"Lord Tuoba Lang, this is our best opportunity!" A man wearing a scholar's costume said to a big man wearing a lot of fur products: "Liangzhou Governor Li Xiang, this is going to be different from the three counties under his command. Liangzhou Governor Li Xiang still has a large number of troops in the northwest region. If he is allowed to unify Liangzhou, we in the grasslands above Liangzhou will be the first to bear the brunt and become the enemies of Liangzhou Governor Li Xiang.
Wolf Lord, you should also know that there is a saying in the Daqian dialect that people who are not of my race must have different hearts. Since the betrayal of the prairie people on the prairie, the attitudes towards us in various places in Daqian have changed.
In the past, they would sell us a large amount of winter supplies, but they began to close the market and carry out resistance operations against us. After the governor of Liangzhou, Li Xiang, unifies the land of Liangzhou, the other side will definitely send troops northward."
"At that time, we were thinking that it would be difficult to resist. We might as well take advantage of now, while they are at war with the Ma family and Pang family in the south, and lead the army south to plunder Anding County and Zhangye County. Li Xiangcong When the troops were withdrawn, we retreated to the grassland.
As long as the two major families in the south, the Pang family and the Ma family, are not wiped out, Prime Minister Li will not dare to send all his troops to the grassland. We are facing each other with the resistance of the two major families, making it impossible for Prime Minister Li to concentrate his forces against one side. !”
"This is the way for our two forces to survive. If you don't believe it, Lord Wolf, you can send someone to the Central Plains to investigate. If this is to ask Li Xiang to gather his men and attack one place with all their strength, it will be you or The two major families who resisted Prime Minister Li in the south are no match for Xiliang!"
The leader of the Tuoba tribe, the most powerful tribe of the Xianbei tribe, listened quietly to the middle-aged man's words. After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he said calmly: "The looting is indeed good for our Tuoba tribe, but how can you guarantee it?" When Xiliang sends his troops north, the two major families in the south will contain the Xiliang army for us. Don't tell me that the grassland is vast and boundless.
Back then, you Dagan people still defeated the grassland people and the ancestors of our Xianbei people on the grassland. As for you, only you Dagan people don't want to do it. Without you, we couldn't do it.
We Xianbei people have not invaded Anding County and Zhangye County. Even if King Li Xiang of Xiliang sends his troops northward in the future, if we, the Xianbei people, are defeated by him, we can still surrender to him.
If they plunder Anding County and Zhangye County, the fate of our Xianbei tribe’s defeat will be annihilation!”
Chief Tuoba has never relaxed about the intelligence department of the Central Plains, and he is even more familiar with Xiliang, which has just risen recently.
He looked at the middle-aged man with a sarcastic face: "There are also many foreign soldiers in the Xiliang army. Aren't they just living well in the Southwest Army?
Xiliang's method of treating foreigners is simple and rough. As long as you surrender to Xiliang and don't massacre the Dagan people, they will take you back. But once the knife in your hand is contaminated with the blood of the Dagan people, then Xiliang's knife will also be contaminated. will pass into your body.
So I still have to leave a way out for our Xianbei people, but you can go and tell the Qiang people that those guys only have burning, killing and looting in their minds, and as long as they are lured with benefits, they will go south on their own!"
Patriarch Tuoba did not intend to have any more interactions with the middle-aged man in front of him: "Our conversation ends here. Come see us off!"
The Tuoba clan leader had no intention of continuing the conversation, and the middle-aged man was not discouraged. He already knew the result before he came. As the royal family of the Xianbei clan, the Tuoba clan is the most powerful among the Xianbei clan.
The Tuoba patriarch even entered the imperial capital to study. In the past few years, the prairie rebelled, and rebellions broke out all over the prairie. In many places, political lords of the prairie such as khans and great khans appeared.
The Xianbei tribe also wanted to elect the Tuoba chief as the king of their Xianbei tribe, but unfortunately he was rejected by the Tuoba chief one by one, claiming that as long as Da Gan was alive, he would never become king.
While other grassland tribes went south to plunder during the winter, the Tuoba tribe stayed on the grassland and did not follow other tribes south to plunder Dagan City.
The Tuoba clan, who look like white lotuses on the grassland, have naturally become a thorn in the side and flesh of many tribes on the grassland.
The weaker tribes would have been annexed by other tribes long ago. Unfortunately, as the most powerful branch of the Xianbei tribe, the Tuoba tribe has very few people who can compete with them on the grassland.
Next to the Tuoba clan is the Dugu clan, who are loyal to them and have been following them all this time. The two races join forces and basically represent 1/3 of the Xianbei clan's strength.
After the middle-aged man was taken down, several big men walked out from behind and sat down in their respective seats.
Lord Tuoba Wolf said to the few big men below: "You should have heard what that man said, right now there is a unification war going on in Liangzhou.
According to our intelligence from the south, it is estimated that the two families in Yangzhou will not be able to sustain themselves for much longer. The Han family in Anding County has been declared ruined, and the Ma family and Pang family are not far away."
Speaking of the Tuoba Wolf Lords of these families, it is a bit false. Back then, these families were the commanders of the tribes that resisted their prairie tribes. Both sides fought countless enemies on the border, and each suffered damage from each other.
But they never expected that the Han family would be wiped out so quickly, and the remaining two major families relied on other major sects to survive until now.
Without the support of those sect forces, it is estimated that the two major families would have followed in the footsteps of the Han family.
At present, the only ones who can break the deadlock are the major tribes on their grasslands, which use their powerful power to suppress, causing the main force of the Xiliang army to return to the north to defend.
This is also the reason why the middle-aged man came to him. The other party wanted to draw the Xianbei and Qiang people into the battlefield, so that when the time comes, the Xiliang army will not only face the two major families, but also them.
The power of the grassland tribes is not weak. If they can really get together, the pressure on Xiliang will be much stronger than the pressure on them from the two major families.
This will offend Xiliang, and Li Xiang, the king of Xiliang, is a man who will definitely retaliate.
Moreover, Xiliang still has a large number of troops in the northwest region. When the time comes, Xiliang King Li Xiang is likely to mobilize an army from the northwest region to go south again, and then pacify their grassland tribes and the two major families in the south in one fell swoop.
Judging from the frequency of wars launched by the opponent, Xiliang is not under any pressure from food supply and weapons and equipment.
It can be seen from the successive years of war that there is no shortage of food, weapons and equipment in the southwest. Every Xiliang soldier has gone through hundreds of battles and grown up in the blood and fire.
This enabled Xiliang's army to win every battle on the battlefield.
Therefore, they would rather offend the two major families in the south and the sect forces behind them than offend the Xiliang army, which is about to unify Liangzhou and the whole country.
The sect forces behind the two major families can only influence them in the arena. In the war between races, these sect forces are not worth mentioning. Even if their personal force is very powerful, on the front battlefield Without the help of the army, they could not defeat the same number of soldiers.
Besides, they are on the grassland and do not enter the inner world of Daqian. Can those sects influence them if they are strong?
The Xiliang army that unified Liangzhou was their neighbor from the Tuoba clan from now on. This neighbor was extremely irritable and would draw swords against them whenever they disagreed.
If they don't take advantage of this moment to please this neighbor, then the neighbor will directly send his troops northward and raise a butcher's knife against them, and they won't even have a chance to surrender at that time.
"Lord Wolf, what are you going to do?" A big man said in a controlled voice: "We guys are rough people and don't know about conspiracy and the world. If you think it's okay, then we all listen to you."
"As long as we can keep our pasture and our people, that's fine." Another big man said.
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Chief Tuoba looked at the few big men present and said after being silent for a while: "My idea is not to have too much contact with Xiliang for the time being. We can pass this news to Xiliang as a matter of fact. A friendly response to Xiliang. If we approach too early, the other party may not take it seriously.
You must know that the easier it is to get something, the less you will cherish it. We Tuoba clan and Dugu clan have 500,000 string control people. No matter which force we join, we will be treated favorably, so we also need to see the side of Xiliang Sincerity!”
"I wonder what you think?"
"Lord Wolf, as you said."
"We have to hurry up and send someone to pass this news to Xiliang King Li Xiang. If the news is late, it will be worthless."
Tonight, hundreds of light cavalry scattered from the Xianbei Tuoba tribe, and many of them were attacked by the enemy on the way.
However, there were still dozens of light cavalry who broke through the enemy's encirclement, rushed out, and disappeared into the vast prairie.
In front of Fufeng Plain.
The Xiliang Middle Road army gathered here, Li Xiang was in charge of the main camp, and the armies on the left and right also rushed to the predetermined location.
The civilian husbands behind followed the Xiliang transport team and pulled up the long black dragon. The Xiliang light cavalry ran back and forth to their left and right to protect these escort transport teams.
Xiliang sent light cavalry to harass the logistics of the Ma and Pang coalition forces. Naturally, the coalition would also send light cavalry to harass the logistics of Xiliang.
The two sides engaged in fierce battles on the grassland from time to time, but most of the results ended with the Xiliang light cavalry winning.
Only a few places will be successfully raided by the enemy's light cavalry and the food will be burned.
This kind of food and grass continuously gathered into the camp. In order to prevent the food from being burned by the enemy sect warriors, Li Xiang found a total of five granaries in the camp.
At the same time, heavy troops were sent to protect these grain warehouses, and no open fires were allowed around them. Wu Zhe, who was sent by the Ji Mo Sect and some sects, was arranged to guard the perimeter of the grain warehouses.
The best way to deal with those sect warriors is to send warriors from the same sect. Both parties are martial arts people who have been around in the martial arts world and are familiar with each other's behavior.
After grain and various materials were continuously delivered, Li Xiang sent craftsmen to build Fufeng City on the Fufeng Plain as the enemy's main strategic defense fortress.
In the past, this city was at most an important city, but since it became an important strategic fulcrum on the Fufeng battlefield, this important city, which was usually used to store food, was reinforced by coalition soldiers and turned into a huge fortress.
Huge ditches and moats were dug outside the city to withstand the charge of Xiliang cavalry. Various arrow towers, horse blocking, and traps appeared on and around the city walls, turning the city into a terrifying war.
Sharp weapon.
Water is constantly flowing around the city wall. This place is located on a plain. If there were not these moats outside, as well as dug ditches and various traps created, the city would be easy to attack.
But coupled with the fortifications outside the city wall and the hundreds of thousands of coalition soldiers in the city, the city became a close and cold stone.
At the same time, taking this city as the center point and spreading out to both sides, you can see a large number of coalition soldiers in some important places. These soldiers are usually stationed in small cities or build a large camp themselves.
In terms of defense, they were fully prepared because they knew that Xiliang was very good at night attacks. If they were not well prepared and allowed the Xiliang army to attack at night, they might all lose their heads.
Prime Minister Li was not in a hurry to launch an attack on the city. He ordered his Shenji Battalion soldiers to build a high tower and place a large number of spiritual cannons on top.
At the same time, aim the assembled trebuchet at the distant city wall. Because the stone is difficult to transport, it is difficult for the trebuchet to play a big role this time. At this time, war machines such as psychic cannons are needed to assist in the attack.
In addition to the various war machines brought by the Shenji Camp, the Xiliang side is also building a large number of ladders and digging out a large amount of soil from a short distance away, which is used to fill the ditches and moats.
If those ditches and moats had not been filled in, I don't know how many soldiers would have died there.
The Xiliang army is busy every day, while the soldiers defending the city are on tenterhooks every day. The general in the city has left before the enemy arrives, and the city will be commanded by another senior general.
The marshals of the two major families went to the rear to command the army and at the same time ensure the food supply of the army.
Anyway, there is no rush. He will slowly consume it with the enemy now. He has food in his hand and is not panicking. Anyway, the only one in the world who can compare with him in terms of food storage is the one in the imperial capital. Others are not talking about him.
It doesn't matter, but other people's food storage capacity is really not as large as its food quantity.
When he mobilizes the army on such a large scale, the amount of food consumed every day is an astronomical figure. He is able to mobilize so many troops because after occupying the land where the ghosts and monsters stood, Xiliang farmers planted a large amount of food on the land there.
It just so happened that the harvest started during this period.
This also gave him the confidence to mobilize the army!
