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Section 21 Foundation

After Guerdan was completely defeated in the second wave of charge, he completely lost the confidence to break through from the front. In his opinion, the front line of defense of the Northwest Army was too strong. The trenches and carriage-rejecting rifles cooperated with arrow rain and guns were like the king of hell who bought lives. The wave after wave of impact was like waves hitting the reefs on the shore, which seemed to be invincible, but the waves dispersed, but the reefs remained towering, leaving only the red spots.

The front line of the Northwest Army was not indestructible, but whenever a gap was exposed, the soldiers behind were filled up immediately, and quickly dissolved into an organic whole. Even if there was a breakthrough, the results could not be expanded. The Mott Cavalry, whose morale was getting worse, could not seize this fleeting opportunity at all. They could only use the spear in their hands to attack the opponent's thick shield defense line in vain, but this was almost equivalent to suicide, especially for the light cavalry behind.

Guerdan's only hope is all placed on friendly forces who sneaked into the granary from the flank. As long as he can destroy the granary, no matter how much the price he paid, it is worth it. However, fate does not seem to be on his side. The second wave of attacks collapsed, and there seems to be no movement there. The black smoke of hope did not rise in the back of the opponent. Guerdan's heart slowly sank down. When the commander of the third wave attack group timidly asked the chief whether to launch the third wave of charge,

The desperate Guerdan even wanted to end his life with one sword at that moment. The enemy who was still waving in front of him was gloomy like a dormant beast. What should I do? It is meaningless to continue to charge. The opponent's full preparation shows the huge difference in combat power between the two sides. Surrender? Guerdan dared not imagine what kind of results he would get. The only way at the moment is to evacuate first, escape from this ominous place far away, and then take the nuclear program to do what should I do.

It’s a pity that God no longer gave him a chance. When he learned that Luo Beiren had left him and fled and the army attacked on the flank had been wiped out, the panic Guerdan was still in a daze. Several noble officers led the soldiers to circle several of his personal soldiers without hesitation and forced him to bind himself to surrender to the Northwest Army. Only then did Guerdan realize that his chief’s life had finally come to an end.

On February 27, 697, the mainland Gregorian calendar, the decisive battle of Boyue Lake, which shocked the Tenggeri Prairie, finally came to an end after more than four hours of cruel battle. After this battle, the Northwest Army completely destroyed the armed forces of the Mote clan, second only to the Luobei people on the East Tenggeri Prairie. The Mote military, who suffered heavy losses, finally turned against him and tied up Guerdan, who had only tasted the taste of chieftain for more than two months, and asked Li Wufeng to surrender. After asking everyone of the other party to put down their weapons and obey him unconditionally, he accepted the other party's request to surrender.

In this battle, the Northwest Army wiped out 200,000 Mot cavalry, including more than 90,000 prisoners, and more than 80,000 Mot warriors were killed in this battle, seized 150,000 horses, and countless supplies. Although most of the Luobei people escaped, more than 1,000 people were still buried in the encounter in the raid of the granary.

The Northwest Army also paid a very heavy price. In order to withstand the enemy's charge on the front battlefield, the defense point of the Third Division of the Great Northwest Legion was the first to be hit and took the greatest pressure. A full division was nearly 23,000 people, and only less than 12,000 were left after the war. A considerable number of soldiers were injured and temporarily lost their combat effectiveness. The Guard Division and the Nanteluoke Fifth Division that assisted the defense of the two wings were slightly better. The Guard Division lost more than 5,000 people, and the Nanteluoke Fifth Division participated in this general rule for the first time.

The model battle was normal, but the number of casualties also showed a gap with other divisions, with more than 7,000 people losing their lives in the battle. In the granary defense battle, the Second Division of the Great Northwest Legion led by Shalang fully utilized the solid defense line built with transport vehicles, and severely damaged the invading Mot cavalry. In addition, the retreat of the Luobei people caused the Mot in the rear to lose their fighting spirit, which also made the battle end before it lasted for too long. Shalang's Second Division won the victory of the war with only more than 2,000 casualties.

On March 11, the Northwest Administrative Office Deputy Director Su Qin, on behalf of the Northwest Military and Political Military Governor of the Tanghe Empire and Governor of the Northern Luzon, Li Wufeng, convened a representative meeting of the Mot tribe at the spark gathering on the banks of Boyue Lake in Mott territory. At the meeting, Su Qin announced the appointment of the Central Government of the Tanghe Empire, granted Guersufu the title of earl, and appointed him as the lord of the Mott Autonomous Territory, who commanded the entire Mott tribe. He was led by Li Wufeng, the Northwest Military and Political Military Governor of the Northwest, and was generally handled independently by the Mott people. Major matters involving national economy and people's livelihood must still be notified to the Northwest.

Immediately afterwards, with the support of Li Wufeng, Guer Sufu began a large-scale purge. Almost all the conservative nobles with pro-Luobei were declared rebellious. Under the swords and guns of the Northwest Army, most of the conservative nobles were beheaded. The family members, their herdsmen and herdsmen, were all divided by the nobles of the Northwest. The forces of Li Wufeng occupied absolute power in the Mot clan. As the chief evil Guerdan, considering his special identity, Guer Sufu asked him to commit suicide after discussing with the Northwest side.

After a series of consultations and secret discussions, the Mots followed the example of the Northwest governments and carried out administrative reforms and established the Internal Government, the Internal Affairs Office, and the Military Affairs Office, abbreviated as the Three Governments, respectively, which manage administrative and judicial affairs, tribe affairs, and military affairs. The Military Affairs Office is not led by the Lord of the Autonomous Territory, but is directly controlled by the Northwest Military Staff Headquarters. The head of the Military Affairs Office is directly appointed by the Northwest Military and Political Jiedu, while the appointments of the other two government heads are nominated by the Lord of the Autonomous Territory, and can be reported to the Northwest Military and Political Jiedushi Office for approval.

The Northwest promised to fully liberalize the input and output of various daily necessities such as food, salt, wine, iron and iron tools in the entire Mott territory, and ensure the supply of low-priced food and grass in the spring famine of the Motts every year. In terms of financial and technical assistance to the Motts to build a small city into a small city in a short time to promote the circulation of commercial circulation. As a branch line of the northern northern business road of the spark gathering in Qingyang, the northwest will also be expanded in the near future to make its roads water.

Ping reaches the road level between the northwest governments, and the road from Yinchuan to Sparkji will also be included in the construction plan to begin planning. Northwest will build two schools in Sparkji free assistance to provide primary education for children of Mott nobles and middle and upper class people. All teachers are provided by the northwest side. The teaching is taught in Tang and Hu languages ​​and uses Tang language as written language. It is also promised that Northwest University and Northwest Military Academy will accept further learning requirements for those with excellent grades after graduation from junior schools.

Although the Mots after the war used the purge of conservative nobles to calm the dissatisfaction of the Mots, and the pro-northwest nobles also completely won the dominance, it was still a ragged situation before them. Since more than 80,000 Mot soldiers were killed in the war, this not only caused great losses to the Mots' military power, but also caused tens of thousands of Mots families to be in grief. Spring famine has already caused almost all Mots families to face desperate situations, and the finances of the Mots' entire tribe have collapsed. When Guersu came to power, the entire tribe's treasury was less than three thousand gold coins. A panic filled the entire mots, and many lower-class herders began to flee.

Faced with the severe situation within the entire Mote clan, Guer Sufu's only reliance was in the northwest. After Wufeng had urgent consultations with senior staff such as Xiao Tang, Su Qin, Ling Tianfang and Wang Liao in Qingyang, he finally agreed to provide an interest-free loan assistance plan to Mote, temporarily providing a loan of one million imperial gold coins to purchase Yuechun forage from the nearby grassland tribes; Northwest provided Mote with grain, salt, tea, production worth one million imperial gold coins.

Tools and cloths are necessary for living supplies; a loan of three million imperial gold coins is provided to Guersufu in the name of the Mott Interior Government to comfort the families of the soldiers who died in this war, to calm the emotions of the lower class and win over the hearts of the people; one million imperial gold coins are provided as the fiscal turnover of the Guersufu regime, to use the daily operation expenses of the Guersufu regime. All loans are guaranteed by Mott Autonomous Dominion taxes and are gradually repaid within ten years in installments.

After signing the loan agreement, the two sides signed a supplementary agreement on the status relationship between the two sides and all aspects of affairs. The Mott Autonomous Dominion was led by the Northwest Military and Political Military Governor's Office, but maintained its autonomy. Military and diplomacy were responsible by the Northwest, while the internal affairs were guided by the Northwest. The tariffs between the two sides' comprehensive territories, while the tariff income of foreign goods was all income from the Mott Autonomous Dominion and was not paid to the Northwest. The Mott Armed Forces were completely reorganized, following the Northwest's Jigu as two types of reserves and regular troops. The daily training and management of reserves were carried out by the military.

The Ministry of Commerce is responsible, while the regular army is directly responsible for training and mastery by the newly established Northwest Military Joint Staff Headquarters. All regular army military expenses and reserve training subsidies are borne by the Northwest Government. It was initially agreed that the regular army would be 50,000 cavalry, and elite troops were selected from the existing Mott armed forces. The reserve army temporarily set up 60,000, and will be managed through regular training and regular service (mainly responsible for patrols and daily public security in the territory of the Mott Autonomous Territory). In case of emergency, the Military Affairs Office can directly recruit the reserves as formal service.
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