Time soon came to September of the twelfth year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty (753).
Outside Luoche City, a large area of highland barley in the Jiqu River Valley is about to mature.
The gentle breeze blew, and the golden barley fields stirred up layers of wheat waves. The rustling sound and the fragrance of highland barley filled the air, making the Tubo slaves who had just turned over feel joy from the bottom of their hearts.
For these slaves, this year has been an unprecedented good year.
These large tracts of highland barley belong to them, which was something I couldn't even imagine before.
Since the oracle came down from the god of Yala Xiangbo Mountain, each of their families has been allocated farmland, pastures, cattle, sheep and horses, and even has a house to live in Luoche City. In the past, it was a house that only powerful lamas could live in.
Of course, most of the time they did not live in Luosu City, but in wooden houses or tents outside the city.
Almost all the slaves are looking forward to making a big vat of tsampa, baskets full of cheese, and butter tea after harvesting the highland barley, so that they can have a good year this year.
Thanks to the Yala Xiangbo Mountain God, the Tibetan people finally live a good life.
There were actually slaves kneeling in the fields, kowtowing devoutly to the sky.
However, no one goes to the temple to pay tribute, and no one goes to the Jokhang Temple for pilgrimage or to Mount Kailash, because the God of Yala Xiangbo Mountain has clearly told them that the real The god will not let his believers suffer any suffering, but will only let them enjoy peace and joy.
All pilgrimage rituals full of suffering are forged by lamas under the guise of the will of the gods. The real gods will not show their greatness through such twisted rituals.
It is definitely not the will of the gods to persuade believers to contribute money to temples. It is the will of the gods pretended to be by greedy lamas.
Therefore, most Tibetan people only feel grateful to the Yala Xiangbo Mountain God in their hearts. Sometimes they really want to kowtow, but they will only kowtow spontaneously in the fields after finishing their farm work.
This is the real Yala Shampoo Mountain God.
They were all deceived by lamas in the past.
Lan Lin is such a Tubo man, and he is also a leader.
The divine envoy introduced the Lijia system in accordance with the oracle of the Yala Xiangbo Mountain God. All adult Tubo people were divided into separate households. Ten households were combined into one Jia, with the head of the Jia, and the head of the Jia, and the head of the Jia, and the length of the Lijia.
In case of neighborhood disputes, the head of the village can handle them.
If something serious happens, it must be decided by a more logical official.
It seems that the officials in Luoxe City are all Han, but the Yala Xiangbo Mountain God said that the Han and Tibetans are actually one family, they are all descendants of the same ancestor. They just speak different words and wear different clothes, but they still It's a family.
Lan Lin was kowtowing at the edge of his highland barley field when his son hurried over.
His son was already sixteen years old, but he looked like a seven or eight-year-old child. Moreover, because he lost a sheep while herding sheep for the noble master, his right arm was cut off, leaving him with only one arm.
But now, Lan Lin is not worried about his son's future at all.
Now that their family has mountains, land, pastures, cattle, sheep and horses, are they still afraid that they will have no food to eat?
"Dad, Dad, someone from Luoche is here!" The son reported breathlessly, "Let's quickly gather the strong men and go to Luoche to fight outside the city."
"War?" Lan Lin couldn't help but be stunned.
The child nodded and said, "Well, the people who came here said that Zamp's army has returned and they want to take back all the highland barley land, pastures, cattle, sheep and horses assigned to us by the Yala Xianbo Mountain God. The houses in Luoche City will also be taken back, and the hands and feet of all the slaves will be cut off, and the human skin will be peeled off to make a human thangka! Wow, I don’t want to be made into a human thangka..."
The child burst into tears at the end. For him, being skinned and made into a thangka was really terrifying.
"Wangmu, don't be afraid. With the blessing of the Yala Xiangbo Mountain God, no one can take back our highland barley land, pastures, cattle, sheep, livestock, and houses, not even Zanpu." Lan Lin touched the child's forehead. , and then continued, "No one will peel our skins and make human skin thangkas again, even if the Living Buddha comes!"
After a pause, he continued: "Come on, follow me to gather the strong men!"
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In Luoxie City, Li Siye said to "Cui He" with some worry: "Master Lu, do you really want to lead the troops to the wild?"
Li Zuoguo, Cen Shen, Lu Wen and other Tang army generals also looked at Cui He with confused looks. They couldn't figure out that although Luozhe was not a fortified city, it was still a big city. Since there was a city to defend, why should they fight with the Tubo army? What about field battles? Wouldn't it be better to use the logical city wall to consume the Tibetan army's military strength?
Cui He said: "Two reasons, one is to preserve the highland barley that is about to mature, and the other is to train troops."
Li Siye glanced at the golden barley field on the hillside outside the city, and then said: "It is understandable that in order to protect the highland barley that is about to mature outside the city, where does the training of troops start?"
Cui He said: "Of course it is to train the Tibetan civilian army."
In Lu Xiaoning's plan, the Tubo civilian army occupied an important position.
Two years later, the Anshi Rebellion broke out. It was difficult for the 24,000 Anxi Army alone to defeat the 180,000 rebels in Anlu Mountain. Moreover, all the Anxi Army could not go back, so they had to add the Tubo civilian army.
In fact, in the past few months, Cen Shen has been training according to Lu Xiaoning's wishes.
Implementing the Lijia system for all Tubo people around Luozhe is only the first step. The second step is to conduct cavalry and archery training, and the training is conducted according to the standards of Mongolian cavalry.
To put it bluntly, Lu Xiaoning wants to turn the Tibetan militia into Mongolian cavalry.
The Tubo people actually have a good foundation in riding and shooting.
Of course, just the tactics are similar to the Mongolian cavalry, but the military discipline and style are definitely not. Lu Xiaoning will ask Cen Shen to instill the concept of the Han and Tibetan families into every Tubo militiaman, and also tell all the Tubo soldiers that all the children of poor families in the entire Tang Dynasty will They are their brothers and sisters, their relatives.
Only in this way, when the Tubo people's army enters Guanzhong or even Guandong to quell the rebellion in the future, they will not harm the countryside, and will even help the Han people in Guanzhong and Guandong, helping them resist the exploitation and oppression of the powerful gentry group, and then in The forced promotion of the agrarian revolution in Guanzhong and Hebei was guaranteed by force.
All in all, the Tubo People's Army plays an important role in Lu Xiaoning's plan.
But Lu Xiaoning would never tell Li Siye and Li Zuoguo about this.
Since we want to build the Tubo People's Army into an elite force, now is a good opportunity to train our troops.
First of all, Tubo slaves have actually received certain training since childhood. Many times, the Tubo army would drive slaves to serve as cannon fodder to launch attacks, so many slaves have certain military skills and have fought in battles.
In other words, the more than 300,000 slaves in Luozu were not farmers who had never touched a knife.
Secondly, the hundreds of thousands of Tibetan troops who returned from Jishi Mountain had just experienced a long-distance march of nearly two thousand miles. Their horses were fat, their soldiers were exhausted, and there were probably huge logistical problems.
Last but not least, the leader of the Tubo Army, Shang Jiexi, would never have thought that the more than 300,000 slaves of Luozuo had completely defected to the Tang Dynasty. Instead, he would have thought that these slaves were forced to fight under the pressure of the Tang Army. Yu Ye contended with his army, so as long as he led the garrison to attack, the Tibetan slaves would immediately switch sides, and no matter what happened, they would collapse.
However, the final facts will teach Shang Jiexi a cruel lesson.
At that moment, Cui He said in an unquestionable tone: "That's it."
Although Li Siye still couldn't figure it out, since Lu Tianshi had already made a decision, he didn't say anything more. In any case, this was the decision made by Lu Tianshi.
What's more, Lu Tianshi hasn't missed it yet.
This time it probably won't go wrong either.
At that moment, groups of Tang troops marched out from Luosu City and began to form formations with Luosu City on their backs.
Then, group after group of Tibetan civilian troops gathered towards Luosuo from all directions.
These Tibetan civilian armies are like trickles, but when thousands of trickles come together, they become a big river.
In the end, not one of the more than 300,000 slaves liberated by the Tang army came over.
These more than 300,000 slaves were divided into six square formations. Behind the six Tibetan square formations was the Tang Army's Long Snake Formation, and behind the Tang Army's Long Snake Formation was Luoxue City.
This formation is exactly the Tang army's strategy of using Tibetan slaves as cannon fodder.
Only the Tubo slaves who were fighting in the field knew that they were not fighting for the Tang army, but for the highland barley, the cattle and sheep, the cultivated land and pastures, and also for their parents, wives and children.
