Tibet

Chapter 403 The King's Worry
Chief Shi Xie Jin said worriedly: "Does the governor have any plans? Or should we propose to the court to return Tocharo to the Anxi Army?"

Li Ye shook his head and said: "It is unrealistic to return Tocharia to the Anxi Army, and the court will not agree, because Tocharia is also a direction for Dashi to expand eastward.

The purpose of setting up the Hezhong Army by the imperial court is to prevent Tubo from expanding westward, and to prevent Dashi from expanding eastward. However, I have also repeatedly considered how to control Tocharian. The key is that we have a stronghold. "

Li Ye pointed to Juzhanti on the map, "That's right here. The city of Dongcao Kingdom, Juzhanti, is an extremely important strategic location. It is the south exit of the Fergan Basin. There is a flat commercial road here. It leads to Jumi, a small country in the north of Tocharo. I have walked this road, and the cavalry can go there. It only takes ten days to reach Jumi.

After supplying and resting in Jumi, the cavalry went down along the Wuhu River, and it took about [-] days to reach Humi Country, and then it only took five days to travel from Humi Country to Qushi Country.

That is to say, as long as we control Juzhanti and start from Juzhanti, we can reach the Kingdom of Shishi in just one month, and there is no need to go over mountains and mountains. The cavalry can pass the whole journey, and we can rest in Jumi Kingdom and Humi Country on the way supply. "

Everyone understood, Wang Changling said with a smile: "So our first step is to expand westward, and the occupation is all about war?"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "That's right, we don't think about Tochara now, at least not this year, we will follow the original plan this year, first gain a foothold in the river, control all battles, and talk about Tochara next year matter."

Chief Shi Xie Jin was a little worried: "What if the Tubo army takes advantage of this year's opportunity to enter Tocharo?"

Li Ye nodded, "It's possible, but don't worry too much. It took the Tubo army ten years to manage Dabolu. When they entered Tocharo, their beliefs, customs, climate, language, etc. were different. In 20 years, they will not be able to gain a firm foothold, and they are more likely to occupy the Shiguo, and then send troops to plunder Tocharia, and collect a large amount of food and materials to support the main force of the Tubo army in Dabolu."

Pei Xiu raised his hand and said: "Commander, Tie Ermei's army is in Jumi, and they can be stationed in Qushi State to resist the Tubo army's westward advance."

Li Ye briefly introduced the situation of the Tucharian coalition army to everyone, and said: "I will send someone to Jumi to deliver a letter to Tie Ermei, requesting the Tucharian coalition army to station in Shiguo to defend against the Tubo army's westward advance."

Things on Suiye's side are still complicated, but the most urgent food problem has been temporarily resolved, and the army has begun to train normally.

Several other urgent matters are waiting for Li Ye to deal with, especially the tens of thousands of Dashi prisoners of war. Li Ye has already obtained the authorization of the emperor, and he is fully responsible for negotiating with Dashi. This includes tens of thousands of Dashi army prisoners of war .

Early the next morning, Li Ye left Suiye with [-] cavalry and [-] camels and headed for the country of Bahana.

It takes about ten days to go to Bahana. Camels are an indispensable means of transportation in the river area. Although the team travels along the Zhenzhu River, not all river sections are suitable for water transportation. Only after entering the Fergan Basin , is suitable for transporting goods with rafts, and almost all other road sections are in mountainous areas.

Fortunately, when nature creates mountains and mountains, it also leaves a thread of escape. Horses and camels can walk in mountains and forests that are hundreds of miles long.

The camels carry sufficient supplies, and there are water sources along the way. If they are skilled in martial arts, they can also hunt in the vast forest to obtain food.

Ten days later, the team arrived at Kesai City, the royal city of Bahana. Half a year had passed since the Battle of Talas, and Kesai City had fully recovered its pre-war prosperity. Caravans from all over gathered, bringing various The goods were distributed from the city of Kesai to the countries in the river.

Alba Khan is a small country with a population of just over a million, but because it is the largest gold producing area in the middle of the river, the gold it produces every year is distributed to Sogdian and Tocharian countries through trade.
This makes Kesai City the largest material distribution center in the Hezhong area. Everyone wants its gold, so they can only exchange it with goods. In addition, Shiguo is the largest silver producing area in the Hezhong area. Known as the Kingdom of Gold and the Kingdom of Silver.

The gold and silver mines all come from the Qianquan Mountains in the north of the two countries. The Qianquan Mountains extend all the way to Suiye, so Suiye also produces gold and silver. Anxi Jiedu Prefecture used to have a secret gold and silver mine in Suiye, but last year The production has been stopped, mainly because Gao Xianzhi was transferred away, Feng Changqing is a cautious person, not greedy for wealth like Gao Xianzhi, so he ordered to stop mining.

The team entered Kesai City, all the way to the palace, and Prince Alorie came out to meet Li Ye in person.

Li Ye laughed and said, "Has the prince adapted to the country?"

A Luolie shook his head and said: "I fell in love with big cities like Chang'an and Luoyang, and felt lost after returning. Now I understand why my father always wants to go back to Chang'an."

Li Ye said with a smile: "Golden nests and silver nests are not as good as my own kennels. No matter how good Chang'an and Luoyang are, they are also foreign places. In fact, my hometown is better."

"well said!"

King Murdo also came out, glared at his son, and said to Li Ye: "This kid went to the Tang Dynasty and became ambitious. He wanted to annex Shi Country. How could he have such an absurd idea? Shi Country is Sogdia One of the nine kingdoms, the nine surnames of Sogdian, all prosperous and all damaged, he has never heard of it!"

A Luolie said unhappily: "Father, hurry up and invite the distinguished guests into the palace!"

King Murdo hurriedly invited Li Ye into the palace. Li Ye saw that Arolie was very depressed, and he chuckled softly, "I will talk to your father about the unresolved matter later."

Arolie smiled, and immediately cheered up.

Li Ye came to the meeting hall of the palace, the king invited him to sit down, Li Ye asked, "How about the Dashi prisoners of war?"

Nearly [-] Dashi prisoners of war were handed over to the Bahana country to take care of them. King Murdo said: "They are mining in Qianquan City. We Bahana treat them well. They can eat enough and treat them when they are sick. Prisoners of war It's relatively stable."

"Is Ning Yuan's army taking care of them now?"

"Ningyuan Army has been guarding it!"

The Three Thousand Ningyuan Army is actually an army trained by Li Ye. It is controlled by Li Ye's [-] personal soldiers. Xu Jian and Yu Changyang are the left and right generals. Ye.

Li Ye nodded, and said to King Murdo: "The emperor of the Tang Dynasty has authorized me to negotiate with Dashi, and the Dashi envoys don't have to go to Chang'an anymore, please ask the king to let the General Chamber of Commerce notify the Caliph, and ask the Dashi envoys to come to Suiye to negotiate and negotiate as soon as possible. "

King Murdo nodded, "I will notify them today!"

After a pause, King Murdo continued: "According to the agreement reached with the governor last year, 15% of the ore mined by the prisoners of war belongs to the Broken Leaf Army. I have refined them and obtained four thousand catties of gold and [-] catties of rough silver. Camels will be arranged to carry them to the crushed leaves."

Li Ye handed over [-] prisoners of war to Bahana as mining workers. Of course, there were conditions. The [-] workers paid [-]% of the ore. This time I came to Bahana, and I came here for this wealth.

Although the military salary of the 1 troops is borne by the imperial court, the military salary of the frontier army is composed of two parts. One is the basic military salary, which is paid three times a month. Half of it is the frontier allowance, and Hezhong's side is three pennies per month. This is up to the Hezhong Dudufu to find a way to solve it.

In addition, there are excess sources of troops, such as Suiye's original [-] troops and [-] Modao troops. All their military salaries have to be settled by Li Ye, which is about [-] per month.

Li Ye not only had to solve the monthly military salary of [-] guan, but also paid for the food, clothing and housing of the army. However, the financial revenue of the Hezhong Governor's Mansion was too small to afford the army's salary and supplies, so Li Ye Ye needs to get the money first, and then he has to collect protection fees from the countries in the river and the countries of Rahana, and then open mines and conduct trade by himself, so as to maintain the operation of the army.

"The third thing is about Prince Arolie's plan to attack Shi Kingdom!" Li Ye said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)