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Chapter 163 Crossing Helan
In the afternoon, Li Ye left the team with two of his men and six horses, and rushed towards the Helan Mountains in the west.

Of course, Li Ye didn't take the Hexi Corridor. If he wanted to go to Jinshan, he could only go to the grasslands in the north.

Pass through the foothills of Helan Mountain, enter the grassland along the edge of Baihu Sand Moraine, and reach the Jinshan area in a month.

Two of them are Hu soldiers in the Shuofang Army. They are very young. One is called A Lun, a member of Tielesijie tribe, and the other is Su Bi, a member of Tieleqixin tribe. They are familiar with the terrain and have experience in the grassland. Rich.

Helan Mountain lies across the north and south and is about a thousand miles long. When they went to Shuofang to find a way out, most of them settled down at the foot of Helan Mountain.

The two subordinates, A Lun and Su Bi, belong to such families. After they joined the army in Shuofang, their families also received tax relief.

"Li Canjun doesn't know that the terrain in the north of Helan Mountain is low and slow, and the mountain is broken. There will be some broken valleys. After passing through the broken valleys, you will go directly to the west of Helan Mountain. However, some valleys cannot be walked. The past is a vast desert, a dead end. One, as far as we know, there are two broken valleys that can be walked through, and after passing through, there is a grassland."

Li Ye nodded and smiled, "Your family came here through these grasslands and broken valleys?"

Allen smiled and said a few words in Tiele, "This is Tiele, can you understand it when you join the army?"

Li Ye waved his hand, "Speak slowly, I seem to understand your Tie Le language!"

Su Bi laughed loudly, "Joining the army, he said it is Shuofang dialect, not Tie Le language, of course you can understand it!"

Li Ye knew that he was being tricked, so he stepped forward and grabbed Allen's neck fiercely, "You brat dare to trick me, from now on, you must teach me Tie Le language, otherwise I will stretch your neck into a long strip."

A Lun nodded again and again, he didn't dare to play Li Ye again, he said it again in Tie Le language, and explained to Li Ye: "Translated into Chinese, we sometimes follow the family to drive sheep to the west grassland to graze. When it is coming, I will take the flock across the Broken Valley to the east for the winter."

"Not bad! Not bad! We, winter, grassland, sheep, valley, west, east, how do you say these seven words in Tiele language?"

Three days later, they entered a broken valley, which was said to be a broken valley, but it was actually a valley between two big mountains, several miles wide, densely forested, and a small river formed by melting water from the mountains, and there were many deer and wild animals.

The three of them shot a few fat deer as food, and they could also pick some sweet wild fruits. After walking for two full days, they passed through the foothills of Helan Mountain, and a large grassland appeared in front of them.

Li Ye had been to this grassland in his previous life. It was the Alxa Left Banner. To the south was the Nanji Leng Desert and the Tengger Desert, to the north was the Ulan Buhe Desert, and between the two deserts was a long and narrow grassland.

The sky is as blue as washing, white clouds are blooming, and the land is covered with green grass, which can't be seen at a glance. Li Ye's mood has become extraordinarily broad. He roared loudly, and galloped his horse towards the boundless grassland. Alan and Su Must also be infected by his emotions, followed by a loud shout, galloping his horse.

Sixty thousand Tang troops arrived in Fengzhou. Fengzhou is also the Hetao Plain at the top of the Yellow River. The plain is vast and the land is fertile. There are rivers running through it. Whether it is animal husbandry or agriculture, this is the most fertile land. During the Eastern Han Dynasty , here has been greatly developed, and hundreds of thousands of farmers moved here to cultivate here, making it a famous granary.

During the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the nomadic peoples went south in a large scale, Fengzhou was also occupied by the Hu people, and the Han farmers all disappeared.

After entering the Sui and Tang Dynasties, especially the Turks were destroyed by the Tang Dynasty. The territory of the Tang Dynasty extended northward to the line of Yinshan and Langshan. Fengzhou also became the northernmost administrative state of the Tang Dynasty, and three counties of Jiuyuan, Yongfeng and Feng'an were established. .

In the early years of Tianbao, the Tang army wiped out the last Western Turkic forces in Suiye City, and the Tongluo tribe attached to the Western Turks moved eastward, surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and were resettled in the northern area of ​​Fengzhou.

Although the Tongluo Army was organized into the Shuofang Army, and the great chief Albus also served as the deputy envoy of the Shuofang Army, but while the Tongluo Shuofang Army was loyal to the imperial court on the surface, it was also Absi's private army. I always feel that it is dangerous, and the settlement of Tong Luo Jun has always been a matter that the court has been secretly advancing.

An Lushan saw the opportunity. He suggested to the emperor Li Longji several times to move the Tongluo tribe to Youzhou, and let him solve the problem of the Tongluo army. An Lushan wanted to join the Tongluo tribe, but Li Linfu and Gao Lishi met him. An Lushan's intentions are too obvious, which will lead to intensified conflicts, but the emperor Li Longji was confused by An Lushan, and finally agreed to An Lushan's request.

It was this edict agreeing to relocate Tong Luobu to Youzhou that forced Albus to rebel. After Wutingchuan failed to assassinate the emperor Li Longji, Albus raised the banner of anti-Tang.

The three county towns in Fengzhou have been destroyed by the Tongluo army. Tens of thousands of people and businessmen fled and died. The houses in the three county towns collapsed and were in a mess.

The [-] Tang troops were stationed beside the North Yellow River. They were not in a hurry to go north, but patiently waited for news between Tongluo and Huihe.

Li Chu followed Guo Ziyi's suggestion and stood still. Guo Ziyi believed that if the army was eager to go north, it would force the Tongluo tribe to fully embrace the Huihe people. On the contrary, if they were not in a hurry to go north, Absi would not be so willing to be annexed by the Huihe. When it is achieved, the two tribes will inevitably break out in war.

At this time, a guard reported at the gate of the big tent, "His Royal Highness, Ye Hu, the Huihe envoy, is begging to see you outside the camp!"

Huihe Yehu is the second person, that is, the Huihe prince, Li Chu hurriedly said: "Please come in quickly!"

Not long after, Ye Hu was led in, and Li Chu greeted him personally in front of the big tent.

When the two greeted each other, Li Chu invited Ye Hu into the big tent, accompanied by Deputy Marshal Guo Ziyi and Chief Shi Cui Huan.

After a few pleasantries, the two sides got to the point, Ye Hu said to Li Chu: "Abus is ambitious, we have always been wary of him, Huihe's deployment of troops in the northern part of Yinshan Mountain is to prevent Tongluo from going north to seize territory.

But the Tongluo tribe has been going north recently. Judging from their northward trend, it should be that they want to enter the territory of Huihe, and a war may break out, so Father Khan specially sent me to go south to discuss with His Highness. He wanted to ask the imperial court what we need Do? "

Ye Hu spoke very politely and sincerely. His implication was that Huihe wanted to annex Huihe, and he hoped that the Tang Dynasty would not interfere. He could propose any conditions.

Li Chu nodded and said: "The emperor of the Tang Dynasty has a very simple request, to hand over Absi and the Tongluo nobles to the Tang army, and we don't need to interfere with other Tongluo tribes."

Ye Hu was overjoyed and said hastily: "On behalf of Father Khan, I can guarantee that we will hand over Absi and all the nobles of Tongluo to the Tang army, and we will not enter the territory of the Tang Dynasty."

At this time, beside a river called Nuozhenshui in the middle of Yinshan Mountain, thousands of big tents gathered, and the white tents could not be seen at a glance. Here are the tents of tens of thousands of Uighur troops, and the largest tent occupies an area of ​​several thousand. Mu, the top of the tent is golden.

It is the king's tent of Gele Khan in Huihe. Gele Khan is called Mo Yanchu, and he is the second Khan of Huihe.

Gele Khan has long been eyeing the Tongluo tribe. The importance of the population to the grassland is self-evident. With a population of 10,000+ in the Tongluo tribe, Gele Khan has long been coveted. He sent someone to persuade Abus a few years ago. He led his troops northward.

But Abus saw through Huihe's attempt to annex him, and remained unmoved, and Huihe did not dare to go south to Fengzhou. In the past two years, Gele Khan has been patiently waiting for an opportunity.

Now the opportunity has come, the Tongluo tribe betrayed the Tang Dynasty, was defeated by the Tang army in Shuofang, led the remnant army to flee north in a hurry, and gathered in the Jinhe area with 10,000+ tribes.

At this time, the soldiers reported in front of the king's tent: "Report to Khan, Qi Lifa has returned!"

Gele Khan hurriedly said, "Let him in quickly!"

After a while, Gele Khan's nephew, Dun Mohe, walked quickly into the king's tent. His official residence was Lifa, which was equivalent to the Shangshu of the Tang Dynasty. He also had a large tribe and was powerful.

Dun Mohe went to negotiate with Abs, hoping to merge with the Luo tribe into Huihe.

He bowed to Gele Khan and said: "I will report to Khan that my nephew has repeatedly negotiated with Abs, but he refuses to let go. He is willing to join the Huihe Khanate, pay taxes to Khan, and send troops to follow Khan, but Like other Tiele tribes, keep the name of Tongluo, Huihe must not interfere in Tongluo's internal affairs."

Gele Khan snorted heavily, "He followed the Turks and fled westward. He has already made a choice. How can he build a country in Huihe? If he is allowed to build a country, what will others do?"

Obviously, Gele Khan did not accept Albus's conditions. If he had returned to the north a few years earlier, Gele Khan might have considered the overall situation and agreed that the other party would keep the Tongluo tribe. Qualified to bargain with yourself?

Gele Khan said coldly: "The Tang Dynasty has already agreed, as long as we hand over the nobles of Albus and Tongluo to the Tang Dynasty, they will not object to us annexing the Tongluo tribe. If you accept it, you will offend Changshengtian!"

　I missed a chapter in Chapter 130, and added it today.

　　
　
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