When a large amount of food gathered in Tongtianhe City, half of the major forces' workmen were attracted to that city, and the remaining half were still supervised in Jiuyuan City.
Until now, no one has seen Li Xiang, the king of Xiliang, and they don't know what his condition is. Everyone wants to get first-hand information and know how she is doing.
All the great masters in the world sent people to send greeting cards, hoping to come and visit Prime Minister Li.
Li Xiang can be said to be the first golden body in the past thousand years, and it was made through a breakthrough in the current environment, so Li Xiang is the street light for them to move forward.
They all wanted to know what the realm above the Grand Master was like, and they had too many questions to ask Li Xiang.
However, their relationship with Prime Minister Li is either very bad, or they have no involvement at all, and they have no relationship at all.
They couldn't be so shameless as to ask Li Xiang. Everyone wanted to save face, so they could only send greeting messages to see if Li Xiang accepted the messages they sent.
If Li Xiang accepts it, then they can go before setting off. If Li Xiang does not accept it, then they will not bother them anymore. After all, everyone wants to save face.
Otherwise, if you go there and be turned away by Prime Minister Li, you will be embarrassed.
There are also some people who are looking for connections everywhere, hoping to connect with Li Xiang through their connections with Xiliang. After all, all the major forces in the world now have people in Xiliang.
Some big families will not put all their eggs in one basket. They will send their children to various major forces, so that no matter which side wins or loses in the future, their family can continue.
This is something that all the major families in the Eastern world are doing now. It has never changed since ancient times. They are all betting everywhere.
So when Xiliang rose, they sent a large number of their disciples to Xiliang regardless of their face, and the emperor had nothing to say.
This is human nature, and many of the places sent by families are their incompetent children. Anyway, it is just a place for betting.
Most of those who truly possess true knowledge are on the imperial side and are under the emperor's command, even though there are endless wars all over the world and local vassal kings are divided.
But in these three years, the emperor continued to work hard and became stronger. He left behind the areas where the court could no longer direct and concentrated his efforts.
He is still able to control the two places of North Zhili and South Zhili, occupying 1/5 of the world's land and 2/5 of the population, plus the gold and silver accumulated by the royal family for thousands of years.
, various cultivation materials.
He is reorganizing his troops, and now has more than 3 million troops. All of them are regular troops, not the kind that wander around the local area.
The number of this army is still expanding, and the quality of the army is constantly rising. After giving the emperor a period of time, the power in his hands will be stronger, and then the imperial army guarding the imperial capital will be added.
The emperor can prioritize resolving unrest in the southern region...
These aristocratic families can be inherited in the Eastern world for so long, so they naturally have unique vision. Those families whose vision is not bright enough have disappeared in the long river of history.
However, the investment in Xiliang surprised them. No one expected that Li Xiang would be the first grand master in the world to break through the golden body.
Xiliang has always been on one side and has a unique geographical environment, and now Li Xiang, who can be said to be the most powerful man in the world, is in charge.
In the northwest region, the Xuantian Sect not far from Xiliang also formed an alliance with Xiliang. The emperor lost his biggest ally in the northwest region, and at the same time he also had an extremely powerful enemy.
This enemy has a large population, a powerful army, and high-end military force.
No matter how Xiliang fights with the imperial court in the future, as long as they hold on to important areas.
As long as Prime Minister Li does not die, they can still dominate the northwest region and remain the overlord of this region!
When all the major forces in the world set their sights on Tongtianhe City and Jiuyuan County.
On the other side is a pure black cavalry. They are walking in the mountains that have just been covered with green. There is a wide passage among the mountains. This is Xiliang with nearly 200,000 horses and 300,000 to 400,000 ghosts. It costs
It took 5 or 6 years to build a wide road.
A long time ago, Li Xiang had thought about going straight to the back of the small grassland through the barren mountains. Before the large formation covering the barren mountains was destroyed, Li Xiang never thought of doing this.
In the barren mountains covered by the Buddhist formation, it is desolate and basically without any vitality. Even these stones are extremely hard and difficult to mine.
After the Buddhist formation was destroyed, the above mobilized a team specifically responsible for mining stones, and they led the ghosts in Yuhua City and mined the stones.
While mining the stone, an elite force was sent to dig a passage from the barren mountain side to behind the small grassland.
This plan started a long time ago, and it took many years to finally build a simple road leading to the back of the small grassland along a dry river.
There are many dry rivers in the barren mountains. These rivers are natural roads. Xiliang soldiers and those ghosts only need some guidance. When they encounter some corners or very large cliffs, they can open up new roads to connect to the distance.
of rivers.
Otherwise, if they were asked to dig a brand new road, it would take 20 to 30 years to dig it out. Now this road is just a temporary road.
After they capture the small grassland and obtain a large number of slaves, they will reopen a passage. After all, digging a road requires too many people!
Rumble...
The army was walking among the high mountains, making rumbling sounds that frightened the birds and beasts that had just landed in the barren mountains.
Since the formation of Buddhism covering this land was destroyed, the concentration of vitality between heaven and earth has further increased, and some river water has been specially guided in from the southwest.
The barren mountains that had not had much life in the first place were revived. Green covered the exposed mountains, and birds and beasts slowly returned to this land.
According to the current development rate, it may not take many years for this area to become full of vitality, but it is unknown how many years it will take to return to the way it was thousands of years ago.
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All the major forces in the Central Plains have received news about the food mobilization from Xiliang, and the Xianbei people who have been paying attention to the information from Xiliang naturally also know about it.
The forces that pay attention to Xiliang all know one thing. Whenever Xiliang is about to fight a large-scale war, the first thing they mobilize is food and grass.
The soldiers and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first.
So they were very nervous and began to assemble their troops, even though it was a very important spring.
The blood of last year has not yet dried. The Qiang people were defeated because they were too arrogant and failed to respond in time. If the Qiang people had been more vigilant.
Using the vast space to lengthen Xiliang's supply line, and launching terrifying human sea tactics, even if they can't annihilate them all, the Xiliang army that enters the small grassland can still repel the opponent.
But at that time, the Qiang people wanted to defeat them one by one, and they also created a huge pocket formation to surround the main force of the newcomers in Hailar, and also wanted to bring reinforcements to the encirclement point.
But in the end, there was no thought of allowing the Xiliang Army Center to blossom. Of course, the most critical point was that Barong Lake was attacked by the Xiliang Army.
Nearly 10 million people were killed by the Xiliang army and their blood flowed in rivers. They finally surrendered, which made the troops on the front line panic and unable to concentrate on fighting.
In the end, between fighting or not fighting, withdrawing or not withdrawing, they were defeated one by one by the Xiliang army.
The Xianbei people learned from the experience of the Qiang people's demise, so they decided to trade space for time. The troops at the front were responsible for fighting, and the people at the rear could not stay. They had to take advantage of the spring and midsummer to allow the tribe to store enough food.
It cannot affect livestock reproduction.
So they set up a huge defensive front on the grassland. Unlike the Qiang people, they were united by tribes.
Instead, the warriors of all tribes are divided into two groups. One group is responsible for the safety of the tribe and is also responsible for animal husbandry.
The other remaining team is on the battlefield, responsible for the frontal battlefield and resisting the Xiliang army.
They divided these tribal warriors into armies, just like the military system in Xiliang, with simple hundreds, thousands, or ten thousand people, gathering people from major tribes.
They also absorbed the results and combat experience of the Qiang people and the Xiliang army.
Facing the Xiliang army, you either don't fight or you hit with thunder. You must not give the Xiliang army a chance to breathe, otherwise the opponent's support speed will definitely exceed your imagination.
Moreover, the Xiliang army is unique in terms of defense. Coupled with their sophisticated weapons and equipment, and the weapons and equipment of their prairie people, it is difficult to break the opponent's defense.
To prevent Xiliang from making surprise attacks on Balong Lake and the Xianbei tribe's rear tribes like the Qiang tribe did, the Xianbei tribe released a large number of scouts on the grassland, but they were not considered scouts.
It was a unit of ten men. They drove away cattle and sheep, and were responsible for supervising the grasslands while grazing. Once they discovered the Xiliang army, they fled as quickly as possible.
As long as they run when they see the Xiliang army, they seem to be able to outrun the Xiliang army's pursuit.
They have already laid a dragnet on the grasslands at the border with the Qiang people. Whenever a cavalryman who is not one of their Xianbei people enters or exits their territory, someone will immediately pass the news back to the main tent, that is, the Tuoba and Murong clans, the two major clans.
Joint racial command post.
All the generals, think tanks and experts of their Xianbei tribe are gathered here. After all, this is related to the life and death of their Xianbei tribe.
The Xianbei people thought that Xiliang was about to take action, so they gathered their troops to prepare for war. Then they waited for a month, only to find that Xiliang was constantly transporting grain and grass to Zhangye County.
The Xiliang army did not move. The nearly 200,000-strong Seventh Army Corps on the land of Liangzhou did not move. The Eighth Army Corps guarding the small grassland, 150,000 troops and 60,000 Xiliang headquarters troops also did not move.
It's just that grains are constantly being transported to Zhangye County City. According to the news coming back from the workers in Zhangye County City, the amount of food transported is at least several hundred thousand dan.
Chief Tuoba frowned: "Xiliang must have ulterior motives for going to war like this. We can't take it lightly!"
Chief Murong nodded in agreement: "Long before the Chinese New Year, Xiliang had already transported a large amount of grain to the Liangzhou grassland, so there is no shortage of food in the grassland and Lanzhou.
And according to the news we received from our work in Xiaoprairie and Liangzhou, spring plowing and grazing have begun in these two places, which means there is no shortage of food in these two places.
Xiliang must have ulterior motives for suddenly mobilizing so much food this time, or they are preparing now!"
"Fortunately, we have divided the fallen warriors into two categories. Some are responsible for fighting, and the other are responsible for logistics and herding. Otherwise, we would have been delayed by them!" A tribal leader patted his chest: "Last year, the Qiang people were in a hurry.
In the process of coping, they lost their economy bit by bit, and in the end they had to fight hard."
A general in charge said: "Then what should we do next? A month of intense alert has made our soldiers physically and mentally exhausted. They need to rest, otherwise they will have collapsed since the army has not come yet!"
Because they were protecting their homeland, the Xianbei warriors paid full attention when they were on guard and were in a state of mental alert. They were on alert for a month.
These strong Xianbei warriors are exhausted, but without orders from their superiors, they cannot relax!
Chief Tuoba frowned: "You can relax a little, but you still have to be vigilant, and you must not take it lightly. What the Xiliang people like to do most is to take them by surprise and attack them unprepared.
Attack when you think it is impossible for them to attack, and when you think they may attack, they will stop and do the opposite!"
Chief Tuoba has studied the battles in Xiliang, especially the various battles between Xiliang and various forces, and found that Xiliang is very devoid of martial ethics, and the king of Xiliang is a rather contradictory person.
Sometimes he likes to win openly and openly, and sometimes he catches people unawares and makes them unpredictable.
You never know how he will fight in the next battle, you never know what he will do next.
You don't know whether you will run thousands of miles or be upright on the battlefield.
So they can only be vigilant!
"Yes!" The general nodded.
Chief Tuoba turned to Chief Murong and said, "What did Lingjiu Palace say?"
Patriarch Murong shook his head: "Everything has changed. After King Xiliang's breakthrough, Lingjiu Palace is unwilling to swim in muddy waters!"
"Then we can only rely on ourselves!" Chief Tuoba said seriously: "The life and death of our Xianbei tribe is all in your hands, so please do your job well!"
