Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 416
Just as the soldiers outside were getting ready, they saw the soldiers inside rushing out. They dragged a man. Judging by the color of his clothes, he was a Turkic herdsman. He was wearing a very tattered leather coat and his hair was disheveled. He was grabbed by his legs by the soldiers. , and dragged out of the town backwards!

Seeing this, Su Dingfang waved his hand and shouted: "Go in with a group of people and see if there are any Turkic people inside!"

A group of soldiers agreed in unison, and galloped into the town.

The soldiers dragged the Turks to Wang Ping'an's horse and shouted, "Master, this fellow is very courageous. When he saw us coming, instead of hiding, he crawled out and asked us for food!"

Wang Pingan said, and looked down at the Turkic man. This man is about 50 years old. Life in the grassland is not easy, and he looks old. He looks more than 50 years old, but it is estimated that he should be less than [-] years old.

This Turkic man's clothes were torn and his body was dirty. He was lying on the ground with despair in his eyes. He didn't beg for mercy. Looking at his expression, it seemed that if the soldier gave him a knife right now, he would be very grateful on the contrary, and finally he was relieved!

Wang Pingan lowered his head and asked, "Which tribe do you belong to? Why are you here?"

Brother Yelujun, who was standing by, immediately translated the words.The Turkic man's eyes lit up a little when he heard his own language, and he said in Chinese: "Kalala, looking for something to eat, I'm hungry!"

Wang Ping'an understood without Yelujun's translation, and asked, "What tribe is Kalala, Turkic?"

Brother Yelujun said: "It's a small tribe in Turkic. There are many craftsmen in the tribe, and they are good at making stone arrowheads. Because the arrowheads will make a crackling sound when they are made, so this is the name of the tribe."

"Making arrowheads out of stones?" Wang Ping'an frowned. Presumably it is not easy to control iron on the grasslands, so the herdsmen used stones to make arrowheads, which is quite backward.

While speaking, the soldiers in the town arrested more than a dozen Turkic people, and they were all dragged out. All of them were in tattered clothes, men, women, old and young, and they seemed to belong to a small family.When they saw this man outside, they shouted together, and the children burst into tears!
Wang Pingan glanced at Su Dingfang, and Su Dingfang hurriedly said: "Look at them, they are all old and weak, either they can't walk anymore, or they are abandoned, or they can't stay here!"

Hmm, Wang Pingan didn't speak, thinking about how to deal with these Turkic people.

Di Renjie suddenly asked: "Where are your horses? Turkic people don't have horses, so why are they called Turkic people?"

The question was out of the mouth, but everyone didn't need the answer from the Turkic people. Why there were no horses? They must have been killed for meat.Horses are the lifeblood of Turkic people. If it is not a last resort, how can there be Turkic people without horses.

Although Ouyang Li was guarding the brigade behind, the Ouyang brothers still followed to protect Wang Ping'an.Ouyang Yi jumped off his horse, inspected these Turkic people, turned to Wang Ping'an and said, "Master, these Turkic people have no weapons. They seem to be ordinary herdsmen, not Turkic soldiers!"

Wang Pingan nodded, waved his hands at these Turkic people and said, "Get out of here quickly. If the people of Liangzhou come back, seeing you here will surely hurt you. Go back to the grassland!"

Brother Yelujun translated the words, and an old Turkic man in the lead babbled a lot, and Brother Yelujun hurriedly told Wang Ping'an what he said.

What the old Turkic man said was that their tent was robbed, and nothing was left of their horses, cattle and sheep.If you stay in this small town, you will have a house to live in, a fire to keep warm, a shelter in the forest and wild fields, and you can catch some small animals to satisfy your hunger. Although life is difficult, you will not die of freezing and starvation immediately. Within a few days, the dozen or so of them would all die.

Wang Pingan heard this, and after thinking about it, it was indeed the case. He said: "But if you don't leave, when the people in this town come back, you will still have to be killed..." He didn't continue, how many days can he live? God, no one wants to die right away.

Brother Yelujun translated the words as usual, and the old Turkic man said a few more words.Brother Yelujun said: "He said he wanted to be a Tang Dynasty man, and he didn't intend to be a Turkic man any more. He also said that he wanted to learn how to farm, and that the Tang government allowed this!"

Wang Pingan looked at Su Dingfang and asked, "Will the imperial court allow this? This is tantamount to luring the Turkic herdsmen. Those tribal leaders on the grassland must be mad, and they will start a war, right?"

Su Dingfang smiled and said: "Master Hou, let the Turkic poor move inward to reduce the strength of the Turkic people. This kind of thing started in the former Sui Dynasty. Not to mention the temptation, sometimes a large army will be dispatched to plunder the population to enter the customs. Nothing unusual!"

Di Renjie blushed and bowed his head in silence, while the soldiers all looked disbelieving. The army went out to plunder the population?impossible!
For hostile countries, there is no need to be polite, as long as they can weaken the enemy, they can do anything.The officials of the Tang Dynasty are not bad, but they just plundered the population, and they should be placed in the former Sui Dynasty. If they have the skills to plunder, it would be better to just chop it up!
Wang Pingan whispered: "But these Turkic people have moved inward. If they collude with the Turkic people on the grassland, it will be even more dangerous. What should we do if we cooperate with the inside and outside to seize the city?"

Su Dingfang glanced at the Turkic people lying on the ground, and said contemptuously: "These Turkic people don't have the slightest idea of ​​family and country. They fight for whoever they follow. There has never been a reaction. On the contrary, the grassland If there is a disturbance in the world, the first people to report to the local government are not the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty on the peak fire platform, but often these Turkic people who have taken refuge. The Turkic people have no other skills, and the ability to beat their own people is the last It's great!"

Wang Pingan hummed, this is true, the characteristics of the Turkic people are good for Datang, but there are also disadvantages, that is, the grassland is not unified, that is, it is loose sand, which is easy to fight, but once unified, this characteristic will immediately affect the Tang Dynasty. Datang is at a disadvantage.Whoever the Turkic soldiers follow, they will fight for whoever they are. This will make the powerful tribes stronger and stronger, and their military strength will increase rapidly!
It is not allowed to have only one voice on the grassland, the khan cannot be the only leader, and the hostile tribes of the khan must be supported. This is not only the policy of the Tang Dynasty towards the Turks, but also the policy of the former Sui Dynasty!
Wang Pingan nodded and said, "It's a good thing to want to be a citizen of my Tang Dynasty, and the future is bright. Come here, leave some dry food for them, and let them go!"

The soldiers took out the dry food they carried with them and distributed a little to the Turks, which was actually one cake per person.But these Turkic people were overjoyed, kowtowed fiercely to Wang Pingan on the ground, grabbed the cake and stuffed it into their mouths, obviously hungry!
Wang Pingan waved his hand and said, "Let's go on, we must go to the city today, it has been delayed for several days!"

The army set off again and rushed to Liangzhou.But it didn't matter if they moved together, those Turkic people followed up. Although they didn't run fast, they kept following behind and didn't go back to the small village.

Wang Pingan looked back, shook his head and said, "They think they can survive by following us, should we take them with us?"

Di Renjie and Su Dingfang said loudly at the same time: "No, you can't take them with you!"

Di Renjie said: "It's not that my brother is cruel. If the Turkic people are like them and willing to join our Tang Dynasty, it will be very beneficial to our Tang Dynasty. It can not only strengthen the strength, but also weaken the Turks. The imperial court has always used this as a foreign policy." National policy! But the current situation is that we don’t have the strength to pity them, wouldn’t it be bad if more people followed?”

Su Dingfang also said: "Now that there are fewer people, they will be less courageous. If there are more people gathered, they will become more courageous. If we can't give dry food, they will rob horses. They even rob their own people, let alone us outsiders There is still half a day's journey away from Liangzhou, so nothing can happen, and you must not show kindness indiscriminately!"

Wang Pingan nodded and said, "I'm just asking, let's hurry!"

The crowd urged their horses to move forward, and after a while, they arrived at another village.There are also Turkic people fleeing in this village. When they heard the sound of horseshoes, they first hid, but when they saw Tang soldiers, they came out instead, begging for some food!

Seeing this, Wang Ping'an said, "Anyway, I've arrived in Liangzhou, so I'll share the rest of the dry food with them."

Di Renjie said: "Looking at them, they don't seem to be afraid of my Tang army, so why did they hide earlier? Who are they afraid of?"

Everyone was speechless, thinking in their hearts, could it be that they are afraid of Turkic people?After distributing some dry food to these Turkic people, everyone continued on their way, but those Turkic people followed suit!
Wang Pingan looked back and said with a smile: "Oh, the grassland herdsmen are really interesting. I gave them a cake, and they followed me. If so, if I go around the grassland, wouldn't it be possible to attract a big tribe?" !"

Su Dingfang said: "Tribes on the grassland prosper very quickly, especially in times of catastrophe. As long as the leader can keep the herdsmen, let's see, within a few years, a large tribe with tens of thousands or even 10,000+ people will It can be formed!" After a pause, he added: "Prosper fast, disperse faster, the Huns used to be like this, and now the Turks are still like this!"

They talked and walked for a few miles, and the villages and towns they encountered basically had some Turkic people, but the local people were nowhere to be seen, and after the Turkic people got the dry food, they all followed Wang Pingan and the others!

If it continues like this, Wang Ping'an might really be able to pull up a large tribe, but it's a pity that the Turkic people who followed him were all old and weak women and children, and they almost saw men who were not in their prime!

When he was about twenty miles away from the city, Su Dingfang suddenly said: "It's not right. Brother Di said just now that these old and weak Turks are not afraid of the Central Plains army, but who are they afraid of? Thinking about it now, it seems that they are really afraid of them." The Turkic people, could it be possible that a powerful Turkic tribe appeared in front of the city?"

Everyone reined in their horses, you look at me, I look at you, the roots of your hair are a little numb!All the people of Liangzhou went to the city, but the old and weak Turks stayed so far away from the city. What does this mean?Doesn't it just show that there are powerful Turkic tribes under the city, and they are so powerful that even Liangzhou soldiers can't drive them away!

Wang Pingan waved his hand and called, "Where's Hou Ling?"

Hou Lingzong immediately stepped forward and said, "This subordinate is here!"

Wang Pingan said: "Go and see what's going on under the city, we'll wait for you here!"

Hou Ling agreed and ran towards Liangzhou.

Wang Pingan led his people into a small village on the side of the road, waiting for Hou Ling's return!

(End of this chapter)