Two hundred miles west from Lintan, it is the new Liyuan County that Zhang Chao asked the imperial court to set up.
Liyuan, the source of the Li River, is a tributary of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, which is a river of more than 400 miles.
The source is located on the northeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the middle and lower reaches are on the southwestern edge of the Loess Plateau.
Balmy autumn day.
Walking on the vast grassland, there is a feeling of being extraordinarily spacious.
"I feel a little dizzy, I look old."
Wei Yunqi rubbed his head and said to Zhang Chao.
"In fact, this is the normal reaction of people who come here for the first time, leaving Taozhou and leaving the loess, the higher the terrain is further south, the thinner the air, and it will become difficult to breathe."
Zhang Chao smiled and explained altitude sickness to Wei Yunqi.
In fact, this is only the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the altitude is not high, less than 3,000 meters.
There will be no altitude sickness, like Zhang Chao and they are here, there is nothing abnormal.
However, people like Wei Yunqi who had just come from Shuzhong were still a little uncomfortable at first.
Oh, and there's such a saying."
"That's right, the higher the terrain the further south, the worse the discomfort becomes.
Further south in Tuyuhun, there is Tubo, according to the news brought by the merchants of Tubo, now the Zampu of the Tubo tribes is Langri Praise, after ascending the throne with 10,000 elite soldiers, breaking through Subi, and being honored with the title of Langri Praise, which means that the government is higher than the sky, and the helmet is stronger than the mountain. ” "Hey, the tone is not small, it seems that this Tubo Zampu is quite ambitious."
Wei Yunqi laughed.
Although many Han people in Tubo have heard such a name, even if it is a figure like Wei Yunqi, in their eyes, Tubo is just a fan in the far southwest, and it is not even as important as the Khitan, Kumoxi, Tiele, Murwei and other tribes in the north.
No one would have thought that this Tubo would be the lifelong enemy of the Tang Dynasty, and in the future, it would enter Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and would break the head of the Tang Dynasty again and again, and even take the land of the Western Regions opened up by the Tang Dynasty, and even take Hexi and Longyou.
Entering the customs again and again is like visiting your own back garden.
Now the enemy of the southwest of the Tang Dynasty, Tuyuhun, was later completely wiped out by Tubo.
Even if Zhang Chao told Wei Yunqi and Li Shimin about this, I believe they wouldn't believe it at all.
Songtsam cadres are all six years old this year, and in a few years he will inherit his father's position, and in the future he will become Li Shimin's son-in-law, and he will find his father-in-law again and again to fight the autumn wind.
He ascended the throne at the age of twelve, put down the rebellion in three years, moved the capital, annexed Zhangxiong, unified the plateau, and married Nepolo.
Later, he courted the Tang Dynasty, leading Tubo to become stronger and stronger.
If it is said that the plateau before Songtsen Gampo's father was only a backward slave aristocratic society, but since Songtsen, the plateau has entered a period of strong feudal dynasties, with various systems, laws, politics, military, and economy in an all-round way.
It even allowed the rule of Tibet to reach the Qinghai region.
Zhang Chao attaches great importance to Tibet, because he knows that Tibet will rise rapidly, and in the history of the Tang Dynasty, Tibet can even be regarded as the first rival, and even the Turks do not have such qualifications and glory.
"Duhu attaches great importance to this Tubo, but he and we are separated by a Tuyuhun "Tuyuhun has never been our opponent, it has not been before, and it will not be in the future, at most three years, we will be able to take over the Henan region, and then we will be able to directly face to face with Zhuqiang and Di, and even face to face with the increasingly powerful Tubo.
I have always believed that it is better to plan ahead and prepare in advance than to panic when things come to an end. ” "Then what are you going to do," Wei Yunqi asked.
"Get in touch with them more, trade with them, and send people into Tibet to inspect customs, visit the people, and understand the situation.
To defeat a man, you must first understand him."
Wei Yunqi was very fond of Zhang Chao's thoughts.
Blind isolation and closure is not a good solution.
Zhang Chao's approach is positive and proactive.
"You said that the terrain over there in Tibet is higher, and we Han people will have difficulty breathing and headaches in the past, so how can we fight with them, can't we only defend passively?"
Zhang Chao smiled, "This reaction is not impossible to solve, and if you live on the plateau for more time, you will slowly get used to it."
If it is a soldier who is transferred directly from the Central Plains in the Kannai, it will definitely not work.
But if you live in Longyou for a while, and then mix it with some medicinal materials such as saffron, it will not be a big deal. ” However, it is not so easy to fight Tibet, and the biggest problem is that it is too far away, the land is vast and sparsely populated, the supply of grain and grass is difficult, and the climate is difficult to adapt.
It's over, and it's not easy to keep.
Therefore, it is really important to guard the southwest edge of the Loess Plateau.
But if the Tang Dynasty can push the border to the source of the Yellow River, and have a very wide buffer zone, it can play an excellent role in defense.
The most important point is that Tuyuhun cannot be swallowed by Tubo.
In the history of Tibet, it was the annexation of Tuyuhun and the conquest of the Qiang tribes that only then did it gain a foothold on the eastern edge of the plateau and have the capital to attack the Tang Dynasty.
As long as the Tang Dynasty took the lead and annexed Tuyuhun and stabilized its operation, then the vast middle zone between Qinghai and Tibet, those continuous mountain ranges, would make it difficult for Tubo to develop a foothold in the north.
This is the most important step in the strategy of a major power and the containment of Tibet's northward expansion.
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But Zhang Chao can't discuss these with others now, Tubo is still far away, who would believe that Tubo will come here in less than 20 years.
The first enemy of the imperial court was the Eastern 0 Turks, then Tuyuhun, then Goguryeo, and then the Western Turks, Khitan, and so on.
"The grass is yellow" Zhang Chao looked at the half-human-high grass path on the open grassland.
One year old and one withered, many herdsmen do not know the calendar, so they only use grass yellow to remember, grass yellow, it is another year to pass.
The grass is green, and it's the beginning of another year.
This is the source of the Li River, and it is also a part of the Gannan Prairie in later generations, which belongs to Xiahe County in later generations, and the Ganjia Grassland and Sanke Grassland in the territory are all excellent grasslands.
In the past, Heiyeli occupied this fertile pasture, with only 3,000 horsemen and a population of more than 20,000.
And now, this land has been vacant for a long time, and the Qingyeli people have finally been hooked.
After drinking a few sips of water, wiping his mouth, clapping his hands, Zhang Chao got up.
I'm almost rested and ready to work.
By the Li River.
A fertile grassland of more than 100,000 acres, meadow-type alpine grassland, surrounded by mountains, and open and flat alpine grassland in the middle.
The Li River flows slowly from south to north, with abundant water and grass, fat and strong cattle and sheep to eat, and a natural good pasture.
This grassland is called Happy Horse Beach in the Tuyu Hunyeli tribe, and it used to be the place where the Heiyeli tribe gathered every year and the tribal warriors ran horses and competed.
Now, this is the camp of Qingyeli.
It is indeed extremely fat here, but now the young and brave leader of Yeli has a bitter face.
Across the Li River, which is not too deep, the Tang Army waved its flags, and the soldiers were as dense as ants.
The continuous procession seemed to fill the world in the east.
The leader Yeli Baima could see that there were not more than 10,000 people there, but there were at least 7,000 or 8,000 people.
What made him look bad the most was that this Tang army of seven or eight thousand people had at least more than 10,000 horses, which was two horses for everyone.
The Tang Army with two horses.
And it seems that all of them are equipped with armor, and the armor on the Tang army in front reflects the bright light.
From the east, there are so many soldiers and horses, and they are so equipped, it seems that there is only one Tang army, the soldiers of the Tang Taozhou Prefecture.
His people went to Taozhou to trade, and brought back a lot of equipment of Taozhou soldiers and horses, and knew that the Tang army in Taozhou was well equipped.
Yeli Baima, who had just turned thirty, had not shaved his hair on the top of his head, he had all his hair in a big braid and dragged it behind his head, a pair of large gold rings on his ears, a pair of sharp eyes under his thick eyebrows, and a thick beard.
Right now, these sharp eyes are staring at the Tang Army in the east.
The flag fluttering like the sea in the wind, the dazzling bright light armor reflecting the sun, and the long lance like a forest.
Yeli Baima secretly limited his carelessness, he underestimated the Tang Army of Taozhou before, and did not take their words into account at all.
But now, Tang Jun is really here.
If he had been a little more careful, he wouldn't have waited for the Tang army to be killed in front of him before he reacted.
Happy Valley Camp, at this time there are less than 1,000 people.
Yeli Baima moved to Heiyeli's territory with half of the Qingyeli tribesmen, which is nearly 10,000 people.
But when the herdsmen came, they scattered to the nearby pastures to graze.
There were only a thousand people here, and less than three hundred warriors.
He didn't expect Tang Jun to come as soon as he said it.
"Three hundred soldiers, plus seven or eight hundred women and children, how can the enemy beat the Tang army of seven or eight thousand" "Chief, what shall we do" Qingyeli's people were already frightened and their faces turned white, and there was a matter of more than 20,000 people in Heiyeli being uprooted, and these people also knew that the Tang army in Taozhou was not easy to mess with.
Hakuba really wanted to say something panicked and do it with us.
But looking around, there were only a few hundred people, and they were all frightened.
Relying on his hundreds of people, it was not enough to stuff Tang Jun's teeth.
Regret it, if you take more precautions, as soon as he finds out that the Tang army is in turmoil, he will immediately gather the tribesmen, and at this time, he will be able to gather at least two thousand soldiers, and three or four thousand herdsmen to participate in the war together.
Maybe he could get Tang Jun to think about it, or he could return to his tribe with his women, children and livestock.
But now, he is alone, and he is blocked by the Tang Army.
When the news of the annihilation of the Heiyeli tribe first reached his ears, he scolded the Heiyeli people for being stupid, and the big tribe of 3,000 horsemen was wiped out in Taozhou at once.
Unexpectedly, they fell for the Tang people's simple trick to lure the enemy, and they all ran to a cage-like island.
But isn't it the same now?
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Tang Jun deliberately ignored him, and in only two months, he completely relaxed his vigilance, and no longer took Tang Jun in Taozhou seriously, and even often sent people to drive cattle and horses to Jiangxin City to trade.
Two months later, the Tang army killed him at once, and he was helpless.
"Run" Under the expectation of the clansmen, Bai Ma could only spit out that word.
Although humiliating, it is also helpless.
If you don't leave, I'm afraid that none of you will be able to leave.
The Han people have a good saying, stay in the green mountains, and don't be afraid of no firewood.
At this time, the Tang army had rapidly approached, and its forward cavalry had already rushed to Lishui, the water was not deep, and the cavalry could cross the river on war horses.
"Du Hu, this Qingyeli is going to run" "Don't worry, they can't run" Zhang Chao held a telescope and looked at the camp in the distance, and also saw that the people in the camp were scattering and fleeing, and did not try to organize resistance.
However, Zhang Chao was not in a hurry, Su Dingfang had already taken a light horse to go around behind them, and none of them wanted to run. first raided the camp of the leader of Qingyeli, and then divided the troops to arrest all the herdsmen of the Yeli Department in the vicinity.
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