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Chapter 814 Living Conditions

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    Tongde Mansion is the last border town of Dakang due west, and it is also a city that has extended to the plateau.

    Together with the nearby city groups such as Guinan, Guide, Zeku, and Tongren, it firmly controls the road to central Gansu.

    Although this side is a plateau and the terrain is relatively steep, except for the city, there is no terrain that can be defended here. Therefore, these adjacent cities are built very solidly and form horns with each other.

    If you fight them one by one, it will be very difficult and very resource-intensive.

    Therefore, during last year's invasion, the Uighurs did not waste their troops and time here at all, but directly entered the abdomen of Gansu from Haidong to the north.

    Although there were attacks around Tongde Mansion, they were mostly of a containment nature.

    In the subsequent battle, several cities such as Tongde Mansion also sent tens of thousands of troops to support the battle. However, the Uighurs and Xiqiang dominated the overall situation, and the army of about 50,000 was directly wiped out.

    So now Huang Feiyang leads 30,000 elite troops to Tongde City, ready to respond to Liu Mingqi and the others at any time.

    There are a total of eight tribes in the small tribe alliance. These small tribes are integrated tribes, including the Uighurs, Zhaoxin people, Xiqiang people, Tubo people and so on.

    Therefore, their beliefs are also diverse. Generally speaking, they still believe in the longevity sky on the grassland.

    In fact, a hundred years ago, they were not such a complicated ethnic group.

    They originally lived around Zhaleng Lake and Eleng Lake, which are almost a thousand miles away from Tongde Mansion. Unfortunately, in the past hundred years, the Uighurs have occupied that area of ????water grassland. They were forced to move eastward until they were about 1,000 miles away from Tongde Mansion.  They live in two hundred miles of hills and forested areas.

    During the migration process, they absorbed many people of all ethnic groups, thus creating such a complicated situation.

    And because of the war last year, many small tribes fell apart and went to join stronger tribes everywhere, so their population increased from 120,000 before to 170,000 last year.

    It is precisely because of the increase in the number of people that the small tribal alliance has become even more in short supply of food, and it is almost impossible to survive.

    As soon as they heard that any trade had been banned this year, the small tribal alliance immediately decided to simply defect to Da Kang.

    ¡°This way at least I can get more protection, have enough to eat, and won¡¯t have a lot of people starve to death when winter comes.

    After saying this, Huo Quba said happily: "Fortunately, our deal ended last spring. Otherwise, in the winter of the past few months alone, I'm afraid we would have starved to death between 30,000 and 50,000 people, and our livestock  There are a lot of casualties!¡±

    The business between Prince Yi¡¯s Mansion and the small tribal alliance is usually settled in September or October of the first year, and then they each pay a part of the deposit and goods before the ice freeze, and then all delivery is completed around February of the next year.

    The advantage of this is that in early spring, the grassland has not yet recovered, so the transaction will be more confidential, thereby reducing the risk of leakage.

    Last year was naturally the same.

    Liu Mingqi was curious as he listened, "Are winter snowstorms so serious?"

    "It's more serious than you think." Huo Quba said with a grimace: "At least in the past twenty years, I have never seen such a severe snowstorm. It is simply overwhelming and endless! We are all fine.  , other tribes, for example, a tribe called the Zha Niu tribe, with more than 7,000 people in total, all died cleanly after a snowstorm They were only discovered in January this year, what a tragedy!"

    Liu Mingjing smiled, "Where are the Uighurs and the Xiqiang? How are their casualties?"

    "I don't know about this. We have to wait until April and May, when the caravans start trading everywhere, and then the news can be spread." Huo Quba said: "It's better for them to have a city. They can hide in the city to resist.  Wind and rain. But those without cities shouldn¡¯t be much better than us here, right? On the grassland, poor families still make up the majority, and the noble leaders are in the minority!"

    Liu Mingjing originally wanted to say that the more these people die, the better. But after hearing this, he felt that it was too cruel to say so, so he smiled coquettishly and said nothing more.

    Liu Mingqi said, "So, if you stay on the grassland, will more small tribes come to seek refuge?"

    "Theoretically, this is the case. After all, we have lived very well these years." Huo Quba said: "In addition to the 50,000 people we have taken in, dozens of other tribes have come to inquire, and they all have this idea!

    But firstly, we really don¡¯t have that much resources and food. Secondly, if we gather too much, we will definitely be jealous of the Uighur headquarters.; No wonder Liu Mingjing is happy.

    "The most lacking thing in Dakang now is elite war horses. If there is such a group of horses that can be put into battle immediately with a little maintenance, it will be very good to supplement Dakang's army.

    To put it bluntly, Dakang is not even worthy of one person and two cavalry members of the Nine Guards of the Forbidden Army.

    Huo Quba quickly assured: "No, no!"

    Liu Mingqi also laughed, and then asked casually: "By the way, Chief Huoquba, our Dakang territory is vast. Have you ever considered where to settle down?"

    Huo Quba said without hesitation: "If possible, we want to stay away from the war and herd horses and sheep in the Guyuan area of ??Gansu Province. The Hetao Plain is our favorite place!"

    "You guys are really good at picking places."

    The young man burst into laughter.

    Dakang actually occupied Ningxia in later generations, but it did not have a separate province. Instead, it was under the jurisdiction of Gansu. As a result, Gansu became the largest province of Dakang.  ¡ª¡ªAlthough the biggest generally means the poorest.

    The Hetao Plain is around Huoquba, but the Hetao Plain of this era is far from being comparable to the Qin and Han Dynasties of another era. It is just a pretty good grassland.

    On weekdays, there are actually seven horse breeding farms in Dakang¡¯s horse industry right here, which is the most important horse breeding area in Dakang.

    When the Xiqiang and Uighurs came in before, they rushed here immediately. Fortunately, Dakang took good early warning measures and moved the horses immediately, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

    Now it¡¯s not surprising that the small tribal alliance has also taken a fancy to this place.

    Liu Mingqi felt slightly relieved after hearing their long-awaited plan.

    Have a plan and know where you should go in the future.

    They have passed this first level.

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