The unrest in the Huizhou area can be said to be accidental, but it also contains some inevitable factors.

Originally, in the area of the Hexi Corridor, the most powerful was neither the country of Juan, nor the Tubo and Tuqi, nor Gaochang, but the Qiang tribes scattered here for generations.

The fundamental reason why the Qiang people were unable to completely rule this region was that the Qiang people never had a unified regime. The ancient traditions of the tribes, which were strictly adhered to, lived a life of disobedience and occasional quarrels, which gave other regimes the opportunity to invade the area. But that doesn't shake the Qiang's status as the region's premier power.

There are a total of four Qiang forces around Huizhou, namely Tang Qiang, Shaodang Qiang, Ma Qiang and Ye'er Qiang. Among them, Yeerqiang is the weakest and the most remote.

When Rodsarn passed through the Huishu area, he made extensive acquaintances with local officials, tribal leaders, etc., and of course gave quite rich gifts. However, this did not include the Ye'er Qiang tribe, which of course had the reason that the Ye'er Qiang territory was not on his route, and it was also Rodsarn's intention to cause internal contradictions among the Qiang people.

It just so happened that last winter, the weather in the area around Aishu was colder than usual, and there was a lot of snow, so there were some losses in various places, so everyone had a tight time after the beginning of the year. In order to feed the tribesmen, these chieftains had to exchange medicinal herbs, livestock, and furs for some food from the Silk State Government in Huizhou City. However, Rodsarn's gift broke this situation, and the chiefs could use these goods to buy the grain of the Silk Country directly, and they could get some relief. The problem is that Ye Erqiang has not received gifts, and they are located in remote areas, and they are relatively weak, and materials are even more scarce. As the ruler of this place, the Silk Country could not afford to see Yeerqiang's people starving, so when they purchased the fur medicinal materials of Yeerqiang, the price they set was higher than that of other tribes.

This was done out of good intentions, but it turned out to be a source of dissatisfaction among everyone: Ye Erqiang felt that he had been snubbed and forgotten by the Tibetan envoys, and the other three Qiang tribes believed that the Silk Country had deliberately favored Ye Erqiang and lowered their purchase price, and the Huizhou officials ended up with a thankless end.

Originally, everyone complained about this matter at most, and it would return to normal after this small famine year, but at this time, another incident happened, which exacerbated the contradictions between the Qiang tribes.

A small group of people from the Tang Qiang tribe who went to exchange materials were attacked, not only looting the cattle, sheep, horses and accompanying goods, but also killing all the people, after the incident, the Tang Qiang people tracked down according to the traces of the scene, and found that the traces of the perpetrator disappeared into the territory of the Ye'er Qiang department, and the matter became a big problem. The head of the Tang Qiang Department naturally wanted to settle accounts with the Ye'er Qiang Ministry, but the Ye'er Qiang Department refused to admit this matter, and it was not the Ye'er Qiang people who did it. The conflict between the two sides quickly escalated and soon turned into a full-scale conflict between the two clans.

As the ruling party, the country of silk can't sit back and watch the two tribes just do it, but the country of silk here is not enough troops, and it is difficult to use force to force both sides to lay down their arms, so uniting the tribes to reconcile has become the only feasible way, and it is not easy for the two tribes to continue to stubbornly after the public opinion of the tribes, otherwise it is likely to attract the common crusade of the tribes.

But what happened next was once again unexpected. First of all, at the joint meeting of the tribes, the ambiguous attitude of the Silk Country caused everyone's dissatisfaction. In this matter, on the one hand, the country of silk felt that the Ye'er Qiang people would not do such an outrageous thing for such a small profit, but on the other hand, they couldn't come up with evidence of the innocence of the Ye'er Qiang people, and as a result, everyone thought that he was favoring the Ye'er Qiang people, which especially made the Maqiang and Shaodang Qiang people feel dissatisfied, because they felt that the country of silk deliberately favored the Ye'er Qiang tribe.

Secondly, Ye Erqiang, who was originally in a weak position, unexpectedly won a big victory in the conflict with Tang Qiang, Tang Qiang not only lost the battle, but also lost a lot of cattle and horses. This result further deepened the misunderstanding of the various ministries about the Silk Country, and they believed that the Silk Country came forward to mediate to buy time for the Yeerqiang people. In order to calm the anger of the ministries, the country of silk had to send an envoy to the Ye'er Qiang Ministry, asking Ye Erqiang to return the loot to the Tang Qiang Ministry, of course the Ye'er Qiang people did not do it, this is the spoils they got with blood and sweat, not to mention that they were wronged, in their eyes, Tang Qiang was the fault party who deliberately provoked the dispute.

Taking this as an opportunity, Tang Qiang, Burning Dangqiang and Ma Qiang formed an alliance and openly challenged the Ye'er Qiang people and the government of the Silk Kingdom. The affairs of the Silk Country were not settled and caused big trouble, so they had to retreat in the city and hold on, and at the same time ask the court for help; And Ye Erqiang was also on the defensive in the encirclement of the three joint crusades, and finally had to ask the local Tubo people for help.

In fact, the real culprit behind this incident is the Tubo people. They had already received instructions from Rodsarn to look for opportunities to expand the conflict between the Qiang and the Silk Kingdom as much as possible, so as to expand the influence of the Tibetans in this region, so they saw this opportunity to create friction. The Yeerqiang people's request for help was of course a great opportunity for them to intervene, but the Tubo people did not want to get involved too deeply in this incident. First, getting involved too deeply will inevitably deplete the strength of the Tibetans themselves, and from their vital interests, they are indeed willing to expand their influence in this area, but they do not want to pay too much price; Second, doing so will also attract the attention of the Silk Country. Therefore, the degree of support of the Tibetan people is not overtly dispatched, but secretly. In their opinion, it is in their interest to disturb the entire Hexi region, because it can not only weaken the prestige of the Silk Kingdom in this region, but also muddy the waters, so that the tribes have to fight for their own safety, so that it is not easy to expose the intentions of the Tibetans. Eventually, the Tibetans will gain an advantage in this region by virtue of the power and influence of the entire Tibetan state behind them.

Of course, this is just wishful thinking on the part of the Tibetan people, as the actual bearers of the conflict, the Ye'er Qiang people are indeed quite hard to defend their homeland, and what is more dramatic is that they have won two consecutive victories in the battle against the three Qiang coalition forces, which greatly boosts the will of the people to fight. Among them, two striking figures emerged, and their outstanding performances in these two battles made them heroes in the hearts of the Yeerqiang people. They were the brothers Gul and Baal, who were actually two spies sent to the land of Silk by Abicheril, the Great Khan of Thurchi. (To be continued.) )