Chapter 1032 The Huns over the years
And Qu Hai is actually a very new name.
The reason why it is very new is that this name has been adopted for only just one year.
The name of Quhai is actually very simple, because it was occupied by a Xiongnu Qiqu (official name), so it is called Qiquhai.
Compared with the Beihai (Berga Lake), the Huns' old nest, the temperature here is slightly higher in winter and is more suitable for winter.
In history, this place was once the territory of the Junggar tribe of the Mongolian Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty. Later, the Tsarist Russian Empire used diplomatic threats and frauds to force the Qing government to sign the "China-Russia Discussion on the Northwest Boundary" in 1864, and since then it was classified under the Kazakhstan Empire of the Tsarist Russian Empire.
At this moment, the lake water in the Quhai Sea has begun to thaw, and a lush green scene. A wide river (Ertis River) pours from the south, making this lake full of vitality.
Around the Qiquhai are green woodland, and on the east side of the lake there are large areas of trees that have been cut down. Many rafts are back and forth on the lake. The Huns are fishing on the lake. There are also many older children riding ponies and running back and forth on the lake, while some younger children play on the water by the lake.
To the east, about five or six miles away from the lake, thousands of dense camps were scattered on the green grasslands, and countless livestock were leisurely gnawing on the grasslands. Sometimes, Hun men were prideed and galloping by the woman, showing off to the shepherds around them, wherever they passed, causing waves of kindness or dissatisfaction, and even a few small stones.
All in all, this is a spring full of vitality.
In the center of these camps, there is a more regular and larger tent group than other chaotic camps. This is where the tent of the first Shanyu, Wuwei, of the Xiongnu, is located, which is where Li Mu was thinking about the Xiongnu royal court.
This Wuwei Shanyu was about forty years old, and his appearance was somewhat similar to that of Dulongqi Shanyu before. His weather-beaten face was shining with light in his pair of small eyes. His whole body was straight, and his whole body was filled with a smell of being angry and powerful.
As a Shanyu who successfully integrated the Huns tribes and allowed the Huns to evolve from a tribal alliance to a country, the power of the Wuwei Shanyu was not comparable to that of any Huns before. Just looking at the Xiongnu nobles who were bowing their heads on both sides of the tent now, you can see that.
In fact, the Uvi Shanyu's methods were indeed very powerful.
A few years ago, when the Huns were defeated by Li Mu in the battle, the Shanyu was injured and died, and the entire Huns were in chaos.
It was at this time that the Uwei Shanyu stood up.
With the help of the great Xiongnu wizard, he summoned almost all the Xiongnu senior officials in the dragon court, and then launched a surprise attack in one move to control all the Xiongnu clan leaders.
It was a very bloody and cruel battle. After four days and four nights, Wuwei Shanyu finally completely controlled the situation and knocked down all his opponents.
After that decisive war, Wuwei Shanyu collected most of the power of the Huns under his command in less than half a year.
After a very difficult winter, Wuwei Shanyu made a very decisive decision to fight the West!
So in the spring of the following year, the hungry and cold Huns began the Western Expedition.
Fortunately, God did not abandon Wuwei Shanyu. Since their journey westward, they first defeated their previous ally Wusun, forcing Wusun, who had moved westward one step ahead, to become a vassal of the Huns again. At the same time, after a brief period of cultivation and rest, they began to invade the Western Regions.
At the beginning, the Huns were actually quite careful about the invasion of the Western Regions. After all, the Huns were still quite weak at this time, and the Western Regions were also a place that the Huns had heard of but had never been to in person before.
To put it bluntly, the Huns were also afraid of meeting a powerful opponent like Zhao in the Western Regions and being beaten up again.
However, this time, the Huns seemed to have been favored by God again.
The weakness of the Western Regions was obviously far beyond the expectations of the Huns.
Hundreds or even thousands of Hun cavalry, plus enough mares, were enough to allow the Huns to come and go in the desert to move freely.
After a year of small-scale temptation, another winter passed, Wu Wei finally led most of his royal tribes to settle down by the Qiequ Sea, and used this as a base to start a large-scale attack into the Western Regions.
Then, there are the plots that Perseus told the people of Zhao.
In general, although the Huns suffered considerable losses in the war with Theodotus, the governor of Baktria, was much stronger than the remnants of the Huns who were beaten to retract back to Mobei a few years ago.
And all of this was brought about by the leadership of Wuwei Shanyu.
Because of this, when Wu Wei Shanyu did not speak, no one in the huge tent dared to speak.
Wu Wei Shanyu coughed and said slowly: "Everyone, this Shanyu just received a message that the 40,000 army led by Li Mu had begun to head north, and the target seemed to be for us. If nothing unexpected happens, they might have arrived here at least ten days or half a month."
Wu Wei Shanyu's words were equivalent to a super bomb, which suddenly exploded in the king's tent, causing all the Hun nobles in the tent to change their faces in an instant, and some people who were not calm enough in their minds exclaimed in an instant.
The people of Zhao were so familiar with the Xiongnu nobles present.
You should know that the battles in which the Huns were beaten by Zhao State over the years have basically experienced them.
It can be said that the word Zhao State is the nightmare in the hearts of the Huns!
Originally, they thought that they would not go south and provoke Zhao State, so they could not do anything to the Huns through the vast plateau and desert, but they never expected that they had already run from the north of the desert to the Western Regions thousands of miles away, and the Zhao State still followed them like shadows.
And it was not someone else who chased after him, it was the damn evil star Li Mu!
Wu Wei Shanyu looked at the dazed scene in the tent in front of him, and his brows frowned slightly, revealing a look of dissatisfaction.
Chapter completed!