On the evening of the second day of August, Shao Shude arrived in Tingzhou and checked into the palace of the Uighur summer capital.
The bloodstains in the city have not been cleared away, and thousands of people are in panic. Occasionally, cries can be heard. Looking carefully, it turns out that a family member has been killed.
Shao Shude sent people to investigate secretly. It turned out that when the army entered the city, some soldiers burned, killed, looted, and raped women. Although it was quickly stopped, hundreds of people were still killed.
He had no intention of pursuing it.
The game between the general and the sergeants has never stopped. As powerful as Li Shimin, he could not stop the soldiers' request to massacre the city. He could only pay for the lives of the people in the city. The sergeants snatched away before he could stop him.
Slaves cannot be claimed back, and they can only be redeemed with money.
People have traveled thousands of miles with you, fighting with their heads high, and risking their lives. You must distinguish the priorities. Don't lose military morale for the sake of the people in the conquered areas through united front - which may not be effective in the short term - and lead to the subsequent consequences.
Losing the battle is the so-called picking up sesame seeds and throwing away watermelons, which is very unwise.
"Count the wealth in the city and reward the siege sergeants as appropriate. Then reiterate the military discipline. No one is allowed to disturb the people without orders." Shao Shude ordered: "I don't want any of the people in the Uighur Palace. I will reward all the meritorious soldiers."
The secretary, Lang Cui, wrote down the order with flying pen.
The seized property was mainly cotton cloth, which should have been transported from Xizhou, Yinzhou and other places, and was used as rewards to various ministries during the Northern Patrol.
In Uighur society, cotton cloth was the main currency of exchange.
An envoy from the Song Dynasty came to Qiuci and recorded: "There are markets in the country's city but no money or goods, so we use flower core cloth to make money."
To put it simply, it is a piece of coarse cotton cloth "four feet long and one circumference wide", stamped with the seal of the Uighur Khan, and used as a general equivalent. After the cotton cloth becomes old, it is cleaned every seven years and stamped with the seal again.
Later generations have unearthed a sales document contract written in Uighur language from Gaochang Uighurs, which reads: "On the second day of the twelfth lunar month in the Year of the Monkey (Uighur Calendar), I, Tiete Milig, Kara·Buhua, two people due to need of expenses, and
Sold the woman named Kutrukh and obtained one hundred and fifty cheesecloths from Kutrukh Temur..."
Of course, cheesecloth is only the most widely used currency. In Uighur society, silk in the Central Plains has a higher value and is often used as a high-value settlement currency. In this regard, the silk in the Central Plains is completely the other way around.
The selling price is much lower than cotton cloth.
The above is mainly internal trade. In foreign trade, cotton cloth cannot be used. The Uighurs used Tang Dynasty copper coins, Sassanid silver coins and Central Plains silks to trade with locals in Central Asia, including the enemy Karakhan.
Shao Shude gave the cotton cloth to the sergeants, and everyone was happy to accept it, because it was really worth more than silk. Although the price of this stuff had already dropped one round - due to the large influx of Yunnan cotton cloth into the Central Plains, the price plummeted, and it has just rebounded this year.
a little.
"Let the leader of the surrendered tribe come to see me." Shao Shude said again.
"As ordered." Han Quanjie, who was standing by, immediately sent Xiaohuangmen to pass the message.
After a while, several people headed by Ah Chu entered the hall, paid homage and said: "See the King of Heaven."
"Why do you call me Heavenly King? I am not a servant." Shao Shude asked in Uighur language.
"You are just like the King of Light we expect from the Sun God and Moon God, our Holy Tomorrow Khan," one person said.
This remark had a Manichean flavor. Shao Shude smiled and asked, "What's your name?"
"Abs."
This name should come from the Bashmi tribe, one of the indigenous people of Beiting.
"How many tribes are there?"
"Twenty thousand people."
In fact, there are not that many. Before Wang Yanzhang's disaster, there were almost this number, but after the pursuit and killing, there were still at most 16,700.
"Why are you willing to surrender?"
"The Great Khan is the God of the grassland. Compared with the Great Khan, Pugu, Yaoluoge and Atiao are not heroes."
"The iron rule of the Uyghurs is that no one who is not a member of the Yao Luo Ge family can be called a khan. I am a Han Chinese and I have also become a khan. Are you really willing to surrender?"
Speaking of this, Shao Shude suddenly called Juan Niang. When she was married off, the prince was still depressed for a long time.
Isn't Juan Niang's surname just Yao Luo Ge? Well, that was a bit of a mistake. If I had known earlier, I would not have accepted her as my adopted daughter and kept her for the prince.
"The Great Khan is creating a new country, just like Pei Luo, who was a strong man, established the Uighurs. There is no need to follow the rule that non-medicine Luoge cannot be called a khan, so he is naturally willing to surrender."
"In that case, I grant you the position of Yi Li Jin, and you will still live in Puleihai." Shao Shude said, "However, when it is time to use the army, you need to recruit young men to fight for me."
"Thank you, Khan." Absi bowed again happily.
"The Supreme Khan is born wise. Your land extends to the sea in the east and the Altai Mountains in the west. Under your happy rule, whether it is the sacred peak of Bahe, Besel Bali (summer capital) or Gaochang (winter capital), all
There will be singing, dancing, and praise." Another person stepped forward and said.
"What's your name?" Shao Shude asked.
"The bones of Ali from the Khazar tribe."
"You are from the Khazar tribe, so why didn't you join Pang Teqin in the first place?" Shao Shude asked curiously.
The Uighurs are actually divided into core tribes and peripheral tribes.
The nine inner surnames with Yaoluo Ge as the core (the Atiao family was added in the later period and became the ten surnames) are the orthodox Uighurs themselves, with Pugu, Tongluo, Hun, Qibi, Geluolu and others as the outer nine surnames.
To put it bluntly, they are the peripheral tribes that submitted to the Uighur Khan. After all, a steppe empire cannot only have one race or nation.
Khasar is one of the ten surnames in China.
After the westward migration, because the Khan was not dead, Pang Teqin called himself Ye Hu in Yanqi, and Pugujun nominally surrendered to him, with "a crowd of two hundred thousand." Generally speaking, the ten surnames of the core Uighurs all have the same surname.
Pang Teqin from Yaoluoge was mixed up.
"In the past, when the Uighurs perished, some went south to the Tang Dynasty, some returned to the east to the Khitan, some went south to Ganzhou, and some moved to the west. In fact, there are still some who have not left..." Kesar explained.
It turns out that there were many tribes in the western part of the Uighur Khanate near the Altai Mountains (maybe some Yorgas were mixed in). They were ruled by Pugu Junji and obeyed the orders of Gaochang and the Khazar tribe (only the entire Khazar clan).
Part of them) are also among them - this group of people were called "Nian Ba Ge" in the Liao Dynasty, and later merged with the Tatars who moved westward. There may also be some Gaochang Uighurs who went north and evolved into "Naiman".
"How many more people do you have?" Shao Shude asked.
"There are only three thousand soldiers." Ali Gu smiled bitterly and said: "The tribe was captured by the Khan's troops. I heard about it in Xizhou and fled back overnight. Unexpectedly, I was attacked head-on by General Zhe and surrendered."
"That's it." Shao Shude nodded and said, "Your tribe has been captured by the army. I can't take it back at will, but I can return your relatives and family members."
"Thank you, Khan." Ali Gu was overjoyed.
"I grant you the position of Dagan (general), and from now on you will lead troops to fight for me. As long as you perform meritorious deeds, there will always be women, cattle and sheep. If you steal property, I will make the decision for you and redeem Dingkou.
"
"As ordered." Ali Gu responded.
After these two people, Shao Shude met with several more leaders. In fact, there were not many soldiers and horses, which was miserable.
Shao Shude expressed his condolences and assigned him duties.
After doing this, his painting style also changed a bit...
There are a bunch of Meilu, Dagan, Yili Jin, and Linya around, gradually filling up the khanate's positions. If the country is established in Beiting at this time, this still somewhat crude imperial skeleton can actually operate roughly. Of course
It operates like a steppe khanate.
simply put--
Achu Meilu was the prime minister of his royal court, dealing with various tribes, and he was still in charge of his old business and in charge of finance and taxation.
Aligu was the general at the center of the Khanate, commanding a force of two thousand men. If his prestige was high enough, he could also command the tribesmen who came together, as was the case in the Uighur Khanate era.
Abu Si and others were Yi Li Jin, had their own tribe, and submitted to the Great Khan.
Damn, he is becoming more and more authentic.
After pacifying the Western Regions, he had to integrate his Khan Court with the soon-to-be-reformed Beiya Privy Council and Lifan Court. To be more precise, he had to reorganize his assets in the grasslands and those in the Central Plains and merge them into one - this
Both businesses were earned by me, so it would be better to exchange shares and merge and go public.
After the leaders left, Manichaean monks visited the city.
Shao Shude was not very interested at first, but he patiently chatted with them.
The reason why their attitude changed so drastically may be that they were disturbed by the warriors. After all, these days, everyone knows that the temple is rich, and it is impossible not to break the bones and suck out the marrow.
But Shao Shude still received their Fu Duodan because he might be useful when attacking Xizhou and other places.
Furthermore, he now needs to stabilize the situation in Beiting as soon as possible. The reason is that winter is not far away. If he continues to fight, many people will starve and freeze to death this winter - he will definitely not be able to freeze and starve his army, because
They have cattle and sheep, and they are already working hard to keep them fat. The army is a violent machine and can loot and replenish consumption, but it is not a problem if the people starve to death on a large scale.
Manichaeism's influence in the local area is not small. If they are willing to help, it is relatively easy to obtain superficial surrender under the intimidation of the army.
After Manichaeism left, Buddhist masters came again.
This group of people was even more shameless and even gave some sensitive gifts. After Shao Shude saw it, he was unable to refuse and accepted it tacitly.
"If, as the master said, Pijak Khan suffered successive defeats and the people of Gaochang are panicked, I will be relieved." Shao Shude said.
The monks in the Western Regions are very different from those in the Central Plains. They control large tracts of land, shops and villagers in society, and are deeply involved in various major political affairs - perhaps not directly, but their indirect influence is certain.
"You can follow me south in a few days," Shao Shude said.
Wang Yanzhang's troops have already moved south.
The soldiers and horses near Tingzhou will rest for another day tomorrow and will go south the day after tomorrow to join the siege of Gaochang.
Shao Shude was a little later than them because he was waiting for the tribal leader from the northwest to visit him.
After Zhu Jin moved westward, he fought several battles and then continued to appease him, and gradually some tribal leaders were willing to surrender.
He has now arrived in the area of the former Governor's Mansion of Damo Prefecture (today's Altay). This area is theoretically the territory of the Gaochang Uighurs, and the local tribes surrendered to Gaochang. But in fact, they are just a grassroots, and it is difficult to say where they stand.
Zhu Jin has not yet encountered the Geluolu people, but Shao Shude felt that he only had 4,000 soldiers, which was a bit small, so he ordered Wang Jianji and He Gui to lead 4,000 horses north to reinforce them, and at the same time subdued various tribes and ordered them to come
drop.
Fighting is only one aspect, establishing your own order is the most critical.