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Chapter 48: Full Power

The Heaven Sacrifice Conference was held very smoothly.

Those involved in the tribes inside and outside Yinshan, including farming and nomads. There may be enemies between them, but under Shao Shude's suppression, everyone can still sit together.

Among all tribes, Wang Xie, the leader of the Xiang Tibetan tribe of the Montenegro Dangshan, had the largest tribe.

According to the Song Dynasty's "Xuzizhi Tongjian Changbian" records, "more than 100,000 people" live in a vast area from Fengzhou to Zhenwu Army. It is both inside and outside Yinshan Mountain, mainly nomadic, and there may be some in Hexi.

After the Tang Dynasty destroyed, some of the 38 Tibetan tribes surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and some of them were conquered by the collapsed ridge Jiedushi of the Liao Kingdom and sent troops to conquer.

Wang Xie claimed to be the "captain leader" of the 38 tribes of Tibetan Buddhism, but Shao Shude estimated that he had most of the entire Tibetan Buddhism, and he had tens of thousands of people under his command. Well, even if there were tens of thousands of people, it was a big clan, which was enough to allow him to obtain a proclamation from the Mulashan Inspection Envoy (now Wulashan).

"The inspector Wang and the son took the initiative to join the army, which shows the loyalty of Wang to the court." On the grassland, Shao Shude was leading a group of people to hunt wild horses.

Wild horse crotch leather has always been one of the tributes of Fengzhou Fan tribes. It has a large number of them and is often hunted.

"Master General, Wang has always been obedient. In the past, he was too late to accept the imperial orders of Li Guochang and his son. He sent troops to the court and walked halfway. The rebels had been pacified, which caused regrets." Wang Xie smiled.

This guy's face did not change his face when he told a lie, and his face did not turn red. However, if we talked about the degree to which he was concerned about the court, the Tibetan Wang family was indeed higher, which could be seen from his taking the Han surname and respecting Han culture. Moreover, his son also came to vote for him and brought 300 soldiers. His attitude was very respectful and there was nothing to say.

Compared with the Tibetan talent Wang family, the Qiezi tribe was also a little loyal. When they were decreed by Li Guochang, the imperial court ordered them, and both Qiezi and Helian tribes sent troops. Although they were suspected of not working hard, they had an attitude.

In fact, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, these grassland tribes were generally obedient.

After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, they were really wild and no one was convinced. It was not until the Khitans unified the eastern part of the grassland and advanced westward, and sent troops to conquer them several times before they conquered them one after another.

So when Marshal Shao was communicating with them, he also pulled the tiger skin of the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty's heritage is indeed rich, and this sign is also very good. Shao Shude is not sure if these tribes would be so obedient without the banner of the Tang Dynasty.

"Swoosh!" A arrow flew out, Shao Shude pulled out a feather arrow from the arrow bag, and was about to shoot a second time, but he saw several people quickly step forward, shooting arrows repeatedly, knocking down a running wild horse.

"These bastards are all broken!" Shao Shude cursed with a smile.

Several people who jumped out were warriors from the Chei Territory.

When Qi Zizhang, who was behind, saw him, he stepped forward with a horse's belly and apologized: "The young man is ignorant and snatched the prey of the general."

"It's okay." Shao Shude smiled and said, "I like the Warrior the most."

Qi Zizhang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

However, just seven or eight years ago, his status was very different from Shao Shude. However, he was apart from Li Guochang and his son. After that, Shao rose rapidly, and he gained nothing because of his performance in the war without working hard.

The battle against Huang Chao in Guanzhong laid the foundation for Shao Shude's current status. Qi Zizhang took advantage of the favorable opportunity of Zhenwu Army's lack of clothes and food to occupy the military city and proclaim himself the governor. The soldiers of Zhenwu Army had no objection.

But this position is really not that easy to sit in. If you don’t have money, you can’t play.

Qi Zizhang tried his best but couldn't support him in the end. He was knocked off the stage by the soldiers, including many soldiers from the Zhenwu Army who were originally from the Qi Zizhe Army.

Qi Bizhang is worried that Li Keyong will settle the score all day long because he has teased the one-eyed dragon more than once. At the time of the fight against Huang Chao, the Tiande Army, the Zhenwu Army, the Datong Army, and the Youzhou Army were ordered to attack Li Keyong again, and finally ended in failure.

Qi Zizhang has no choice but to vote for Shao Shude?

Shao Shude had no psychological burden to accept Li Keyong's enemy and directly granted Qiezhang the identity of Bai Daochuan inspector, and the cooperation foundation between the two sides was very stable.

"The general likes wild horse skins, so when he returns, he sends a hundred people to send him over." A bold and bold voice rang behind him.

Qi Zizhang looked back and found that it was Zhuang Langsan, the chief of the Dangxiang Zhuanglang tribe of Shanhou.

Dangxiang, the name behind the mountain, you will know that he is nomadic on the grassland north of Yinshan.

"Ten thousand tents, connected to the Khitan in the east, Tatar in the north, and to the river in the south." Of course, this is the information from the Song Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the Zhuanglang people once lived south of the Yellow River, and the number was not large. However, after the mid-Tang Dynasty, Dangxiang crossed Yinshan and moved north to the grassland, they also began to move to the grassland and their power gradually grew.

The Zhuanglang tribe is now a large part of the family, and is bound by the Tiande Army. Shao Shude suspected that they were Tubo people because Tubo also had Zhuanglang tribes, which were right in Lanzhou and was one of the most real power departments of several local Tubos.

After the Tang Dynasty destroyed, according to records of the Liao history, the Dangxiang Zhuanglang tribe attacked the border many times, and was later sent troops to wipe out by the Zhaotai Department in the southwest. The rest of the people were divided by Liao and Xia. In order to compete for the Dangxiang tribe inside and outside Yinshan, they fought several wars, which were very fierce.

Overall, the grassland Dangxiang, including Zhuanglang's tribe, not only attacked the borders of the Song Dynasty, but also the borders of Xixia and Liao, which was too stubborn. Of course, they all ended up dead, mainly because they were attacked by the Liao Dynasty.

Zhuang Langshen was named the inspector of the Gorgeous Juequan. The Gorgeous Juequan is roughly in the Uniusu area of ​​the Urat Hou Banner. Strictly speaking, all ethnic groups live in this place, including Dangxiang in Hexi, Tatars, Uighurs, and of course, Dangxiang in the back of Shanhou. Shao Dashen gave Zhuang Lang's name such a name, and most of them will support some equipment in the future. I wonder if they can completely occupy it.

"The inspector Zhuang Lang has made a good harvest today. He has hunted a lot of jealous sheep and wild deer, but he lacked wild horses." Shao Shude slowed down his horse and waited for Zhuang Lang to come over.

"Master, Zhuanglang's tribe has wild horse skin, and Hun's tribe naturally has it." Another grassland man rushed up from behind, glanced at Zhuanglangsan and said.

Zhuang Langshen was a little annoyed by this guy's rude eyes, but Shao Shude was not easy to have an attack here, so he endured it.

The person who came was named Hunwen, who was the newly enfeoffed inspector of Keduncheng and the Uighurs.

Kedun City was built by the Turkic Khan for his concubines. It is located on the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain near the current Urat Central Banner, about 200 miles west of the Gouyu Spring.

The Uighurs of the Tiande Army all went south to support the royal court after it was destroyed.

Strictly speaking, the Hun tribe is Tiele. Like the Qiele tribe, it is one of the nine Tiele tribes. It has a small number of people and is less than 20,000 people. Hunjian, a famous general in the middle Tang Dynasty, is a Hun tribe. This branch mainly lives south of Yinshan. This time, it was asked by Shao Shude to move to the nomadic city near Kedun City, that is, north of Yinshan.

The strength of the Hun tribe is not as good as the Zhuang Lang tribe and the Zangcai tribe, and even the Qiezi tribe, which is similar to the strength of the newly promoted Fengzhou Turkic Geshu tribe by Shao Shude.

The Turks and Uighurs were forcibly promoted by Shao.

There were too many people in the Dangxiang tribes in Fengzhou, Dangxiang tribes in Shannan, and Dangxiang tribes in Heji. If they had national consciousness, they would almost be the main ethnic group of the front and back plains. Shao Dashui was afraid that these Dangxiang were "great men from heaven". After thinking hard for several days, he decided to promote the identity of the inspector of the southern inspection of the Turkic Geshu tribe, Geshu Queshan, and suppress these scattered Dangxiang tribes.

The origin of the Fengzhou Turks can be traced back to the Zhenguan period.

In the 13th year of Zhenguan, the Turkic people in Fengzhou had already "a hundred thousand, and 40,000 soldiers won." After Zhenguan, the various Turkic troops continued to surrender, distributed in Feng, Sheng, Lin, Xia, Ling, and the six prefectures. In the third year of Kaiyuan, the ten Turkic surnames "submissions successively, with a total of more than 10,000 entries", and were mainly placed in Fengzhou and Zhenwu Army.

At this time, the number of Turks in front and back was almost out of reach, and there was even a rebellion. The court sent troops to suppress them, killing them in a big way, and then moved more than 50,000 to Xu, Ru, Tang, Deng and other prefectures in the mainland to resettle. The number of Turks in the south of Yinshan dropped to an optional level.

In the fourth year of Tianbao, the Eastern Turks were destroyed, most of them moved westward, and a small number went south to Fengzhou to surrender. To this day, the Turkic tribes in Fengzhou were constantly bullied by the Dangxiang people, and the number of them was still unable to rise, about 20,000. Shao Shude suspected that if he did not intervene, one day these Turkic people would be annexed by the Dangxiang people.

So, Geshu's troops caught up with this historical trend and were promoted to the Shannan Inspection Commissioner, and their status rose sharply.

The five major inspectors from the west to the east. The west side is the Zhuanglang tribe of the Lingyuquan inspector, Zhuanglang tribe and the Dangxiang from the back of the mountain; the two hundred miles east is the Keduancheng inspector, the Uighur Hun tribe, or the Tielhun tribe; less than three hundred miles southeast is the pastoral area of ​​the Mulashan inspector of the Tibetan Tsai tribe, and was born in Dangxiang from Heishan; the Tibetan Tsai tribe four or five hundred miles east is the pastoral area of ​​Qiezhang, that is, the pastoral area of ​​the Baidaochuan inspector.

In Fengzhou south of Yinshan, there is also a Shannan Inspection Commissioner, led by the Turkic Geshu tribe.

Two are in the south of the mountain, two are in the north of the mountain, and one is inside and outside Yinshan. These five are the outer defense lines of the Tiande Army and Zhenwu Army.

Marshal Shao promised Zhuang Lang, Hun, Wang, Geshu, and Qiezi that their five families have been leaders of various tribes for generations. Whoever dares to infringe on the superiors and seize control of the tribe, just send someone to inform him and he will send troops north to help them suppress the rebels, kill all the rebellious parties, and protect the wealth of these five families forever in exchange for their loyalty.

The Weicai family on the Hetao grasslands south, the Dangxiang Yeli family on the Hengshan Mountain, and the Wuzang family also received such promises from him.

Just as the Wei Cai family is the core of the Hetao grassland, Yeli, Wuzang is the core of Dangxiang in Hengshan, these five tribes are also the core tribes inside and outside Yinshan. With their support, there will be no chaos here, and you can feel at ease to fight Helong and expand your strength.

During this Northern Tour, the actual control of Zhenwu Army, the Tiande Army was the first major task and had been basically completed; the recovery of the banished troops of the two towns was the second major task, and it was almost done. Finally, there was another small task that was not a task, that was, to go back to the hometown of Xicheng. Well, our Marshal Shao wanted to return home in glory.

On November 15, the second year of Guangqi, Shao Shude, with the Iron Cavalry, the Leopard Cavalry Capital and the five leaders of Yinshan, arrived at the Xishoucheng City, and the soldiers and horse envoys Sun Ba personally went out of the city to greet him.

When Shao Shude entered the city, he saw that he was very good. The old house that had been leaking everywhere had been rebuilt. The area had been expanded several times and the decoration was quite exquisite. After asking more carefully, it turned out that the old house collapsed on a snowstorm night two years ago...

Shao Shude is too lazy to care about who pays for the new house. With his status, some people are flattering, while more people want to be flattered but have no way out.

The house had all the furniture, and a few days later, even the maids were there. Zhuang Langshen selected a few pretty girls from his own large group of daughters, granddaughters and nieces and sent them over. The other four were following the same thing. At one time, nearly twenty grassland girls came, washing, cooking, and scrubbing. This corrupt life is like this!

He could also guess the thoughts of these people. Their nephews were sent to serve in the Leopard Cavalry. They were both protons and could also accumulate military merits. Their daughters and granddaughters were sent to the mansion to serve as maids. If the Prince of Lingwu liked someone and took them as a concubine, they would be more at ease.

However, Mr. Shao is now tingling with the woman's scalp and has passed the difficult years when he needs marriage. These girls will be sent to Helan Mountain to serve as maids. The palace of Xiazhou County Prince actually has maids from the Zhe family, which is a bit too much. It is either that they do not trust the Zhe family or that is not normal.

"Master Sun, I want to recommend you as the defense censor of the Xichengzhongchengdu of Tiande Army." Looking at Sun Ba who came to visit, Shao Shude sighed a little. Sun Ba was his benefactor. If he had no choice, he might not have the fate of the rest. Therefore, when he could repay him, he would not be able to express himself.

"I'm not polite if you have this good thing." Sun Ba smiled freely and easily: "Xie Lingwu County Prince."

"Master Sun, why are you and me so unfamiliar?"

"After being recommended by the Prince of Lingwu, one will have superiors and inferiority, and the etiquette will not be abolished." Sun Badao: "Otherwise, this defensive censor will not be stable, and the majesty of the Prince of Lingwu will also be damaged. I was not very interested in these official positions, but now in this chaotic era, alas, if you don't have the right, you will be bullied by others."

Shao Shude smiled and said, "Master Sun has seen through this world."

"Those who haven't seen through are dead."

The Turkic girl brought tea to the two, and Shao Shude invited Sun Ba to taste it: "Lingzhou tea tastes good."

"It's really good." Sun Ba took a sip and praised.

The Tielle girl brought some snacks again, and looked at Shao Shude deeply when she left.

Damn, the grassland girl is so rude!

"Emperor Sun Duwei, if you want to fight west next year, you may recruit the Tiande army and the Zhenwu army will go south." After a while of silence, Shao Shude suddenly spoke.

Sun Ba was shocked and asked, "What should I do if the defense of those two places?"

"A certain meeting will transfer Feng'an army, manage the army to the north, and replace the defense of the two places." Shao Shude asked.

Sun Ba suddenly realized.

Shao Shude was still a little embarrassed. He just said that he wanted to recommend the German defensive censor that day, but the Tiande army was gone and the entire army was about to go south. The 4,000 Feng'an troops who came to replace him, could Sun Ba be able to command?

However, Sun Ba really seemed to be free and easy. After a moment of silence, he smiled and said, "Let's go south and go south. However, the monthly salary of the defense censor is not missing."

Shao Shude laughed. It’s comfortable to talk to smart people. Sun Ba is indeed more open-minded than Hao Zhenwei. He has been with him for many years and I believe he will not treat him badly.

"The boys have lived a little tight life in the past few years. I heard that the Prince of Lingwu never gave a discount, so I asked them to receive more money and have a better hand." Sun Ba said again: "What are you going to do with the King of Zhenwu Army Bian?"

"I wanted to drive him back to Beijing, but he took the initiative to vote. Now it's hard to do this, which is really troublesome." Shao Shude said.

"Wang Bian is different from Hao Zhenwei. He is a genuine military governor, which is really difficult to deal with." Sun Ba said with a frown.

The full name of Zhenwu Army Envoy is Zhenwu Linsheng Jiedushi, Yingtian Envoy, Observation and Disposal Envoy, Obstacle and Protector of the North, and there are a lot of titles, which are indeed not comparable to the Tiande Army Envoy. Either give him a comparable position to transfer him, or simply put him in vain.

Shao Shude touched Wang Bian's bottom and knew that he wanted to continue working as the governor of Zhenwu Army. He came to see him on his own initiative, and wanted to surrender and obey, but he didn't want to hand over the power in his hands. To put it bluntly, he just wanted to be a subordinate vassal state with certain autonomy and imitate Li Xiaochang, the Baosai Army.

I don’t want to do anything, but if I do, where can I give him a seat? I can’t say that, I still have to put it in a blank first, and then ask Ximen Sigong’s uncle and nephew to see if there is any good place to go. Yang Fugong has granted so many fakes to leave the town, so what’s wrong with him asking for a position for Wang Bian?

If it really doesn't work, I will ask Wang Bian to lead his troops south next year and follow him out to fight. It will be reasonable to see if he does not respond.

Can you, as the governor, still command soldiers? Can you still make the foreigners obedient?

After Sun Ba left, Shao Shude called Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng again, asking them to think carefully about how to deal with Wang Bian.

"It is better to recommend Wang Bian as the governor of Tongzhou or Huazhou. He is from Chang'an, a native of Guanzhong, probably because he is willing." Chen Cheng suggested.

"This is indeed a good idea." Shao Shude said: "Which one in Tongzhou, Huazhou is not as rich as the Zhenwu Army? If Wang Bian is not satisfied, he will be unable to say it. Let him come to see me immediately! After this work, we can return to Xiazhou. This northern tour of Yinshan will achieve complete achievements!"
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