Li Xingchen came directly to the battle report and read it carefully.
To be honest, Li Xingchen himself did not expect Xiao Mohe to move so fast.
Li Xingchen also knew how strong the Qiang villages were. Most of these villages were built on the mountains and were well defended. They were easy to defend and difficult to attack. Otherwise, the Qiang people would not have settled here for so many years.
And Xiao Mohe used his elite troops to attack the Qiang camp head-on. After being unable to attack repeatedly, he took the initiative to retreat and lured the Qiang people to attack. Then he used his cavalry to attack from both sides, directly destroying the Qiang troops and horses. At the same time, the selected Ba soldiers also
They had already crossed mountains and ridges, broke in from behind the Qiang camp, and cooperated with the troops attacking from the front to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
This is to deal with one camp, and the same method is used to deal with the other camps.
The Qiang people fight among themselves and have little contact with each other. They are like scattered sand. Naturally, they are easily defeated one by one.
However, it is now clear that only some Qiang camps in the periphery have surrendered to the Han. Originally, they did not have much identification with the Qiang ethnic group, and many of them have even intermarried with the Han. At this time, the Han is invincible.
It makes sense that they would be willing to take refuge with the big man.
Li Xingchen had no way of knowing the specific reaction of the Qiang people in the battle report that was delivered concisely and quickly, nor did he know the conditions they offered. After all, these needed to be compiled by the civilian officials accompanying the army before submitting a memorial. It was estimated that at most it would take
Five or six days.
However, Li Xingchen believed that under the "temptation" of the Han Dynasty's existing resettlement policy for surrounding ethnic groups, it was reasonable for these Qiang people to make a choice. Especially since there were many Ba people soldiers accompanying the army this time, their personal accounts
It was enough to shake the Qiang people's original thoughts.
Especially for the Qiang people, is the area along the Taoshui River where they are now their homeland? In fact, when the Qiang people were in their heyday, their living area was much further east than it is now. It is just that it was slightly richer than the territory of Tuyuhun.
Some areas along the Taoshui River and Huangshui River are obviously not enough for the Qiang people to have a sufficient sense of dependence.
After all, there is much more vast land in the northwest. If you can settle on it, who would want to freeze and starve among the mountains every day, worrying about making a living?
These Qiang people may be only a minority among the many Qiang tribes, and their status is not very high, but Li Xingchen believes that if the Han can treat them well, the rest of the Qiang people will naturally start to waver and gradually move toward
The big man moves closer.
At this time, it was actually the Yao family who was in charge of the various tribes of the Qiang people. However, the Yao family now was no longer as good as the Yao family who responded to hundreds of requests when the Later Qin was established. Those who really obeyed the Yao family were the core of the original Qiang people.
At this time, as the Han army advanced, Yao and the few Qiang tribes who still obeyed the order began to retreat to the depths of Huangshui River. The remaining Qiang people must have started to wait and see the direction of the wind.
If the imperial court treats the Qiang people well, then it doesn’t matter if they follow the imperial court. After all, what everyone wants is just food and clothing. But if the imperial court suppresses and exploits the Qiang people, then it’s better to pack up your things and go to the Huangshui River.
Retreat somewhere, at least you can stay there and defend yourself.
Li Xingchen still has confidence in his ethnic policies.
After all, the Ba people, Nanzhong and Lingnan tribes have all agreed to use it.
Even the people of Linyi, who had actually become the cheap labor force for the industrial and commercial development of Han Dynasty, did not see any problem with this.
No matter how cheap their labor force is, at least their current life is better than the days of slash-and-burn farming.
If your stomach is full, what will happen if you work hard?
Li Xingchen's eyes turned to Anding.
Xiao Mohe has opened up the flank, and now it's up to Pei Zilie.
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Pei Zilie marched in troops very quickly.
Tuyuhun's soldiers and horses have already crossed the river. If he had moved slower, Tuyuhun would have gone straight to Liupan Mountain. Of course, it was also possible that he could have turned around and threatened the flanks of Jincheng's defense line. In the past few days, Jincheng's emergency documents were like snowflakes.
Flying in the same way, Changsun Sheng, who was stationed in Jincheng, was already prepared to live or die with Jincheng.
There was no way, there were only so many defenders in the city, and the pressure to deal with the Qiang people was great. Previously, a part of the cavalry was transferred, that is, Xue Wang's troops obeyed the dispatch of Anding, and some military resources were also allocated to Wuwei. In fact,
Shangjincheng is just an empty frame who is strong on the outside and hard on the inside.
If Changsun Sheng hadn't deployed enough defensive measures along the Taoshui River and the Great River outside Jincheng early, so that the Qiang people did not dare to attack for a while, I am afraid that Jincheng would have been surrounded by now. But these defensive measures are obviously
There is no way to take care of those behind them. As long as Tuyuhun soldiers and horses come along the river, how can Jincheng stop them?
Fortunately, Xiao Mohe has now broken through the frontal defense line of the Qiang people, forcing the Qiang soldiers and horses to not dare to advance towards Wuwei or threaten Jincheng. However, this does not change the fact that the defense on the rear side of Jincheng is weak. Now Changsun Sheng does not have so many
People were building the defense line, so they were naturally even more anxious. They were afraid that the enemy would rush over and kill Xiao Mohe before he arrived at Jincheng, so the defense line he had worked so hard to build might become a weapon to stop Xiao Mohe.
Therefore, Pei Zilie must rush to the battlefield as soon as possible to intercept Tuyuhun's main force.
Fortunately, Wei Yuancheng, as the forward, stabilized the battle line after a brief battle with the enemy's forward, giving the enemy the feeling that the opponent's troops were numerous. Therefore, the Tuyuhun troops did not dare to advance rashly, but kept a close eye on Wei Yuancheng's troops.
At the same time, according to reports from Tanma, the main follow-up force in Tuyuhun still chose several ferries to cross the river, and spread out along the river to advance towards Anding.
Obviously, after Murong Shifu realized that his strategic goal was exposed in advance, he did not mind directly starting a decisive battle with the Han army in the Gobi wilderness.
Compared with going directly to the foot of Liupan Mountain to attack the enemy, a decisive battle in the wilderness is actually not a bad thing for Tuyuhun who has the advantage in military strength.
After all, in the previous battle of Wuwei, Tuyuhun had a deep understanding of the power of the Han army's firearms. When the enemy relied on the mountains to smash them down with a gun of firearms, would this battle still be fought?
Although the main force has not arrived yet, Li Xun has led the front army of 20,000 infantry and cavalry to Wei Yuancheng Dazhai. The situation on both sides has become increasingly clear. The main force of the other party has not arrived yet, but soldiers under the banner of Murong Fuyun have gradually gathered.
Ma Shao said that there must be 20,000 to 30,000 people. Looking at the neatness of their flags, you can tell that these are definitely the elite of Tuyuhun.
"The troops are of equal strength and are well defended. It is difficult to directly defeat the enemy's forward!" Li Xun climbed up a steep hillside and raised his clairvoyance to clearly see the enemy's defense situation in the distance.
Murong Fuyun was not stupid. Since there was a confrontation at this time, of course he could not just plant the camp on the ground. Instead, like Wei Yuancheng, he found several upstanding mountain walls to protect his flanks.