Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1406

Those nobles and knights who were originally entrusted were also deprived of their titles and official positions, and their property was confiscated.

This very strict policy, compared to the devastating blow to the three parts of Tuqi, is much more benevolent.

For Qin generals such as Siye, in the past, the imperial court had little control over Hezhong and Daxia, but only controlled the twenty-mile-wide Silk Road. Outside of the Silk Road, they really had to rely on their loyalty.

But who wants to put the initiative in their hands.

This time, the three tribes of Tuqishi were wiped out in Suiyechuan. Of course, we must take the opportunity to destroy the Shi Kingdom that was involved with Tuqishi. With a firm foothold in the river, it will be able to occupy a dangerous position, and it will have a strong deterrent effect on Kang Ju and other Zhaowu Zhuhu, and in turn, it will also have enough deterrent effect on Daxia Dao.

At the same time, it can also guard Congling with Bolu County one east and one west, and guard the gateway to the Western Regions.

As for whether the people of Shi Guo are a little wronged, in fact, there is nothing wrong with it.

In the fifth year of Daye, when Luo Khan of the Turkic State wiped out the Sogdian royal family of Shiguo and sent his own royal family to replace them, the same method was used. Turkic people entered Shiguo in large numbers, occupied those fertile oases, and controlled urban commerce. Same.

The law of the jungle is the same everywhere.

At the same time, the crown prince comforted the princes in Hezhong and Daxia, and gave them many rewards.

Anyway, a lot of rewards were obtained from destroying Tuqi Shi Sanbu and Shi Guo.

Although the feudal lords of the counties in the river were still dominated by many Turkic nobles and Sogdian nobles after the country was changed to a county last time, after the destruction of a stone country, the princes stopped and did not engage in any further activities. The crowd was outraged.

Those princes who secretly resented saw that the prince had no intention of pursuing him, so they stopped angrily. After all, they really wanted to tear their skins apart, and they couldn't do the court. As long as the court gave them some leeway, they still didn't want to really jump Come out desperately.

But for the imperial court, this action was also a great harvest.

Suiyechuan and Dawan Basin, these are two big granaries and strategic treasures, not to mention that after the three tribes of Tuqishi were wiped out, Beiting Road is now basically under the direct control of the imperial court, and the remaining entrustments Counties and counties are also scattered, and it is difficult to become a force.

And the destruction of the Stone Kingdom was a crucial step for the court to open the road in the middle of the river in one fell swoop.

Not to mention other things, in this war, more than 70 Hu people were slaughtered or relocated, which accounted for almost half of the Hu population in the Western Regions. In Shekui, they moved more than 20 people to the Volga River. Shi's 70 tents were slaughtered, and Qiuci was destroyed as a slave. Adding these [-], it is equivalent to clearing out a million barbarians in the Western Regions.

There are not many barbarians in the Western Regions now.

Although most of Hezhong Road and Daxia Road were not under the direct control of the imperial court, the original Tocharian Kingdoms and Zhaowu Sogdian Kingdoms were small oasis countries with few people at all.

More than [-] people were slaughtered or relocated, more than [-] feudal princes and princes were abolished, and more than [-] knights were abolished.

Suiyechuan, Dawan Basin, and Yaoshashui Zhenzhu River have freed up countless new lands, where millions of Han people can be resettled.

"I would like to ask General Pei to take over as the governor of Hezhong Road and the prefect of Dawan temporarily, and General Zhang Shigui to take the post of prefect of Ningyuan County temporarily."

The crown prince followed Luo Siye's suggestion and prepared to transfer two generals, Pei Xingyan and Zhang Shigui, from Anxi Road to guard Dawan.

The two generals naturally obeyed the order.

In winter, the prince simply entered the Dawan Basin and spent the winter in Ningyuan City.

Groups of Dawan Turks and Sogdians were forcibly relocated to the Central Plains and traveled eastward along the Silk Road.

Dawan also transferred many soldiers and their families. Crown Prince Jiawen also awarded a thousand knights based on the previous war, transferred them to Dawan, and gave them five hundred acres of Yongye Knight Field each. Give them horses, armor, bows and knives, etc., and let them guard Dawan for the court.

during the New Year.

The outside of the Dawan Basin is as cold as an icehouse, but the inside of the basin is still very warm, eating mutton dumplings and horse meat buns to celebrate the New Year.

The emperor's decree also came from far away Luoyang.

Previously, the imperial court did not interfere too much with the prince's affairs in the Western Regions, as if nothing happened.

Now with the emperor's edict, it can be regarded as an attitude.

The emperor expressed his satisfaction, thinking that the crown prince had finally matured. Although the matter was a bit too hasty this time, the timing was well grasped and the result was also very good.

Not long after this edict arrived.

The princes of Shule and Khotan came to Dawan together and asked to be changed to the imperial court.

This was beyond the expectations of the prince and others.

Shule and Khotan are both in the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and Khotan is still in the south of the desert and north of the Kunlun Mountains.

Khotan is located at a key point on the southern line of the Silk Road in the Western Regions. If you cross Kunlun to the south, you will reach Bolu, and if you go west along the Kunlun Mountains, you will reach Shule, an important town in the southern part of the Tianshan Mountains.

In fact, when the Western Turks ruled these two countries, they were similar to Kucha and others. The country was conquered, the royal system was replaced, and it became a country under the rule of the Turkic nobles.

In recent years, the imperial court's control over the Western Regions has become stronger and stronger, especially the lands south of the Tianshan Mountains, which have been surrendered or destroyed. Basically, only the two major forces of Khotan and Shule are left.

After the prince's westward tour, uprooting the three tribes of Tuqishi, and destroying the Shi Kingdom, the princes of Shule and Khotan couldn't sit still.

Because the Shi Kingdom to the west of Congling was also destroyed, and after it was changed to Zhengjun, the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and the east and west of Congling have actually all been brought under the direct control of the imperial court, leaving only the two countries, completely surrounded .

Qiemo, Bolu, Qiuci, Suiye, and Dawan are all surrounded by official counties of the imperial court.

Under such circumstances, the Turkic nobles of the two countries also had to face a thought. If this continues, it is estimated that their ending will either be directly exterminated like the Tuqishi people, or they will be killed like Dawan. The whole family moved to the Central Plains.

It is impossible for the imperial court to keep these two important Silk Road towns out of control under the current situation.

After struggling and tormenting for several months, they had no choice but to propose it.

It's not that they know the current affairs, but that the pressure is increasing.

Although the prince did not show that he wanted to strike while the iron was hot, and he also came to Tian and Shule for a while, but the court sent people several times to hint that, in addition, he had already started military operations in the surrounding Qiemo, Bolu, Qiuci and other places. deployed.

Countless messages were gathered, and they knew they had no choice.

Even the patrol camps on the Silk Road in their territory have increased their numbers.

Wait any longer, maybe one day the head will suddenly disappear.

He offered to change to Zhengjun, resigned from the prefect and other posts, and only retained some fiefs or titles. Maybe he could live a few days of leisure and rich like Luo Buzhen and others.

(End of this chapter)