Chengde Mansion, Yulin Garden, this place was called Mulan Paddock in later generations. It was a place where the Manchu emperor and a group of Mongolian princes gathered for hunting.
In this era, I naturally became the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, and it was the place where I, Saint Zhang, held local shooting ceremonies and hunts with the leaders of Moxi, Monan, Mobei and Songmo tribes.
But today, there will definitely be no hunting, because the ancients were very particular about hunting seasons.
April is a good time for animals to gain weight. Due to the winter, most animals were very thin and had very little meat on their bodies.
More importantly, most of the animals at this time had dead babies in their bellies. Hunting pregnant animals was considered by the ancients to be very against the laws of heaven. Even in later generations, few people would do such a thing.
However, although hunting has been cancelled, it is more traditional to the Han region. It is also a local shooting gift that Zhang Yan really wants to spread to the grasslands, which can perfectly replace hunting.
Guiyi Bobian, also known as General Paozi of Mulan Paddock in later generations, has silver white, ocher yellow and red tents, with a huge silver palace tent as the core, extending in all directions.
In the middle of the silver-white emperor's tent, in addition to the silver-white gold sun and moon flag symbolizing the emperor and the silver-white border three-chen flag symbolizing the Great Zhou Dynasty, there is also a six-legged clan flag with a silver-white background and gold swastikas.
Riluge was riding on a tall horse that obviously had the blood of Hexi Longma, and was wearing a robe made of Khotanese fine silk cloth that he had never thought of before.
He also deliberately lowered the collar of his robe so that others could see the chainmail he was wearing under his robe.
The Yefu tribe has become prosperous in the past few months, because they were the first tribe to be received by the Supreme Heaven.
After the Beizhu Buren and the Eight Tribes of Enemy Lie were severely attacked, the Supreme Heaven naturally wanted to promote a group of confidants.
So when they saw the banner of Liufa Sect, the Yefu tribe took the initiative to join them, and the Xizubu people who were put to sleep by Lu Sanlang and Lu Zhen immediately climbed to the top of the Yanran Mountain tribes.
Loud laughter came from behind, and Riruge looked back. The young men from Yefu's tribe were riding dragon horses, chasing a team of beggars passing by them, running around.
Of course, the dried mutton and pancakes left behind by the beggars became the trophies of the young men.
This is the pure law of the grassland. Although everyone now believes in the Supreme God and will elect the Supreme God to become the Khan of Heaven, this does not prevent the strong from bullying the weak.
Everyone thinks this is normal. When did a weak yellow sheep dare to pass by a pack of wolves?
There were only dozens of Miler beggars who were driven out and robbed. Not only were they small in number, but each one of them looked like they had not eaten for many days.
This place is at least two days away from Chengde Mansion, which makes people doubt whether they can persist until then.
Tuoheida gripped the reins so tightly with his right hand that his fingers turned white. He glanced at the angry and angry tribesmen around him and said in a deep voice.
"Everyone, be careful. Let's avoid a few people. This is the disaster brought about by this fool, Hulu Balshu.
If we can't go to Chengde to worship the Supreme God this time, our tribesmen on the Beihai coast will have no way to survive. "
Tuoheida is the new chief of Merqi. This powerful ethnic group, which was originally quite powerful and made the Zudivians somewhat wary, has suffered extremely painful blows in the past few months.
The powerful Central Plains cavalry, led by the Menggu and Tuzala people, launched three large-scale raids on the Merqi people.
At least thousands of Merqi soldiers were killed in these raids, and countless cattle, sheep, horses, and women were kidnapped.
This heavy loss forced the Meer beggars to abandon their original rich pastures on both sides of the Serenge River (Selenge River) and flee to the even colder North Sea.
Tuoheida is a very knowledgeable person, because not only has he been to the territory of the Menggu people, the Zubo people, and the Dilie people, but he has also communicated with traders from various tribes. He even mingled with the Dilie people and went to Khitan People go to Beijing to Linhuang Mansion.
So he clearly knew how powerful the Khitans were.
Correspondingly, the Central Plains people who were able to wipe out the Khitans, the legendary Emperor Zhongtian Khan, must be so powerful, let alone that.
So before the tribe could retreat to the "safe house" by the North Sea, Tuoheida launched a mutiny.
He led the angry Merqi warriors to kill his uncle, the chief Hulu Balshu, and then selected a hundred warriors who were the strongest to go south with Hulu Balshu's head to plead guilty to the Supreme Heaven. .
However, this journey was far more difficult than Tuoheida imagined. It took them a month and a half to walk more than a hundred miles away from Chengde Mansion. Only a few horses were dead and only a hundred warriors were left. More than forty people.
Just when a group of Mier beggars were about to continue on their way, the thunderous sound of horse hooves sounded. Tuoheida screamed and led the remaining dozens of warriors to abandon their horses and hid in the mountains in the distance.
Their horses were already extremely thin, and the sound of the horses' hooves indicated that there were at least several hundred elite riders. It was impossible for them to escape with the help of their horse power, and they had to run up the mountain.
Tuohei hoped that if the other party took their skinny horse, they would let them go into the mountain to search. As for how to get to Chengde Mansion without the horse and the little food left, it was no longer a matter of consideration now.
But contrary to expectations, the horses that came this time were Hexi Pegasus horses that were better than the Yefufu tribe that had just chased them. Before Tuohei Da and others could escape to the foot of the mountain, they were surrounded by more than a hundred horses.
A very strong man wearing silver-white armor that he had never seen before easily knocked them over and formed a defensive formation.
The thick riding crop in the strong man's hand was swung mercilessly, like beating a disobedient animal, beating Tuoheida and the Mierqi warriors around him. Everyone was desperate and humiliated, but there was nothing they could do.
"Hahaha, my son is indeed brave. When I see the saint this time, I will help you get a real bloody horse. By then, you can become the strongest warrior in the world like the King of Liaoyang! "
Lu Sanlang laughed loudly and said that he only felt that he was very appetizing about the rough and heroic behavior of the heir who was originally named Bactu and was now renamed Ruktu.
If it was hard work for Zhe De to stay on the grassland and guard it, Lu Sanlang would enjoy it.
He even suspected that he might have been a grassland man, because everything here, whether it was ethics or survival laws, was so in line with Lu Sanlang's soul.
As the first grassland tribe to take refuge, the Xizubu people also served as key guides for several times when Zhang and Zhou's army went out of the fortress. Of course, it was also because Lu Sanlang became the leader of the Xizubu people.
This large tribe, which originally belonged to the Zubu people, rose rapidly in status after the Grassland War.
The population has increased from more than 4,000 to 6,000. Not to mention, they also have a group of elite cavalry wearing iron armor, wielding hard bows, and riding Hexi horses, numbering as many as 600.
Lu Sanlang looked at Tuhei Da, who was like a bereaved dog, and pointed his hand with high spirits, ready to let Lu Ketu deal with this man who seemed to be the leader, and then merge the remaining warriors into his own team.
After all, he was trained by Gulam. His combat ability is hard to say, but his ability to judge people is very accurate.
Although these people in front of them are thin, their bones are very well-proportioned. Regardless of whether they are tall or short, as long as they grow more flesh, they will be good warriors.
However, to Lu Sanlang's surprise, after these people saw the killing intent in Lu Sanlang's eyes, not only did they not disperse, but they gathered around Tuoheida and covered Tuoheida with their bodies. Although there was fear in their eyes , but more of a determination.
Lu Sanlang immediately made a stop gesture. On the grassland, there are not no loyal ministers and righteous men, but very, very few.
In the harsh natural environment of the grassland, people's choices are more similar to wild beasts, and the living space for loyal ministers and righteous men is not large at all.
"Which tribe are you from? There are only a few dozen people who want to pay homage to the Heavenly Khan?" Lu Sanlang rode forward and asked in Turkic dialect.
Tuoheida pushed aside the people in front of him, bravely came out and answered, "We are beggars, and we want to go to Chengde Mansion to seek forgiveness from the Supreme Bodhisattva."
"It turns out they are beggars, yeah, let's kill them all!" Luktu shouted loudly.
"Yes! Ye Hu, kill these beggars, they are enemies of Buddha!" The surrounding Xizubu warriors also roared angrily.
Tuoheida suddenly raised the wooden box containing Huluba's missing head high in his hand.
"The enemy of the Buddha is not Mierqiren, but Hulupashu. It is he who has deceived us so that we cannot become believers in the Supreme Heaven. Mierqiren has killed Hulupashu, and we are not the enemies of the Buddha!"
Lu Sanlang waved his hand, and the roar stopped. The people of Xizubu, including Yulizi and Luktu's mother and son, are now very respectful of Lu Sanlang. Comes with considerable benefits.
Several Western divination people who had seen Hu Lu Badu rode forward on their horses, opened the box, and after examining the long-dried head for a long time, they nodded at Lu Sanlang.
The head in the box is indeed that of the former chief of Milqi, Hulu Ballu.
After receiving the confirmation, the expression on Lu Sanlang's face suddenly softened. He smiled and nodded at Heida, "You are a wolf who knows what is good and what is good. I hope you can be forgiven by the Supreme God."
As he spoke, Lu Sanlang waved his hand to Lu Ketu and said, "Give them fifty horses and leave two days' worth of food."
Tuoheida had already made preparations to be killed, but he was stunned when he heard this. After a while, he thanked Lu Sanlang profusely.
"This Ye Hu, today's generous gift and Mi'erqi's Tuoheida will always be remembered in my heart, and I will definitely repay you tenfold in the future."
Lu Sanlang waved his hand, clamped the horse's belly, and led the tribe southward, his voice drifting from afar.
"If you can be forgiven by the Supreme God, then we will all be brothers from now on. These fifty horses are the meeting gift given by the Xizubu people to the brothers and tribes."
Tuoheida was so moved that he almost burst into tears. For the first time, he felt the benefits of being a believer in the Supreme God, and he vowed in his heart that he would be forgiven by the Supreme God.
Luktu approached Lu Sanlang with some annoyance, "Yeah, why would you give up your precious war horses and food to some wild dogs?"
Lu Sanlang laughed, "My son, you have to understand one thing. Everything on this grassland is a gift from the Supreme God.
Even if he is just a wild dog, as long as the Supreme God is willing to accept him, he can become the noblest wolf king.
On the contrary, if the noblest wolf king disobeys the Supreme Heaven, then he will immediately become the meanest wild dog that everyone calls for beating.
Among the 120,000 households in the Supreme Heaven, there are ten thousand households of Milerbeggars. So no matter how the Milierbeggars are attacked, they can still become one of the powerful tribes on the grassland. We are just following the will of the Supreme Heaven. "
. . . . .
Fengen Pavilion is located in the northwest of Chengde Prefecture, at the foot of Modouling and beside the Luanhe River.
Most of the leaders of various tribes who came from the grassland entered Chengde Mansion from here.
Because in the vast grassland, the Luanhe River is the most obvious guide. As long as you follow the river, you will definitely reach Chengde Mansion.
The Feng'en Hall was built to welcome these tribal leaders who came from the grasslands. After they arrived here, they not only had to bathe and purify themselves under the arrangements of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, but also learned various court etiquette.
Zhang Yan deliberately made the etiquette a bit cumbersome, repeatedly testing the patience of these vulgar prairie nobles.
If anyone can't stand such cumbersome etiquette and runs away, then his tribe can be handed over to others.
. . . .
On April 18th, the fourth year of the Shaoming Dynasty, on an auspicious occasion, as the first ray of sunshine in the morning appeared in the distant horizon, a captain in brocade clothes wearing a silver-white flying fish suit climbed up to the high watchtower.
He held a silver-white flag in his hand. When he waved the flag left and right on the watchtower, the three trumpeters on the watchtower blew the horns in their hands.
One, two, three, the nearby watchtowers blew their horns one after another, and then the military drums also began to beat.
Amidst the sound of drums, the drummers affiliated with Taichang Temple played "Music of the Holy God and the Son of Heaven" in every corner of the camp.
This is the most flattering drum music created by Zhang Yan after he lost Taichang Temple and the tradition of elegant music in the mid-Tang Dynasty. Taichang Temple recruited musicians from all over the world.
The leaders of various tribes from the grassland live in twelve-color tents, corresponding to Zhang Zhang's 120,000 grassland households.
Their ears had grown numb after listening to this kind of drum music in Fengen Hall. Of course, they also knew what they should do when this kind of music played.
Immediately, these leaders of various ministries hurriedly put on the robes given to them by the emperor, and under the corresponding flags, led their guards out of the camp area and galloped to the shooting ground beside Guiyi Bo.
Zhang Gaoduan was sitting on his Sixth Emperor's Chariot. In front of the chariot, thirty eminent monks of the Sixth Dharma Sect and above were holding magical instruments and chanting sutras to guide him.
The driver slowly passed by the leaders of the grassland and Songmo tribes. They all chanted the Buddha's name and prostrated themselves on the ground.
Behind Zhang Yan's chariot was the Zuoyu Linwei Fenghuo Cavalry Battalion led by Qu Qilang and Qu Yanqing himself as escort.
Under the mighty banner of Zuoyu Linwei, three hundred cavalrymen wearing cloth-covered iron armor, but their horses were not armored, solemnly accompanied them with their horses held horizontally.
The horse swords in their hands are almost all ancestral fine products. They are more than ten feet long, can be stabbed and hammered, and are both strong and full of toughness. They are far beyond the ordinary sabers and inferior spears and hammers held by the cavalry on the grassland.
They are also top-notch Hexi Pegasus, with a shoulder height of more than five feet three inches. Compared with them, the horses on the grassland are almost as short as donkeys.
In addition to these three hundred valiant cavalry, there are also two hundred hussars from the Wind and Fire Assault Cavalry Battalion wearing chainmail without armour, wearing double iron armor, holding hard bows, and sabers hung on the sides of their horses.
Their chainmails were covered with a blouse made of brocade. They looked rich and strong. The knights were in high spirits and looked down upon the world.
Behind them were three hundred armored cavalrymen from Hanshandu led by Li Zhaoyuan. Li Zhaoyuan was the nephew of his aunt Li Ruoliu, and his father was Zhang Zhou's first generation armored cavalry general Li Ruotai.
These three hundred armored knights and horses were all covered in thick armor leaves. Only a pair of eyes were exposed. Not only were the horses under their crotches more than five feet tall at the shoulders, their legs were even wider than the mouth of a bowl. Thick and very slender.
There are many people on the grassland who know how to read horses. They can tell at a glance that such a war horse is not only very powerful in carrying weight, but its sprinting speed, no, it should be said to be an instantaneous burst of speed, must also be terrifyingly fast.
As soon as these eight hundred horses came out, the leaders of the grassland tribes who were buzzing just now became quiet as if they had been drugged to silence.
When the three hundred knights came out, the leaders of the tribes in Yanran Mountain and Langjuxu Mountain in Mobei shut their mouths, because such knights wearing armor and horses without armor were naturally their nemesis.
Because these tribes are slightly closer to the Han Dynasty, they can still have a small number of warriors, but they are completely incomparable to the heroic cavalry of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
In particular, these valiant cavalry also have powerful war horses and excellent horses. Once faced with each other, if ten prairie warriors can defeat one valiant cavalry, they must be considered to have good combat effectiveness.
And when two hundred hussars wearing chain mail or chain mail came out, the tribal leaders from the north of Langjuxu Mountain to Beihai and Yuerhai all lowered their heads in fear.
They are not afraid of the armored cavalry, because it is difficult for such armored cavalry to reach the bitter cold land north of Langjuxu Mountain.
Even if they barely arrive, they can retreat calmly and wear out these armored cavalry just by avoiding them.
But these hussars are different. Their armor only weighs more than ten kilograms, which puts less burden on their horses. Moreover, they are better at fighting with bows, arrows and sabers.
Therefore, the ability to use grassland combat methods to deal with the grassland cavalry in Mobei was extremely confirmed two months ago.
Tuohei looked at the hussars and recalled the horrific scenes in his mind.
It is these cavalry who, under the guidance of the Menggu or Tuzala people, often appear elusively around the tribe.
Then..., and then there is no more. Their horses are faster, so they can easily catch up with the warriors of the tribe and chop them to death one by one.
Their bows are better and can often cause massive damage at longer ranges.
No matter how good their armor was, it would be difficult for these knights to lose their fighting power even if they shot heavy arrows from a big bow.
Compared with them, the horses of Merbegren, which are more tolerant of bitter cold and have better endurance, are as short as donkeys or even wild dogs.
Even the arrowheads grinded from the hardest bones by the beggar Mier could not penetrate the iron armor of the Zhou people at all.
And their iron arrows can kill a warrior wearing cowhide armor with just one arrow.
These devilish cavalry of the Zhou Kingdom are simply not something that Mier Qiren can fight against.
The main targets of the armored cavalry commanded by Li Zhaoyuan were the Khitan, Shiwei, Dadan and other tribes in Dading Prefecture and Linhuang Prefecture north of Chengde.
These tribes are close to the Han Dynasty, and even armored cavalry can arrive quickly. Although it is easier for them to obtain iron armor and weapons than tribes in Mobei and Moxi, they cannot face armored cavalry at all. No ability to fight back.
"The sage has issued an edict, and the guards of the four tribes in Moxi are to come forward to see you!"
After Zhang Gao got out of the car, the servants nearby began to sing loudly, and the voices were passed down one by one. Finally, when they reached the hundreds of soldiers guarding him, they turned into thunderous roars.
Among the ten thousand households in the four tribes of the western desert, Li Guizhong was protected by the chief governor of Xijiasi, Gu Fengde was guarded by the chief guard of all households in Yili, Aluocha was guarded by the chief guard of Naiman households, and Ashinashu was guarded by the chief guard of all households in Basimi. Four people.
Leading the brave young men and beautiful beauties from ten thousand households, holding white oxtails and other tributes, they came to Zhang Zhang timidly and knelt down, saying, "Forty thousand households in the west of the desert are here to see you."
Zhang Yan accepted their tributes one by one with a smile. These young men were all the sons or grandsons of the leaders of 40,000 households. They came to serve as hostages according to the customs of the grassland.
Those beauties will also serve as maids in the palace. After serving for five years, most of them will be released back to their original tribes.
And after they return, as palace maids who have served the Supreme Heaven, their social status will naturally double, and they will basically marry the leaders of hundreds or thousands of households in various ministries.
Then ten or twenty years later, their sons will come back to Zhang Zhou's court as hostages and become the emperor's bodyguards, and their daughters will continue to come to the court as maids like them.
This was passed down from generation to generation until all the prominent figures on the grassland were inextricably linked to the court of Han Dynasty.
When it comes to ethnic integration and tightly binding all ethnic groups together, I, Zhang Wushangtian, have to find a way.
Even Li Erfeng is not as skilled as Zhang Erfeng, because this is a method that has been summarized over thousands of years.
Zhang Gao accepted their tribute gifts and then gave back a large amount of brocade, cloth, refined sugar, high-quality tea bricks, etc.
The more of these luxuries, the better. Once they get used to them, they will never be able to live without them again.
Of course, the most important thing is that Zhang Yan began to assign the great virtues of the Six Dharmas Sect that had just been guiding him in front of his car to various departments, and gave them Buddha statues and Buddhist scriptures.
Temples can only be built in places where a great virtue is assigned by Zhang Zhi and a Buddha statue is given to him.
Only people from these tribes can serve as monks and officials under the great virtue, such as masters, chiefs, and monks.
After the four tribes of Moxi, there are three tribes of Zubu, Yefugua and Dilie in Monan.
After that, there were 10,000 households in the three tribes of Menggu, Tuzala, Mierqi, and Olanggaishiwei in Mobei, and 20,000 households in the eight tribes of Upper and Lower Khitan.
The leaders of the 120,000 households met one by one, but Zhang Gao only conferred the title of Lu Sanlang as the Protector of the Ten Thousand Households in Zhebu, and Yelu Sizhong as the Protector of the Ten Thousand Households of the Eight Khitan Tribes. The other tribes only gave one vote of one thousand. household.
The meaning is obvious. Before they prove their absolute loyalty, these positions of great guardians of ten thousand households will still be vacant. During this period of vacancies, the affairs will naturally be coordinated by eminent monks who go to various ministries.
Later, Zhang Yan held the most grand local shooting ceremony and large-scale banquet at the edge of Guiyi Bo.
Leaders from various grassland tribes also jointly elected Zhang Yan as the Great Khan of the people of Moxi, Monan, Mobei, and Songmo at this conference!
When the mud-studded Ili Khan scroll that symbolized the Moxi grassland slowly fell, and the completely Han-style silver-white scroll with gold fringe pattern, gold sun and moon and swastika rose, Zhang Yan finally completed the most critical task. step.
For the first time, he brought all the grassland ministries almost completely under the control of the central court.
Although this was still a dualistic empire between the Han and the grasslands, compared to the brutal killings of the Han Dynasty and the pseudo-dualistic empire of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Zhou undoubtedly took a big step forward.
(End of chapter)
