Chapter 58: The Era of Houqiu Liju
Qiu Liju died and claimed to be ill, but Fang Zhiwen didn't believe it. More than two months ago, this guy was still lively and arrogant in Guliu Town. How could he die of illness so quickly? Could it be suicide? Among the tribes on the grassland, there has always been such a tradition that those old people who cannot do things will be driven out of the tribe with the last bit of dry food and go to the grassland to die for themselves. Of course, it is unlikely to live, and it is certain to die. Then the corpse was fed to the wolf and left the world cleanly.
Will Qiu Liju also feel that his value is gone, or that it has hindered his usual ideals, so he simply sacrificed his ego to achieve the greater self, and sacrificed himself to fulfill Tadun for the benefit of the Wuhuan nation?
Although Fang Zhiwen felt that he had a bit of a fanaticism, he didn't know that his guess was actually not far from the truth, just a few millimeters away.
Qiu Liju basically committed suicide because he refused treatment and left a will to make his confidant De Rigen not be allowed to die after his death. He immediately took his head to the Tadun tribe and asked Tadun to go north to take charge of the tribes and troops left behind, and then he could bury the head and the corpse together.
No matter how hateful Qiu Liju was to the Han people, Qiu Liju was a well-deserved hero to the Wuhuan people. Even if he died, he had to use his body to make his last effort for the Wuhuan people. This decision finally moved De Rigen. He no longer insisted. In fact, he also knew that once he led his troops to surrender to Tadun, it would mean that he would lose his power from now on. Tadun could not reuse himself. It was precisely because of this that when Qiu Liju was seriously ill, he once thought of independence, but in the end he was moved by Qiu Liju's loyalty to the nation and decided to lead his troops to Tadun.
One hero of Wuhuan fell in this winter, and another hero also went to silence from then on.
Fang Zhiwen learned that Qiu Liju was a little late when he died, because Tadun had gathered 200,000 troops to head north, while Qiu Liju's troops gathered in the plains swim in the Rushui River regardless of the losses. It was the original place of Qiu Liju's tent. They gathered there, waiting for Tadun's arrival.
Fang Zhiwen didn't have to think about it, and could guess Tadun's plan. After joining Qiu Liju's troops, Tadun planned to merge with the remaining nearly 200,000 string control men in Qiu Liju, and force himself to drive away with a dignified formation. Then his army surrounded the people and escorted the people all the way south to guard Guliu Town. Anyway, outside Guliu Town, there was also a large area of grassland under the Rushui River. After occupying this grassland, he could be as close as the Tadun tribe outside Lulong's border.
Or, he could choose to attack the west to destroy the Lou Ban Department and complete the unification of the central Wuhuan in one fell swoop. In this way, the central Wuyan has been annexed. If the Lou Ban Department can be unified, the only Wuhuan tribe will be left with Tadun, Shanggu Nanlou and Su Yanpu in the eastern part. From then on, the grasslands in the northern Youzhou entered the Houqiu Liju era.
Fang Zhiwen felt that Tadun would not rush to attack the Lou Clan, because the Lou Clan was spineless, and might turn around and go to Shanggu Nanlou. Therefore, he thought that Tadun was more likely to return directly to the south. He hoped that Tadun would attack the Lou Clan. At that time, he would take more than 10,000 elite thrust soldiers to cruise the periphery, and he could enjoy the benefits of fishermen, and he could also consume Tadun.
However, Tadun has always been known for his intelligence and wisdom. Fang Zhiwen thought about it and still felt that Tadun would go south directly, but he was unwilling to watch Tadun comfortable and comfortable going north and south. He stretched out his hand and gently picked the peaches he had worked hard to grow.
Li Yuanzhi was also very guilty of himself. He was responsible for breaking the contact between Qiu Liju and Tadun's troops. Unexpectedly, he was tricked by the dead Qiu Liju once. In this embarrassing situation, to a large extent, it should be Li Yuanzhi's responsibility.
With 400,000 troops, more than 600,000 troops, countless cattle, sheep and horses, what is the state of marching like this? If you are lucky enough to be in the northern grassland of Yuyang, you can see this spectacular scene.
Of course, Fang Zhiwen could not let Tadun pick the peaches easily, but don’t forget that it was seven hundred miles away from Guliu Town. Fang Zhiwen could imagine how huge the team going south was. Even if he planned it himself, it would be difficult to protect more than 600,000 people across the 700 miles away. Moreover, there was an elite Han cavalry with more than 10,000 people watching.
In fact, Tadun was also very troubled. At that time, he didn't know how powerful this group of horse thieves were, otherwise how could he let Fang Zhiwen rush into Qiu Liju's territory easily, and then watched Qiu Liju's defeat. He originally planned to let Fang Zhiwen go to Qiu Liju where to mess with Qiu Liju and consume Qiu Liju's strength. Who knew that the tiger could not control it as soon as it was out of the gate. Not only did it destroy many Wuhuan tribes, but it plundered a large number of Wuhuan tribes, but it also forced Wuhuan king Qiu Liju to death.
But well, Qiu Liju had a great enlightenment before his death and handed over the remaining team and his subordinates to himself. In this way, the central and western Wuhuans were almost completely lost in his hands, leaving only the idiot in the stairs class. If he only took some time to integrate it himself, he would become the strongest Wuhuan. If he managed it carefully for a while, he would probably be no longer a dream to unify the Wuhuan.
So when he saw Qiu Liju's head, Tadun had almost no thoughts and immediately rushed north, leaving only 50,000 slave soldiers to guard Guliu Town. However, he did not expect that Fang Zhiwen actually transferred Murong Fang's troops and gathered nearly 20,000 cavalry to spy around. He would pounce on him at any time and bite him hard. Originally, this group of horse thieves was just plundering, but now he had picked peaches by himself. He was already angry. Whether the soldiers or the people, when he saw this group of crazy horse thieves, there was only one fate, that was death!
Tadun finally saw this group of fierce horse thieves with his own eyes. Although this group of cautious horse thieves never approached Tadun's large army, Tadun, who had rich experience, could still be sure that this group of horse thieves came from the south.
Tadun is not a reckless person. He has always respected and waryed the great man. He knew that the great Han people were full of talents, but he never expected that a small unknown Han horse thief could already make Qiu Liju go to destruction and make himself lose his power. It seems that the great Han Dynasty's country is not easy to plot! After unifying the Wuhuan, we should start from the Xianbei people first.
Fang Zhiwen has been following Tadun for five days. Due to his harassment, Tadun's marching speed was extremely slow. Moreover, the Wuhuan people who fell under the arrow of Fang Zhiwen's cavalry were not counted as civilians, but the cavalry had exceeded 10,000, and even destroyed two teams of thousands of people in the whole system. Fang Zhiwen's sneak attacks, which were both left and right, and did not distinguish between day and night, was unable to defend against the attacks on the bright side.
Moreover, Fang Zhiwen would never divide his troops during the day, nor would he get too close to the Wuhuan's large troops. When encountering the high-speed generals of Wuhuan, Fang Zhiwen sacrificed a sparrow battle, fled in all directions and then joined the predetermined location. At night, Fang Zhiwen attacked everywhere, attacking Tadun's army, extremely intense battles and marches, as well as the laborless pursuit and the constantly eroded troops, which made Tadun's morale drop very much, and the people also exuded an increasingly uneasy atmosphere.
What's even more serious is that due to the fierce battle, the consumption of food and grass has increased greatly. The originally prepared food and grass has become a bit inadequate. This has to reduce the feeding portion of livestock, resulting in a large number of cattle and sheep that have died of starvation. If this continues, these people in the ministry will not have to be killed by Fang Zhiwen, and will directly starve to death in this cold winter.
The next day, the marching army found a large number of scattered beans in the snow beside the road, so the uncontrolled scattered people and livestock rushed up and robbed them. As a result, the beans were poisonous and poisoned a large group of cattle and sheep.
It turned out that Fang Zhiwen discovered that Tadun had insufficient food and grass, so he urgently transferred a batch of poisoned beans from Miyun Fortress, in order to poison the livestock and make Tadun lose its source of food for the people who Tadun robbed back, making Tadun work in vain.
On the tenth day, Tadun finally could not bear this passive situation anymore. Less than two-thirds of the road of seven hundred miles, the more than 20,000 soldiers fell down, and countless soldiers were even more. Moreover, even if these soldiers were successfully brought back to the southern grassland by themselves, they would not be able to survive this winter because they lacked food and clothing. Instead of doing so, it would be better to just take these 200,000 strong men and women and children who could keep up with the speed of the marching among the soldiers, abandoning the elderly and weak men and throwing them to Fang Zhiwen. I believe that Fang Zhiwen will no longer pursue these troops whose combat power and speed are strengthened. This is also a dead end.
Fang Zhiwen did not chase after him anymore. Tadun was really cruel and didn't know how he convinced Qiu Liju's old subordinates. Anyway, they led the army and could ride horses for a long time to rush on the road, abandoned unnecessary cattle, sheep and baggage, and moved south with light equipment, and abandoned all the remaining more than 100,000 old and weak subordinates in the vast snow.
"Tatun! It's cruel enough! The courage is indeed good!" Fang Zhiwen looked at the black shadow that was already far away on the horizon, shook his head and sighed, "How did he do this kind of thing? Did Qiu Liju's old generals cut down all the time?"
"Master, are you still chasing me?"
"If you don't chase after me, there will be no sweetness to chase after me. They don't want us to want this more than 100,000 people. These populations are also populations. At least they can be used to make up the numbers when upgrading cities. At that time, Linxi Town will be an unbreakable grassland fortress."
"promise!"
"Encircle these tribes and tell them that from now on, they are not Wuhuan people, but Han people! Let me go back to Linxi Town. Tadun, do you think this matter is over? Qiu Liju is dead, and this grassland will not be the era of your Tadun."
"Lord, can we attack Tadun's territory?"
"Haha, of course, winter is still growing. We can't hide in the city and live, right? Tadun comes to steal my things, so I can't steal his things? Let's go home!"
Tadun looked back at the horse. He knew that he had made a mortal enemy with this group of Han horse thieves this time. According to the nature of this crazy horse thief, he would definitely not just let it go. I guess he would continue to use the advantages of winter to attack his territory. Thinking of this, Tadun couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed. Do you really want to give up Guliu Town and retract back to Youbeiping County to defend? Or should you bow your head to the Xianbei people for a while and let the Xianbei people go south to disperse their pressure. By the way, Qiu Liju's original territory is now blank. Will the Xianbei people want it? If the Xianbei people go south in large numbers, Fang Zhiwen's madman might not always stare at him.
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In this chapter, the Wuhuan strategy has completed the first stage. There may be some vague and forced things here. There seems to be no particular clear description in the text. Now, I think about it and still write it later, so I can avoid being criticized. It is undeniable that the Youzhou thrust cavalry is indeed stronger than the Wuhuan cavalry. In addition, the factors in winter have caused the Wuhuan people to decline in combat effectiveness. Of course, the lack of outstanding generals in Wuhuan is also a major reason. The king of Wuhuan is only at the sixth level and the elite generals are only at the fourth to fifth level. This is the main reason why the protagonist cavalry team is in Wuhuan.
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Chapter completed!