Jishi Mountain is the barrier of the southwest of the Great Sui, divides the plateau plain into two, the geothermal is precipitous, it is the key to the southwest, if you break through the defense of Jishi Mountain, you can go north along the Liangfei River to the West Sea, after the Xingxing Gorge, it is Zhangye, cut off the economic lifeline of the Silk Road; To the east, you can go directly to Lintao, Longxi, Tianshui, all the way to the east to approach Guanzhong.

Among them, the Jishi Pass, which is one of the two major mountain ranges, is particularly important, and its strategic value has been demonstrated in this battle, so there is no need to say more; But in addition to the Jishi Pass, in fact, Tubo can also go north through Doma, and even skip these two passes like the Battle of Songzhou in history, and directly attack Songzhou, the main transportation route into Bashu, from the territory of Tuyuhun, Dangxiang and Bailan Zhuqiang.

After the end of the battle of Songzhou in history, Songtsen Gampo, as a challenge to the overlord, also won the admiration of Tuyuhun, Dangxiang and Bailan Zhuqiang, not only the Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, and Bailanqiang followed Tubo for a long time, but even the chieftains of Western Sichuan Qiang who were originally attached to Li Tang also bowed to the feet of Tubo, and since then they have been following Tubo closely and being the enemy of the Li Tang Dynasty.

The land of Tuyuhun, Dangxiang and Bailan Zhuqiang is a myriad of highly autonomous prefectures. The leaders under this system can betray Li Tang, who helped them take away Tubo, and one day, they can also betray the Great Sui.

In normal times, there may be no need to worry, but in some difficult times...... The various states are bound to cause a catastrophe.

In view of this, Yang Tong, who stood at the height of history, decided to completely occupy many Qiang lands that were afraid of Sui like tigers through this battle, set up Jiangyuan County to manage it, and operated it as the first line of defense in the southwest of the Great Sui.

But everything is difficult at the beginning, if you want the people of Zhuqiang to settle down obediently, you need to obediently cooperate with the chiefs with prestige in each department, which is also the reason why Yang Tong did not kill the party chiefs and Tuyuhun nobles.

To make these chiefs obedient, one is to show the sword, and the other is to benefit.

The sword is lit, and the chiefs are afraid.

But relying on violence all the time, surely they can't be willing? At this time, it is necessary to attach some promises of benefits. And profit is the eternal pursuit of human beings? So when Yang Tong put the promises on the table one by one, the chiefs of Zhuqiang were red-eyed? Not only do they not dare to refuse now? It is impossible to refuse.

No one wants to live on a bitter cold plateau or in a desolate desert.

Aren't we fighting for life and death, fighting with heaven and earth, with wild wolves, and with all tribes for generations, just to live a stable and prosperous life? Isn't it just for yourself and your children and grandchildren to enjoy peace and abundant food and clothing?

Although he will obey the orders of the Great Sui in the future? But he can still have a prosperous life, and his children and grandchildren can also learn Sinology and become Han officials......

And these captives who should have died? It is only necessary to cooperate with the officials of the Great Sui court to collect the herdsmen.

It's pie in the sky.

"Thank you for the love of the holy Khan? From now on, I will be proud of the people of the Great Sui for generations and will never rebel, if I break this oath? Heaven and earth are destroyed!! ”

The chiefs were preempted by Leo? hurriedly expressed their positions, and all kinds of poisonous oaths emerged one after another, and Du Ruhui, Pei Xingyan, Li Shimo and others looked at each other and were speechless.

If all kinds of vows can really be fulfilled, I am afraid that the entire plateau will collapse? Become a chaos.

Yang Tong naturally won't move them.

No matter how ruthless the oath of these chiefs is, it is nothing more than forced by the situation? It's no different from farting, as long as it's strong one day? Or the Great Sui is weakened to the point that people can be bullied, and these people are definitely the first to steal the knife and kill the hinterland of the Great Sui.

But as long as Zhuqiang, who lived a half-farming and half-peasant life, settled? Living in a city? Then Yang Tong has nothing to worry about.

Can the Hu people repeatedly gain an advantage in the war with the Central Plains Dynasty? It is because they have the strong blood to fight with heaven and earth, wolves and beasts. If you live a settled life of male farmers and female weavers, the rebelliousness in your bones will definitely wear away the comfortable life.

Once he loses the characteristics of coming and going, and does not have the habit of fighting with heaven and earth, no matter how strong the quality of individual soldiers is, how can he be the opponent of the Central Plains Dynasty with sharp weapons and solid armor?

When all ethnic groups speak Chinese, write Chinese characters, read Sinology, perform Han rituals, wear Hanfu, and even become officials of the Great Sui, then the identity of this nation will gradually be eroded. Two or three generations later, they even thought that their ancestors' prosperous years of fighting with heaven and earth were a ridiculous joke.

Yang Tong smiled slightly, "Although Jiangyuan County has a wide area, but after all, it is a bitter cold place with inconvenient transportation and difficult travel, and I will not only build three county towns of Jiuzhi, Changzhi and Yuanzhi in the future, and connect these three counties with Yongzhi County with a flat and straight official road, but also connect the official road to Heyuan in the north, Lintao in the northeast, Tongchang and Wenshan in the east." But in terms of population, the entire Jiangyuan County combined is not as good as Luoyang, Yecheng, and Daxing. ”

When they heard this, their eyes straightened.

The population of the entire Qiang land is not as good as a city, how prosperous is that? 、

I yearn for it even more.

"On the one hand, the small population is one thing, and on the other hand, I don't want to waste money and let the people of Jiangyuan serve endlessly, so I plan to open up the slave trade and use those slaves to build roads and water conservancy."

The slaves of the Great Sui were mainly Turks, Tatars, Murwei, and Tiele, and as for the Tibetans, they were only some recently captured prisoners of war, but with the rise of the Tibetans and the inclusion of Jiangyuan County in the territory of the Great Sui, it was already completely bordered by the Tibetans, and Yang Tong decided to encourage these chieftains to capture the Tibetans to carry out slave trades.

The first is to increase the large number of free labor, the second is to increase the war potential of the Tibetans, and the third is to sacrifice the Qiang warriors loyal to these chiefs in the endless slave wars and turn them into money in the pockets of these chiefs.

"The holy Khan is merciful." Smelling the strong smell of blood, he secretly glanced at the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood under the city, and everyone went against their will

"How many warriors are there in your division?" Yang Tong saw that the elated chiefs were silent, and suddenly sneered in his heart: It is these people who are referred to by Long Wangshu, and after they have vitality, selfishness begins to come out, but Lao Tzu really doesn't believe that you are not moved.

He said lightly: "In the past, the war was fought with different positions, but now that the war is over, and the war is turned into a jade silk, then you are the people of the Great Sui!" Since I have said that I am not to blame for the past, I will not pursue the past! You can rest assured. I intend to give you a way to make money. ”

"Wealth?" The chiefs' eyes lit up.

"Exactly." Yang Tong continued: "I decided to set up ten armies called Ten Banners in Jiangyuan based on the eight departments of the Party and the two departments of Tuyuhun, and use different colored flags to show the difference, and the leader is not called the chief, but the banner owner, and the establishment of each banner is three guards, each guard has a thousand people, a total of 3,000 troops, and each flag director will be appointed for two years, and he will go to Luoyang to accept a new appointment after leaving office. The mission of these ten banners is to plunder in Tibet and Nanzhao, and the wealth they have grabbed belongs to you, but the shepherds of each ministry must sell them to the imperial court and must not be kept privately. ”

"Really?" The crowd was amazed and delighted.

That's what they're good at.

Now that Langri Zampu is dead, the Tibetan elite soldiers are all gone, and soon after, they will fall into the chaos of the dragons without a leader, they are now backed by the Great Sui, how can they be afraid of these Tubo people?

This is really a bright way to make a fortune, although the term of office is only two years, but if you fight a little in these two years, you can earn ten lifetimes of wealth.

"It's true." Yang Tong glanced at them and said with a smile: "If you don't want to, I won't be reluctant." ”

"I'm willing." Everyone hurriedly expressed their attitude.

"Listen to me, the strength of each banner must be controlled at three thousand, more than one person, I will be decided as your rebellion, and those corpses under the city are an example." Yang Tong said coldly.

"Yes." The chiefs who had originally planned to have a small idea were cold, and one of them plucked up the courage to ask: "Holy Khan, when can we send troops under the Ten Banners?" ”

"The colors of the ten flags are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, tight, black, white, black and white, and the status is also arranged in this order, at least the flag color is determined by the speed of migration." Yang Tong said meaningfully: "The first person to complete the migration received the red flag from the Taishou first, not only can he take the lead in plundering the unsuspecting small tribes of Tubo, but also have a buffer time of two months. This buffer refers to the fact that the second person who obtains the banner will have to wait two months for the first flag to loot before sending troops. The second flag has a month for a buffer, the third for half a month, and then each has two days to buffer, as for the one who finally gets the black and white flag, it will take half a year before the troops can be sent out... Let's go back and prepare..."

"Yes."

"I'll take my leave." The chiefs saluted and left the city.

Li Shimo admired: "Holy Lord, the Hu people have always been insatiable, as soon as your Ten Banners system comes out, these people will definitely plunder Tubo and Nanzhao during their two-year tenure." ”

Yang Tong laughed.

The Qing Dynasty used the Eight Banners system to enter the Central Plains, killing countless people, and enslaving hundreds of millions of people in China for hundreds of thousands of years.

He said to Li Shimo: "The main forces of Tubo and Tuyuhun were lost, and Langri Zampu and Murong Xiaojun also died under the city, and tens of thousands of captives were killed at the same time, which should have the effect of deterring the surrounding tribes; However, although Jiangyuan County was occupied by the Great Sui, it was located on the plateau, the road was difficult, and the conditions were difficult. I plan to use General Li as the first Taishou of Jiangyuan to lay a solid foundation, I don't know if General Li wishes? ”

Li Shimo has both civil and military skills, and his martial arts are not as good as Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, and Pei Xingyan, but he has learned the art of war since he was a child, and he is very strategic, and these days under the onslaught of the Ertu coalition army, he can not only gain a firm foothold, but also mobilize the surrounding departments to help defend the city in an extremely unfavorable situation, which shows that he can do it, such a precious and rare all-rounder, Yang Tong naturally will not just let him be a deputy official.

"The last general obeys the order, thank you for the importance of the saint." Li Shimo was overjoyed.

With the end of the war, the two kings were killed, tens of thousands of elite soldiers representing the combat power of the two countries were slaughtered, because of the strong rise of Tubo and the endless battles of Tuyuhun, Dangxiang and Bailan Zhuqiang finally ushered in the long-lost peace, at the same time, the killing of more than 60,000 prisoners of war by the Great Sui also shocked the Zhuqiang tribes, and laid a solid foundation for the decree of the Great Sui.

He only needs to gather herdsmen, build three county towns, build official roads, and then govern Jiangyuan by the triple means of intimidating enemy chieftains with iron and blood, dividing interests with interests, and naturalizing his people with historical books and classics... As long as there is a multi-pronged approach, after two generations, all foreign races will speak Chinese, write Chinese characters, read Chinese books, and practice Chinese rituals, which is almost no different from the Sui people. Once the foundation is laid with this set of proven means, it will be an immortal achievement.

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But it was said that the chiefs came out of the stone pass, stepped on the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, rode the returned war horses, and went south alone. After running for several miles, they all stopped their horses and looked back at Jishi Pass, and everyone felt like they had a nightmare, looking at the big pits where the corpses were buried, all of them were resentful, fearful, and full of mixed feelings.

Who would have thought that the hundreds of thousands of coalition troops who took the lead would be bloodily retaliated by such an invincible heroic division, so that the Tubo army that dominated the plateau and the half-dead Tuyuhun army were defeated and wiped out in one fell ......

There are also countless party soldiers who died in the war!

This is a deep hatred in the sea of blood.

But in the face of such an army, they didn't even dare to ask for prisoners, how dare they resist, how dare they shout to expel the Great Sui from the plateau?

If someone stands up against the Great Sui now, the brutal and domineering Sui army will definitely carry out more brutal killings against them, and it is not a lie to exterminate the species......

If you don't dare to resist, you surrender.

Although they learned the knowledge and culture of the Han people, the habit of eating the jungle still exists, worshipping the strong and despising the weak, and they are not ashamed to submit to the strong, but proud.

Murong Bei, who had a big beard, sighed and said worriedly: "Emperor Sui occupied Zhuqiang, let us settle in various cities, and even set up schools in various cities to teach Han family classics, even if we dare not disobey, but we can't all cooperate, but we want to mobilize the clan to resist!" Why were we strong in the past? It is because of the harsh environment that he has tempered his iron will, and he has a strong physique that he has cultivated in a uncertain place! In order to live, men, women and children will go to the battlefield when necessary, and over time, we no longer feel that this kind of life of licking blood from the knife is a crime, but because of the threat, all tribes and tribes have condensed into a whole with one heart and one heart, and have extremely strong combat effectiveness. If we follow the Sui Emperor's wishes, our descendants will be like the Han people, living in the city to resist the wind and sand and the cold, reading the Han books and forgetting our ancestors, and no longer have the wild nature of overcoming thorns and thorns and fearing death! ”

Murong Bei seems to be rude, but in fact he is extremely shrewd, and he can see through Yang Tong's plan at a glance.

"Rebellion? How to resist? We have fought with the Han people for generations, with countless casualties, and the Great Khan of Busabo was first destroyed by Yang Guang, and then let Yang Dong's coalition soldiers come to the city, but they are still vain and determined to restore the country. What is he so wronged for? Don't you want our people to have a fertile and warm land to thrive? Don't you want our people to live in the city and not suffer from the cold? After this battle, although everyone is afraid of the Sui Dynasty like a tiger, if the Sui Dynasty is aggressive, as long as we give an order, countless sons and daughters will still fight desperate wars with the Sui Dynasty in order to survive. Murong Chi smiled bitterly: "But Emperor Sui not only did not force each other, but gave us much more than we got from the war, and the clansmen will not only stay away from the days of fear and constant war, but also learn the art of farming, Sinology, and even pass the imperial examination to become a great official of the Great Sui... This is the day that generations have been looking forward to, and whoever destroys it is the enemy of the people, even us chiefs. ”

When the people heard this, they were dumbfounded.

Now that everyone hates war, hates war, and fears war, and there is a better life in sight, who wants to fight?

The key is that they lost too badly this time, the warriors who died in battle are considered glory, and they die when they die, but there are still many people who are taken prisoner, according to the customs of the grassland, whether the chief is to ensure his own strength, or to calm people's hearts, he will spend a lot of money to redeem after the war, and then the clansmen regard the chieftain as the life of the clan, and the good chieftain who does not hesitate to be humiliated will double his support, and they have done this in the past.

But the captives in Yang Tong's hands didn't dare to mention it, looking at that posture, even if he was alive, it was estimated that it was the life of a slave, if this news was transmitted back to the tribe, the clansmen would definitely feel that it was their chiefs who disregarded the lives of the clansmen and were reluctant to redeem their relatives with blood, and the day of the clansmen's departure seemed to be beckoning to them from afar.

If these chiefs, who are about to lose the support of their clansmen, dare to rise up against the Sui now, it is estimated that not only will no one respond, but they will secretly go to the informant, and the bold ones will even take their heads to ask for merit and reward.

Tuoba Xidou smiled coldly and said to Murong Bei: "The destiny of heaven is in Sui, this is the general trend... In the future, there will be no party items, no Tuyuhun, only the Great Sui Jiangyuan County, we will no longer be subordinate in the future, we are also the people of the Great Sui, you want to rebel against the Great Sui, forgive me for not accompanying Tuoba Xidou... Thinking of the past feelings, I don't tell the secret. ”

After that, he walked away without looking back.

The other seven party chiefs also woke up and left, speaking of which, their party was the biggest victim, not only did they not repay the good intentions of being occupied by Tuyuhun and Tubo, but they were also forced into the 10,000-year-old pit of anti-Sui, resulting in heavy losses for the eight departments.

Murong Bei was so angry that his temples jumped "suddenly", and he scolded angrily: "These cheap slaves and Qiang dogs are not good things at all, they are all like dogs, and they are in a hurry to migrate the clansmen in order to please the new master." ”

"It's not good, they're planning to take the red flag first, intending to and pee on our heads, let's go." Before Murong Chi's words fell, he had already ridden away from the distance.

"Bastard!" Murong Bei was so angry that he scolded, and he didn't know if it was the chief of the eight party departments, or he scolded Murong for not being righteous. But he himself knew that he regretted it very much now, and he should not have felt it and said that he wanted to rebel against the rule of the Sui Dynasty.

Now the handle is in the hands of everyone.

Will these party dogs, who are already obviously on the wrong path with him, tell Emperor Sui afterwards?

Will you use your own head as a qualification for promotion?

Thinking of this, Murong Bei regretted that his intestines were blue.