Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 213

Yang Yue was not surprised to see the captives talking, as if she had seen such things a lot.

"A man named Zhang Azhudou. His grandfather Zhang Tingben was an assistant teacher of Confucian classics in Yuanzhou, but was later snatched by Tubo. Because of his literacy and hyphenation, he was made a sannyasin and awarded a red copper to sue his body. It was a last resort. My father also knew how to read and write. He copied Buddhist scriptures in the temple. He regretted that the heavens would never leave the New Year and died young. A certain man who did not know a few words was conscripted as a servant and raised horses in the army of the Luma Army. He was miserable. Word."

"What are you doing at that outpost?"

"Raise horses, mow grass, and collect firewood."

"Since you have the opportunity to go out, why don't you escape to Huizhou? You should know that Huizhou has been recovered by the King of Lingwu County."

"There are still Tibetan wives and children in the prefecture, and they can't bear to leave them lightly."

"In the past, some people abandoned their wives and fled back home. Why can't you?"

Zhang Azhu was speechless.

Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen wrote about such a person, "A young man followed his father to Anxi". Later, he fell into Tibet, married a Tubo wife there, and had a child. After 40 years, he finally found a chance and escaped to the border after going through untold hardships.It happened that the "Biantou general dispatched healthy soldiers" entered the territory of Tubo to capture prisoners, and when he saw Tubo dressed up, he was arrested, so this person was arrested and returned.

The emperor was kind and did not kill them, so he ordered Wu Yue to be exiled.The journey was full of hardships. When I saw the river, I missed Jiaohe, Anxi's hometown, so I cried bitterly, and said to the other Tibetan captives, "You have suffered so much, but I have suffered so much."

It is obvious that a Han Chinese can speak Chinese, and he also has a heart for the Tang Dynasty. After being trapped in Tibet for 40 years, he abandoned his wife and fled back. As a result, the "healthy soldiers" sent by Bianjiang to capture the Tibetan prisoners may be Hu people who cannot understand Chinese. , they took him back as a fan and exiled Wu Yue, what a fucking black humor.

"How many soldiers are there in the Luma Department?" the staff asked again.

"There are thousands of soldiers, and more than seven thousand strong men."

"Where's Woffling?"

"But I don't know, it should be several times larger than the Luma Department."

"Do you know the situation in Lanzhou?"

"I don't know..."

"Where is Qubu nomadic now?"

"In the northern border of Weizhou, near Linzhou and Lanzhou."

"Didn't you go to Lanzhou before? Why did you come back?"

"It should be that there was a conflict with the various tribes in Lanzhou, and they were defeated after an attack."

"How many soldiers are there in the Qu Department?"

"I don't know."

The staff took a look at Yang Yue and cupped their hands.

Yang Yue cleared his throat and asked: "Zhang Azhudu, your ancestor and your father should be scholars, why don't you take a Chinese name, but a Tibetan name instead?"

"Back to the general, the Fufuling family is different from the Qu family in Huizhou. Back then, they were reluctant to return to the country. They were afraid of Shang Yanxin's situation and then surrendered. Shang Yanxin has been dead for many years, and his tribe restored the Fan dynasty. In the early years of the system, everyone was required to speak the Tubo language, take Tubo names, braided hair, kinked hair, left lapel fur, and so on."

"This Fu Fuling family is quite courageous, and his heart is dark." Yang Yue snorted coldly, and said, "Aren't you afraid of the imperial court's conquest?"

"Min and Wei prefectures are next to Qin and Cheng prefectures. However, I haven't seen Wangshi go west for 30 years. Naturally, I have nothing to fear." Zhang Azhu said: "When the Guiyi army rebelled and Shang Yanxin returned to the country, he was terrified for a while, but the imperial court was recovering. After six prefectures and seven passes, they stopped moving forward. Then Shang Yanxin died, and the Guiyi army also fell in momentum. These Tubo festivals and thousands of households reverted to their old ways. The Qu family in Huizhou is not bad, and the people are allowed to return to our Tang Dynasty Clothes, don't interfere too much, but the rest of the states, it's hard to say."

What Zhang Azhu said was blunt, but it was the truth.Fengxiang Town is also a feudal town with sufficient population, financial resources, and military strength in the northwest of Beijing. It governs Fengxiang Mansion, Qinzhou, and Longzhou. Are you unable to go west?

Before Shang Yanxin died, you could still say that he was also a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, and it was inappropriate to beat him.But after Shang Yanxin's death, the old department rebelled, so why not hesitate at this time!Before Huang Chao's incident, I had more than ten years to call you, but the result was wasted.

These Longyou prefectures and counties were placed there in such a vague way until the demise of the Tang Dynasty.Of course, no one cared about my appearance after you sang in the Five Dynasties. Even in the early Northern Song Dynasty, they almost didn't care. If it really recovered, it would be when Hehuang opened its side.But only part of it was regained. Those with the largest population, such as Liangzhou, had long been occupied by Xixia.

"Zhang Azhudu, if I ask you to lead the way and search for the Tubo tribe's pastures in He, Wei, Min and other states, may I find them?" Yang Yue asked again.

"Weizhou is okay, but others are difficult." Zhang Azhu thought for a while, and said: "Actually, the general doesn't need to look for it deliberately. There is a reason why Tubo is called the Tubo Dynasty. They are not all nomads, they have government offices and yamen. , There are fields, pastures, and soldiers, which is quite like our dynasty. If you can advance lightly, it is not difficult to find them. Unless they are willing to give up all this and live in water and grass again, just like the Qu family in Huizhou, But it’s not an easy decision.”

"You speak in a somewhat orderly way." Yang Yue praised, and said, "How is the situation in Min and Wei prefectures in Tubo? Is there any suspicion?"

"Return to General, I never heard of it. Fu Fuling's governance is not bad, even if there are feuds among the ministries, they will not attack and kill each other."

"How many survivors of Tianbao are there in Minzhou and Weizhou?"

"There are still 2 to [-] people in the four counties of Weizhou."

"There are four more counties?"

"Yes. The city walls have been destroyed a bit, but they still remain. There are people farming in Guoxia, mainly millet and wheat, and also grazing cattle, sheep and horses."

"This is similar to the situation in Huizhou." Yang Yue said, "Can the Han people still speak the official language?"

"Some can, some can't." Zhang A Zhudu replied truthfully: "I once heard people say that the farther west you go, the more Chinese people speak Tubo, and the more Chinese people speak Tubo, almost the same as the Tubo people."

Yang Yue looked at his attire and basically believed it in her heart.

Tubo's rule in the Helong area was certainly adapted to local conditions, such as virtues, military towns, festivals, ten thousand households, one thousand households, one hundred households, etc., but as far as the core is concerned, it is the slave system.Even though the Han people were farming, the Tubo people still divided them into tribes according to their own habits.At the beginning, it was mandatory to braid hair and change clothes. Only on the first day of the first lunar month every year, Han people can wear Tang costumes and exchange them for Han Chinese hair accessories to worship their ancestors.

Lang Dama was assassinated, and after the civil strife in Tubo, the trend of dehuhua has risen, especially after Zhang Yichao, Shang Yanxin and others returned to the court.But then there were repetitions. It can only be said that the severity varies from place to place.

And as fewer and fewer people turn to the Tang Dynasty, and the overall trend of aging, it is still hard to say who the younger generation of Han people identify with themselves.

Everyone can see what happened in Huizhou.The Bai clan doesn't want to farm anymore, they just want to continue nomadic, and there are very few people in their tribe who can speak Chinese, so only the high-level people know a little about the past, and the new generation knows nothing!
Yang Yue has never seen the king of Lingwu County lead an army into the state city.But he could imagine that those so-called Han elders originally had braided hair on the left side, that is, after Qubu fled, they changed back to their original attire, and then sent a few people who could speak Chinese to greet them. .

Huizhou is like this, what is the difference between Min, Wei, He, Lin, Lan and other states?It could be even worse.

After asking the sergeant to take Zhang Azhuduo and others down, Yang Yue thought for a while, then called in his staff and discussed: "The commander-in-chief wants to attack Lanzhou, but the mountains and rivers along the way are high and the water is fast, making it difficult to travel. If you detour through Wei and Linzhou, There are many grasslands along the way, which is conducive to the attack of the Fan soldiers. Why don't you ask for instructions on this, and when the Fan soldiers arrive at Tiandu Mountain, they will gather the Dingyuan and Xinquan armies and go south together, first breaking through Weizhou, then westward, attacking Linzhou, and then bypassing Lanzhou. At that time, the commander-in-chief personally led the main force of the yamen army and marched westward along the river.

Yang Yue did not have the power to mobilize the Fan soldiers, nor did Han Jian, the governor of Huizhou, and Wang Yu, the envoy of the Dingyuan Army.The Huizhou tribe, headed by the Bai family, was willing to cooperate with the Dingyuan army, which was also an order given by Shao Shude, otherwise no one would be able to order them.

If he can be manipulated, then this person will be in danger, most likely he will lose the trust of Lingwu County King, be hidden by the marginalized snow, and have no chance to stand up.This is politics!

According to the principle of avoiding suspicion, Yang Yue didn't want to make this suggestion.Wouldn't it be good to fight peace with the commander in chief?Why bother to make a fuss, make people suspicious for no reason.

But he really wanted to win and regain the lost ground too much, so he didn't bother to worry about that much.

Of course, the staff also knew what he was thinking. After talking to this proprietor, they had nothing to say, they could only try their best to help him to the end.

At this time, Wang Quan had already received the reward and returned home.

The home is in the upper reaches of the Zuli River.They say they are giving you a house, but in fact they are just giving you some wood, and you have to wait in line for that, because there are not enough lumberjacks.

Wang Quan had already received the wood, and then he went to cut some branches and reeds and came back. He helped each other with the old brothers and built the wooden house.It's not big, but it's more than enough for a family of four, and it even has a stable and a sheepfold.

When they reached the grassy road at the head of the village, Wang Quan and his son deliberately slowed down their horses, and a corner of the silk and satin that the general had received was exposed, colorful and colorful, which could be seen at a glance.

The people in the village are basically Chaozhong, some from the four counties of Yinzhou. These people greeted Wang Quan when they saw him.Some were pardoned prisoners, they were alone, their expressions were gloomy, and they didn't look good when they saw Wang Quanshi.Everyone is a prisoner, you belong to Zhang Yan and Li Tangbin, and I belong to Meng Kai, why is there such a big difference in treatment?I am not convinced!
Wang Quan also couldn't see these resentful people very much. When passing by, he snorted coldly and said, "If you have the ability, go south to Weizhou to snatch it! There are cattle, sheep, goods, and women. What's the point of being sullen at home? Use? Bitch!"

The person injured by him was also angry, and he directly pulled out a wooden fork from the haystack, and wanted to fight for his life.Just at this time, several cavalry came from the west. Looking at their attire, they believed they belonged to the Dingyuan Army, so they suppressed their anger, gave a bah, and said, "It's just you? I'll go south to grab a Tubo official's house if I have something to do next time." Miss, come back. You will have to give up your position of command to someone, let's see if you are ashamed or not?"

Wang Quan laughed and said: "It's useless to talk big. In addition, I have to remind you that this will not be in the army. It's okay if you disrespect someone. If you gather together in the future and go south to fight in Caogu, you will return this." Let’s see if someone chops off your head.”

After all, Wang Quan and his son walked away swaggeringly.

The others looked at him with annoyed and angry expressions on their faces, but in their eyes, there was a look of envy that they couldn't hide no matter what.

Why didn't the government recruit them?Hurry up and send down the equipment, everyone doesn't need to practice, just go south to grab his mother!

It’s okay to work hard on the land, but without women, you can’t pass on the family line, how can you survive this day?
(End of this chapter)