Juyanhai, also known as Juyanze, is a Weilu Lake formed by weak water flowing northward.
The so-called Weulu Lake, to put it bluntly, means that inland rivers can no longer flow here, so swampy lakes are formed in low-lying areas.
Nuozhen Shuihan north of Yinshan Mountain is actually the same Weulu Lake.
Since it cannot flow down, the salt contained in the water is naturally difficult to be discharged, so Juyanhai is a brackish lake.
During the Later Han Dynasty, due to factors such as the interception of irrigated farmland in the upper reaches and geological changes, Juyan Sea was divided into two parts: the west sea and the east sea. The west sea is slightly larger and the east sea is smaller.
There is a city in the southwest of Yanze.
In the autumn of the third year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (102 BC), General Lu Bode, a strong crossbow general, built it and named it "Juyan Fortress".
Modern archeology has unearthed more than 30,000 Han bamboo slips, which show that pavilions are densely distributed on both sides of the weak water bank, arranged in a straight line from north to south.
During the Later Han Dynasty, a large number of pavilions were destroyed by war and could no longer be maintained.
Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there has been no intention to recover.
Today, the number of pavilions is less than the eleven in the former Han Dynasty, and the entire Xihai County only governs one county, namely Juyan County. The data of 2,500 households half a century ago has, of course, remained unchanged.
There is only one wealthy family in Xihaidu, namely the Xihai Chen family.
During the Xianning period of the Jin Dynasty, Chen Gong, Chen Yuanqi, Chen Ji and Chen Yuansheng, the children of the Chen family, went to Luoyang to study and were listed in the "Piyong Stele".
However, the family background was too weak and too poor to support their continued development in the Central Plains. In the end, they could only return to their hometown to eat sand and keep company with the barbarians.
The current governor of Xihai, Zhang Su, is Zhang Gui's younger brother. He is already in his sixties or seventies.
In the late Zhang Gui period, in order to help his nephew and stabilize the four directions, Zhang Su served as the governor of Xihai, and he stayed in this town for more than ten years.
Last year in the Jin Dynasty and Liang Dynasty, Zhang Su was so sad and angry after hearing about it that he almost died of anger.
Fortunately, I heard that Shao Xun, who founded the country, was from Donghai and not a descendant of the Xiongnu and Xianbei. I was finally comforted and did not really die.
But the old man is still very angry. His lifelong faith is gone. Are you going to compensate me?
This time I heard that that bullshit Liang Dynasty actually came over and wanted to take away his great nephew's position, so he moved the various tribes and invited them to send troops.
The article "Work Together to Suppress the Rebellion" was written by Chen Run, a descendant of the Chen family, and was signed on "April 20, the twelfth year of the Divine Turtle".
After seven days of reorganization, the soldiers from Juyan City and nearby pavilions and barriers gathered one by one and marched towards Zhangye County.
And how far are they from Zhangye? One thousand five hundred and thirty miles!
This road is Juyan Road.
From the Hexi Corridor to the north, there is mostly desert. Among them, there is only weak water near Juyan Road and connected to Juyanze. There are many places for camping in the middle. The water and grass are abundant and they can support tens of thousands of people. Therefore, when the Huns invaded during the Han Dynasty, they were very fond of it.
From here go south.
Therefore, Zhang Su's army went south along Juyan Road.
The old man was old and anxious. Regardless of his physical weakness, he left people behind to collect the infantry and led a thousand light cavalry to serve as the vanguard.
In four days, we marched more than 600 miles, and the number of cavalry under the tent gradually increased to about 2,000. They were all 100 for you and 200 for me, gathered from various pavilions and barriers.
At this time, they had arrived at the point where the weak water was divided (divided into the east and west branches, which flowed into the east and west Juyanze respectively). There was a military town here, called "Lianghan City", which was the largest of the pavilions in Xihai County. On weekdays,
There were 500 troops stationed, together with their families and servants, a total of nearly 4,000 people.
Zhang Su finally couldn't walk anymore and wanted to take a rest.
According to the agreement, some Xianbei tribe leaders led their troops to meet him.
There are many tribes, but most of them are attached to a clan named "Yifu", which has a bit of a tribal alliance.
The Yifu Alliance is scattered in the west of Wuwei, the north of Xijun and even Zhangye and Xihai counties. The Yifu clan's headquarters is located between Zhangye and Xihai.
Their strength was just like that. From time to time, the Bald Xianbei in the south crossed the Dadou Valley (Dadou Valley) and entered Zhangye to attack the Yifu Alliance. The Yifu clan was invincible. I heard that they sent envoys to contact Murong Xianbei's Tuyuhun tribe in an attempt to contact them.
Soldiers protect themselves and fight against Bald Xianbei together.
Of course, Yifu also sought help from the governor of Zhangye and the governor of Xihai, but their strength was limited and they were not very interested in these tribal conflicts.
Naturally, he ignored it.
In addition to the Yifu Department, there is also the Zheji Department.
They used to be attached to the Qifu tribe and graze in the south of Beiyi Mountain. The Qifu clan moved south to Longxi and returned to Jinxing and other places. The Zheju clan did not follow, but went all the way west to the West Sea.
After grazing for many years, they migrated southward and were active near Lianghan City.
Like the Yifu family, they were also deeply troubled by the bald Xianbei. They once wanted to move south to Xiping County and fight against the enemy back to back with the Tyuhun Xianbei, but they were restrained and could not move.
Seeing Zhang Su at this moment, he brought up the old matter again and asked the court to send troops to attack the bald Xianbei.
What can Zhang Su do? He can only hesitate.
However, this does not prevent him from drawing a pie: "Bald Tuijin followed Xin Yan in rebellion. If he does this, he will not be spared in the future. Don't worry, gentlemen.
If you follow me to Wuwei and express my feelings, the governor will naturally have some objections."
Yi Fu, Master Zhejiu Erbu is very worried. I have said this so many times that no one believes it anymore.
Zhang Su was unhappy when he saw it.
Zhangye, Wuwei, and Xihai have given you such good pastures, not just to show your pride.
You must be grateful. Even if you don't have enough to eat, even if you are harassed by enemies from time to time, even if the court cannot mediate your support or protect you, you must consciously fight for the court.
So he said: "How dare you push back on such a big thing? If we can defeat the Shaoliang puppet dynasty, people in the Central Plains will definitely respond. By then the troops will enter Guanzhong, and wealth will not be hard to come by. Don't think about it, I will fight for it.
Invincible!"
Yifu, the leaders of Zheji automatically ignored the unrealistic nonsense and only asked in surprise: "What is the Liang Dynasty? How many counties are there?"
Obviously, they still don't know what is happening in the outside world, and they subconsciously think that this "Shaoliang" dynasty may be the Caotou King who was destroyed in a spiral, and they came to help the Jin Dynasty exterminate the rebels.
"There are so--several counties." Zhang Su said vaguely: "It's easy to defeat them."
The elders looked at each other in disbelief.
They are ill-informed, but that doesn't mean they are stupid.
The soldiers and horses of Xihai County have been mobilized. Are you telling me that "it can be easily defeated with the palm of a hand"?
"Your Majesty, I wonder where the Huns are?" Master Zhejubu asked, breaking his wooden head.
"Liu Can has been defeated." Zhang Su said after being silent for a moment.
"Were they destroyed by Shaoliang?" Yifu Mohe asked.
Zhang Su was speechless, but looking at everyone's eyes, he couldn't help but answer, so he could only say: "He will destroy himself."
The heads of the various departments looked at each other and seemed to understand a little bit one by one.
Zhang Su felt that something was wrong, so he stopped talking and said, "We'll have a rest today, and all the troops will be dispatched at noon tomorrow at the latest."
"Yes." The voice was sparse and not neat.
In fact, not only the Xianbei people, but also the Han soldiers who gathered from various pavilions were hesitant.
Something doesn't seem quite right.
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On the first day of May, animals were running around in the north of Juyanze, panicking.
On the northern horizon, a long yellow dragon made of sand and dust is moving rapidly southward.
The young man who was grazing looked at all this blankly, not knowing what was happening.
"" The sound of horse hooves sounded, and an old man with white hair and beard came over.
With his eyesight already failing, he squinted his eyes and looked into the distance carefully.
The yellow dragons are arranged in an east-west direction and stretch for several miles, which is very spectacular.
In front of Huanglong, there seemed to be many dark, fast-moving "objects".
The young man's eyes were bright, but after looking at it for a long time, he couldn't see anything interesting. He could only cast doubtful eyes on the old man.
"No!" the old man suddenly shouted, and slapped the horse's neck hard with his thick palm, causing a neigh.
"What's wrong?" The young man noticed something was wrong and subconsciously began to string the horn bow and asked.
"Let's go!" The old man didn't answer. He just grabbed the young man and wanted to take him away.
"Sheep! The sheep are still grazing there." The young man struggled and said,
"No, let's go!" the old man said firmly.
The young man was so struck by his stern gaze that he did not dare to resist for a moment. He only got on his horse with a look of regret on his face and drove away.
As I walked, I looked back.
At this time, Xu entered an area with rich water and grass, and the smoke and dust decreased. The young man suddenly saw a large cavalry team, which shocked him greatly, and he no longer had any resentment towards the old man in his heart.
But, where did they come from? Is it Beiyi Mountain to the east, or Yinshan Mountain further away?
Two years ago, the boy was drafted together with his father to escort the daughter of a tribal leader to marry far away. After a trip back and forth, I realized that there were still many tribes living at the western foot of Beiyi Mountain.
It is said to be a desert (Alxa), but in fact there are many lakes with rich water and grass, and tribes are grazing nearby. However, if there is no one to guide the way, it is difficult for ordinary people to know how to go, and they may get lost and die of thirst.
Starved to death in the desert.
Were these cavalry led by someone?
No one can answer him, and he doesn't want to know, because at this moment he just wants to escape, as far away as possible.
The raging wave of cavalry quickly rushed into the swampland with rich water and grass.
Arrows were flying in the air, sabers were shining in the sun, and screams of death could be heard endlessly. A brutal massacre unfolded in an instant.
The Tuoba Xianbei cavalry slashed their butcher knives at their former compatriots.
Hexi Xianbei, who had most of his strength taken away from him, was beaten so hard that he ran away from home, crying incessantly.
The old, weak, women and children watched all this blankly.
Countless cavalrymen rode in like demons to join this bloody gluttonous feast.
A troop with dusty faces but high morale quickly rushed to the gate of Juyan City.
The only defenders shouted and were quickly dispersed by the cavalry.
The hundreds of Zuo Xiao's cavalry guards who arrived first dismounted one after another, then drew out their spears and halberds, formed a rough formation, and rushed into the city gate.
Another two thousand riders passed through the east side of the city, heading south.
On the third day of May, they bypassed most of the pavilion barriers and rushed to capture the empty fortress of Weng City, which was four hundred miles south of Juyan City.
On the fifth day of the lunar month, more than a thousand cavalry rushed outside Lianghan City.
The guards reacted promptly and closed the city gate. Men, women, old and young all went into battle and looked at the incoming troops with horrified eyes.
There is a question in everyone's mind: Where did they come from?
Perhaps because they had lost their energy or lacked horsepower, the vanguard army slowed down a little and began to plunder nearby tribes to replenish war horses, dried meat, and cheese.
One day later, another unit that had rested and reorganized, led by Ma Qiu, continued the pursuit and headed towards Zhangye.
It was obvious that this was a cavalry force that detoured to Yanze and went down the weak river—or it was a surprise force.
By the sixth day of May, Xihai County had been basically submerged by them, followed by Zhangye. After capturing this place, the army turned east, passed through Xijun, and reached Wuwei.
In the early morning of the seventh day of the lunar month, the news quickly reached Zhang Su's more than 20,000 cavalrymen who were heading south.
This kind of news cannot be hidden from anyone.
Yifu, Zhequ and other tribes were in an uproar, and they all raised their troops to turn back and join their own tribes. They had only one extravagant hope: the enemy had not found their pastureland yet.
At the same time, Zhang Su fell ill.
Chapter completed!