The forces involved in this moderate war that took place in Beacon City were indeed as Hu Hai expected, with shadows of small countries in the Western Regions among them.
If we were to talk about the small country in the Western Regions that is closest to the Yangguan and Yumenguan fortresses that are being built by the Qin Dynasty, then it is naturally Loulan. Starting from Bijia City and heading west, there is a large lake in the depths of the desert, the Puchang Sea.
Puchanghai is now the place with the richest water resources among the small countries around the Tarim Basin. Such a large lake is home to more than ten small countries, including Loulan, Huhu, Giandu, Zihe, etc.
Puchanghai did not exist in the Chinese territory of later generations. However, the disappearance of Puchanghai did not happen only hundreds of years ago in later generations. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Puchanghai, which raised countless Loulan beauties, disappeared along with the ancient country of Loulan.
In the dust of history.
Lop Nur in later generations was the former site of the ancient Loulan Kingdom, which evolved from Puchang Sea.
It is hard to imagine that in the vicissitudes of life, within hundreds of years, the largest lake in the Western Regions and the most powerful ancient country of Loulan among the many small countries in the Western Regions, would disappear and perish silently, and even the Puchang Sea would turn into a desert.
With the prosperity of the Silk Road, people in the Central Plains basically know that at the key node of the Silk Road in the Western Regions, there is a country of Loulan that produces beauties, and there is also a huge lake called Puchanghai in the middle of the desert. So after Loulan was destroyed, Puchanghai became a desert.
, for a long period of time, because a vast desert lake like Puchanghai could not disappear suddenly, Puchanghai could only be used to sneak underground, thus the myth of the Yellow River emerged.
This legend did not reoccupy the Western Regions until after the Tang Dynasty. It was discovered that the ancient Loulan Kingdom had perished in the desert and the truth came to light.
Of course, in the fifty-third year of the Qin Dynasty, Puchanghai is still Puchanghai, and the Loulan Kingdom is still the Loulan Kingdom. It is precisely relying on the sacred land of Puchanghai, which originates from the Kongque River, that the small country of Loulan has gradually become one of the most powerful countries in China among dozens of small countries in the Western Regions.
"Great Country".
However, this big country is only compared to the many small countries in the Western Region. After all, even when the Silk Road was opened and commerce was at its most prosperous and its national power was at its peak, Loulan had a population of only more than 15,000 people and only three soldiers.
More than a thousand people.
Loulan City on the coast of Puchang is less than three hundred miles away from Bijia City. And Xun suddenly turned out to be the prince of Loulan King.
Although Loulan City or Loulan Kingdom is not even as good as a small county in the Great Qin Pass. But among the many small countries in the Western Region, Loulan Kingdom is already a big country and a powerful country, and Xunhu will definitely belong to Loulan Kingdom if nothing else happens.
The next king. Therefore, Xunhu's identity is still very famous in the small Western Region.
Come to think of it, this is also the reason why the Wusun people came to Xunhu.
If the Wusun people hadn't come to their door suddenly and offered their services, I'm afraid that many Loulan people, including Xun Hu, would have had to wait until the day when the Qin army came to the city to know that a giant in the far east had begun to look around eagerly.
Xun suddenly looked at the silhouettes of people in the distance in the direction of Bijia City, illuminated by torches, and paced restlessly outside the tent. It seemed that this was the only way to eliminate the uneasiness in his heart.
Just at this time, a burst of rapid horse hoofbeats came from far and near. Hearing the sound of horse hoofs, Xun suddenly turned around. In the hazy firelight, a middle-aged man wearing Loulan clothes jumped from the horseback.
And down.
"Prince, more than half of our soldiers from the Western Regions have been killed or injured. In addition, it is dark and difficult to travel. General Zuo asked the prince to order another battle tomorrow!" The middle-aged man who flew down from the horse was the one Xun suddenly sent to inquire.
Military personal bodyguard.
"More than half of the casualties?" Xun suddenly grabbed the middle-aged guard's arm and asked urgently.
"Your Highness, the weapons of the Qin people defending the city are too fierce, and the range of the bows and arrows in the hands of my warriors from the Western Regions is far less than one..."
"Trash, why didn't you report earlier! What were the casualties among the Wusun soldiers under Lie Hu Mi?" Xun suddenly shouted angrily in a low voice.
Hunting Hu Mi was the culprit for Xun suddenly leading an army to attack the Qin army in this city. He was the son of Nan Dou Mi, the leader of the Wusun clan.
The Wusun people were originally one of the many northwest foreign ethnic groups who submitted to the Yuezhi people. Of course, the Wusun people were a relatively powerful group. After Maodun escaped from the Yuezhi back to the prairie and successfully aspired to become the Chanyu of the Xiongnu,
Under the guise of joining forces with the Yuezhi people, Mo Dun went south to plunder the three counties of Longxi, Beidi, and Jiuyuan in the Great Qin Dynasty. However, when the Yuezhi people came out in full force to fight the Longxi army, he secretly attacked the Yuezhi army from behind and succeeded.
Go straight to where the royal court of the Yuezhi people is.
The leader of the Yue clan, Na Xiu evil, escaped early and returned to the Yue clan, which finally allowed the Yue clan to escape the same fate as the Donghu people. However, because the army was lost, they had to abandon their homeland and start moving westward.
The Yuezhi people moved westward, and the Wusun people, who originally submitted to the Yuezhi people, took the opportunity to get rid of the control of the Yuezhi people. In the original history, the Wusun clan leader Nan Dou Mi should have died at the hands of the Yuezhi people. At this moment, he
Also because of the arrival of Hu Hai, fate was saved.
Nandoumi had not died in the hands of the Yuezhi people, so it was naturally impossible for Maodun to adopt Liejiaomi, the last bloodline son of the Wusun clan leader Nandoumi. Liejiaomi and Maodun's heir should have happened decades later.
Naturally, it would never happen again that the old Shanyu attacked the Yuezhi together. The Liehu Mi that Xun suddenly mentioned was the eldest brother of Liejiaomi and the eldest son of Nandoumi.
The Huns, who had hundreds of thousands of capable men, were inexplicably defeated at the hands of the Qin people in the east, and fled in panic to the far west; the Yuezhi people launched their attack before Mao Dun because of it.
Crossing the Congling Mountains and moving towards Central Asia, the two major forces that originally entrenched themselves on the northwest prairie collapsed, leaving a huge power vacuum.
The leader of the Wusun clan, Nan Tou Mi, took advantage of the situation and relied on the tens of thousands of Wusun people to control strings. He quickly gathered all the small tribes that originally submitted to the Yuezhi people's tent. Without the Yuezhi people and the Xiongnu,
Human wēixié, the rise of the Wusun people seems to be just around the corner.
However, ideals are often very full, but reality is all skinny.
Because of the Qiang people's night attack on Longxi, the entire Longxi Army and Jiuyuan Army were mobilized to launch an unprecedented Qing Dynasty campaign around the northwest border of Qin. In an instant, the Wusun patriarch's dream of becoming a king came to nothing.
As the two armies marching westward and northward from the Jiuyuan Fortress came out, many small tribes that had just surrendered to the Wusun people turned to the embrace of the Qin Dynasty and moved into Jiuyuan County under the protection of the Jiuyuan Army.
.Because the Hetao Plain has the most lush grassland at the southern foot of the Yinshan Mountains. And the people of Daqin will divide the pastures for these foreign races and protect their safety.
All these small tribes need to do is to present dozens of the clan leader's best horses to the Qin Dynasty every year.
Dazzled by the temporary prestige, Nandoumi personally commanded more than 30,000 string-controllers in Wusun and angrily launched an attack on the Jiuyuan Army. The result is naturally self-evident. (To be continued...)