The participants were from various tribes inside and outside the Yinshan Mountains, some were farming and some were nomadic. There may have been feuds between each other, but under Shao Shude's suppression, everyone was still able to sit together.
Among the various tribes, Wang Xie, the leader of the Xiangzangcai tribe of the Montenegro party, has the largest number of tribes.
The thirty-eight tribes of Tibetan talents, according to the "Xu Zi Zhi Tong Jian Chang Bian" of the Song Dynasty, "number more than 100,000", living in a vast area from Fengzhou to Zhenwujun, both inside and outside the Yinshan Mountains, and are mainly nomadic
, Hexi may also have a part.
After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, some of the Thirty-eight Cangcai tribes surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and some were conquered by the Liao Dynasty's Tuanling Ridge Jiedu envoys who sent troops to conquer.
Wang Xie claims to be the "capital leader" of the thirty-eight Tibetan clans, but Shao Shude estimates that he probably does not control the entire Tibetan clan. It is amazing that he has tens of thousands of people under his command. Well, even if there are tens of thousands, it is still a big clan.
, enough for him to get a job as the Inspector of Mulashan (today's Wula Mountain).
"The king's inspection envoy, your son took the initiative to join the army, which shows Wang's loyalty to the court." On the grassland, Shao Shude was leading a group of leaders to hunt wild horses.
Wild horse crotch leather has always been one of the tributes from the Fengzhou tribe. There are a lot of them in the territory and they are often hunted.
"Commander, the Wang family has always been respectful. In the past, when we were fighting against Li Guochang and his son, we were late in accepting the imperial decree. We only sent out troops halfway, and the rebels were already defeated, which is a pity." Wang Xie said with a smile.
This guy's face does not change when he tells lies, and his face does not turn red, which is really remarkable. However, in terms of the extent of his heart towards the court, Zangcai Wang is indeed higher. This is because he takes a Han surname and respects Han culture.
It can be seen. Moreover, his son has also come to surrender to him, and he has brought three hundred soldiers with him. His attitude is very respectful, and there is nothing to say.
Compared with the Cangcai Wang family, the Qibi tribe is also somewhat loyal. At the meeting with Li Guochang, the court issued a decree, and both the Qibi and Helian tribes sent troops. Although it was suspected that they were not doing enough work, they had an attitude.
.
In fact, in the late Tang Dynasty, these grassland tribes were generally quite obedient.
After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, they really went wild and refused to obey anyone. It was not until the Khitans unified the eastern part of the grassland, advanced westward, and sent out troops several times to conquer them that they were gradually conquered.
So when Marshal Shao was communicating with them, he was also pulling Datang's skin.
The legacy of the Tang Dynasty is indeed rich, and this sign is easy to use. Shao Shude is not sure if these tribes would be so obedient if they did not use the banner of the Tang Dynasty.
"Whoosh!" An arrow flew out. Shao Shude took out the arrow from his quiver and was about to shoot the second time, when he saw several people quickly stepping forward and shooting arrows one after another, knocking down a galloping wild horse.
"These bastards, their horsehide is broken!" Shao Shude laughed and cursed.
The few people who jumped out were warriors from the Qibi tribe.
Qi Banzhang, who was behind, saw him, stepped forward with his horse's belly under his arm, and apologized: "I'm ignorant, and I stole the commander's prey."
"It doesn't matter." Shao Shude smiled and said, "I like warriors the most."
Qibizhang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
However, just seven or eight years ago, his status was very different from that of Shao Shude. However, they were different from Li Guochang and his son. After that, Shao rose rapidly, but he gained nothing because of his ineffective performance during the war.
The battle against Huangchao in Guanzhong laid the foundation for Shao Shude's current status. Qibizhang took advantage of the favorable opportunity when the Zhenwu Army was short of food and clothing, invaded the military city, and proclaimed himself Jiedushi. The Zhenwu Army sergeants did not
Objections.
But this seat is really not that easy to sit in. Without money, you can’t have fun.
Qibi Zhang tried his best, but in the end he could no longer support him and was kicked off the stage by the sergeants, including many former Zhenwu Army Yamen sergeants who belonged to the Qibi Department.
Now Qibizhang is worried all day about being settled by Li Keyong, because he has flirted with the one-eyed dragon more than once. Just when he was asking for Huang Chao, the Tiande Army, Zhenwu Army, Datong Army, and Youzhou Army also ordered another
A crusade against Li Keyong ended in failure.
Qi Bizhang had no choice now. If he didn't vote for Shao Shude, who would he vote for?
Shao Shude, on the other hand, had no psychological burden at all for accepting Li Keyong's enemy, and directly granted Qibizhang and Bai Daochuan the status of inspection envoy. The foundation of cooperation between the two parties was very solid.
"The commander-in-chief likes wild horse skins. When I get back, I will send someone to send a hundred of them." A loud, rough voice sounded from behind.
Qibizhang looked back and saw that it was Zhuang Langshen, the chief of the Xiang Zhuanglang tribe behind the mountain.
Shanhou Dangxiang, as you can tell from the name, is nomadic on the grasslands north of Yinshan Mountain.
"Tens of thousands of tents, bordering the Khitan to the east, the Tatars to the north, and the river to the south." Of course, this is information from the Song Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the Zhuanglang tribe once lived south of the Yellow River, and their number was not large. But after the mid-Tang Dynasty,
The party crossed the Yinshan Mountains and moved north to the grasslands. Under the great climate, they also began to move to the grasslands, and their power gradually grew.
The Zhuanglang tribe is now considered a major tribe, and is the Jiyifan tribe of the Tiande Army. Shao Shude suspected that they are Tubo people, because there are also Zhuanglang tribes in Tubo, just over Lanzhou, and they are one of the several powerful Tubo tribes in the area.
After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, according to historical records of the Liao Dynasty, the Dangxiang Zhuanglang tribe invaded the border many times, and was later annihilated by the troops sent by the southwestern Recruiting Division. The remaining tribes were divided between the Liao and Xia countries in order to compete for the Dangxiang tribes inside and outside the Yinshan Mountains.
, fought several wars, very fierce.
Generally speaking, the grassland parties, including Zhuang Lang's tribe, were not only fighting against the Song Dynasty, but also against the Xixia and Liao Kingdoms. Of course, they all stood up in the end, mainly because they were attacked by the Liao Kingdom's troops.
Zhuang Langshen was named the inspection envoy of Yuequan. Yuequan is roughly located in the Wuniwusu area of today's Wulatehou Banner. Strictly speaking, various ethnic groups live in this place, including Hexi Dangxiang, Tatar, and Uighur.
Of course, there are also party members behind the mountain. Marshal Shao gave Zhuang Lang's department such a name, and they will probably support some equipment in the future. I don't know if they can completely capture it.
"Zhuang Lang's inspection team has had a good harvest today. We have hunted a lot of sheep and wild deer, but we are only missing wild horses." Shao Shude slowed down his horse and waited for Zhuang Lang to come over.
"Commander, Zhuang Lang has wild horse skins, so naturally he also has wild horse skins." Another man from the prairie came up from behind, glanced at Zhuang Langshen, and said.
Zhuang Langshen was a little annoyed by the impolite look in his eyes, but with Shao Shude here, he couldn't get angry easily and endured it.
The visitor's name is Hun Wen, a Uighur from Shao Shude's newly appointed inspector of Kedun City.
Kedun City was built by a Turkic Khan for his concubine. It is located at the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain near present-day Urad Middle Banner, about 200 miles west of Yuanyu Spring.
The Uighurs of the Tiande army all moved south to join the imperial court after the imperial court was destroyed.
The Hunbu, strictly speaking, are Tiele. Like the Qibi tribe, they are one of the nine Tiele tribes. Their number is small, less than 20,000. The famous general Hun Yan in the Middle Tang Dynasty is a Hunbu. This tribe mainly lives in
South of Yinshan Mountain, this time Shao Shude asked him to move to the nomadic area near Kedun City, that is, to the north of Yinshan Mountain.
The strength of the Hun tribe is not as good as that of the Zhuanglang tribe, the Zangcai tribe, and even the Qibi tribe, and is about the same as the strength of the Fengzhou Turkic Geshu tribe newly promoted by Shao Shude.
The status of the Turks and Uighurs was forcibly elevated by someone from Shao.
There are too many people from Fengzhou Dangxiang, Shannan Dangxiang, and Hepu Dangxiang tribes. If they have national consciousness, they will almost become the main ethnic group in the front and back Tao plains. Marshal Shao is afraid that these Dangxiang are "great men descended from heaven", and he is thinking hard about counting them.
Later, it was decided to promote the leader of the Turkic Geshu tribe, Geshu Que, to the position of inspector of the southern part of the mountain to suppress these scattered party tribes.
The origin of Fengzhou Turks can be traced back to the Zhenguan period.
In the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, the Turks in Fengzhou already numbered "100,000 ordinary people and 40,000 victorious soldiers." After Zhenguan, various Turkic tribes continued to descend and were distributed in the six states of Feng, Sheng, Lin, Xia, Ling, and Dai.
In 1999, ten Turkic surnames "came one after another, totaling more than ten thousand tents", and were mainly placed in Fengzhou and Zhenwu Army.
At this time, the number of Turks in the front and back was almost overwhelming, and there was even a rebellion. The imperial court sent troops to suppress it, massacred them, and then moved more than 50,000 people to the hinterland of Xu, Ru, Tang,
Under the resettlement of Deng and other prefectures, the number of Turks south of the Yinshan Mountains dropped to a point of dispensability.
In the fourth year of Tianbao, the Eastern Turks were destroyed. Most of them moved westward, and a small number went south to Fengzhou and surrendered. To this day, the number of Turkic tribes in Fengzhou has not increased because they have been bullied by the party members, and it is around 20,000. Shao Shude suspects that
, if you don't intervene, these Turks will one day be annexed by the party people.
As a result, the Geshu tribe caught up with this historical trend and was promoted to Shannan Inspection Envoy, and his status jumped up a lot.
There are five major inspection envoy tribes, from west to east. The farthest west is the inspection envoy Zhuang Langbu and Shanhou Dangxiang in the Yuanyuquan; the two hundred miles to the east are the inspection envoys in Kedun City, the Uighur Hun tribe, or the Iron Tribe.
Lehun Department; less than three hundred miles to the southeast, is the pastoral area of the Mulashan Inspector of the Zangcai Department, who was born in the Black Mountain Party; four or five hundred miles to the east of the Zangcai Department, is the pastoral area of Qibizhang, that is
Bai Daochuan inspects the pastoral area.
In the territory of Fengzhou south of Yinshan Mountain, there are also Shannan patrol envoys, led by the Turkic Geshu tribe.
Two are in the south of the mountain, two are in the north of the mountain, and one is inside and outside the Yinshan Mountain. These five units are the outer defense lines of the Tiande Army and the Zhenwu Army.
Marshal Shao promised to the Zhuanglang, Hun, Wang, Geshu, and Qibi families that their five families would be the leaders of each tribe for generations. Whoever dares to cause rebellion and seize control of the tribe will only need to send someone to inform them.
He will send troops north to help them suppress the rebels, kill all the rebels, and protect the wealth of these five families forever in exchange for their loyalty.
The Weicai family in the Hetao grassland in the south, the Xiangyeli family in Hengshan, and the Wuzang family also received such a promise from him.
Just as the Wecai clan is the Niu Nose Ring of the Hetao Grassland, and Yeli and Wuzang are the core of the Hengshan party, these five tribes are also the core tribes inside and outside the Yinshan Mountains. With their support, there will be no chaos here, and you can rest assured
Expedition westward to Helong to expand strength.
In this northern patrol, the first major task is to actually control the Zhenwu Army and the Tiande Army, which is basically completed; the second major task is to recover the Jifan Department in the two towns, which is almost done. Finally, there is a small task that is not a task.
That is to go back to his hometown in Xicheng. Well, our Marshal Shao wants to return home in glory.
On November 15, the second year of Guangqi's reign, Shao Shude led the Iron Cavalry Army, the Leopard Cavalry Capital and the leaders of the five tribes of Yinshan to arrive at Xishoujiang City, and the military envoy Sun Ba personally came out of the city to greet him.
Shao Shude went into the city and took a look. Good guy, the old house that was originally leaky has been rebuilt. The area has been expanded several times, and the decoration is also quite exquisite. After further questioning, it turns out that the old house was built on a snowstorm night two years ago.
Collapsed...
Shao Shude didn't bother to care who paid for the new house. In his position, there are many people who want to curry favor, and there are many more people who want to curry favor but have no way.
The house was fully furnished, and a few days later, there were even maids. Zhuang Langshen selected a few pretty girls from his many daughters, granddaughters, and nieces and sent them over, and the other four followed suit.
Nearly twenty prairie girls came at once, and all the laundry, cooking, and scrubbing were included. Such a corrupt life!
He could also guess what these people were thinking. His nephew was sent to serve in the Leopard Cavalry City, not only as a hostage, but also to accumulate military merit. His daughter and granddaughter were sent to the house to serve as maids. If the Lingwu County Prince liked anyone, he would take him as his concubine.
, they feel more at ease.
It's just that Mr. Shao is a little numb when it comes to dealing with women now, and he has passed the difficult years of needing marriage. These girls will be sent to Helan Mountain to serve as maids in the future. The palace of Xiazhou County Prince is all from Zhejiang.
My maid, this is a bit too much. It’s either that I don’t trust the Ori family, or it’s just not normal.
"Captain Sun, I would like to recommend you to the defense history of the central capital of the West City of the German Army." Looking at Sun Ba who came to visit, Shao Shude felt a little emotional. Sun Ba was his benefactor. If he hadn't recommended him to Qiu Weidao, he might not have been able to do so.
With the latter blessing, he did not hesitate to express his gratitude when he could repay it.
"It's such a good thing, I won't be polite." Sun Ba smiled freely: "Thank you, Prince Lingwu."
"Captain Sun, why are we so distant from each other?"
"With the recommendation of Prince Lingwu, there is a hierarchy of superiority and inferiority, and the etiquette cannot be discarded." Sun Ba said: "Otherwise, this defense history will not be done realistically, and the dignity of Prince Lingwu will also be damaged. Originally, a certain person had no respect for these people.
I don’t have much interest in official positions anymore, but in today’s troubled times, well, if you don’t have power, you will be bullied by others.”
Shao Shude laughed when he heard this and said: "Captain Sun has seen through the world."
"Those who don't see it through are dead."
The Turkic girl brought tea to the two of them, and Shao Shude asked Sun Ba to taste it: "Lingzhou tea, the taste is acceptable."
"It's really good." Sun Ba took a sip and praised.
Girl Tiele brought some more snacks and took a deep look at Shao Shude before leaving.
Damn, the prairie girl is so rude!
"Captain Sun, if someone wants to go west next year, he may mobilize the Tiande Army and the Zhenwu Army to go south." After a moment of silence, Shao Shude suddenly said.
Sun Ba was surprised and asked: "What about the defense of the two places?"
"A certain meeting will mobilize the Feng'an Army and the Advocate Army to go north to take over the defense of the two places." Shao Shude asked.
Sun Ba suddenly realized.
Shao Shude was still a little embarrassed there. He had just finished saying that he wanted to recommend the defense history of the German army in that day. As a result, the German army in the day was gone and the whole army was going south. There were 4,000 Feng'an troops who came to take over. Can Sun Ba command them?
However, Sun Ba looked really free and easy. He was stunned for only a moment and then smiled and said: "Go south as long as you go south. However, the monthly salary of 100,000 yuan from the defense history cannot be less."
Shao Shude laughed. It feels good to talk to smart people. Sun Ba is indeed more open-minded than Hao Zhenwei. They have been in a relationship with him for many years, so I believe that he will not treat him badly.
"My sons and daughters have been living a tight life these past few years. I heard that the King of Lingwu County never discounted rewards, so I asked them to receive more money, so that they could have more money." Sun Ba added, "Bian, King of the Zhenwu Army,
, how do you plan to deal with it?”
"I wanted to drive him back to Beijing, but he took the initiative to surrender. Now it's hard to do so. It's a headache." Shao Shude said.
"Wang Bian is different from Hao Zhenwei. He is a genuine Jiedushi. It is indeed difficult to handle." Sun Ba said with a frown.
The full name of Zhenwu Military Envoy is Zhenwu Linsheng Jiedu Envoy, Camping Envoy, Observation and Disposal Envoy, Envoy of Defending Fans, and Protector of Zhenbei. He has a lot of titles. He is indeed not comparable to the Tiande Army Envoy. Either give him a comparable position.
He might be transferred away, or simply left alone.
Shao Shude got to know Wang Bian's background and knew that he wanted to continue to work as the military commander of the Zhenwu Army. He took the initiative to see him, with the intention of surrendering and obeying, but he also did not want to hand over the power in his hands. To put it bluntly, that was
I wanted to be a subordinate vassal town with a certain degree of autonomy and follow the example of Li Xiaochang of the Bulgarian Army.
I don’t want to do everything right, but now, how can there be any position for him under the sky? I can’t say, I have to step aside first, and then ask Ximen Sigong’s uncle and nephew to see if there is a good place. Yang Fugong has granted so many titles.
What's wrong with Fakezi leaving town and asking for a position for Wang Bian?
If it really doesn't work, let Wang Bian lead his troops south next year and follow him to fight and see if he responds. If he doesn't respond, it's reasonable to attack him again.
As an envoy, can you still command the sergeants? Can you still make the Tibetan people obey when you surrender the envoy?
After Sun Ba left, Shao Shude called Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng and asked them to think carefully about how to deal with Wang Bian.
"Commander, why don't you recommend Wang Bian to be the governor of Tongzhou or Huazhou. Since he is from Chang'an in Guanzhong, he must be willing," Chen Cheng suggested.
"This is indeed a good idea." Shao Shude said: "Which one in Tongzhou or Huazhou is not richer than Zhenwu Army? If Wang Bian is still dissatisfied, it will be unreasonable. Let him come to see me immediately! After we finish this matter, we
Then we can return to Xiazhou. This time we visited Yinshan Mountain in the north, and we have achieved full success!"