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"Abuse of my Tang Dynasty, even if you are strong, you will be killed!"

"Return all Han people, or be wiped out by us!"

——The Protector of the Dingxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, the Dingxi Recruitment of the Strategic Envoy, and the Governor of Taozhou Zhang Wenyuan!

On the bank of the Yellow River, Yeli, the leader of the Baiyeli tribe, received a letter from the Tang Dynasty, or an ultimatum. The one who sent the letter was a warrior from Qingyeli, a former Qingyeli warrior.

Now, this warrior has become a soldier under the jurisdiction of the Dingxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.

The leader of Qingyeli, Baima, died, and half of the Baiyeli people who entered the upper reaches of the Li River also died or surrendered. The soldiers of the Qingyeli tribe formed an army, with the military name Pingyi.

Hearing this name, Ye Lizhen's fist was tightly pinched.

Yeli White Horse, the young man with a somewhat anxious temper, the number one warrior among the seven young generations of Yeli tribes, was actually dead, and half of the Qingyeli tribe disappeared like this.

Not only did the Qingyeli Ministry lose more than 10,000 people, but most of the other herders who entered the original Heiyeli territory were captured by the Tang army.

The total loss was nearly 20,000.

What made him most angry was that the Tang people incorporated the soldiers of the Yeli tribe into an army and asked them to turn around and attack their own people.

The Pingyi Army, 2,600 soldiers. They were originally soldiers of the Yeli tribe, but now they serve the Tang people.

Ye Lizhen was not prepared for the sudden dispatch of troops in the Tang army. Even the news of Ye Li's white horse being killed was returned, and it took them a long time to confirm it.

Yelizhen sent people to summon leaders of various departments to discuss matters and sent people to report to Qinghai to the Khan.

The Tang army's troops have been confirmed, with more than 7,000, which are the forces of three armies. There is less than a full army, but Zhang Wenyuan caught them off guard. Qingye was defeated very badly. The Tang army rushed around Heiyeli's territory, captured all the people, and snatched all the tents and cattle and sheep.

The Yeli Ministry lost another 20,000 people, but the Tang army suffered no losses.

In addition, the previous Hei Yeli was uprooted, and the seven ministries of Yeli lost nearly 50,000 people, which is a loss of up to 20% of the seven ministries.

Hei Yeli was directly destroyed by the clan, Qing Yeli was also broken, and the tribal leaders were all killed.

The seven tribes of Yeli lost 20%, but the Tang army became stronger and stronger. They had added a Pingyi Army composed of captured tribe soldiers such as Qingyeli, which increased its military strength to 10,000.

"The most urgent task is to gather the tribal warriors immediately. If we rely on one force alone, we are afraid that we will not be able to defeat them. Don't let the Tang people defeat them again!"

The gray-bearded Yeli really saw a terrible problem.

It turned out that the Seventh Ministry of Yeli had a population of more than 200,000 and had as many as 20,000 warriors. But before they knew it, they had lost nearly 50,000 people, and the Tang army had not lost any of its strength and had expanded.

The other person rises and disappears, which is a terrible situation.

Ten thousand Tang troops, on this grassland, no tribe can beat the Tang army alone.

Several leaders arrived one after another.

Everyone was arguing that Yeli really wanted to retreat first, preferably to the other side of the Yellow River. He felt that the Tang army was in a sharp edge, so they should buy more time so that the soldiers of each unit could gather together.

Secondly, it will be cold soon.

If this Tang army can be lured deeper, then their food supply will become a problem. Even the higher the south, the higher the terrain, it will be difficult for outsiders to adapt to the climate there, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

Use the help of the heavenly terrain to defeat the Tang people.

However, the truth of Lao Yeli was considered to be afraid of the enemy by several other leaders. They did not attract the lessons of the failure of Hei Yeli and Qing Yeli tribes, and believed that they were all exceptions. It cannot be said that the Tang army was much better than their Yeli tribe soldiers.

Hei Yeli was trapped in an isolated island by luring the enemy.

Qing Yeli was attacked by a sneak attack, and the soldiers did not gather together.

How can we say that the soldiers of the Yeli Ministry are not as good as the Tang people? As long as they gather troops here, their soldiers will not be fewer than the Tang people, and there will be no special terrain trapped. If the Tang people cannot attack them, how can the warriors of the Yeli Ministry not be able to defeat the Tang people when fighting on this open grassland?

They have more soldiers and horses than the Tang people, their terrain is more familiar with the Tang people, and their climate is more accustomed to them, so there is no reason for them to lose!

These words are shaking my true determination.

Although he was the leader of the seven tribes, he actually only cared about Bai Yeli and Shang Ye three tribes. The tribe owned a set of rules, and they would discuss things in a gathering. He, the big leader, was just a presidency.

After the first victory in the battle, the Tang army was filled with joy.

There were almost no casualties, and after such a result, the upper and lower levels were naturally happy.

More than 20,000 Tuyuhun people were captured, and countless cattle, sheep and horses were captured. Especially the horses they seized were all the most famous Hequ horses.

Hequ horse is a type of Hexi horse. It is known as the three famous horses of Tuyuhun, known as Qinghai Cong and Tuyuhun Dragon Horse. These are the top-class war horse breeds.

It was autumn, and the cattle, sheep and horses they captured were very fat.

While marching, the soldiers of the palace were secretly calculating how much they could get this time. Last time, the Hei Yeli was destroyed and more than 20,000 people were captured. Afterwards, each soldier of the palace received a lot of military points and went to the auction to buy a lot of what he wanted.

"This place was pastoral land of Qiang people before the Qin and Han Dynasties. During the reign of Emperor Jing of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was subordinate to the Han Dynasty. From the Western Jin Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Tuyuhun. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Guzhou General Administration. In the early Sui Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Tuyuhun, and in the later period it was under the territory of Chishui County, Xihai County."

Xu Jingzong was very clear about the history of this grassland they had just set foot on.

Zhang Chao and the others had already left the territory of Hei Yeli and had already set foot on the territory of Bai Yeli. Zhang Chao knew that Xu Jingzong was right, and he even knew that this place belonged to the Mongolian Autonomous County of Henan, Qinghai in later generations.

It is known as the southern gate of Qinghai.

The altitude here is already higher than that of Liyuan, reaching more than 3,000 meters. The grassland here is also a bit different from the Paomatan grassland before. It is a typical alpine meadow-type grassland.

The high and cold climate makes it difficult to see trees here again.

There are only meadows, beaches, and winding rivers.

Zhang Chao compared his map and recognized the winding but narrow river in front of him, which should be Zequ, an important tributary of the Yellow River.

In summer, there will be a lot of river water here, and even turn the river beaches and meadows into a water town. In spring, it is a swamp. The situation is slightly better now, the river water is less, and the river beaches will not be full of traps.

The water here is good and the beach is flat, so the grass naturally grows well. The grass elsewhere is yellow, the one here is still green, and there are many birds and beasts.

Antelope, white-lipped deer, wild donkey, wild horse herd, etc.

“This place is great!”

Looking at this green river bend swamp, everyone couldn't help but admire.

"Dingfang, set up a sign here and write the word Chishui. From now on, this will be my Chishui County in Taozhou!" Zhang Chao now likes to enclose land and occupy land. Later generations travel everywhere. Whenever they go, they always like to leave a few words to visit here.

Now Zhang Chao likes to set up signs and monuments whenever he goes to a place.

In addition to Chishui County, he has added four new counties to Taozhou.

Speaking of which, Zhang Chao's actions in Taozhou were actually very different from the policies of the borders of each dynasty in history. Since the Han Dynasty, the policies of each dynasty's favorite for the borders were the policy of restraint.

This is a relatively moderate policy. As long as you verbally respect the court, the court will recognize your actual status and grant you an official position. Your territory is still your territory, and your tribe people are also your tribe people.

Whether you are given a position of escort, governor or general, this can be hereditary anyway. You don’t have to pay taxes to the court or serve. As long as you recognize the one-China principle, don’t rebel or rob the border, there is nothing to do.

This policy is undoubtedly the most labor-saving, but it is actually the least controllable. The Central Plains court does not interfere in their internal affairs at all, even if they are civil strife, tribal rebellion, or someone usurps the throne of the leader, etc. It doesn’t matter. If you beat you, the court will just watch. When you finish the fight, whoever wins, send someone to the winner and give the winner an official title.

Under this strategy, the court had no control over these foreign divisions, and the foreign divisions had no loyalty to the court.

But there is also a positive role, which is that with a dialogue mechanism, you will not start fighting at any time, and you can also trade with each other, etc.

Even some leaders who failed intra-fighting or were attacked by other departments would sometimes run to the Central Plains with their men, and the court would also draw a piece of land for them, and then continue to enfeoff them as governors, generals, etc., and their people still took care of them.

It turns out that the Taozhou fan army is like this, but Zhang Chao looked down on this system.

Speaking of the Five Barbarians invading China during the Western Jin Dynasty, it was actually a problem under this system.

No matter what kind of division and governance, Zhang Chao wanted to be a real Tang Dynasty editor.

This is true for domestic affiliation and external affiliation.

If you have the chance, you will deal with them, build cities and troops, settle down and immigrate, and manage these people seriously.

Zhang Chao felt that this was the truly effective management method of border troops, expanding border troops, and opening up trade.

If you are not a person of my race, your heart will be different. This sentence is not something you can say or play with.

Only by completely placing them under the rule and then providing them with Chinese education to make them a real Han person can they go all out once and for all.

If they are allowed to maintain their own tribal culture, traditions, etc. everywhere, it will never be possible to integrate. Naturally, it will always be an opposition, and even war will not be unexpected.

To achieve Zhang Chao's plan, war is essential. War first attacks them, and then sells those unruly people into slavery. Those obedient households and citizens, their children must receive Chinese education. These Hu people live and farm like Han people, etc. After a few generations, there will be no distinction between the Han people.

Zhang Chao always believed that the Han ethnic group was not divided by blood, but by culture. During the Han Dynasty, Li Ling was defeated and surrendered to the Huns. He and his lower tribe lived in the grassland since then, where they got married and had children. After several generations, they had become Hu people completely.

Many of the Xianbei people in the Northern Wei Dynasty took the initiative to become sinicized. Although the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, and Western Wei were already dead, many Xianbei people have actually become Han people.

Most of the Yuan family, Changsun family, Dugu family, Yuwen family, Murong family, etc. have become Han people, and there is no difference from the inside out.

If those who are transformed into Han, they will be good people.

If they cannot be transformed into Han, then they are just a cancer on the border, and the sooner they are eliminated, the better!
Chapter completed!