A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1172 Loyalty to Tang
In the middle reaches of the Sihun River valley,
In the tent of Ji Jin of Gongyue tribe, Duman specially came here to visit the young Ji Jin secretly before returning to Suiyeshui.

"Has old Shi Jin forgotten the revenge for his father's murder before his body is cold?"

"Old Shi Jin died tragically in Gongyue City that day. His head was sent to the Western Regions after his death. Now it is hanging in the North Palace of Chang'an. Has Shi Jin forgotten about it?"

The eighteen-year-old young man from the advance branch, Ji Jin, looked at the equally young Duman with an expressionless face.

"I don't know where Duman Teqin got the courage to rebel against Tang?"

Duman looked at Yuzhi Jijin and took a deep breath, "We Turks are not that cowardly."

The advance branch said frankly, "We in the advance branch are not Turkic,"

This made Duman unable to continue. Yuzhi was a part of the three tribes of Chuyue, and the Chuyue Chumi Geshu Gelulu tribes were not Turkic tribes. They had always been subject to the ten Turkic surnames. Over time, they were also regarded as Turks, but they could only be called a branch of the Turks.

"Does Shi Jin really want to acknowledge the thief as his father?" Duman asked.

Advance Chixin looked at Duman coldly, "Go away, the Advance Department does not welcome you, and will not participate in your plan."

"Think twice before you make a decision."

"If you don't leave, I don't mind tying you up and handing you over to the Anxi Army in exchange for some credit!"

Duman was furious, but he could do nothing. He thought that Chixin was young, his father died at the hands of the Tang army, and now both Gongyue City and Xiaogongyue City were occupied by the Tang army.

This advance payment Ji Jin must be harboring resentment towards the Tang Dynasty. Wouldn't his persuasion immediately pull him into his alliance? Although the strength of the advance payment department has been greatly reduced now, it is still a local tyrant and still has thousands of troops.

Duman had no choice but to leave.

Several leaders of the Yuzhi tribe came over. Most of them were Yuzhi Chixin's uncles and brothers. His father Yuzhi Jijin was highly respected in the tribe and had unparalleled strategic skills. After Yuzhi Jijin died in battle, the tribe was in a panic.

The advance branch was no match for the Turks, not to mention the Tang army outside the city, and faced the outcome of either surrender or destruction. Seeing this, all the uncles, aunts, and brothers in the clan were in no mood to fight for the position of Ji Jin, and they all gave the position to him.

He was less than eighteen years old, but he had no choice but to accept the task, take over the position of Jijin that no one else was willing to take, and surrender with his tribe.

What no one expected was that although the Yuzhi tribe was looted and killed by the Turkic vassal army for a whole night, the Tang people did not massacre the city in the end. Instead, they executed a large number of Turkic and other vassal troops who looted, and returned a lot of looted items to the Yuzhi tribe.

Finally, after Wu Huaiyu arrived, he summoned Xiao Shijin, gave him the name Chixin, and appointed him as the governor of Sihun Prefecture.

Not only did Wu Huaiyu not wipe out the advance branch, but he retained most of their territory, only taking away the big and small Gongyue cities. The rest of the land was set up as the Sihun Prefecture Governor's Office and was still left to them to graze.

Some young and strong men from the advance branch were recruited to conquer Gaochang Kingdom, but they all returned after the war and received many rewards. Even those who died or were injured in the battle received pension subsidies.

Yuzhi Chixin also followed Wu Huaiyu all the way eastward, witnessed the strength of the Tang army, saw Gaochang Kingdom was destroyed by the Tang army without any effort, and also saw how the eight-tribe alliance led by Helu Yehu was defeated in one battle.

The Zhuxie and Shepi tribes, which were also members of the Chuyue Alliance, suffered heavy losses, especially the Zhuxie tribe. Their leader Que Jijin was killed, the tribe was split up, more than 2,000 people died, and more than 10,000 people were captured by the Tang army and sentenced to one year of hard labor.

"Duman went west,"

An uncle of Chi Xin asked, "Axijie and his two tribes, along with Shule and other three kingdoms, have raised troops to support Bu Zhen's rebellion against the Tang Dynasty. This time, they are not as hasty and sloppy as Helu's last rebellion. I think they are quite powerful. Are we, the Gongyue tribe, really not going to join them?"

His other uncle also said, "The Tang people owe us a blood debt, we must get it back."

"Bu Zhen surrounded Gongyue City. Duman said that Bu Zhen promised that as long as we send troops to join us, then if we conquer Gongyue City, not only will we share the weapons, armor, money, food and livestock in the city, but we will also still have Gongyue City, and even give us a Yehu in advance."

Duman came without hiding his intentions at all, and all the leaders, big and small, in the advance tribe knew why Duman came.

Yu Zhi Chi Xin just sneered a few times,
"I may be young, but I am not stupid. I am not as stupid as Duman,"

"I have not forgotten how my father died. I saw with my own eyes how my father died in battle and how Gongyue City was breached."

"But it is precisely because I have personally experienced those things that I know, like everyone else, how powerful the Tang people are. How was Duolu Khan captured, and how did the Qilu Chishi tribe's Jijin and Yanbian tribe's Jijin die in battle?
How was Gaochang destroyed, and how did Helu's eight-tribe coalition army fail?"

"Many of you also went with me and followed Wu Huaiyu on the trip, and saw with your own eyes the elite of the Tang army. Many khans, yehus, shijins, and princes who were once known for their bravery were no match for the Tang army."

"I know for sure that this move will fail. I will not jump into this fire pit again with my troops whose wounds have not yet healed.

Our advance branch managed to survive the disaster with great difficulty.

If I jump into the fire pit again, this time I will definitely die without a trace."

Yuzhi Chixin's words made the leaders of the Yuzhi tribe who had rushed over to the city ponder. Everyone was aroused by Duman's words and thought about revenge and taking back the Big and Small Gongyue Cities.

Duman even said that this time they would join forces with the Asiqie tribe to destroy the Turkic tribe that was loyal to the Tang people and acted like dogs. At that time, not only would the big and small Gongyue cities be returned to them, but the upper reaches of the Ili River currently occupied by the Turkic people would also be given to the advance branch.
This condition was too tempting. But now Chixin's words in advance made them sober up again.

Yes, no matter how tempting Xu’s conditions are, if he cannot defeat the Tang army, then everything is meaningless.

"Shao Jijin, do you think Bu Zhen and A Xi will still lose this time if they join forces?"

"Ashijie has hundreds of thousands of accounts."

Several leaders were well aware of Asiqie's power. At that time, Moheduo, the Little Khan, killed his nephew Tongyehu Khan and established himself as the Great Khan of the Western Turkic Khanate.
However, the Asiqie tribe refused to recognize his Khanship and joined forces with the other four Nushipi tribes to rise up against Moheduo.

Wunushibi wanted to nominate Nishu as Khan, but Asijie refused. They advocated supporting Diliteqin, the son of their former master Tongyehu Khan, as Khan. In the end, Asijie, who was the strongest, gained the upper hand and supported Diliteqin as Siyehu Khan.

As a result, the Asiqie tribe had a feud with the Nishu clan. Later, Moheduo was defeated and fled to Jinshan, where he was killed by Nishu. Siyehu became the Great Khan. He insisted on conquering the Tiele in the north, but was defeated by the Xueyantuo. After returning, he killed the meritorious minister Yili, the Little Khan, and wanted to kill Nishu again.

In the end, Siyehu Khan was deserted by his friends and relatives, fled to Kangju, and died soon after.

After his death, Nisu received support from the Tang Dynasty and became the Great Khan. He died of illness shortly after taking office, and his brother Tongershe succeeded him as the Great Khan. Asijie had always been at odds with the Khanate because of old events. Later, he joined forces with Tongtutun to attack the Khan and wanted to support Yugushe as the Great Khan. Although Dilish Khan once retreated to Yanqi, he eventually died in exile in Bohanna.

After Dilish Khan's death, the ambition of the Asikyi tribe to control the West Wing Wunushipi was not realized. In fact, the various tribes joined forces and elected Nisu Khan and Dilish Khan's nephew Bobuteqin as the new Khan.

At one time, Duolu Khan, who was supported by the East Wing, divided the country into north and south by the Yili River.

Among the ten arrow tribes of the Turkic people, Asijie is the strongest. However, because Asijie has always been ambitious, he has been ostracized by other tribes.

Even Yuguse, who later proclaimed himself Duolu Khan and grew powerful, turned against Asiqie and led the Chuyue, Chumi, Geshu, Qarluk, Shesheti, Chumukun, Shunishi, and Huluwu tribes on a westward expedition, and snatched the land on the south bank of the Ili River from Asiqie.

"Fighting a war is not about numbers alone. Besides, do you think that the hundreds of thousands of people of the Asiqie tribe really constitute the majority in the Western Regions today?"

As soon as this word comes out,
The leaders of the advance branch were all stunned.

They still thought by inertia that the Asikyi tribe was the strongest among the ten Western Turkic clans, but now that they were reminded, they realized that their idea was wrong.

Now Asijie's enemies are the Anxi Army and the Tang Army.
The Anxi Army did have only 30,000 men, but the Tang Army in the Western Regions did not have only this number of men. In addition to the Asijie tribe and the tribes directly under Buzhen,

Now, who in the Western Regions does not submit to the Tang Dynasty, and who does not obey Wu Huaiyu's orders?
Among the 32,000 Tang troops, there were 3,000 tribal barbarians.

But with just one order from Wu Huaiyu, he was able to recruit more than 30,000 troops from various tribes.

Behind Wu Huaiyu, the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty could continue to send troops over.

Thinking about it this way,
The Asikyi tribe, once known as the strongest among the Turkic tribes, actually had no advantages at all, either in terms of numbers or combat effectiveness.

"If that's the case, why did Shao Jijin let Duman go?" asked a young man from the family.

"Duman is the eldest son of the Asiqie leader Quejijin, and also a special agent. Although we will not join them, there is no need to offend them to death."

In the opinion of Advance Red Heart,
This time, Bu Zhen and Asijie's uprising would inevitably end in failure, but he also felt that Asijie was the strongest tribe among the ten tribes of Western Turkic.

Even if the Tang army could defeat them, given their strength, it is estimated that the Tang army would appease and win them over.

Their advance force only had a few thousand accounts. After such a disastrous defeat, Wu Huaiyu had appeased and won them over. The Asijie tribe would certainly not make enemies to the death.

There is a huge disparity in strength between the Advance Branch and the Asijie Branch, so we should leave some space for them.
You don’t have to join, but you can’t take the initiative to make enemies.

Yuzhi Chixin believed that Asijie could not rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and Buzhen would be taken to Chang'an. However, Asijie would not be destroyed. They would submit to the Tang Dynasty, but would still be a powerful tribe in the Western Regions, so try not to offend them.

"Pass the order down, gather 3,000 cavalry, and I will lead them to reinforce the Tang army in Gongyue City. The rest of you will stay in the tribe and strengthen the vigilance."

"Shao Jijin, are we going to send troops now? Isn't it too early?"

Yuzhi Chixin glanced at his uncle whose hair was a little gray, "Do we have to wait for Prime Minister Wu to lead his troops to arrive and capture Bu Zhen alive before we go?"

By then, it will be too late.

If you want to show your loyalty, you have to act quickly.

"Go ahead. Select three thousand of the most elite warriors from the tribe to follow me. Since we are going, we must perform well. It would be best if we can capture Ashina Buzhen alive."

(End of this chapter)