When Liu Xiang came back to his senses, he was a little embarrassed. He coughed slightly and said, "You are worried about being cheated. That's right. There is no business without treachery. After the war is over, I will find you a safe one."
After Nanlou heard about the war, he thought he understood the meaning of his words. It depends on his performance. He replied swornly: "Thank you so much, general. Our troops are willing to be the vanguard to attack the Xianbei bandits and clear the northern border for the general."
threaten."
Liu Xiang was a little baffled by Nanlou's sudden increase in fighting spirit. In view of the principle that morale can be boosted but not vented, he did not ask the reason and encouraged: "Okay, Nanlou Sima Zhuangyong, I am waiting for you to make great achievements. You will definitely have many achievements."
Reward. The skin you just handed over can be considered your first cargo. Later, the caravan will transport food, salt and fuel to your clan."
"Thank you, General."
"Go down and organize your army. The Xianbei army is returning, and there will be a big battle in a few days."
"Follow the order." Nanlou accepted the order and resigned.
In fact, Jin Shangcheng in the tent has been in a state of confusion. Not long after he surrendered to Youzhou, he was grazing cattle in Danhan Mountain, three hundred miles outside the Great Wall. Although he was appointed as the Sima of the Hu Cavalry Camp, the selection of the cavalrymen had not yet been completed.
Without understanding the situation in Youzhou, I can't understand why Nanlou attaches so much importance to the caravan.
According to his idea, if there are merchants coming to the tribe, they can trade, and if there are no merchants, they can trade in places where there is a mutual market. They are just merchants, so what? Nanlou’s reaction is a bit too big, isn’t he? What a flatterer.
Liu Xiang turned to look at Jin Shangcheng and asked: "Jin Shangcheng, I haven't asked you to send troops during this period. What do you think?"
This time the troops were dispatched, the 7,000 men from the Xiutu tribe marched with the Chinese army, and nothing was caught.
Jin Shangcheng was greedy for trouble. The Xianbei people in this grassland had little fighting power, so they could rob them whenever they found them. But he didn't dare to say it out loud. The Xiutu tribe had made the general unhappy, and he was obviously punishing them. He complimented them.
: "Our department is honored to be able to protect the general. It is a great responsibility and a great honor."
What you say sounds nice, but when you hear it, it turns out to be false.
Liu Xiang warned Jin Shangcheng: "Remember, you can only rob when I ask you to rob. Whether you eat meat or gnaw bones depends on your ability. When I don't let you rob, you can't move one house at a time.
You are not allowed to drink even a sip of the soup, do you understand?"
The Xiutu people were unruly and disobedient to the jurisdiction of the Southern Xiongnu royal court in Bingzhou. They needed to be suppressed and weakened before they could be Hanized.
Jin Shangcheng stood up and bowed: "I am willing to obey the general's order."
"Go down and reorganize the army. The war is about to begin. No matter how nice your words are, it's better to take action. Let me see the loyalty of Xiutu people."
"Yes, killing people will show the general the loyalty of our troops."
Jin Shangcheng also went down to prepare for war.
Cui Yi curled his lips and said disapprovingly: "These disobedient things, let's just kill them to save the trouble."
Liu Xiang shook his head and said with a smile: "We can't be enemies with everyone. Then we will fight endlessly. We must unite everyone who can be united and become stronger as soon as possible. What does uniting everyone mean? It means uniting those who can be friends.
Stand by your side, unite those who are both enemies and friends, and kill all those who cannot be friends. This is how you unite everything."
Cui Yi thought for a moment, straightened out the meaning of his words, and suddenly realized: "I understand, after defeating everyone, we will all be friends?"
This is not wrong. Liu Xiang was too lazy to argue with him. Cui Yi always had his own reasons. He turned to Yan Gang and said: "Send people to search southwest along the Jiao River to find the location of the Xianbei army. If Jiao
When the incoming water was not found, we crossed the desert and went to the Mangniu River to investigate. Yan Rou was watching them and took a closer look at the condition of the Xianbei people."
The Wuhou Qin River and the Lerao River flow eastward after the intersection, which is the upper reaches of the Daliao River, which is later known as the Xiliao River. To the south of the river is a desert area that is more than 400 miles long from east to west and about 200 miles wide from north to south, that is,
Baogutu Desert and Bahuta Desert in later generations.
No one would march in the desert without complete preparations. Therefore, the Xianbei people's march route south to Liaodong was at the intersection of two rivers. They walked south to get water, and then passed through the desert area of about fifty miles to reach the Mangniu River Basin.
, follow the river into the Yu River Basin, which will be the Daling River in later generations. Along the Yu River south, you will reach the Yangle and Changli lines.
There were a few detours along the way, and the total journey was more than 500 miles.
Yan Rou's troops were stationed on the line between Yangle and Changli. In the first month of the year, the two armies faced off there for more than a month.
At the beginning of February, Liu Xiang led his troops to raid the Xianbei people's hometown. On February 14th, he received a message from Yan Rou. The letter said that the Xianbei people returned to the army on February 12th and took this route.
The messenger who comes is a guide who is familiar with the terrain.
By the time Liu Xiang finished gathering his troops, it was already the 19th day of the second lunar month. The Xianbei people had set out for seven days and traveled an unknown distance.
At this time, the Eastern Xianbei army was still in the Mangniu River Basin, having traveled less than 150 miles in seven days.
The blisters on Mika's mouth were all broken, and it hurt when he spoke, but he still couldn't help cursing: "Yan Rou, that wolf bastard, he is going to drag us to death, Su Li, come back with me and kill him."
Even if we chase him to Liaodong, we will beat him to death when we catch him in his hometown!"
Su Li replied angrily: "Yangle and Changli are at the horns of each other. Tens of thousands of troops are stationed there. How can we fight? There are also soldiers and horses in Liucheng who can cut off our retreat at any time. Liaodong is the territory of that evil star. You
He insisted on stroking the tiger’s beard, and insisted on dragging me with him. He listened to my advice and went to Buyeo to grab some, but now we are all going home.”
"Fuyu is an ally. Have you never heard that if your mouth dies, your teeth will also die?"
Su Li rolled her eyes: "That's called Chun Su Te Han. You treat them as allies. Now look, who has sent troops to help us?"
"Don't worry about death or cold. I think the Gongsun family is right. If we are still fighting each other, who can resist the evil star? We will all die in the end." Mijia grinned, enduring the pain, and followed Su
Li argued that this should be put aside before now. According to his temper, he has already drawn the knife.
But he had to endure it.
He put aside his grudges and dragged the Suli tribe to attack Liaodong. He originally thought that allies from all over the country could send troops, but in the end, only two of them were able to fight with real swords and guns. Now they are in a situation where they are unable to advance or retreat.
Then there can be no internal strife.
Su Li lamented: "Death is not far away now. Some of my troops risked their lives to cross the desert to report to me. Almost all the people are dead. The evil star came to the grassland in person. Tens of thousands of cavalry came and went across the grassland, killing everyone."
There are so many people and they don’t even accept surrender, I really don’t want to keep any of them.”
Mika felt like a knife was stirring randomly in his stomach. His tribe had told them when they reported the news that the Wuhuan people came from the west, and the Suli tribe in the east was almost extinct, so his tribe must have
More deaths.
He gritted his teeth and said: "Let's ignore the pursuers behind us and run with all our strength. I want to go back and avenge my tribe."
Su Li angrily scolded: "Are you looking for death again? How long can you run with all your strength? Do you still have the strength left to resist? Yan Rou is just waiting for us to become chaotic. Do you think his cavalry is just a decoration? Even if you get rid of it,
Yan Rou, do you want to go back to the north and die?"
Mika stared at him fiercely: "What should we do? Do you want to surrender? If you dare to surrender, I will kill you now!"
"To the north is the evil star Liu Xiang, to the south is the wolf cub Yan Rou, to the east is the desert, to the west is the mountainous area, after passing the mountainous area it is still a desert, where is the way out, where can I find a way to survive? Tell me!" Su Ligeng
Angry, he didn't want to come in the first place.
Now he is in this situation because Mikao forcibly pulled him away and threatened to contact his allies to destroy his tribe first if he didn't come with him.
It would be better to fight Micah in the first place. At worst, he could escape to the Daxianbei Mountains.
It can't be any worse than it is now. There really is no way to heaven and no way to earth.