Chapter 707: Border Raid
Gao Yihuan spent a wonderful night in the camp of Phuntsok Dorga, and he was deeply impressed by the hospitality of the Tibetans.
If it weren't for being the King of Wei, Gao Yihuan would have stayed for a few more days, but his affairs were complicated, so he had to leave as soon as possible and continue to inspect.
After Xu Luo financed Phuntsok Dorga, asked him to recruit the old troops, called on the Tibetans to overthrow the rule of the Hoshute Mongol Khanate, promised to provide him with food, weapons, and even artillery, and sent school captains to train the army for him, Gao Yihuan continued to patrol the west, to the last leg of the western tour.
Phuntsok Dorga knew that if he accepted the funding of the Western Wei State, he would inevitably be controlled by the Western Wei State in the future, but compared to returning to Lhasa, what was the control of the Western Wei Dynasty? Isn't the Yellow Sect the same now, with the help of Gushi Khan to rule Uszang?
Gao Yihuan inspected all the way from Guanzhong, and after many days of observation, he already had a considerable understanding of the situation in Longyou and Hehuang.
The power of the Han people here is shrinking, the Mongols and Tibetans are expanding, multi-ethnic people are living together, agriculture is degraded, animal husbandry is developed, and it is gradually becoming Hu.
"Great King, in front of you is the Heer River, where there are garrisons of three divisions, and further west is the salt field of the feudal mansion." Li Dingguo raised his whip and pointed.
"And the river? It's some weird name again. Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, and said: "From now on, all the cities and rivers in the territory controlled by my Western Wei Dynasty must be changed to Han names, and the attached Shaomin should also encourage them to change their Han surnames and speak Chinese, don't use anything to remind them of any differences, and eat them subtly." ”
In the Guannai, the ethnic group is relatively single, but outside the Guan, it is inevitable to encounter the problem of multi-ethnic groups.
Hu and Han live together, and many ethnic groups gather in one region, there will inevitably be all kinds of contradictions, and at this time, emphasizing the differences between ethnic groups will only cause greater estrangement and contradictions.
The Han people are good at farming, and the Mongols and Tibetans are good at animal husbandry, each with its own strengths.
In the northwest direction, most of them are not suitable for cultivation, the Western Wei State wants to expand to the west, and they can be used, as long as they belong to the Western Wei Dynasty, they are the Western Wei people, they have no culture, no language, no history, and even the place where they live is a Han name, plus the strong words of the Western Wei State, after one or two generations, they can completely digest these areas.
Chen Mingxia, who was following Gao Yihuan, was a little dizzy on the plateau, and his reaction was a little sluggish, and he was stunned for a while before he reacted, Gao Yihuan was talking to him, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The minister has written it down!" ”
"Sir's health is not good!" Gao Yihuan smiled slightly, feeling that Chen Mingxia's body was not as good as him, and he was already a little sick from altitude sickness, "Wu Si has a lot of good things, and when Phuntsok Dorga sends them to Gu, King Gu asks him to send some to Mr. as well." ”
This is a stockade made of soil has appeared in the distance, and from a distance, there is the black dragon flag of the Wei army fluttering on it, Gao Yihuan immediately raised his horsewhip, "Let's go, go over and take a look." ”
Thousands of horses galloped forward, and when the group ran to the bottom of the earthen village, the door of the earthen village was closed, and the wall was full of armor soldiers, and the swords were tense, and it looked like a great enemy.
"What's going on?" Gao Yihuan realized that the situation was wrong and immediately tightened the reins of the horse.
Seeing this, Li Dingguo galloped over and said a few words before the gate of the village slowly opened.
"The Great King, the Yanchang and the nearby tribes were attacked by the Heshute Mongols, and the Tuzhai was put under martial law." Li Dingguo galloped back and said with a gloomy face.
Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, and then sneered: "The Lone King was about to trouble them, so they sent it to the door themselves, and the Lone King had an excuse to start a war." ”
The Western Wei State used Mobei Mongolia to contain the Qing army, and the strength of Mobei Mongolia is estimated to not last long.
Gao Yihuan came to Qinghai this time to take advantage of the opportunity of the Qing army being pinned down by Mobei Mongolia to quickly solve the threat from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and avoid Guanzhong being flanked.
At this time, there was a crowd of people on the earthen wall, and the defenders in the stockade, knowing that Gao Yihuan was coming, were shocked, and hurriedly rushed down to the city.
"Meet the King!" The deputy lieutenant galloped in front of Gao Yihuan, turned over and dismounted, and hurriedly bowed, "The minister doesn't know that it is the king, and I ask the king to forgive the sin!" ”
Gao Yihuan raised his hand, "Looking at the appearance just now, are you preparing to defend the fort?" ”
"Back to the king, we have been relatively peaceful since we were stationed here this year, but in recent times, Mongolian tribes have often come to rob us of our grain, cattle and sheep, and destroy our salt pans. The minister led his troops to attack several times, but the other party came and went like the wind, and the minister sent troops to pursue, so they ran, and the minister collected his troops and returned to the village, and they came again. Yesterday, they took advantage of the unpreparedness of the ministers, raided the salt works, captured nearly 100 hired laborers, and sent people to inform the ministers, asking them to pay taxes, provide cattle and sheep, grain and tea, and only allow us to stay here, otherwise we will lead troops to attack! ”
Salt and iron were an important source of income for successive dynasties, and the main salt in the world came from the two Huai and coastal areas.
Now that the two Huai are in the hands of the Qing army, the price of salt in the Western Wei Dynasty has tripled, and the feudal government has set its sights on Qinghai in order to solve this problem.
There are many salt lakes in this area, which can solve the problem of salt shortage in the Western Wei Dynasty, and at the same time increase the tax.
Gao Yihuan was so angry that he laughed when he heard that the local Mongol tribe was so rampant that they not only attacked his salt works, but also imposed taxes on him.
At this time, Chen Mingxia on the side suddenly complained: "There is such a thing, why don't you report like above?" “
In this way, this place may be attacked at any time, which makes Chen Mingxia a little worried, and Gao Yihuan's safety is in danger.
"I have reported it before, but there is no good way from above, after all, there are too few soldiers on our side. Yesterday's incident, the lowly post has also sent a fast horse to Xining to report, and the lowly post is holding on behind closed doors to wait for reinforcements. I don't want to, the king and the cabinet are actually ......"
Chen Mingxia understood that they should be patrolling around, so they didn't receive any news.
"Your Majesty, the minister suggests that the inspection is over, return to Xining first, and then make plans!" Chen Mingxia said urgently.
Gao Yihuan waved his hand calmly, and when he came straight forward, he already knew that Qinghai was not safe, "Don't worry, since you are here, let's go to the city to have a look!" ”
When they heard that the Mongols were attacking, they didn't enter the door, so they immediately ran back to Xining, which really lost the majesty of the king of Great Wei.
At the very least, I have to eat a meal and drink a few more words before leaving.
However, as soon as Gao Yihuan finished speaking, he suddenly heard a faint sound of thunder in the distance, and the people present were all experienced generals, and when they heard the sound, their hearts trembled, not good, it was a large force of cavalry to kill.
The calm smile on Gao Yihuan's face immediately froze, to run or not to run? He was immediately a little embarrassed, "Mother, it's so difficult that you have to suffer the siege of Baideng?" ”
(Thank you for your support, ask for a monthly pass, recommend, subscribe.) )
(End of chapter)