Tuyuhun does not have such a big appetite when he swallows the northwest.
On the plateau, Tuyuhun, who still maintains a nomadic system, is far inferior to the Han Dynasty in terms of national management system and control over the subordinates. This is why Tuyuhun has been trying to launch an attack on the Han Dynasty, but has been unable to mobilize the national troops.
, it can be seen that he was even killed by Yu Wenxin once because there were too few soldiers and horses gathered.
Even if Tuyuhun's army could break through the defenses deployed by the Han army in Wuwei and Jincheng and penetrate deep into the northwest, they could only plunder once and then withdraw. It is unrealistic to gain a foothold in the northwest. What's more, Li Xingchen didn't believe it.
Tuyuhun had the ability to wipe out the Han army in the northwest.
No matter what, the troops I have deployed in the northwest are all elite soldiers, famous generals and capable ministers, okay?
However, to put it this way, Li Xingchen was not from the northwest after all. He made such a definite judgment only based on his own experience and the Han's military deployment in the northwest.
As he walked out, he asked in a deep voice: "What's going on?"
Yan Bi lowered his voice and said: "The urgent report just came from the Taiwei Mansion. Tuyuhun's follow-up troops have arrived at Wuwei City. Wuwei is in danger. In addition, Tuyuhun has mobilized tens of thousands of coalition forces from Gaochang and other countries to the Western Regions.
We will arrive in Hexi within half a month and will definitely participate in the attack on Wuwei."
Li Xingchen couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Tuyuhun's previous attacks were mainly based on soldiers and horses stationed in Hexi and other places. Although the armies in these places were brave and good at fighting and had achieved great results in battles with the Turks, their relative numbers were still relatively small. Otherwise, their military strength would be a huge one.
The northwestern Han army, which was a big problem, could not fight them back and forth.
What worried the court the most was the Tyuhun soldiers and horses that were arriving from other places. The various nomadic tribes of the Tuyuhun were scattered in the north and south of Qinghai (i.e. Qinghai Lake), from the foot of the Qilian Mountains to the source of the river. Therefore, when the news arrived, these
It would naturally take a long time for the tribe to gather the herds in Hulala and push to the northeast.
When Li Xingchen had just returned to Luoyang, he had already received news that Murong Shifu, the king of Tuyuhun, had personally led an army to Wuwei.
Murong Shifu was also an "old friend" of the Han Dynasty. When he was a prince, he went to the northwest to contact Xu Deyan and Cao Zhong, and the two parties agreed to attack the Turks together. In the end, the Turks were defeated by both sides on their way south from the northwest.
Gradually dispersed.
But now that Murong Kualu, the king of Tuyuhun, has passed away, Murong Shifu naturally became the leader of Tuyuhun in an instant, and this old friend also turned against the big man.
Murong Shifu was different from the other Tyuhun tribe leaders who lived in the cold grasslands at the foot of the Qilian Mountains like his father. He had come to the northwest of the Han Dynasty and had lived here for a while.
Although the northwest is a barren place in the Han Dynasty, it is compared to the prosperous places in the mainland of the Han Dynasty such as Jiangnan. But for Tuyuhun, this is obviously not the case. It seems that apart from the capital Fuqi City, it is slightly comparable to an ordinary state capital in the northwest.
The rest is a barren land in comparison.
Therefore, Murong Shifu envied Dahan for having such a piece of land, and naturally he was more inclined to annex it. In addition, after living in Dahan for a period of time, he did not just idle around and indulge in the beautiful scenery, but actively collected and
Intelligence information related to the situation in the Central Plains, and accurately made the judgment that the Han Dynasty would inevitably launch an army in the northwest after unifying the world.
By the time Tuyuhun is under the sword of a big man, it will be impossible for him to survive alone.
What's more, the Tuyuhun royal family was born in Murong, Xianbei. The fall of the Northern Zhou Dynasty meant the defeat of the Xianbei people in China, which inevitably gave the Tuyuhun royal family a sense of despair. Naturally, they increasingly wanted to suppress the Han in the northwest in exchange for peace.
So the best way is to take advantage of the fact that the Han Dynasty is focusing on the north and strike first. But it is obvious that Murong Shifu is still a bit idealistic. He should not have convinced the leaders of various tribes in a short time.
, this war that was supposed to break out when the Han army captured the Central Plains was delayed again and again, almost until the Han army was about to attack the northwest.
However, it is normal for each tribe in Tuyuhun to have their own worries. Of course, the tribes in Hexi do not want to bow down to the Han in the future and live their own small lives. However, the tribes on the plateau, especially in the Heyuan area, do not care about these.
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Our place with beautiful mountains and clear waters is still far away from the Central Plains. The Han people in the Central Plains can do whatever they want to the Western Regions, and it has nothing to do with us. Why should they risk their lives just to help you guys in Hexi?
Therefore, even if these tribes finally had to obey the unified dispatch of the Tuyuhun royal family, they could still delay and slowly advance towards the battlefield. In the end, the battle broke out for more than half a year, and Tuyuhun's follow-up troops were belatedly arriving.
And I don’t know how many people were behind me dragging my feet.
However, these tribes themselves did not have much fighting spirit, they were just trying to build momentum. In history, when the Tang Dynasty wiped out Tuyuhun, there were even troops who had to cross the mountains and fight southward to the river source area. Just now, many people did not know whether they planned to
The Tuyuhun tribe who participated in this matter still felt that the Han people could not kill them anyway and surrendered. These tribes should not have participated in the decisive battles between Tuyuhun and the Tang army in Hexi and other places before. Otherwise, they should have followed Murong Fu, who was the king of Tuyuhun at the time.
It’s best to escape to the Western Regions together.
The real threat, and those who will definitely exert all their strength in the attack, must be the troops directly under the Tuyuhun royal family who arrived in Wuwei before.
Before, Northwest did not clearly state that a certain city was "in danger", but now it used this word, which surprised Li Xingchen.
There are some more opponents who may not even be as good as cannon fodder, but they can actually panic Yu Wenxin and the others. Something else must have happened in the northwest.
Sure enough, when Li Xingchen arrived at Taiwei's Mansion, he heard Xiao Shilian's voice: "These Hu and Qiang people who refuse to eat and drink fine wine when toasting, wait until Tuyuhun is defeated, we will go and level them all!"
"What's going on? Bo Qing lost such a temper?" Li Xingchen walked in with his hands behind his back.
Zhang Xutuo and Xiao Shilian hurriedly paid tribute.
Zhang Xutuo explained: "Your Majesty, there is an emergency in the northwest. The Qiang people have also dispatched tens of thousands of troops to cooperate with Tuyuhun to attack Jincheng from the southwest, directly threatening the flanks of the Wuwei defense line. Now the armies in the northwest are exhausted and it may be difficult to sustain them for too long.
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Li Xingchen frowned, no wonder.
As expected, this Murong Shifu was indeed quite capable, and even asked the Qiang people to join them in attacking the Han.
The Qiang people have always been a part of the peace and stability of the northwest that cannot be ignored. Since the Han Dynasty, the Han people and the Qiang people have been dividing and uniting, and fighting endlessly.