At Jinshan Pass, Shang Qixin'er, the great master of Tubo East Road, personally led ten thousand troops and stationed them twenty miles away from the river valley.
The reason why we camped twenty miles away from the river valley instead of directly in the river valley was because the Tang Dynasty also had a fortress at Dangjin Mountain Pass. If the Tang Dynasty's scouts saw it, they would definitely ask for help from Shazhou behind them.
That would ruin the plan to take Shazhou by surprise.
Therefore, Shang Qixin'er strictly ordered the army not to enter the river valley and camp in this wasteland.
The Shule River flows into the wilderness. The host of Tubo, the planner of the Tang strategy, and the assistant of the god Zanpu, stood in the camp and looked at the ponies galloping in the river.
Because they live on the plateau, Tubo horses are short in stature and can carry heavy loads and have long endurance, but their explosive power is not strong.
Therefore, plateau horses are quite excellent as pack horses, but as war horses they are far inferior to the horses in the Hetao area north of Longyou, let alone the BMWs in the Western Regions.
Tubo has been competing for Longyou and the Western Regions, and a big reason for this is the competition for the origin of horses.
Therefore, although Tubo had herdsmen who lived on grass, its army had the same configuration as that of the Tang Dynasty, and was still dominated by armored infantry.
Shang Qixin'er forcibly set up a "big material collection" in winter and ordered all the warrior families in the east of Tubo to send out a warrior to prepare food, grass, armor and weapons. At the same time, each warrior had to carry two "Wen Mo" people together.
Gather in front of the river valley.
A beetle representing the great theory arose in Shang Qi's heart. After old Zampu returned to heaven, Trisong Detsen, who was only fifteen years old, succeeded to the throne. This young Zampu was the reincarnation of old Zampu's wisdom and joined the royal family to punish him.
He killed the rebels such as Mo Dongzebu and Lang Maise who had conspired to murder Lao Zanpu, and took control of the royal court of Zanpu in one fell swoop.
Then Trisong Detsen gave great beetles representing power to the great treatises stationed in the four directions, which showed that the royal court of Zampu relied on these great treatises.
As the great general who guarded the eastern part of Tubo and planned the offensive strategy against the Tang Dynasty, Shang Qixin'er naturally wanted to use a brilliant victory to express her respect for the great god Zanpu.
The giant beetle in the book is made of tiger skin, and is decorated with gold rings inlaid on the edge.
Tubo used tiger skins to honor warriors and Gao Shen to honor wise men. A whole piece of flawless tiger skin showed that Shang Qi Xin'er was the bravest warrior in Tubo. The inlaid Serkin ring Gai Shen symbolized his supreme wisdom.
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"Lun" is the highest-ranking aristocrat in Tubo, equivalent to the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty plus the military governor. Shang Qixin'er's status in Tubo can be said to be lower than that of one person and higher than ten thousand people.
The army has been assembled. There are 10,000 Tibetan warriors, plus the 20,000 Wen Mo they brought, making the army 30,000 strong.
Wen Mo is a slave. They not only have to serve as vanguard cannon fodder, but also are responsible for the transportation of food and grass for the army.
The area where Shang Qixin'er is located is a mixed area of various ethnic groups. Before the Tubo occupation, there were Han, Turks, Qiang and Anxi people. After the Tubo occupation, these ethnic groups were demoted to Wenmo and rewarded
"Gui" is given to all levels.
"Gui" refers to Tubo warriors, captains and castle lords. These are the classes in Tubo who are most keen on fighting.
As long as you fight, you can get spoils. Now Tubo is at its strongest fighting period, and has achieved fruitful results in its many expansions.
Whether it was the Tang Dynasty, or the Dashi and other countries further west, Tubo plundered a large amount of wealth and population.
Seeing that his men were eager to fight and had high morale, Shang Qi felt very proud. He said to the bird envoys on his left and right:
"We Tubo people are a race favored by God. We deserve to live in a more fertile land and we deserve to live above all other ethnic groups."
The bird envoys all wore tiger skin skirts and jackets, with bright bird feathers on their heads.
Bird messengers were messengers who conveyed messages, and they were also the personal soldiers around the generals. They wore bright feathers on their heads, and anyone who saw them in Tubo territory was asked to stay away.
The bird envoys said one after another: "The wise and powerful talk will surely occupy Longyou, and let this fertile land be illuminated by the light of the god Zanpu!"
Shang Qi nodded with satisfaction and suddenly heard the noise outside the camp.
Surrounded by his subordinates, he walked to the edge of the camp and saw a military judge holding a bamboo slip, scolding several ragged Han Chinese Wen Mo.
But this group of Han Wenmo surrounded a warrior wearing leather armor with bronze armor on his arms, and angrily grabbed the warrior's hands and feet.
"What happened? Why do these Wen men want to offend others? Don't you know that if Wen men offend noble people, they will be devoured by evil spirits after death?"
Shang Qixin'er shouted, and the group of Han slaves were so frightened that they let go of their hands and knelt on the ground.
The warrior surrounded by slaves finally got out of trouble. He was just about to draw his sword and chop the slaves to death. When he saw Shang Qixin'er, he immediately knelt down and said, "Big talk!"
Shang Qixin'er asked: "When a docile sheep bites someone, it must be because the shepherd did it improperly. Why are you surrounded by this group of gentle sheep?"
The warrior knelt down and said, "To report back to you, my companions and I were racing horses and accidentally trampled their companions to death. These gentlemen dragged me to see the military judge."
Shang Qixin'er asked Military Judge Xiang again: "How did you decide the sentence?"
The military judge said: "Wen Mo is the property of the master. If you trample Wen Mo to death, you only need to compensate the owner. I asked the warrior to pay ten taels of silver to compensate their master."
Shang Qixin'er looked at the warrior and asked: "Can you swear to the great born Zampu that you didn't deliberately trample on other people's property?"
The warrior immediately used the Bon ritual to swear to the god Zanpu: "I swear to the god Zanpu, my companions and I just want to race the horse, and we did not deliberately trample that Wen Mo to death."
Shang Qixin'er said to the military judge: "According to the decree of the great Trisong Detsen, Wen Mo is the property of the owner. Who is the owner of Wen Mo who was trampled to death?"
Another Tubo warrior came out.
Shang Qixin'er asked: "Are you willing to forgive your companion and accept his compensation for the loss of your property?"
The Tibetan warrior nodded.
Shang Qixin'er added: "In my territory, a strong Han Wen Mo is worth ten taels of silver, but there is about to be a war with the Tang people. If you lose Wen Mo, you will also lose your right and left hand. In addition to the need to compensate you for ten taels of silver."
Silver, he will give you one-third of the spoils he gained in this battle. Is my judgment fair?"
The military judge and the two Tibetan warriors knelt down to express their belief in Shang Qixin'er's verdict.
Shang Qixin'er then said to the Han slaves who had just captured the Tibetan warriors: "You Wen Mo people have committed a capital crime, but the benevolent Dalu is grateful that you are doing it for your companions and pardons your capital crime."
"But 'sheep that disobey the shepherd's orders will be whipped.' The military judge took them down, gave each of them ten lashes, and told their masters that they must discipline their sheep well."