"Meet the Prince of Lingwu County of the Tang Dynasty." The envoy saluted as soon as he came in.
"Datang? Are you a Tang or a Tubo?" Shao Shude asked.
The envoy was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but he still replied: "I followed Shang Yanxin back to China during the Dazhong period, so he is naturally from the Tang Dynasty."
"How many people in the clan can speak Mandarin?"
The messenger was stunned, smiled bitterly for a while, and said: "There are still some."
Shao Shude snorted coldly and said: "How is this different from the Tubo people?"
The messenger hesitated to speak and looked frightened.
"Well, I can't blame you for what happened in the past. There were many troubles in the Central Plains, and the powerful troops were transferred eastward, so that the twenty states of Helong and Long were restricted to the hands of Tubo. This court has failed you." Shao Shude waved his hand and said: "Now
Return to the Central Plains, and from now on you should be trained in the Chinese style. Wear Tang clothes, speak Mandarin, and live through the four seasons and eight festivals of the year, whether you are farming or grazing, do you understand?"
The envoy was sweating profusely and could only say: "You must obey the orders of Lord Lingwu."
He came to discuss the terms of surrender, but the Lingwu County King immediately reprimanded him, as if he had regarded the Bai family as a subordinate tribe. How could he explain to the clan leader when he returned?
"How many Dingkou are there in the Bai family?"
"No less than six thousand."
"If you obey, I will guarantee that your tribe will really have no less than six thousand tribes." Shao Shude simply did not believe that the Bai family had six thousand tribes, and half of them would die.
"Prince Mingjian of Lingwu County, the patriarch has already submitted to me when he sent me." The messenger unconsciously lowered his figure and said respectfully.
"Where did Ye Lihua go?"
"Fleeing south with the Lanqu family."
"Escaped to the south?" Shao Shude was a little surprised. He stretched out his hand and Feng Yin presented the map.
To the south is Minzhou, which is still the territory of the Tubo people.
"Bang!" Shao Shude slapped the table hard, feeling a little annoyed.
This grandson doesn't want to fight a decisive battle with my army! How dare he not fight a decisive battle with my army!
"Commander..." Zhao Guangfeng stepped forward and reminded him.
Shao Shude waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.
It’s a pity that the story of the conquest of the Hetao Grassland cannot be replicated.
As long as the Langqu family dares to fight with him, he will be very sure to eliminate his main force. If he is lucky, he can even behead him with one blow and subdue him. But now things are obviously going in another direction, another Hexi party item
Po Chou clan and Mi Qin clan are going to be born?
Without a mole to lead the way and help gather the tribes, it would be really painful to fight these nomadic tribes.
After taking a deep breath, Shao Shude sat down.
Of course he knew that Huizhou Tubo was different from grassland miscellaneous barbarians. Because the latter was actually surrounded by the Tang Dynasty, with Tiande Army and Zhenwu Army to the north, Linzhou Zhejia to the east, the Yellow River to the west, and the Yellow River to the west.
It is the territory of Shuofang's army. Needless to say, the south, the four prefectures of Xia Sui and Hetao are not easy to escape.
But Huizhou and Tubo are different. There are a lot of places to the south and west where you can run, damn it!
Shao has a bad feeling. After his army withdraws, the Qu family may come back to fight guerrillas with you and invade borders everywhere. A permanent army is indispensable here in Huizhou!
Is there something wrong with my strategy for the Western Expedition? If I get into trouble with this nubuck, I will spend too much energy in the future.
But where would we go without the Western Expedition...
Going north to the grassland, facing the Uighurs, Tatars, Tuyuhun, and Dangxiang, they are probably more difficult to deal with than the Tubo in Huizhou. Going east, are you going to fight Li Keyong? Going south, kidnap the emperor, tell Cao Cao's story, and then be beaten as a Huang Chao
?
"Bai Family" Shao Shude stood up suddenly and paced around the tent subconsciously.
When the Manchu and Qing dynasties attacked Mongolian Lin Dan Khan, Lin Dan Khan ran away to avoid the war. What did the Manchu and Qing dynasties do?
The envoy was vaguely looking forward to it, and looked nervously at the King of Lingwu County. An idea or a word from a big shot can often determine the rise and fall of a tribe. The Bai family, as the first tribe to come to seek refuge, seems to have ushered in a new era.
Opportunities for development.
"Don't go back to Yuanzhou, stay in Huizhou." Shao Shude said: "Those tribes that came with you before, let their leaders come to Huizhou to meet me. Those who dare not come will be destroyed on the spot. From now on.
We have captured a lot of equipment during the war, and we can leave some for you, the Bai family, but you need to pacify the disobedient tribes. Once the Langqu family comes back, you can do whatever you want. If you are afraid of the war and flee your pasture, you don't have to come back in the future.
Already."
The envoy was silently calculating in his mind. To be honest, the conditions offered by Prince Lingwu were quite harsh. They had to pacify the disobedient small tribes and also deal with the Langqu clan. The former was actually not a bad thing, because it might be possible during the conquest process.
It will increase its own strength, but fighting against the Lanqu clan will bring disaster and fortune. It may be possible to further strengthen its own strength, or it may be severely weakened, and finally be swallowed up by the Lingwu County King.
"Let's just do this. The head of the Bai family will come to Huizhou to see me in ten days." Shao Shude felt unhappy and didn't bother to give them room to bargain, so he directly issued an eviction order.
The messenger retreated with deep thoughts.
"We can't do our best in this battle!" Shao Shude sat back in his chair helplessly and sighed.
"General, Huizhou and Xinquan Military City are supposed to have troops stationed there, but it's actually nothing." Chen Cheng stepped forward and said.
"That's all I can think about." Shao Shude smiled bitterly and said: "Actually, it's quite unexpected that Tubo in Yuanzhou is willing to fight with me. I heard from the captives that the wild man wanted to establish some kind of party state, otherwise he would be too slippery.
You must be like a loach and have run away long ago."
"Send the order, all the cavalrymen are sent out, and they defeat the Lanqu family's cavalry as soon as possible. They took the initiative to attack, originally thought they were to disturb the grain road, but now it seems that they are just covering the escape of the headquarters. Langqu family, just that, not as good as Kang
Nu has courage." Shao Shude said.
Intercepting my food route? I didn't have a food route in the first place. I only brought more than a month's worth of food and grass with the army in accordance with the principles of the art of war. After all, the food supply was insufficient for a month, so it was not appropriate to go deep. To the other side of Huizhou City, the Yellow River would be my food.
He said, if you are able, you can swim and build a boat in the river.
This was originally a great strategic advantage, but now the enemy actually ran away and punched the air, which made people feel a little unhappy.
Fortunately, this expedition cost very little. Otherwise, if a large amount of food and wages were spent and the enemy fled, wouldn't it be a loss of blood?
As for why the consumption is so low, it is very simple: military rations and fodder are consumed in Guanzhong, and the equipment and materials Shence Army "treats", and even the rewards are distributed in advance for this year's Spring Festival. The six states of Dingnan spent almost nothing, so there should be leftovers
There is a lot of surplus, so the taxes collected are less, and the people should have a relatively comfortable first month.
Did the war also improve the living conditions of the people? It sounds a bit unscientific, but in fact it was just others footing the bill.
On March 14, the second year of Guangqi, after several days of fighting and advancing, part of the vanguard army arrived at the foot of Huizhou City.
What you see is a collapsed and extremely damaged city wall. This is not surprising, the Tubo people like to tear down city walls. When the enemy army comes, I will run away, and when they withdraw, I will fight back. Without a city wall, you can't defend yourself at all.
Live my cavalry raid.
Later Mongols also liked to dismantle city walls in the Central Plains, which was actually the same approach.
According to the order, the army was stationed outside the city, waiting for the arrival of the Chinese army, while Zhongyongdu's two thousand cavalry galloped more than a hundred miles northwest to attack Huining Pass. It should have been occupied by an armed march.
The two thousand cavalry of the Tielin Army continued southward to pursue the Lanqu family. The Tielin Army was also transferred back from the northern front, and together with the cavalry of the Xinning Army, they pursued southward and saw if they could plunder some cattle and sheep.
With so many cavalry in the Tang Dynasty, the Qu family did have a reason to flee. The grassland people don't care about face. They will run away if they can't be beaten. They are not shabby at all. They should preserve their strength first and come back to take revenge in the future!
On March 16, Shao Shude personally led the army to Huizhou City. At this time, he received news that the Qu family of Tubo invaded Kou Yuanzhou and plundered several counties. Cheng Zongchu hurriedly led his army back, which made his heart clouded again.
shadow.
"Since the fall of Tibet in the first year of Guangde, I haven't seen Master Wang for more than a hundred years." Outside Huizhou City, more than twenty gentry who looked like Tang people fell to the ground and spoke excitedly and incoherently.
Shao Shude got off his horse, helped an old man up, and said warmly: "In the past, there were many troubles in the Central Plains, and I did not care about the descendants of the Tibetans. Now the king's army is marching westward, and Huizhou will return to the Central Plains forever."
Those who can come to the scene to greet you must be trustworthy people, and they must have been carefully inspected by the soldiers. There is no need to worry about assassination, so you can do some actions that are close to the people.
"Let's go, I want to see what Huizhou City will look like today after a hundred years." Shao Shude said, looking at Huizhou with the city wall half-tilted.
