In early November of the 11th year of Daye, as the Heng'an Town cavalry, which had fewer than 2,000 men, drove their flocks of sheep all over the mountains and fields back to Yunnei City, the tumultuous war in the North finally came to an end.
This winter is undoubtedly the harvest season for Hengan Town Army.
They paid nearly half the price of casualties, and like hamsters, they had stored enough food for the next year.
The former Heng'an Town Army garrison has been completely turned into a sheep pen, and the bleating of cattle and sheep is so noisy that it seems to shake away the red clouds in the sky.
Thousands of Turks were driven back and forth between Yunnei City and Heng'an Town, moving the forage stored in Yunnei Horse Farm and Heng'an Town into the warehouses in Heng'an Town again.
They made a living by grazing on the grasslands, and now they were still doing their old job of looking after sheep and livestock for the Sui people.
The Turks quickly accepted their status as pastoral slaves.
There is nothing surprising here. Both the Sui Dynasty and the Turks were large slave-holding households, and they also had unwritten rules. Well, it can be said to be unwritten rules.
Slaves created by war are one of the most normal consequences of war.
The defeated and captured Turks and Sui people were the main sources of slaves, and even the slaves themselves agreed with this.
The strange thing is that slave uprisings rarely happened in either the Sui Dynasty or the Turks.
It can be said that slaves these days lack the spirit of resistance, and those civilians and herdsmen are the main subjects of the uprising. Once they become slaves, the uprising will be over in the blink of an eye.
This phenomenon is rather strange, and it can only be said that it is the rules of this era that have created this phenomenon.
Of course, the Bai Yusuo Uprising in the northwest, which is now relatively violent, is a different matter.
However, in the winter of the eleventh year of Daye, the Northwest Rebel Army finally split. The famous slave thief Bai Yusuo suddenly disappeared. He was probably killed or escaped.
The Northwest Shepherd Slave Uprising has thus entered a new stage, and people who claim to be kings and hegemons have begun to appear frequently.
The Turks who were captured by Heng'an Town received a more brutal supervisor.
A dark grassland boy. This is a guy whose heart always seems to be filled with hatred that cannot be vented. His name is Li Ya, and he is the slave of Li Po who joined the army in Heng'an Town.
This prairie boy who blocked his master's knife was as tough as a crow, and now he is alive and kicking again. And when he became the supervisor of the herd slaves, people could often see him carrying a whip.
Wandering in Heng'an Town.
After he selected some strong minions among the Turks, he began his rather brutal rule.
He unhesitatingly vented all the pain he suffered on others, without any introspection or guilt.
But there is no doubt that this is Li Po's most loyal henchman.
In Li Ya's own words, the master must be the incarnation of the gods. He not only rescued me from my humble state, but also gave me a real name.
There is nothing false about what they said. If Li Po had not severely stopped him, he would have carved a wooden statue of his master for all the shepherd slaves to worship.
Well, this is a guy with psychological problems.
He used everything he had ever experienced as a reference and comparison to root fear into the hearts of every shepherd slave.
However, this winter, Li Po had no intention of caring about the well-being of the Turkic prisoners, let alone shining the light of human rights on these Turkic people.
Returning to Yunnei City, the entire army of Heng'an Town fell ill after a short period of rejoicing.
This is undoubtedly the time when Heng'an Town is at its weakest, but both Yunnei City and Mayi as a whole are peaceful in the second half of this winter.
The war was finally over and the road was blocked by heavy snow. At this time, no one knew what brilliant results the Heng'an Town Army had achieved.
People in the North are licking their wounds silently. They are waiting for the arrival of spring with some hope and some fear.
The body of Sui Dynasty, like the weather in the north, has no temperature at all.
Because of winter, the north has calmed down, but the warm south has turned into a mess.
Zhu Can, the father of Bozhou City, started an uprising, which was very violent in the Jingzhou area in the west of Huaihe River. This man was a bit more brutal than Zhang Jincheng from Shandong.
As a petty official and with the title of deserter, this guy called himself King Garuda and launched a massive uprising. Moreover, this guy was the second leader of the peasant uprising army to proclaim himself emperor.
Of course, he quickly blasphemed the word "rebel". The brutality he displayed was without restraint and rationality, and he was a typical brainless and violent person.
Zhang Jin claimed that he was just killing people, but Zhu Can directly put humans on his menu, and proudly told his subordinates that human flesh was one of the most delicious foods in the world.
Therefore, wherever the ogre king and his army passed, they were like locusts passing by, leaving nothing behind.
After eating up one place, they move to the next place to settle down, completely becoming a wandering bandit.
At this time, Li Mi was still conscientiously guarding his fugitive, and along the way, his family was ruined and his family and friends were involved.
Wang Shichong relied on his superb acting skills. Although he failed to rush to Yanmen to rescue the emperor, he worked hard to convey what he had done to the emperor, and thus gained the trust and appreciation of Emperor Yang Guang.
Therefore, this descendant of the Hu people from the Western Regions, the alien son of the Wang family in Bacheng, also known as Tuoyouping, finally began to stand out.
At the beginning of the twelfth year of Daye, Jin and Jiang were all guarded, and the second half of his glorious life began.
Dou Jiande of Shandong, while Zhang Xutuo was competing with the Wagang Army, quietly became more and more powerful.
But they never would have thought that there was a guy who was hiding much deeper than them.
That is, at the end of the eleventh year of Daye, Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Dynasty, became the eunuch of Jinyang Palace who stayed in Taiyuan.
At this time, Li Yuan's wife Dou passed away not long ago, and Li Yuan became a widower. People from Kansai who wanted to marry Li Yuan also came one after another.
In fact, Li Yuan and Li Mi had similar family backgrounds, but by the Daye period, Li Mi was jumping in the triple jump and could not keep up with Li Yuan's family.
There is no way, Li Yuan's grandfather Li Hu, not to mention Li Mi's grandfather Li Bi, are both one of the eight pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty.
But Li Hu was an old comrade with Yang Zhong, the father of Emperor Wen Yang Jian, and Dugu Xin, the leader of the Eight Pillars Kingdom. Dugu Xin also married one of his daughters to Li Hu's son.
In this way, even though Li Yuan's father died early, there is no problem that he can guarantee wealth for three generations.
This is a serious Kansai wealthy family.
Don't look at Li Mi and Yang Xuangan, both of whom have good family backgrounds. It is said that with a wave of their hand, there will be many candidates.
But the prestige of these two people in the world is not as good as that of Li Yuan alone. Their roots are deep.
In the winter, Li Yuan finally arrived in Jinyang and took office.
Although the ministers in Luoyang, the eastern capital, had many opinions on Li Yuan, Li Yuan's reputation in Jin was pretty good.
Because after Li Yuan, the Hedong Xuan comfort envoy, came to Jin, apart from suppressing bandits, he did nothing to cause wrath.
Moreover, the Jin region, which was troubled by the Turks, Emperor Yang Guang and Ministry of Civil Affairs Minister Fan Zigai, also needed such a person with a prominent family background but a relatively tolerant person to take charge.
Therefore, as soon as Li Yuan arrived, he was welcomed by the wealthy people of Jinyang. His family background was so advantageous that you had no place to reason with him.
Li Yuan used his gentle smile and impeccable etiquette to appease these Jinyang rich people.
Then, several of his sons came on stage, each leading the army, and opened warehouses to store grain, so that the soldiers who gathered in Jinyang in the winter felt real warmth.
At the beginning of the twelfth year of Daye, Li Yuan sent out many people from all over the country to tell the rebels about his tolerance and kindness. As long as he put down his sword and gun, he would forget about it.
Those who want to go home to farm and have their land distributed, and those who want to join the army, that's even better. I'm short of major generals here.
The rebels in Jin, who had not yet withstood the test of Wang Shichong's betrayal, surrendered one after another.
This is not because Li Yuando has a charming personality, but because he has an advantage due to his family background. He is a powerful noble in Kansai and is related to the emperor by marriage, so his reputation is not bad.
Such people are very popular in troubled times, and other people become thieves when compared with others.
This is the power and benefit of family background. There is no way, people just accept this. Others come, but they are not as smooth as Li Yuan.
However, Li Yuan was not proud for a few days, as Luoyang gave him trouble.
Wang Rengong, who was demoted to serve as a civilian because of his nephew's involvement in Yang Xuangan's rebellion, took over the post of governor of Mayi and took office. Later, Chen Xiaoyi became the governor of Yanmen.
These two were well chosen, they are both stubborn creatures, commonly known as loyal ministers.
These two people took office one after another, which made Li Yuan very uncomfortable. Mayi and Yanmen were both Jinyang portals, and he still wanted to communicate well with the Turks, but now there was no chance.
There are still unlucky people. Li Jing, the Prime Minister of Mayi County, is one of them. He finally tasted the bitter fruit of the siege of Yanmen.
Although I had already had the heart to die together and wanted to die with the emperor, it was nothing, and it would be a bitter pill to swallow.
Others don't care how many reasons you have, whether it was because of the emperor that you were surrounded in Yanmen. Others now only know that Mayi was invaded by the Turks. What do you do as a Mayi County magistrate?
As a result, Ma Yi, who had been absent from office for many years, finally received a governor who stood above Li Jing's head.
Even more unlucky than Li Jing was Wang Que, the prefect of Yanmen. His greed for life and fear of death were all seen in the eyes of the courtiers in the Eastern Capital. Moreover, this guy was from Jin and was even more detestable than Li Jing, a descendant of a powerful family in Guanxi. So,
, he was directly demoted to civilian status.
However, just when Li Jing felt that those people in Dongdu were a little annoying and whether he should let his daughter and Mr. Chai get married as soon as possible so that he could find some people in Dongdu who he could talk to, a name started to come up frequently.
appeared in his ears.
I always feel that the progress is much faster than the blood. If this continues, will I be able to finish the book next month? Haha, I’m just kidding. I just wanted to ask if everyone feels the same and would like to slow down a bit.
This year has passed by like a whirl. To be continued.