There are hundreds or even thousands of Tubo tribes, big and small. The big ones are like the Ali Gu tribe, with millions of people under their jurisdiction, while the small ones only have a dozen people, which can be regarded as a tribe.
The tribal leaders and princes who came this time were all relatively large, but even the combined strength of all the tribes could not compare to the Ali Bone Tribe.
It can be said that the Aligu family is the only one, but why didn't it take the opportunity to engulf other tribes? And why didn't the other tribes unite to resist the powerful Aligu tribe? Why can they always live in peace with each other?
Firstly, it is because the tribes in Tubo are complex and their power changes very quickly. The change of the king's flag on the city wall happens almost every day. Today this tribe has laid down its territory and immediately expressed its surrender to the Ali Bone Tribe, but tomorrow the leader of this tribe will
Beheaded.
When Ali Gu's army marched over, they withdrew again. When you left, they came back and paid you Ali Gu a protection fee to surrender.
In this way, instead of struggling to conquer these tribes, it is better to easily collect some protection fees. If things go on like this, the Aligu tribe will not bother to care about the disputes on the plateau. As long as the protection fees are small and surrender to me, Aligu, who will be the one?
Any leader will do.
Secondly, the Aligu tribe borders Xixia and the Song Dynasty. The tribes need a strong support to resist the invasion of the Song Dynasty and Xixia, so they acquiesce in the strong position of the Aligu tribe.
Except for the Ali Gu tribe, even if the other tribes got the Qingtang, they would not be able to defend it. Instead, they would be invaded by the Song Dynasty and Xixia and invaded the Tubo Plateau. They might as well let the Ali Gu occupy it.
As for the issue of paying some protection fees, just pay them. As long as Ali Gu is not too greedy, they will not bother to resist, because what will happen if they resist?
Even if all the tribes unite to overthrow the Ali Gu tribe, who will resist Xixia and Song Dynasty in the future?
Therefore, the Tubo tribes simply maintained the status quo and acquiesced in the fact that the Aligu family was the dominant one.
But this relatively balanced situation underwent quite subtle changes five years ago.
In the second year of Yuanyou, Aligu and Xixia united, ambitiously called on the Tubo tribes, and personally led a large army to attack the Six Prefectures of Xihe in the Song Dynasty, hoping to regain the "lost land in Hehuang". However, they were defeated by the Song army and returned. Xixia took advantage of the situation and robbed them.
lost heavily.
In desperation, Ali apologized to the Song Dynasty and was granted an official title by the Song Dynasty. This allowed Xixia to surrender and save its foundation.
However, after this battle, Ali Gu's tribe was already strong on the outside and weak on the outside, and turned from prosperity to decline. Moreover, all the Tubo tribes were very dissatisfied with Ali Gu because of this defeat. They felt that Ali Gu's overestimation of his own capabilities led to common losses for everyone.
What made the tribes even more dissatisfied was that after the war, Ali Gu was promoted to a noble rank by the Song Dynasty and received generous rewards. However, they responded to Ali Gu by sending troops, and his death was in vain, but he did not receive even a hair.
In the next five years, in order to make up for the losses, Aligu intensified his exploitation of the Tubo tribes. This made the tribes' resentment against Aligu even deeper, almost reaching a critical point.
This time, princes from various tribes, including Aligu, came to the Central Plains with Jiumozhi. Although they did not dare to disobey Jiumozhi, the bigger reason was that they all knew that the people of the Central Plains were very generous.
When you come into contact with people, even if you lose a battle, you can get a lot of benefits.
This world will be blown away by Jiumozhi, saying that even the Emperor of the Song Dynasty must respect him three points, he must be very rich, right?
So here they come.
But once Jiumozhi follows He Xie's approach and gives 95% of the benefits to Ali Gu, and the remaining tribes can only drink a little soup, how can these leaders give up?
Oh, we came all the way to the Central Plains, and we only get such a small benefit? You Ali Gu didn't do much this time, why did you get so much 95%?
Besides, Master He gave us the status of helmsmen, and we all have equal status in the world. Why did you, Ali, take all the benefits and even deduct a large part of our salary?
Is there anyone who bullies people like this?
They are not satisfied, even Ali Gubu is not satisfied!
Even Master Jiumozhi said that the Song people gave such great benefits this time, all because of my face, Ali Gu. You are just following me to benefit, and the benefits you get should also be ours.
That’s right!
Since you have benefited from me, then you can use some of the half you got to thank me, Ali Gu. This request is reasonable, right?
With Ali Gu always being strong against the Tubo tribes, it is very possible that this kind of thing can be done.
But in this case, the rest of the tribes should not be blown up on the spot?
A pot of fragrant mutton, you let each of us take a sip of the soup, which is too much, but you didn't even let us drink this soup, and you even had to skim off all the mutton oil and chopped green onions on it.
Give us.
That's too much to bully, isn't it?
Everyone has tolerated you for too long. Now you are just a paper tiger. Why are you pretending to be a yak calf?
At this time, as long as Jiumozhi provokes a little bit, the long-standing grievances among the various tribes will inevitably break out completely.
The only thing that worries them is that if Ali's bones fall, who will resist the Xixia Song Dynasty, and who will protect the Qingtang Dynasty? Protect our chickens from the Tubo tribes?
Master Jiumozhi said, I will come.
Jiumozhi is from Tubo, and the respected leader of Tianxiahui is from Song Dynasty, and even the emperor of Song Dynasty respected Tianxiahui three points. If Qingtang became a member of Tianxiahui, it would be equivalent to Song Dynasty. Then there would be Song Dynasty to resist Xixia
, isn’t it more reliable than a sick Ali Gu? Aren’t they safer?
As for whether the Song Dynasty would win over the Qing Tang Dynasty and then attack them in turn?
Give me a break!
Although these tribal leaders have many shortcomings, at least they still have strategic vision.
The Song Dynasty captured the Qingtang City and became a cornered attack on Xixia. Can the Xixia people be willing to do so?
Xixia will definitely attack Qingtang, and the Hehuang area will definitely be reduced to a pot of porridge by then. How can the Song Dynasty have the energy to attack them?
Not only will they not be in danger, but the Song Dynasty will try its best to appease them, and they will receive great benefits.
Even if the war ends, the Song Dynasty and Xixia will definitely compete to win over them. When the time comes, they will fawn over them, and won't they have a more enjoyable life?
What's more, the immediate benefits are real. If you kill the greedy Ali Gu, the world will reward you with one hundred thousand taels of gold, as well as that much grain, iron, tea, and salt. You can get it right away.
Qingtang no longer has any worries, he no longer has to pay protection fees, and there are so many benefits. This is a huge profit no matter how you look at it, so why not do it?
"After arriving in Tubo, Lord Jiumo Altar needs to prepare three groups of people in advance." He Xie continued, "When the Ali bones are destroyed, you might as well personally help them so that they can end the war more smoothly and quickly."