Tibet

Early the next morning, Li Ye came to the official office, and Zhang Xian, the chief secretary, and Liu Xun, who joined the army, hurriedly came to report.

Although Li Ye was the military envoy of Broken Leaf, he was also in charge of government affairs. His freshness only lasted for three days, and then, like his predecessor Chen Fengzhong, he got rid of the so-called government affairs.

These government affairs are too trivial and confusing. Suiye is a place where many ethnic groups live together. Various beliefs and customs are mixed together, and conflicts are easy to occur. Therefore, there are many lawsuits filed by the people of Suiye.

People of all ethnic groups are brave and aggressive. They will fall out if they disagree, and then fight. If the losing party is unwilling to accept it and cannot beat the other party, they will come to complain.

Liu Xun, who joined the army, was responsible for resolving trivial matters such as various disputes and conflicts. Li Ye also participated in resolving several lawsuits at first, but later he couldn't stand it anymore and simply became a hands-off shopkeeper.

But the better thing about him than Chen Fengzhong is that he is not so stingy. Chen Fengzhong wanted to break one penny into two pence and use it whenever he could. He was extremely stingy with his subordinates. In the end, his subordinates lost their enthusiasm and everyone pretended to go about their lives. The public security in Suiye has always been poor, the folk customs are tough, there are fights and drunkenness everywhere, and the people are complaining.

Of course, you can also say that it was Chen Fengzhong's strategy of neglecting government and inaction, which caused the people's resentment in Suiye to boil, forcing Gao Xianzhi to transfer himself back to Anxi.

Li Ye was more generous with his actions. He didn't want to deal with these trivial matters, but he would not be an ostrich. No matter how much funding Zhang Xian, Liu Xun and other subordinates applied for, he approved it with a stroke of his pen and the money was given. But if the matter is still done, No, then don't blame him for turning his back on others.

Therefore, four months after Li Ye took office, there were fewer and fewer fights. This was also because of his ruthless methods. Once a fight occurred, he didn't care who struck first or who struck last, whether it was a Han or a Tuqishi. Both men and women were put into iron cages and soaked in water with broken leaves for two days. After these people were released, they no longer dared to mess around.

The public security in Broken Leaf has improved significantly, and businessmen now dare to go out to spend money at night. Everyone has made money and is happy.

What Liu Xun reported to Li Ye was what the restaurant owner told him yesterday. There was a conflict between the Geluolu people and the Tuqishi people, and there was bloodshed and death. Li Ye didn't take it to heart. He thought it was just ordinary. There was a fight over the pasture, but after listening to Liu Xun's report, Li Ye felt something was wrong. It was not the Geluolu people in the Yili Valley who were causing trouble, but the powerful Geluolu herdsmen from Yibohai in the north who went south to cause trouble.

This problem is serious. The three small Geluolu tribes in the Yili Valley are people of the Tang Dynasty. They pay taxes to the Suiye government. They have nothing to do with the Geluolu people in the Tali River Valley.

At this time, the Geluolu people of Tashi's army invaded the Yili Valley.

Li Ye stood up immediately and said: "I want to go to Aitao Lake!"

Zhang Xian was startled and said quickly: "The general just came back yesterday, why not go back after a few days of rest!"

"No! They want to make cooked rice out of this matter. If it is not dealt with in time, it will become the second Taras Valley!"

Both Zhang Xian and Liu Xun remained silent. The Talas Valley incident was the result of Chen Fengzhong's inaction. The two Tuqishi tribes in the Talas Valley did not buy into the Tang army's account, but it was not their turn to step on the powerful Ge. The Luolu people took action.

They annexed two Tuqishi tribes, and also occupied the Taras River Valley that originally belonged to Suiye. Chen Fengzhong ignored it and acquiesced to the expansion of the Geluolu people. This Aitao Lake incident was obviously a violation of their strength. The Geluolu people are pushing their limits.

Li Ye immediately led a thousand cavalry and rushed towards Aitao Lake, one hundred and fifty miles away.

Aitao Lake is located between the Alatau Mountains in the north and the Kunge Mountains in the south. It is separated from Rehai by just one mountain. It belongs to the famous Yili Valley. The north and south mountains are hundreds of miles wide, with abundant water and grass and fertile land. , Li Ye made his first inspection tour and made up his mind not to let anyone take away this fertile land.

This land was also famous in later generations. It was Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan. During the Qing Dynasty, it was still under the jurisdiction of General Ili.

Li Ye led a thousand cavalry to arrive at Aitao Lake in just one day. Li Ye knew very well the intention of Taqiang Luolu. Their real purpose was to occupy the southern part of Yibohai and the Talas Valley to the west. Now Aitao Lake is located in the east, pinching the east and west ends, so the land south of Yibohai in the middle belongs to them.

That idiot Chen Fengzhong gave up on the Talas Valley, causing himself great passivity.

Aitao Lake is only one-sixth of the size of Atami, covering about 1,000 square kilometers. It disappeared in later generations due to earthquakes. Aitao Lake is also surrounded by pastures with rich water and grass. The Tuqishi tribe who originally lived here were driven away and are now A Geluolu tribe took over.

A thousand Tang Army cavalry arrived in front of hundreds of large tents. The Geluolu tribe was in chaos. The women ran away with their children in their arms. More than two hundred young and strong men quickly gathered. At this time, the tribal leader hurriedly came to Li Ye's war horse and trembled. Kneel down and salute: "Welcome the heavenly army!"

Li Ye pointed his horse whip and shouted sternly: "This is not your land. You must evacuate before noon tomorrow, otherwise Tang Jun will be ruthless!"

The leader quickly said: "It was the chief who arranged for us to come here to graze, not that we came here ourselves!"

"That is your internal matter. What you are doing now is an invasion. I will only give you one day. If you don't evacuate before noon tomorrow, all your men will be beheaded and your women and children will be sent to the slave market. I, Li Ye, said We’ll do it!”

During the battle against Khan, Li Ye's reputation had spread throughout the river, and the people of Geluolu also knew about him and were quite afraid of him.

Seeing that the other party had a tough attitude and the Tang army's cavalry was murderous, the leader had no choice but to agree.

Starting from the afternoon, each family of Geluolu people began to dismantle their tents, drive their cattle and sheep to the northwest, and set foot on the ground. The territory of the Geluolu people is to the west of Yibohai. It has a vast area, but most of it is semi-arid. area, and the three most abundant treasure lands in this area, the Chu River Valley, the Ili River Valley and around Rehai, were all occupied by the Tang army.

After all the Geluolu people were gone, Li Ye immediately ordered a garrison to be built by the lake. More than a thousand soldiers worked together. In just one day, they built a garrison covering an area of ​​three acres, with horses on the first floor and horses on the second floor. There are people living there, and the third floor is a beacon tower.

Li Ye looked back at the snow-capped mountains behind him. They were towering and majestic. This was the famous Talgar Peak in later generations. It was obviously unrealistic to build a beacon tower on this peak.

But the garrison of Lake Eyre is a full 150 miles away from Suiye City, and at least three more beacon towers need to be built. Of course, Li Ye has his plan, not only for Lake Eyre, but also for the Yili River Valley, Yili River Valley, and Yili River Valley. He would build forts throughout the sea to completely control this land.

Early the next morning, the expelled Tuqishi tribe came back. In fact, they had not gone far and had been observing their homeland from a distance. So when the Geluolu people were driven away, they immediately returned to their homes and took their tents with them. , sheep, old men, women and children came back in great numbers.

This Tuqishi tribe is called the Aitao tribe, and there are about 400 households. The leader is called Dikul, a dark-skinned man who is nearly forty years old, but forty years old is already an old man for the nomadic people. .

Dikuer led his tribe to kowtow to Li Ye and thank him, "Thank you to the soldiers and horses for retaking our homeland for us!"

Li Ye nodded and said: "Although the Geluolu people will not give in, I understand that they will not dare to come and occupy it again, but you still have to be vigilant. You have to fully cooperate with the Tang army in the fort to arrange vigilance. How to do it specifically, Chief Xie Huo will teach you. !”

Chief Xie Huo was called Xie Hong, and he led ten of his men to garrison Aitao Lake. Of course, there was also the Tuqishi tribe beside the lake, so at least they wouldn't be too lonely.

After some more instructions, Li Ye led a thousand cavalry back to Suiye City.

As soon as he arrived in Suiye City, Li Ye received a message from the flying eagle from Qiuci. Gao Xianzhi had returned from Chang'an. The eagle letter asked Li Ye to build a warehouse and a large amount of war preparation materials were about to be delivered to Suiye.

This chapter uses the Geluolu people's peek at Aitao Lake to elicit the Geluolu people's desire and ambition for the Yili Valley and Rehai, paving the way for the subsequent plot.