"There are some things that are inconvenient to say to Li Keyong, and the effect is not good. Madam, you have to come." In Woyang Palace, Shao Shude had just finished watching Xiao Feng's sword dance and said.
Well, if the princess hadn't still been sitting here, this couple would have hugged each other.
"The messenger and my sister-in-law, Mrs. Liu, clicked and said that Ke Yong and I have a close brotherhood, and that the Li family can live in Taiyuan." Shao Shude said.
Zhe Fangmai glanced at her husband and said, "I understand."
This is definitely not the truth. It is also unclear. Is "Taiyuan" just Taiyuan Prefecture? Or does it include many prefectures and counties? Will there be a possibility of moving the town in the future? Or maybe a crime will be taken away from the children of the Li family.
Envoy title?
This is all possible. The methods of superiors are countless. If Li Keyong believed this and entrusted his fate to Shao Shude, he would be a fool.
But from another perspective, this promise also leaves people with a psychological escape route.
Shao Shude's reputation is still very good, and those who surrender can basically get a good ending. When they really can't resist, or there is really no hope, people with weak ambitions will be shaken and will consider taking this retreat.
This is a conspiracy, I'm not afraid of you seeing it.
"Sanlang Mianren, do you want to get married with the Li family?" Shao Shude asked again.
Xiao Feng, who was wiping his sweat, pricked up his ears. She had no children, and Sanlang Mianren was her sister's son. The two sisters raised him together. Xiao Feng always regarded him as his own and cared about him very much.
"Uncle, I'm afraid he won't want to. But you can give it a try." Zhe Fang Ai paused and said.
From her standpoint, she had to carefully consider the causes and consequences.
Will the marriage with Li Keyong's family affect the sensitive inheritance of power? This is something that has to be pondered over and over again.
Thinking of this, Zhe Fang rolled her eyes at Shao Shude. You only care about venting your desires. You feel so comfortable. So many women have given birth to children for you. From a man's point of view, they are all his own, so it doesn't matter. But from a woman's point of view,
From a practical point of view, the difference is huge.
"Li Keyong has changed a lot in the past few years." Shao Shude suddenly sighed: "I dare to conclude that most of the troops he brought north were prepared to attack Lu Yanwei in Cangjing. Just look at it, these days
, these people will be transferred eastward one after another, heading to Youzhou. Ah, I almost forgot about Liu Rengong, he is really unlucky!"
Shao Shude laughed unkindly.
Liu Rengong dared to start, probably because he thought that Xia and Jin would fight in Daibei? The advantage of a fisherman is not so easy to get. When Li Keyong fell from the sky and appeared in front of Liu Kutou, he was probably dumbfounded.
In addition, Shao Shude was also greatly impressed by the political ecology of Youzhou. It has been several years, but there are still "people with lofty ideals" who jump out to rebel, and they are still killed?
Shao Shude was talking there, and the atmosphere was very strange.
In the end, Zhe Fang Ai couldn't stand it any longer, sighed softly, got up and left. In recent days, she had taken over her husband a little too much, loving him day and night, and the other concubines who went on the tour together were already looking forward to it.
Shao Shude directly grabbed the princess and glared at Xiao Feng, who then gave a fake smile.
Shang Qi Wei came in with the female historian, and after asking some questions, he directly laid out the curtains in the study.
There were many confidential documents piled up in the study. Zhe Fang Ai was not very interested in these books, but she accidentally saw one yesterday, which suddenly made her worried.
The Zhao family has so many magical powers that they actually got in touch with the Chen Xu Zhao family. If they were roped in, the nature of the matter would completely change.
The combat effectiveness of the Chungmu Army is known to all the world. This is a strong and powerful vassal that no one can ignore.
Will they really come over to him? It won't be that easy, right? How could Zhu Quanzhong not hold back any secrets?
But what if?
Zhe Fang Ai thought a lot, worried, and paid attention secretly.
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In the palace, Chen Cheng was still burning the midnight oil, studying the map.
The Tatar tribe is actually just a general term, and does not necessarily refer to a specific tribe.
Like Lingzhou and Shaqiu, there are many Tatarized Dangxiang people, Tubo people, and Uighurs. In addition, there are also many Tatars with tall noses and deep eyes. They are obviously different.
For example, among the 10,000 Shaqi soldiers stationed in the Yanchi area, most of them are Uighurs, but Tatars also account for a quarter. They are divided into yellow Tatars and white Tatars. Chen Cheng has seen them all.
They were never regarded as a tribe, although they were all called Tatars.
In the 20th year of Emperor Xuanzong's founding, the Queteqin Monument was erected in the Orkhon River Basin in Mobei, which mentioned the "Thirty Surnames" Tatar tribe, which later developed into the "Tatars" in the Genghis Khan era, also known as the Eastern Tatars.
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The Eastern Tatars were invaded by the Khitan and Xi people, and their tribes were scattered. Some people moved westward and southward, gradually expanding their influence and becoming stronger.
One group that moved west arrived at the Yinshan grassland north of Zhenwu Army and Tiande Army. After the five Yinshan tribes under Shao Shude became stronger, they had to flee far north. This group lived in the area of Kedun City in later generations.
By the Jin Dynasty, he had become a "divination blocker".
Others moved further west. They were once so powerful that many tribes pretended to be Tatars and began to be Tatarized. These people were called "Foreign Tatars" or "Southern Tatars."
In fact, this kind of name is because the country is lazy. It is not a tribe at all. They have no affiliation with each other. Their races, religions, and habits are also very different. They are scattered.
There is also a group of Tatars living near Yinshan who are quite powerful. After they moved south from the Xing'an Mountains, they merged with the tribes living nearby from the Western Regions and began to believe in Nestorianism (Christian Nestorianism).
, the bloodline has also changed, the country called them Yinshan Tatars, and they are mainly distributed on the prairie north of Yunzhou.
This tribe gradually evolved into the "Wanggu tribe" in later generations.
Is there any relationship between this tribe and Li Keyong? The answer is somewhat clear.
This is because the Shatuo tribe originally came from the Western Regions. After being enslaved by the Tubo tribe, they fled eastward to the Tang Dynasty and belonged to the Caucasian race. After moving to Hedong, because the nine local surnames of Zhaowu were also Caucasian, it was very convenient to annex them.
The three Shatu tribes that annexed a large number of the nine surnames of Zhaowu were inevitably influenced by their culture, and Nestorianism became popular in a small area. The Yinshan Tatars also happened to believe in Nestorianism, so there was a lot of cultural exchange between the two sides, and the relationship was naturally very close.
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After the Pangxun Rebellion broke out, Li Guochang was ordered to lead an army to conquer. In addition to the Shatuo soldiers, the army he brought there also included a large number of Yinshan Tatars, which further deepened the relationship.
But this does not mean that the Yinshan Tatars have any subordinate relationship with Shatuo. Otherwise, when Li Guochang and his son were defeated and fled north to the desert, the Tatar chieftains would not have planned to attack Li just because they received Helianduo's money.
Ke Yong and his son took action.
"The most powerful Zhenwu Army is Dangxiang and Tuyuhunye. Shiwei and Tatars have not yet become popular. The Yinshan White Tatars suddenly moved westward or southward, or mainly plundered?" Chen Cheng thought carefully.
Zhenwu Army and Tiande Army originally had some miscellaneous small tribes inside and outside the Yinshan Mountains, but after years of development, the miscellaneous tribes either ran away or were devoured.
Since the Yinshan Tatars had severed ties with Li Keyong and suddenly moved westward, could they have been dispatched before the meeting? To harass his rear?
Chen Cheng is too lazy to care about these things.
He only cares about one thing: since you are here, he will kill you.
The iron cavalry and silver spear armies have been mobilized in large numbers to deal with the incoming Yinshan Tatar herdsmen. This is an order issued by Shao Shude. Cooperating with them are Qibi and Zangcai clan's tribal cavalry. The whole army marches north from Shuozhou and hides.
On the Great Wall and in the Yin Mountains, he inquired about news and waited for orders.
The Heijin and Golden Sword armies will also set off. They will go north from the Xuanhongchi area, followed by Fanqi from the Leopard Cavalry Department, Weicai, and Geshu, providing a series of activities including reconnaissance, harassment, and attacks.
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The Tatars have been stroking their beards for many years without any major incident, so they think they have a plan.
But as the saying goes, if you always stand by the river, your shoes will not get wet.
Shao Shude led "500,000 cavalry" and traveled wildly inside and outside the Yinshan Mountains. If there was no point in making money, wouldn't it be a big loss to send troops this time?
The Tatars have now become an "input item".
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On the way east from Yunzhou, Li Keyong sent people to the north.
The White Tatars were friendly with him in Yue Absi, and were invited by him to go south to the Yin Mountains. And they seemed to have contacted other Tatar tribes in the west and went south to plunder together.
Shao Shude had probably received the news that the Tatars were invading south, but he might not know which Tatars were coming.
After the destruction of the Uighurs, there was no established power in the grassland. The Tatars were relatively powerful for a time, but they did not establish a sweat tent or a royal court, and failed to unify the various tribes. But with their appearance, they have become "famous".
It attracted many small tribes to assume the surname Tatar.
Those who believe in shamanism, those who believe in Buddhism, those who believe in Nestorianism, those who speak Turkic language, those who speak Dangxiang language, and those who speak Uyghur language all say that they are Tatars. It is such a mess!
The White Tatars should have already mobilized in large numbers, and it is still too late to retreat. If they are attacked by Shao Thief, he will have too many cavalry, and the end will probably be very bad.
When fighting on the grassland, the competition is to see who has more soldiers and horses, and who initiates a sudden war.
Shao Thief has a city, farmland and pasture at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain. He can defend it if others attack it. But once the tribes on the grassland are attacked by him, they have no other choice but to run away.
After the envoy left, tens of thousands of troops marched eastward in a mighty and mighty way.
Li Keyong was holding back a ball of fire in his heart.
Damn Liu Rengong! If I don’t crush you to ashes this time, I won’t fucking go back! There are also Khitan dog thieves, just in time to kill them in a big way, and integrate the Xi people and Khitan people in Ying and Ping Erzhou.
, lest they surrender to the Eight Tribes of Khitan.
Yelu Yi of the Die La tribe has been in the limelight recently, which makes Li Keyong very unhappy. As the military leader who actually controls Youzhou, Li Keyong suddenly feels that the threat of his sworn brother Shao Shude does not seem to be much greater than that of Yelu Yi. Give it to him again.
In Yeluyi's few years, he might be able to assemble hundreds of thousands of cavalry, which would be troublesome.