After every victory in a war, the most exciting moment is taking stock of the gains of the war.
Because the gains from this battle were so generous, and there were not many civil servants accompanying the army, it took a long time to take stock of the gains. It was not until the third day after the end of the war that Li Tai received a general summary of the results.
In this long list of battle gains, cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock account for a huge proportion. Almost all the Turks are soldiers and all the troops are mounted. The number of horses is naturally large, and after sufficient training, they can directly serve as
The proportion of war horses is very high.
Since the Turks themselves do not have a more rigorous and systematic statistics of troops, even though the battle is over, there is no accurate number of Turks and horses who participated in the battle. However, nearly 30,000 Turks surrendered to the Wei army and were captured in battle.
, the number of kills that could be counted reached more than 10,000.
Considering that the Turkic camps are relatively open and scattered, the number of fleeing people must be quite large, so the total number of Turks and their servant tribesmen stationed here is estimated to be nearly 100,000.
This number seems exaggerated, but it is actually related to the way the Turks recruited troops. First, the troops directly under the Khan were mobilized, and then messengers were dispatched to inform the chiefs of all parties to gather in the Khan's tent on the agreed date.
When the army is dispatched, all the tribes it passes along the way will also go out with it. It can be said that the army is completely wiped out.
If some tribes along the way refuse to obey and send troops, then they will become the targets of the army's conquest, and their resistance will be ruthlessly destroyed, and then all the remaining people and livestock in the tribe will be annexed and divided. In this way,
Even some tribes who were forced to join at first will become happy with it.
It is precisely because of this method of mobilization that the Turks can easily gather tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops. Facing other relatively independent grassland tribes, they naturally have overwhelming pressure like Mount Tai.
Horses are the Turks' most important means of transportation and combat, and are naturally the most important presence in their army.
Although a lot of horses escaped in the previous battles, the ones that were collected after the war were also very large, and the number was even too large to be counted. We can only make a general estimate, and the estimated result is nearly twenty
Thousands of horses were captured, and war horses accounted for at least half of them.
Not to mention other harvests, just seeing the statistics of these war horses, Li Tai couldn't help but stare, and even asked in disbelief: "Are there really so many horses?"
"The exact number is not yet available, but the estimate is still somewhat conservative. The actual income should be only a lot more. There are also Hu troops wandering around and they are being recalled one after another, so the final number should be increased."
After hearing this, Yu Wengui, who was responsible for statistics of these data, quickly said with a smile that the huge gains from this battle far exceeded his previous expectations. If it were not for the figures obtained by his own supervision and statistics, even he would probably
I can't believe it either.
Although the situation became more and more turbulent in the last years of the Three Kingdoms, the climate gradually recovered, which also affected the harvest of agricultural and animal husbandry production. Based on this background, the Sui and Tang empires were indeed glorious and powerful, but the surrounding barbarians
The Hu forces actually ushered in a period of explosion. The Turkic Khanate that dominated the grasslands was more powerful than the Rouran and other forces before it, and an unprecedented unified regime like Tubo appeared on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Today's Turks have initially completed the integration of the north and south of the desert, and the resources they control are also extremely rich. After the death of Ili Khan Ashina Tumen a few years ago, his son Koro succeeded as Yixiji Khan.
The Turks were not yet so powerful, so in order to maintain relations with the Western Wei Dynasty, they donated 50,000 horses to the Western Wei Dynasty in one go.
Nowadays, the strength of the Turks is stronger than before, and Mu Gan Khan jointly sent troops with the Western Wei Dynasty to attack the Northern Qi Dynasty this time, hoping to avenge his past humiliation. It is not surprising that the army carries so many resources. However, due to his excessive greed and underestimation of the enemy, he
All these resources were captured by the Western Wei Dynasty.
The Western Wei Dynasty itself did not lack horses. On the one hand, it controlled the source of high-quality horses in Longyou and Hexi, and also established a large-scale official and animal husbandry between Hetao in northern Shaanxi. Secondly, in the early days of the establishment of the military system, the number of horses in the Western Wei army
The proportion of cavalry is not too high. After all, the main body of the soldiers has changed from the original Xianbei soldiers to today's powerful Guanxi tribe.
But who would think there are too many horses? What's more, Li Tai originally had the idea of continuing to expand and upgrade his army. The horses captured now can be used to continue to expand the scale of the Western Wei Dynasty's official and animal husbandry, and use the Long Horse and Seima
Cross-breeding to produce better war horses.
In addition to horses, there are also hundreds of thousands of other cattle and sheep. In the Turkic army, cattle must not only serve as transport capacity with draft horses, but also serve as military food and meat together with sheep. If the journey is too long, the duration of the expedition is too long.
With the existence of these cattle and sheep, the army can ensure adequate supplies. There are also a large number of herdsmen in the army who are responsible for grazing, slaughtering and handling these livestock.
Compared with the huge number of livestock herds, although the types of other ordnance and various materials are also quite rich, the quantity is not so impressive. After counting, the largest harvest besides the herds was previously obtained by Li Yunxin and
Although some of the baits sent by Yang Zhong and others were lost in the war, most of them were still preserved.
In addition to the seizure of supplies, the number of prisoners of war was also considerable. There were nearly 30,000 Turkic soldiers captured or surrendered in battle, and more than 20,000 other members of the Chile and Jihu tribes.
In addition to the Turks, the former also included the Tiele and other Hakka tribes, or slave tribes, who lived in Mobei, and belonged to the Hu tribe that was forcibly conquered and annexed by the Turks. However, because the generals of the Western Wei Dynasty also had no regard for these Hu tribes in Mobei,
Since they are relatively unfamiliar, they are generally classified as Turks.
As for the latter, they were not actually tribes that came from the north of Mobei to follow the Turks from the south, but the local Hu tribe who lived in the Chile River in the south of Monan. They were forcibly gathered here by the troops sent by Mugan Khan.
Originally intended to be the slaves of the Monan Khan Court, the Turks were defeated in this battle. Even the Mugan Khan was defeated and fled. Naturally, these local Hu tribes also set things right one after another and returned to the Han Dynasty.
The embrace of the Western Wei Dynasty. After all, these powerful chiefs of the Hu tribe themselves each had the title of Jisi official awarded by the Western Wei Dynasty. At this time, they were all eager to reveal their identities, indicating that they were all their own.
But whether he is one of his own does not depend on what these people say, but depends on Li Taiyi. Taking advantage of this great victory, of course he will also reshape the order and rules of the Hetao area to strengthen his control over this place.
Strength of control.
As the harvest of the war here was clearly taken stock, good news also came from the north of Yinshan Mountain. He Ruoden and other pursuing troops and Li Xian's troops who had previously crossed the mountain to the north attacked in front and back, and successfully intercepted the wooden poles that had escaped there in the mountains of Yinshan Mountain.
Khan and his more than 5,000 bodyguards were escorting Mugan Khan and his troops back.
Li Tai was overjoyed after hearing the news. At least half of his intentions in attacking the Turks were focused on the wooden pole Khan. Only by catching the wooden pole Khan can he be considered a complete success. So he immediately ordered Shi
Jing led a thousand fine cavalry to Gaoque to garrison and respond.
Although today's Turkic Khanate's personnel system is not as complete as it was later, it is already a self-contained system and has a prototype. Since Ashina Tumen became Khan, his family's lofty status as a Turkic royal family has been confirmed.
The reign of the subsequent Yixiji Khan was too short and can be ignored.
In today's Turks, in addition to the leader Mugan Khan, the other two sons of Ashina Tumen also have the title of Khan, namely Controlling Khan and Buli Khan. Although they both have the title of Khan
There are titles, but there are still differences between them. It is roughly similar to the title of the Zhuguo in the Western Wei Dynasty, or it can be said that the khans are also divided into big and small.
Under the Khan is Yehu, usually held by the Khan's uncles and elders and elders of the same clan. For example, Meng Yehu, who was previously sent by Mugan Khan as an envoy to Chang'an, is Mugan Khan's uncle. In addition, there are
Tumen Khan's younger brother, whose secret code was Mohedu Yehu, was responsible for leading the Western Turks shortly after the establishment of the Turkic Khanate. His descendants later established the Western Turks.
The person slightly lower than Ye Hu is Shu, whose status is roughly equivalent to that of the general manager of the Western Wei Dynasty. He is a feudal official in charge of military affairs. Another more familiar official position is special service, which is usually held by the Khan's son and clan relatives.
They hold the position of having their own territory and people, probably similar to princes.
In addition, there are also a series of official positions for non-Khan lineages such as Jielifa and Qijin. Turkic nobles who are not from the Khan lineage, such as Astids, often hold the position of Jielifa.
As for the other series of official positions under the Khan's court, there are even more names, which are similar to the civil and military official positions of the Western Wei Dynasty, and have their own division of labor.
The reason why we need to learn more about the official positions of the Turks is because the number of upper-class Turkic dignitaries captured in this battle was really impressive. Including Mugan Khan, two of the three big and small khans were captured. Other Ashi
There are more than twenty members of the same clan, old and young, and hundreds of other powerful chiefs and officials holding official positions.
When he saw this long list of prisoners, as well as their respective identities and kinship relationships, Li Tai couldn't help but have a bad idea in his mind. If he killed all these people, would it count as giving up the upper-class ruling class of Turks?
Destroy them all? Then what will happen to the Turks next?
However, this thought only flashed through his mind. Li Tai knew that it would be difficult to uproot the Turkic forces with just one war. The only thing he had destroyed at the moment was recruiting troops along the way.
If he really does this and does not have enough power to continue to attack the Turkic forces in Mobei and the Western Regions, then it is very likely that the remaining Turks will regard attacking the territory of the Western Wei Dynasty as a political way to legitimize their rise to power.
Mission. Just like when powerful officials in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Southern Dynasties had the intention of usurping the throne, they would start the Northern Expedition.