In the snowy sky, the Tibetan army's orderly retreat did not last long. Under the sharp attack of the Tang army, they finally could not hold on. The whole army was defeated. The Tubo soldiers ran away in the mud, howling and screaming, and the Tang army jumped on their horses.
He chased and killed countless Tibetan soldiers and stabbed them to death in the mud.
Li Bing led an army to the southeast, where there were horses of the Tibetan army. They could not let the Tibetan army escape on horseback. Countless Tibetan soldiers fled towards the horses, but were intercepted by thousands of Tang army cavalry.
In desperation, the Tibetan soldiers fought to the death, but this kind of single fight without formation and coordination was no match for the Tang army cavalry who also fought alone. They were killed amidst wailing and screaming.
In this battle, the Tang army killed more than 12,000 Tibetan soldiers. The Prime Minister Shang Jiezan only led more than 2,000 people to flee to the southwest. The Tang army won a complete victory, but they themselves also paid more than 3,000 casualties.
A heavy price to pay.
Guo Song did not pursue the enemy anymore, but sent his deputy Li Bing with 5,000 cavalry to continue southward to find the source of supplies for the Tibetan army.
Two days later, Li Bing found the Tibetan army's logistics in Wuhai, about a hundred miles away from the battlefield. It was actually a tribe that had set up hundreds of tents and drove tens of thousands of yaks and cattle to graze by the lake.
The arrival of the Tang army panicked hundreds of herdsmen. They ignored the cattle and mounted their horses and ran southward. Li Bing did not pursue them. He ordered the Tibetan army's logistical supplies, including thousands of stones of highland barley and more than 40,000 cattle, to be confiscated.
There are thousands of large vehicles.
Two days later, the snow stopped, and the blue sky and white clouds appeared above the head again, so pure without a trace of impurities. Guo Song was inspecting the cold spring salt field. At a glance, the lake surface was as smooth as a mirror and the sky was blue. It was a beauty that is difficult to describe in words.
No wonder this place was known as the Land of the Sky in later generations.
But what Guo Song cares about is not the scenery, but the salt here. The quality of the salt here is very good, the output is large, and it is easy to mine. The only disadvantage is that transportation is inconvenient and the cost of transporting it out is relatively high. This Tubo harassment made Guo Song see
Another flaw is its security.
"Your Highness, will you continue to mine salt here in the future?" An Rengui asked in a low voice.
Guo Song shook his head, "Leave this place to future generations!"
He turned the horse's head and left the Cold Lake Salt Field...
On the way back to Shanzhou, the army came to Shibao City, which was a famous strategic location in the history of the Mid-Tang Dynasty. It was the only place to go from the Hehuang Valley to Qinghai Lake. It was surrounded by cliffs on three sides, and there was only one path up the mountain.
A stone castle was built that could accommodate more than a thousand people. It is difficult to verify who originally built it, but both the Tang Dynasty and Tubo carried out large-scale repairs on it.
Shibao City was in the hands of the Tubo people most of the time. Tens of thousands of Tibetan troops advanced eastward from here, captured Hehuang, and invaded Longyou. However, Shibao City is now firmly in the hands of the Tang army, with a thousand
The Tang army was stationed here, and there were dozens of iron fire thunders inside. As long as the Tang army was not careless, the Tubo army would basically not be able to capture Shibao City.
Guo Song stood on the city platform and looked at the plateau in the distance. This war with Tubo was far from being large-scale. It could only be regarded as a sneak attack by the Tubo army. The national strength of Tubo could not support their large-scale battle. I believe this
After World War I, the Tibetan generals who were beaten so hard did not dare to send troops easily, so there would be peace here for a long time.
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After resting for a day in Shanzhou City, the army immediately set off and returned to Chang'an. Guo Song ordered Li Bing to lead the army from Dashan Pass into Guanzhong, and he led 3,000 cavalry to Yanzhou.
The population of Yanzhou is too small and there is no prefecture government. It is managed by Lingzhou. Militarily, it is under the jurisdiction of the Lingzhou Dudufu. Last year, the various places under the jurisdiction of the Jin Dynasty canceled the title of Jiedufu and renamed them Dudufu. There are more than a dozen in total.
The original Shuofang Jiedu Mansion was split into three governor's offices: Lingzhou Dudu Mansion, Fengzhou Dudu Mansion and Shengzhou Dudu Mansion.
Whether a general can be granted the title of Commander-in-Chief also depends on his or her rank. If a general does not have a military rank, he can only be called a military commander, also called a governor. If he has a sufficient military rank, he can be called a commander and can be called a Commander-in-Chief.
The governor of Lingzhou was Liang Wu, while Fengzhou and Shengzhou were both governors.
Of course Guo Song would not go directly to Yanzhou. He first came to Lingzhou. The governor of Lingzhou was Li Mi's eldest son Li Chan. He came to Lingzhou to take office at the beginning of this year. The former governor Liang Yundao was transferred to Taiyuan Prefecture.
Li Chan accompanied Guo Song to Lingwu County. He had not been to Lingzhou for several years. The changes in Lingwu County were not small. The biggest change was that the clan castles built by the major families in the city disappeared. In fact, this kind of change is relatively easy.
Just remove the walls and towers, and it will be no different from an ordinary mansion.
Guo Song's biggest feeling is that the population of the county seems to be much larger. There is a huge flow of people everywhere, and the number of shops has also increased significantly. The shouts of sales in the shops are one after another, and it is extremely lively.
"The population of the county seems to have increased a lot!" Guo Song said with a smile.
Li Chan nodded and said: "Your Highness is right. The population in the county has increased rapidly in recent years. The registered population has increased from more than 20,000 people back then to nearly 50,000 people. Including businessmen and other people who came here, there are almost
Seventy or eighty thousand."
"What's the reason for this?"
Li Chan secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, wasn't this the decision made by King Jin back then? He himself had forgotten it.
He still said respectfully: "Your Highness, the rapid increase in population is directly related to the extermination of the Dangxiang people. At the beginning, Your Highness decided to marry more than 20,000 young Dangxiang women to soldiers of the Shuofang Army and Fengzhou Army. Half of these women lived in
Lingwu County, the other half lives in Fengzhou.
A few years later, most of them gave birth to children, and some had more than one, so the houses in the county gradually became denser. Many of them were families of soldiers. They had military salaries to support their families, and they were allocated land outside the city, so they had no worries about food and clothing.
Live and work in peace and contentment.”
Guo Song suddenly realized that he had really forgotten about this matter. He smiled and asked: "How are these party women doing?"
"To put it simply, they do as the Romans do. From the way they speak and dress, they can no longer be distinguished from the local Han women. However, they still have some characteristics, such as generally being fatter, and they like to go out in groups. Your Highness, please look at the shop opposite!
"
Li Chan pointed to a shop on the street opposite, which was a cloth shop. There were more than a dozen young women in the cloth shop. Their faces were painted very white, they were wearing underskirts and their hair was combed high. This was Chang'an's most popular store this year.
The popular bun has actually affected Lingwu County.
Each of these young women were tall and plump, and most of them were carrying children in cloth bags. They gathered together and chatted about cloth. She spoke quickly and quickly, as if they were quarreling. Listen closely, it was the accent of Lingzhou.
"Are their husbands still soldiers?" Guo Song asked with a smile.
"Basically, a copper coin worth one thousand yuan a month is enough here in Lingzhou. In addition, there are two thousand yuan worth of land accumulated every month. The land in Lingzhou is not expensive. Most soldiers have more than ten acres of land.
Now, the military will unify the grape variety and get more than thirty thousand dollars at the end of the year.
They also receive a food subsidy of three bushels of rice per month for military dependents, and two sheep during the Chinese New Year. The house is also built by the army, and the soldiers can go home for two days every ten days. All in all, the welfare of the soldiers is pretty good, at least better than
Ordinary people are better."
Guo Song nodded. This was also the result he expected. To completely erase the traces of the Dangxiang people, the best way is to improve their living standards. In the past, they were extremely poor as Dangxiang people and today as Han people, they have no worries about food and clothing.
These women are no longer willing to miss the past. The weaker the traces of party items on their bodies, the less influence they will have on their children. In one generation, the party clan will completely disappear.
Judging from the fashionable dress of these women, they are still willing to be Han Chinese, which shows that their strategy is still successful.
At this time, Li Chan asked: "When does Your Highness plan to go to Yanzhou?"
Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "I will go to the military camp to condolences the soldiers in the afternoon. Let's set off early tomorrow morning!"
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The reason why Yanzhou has the word "salt" is because it produces salt. Of course, compared with the salt in the Cold Spring Salt Lake, the salt reserves here are too small, and the mining cost is relatively high. There is no need to boil the salt in the salt lake, it comes in large chunks.
The salt is cut directly. The salt must be boiled here, which is an extra step.
However, there must be advantages to every disadvantage. Although there is an extra step in mining salt here, the transportation cost is relatively low. You can use a big truck to transport it to Lingwu County first, and then go directly to the ship. The land route is about a hundred miles, and the big truck only needs
It takes a day and a half to walk.
There is a large desert to the north of Yanzhou and vast mountains to the south. The salt-producing Baiyan Pond is in the middle. There is a Baichi County here with a population of only a few thousand. It is basically based on grazing. The county is surrounded by large pastures that stretch as far as the eye can see, covering an area of thousands.
The hectares of White Salt Pond is just south of the county.
When Guo Song arrived accompanied by the governor Li Chan, he happened to meet Xie Huai'en, the commander of the Salt and Iron Administration.
Xie Huaien and the magistrate of Baichi County quickly stepped forward to salute Guo Song.