A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1180 The Supreme King
Suiye City.

Nan Ting Jixiang Jue Khan Bobu arrived from Qianquan Mountain, and Geshu Chuban and Geshu Que's tribes, as well as Dashijin of Bosaigan Sannushibi, also arrived.

Such a big thing happened in Nanting, who can sit idly by and watch.

Especially for Khan Bobu, Suiye City was only a few hundred miles away from Qianquan Khan Court, while Suiye City was more than 2,000 miles away from Gongyue City, and Gongyue was another 2,000 miles away from Gaochang. The Tang army set out from Gaochang and fought their way to Suiye River, first breaking through Queshijin, then breaking through Nishushijin Suiye City.

The speed was so fast that before Qianquan Nanting heard the news, the Tang army captured Suiye City and chased Nishushijin and Queshijin to the Shi Kingdom.

When Bobu Khan met the Tang envoys at Qianquan Khan Court and received the news they reported, he did not dare to believe it. However, it was freezing cold and the Tang envoys had already arrived at the Khan Court, so he had to believe it.

So he set out for Suiye City,
In Suiye River, he saw that the Tang army, with the troops from the eastern wing, were splitting up to raid the winter dens of the two Asijie tribes. They captured all the Asijie herdsmen, both men and women, young and old, and also seized their livestock.

Entering Suiye City,
I saw Wu Huaiyu again, and also saw countless Asikyi captives in Suiye City.

The former Dashijin Mansion in Suiye City had been renamed Suiye Garrison Office.

Bobu Khan paid a visit to Wu Huaiyu.
Before he could recover from the shock,

Wu Huaiyu then made a request to him and other leaders of the West Wing, including Tun Shabo Shijin.
"The Asiqie tribe rebelled, and also involved the three kingdoms of Shule, Zhujubo, and Yepantu, and also intended to collude with Tubo to rebel against the Tang Dynasty.

Now that Que Shijin and Ni Shushijin have both fled to Shiguo, I have also sent troops to pursue them into Shiguo."

Bo Bu hurriedly said, "It's such a cold winter, Suiye is more than a thousand miles away from the Stone Kingdom, and we have to cross the Qianquan Mountain and go through the desert and Gobi to chase the Stone Kingdom. It's too dangerous."

Can the troops and horses withstand the severe cold weather along the way? What about the logistical supplies?
Moreover, the Shi Kingdom has always had a very good relationship with the Asikyi tribe. If the two Jijins fled to the Shi Kingdom and the Shi Kingdom’s king and Tutun took them in, what would the Tang army do?
Bo Bu persuaded Wu Huaiyu to recall his troops.
"Minister Wu can send an envoy. I am willing to send one of my sons and a team of soldiers as guides to the Shi Kingdom to meet the king and ask them to persuade the two Jijins to surrender..."

"Hahaha,"

Wu Huaiyu laughed out loud.
Bobu Khan was somewhat puzzled.

"Don't worry, Khan Jixianjue. I haven't finished my words yet. Although the two Jijins of the Asijie tribe are running very fast, I have also sent nine lieutenant generals to pursue them.

Just now, General Li Keyong sent back a report of victory from Sudu City in Shi State, saying that the two Jijins had been captured.

"what?"

Bobu Khan was shocked.

"How can this be?"

Bobu Khan was quite familiar with Dashi Kingdom. It was the second largest kingdom among the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu after Kangguo. It had a territory of thousands of miles. Although it had been ruled by Persian Sassanid, White Xiongnu Yanda, and Western Turks in the past few hundred years, its own strength was still quite good.

Since the King of Shi was killed by the Turks during the Sui Dynasty, the king has been a Turk since then. They also implemented a dual kingship system, with the great king being Jie Lifa and the deputy king being Tutun.

In terms of strength, Shiguo is definitely stronger than Gaochang.

The king, Tutun and other upper-level rulers were Turks, while the common people were mainly Sogdians. This situation was somewhat similar to when the Xianbei Tuyuhun migrated westward and established the Tuyuhun Khanate in the Qiang territory of Qinghai. The upper class was Xianbei, but the people were mainly Qiang.

The situation of Shi Kingdom is similar today. The Turks’ entry into Shi Kingdom did not weaken Shi Kingdom’s strength, but instead strengthened it.

The Western Turks destroyed the Shi Kingdom and sent Teqin as Khan and Tutun as guardian. However, they were still not reassured, so they later set up two small khans, one of whom was stationed in Qianquan, north of the Shi Kingdom, to suppress the Nine-Surname Sogdians.

After the Western Turks and the Persian Sassanids jointly destroyed the White Huns' Yanda, they occupied the Tocharian region and established the Tocharian Yehu there.
Tokharistan Yehu was located in the south of the Nine Zhaowu States, and together with the small Khan of Qianquan in the north, as well as the Turkic king and Tutun of the Shi State, they formed a defensive rule over the entire Zhaowu Nine Clans of Sogdia in Central Asia.

The Western Turks’ rule over the Nine-Sogdians has always been very stable.

Although Bobu was defeated by Duolu Khan, he was still the overlord of the Nine Hu tribes in Hezhong, the Tocharian region, and the countries south of the Tianshan Mountains.

However, the Western Turkic Empire had been in serious internal strife in recent years. The Shi Kingdom had been rebelling against the Khanate together with the Asiqi tribe. Bobu was also deeply disgusted with the Shi Kingdom. However, even though he hated it, he was still very clear about the strength of the Shi Kingdom.

How can it be destroyed just like that? How is that possible?

Bo Bu couldn't help but say several impossibles in a row.

Even the Geshuque tribe, the Geshuchuban tribe, and the three great Jijins of the Basai cadres, who were all members of the Wunushibi tribe together with the Asijie tribe, had a look of disbelief on their faces.

Could it be that the Tang army was a heavenly army that descended from the sky and landed directly in the capital of the Shi Kingdom, capturing the king and Tutun? Then they descended to the city of Sudu and captured the two great generals of Asijie.

"Hahaha, what's impossible? Asiqie rebelled, and I came from Gaochang. It was easy for me to take Suiye. It would be the same for me to take Shiguo."

"Soon, the King of Shiguo, Tutun, and the two Shijins of Asijie will be sent to Suiye."

After Wu Huaiyu informed them of this shocking news,
He made a request to Bobu Khan, Dashijin of the Sannushibi tribe, the five Dulu tribes of the East Wing, and several other tribes.
In fact, it is more of an order.

"The Anxi Protectorate has reached the end of its patience with the Asiqie and Asiqie tribes that have repeatedly rebelled. This time we must completely destroy them."

"All tribes will cooperate with our Anxi Army to wipe out the two tribes of Asijie."

"All men taller than the wheels will be made slaves and sent to the Central Plains. The rest of the Asiqie tribe, old and young women and children, will be divided among the Anxi Army and the various governors and commanders."

"Anyone who dares to resist will be killed on the spot!"

Wu Huaiyu issued a rare order to exterminate the entire clan, aiming to completely eradicate the two tribes of Asiqie.

This shocked the Turkic nobles even more than the news that the capital of the Shi Kingdom was breached, the king and Tutun were captured, and the two Jijins were captured.

The ten Turkic tribes in the Western Regions have basically remained unchanged since the Western Expedition of Midianshi. Although there are serious internal strife in the Western Turkic region, no matter who is the Khan, the ten tribes are still the ten tribes.

But now Wu Huaiyu actually wants to exterminate Asijie's clan.

This,
Now even Bobu Khan, who had always been at odds with the Asiqi tribe, became a little hesitant.

Mishe Khan also opened his mouth and wanted to say something.

This has never happened before.

"Let's discuss how to divide their pastures after we destroy Asijie. In the past, Asijie was powerful and domineering, dominating the Thousand Miles Suiye River, and even occupied the land north of Jieshan and south of Yili River.
I propose that the land north of the Jieshan Mountains and south of the Yili River should belong to the Turks in the future."

As soon as this word comes out,
The Turkic leader Heluo Shichu was immediately cheered up. They had been fighting with the Asiqi tribe for the land on the south bank of the Ili River for many years, with both sides winning and losing.

Now that Wu Huaiyu has opened his mouth to give them the land, he of course agrees with both hands. He also knows that this is a deal and they need to support Wu Huaiyu in destroying the two Asijie tribes.

After thinking about it, he stood up and supported loudly. Although Asijie was also a member of the Turkic Ten Surnames Tribe and had been a neighbor for many years, he was also an evil neighbor. There had been a lot of fighting over the years, so it would be good to destroy him. Not only would there be fewer evil neighbors, but the land on the south bank of Yili would also be firmly in their hands.

"I think the thousand-li area of ​​Suiye River can be divided into three parts: Geshuque, Geshuchu, and Basagan.
In addition, I suggest that the Advance Payment Department and the Confidential Affairs Department be moved here.”

Wu Huaiyu wanted to move Yuzhi and Chumi from other Turkic tribes to strengthen the west wing, so that the five divisions of Nushibi would be complete.

The best Suiye River was given to Geshu and Basagan, while when Yuzhi and Chumi moved in, the Rehai and Qianquan areas in Geshu's original pastures were allocated to them for nomadic roaming.

Of course, Wu Huaiyu did not give up all of the fertile land of Qianli Suiye River.

The Tang Dynasty not only wanted to keep Suiye City, but also the Anxi Army wanted to take over the river valley area from Suiye City to Rehe upstream, that is, around Lake Issyk-Kul.

In addition, Wu Huaiyu also wanted the Ashibulai City at Qianquan Mountain Pass.

Wu Huaiyu's intention is also very clear.

As an important intersection of the northern and southern routes of the Tianshan Mountains on the Silk Road, Suiye City must be stationed and firmly controlled by the Tang Dynasty, but one Suiye City is not enough.
At several important locations, such as Rehai, Qianquanshan, and Jieshan, there must be Anxi garrisons stationed to guard the main transportation routes and control the dangerous places.

With this fertile land in the upper reaches of the Suiye River, Suiye Town can be self-sufficient and can also immigrate people to settle and farm and graze. The surrounding dangerous places and necessary passages are controlled and guarded by the Tang army, thus forming an outer barrier to defend Suiye.

In this way, the Anxi Army had driven a solid nail into Suiye, which had a strong deterrent effect on the West Wing and even the Sogdians in Transoxiana.

The Geshuque tribe, the Geshuchuban tribe, and the Basagan tribe were all very excited about Wu Huaiyu's proposal to divide Suiye River among the three tribes. In the past, Suiye River was basically occupied by the Asijijet tribe, and they could only watch.

The Advance Branch and the Secret Branch were also tempted after seeing that the territory allocated to them was much larger than the current one.

Most importantly, Wu Huaiyu proposed that the two of them be allowed to join the West Wing Five Crossbows Shibi Tribe, which meant that they could also become one of the Ten Arrows.

Even the Qarlugs were envious, especially the Chishi tribe, which used to be the strongest among the three Qarlug tribes. Unfortunately, it was severely damaged by the Tang army last time and is now unable to recover. It can only watch such a good opportunity being taken away by the Yuzhi tribe and the Chumi tribe.

"The Asiqie tribe's livestock will be shared among us after they are seized."

Although the five Dulu tribes in the east wing could not get any land, they could at least get some of Asijie’s women, the elderly, children, livestock and money.

The two tribes of Asiqie had more than 100,000 tents and a large population, so naturally they also had a large number of livestock such as cattle, sheep, horses, and camels.

Even though the Tang Dynasty said that all men taller than the wheels would be taken away to the Central Plains as slaves, the remaining women, the elderly and children still made up the majority, and if everyone shared it together, they could still get a lot.

Women, children and the elderly are also good spoils of war. They can be distributed to tribal warriors or taken home to make excellent slaves and good helpers for herding.

"Everyone, who is against and who is in favor?" Wu Huaiyu asked the Turkic leaders with a smile.

Bobu, the Khan of Nanting Jiwangjue and the Protector of Mengchi and the General of the Cavalry, stood up and said, "I agree."

Beiting Xingxiwang Khan and Kunling Protector, General of the Cavalry Ashina Mishe also stood up and said, "Beiting agrees."

The leaders of the four major tribes that could be allocated the territory of Asiqi, namely the Turgesh, Geshu Chuban, Geshu Que and Basagan, all expressed their support.

Then the Yuzhi and Chumi tribes were also willing to move west to Rehai and Qianquan to become one of the new Ten Arrows.

The three surnames of Gelulu and the three surnames of Yanmian were a little dissatisfied with the distribution. They felt that they were quite strong, but in the end they didn't get any territory at all.

But the former leader of the Chishi tribe, with the death of the old Chishi leader Ji Jin in battle, the new Ji Jin dared not say a word of no in this situation, and finally had to say "I agree" against his will.

No one objected.

Although the Asijie tribe was an old tribe that followed Midianshi in the Western Expedition and made great contributions to the development of the Western Regions for the Turks, it was later divided into two and accounted for two of the ten arrows.

But no one spoke for them at this time. Everyone was eager to divide up Asikel's territory, population, livestock and property.

The plan was decided, and the troops from various divisions swept through the Asijie tribe of more than 100,000 tents in the thousands of miles of land in the Suiye River.

Wu Huaiyu was stationed in Suiye City.

But it's very leisurely and comfortable.

"What does the Minister of War plan to do with the King of the Stone Kingdom and Tutun?"

General Manager Jiang Xingben asked Wu Huaiyu.

"Escort them to Chang'an, present them at the gate, then behead them and hang their heads on the north gate."

Jiang Xingben was somewhat surprised by this answer.

He originally thought that Wu Huaiyu would first warn the kings of Shi State in Suiye City, and then appease them and let them go back.

But they didn't expect that Wu Huaiyu actually wanted to kill them.

"Since the previous dynasty, Shekui Khan raised an army to kill Shi Nie, the king of Shi State, and appointed Teqinfu to rule the country. The Shi State's lineage had long been in the hands of the Turks.

Now that our Tang dynasty has conquered their capital and captured their kings, I think it is unnecessary to retain the Turkic lineage, and we can restore the Shi clan lineage."

Wu Huaiyu even thought of the candidate for the king of the Stone Kingdom.

"General Shi Shouxin's father was the son of Shi Nie, the king of Shi State. Shekui Khan led an army to destroy Shi State and killed the king Shi Nie. Shi Shouxin's father fled Shi State and traveled through Hexi to Lingzhou, where he married and had children..."

"Shi Shouxin is the grandson of Shi Nie, the last king of Shi State. Now Shi Shouxin has also pursued to Shi State, and together with An Lushan, he has broken through the capital of Shi State, Tuozhe City, and captured the kings. This can be regarded as fate,"

Jiang Xingben almost couldn't help laughing when he saw Wu Huaiyu talking nonsense in a serious manner.

Everyone knows that Zhonglang Jiang Shi Shouxin is Wu Huaiyu's adopted son. This guy's hometown is Shuofang. When he was young, he followed his clansmen to the south of Guanzhong to work as a wheat picker. As a result, because of his hard work and honesty in harvesting wheat for Wu Huaiyu's family, he was appreciated by Wu Huaiyu and was taken in as an attendant, and later as his adopted son.

He had been with Wu Huaiyu for more than ten years, from a small farmer to a general.
This life is already full of adventures.
I didn't expect that Wu Huaiyu now wanted to give him the identity of the grandson of the King of Shi Kingdom, and planned to support him to become the King of Shi Kingdom. This is too outrageous.

"I intend to petition the Saint to establish the Dayuan Governor's Office in Tuozhe City, Shiguo."

"Please petition the Saint to restore the royal lineage of the Shi family, enthrone Shi Shouxin, the grandson of Shi Nie, as the King of the Shi Kingdom, and appoint him as the Governor of the Dayuan Governor's Office."

Jiang Xingben thought that although this seemed outrageous, it would not be a bad thing if it really happened. The General of the Central Army of the Tang Dynasty became the King of the Shi Kingdom and the Governor of Dayuan, so he would be loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

If Shi Shouxin really became the king of Shi Kingdom, then wouldn't his adoptive father Wu Huaiyu become the Supreme King of Shi Kingdom?
(End of this chapter)