"This is something caused by the Murong clan. Why should we, Xi Xianbei, go with them to fight with Xiliang?" Tuoba clan chief gathered the senior officials of Xi Xianbei together in the Tuoba clan's tent.
They had just received news from over there that the Murong clan invited them to discuss how to resist the Xiliang army moving northward.
They had received news about the Xiliang army's attack on the grassland very early, but they did not take the news to heart because it had nothing to do with them in Xianbei.
The looting going south last year was none of their business, and the Qiang and Murong families did something extraordinary, massacring them in front of Xiliang King Li Xiang.
As long as they are a Daqian general with integrity, they will choose revenge. In Daqian, there is no such thing as repaying evil with kindness.
Most people believe in tooth for tooth and blood for blood.
"I also feel that this is none of our business. Let them fight the Xiliang army on their own. We don't have that much time to waste time with them on the grassland. We still have cattle and sheep to graze."
Chief Tuoba's expression did not change at all as he listened to the words of the next tribal leader.
In his heart, this war does not belong to their Xi Xianbei clan, and this war is an opportunity for them!
Over the years, he has been looking for things and opportunities to make his tribe stronger. Unfortunately, it can only increase the population of his tribe, but it is not powerful enough to annex Eastern Xianbei.
There are rulers of the Golden Family on the other side of the prairie, and all tribes are ruled by the Golden Family. Therefore, the prairie people on the prairie are extremely united. Not to mention united, at least there are people who can combine their strength into one.
This is also the reason why the prairie side was able to fight against the imperial court.
If all the major tribes in their small prairie could unite like in the prairie, they would also be able to fight against the Daqian Dynasty!
The Qiang people disdain to unite with the Xianbei people. The Qiang people have a common leader with them, so they are much stronger than the Xianbei people in mobilizing large armies.
There are various major tribes among the Xianbei that occupy powerful forces, such as the Tuoba tribe, which controls all the power of the western Xianbei tribe, and there is the Murong tribe in the east, with the other half of the Xianbei tribe.
If they unite, they can completely crush the Qiang people, but once they unite, they must determine who will control an army and who will be the commander!
Because of this problem, the Tuoba and Murong clans fought openly and secretly. West Xianbei was far stronger than East Xianbei in terms of materials and population.
However, due to years of war, Eastern Xianbei is much stronger than Western Xianbei in terms of combat.
You can't do anything to me, and I can't do anything to you. As a result, the Xianbei tribe formed two major clans, the East and the West.
But this time the opportunity finally came.
The Qiang and Murong clan must have suffered heavy losses in their fight against Xiliang. That was when the Tuoba clan unified the grassland.
Everyone has ambitions, but some people have great ambitions, while some people have very small ambitions and are easily satisfied.
The Tuoba chief had thought about unifying the grassland many years ago, but he never had the chance. In addition, the Xianbei army was not united, so it was impossible to carry out a powerful attack on the Qiang people.
But now I finally have a chance.
"Then we will not participate in the fight between them!" Chief Tuoba said: "But when you go back, gather the warriors of your own clan.
Although we will not participate in their war with Xiliang, we must also be prepared to avoid enemies appearing at some time and unable to resist them in time."
"yes!"
After having a meal in the big tent, the leaders of each major tribe returned to their respective tribes.
After the tribal leaders left, Chief Tuoba summoned the top leaders of the Tuoba clan.
Those tribal leaders who were summoned before? Are they allies and vassals of the Tuoba clan? Their real power still comes from the senior leaders of their own tribes.
It won't take long for a large number of cavalry to gather in the area where the Tuoba clan is located. The scattered branches also drove back a large number of cattle and sheep.
Is the grassland very unsafe now? Let them return to their clan.
No one knows where the cavalry led by Xiliang King Li Xiang are running now.
What if you accidentally encounter the cavalry led by Xiliang King Li Xiang while grazing? It is very likely that they will all be lost.
They have not forgotten that when the army of the Daqian Dynasty marched north to the grasslands, they killed and burned everything they went, directly killing the Xianbei and Qiang people until they surrendered.
So they better be careful!
Boom!
On the grassland, the black cavalry rushed towards a small tribe not far away? That tribe was really small, with more than a hundred people.
The men of the tribe had mounted their horses? They did not resist but fled with their families.
He didn't want anything, took his family and ran away on horseback.
There are so many enemies that they have no heart or desire to resist!
The overwhelming darkness rushed towards them, giving them no strength to resist!
The cows and sheep stayed there quietly. If you walk in and take a look, you can see that the cows and sheep are fighting at this time.
These cattle and sheep were so frightened that they had no idea of escape. They just stayed motionless in the pen.
Those who fled on horseback could not run very far before they were overtaken by the Xiliang cavalry and beheaded them all. All the old men and women were killed, even the children, although the cavalry also killed them indifferently.
They did not torture these people, but gave them pleasure.
Li Xiang rode his horse and walked over the corpse. It could be seen from their clothes that these people were from the Qiang tribe. It was strange that this grassland originally belonged to the Xianbei people's pasture, but there were a large number of Qiang tribes here.
Most of the tribes they destroyed these days were Qiang tribes, and only a few were Xianbei tribes.
"Further ahead is the edge of Hylar!" Li Xiang kept looking at the map. What he wanted to do was to attack Huanglong, first destroy the Qiang people, and then attack Xianbei.
Fighting two races at the same time, his troops were a bit short, so he decided to kill one first and then attack the other.
The soldiers slaughtered the cattle and sheep very skillfully. After arriving on the grassland, they never lacked meat. They ate beef and mutton every day. All the cattle and sheep raised by these tribes went into the stomachs of the Xiliang cavalry.
There are nearly 40,000 people behind. Don't be afraid of these cattle and sheep, they will be eaten all.
After eating and drinking, Li Xiang left a few people to watch the cattle and sheep waiting for the army at the rear. The Feixiong Army led by him and about 5,000 Xiliang cavalry continued to move forward.
They are the vanguard of the army and the guides.
After arriving on the grassland, the Xiliang cavalry completely unleashed their speed. They wanted to break through to the opponent's rear at extremely fast speeds.
To catch the opponent off guard.
Bu Er, who was on the frontal battlefield, led the army step by step, walking deeper into the grassland bit by bit.
After arriving at the grassland, he found a large number of light cavalry in the surrounding area. Bu Er sent out the light cavalry in his hands and asked these light cavalry to protect the army.
At the same time, the formation of the army is constantly changing every day, preventing the opponent from having the opportunity to detect the true strength of the army.
Along the way north, they encountered no difficult enemies except some light cavalry who came to harass them.
However, Bu Er felt that the other party was leading them to Hylar. He had seen the terrain of Hylar, and it was a very suitable terrain for cavalry charges.
Walking in their current direction, they will be at the lower end of the terrain, and the enemy over there is on the slope, giving them a geographical advantage.
At that time, the enemy will gather their cavalry and take advantage of the geographical advantage to give them a head-on blow.
The other party really wanted to fight them there, so Bu Er, after discussing with his generals, sent out the light cavalry and cavalry units in his hands.
He wants to kill the enemy spies around the army, and then divide his army into five groups. The distance between each group of armies will not exceed 50 miles.
When the army along that route was attacked, armies from other directions would rush to support as quickly as possible without all gathering together, which greatly accelerated the march of the Xiliang army.
At the same time, they also encountered some small tribes along the way who had not had time to retreat. These small tribes really underestimated the marching speed of the Xiliang army.
They believed that a large army with mainly infantry would not be able to move as fast as they could. Although they needed to carry a lot of things, they had horses.
In terms of marching, they were definitely faster than the Xiliang army who walked on their feet.
When the Xiliang army caught up, they had lost the chance to escape.
Facing these enemies, the Xiliang soldiers showed no mercy and killed them all, even saving the elderly and children.
After the Qiang people broke the rules, Xiliang no longer has to abide by the rules. Don't you like massacre? Let me show you what real massacre is.
Throw these corpses randomly on the grass, and the army will walk by. Perhaps after the army leaves, they will become the delicacies of some wild beast.
If Xiliang soldiers had not collected the corpses of those civilians last year, their corpses would have become the delicacies of some wild beast, just like the corpses of herdsmen thrown aside by Xiliang soldiers now.
The Xiliang Middle Road army soon entered the main territory of the Qiang people, which was only about 800 miles away from Hailar.
It is the fastest and closest place to enter the grassland from Zhangye County City, so this army is also called the main army of Xiliang.
Facing the main army of Xiliang, the Qiang people have gathered nearly 1 million cavalry.
There were nearly 1 million cavalry gathered, but the Qiang chieftain still felt uneasy because he only had about 200,000 standing troops under his command, and the rest were herdsmen who had just been recruited.
The Xiliang army is known for being good at fighting and warlike. In other places, perhaps the cavalry is the natural enemy of the infantry, whichever restrains the infantry.
But when facing Xiliang infantry, the cavalry may be cut down by the infantry if they are not careful.
Because each of the Xiliang infantrymen was well-equipped, the weapons and equipment on their bodies made the Imperial Army over there drool.
Facing such an enemy, no matter how prepared you are, you can't be too prepared.
Scouts and light cavalry from both sides were running around on the grassland. The war was not only about the moment of the battle, but also about intelligence and logistics.
Before entering the grassland, the Xiliang army had already prepared a response. They knew that the logistics supply line going deep into the grassland would definitely be out of supply, and even the wild logistics supply line would be destroyed by the opponent's cavalry.
This is the home of the tribes on the small grassland. They have a large number of horses. In terms of movement, they are faster and more flexible than the Xiliang army. If they can pull up a long logistics supply line.
It will definitely be damaged by the opponent's cavalry.
He simply carried two months' worth of food at once. Because he was carrying food for the war, the Xiliang army was not advancing very fast.
After wiping out some tribes on the grassland, they obtained the cattle and sheep. A part of the soldiers marched with the army with the cattle and sheep. When the food was almost eaten, these cattle and sheep became their food source.
The army in the middle and the cavalry led by Li Xiang went smoothly. Only the Seventh Army suffered snipers from various tribes along the way.
Basically, every time you advance to a location, you have to fight with the enemy for most of the day.
The Tulu tribe and the armies of the two supporting tribes were in head-to-head confrontation with the Seventh Legion.
The grassland tribes had a large number of horses, but before the Seventh Legion set off, they brought a large number of long-range weapons, crossbows, and chariots.
When facing an enemy charge, they would use chariots to build a huge defensive formation and use bows and arrows to kill the opponent.
Who let these prairie people have no armor? Without armor, they can maximize the lethality of bows, arrows and crossbows.
Using long-range weapons, coupled with tanks and other equipment, they destroyed powerful enemies one after another. Sometimes they would be attacked by enemies in the middle of the night and suffered a lot of losses.
While the soldiers were losing, the Seventh Legion was also getting stronger because they obtained a large number of war horses. There were nearly 40,000 cavalry in their army.
The horses now obtained from these herdsmen are all qualified war horses. These Qiang people have raised good horses themselves and equipped them for war.
Now these horses have become the Seventh Legion, and the soldiers in the Seventh Legion can basically ride horses. Although they cannot mount their horses to fight like cavalry, they can speed up their actions after getting the horses.
The war on the grassland is in full swing, and the major forces watching the show have turned their attention away from the northwest region. As long as Xiliang does not continue to the Central Plains, they can fight with whoever they like!
Their eyes were set on the world of chaos, and they found that a large number of powerful Buddhists entered the world of chaos, and they all went to the Nanzhou continent.
This is very intriguing, because the relationship between Xiliang and Buddhism was originally at odds, and now Buddhism...
