At this time, most of the Geluolu people were asleep. Mozuo, the assassin, was sitting in his tent, cutting a piece of wood with a dagger. He vented all his anger on the wood. He was humiliated by the Khan.
It was unbearable for him. Of course he knew that Khan was extremely dissatisfied with him because he was the one who proposed the sneak attack on Beiting.
However, he was just making a suggestion, and it was Khan himself who actually made the decision. How could he put the blame entirely on himself?
"ah--"
There was a faint scream in the distance, and Mozuo was startled. He stood up and strode out of the tent. He saw countless black shadows appearing in the distance under the bright moonlight.
"Oops!"
Mo Zuo, who wanted to assassinate him, turned around and ran back to the tent, quickly put on his armor and raised his spear. At this time, the sound of horse hoofbeats suddenly sounded outside, indicating that the Tang army was coming to kill him.
Mouci Mo Zuo rushed out of the tent again, got on his horse, and his soldiers also rushed out of the tent. Mouci Mo Zuo shouted: "Follow me to save the Khan!"
Mo Zuo, who wanted to assassinate him, ran with dozens of soldiers and shouted: "The enemy is coming to kill, wake up!"
Most of Ge Luolu's soldiers were so drunk that they couldn't wake up at all. The few soldiers who woke up stood there and giggled at him.
At this time, the sound of horse hooves accompanied by screams could be heard everywhere in the camp. The Tang Army's cavalry pierced the enemy's chest with a spear and continued to kill regardless of life or death. The black and overwhelming Tang Army's cavalry rushed into the camp.
Mo Zuo, who wanted to assassinate, knew that the situation was over, so he turned around and fled. At this time, he could no longer take care of the Khan, and led a dozen of his men to try to rush out before the Tang army closed the encirclement.
However, Guo Song appeared in front of him, and Fang Tian waved his halberd, blocking the way.
Mozuo roared loudly, galloped on his horse, and stabbed Guo Song with his spear. Guo Song moved his horse out of the way, and the two horses crossed each other. Fang Tian Hua halberd struck back with his backhand. A cold light flashed through, and Fang Tian Hua
The halberd struck the opponent's back of the neck as if it had eyes, and with a 'click!' sound, the assassin Mo Zuo's head flew up, blood spurted out from the neck cavity, the war horse ran for a few steps, and the headless corpse plopped
!'Fall off the horse.
Guo Song waved Fang Tian's halberd and shouted loudly: "Kill them all and refuse to accept surrender!"
Guo Song once again issued an extermination order. To deal with these extremely aggressive nomads, physical elimination was the best way.
The cavalry of the Tang army galloped and killed in the camp. Many Ge Luolu soldiers were awakened and tried to resist. However, they were unable to do so and most of them had their heads chopped off by the Tang army.
Amit's tent was set alight by the Tang army. His own soldiers came to the rescue, but were surrounded by hundreds of Tang soldiers, and all of them died in the battle. However, Amit never woke up from his drunkenness and was buried in the fire.
It was getting daylight and the war was over. In a night of killing, more than 20,000 Ge Luolu soldiers were killed by Tang soldiers. Apart from various amounts of gold and silver coins found on the soldiers, Tang soldiers could not find any other trophies.
They piled up the corpses, burned them with kerosene, and buried them deeply.
Guo Song immediately ordered that the more than 500,000 gold and silver coins captured be distributed to the soldiers. At this time, Li Bing brought up a prisoner of war. This man was the only prisoner of war left. He was a Han scribe and was specially given to Ami.
Te Khan served as the translator. He desperately knelt down and begged for mercy, shouting that he was a Han slave forced by the Geluolu people. In the end, Li Bing spared his life.
"What's your name?" Guo Song asked.
"The villain's name is Li Zhong. He is from the Broken Leaf Han Dynasty and is the cousin of the great poet Li Bai."
Guo Song burst out laughing, insisting that he be related to Li Bai. He probably had something to do with the authentic Taibai Restaurant in the city.
"Let me ask you, now that we have wiped out more than 20,000 troops, what is Ge Luolu's current state?"
This is the issue that Guo Song is most concerned about. He does not know the current situation of Ge Luolu and cannot decide the next step.
The man hurriedly said: "Now the assassination department is basically finished, and there are still some remnants of the strength force department. The soldiers who escaped yesterday were basically from the strength force department."
"Where are the strength units located?" Guo Song asked again.
"Mainly in the north, they are the main force fighting the Uighurs."
"Where's the other one?"
"They fled to Ba Khan."
Guo Song nodded and immediately ordered the army to return to Broken Leaf City...
Guo Song immediately sent people to deliver the message to the Taqiang tribe and the Pogu tribe. He decided to use the same method as the Shatuo tribe, attacking some and winning over others to prevent the Uighurs from invading the Suiye area again.
Half a month later, the chiefs of the Pogu tribe and the chiefs of the Tashi tribe gathered in Suiye City, and Guo Song reached a four-point agreement with them.
First, the Tang army used the method of redemption, allowing two tribes to exchange the women, children and elderly people of the assassination tribe with sheepskins.
Second, the Tang Army handed over the pastures of the Mouci tribe to the Pogo tribe on the condition that 300,000 tax sheep were taxed every year. This tax amount was only equivalent to half of what the Pogo tribe handed over to the Mouci tribe, while the Taqiang tribe gave it to Suiye Tang Jun every year.
One hundred and fifty thousand tax sheep.
Third, the Tang army promised to assist the two tribes in fighting the Uighur tribe's western invasion.
Fourth, the noble children of both tribes will be sent to Suiye City to study. Guo Song promised that the chiefs of both tribes will be canonized by the Tang Dynasty, which means that Ge Luolu no longer exists.
After the three parties reached an agreement, the Geluolu tribe was disbanded and split into the Po'an tribe and the Tashili tribe. The Tang army obtained all the wealth of the Mouci tribe, while the Po'an tribe and Tashili tribe obtained the population and land of the Mouci tribe.
, this result makes all three parties happy.
The Tang army also purchased 15,000 camels from Bakhna, Shiguo, Tochara and other places to transport the captured materials.
In early May, Guo Song officially appointed Luo Daxiao as the first governor of Suiye, and led an army of 5,000 to guard Suiye Military Town. Suiye Military Town covers a large area, including Suiye City, General Peluo City, Yezhi City, Helie City and
Four defense military cities including Fengcheng were built. At the same time, Guo Song also appointed Sima Zhao Wei, who accompanied the army, as the chief historian of Suiye Dudufu, in charge of government affairs and commerce.
In mid-May, the Tang army returned to Beiting from the Yili Valley with a caravan of 25,000 camels loaded with various trophies.
The Battle of Suiye City was the first time that gunpowder weapons showed their power, which really shocked the barbarians in the Western Regions. Its significance was not only a military deterrent, but also a political catalyst, which made the barbarians in the Western Regions begin to recognize the Tang army again.
With such strength, even the Uighurs were afraid of the Tang army's gunpowder weapons and did not dare to invade Beiting again.
The strong military strength has gradually brought peace to the Western Region, which is not mentioned later.
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At the end of June, the Tang army returned to Zhangye after five months of expedition to the Western Regions.
On the north bank of the river in the north of Zhangye City are large areas of refugee camps, mostly women, children and the elderly. According to Guo Song's previous arrangements, young and strong men went to Lanzhou and Hehuang Valley to plant wheat, while women, children and the elderly moved to Zhangye to receive care from the Zhangye government.
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Of course, women did not have nothing to do. They were gathered together to sew military uniforms and make leather boots.
The army carried camels and a large amount of supplies to Cangcheng to unload the goods, while Guo Song, accompanied by Chang Shi Pan Liao, inspected the refugee camp.
When Guo Song saw that Pan Liao had become darker and thinner, he smiled and asked, "It's not easy to resettle these refugees, isn't it?"
Pan Liao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Although it is a little tiring, the rewards are not small. I can manage more than 600,000 refugees in an orderly manner. I am quite proud to think about it."
"If you put in the effort, you will reap the rewards. How is the situation in the internal affairs camp?" Guo Song asked again.
Pan Liao gave a thumbs up, "It was a stroke of genius for your Majesty to place officers from the Internal Affairs Battalion among the refugees. This was the most effective method. Two hundred thousand young and strong men were managed to be obedient, and not a single fight occurred.
, they went to Hehuang to plant wheat, and they obeyed the command just like an army. Your Majesty must reward these thousand officers of the Internal Affairs Battalion well."
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "Of course there will be awards, but this method cannot be used casually. It must be the most loyal soldiers. The more Wang is a little ambitious, the 200,000 young refugees will become a serious problem."
"Your Majesty is right, this method should be used with caution."
Guo Song laughed again and said: "This time we conquered Geluolu in the west, we captured a lot of spoils. There were more than three million cattle and sheep alone, and 100,000 war horses. They were all placed in the Yili Valley, and the Wusun people grazed them on our behalf."
, this is the condition for handing over the Yili Valley to them. In the future, a large amount of sheepskins, gold coins, silver, pig iron, copper, and other supplies will be continuously sent to Hexi."
When Guo Song said this, he saw that Pan Liao seemed to be worried and didn't pay much attention to what he said, so he asked: "What happened?"
Pan Liao sighed, "Don't you want to ask, what conditions did we agree to before Zhu Si allowed our refugees to grow wheat in Hehuang?"