Hualong County Magistrate Lu Jingzu and others and dedicated the city to the Tibetans.
On the bank of the Yellow River, in the Tibetan military tent, Zilebu held two women in open clothes and held their hands up and down, without paying any attention to the fact that there were two businessmen in front of him who were reporting to him what they had gained along the way.
The commander-in-chief of the army let go of his arms, and the entire Tibetan army also entered carnival mode.
Because the captain of Hualong County surrendered, Hualong City was the most complete city that Tibet got after coming to the lowlands. Although it was not big, it was located in the rear of Chuihe County. News of Tibet's arrival from the north reached Chuihe County.
Later, many people crossed the Yellow River and came to Hualong.
Therefore, at this time, the population of Hualong City was much larger than that of the county.
Under the persuasion of the Tibetan generals, Zhileb no longer restrained the troops, because he also felt that the warriors were tired from marching all the way and fighting, and it was time to let them vent.
On the ninth day of the seventh month in the third year of Yuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty, the Tubo army massacred Hualong.
The animal nature displayed by the Tubo people is no different from that of other nomadic peoples, or even worse, because they treat foreigners just like their cattle and sheep, and do not treat other races as human beings at all.
Barbaric atrocities are always so similar, only civilizations vary.
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The Tubo people were very confident, and they divided their troops much earlier than the Tang generals expected.
The Tubo people "rested" for two days in Hualong. Some of them marched eastward, aiming directly at Pohan. Qileb led the main force of the army to continue north to Huangshui.
Their goal was extremely clear. According to the reports of their followers, they wanted to capture Guzang before winter arrived and spend the winter there.
At this time, the Tang Army's reinforcements had entered Longxi, and the Tubo people were advancing very quickly. They did not realize that the Tang Army's reinforcements were approaching them, and the Tubo army was in a state of extreme excitement.
Hualong's screams and blood greatly inspired their bestiality. More killings, more women, and more wealth can satisfy their rising desires (harmony).
The reports about the Tibetan army gradually reached the Tang army. The strength of the Tubo people, their fighting style, and their marching route became increasingly clear in the eyes of the Tang army generals.
This is a beast-like opponent who seems to have no brains. Their retreat is so empty that it can even be said that they don't care at all, or do not believe that anyone can cut off their retreat.
The 80,000-strong army was a uniquely powerful force in the eyes of the Tubo people. No one dared to stop them, so who would dare to set foot where they had walked?
Even when the Tibetan merchants were happily transporting their wealth back to the highlands, they did not realize that anyone was watching them with greedy and dangerous eyes.
Faced with such a reckless opponent, the generals of the Tang army finally unified their opinions. Xu Shiji led his army north to Huiningchuan. He would look for fighting opportunities along the way from Huining to Panhan.
The bait was the tribesmen from the northwest who migrated in groups to Huiningchuan.
This is bound to be a game where the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows.
The Tubo people knew so little about their enemies that they could not have imagined that when they were still in the highlands and had just conquered the highland tribes, someone had already chosen them as their opponents.
I don’t even know what the Tang Dynasty or the Central Plains means...
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The arrival of the Tubo people broke the order and balance initially established in the northwest.
The Tibetan army had not yet arrived at Huangshui, and the officials in Huangshui had already fled. How could the remaining people think about defending the city? Even if the news of Hualong's massacre had not reached here, people all knew what the army's campaign meant.
Many people have found the feeling they had during Bai Yusuo's uprising, taking advantage of the chaos to seek glory and wealth. There are not too many people like this in the northwest.
In other words, before the Tubo people arrived, the people in Huangshui City started fighting among themselves. Some people took the opportunity to occupy the city, some people took up swords and guns to protect themselves, and some people wanted to escape from the city.
Some people hid in their houses and shivered, resigned to their fate.
Just like the scene during the Guzang Incident reappeared.
When the Tubo people arrived, they were not polite to them. They happily rushed into the city and killed everyone who had any ideas, and turned everyone else into their slaves.
By the time they arrived at Huangshui, the Tibetans had already begun to lose control. The killings continued throughout the day, and stopped at night under the repeated strict orders of Zilebu and other Tibetan generals who still maintained some sense.
At this time, most of the people in Huangshui City had become the victims of the Tubo people. When the Tibetan merchants entered the city to count their harvests according to the Tibetan custom, the merchants sadly found that there were not many women left.
No matter what time it was, young women were the most important part of the slave trade. Without women, the benefits would obviously be greatly reduced.
The Tubo soldiers carried bloody knives, showed their unique honest smiles with satisfaction, and drove their followers out of the city to return to the army, unwilling to listen to the nagging of the merchants.
After several "wars", the Tubo people were full of confidence. The resistance of the people in the lowlands was so weak that they were not as good as the highlanders, but they were much richer than the highlanders. One city was almost as big as a large tribe in the highlands.
Especially the flatlanders like to use coins. For the Tubo people who still use the primitive trading method of barter, coins only mean metal objects, which are also very precious things in Tubo.
Zhileb's prestige was unprecedentedly high, and the word "Bawu" began to appear frequently among the Tubo people. In the Tubo language, it means a great hero and warrior.
Qilebumaben led them to a place they had never come before, and conquered more and more foreigners, demonstrating their bravery and making them rich. He was undoubtedly the most powerful among the Tubo people.
A wise commander.
If Qilebuma Ben could help them get more, when they return to their hometown, they would be very willing to fight for a city-state for him as a fiefdom under the leadership of Qilebuma Ben.
There are many little kings in Tubo, and they are usually held by the leaders of various ministries. If Zilebu returns to Tubo with dazzling achievements, he will definitely receive generous gifts, and becoming a little king seems to be a good choice.
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The largest house in Huangshui City, the Xiping County Sheriff's Mansion, now has another owner.
The bloody smell here has not yet dissipated. Zilebu sat on a thick felt blanket. He summoned all the qualified Tibetan generals and merchants because after acquiring Huangshui City, the Tibetan army began to face a choice.
"We should go to the West Sea. I heard that it is very suitable for grazing. Winter is coming soon. Going there to spend the winter will help us survive the winter safely.
Koyemenwu, you said the West Sea so well, you can say it again in front of Maben."
In mid-July, the weather in Liangzhou was already cool, reminding people of winter, so some people advocated heading west to spend the winter on the grasslands around the West Sea.
Naturally, the Tubo people have never been to the West Sea, but they have only heard from followers that Koyemenwu is a Qiang leader and one of the guides of the current Tubo army.
"Maben is so wise, why should I, a humble person, talk too much?" Koyemenwu had already found his own position, so he would not speak on such matters.
A slave is just an upgraded version of a slave. He is still a slave in essence. Although he can sit here now and seem to be on an equal footing with everyone, in fact, no one here cares about what he says, and no one will give him even a little respect.
Just like the slaves in his own tent, if he said the wrong word, he might have his men drag him out and whip him to death.
Elder Aru, who was sitting behind Zilebu, said at this time: "The gods will give us guidance, why not let me do some divination?"
Sacrifice and divination are the Tibetan people's habitual choices to solve problems. Their social structure is a weakened version of the ****. The more primitive the life, the more obvious this characteristic becomes.
Zileb shook his head, "It's better not to disturb the gods. The people here don't have much power to compete with us. Besides going to the West Sea, are there anyone who wants to go to the east?"
At this point, his voice gradually became stern, "Have you forgotten the purpose of our coming here? The largest city of the Flatlanders is not far to the north. Before setting off, I already said,
Only Guzang is the end point of our journey.
We will also wait there for the counterattack of the Flatlanders. Do you think that after conquering a few cities, the Flatlanders will surrender? I heard that there are countless city-states in the east owned by the Flatlanders. They should have heard the voices of the Tibetan warriors challenging them.
So only when we defeat those heroes among them, we will truly have everything about them. Don't be blinded by those weak guys, there is still a long way to go.
Look at Koyemen, he also rode a war horse to fight with us, but only when he sat with us and flattered me, we won the real victory."
Under Zilebu's admonishment, the minds of the Tibetan people were unified again, and those who wanted to spend the winter in Xihai or Bohan kept their mouths shut.
Even Elder Aru, who represented the gods, never spoke again.
There were two more beautiful female slaves in his tent, and Zilebu also promised to give him enough loot to build a beautiful temple, and the god would look at Zilebu Maben with tolerance.
This chapter has been completed!