Chapter 1251 The Persian Protectorate
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Qin Lang was brushing the leopard's head, and the leopard's head was enjoying it comfortably.
Ah Cha sat by the side and read the newspaper leisurely, occasionally reading some content to Qin Lang. "Taixi has a new nomadic country. They supported a prophet, founded a crescent religion, held high the eagle flag, unified the nomadic tribes, and then launched an attack on Persian Sasan and Rome at the same time..."
"The Persian Sassanid state, which has been established for more than 400 years, has lost consecutive battles. Even the capital Taisifeng was lost, and the Persian emperor even lost his own treasury."
"Holding the eagle flag, they quickly passed through the inaccessible Syrian desert, wiped out 50,000 Roman troops by a river, occupied Damascus, the capital of Syria, and then forced Jerusalem, which had been besieged for two years, to surrender. Facing the fierce attacks of these people ,The Roman Emperor Heraclius can only say sadly, Syria, such a beautiful and beautiful river and mountain, finally belonged to the enemy..."
Syria, Iraq, Egypt, fell one after another.
"The Persian emperor Qisiqi III asked for help from the Tang Dynasty for the fifth time, and at the same time fled with a group of Persian nobles to the Khorasan area near Tocharo and Zhaowu, and lived in Mulu City."
When Qin Lang heard the news, he could only sigh, the mighty Persian Sasanian Dynasty had perished.
Historically, Persia has a long history. There were several powerful dynasties before Sasanian. After the establishment of Persian Sassanid, there were two golden ages, especially during the reign of Emperor Kuslao I. Time, that of the true overlord of the West, the king of kings.
It's a pity that Sasanian, which has been in existence for more than 400 years, has fought against Eastern Rome for several generations, which eventually accelerated the decay of this dynasty. Rather than saying that Persia was destroyed by the Arabs, it is better to say that Persia itself was rotten.
After Kuslao II was killed by his son, Persia fell into a long-term turmoil and split. His son and even his two daughters were successively proclaimed emperor by warlords, but this only exacerbated the civil strife in Persia. It fell into the warlord separatism.
Therefore, when Kuslao’s grandson Yi Sideng succeeded to the throne more than ten years ago, he was only a puppet of the warlords. The warlords were full of internal turmoil. There was a Muhammad, who founded the Crescent Sect. In a short period of time, he defeated the traditional nobles on the peninsula, unified all the ministries, and then expanded fiercely outward, daring to attack both Persia and Rome at the same time. The century-old overlord of the empire launched an attack, and it was still in full swing.
Whether it is the decayed Persian Sasanian dynasty or the emerging Roman Heraclius dynasty, they are not their opponents.
Emperor Yizudeng III has been fleeing and wandering, and the capital has been lost for ten years. By this time, the entire territory of the Persian Empire was basically occupied by the Arabs, leaving only parts of the Khorasan Plateau in the northeast. Keep it, but obviously it won't last long.
Destruction is only a matter of time.
At this time, Datang had just re-determined the pattern of the Western Regions. Datang not only successfully controlled the area south of the Tianshan Mountains, but also successfully incorporated the Western Turks, Zhaowu, Tocharo, and Kesa to the north of the Tianshan Mountains. rule.
Datang also established Suiye City and Suiye Junzhen in Suiye, and immigrated there to establish military and civilian settlements, ten military settlements and ten civilian settlements. According to the Datang Tuntian system, one village is five With 500 people planting a thousand mu, 20 villages can be a full 100,000 mu of land, and there are 10,000 people in the field alone.
Similarly, Datang also established a military town in the valley of the middle reaches of the Yaoshashui (Dyrjar River) in Dawan of the Han Dynasty, today’s Bahana (Fergana Basin).
Qibi, the king of this country, was killed by Moheduo, Kantutun, a Western Turkic state. Ashena Shuni seized his city, and Shuni, his son, Ebozhi, made Qibi's nephew Ah Liaocan the king, and all of them went to war. Leninabad), and Yubozhi ruled Kesai City.
The Tang army went west and destroyed Yipiduolu and Yipishekui one after another. The Western Turkic tribes surrendered. The Tang army moved Nibozhi out of Zhaowu, took Kesai City as the governor's office of Xiuxun Prefecture, and appointed Ah Liaocan as the governor and governor. In fact, the king of Bahana, Alucan, was still stationed in Juzhanti, and Kesai City was actually the place where the Tang Dynasty garrisoned troops.
Datang stationed troops in the city of Kesai to garrison fields, and the same army garrisoned ten villages each, and established the Zhaowu Army.
The establishment of Suiyejun Town and Zhaowujun Town in the north of Tianshan Mountain has far-reaching significance.
You should know that in the area north of the Tianshan Mountains, most of the places are deserts and Gobi, and a small number of oases form cities and tribes, lacking and arid, but there are two exceptions.
This is the Ili Valley and the Fergana Basin.
The Yili River flows slowly from between the two mountains to the Yibo Sea, forming a natural pasture with rich water and grass, and it can also be used for agricultural planting.
The Suiye Plain is located between the Yili River Valley and the Dawan Basin. Although it is not as convenient as these two mountains and rivers, it is also very rich.
When the Western Han Dynasty expelled the Xiongnu from the west of the Tianshan Mountains to the Yaoshashui area, they built a city and garrisoned it. Because most of the soldiers were Chu people at that time, the city was called Chu City, and the river was renamed Chu River.
In contrast, the conditions in the Dawan Basin are even better. The Yili River Valley receives a lot of precipitation rainwater because the bell mouth formed by the two mountains faces the westerly belt, but the semi-closed structure also prevents the cold current from the north from being completely blocked. outer.
In contrast, the nearly closed topographical structure of the Fergana Basin prevents the invasion of cold currents to the greatest extent. At the same time, because of the lower latitude here, the sunshine is generally higher than that in the north, and the flow rate of the medicinal water in the valley is Yili River is several times larger than Chu River.
With a frost-free period of more than 200 days a year, sufficient sunshine, a large amount of rainfall, and abundant river water, this valley is the largest barn in Central Asia.
So Datang did not take into account the feelings of the Zhaowu kingdoms. After moving the Western Turks away, they immediately let the general command 5,000 troops to station in the Dawan Basin.
You know, this basin was able to support tens of millions of people later.
The garrison in the Dawan Basin was personally decided by the emperor Li Shimin. Five thousand elites were dispatched, all of whom were from the Central Plains. In order to be able to stay here for a long time, the emperor also granted land to the garrison soldiers according to the method of enfeoffment in Liaodong. , and mobilize them to move and immigrate, and give them sufficient land according to their population, and officers at all levels, as well as soldiers with honors, can also obtain corresponding fiefdoms according to their official positions and honors.
These lands can receive a one-third tax reduction.
The emperor's strategies are all to enable Zhaowu Army Town to stick to this basin like a nail, and even grow stronger and stronger, and finally become the mainstay of the Zhaowu Capital Protectorate.
After Suiye and Zhaowu military towns were established, the imperial court was still planning to set up another Yili military town in the territory of Beiting Duhufu.
According to this trend, sooner or later the imperial court will also find a good place in the two Protectorate of Tochara and Khazar, and then set up a military town to garrison and immigrate.
Choose an important place in each Duhufu, set up a military town, and garrison immigrants. Long-term consideration has far-reaching significance.
Take Zhaowu for example. After the Great Tang ordered the Western Turkic tribes to withdraw from the borders of the Zhaowu kingdoms, he immediately sent 5,000 soldiers to occupy the Dawan Basin, which is the most fertile and most difficult to defend. The strategy of conferring land was implemented, which made today's Zhaowu countries have a very respectful attitude towards Datang.
After all, if the Tang army does not come, the obedience of the Zhaowu kingdoms may have to be compromised.
It is also because the cavalry of Datang has already appeared in Lianghe, so the Persian emperor who fled all the way to Mulu City opposite Anguo also asked Datang for help over and over again.
Even after asking for help several times to no avail, the current Persian emperor and those aristocratic ministers who had fled had no choice but to submit a petition to the Tang Dynasty, willing to become ministers.
They only asked Datang to protect them.
Mulu, known as Little Anxi, when Han Banchao pacified the Western Regions, Mengqi Kingdom and others all came to join them. Across the Amu Darya River, more than two hundred miles away.
Mulu is located in the desert, with the Amu Darya River in the north and the Gobi Plateau in the south.
Regarding the Persian emperor’s request for help, the imperial court responded after considering it for a while.
The imperial court accepted the request of King Siqi III, and decreed to confer him the title of Governor of the Persian Capital Protectorate, General Zuowuwei, King of Anhua County, King of Persia, Shangzhu Kingdom, etc.
The emperor also sent envoys to confer the canonization, and brought the banners and drums bestowed by the Tang Dynasty.
The remaining part of the Khorasan Plateau in Persia will erect the banner of the Datang Persian Protectorate. If the big cannibal dares to cross the border and invade, it will be an invasion of Datang.
The rapid rise of Dashi has already threatened the Western Regions structure just established by Datang, so accepting the request of the Persian emperor at this time is not to take the initiative to be hostile to Dashi, but the situation is just like this.
If the Great Tang allowed the Dashi to annex the remnants of Persia, then their next step would definitely be to continue eastward, and then Tucharo and Zhaowu, the vassals of the Tang Dynasty, would also be endangered.
And this is absolutely not allowed by the Tang Dynasty. The Western Regions are very important to the Tang Dynasty. This is not only about trade on the Silk Road, but also whether the Tang Dynasty can control this area and prevent people New forces rise up and further threaten the Central Plains Datang.
At this time, the Persian Protectorate was set up, using the banner of the Persian emperor, to organize the Persian nobles, soldiers and civilians to resist the eastward advance of the Great Food, not to mention helping Persia restore the country, but at least keep a buffer zone outside the Western Regions.
If Dashi can see the situation clearly, Datang is of course willing to maintain friendship with them, and everyone can continue to do business.
(end of this chapter)