It generally refers to the Xi tribe in the mountains north of Yanshan Mountain, starting from the Chaohe River Basin in the west and ending at Bailangshui in the east. There are many Xi tribes scattered in the vast northern territory of Youyun in the Tang Dynasty.
These tribes are relatively scattered, and there are also many Sogdian Hu tribes, Mohe tribes that migrated to the west, and Shiwei tribes that migrated to the south.
Now, because of Wu Huaiyu's finger, the mountains, rivers and valleys where they have lived for generations have been transferred to the Tang Dynasty. However, King Xi, who they once submitted to, has also sold them. They are not convinced and they want to resist.
"There is some evidence that the people of Turk Jieli Khan secretly incited Beishan Xi to raise troops, and even awarded the leaders of the tribes with titles such as Qin Jin, promising them to rely on the Turks and let them replace Keduzhe and his five tribes in the future and become the new Xi
The one who controls the ministry.”
"It doesn't matter. Jieli has too much time to take care of himself now, so he dares to hide in the dark and do such small tricks. If he really has the ability, why not directly send troops to attack Tuli who betrayed him? If you can save it, don't ignore them?"
In Youzhou Yacheng, Wu Huaiyu held a military meeting.
The headquarters of Anton's Protectorate was located in Liucheng, Yingzhou, but the focus of Protector Wu Huaiyu's work was still in Youzhou, so this military meeting was still held in Youzhou.
Participating in the meeting were a group of officers and generals from the Andong Protectorate, soldiers, as well as the governors, governors, and generals of Sanbo. The Emperor of Chang'an had already agreed to use troops against Beishan Xi, and Wu Huaiyu's military strategy was directly approved. This war
It will be led by the Anton Protectorate, coordinated by the three Tibetans, and supported by the Youfu.
I sat there and looked at the statistics.
The Xi people in Beishan had a total of 20,000 to 30,000 tents, and the population was still quite large. During the Sui Dynasty, the Xi people basically occupied the Luan River Basin, Chao River Basin, Bai River Basin, and even the Bai River Basin in Yingzhou.
They all come to the Langshui and Qinglong River areas for nomadic hunting.
They also followed King Xi Kedu and sent troops to plunder Tanzhou, Jizhou, Pingzhou, Beiyanzhou, Yingzhou and other places at the request of Gao Kaidao.
Although the Luanhe River Basin is not as important as the Huzhen River Basin, it is still completely under their control, and most of the Chao, Baihe, Bailangshui and Qinglong River areas are still under their control.
Wu Huaiyu looked at the map,
He planned that since the atmosphere was so good and the opportunity was rare this time, he would simply take the opportunity to push the border to the Luanhe River. At least the area on the west bank of the Luanhe River north of Yanshan would be brought under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and the area east of the Luanhe River would be brought under the rule of the Tang Dynasty.
The southeastern part of the area is bounded by the Waterfall River.
The Xi tribe in the vast area west of the Luan River and south of the Puhe River would either surrender and be organized into households, or they would be destroyed by the allied forces, and the population and livestock would be divided between the Tang Dynasty and Sanbo. The land would still belong to the Tang Dynasty.
"What do you think?"
"Who has a different opinion?"
"Who supports and who opposes?"
Wu Huaiyu asked three times.
Although the generals in the Tang Dynasty were surprised by Wu Huaiyu's appetite, no one objected. Cheng Yaojin, the deputy governor of Andong, the governor of Yingzhou, and the envoy of Pinglu Army, was eager to swallow up the east bank of the Luan River.
Wei Xiaojie, the governor of Youzhou and the governor of Andong, the governor of Jizhou, and the military envoy of Jingsai, not only did not object, but also swept his eyes around the chiefs of Sanbo.
Very intimidating.
Sima Sulie, the Sima of the Governor's Office in Youzhou, is also the Sima of the Governor's Office. He is also the governor of Yanzhou and the envoy of the Qingyi Army. This one just kept laughing, and he didn't know what he was laughing at.
Fatty Sima Wu from Youzhou even held a pen in his hand, looked at everyone, and memorized the names of anyone who objected.
Dai Tuli, who was in charge of the Bei'an Dudu Mansion, laughed twice and was the first to express his position. Anyway, the one we were going to fight this time was Beishan Xi. Although there were some small Turkic tribes in it, it was mainly the territory of the Xi people and the Xi tribe, so
He is very relaxed.
By following Tang Qian Beishan Xi, he could not only show his loyalty, but also grab some by the way to recover the heavy casualties from the last defeat.
"We, the governor of Bei'an, are willing to send 10,000 fine cavalry." Shetu expressed his position in a high-key manner. He thought there was no difficulty in attacking Beishan Xi. If you send more troops, you can gain more points. All the tribes are willing to do so.
Sima Lu Chengye of the Bei'an Governor's Office followed, "The four states of the Bei'an Governor's Office will each send two thousand troops, and the Governor's Office will send another two thousand, making a total of 10,000 elite troops. We can go down the Luan River, or we can go south from the upper reaches of the Bai River.
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The Khitan Khan Mohui was not to be far behind.
"We, the eight tribes and ten states of Khitan, are also willing to send 10,000 elite troops directly down the Huzhen River."
King Xi Li Kedu did not expect that Wu Huaiyu suddenly pushed the boundary forward so far, and directly drew away the entire west bank of the Luanhe River. The previous line was drawn with the Chaohe River as the boundary, but this time it was drawn eastward.
Hundreds of miles.
Although the Luanhe River did become the boundary river of the Xi tribe a long time ago, they had already crossed the Luanhe River for grazing development.
But look at the situation today,
Wu Huaiyu has a tough attitude and is determined to win.
The Turks and Khitans seemed to be watching a good show and even wanted to take advantage of it.
Li Kedu knew that he had no choice but to accept it this time.
Wu Huaiyu took his daughter as a concubine, and he was also made the Duke of Loufan County by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the governor of Raole, and was given the national surname Li, but now it seems that they do not really regard him as one of their own.
Gritting his teeth, Li Kedu nodded with difficulty.
"It's all up to the Governor's arrangements."
Yanshan is bounded by the Luanhe River in the north. There are about 20,000 to 30,000 Beishan Xi tribes there. Although these people are not all Xi tribes, if they can understand the general outline and use it for themselves, they are equivalent to 20 to 30% of the entire Xi tribe population.
It is a pity that now it will be divided up by Tang United and other Tibetans.
"Grand Governor, I have only one request. I hope that before the war begins, Grand Governor can let me send people to appease them and make them obey the court. If there are any who are willing to move north, please give them a chance."
Wu Huaiyu nodded and agreed happily.
"As long as the Heavenly Soldiers arrive, those who voluntarily move north across the Luanhe River will still be left to their own devices. The imperial court will not pursue them, and the Heavenly Soldiers will not attack across the border.
Of course, if you voluntarily choose to stay and join the imperial court, your tribe will be settled into counties and villages, and the coalition forces will no longer be able to attack and plunder them.
Only those stubborn people who raise armies to fight against the heavenly soldiers will be conquered and destroyed according to the established plan. The land will be returned to the Tang Dynasty. The population, livestock, money, and silk will be divided into three points first. The first to pay will get one point. The Tang Dynasty will get one point. The remaining points will be divided equally among the coalition forces.
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how?"
"We Turks are willing!"
"Khitan agrees to the Grand Governor's arrangements."
The person who could be saved gritted his teeth and nodded, "Bu Xi obeys the orders of the Commander-in-Chief."
Everything is agreed upon,
The Turks, Xi, Khitan, and the three Fanhu governors, with a total of 24 Jisi prefectures, sent a total of 30,000 troops and cavalry for the expedition. On the Tang army, the main force was the 20,000 soldiers and horses commanded by the Andong governorate.
, Youzhou Governor’s Office will also cooperate.
The Tibetan cavalry of Sanbo had to provide their own provisions and weapons, which were not supplied by the Tang Dynasty.
As for the seizure, whoever captures the tribal captives, population, livestock, etc. can keep one-third first, and the remaining two-thirds must be turned over to the coalition forces. Of the two-thirds, Datang must take one-third first, and the remaining two-thirds last.
The coalition forces are divided together.
This division is also very important. Anyway, it is the remaining one-third. At that time, some rewards for military merit and compensation for casualties will be used first, and the rest will be divided equally.
Wu Huaiyu's arrangement sounds quite overbearing. The Tang Dynasty occupied the land and had to divide the spoils. The first one-third was divided, and the last third was divided together.
But Xi, the Khitan, and even the Turks had no objection to this.
In the past, when they were subordinate to Jieli Khan, they obeyed the call to send out troops and prepared their own dry food. The Khan's court often took more of what they captured.
Beishanxi, with a population of 20,000 to 30,000 people, and a population of over 100,000, will soon be hunted by them. The Tang Dynasty will be divided between the three Tibetans, and the Tang Dynasty will take the lion's share. The other three Tibetan families will also be able to get at least 20,000 to 30,000 people, as well as many livestock, etc.
This is a big fat sheep.
Since the Tang Dynasty unified the Central Plains, Xi Qi has not dared to easily cross the border and invade the south on a large scale. It usually involves small-scale plundering along the border. Even the Turks' southward invasion in recent years has not actually gained much advantage.
In the seventh year of Takeru's reign, he launched a large-scale invasion of Guanzhong, but was blocked in Binzhou and failed to enter the Guanzhong Plain. In the eighth year of Takeru's reign, he plundered Hedong. Although he annihilated tens of thousands of elite Tang troops, he also suffered tens of thousands of casualties, so the gains outweighed the losses.
In the 9th year of Wude's victory at the foot of Chang'an, it looked mighty but actually suffered greater losses. All the troops were lost and generals were lost. In the end, no gains were made and the troops withdrew in despair.
And in the battle at Dongye Fox Ridge, Jie Lina even lost the Golden Wolf Band.
The military meeting ended.
Wu Huaiyu summoned a group of subordinates for a meeting, mainly with the soldiers from Hebei's local gentry who he had recruited to join the army.
The war has not yet started, and the land in the north of Shanbei is still in the hands of Beishan Xi, but Wu Huaiyu is now directly talking to the representatives of these noble clans about enclosing the land for farming.
Wu Huaiyu encouraged the Fan Yang Lu family, the Boling family, the Cui family, the Fan Yang ancestor family, the Qinghe Zhang family, and other aristocratic families to organize caravans to accompany the army, and even went to the newly conquered areas to enclose and purchase land as soon as possible. Even the captured Beishan Xi also
It will be given priority to them so that they can cultivate wasteland and farm their fields.
The price of land is cheap, and the price of prisoners of war can be discounted. If you can get land in large pieces, the only requirement is to ensure that you start cultivating wasteland immediately after taking the land, and you also have to ensure that you sell a certain amount of publicly purchased grain to the government every year.
These are to help the imperial court develop new occupied territories and provide logistics and food support for the border garrison troops in the Andong Governor's Palace and Youzhou Governor's Palace.
The troops and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first.
Even this time the coalition forces conquer Beishan Xi, these noble clans and powerful men will contract many logistics supply tasks for grain and fodder, and directly sign contracts with them.
There is no need for You Mansion to temporarily recruit civilians for transportation, etc.
Faced with the favorable conditions for cooperation proposed by Wu Huaiyu, even Lu Chengye and Zhang Wende could not help but breathe a little heavier.
As long as they are willing to believe in Wu Huaiyu, now a family can acquire thousands or even thousands of hectares of land at one time, which is hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of acres of land. Even if it is raw land, the amount is too tempting.
There are risks. After all, it is a border area, and it is still in the hands of Beishan Xi. Even after it is defeated, who can guarantee that Xi Hu will not invade frequently in the future?
But the benefits are too tempting.
Not only is the land price cheap, but they are even allowed to buy Beishanxi slaves and livestock as a package, so that they can directly cultivate wasteland and farmland, and they have the tax exemption conditions of previous years.
The most important thing is that these lands are all connected in large areas, which is most conducive to manor planting.
Lu Chengye found it hard to refuse, "Can the imperial court allow what the Governor said?"
"Don't worry, what I'm saying is all approved by the sage in Chang'an after consulting him. The sage also encourages the nobles to go to the frontiers to reclaim wasteland. As long as you are willing to buy it, trade it in cash, and sign a contract and promise
Do not enclose the land and leave it uncultivated. The amount of grain purchased by the public will be sold every year as agreed, and the court will not limit the amount of land you purchase."
No limit on the quantity of land purchased,
This is simply a temptation that no one can refuse.
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, we are willing to serve the imperial court." Lu Chengye could not refuse after all.
Wu Huaiyu smiled and praised him. Of course, the court still hopes to mobilize more people from the mainland to move to the border areas. But the problem is that ordinary people are not willing to move to the border areas. Even if the court has policies to allocate and grant land, the main reason is ordinary people.
There is not much risk tolerance, or many people who are willing to move are poor people who have no land.
They could get land when they moved to the border areas, but they did not have the basic conditions for reclaiming wasteland and settling down in the fields. At this stage, those who could meet the requirements of the imperial court to quickly develop new conquered areas were those powerful families.
The court can also provide some subsidies and help to ordinary people who are willing to move to the border, such as interest-free loans, lending cattle seeds, etc., but there are too many subsidies here, and the court cannot support them on a large scale.
The newly conquered Beishan land cannot be left uncultivated. Over time, it will become the pasture of the barbarians again.
The cooperation between the imperial court and the powerful nobles is also a win-win situation. Although this will allow the powerful nobles to become more powerful, it is still necessary to develop as a premise and engage in struggle while cooperating.
Jinglue, Lulong, Pinglu, Jingsai, Qingyi, Huaihuang, Yuyi, Weiwu, Guangbian, Guangning, and other towns selected elite soldiers and horses to form this northern expedition camp. They were probably the elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
20,000, Mohe and others are attached to the Fan Hu, and they are trained in regiments, with more than 10,000 sons. Then the three Fans and Fans ride 30,000, and the combined troops are 60,000. They claim to the outside world that they will send 180,000 elite troops to conquer Beishan Xi's rebellion.
These 60,000 troops were actually divided into five groups to attack. The Tibetans attacked from three directions from the north and went south, while the Tang army divided into two armies, east and west, and attacked from the north.
Regarding this use of troops, everyone in Youzhou felt that it was a piece of cake. A group of Beishan Xihu, even if they had 20,000 to 30,000 troops, were just a mob. In terms of strength alone, the tribes were not even as good as the previous villages behind the mountain and Yu Yan.
Sogdian beard of water.
No matter how much quantity there is without quality, it is useless.
Although intelligence showed that Jieli had sent people to join in the agitation, everyone dismissed Jieli's defeated general who had abandoned his armor and let him roam around for a while. The Northern Expedition would destroy him in autumn and winter.
In fact, from Chang'an to Youzhou, even the common people are already shouting the countdown to the Northern Expedition to destroy Jieli. It seems that the whole country already knows that the imperial court will send troops to destroy Jieli this year, probably when the autumn is high and the horse is fat.
Everyone knows that this kind of thing is done, and it can only be said to be a psychological attack tactic of the imperial court. Even if I tell you that I will send troops to the Northern Expedition to destroy you this year, what can you do?
This overwhelming momentum truly proves that Datang has truly stood up.
"I heard that Cui Dunli was detained by Jieli in the grassland?"
"Well, Jie Li said that he would be sent to Mobei Xiaohai to herd sheep,"
Lao Cheng said disdainfully, "Can Jie Lixian's hand reach Mobei? The Hanhai in Mobei is now controlled by the Guli cadres in the north of the Huihe tribe. I heard that the Guli cadres defeated five thousand soldiers. Although they had surrendered to the Turks before,
, but now they and the tribes in the east of the Hanhai Sea have surrendered to the Xueyantuo Khanate, and they are working very hard to beat the Turks."
Wu Huaiyu didn't care about Cui Dunli being detained by Jie Li, and it was not surprising for the envoy to encounter such a thing, but he was an envoy of the Tang Dynasty after all, so Jie Li probably didn't dare to do anything to him.
"We have destroyed the Xi tribe in Beishan, why don't we head east as well?"
Going all the way east, it is natural that the sword is pointed at the Turkic Dingxiang Khan Court. Lao Cheng has great ambitions.
