On July 12, the second year of Wende, outside Qingtang City, an altar covering an area of acres was completed.
This is a simple earth altar, divided into three levels, used for tribal oaths.
There were people in front of the earthen altar, including horses, oxen, donkeys and other sacrificers. Originally, real people were supposed to be used, but Marshal Shao ordered dummies to be used instead.
The sacrificial animal was killed last night, and it was slaughtered according to the method stipulated in the sacrificial ceremony, that is, "breaking the feet and splitting the chest" and placing it in front of the altar.
The wizard had been praying to God all night. God must have received the message that someone was going to send him food and asked him to be the middle man.
A god who loves blood is probably not a false god!
The oath-taking ceremony was similar to that of the party members. The leaders of all surrender tribes had already arrived. Under the auspices of the wizard, Shao Shude and dozens of leaders swore an oath together.
The content of the oath is of course to respect Shao as the master.
One more thing, this kind of oath ceremony has not been experienced by the Qing, Tang and Tubo for almost a hundred years, because there is a lack of people with status to participate. The requirements for this status are very high, and you must be a Zanpu.
"Zanpu and his ministers made a small alliance when they were old, using sheep, dogs, and monkeys as animals; when they were three years old, they made a large alliance, and they cooked food on the altars at night, using people, horses, oxen, and donkeys as animals."
The Qing Tang and Tubo tribes were originally unwilling. But the situation was like this. Shao Shude didn't mind participating in the ceremony as Zanpu, and even vigorously promoted it. The wizard also agreed under coercion and inducement. What else could he do?
After the oath was over, just like a Dangxiang heaven-sacrifice meeting, the wizard came out with a burnt bone. How could Shao Shude think that the bone looked like a human bone? These barbarians!
"The people of Chongqing Alliance are like animals." The wizard pointed at the bones of the sacrifice that had its feet broken and its chest broken, and died tragically in front of the altar.
All the Tubo leaders lowered their heads and did not dare to look more.
Shao Shude sat there and accepted the kneeling worship of the leaders.
To deal with barbarians, we must use barbarian methods. Both Dangxiang and Tubo attach great importance to alliance oaths. Holding such ceremonies from time to time to strengthen authority is the only way to stabilize rule.
"This altar needs to be renovated. Each ministry can provide some men, cattle and sheep, and quarry stones for repairs. This is the place where I and the chiefs have sworn an oath, how can it be so simple?" After the ceremony, Shao Shude, accompanied by the wizard,
Walked around the earth altar.
"Also, tribes are not allowed to make private oaths. If there is one, I will definitely raise troops to fight against it. Don't say it was unforeseen."
The leaders of the tribe naturally responded one after another.
During the Qing and Tang Dynasties, Tubo, "the ethnic groups were scattered, with thousands of large families and hundreds of small families, and they were no longer unified."
There are hundreds of thousands of people. The largest tribe, "Dafa", can only produce tens of thousands of people, while the smaller ones can only produce one or two hundred people. Such a division is certainly in line with Shao Shude's original intention.
Private oaths are a red line. Anyone who dares to do so has different intentions. No matter how far the journey is, Shao Shude must gather an army to conquer and nip the threat in the bud.
After returning to the city, Shao Shude found Chen Cheng again and asked, "Have all the Hewei and Fan tribes who sent troops together left?"
"Commander, we have already left in batches and have probably reached Longzhi County by now."
Longzhi County is one of the three counties under the jurisdiction of Shanzhou. It was controlled during the last western expedition to Lanzhou.
"Let the Luma tribe leave Qinzhou and go to Minzhou to graze. The Bai clan in Huizhou and the Tuoba clan in Minzhou go to Shanzhou to graze. The pasture here is better than where they used to be, so they won't be unhappy," Shao Shude ordered.
road.
There's nothing you can do if you don't like it. This is an order, not a discussion.
The Bai family is a Han Chinese and has always been respectful. Bai Gui, a descendant of the Bai family, serves as a general in the army. He also dedicated his legitimate daughter to serve Shao Shude. He has continued to pay tribute every year, so this time he will reward them.
Isn’t the grassland in Qinghai Lake more fragrant than Huizhou?
"The leader of the Tuoba tribe is Tuoba Jin, right?" Shao Shude asked again.
"Commander, everyone in the Tuoba tribe says that the commander is the leader." Chen Cheng reminded.
this……
How could a prince of Tang Dynasty become a tribal chief? Forget it, Jiedushi is worthy of being an envoy, and so should Wu soldiers.
But when you become a khan, a warrior, a zanpu, etc., you don't have a tribe directly under you. Is that right?
The Tuoba tribe has taken care of them a lot in recent years. When they were guarding the border in Minzhou, they also annexed many Tubo and Qiang tribes. The Dingkou of the Qiang tribe is close to 30,000, so they are no longer a small tribe.
There is also a tribe mainly composed of Tubo descendants from the Wei and Min prefectures. There are probably more than 20,000 people grazing under the Helan Mountain. The number of people is quite large, but there are not many Dingkou. After all, they were mainly old and weak.
This tribe is theoretically directly under Shao Shude.
"Helan Mountain Division, what's the situation now?" Shao Shude asked.
"Back to the commander-in-chief, Chief Ye Li of the Lifan Yuan once mentioned that there are about 24,000 people in this department, and the number of adults is only 2,000. In the past two years, many new members have been born, but they have not grown up yet.
The tribe calls itself the Shao Family Tribe. When the tribe came over, the tribal leaders were wiped out. Now they are governed by military law, and all those in charge, large and small, assume the surname Shao." Chen Cheng returned.
Shao Shude: "..."
This is claiming to be Zamp's slave, hoping to get better treatment.
"The Tuoba tribe grazes their cattle in the area of Fuqi City."
"The Bai family, go to the Shudun City area to graze their cattle."
Of these two pastoral areas, one is located on the west bank of Qinghai Lake and the other is on the southeast bank. Both cities served as the capitals of Tuyuhun, so the pastures are naturally good.
The distribution of these two fertile pastures to the Tuoba and Bai families reflects Shao Shude's ambition to deeply control the Qinghai Lake area.
"Shao... The Shao family went to the old Tibetan land of Liugu in Liangzhou to graze their cattle and free up the land under the Helan Mountain."
The six valleys south of Liangzhou are crisscrossed by rivers, rich in water and grass, suitable for grazing and farming, and they also control the thoroughfare between Lanzhou and Liangzhou. The location is actually very critical. Move the Shao family there and control this place.
After ten years of rest and recovery, after his strength is restored, he will be able to overlook the two states of Lan and Liang from a high position.
"In addition, the Liang family, Luo family, and Yang family of Dafa Lingzhou Hexi Dangxiang, regardless of age, are all recruited to come to Qingtang. Let their leaders hurry up and come to see me first." Shao Shude ordered again.
"Commander, there are about 40,000 people in the three troops. How to arrange the pasture?"
These three films are basically all Han Chinese, just like the Bai family in Huizhou back then. In recent years, great efforts have been made to de-Huhua, but the way of life is not completely the same as that of the Han people.
"The leader of the Miaochuan tribe just came to surrender yesterday, which was not respectful enough. Two days later, a certain man gathered his army and asked the leader of the Miaochuan tribe if he was willing to go to Lingzhou to graze. He should be willing." Shao Shude sneered:
"The grassland in Miaochuan is for the Liang family."
"The Liang family has taken advantage of it!" Chen Cheng thought to himself: "The Miaochuan tribe is a large tribe of 40,000 to 50,000 people, and their family has the final say in the Huangshui River Basin. After the Liang family occupied these pastures, they managed it well.
, a few decades later, it was the Qingtang clan. The head of the Liang family has a little daughter who has been serving the commander-in-chief. She is more popular with the commander-in-chief than ordinary maids. This should be the reason. "
"The Yang family went to the Xingxiu Sea and the Anren Army to graze their cattle. Several small tribes were conquered before, and the pastures were vacated, so they were given to the Yang family."
"The Wei Rong Army and the Fish Navy also have free grassland for Luo."
After a fierce operation, Shao Shude finally stopped giving orders.
The Great Migration of various tribes has the demeanor of a loving father in later generations, but they don't know what trouble they will cause. But now there are many fierce generals and tens of thousands of lions around them. As long as those tribes don't make trouble at the beginning, they will not make trouble after they go to a new place.
It's necessary to make trouble again.
"I will lead my army south tomorrow. I will inspect the Yongbyon Army and the Jishi Army."
On July 13, Shao Shude left 4,500 infantrymen of the rebel army to guard Qingtang City, and led more than 50,000 Tibetan and Han soldiers to go south. At the same time, he sent an order to the Jinglue Army to open the army and order them to cross the river and go south, detouring to Jiji.
Shi Jun.
Tens of thousands of troops marched south, and the Tubo tribes were deeply divided. Naturally, they were frightened out of their wits. If they didn't want to leave, they would naturally have to offer tribute as a sign of respect.
Marshal Shao has collected the cattle, sheep and horses.
There were hundreds of thousands of people in Tubo during the Qing and Tang Dynasties, and the total number of large and small livestock exceeded tens of millions. Most of the captured cattle, cattle and sheep were returned, but this was just a word game and soon the various ministries presented them in the name of tribute.
However, Marshal Shao still had a conscience, so he sent someone to ask. Some tribes had been robbed so badly that if they didn't return any money, they might not be able to survive. They would have to either join other tribes or rebel. This is not his
It was my original intention, so I returned some more.
In total, the tribes of the Qing and Tang Dynasties donated more than 400,000 large livestock and two to three million sheep. Previously, more than one million cattle, sheep, horses and camels were seized in Hexi. The harvest during this trip is still good, and in the future
It can also have a steady stream of water and harvest about a million livestock of all sizes every year.
Don't underestimate the wealth of the grasslands. They are poor because they cannot monetize their livestock. At the same time, they have a huge demand for various commodities from the Han Dynasty. However, the Central Plains court does not want to do business with them. Occasionally, there are some mutual trades, but most of them are
It is for the purpose of appeasement, and it is intermittent and cannot last long.
Shao Shude read history books and learned about the battle in the northern part of the Yan Sai River. "Afterwards, he sent General Murong Chui of the Fu Army, General Qian of the Central Army, and General Ping Xi of the Guard Army, with 80,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Chile in the northern part of the Great Wall. They defeated them and captured and killed ten of them."
With more than ten thousand, we acquired 130,000 horses and hundreds of millions of cattle and sheep.”
The "billion" captured is probably a boast, but the number of captives and horses should be real. If the grassland government doesn't specifically organize horse policies, there won't be many of them, and herdsmen don't like to raise them. Therefore.
, the actual number of seizures should be in the tens of millions, it is absolutely impossible to be hundreds of millions, and the number of livestock in Inner Mongolia in later generations will only be more than 100 million.
But even if only 10 to 20 million livestock were captured, it would still be astonishing! With abundant rain and warm climate, it was a good time for the grassland nomads! In the early years of the Kingdom, 250 people could live in the three towns of Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou.
With a population of 10,000 nomads and approximately 80 million livestock, this is a huge amount of wealth.
If the Han Dynasty and the grasslands could communicate with each other, wouldn't everyone be happy? The problem is how to resolve mutual trust.
Considering that in the next sixty or seventy years, temperatures will drop sharply and precipitation will decrease accordingly, we must act urgently to solve the grassland problem.
Stopping along the way, on July 25th, Shao Shude passed through Chengfengling (Guide Gorge) and Shudun City and arrived at Yongbian Military City. The five thousand cavalry from Yinqiangdu, who acted as the vanguard, had already crossed the river and occupied the river.
Jingbian Town on the southeastern shore is Jishi Military City.
From Jishijun, you can go east for more than 120 miles to Dahua County in Kuozhou (northwest of today's Jianzha County), and then 30 miles to the east to Lisuo Guangwei County in Kuozhou (southwest of today's Hualong County).
, the Ningsai Army was built in the city, with 500 troops in charge.
Traveling three hundred and ninety miles southeast of Kuozhou, you can reach Fuhan County, Hezhou, where the shogunate of Longyou Town is now located.
The Jishi Army went eighty miles to the west and reached Wanxiu City (today's Republic). This was placed by Ge Shuhan after Tianbao's Thirteenth Year after he took over the Nine Bends of the Yellow River. There was Wanxiu Army in the city, and it was later renamed Weisheng Army.
Sixty miles southwest of Jishijun to Hongji Bridge, Hongjijun Town (today's southwest of the Republic of China) was built in Beizhou, and Jintianjun was built by Geshuhan. Jintianjun was one hundred and fifty miles southwest, which was the westernmost part of the excellent horse herding land in Jiuqu of the Yellow River.
This place was also the boundary between the country and the dynasty during the Tianbao period.
Jishijun is connected in all directions, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a transportation center. Moreover, the Chinese dynasty once settled here, and there are still many residents in the city. There are Buddhist temples, commerce, and various industries.
This place is a garrison!
"Lu Siye, remember this." Shao Shude suddenly said on the north bank of the Yellow River.
The soldiers moved in the case table again.
"The regulations of Jishi Army are five thousand infantry and three thousand cavalry, stationed in Jishi Army City and Hongji Bridge."
"The regulations of the Heyuan Army are five thousand infantry and three thousand cavalry, stationed in Linfan City, Shibao City, and Changning Bridge."
"Stay here for the time being and adjust it if necessary in the future."
Linfan City is dozens of miles west of Qingtang City. It serves as a thoroughfare and can garrison thousands of troops.
Shibao City (today's Harakutu City) is located on the other side of a river sixty or seventy miles southwest of Baishuijun. There is Shicheng Mountain nearby. It has steep cliffs and dangerous paths on three sides. There is only one winding road to get up, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
In the 17th year of Kaiyuan, the Zhenwu Army was established, with a thousand troops in charge. In the 29th year, it fell to Tubo, and the Tubo people called it Tieren City. Tianbao conquered it in eight years, and renamed it Shenwu Army, and later renamed Tianwei Army, and increased the number of garrison troops.
More than two thousand people died.
"The Jishi Army and the Heyuan Army have 10,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry. They will control the fulcrum of Shan and Kuo for me." Shao Shude said: "The four towns have 10,000 elite soldiers. Speed up the selection. If you are unwilling, there may be someone who dares.
If you cause chaos, you should bring peace to it."
"Yinshan Tibetan tribe, after so many years, it's time to present a warrior. Send someone to give orders to the five patrol envoys. Before the twelfth lunar month, I want to see three fine cavalrymen from the five tribes of Dangxiang, Turks, Uighurs, Qibi, and Tibetan talents.
Thousands, together with Zhongyongdu's three thousand cavalry, were scattered and mixed, and the two armies were added to the source of the river and accumulated stones."
With the annual income of more than one million cattle and sheep, there are still hundreds of thousands of people. The two states of Shan and Kuo are more than enough to support these soldiers.
"Leave it to the courier and send it out as soon as possible!" Shao Shude waved his hand and said.
