When it comes to weak water, the generals all show their fascination.
The legend about weak water has been around for a long time in China.
China's earliest geographical work "Yu Gong" has already recorded this river that the previous king had explored.
The book says: The weak water is directed to Heli, and the aftermath flows into the quicksand. It has very vividly told the world the direction of this river.
However, since the Northern Expedition of Duke Heng, the Xia armies have never set foot on this river again, and they have never had the opportunity to follow the footsteps of their ancestors.
Today, the time has finally come.
The king of China will once again come to the quicksand, wade through the weak water, and leave Heli to look at Kunlun.
Everyone is in high spirits and cannot help themselves.
Because once you lead your troops and cross the weak water, you will be remembered in history forever!
He will become the second Chinese general to advance west of Ruoshui after Heng Gong!
I don’t know how many literati and poets will praise their achievements, and countless people will praise and worship their great achievements.
Just thinking about it, all the generals were so overwhelmed that they almost stood up with their swords drawn and went back to prepare for the expedition.
Yi Zong looked at them and said: "For the time being, our army's combat goal is to seize Juyan Gorge, occupy the upper reaches of Weak Water, and fully control the entire Heli Mountain, Rouge Mountain and Longshou Mountain in the north!
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If this goal is achieved, then, in fact, the rule of the Western Huns in Juyanze will collapse.
The entire eastern and southern parts of it will fall under the control of the Han Dynasty. From then on, Juyanze will have no danger to defend and no land to rely on.
The passage leading to the Hexi Corridor will also be open to the Han army.
Basically, the life and death of the small political power of the Western Xiongnu was in the hands of the Han army.
The Western Huns may have to fight tooth and nail!
They will do whatever it takes to retake these areas, or at least hold on to the remaining areas.
Therefore, the generals all looked at Yi Zong with doubts. Everyone was a little confused as to why the battlefield should be limited?
Why not just go all out and conquer Yanze, or even march to Hexi to destroy the Western Xiongnu?
Yi Zong looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Destroying the Western Xiongnu, for me, is nothing more than searching for something..."
"It's just that the country cannot afford a war of annihilation on such a scale..." He sighed and said: "Even the expenses of this war, I'm afraid your Majesty will have to grit his teeth to come up with it..."
"Our army can only send 8,000 troops at most in this battle..." Yi Zong said helplessly.
There is no way around this.
When a large army goes on an expedition, the farther the distance, the greater the cost.
What's more, the Hetao area is not yet stable, and the entire Hetao's grain needs to be transported from behind.
In order to send one stone of grain and grass to Heli Mountain, the Shaofu had to pay at least half a stone of grain consumed on the way.
Going west out of Heli Mountain, transportation costs will increase dramatically.
Because this time not only food and grass had to be transported to the front line, but civilian laborers also had to be sent to the front line!
You can't, you can't transfer civilian husbands from Mongolia and Jiuyuan, which have not yet settled down, right?
Not much can be transferred from these two places!
Judging from past experience, to support an 8,000-strong army operating far away from the logistics base, at least 10,000 civilians are needed to deliver supplies and other materials to them.
If it is pure cavalry, it may require more civilians.
Basically, the cost of sending eight thousand cavalry out of Heli Mountain may be equivalent to the cost of sending Zhidu's troops out of the fortress in the Battle of Gaoque.
After all, it is more than a thousand miles from the Great Wall to Mount Heli.
Leaving Heli Mountain and heading west to Ruishui, this is another five hundred miles.
All the generals also fell silent. This is also the dilemma faced by the Han army today. The further west, the higher the cost of the war.
"Kang, my original intention is to use the Western Xiongnu to train troops..." Yi Zong said: "Once our army captures the Juyan Gorge and crosses Weushui, all the kings can lead their troops to Weushui, Rouge Mountain, and Longshou.
Shan, join forces with the enemies of the Western Huns..."
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Under the Juyan Gorge, Qiqu Qiediao was unable to see the envoys from the Northern Huns.
Or one of his acquaintances, Xubu Qing from the Xubu clan.
At the beginning, Xubuqing and Qiequ Qiediaonan were sent as envoys to the Han Dynasty, but at that time, the Xiongnu Empire was still at its peak.
Qiequ Qediaonan and Xu Buqing were just young minions at the time. They saw the majesty of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty for the first time and were deeply shocked. They once thought about it privately together, if one day the Huns' cavalry could break through it.
Chang'an, how much wealth will you make?
After more than ten years, the two met again with completely different identities.
Qi Qu Qie Diao Nan, who was a little minion back then, has become the actual controller of the Western Huns today.
But Xubuqing is still just a minion of the Xubu clan.
Therefore, this kind of errand work fell on him.
"According to the order of the great Xiongnu Zuo Tushe, favored by the sun and moon, and blessed by the gods, Xu Buqing met Zuo Danghu..." As soon as he saw Xu Buqing's words, he gave in.
Qiao Nan frowned.
Zuo Dadanghu?
Isn't that the title that the damn military official granted him when he came to Hexi?
Now that the military minister is dead, he has long since become independent.
The bastards of the Northern Huns are still so arrogant!
This made Qie Qu Qie Diao Nan extremely unhappy. He waved his hand and said: "Xubu Qing, where did Zuo Tushe come from? There is no Zuo Tushe named Hu Lushe in the great Huns now! Neither did the great Yu Shanyu.
A relative named Hu Lushe..."
Yu Shan is the best card in Qi Qu Qie Di Nan's hand.
In fact, his ability to maintain rule was entirely due to Yu Shan.
The entire tribe in Hexi basically obeyed him because of Yu Shan.
Otherwise, the Hexi tribes would have thrown him, the son of the lowly Qiequ clan, the so-called Zuo General, into the Java Kingdom.
Therefore, Qiqu Qiediao Nan could never recognize the status of the Northern Huns.
In his eyes, the Chanyu of the Northern Huns must be a fake Chanyu.
King Zuoxian of the Northern Huns must be a non-existent person.
Otherwise, the foundation of the rule of the Western Huns will be lost.
When Xu Buqing heard this, he smiled slightly and said: "No matter whether Zuo Danghu admits it or not, you are the one who canonized Zuo Danghu first... Come here this time, the great Zuo Tushe entrusts me to give Dadaanghu
One sentence: The Han Dynasty was so strong, but the powerful people should just sit back and wait for death?"
"The big households must have heard about the incident in Mu Nan..."
"What the people of the Han Dynasty did was to cut off the foundation of our people who were leading the bow..."
"After all, Dadanghu is also a bow-drawing people. Do we want to sit back and watch the Han Dynasty dig up the foundation of my bow-drawing people? Do we want to sit back and watch the great gods and ancestors lose their sacrifices?"
It was hard for him to hear the words and he was silent.
Doesn't he know the ambition of the Han Dynasty people?
But what can he do?
Now the total population of the entire Western Huns is only about 300,000. Even including the slaves and the Qiang people in the mountains and valleys, there are only 500,000 to 600,000 people.
Even if they sell the iron and put all the coffins, wives and bones on board, the Western Huns will be able to muster a maximum of 50,000 cavalry.
In this case, many people had to ride on oxen and ride on them to participate in the battle.
What should I use to fight against the Han Dynasty people?
When Xu Buqing saw the situation, he knew something was going on and said quickly: "The great Zuo Tushe ordered me to inform the great household: If the great household can see the situation clearly, he is willing to surrender to the great Guli Hudan."
If he is loyal and surrenders to Shan, then the great Zuo Tushe is willing to forgive what Da Dang Hu has done, and choose a country for Da Dang Hu to be king among the countries in the Western Regions..."
For today's Northern Huns, if the problem of the Western Huns can be solved, hundreds of thousands of people can be gained in an instant.
This is still secondary, the most important thing is to solve the legal problem.
There are no two suns in the sky, and no two masters on the earth.
If they don't die on a single day, the status of Juli Lake and Hulushe will be very embarrassing.
Therefore, if it is difficult for him to recognize his identity, the Northern Huns might as well let him go first.
Of course, once Yu Dan is taken care of and the essence of the Western Huns is taken away, this difficult situation can be put to rest.
In addition, after regaining control of the Hexi Corridor, the security problems of the Northern Huns will also be greatly alleviated.
At least, the Northern Huns can get a huge buffer area.
There is no need to worry anymore, what if the channel is blocked, the mind is unclear, and the Han Dynasty surrenders, causing the Han army to directly leave Hexi and march to the Western Regions!
For the Northern Huns, the Han army will always be their nightmare!
For now, once the Han army leaves Hexi and approaches the Western Regions, then the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions will probably no longer be owned by the Xiongnu.
The Northern Huns had only two options left: struggling to the death or fleeing westward with their tail between their legs.
Qi Qu Qie Diao Nan suddenly burst out laughing: "Hu Lushe, are you just allowed to say these words?"
He snorted in his nostrils. With such conditions, there was no reliable guarantee or anything to reassure him.
Even if there is, he will not agree.
This land west of Hexi is rich and beautiful. He is already the de facto lord of Hexi and the actual controller of the Western Huns.
At this time, the Northern Xiongnu came over and told him: Once the Han Dynasty comes, you will definitely not be able to defeat it. Why not join me and I will give you a piece of territory to become king...
Only a sick person would believe it!
"You go back and tell Hu Lushe that even if I surrender to the Han Dynasty, I will never bow to him and Juli Lake!" Jiqu Qediaonan sneered and said, "Don't think I don't know Juli.
What are Hu and Hu Luwa doing in Makuhoku?"
The Han Dynasty people organized households in the southern part of the curtain to organize the people, but the northern Xiongnu in the northern part of the curtain were not idle either.
In the past two years, the Northern Huns, under the leadership of Julihu and Hulushe, have been engaged in Sinicization and crazyly admired the lifestyle, culture, and system of the Han Dynasty.
They even wanted to transform the Huns from head to toe into the Han Dynasty.
It was precisely in this way that he was able to stabilize the mood of various tribes in Hexi and gained the private support of many Northern Huns nobles.
Obviously, the reforms of Julihu and Hulushe, while receiving support from many people, also hurt countless people.
Especially those collateral nobles!
Over the years, many Northern Huns nobles even took their people and tribes to defect to the Western Huns.
In the eyes of many northern Xiongnu tribes and nobles, in fact, they still respect and support Yu Shan.
Therefore, despite the difficult situation for more than a year, we simply put up the banner of "maintaining the tradition of the bow-drawing people" and played against the Northern Huns.
This also made him a thorn in the side of Julihu and Hulushe.
But, what does this matter?
The key is to survive and continue to have this status and wealthy life!
Anyway, it doesn't matter to him anymore.
In his life, he has been considered perfect.
He rode on the head of the Twins and dominated all the tribes in Hexi.
Even if he is defeated in the end, his life will be considered in vain.
Besides, he is far from reaching the end of his rope.
Of course, the connection with the Northern Huns cannot be broken.
Because he was in a difficult situation, he had to rely on the existence of the Northern Xiongnu to threaten or intimidate the Han Dynasty people. If you want to attack me, I will surrender to the Northern Xiongnu!
The same principle applies to the Northern Xiongnu. If you attack me, I will surrender to the Han Dynasty.
It is precisely because of this balance of terror that the Western Huns can survive to this day.
but……
Qi Qu Qi Diao is very clear that such a terrifying balance is actually not balanced.
That’s it for the Northern Huns.
The Han Dynasty decided to have the power to ignore his threat and attack him forcefully!
Therefore, just in case, he had to leave a way out or a way out.
He said to Xu Buqing: "Please send the envoy back to tell Hu Lushe: I am the loyal eagle dog of the great Yu Shanyu, the lackey of the military minister Shanyu, and will never associate with the regicide! However, in the Han Dynasty,
In terms of our stance, this general and your department should be in agreement! If the Han Dynasty comes to attack Hexi, I hope that your department will send troops to rescue him for the sake of the Shanyu and the people who are also leaders..."
"Otherwise, if the Han Dynasty attacks too quickly, I may have to surrender..."
"You..." Xu Buqing was almost furious. He stared at Qi Qu and was embarrassed, but in the end he had to lower his head and said: "If you are a good person, I will definitely bring it back to Zuo Tushe..."
Qi Qu Qie Diao Nan laughed. What he liked to see the most was the expressions of the nobles of the Northern Huns, those nobles who were once aloof and treated him like a pig or dog. They wanted to kill him, but they had no choice but to do anything to him.
"By the way, as an old friend, I have some good things here. Would you like to take some back?" Qi Qu Qediao took out some plaster from his arms and waved it in front of Xu Buqing's eyes.
Suddenly, Xu Buqing couldn't move his eyes away.
Because, he recognized this thing.
It is the miraculous "Xiaoyaosan" that has been spread among the high-ranking nobles of the Northern Huns in recent years. Some people even call this plaster a "miracle medicine".
It is said that this is a magical medicine that can cure almost all diseases.
It is a holy medicine that can make people forget all the worries in the world.
This kind of thing is extremely precious. It is said that just a small piece is worth more than dozens of livestock!
Moreover, the piece in Qu Qediaonan's hand is as big as a palm. If he takes it back, whether it is for his master or for his own use, it will be excellent.
Xu Buqing almost immediately took the gift that was difficult to find and thanked him: "Dadanghu, if you can come up with more of these things, I can slaughter the luxury goods in Zuo for Danghu."
Many kind words in front of me..."
"I naturally have a lot of this stuff..." Qiqu Qediaonan chuckled. In the past two years, he has been spreading this magical medicine of the Han Dynasty to the Northern Xiongnu through various channels.
Therefore, using this thing, he controlled many nobles of the Northern Huns.
All this happens without anyone noticing.
This is exactly the escape route Qi Qu Qie Diao Nan left for himself.
Once things go wrong, he can flee far away under the cover of these nobles he controls.
Even, maybe we can use this to make a comeback... occupy the magpie's nest and annex the Northern Huns...
