In August and September of the first year of Yuanzhen in the Tang Dynasty, Turk Jieli Khan led 30,000 horsemen to spend the winter in Anle.
Liang Shidu welcomed him and served him diligently. In mid-October, Jieli Khan Ashina Qiuluo killed Liang Shidu in anger because of a minor incident. Liang Shidu's subordinates were frightened and fled in all directions.
Needless to say, the temperament of the grassland people. The more chaotic the situation, the more violent their emotions will be released. At this time, there is no need for Ashina Qiuluo to issue military orders, and the Turkic people's carnival has already begun.
In the past two days, beasts were rampant in Anle City, blood was everywhere, and the inside and outside of the city were like hell on earth.
When the Turks finally calmed down and lazily licked their bloody claws, Anle City had completely become a lair of wild beasts, with no other living beings left.
Ashina Qiuluo hugged Liang Shidu's beloved concubine, smelled the strong smell of blood, and listened to the screams of the Sui people, and finally felt happy.
Liang Shidu had very little savings. What he had used before was not enough for the army to spend the winter in peace, but it was different now. Without Liang Shidu's subordinates and his people, the food and grass collected together were enough for the army.
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Moreover, he can also distribute some goods to his tribesmen, which can be said to be a big gain.
In other words, this trip south was not in vain, and there is no need to worry about complaints about the lack of harvest after returning.
As for the consequences of killing Liang Shidu... a hound that the Turks had raised for many years but was of no use would just be killed. What consequences would it have?
At this moment, Ashina Qiuluo was not thinking about Liang Shidu at all, but was thinking about what to do next year.
In the spring, the army can return north through Lingwu, and there may be some loot waiting for them to harvest. Moreover, the army will pass through the place where the rivers gather. There are also some Liang Shidu tribes there, and they can get many slaves.
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If the hound is completely dismembered and skinned, the Western Khan who returns to the grassland will still be the Western Khan...
Of course, it is impossible to completely improve Ashina Qiuluo's mood. This time, we went south and made a full circle around Henan (the Hetao area, known as Henan in ancient times). It was a standard expedition, but nothing happened.
Not achieved.
At the same time, Ashina Qiuluo completely understood one thing. His tribe could no longer bear a war. The sheep on the grassland were growing very slowly and people were living in hardship. If this continued, there would be no need for them.
As long as no outsiders come to attack them, the children of the gods will gradually decline.
So he had to think of some other ways. His father Khan once said that a Khan king must not only have sharp claws and teeth, but also have extraordinary wisdom, otherwise he will become the prey of others.
Now it seems that he needs to use his wisdom. After returning to the grassland, how to deal with the scolding and questioning from the royal court is the issue he should consider most.
Outside is the Eastern Khan, and those kinsmen in the west who have betrayed their oaths. How can we get more benefits from them?
After his bestiality, Jieli Khan regained his sanity and began to think about the future of himself and his tribesmen.
It can be said that the Turks did not care about the consequences of what they did at this time, just like Li Po did not care about the feelings of the Turks when he attacked the Turks.
However, for the various ethnic groups in the northwest, everything that happened in Anle this winter slowly spread later. Regarding the atrocities of the Turks, the sturdy people of the northwest have given understanding. After all, the grass-headed kings in the northwest have killed each other.
Don't blink.
It is understandable that they were never willing to become victims of atrocities, just like when the Turks went south to attack Yanmen and destroyed more than forty cities, killing without calculation, which completely made the people of Daizhou remember them.
After the Turks went south again, no one opened the city to welcome them. When the Turks entered the city, everyone was destined to die. It was better to fight to the death, and maybe there was still a way to survive. This was the common reaction of the people in Daizhou at that time.
But this time Ashina Qiuluo killed Liang Shidu and slaughtered Anle City, which was even worse in the eyes of the ethnic groups in the northwest. Liang Shidu has been closer to the Turks than his own father in recent years, and he has to use the banner of the Turks from time to time.
He is the Turks' most loyal lackey in the northwest.
His death gave the Turks a bad reputation in the northwest. After the visit of Daizhou, no one dared to open the city gate to the Turks easily again.
This is the latest portrayal of the various failures that the Turks have encountered along the Great Wall in the north. Ashina Qura, the Turkic Western Khan, has taught the people of the northwest a vivid lesson, and at the same time erased the Turkic influence on this land.
Its impact on the Turks was actually greater than the fact that his expedition failed. It was just because of their different understanding of failure, or a problem with their vision, that they could not detect it quickly, or they did not care at all about the consequences it caused.
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The cold wind from the northwest did not bring the news of Liang Shidu's death and the cries of the Anle people to Chang'an City. Otherwise, Li Po might have sent a large army to Anle to serve as mourners for the Turkic army going south.
Without a leading party like Liang Shidu, the Turks basically have no foothold in the northwest. Moreover, everyone knows that the Turks are weak in the spring, which is the best time to give them a fatal blow.
It is a pity that Li Po is not an immortal. When people in the northwest discovered the atrocities committed by the Turks and spread the news, a long time had passed.
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In November, the city of Chang'an was covered with snow, the north wind stopped for a few days, and the sun finally showed its face, resulting in rare good weather in winter.
The snow on the eaves of Tai Chi Hall gradually melted away under the sunlight, but due to design problems not much snow water dripped, but it only gave off a nice moist smell.
The court meeting arrived as scheduled, and the courtiers, wrapped in thick winter clothes, entered the court one after another.
This kind of large court meeting held in the depth of winter usually announces the political and military affairs of the next year. After listening to it a few times, you can grasp the key points of the political and military affairs of the next year.
The establishment of the Zhechong Mansion was finally announced at the court meeting, which meant that the edict could be issued at any time. This matter was discussed in a wide range and was no longer a secret. The result was finally announced today, and many people breathed a sigh of relief.
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The most intense discussion on this matter is the division of government offices within the Zhechong Mansion. The key point is how much power the Zhechong Mansion should have.
The Ministry of War and the generals of the Wei Mansion naturally want the greater their power, the better. The constraints and interference of local officials on the Wei Mansion have always been their least favorite thing.
Especially because of the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang established local guards, which gave signs of military power returning to the local areas. It was convenient to suppress bandits, but it caused the most direct damage to the authority of the Wei government.
People like Zhang Xutuo, Yang Yichen, Guo Xuan, even Luo Yi, Wang Shichong and others were the beneficiaries of this decentralization of military power back then, and they were the most attacked by the generals of the Wei government.
Zhang Xutuo, Yang Yichen, etc. all ended badly, not only because of the general situation, but also because there were people behind them who kept holding them back.
Luo Yi, Wang Shichong, and even Li Po and Li Yuan are all successful cases. They completely got rid of the control of the Wei Mansion, returned military power to the local government, and were no longer under the control of the Wei Mansion.
The advantage of Zhechong Mansion is that it can get rid of the interference of local officials to a large extent, making it easier to mobilize military forces, which will greatly enhance the authority of the Wei Mansion and the Ministry of War.
So it can also be seen as a new effort to centralize power.
Why do most courtiers like this idea? The bottom line is this. Seeing the chaos in the late Sui Dynasty, no matter where they are, the nobles will involuntarily reflect more or less. Why is this?
Therefore, new things like Zhechongfu came into being in Kansai. This was the product of people's consideration of the difficulty of stopping wars and the difficulty of controlling the army.
So again, the establishment of the Zhechong Prefecture is not a problem. The problem is how much power the Zhechong Prefecture has, and how it differs from the local power to catch thieves.
The Tongshou officer established by Yang Guang combined the two into one, and the powerful ones brought the Wei Mansion to the sky in one fell swoop.
Of course, that was also the death struggle of Yang Guang and his Luoyang courtiers, and it was not worth making a fuss about. The general guard was only a flash in the pan, and there was no trace of it again.
The focus of the debate among the courtiers was that we should not only give full play to the advantages of the Zhechong Mansion, but also prevent it from becoming powerful and having official positions and yamen like Tongshou Officer.
After intense discussions, the responsibilities of the Zhechong Mansion were finally determined. The most basic functions such as recruitment, registration, training, and dispatch were all reflected in the Zhechong Mansion.
In addition, once the soldiers are recruited, the Zhechong Mansion must prepare most of the baggage for the soldiers under the rule. In the Sui Dynasty, the soldiers were almost self-sufficient.
As for the responsibility of supervision, it was not left to the Zhechong Prefecture after all, but was handed over to the Ministry of War and the Guards. Even local military officials could report illegal things to the Zhechong Prefecture, and the Ministry of War would make a ruling.
As for the establishment of a school in Zhechong Mansion, that is not an issue that can be discussed, but a clause that was added directly after a big discussion.
When he passed the book, Xiao Yu was very dissatisfied, but he also completely understood whose idea it was, so he stopped and pretended that he had not seen it.
Isn't it just to let the soldiers recognize a few words and read some books? What can those ignorant people learn? And who is willing to teach a group of soldiers to read and read? It is really unnecessary...
He thought disapprovingly and stamped the seal of Zhongshu on it.
After announcing it at the great court meeting, the establishment of the Zhechong Prefecture has come to an end. Next spring, it will be tried out in Jingzhao, Jinyang and other places, especially where the government soldiers gather like Pingyao. It will wait for a year and a half.
, if there are no major problems, it will be implemented throughout the territory.
In terms of governance, Li Po has always adhered to a style of neither arrogance nor impatience. As before, he was well received among the courtiers in Chang'an because no one wanted to serve a king who always wanted to do many tricks.