Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Perhaps because we don't want too many people to know, on the night of August [-]th, Huannuboke and his party quietly put down from the hanging basket and entered the summer camp in a low-key manner.

Shao Shude was looking at the many Uyghur books collected with relish—of course, he could only speak, but he didn't understand words, and he had to be translated by the people from the Lifan Academy.

"Let the envoy come in." After receiving Zhong Yanyou's report, Shao Shude waved his hand to make people step back, and led the Huohannu and his party in.

Semuren, Semuren, Semuren...

Shao Shude was suddenly a little curious, how many people did Pugu Jun have?Could it be less than [-]?So much so that the country was founded and called the system, but the main ethnic group may not be the Uyghurs.

Considering that when Pu Gujun was in the most embarrassing time, he was betrayed by the Tatars with nine surnames, and he only had one place in Xizhou under his command, and he once took refuge in Zhang Yichao to survive, maybe he really didn't have many soldiers.

But the grassland is also a magical place.

This land has its own unique political ethics, and the grassland people have their own values. In the end, Pu Gujun was able to gather the crowd and regain his strength. Illinois.In the end, when he died, there were three places in Xizhou, Yizhou, and Beiting, all of which were Gaochang.

Although his successor was not well-known in the Central Plains, he was obviously very capable. He integrated the land of the three states, and then marched westward, defeating the Anxi Uyghur (also known as the Kuci Uyghur, named after Pang Teqin was called Khan in Yanqi), Expand the country to the west.

Grassland Khan, to put it simply and roughly, is actually a snowball.

If you are strong, others are willing to join you, respect you as a great sweat, wave flags for you, and send troops to fight.

If you are weak, others want to replace you.Just as the Uyghurs took advantage of the decline of the Turks to destroy the last Turkic Khan and establish a grassland empire, the Geluolu people also wanted to try, but they died after trying, and were beaten by the Uyghurs.That is to say, they ran far enough to still have some united front value, and in the end they belonged to the Uighurs, otherwise they would probably be finished.

Since the Supreme Khan, born wise, Jianwen and martial arts, has swept the North Court since his western expedition.Within a few months, the reputation in the north of the Tianshan Mountains was already "Da Dadi".Let it ferment for a while, and next year, it is estimated that the reputation will be even greater, and the snowball can roll.

"What is the official residence of the envoy in Gaochang?" Shao Shude asked.

"Doctor Yushi." Although the Huoshan slave tried his best to be neither humble nor overbearing, he was still a little nervous after seeing the large group of warriors with silver helmets and silver armor in the tent.

Whether a warrior wears armor or not, the pressure on people is different.

What's more, this army showed great power on the battlefield a few days ago. With only more than [-] people, it defeated the Uighur infantry and fled in embarrassment.It is rumored in the army that they are "invulnerable to arrows" and "invulnerable to swords and guns", which may be false, but how to put it, they should be a rare elite soldier.

For them, Huohannu felt that he should maintain enough respect.Yes, I'm not afraid, I just respect them.

"Are you here to deliver the letter?" Shao Shude asked.

"..." Volcano slave.

But he is also a person who has been on missions many times, and has rich experience. What kind of king has not seen it?Moreover, before departure, Zuo Prime Minister Lianyou and Mujami Zhida had explained many things to him, which coincided with his thoughts.Lord Xia is so straight to the point, so he doesn't have to hide it.

So, he cleared his throat, and said: "If Daxiazi wants Gaochang, it's not difficult."

"Come on, what's the condition?" Shao Shude's eyes still fell on the transcribed document in front of him, which seemed very large and impolite.

"How does Lord Xia want to rule Gaochang?" Huoshan slave asked.

Shao Shude put down the documents, glanced at the messenger, and said, "Yizhou, Xizhou, and Tingzhou were the Zhengzhous of the former Tang Dynasty, and they will be Zhengzhous in the future. As for other places, I have to look again."

Volcano was taken aback.

Lord Xia only mentioned Yizhou, Xizhou, and Beiting, but did not mention Yanqi and Qiuci. These are all the lands of the Dafu Uighur Kingdom.On the other hand, how would he arrange for the local nobles in Gaochang?
"I am rich all over the world, and my center of gravity is always in the Central Plains. In the Western Regions, I still need people with both ability and political integrity to help me take care of it." Shao Shude said again.

Hearing this, Volcano Slave breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the words were a little vague, they already hinted a lot inside and outside the words.The center of gravity of the Great Xia Kingdom is in the east, and it can't handle the west. It's okay in the short term, but something will happen in the long run.If there is no local agent, it will certainly not last.

As for who the local agent is, needless to say?It can only be the nobles of Gaochang.

That being the case, the purpose is achieved.Politics, sometimes it is so naked, to put it bluntly, it is how to divide the fat, which is not surprising.

"It has been more than seventy years since the Uyghurs moved westward, and it is a fluke that they have survived until now." Huoshan Nu suddenly sighed, then knelt down directly, and said, "I wish to serve the Supreme Khan as the Lord."

Shao Shude nodded, and then glanced at the followers behind him, seeing that there was one person who hadn't paid homage, he wondered, "Who are you?"

"Greetings to His Majesty Da Xiazi." Mizhida stepped forward to bow and salute, and then said: "I am Muja Mizhida of the Manichaeism."

"You don't want to surrender?" Shao Shude asked.

"Since we came to the camp today, how could we not surrender?" Mi Zhida smiled wryly.

"Then there must be conditions that cannot be met, let's hear it." Shao Shude waved his hand and asked the palace servants to serve tea to everyone.

"Your Majesty's lesson." Mi Zhida thought for a while and asked, "Does Your Majesty know about Pang Teqin?"

"Of course I know." Shao Shude said: "After Pang Teqin led the people to move westward, he proclaimed himself Khan in Yanqi, but it was only a flash in the pan. For decades, there was no communication between the Western Regions and the Central Plains. Occasionally, some news came over, and there were many errors. I will explain in detail."

Mi Zhida bowed again, and said: "Pang Teqin learned of the death of the last Uyghur Khan during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, so he was called Khan in Yanqi, and the country was named 'Great Uyghur'. The Central Plains may be called Anxi Uyghur, Kuci Uyghur In the tenth year of Dazhong (856), Pang Teqin asked the Tang Dynasty for canonization, and the Tang court agreed, and sent envoys to the west. However, Pu Gujun secretly sent people to intercept the envoys and rob the seals and books, but the matter failed."

"What happened next?" Shao Shude asked curiously.

Chang'an has records of the above.He even sent an envoy twice, but the envoy walked halfway and said that someone intercepted him and could not arrive, so he went back.

"Later, there was civil strife in the Anxi Uyghurs, and some people ran eastward and joined Zhang Yichao, the governor of the rebel army. Yichao was afraid that he would hook up with Liangua and Sha Uighurs, so he moved these Anxi Uyghurs to Ganzhou to join the Ganzhou Uyghurs." Mi Zhida said: "Your Majesty has already pacified the Uighurs in Ganzhou, you should know about this past."

"Continue." Shao Shude nodded and said.

"After the Anxi Uyghur internal strife, and faced with the invasion of Pu Gujun, Pang Teqin led his people westward to Suiye and established a yamen tent. Because he was born in the Yaoluoge family of the Uighur royal family and had a noble status, he was supported by many tribes."

Shao Shude nodded again.

But he has his own judgment.Did Pang Teqin really gain the support of so many tribes by virtue of his blood?Half-truth, I'm afraid.It must be a combination of military offensive and political united front in parallel to achieve this result.

"Pang Teqin was unstoppable in the west of Congling. He once defeated Persia and won the surrender of the Talas people." Mizhida continued: "He also won the allegiance of the Geluolu people, and then continued to expand. Before his death, except for the west of Congling In addition to the large area of ​​land, there is also the west half of Beiting and Yanqi, Qiuci, Shule and other places in the east."

"What year did Pang Teqin die?" Shao Shude asked.

Mizhida shook his head and said, "I don't know. It was around the time of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty. Before he died, he divided the country between his two sons, and the honorable name of them all was Vija Kadir Khan."

"Can the country established by Pang Teqin still be called the country of the Uyghurs?" Shao Shude asked again.

"The Uighurs conquered these tribes and integrated them, that's all I can say." Mizhida replied.

Shao Shude nodded slightly.

In fact, just like the Mongols conquered many countries and tribes on the Eurasian prairie, they were all assimilated in the end because of their small number.

Regardless of the distance, the Uighurs in Gaochang will be assimilated by the local people sooner or later, and the assimilation is even in progress.

"After the death of Ponteqin, the eldest son Basil was named Khan in Suiye, and the title of Aslan Khan was honored by the crowd; the second son Ogurchak was called Khan in Talas, and he was called Kadir Khan. The title of Aslan Khan caused King Pugu was dissatisfied, and a war broke out between the two sides in the first year of Emperor Tang Xun's Dashun (890). Aslan Khan was defeated, losing Kucha, Yanqi and other places, and the tribes in Beiting and Rehai also surrendered to King Pugu. "

"Later, because of the tense relationship between the two sides and the endless wars in the west of Congling, the news was rather confusing. We only know that in the fourth year of Tang Dashun (893), the Persians broke through the city of Talas, and Kadir Khan's wife and followers were captured. He moved the capital to Shule, married his elder brother and his wife, and took in his nephew and niece. They have been fighting the Persians year after year."

After listening to these words, Shao Shude stood up, walked to the map hanging in the tent, and examined it carefully.

"What do they believe in now? Mani? Buddha? Or something else?" Shao Shude turned his head and asked.

"Ogurchak follows the Uighur tradition and believes in the great shaman." Mizhida replied.

Shao Shude turned his head back and continued to look at the map.

He, the Supreme Khan, was "certified" by the great shaman Uruk through communication with the heavens.It seems that Ogurchak is considered traditional, but—his name is very un-Uighur, and it has a strong Turkic meaning, including his elder brother.

If it continues to develop, the country will no longer have any Uyghur elements, and the whole country will be Turkic, although the relationship between Uyghur and Turkic is very deep.

"You—" Shao Shude turned around, looked at Mizhida, and said, "Can you go to Xiashule (Kashgar)? The capital of the Great Uyghur Kingdom is Shule, right? Go and see Kadir Khan, just Said I wanted to spend time with him."

"Your Majesty, Kadir Khan is not in Shule most of the time, but is fighting the Persians in the west." Mizhida was a little unwilling, and evaded.

"Hehe." Shao Shude smiled, and said: "I probably know what you want. However, if there is no special merit, how can there be special encounters? You should think about it carefully."

Mi Zhida was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Obey."

"Gaochang, what do you say? Who will open the city? Or come out and surrender?" Shao Shude sat back in the tiger skin chair and asked.

"Your Majesty." The volcano slave who had been acting as an invisible man just now said immediately: "I will go back and persuade Khan. If he is willing, I will embrace him to surrender. If he is not willing, the descendants of Aslan's Uighurs will do the same. 'Embrace' him to come out and surrender."

"It's best to hurry up." Shao Shude said: "I don't have that much patience. What are you going to do in Qiuci, Yanqi and other places?"

"Since the Khan and the Prime Minister ordered him to surrender." Huoshan Nu said.

"Are you sure?" Shao Shude asked, "Tell the truth, don't talk big."

Huohannu just wanted to say "I'm sure", but after hearing the second half of Shao Shude's words, he swallowed it immediately.

Seeing him like that, Shao Shude said impatiently, "Do your best."

"Yes." Volcano Slave responded with a sigh of relief.

******
It was late at night when Vija Khan received the news, he got up in a hurry and prepared to summon the volcano slave.

Empress Xie sat up, smoothing his robes for Vija Khan.After finishing, he gently put his arms around his waist, buried his head in his arms, and said softly, "Khan, go and get busy with state affairs."

"What sweating..." Vija smiled wryly, and said, "Thieves Shao may not be able to allow me to continue sweating."

"So what if you sweat or not?" Xie raised her face, blinked her lake-blue eyes, and said affectionately, "As long as I can live with you day and night, as a family, that's enough."

Vija was moved in his heart, but he was in a state of confusion at the moment, and he didn't have the mind to continue to get bored with his wife.After a few perfunctory sentences, surrounded by several guards, he hurried to the front hall.

Empress Xie went to the small Buddhist hall in the harem, with a solemn face, and sincerely prayed for her husband.

"Khan!" Xie Yuanzhu, Lianyou, Huohannu all saluted him.

The strange thing is, there are several officials and tribal nobles, who summoned them?How can such an embarrassing matter of negotiation be announced to the public?

"How?" Vija Khan looked at the volcano Nubok with burning eyes and asked.

"Khan, I'll wait until the summer camp. Although it's the middle of the night, it's tough and strict, and the law is strict."

"There are also fine armored warriors, one of whom can fight against a hundred, and they will attack the city in an instant."

"There are also many tribes from the North Court, all of whom have changed their gates and gathered around Lord Xia."

"Lord Xia is deeply respected by everyone, and he speaks the same thing, and has the appearance of a heroic lord."

Vija was stunned, and subconsciously felt that something was wrong.

"Volcano slave, what do you mean?" he asked.

Huohannu raised his face and let out a long sigh, shed two lines of hot tears, and said, "Khan, come down."

Surprised and angry, Vija took two steps back calmly, and asked, "Has the Shao thief already appointed you an official?"

"I'm all waiting for the people of Gaochang, and I don't have the slightest selfishness." Huoshan slave said.

"Where are the two prime ministers? Why don't you speak?" Vija retreated to the guard and asked.

"Volcano Nuboke has already confirmed the mission." Xie Yuanzhu said: "Yizhou, Xizhou, and Tingzhou were originally the Zhengzhou of the Han Dynasty, and they will not be left to the Great Khan."

"What?" Vija was furious, and said, "There is no Xizhou or Yizhou. Do you want me to go to Kucha to become a sweat?"

The biggest reason why the Anxi Uighur was defeated by the Gaochang Uighur was that the agricultural development of Xizhou and Yizhou was excellent, providing Gaochang with a steady stream of money, food and materials. Can't be called sweating profusely.

When the strength of the two sides is similar, nomads may be able to fight farming, but they are often difficult to parry when facing a half-pastoral and half-plowing regime.Gein's latter not only has the mobility of a nomadic regime, but also has ample money, food and materials, which is theoretically a crushing advantage.

The Great Uyghur Kingdom may not be purely nomadic. They have some farming in places such as Shule, Suiye, and Talas, but after many years of war, they have long been abandoned. , naturally fall into the disadvantaged.

"Khan, the matter has come to this point, it's useless to talk more." Lian You sighed.

A group of soldiers poured out of the hall.No, it looks more like a congregation.

Vija Khan turned pale with fright, invincible, and ran back in a hurry.

"Khan doesn't want to surrender..." Xie Yuanzhu and Lian You looked at each other, and said, "Let's open the city first?"

"It's up to Xie Xiang to decide on his own." Lian You said.

Xie Yuanzhu gave him a funny look, the matter has come to this, why pretend?How can someone who cherishes feathers like this become a big deal?
The sergeants hurried past the crowd, chasing Vija and shouting loudly.

There were several screams from behind, and Vija didn't dare to stop for a while, his heart was clear: If they didn't want to catch him alive, they would have fallen to the ground with an arrow.But, where can he escape to?

Thinking of this, suddenly sadness came from him, he threw away the saber, sat on the ground with tears streaming down his face.

On the other side of the city, after a short and bloody battle, a group of people took control of the south gate and lowered the drawbridge.

The city gate shyly revealed a crack at first, and then opened wide like a split thigh, completely exposing the vital parts.Xia Jun swarmed up, along the avenue, and went straight in.