In the afternoon, Li Ye left the team with two of his men and six horses and sprinted towards the Helan Mountains to the west.
Of course, Li Ye did not take the Hexi Corridor. If he wanted to go to Jinshan, he could only take the northern grassland.
Pass through the foothills of Helan Mountain, enter the grassland along the edge of the White Fox Moraine, and reach the Jinshan area in a month.
Two of his subordinates were Hu soldiers from Shuofang's army. They were both young. One was called Allen, who was from the Tielesi Jie tribe, and the other was called Su Bi, who was from the Tieleqixin tribe. They were familiar with the terrain and experience in the grasslands.
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Helan Mountain lies across the north and south, about a thousand miles long, with majestic and steep mountains and vast forests. At the foot of the mountain is a large grassland. Many scattered nomadic people live here. They are all low-level herders and cannot be exploited, so they bring their families with them.
They went to Shuofang to find a way out, and most of them settled at the foothills of Helan Mountain.
Two of his subordinates, Allen and Su Bi, are from such a family. After they joined the army in Shuofang, their families also received tax exemptions.
"Li Canjun didn't know something. The terrain in the north of Helan Mountain is low and gentle, and the mountain is broken. There will be some broken valleys. Through the broken valleys, you can go directly to the west of Helan Mountain. However, some valleys cannot be walked. There is a vast desert and a dead end.
One, we know there are two broken valleys that you can walk through, and after passing through, you will reach the grassland."
Li Ye nodded and smiled: "Did your family come here through these grasslands and broken valleys?"
Allen smiled and said a few words in Tiele language, "This is Tiele language. Can you understand it if you join the army?"
Li Ye waved his hand, "Speak slower, I think I can understand the Tiele language you speak!"
Su Bi laughed heartily, "When I joined the army, he spoke Shuofang dialect, not Tiele dialect. Of course you can understand it!"
Li Ye knew that he had been tricked, so he stepped forward and pinched Allen's neck, "You dare to trick me, you brat. From now on, you have to teach me Tiele language, otherwise I will stretch your neck into a long strip."
Allen nodded repeatedly. He did not dare to play tricks on Li Ye again. He said it again in Tiele language and explained to Li Ye: "Translated into Chinese, we sometimes follow our family to drive the sheep to the west grassland for grazing. In winter,
When it comes soon, we will take the sheep through the broken valley to spend the winter in the east."
"That's right! That's right! How do you say these seven words in Tiele language: us, winter, grassland, sheep, valley, west, east?"
Three days later, they entered a broken valley. It was called a broken valley, but it was actually a valley between two mountains. It was several miles wide and covered with dense forests. There were also small rivers formed by the melted water from the mountains, and there were many deer and wild animals.
The three of them shot a few fat deer for food and picked some sweet mountain fruits. They walked for two days and passed through the foothills of Helan Mountain. A large grassland appeared in front of them.
This grassland, which Li Ye had visited in his previous life, was the Alxa Left Banner. It was bounded by the Nanjileng Desert and the Tengger Desert to the south, and the Ulan Bhe Desert to the north. There was a narrow grassland strip between the two deserts.
The sky was blue, with white clouds and green grass on the ground. The horizon was endless. Li Ye's mood became extraordinarily broad. He roared loudly and galloped towards the boundless grassland. Allen and Su
You must have been infected by his emotions, shouted loudly, and galloped forward.
Sixty thousand Tang troops arrived in Fengzhou. Fengzhou is also the Hetao Plain at the top of the Yellow River. The plains here are vast and the land is fertile. Rivers crisscross it. Whether it is livestock or agriculture, this is the most fertile land. During the Eastern Han Dynasty,
, this place received great development, and the imperial court moved hundreds of thousands of farmers to work here, making it a famous granary.
During the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, nomads moved south in large numbers, Fengzhou was also occupied by the Hu people, and all the Han farmers were wiped out.
After entering the Sui and Tang Dynasties, especially the Turks were destroyed by the Tang Dynasty. The territory of the Tang Dynasty extended northward to the line of Yinshan Mountain and Langshan Mountain. Fengzhou also became the northernmost administrative state of the Tang Dynasty, and the three counties of Jiuyuan, Yongfeng and Feng'an were established.
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In the early years of Tianbao, the Tang army destroyed the last Western Turkic forces in the Suiye City area. The Tongluo tribe, which relied on the Western Turks, moved eastward, surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and was resettled in the northern area of Fengzhou.
Although the Tongluo Army was organized into the Shuofang Army, and Chief Abusi also served as the Deputy Envoy of the Shuofang Army, the Tongluo Shuofang Army, while superficially loyal to the imperial court, was also Abusi's private army. This made the imperial court
Always feeling dangerous, the court has always been secretly promoting the solution to the Tongluo Army.
An Lushan saw the opportunity. He suggested to Emperor Li Longji several times that he move the Tongluo tribe to Youzhou and let him solve the problem of the Tongluo army. An Lushan wanted to intervene in the Tongluo tribe, but was met by Li Linfu and Gao Lishi.
An Lushan's objection was too obvious, which would lead to intensification of conflicts, but the emperor Li Longji was confused by An Lushan and finally agreed to An Lushan's request.
It was this edict agreeing to move Tongluo tribe to Youzhou that forced Abusi to rebel. After Wutingchuan failed to assassinate the emperor Li Longji, Abusi raised the banner of anti-Tang Dynasty.
The three county towns in Fengzhou have been destroyed by the Tongluo army. Tens of thousands of people and businessmen fled and died. The buildings in the three county towns collapsed and were in a mess. They were completely destroyed.
Sixty thousand Tang troops were stationed beside the North Yellow River. They were not in a hurry to go north, but patiently waited for news between Tongluo and Huihe.
Li Chu followed Guo Ziyi's suggestion and stayed put. Guo Ziyi believed that if the army was eager to go north, it would force the Tongluo tribe to completely fall into the arms of the Uighurs. On the contrary, if there was no rush to go north, Abusi would not be so willing to be annexed by the Uighurs, and it would be difficult to bargain.
When this is achieved, war will inevitably break out between the two tribes.
At this time, a guard reported at the gate of the main tent, "Your Highness, the Uighur envoy Ye Hu is outside the camp asking for an audience!"
Ye Hu, the second-ranking figure in Huihe, is also the prince of Huihe. Li Chu quickly said: "Invite him in quickly!"
Not long after, Ye Hu was brought in, and Li Chu personally greeted him in front of the tent.
The two met and Li Chu invited Ye Hu into the tent, accompanied by deputy commander Guo Ziyi and chief Shi Cuihuan.
The two sides exchanged a few words and then got down to the topic. Ye Hu said to Li Chu: "Abu is ambitious and we have always been wary of him. Huihe deployed troops in the northern part of Yinshan Mountain to prevent Tongluo from going north to seize territory.
But the Tongluo tribe has recently gone north. Judging from their northward trend, they probably want to enter the Uighur territory, and a war is likely to break out. Therefore, Father Khan specially sent me south to discuss with His Highness. I want to ask the court what they want from us and what they need from us.
Do?"
Ye Hu spoke very politely and sincerely. What he meant was that Uighur wanted to annex Uighur and hoped that the Tang Dynasty would not interfere. What conditions could he put forward?
Li Chu nodded and said: "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty's request is very simple. Let Abusi and the Tongluo nobles be handed over to the Tang army for disposal. We can not interfere with the other Tongluo tribes."
Ye Hu was overjoyed and said quickly: "On behalf of my father, I can guarantee that Absi and all the Tongluo nobles will be handed over to the Tang army, and we will not enter the territory of the Tang Dynasty."
At this time, thousands of large tents gathered beside a river called Nuozhenshui in the middle of the Yinshan Mountains. The white tents could not be seen at a glance. Here were the tents of tens of thousands of Uighur troops. The largest tent occupied an area of several thousand.
acres, and the top of the tent is golden.
It is the royal tent of Uighur Gele Khan. Geler Khan is called Moyanchu and is the second khan of Uighur.
Gel Khan has long been eyeing the Tongluo tribe. The importance of population to the grassland is self-evident. The Tongluo tribe has a population of hundreds of thousands. Gel Khan has long been salivating. He sent people to persuade Abu a few years ago.
I want to lead my troops northward.
But Absi saw through Uighur's attempt to annex him and remained unmoved. Uighur did not dare to go south to Fengzhou. In the past two years, Gele Khan had been patiently waiting for the opportunity.
Now the opportunity came. The Tongluo tribe betrayed the Tang Dynasty and was defeated by the Tang army in Shuofang. They led the remaining army to flee north in haste and gathered in the Jinhe area with hundreds of thousands of tribesmen.
At this time, the soldiers reported in front of the king's tent: "Qi Khan, Qilifa has returned!"
Gel Khan quickly said: "Let him in quickly!"
After a moment, Gel Khan's nephew Dun Mohe quickly walked into the royal tent. He had become an official and was equivalent to the Minister of the Tang Dynasty. He also had a large tribe and was very powerful.
Dunmohe went to negotiate with Abusi, hoping to merge with the Luo tribe into Uighur.
He saluted Gel Khan and said: "I have informed the Khan that my nephew has repeatedly negotiated with Abus, but he refused to let go. He is willing to join the Uighur Khanate, pay taxes to the Khan, and send troops to follow the Khan, but
Like other Tiele tribes, we must retain the name Tongluo, and the Uighurs must not interfere in the internal affairs of Tongluo."
Gel Khan snorted heavily, "He followed the Turks and fled westward. He has already made his choice. How can he be virtuous and establish a country in Uighur? If he is allowed to establish a country, what will others do?"
Obviously, Gel Khan did not accept Absi's conditions. If he had returned to the north a few years earlier, Gel Khan might have considered the overall situation and agreed to the other party's retention of the Tongluo tribe. But now that Absi is a lost dog, where would he be?
Are you qualified to bargain with yourself?
Gel Khan said coldly: "The Tang Dynasty has agreed that as long as we hand over Absi and the Tongluo nobles to the Tang Dynasty, they will not object to our annexation of the Tongluo tribe. This is the population given to us by the immortal god. If we don't
Accepting it will offend Changshengtian!"
I missed a chapter in Chapter 134 before, but I added it today.
This chapter has been completed!