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Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Qinghai area was called the land of Qiang and Rong.

There are many names of Qiang, such as Dangxiang Qiang, Xueshan Qiang, Baima Qiang, Bailan Qiang, Bailang Qiang, Baigou Qiang, etc. These Qiang tribes have always lived in Qinghai, northern Tibet, western Sichuan and other areas.

By the seventh century, at this time, many tribes were active on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

In addition to the Xibuye tribe in Shannan, which is the Tubo headquarters, there are also many large and small tribes active.

Among the most powerful ones are the Xiangxiong tribe in the Ali area and the Supi tribes on the Qiangtang Plateau in northern Tibet. In Qinghai area, there are Tuyuhun family, which are also affiliated with Dangxiang, as well as Bailan Qiang, Duomi, Bailang Qiang tribes that still live alone.

For example, the seven tribes of Yeli were Tuyuhun tribes, originally a branch of Xianbei, but later changed their clan to Tuyuhun. They were nomadic in the Hequ area, and in the west and north of their area, they were Dangxiang tribes.

After crossing the Jishi Mountains, there is Bailan Qiang, further south is Duomian, and further south is Supi tribe.

Bailan Qiang is located approximately in the northeast of Yushu in Qinghai, while Duomian Kingdom is near Yushu. Supi is further south.

Bailan Qiang is only more than 400 miles away from Baiyelibu camp, and even if you take a few roads, you will not cross a thousand miles. On the grassland, Qianli is not too far away, just a few days' itinerary.

"This Bailan Qiang is our helper?"

A group of civil and military officials looked at the hand-painted map taken out by Zhang Chao, which was shaken by the detailed description on it. The mountains, rivers and rivers were drawn very clearly. It was not ordinary to be clear. Larger rivers were drawn, and even the height of the mountain was marked.

How high the mountain is, how wide the river is, and where is the passable mountain pass, it is clearly marked.

There is another amazing thing about this map, which is that it is marked with the names of many tribes and the strength of each tribe.

For example, the Bailan Qiang is only more than 400 miles away from the Baiyeli tribe, and the actual distance is less than a thousand miles. The strength of this tribe surprised them a little, and they actually had more than 10,000 victories!

The Duomian Kingdom in the southwest of Bailan Qiang is only 200 miles away from Bailan Qiang, and there are also more than 10,000 victories.

With more than ten thousand victories, this strength is very strong.

The seven tribes of Yeli were only 20,000 soldiers in total. The eight tribes of Dangxiang and Qiang had only 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers in total.

"Bailan Qiang, Dangxiang Qiang and Tuyuhun are all enemies!" Zhang Chao once again said a fact that excited Ma Zhou and others.

The Qiang people lived in Qinghai in the pre-Qin period, but why did they never become very powerful? They even let a branch of the Xianbei Murong who moved from the Northeast during the Western Jin Dynasty make the decision?

Because the Qiang people are best at fighting intra-fighting, and there are many tribes. These tribes do not have any tribal alliances. They usually live together and live nomadic people. They often fight with other tribes, and then they still hold grudges. Once they fight once, they will become enemies from now on, and they will always have headhunting.

Therefore, after thousands of years, the Qiangs did not form an alliance, nor did they form a country. They were always scattered and disorderly, and Tuyuhun later became the boss.

The Dangxiang people among the Qiang later joined Tuyuhun, and their strength was relatively strong. Many of them were conquered as early as the Han Dynasty and moved to the mainland of the Central Plains.

But in the southwest, there are still many Qiang people who still live their traditional lives.

For example, Bailan Qiang in Yushu and Bailang Qiang in Ganzi are both very strong. Tuyuhun once wanted to conquer them, but the two sides fought a lot of wars. In addition, Bailan Qiang and Dangxiang Qiang have long been enemies.

They said they were of the same clan, but they didn't recognize them themselves.

When Zhang Chao was in Kaibian City, Taozhou, there were large tribes such as Bailan, Bailang, and Duomian who came to trade.

Both Bailan and Duomian produced gold. Zhang Chao exchanged tea and silk for their gold and made a lot of money. Bailan Qiang and Duomian were also very satisfied with the trade with Taozhou because they felt that there was a lot of gold for trade with Taozhou.

Although Tubo, led by Langri Lunzan, had annexed the two major tribes Supi and Xiangxiong, its strength had not yet expanded to the southeast of Qinghai.

In history, when it was time for Songzan's cadre, General Lu Dongzan led an army of 120,000 to attack Duomian, and finally defeated Duomian first and then won. He finally swallowed Duomian. Later, he destroyed Bailan Qiang, and then destroyed Tuyuhun, conquered Dangxiang Qiang, and Bailang Qiang.

At this time, Bailanqiang and Duomei were still living a free and easy life.

Far and attack near and far!

This is the most practical trick.

Yeli is Zhang Chao's attacking opponent, and Dangxiang is on Yeli's side and will support Yeli at any time. What Zhang Chao wants to deal with is not only a Feng Li's army, but also a Dangxiang person who may take action at any time.

Since Yeli people may be helping Dangxiang people, Zhang Chaonao will also look for a thug.

Zhang Chao had already made arrangements.

Two months ago, he secretly sent people to the Bailan Kingdom, Duomei Kingdom and the White Wolf Kingdom to find these three powerful tribal alliances.

Zhang Chao did not say that he borrowed troops, but directly talked about the alliance.

The Tang Dynasty joined forces with the three families to attack Dangxiang Qiang and Yeli tribes.

Zhang Chao didn't even ask for any reward, but promised that after the matter was completed, the Three Kingdoms would be able to trade conveniently with the Tang Dynasty, and no longer have to be intercepted, looted, or levied by these Tuyuhun and Dangxiang Qiang.

He promised to give each tea transaction volume of at least 100,000 kilograms every year in the future. The Three Kingdoms can use gold, cattle, horses, fur, etc. In addition, silk and cloth will also increase the trade volume.

People in the grassland need tea, and the Three Kingdoms on the plateau need even more. One hundred thousand kilograms of tea per year is still a relatively preferential price, so they are of course conducive to accepting it.

Moreover, they were more willing to send troops to fight Tuyuhun and Dangxiang Qiang. They had wanted to fight them for a long time, but they could not beat them before.

Now that we have such a powerful helper as the Tang Dynasty, we are naturally happy.

There was basically no conflict between the Three Kingdoms and the Tang Dynasty because it was too far apart.

Now that we are working together to fight Tuyuhun, we can still do business in the future, and there is no need to let Tuyuhun be stopped in the middle, and we don’t have to endure their blackmail or robbery. The three countries are willing to cooperate.

"Will they really send troops?"

Xu Jingzong was a little worried. It was thousands of miles away. Who knew whether these three allies were reliable? If they didn't come, wouldn't they have to fight the two Yili, Yeli, who were several times more than they had?

"I will tell you another good news. On the day we sent troops, the Three Kingdoms had already joined forces and joined my envoys to join forces by the Yak River to make an alliance. They had already sent troops first according to the agreed plan. In fact, if everything goes well, they should have been behind the Dangxiang Qiang people behind the Yeli people."

A group of people sucked in the air conditioner.

This move is so good at fighting far and near, so... so cheap.

Using allies to deal with Yeli people's helpers, the Yeli people will have no reinforcements.

———

Qinghai Lake is not far from the west bank.

The capital of Tuyuhun is here.

"Fuyi" is a Xianbei word, and the Han meaning is "the city of the king".

This Tuyuhun royal city has two cities inside and outside. The outer city is about 400 feet long from north to south, and about the same east and west. The inner city is a square shape, with about 70 feet on each side.

The city is a square in Seoul, only fifteen miles away from Qinghai Lake, and there is a big river passing by next to it.

However, although this is the city of kings, the Tuyuhun people actually prefer to live in tents outside the city. Even those who live in the city like to set up tents.

Building such a city is more of a symbol.

Sifang Business Travel trades here, and trading is better than the role of the royal city.

Outside the city, the tent of Murong Fuyun, the great knight of Tuyuhun, was set up by the river.

Murong Fuyunzheng and Tang envoy Tang Jian discussed the content of the marriage, and the matter was almost done, but Tang Jian suddenly proposed that the princess of the Tang Dynasty was noble and that Prince Tuyuhun had to go to Chang'an to greet him in person.

The prince of Murong Fuyun, the great knight of Tuyuhun, was originally Murong Shun, but because he had been a hostage in the Sui Dynasty in his early years, he later became a puppet used by the Sui Emperor to split and control Tuyuhun. Therefore, Murong Fuyun had long deposed the prince.

What he has always valued is his second son, Zunwang.

Murong Fuyun now makes this son the crown prince, whose crown prince is named Dayan Mangbojie. Murong Fuyun wants to propose to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty for him, but the Tang Dynasty is very easy to talk.

But now it is suddenly proposed that the prince should go to Chang'an to welcome the bride.

Murong Fuyun was not very willing because Tang Jian even said at the beginning that the father and son went together.

Murong Fuyun went to Chang'an to worship during the Sui Dynasty. He was familiar with Chang'an and knew the prosperity of Chang'an. However, he suffered from the Central Plains and lost his country back then. The country that finally recovered at the end of the Sui Dynasty did not want to go to Chang'an and could not come back.

He asked the prince to go, but the prince didn't want to go. He was worried that he would not be able to come back if he went. At that time, if the position of Khan was taken away by his brother Murong Shun, wouldn't he die unjustly?

Although the princess of the Tang Dynasty was precious, it was not as valuable as that.

The Tang Dynasty was willing to marry the princess, but she had to let the prince go to Chang'an to welcome the bride.

The prince wanted to marry the princess, but he didn't want to go to Chang'an.

So, all the smooth negotiations were stuck here. Murong Fuyun proposed several alternatives, such as sending the king of Tuyuhun to welcome the bride, or giving more cattle and horses, etc. Anyway, Tang Jian didn't want to enter, so he wanted the prince to welcome the bride, or he would be insincere.

Today, Murong Fuyun held a banquet at the Khan tent, invited Tang Jian and Tang to eat and drink wine and meat, and wanted to persuade him again.

As a result, after halfway through the meal, someone outside sent a letter in.

After reading the letter, Murong Fuyun's smile disappeared, and it was even very ugly.

Last time, the Tang army destroyed the Hei Yeli tribes of the seven tribes of Tuyuhun and captured more than 20,000 of them. Murong Fuyun crossed the border and attacked him because it was Hei Yeli's first move, but he was annihilated by the Tang Taozhou soldiers. Although he was angry, he could not find a reason to attack.

He took the initiative to provoke trouble and was destroyed. What kind of face does he have to argue with Tang Envoy?

He was also worried that the negotiations would break down due to the Hei Yeli army's invasion of Taozhou, and the Tang army sent troops to challenge him. In the end, he lost his teeth and swallowed them.

But it took only two months to stabilize, and something happened in Taozhou again.

"Dahan seemed to have a bad face, but did he encounter any trouble?" Tang Jian was very leisurely eating roasted lamb. In fact, he had already roughly known the content of the letter from the expression on Murong Fuyun's face.

It is probably Zhang Wenyuan from Taozhou who finally took action.

Before this, he knew that Taozhou would start to send troops in the near future.

For this reason, he had already reached the end of peace talks, but he deliberately made a condition to ask the prince to welcome the new year in Chang'an, and stuck this matter here.

What he was waiting for was today, what he was waiting for was Zhang Wenyuan's troops, and what he was waiting for was good news over there.

As long as there is good news over there, he can overturn many of the bad conditions before and re-confidentially.

"The governor of Taozhou suddenly crossed the border and sent troops to attack our Yeli tribe, capturing more than 20,000 prisoners, and captives of more than 100,000 horses, cattle and sheep! Mr. Tang, you must give me an explanation!"

Murong Fuyun shouted angrily.

In the tent, several Tuyuhun guards had already pressed their hands on the knife.

Tang Jian is still very leisurely.

"Dare to say that Khan is the Great Khan, why did Governor Zhang send troops?"

In a word, Murong Fuyun was somewhat stopped.

He continued to ask, "Last time, the Yeli Ministry sent troops to raid Taozhou in our Tang Dynasty. Fortunately, Governor Zhang fought back desperately, and defended Taozhou without losing. After this, how could the Khan give me some explanation to the Tang Dynasty?"

"No, I have also asked Da Khan about this, but Da Khan said this is just a friction on the border."

"Today, I also respond to the Khan with this original words. The incident of Taozhou sending troops was not instructed by our court. This is just a friction between the Taozhou local government and the Yeli Ministry!"

After saying this, Murong Fuyun was speechless!
Chapter completed!