Chapter 170: Windfall
When it comes to the surrender of Tubo, Qin Jin finally lost his interest in staying at home, and what he is most concerned about now is those official affairs that cannot be disposed of.
"Let's go, let's go see what warriors you've brought back!"
The reason for this is that in this era, whether it is on the plateau or the grassland, they do not have the so-called habit of loyalty to the king and serving the country like the Han people, so they don't care about loyalty, what they worship is only the strong.
Therefore, the iron cavalry of Tiele and Luobu can be used by Qin and Jin. In the same way, these brave Tibetan soldiers can also be used for it.
Judging from the experience of extensive selection of elite soldiers in the past six months, Guanzhong is by no means short of manpower, but high-quality soldiers have become a big problem.
However, after the An Lushan Rebellion, Guanzhong suffered two major disasters, and most of the Hu people south of the Hetao either fled to Hexi or rushed to the north of the Hetao. Naturally, there are very few Hu people who can be used, and now Qing Xuzi has brought back 3,000 Tubo soldiers, which can be said to be the right time.
The two of them walked out of the garden along the cloister one after the other, and happened to meet the old servant who had come to invite them.
"Lord, the food and wine are ready to stop, the princess invites the lord to the table!"
Qin Jin was in a hurry to leave, knowing that if he went to eat this wine, he was afraid that he would have to postpone the arrangement for an hour, so he waved his hand and said:
"Tell the princess that there is an urgent matter in the army, and I won't be eating at home today!"
"The Lord'......"
After that, Qin Jin didn't care about the old servant's eager gaze, and left the Qin Mansion with Qingxuzi and left Shengye Fang.
Out of Shengye Fang, there were dozens of horsemen who hugged from front to back, and the people and oxen and carriages walking on the road avoided one after another, Qin Jin would never have paved the scene like this before, but after experiencing the assassination incident, even if he went home, he had to be so cautious and cautious even if he went home.
The Tibetan soldiers were placed in the long-abandoned Dongnei Garden, where a part of the new army of the Shenwu Army was also stationed, which was just right to watch over them nearby.
Qin Jin passes through the Daming Palace by the Danfeng Gate, and can go straight to the East Inner Garden. The East Inner Garden has been abandoned since the fifteenth year of Tianbao, and it has been five years since then, the barren grass on the ground is more than half a person high, and the withered grass is new and green with a kind of savage vitality, and the spring breeze blows, it is a burst of ups and downs.
A man-made road leads to the East Inner Garden, and you can see the windswept flags in the distance. Once upon a time, it was a royal garden for wild beasts, but now it has been abandoned and has become an empty military camp.
Faintly, Qin Jin could hear the sound of the trumpet, which was high and low, it must be the new army training.
Qing Xuzi rode a horse and followed Qin Jin to the left and right, pointed to a camp near the west side, and said:
"The Tubo soldiers are placed outside the left camp, and they should be enjoying military food at this time!"
The food standard of the Shenwu Army is definitely far higher than that of other military towns, with two meals a day, flatbread for each meal, and a meal of mutton during the day.
"The doctor still doesn't have to go to the soldiers in person, just watch their overall appearance from a distance, after all, these people are still wild and hard to find, in case something happens, how can the poor road explain to the people of the world?"
Qin Jin nodded, and the group ran towards a high slope near the left camp, where there was an outpost of the Shenwu Army, specifically to observe the surrounding terrain and abnormal movements.
The commander of the outpost was in disbelief at Qin Jin's arrival, and even said something in excitement.
"My name is Zhang Sanlang, meet Doctor Qin!"
As soon as Qin Jin heard it, he knew that this Zhang Sanlang was from a poor unconscionable family, so that he didn't even have a serious name.
"There's no need to be polite in the army, get up, how many soldiers are there at this outpost?"
"Back to Doctor Qin's words, there are fifteen strong soldiers!"
"Very good, the safety of the camp is inseparable from your devotion to duty, you have worked hard!"
Qin Jin casually said a few words of encouragement, but Zhang Sanlang burst into tears of excitement.
"I am willing to die for Dr. Qin!"
Several soldiers who followed behind Zhang Sanlang also shouted in such a high-pitched voice.
There are three watchtowers on this high slope to observe the terrain, each of which is more than two zhang high, and Qin Jin and Qing Xuzi climbed the one closest to the left camp. The scale of the sentry tower construction was not large, and it could only accommodate seven or eight people, Qin Jin raised his eyes, but saw a black crowd of people sitting on the ground in the open space about three miles away.
His eyesight is good, and these people seem to be a little depressed and happy, perhaps because they have been working as coolies for too long and have finally been freed.
"Doctor, the leader of this group of soldiers has been brought, do you want to see it?"
Qing Xuzi suddenly smiled slyly.
"The doctor probably doesn't know where this person came from, and the poor Dao only learned about it when Lingwu almost returned!"
Qin Jin was very impatient with the sale of Qingxuzi, so he asked:
"Who is it?"
"I used to be a general in Tibet, and my name is Dazaru Gong!"
"Dazarukon?"
This name Qin Jin is familiar, after the death of Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie, and Shang Xijie respectively controlled the strength of each part of the remnants of the Tubo army, but these two generals disappeared after the battle of Lingwu, how did they appear in this remnant army of Tubo now?
The wind on the sentry tower was very strong, and it was even a little cold when it blew over, Qin Jin observed for a while and then walked down the sentry tower, and saw a bearded man with ragged clothes, black face, thin skin, and sideburns and beard standing on the side with his head bowed. On either side of him were the soldiers of the Shenwu Army. Apparently guarded against him.
Qin Jin had just experienced the stimulation of Chen Qianli's uprising, and he changed his previous leniency, and did not retreat from the two strong soldiers who only sandwiched Dazaru Gong in the middle.
"You're Dazarugon?"
* Almost no one had seen Dazaru Gong with his own eyes, Qin Jin carefully observed this person, but saw that his eyes were lowered, and he did not dare to look directly at himself, obviously nearly half a year of hard work had almost exhausted this person's sharpness.
This is not difficult to understand, although the coolies who were thrown into the coolie camp were spared death, they were already very lucky to survive in the cruel living environment, and life suddenly became humble and fragile, even if the strongest person could not survive the destruction of reality after all.
"Yes!"
Qin Jin did not have a good impression of Dazaru Gong, these Tubo people did not inflict much harm on Guanzhong than Sun Xiaozhe in the first year of Zhide, but now that they have been amnesty, they will no longer be held accountable for their previous affairs.
However, Qin Jin did not trust this Tubo man who had been a general.
Dazarugong's Chinese language is very blunt, and many times he can only jump out one word or two, but fortunately, he can understand what Qin Jin is saying, which also saves the link of communicating with others.
Qing Xuzi concisely introduced how Dazaru Gong exposed his identity, it turned out that there was a conflict within the Tubo soldiers, and someone cited him. Dazaru did not deny it after seeing that his identity was exposed, but admitted it calmly.
According to the custom, an enemy general of the rank of Dazarugon needs to be immediately sent to Chang'an, and if he commits many crimes during the war, there is a high probability that he will be sentenced to the punishment of beheading.
Therefore, when Dazarugong was sent to Chang'an this time, he already expected that his life would be short. He is not very old, and he still has an instinctive desire for life, even if he survives like in a coolie camp, it is a thousand times better than death.
Qin Jin keenly saw this desire to survive in Dazarugong's eyes.
"Where is Shang Xijie now?"
Qin Jin asked word by word, obviously Dazarugon didn't expect him to ask such a question.
"Isn't he already fleeing back to Tibet?"
In fact, Qin Jin had already asked Qing Xuzi on the way here if he had interrogated Shang Xijie's whereabouts from Dazaru Gong. Shang Xijie's status and qualifications in Tibet were far superior to those of the young Dazarugong, but Qingxuzi found nothing from Dazarugong.
Now that Dazarugon suddenly answered subconsciously, it was exactly the same as what Qing Xuzi knew, and Qin Jin was at least seventy or eighty percent sure that Dazarugong was not lying.
Qin Jin is considering whether to include this person in the amnesty, if he can be trained into a qualified eagle dog for use by the Shenwu Army, he might as well give it a try.
But this requires a careful observation of the person, at least not yet.
"Based on the many crimes you have committed, do you know that this time you came to Chang'an, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, you will be punished with the most severe?"
Dazaru Gong bowed very respectfully, spitting out words stiffly.
"Know, I'm ready, die!"
Qin Jin waved his hand and ordered the two sturdy soldiers to take him away, a mere Tubo general was not enough to make him come here in person, he wanted to know whether it was possible for these Tubo captives to be retrained into a tiger and wolf army.
However, the difficulties in front of them were also great, because the Tibetans did not have close contacts with the Tang Dynasty like the Turks, so there were not many people who were proficient in Chinese, so there were problems in communication.
"As soon as possible, select some people who are friendly to the Tang Dynasty among these descendants, so that they can learn some basic Chinese as soon as possible, at least to be able to communicate. ”
Qingxuzi had a difficult face.
"Doctor, this is really embarrassing, let them learn Chinese, it is absolutely difficult to do without a year or two of hard work, otherwise even if they recognize a few simple words, they will not be able to communicate. ”
Qin Jin frowned, thought about it, and felt that this matter was too much wishful thinking, and at this moment, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some abnormal movement in the distance, and the Tubo soldiers who were originally scattered outside the left camp showed signs of chaos.
"Send someone and see what's going on there!"
Qin Jin was not worried about this, because he knew that there were at least 20,000 new troops of the Shenwu Army stationed in this East Inner Garden, and as long as he gave an order, he could wipe out this group of soldiers within half an hour.
At the same time, a low cry from Dazarugon was heard.
"Let go of me, I want to see Dr. Qin......"