Chapter four hundred and ninety seventh planning Xi department
In the summer of the third year of the Great Yuan Dynasty, Yuwen Chenglong commanded 30,000 troops and quietly sneaked out of Yanmen Pass.
However, Yuwen Chenglong did not kill the Turks immediately, but first went to find a minority tribe outside Yanmen Pass, the Xi tribe.
The Xi tribe has lived in the Xishui River area for generations, but the name of the Xi tribe does not come from the Xi Shui River.
It turns out that the full name of Xibu is Shemoxi, which means sand. It probably means that the place where they live is windy and sandy!
The Xi tribe is located outside Yanmen Pass, adjacent to the Khitan tribe.
In fact, Xi and Khitan were originally brother tribes and both belonged to the Xianbei branch.
The Khitan tribe is mainly ruled by the family surnamed "Yelu", while the Xi tribe is mainly ruled by the surname "Xiao". Historically, the famous Empress Dowager Xiao and the legendary hero Xiao Feng came from the Xi tribe.
In addition, the Xi tribe and the Khitan tribe have one thing in common. In their early years, they were both affiliated tribes of the Yuwen tribe, one of the six major tribes of Xianbei. Later, the Yuwen tribe left their ancestral land for some reason, and the two tribes gradually grew and developed into
Later, there were two parts, Xi and Khitan.
During the Daye period, the Khitan invaded the Sui Dynasty, which angered Yang Guang. As a result, Yang Guang sent Yuwen Chenglong, who was still the Zuowei general at the time, to go on a northern expedition and severely punished the Khitan tribe. The men were killed and the women were carried away to the middle country.
According to incomplete statistics, after this battle, the number of Khitans who survived on the grassland was less than 200, and they were basically all scattered outside for various reasons. It can be said that at this point, the Khitans were basically wiped out.
Got it!
After hearing the news, those who originally lived near Khitan, such as the Xi, Shiwei, Sumo, and Mohe tribes, were all frightened to death!
Later, the Turks once again recruited tribes from the grasslands to invade the Central Plains. These tribes all tried their best to take off their clothes and refused to send troops. Even if they couldn't take off their troops later, they only sent some old, weak, sick and disabled people to respond. Typical outbursts
Not working hard!
And among all these nomadic peoples, this Xi tribe is the least aggressive one!
Because what the Xi tribe is best at is not herding, but doing business! More than half of the businesses in the entire Mobei grassland are run by the Xi tribe.
In addition, the Xibu people are also good at handicrafts. Most of the various large and small carriages, tents, folk ornaments and so on on the grassland are from the Xibu people.
This time, Yuwen Chenglong chose Xi Bu as his first target because he wanted to see if he could bring back the tribe of servants from his Yuwen Department under his command.
After all, although Yuwen Chenglong is a bit cruel, he is not a murderous person.
Moreover, Xi Bu's performance over the years has been quite satisfactory, low-key and honest! In theory, Xi Bu is still a candidate that can be won over!
The most obvious benefit of conquering the Xi tribe is that the Xi tribe people know the astronomy, weather, mountains and geography, folk customs and so on of the entire Mobei grassland. It can be said that they know it very well!
If there is such a know-it-all native as a guide, Yuwen Chenglong's Northern Expedition will probably avoid many detours!
However, although Yuwen Chenglong had the intention of subduing Xi Bu, he still decided to fight first and then talk about it.
Gein relied on Yuwen Chenglong's understanding of these grassland tribes. Such guys have always respected the strong. If he can't deal with them severely, even if they surrender, these barbarians will probably be half-hearted. They may betray them at any time!
Although the Xi tribe is considered one of the largest tribes on the grassland, its population is not very large. It is only a little over 100,000 people, and there are about 30,000 people who control the strings. Of course, if they go to war without regard to the consequences, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled all go into battle.
, we can also gather a force of 60,000 to 70,000 people!
However, according to Yuwen Chenglong's usual style, he will not confront Xi Bu head-on.
Having already found out the general location of Xibu, Yuwen Chenglong and his entourage came out of seclusion, and then went out day and night, sneaking carefully, and quietly killed towards the stream bank.
After fighting not far from the stream bank, Yuwen Chenglong realized that after some on-the-spot investigation, the so-called Xi tribe was not actually a tribe, but a large collection of more than ten tribes. It was just because these tribes were all
Those descended from the same ancestor, belong to the same clan, live not far from each other, and have basically the same living habits, so they are collectively called the Xi tribe.
Among the tribes of the Xi tribe, there are five main ones: Huihezhu, Mohefu, Qige, Mukun and Shide.
However, although these tribes have always been separated, in fact they are not far apart, and they are basically entrenched in this stream and river area.
It turns out that these nomadic grassland people do not know how to dig wells at all, and can only live by the river and chase grass.
In fact, even drilling one or two wells is of little significance.
You know, a Xi tribe family, even if they are not good at herding, basically has to raise thousands of sheep and hundreds of cattle. In such a situation, if nothing else, just fetching water for these animals,
It can make people tired for good or bad!
Therefore, most of these nomadic peoples outside the Great Wall live by water and do not usually go to places too far away from water sources.
After personally leading people to observe up and down the stream bank for a long time, Yuwen Chenglong quietly returned to his camp with the generals, and then immediately called a meeting with the generals.
"The Xi people are divided into twelve large and small tribes. The largest ones are about 20,000 people, and the smallest ones are less than 10,000 people. The total number of all the Xi people is estimated to be 140,000 to 50,000. Among them, those who are able to conquer and fight are
There are probably 30,000 to 40,000 strong soldiers! If all the people go into battle, it is possible to raise 70,000 to 80,000 people."
"It is not a problem for the enemy to have so many men and horses. With the strength of our Yuan army, the barbarians will not pay attention to this. The key is that the twelve tribes of the Xi tribe are distributed along the stream and both sides of the bank.
Two hundred miles. If we can't eat all the twelve tribes of the Xi clan in one go, those vigilant people must be on guard, and if we try to deal with them then, it will be a bit troublesome!"
"Moreover, if you want to make an emergency landing on the enemy, you have to think about how far the battle will go."
"If you have any thoughts on this, you might as well tell us!"
As soon as Yuwen Chenglong finished speaking, over there, Yuwen Yuanba, the silly boy from Yuwen Wuxiao Middle School, said in a loud voice, "Do we still need to discuss this matter? Godfather, we will fight as you say! Xiaoxiao
I still don’t believe it, how can any of those barbarians withstand a blow from me!”
Yuwen Yuanji on the side also nodded in agreement after hearing this.
Regarding Yuwen Yuanba's flattery and self-promotion, Yuwen Chenglong didn't take it seriously. He raised his paws and replied like a fly, "Go away! If you can't think of an idea, go squat in a corner by yourself! Don't cause trouble here!"
The cheap godfather showed off his power, and Yuwen Yuanji and Yuwen Yuanba suddenly became more honest after a short while. Under Yuwen Chenglong's seemingly cruel eyes, they all trembled, hunched their necks and squatted in the corner to draw circles.
Look at Yuwen Yuanji and Yuwen Yuanba being scolded by their father. Yuwen Haotian, Yuwen Haodi, Yuwen Haoxuan and Sanxiao Xiaojin all gloated and snickered. Unexpectedly, Yuwen Chenglong caught him doing this.
On!
"What are you laughing at! This is a pre-military meeting, and everyone has to speak! The same goes for you three! If you can't tell the difference, I will send you to the Huotou Army to chop wood and cook for the rest of your life!"
After being scolded by his father, Yuwen Sanxiao quickly straightened up his face and lowered his head with a solemn look on his face.
"Haotian, you are the boss, please tell me first, how should we fight this battle?"
His big eyes chattered for a moment, and then Yuwen Haotian put on a flattering look on his face and said, "Dad, in my opinion, we might as well fight this battle like this..."