When the Tubo cavalry launched a desperate counterattack and headed straight for the Tang Emperor, Modao Army appeared in front of them.
The two thousand men may not seem to be many in number, but the Mo Dao Army's soaring murderous aura and fighting spirit are as intimidating as they are real.
The Tubo cavalry was obviously hesitant, but after a moment they accelerated their attack again, targeting the dragon flag behind Modao Army.
In the past, the treatment of the Tibetan cavalry was very good, and they were considered to be superiors, at least much better than ordinary herdsmen.
So at this time, they are willing to do whatever it takes.
Thousands of Tubo's most elite cavalry rushed forward with shouts. What greeted them was a wall of bright swords like the Great Wall!
Those who can watch a group of cavalry charging towards them without fleeing are all warriors.
The Mo Dao soldiers of the Tang Army were all composed of such warriors.
When the cavalry were about to collide, they raised their Mo Dao with all their strength and slashed fiercely.
In an instant, swords and swords flashed, and all the men and horses in front of Mo Dao's army were shattered!
The brutality of the battlefield is simply shocking.
Many Tubo cavalry were cut into pieces, and many Mo Dao soldiers were knocked away by the impact of the horses, with their bones shattered.
Countless lives disappeared in an instant.
Such a tragic scene happened before their eyes, making Li Bai, Du Fu and others tremble, unable to hide the horror on their faces.
After all, he is still a literati. When he writes poems, he is passionate and passionate, but if he really faces the bloody battlefield, the impact will be too great.
The Mo Dao soldiers were worthy of their reputation as the most elite of the Tang army. They withstood the attack of several times more cavalry with less than 2,000 soldiers.
They stood on the battlefield like rocks, constantly waving the swords in their hands, destroying everything in front of them like gods of murder.
The Tang army did not only have Mo Dao soldiers.
The nearby Tang army had already assembled and began to press forward.
The Tang army's cavalry, which had been dispersed due to carelessness, also regrouped to outflank them from behind.
On the ever-changing battlefield, Modao's army bought time with their heroic sacrifice.
Under the ensuing siege of the Tang army, the Tubo people's final counterattack was annihilated under the siege of the Tang army.
The Tang army, which had won a great victory, launched an all-out attack and captured prisoners all over the mountains and plains.
The herdsmen who did not have a strong will to fight surrendered one after another and expressed their willingness to serve the Tang Emperor.
But there were too many of them, exceeding the number imagined.
Ge Shuhan asked Li Yunze how to deal with it and whether the number of people needed to be relaxed.
"You don't need so many people."
Li Yunze waved his hand and said, "Take all the extra people with you when you send troops to Tianzhu. Do you know what happens when you attack a city and attack the city?"
"Understand."
Ge Shuhan nodded repeatedly. What's wrong with this? It was just consumed during the war.
Before speaking, a scout came to report: "Your Majesty, there are flames in the capital of Tubo, there are countless killings, or there is civil strife."
After hearing this, Li Yunze immediately jumped up and said, "Is there such a good thing? Let's go and see!"
He hurriedly rode his horse to the outside of the city. From a distance, he could see the fire in the city and the shouts of killing.
"His Majesty."
Brother Shuhan who followed us was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "This is a good time to attack the city."
"Um."
Li Yunze nodded, "Tactically speaking, it is indeed a good time to attack the city at this time. However, it is not the right time yet."
Ge Shuhan was puzzled, "Why is this?"
Li Yunze smiled and nodded, "Let them kill enough first."
Civil strife did break out in the city, and it was not a show to lure the enemy.
In fact, when the army is defeated like a mountain, if you really engage in such a performance to lure the enemy, you are seeking death.
After returning to the city in defeat, the Tubo nobles were horrified and furious.
Unable to deal with the Tang army, they vented their anger and fear on the herdsmen.
The nobles believed that it was the herdsmen who were timid and did not contribute, which led to the defeat.
In fact, it is true that the herdsmen do not have a strong will to fight.
After all, Tubo is in danger now, and the Emperor of Tang Dynasty has promised many benefits. Naturally, the two sides will not be desperate after comparing them.
The Tubo nobles were still angry at the brutal treatment of a group of herdsmen, so they simply expressed their intention to make new magic weapons and asked the gods for help.
The scale of making the magic weapon this time is very large, and anyone randomly selected may be skinned and dismembered to become the material for the magic weapon.
Under the huge stimulation, civil strife will naturally occur.
The Tubo nobles, who had lost their main fighting force, were now unable to suppress the herdsmen's swords and guns.
After a night of chaos and fighting, a large number of Tibetan herdsmen came out of the city and surrendered at dawn.
And the gifts they presented were piles of grinning heads of Tubo nobles.
The Tubo nobles who led reinforcements from various parts of Tubo, as well as those high-level XX personnel in the capital, are basically all here.
The Tang army just watched the fireworks all night and easily defeated Tubo without even engaging in a siege.
"well."
In front of everyone, Li Yunze showed his benevolent demeanor.
He constantly praised the herdsmen for their righteous deeds, distributed many rewards to them on the spot, and designated land for grazing and farming.
However, when he returned to the big tent, Li Yunze simply signaled to his brother Shuhan, "Understood?"
Ge Shuhan nodded vigorously, "Understood!"
Immediately, the Tubo Protectorate was formally established, and Ge Shuhan, who was just a tooth general before this battle, was promoted to be the Protector.
In order to support Ge Shuhan, Li Yunze not only kept elite sergeants, but also kept all the military supplies and equipment he could.
If you want to transport these military supplies back thousands of miles, it will be a fool's errand.
The benefits brought by the pacification of Tubo were that in addition to the immediate relief of border troubles from Jiannan to Sichuan and Shu, from Guanzhong to Longyou, and from Hexi to Anxi, they could also face the fertile Tianzhu from a high position.
Tianzhu's land is vast and rich, and its products are rich but its military power is not strong.
It has been conquered countless times over the years, and this time it was Datang's turn.
Riding a horse to the high mountain pass and looking at the vast land of Tianzhu below the mountain, Li Yunze promised his brother Shu Han next to him, "The day Tianzhu is pacified will be the day when the Qing family becomes king!"
The combat effectiveness of the Tang army was unparalleled in all dynasties, and only strong men could compare with it. One of the most important reasons is that ordinary people can really get ahead by fighting for their lives and gaining military merit.
Later, during the Song and Ming dynasties, warriors almost had no chance to stand out. Even if they achieved great military exploits, they would be killed as soon as they were told.
At that time, the mainstream trend was the headscarfs who could not carry it on their shoulders or lift it with their hands, and who would kneel down when thieves came.
If you study well, you can even be crowned king.
In this case, the warriors would go crazy and sacrifice their lives.
Li Yunze knows these very well, so the benefits he should give will definitely not be less.
Ge Shuhan was so happy that he immediately dismounted his horse and saluted excitedly, "My lord, I will live up to your majesty's trust!"
"All the officers and men in the army." In addition to the commander-in-chief, the rewards for the generals and sergeants cannot be less. "What you take during the war can be divided into half, and after Tianzhu is pacified, you can exchange your military achievements for fertile fields."
As the most important means of production in the world, land is always the most popular.
If you can get valuable land with your military exploits, how can the soldiers not fight with their lives?
The reason is very simple, but it is a pity that the emperors and ministers of Song and Ming Dynasties knew it clearly, but they were unwilling to give it.
They feel that simply relying on deception and suppression can make warriors work for their lives, and they all treat warriors as mere idiots.
Li Yunze doesn't think anyone is a charlatan, so the benefits he should be given will definitely not be less.
After making many arrangements, he also asked his brother Shu Han to stabilize Tubo before sending troops to Tianzhu, and then set off back to Chang'an City.
By the time he returned to Chang'an City after a long journey, it was already the spring of the coming year.
The emperor personally conquered the country, destroyed an entire country in one battle, and was recognized as a powerful enemy of a great country. Such great martial arts would naturally have far-reaching influence.
The six ministers of the cabinet who stayed in Chang'an City led hundreds of officials out of the city to greet the emperor, and presented the most beautiful eulogy to the emperor.
Back then, Li Er founded the Xuanwu Sect to gain prestige and control the world by defeating the Turks.
Li Sanlang's Xuanwu Sect also continued to expand its territory afterwards.
By the time Li Yunze arrived, his success in destroying Tubo was enough to make him dominate the world.
Riding on this momentum, the first thing Li Yunze did after returning to Chang'an City was to restructure the administrative region.
Except for the Protectorate in the border areas, all the other provinces were converted into provinces, and the Provincial Envoys were set up to take charge of administrative affairs within the provinces.
At the same time, the judicial power of each province, state, and county was taken back, and new yamen were established respectively by the Dali Temple Supervisory Office of the Ministry of Justice.
To put it simply, the administrative power and judicial power of the vassal towns in various places were taken away.
As for financial power and military power, they have not been touched yet.
Because the steps are too big, it is easy to lose track.
Local governments unanimously opposed this change because it weakened their power.
But the DPRK and China all supported it because it expanded the power of the DPRK and China.
After Li Yunze made a decision on these matters, he handed them over to the cabinet ministers to handle.
The purpose of setting up so many ministers is not to earn their salaries, but to perform official duties.
At the same time, the Chief Secretary and the new judicial and supervisory system have vacated a large number of positions that need to be filled.
Li Yunze set up imperial examinations on a large scale to recruit talents from all over the world to fill the vacancies.
The imperial examinations he held were no longer the kind that only recruited a few people at a time, but often hundreds.
Naturally, most of them were from common people, and no matter how poor they were, they were also from poor families.
No one knows the dangers of powerful families better than him, and of course he will not give them another chance to expand their power.
If Huang Chaosheng were born in this era, Li Yunze would never let him fail the ranking.
Things were arranged in this way on the broad level, but on a more detailed level, retired sergeants were gradually mobilized to serve as patrol officers in villages one after another.
These outsiders have little local connections, so they are most suitable for taking away judicial power from the old clan forces in the countryside.
After doing something like this, there will naturally be resistance.
During the imperial examination, there were all kinds of actions, from greetings to arranging manpower and even outright cheating.
In response, Li Yunze launched the first major imperial examination case in history, and all relevant personnel were imprisoned to eat rotten food.
The candidates suspected of being involved will be rejected or not!
Anyone who objects at the local level will be dismissed directly.
What drove retired soldiers out of rural villages, and even killed them, was directly the result of the army moving in to uproot the clan power.