The Tubo army only rested for two days in Huangshui before revolting and continuing their march north.
This was the first appearance of the Tubo people in the Hexi region, and they did not set up such a grand and profound strategic goal as competing with the Central Plains Dynasty for control of the Hexi Corridor.
More or less they were still acting according to their inertia of conquering the Highlanders.
But this was indeed the beginning of the emerging Tubo Kingdom's attack on the traditional sphere of influence of the Central Plains Dynasty, and showed enough ambition and strength to subvert the Central Plains Dynasty's rule in the northwest.
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"Report to the general that they have passed Jincheng and the leading team has entered Huiningchuan."
Xu Shiji nodded expressionlessly. The people the scout mentioned naturally did not refer to the Tubo people, but to the northwest tribes who migrated to Huining.
It was a hodgepodge, including Tuyuhun people, Qiang people, Di people, Turks, and even some Han Chinese and Miao people. When they migrated eastward from Panhan to Huining County through Jincheng County, many people along the way were added to the mix.
Officials and people.
The number of people gradually expanded from more than 100,000 to nearly 200,000. The team stretched for hundreds of miles, supporting the old and young along the way, and the noise was loud. If these people could pick up swords and guns to fight the Tubo people...
Well, this is obviously overthinking. The weapons of the tribes gathered in Panhan have been confiscated, because they themselves are the source of the unrest in the northwest. As for the defense forces in Panhan, Jincheng and other places, they have already been moved north.
In Tuyuhun, the Qiang tribes were attacked to pieces.
When the news goes wrong, they can't muster up the courage to fight to the death other than running away.
People often say that the people of Liangzhou are fierce and fierce. Since ancient times, heroes have emerged everywhere. Especially in the late Han Dynasty, Liangzhou soldiers have always been elite and have never been inferior to other heroes.
Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry and Ma Chao's spears and shields were all elite divisions with Liangzhou soldiers as the core. Later people even said that Liangzhou's horses dominate the world.
But time has passed. The war in the late Sui Dynasty was no less a disaster than the separatist wars in the late Han Dynasty. It not only caused unprecedented harm to the Central Plains, but also border areas like Liangzhou were not immune.
When Li Gui founded the country in Liangzhou, he was quite powerful in terms of strength, but the tycoon Xue Ju had nothing to do with him, but he was also dragged here. When the princes of the Central Plains were fighting against each other, he did almost nothing.
When Li Gui was around, he could barely hold back Li Yuan's army of hundreds of thousands, but now...
Because the internal strife is very serious, coupled with the intrusion of foreign enemies, after so many years, the internal forces have been almost exhausted, but the foreign enemies appear in front of the people of Liangzhou in another image. How do you ask them to resist?
There is no popular support among the people, there are no generals when it comes to soldiers, food and grass are also in short supply, and they can only occupy a little geographical advantage.
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Regardless of Xu Shiji's many experiences, he had been trained in a ghost place like Henan, and he could no longer judge it with ordinary people's psychology. At this time, he only felt that these people were walking too slowly. If the Tubo troops marched a little faster, they would be able to defeat them.
They caught up with them before they entered Huiningchuan.
Huiningchuan is a battlefield that is very suitable for cavalry operations, but now he no longer plans to compete with the Tubo people in Huiningchuan. Where the battle will take place will depend on the speed of the migration of these people moving eastward.
And behind the tribes who moved eastward, they left behind several cities that were in vain. No one wanted to break up the empire, so the Tubo people would not be polite to them even if they came.
He had seen this kind of scene many times when he was in Henan. For him, he had neither complaint nor pity, and was almost completely untouched.
At this time, more than 7,000 cavalry led by him were stationed next to a dry river at the junction of the southwest of Huining County and Longxi County, which was not far from the eastward moving team.
They are like a lurking beast, cautiously waiting for the arrival of prey.
The army should have arrived at Xiangwu, right? If the Tubo bastards don't hurry up, once they get the news that the Tibetan army has crossed the Huangshui River and marched towards Guzang, the army will then enter Panhan and cut off the Tibetan people's escape route.
This partial division of theirs has lost its effectiveness and can only fight with the army.
Xu Shiji thought silently, slightly anxious.
Someone nearby muttered, "I think we need to explore further to the west. If the Tibetans don't come, won't our wait be in vain?"
Xu Shiji looked sideways, and then turned around in shock. It was so ugly... It was not like he had never seen Imperial Concubine Ashina before, especially the one in Yuen Long's house. He had also visited her many times, so he could
What I can't understand is how could they have such an ugly brother?
When I first saw this man being caught crossing the river by the river, I wanted to kill him with a knife, but to my surprise, I now became his subordinate.
Needless to say, this is Ashina Danai, the ugliest member of the Western Turkic royal family. Now he is not only a subordinate of Xu Shiji, but they are also somewhat related to each other.
Xu Shiji was a little irritated, and waved his hands impatiently, saying: "Go, go, go, what did you say when you left the capital? Don't make any noise here, why don't you do something during this time?"
Ashina Danai muttered and walked away dissatisfied. It was not that he was afraid of the white-faced thief Xu Shiji, but the woman he married was very difficult to mess with. Furthermore, his sister was very worried about him before he left the capital.
, let him follow the instructions of Zhang Lun, Xu Shiji and others.
Well, that basically means that those who are senior to him have to obey other people's orders, otherwise... Needless to say, it only takes a sister to stare at him twice, and his legs will already start to weaken.
He had been ordered to go to Mayi, but because he was from the Western Turks, he changed his order to follow the army to the west. He and Xiao Siye were both people who jumped in, so they came under the command of Xu Shiji.
Xiao Siye came here for his military career and was trying hard to adapt to his new identity and the Tang Army's marching and fighting style. If he wanted to integrate into it, he who had been in the Hebei Army must make changes.
The Tang Army was a serious official army, and had never had anything to do with the rebels. Moreover, they were born out of the official army in the late Sui Dynasty. Even today, they have changed a lot. There are many military regulations and precepts, and soldiers who violate only one military regulation will be handed over to the Military Justice Department.
The disposal was far removed from the former Sui army.
So Xiao Siye had to adapt for a while. Fortunately, Xu Shiji had many Guanxi soldiers under his command. Their military discipline was a little worse. They were very similar to the army of the former Sui Dynasty. They had strong combat effectiveness, but they were not as easy to command as the veterans of the Tang army.
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Of course, the Kansai soldiers who can accompany the army are the essence of the Kansai soldiers. Those whose families can raise war horses basically have military merits in their ancestors, and their descendants have the strongest willingness to join the army.
Ashina Danai is different from Xiao Siye. He came here just for the war and appeared next to Xu Shiji from time to time. It means don't forget me. If you don't use me when charging to break the formation, then it's your fault.