Tibet

Chapter 417
Winter in the river is coming.

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-October, and the first light snow fell one after another.

The western part of Yibohai is also covered by a lot of snow. There are thousands of Ge Luolu herdsmen living here. They are the Ge Luolu people who used to step on the army. Luolu.

As winter approaches, families are storing food, making yogurt, and housing sheep for the winter.

This morning, a cavalry of thousands of people suddenly came from the northwest and rushed into this unprepared herdsman area. There were screams and cries all at once. The cavalry was extremely brutal and they killed without mercy Men and old people, leaving only women and young children, the originally quiet and peaceful herdsmen's area suddenly fell into a bloodbath.

In the southernmost herdsman family, a strong herdsman helped his wife and young son onto the horse and shouted: "I will protect you, run away!"

The horse ran a hundred paces in one breath, and the wife looked back, only to see her husband holding a spear and desperately blocking more than a dozen cavalrymen who were chasing him. He killed three people in a row, but the number of opponents was too many, and he was quickly cut down by the cavalrymen. .

The wife cried out in grief and pulled the horse to rush back, but the son in her arms burst into tears, which woke her up suddenly, and she rode the horse and ran away to the south.

The Tang army has a garrison at the northernmost part of the Chu River Valley. To the north of the garrison is the Yibohai South Pasture, and to the east is the Yili River Valley. The garrison is just at the intersection of the two roads. There are ten soldiers here. Garrison.

The first snow came, and the soldiers guarding the fort were packing up, preparing to withdraw the broken leaves. According to the usual practice, only two soldiers were left to guard here in winter.

The soldiers were all in a good mood. Although they did not participate in the Battle of Juzhanti, each of them was allocated [-] gold coins, which is equivalent to [-] pennies. This money can buy several acres in their respective hometowns. land up.

But the soldiers are very realistic, what they think of is not the land, but to rush back to Suiye City, spend a few gold coins, go to a restaurant to eat and drink, and then find a prostitute to sleep well for a few days.

Suddenly, a soldier on the top of the fort pointed to the north and yelled. Everyone stopped packing up and looked to the north. Come.

They were driving a cart with tents and belongings on it. Old people and children were also sitting in the cart. Sheep flocks were driving on both sides of the cart, guarded by loyal hounds, chasing stray sheep back at any time.

The team was more than ten miles long, and there were thousands of families. The soldiers all recognized that this was the Tuqishi tribe living in the southern part of Yibohai.

The Chu River Valley, the Yili River Valley, the south of Yibohai, and the surrounding areas of Rehai, these four regions are directly under the Tang Dynasty, and all the people living in these four regions, whether they are Han people or nomadic tribes, They all belong to the people of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, belong to the legal residents of the Tang Dynasty, have household registration in Suiye, pay taxes to the Suiye government every year, and are also protected by the Suiye government.

This Tuqishi tribe is a legal resident registered in Suiye. They live on the vast pastures in the south of the Yibo Sea. But when winter comes, why do they suddenly move south?
The soldiers were very strange, and the chief fire chief rode up to meet him.

The rice harvest in Suiyecheng was bumper in early October, which solved the food problem for the Tang army.

In the past few months, the Tang army has been conducting targeted high-altitude training, preparing for military operations in the next year and the next year.

Perhaps the 20 gold coins had an effect, and Li Ye and Feng Changqing reached a new consensus that the Anxi army would not completely abandon the big and small Bolu, and would work with the Hezhong army to wipe out the big and small Bolu's Tubo army, completely sealing off Tubo The army's westward march.

Otherwise, it would be very difficult for the Hezhong army alone to wipe out the Tubo army, large and small.

In the afternoon, Li Ye came back from patrolling the pastures outside the city. Last night, the wind was so strong that a sheep shed outside the city collapsed, killing more than 300 sheep. Hundreds of soldiers rushed to repair and reinforce the other sheep sheds overnight.

The Hezhong Army has 60 sheep, and ensuring that the flock survives the winter safely is also a big problem.

As soon as he arrived at the steps of the official office, Chief Shi Xie Jin came out and said, "Captain, a major event has happened!"

Li Ye got off his horse and asked, "What happened?"

"Soldiers from the garrison came to report just now that thousands of herdsmen from the southern part of Yibohai have gone south and have entered the river valley, and will soon arrive at Suiye City."

This news was indeed surprising, Li Ye frowned and asked, "Did you say anything?"

"The messenger said that it might be an alien invasion?"

"Let's go and see!"

Li Ye didn't care about rest, and took a dozen officials and a large number of soldiers out of Suiye City, heading north of Suiye City.

After running for more than a dozen miles, we encountered a mighty team of herdsmen in front of us.

The team stopped, and the leader of the Tuqishi Chief Germain was led up.

The great chief saluted and said, "I implore Captain Li to help us!"

Li Ye nodded, "You have to tell me what happened before I can help you!"

"We got news that a large number of cavalry attacked the Geluolu tribe west of Yibohai, murdered and set fire, and committed all kinds of crimes. We were worried that their next target would be the southern part of Yibohai, so we decided to go south for refuge. "

"Is the news true? Where is the cavalry?" Li Ye asked again.

"Where the cavalrymen don't know, but the news is definitely true. It was the wife of Ge Luolu warrior Zahe who fled to report that her husband Zahe had been killed by the invading cavalry in order to protect their mother and son."

"How many intruders are there?"

"Zah's wife said there were a lot of people, at least a few thousand, but they were all wearing armor and carrying spears."

Li Ye nodded, and said to Xie Jin: "Take them to He Lie City to temporarily settle down for the winter. There is an open space there. After spring, let them go to Yili River Valley."

Xie Jin then arranged for the officials to lead the team to continue towards He Lie City.

Li Ye sent a team of cavalry scouts to Yibohai to inquire about the news. Although winter has already entered, it will not really enter the cold winter season when the roads are blocked by heavy snow and it is difficult to walk until after mid-November.

"Where does the governor think the cavalry is?" Xie Jin asked in a low voice.

Li Ye said slowly: "A cavalry wearing armor is not an ordinary nomad. At least it is a relatively powerful country. Within the range of two to three thousand miles west of Yibohai, there is only the Khazar Khanate."

Xie Jin shook his head, "The humble official has never heard of the Khazar Khanate!"

Li Ye pondered for a while and said: "I heard that King Modo of Bahana mentioned this country. They are actually the Gesa tribe among the nine tribes of Huihe. It migrated westward to the northern part of the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea, and now it is a relatively powerful Khanate, and the entire kingdom collectively converted to Judaism around the first year of Tianbao, and the east of the Khazar Khanate is the Great Qin Kingdom.”

Xie Jin frowned, "Why did the cavalry of the Khazar Khanate come to destroy the sea?"

Li Ye shook his head, "I don't know the specific reason, but Narman, the great chief of the Ministry of Warcraft, should send someone to inform us soon, and he should know better than us."

After temporarily settling down the Tuqi Shiren who had fled, Li Ye returned to his residence in Suiye City.

Li Ye still lives in Suiyegui Hotel, which is a single courtyard. Other officials have their own temporary residences, and basically every official has a woman to take care of them.

They were brought by Ju Zhanti. Li Ye thought carefully and arranged for each of them to be a concubine. Even Yu Chiguang, Wang Yu, Wu Tai and others also had their own wives.

There is also a little maid beside Li Ye, the little lady Xiaokang he brought back from Samarkand.

Li Ye walked back to the courtyard, Xiaokang ran out with a smile on his face and said, "My lord is back!"

"Is there any hot tea?"

"Yes, just after frying, I knew the young master would be back soon."

"How do you know?" Li Ye asked with a smile.

"Feeling! My senses are always accurate."

Li Ye laughed loudly, "Have you cooked a pot of tea for yourself? You were about to eat pancakes, but I came back."

"Where is it? Hurry up and drink tea!"

Xiaokang's secret was guessed by Li Ye, she blushed and quickly pushed Li Ye in.

(End of this chapter)