Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1598 Snatching Back Several Years

On the Khorasan Highway east of Bahana, there are endless carriages, ox carts, pack horses, donkeys, and camels.

Some scholars who are obviously cultural people are also sitting in the car.They are well dressed and have a lot of baggage at hand. It is obvious that they are allowed to bring their own gold and silver, and their family members are with them. This treatment is quite good.

Their next stop was Shule, and then they went to Luoyang.

Shao Shude mainly recruited scholars related to Central Asian geography, language, culture, art, diet, mathematics, science, etc., most of whom were Sogdians, and a few were big cannibals and Persians.

After returning to Luoyang, they will be organized to learn Chinese, compile books, and communicate with Daxia scholars to see if they can learn from each other.

Culture needs to be communicated.

When working behind closed doors, there is often a lack of inspiration.And when you always use the same thinking mode to look at things, many times you can't get out of the original rut, and you can't innovate.But what about another way of thinking?Maybe there will be a collision of sparks of thinking, resulting in new results.

After the scholars left, a large number of craftsmen, musicians, and even performers took away.

Their arrival will also make the craftsmanship of the Central Plains more diversified and the artistic features richer.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the music and dance of the Western Regions immediately swept across the Central Plains.Not only inside and outside the palace, but even the common people like to watch and listen to it.Because it is an art form that is very different from the traditional Chinese style. It is very lively and joyful, and has many practitioners. Now it has gradually integrated into traditional Chinese culture, just like the food and clothing in the Western Regions.

You must not build a car behind closed doors, and you must communicate with the outside world. This is the concept that Shao Shude has always promoted.

Confucius said that "three people must have my teacher".

He did not look down on those who were not as talented as him, but learned with an open mind.It is absolutely unacceptable to be too arrogant and think that others have nothing to learn.

One day after these were transported away, the second batch of teams also set out on the road, with a total of 12 cattle and sheep, and hurried to Shule.

Cattle and sheep are definitely important supplies for the Great Xia army.It started many years ago, not eating meat, mainly milk, otherwise no amount of livestock would be enough to slaughter.

This tradition was inherited from the Tang Dynasty, and expeditionary forces from all walks of life have long been used to it.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went on an expedition to the desert and the Western Regions, and the logistics model was mainly to mobilize the people in the Central Plains to transfer grain.

In the end, the population of the whole country dropped sharply, and the society was on the verge of collapse.With his temperament, he had no choice but to issue his own edict, which shows how critical the situation is.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, the expeditions to the desert and the Western Regions were farther and more frequent.And there is more than one enemy, fighting on multiple fronts for a hundred years, non-stop, continuous fighting, as a result, the population of the whole country is still increasing, and the social economy is reaching its peak.

Although they also transported food long-distance, it was not the mainstream. They relied more on collecting Tibetan cattle and sheep to obtain meat and milk. The logistics model was significantly closer to that of the grassland army, so it had little impact on the Central Plains—relatively speaking.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty, Daxia's agricultural technology has made great progress.For example, when Wei Zhaodu was in Liangzhou, he fed cattle with residue from wine making and mixed it with forage, and the milk production surged.

In the later period, cattle breeds in multiple directions were bred, such as those that were good at farming, those that produced more milk, and those that produced more meat.The advancement of breeding technology has been fed back to the military, further improving the self-sustaining ability of the army.

Of course, the cows and sheep in front of us are all the cattle and sheep that have not been specially bred, but they are still very important resources because they can produce milk.

On the tenth day of September, the third batch of grain-carrying teams left...

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Shao Shude walked into the city of Bahana.

This is a city surrounded by a large number of vegetable gardens, orchards, and is the capital of Bhana, which can be ranked second or third in the Fergana Basin.

The palace of the Governor's Mansion is located on the square of the outer city. This is the place where officials work, which is quite different from small towns such as Guba, Woshi, and Uzkander.

There is a huge Creator Temple on the square, and Shao Shude strolled into it.

The body didn't get cleaned up in the future, but he didn't mind.

He walked through the gate, the dome, the corridor, and the courtyard one by one, and even went to the minaret to have a look—the name is a transliteration of Dashi, which actually means minaret, high tower, and watchtower.

A religious school is also located inside.

Shao Shude flipped through some books casually.The shepherds of the Creator are not all teaching religious knowledge. In fact, astronomy, geography, history, mathematics, and art are the main courses.

The content is actually quite good, at least not lagging behind the average level of this era.

There is also a library in the school with a collection of more than a thousand books, one of which is more interesting. Although Shao Shude can't understand the text, he can read the drawings, which roughly tells the knowledge of astronomy and navigation.I don't know where it came from, maybe it's the private collection of a senior priest in the school.

After visiting the library, he overlooked the panorama from the minaret.

This is a well planned city.

The houses of the rich are made of bricks, while the poor live in mud houses.

The roof covers a lot, perhaps for insulation.

The overall arrangement of the houses is relatively neat, and the walls are connected together, which is obviously planned, which is similar to what he saw when he traveled in Kashgar in later generations.

Most of the houses are small courtyards with two terraces, grape trellises and wells in the courtyard, and some even have stone mills.

Shao Shude took a few glances, the courtyard was quiet, occasionally a child cried, but it stopped abruptly, as if being covered by an adult.

In a small courtyard at the end of the street, a guard soldier came out with his trousers in his hands.Behind him, the woman tried her best to gather up the torn clothes, took a bag of beans thrown to her by the soldier, and started cooking.

But soon another new attached soldier rushed in, and when the woman fell to the ground, he struggled to shake up.

A moment later, a group of soldiers surrounded the courtyard, pushed the two warriors to the ground, ignored their pleas, raised their knives and beheaded them on the spot.

Say two days is two days.Do whatever you want within two days, if you do evil after two days, you will be dealt with directly by military law.

Several tents were set up in the city, and doctors were recruited to treat the wounded people.

The Anmin notice was also posted, which means that order has been restored.

The surviving people of Bahan watched all this indifferently.

They faced a group of vicious but strict martial arts warriors.Thinking about it carefully, I can't help but feel a sense of fear in my bones. When facing this kind of person, maybe surrender is the best way?

According to the soldiers who entered the city, Turmgan in the west directly collected the goods from Bazar, loaded them into 20 carts, and paid an additional [-] dirham silver coins in exchange for these warriors not attacking their city...

If Governor Ismail did the same, maybe they would have a different ending.

Crows croaked and landed on the branches.

It was evening, and the smoke from cooking in the city was rising, and the aroma of food wafted from the nostrils.

Xia Bing, who had finished dinner in advance, was busy, constantly transporting various supplies, and he had to transport them away overnight.

In the Grand Bazaar in the southwest corner of the city, several huge furnaces were lit.

Anvils and hammers jingle, Xia people are repairing armor and equipment.

High-value weapons will naturally be taken away, and some of them will be put into storage for proper maintenance for future use.After all, the Western Regions are waiting to be rebuilt, and the production capacity is not strong. Even the weapons commonly used by the Persians cannot be discarded at will.

In addition, Zhao Wang Shao Siwu is also in urgent need, and the saint will allocate part of it to his son.

The rest that they don't like will be left to the Turkic tribes.

The prisoners released from the prison helped by melting all kinds of large copper idols and utensils that were inconvenient to carry, and after making money, they strung them together and took them away.

Every time Xia Bing broke through a city, he would release the prisoners in the prison and incorporate them into the new attached army as cannon fodder.

The number of this army has exceeded [-], which is comparable to that of Yin'anzhi——Shao ​​Shude recruited hundreds of Tibetan warriors from Anxi Road into Yin'anzhi.

As the troops directly under Khan Court, they will eventually withdraw with Xia Jun.

To be honest, they couldn't do without leaving, because the people in Bahan hated this army to death.

When it comes to doing evil, it is even more vicious than Xia Bing, without any bottom line.When Persia regains its lost territory in the future, if the new attached army stays in Fergana, it will definitely end badly.

The last ray of light in the sky also fell.

The famous city of Fergana, Rahana, ushered in the first night after the catastrophe.

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On September [-], most of the cavalry had been sent to the west.

Instead of passive defense, they took the initiative to attack and penetrated into Hajistan and Juzhanti. The vanguard even appeared on the outskirts of Sabat.

The main purpose is to intimidate the enemy, making them think that Xia's army is going to march westward on a large scale and loot more money.

Xie Yanzhang, who led the team, sent people to report back, and it was obvious that the enemy had implemented a strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the field.The number of people in many villages has been greatly reduced, and the rich have even fled to the cities.

The Dihkans who were scattered in the countryside armed their respective territories, marched to the vicinity of the big city, and set up camp.

At the same time, the man who pulled Khan slowly reacted began to gather cavalry to fight Xia's army.Although many troops were scattered during the confrontation, the degree of militarization of the Ferganasian half increased significantly.

Of course, relying on these soldiers alone would definitely not be able to challenge Xia Jun.

Before the arrival of the main Persian force, their only role was to cause trouble for the Xia soldiers who scattered and looted.

After all, when you plunder, it is impossible for the whole army to gather together. Often there are more than a hundred people, or hundreds of people. If they gather thousands of people, they can still fight more and get results.

To put it bluntly, it's just to curb your unscrupulous looting behavior-the people of Khotan just suffered a loss, and most of Li Shengtian's 300-man Qingqi were wiped out by the man who pulled Khan.

But—it doesn't matter!
Shao Shude didn't care, he had already made up his mind to retreat.

During this looting, there may have been [-] to [-] people who died directly in the hands of Xia Jun or were taken away by him.

If you count those who starved to death after being robbed of food, it is even more impossible to count—maybe they were lucky and had food hidden in other places, maybe they could hide in the mountains to hunt, collect fruits and vegetables, or rely on relatives to get life-saving food , but such people are a minority after all.

Although the Turks came late, they also robbed a lot of goods and slaves, and they refused to leave this meeting.

During this trip, most of the area to the east of Rahana was abolished.To the west of Bahana, there are also many disturbances.

Let the Persians have a headache!

On September [-]th, news came from the north: the army besieged Baishui City and failed, and then went south to plunder the four cities of Jiukwit, Baierkuab, Shalab, and Iskuab. Go away.

Ogurchak was a little greedy, and repeatedly looted near Iskuab, but was attacked by soldiers and horses of Shash (Tashkent) at night.The [-] Sogdian cavalry defeated the Uyghurs, and the Geluolu people who had robbed the farthest suffered the heaviest losses. More than [-] people were killed and injured. The looted goods and slaves were also rescued by the Persians.

Seeing what Dalang said inside and outside the meaning, he was about to retreat, because the first snow had already fallen locally.

Shao Shude immediately sent a group of messengers to the north and ordered a general retreat at the same time.

On September [-]th, Nanyuan came to report that the first snow had fallen on Congling, and it quickly melted away.

Shao Shude ordered all the ministries to speed up their actions and strive to transport more supplies back.

In the afternoon, he left Bahana and officially set foot on the return journey.

When I saw the horse-drawn carriages and camel caravans that were still coming in and out of the gate of Bahana City, I was very relieved: With the sponsorship of the Persians, the problem of resettlement of the soldiers' families in Shule town could finally be solved in advance.

Otherwise, it will take at least several years for the settlements to be completed one after another, given the extremely tight transport capacity in the Helong area and the reality that the local people are overwhelmed.

The First World War took back a few years, and this deal is hard to come by!

(End of this chapter)