When the Western Qin Army completely occupied the land of the original Khazar Khanate, the Alans living in the Caucasus Mountains had to send envoys to see Zhao Ziliang and express their willingness to surrender.
Centuries ago, the Alans once established a country in the North Caucasus on the north coast of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
It is recorded in the Historical Records, the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, and the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms.
It was known as Amcai, Hesu, Alanliao, Alan, Allen et al.
The Alans were defeated by the Huns in the Don River Basin, and most of them were forced to move westward.
Later, most of them moved to Spain and North Africa.
Only a small number of them stayed.
They are the Alans who now live in the Caucasus Mountains.
Hundreds of years have passed.
Today, these Alans are still living tenaciously in the Caucasus Mountains to avoid the war between the Khazars and the cannibals.
They were called Akazirs by the Byzantines.
The population of the Alans was small.
They all lived in the Caucasus Mountains and made a living by planting, hunting, and collecting wild fruits.
Zhao Ziliang looked down upon these Alans, and recruiting them to fight seemed to be a waste of food.
However, since someone sent an envoy to express his surrender, Zhao Ziliang had to receive him in person, so he still had to make a gesture.
By meeting the Alan people's envoys, Zhao Ziliang got some understanding of these Alan people.
The Alan people living in the Caucasus Mountains have a small population of only more than 20,000, but everyone is a hunter.
Since they are born, they Living in mountainous areas, these people can climb mountains and ridges as easily as eating and drinking.
They can even jump and swing on big trees at will like apes.
Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment, and if he wanted to fight in the mountains, it would be a good choice to select some strong warriors from these Alans to form a small but extremely elite mountain force for a surprise attack.
The Alan people's envoys brought precious feathers and animal skins to Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang gave them some weapons, bows and arrows, and some exquisite clothing in return.
They promised to pay tribute to the Western Qin State every year.
Zhao Ziliang asked the Alan people to pay tribute to them at a certain time.
Some strong warriors must be selected to join his army to fight, and they will receive more rewards.
The Alans are very happy about this.
In early September, Zhao Ziliang came to the Crimean Peninsula to inspect the defense.
The southern end of the Crimean Peninsula belonged to the Eastern Roman Empire.
However, because the Western Qin Dynasty occupied the Crimean Peninsula, it also had an outlet in the Black Sea.
Tang merchants no longer need to pay commercial taxes to other countries when traveling here.
They can take sea ships directly to Constantinople.
This time Zhao Ziliang came to the Crimean Peninsula.
Wang Jin and Zang Xiyan learned that the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire was likely to come to meet with Zhao Ziliang, so they also came together.
However, it was not until September 18 that Constantine V Later, the Eastern Roman Empire sent Hetius back to explain the matter to Zhao Ziliang.
It turned out that Constantine V had gone to the Greek province to inspect local government affairs more than a month ago and could not come over.
Since he could not meet with Constantine V, Zhao Ziliang did not force it and immediately set off back to Samandar.
Speaking of which, Zhao Ziliang felt that it was not a good idea for the Khazars to set their capital in Samandal.
However, the Khazars had a very bad relationship with the cannibals, but they had a good relationship with Byzantium, so they decided to set their capital in Samandal.
You can launch an invasion nearby Armenia and Azerbaijan, which are occupied by the cannibals.
The Great Eaters basically live in desert oases and the Gobi, and are accustomed to hot weather.
When they arrived in the Caucasus Mountains, the climate became cold, which they were not used to, and their combat capabilities were greatly reduced.
Therefore, they only crossed the Caucasus once.
The mountains destroyed Barengal, and they were never able to reach the mountains again.
Although the demise of the Khazar Khanate and the arrival of the Western Qin people have made great progress for the countries and tribes along the Black Sea, Zhao Ziliang has no intention of continuing to attack.
He does not want to force these countries into a group.
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This is inconsistent with Western Qin's interests.
After returning to Samandal, Zhao Ziliang put the class teacher's return to Hengluos on the agenda.
However, there were still some things that needed to be decided before that.
The seat of the Khasar Protectorate was still set to be in Samandal, Yaike.
The seat of the Protectorate was set in Ural on the Ural River.
In addition, in view of the fact that the army of the Kimak Khanate was completely destroyed, Zhao Ziliang ordered that the Kimak Khanate be directly merged into the territory of the Western Qin Dynasty, and the Kimak Protectorate was established in the area of the original Kimak Khanate, with its headquarters in the original capital of Kermarkya. .
These newly acquired areas cannot be guarded without soldiers and horses.
Zhao Ziliang ordered the Zhao Hu Division of the First Legion to guard the Khazar Protectorate, the Bai Xiaode Division of the Second Legion to guard the Yaik Protectorate, and the Wei Meng Division of the Fourth Legion.
Headed to Kermakya to guard the Kimak Protectorate, leaving the Khokan Division of the Fifth Army and the Kipchak Army to continue attacking the Bulgars on the Volga River.
On September 22, the first year of Baoying in the Tang Empire, Zhao Ziliang led a total of 40,000 troops, including the escort army, the Dragon Guard army, the 6th, 7th, and 8th legions and the slave legion, to set off from Samandal and sail across the sea on warships.
Cross the Caspian Sea and arrive at Khwarezm, then depart from Khwarezm and pass through the area around the Aral Sea where the Oghuz people live.
Then starting from the Aral Sea, cross a desert area and enter the lower reaches of the Syr Darya River, and then go upstream along the lower reaches of the Syr Darya River. go ahead.
On October 27, after more than a month of marching, Zhao Ziliang finally led his army back to Hengluosi.
He was warmly welcomed by the officials, soldiers and civilians of the Western Qin Dynasty.
The welcoming people lined up thirty miles outside the city.
This war started because the Western Qin caravan was looted in the territory of the Khazar Khanate.
From the beginning to the end of the war, it lasted more than a year.
The Western Qin Dynasty spent a lot of military expenditures and lost a lot of money.
However, the number of troops was not large, with only more than 2,000 people killed and more than 4,000 injured in the battle, which earned Western Qin huge prestige and huge profits.
This is only the current benefit.
From a long-term perspective, the power of the Western Qin had not reached the Caspian Sea in the past.
Although Ogus and Huazizimo surrendered, it was difficult for the Western Qin to intervene.
However, this war made the Western Qin Qin completely cleared all the obstacles on the northern line of the Silk Road Through this war, the Western Qin Dynasty not only established a military base within the boundaries of Ogus, but also stationed troops in the territory of Huazizim.
Wherever the army went, they built post forts.
Today, Ogus and Huazizim But Mo was caught in the middle by the territory of Western Qin.
The merchants of the Western Qin Dynasty benefited the most from this war.
The journey from Tingzhou to the mouth of the Crimean Peninsula in the Khazar Governorate was tens of thousands of miles away, but the merchants of the Western Qin Dynasty made great progress on this journey.
There is no need to pay commercial taxes to other countries, because this road is the territory and sphere of influence of the Western Qin.
The goods of the Western Qin can go directly from the Western Qin to Byzantium, or even the Frankish Kingdom further west, without going to the Great Food Kingdom.
As early as after Wang Jin and Zang Xiyan arrived in Hengluosi, Princess Xinping already knew about the death of her brother Li Heng last winter.
Princess Yining also knew about the death of her father.
Although the two were sad , but there is no way.
After Zhao Ziliang led his army back to Hengluosi, the two of them proposed to him that they wanted to return to Chang'an to worship.
Zhao Ziliang understood this very well.
Although he was a royal child, he also had family ties.
Not all people in the royal family were cold-blooded and ruthless.
Yes, he agreed to let them return to Chang'an to pay tribute.
At the family banquet that night, Zhao Ziliang said to his family: "Today Mr.
Wang Jin and General Zang Xiyan have come to say goodbye to me.
In three days they will leave to return to Chang'an.
If Xinping and Yining really want to go back to Chang'an to pay their respects, The late emperor, just like Wang Jin They go together, and our Western Qin side will also send a mission to meet the new emperor.
When the time comes, the two missions will go to Chang'an together.
You will have someone to take care of you with them.
Of course, the palace will also send guards to protect the safety of you two along the way."
Xinping and Yining quickly stood up and saluted: "Thank you husband and father for your support."
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Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Zhao Ting: "Now that the founding of the Western Qin Dynasty is imminent, my father still has many things to deal with and cannot be distracted.
How about this, Ting'er, you accompany them to Chang'an and congratulate the new emperor on my father's behalf."
When you ascend the throne, you must remember that although Western Qin is about to establish a country, it is still The vassal states of the Tang Dynasty are still vassals to the Tang Dynasty.
We are still the subjects of the Tang Dynasty.
This is unchangeable.
No matter how much time passes, Western Qin cannot cut off contact and contact with the Central Plains.
We must move around frequently because we always We are compatriots connected by blood, and we are all descendants of Yan and Huang."
"Yes, father" The next day, Zhao Ziliang convened the ministers and officials of the Western Qin Dynasty to discuss sending an envoy to Chang'an to meet the new emperor.
Finally, he decided to send the second prince Zhao Ting as the envoy, the deputy minister of the Government Affairs Council Dugu Wensu as the deputy envoy, twelve officials, and two attendants.
One hundred people, five hundred guards and horses, Princess Xinping and Princess Yining also went together.
The Western Qin envoy will bring 3,000 cattle and sheep each, 2,000 war horses, one lion, one snow leopard, 20,000 Western Qin gold coins, and 100,000 silver coins as tributes to the new emperor.
On the second day of November, Wang Jin and Zang Xiyan returned to Chang'an with their envoys, and the Western Qin envoys also went on the road with them.
Zhao Ziliang led the Western Qin civil and military officials to send them ten miles away from Hengluosi City.
Zhao Ziliang held the hands of Wang Jin and Zang Xiyan and said: "The road from Hengluosi to Tingzhou is a cement road.
It is easier to walk.
It only takes half a month to complete.
If you walk quickly, you should We can rush back to Chang'an before the year."
Wang Jin sighed: "It's winter now.
I hope the road won't be blocked by wind and snow along the way."
"There is something that I would like to ask Mr.
Wang to report to the court."
Wang Jin said: "Your Majesty, please tell me."
Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and said: "Now the imperial court has just put down the rebellion, and everything is waiting to be done.
It is time-consuming and labor-intensive to resettle the refugees and victims of the disaster in various places.
The national treasury is already empty.
If we want to resettle these people again, the imperial court is afraid that it will not be able to come up with the money." , my king’s intention The idea is that if the court really can't resettle these refugees and disaster victims, they can be allowed to move to the Western Qin Dynasty.
On the one hand, it can reduce the pressure on the court, and on the other hand, it can also increase the population of our Han people in the Western Qin Dynasty, allowing the Western Qin Dynasty to expand its presence in the Western Regions.
Rule more Be more stable.
Although our Western Qin is about to found a country, no matter what, we are still the people of the Tang Dynasty.
This is unchangeable.
The increase in the strength of the Western Qin is equivalent to the increase in the strength of the Tang Dynasty.
My king I hope the Central Plains court will not Western Qin and the Central Plains were forcibly separated from each other, artificially demarcating the boundaries between the two sides.
Even if the Western Qin was founded, I, Zhao Ziliang, would still be a minister of the Tang Dynasty, and the people of Western Qin would still be the people of the Tang Dynasty.
No matter who in my descendants succeeds to the throne, they will be honored by the Tang Dynasty.
Tang is the leader of the clan" Wang Jin deeply understood Zhao Ziliang's feelings.
He nodded heavily and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will bring your words to the court and His Majesty intact."
Zhao Ziliang took another tray from Zhao Lei beside him and said to Wang Jin: "Your Majesty, when I conquered the Khazar Khanate, I captured the sword, scepter and seal of the Khazar Khan King Habir.
Today I will present these three trophies to the emperor.
Please ask Mr.
Wang to Take them back to Chang'an and hand them over to His Majesty, Lord Trouble King, to tell His Majesty that Western Qin and the Central Plains will always be as close as one family.
If one day, the Central Plains court needs Western Qin to send troops to protect King Qin, with just a piece of edict, Ziliang will rule out everything.
Wannian leads his army to the Central Plains."
"Your Majesty Gaoyi, please accept my bow."
Wang Jin took the tray and handed it to his entourage, then bowed to Zhao Ziliang.
"Please get up quickly.
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It's getting late.
Sir Wang, let's set off.
I wish you a safe journey."
"We say goodbye today.
I don't know what year or month we will meet again.
Please take care, Your Majesty, and I will say goodbye":