Chapter 2063 Doma Qianhu, the defender of Tieqiao City who received the news of the defeat
Cheng Chubi saw a Tibetan prisoner chatting with the imperial soldiers in fluent Yaozhou Mandarin.
With a hooked finger, he motioned to the imperial officer to bring this man over. Cheng Sanlang just grinned at the Tibetan prisoner of war.
I saw this Tibetan prisoner of war kneeling on the ground with his legs weak and his face bloodless. "Spare my life."
"..." Cheng Chubi slapped his mouth. Is my smile that scary?
"Stop talking nonsense, please translate for me. What are they talking about?"
I knew that Cheng Xianchang, who had just swallowed clouds and smoke, and could also release thunder to kill people, did not want to eat him.
The Tubo man felt relieved, listened for a while, and then spoke quickly and fluently in Yaozhou Mandarin.
"The armored leader is scolding his slaves..."
"Slave household? You mean, those people are all his slaves?" Cheng Chubi narrowed his eyes and asked.
"They should be. He must be the leader of a certain tribe. It's normal to have a group of slaves under him."
"When we fight in Tubo, we will recruit civilians from various tribes, or leaders to join the army."
"The leader will have slaves. If they join the army, these slaves will become their soldiers."
"If they win the battle for their master, they can get rewards, such as rich food, or women..."
"...Woman? Reward?" Cheng Chubi wiped his face and lightly hit his forehead. How could he forget that Tubo was a slave country?
The so-called Lord of Tubo should be regarded as the largest slave owner in Tubo, and the various tribes in Tubo can be regarded as the major slave leaders.
Of course, there are also common people in Tubo. The so-called common people are those Tubo people who have few slaves to serve them and not many fields.
As for what slaves are, most of them are people of various ethnic groups on the plateau who were conquered by the Tubo people.
And once you become the slaves of the Tubo people, I'm sorry, then you will be the slaves of this slave master for generations to come.
Cheng Chubi remembered hearing this mentioned by Gal Dongzan when he was bragging about it.
Cheng Sanlang turned his head and looked not far away. He saw Zhang Lejinqiu. He remembered that the edicts of Erhai Lake were also tribal in nature.
However, the social structure of the Zhaos in Erhai is similar to that of the Xiu people, although the Zhao king or Xiu head is the largest.
However, the population they gain after fighting will only gradually assimilate the other party into their own compatriots.
Instead of being treated as slaves with a lower level than animals like Tubo.
Cheng Chubi smacked his lips and said, forget it, put this aside for now, the most important task now is to take down the Iron Bridge City first.
Time will not wait for itself. After those defeated Tubo soldiers fled back to Iron Bridge City, they would definitely cause a huge panic to Iron Bridge City.
We should take advantage of this panic to rush over and try to capture the Iron Bridge City neatly and neatly while the panic has not subsided.
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Compared with the other two valley roads, the Yak Trail is wide and gentle, but the problem is that it is a bit detoured. It takes almost twice as long as the Long Snake Trail and the Shikan Trail.
While the defeated troops on the Yak Road were still trudging forward, Qianhu Luosang, a cavalry member of the defeated troops on the Changsnake Road, had already collected more than a thousand of the defeated troops, and stumbled towards the Iron Bridge City, which was not far away.
Rush over.
On the other side of Shikan Road, only two hundred households escaped, and there were hundreds of defeated soldiers who were still in shock.
Doma Qianhu was barely a few years younger than Chi Guima Ben. He and Chi Guima Ben guarded this Iron Bridge City together for many years.
His youth and blood were scattered on this land, and he also limped towards his old age from a passionate young man from the Tubo Plateau.
Well, in the battle with the Qiang people, his left leg was hit hard, breaking the bones and injuring the leg.
This made him hate the Qiang people so much, and the Qiang slaves he obtained after the great victory over the Qiang people lived a much harder life under his hands than under Chi Guimaben and others.
And his cruelty and willingness to kill gave him a bad reputation among the Qiang and Zhao tribes in this area, even above that of the general Chigui Maben.
This is also the reason why Chi Guima Ben will entrust him with the important task of staying in Iron Bridge City.
At this moment, he was riding a horse, surrounded by Tibetan elites, and had already crossed the swaying iron chain bridge.
When we come to the west city of Iron Bridge City, the safety of the west city of Iron Bridge City is more important than the east city leading to Yuben City. Therefore, now because Chi Guima’s own troops have direct access to most of the soldiers and horses,
Only a thousand old and weak people were left.
However, Doma Qianhu was not dissatisfied. Firstly, it was because of Chi Gui's trust in him, and secondly, because of his confidence in his own strength.
He believed that with the thousand men and horses in his hands, even the nearby Zhaoqiang tribe rebelled and came to attack Iron Bridge City.
He was also confident that he could hold out for ten days and a half under the attack of these miscellaneous soldiers, as long as he could deliver the news to the big talker Cole in time.
When the army returns to support, those Zhaoqiang tribes will bow to the ground under the iron hooves of Tubo's elite warriors.
In the eyes of Doma Qianhu, all the Qiang and Zhao tribes living in this area should be wiped out and all Qiang and Zhao tribes should become slaves of the Tubo people.
Instead of allowing them to live on this land and have their own cattle, sheep and tribes.
He was even able to be on an equal footing with Tubo officials, which was simply an insult to this Tubo official.
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Just as he was riding his horse forward, worrying about the country and the people, a horse galloped towards him in front of him.
"Doma Qianhu, Doma Qianhu is in trouble. Many broken troops were found outside the city. It is said that the armies on Changshen Road and Shikan Road were ambushed by the Tang army and were defeated..."
Doma Qianhu couldn't help but change his face and shouted loudly.
"What about Dan Zeng Ru Ben and Ci Dan Ru Ben?!"
"I don't know, and those defeated troops are now asking to enter the city. Yixi Baihu asked me to come and report, and I also asked Doma Qianhu to give me an idea."
Hearing this, Doma Qianhu did not hesitate to loosen the reins and gallop towards the city gate.
Da Lun was commanded by an elite force of 20,000 men, and Chi Guima himself had brought 2,000 elite men from Iron Bridge City to follow him.
And those Tang people commanded nothing more than a group of Han and Han soldiers. Only a few days before the army went south, some of the defeated soldiers had already fled back.
How is this possible? Doma Qianhu felt that even if he used his lame leg as a brain to think about problems, he would still feel that there was a big problem here.
I have something to do at home and have been busy all day. I'm really sorry. There are only two updates today. It will be back to normal tomorrow.