A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1178 Suiye Military Town
A red sun bursts out.

Facing the rising sun, Wu Huaiyu led his army into Suiye City.

The north gate of Suiye was not blown up last night and is still intact, but there are still dark red blood stains frozen on the ground. Last night, three gates were surrounded and one was closed. Two Jijins fled from the north gate in panic, but the Tang army opened the north gate and blocked it again not long after. Fierce fighting broke out here.

Most of the Ashkelon people were eventually trapped in the city.

After a midnight cleanup, the Asiqi people who were trapped in the city and the merchants who were spending the winter in Suiye all surrendered.

They knelt in rows on both sides of the street inside the north gate to welcome Wu Huaiyu into the city.

The not very high walls of Suiye City withstood many of the cold north winds.
Wu Huaiyu looked at the surrendered people kneeling on the ground.

"All the Hu merchants in Suiye who did not resist with weapons last night will be pardoned."

After Wu Huaiyu finished speaking, the Hu merchants who were kneeling on the ground excitedly praised Wu Huaiyu loudly. Wu Huaiyu then announced that their property would be preserved. The Hu merchants were even more grateful. A big Hu merchant from Sogdia even expressed his willingness to donate money and food to the Tang army to support the army.

Others also wanted to donate money and food.

"I appreciate your kindness. Donating money and food to support the army is a good thing, but everyone should do what they can."

Wu Huaiyu was not so kind to the people of the Asikyi tribe.

There were about two thousand captured Asijie people, all of whom were the elderly, the weak, women and children and their families. They had no time to escape last night. Wu Huaiyu spared their death penalty, but they could not escape the punishment of being alive.

As the families of the rebels, they were directly made slaves by Wu Huaiyu.

This time, Fengxue sent troops to Suiye to establish his authority. It was a thundering blow to the Asiqie tribe, which had been making repeated moves, so he had to be ruthless.

Last night, more than a thousand Asijite soldiers were captured inside and outside the city.

"Those who are more than ten years older will be beheaded and their heads will be hung at the north gate of Suiye."

"The rest of the Asi gathered soldiers and did not become slaves."

Nomadic peoples all had soldiers, most of them were cavalry, and they generally adopted the decimal system, which lasted for a long time. Maodun, the Chanyu of the Xiongnu, had his entire army cavalry, with the largest army having more than 10,000 cavalrymen, led by a Wanchang, followed by Qianqi, Baiqi, and Shiqi, all led by Qianchang, Baichang, and Shichang.

The Wuheng cavalry in the Eastern Han Dynasty was also led by captains of a thousand or a hundred. The Xianbei people also inherited the Xiongnu's decimal system. During the Rouran period, they established military law, with a thousand men forming a troop, and a general appointed for each troop. A hundred men formed a battalion, and a commander was appointed for each troop.

The Turks also followed the decimal system. Tumen Khan can be translated as the leader of ten thousand men. The ten surnames and ten arrows of the Western Turks were originally the ten great leaders of Midianshi's Western Expedition, each commanding ten thousand cavalrymen.

The Asijie tribe was a powerful tribe in the western wing. Even today, it is divided into the Que tribe and the Nishu tribe, both of which have become one of the five nushibi tribes.

The two divisions could even each have 50,000 cavalrymen.

Last night's battle,
After the three city gates were breached, the two great generals immediately fled from the north gate without any fighting spirit. The soldiers of the Asijie tribe also fled in panic, and after being intercepted and surrounded, they quickly gave up resistance and surrendered.

The soldiers of the East Wing tribe entered the city to sweep it, but they did not kill the surrendered Asiji soldiers.
In the minds of Mishe and other Khans of Beiting, Chuoshe and others, they thought that after Wu Huaiyu conquered Suiye, he might be more lenient towards Asijie's surrendered soldiers and try to appease them.

But no one expected that Wu Huaiyu was obviously not so kind this time.

An Lushan, who was standing next to Wu Huaiyu's horse, even made a suggestion.
"It's too easy for them to just kill those who are ten or more taller. I suggest killing them all with eleven strokes. Kill all the men who are taller than the wheel with eleven strokes. The ones who are drawn will be killed, and the rest will be enslaved."

If it was higher than the wheel, it meant that many young people would be killed, and even the old ones would not be spared. Ten people would be drawn by lot, and one person would be chosen to be executed.
This is quite cruel.

Wu Huaiyu looked at the surrendered people all over the ground.
But he nodded.

"Let's do as you said, Lushan. Among the Asiji people, eleven men taller than the wheel will be killed with a whip, and the rest will be enslaved. Boys shorter than the wheel and all women will not be enslaved." Wu Huaiyu entered the Dashijin Mansion,

Ni Shushijin's mansion was quite luxurious, with many gold and jade decorations, but he didn't have time to take them away.

At this time, only an empty mansion remained.

After Wu Huaiyu entered the palace, he immediately made the announcement in front of Mishe Khan and others.

"From now on, the Anxi Protectorate will build a new Suiye Military Town in Suiye and station 5,000 troops there."

The establishment of a military town was something no one had expected.
The nearest military town of the Tang army was Gongyue City in the Yili River Valley, where there were 3,000 troops stationed. Gongyue City was nearly 2,000 miles away from Suiye City.

No one expected that Prime Minister Wu would actually establish a military town in Suiye and station a troop larger than that stationed in Gongyue City.

Five thousand Tang troops.

It seems that the Tang Dynasty is really going to give up the fat piece of meat of Suiye.

The Turkic nobles present knew the importance of Suiye City better than the Tang people.

Suiye City is not only an important node on the Northern Silk Road, but also an important node on the Southern Silk Road, which passes through Yanqi, Qiuci, Bohuan City, Dashi City, Lingshan, and Boda Mountain Pass, and then enters Rehai, and then reaches Suiye.

Here the two northern and southern routes of the Silk Road meet.

The city of Suiye relies on the Chu River Basin in the western Tianshan Mountains. It is an important transportation node of the Tianshan Corridor in the Western Regions. From here, you can enter the Fergana Basin to the south, connect to the Sogdian Hu and Persia of the Nine Surnames of Zhaowu in the river, and enter the Caspian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, leading to Rome.

To the east, you can follow the Suiye Road to Gongyue City and Tingzhou, and along the Rehai Road to Qiuci.

Not only is the geographical location important,
The Chu River Basin is very fertile. The Suiye River is more than 2,000 miles long and is known as the Suiye River.
The corridor is 400 li long and 160 li wide at its widest point. Snow-capped mountains stand on both sides. The Chu River Basin is roughly similar to the Hexi Corridor. The eastern part is relatively open and connected to Lake Issyk-Kul, and the western part is connected to the Talas Basin and the Fergana Basin.

This place is suitable for farming and grazing, making it very suitable for the Tang army to garrison and cultivate land, and they can be completely self-sufficient.

The city of Suiye, in coordination with the city of Talas, about 600 miles to the west, controlled the oases in the area and led south to the oasis group between the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers.

Suiye City is the intersection of the Oasis Road and the Grassland Road, and is the tentacle of the Transoxiana Trade Center extending to the east.

If Wu Huaiyu established Gongyue Town in Gongyue City on the grassland of the Yili River Valley and stationed 3,000 troops, it was equivalent to closely monitoring Beiting of the Western Turkic Khanate. Then Wu Huaiyu now wants to establish Suiye Town in Suiye City on Suiye River and station 5,000 troops, which means he is heading for Nanting.

If the Tang army really established the Suiye Military Town in Suiye and the 5,000 men gained a foothold there, then Asiqie would be half useless.

"Mishe Khan, what do you think of the Anxi Protectorate building a town called Suiye here and stationing 5,000 troops?"

Ashina Mishe nodded without hesitation, "Suiye City was originally owned by the Asijijenishu tribe, and the Asijijenishu tribe, as one of the Five Nushibi, also belonged to Nanting Jiwangjue Khan, and also belonged to Mengchi Protectorate, which was under the command of the Anxi Grand Protectorate.

Now that the Asiji and the other tribes have rebelled, and Prime Minister Wu has recaptured Suiye City, it is only natural that he wants to build a town and station troops here. "

"We, Beiting and Kunling Protectorate, fully support Prime Minister Wu's decision."

The five great Chuo of the Five Duolu in the East Wing, Heluo Shichuo, Chubanchuo, Luchuo, Quechuo and Tunchuo, also stood up and expressed their support for Wu Xiang's decision. As for Chuyue's Gongyue, Chuyue, Shepi, and other tribes of Gelulu, as well as the leaders of other tribes such as Chumi and Shijin, no one would object at this time.

"Very good, then this matter is settled."

(End of this chapter)