Li Chao led an army of 20,000 to patrol the border north, and the Xi people were very uneasy when they heard the news. . The fastest update was updated

The Xi clan, originally called Kumoxi, began to omit the word Kumo and directly called Xi during the Sui Dynasty.

In the father's territory, Li Chao was not in a hurry to leave.

He selected a team of light cavalry, and led by several guides, he went north to the Xi people's territory. Li Chao did not want to suddenly go north to the Xi people, causing misunderstandings.

It would be bad if they misunderstood that Li Chao was here to conquer.

Send someone to say hello first, it is best to have contact.

I continued to go north for the time being, and Li Chao was not idle either.

The construction of the castle in my father's territory was short of manpower, and Li Chao had 20,000 people under him, so how could he waste it? So Li Chao arranged the daily schedule for these soldiers very much.

When I wake up in the morning, I first practice in the morning, and then continue training in the morning. In the afternoon, I help me quarrying, digging, logging, etc.

At night, Li Chao personally taught the officers. Ordinary soldiers could not be idle, and they had to take lessons for an hour.

Take literacy classes, learn battlefield first aid, learn some simple Hu language, learn some geography knowledge, learn tactical sign language, etc. Anyway, you will never suffer any loss after learning it.

"Has this Xi man lived in Yanshan North for generations?"

After a busy day, it was also great to have a barbecue by the bonfire under the stars.

The deer you hunted in your own hands during the day is extremely delicious.

Zhu Zhendong asked while eating venison.

In fact, most of the people in the army called Hu people outside the Tang Dynasty, but the specific ones are not clear. For example, at present, they only know that they are Xi people in the north, but they don’t know where the Xi people came from and how their inheritance came from.

Li Chao is quite clear about these things.

While turning the deer steak in his hand, he said, "The Xi people used to be called the Kumo Xi tribe, and they originated from the Donghu tribe. After their Xianbei Yuwen tribe, they were all the same tribes, like the Khitan. Later, they were divided into one tribe and each tribe."

The Yuwen tribe is a branch of the Xianbei tribe in the east, and the Xianbei tribe originated from the Donghu tribe.

Of course, some people say that the Yuwen tribe actually comes from the Xiongnu blood, but as early as five hundred years ago, they called themselves Xianbei. In the subsequent hundreds of years of development, they were completely Xianbei.

The Xianbei was once powerful for hundreds of years. It was the most powerful tribe in the north after the Huns. However, it also weakened later. It weakened in the battle with the Northern Wei Dynasty. It was finally defeated and annexed by the Turks who ruled them.

Later, most of the Xianbei people were annexed by the Turks, and only a few left were left by the Xianbei people.

For example, Tuyuhun, Kumoxi, and Khitan were all branches of the Xianbei people back then.

Now, after their tortuous development, new tribes have been formed.

Tuyuhun was the Murong tribe who moved westward and joined the Qiang people, while Kumoxi and Khitan were separated and independent.

"There are eight tribes in the Khitan, and five tribes in the Xi people."

"Who is the Khan of the Xi tribe?" Zhu Zhendong asked again.

"The Xi people had no Khan or king. After they separated from the Khitans, they moved alone. Now they formed five major tribes, each tribe has a minister called Qi Jin, who presided over tribe affairs. The five tribes are alliances. Because the Ahui tribe is the strongest, they have always regarded the Ahui tribe as the chief of the alliance, and the five tribes are governed by their subordinates."

"Then isn't the chief of the Ah Hui tribe the Khan?"

"It is said that it is subject to its restraint, but in fact, each department is quite independent."

Basically, the Xi people were still in the more primitive tribal alliance era. Even the chiefs of the Ahui tribe had a very weak control over other tribes.

The five tribes of the Xi tribe, Ahui tribe, Chuhe tribe, Aoshi tribe, Duji tribe, and Yuanqizhe tribe.

These five tribes are five blood clans.

The five questions were distributed in the Ruoluo River and Laoha River Basin, which was south of the Silamulun River and north of the Yanshan Mountains. They lived a life of hunting and hunting through water and grass.

The livestock industry is quite large. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, more than 100,000 Xi people, horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs were captured.

The Xi people mainly grazed and hunted, and their military strength was not weak.

"How many people do the Xi people have?"

Li Chao was not impatient, but instead praised Zhu Butcher, knowing his own and his opponent, this is the way to win.

"The specific population of the Xi people is not clear, but it is certain that there are hundreds of thousands of people, about 700,000 to 800,000. The main reason is that during the Sui Dynasty, the Turks were in civil turmoil, and then the Sui Dynasty was in chaos. The Xi people had a rare period of development and the population grew rapidly."

"It's only 700,000 or 800,000." Zhu Zhendong said with a smile, 700,000 or 800,000. I heard that there were nearly one million people in the twenty counties of Chang'an Jingzhao before.

"Don't underestimate these 700,000 or 800,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 700

The population is 700,000 to 800,000, not many.

But this is not to be underestimated by 200,000 warriors, especially the 200,000 warriors who are still powerful cavalry warriors.

"Then will the Xi people join the court when we go north this time?"

Until now, the Xi people were still dependent on the Turks. When Jie Li was the Khan, they were dependent on Jie Li in the eastern Turks. After Tongye Hu came, they turned to Tongye Hu.

During several wars between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, Xi, like the Khitan, basically obeyed the conscript and participated.

"This time, that time. Now Tongye Hu can't take care of himself. As long as the Xi people are not stupid, they should know who they should depend on now."

Four hundred miles north of Li Chao.

On the banks of the Tuhuzhen River, the chief's tent of the Xi tribe Ahui tribe.

The great chief Su Zhi was frowning.

As early as a few days ago, the Suzhi had received news from the south that a Tang army of tens of thousands of people was heading north and reaching the border.

Next, news about the Tang army came one after another, and the information became clearer and clearer.

The Tang army had 20,000 troops.

The commander of the army was Li Chao, the Minister of the Tang Dynasty and the governor of Yanyun.

At first, when he heard that there were only 20,000 troops, Su Zhi didn't care much, but when he heard that the commander was Li Chao, the governor of Yanyun, the Tang Dynasty, Su Zhi was a little panicked.

As the chief of the Ahui tribe, Su Zhi is only in his early forties this year, and it is when he is young and strong. He has been in the position of chief for ten years. In the past ten years, the Xi tribe has continued to grow under his leadership.

He even broke the loose form of alliance in the past five tribes and began to impose integration of the Xi tribe.

Under his command, the first standing army of the Xi people, eight hundred cavalry guards and cavalry.

He even established a meeting of five permanent representatives at his own residence.

Although the Xi tribe was integrating step by step and its strength continued to improve, he still knew that the world was high and that there were many powerful people like the Turks, the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo.

After he inherited the position of chief, the Turkic power was strong, but the Central Plains was in chaos, so he chose to rely on the Turkic without hesitation.

But now, the Turks are in chaos and the Tang Dynasty is in power.

This is something that I could not imagine in the past.

Li Chao destroyed Tuli's 100,000 soldiers in one battle last year in Daibei. Among the 100,000 soldiers, there were thousands of soldiers in His Xi clan.

This year, not long ago, another 50,000 Goguryeo army was destroyed.

This strength made Su Zhi frightened.

And now, Li Chao actually led his troops north.

What are you going to do to retaliate against them when they invaded the Tang Dynasty with the Turks?

"What are you afraid of? It's just 20,000 Tang troops. If he dares to come, we will destroy them."

The one who spoke was Su Zhi's son Kedu.

The young warriors of the Xi clan can beat ten.

But Su Zhi was not happy at all after hearing this. He said to his son coldly, "Do you really think you can destroy 20,000 Tang troops?"

"Is there a lot of 20,000 Tang troops? Our Ahui troops can summon 80,000 soldiers."

"Eighty thousand soldiers are good, but they must be the young and strong of all tribes. And the 20,000 Tang troops are just the drop in the Tang Dynasty."

Kedu was not convinced, "We Kexin gathered all the soldiers of the five Xi tribes and gathered them together, and it would be no problem to have 300,000."

Su Zhi sighed, this son is just about fighting. But many times, it is not that simple.

"Do you know who is the one who commands these 20,000 men? Grand Marshal Li Chao!"

"I know it's Li Chao, so what? Li Chao fought with the Goguryeo people before, and 100,000 people fought with 50,000, but in the end he lost tens of thousands. It is said that he was almost captured by the Goguryeo people, and that's all."

Su Zong smiled angrily. When the battle in Pingzhou was fought, no one knows now.

Li Chao defeated Goguryeo with 35,000 people, and he had already attacked the crowd with a small number, and there were 20,000 new recruits. However, Goguryeo's 50,000 were all elite cavalry. Li Chao not only had few soldiers, but also had many new recruits, but also mainly infantry. But in this way, Li Chao defeated the Goguryeo people in the end, and wiped out all, and did not let anyone run away.

Although this victory also relies on Pingyang's 60,000 reinforcements, this battle is quite amazing no matter how you look at it.

This battle only shows how clever Li Chao is in command of his troops.

"Li Chao not only has 20,000 troops, he also has firearms. Goguryeo suffered a great loss last time, and it is said that he suffered a great loss from this firearm. I heard that this firearm is like the thunder of the gods."

Su Zhi doesn't want to fight Li Chao.

Not only because Li Chao is famous, but also because Tang Jun has firearms.

He considered it longer-term.

"The Turks are now in chaos, and Tong Ye Hu can't even deal with Xue Yantuo Yinan. Now his own uncle has made his rebellion in the Western Regions. On the contrary, the Tang Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger. This time it defeated the Goguryeo people. I'm afraid that the Tang Dynasty will fight back in the next step, and we must consider the long-term."

"What does father mean?" Kedu is puzzled.

"Don't I understand enough? We can't afford to offend the Tang Dynasty. The Turks themselves are in a mess. We have to think about it. It's time to turn to the Tang Dynasty."

"Rely to the Tang people?"

"The strong are respected. Since the Tang people are the strongest, we will naturally rely on them."

"If you want me to tell me, we might as well not rely on anyone. What's the point of being a pawn for others? Let's listen to our own."

"If you don't have the strength, just thinking about being the boss is asking for death." Su Zhi angrily scolded his son.

"Report!"

"The Tang envoy has arrived, just twenty miles away."
Chapter completed!