Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1429

In the fourth year of Shangyuan (667).

In the middle of the river, beside the Yaosha River, Tuozhe City, the capital of Shiguo, the king's flag at the head of Shiguo's city has been pulled down, and the Sun, Moon, Star and Sanchen Banner of Tang Dynasty has been inserted.

The king of Wu'an County of the Tang Dynasty, the envoy of Hezhong Jiedu's economic strategy and the leader of the guardian of Hezhong, and the general of hussars, Qin Jun, is entering the city wearing a bright armor.

The city was full of blood, and the streets were full of corpses of soldiers from the Shi Kingdom who had fallen.

On both sides of the street, Sogdian merchants were kneeling, trembling under the military might of the Tang Dynasty.

He rode Tang Jun to rush.

"Humble general Gao Sheji will pay homage to the commander-in-chief!"

Qin Jun looked at the warrior whose armor was stained with blood, "How is it?"

Originally a Goguryeo nobleman, he later moved westward to Luoyang. Because of his natural bravery and toughness, he was recruited to join the army in the Western Regions. Seeing his bravery, Qin Jun accepted him as a soldier. In a few years, he has accumulated meritorious service and reached the town of Youyi in Hezhong.

"The king and prince of Shi Kingdom have surrendered on their knees, and their vice-king died in front of the gate of the palace." Gao Sheji said loudly, and added, "The humble general has ordered the dog to lead people to guard the king, and sealed off the palace. People took advantage of the chaos to rob."

Qin Jun nodded, "Very good, this time you broke the Stone Kingdom, you played a good role in reconnaissance. The prince and others should be credited with the first credit."

"Commander, although the humble general entered the city first, it was Gouzi who beheaded the vice king of the Shi Kingdom and broke through the gate of the palace first."

"Your son's name is Gao Xianzhi, right? What position do you have in the battalion now?"

"The dog's name is Gao Xianzhi. This name was bestowed by the marshal earlier, and he is now the leader of the ranger." Gao Sheji quickly replied.

"Well, I am quite impressed with that young man. He is good at riding and shooting, especially his archery skills are very good. He is known as Li Guang. I didn't expect to make such a great achievement this time, and he will also remember the first achievement."

Qin Jun paused, "This commander will promote you to be Yuhou of Hezhong Yamen, and give your son the guerrilla general to take over the post of Youyi Soldier and Horse Envoy of Youyi Camp."

When Gao Sheji heard this, he immediately jumped off Madang Street and knelt down to thank him.

Hezhong Town is one of the three major feudal towns of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions. It controls the Dawan Army Town, Kunlun Army Town, Mulu Army Town, Huoxun Army Town and the Sogdian Kingdom in the river. To the north of it is the With the Tianshan Mountains as the boundary, it is divided into two major military towns, Anxi and Beiting.

The three border towns were in charge of the Western Regions, and the imperial court appointed Jiedu Jinglu envoys to command the troops and horses in the towns, and concurrently served as the governor's office to replace the original Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

After several years of adjustments, the imperial court has now deployed a total of more than [-] troops in the three towns of the Western Regions.

Hezhong Town is at the forefront, with 700 people, Anxi Town has [-] troops, and Beiting has [-] troops.

Hezhong Township has more troops than Anxi and Beiting Townships, mainly because after the last peace meeting with the Dashihui League, the imperial court freed up its hands to completely maim the Western Turkic tribes in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and arrested countless people They were transported back to the Central Plains as slaves, and some of the miscellaneous tribes of the Western Regions were completely attached to the Tang Dynasty, and were finally dispersed and became the shepherds of the Tang Dynasty in the pastures of the Western Regions, or they were attached to the outside of major towns and became near the cities, and became handicraftsmen.

Qin Jun was led by the excited Gao Sheji to the palace, and the young Gao Xianzhi immediately came to see him.

The king of Shi Kingdom bowed down to Qin Jun in horror.

"How dare you disrespect the imperial court and obey the military order of the Hezhong Commander's Mansion, how can you imagine what will happen to you now?"

The King of the Stone Kingdom has deep eyes, a high nose, a small mouth and a beard, and is shivering in a white robe.

Qin Jun had no sympathy for the old king who was about to piss. After signing the covenant with Dashi, the Sogdian city-states in Hezhong were re-administered by Datang. With Wanjun Town as the core, Hezhong Town was established. Qin Jun served as the first Hezhong Governor and Hezhong Jiedu Economic Envoy, commanding [-] Hezhong soldiers and horses.

At the same time, the areas south of the Kunlun Mountains and the Congling Plateau were also included in the jurisdiction of Hezhong Town.

However, in the past few years, Datang has been busy beating the Turks.

Those Western Turkic tribes who looked very similar to the Sogdians, plus those miscellaneous Turks died or were captured under the constant siege of the Tang army, and the rest fled to the west of the Yibo Sea, or even the west of the Aral Sea. Go to the northern shore of the Caspian Sea, join the Khazars, or flee to the cold northern regions to escape the encirclement and suppression.

As for the Sogdian city-states in the river, he didn't pay much attention to them for the time being. As long as he paid tribute honestly and didn't make troubles, Qin Jun would not settle the matter for the time being.

Then starting this year, Qin Jun issued an order to the kings of the Sogdian city-states in the river, asking them to start handing over their household registration registers and field account books to the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time expropriate one-tenth of the output from the land. Land tax, and then a household tax of one-tenth of the family income.

At the same time, it was announced that the Huangtang Compulsory Education Law would be implemented in Hezhong, and all Sogdian boys aged five to ten were required to receive a five-year elementary school education in Han culture.

All Sogdian countries must establish Chinese primary schools in urban and rural areas. If the Sogdians do not send school-age boys to school to receive Chinese culture education, and send one less child, they will levy one-tenth of the household tax.

It was also announced that the compulsory military service system would be implemented in Sogdia. All Sogdian men aged 16 to 30 were obliged to serve in the military.Refusal to perform military service is a felony.

These new regulations aroused dissatisfaction among the Sogdians.

These Sogdians who lived in the river and established a city-state in the oasis were famous for being good at doing business. On the Silk Road between the East and the West, there were many wealthy merchants. They also created the phonetic alphabet Sogdian, which originated from the Arabic alphabet system. arts.

They worked tirelessly to go back and forth along the Silk Road, so that Sogdians settled all over the Silk Road. For example, there were many Sogdians in Gaochang, Kucha and other countries that came to the north from the Tianshan Mountains. Even Chang’an and Luoyang were full of Sogdians. In the Hexi Corridor, there are also many Sogdian gathering places.

They like to buy silk from the Central Plains the most, and import small and high-value treasures from the Western Regions, such as Sese, jade, agate, pearls, etc. At the same time, they also like to trade slaves.

For example, the famous orchids in Chang'an and Luoyang are basically from Sogdian horse dealers, and many of them are Persian, Roman, Turkic and even Sogdian beauties.

Even in the court of the Turkic Khan, Sogdian merchants were everywhere. They even became the financial stewards of the Turkic Khan and the Secret Service, helping them trade silk horses with the Central Plains Dynasty, or taking them captive , sold to other places in the Western Regions.

The Sogdians like to make money the most. Although there are many city-states in the river, the Sogdians have never been unified for thousands of years. Their own strength is not strong, so they like to attach themselves to powerful political forces.

For the Huns, Naida, Turks, and even Persia, once they invaded the river strongly, they would often surrender and pay tribute.

Just like the king of the Stone Kingdom in front of him, although his surname is Shi, he has many bloods from different races.Since the Western Expedition of Midianshi, the Sogdians in the river have surrendered to the Western Turks. Some small Sogdian countries and even the kings have long been replaced by the Western Turkic nobles, while the larger Sogdian countries such as Kangshi have been surrendered by the Western Turks. The Turks used the method of marriage and marriage to infiltrate and control in disguise.

The king of Shi Kingdom in front of him has a lot of Western Turkic blood, and even has a Western Turkic name. Of course, he also has a Chinese name.

During the time of Zhenguan, the Shi Kingdom was attacked by the Western Turks several times. The last time was established by the original Eastern Turkic Yugu, who later led his troops to attack the Khan in the Western Regions. He attacked the Kang Kingdom. As a result, when they passed through the country of Shi on the way, they destroyed Guo by false means.

However, after breaking the Stone Kingdom, because Datang copied Dulu's old lair in the east, and Yipi Dulu Khan had an infighting with his subordinates over the uneven distribution of spoils.

The last time the Sogdian countries recruited Western Turks, Dashi, Tocharia, etc. to oppose the Tang Dynasty, Shiguo also contributed the big town of Talas, but in the end the big cannibals sold the Sogdians, and even The city of Talas was handed over to the Tang army, and Shi Guo lost his wife and lost his army.

This time Qin Jun ordered the countries to pay taxes and serve in the military to build the Han School, but the king of Shi Guo refused to agree.

His country of Stone is just to the east of the Dawan Basin, along Yaoshashui out of the basin, only Dongcao is between the country of Shi and Dawan Town, the king of the country of Stone instigates the country of Dongcao to take the lead in resisting orders, He even said that if the Tang people really wanted to send troops to the Eastern Cao Kingdom, they would definitely send troops to rescue.

Dong Cao was weak, blocking the exit of the Dawan Basin, shivering all day long, especially after the Tang army set up Jiedu envoys in the river, and continued to increase its troops to 700, Dong Cao's mentality had already collapsed.

To continue is to sit and wait for death, it is better to just grit your teeth and fight, maybe you can persist for a while.

It’s just that he obviously misjudged the situation. Before, Hezhong Town was busy fighting the Western Turks and ignored them, but now that they have ordered taxes and soldiers to serve, they have already freed up their hands. How dare Dong Cao If you refuse to obey orders, isn't this courting death?
The other Kang Kingdoms and Shi Kingdoms are still some distance away, but this Dongcao Kingdom is at the gate of the Dawan Basin, and bears the brunt of it.

Qin Jun ordered troops to gather generals, in the name of performing soldiers after autumn, and then directly destroyed Dongcao country in one battle, and then went to Shi country again.

The main force of the Shi Kingdom was ambushed by Qin Jun halfway when rescuing Dongcao, and the entire army was wiped out, and then Qin Jun directly surrounded the king's city on his face.

It was too late to wait for Kang Guo to wait for rescue, Qin Jun broke the city directly.

Shiguo is a typical oasis city-state in the middle of the river. Although there are many towns, they are relatively scattered and there are no natural dangers. Its national army is also small, and many Shiguo people have been doing business abroad for many years.

Before losing the big town of Talas City, the main force was ambushed, and even the guards of the capital were insufficient, so how could they fight.

Gao Xianzhi took out a list to Qin Jun, but it was the treasures in the palace that he confiscated after he broke through the palace. It was recorded that there were more than ten loads of shuse, five or six camels of gold, and several warehouses of other gold, silver and silk.

He also deliberately protected the king's young and beautiful princess and left it to Qin Jun.

"It's all recorded in the army account book." Qin Jun is not interested in these treasures.

(End of this chapter)