A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 1026 Miaochuan was rewarded with Tang territory, and Qing Tang monk caused chaos in Hehuang

September 13, the sixth year of Great Xiapingning

The Xia army and the Uighur army fought a fierce battle west of Miaochuan. The Xia army had 30,000 soldiers and the Uighur army had 70,000 soldiers. The Xia army won a great victory and beheaded more than 6,000 people.

The Uighur army was defeated and fled north along the Datong River. The Xia cavalry pursued them for more than 20 miles until they reached Qingshiling, during which they captured more than a thousand enemy heads.

However, the people who were most shocked by this battle were not the Uighurs, but the Tibetans who were watching the battle.

After the war, Xia army commander Zhu Lingde held a banquet on the battlefield and invited more than 20 Tibetan leaders from Xunhua, Miaochuan, Xige, Lanzhou and other places to attend the banquet.

Before entering the banquet tent, every Tibetan leader would pay great respect to Zhu Lingde and praise the Emperor of Daxia with great respect.

During the banquet, Zhu Lingde, on behalf of the Emperor of Daxia, read out the imperial edict that Daxia would return to Hehuang, and forced all tribes to accept Daxia's enthronement.

Pan Luozhi, the leader of the Xunhua tribe, took the lead and, on behalf of the Tibetan tribes in Hezhou, pledged his loyalty to the Emperor of Daxia and accepted Daxia's enthronement.

After seeing Pan Luozhi surrender, the other hesitant Tubo leaders thought again and again, and finally knelt down before Zhu Lingde to express their submission.

"Very good. The tribe leaders have a broad mind and are following the will of the people. They have saved their tribes from unnecessary war. If we don't reward them, it would not be enough to show the people's will and the grace of the emperor."

He then gave up his position to Zhao Ruiyang, the ambassador of appeasement who was accompanying the army.

Zhao Ruiyang unfolded a roll of bright yellow silk and read:
"The Emperor of Heaven and Mandate of Heaven, proclaims: In May of the sixth year of Pingning in the Xia Dynasty, the Emperor of Great Xia told the Han and Tibetan peoples in the northwest: The Emperor of Qin, Emperor Wu of Han, and Emperor Taizong of Tang were powerful and opened up a thousand miles of land, including the northwest. Hezhou, Huangzhou, Lanzhou, Liangzhou, etc. were originally Han territory..."

The edict listed in detail the evidence that the northwestern regions were the original homeland of the Central Plains, and then announced that Hezhou, Huangzhou, Liangzhou, Lanzhou, etc. all belonged to the jurisdiction of Chang'an Road of Daxia.

The Fengxiang Road Xuanfu Office was established in Lanzhou to recruit and pacify the Han and aboriginal peoples in the northwest. Zhao Ruiyang was appointed as the governor of Chang'an Road and concurrently the Xuanfu envoy, in charge of the aboriginal affairs in the Hehuang area of ​​the northwest.

Pan Luozhi was appointed as the governor of Hezhou, and concurrently the commander of Xunhua, the commander of Yunqi, the commander of Zhaowu, and the marquis of the county, sitting in the Xunhua Division, a sixth-rank chieftain.

Lang Gangsong was appointed as the governor of Guzhou, the commander of Xige, the captain of Yunqi, and the captain of Zhaowu, and was stationed in Xigesi, a sixth-rank chieftain.

Wen Buqi was appointed as the prefect of Huangzhou, the commander of Miaochuan, the captain of Wuqi, and the captain of Zhenwei, and was stationed in Miaochuan as a sixth-rank chieftain.

Zhao Xin'an, the former governor of Qinzhou in Chang'an Road, was transferred to be the governor of Lanzhou.

Therefore, the prefecture-county system was implemented in Lanzhou, and the chieftain system was implemented in Hezhou, Guzhou and Huangzhou.

In order to achieve nominal control.

Just as Zhu Lingde was taking drastic measures to initially incorporate most of Tibet, except for Qingtang City, into the rule of Daxia.

A piece of news came from Qingtang City:
"Zuosiluo, who was hailed as a Buddhist child and was six years old, was kidnapped by Zongge monk Li Lizun and taken to Zongge City. He announced that the Buddhist child Zuosiluo was the Tibetan people's own Zamp and called on all Tibetan tribes to oppose the rule of the Xia people."

For a moment, Zhu Lingde's original plan to successfully recapture the Tibetans was immediately interrupted.

Moreover, in Miaochuan City where the Xia army was stationed, the local chieftain Wen Buqi, who had just been granted the title of governor of Huangzhou, was dissatisfied with the fact that Pan Luozhi and Lang Gangsong had higher official positions than himself, so he refused to allow the Xia army to enter the city and announced that he would accept the rule of the Zamp.

Not only that, Lang Gangsong, the originally pro-Xia commander of Xige, also declared that he was unwilling to send troops to attack the Zamp and withdrew his troops back to Xige City.

Fortunately, Guzhou City was still in the hands of the Xia army, and the Xia army could transport food and fodder from Xunhua City so as not to run out of food.

Zhu Lingde, who was not very familiar with the internal situation of Tubo, originally wanted to send troops to attack Miaochuan City in order to punish the rebellious Wen Buqi and make an example of him.

But he was eventually dissuaded by Pan Luozhi.

"Sir, you are a hero from the Central Plains, and you don't understand how much respect we Tibetans have for the Zamp."

"Now Wen Buqi rebelled. On the surface, it seemed that he was jealous of not getting the official title he wanted, but in fact, it was because of the call of the Buddha."

"Even if you capture Miaochuan City, as long as the Buddhists are still in the hands of the Zongge tribe, the Hehuang region will never be the territory of Daxia." "What good will it do you, sir, to lose so many soldiers and generals?"

In the end, Zhu Lingde accepted Pan Luozhi's dissuasion, believing that capturing Miaochuan City would not serve as a warning to others, so he changed the direction of attack and the army advanced towards Zongge City.

Zongge City is located to the east of Qingtang City, on the north bank of the Huangshui River, between Qingtang and Miaochuan.

Therefore, in just a few days, the Xia army arrived at the city of Zong Ge.

Although Zongge City is not big, its location is very important. Previously, the Uighurs besieged Qingtang and wanted to take Zongge at the cost of their lives, but failed.

It was also with the help of Zong Ge City that Qingtang City was able to wait for the Xia army to come to its aid.

Previously, the Uighurs were defeated by the Xia army, and Qingtang City was naturally relieved.

However, before Zhebu Jiashi could breathe a sigh of relief, Li Lizun, a monk from Longzhi Temple who controlled Zonggo City, led his troops into the city on the pretext of paying homage to Buddha.

Taking advantage of Zhebu Jiashi's laxity, Li Lizun led the monk soldiers to control Zhebu Jiashi's mansion and took the six-year-old Zuo Silu hostage.

Relying on his religious status, Li Lizun quickly took control of Qingtang City and assassinated Zhebu Jiashi.

Upon learning that the Xia people had lavishly rewarded people in Miaochuan, he intended to bring the Hehuang area under the rule of the Xia Dynasty.

Li Lizun immediately supported Zuosilo as the Zamp, and in his capacity as the abbot (abbot) of Longzhi Temple, he called on the Tibetan tribes to resist the rule of the Xia people and respect the Tibetans' own Zamp.

With Zuosiluo as his banner, Li Lizun quickly gained the support of the Tibetan tribes in Zongge City, Qingtang City, and Xige City, and set up a defense line in Zongge City.

Li Lizun had a beautiful idea. With Zuosilo as a puppet, he could call on the Tibetans to serve him and thus drive the Xia people out of the Hehuang area.

Then, relying on his merits in supporting the throne, he became the uncrowned king of the Hehuang Tibetan tribes.

But he did not expect that Hehuang Tubo was not plateau Tubo, and the title of Zamp was not as useful here as in the U-Tsang area.

If it were useful, the first slave uprising against the royal court would not have started from here.

Furthermore, the Hehuang region had just suffered from the looting of the Uighurs and did not have much strength to support another major war.

Not to mention that Li Lizun also killed Zhebu Jiashi, which made the Zhebu family, who controlled Qingtang City, very resentful.

If there was no Xia Jun, it would be fine for Li Lizun to control the Little Zanpu and stay in Qingtang.

Now, in order to resist the Xia army, Li Lizun brought the little Zanpu to Zongge City. Don’t blame them for seeking justice for their grievances and revenge for their grievances.

Because of the terrain, Zhu Lingde was unable to take advantage of the Xia army's siege equipment and was forced to send out infantry to attack Zongge City with great difficulty.

Luo Zhongzhen, a powerful assistant of the Zhebu family in Qingtang City, brought hundreds of his own servants to attack and kill the disciples of Li Lizun who stayed in Qingtang City to control the situation.

Regained control of Qingtang City.

Not only that, Si Luo Zhongzhen also sent his subordinate Nieba to sneak through the defense line through the mountains and forests, come to the Xia army camp, and contact the Xia army to attack from the front and back.

October 23
Zong Ge City fell after being attacked from both sides by a thousand Zhe Bu soldiers from Qing Tang City in the west and tens of thousands of elite soldiers from Xia Army in the east.

The Xia army rushed into the city and, following the commander's orders, captured Li Lizun and "protected" Xiao Zuo Si Luo.

As for how to deal with this young Zamp, Zhu Lingde had no better idea and had to submit a detailed letter to the court, requesting a judicial decision.

(End of this chapter)