Chapter 595 Before the War (2)(1/3)
The rolling Yellow River roared and rushed down in Longyang Gorge.
The undulating and dangerous mountains stand on both sides of the mountain gorge.
But on both sides of the river valley, there are continuous rampant fields.
Especially when I arrived at the middle of the canyon, everything in front of me suddenly became clear.
The flow rate of the Yellow River is also in this area and has become smoother.
It seems like I have come to a large plain.
It was late autumn at this time, but the temperature here was still relatively pleasant to more than ten degrees.
The clear river water nourishes the grasslands and forests on both sides of the river valley.
Qingyi Ghost-Killing Zhang set up his handsome tent on a grassland in the middle of Longyang Gorge Canyon.
Hundreds of thousands of livestock were driven away by herders and scattered in the river valley grasslands on both sides of the canyon.
This is a huge meadow.
It is the great power of the Yellow River, which has been dug up for thousands of years. It has rugged ravines and steep peaks.
At this time, it had just rained.
Qingyi Jiegui Zhang took people and horses to the exit of Longyang Gorge.
The terrain of Longyang Gorge is a typical cutting terrain of the Yellow River.
Small at both ends and large in the middle.
The land in the valley is extremely spacious, extending for more than ten miles from east to west.
But the pass at the exit is extremely narrow, and the Yellow River channel still occupies its flattest place.
The pass where people and animals can enter and exit is only a few dozen steps wide.
Not only that, the cliffs on both sides of the pass are also extremely steep and sturdy.
The mountain composed of granite is more than ten feet high.
Thousands of years later, someone will build a huge hydropower station here.
And now, this rugged, narrow and dangerous pass has become the only exit of Longyang Gorge.
It is also the origin of its name - Longyangxia, which means danger in the Tubo language.
Qingyi made a ghost seal and came to the pass.
After leaving Longyang Gorge, there are still steep terrain with ravines and undulating mountains in front.
But Qingyi's ghost-killing chapter knew that after walking this section of the road and continuing along the Yellow River, you could see the great city - Xige City.
"Have our scouts been sent?" Qing Yi Jiegui Zhang asked his son Jie Wazi who was following him.
Jie Wayu replied: "Father, you have already sent it out!"
"In the past two days, the scouts have arrested hundreds of four spies."
The so-called four tribes are the Tubo tribes active near Xige City, such as Mubo, Longbu, Xina, and Xinmu, who support Xibawen.
Of course, spies and other things are actually filthy and gilding on their faces.
All the people caught were herders and merchants.
Moreover, they are not from Muha and other parts.
It is a small tribe active near Longyang Gorge.
Because at this time, the herdsmen of Mubo and other tribes should have driven their livestock to migrate to the south bank of the Yellow River where Xige City is located.
There are the best wintering pastures on the entire plateau.
The local altitude is only more than 2,000 meters, and the terrain is hundreds of miles, which are the flattest.
There is also the Yellow River as a natural danger.
At the same time, if you look at Xige City as a dot, the entire Xige City is actually in the center of a basin surrounded by mountains on all sides.
Therefore, since ancient times, it has been a strategic location that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and controls Hainan (the south of Qinghai Lake).
Qing Yi's ghost-killing seal listened, and a hint of hatred flashed on his face.
Because more than a year ago, he was the owner of Xige City.
However, Mu Bo, Longbu, Xina and Xinmu clans together with the Hezhou prefect of the Southern Barbarians, Zhong Yi, and attacked him in the name of supporting Xibawen's reset.
Zhong Yi even personally brought three thousand elite soldiers. With the cooperation of Mu Bo and other troops, he took advantage of his time to go to Qingtang City to pay homage to Zanpu to cause trouble, luring him to the cavalry stationed in Xige City into Longyang Gorge, and then was ambushed here.
More than two thousand people ran away, only eight hundred people.
Immediately, Xibawen returned to Xige City and drove his power out.
Now, he is back!
It’s time to avenge my last year!
How to report?
Qing Yi made a ghost seal and licked his tongue.
He decided to ‘repay’ Xibawen well, especially those who support Xibawen.
For example, Mubo, Longbu, Xina, and Xinmu are the four tribes.
So he looked back at his horse.
A long-dried head hung on the saddle of the horse.
That was the spoils of the Battle of White City more than ten years ago.
The head of the Southern Barbarian General Jing Sili!
Recalling the past, Qing Yi's ghost-making seal suddenly became full of energy.
That was the pinnacle of his life!
It was that battle that broke the myth that the Southern Barbarians and Western Army were invincible in the hearts of the Tubo people.
He wiped out thousands of people and killed Jing Sili in a formation.
Qingyi is remembering the glory of the past.
A team of scout cavalry from afar drove a team to appear at the other end of the canyon pass.
"It's Zhuo Luo who is back!" After Jie Wayu led people forward to search, he excitedly returned Qingyi's ghost seal: "Zhuo Luo also caught a caravan from the Mubo family."
"The caravan of Mubo's family?" Qing Yi Jiegui Zhang frowned.
"Bring them to see me!"
Mubo is a tribe near Xige City.
Mainly settled and planted, this tribe had more than 10,000 people and two or three thousand soldiers.
It is said that the ancestors of this tribe had followed the great holy god Zamp (Jidelsonzan).
They have been in Xige City for two hundred years. Their long historical heritage makes this tribe sufficient to influence the attitudes of many tribes.
Qing Yi made a ghost seal and treated them with courtesy, hoping to get their support.
but……
In the eyes of the Tubo people, bloodline is above everything else.
So, with Xibawen greeting, the Mu Bo family immediately changed their attitude.
Soon, more than a dozen embarrassed men were taken to Qingyi Ghost Sign.
These people immediately knelt down when they saw Qing Yi's ghost sign.
Qingyi Ghost Chains ignored them.
Looking straight at the seized carriage and horses.
As soon as Qing Yi Jie Guizhang whispered, the goods were carried in front of him.
One piece of ironware, one piece of tea bricks.
Qingyi's ghost seal looked at these products and his face turned red.
A legend he had heard had been remembered by him - the Xihe Road government in the Southern Barbarians, and the Xibawen in Xige City, and Wen Xixin in Miaochuan City, which had been insisting on a century-old trade control.
Not only do I trade them with iron coins without impurities.
Even merchants registered in Xizhou and Lanzhou are allowed to purchase iron farm tools for licensed purchase.
Not only that, the Nanbar officials of Xihe also allowed the goods of these two merchants to be sold freely in Xihe states - only when entering the country, they had to pay a five-cent tax on overdue tax, and then pay a five-cent tax on residence at the place of sale.
It is completely treated by merchants from the Southern Barbarians!
Qingyi's ghost-making chapter has always thought this was a rumor!
Because, such preferential policies are not just the two wastes of Xibawen and Wen Xixin!
To be continued...