Chapter 679: Internal Relocation (Part 2)
The life of Zhishi troops was not easy. When the Tang army attacked Jie Li, almost all Turkic tribes were hit. Fortunately, Zhishi's power saw that the opportunity was wrong and immediately led Zhishi troops to escape from Jie Li's army, which retained most of its strength. Later, Jie Li was captured and the Tang army also withdrew from the grassland, which allowed Zhishi troops to escape.
However, for the Zhisi tribe, the demise of the Turkic Khanate was not the end, and it was even the beginning of their suffering. When they escaped, they lost a lot of livestock. After finally ending a winter, the livestock in the tribe had almost eaten, and the entire tribe fell into panic of hunger.
What's worse is that as one of the large tribes of the Turks, Zhishili was Jie Li's most trusted general. He had followed Jie Li to suppress the rebellions of many tribes, so many tribes on the grassland hated Zhishili to the core. Now that the Turks have fallen, Zhishili has no biggest backer.
In the past, it was fine in winter, because the road was blocked with heavy snow and no one was causing trouble for them. However, after the beginning of spring, the tribes around Zhisi were also provoking them wantonly. Many tribes even sent troops to occupy the grasslands that originally belonged to Zhisi. However, Zhisi did not dare to say anything, otherwise they might face siege from surrounding tribes.
It was also under the above circumstances that Zhishili came in person when he received news from the Tang Dynasty that he wanted to move them to the Tang Dynasty, and wanted to find out whether this matter was true, but he did not expect to meet his old acquaintance Zhao Deyan.
"General Zhishi, we are all old friends, and I won't hide some things from you. Now, the few remaining tribes of your Turks have not responded to any response. You are the first one. If you can set an example for them, then I can make the decision, arrange the most fertile land for you, and send the best officials to help you adapt to the life of the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible!" Zhao Deyan saw Zhishisi's soul silent and spoke again.
"Zhao Zhuanyun, if we leave the grassland, how should you defend in the Monan area?" Zhi lost his soul and pondered for a while, then asked.
In fact, after his defeat last year, Zhi Shisili has been considering the possible treatment of the Tang Dynasty. In his opinion, the Tang Dynasty might need them to guard the grasslands in the south of the desert. After all, without them, the Tang Dynasty would have to face other tribes on the grasslands directly, and the two sides would inevitably have conflicts. If the Turks surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, they could become the barrier of the Tang Dynasty on the grasslands, but they never expected that the Tang Dynasty would move them inward, which was completely beyond his expectations.
"Haha~, these things are not a problem for General Zhihu. But to be honest, you Turks are actually more worried about our Tang Dynasty than other tribes on the grassland. After all, you Turks had gone south to plunder. Now our Tang Dynasty has defeated the Turks, it is impossible to kill all the Turks. Since this is the case, we can only try to reduce the possibility of the Turks rising again, and moving inward is the best way." Zhao Deyan said again. His words were half true and half false, specifically targeting smart people like Zhihu.
Sure enough, Zhishili was stunned when he heard these "truths" of Zhao Deyan, and then he showed a contemplative expression again. If he stood in the position of the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Deyan's words were indeed very reasonable, so Zhishili couldn't help but believe it seven or eight points.
"Okay, after I go back, I will immediately organize the tribe to move to Dingxiang. I will ask Zhao Zhuanyun to take care of him!" After pondering for a long time, Zhi Shili finally sighed and said to Zhao Deyan. He had to agree, because if he delayed, there would be no need for the Tang Dynasty to do anything, and the tribes around him that hated the Turks would tear them into pieces and swallow them.
"Okay! Then I'll wait here for General Zhihu to come!" Zhao Deyan saw that the other party was finally convinced by him, and then slapped the table excitedly, but Zhihu's thinking power did not notice. Behind Zhao Deyan's smile, there was a hint of imperceptible cruelty.
The spring of the Tang Dynasty was earlier than that of the grassland. The plains were dyed with a layer of tender green. A long team slowly came from the north. When the farmers in the farmland on both sides saw this group of people, they were all shocked. They even shouted "The Turks are coming", then threw down their hoes and ran away.
However, people around soon discovered that although the group of people who came were Turks, they did not ride horses, and most of them were old and weak women. There were also Tang army escorting them at the end of the team, which seemed to be more like prisoners. This discovery also made many people bold and even went forward to ask the Tang army who was escorting them. Only then did they realize that these Turks were going to be moved to the Tang territory and there would be no Turks in the future.
In this huge team, Lao Ger, holding his only son in his hand, followed the team forward with a blank expression. He was too lazy to pay attention to the Han people around him who were first afraid, then laughed at him, and pointed at them.
"Dad, I'm hungry!" At this moment, I suddenly saw Lao Ger's son stop and rub his stomach with one hand and said in pain.
"Hold on for a while, the sun is about to set. We will have something to eat when we rest!" Lao Gerle whispered to comfort him. In fact, he was also very hungry at this time, and his stomach kept ringing, but he had nothing to eat in his hand. The mutton jerky she had hidden before had long been taken away, so he could only endure it no matter how hungry he was.
Lao Ger's son was quite sensible. He didn't say anything after hearing his father's words. He could only keep his head down and continue walking forward. Looking at his son's appearance, Lao Ger also sighed, then turned his head to look around. There were people from their Muddy Waters Department, including the Head Man and Yonggu, but now everyone looks listless.
Previously, the Muddy Waters Department finally decided to obey the orders of the Tang Dynasty and arrived in Dingxiang to move inward. At the beginning, the Tang Dynasty was not bad for them. In addition to weapons, all other property could be retained. However, as they entered the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang army escorted were exposed, not only confiscated their property, but also collected the food they brought. They could only receive a small piece of dry food from the Tang army in the morning and evening every day. This little thing could only ensure that they could not starve to death. Now many people almost lost their strength to walk.
After finally waiting until it was dark, the team could finally stop and rest. Tang Jun also began to distribute dry food. After Lao Ger ate two bites of dry food, he hid the remaining dry food in his arms and prepared to leave it for his son to eat. After all, he only had such a son left, so he had to keep it alive no matter what.
"Laogele, come here, my father has something to discuss with everyone!" At this moment, Laogele suddenly saw Yonggu walking to him and whispered to him.
"Tao Ren... What's wrong with the headman?" Lao Ger could not help but look at the other party in surprise when he heard Yonggu's words. Since the migration began, although the Muddy Waters Department has not been disbanded, it has long since lost its cohesion. Now everyone just wants to reach the place where they are placed alive, and the headman has not summoned people from the tribe to discuss matters.
"Don't ask about this, my father will tell you later!" Yonggu glared at Lao Gerle fiercely at this time. Although he was so hungry that he was only hungry, he still looked very intimidating because of his tall figure, which made Lao Gerle dare not ask any more.
In fact, Lao Gel also knew that some people in the tribe had begun to regret it, and Yonggu was the representative of it. In fact, at the beginning, Yonggu did not agree to follow the orders of the Tang Dynasty to move inward. However, after thinking about it over and over again, Lao Gel felt that there might be a way to move inward than to wait for death on the grassland, so he agreed with the internal migration very much. However, the conditions for internal migration are so difficult and they are bullied by the Tang army, which made Yonggu very angry with Lao Gel, believing that he brought the tribe to this situation.
At that moment, Lao Ger asked his family to take care of his son and then came to the head man. At this time, several other important figures in the tribe also came. Then he saw the head man looking around and then whispered: "I'm asking everyone to come today. There is a major event that concerns our life and death. We need to discuss with you!"
Chapter completed!