Wars between Central Plains dynasties and nomadic tribes usually ended in victory.
After all, there is a huge gap between the two sides in terms of national strength, population, economy, technology, etc.
Usually the difficulty of a war between the two sides is not how to win, but how to find the opponent.
This time Li Yunze led his army to Mobei, but encountered an unexpected situation.
The White Eyebrow Khan of the Later Turks didn't know what he was thinking. Maybe it was because he hadn't been beaten violently by the Tang army for a long time. He felt that the Tang army had come a long way to take advantage of the opportunity, so he concentrated all the power he could, claiming to be 400,000 string control men.
Baimei Khan concentrated his troops on the black sand of his south court, preparing for a decisive battle with the Tang army.
Faced with this unexpected surprise, Li Yunze naturally accepted it and hurried over with his army, fearing that Baimei Khan would wake up and run away again.
To engage in a decisive battle with the main force of the Tang army in an open field was undoubtedly seeking death.
The two sides formed a formation and fought.
No matter which world he is in, Li Yunze's tactics are basically the same.
The infantry formed a large formation and entangled the enemy.
The cavalry were hammers, attacking from both wings and striking the flanks hard.
The tactics are simple, but very effective when the strength is strong.
The Turks a hundred years ago could not defeat the Tang Dynasty, and the Turks a hundred years later are still no match for the Tang Dynasty.
Unsurprisingly, they won, and the vassal tribe cavalry and the Tang army's cavalry began a crazy pursuit.
The Turks, who mainly relied on cavalry, ran very fast when escaping, but the Tang army also had a lot of cavalry. It was not like the lack of cavalry in the Song and Ming Dynasties that prevented them from expanding their results.
The cavalry of the Tang Army pursued them frantically, from the Black Sands of the South Courtyard in Mobei to the North Courtyard of Yu Dujun Mountain in Mobei.
Baimei Khan did not even dare to stop in Beiting when he was being chased. He abandoned the Ketun and property in Beiting and tried to stop the Tang army's pursuit.
However, the Tang army only arranged for some of its men to occupy Beiting, while the rest continued to pursue them frantically.
This pursuit really spanned the entire Mobei and reached the North Coast.
The ice-free North Sea was vast, and Baimei Khan, whose last horse was exhausted, finally collapsed on the shore in despair.
At this time, he no longer had any subordinates around him.
Either they abandoned him, or they took the initiative to stay and stop the Tang army, or they gave him the horse and then disappeared.
Kneeling alone on the north coast, his eyes were full of confusion.
Several seals came over curiously and shouted "arrogantly" at the white-browed Khan.
The confused white-browed Khan looked at the seal. The long hunger gave him strength. He pulled out the dagger inlaid with gems and stabbed the nearest seal fiercely.
He cut open the thick seal skin and bit into it as if it were hair and blood.
As he was eating, Baimei Khan suddenly burst into tears. His cry was like the neighing of a night owl, which frightened the nearby animals and fled in all directions.
He went to the decisive battle with full confidence, but in the end he lost everything.
At this moment, even the last horse around him was exhausted.
With despair rising in his heart, Baimei Khan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, slowly stood up and walked step by step towards the vast North Sea.
They pursued all the way to Anlu Mountain in the North Sea, and found the horse that Baimei Khan had died from exhaustion, and even the seal that had only eaten a few bites.
But there was no trace of Baimei Khan.
Seeing that the great achievement of capturing the enemy chief was right in front of him, but there was no way to catch it, An Lushan, who patrolled the shore with no results, jumped up angrily and cursed.
Li Yunze didn't pay much attention to this matter.
He has no interest in gathering the enemy King Khan Chief to form a song and dance troupe.
It doesn't matter even if White Eyebrow Khan escapes, he won't be able to survive after the Turks are destroyed.
At this moment, there was only one large tribe like the Huihe left in the entire prairie spanning thousands of miles.
As for the once powerful Xue Yantuo, it has been dead for hundreds of years.
When Li Yunze was thinking about how to attack Uighur, Peluo Khan, the backbone of Uighur, had already come to see him personally.
"My lord, Pei Luo, is here to pay my respects to the Heavenly Khan~~~"
Peiro, a strong-willed man with a full beard, came up to offer compliments and once again used the traditional title of Khan of Heaven.
If nothing else, this attitude was immediately apparent.
Although Li Yunze didn't care about this kind of flattery and knew that this was a common method used by nomadic peoples when they were powerful in Middle-earth, he smiled on his face and said, "Skeleton Peiro Khan, what are you doing here?"
"I don't dare to call him Khan in front of the Khan of Heaven."
Pei Luo, who had a look of fear on his face, quickly lowered his head and said, "I am here to pay homage to the Khan."
In fact, even if you don't say it, you know that this is because the autumn wind of the Tang Dynasty swept across the prairie like fallen leaves.
For fear that he would become the next target, he could only come over quickly and beg for mercy.
As for face, if your hometown is gone, how can you care about face?
Li Yunze looked at Bone Strength Pero Khan quietly, his face was firm and his eyes were sharp, and he subconsciously straightened his waist even when he was saluting.
No wonder it was able to defeat the post-Turks in history, occupy the steppes and the Western Regions, and become the overlord before the rise of the Khitan.
But he didn't know that at this moment, Guli Pero Khan, who was lowering his head, was already soaked with cold sweat on his back.
The Tang Dynasty was so terrifying that the entire prairie was swept away.
I heard that even the powerful Tubo had been destroyed by the Tang Dynasty.
Looking around the Tang Dynasty, I have become the biggest one. Who else can not be afraid?
At this time, what Guli Peiluo Khan was most afraid of was to hear Li Yunze say, "The Tang Dynasty has pacified the grassland, how about you also pacified Huihe?" '
When I was thinking wildly, I heard Li Yunze say, "The Tang Dynasty has pacified the grassland, what are the plans for Huihe?"
Bone Strength Pero Khan raised his head and looked at Li Yunze blankly, not knowing what to say for a moment.
After being silent for a long time, the powerful Khan Peiluo bowed again and saluted, "Huihe is willing to become a vassal of the Tang Dynasty and pay tribute."
It's another trick of claiming vassal status and paying tribute.
No one knows better than Li Yunze what it means to surrender and pay tribute.
To put it simply, when the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, they would call themselves younger brothers for maintenance. When they became fat and encountered the period of decline of the Central Plains Dynasty, they would immediately show their fangs.
During the time of Wuhu, the time of Two-legged Sheep, and many other times, it was the same every time.
You can fool others about this matter, but you can't fool Li Yunze.
"How about this."
Li Yunze said calmly, "I am about to conquer the far west. The Uighur tribes will first move to the vicinity of the Beiting Protectorate. When I give the order to accompany the troops, what does the Khan think?"
In other words, all the Uighur tribes must be driven to the Western Regions.
Bone Strength Peluo Khan deliberately refused. After all, the prairie is their root, and now that the prairie is empty, it is a good time for them to rise back to Hehe.
At this time, we are migrating to the Western Regions, and from what I hear, we are going to the Far West.
"Khan of Heaven"
Bone Strength Pero Khan opened his mouth to say something, but he directly met Li Yunze's eyes that were half-smiling but not smiling.
His next words were swallowed directly.
The powerful Pei Luo Khan knew very well that if he refused now, he knew very well that if he refused, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would send troops tomorrow!
He felt that the Uighurs were actually very strong, at least not as bad as the Post-Turks.
But the problem is that in front of the Tang Dynasty, the Later Turks were wiped out in an understatement.
If it were Huihe, I guess it would be similar.
"Um?"
Li Yunze snorted slightly dissatisfied, "Is it because you don't want to?"
Khan Peiluo Khan, who was shocked and shocked, hurriedly saluted and said, "I will follow the order of the Khan from heaven."
"Since you are willing to obey my orders, then don't play any tricks."
Li Yunze chuckled lightly, "If you do something treacherous and secretly leave the tribe here, I will destroy as many as you keep. Not only that, you, the Khan, have to take responsibility."
The bone-strength Pero Khan cried out in his heart, he really didn't give him any chance.
But no matter how helpless, at this time, I can only bite the bullet and accept it.
"only."
The grasslands were cleared, the tribes that still existed were summoned, and the reduction order was directly issued.
Each tribe received its own quota of people, and if it was exceeded, the number would be reduced.
The Tang Border Army would send people to various tribes to inspect every year. If anything was concealed and not reported, all tribes would be deducted together.
This policy does not accept any refutation or discussion, no matter who dares to question or even overthrow it.
If hundreds of officials do it, their whole family will be killed. If someone with a big turban does it, his head will be beheaded. If the subsequent emperor does this, he can take the throne!
Not every tribe was willing to accept the reduction, and two tribes jumped out to oppose it on the spot.
Li Yunze responded quickly, and the two tribes quickly disappeared into the garbage heap of history.
With live teaching, other tribes at least appeared to be honest.
What they secretly think is, if I can't beat you, I can't hide from you, right?
But Li Yunze simply ordered Zhang Shougui to immediately carry out the first reduction on the prairie. Anyone who dared to escape and resist would be punished.
Huihe, who originally had other thoughts, saw such a terrifying scene and no longer had any luck at all. All tribes immediately moved to Beiting.
After returning to Youzhou, Li Yunze did the second important thing.
He ordered all the vassal towns in the north to be removed and a grassland governor's office was established, with Zhang Shougui as the chief protector.
The only job of the Grassland Protectorate is to strictly implement the reduction policy.
After that, Li Yunze did not rush back to Chang'an City, but led his army to patrol various parts of Hebei.
It is said to be an inspection, but in fact, it is to use the long-exploited case of the loyal king's rebellion to imprison each of the big landowners, each of the wealthy families, and each of the local tyrants and evil gentry.
The vacated fields will be redistributed to the local people, taxes will be reduced or reduced, all high-interest loans will be abolished, and the people will be able to recuperate and recuperate.
It also strictly urged prefectures and counties to transfer law enforcement matters and station patrols in villages and towns.
Severely punish lawbreakers everywhere, conduct personal assessments of officials everywhere, etc.
The Anshi Rebellion was caused by the people in the north being oppressed by tyranny, not by An Lushan and Shi Siming.
Li Yunze carried out a devastating blow to the local tycoons and other beneficiaries, and redistributed the profits they plundered to appease the people.
Only in this way can public dissatisfaction be alleviated and disasters avoided.
After lingering in Hebei for about a year, Li Yunze returned to Chang'an City after completing all the things he could and should do.
(End of chapter)
