Chapter 477: Arrows to the North

In the early winter of the eighth year of Dazhi, the Shuofang army and the Beiting army attacked the camp at night, 40,000 people were defenseless, most of them were killed and wounded overnight, the Khan Sudaro was killed in the chaos, and the remaining more than 20,000 people were all captured by the Tang army, and the Broken Leaf Army set off overnight to kill the sword river valley of the old nest of the Huangjia people.

Ten days later, the Tang army arrived at the Sword River, from the night of departure Shi Yang had a gloomy face, did not say a word, he did not care that Sudaro was killed, but the brother-like Kurband also died in the chaos while protecting the Khan, which made him extremely sad, he already knew that the extermination of the Hangs was his emperor's father's long-planned plan, although he was dissatisfied in his heart, he was a member of the Tang army, and the military orders were like a mountain, so that he had no choice.

"General Shi!" A horse came galloping from behind, and the cavalry immediately bowed to Shi Yang and said: "The marshal has something to find you, and I order you to go quickly." ”

Shi Yang didn't say a word, turned the horse's head and galloped to the rear, and ran for more than ten miles before he saw Wang Siyu's Chinese army, Shi Yang ran to Wang Siyu, hugged his fists and saluted: "See the big handsome." ”

Seeing his cold face, Wang Siyu couldn't help but smile slightly: "General Shi, let me ask you, how far is this place from the lair of the Quegasi people?" ”

"Back to the handsome, there are about fifty miles left." Shi Yang's words were very concise, Wang Siyu glanced at him, and suddenly smiled: "You go with me!" I have something to say to you. ”

Shi Yang nodded silently, followed Wang Siyu's army, and traveled about a mile, Wang Siyu suddenly asked him, "Do you really admit that you are still a child?" ”

Shi Yang sneered and said: "Why should the marshal provoke me, I have been in the army for many years, and I have never seen any bloody scenes, although I am dissatisfied with the emperor's massacre of the Huangsi people, but I am a soldier, and it is my duty to obey orders." ”

Wang Siyu heard the dissatisfaction in his tone, and he was not annoyed, and still said gently: "If you think that the destruction of the people of the Zodiac is just the emperor's intention, then you are wrong, this matter was decided after repeated discussions in the political affairs hall, do you understand?" ”

Shi Yang was surprised in his heart, he originally thought that this was his father-in-law's own decision, but he didn't expect that this was the collective decision of the imperial court, the Tang Dynasty has always been lenient to the ethnic minorities in the frontier, how could it be...., he looked at Wang Siyu with a puzzled face.

Wang Siyu smiled faintly and said: "My grandfather once said to my father that at the beginning of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the policy of envy and power was implemented for the border peoples, such as the Turks, Baekje and other ethnic groups that threatened the interests of the Tang Dynasty were merciless, until they were destroyed, on the contrary, they were lenient to the Qiang people, Gaochang, Qiuzi and other small countries, but there were also mistakes, such as the Nanzhao, which was originally to support it to unify the six edicts in order to resist the expansion of Tubo to Jiannan, but he did not expect to raise tigers, causing Nanzhao to sit big, attack the city and plunder the county, and kill the children of my Han family. Tianbao two battles Tang army killed and wounded hundreds of thousands of people, and finally Nanzhao surrendered to Tibet, although the Nanzhao at this time has declined, but the lesson we can not forget, the same is true of the Huangjia people, their submission today is just like the surrender of the Hui back then, but because of the weak strength and forbearance for a while, want to get more benefits from my Tang Dynasty, and when they become strong, they will become a threat to my Tang Dynasty, we blindly tolerate the lesson is not enough? ”

Shi Yang was silent, he knew that Dashuai was reasonable, he had dealt with the Huangjia people many times, and knew the changes of the Huangjia people, a weak and small people who sought refuge, got rid of the rule of the Hui people after getting the support of the Tang Dynasty, but gradually became arrogant, and even ambitious, to occupy the whole territory of Mobei, over time, they must be the henchmen of the Tang Dynasty, thinking of this, Shi Yang's head gradually raised, and his eyes began to brighten.

Wang Siyu saw that he could already understand, and proudly said: "My Datang is a broad-minded nation, the sea is inclusive, we are willing to spread the culture of Datang, and we are also willing to absorb foreign civilizations, but tolerance does not mean no self-esteem, no toughness, no own national interests, blindly tolerant will only bring humiliation, the other side of my Datang is iron-blooded and tough, but make Longcheng Feijiang, not called Hu Ma to cross Yin Mountain, today we will destroy the Hui and the Huang people, It is to completely solve the threat of the northern nomads to the Central Plains for thousands of years, and include the Mobei Wanli grassland into the territory of the Tang Dynasty. ”

The hot blood in Shi Yang's chest had been ignited, he felt that his spine and his neck were beginning to become extremely strong, he bit his lip tightly, and galloped towards the north like an arrow.

Wang Siyu's heart was also full of blood, he turned around and yelled, "Speed up, we must completely exterminate the people of Huangjia before dark!" ”

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At the end of November of the eighth year of Tianbao, 70,000 Tang troops arrived in the Jianhe River valley where the Hujia people lived, at this time the Hujia people lost their strength, and they were powerless to resist the sudden Tang army, hundreds of thousands of Hujia men, women and children and their Hui slaves all became prisoners of the Tang army overnight, according to the prior deployment, they will be scattered and placed in more than a dozen places such as broken leaves, Beiting, Shuofang, Liaodong, Fanyang, etc., mixed with the Han people and will gradually sinicize, so far, the Tang army completely occupied the entire Mobei, in the following ten years, The Tang Dynasty gradually moved all the weak and small ethnic groups living in Mobei into the Central Plains, including the Mongol ancestors who had been defeated by the Turks and fled to the Ergunnekun Mountains for refuge, in the ninth year of Dazhi, the first military town Tianhan City built by the Tang Dynasty on the ruins of the original Han Ear Bali was officially completed, Shi Yang led 5,000 Tang troops to become the first Tang army stationed in Mobei, he served as the Tianhan Army soldier and horse envoy, ten years later, the Tang Dynasty successively built 15 military towns in Mobei and further north, and moved 200,000 military households in Hebei, Hedong and Guannei to garrison Mobei, The establishment of the Hanhai Jiedu Mansion, Shi Yang, who was the general of Qianniuwei at the time, was named the king of Helan County and the envoy of the Hanhai Jiedu, which is not mentioned later.

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With the second heavy snow falling from the sky in Mobei, the endless forest became a white expanse, and an expedition army composed of nearly 10,000 cavalry and 30,000 horses appeared in the depths of the reckless forest in the far north, where the Tunguska River valley north of the small sea, that is, today's Siberia, is an endless black forest, and occasionally a group of wild wolves and foxes can be seen chasing deer in the snow, they rarely see humans, they all stopped, looked at this huge population of creatures in horror, and ignored the deer. Turn around and flee deeper into the forest.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, now that the snow is closing the road, we can't go any further, so let's camp here!" A Hunter Guide of the Plague said loudly.

This army is Zhang Huan's expedition team, after he arrived in Xiaohai to inspect, suddenly had a strong interest in the far north, he has a diamond that Shi Muhua went to Beijing to dedicate, it is said that it was obtained from the ice field in the far north, from the mouth of the hunter of Huangjiasi, he learned that the land in the north is thousands of miles away, far beyond the territory of the Hui people, and it is inhuman, which makes Zhang Huan ambitious, why not include these lands in the territory of the Tang Dynasty?

Ambitious, despite the persuasion of his generals, he insisted on going to the north to explore himself, "If I don't go this time, I'm afraid I won't have a chance in this life." This was the only reason to convince the generals, and so he marched north with 10,000 elite men with enough food and supplies, and after nearly a month, reached the valley of the Tunguska Valley.

Zhang Huan heard that the guide said that he could not walk ahead, and when he saw that the snow had stopped, he turned back and ordered: "Order the army to camp on the spot." ”

Under an order, 10,000 Tang troops dismounted and camped, some set up tents, some went to cut down the forest to build fences, some went to the river not far away to dig ice for water, a busy scene on the snow field, Zhang Huan stood on a high post overlooking the forest, he suddenly saw a group of deer on the left side of the forest, was curiously looking at the busy crowd, there was no fear at all, Zhang Huan couldn't help but have a strong interest in hunting, and smiled at the guards: "Everyone follow me to hunt deer." ”

He picked up his bow and took arrows, a column of horses rushed to the deer at the edge of the forest, in the blink of an eye hundreds of people rushed to fifty steps away, the deer began to panic, have fled to the forest, but the speed is not fast, Zhang Huan pulled the bow like a full moon, an arrow will shoot down a majestic male deer, this arrow frightened the deer, they realized the horror of human beings, began to speed up and escape, but the speed of the horse is faster, hundreds of people shouted, in the forest to divide and outflank, the arrow is like a torrential rain, a moment to shoot more than five hundred deer, the remaining nearly a hundred deer they no longer chase, Let them run away.

"This is the largest antler, dedicated to Your Majesty." A lieutenant cut off an antler and dedicated his hands to their emperor, Zhang Huan took the three-foot-long antler, which was also the first time he had seen such a big antler in his life, and couldn't help laughing, "Good! Bring the prey back, and let's have venison soup tonight. ”

Suddenly, a soldier pointed ahead and shouted, "Bear! ”

Zhang Huan was startled, he looked ahead, only to see a behemoth in the snow, it was indeed a bear, but they had never seen such a strange bear, it was full of long hair and snow-white, about two feet tall, weighing more than a thousand catties, this is an adult polar bear, from which the original Tang Army had never seen, this bear smelled the blood of the deer, rushed from miles away, it saw a strange animal in front of it broke into its territory, suddenly raised its head and roared angrily, the vicious roar echoed in the forest, shaking the snow on the trees to fall, The Tang soldiers were all frightened, and the war horses under their crotches were even more shocked and retreated, raising their front hooves and neighing in horror.

Zhang Huan was furious, turned around and shouted: "A beast scared you like this, can you still conquer this land?" ”

He stabilized the mood of his war horse, clamped his feet, and the war horse stabbed obliquely towards the white bear, and the guards were so frightened that their faces changed color, and they shouted in unison: "Your Majesty, danger!" ”

Zhang Huan laughed wildly, "I have taken a fancy to this fine white bear skin." ”

He sped up, the bow was gradually full, the polar bear saw that this creature dared to provoke him, it was extremely angry, roared again, raised its giant palm and hit Zhang Huan head-on, Zhang Huan suddenly turned the horse's head five feet away from it, and brushed it from the side, just at this moment of lightning, his arrow came out of the string, and an arrow shot into the white bear's open mouth, and there was an earth-shattering roar in the forest, and the war horses were so frightened that they were paralyzed, and even Zhang Huan, a specially trained war horse, was so shocked that his front hooves were raised, and the master was thrown out two feet away, Zhang Huan fell on the snow, and then rolled out to the right again, lest the giant bear was not dead, but after the polar bear only roared, there was no movement, standing in place in a daze, several guards rushed to support the emperor, Zhang Huan waved his hand, he half knelt on the ground, his eyes were firmly fixed on the giant bear, after a tea time, the huge polar bear finally fell to the sky, all the troops cheered together, Zhang Huan turned over and got on the horse, looked up to the sky and roared, Zhang Gong shot an arrow to the north deep in the forest, "I like here." , whether it is Mobei or the ice fields up to the far north, from now on will be the territory of my Datang. ”

(End of book)