Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 821 Is Tolerable or Unbearable

"Grandpa!" As soon as Qu Zhu returned to the tribe, his second son, Sao La, greeted him, and said in a low voice, "People from the Ahui tribe are going south."

"What?" Qu Zhu was a little surprised, and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"

"Khitan came to envoy, saying that there was a change in Youzhou, and ordered the Ahui tribe to go south to guard the border." Sao said.

Sao's stature is not tall, but he is very strong and stocky, with extraordinary arm strength, and he is still very prestigious in the clan.Qu Zhu even felt that Sao was able to lead the tribe to survive better than the eldest son Su Zhi, because he was more brave.

"Go south to block Youzhou Li Keyong?" Qu Zhu frowned.

"Yes, there are also Xí people and Khitan people who went south together." Sao added.

History has come here, and changes have taken place.

This year in history, Liu Rengong took advantage of Li Keyong's drunkenness, led his troops to ambush, defeated the Jin army, and took control of the entire Youzhou.Afterwards, the Khitans became more and more popular, and the Khitan people felt uneasy, so they sent the Xi and Yu tribes south to guard the border, and at the same time sent the Khitan tribes as supervisors to guard against Youzhou.

Liu Rengong was also arrogant. He recruited athletes from northern Shanbei to join the army, practiced day and night, and fought against the border Khitans many times.At the same time, after autumn, people were sent to burn the grasslands. The Khitan people suffered because they could not feed their horses, so they had to sue for peace.

The reason why he sent people south this time was because Li Ke used the conquest of Ying and Ping to destroy the local tribes.Especially the Xi people, who were recruited by him in large numbers, the rest of them fled northward and defected to Khitan.

Li Ke's powerful fighting power made Khan Shen Dejin very afraid, so he sent the vassal tribes south to guard the border. This is also their old trick.

"What about the headquarters?" Qu Zhu asked again.

When the Raole Governor's Mansion was established, the Xi family was divided into five tribes, and the governor led one by himself, a total of six tribes, namely Ahui (Ruoshui Prefecture), Chuhe (Qili Prefecture), Aoshi (Luolang Prefecture), Du The five ministries of Ji (Talu Prefecture), Yuanzhe (Kirye Prefecture) and the direct leadership of the Wangfu have about 3000 to [-] cavalry.At that time, Khitan's strength was slightly weaker, but "the victorious soldiers were [-], divided into eight divisions", which was not as good as the six divisions.

But now Xibu is no longer good, and there are only more than 2 riders in total.With this strength, he still has to be pulled out to defend the side?How many soldiers and horses does Li Ke use, can he fight it?

Of course, if Liu Buxi counts all adult men, of course there will be more than [-] to [-] riders.

If you count all Xiren, there will be more.

There are many Xi people in Youzhou Town, and Hue Prefecture, where An Lushan once served as the governor, is Xizhou.The Guiyi Prefecture established by the Gaozong Dynasty housed Silla, Khitan, and Xi people.

Outside Youzhou Town, there is Shanbei Xi, all of whom escaped from the oppression of Khitan.

Yingzhou was once occupied by Xi people.

The Eight Khitan tribes also owned many Xirennu tribes.

But are these Xi people related to Liubu Xi?Do people listen to you?When Li Baochen, the man of Xi, was the envoy of Dejie, did he think highly of you Liubu Xi?

"I'm afraid the headquarters will also go south." Saw As said.

"Excessive!" Qu Zhu cursed in a low voice, his face uncertain.

He is not willing to be inferior to others.

In history, because of guarding the border for Khitan and dealing with Liu Rengong, Liu Shouguang and his sons, and "suffering and cruel", King Xi went to Zhu to rebel against Khitan during the reign of Emperor Ai Tianyou of Tang Dynasty, and led part of his tent to escape to the west. So far, Xi people were divided into east and west. department.

"The Khitan envoy said that Huangshui Shiqiao is the former place of Songmo's governor's mansion. In the past, Yingzhou rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. Li Jinzhong and Sun Wanrong had tens of thousands of troops, and the Tang people could not stop them. At the critical moment, Xi people led Turks to attack Songmo and plundered the old and weak. , occupying all of its land, so that Sun Wanrong was defeated and killed. During the period of Bala Khan, he defeated the six tribes. Because of the neighborly relationship, he stopped capturing half of the trilogy, and kept the rest. It can be said that he is the most benevolent, and now he should go south to guard It's over." Saw Sa said again.

In fact, Bala Khan only captured [-] households in Tulesi, the king of Xi, and there were not many people, but the humiliation was of great significance—yes, Liubuxi was often called Wubuxi, and Gain There are too few direct leaders.

Qu Zhu did not directly control many people, but only more than three thousand accounts.The other five groups have been severely attacked by the Khitan in recent years. During the Khan period, Khen Dejin was captured by Sasha and Shilu (Khitan Diela) with [-] households at one time, which can be described as terrible.

"I originally wanted to make false claims with the Khitan people..." Qu Zhu said angrily, "Now it seems that they have completely ruined their face. Sara and Shilu from the Diel tribe robbed seven thousand of my households and made them slaves. Now I want to kill the rest of us little by little, so that we can occupy our grass and pastures. According to the words of the Tang people, it is tolerable and unbearable.

Speaking of this, he went to Zhuwang to look at his son and said, "You immediately contact someone you trust and get ready."

"What's the preparation?" Saw Sha was a little dazed.

"Prepare armor, horses, and arrows." Qu Zhu gritted his teeth and said, "Once the Khitans want us to go south, we will bring Xia soldiers over to make the Khitans look good."

"As far as our soldiers and horses are concerned, others may look down on them." Saw assassinated, "Besides, there are many Khitan tribes around, so it's hard to leave."

As Xi Wang, the most embarrassing thing is here, there is no one.

At that time, Yan soldiers raided the six tribes of Xi, and each tribe suffered heavy losses.Xi Wang Zheli was angered and immediately abolished.Shi Se succeeded to the throne, and soon died again.When his younger brother Tulesi came to power, most of his followers were killed or injured, and most of them were scattered. There were only a thousand households left, and half of them were captured by the Khitans.

"Don't worry about it so much, I have my own way." Qu Zhu waved his hand and said.

Sweeping can only back down, worried.

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In the new city of Yuyi Town, a large group of captives were repairing the city.

Yang Liang, the envoy of the Golden Sword Army, was flipping through several military newspapers.

Their main force is in Yuyi Town, part of them are in Ruyuan, and the whole is in the east.

The black army is in the town of Huaihuang, located to the west.

The commander of the capital, Yang Yue, stationed troops in Daning in the south, which is the most dangerous place. There is Huaian County in Xinzhou to the west of Gein, Wende County in Yizhou to the east, and Huairong County in Guizhou to the southeast.Strictly speaking, Daning's position is on the line, almost on the edge of Yizhou. If Li Cunxiao doesn't respond, he will be a ghost.

In fact, not to mention Daning, the Jin army's rangers were seen in Yuyi Town.

He sent someone to capture a prisoner and came back. After interrogation, he found out that it was Xi Ren, but luckily he could speak official language.Yang Liang personally participated in the interrogation, and pulled out a lot of news from him.

"Li Cunxiao was ordered to recruit athletes from the northern part of the mountain and set up an army behind the mountain?" Yang Liang was very interested in this news.

Behind the mountain is the north of the mountain, and the main source of the army behind the mountain is those tribes, and it is those who were swept away by them.

After ten days, more than 30 people from Dingkou and nearly [-] cattle, sheep, horses and camels have been captured. The harvest is quite large, and people have been sent to evacuate them.

However, their actions were temporarily halted.Yang Yue ordered the black army to go southeast and lay down in the southwest of Yuyi Town.His main force still stopped in Daning, repairing the city, and did not move.

Obviously, this is to guard against the arrival of the Jin army and wants to fight them.

"Military envoy, I've heard about this before. Li Ke used to attack Cangjing, and ordered Li Cunxiao to go to the back of the mountain several times to recruit troops and send them to the front line." Zhang Guiba said: "The battle is fierce. Inevitably, recruiting soldiers is a common thing. These bitter haha, there is nothing but a bad life. If you give me a little something, I will work for you. Sometimes it is not even recruiting, but conscription. Let them bring their own horses and equipment, Listen to orders before arriving at the account. If you survive the battle, you will share the spoils after the battle. After a few battles with the army, you will be incorporated into the Jin army. I have fought with Jin people before, and many Jin soldiers are such people."

"En." Yang Liangliang nodded, just about to say something, the soldiers came in and reported in a low voice.

"Okay, what's the branch called?" Yang Liang got up, adjusted his military uniform a little, and said.

"Su Zhi." Zhang Guiba added.

"Haha, it's Su Zhi. Let's go and meet him." Yang Liang strode forward.

Zhang Guiba quickly followed.He always felt that it was not a good thing for Su Zhi to come, and he felt that something was wrong.In case Li Ke comes here with soldiers, you will always be in trouble if you interfere with Jin Xiren and Khitan.

But how should I put it, I'm here, it's okay to see him, anyway, someone has been sent to inform Yang Dutou, and Dutou means "see you quickly".

Zhang Guiba: "..."

"I've seen General Yang, I've seen General Zhang." As soon as Su Zhi came up, he followed the Chinese etiquette and spoke Chinese with a very respectful attitude.

"You are Su Zhi? I heard that there is another brother who sweeps assassins?" Yang Liang stood in front of the courtyard gate, looked up and down, and asked.

Well, the attitude is a little bit arrogant, but Wufu is like this, compared to the generals who killed Khitan and Xibu chiefs at all times during the Tianbao period, and didn't treat them as human beings at all, I don't know how much better it is.

"General Yang's words are correct, Sao is my younger brother." Su Zhi responded, and after finishing speaking, he looked at Yang Liang carefully, but saw that he was wearing a military uniform, lined with armor, and a cloak was hanging on his body. It looks majestic.

"Come in, it's not good to be seen. It's not good for you." Yang Liang smiled and led Su Zhi into the yard.

After the guests and hosts were seated, Yang Liang didn't let anyone serve tea, he just sat there and asked, "What's the relationship between you and the Khitan people now?"

Su Zhi was a little embarrassed when he heard the words, and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

After thinking about it, Fang said: "Back to General Yang, Khitan has been strong since more than [-] years ago. First, it targeted Liubuxi and conquered several times. The most recent one was during the Guangqi period of the Tang Dynasty. Shilu was extremely vicious, he attacked my six divisions, captured seven thousand households, and made them slaves."

"He captured seven thousand of your households, so King Xi has nothing to say?" Yang Liang asked.

This made Su Zhi very embarrassed.None of the seven thousand households belonged to King Xi, and King Xi did not have seven thousand households.

"The Khitan is tyrannical, but powerful, especially the Diela tribe. The Yelu family was the Yili Jin of the Diela tribe, and the Yili Jin of the Babu tribe. The Khan of the Yaoren clan could not control..." Su Zhi replied.

Hearing this, Yang Liang was at a loss, and Zhang Guiba was also a little puzzled.But they probably understood that the Yelu family was probably a military family, controlling the most powerful Diela tribe, and also the family of the eight military chiefs of Khitan, and probably a family of generals in the Central Plains.

"Let's be honest, why are you here?" Yang Liang didn't want to go around in circles anymore, and asked directly.

"The Khitan is ambitious and brutal. If the King of Xia attacks the Khitan, my father and son are willing to be the pioneers." Su Zhi said with emotion.

"How many soldiers does King Xi have?" Zhang Guiba asked suddenly after listening for a long time.

"No less than ten thousand." Su Zhi replied.

"If King Xia attacks Khitan, what good strategy do you have?" Zhang Guiba asked again.

"Perhaps we can persuade the chieftains of the tribes to let them open the roads and supply cattle, sheep and grain. Only [-] horses are needed to teach the Khitan people to suffer a great loss." Su Zhi said.

Yang Liang and Zhang Guiba looked at each other without making a sound.

"Have you ever been to Li Keyong's place?" Yang Liang asked.

Su Zhi was startled, and immediately said: "There is absolutely no such thing."

Yang Liang smiled and said: "I'll take the horse you sent, and rest here for a few days. I'll report this matter later. If possible, let King Xi come in person. I have something to say. You can't tell."

(End of this chapter)