Because Tibet is a military tribal alliance of slavery, the military system follows the primitive tribe based on the clan group of the whole people are all soldiers, the tribe is the military, administrative and production trinity, every time the expedition, the whole tribe of Tubo participates in the war, the soldiers are fighting in front of the war at the same time, the tribe of the old and young and the property will not fall too far behind, so when the front army is defeated and retreated, "heavy and weak" is often paid by the Tang army, thus becoming the pain of the Tubo tribe.

It was not until after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion that the Tang Dynasty was empty, and the Tubo army took the opportunity to plunder millions of Han people and become Tubo slaves.

In this battle of Hehuang, Tubo was still a tribal movement, but Tubo had captured many Han slaves, who were called Yong, and they were also included in the logistics this time.

The Tubo people found by Nanjiyun are a small tribe living near Wuhai, they have about 3,000 people, 1,000 men are stationed in Chiling, and women, children and slaves are distributed in the grassland west of Fuqi City, generally more than a dozen families are related by blood to live together, and the dozens of tents closest to the Tang army are composed of thirteen Tubo families.

There were more than 50 of them, of which 30 were Tibetan women and children, and the remaining 20 or so were Han people who were taken captive from Longyou, and they were slaves assigned to their thirteen families, most of them were women, and there were a few old people, and the male slaves were all sent to build a city in Dafeichuan.

It was almost dusk, and a dozen Han female slaves dressed in rags were driving the sheep back to the pen, while the rest of the female slaves were cooking in the tent and serving the Tibetan masters.

These Han women were originally women of good families in Longright, some of them got married and had children, some were still unmarried young women, the city where they lived was broken by the Tubo people, and suddenly the family was ruined, the husband died and the children were scattered, their fate was extremely tragic, first they were caught in the military camp as a memory, and those who survived were assigned to the Tibetan tribes as slaves, they had no personal freedom, they made cattle and horses for their masters, they were whipped and tortured by the hostess during the day, and met the silver desire of the male master at night, their status was even inferior to cattle and horses, and the harsh living environment made them not live for a few years, He was soon tortured to death.

"Today is their big day, hey! I wonder if we can drink mutton soup tonight? ”

"Lu Niang, don't dream, it's good if you can eat barley half full."

At this time, several sheep ran out of the flock, and several slave girls panicked and ran together to chase after them, and if one sheep was missing, they would not survive.

"The lamb is back!"

A young slave girl was desperately chasing, and suddenly, a stubble from the grassland pierced the sole of her foot, and immediately she fell to the ground with blood, and several other slave girls quickly surrounded her, and they tore strips of cloth from their tattered skirts to bandage her.

"Go and chase the sheep back, if we get lost, we will be unlucky!" The young slave girl anxiously pointed to the white sheep in the distance and shouted.

Suddenly, her hand froze, and she saw a convoy of military horses in the distance, speeding towards her.

She suddenly cried out in horror: "There are soldiers coming!" ”

The female slaves were suddenly frightened, they knew too well the consequences of being caught by these tiger and wolf soldiers, they had all experienced it, and the pain of life was worse than death left them with unforgettable nightmares.

The slave girls also didn't care about the sheep, they scattered in all directions in terror, and the wounded slave girls were supported by two companions and fled south, but where could they run past the war horses, and in a moment, the sound of horses' hooves like thunder sounded in their ears, and some people laughed, "It's all Tibetan girls, brothers enjoy it!" ”

"It's Han!"

The young slave girl stood abruptly, she suddenly turned around, and saw a bearded Tang Jun rushing towards her, she shouted with excitement, and tears flowed down her face.

"Help me!"

Li Fei Yuanli, who rushed towards her, was stunned, this Tibetan girl was crying and screaming, and she could speak Chinese, what was going on?

One of the soldiers saw it first, and he shouted: "General Lifei, she seems to be a Han woman!" ”

"Han Chinese?"

Li Fei Yuanli suddenly ordered loudly: "Go and tell the brothers not to mess around, and ask about the situation first." ”

He turned over and dismounted, and walked to the woman who knelt before him, and when he saw that the soles of her feet were pierced by a piece of wood, and her flesh was blurred, he took out of his bosom a bag of wound medicine and sprinkled it on top of the wound for her.

The slave girl knelt on the ground, bowed her head and wiped her tears, Li Fei Yuanli squatted in front of her, looked at her and said, "Say it! If you are really a Han woman, Lao Li will not hurt you. ”

"Master Jun, the slave's surname is Zhao, nickname Lu Niang, sixteen years old this year, originally from Fengxiang, Guanzhong."

"Wait! Since you are from Fengxiang in Guanzhong, why are you here? Li Fei Yuanli scratched the back of his head and asked suspiciously.

"The slave family went to Songzhou with their parents five years ago to take refuge with their uncle, where their father planted a few acres of thin fields for a living, three years ago, the Tubo people broke through Songzhou, and the people of the city were arrested, when they walked through a mountain cliff, the Tubo people let us say goodbye to their hometown, and the father and the uncle jumped off the cliff in grief, and the mother also jumped down with the father, and more than 500 of our young women were sent to the Tubo military camp....."

"Say no more!"

Li Fei Yuanli stood up, anger flashed in his eyes, and at this time, more than a dozen other women also slowly gathered over, and Li Fei Yuanli waved his hand to them: "Don't be afraid, we are the Tang Army, we will protect you and send you back to your hometown." ”

More than a dozen Han female slaves listened blankly, suddenly, someone howled and cried, everyone immediately cried together, they cried to the Tang army about their tragic fate after being captured by the Tubo people, how many years of painful torture, how many years of missing their relatives, they were desperate, they waited for death in pain, but at this moment, a Tang army, their own army suddenly came to their side.

The pain that the slave girls had accumulated in their hearts exploded at this moment, they covered their faces and wept bitterly, they couldn't go on, and several women even fainted from crying when they thought of their husbands and children being killed.

The faces of every Tang army were full of tears, and they silently looked at this group of sisters who were enslaved by the Tubo people, all of them with tattered dresses, skinny as wood, their hair as unkempt as straw, and their faces full of hunger bitterness.

"Revenge!" One of the soldiers suddenly shouted.

"Revenge! Avenge! ....." roar echoed through the field.

Li Fei Yuanli raised his head and stared at the tent in the distance viciously, he smashed his fist on the grass, and said word by word: "Kill me, go and save our sisters, no matter how young or old, the Tubo people, regardless of gender, old and young, leave no one, kill them all for me!" ”

More than 200 Tang soldiers flew on their horses, they drew their horizontal knives, roared and threw themselves into the tent, the fire of hatred was already burning in their chests, and the hatred in their hearts was condensed into only one word: 'Kill!' ’

Thirteen Tibetan families who were eating were alarmed by the sound of horses' hooves, they ran out of the tent one after another, and suddenly found that it was the Tang army who killed them, they were terrified, turned around and ran, two Tibetan teenagers rode horses to escape, and were shot through the back by two flying wolf tooth arrows, screaming and falling off the horse.

A tribal elder who lived here was furious, drew his sword and stepped forward to fight, but was whistling by a Tang army, his head was chopped off, and thirty Tibetan women and children were instantly overwhelmed by the iron hooves of the Tang army.

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When it was dark, Li Qing'an's brigade slowly arrived at the river, a roaring bonfire was lit in the middle of the tent, Lifei Yuanli was leading the Tang army to busily kill sheep and barbecue, more than 20 women were placed in other tents, and the Tang army sent them goat's milk and roasted meat.

The anger in Li Fei Yuanli's chest was still unsettled, and he reported to Li Qing Anyu hatefully: "Qilang, my old Li is indignant, and I killed all the Tubo people here, if you violate any military discipline, you can punish me." ”

"I won't punish you for killing someone, but if one of you escapes, I'll beat you with a hundred sticks!"

Li Fei Yuanli was overjoyed, and he immediately said: "No, I promise that no one escapes, we are outflanked." ”

At this time, Nan Jiyun stepped forward with an old man with a shaved head and a felt: "General, this old man is also a Han slave, and he knows the situation over there in Fu Qi City. ”

The old man stepped forward and knelt down and wept, "General! I am from Lintao, I have been arrested for ten years, if I can go back to my hometown, I will definitely give you an immortal card, and kneel down for you every day. ”

Li Qingxin was sad, and hurriedly helped him up and comforted: "Old man, we will definitely send you back to your hometown, can you tell me about the situation in Fu Qi City first?" ”

The old man sighed and said: "I am a blacksmith in Lintao, I have been playing iron for thirty years, and I have work in my hands, so I was not killed, two months ago, I was conscripted to work in Fu Qi City, and I came back with my master three days ago, Fu Qi City is full of grain, I have counted, there are twenty-four large granaries, which is the grain depot of the Tubo army. ”

"How many Tibetan soldiers are stationed there?"

"I don't know, I guess there are thousands of people! However, I heard my master say that there are not too many troops in Fu Qi City, and the heavy troops of Tubo are concentrated in the south and north of Qinghai, the area of Chiling Dafeichuan in the south, and the Datong Valley in the north. ”

Li Qingan's brows furrowed, the thing he had been worried about was probably about to become a reality, that is, how would he go to Hehuang? Qinghai Lake and North Lake are heavily garrisoned, they can't bypass it at all, if they are discovered by the Tubo people, then they can only retreat to Dunhuang, then what is the point of him coming to Hehuang.

He paced slowly with his hands behind his back, thinking about countermeasures, from the south, to cross the Chiling, first of all, he couldn't cross the Dafei River, he could only take the north road, around the Datong Valley north of Qinghai, he carefully studied the map, the Datong Valley is about 100 miles wide, the Tubo people can not be on guard everywhere, there must be a gap in the middle, if you find a way to transfer part of the garrison of Datong Mountain to the south, there will definitely be a defensive hole, in this way, maybe they will have a chance.

Thinking of this, Li Qing'an beckoned Nan Jiyun and He Yanming to call them over, and said: "We are behind enemy lines, intelligence is the most important, you each lead a small team of men and horses to Fuqi City and Datong Valley to investigate the situation, remember, no matter what, we can't let the Tubo people find out our whereabouts, even ordinary civilians can't, if we are accidentally discovered, we will kill all the people nearby, regardless of men, women and children, no one will be left, don't have the kindness of women, otherwise we will have the worry of our lives." ”

"Subordinates obey!"

The two of them hugged their fists and saluted, and they went in a hurry, Li Qing'an asked Zhao Luniang to bring Zhao Luniang again, and asked in detail about the situation in Jiannan, he suddenly had an idea, the Tubo army gathered in Dafeichuan, and the area around Jiannan must be empty, why not take this opportunity to recover the Jiannan city occupied by Tubo?

After the Tang army finished dinner, they put out the fire and rested, dozens of sentry posts were distributed ten miles away, although Nan Jiyun had gone to investigate, there were no people within thirty miles around, but Li Qing'an still did not dare to be careless, they were among the hundreds of thousands of Tubo people, once discovered, the consequences were unimaginable.

Tang Jun soon fell asleep, snoring one after another, Li Qing'an could not sleep, he took a bow and arrows around the camp around, he passed by several female slave tents, two sentries guarded near their tents, saw Li Qing'an coming, the two stood up together.

"Did anyone bother them?" Li Qingan pointed to the tent and asked.

"General Huiyu, no!"

Li Qing'an approached the tent and looked in through the gap, it was dark inside, and it was faintly visible that they were huddled on the thick blankets, all asleep, and the sound of breathing was evenly undulating.

Li Qing'an sighed secretly and said to the two sentinels: "Take care of them, no one is allowed to enter, if someone wants to forcibly break in, come and inform me immediately." ”

"Yes!"

Li Qing'an left the slave girl's tent again, and walked to a low hill, he climbed up, although the hill was not high, but there was still a feeling of looking far away, and the night wind was cold, beating his face.

He sat down with his knees crossed, in his memory, this is a plateau three thousand meters above sea level, the sky has become extraordinarily clean, and it seems bigger, like an endless sea, and like a canopy covering everything, so calm, without a single wrinkle, all the same deep blue, the stars in the sky hang above his head, like a jewel on the canopy, extraordinarily dazzling, suddenly, a ray of light moved to the west, it was a star falling to the west, and soon it fell to the sky and disappeared......

This place is so close to space, Li Qing'an suddenly remembered a science fiction documentary he had seen in his later life, saying that there were many alien traces of unknown origin by Qinghai Lake, such as the mystery of the stone disc, and a strange idea appeared in his mind, whether he would meet aliens, find a time tunnel for him, and let him go back to 1,300 years later.

Li Qingan smiled bitterly and shook his head, how could it be? Even if there was really a time tunnel in front of him, would he still have the courage to go back? From the early spring of Tianbao's fifth year to Datang, it was already September of Tianbao's seventh year, almost three years, he felt that he had almost melted into this era, like everyone, the drill bit wanted to climb up, longing to be the position of the festival envoy one day earlier, longing to be named a general, worship the general, be a high-ranking official, live in a huge mansion, have a beauty like Yang Guifei, have endless wealth, can go down in history, and have the same ideas as all Datang officers.

So, he desperately befriended the powerful, got the favor of Gao Lishi, was favored by Li Linfu, entered the tide file, was affirmed by the Tang Emperor, and won 50,000 taels of gold, so far, everything is going well for him, he has even seen the position of the envoy of Anxi Jiedu beckoning to him, he is a little carried away.

To this day, he inadvertently saw and heard with his own eyes the misery of the Han slaves, as if he was waking him up with a blow to the head.

No, he should be different from ordinary Tang people, he has a history of 1,300 years more than them, and the tragic reincarnation of the Han nation, he knows better than them, and he understands it more painfully than them.

Li Qing'an couldn't help but think of Zhao Luniang's story, 'The Tubo people broke through Songzhou, the whole city was captured, and when we walked over a mountain cliff, the Tubo people asked us to say goodbye to our hometown, and my father and uncle jumped off the cliff in grief, and my mother also jumped down with my father, and more than 500 of our young women were sent to the Tubo military camp.....

Seven years later, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and the Tubo attacked the Tang Dynasty, and millions of Han people were captured in Tibet, reduced to slaves, reduced to livestock, their wives and daughters were forcibly occupied, their parents were killed, their homes were destroyed, they were shaved and changed, forced to forget the language of their homeland, and became slaves from generation to generation.

In the following decades, countless beast-like aliens ravaged and killed the Han nation, in the fifteenth year of Tianbao, Li Longji fled to the west, hundreds of thousands of Hu soldiers entered Chang'an, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was annihilated in the cruel laughter of the Hu soldiers, the Central Plains struggled under the iron cavalry of the Hu people, and the cities were breached, slaughtered, men were killed, and women died in turn; The fire of the White Horse Temple, the eastern capital of Luoyang, struggled in the silver desire of the Hui people; In the first year of Guangde, Tubo broke Beijing, ransacked for half a month, and swept away the wealthy women of Chang'an.

These histories were gradually forgotten by the children and grandchildren, and the people of later generations only remembered the friendship under the monument of the Huimeng, and only remembered the words that sang the praises of virtue, but today's Li Qing'an has a particularly real experience of the cruelty of history, and the tragic experience of more than 20 Han female slaves is not the truest portrayal of the relationship between Tang and Tibet?

"Longtou has been cut off, and Hu rode into Liangzhou City at night. The Han family fought to the death everywhere, and once there was no place in Longxi. Drive the people on my side to the middle of the hu, scatter the cattle and sheep to eat the corn. Last year, China adopted a descendant, and now he is learning Hu in felt. Who can make Li Qingche more and collect the Han family belonging to Liangzhou? ”

He whispered this famous poem, tonight, he thought too much, too much, and he had a feeling in his heart that he had never felt before.

Tonight, on the shore of Qinghai Lake, he will have no sleep.

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(To be continued)