Zhu Xie Jinhai immediately understood that the person opposite must be his enemy Guo Song. He roared, spurred his horse to gallop, and swung a sixty-pound mace to hit Guo Song on the head.
Guo Song did not panic, and swept away with the Fangtian painted halberd. This halberd came first, as fast as lightning, and struck the opponent's neck. Before the mace hit Guo Song, Zhu Xie Jinhai's head was
Gone now.
Zhu Xie Jinhai was taken aback and hurriedly drew his stick to block, but unexpectedly he was blocked. He suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. He slowly lowered his head and found that the opponent's Fangtian Painted Halberd had pierced his chest.
"This is a blood debt to be repaid for Guo Chongqing!"
Zhu Xiejinhai didn't know who Guo Chongqing was. He just felt that life was leaving him. He suddenly screamed and died.
Guo Song lifted his body into the air. Before the body could hit the ground, Fang Tian waved his halberd, and 'Crack!' Zhu Xie Jinhai's head was cut off.
The cavalry of the Tang Army swarmed up and killed more than a dozen of Zhu Xie Jinhai's personal guards.
At this time, the battle in the distance had ended, and countless Shatuo soldiers knelt down and surrendered. At this point, the Chuyue tribe's entire army was destroyed, and Shatuo also disappeared into thin air, gradually disappearing in the long river of history.
The other tribes who broke free from the fetters rushed to plunder the population and property of the thirteen tribes in Chuyue, but Zhu Xiemoshan escaped by sneaking into the Yiwu River. He fled to the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains with a group of hundreds of people.
A small tribe of people migrated westward, defected to the Huihe people, and were settled on the east coast of the Yibo Sea by the Huihe people. This was the only surviving Chuyue tribe, but it only lasted less than a hundred years before it was annexed by the Xiongasi people.
Completely extinct.
On the official road of Xingxing Gorge, a team of more than a hundred camels was heading east. The man leading the horse was Zhu Xie Jinman. He changed his name to Zhu Man and took his son Zhu Tengyun to Luoyang. Zhu Xie Jinman turned back
Taking one last look at the grassland behind him, he sighed, urged his horse forward, and the team gradually disappeared on the official road. More than ten years later, Zhu Man and his son became famous big fur merchants in Luoyang.
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The Shatuo garrison at Yinshan Pass also disappeared, and the Tang army took over the Yinshan garrison. It was much closer to Yanji Town from here.
At the foot of Yinshan Mountain, there is a cemetery that has just been renovated. A high wall has been erected around it. Twelve tombs have been turned into a cemetery. They are built with bluestones, the weeds have been cleared away, and they have become clean and tidy.
There is a bouquet of white flowers in front of the tomb, and there is a tall stone tablet at the front: "Record of Three Hundred Warriors in the Ten Years of Dali", which records the experience of Guo Song, the emperor's special envoy, leading 300 cavalry on an envoy to Anxi and Beiting in the ten years of Dali.
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The names of the two hundred and twenty-three soldiers who died in the battle are recorded on the back of the stele.
Guo Song was half-kneeling and silently placed a bouquet of white flowers in front of the stone tablet. Behind him, ten thousand Tang army soldiers paid a solemn silence.
Twelve Tang army soldiers who followed him on his mission to Anxi are buried in this cemetery. There are also more dead soldiers whose bones are missing, including Guo Song's close friend Guo Chongqing.
"Rest in peace! Tang Dalang, rest in peace! Zhang Changwu, rest in peace! Tong Shun, rest in peace! All the soldiers who died on this land, I have built a monument for you. The soldiers and civilians of Beiting will always remember you!"
Guo Song stood up, stood silently for a long time, and then said to everyone: "Let's go to Yiwu City!"
Guo Song got on his horse, looked back at the cemetery, and urged his horse to go north...
Yiwu City has been occupied by the Shatuo people for decades. Except for one city wall that remains intact, most of the buildings in the city have been demolished. Only official offices and a few large houses remain. There is no trace of the Han people. Almost half of the people in the city
The area is full of sheep pens and stables. They go out to graze during the day and drive them back at night.
Sima Zhao Weizheng, who was accompanying the army, reported to Guo Song the harvest in the city. "The humble post took dozens of people to count for three days before the count was completed. There were 1.5 million sheep and 70,000 horses. This was what Zhu had done after the disastrous defeat in Shazhou.
Xie Liang planned to use it to compensate the six tribes for their property, but there was no agreement. The other party wanted 3 million sheep, which was a huge gap. In addition, there were 800,000 jins of pig iron and 300,000 jins of blister copper in the warehouse...
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"How much pig iron is there?" Guo Song asked in surprise.
"Eight hundred thousand kilograms, they mined and smelted it from the mines in Yizhou and accumulated it for more than ten years. I heard that there was still a large amount of unsmelted iron ore and copper ore there, and no one was guarding it. The miners all ran away and went home.
I’m going to take a look in two days.”
"Go check out the warehouse!"
Guo Song followed Zhao Wei to the Yiwu Warehouse. The warehouse is located behind the king's tent and close to the city wall. It covers an area of more than 300 acres and is composed of dozens of large warehouses. All the property in the city has been collected and stored.
There were 500 soldiers guarding the warehouse group. When they came to a warehouse, two soldiers opened the door creakingly.
There are large pieces of dark pig iron stacked in the warehouse, and each piece is marked 500 kilograms.
"There are a total of four hundred yuan here, and the next door is also four hundred yuan. There are a total of one thousand six hundred yuan. They are all five hundred kilograms of pig iron, which works out to eight hundred thousand kilograms. The same is true for blister copper, two hundred kilograms a piece. Total
One thousand five hundred yuan, two warehouses were stacked."
Guo Song nodded and asked again: "How many weapons and money are there?"
"Weapons and leather armor are gone. They were all used by Zhu Xie Jinhai to equip the herdsmen recruited from various places. There are only a few thousand spears left, and there are more than 10,000 large tents. They are all very good sheepskin tents, and the money is
Quite a lot, there are more than 400,000 taels of silver alone, no less than 100,000 taels of gold, 300,000 pieces of colored silk, and more than a million sheepskins. This is their official inventory, and they also have it from the royal account and various nobles.
The large amount of gold, silver and jewelry collected in the mansion has not yet been counted."
Guo Song nodded, this was the destruction of the country after all! Although Shatuo was not big, the wealth he had accumulated over the decades was quite astonishing.
At this time, a soldier came to report, "Envoy, eighteen elders representing the six tribes are here."
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Shatuo's Council of Elders is somewhat similar to the Political Consultative Conference. Each of the six tribes sends three noble elders, plus three people from the Chuyue tribe, a total of 21 people make up the Council of Elders. Its power is second only to Shatuo Khan.
The basis for the maintenance of the Shatuo regime.
Shatuo no longer exists, and the Council of Presbyterians has also perished. Today, the eighteen elders arrived to discuss with Guo Song the follow-up arrangements for Beiting, including the distribution of benefits.
In the lobby of Yizhou Prefectural Government Office, eighteen elders were anxiously waiting for the arrival of the head coach of the Tang army. They had just received the news that more than 600 noble men from the Chuyue tribe had been executed by the Tang army. The women were also sent to Anxi and handed over to the garrison.
The marriage between soldiers of the Tang Army undoubtedly shocked them deeply and made them realize the ruthless side of the Tang Army's commander.
At this time, Guo Song walked in quickly and said with a smile: "I kept everyone waiting!"
The eighteen elders stood up and saluted, "See you, Ambassador Guo!"
Guo Song sat down on the main seat and said with a smile: "If you don't understand Chinese, I can also speak Turkic, but I'm not very proficient in it."
One of the leaders, an old man, stood up and said: "Although your Majesty speaks Chinese, we usually talk in Chinese mostly, but some of us are not very good at Turkic."
"That's good. Let's make a long story short. The end of the Shatuo regime this time is not only the revival of Beiting, but also the beginning of a new life for everyone to get rid of the oppression of the Chuyue Department. I hope everyone can agree on this."
Guo Song looked sharply at the dozen old men. This was a matter of political stance and the basis for their negotiation. If any tribe said that they wanted to inherit Shatuo, then there would be nothing to talk about.
The Wusun tribe was the first to express its stance, "Our Wusun tribe fully supports Guo Shijun. We originally lived at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, living a peaceful life without fighting against the world, but the Chuyue tribe forcibly incorporated us into Shatuo, not only forcing men to join the army, but also
They marched here and there for them, and they also levied a 30% sheep tax on us every year, which made our people live in darkness and pain. It was Guo Shijun who led the Tang army to rescue us, and we will remember this kindness in our hearts."
With the Wusun tribe taking the lead, the Jinshan tribe, Yiwu tribe and Lieshan tribe all expressed their stance, but they were able to get rid of the oppression of the Chuyue tribe.
Guo Song turned his eyes to the elders of the Chumi Tribe and the Prebranch Tribe, and his eyes became even colder. These two tribes were allies of the Chuyue Tribe, the Chuyue Tribe and Tonggenbiezhi, and were different from the other four conquered tribes.
The troops of the Secret Service Department and the Pre-Branch Department were also severely weakened in the decisive battle with Zhu Xie Jinhai, and most of the more than 10,000 Shatuo soldiers captured in Shazhou were from their two tribes. In the face of Guo Song's strength,
, they have no confidence.
The leader of the Chumi Department sighed and said: "Before, we trusted the Chuyue Department and believed that it would bring us prosperity. As a result, in just a few years, our young and strong population dropped by 60%, and they all died in the war.
, To be honest, we equally hate Chu Yuebu and Zhu Xie Jinhai. After getting rid of Zhu Xie Bu's control, we do have a feeling of being reborn."
The elder of the Preliminary Branch also expressed his position: "We feel the pain of the Secret Service Department, and we support Guo Shijun!"
Guo Song nodded, "Since everyone has expressed their stance, let's talk about the distribution of benefits and future arrangements!"