Doupeng smiled and waved his hand: "No, these Liangzhou countries are nominally your vassal states of Later Qin, but in fact they are completely independent like Nanyan. You don't have a single soldier in these countries, let alone
You cannot control their government affairs, and you have fought many battles even to compete for the cities of Liangzhou. For example, in Nanliang, although you once paid tribute to cattle, sheep and horses in exchange for the city of Guzang, in recent years,
You suffered a loss at Hu Xia's place, so you wanted to make up for it here in Liangzhou. You sent troops to attack Guzang several times, and even used sneak attack tactics. I'm not wrong."
Kumarajiva's old face blushed slightly: "I advised Yao Xing not to do anything treacherous, but as you said, he suffered a big loss from Hu Xia, so he wanted to find something in these small countries.
To regain some balance in order to maintain the dignity of the big country, they used troops against Southern Liang and Western Qin, but the results were not good. They lost troops and generals and did not gain much territory. Although these small countries also apologized afterwards and gave some symbolic cattle.
The sheep come here, saying that they are used as military expenses for the army, but in fact, everyone in the world knows that we can't even do anything to these small countries, and it will only further damage the dignity of our great Qin."
"Well, the journey from Guanzhong to Liangzhou is long and thousands of miles apart, so supplies are inconvenient, and the Longyou area is often harassed by Hu Xia cavalry from the south. If we send out a large army, the food road will inevitably be attacked. This is why our army cannot stay in Liangzhou for a long time.
The reason for the final loss in battle. You said that if our Qin Army’s majestic division and tens of thousands of troops could not defeat Liangzhou, and Hu Xia was further away from there, could this problem be solved? "
Doupeng shook his head and said: "Hu Xia is on the Hetao Grassland, in the north of Lingzhou. If they want to go to Liangzhou, they will not go from Guanzhong via the Longyou Hexi Corridor like Daqin did, but will go from Lingzhou
From the grassland in the north to the west, they would move with their tribes, nomadic as they went, using cattle and sheep to provide military supplies for the army. It was not until they were three or four hundred miles away from Liangzhou that they would send out cavalry, away from the tribes, towards Liangzhou.
State Raid Operation.”
"This method of warfare treats the tribes as moving crops and provides logistical supplies along the way. Your Qin army has to pass through the cities to build food roads, but their nomadic tribes do not need it. This is because the Hu Xia cavalry can move thousands of miles to come.
The reason for leaving without a trace is that in extreme cases, they brought dried meat and cheese for half a month, and then completely broke away from the rear to fight. As long as they captured the enemy's granaries and cities that were not well defended, they could get supplies. With this method of tactics
, they can completely expedition to Liangzhou without being restricted by food routes."
"There is also a large amount of grassland in Liangzhou. Many Liang countries were also established by nomadic tribes. Like Southern Liang and Northern Liang, there are few cities and many grasslands and pastures. As long as the Hu Xia cannot be defeated in the field, these pastures and pastures will be destroyed.
Let Hu Xia seize it, and their cavalry can seize a large number of cattle and sheep here to use as military supplies. Even if it takes several months or even half a year to besiege some big cities, it is completely fine."
"Once Hu Xia is allowed to conquer some big cities, they can loot the wealth in the cities. Although the land production of Liangzhou is insufficient, it is located on the Silk Road artery and has very high trade tax revenue. In the past hundred years of Hu Xia's chaos, Liangzhou
The wars experienced are the least. Although the fighting has been more intense in recent years, compared with other places, it can still be regarded as a pure land. Each big Silk Road city has accumulated a lot of wealth. Once Hu Xia is allowed to take it, it will be lost.
These prairie wolves have made a lot of money, and this profit will definitely be better than attacking those fortress-like cities with only a few thousand defenders and little profit."
Kumarajiva said in a deep voice: "However, although the Liangzhou kingdoms are small, they are quite fierce in fighting power. Nanliang is now headed by Tufa Litan, and their Tufa clan is the majority of Xianbei in Hexi.
The ancestors were also a tribe separated from the Tuoba clan. They had dominated the west for many years. During the Western Jin Dynasty, they even caused a great disturbance in the function of the Bald Hair Tree. Although it failed later, during the Five Husties in China and the Battle of Feishui, the Bald Hair Tribe
He regained his strength, rose up again, and took advantage of the collapse of the former Qin Dynasty to stand on his own feet."
"The monarchs and ministers of the bald-haired tribe are united, the tribesmen are fierce and aggressive, and the number of cattle and sheep is very large. Their strength is second to none in Liangzhou, but the bald-haired Latan also admires the etiquette of the Han family in the Central Plains, and when he sees me, the King of Qin, Yao Xing
After liking benevolence and righteousness, he also likes to talk about benevolence and righteousness. He is often merciful to his opponents and trusts others. Therefore, although Nanliang is quite powerful, in the battle for Liangzhou, he was defeated several times by the Juqu clan Huns of Northern Liang.
Unable to unify.”
"The ruler of Northern Liang, Juqu Mengxun, is another typical example. He is completely treacherous, insidious, and ungrateful. In order to found the country, he did not hesitate to frame his own brother first, causing the local governor at the time to kill his brother. This angered
He aroused the anger of his tribe, and then he used this anger to lead his tribe to attack and kill the local governor and establish his own country."
"The lord of Northern Liang, Juqu Mengxun, is a Huns from Lushuihu. His tribe is also a branch of the Huns. His fighting methods are somewhat similar to those of Hu Xia. He also mainly consists of pure light cavalry troops who have disappeared without a trace. Since the founding of the country, he has
The main opponents are the two counties of Jiuquan and Dunhuang in Hexi Province, and Xiliang, which was founded by the Han Li Hao in the far west of Liangzhou. There are also constant disputes with Nanliang over the battle for Guzang City."
"In addition to competing with Northern Liang, Southern Liang also had a long-term war with Western Qin. However, just a while ago, Southern Liang seized the opportunity and took advantage of the Qin army general Yao Shuode to defeat Western Qin in one fell swoop.
When Fu Gangui was desperate, he surrendered to Nanliang, so Nanliang annexed the old land of Western Qin."
"It's just that not long ago, the Lord of Western Qin Qifu Qiangui rebelled against Nanliang and submitted to the Qin Dynasty. Alas, at that time I tried to persuade Yao Xing, saying that Qifu Qiangui was a capricious person and should not be trusted easily, but he didn't listen.
As a result, when Da Qin was attacking Hu Xia, the beggar returned to his hometown of Western Qin, rebelled again, and expelled Nanliang's local troops, and the restoration of the country was successful. Because of this, Western Qin and Nanliang
Liang had become enemies. Although Qifu Qiangui married Litan's bald sister as his queen when he took refuge in Nanliang, the two countries have been at war with each other."
Doupeng smiled and said: "These are the barbarians in Liangzhou. They have no faith at all and are always cheating on each other. Although it is called a country, to put it bluntly, it is still a fight between those barbaric nomadic tribes. I think, if it is Hu Xia
Invading Liangzhou, the first one to bear the brunt is probably not Beiliang in the north, but more likely Nanliang. Although the leader of Nanliang, Bald Tan, is pedantic, his subordinates are still relatively united and loyal. If Hu Xia comes, Nanliang will be the first to bear the brunt.
Liang Bi will fight to the death with all his strength, and even if Hu Xia can win, his vitality will probably be severely damaged." (End of this chapter)