6. Enwei Two-faced Qiang
After Gao Yue comforted his elders, he asked people who knew geography in Xiongqi's army, and referred to the "Ten Yi Fan Dao Map" drawn by Jia Dan. He then ordered a transfer courtyard to be set up in Jiangli County, Wuzhou, and entrusted Wei Ping as a military envoy to supply food and grass. From Sanquanyuan in Lizhou, he transported grain along the Bailong River to hoard supplies to the army.
Then Gao Yue said that we will make a big fuss in this area between the southern Xifan Road and the east road, cooperate with the Wei Gao Xichuan soldiers!
Gao Yue divided his troops into three groups:
Gao Gudu led the main force of the Dingwu Army from Wuzhou to the south, attacked Hongya Pass and Heishui Fort in Fuzhou, and then took the Shichuan River and entered Songzhou occupied by Xifan from the northeast;
Zhang Jingze led the main force of the Yining Army from Wuzhou to the southeast and entered Longzhou, taking the old way Gao Yue followed Li Sheng to defeat Xifan. However, the direction was different. This army went up the Fu River, crossed the Jiangyou River and then went straight to Pingwu, and then entered Songzhou occupied by Xifan from the southwest;
There is also a way, namely, the Baoyi army led by Shi Liangbi, Siba Ono and others, a total of 10,000 Qiang cavalry were led by the Bailong River (Qianshui) and went westward, taking the peak of Dangzhou in the front line, and then heading straight to Hechuan in Diezhou, and hitting the weaknesses of the Qinghai Road and the hinterland of the Dongdao in Xifan.
Gao Yue himself was in charge of Jiangli County, Wuzhou, and drew 500 troops from Dingwu and Yining to guard himself and the newly established Transportation Courtyard.
Soon, Lizhou transported a large number of rice, grain and grass, and there were also many wealth.
In the old City God Temple in Jiangli County, many Qianghu chiefs from Wu, Dang, Fu, and Wenzhou were dressed in sheepskin clothes, and many female chiefs were loosely dressed in hair and decorated with golden flowers. They all visited Gao Yue, who was standing on the steps, holding local local products in their hands, such as Angelica, Qianghuo, etc., and were dedicated to Gao Yue.
Gao Yue said politely that he would not accept this thing (there are countless Shanzhong Herbal Medicine Farms in Xingyuan Prefecture, and they all shipped to the eastern prefectures and counties. Who would like to know). Then he said earnestly to the chiefs:
"You are all Western Qiang and Southern Qiang. They were originally from Jiang's surname. Later, they were exiled to Sanwei Mountain in Shazhou by Emperor Shun. From Xizhi to Heshou, they were the land of your ancestors. They were divided into three branches, one with yaks as the totem, which is now Yueqian Qiang; another with white horse as the totem, which is now Guangyuan Qiang; another with three wolf as the totem, which is now Wudu Qiang--you are all descendants of Wudu Qiang, and later they are Western Qiang--you are all descendants of Wudu Qiang, and later they are Western Qiang; another with three wolf as the totem, which is now Wudu Qiang--you are all descendants of Wudu Qiang, and later they are from Xifan.
Slavery, and you have driven away many times to invade Tang by the former army. Their children were killed and injured, and they were extremely burdened. Now, I am on the order of the emperor to come to save you, which is equivalent to hanging upside down. This Wuzhou is the ancient Wudu. Now the military city is set up by the Transportation Courtyard. You can transport grain and wheat at any time, drive cattle and sheep to trade here, and the transaction is absolutely fair and undesirable. In addition, you can also ride a horse and hold a bow, follow our Tang army to fight, and divide the spoils you get for you, how about it?"
These Qiang and Hu chiefs didn't understand Gao Yue's words very well, so they all knelt down and bowed to him, stunned.
So Gao Yue thought that he would not have to "become from ancient times to the present" for these people, so he changed his words and went straight to the point: "I will tell you my name, and I will have gold and silver medals and hats. You will be all officials of the Tang Dynasty. Then he will go to this city to sell things, such as cattle, sheep, horses, angelica, Qianghuo, and gold. Besides, you can follow my Tang army to fight Xifan, and stolen women, girls, livestock, and food. Do you understand?"
"I understand, understand!" At this time, the male and female chiefs nodded. Isn't it just that they can get the official hat given by Emperor Tang, trade, and follow the Tang soldiers to grab money and women to grab territory? When they talk about this, everyone is not confused.
Gao Yue did what he said, and he quickly asked the military officers and soldiers to move out all kinds of good things from the warehouse of the Transportation Courtyard - first he told his body in various ways, and Gao Yue solemnly issued them one by one.
"Where is the hat, where is the hat?" The chiefs all became anxious.
Gao Yue felt that these people were really barbarians. They didn't care about the words on their bodies and the emperor's handwriting Yu Riying. They just wanted a more direct hat, court uniform, etc., and they didn't have any sense of ritual. They were all wearing monkeys and crowned, but they complained in their hearts: Gao Yue quickly took out his head and robe and dressed it for the group of chiefs.
In an instant, the courtyard became lively. The Qianghu wore tilted heads or hats, and were wearing scarlet and green court robes. They were about to worship Gao Yue. Gao Yue said that this was not given to you by me, but by the emperor of Chang'an City. So everyone followed Ji Gong and turned to the northeast, bowing piously to the place where the emperor was.
Then it was given to seeds, oxen, cotton cloth, and bulk land to buy local Qiang, and these things were the most popular among them.
Of course, Gao Yue also knew that these Wudu Qiang were very "two-sided" and had surrendered and rebelled since the early Tang Dynasty. The states in various places were also deposed and abolished. When Xifan annexed Weisong to Mao and Longhou, Qiang and Hu were many accomplices of Xifan. In order to invade the Tang family Jiannan and Shannan areas, they now have to use their favor to support the support, but the intimidation and suppression of force are also indispensable.
So after the enthronement ceremony, Gao Yue invited all the chiefs to the camp outside Wuzhou City to watch the Tang army's artillery fire and the Shenlei guns were trained.
I saw that the small "two hundred hu" ships were masts like forests along the Bailong River, all of which were recruited from Xingyuan Lizhou and East-West Sichuan. A high platform outside the river bank was where Gaoyue's tent was located.
Under the umbrella specially given by the emperor, Gao Yue, in purple shirt, sat upright on the stool, and the chiefs stood half-believingly, not knowing how the Tang army is different from the previous ones.
Until the sound of thunder-like cannons rose flat, causing the sachets hanging on Luo umbrella to sway wildly. The Qiang Hu chiefs only felt the land under their feet rising rapidly and trembling, which was exactly the same as the feeling of an earthquake. Many people immediately fell to their feet and sat on the ground, while many others stared with their eyes and opened their mouths, looking at a lightning-fire spraying out from the mouth of a large bronze cannon in the Tang army (Gao Yue deliberately left the door in Wuzhou City). Then a burning red shell flew across the air and flew straight to a wall of earth in the distance, and then easily destroyed it and smashed it.
Before they could recover, the gunmen from the three-row Dingwu Army practiced the tactics of shooting the divine thunder guns again. The bullets came out like rain, and the smoke filled the gun. The target posts that were thirty steps away were falling and broken into pieces.
"..." The faces of these male and female chiefs were covered with shiny sweat beads.
Gao Yue stood up with a smile, touched his beard, and said cunningly and majesticly: "The children have already brought twenty such cannons to Heishui Castle and Pingwu City, hoping to be helpful to the tough battle. But you will soon rely on you to lead the way, spy, and help."
"We swear to follow Ji (Dad) and Duke (Dad) to the death." The chiefs of Wudu Qiang were immediately convinced by the truth in the cannon and the divine thunder guns. They were all sweating and trembling, and once again weakened their feet, and kneeled in front of Gao Yue's knees.
Chapter completed!