As the largest tribe in the southern part of the Wuhuan territory.
Many surrounding tribes are vassals of the Wutu tribe.
He is the true king of this area.
However, more than ten days ago, Wutu's million-strong army was destroyed, and the news that Wuye and others died in battle reached Wutu City, instantly shocking the entire tribe's top brass.
The Wutu tribe never expected that the opponent's counterattack would be so fierce.
Generally speaking, even if the Wuhuan tribe's conspiracy is exposed and the Central Plains Dynasty decides to launch a crusade against the Wuhuan tribe, it will still require the emperor's personal order to mobilize the army, march northward, and enter the land beyond the Great Wall.
A complete set of procedures can take as little as one month and as long as one and a half years.
Even if the Wuhuan tribe is outside the Great Wall, they can still receive some rumors and take precautions.
But the enemy's attack this time came too suddenly.
Before the war broke out, they had no idea that the enemy would attack the Wuhuan tribe.
This kind of thing would only be done to foreigners when the Han Dynasty was in a period of prosperity.
But now the Han Dynasty is in a state of decay, its national power is weak, and it is far from being strong and prosperous.
For rebellions like Pingyun County, the imperial court decided to compromise with Qin Yuan to ensure that the impact of the incident would not expand.
How could they decide to launch the Northern Expedition against the Wuhuan people?
Even if the Northern Expedition failed, the Han Dynasty might really be doomed.
It was precisely because of this that the Wuhuan tribe coveted the land of Youzhou and took advantage of the situation to cause chaos.
Even if they were sure that even if the Han Dynasty knew that the Wuhuan people were causing trouble, they would be powerless to take action against them.
But revenge comes too suddenly!
And as information came one after another.
The entire Wutu tribe was completely furious!
The enemy's counterattack was fierce, not only completely annihilating the millions of Wushou troops, but also marching northward, carrying out inhumane massacres on tribes, cities, strongholds, etc. along the way.
Wherever the enemy troops were, corpses lay everywhere and rivers of blood flowed.
After the enemy troops leave, there will be no one left within a hundred miles.
No matter whether they are soldiers in the army of each tribe, young and strong adults, or old, weak, women and children, they will not be spared.
It can be said that locusts are passing through the border, leaving no grass behind wherever they pass.
Compared with the crimes committed by Wuhuan's army in Pingyun County, it is far worse.
All the Wuhuan people were slaughtered, and their cattle, sheep, horses and other wealth were taken as spoils of war.
In this way, it can be said that the Wuhuan people's accumulated heritage in the south for hundreds of years has been wiped out in one fell swoop, and they have suddenly returned to the period of decline a hundred years ago, or even worse.
After all, even though life was very difficult under the oppression of the Han Dynasty, at least he could still survive.
But now, all the people have been slaughtered, and only by migrating people from other places can the former prosperity be restored.
The aliens outside the Great Wall and the Central Plains dynasty were inherently antagonistic.
When the Central Plains dynasty was strong and powerful, the foreign races outside the Great Wall were suppressed and unable to rise.
Once the Central Plains dynasty declines, alien races outside the Great Wall will take advantage of the situation and rise up.
In just over ten days, the territory that has been captured stretches thousands of miles.
It is almost the territory of Shanggu County.
There were dozens of tribes that were completely exterminated.
The number of people killed was close to 100 million.
This incident not only shocked the Wutu tribe, but also spread widely in the south. It even reached the royal court of Wuhuan. The entire Wuhuan tribe knew that a Han army with terrifying strength and divine power was attacking Wuhuan.
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As soon as the news spread, many Wuhuan tribes migrated overnight, enduring the cold weather and fleeing to the north.
If we look at the territory of Wuhuan outside the Great Wall.
It may be found that all the Wuhuan tribes are on the move.
The tribes located in the southern part of the central area fled all the way.
After all, with the enemy's ruthlessness, once discovered by them, there will be only a dead end.
As for resistance, it is not that they have never done so.
It's just no surprise that they all failed.
In the past, millions of Wutu troops were wiped out in one day, and in the later, the tribal coalition forces were instantly defeated, completely leaving all the Wuhuan tribes in despair.
Even the Wutu tribe was unable to deal with it.
After being defeated one after another, the troops in the Wutu tribe could not even gather 500,000 troops.
Now the only ones who can deal with the enemy are the large tribes in the north and the Wuhuan Royal Court.
As time went by, more and more wars broke out in the enemy's north, and both sides received more and more information.
The Wuhuan people were shocked to find that the fierce Han army was not sent by the imperial court this time.
But the army under Qin Yuan's command.
Originally it was just a small bandit.
Later, with his strong strength, he defeated Gongsun Zan, captured the entire Pingyun County, and was recruited by the imperial court.
Now it has grown into a terrorist force that can threaten the entire Wuhuan tribe.
What Qin Yuan did was clearly for the purpose of destroying the Wuhuan clan.
In the northern part of Wuhuan territory.
There is a towering mountain.
It's called Chishan.
On the mountainside, a majestic giant city was built.
This is the Wuhuan Royal Court where the highest political power of the Wuhuan people lies.
The news of Qin Yuan's army's invasion had already reached the royal court.
As for the name Qin Yuan, he was originally just an unknown person.
But in a very short period of time, this person grew into an enemy that could threaten the rule of the Wuhuan tribe.
On the throne.
A man who was more than two meters tall and as strong as a black bear listened to the report of the courtier below with a livid face.
In every piece of information, the word Qin Yuan is inseparable.
This person is Qiu Liju, the great chanyu of the Wuhuan tribe.
He is the undisputed king beyond the Great Wall.
In the north, its status and strength are second only to the Xiongnu and the Chanyu of the Xianbei tribe.
And the power is even greater than that of Zhou Mu, the governor of a state in the Central Plains!
Three important points are among them.
One thing is that Qin Yuan defeated Gongsun Zan and gained fame.
After all, this is Qin Yuan’s battle to become famous.
This achievement not only shocked the imperial court at that time, but also spread widely outside the Great Wall.
After all, Gongsun Zan's reputation was very great, and he was even regarded as the enemy of foreign races.
As long as Gongsun Zan does not die, it will be difficult for foreigners to rise.
The second point is that Qin Yuan occupied Pingyun County and became the magistrate of Pingyun County.
This seems to have nothing to do with the Wuhuan people.
After all, this was an appointment made by the Han court within its own territory.
Ke Pingyun County is related to the first phase of the resurrection plan of the alien beast Zhu Jiuyin.
Once blocked, subsequent plans cannot be carried out.
And the thing that worried Qiu Liju the most finally happened.
The soul-eating formation, which was a resurrected alien beast, was completely destroyed!
The Wuhuan soldiers who maintained the position of the large formation were all killed!
As a result, if you want to set up a large formation, it will definitely be even more difficult.
And one step is difficult, and every step is difficult.
The Wuhuan tribe resurrected Zhu Jiuyin, and most of their hopes of rising up were cut off.
All these years of hard work were brought back to before liberation by Qin Yuan.
His dream of invading the Central Plains and unifying the world was severely knocked back to reality.
As soon as he heard this name, Qiu Liju gritted his teeth with hatred.
The third point is Qin Yuan’s subsequent military actions.
Before Qiu Liju took action against Qin Yuan, Qin Yuan took the lead in retaliating.
First, he destroyed millions of Wu Tu troops.
Then the Northern Expedition wiped out dozens of tribes and killed hundreds of millions of Wuhuan soldiers and civilians!
Let the thousand-mile southern territory of Wuhuan turn into a bloody hell.
"Qin Yuan invaded our clan's territory of thousands of miles and slaughtered hundreds of millions of soldiers and civilians. This behavior is truly outrageous and resentful. This is an act that prepares to exterminate our clan!"
"Nowadays, people in all tribes are in panic, and a large number of tribes have petitioned Shanyu to send troops!"
"The Chanyu should respond early, otherwise he may lose his support."
An old man with a long beard said sadly and angrily.
This old man is a high-ranking priest in the clan.
But there was nothing false in what he said.
The situation that the Wuhuan tribe is facing now is in danger of annihilation.
If precautions had not been taken in advance, even if Qin Yuan was defeated in the end, the population of the Wuhuan tribe would have been reduced by half.
The rise of Wuhuan will no longer be possible.
Qin Yuan's Northern Expedition was different from the previous Northern Expeditions of the Han Dynasty.
In the past, even when the Han army conquered foreign tribes in the wild, their main targets were the royal families of the foreign tribes, that is, tribes like Qiu Liju's.
As well as some tribal armies trying to fight against the Han army.
In other words, even if the relationship between the two tribes is hostile and incompatible, it is a collision between the army and the army, and they will rarely attack civilians.
But Qin Yuan's behavior did not follow martial ethics.
Regardless of whether they were large or small tribal cities, armies or civilians, whether they were resisting or surrendering, no one was spared and all were slaughtered.
This resulted in that no Wuhuan people were alive in any place that had been captured by Qin Yuan's army.
Even if the Wuhuan tribe sent a large army to regain the captured territory, all they would get was just a piece of land.
However, population is the basis for prosperity!
It's useless even if you own a lot of land without people.
Like the North Plains, that vast territory, although there is a lot of land, it is not suitable for human habitation and has extremely low value. Even if it is occupied, it will be useless.
Qiu Liju looked solemn.
Naturally, he knew very well what the high priest said.
In fact, the incident was even more serious than that.
At that time, he will lose not only his human heart, but also his whole life.
The source of power is the common people at the bottom.
Otherwise, if there is no one under you, it will be useless even if you are named Emperor of the Han Dynasty, let alone being named Chanyu.
"I am ordering the Wutu tribe to block the Qin Yuan army in front of Wutu City. No matter what the cost, they must not be allowed to go further north!"
"Inform Canglang, Gulou and other tribes and ask them to send millions of troops each to go south to deal with Qin Yuan's army!"
"As for other tribes, they should send troops according to their own scale, and the minimum number of troops should not be less than 10,000!"
"We also send an order to Hu Yanjie, a warrior of our clan, to lead the 800,000 Chishan Army in the clan and serve as the commander of the coalition forces to conquer Qin. He will sacrifice the great elder to serve as the chief military advisor and command the joint operations of the tribes!"
Qiu Liju discussed with his clan ministers and priests for a while and made a response plan.
Although Qin Yuan's army is coming fiercely, the Wuhuan tribe, as a foreign race outside the Great Wall, has lived on the grasslands for hundreds of years, so it is not so easy to deal with them.
Like the Canglang in his mouth, the Gulou tribe is not weaker than the Wutu tribe.
There were as many as five people named by Qiu Liju.
Five large tribes sent troops, and the number reached 5 million!
As for other large and small tribes, there are hundreds or thousands of them.
What's more, 800,000 elite Chishan troops were dispatched from the royal court.
As a result, the number of troops mobilized this time will be no less than ten million.
Although Qin Yuan's army was fierce, it was like entering an uninhabited country all the way to the north, winning consecutive battles.
But according to the intelligence received, the strength of Qin Yuan's army does not exceed one million at most.
Ten million versus one million.
This is enough to show Qiu Liju's attitude towards Qin Yuan.
In addition to ensuring the stability of the Wuhuan clan, he was also angry at Qin Yuan's behavior.
"Yes, Shanyu!"
A strong man below responded happily.
Although Hu Yanjie was one of the best warriors in the clan, he was also favored by Qiu Liju.
But he only served as the right general of the royal court and commanded an army of no more than 100,000 Chishan troops.
Now, he is given direct command of the 800,000 Chishan Army, and his power instantly reaches several levels.
The most important thing is that with Shanyu's command, he can also command the armies of other tribes.
It can be said that he is inferior to one person and superior to tens of thousands of people.
Even if there is a sacrificial elder as the chief military advisor, on the one hand, he is responsible for making suggestions, and on the other hand, he is supervising himself.
However, his power is still very powerful.
"This matter is related to the rise and fall of our clan, there must be no mistakes!"
"The tasks on your shoulders are very important. In addition to defeating Qin Yuan, regaining our clan's territory, and avenging countless dead soldiers and civilians!"
"We must take advantage of the situation to enter the territory of Youzhou and treat others in their own way!"
Shanyu Qiu Liju's eyes flashed with a blood-devouring light.
This is also part of Qiu Liju's crazy plan.
Previously, I planned to slowly resurrect Zhu Jiuyin with the help of the blood energy in Pingyun County.
But after being ruined by Qin Yuan, the original plan would definitely not work.
The situation Qiu Liju faced was either to give up his plan to resurrect Zhu Jiuyin and fight for the fate of the country.
Either he made up his mind to kill Youzhou in order to plunder a large amount of blood energy to resurrect Zhu Jiuyin.
The risk behind it is that the plan may be discovered by the Central Plains Dynasty, and a large army may be sent to attack the Wuhuan court.
When the time comes, the enemy they face will not only be Qin Yuan of Pingyun County, but the entire Han Dynasty and the aristocratic families in the Central Plains.
After all, the fate of the country affects not only the rise and fall of the dynasty, but also has an impact on these aristocratic families.
Especially when the country's destiny is robbed by foreigners, this is absolutely intolerable to the nobles.
"As you command!"
A sense of fighting arose in Hu Yanjie.
"I still need to trouble the elders of the sacrifice!"
Shanyu turned to look at another gray-haired old man.
Sacrifice holds a very high status among the Wuhuan people and represents their spiritual beliefs.
Some Wuhuan tribes may not obey orders from Chanyu, but if they come from the Ministry of Sacrifice, they will definitely obey orders.
Even Qiu Liju was able to assume the position of Shanyu precisely because he received the support of the priests.
Its status and power are equivalent to those of a prominent family in the Han Dynasty.
There are naturally many priests in high positions in the royal court.
Among them, there is only one high priest, who is in charge of all the priests. The power is only located in Shan Yuqiu Liju.
Under the high priest, there are twelve elders!
The Great Elder is the most senior among the twelve elders in the priesthood.
The status is second only to Chanyu, the great priest.
Otherwise, even if Huyanjie holds Shanyu's order, he may not be able to get all the tribes to obey.
The sacrifice to the great elder also plays the role of conscripting and coordinating the various tribes.
"I will go on an expedition with the army, so there will be no problem."
"It's just that on the top of Chishan Mountain, nothing can go wrong!"
"Otherwise, our Wuhuan tribe will have no chance of rising within five hundred years, and will only be reduced to a subsidiary of the Central Plains Dynasty!"
The great elder of the priest did not look at Qiu Liju, but looked outside the palace, towards the top of the Red Mountain.
The top of Chishan Mountain.
The cold wind howled and the snow fell heavily.
From time to time, there were sharp roars and various rumbling explosions.
There were even times when violent earthquakes occurred in Chishan, causing the entire royal city to feel a strong tremor.
