Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 382 Assimilation of Khitan and Xi Clan

Yelucha is not only ambitious, he also has the talent to match his ambition, he is not stupid at all.

Seeing Wu Sheng coming out riding his horse with a horizontal knife in his hand, and staring at him with a sneer on his face, he immediately knew that Wu Sheng had already prepared.This discovery immediately made him feel bad, and his heart became more and more flustered.

Originally, in Yelucha's consideration, with his cooperation, the Huihe cavalry could easily wipe out Li Fei's Wu Sheng and other Anton army's second army of [-] Anton cavalry stationed in Khitan.But if Wu Sheng had already made preparations, wouldn't it mean that his contact with the Huihe people was completely seen by Wu Sheng? Li Fei, the king of Beiping County in Liaoyang City, Andong, might also know his actions. Deliberately setting up this scheming trap, he felt chills in his heart.

Do you regret it?But regret is the most useless thing in this world, so there is no possibility of regret.

Yelucha gritted his teeth, his face slightly ferocious, and since then, he must help the Huihe people destroy all the Anton cavalry in Khitan, so that he has a chance of survival.

"Kill!" Yelucha no longer held the abacus of just showing off and not doing anything, and ordered the loyal Khitan cavalry to cooperate with the Uyghurs' attack with all their strength. .

Prince Huihe Yehu also sensed that something was wrong, but he only frowned slightly, and did not panic.

"Pass down the order, at all costs!"

Thousands of Khitan cavalry including Yelucha and [-] Huihe cavalry attacked fiercely, regardless of casualties.

"Boom!"

Some sharp refusals are finally broken, and the range is getting wider.

"Kill—" Some Huihe cavalry finally managed to enter the second army camp, which boosted the morale of the Huihe cavalry and Yelucha and other Khitan cavalry who had been frustrated in the raid.

However, at this time, all the soldiers of the Second Army were also ready and gathered on their horses.

"Hmph, I'm just looking for my own death!" Wu Sheng didn't panic, sneered, and led the second cavalry of the second army to face the Huihe cavalry and Yelucha and other Khitan cavalry who had already entered the camp.

For the Huihe people, Wu Sheng has nothing to say, and the two sides are already hostile.But for Yelucha, Wu Sheng was angry, because Yelucha betrayed the county king and even colluded with the Huihe people, he deserved death.

Seeing that Yelucha and other thousands of Khitan cavalry also broke through the Juma, Wu Sheng personally led an Anton iron cavalry of more than 5000 people to pounce on Yelucha and other about [-] Khitan cavalry.

"Xuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu---" A round of arrows fell on the heads of thousands of Khitan cavalrymen, including Yelucha.

Seeing Wu Sheng coming towards him aggressively with an Anton iron cavalry, Yelucha was a little shocked, and his will dropped sharply.

Although he is confident that his Khitan cavalry are brave and extraordinary, he also knows the combat effectiveness of Anton's cavalry. Wu Sheng ignored the larger number of Huihe cavalry and rushed towards him with an Anton cavalry of more than 5000 people. He didn't have the slightest confidence that he could resist with his [-] Khitan cavalry. Even if he could resist, he would probably be killed by Anton's iron cavalry and suffer heavy casualties.

Yelucha considered whether to retreat behind the Huihe people first, but he was afraid of angering Huihe Prince Yehu, so he could only grit his teeth and fight back.

"Yelucha, you dare to betray Princess Yangu and the county king, you will die!" Wu Sheng shouted, and led An Dong's iron cavalry behind him to kill Yelucha and other thousands of Khitan cavalry.

Under normal circumstances, the Khitans are much braver than the Uighurs in battle, but this time it was a betrayal after all, and they didn't have much momentum in their hearts, so they even performed worse than the Uighurs. Dispersed.

"Yelucha betrayed Princess Yangu and the King of Beiping County, traitors, what are you waiting for, kill!" Several chiefs of the big tribe who followed Yelucha suddenly shouted, and led their own tribe's Khitan cavalry to defect.

Yelucha's hair stood on end, and the Khitan cavalry who were truly loyal to him were killed and injured heavily, and they might collapse in a short time.

On the other hand, Prince Ye Hu was excited to see the Huihe cavalry under his command successfully charged into the camp of the Second Army, when suddenly there was a muffled roar like thunder from the Chifeng city wall that had been almost built.

"Boom boom-"

More than a dozen shells hit the place where the Uighur cavalry was densely formed at a distance of 800 meters.

The solid shells swept across the bloody paths.

Although it is said that each shell can kill six or seven Huihe cavalry soldiers, compared with the [-] Huihe cavalry soldiers, this casualty is not worth mentioning.

However, the number of kills is secondary, mainly to frighten the morale of the army and severely damage morale. After all, this kind of attack method is too shocking. It is more terrifying than the catapult at a distance of 800 meters. It is simply ' miracle'.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" There was another thunderous explosion, and it was some Anton Iron Knights of the Second Army throwing thunder.

This was another blow, which made the formation of the Huihe cavalry even more chaotic, and the morale of the army was even more chaotic.

The double blow was just the beginning, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes trampling the ground came from the periphery of the battlefield.

Both Prince Ye Hu and Yelucha's expressions changed, and when they looked in the distance, they saw a group of Anton cavalry rushing out from three directions.

"Kill!" Seeing the other Anton cavalry who came to help, the Anton iron cavalry of Wusheng's second army who had been besieged had their morale boosted immediately, and they slashed and killed the Huihe cavalry or Khitan cavalry around them bravely.

"This is a well-designed ambush." ​​Prince Ye Hu stared in the direction of Yelucha angrily. The gap between an attack and an ambush was too great. How could he not be angry and bring all this to him? Yelucha.

Yelucha also saw Prince Ye Hu's anger, but at this moment, he was too busy to take care of himself, and he didn't have the energy to manage Prince Ye Hu's anger at all, the most important thing was to escape from the ambush now.

"Send the order, the whole army retreats!" Prince Ye Hu didn't have the heart to continue the fight, because he didn't know how many Anton troops Li Fei had mobilized to participate in the ambush. Once completely besieged, the whole army might be wiped out.

Huihe has already lost nearly [-] cavalry in the hands of Li Fei. If the [-] are also lost, Huihe will be seriously injured. Even the Mobei grassland cannot be ruled. Retreating to preserve its strength is the only way.

Prince Ye Hu led the Huihe cavalry to retreat in the direction where there was no Anton cavalry.

But just after running a few hundred meters, the Huihe cavalry in the front suddenly reined in their horses.

Because although there is no Anton Iron Cavalry in this direction, there is a neatly formed brigade Mo Dao Lin.

The Mo Dao can restrain the cavalry, and the Mo Dao Formation is a bloody wall of swords that the cavalry cannot break through. If they rush over, there will be no results except heavy casualties.

"Damn it! Break out from the south!" Prince Ye Hu gritted his teeth and ordered to change direction and break out from the south instead.

Although in this vast non-valley area, it is impossible for the Anton Army, which has much fewer soldiers, to completely encircle as many as [-] Huihe cavalry, but because Ye Hu broke through the encirclement and chose the wrong direction just now, he wasted some time. The Anton Iron Cavalry in three directions had already entered the Huihe cavalry. At this time, Ye Hu chose to break out from the south, and the price he paid was much higher.

The Modao army could not catch up with the cavalry, so only [-] Anton cavalry participated in the pursuit of the Huihe cavalry and the remnants of Yelucha.

From Chifeng all the way to a large area north of Yanshan, the bodies of Uighurs who were killed are everywhere.

An Dong cavalry has been chasing and killing Khitan territory, but did not go deeper into the Mobei grassland to hunt and kill.

"After this battle, the Huihe people should have been hurt. They dare not be enemies with the county king in a short time. Yelucha has completely become a Khitan traitor. If the county king hadn't ordered Yelucha to leave as much as possible, I would have His dog's life is left!" From Wu Sheng's words, it can be heard that Yelucha also escaped, and fled to the Mobei Grassland with two or three hundred remnants of himself and the Huihe people.

In this battle, the Huihe lost more than [-] cavalry again. In addition to the previous two losses, it was enough to hurt the vitality of the Huihe. The Huihe would never dare to come to Khitan again in a short time.

Anton Liaoyang City.

After receiving the battle report from Khitan, Li Fei sighed.

In fact, the reason why Yelucha was allowed to escape to Mobei Grassland was mainly because Li Fei considered the emotions of his wife, Princess Yangu.Yelucha has come to this point, it is said that it is the result of his connivance. From this point of view, he is sorry for Princess Yangu, but he has to do it for his own sake.Yelucha used to be the confidant of Huaixiu Khan, and was captured by him together with Princess Yangu to Andong, and later assisted Princess Yangu in governing Khitan. I am afraid that Princess Yangu will not be able to bear it for a while.If Yelucha had not died, but fled to the Mobei Grassland, no matter what happened in the future, Princess Yangu would only be a little sad, not unbearable.

As Li Fei thought, Princess Yangu just cried bitterly. She treated Yelucha like her brother, and she never expected that things would turn out like this.

After Li Fei comforted her, she slowly accepted the fact.

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Without Yelucha's hindrance, the most powerful of the remaining tribal leaders, large and small, only commanded 2 people and less than [-] Khitan cavalry. Princess Yangu and Li Fei are friends, and Li Fei can finally let go of his hands and feet.

On July [-]th, Li Fei ordered in the name of Princess Yangu that a total of fifteen cities would be built in Khitan, and all Khitan people would be exempted from all animal husbandry taxes, and those who cultivated land would also be exempted from all land taxes.Khitan and Anton carry out market integration, and the goods on both sides are freely circulated. Khitan people can come to the Anton factory to apply for 'part-time jobs', and they can also participate in the Anton Cavalry, and the treatment is the same as that of ordinary Anton Army soldiers.

Li Fei's move was like drawing a salary from the bottom of the pot.

Without the animal husbandry tax, the tribal leaders would have no resources to support their cavalry, and their power would gradually disintegrate. They could only rely on the salary given by Li Fei to maintain their livelihood. With the city, the situation of the tribe would no longer exist.With Khitan's single output, market integration, and the free circulation of Anton's goods, Khitan will become more and more dependent on Anton, and even can no longer be separated from Anton.After the writing, language, clothing, and economy are all assimilated and integrated, Khitan is no longer Khitan.

People depend on food, and survival is the top priority.At this time, the Khitan people don't know what civilization assimilation is, and maybe they don't care about civilization assimilation. They only yearn for a better life, and they follow whoever gives them a better life.

Under the rule of Princess Yangu and Li Fei, Khitan is changing almost every day, the most obvious is the economy, the Khitan people are getting richer and more supportive of the rule of Princess Yangu and Li Fei.

The Uighurs attacked the Khitan three times, and the Xi people were next to the Khitan, and their position was equally important. Naturally, they were not spared. They were also attacked by the Uighurs several times, killing nearly 2 people.

The strength of the Xi people is weaker than that of the Khitan. The Khitan still has a population of 10,000+, while the Xi people only have a population of about 30. Moreover, with continuous losses, the Xi people can only have 7000 cavalrymen. Maybe the Huihe people Another attack can directly destroy the Xi clan.

In order to survive, in order to avoid the persecution of the Huihe people, and seeing that the life of the neighboring Khitan people is getting better and better, the people of the Xi people also have a deep desire to surrender to Li Fei, hoping to dedicate the most beautiful woman of the Xi people to Li Fei , after forming an in-law relationship with Li Fei, he directly accepted Li Fei's rule.

Li Fei originally intended to assimilate the Khitan people and the Xi people in the name of civilization, and now the assimilation of the Khitan has been on the right track, it's only a matter of time. As for the Xi people, if he doesn't plan to do it, he will use force.If the Khitan and the Xi clan unite, it will be very troublesome for him to suppress, and the resistance to assimilation will be great, but if there is only the Xi clan themselves, and the Khitan people are with him, then the resistance of the Xi clan will be nothing to worry about.

Of course, if you really use force, you have to send troops to suppress it carefully at all times, and it takes years and years. The accumulated consumption will not be small. Unless you are forced to, Li Fei does not have to use force. Now the Xi people have come to the door. In line with Li Fei's wishes.

However, the Xi clan asked Li Fei to marry another Xi clan woman, which made Li Fei hesitate.

It has to be said that the girl from the Xi clan sent by the Xi clan is also very beautiful. Although she is not as beautiful as Princess Yangu, she is not much worse.

But Li Fei is not a stallion. He wants to marry a woman when he sees her beauty. Instead, he values ​​the peace of his back house. He happily married Princess Yangu too, but the woman of the Xi clan didn't know what kind of character she was. If she married her too, would it directly break the peace of his back house.

In the end, it was Lin Shiyue who came out to persuade Li Fei to dispel his worries, reluctantly agreed to the request of the Xi people, and formed a marriage with the Xi people, and the Xi people accepted his deep rule.

Li Fei ordered the construction of nine cities in the Xi clan, and stationed a brigade of Anton Cavalry, the brigade commander is Zhan Tao.

In addition, like the Khitan people, the people of the Xi people were exempted from the animal husbandry tax and agricultural tax, and the tribal leaders of the Xi people were appointed to official positions by Li Fei and provided with salaries just like the tribal leaders of the Khitan people.

Teaching Chinese characters, integrating the economy, etc., are also moving towards the road of civilization assimilation.

Li Fei estimated that in a dozen years, he would be able to basically assimilate the Khitan people and the Xi people, making them indistinguishable from the Han people.

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(End of this chapter)