The Sacred Ding

The situation in West Qiang is about to change badly, and Bai Shiyu hasn’t prepared anything yet.

Although Fan Dachun, Deng Tonger, Han Wendang, Guo Hongjuan, and the others have grown fanatical admiration for Chen Hai’s military abilities, at this moment, I still feel the latest changes in the situation. Great pressure.

Who would have thought that it was the natal family of Queen Zhang Clan of the Western Qiang Kingdom, colluding with Black Mountain Kou, and seeking the throne of the Western Qiang Kingdom?

Out of Tieliuling, all the way to the west, Wushaoling, which stretches for 10,000-3,000 miles, stretches across the south of the Xixia Corridor, preventing humans from entering the more desolate extremity of the South Gate–the Xixia At the western end of the corridor is the Pinglu Oasis, which is more than nine hundred miles long from east to west and about four to five hundred miles deep from north to south.

In the Pinglu Oasis, lakes and rivers are the most majestic and vast Pinglu Lake. It is four hundred li long from east to west and several dozen li wide from north to south, ranging from several dozen li to one hundred li or so. It is also called the Qianghu. For Ping Lu Hai.

It is dominated by Qianghu people. After thousands of years of development, there are more than 60 cities with a certain scale and a population of over hundreds of thousands built around Pingluhai.

At this time, the West Qiang State, which ruled the Pinglu Oasis, was one of the three vassal states in the eastern region of Jinzhou. When the national power was the strongest, the population exceeded 10 million, and it had more than 200,000 walkers and riders. .

20 years ago, there were more than 60 cities in the Pinglu Oasis. Almost 90% of them were captured by the Dayanxi army. Only a few cities were located in the deep mountains of the northwestern foothills of Wushaoling. It was still in the hands of the Ye clan and other Qianghu nobles.

Although the Dayanxi conscription horse eventually retreated and Ye’s rejuvenation succeeded, after 20 years of rest and recuperation, the population returned to 56 million, and the repaired and rebuilt city was only more than 40 seat.

Even so, Ye’s Royal Family ruled the Pinglu Oasis, and it was still the one of the Three Great Overlords of the Eastern Region of Golden State. In addition to the guards and horses of Zhucheng, Ye’s Royal Family directly controlled the steps. Riding elites exceeds hundreds of thousands.

Ye’s Patriarch Wang has wanted to take a rest since his reign, and even did not hesitate to marry, in exchange for a brief peace with Hexi, but in the Pinglu Oasis, there are too many people who can’t let go for 20 years. ago The hatred of being slaughtered by Dayan soldiers and horses.

It is not difficult to imagine that once Zhang Xiong, Zhang Jun and the others collude with Kong Peng and other thieves to successfully subvert Ye’s Royal Family, in Pinglu Oasis, there will be a lot of grievances against Ye’s With the support of the small sect family, it has become the new Royal Family force in the Pinglu Oasis. Once Zhang Clan is firmly on the throne of the Western Qiang Kingdom, he will soon assemble his army and push it towards Baishiyu.

when the time comes Zhang Xiong and Kong Peng are both Dao Pill figures, and they are all masters of Tigers and Wolves. They are not within the reach of ordinary horse thieves. They want less than 20,000 soldiers. , It will be impossible to guard the twenty-odd small oasis scattered.

Even if they want to guard Baishiyu, it is difficult.

The Baishiling city retaining wall was built just above knee height at this time, and the place is only 20 li deep. Once the surrounding oasis is captured by Zhang Clan and Black Mountain soldiers, they will count on their troops. Doesn’t it make any sense for thousands of clansman to withdraw to Baishiyu to hold on?

For the time being, I don’t care about the amount of food needed by tens of thousands of people. With only 20,000 or 30,000 horses and 100,000 animals, how much forage can be supplied in an oasis as small as Baishiyu?

In the eyes of Fan Dachun and the others, at this time, the clansman will be transferred to Moyue Lake. 20,000 soldiers and 140,000 will have a better chance of winning. .

The area of ​​Moyue Lake Oasis is five or six times that of Baishiyu. The aquatic plants are more plentiful and the time it can hold is much longer than that of Baishiyu; and they only need to stick to Black Mountain. If food is insufficient, the enemy forces will naturally clear the siege and leave.

After all, the Pinglu Oasis is 3000 li away from Moyue Lake and is separated by a sea of ​​sand. It is also extremely difficult to ensure the food supply of 35,000 elite soldiers.

It was too passive to retreat to Moyue Lake. After discussing for a long time, Chen Hai finally decided that the people, livestock and extra horses of various tribes should be transferred to Moyue Lake as soon as possible, hosted by Deng Tonger The matter; in addition, after the explanation by Han Wendang and Guo Hong who led 10,000 horses and 10,000 slaves, he stationed in Baishiyu to continue building and training. He and Ning Chan’er, Fan Dachun, Han Qingyuan and the others led five thousand. Jingqi, rush to Songyang Lake to rescue Ye Qinglin’s remnant…

“Kong Peng led 20,000 Jingqi rides on Songyang Lake to besiege the 3,000 remnants of Ye Qinglin. We only have 5,000 cavalry to help. After arriving at Songyang Lake, I was almost exhausted. I don’t even know if Ye Qinglin’s remnants will be completely wiped out during this period. Is this trip too dangerous?” Fan Dachun asked hesitantly.

Two cavalry are chasing in the boundless sea of ​​sand. The superiority of Jing Juejun in attacking the village in the past will not be fully realized. The difference in the strength of the two sides is too large, and it is difficult for them to win.

What’s more, before they rushed to Songyang Lake, Ye Qinglin’s remains might have been wiped out. They rushed over, besides being hit by the Black Mountain Kou army, what else could they do?

“Even if the Zhang Clan clan succeeds in subversion, it will take time to fully control the Pinglu Oasis; even if the main characters of the Ye’s Royal Family have been Zhang Clan to catch everything in one net, they are loyal to Ye’s Soldiers and horses will not be completely annihilated. We rescued Ye Qinglin not because we valued the 2,000-3,000 remnants in his hand, but only Ye Qinglin could call on the remnants of the Ye family to gather at Baishiyu or Moyue Lake. Only with Ye Qinglin can the City Lords of the Pinglu Oasis not rush to Zhang Clan and Black Mountain…” Chen Hai said.

Zhang Clan currently has only 40,000 soldiers and horses in his hand, plus Black Mountain Kou, 60,000 soldiers and horses, they subvert the Ye’s Royal Family, and they need to retain a certain amount of troops to sit in the royal capital. Dingtian can split half of the soldiers and horses across the vast sand sea to attack Black Mountain or Moyue Lake.

Chen Hai guards Moyue Lake or Black Mountain. He is really not afraid of 20,000-30,000 soldiers and horses straddling 2,000-3,000 Lisha Sea to attack.

Pinglu Oasis has 56 million people and more than 40 cities. Once Zhang Clan is fully controlled, the number of soldiers and horses that can eventually be recruited will be far more than 60,000. When the time comes they are in Black Mountain or Moyue Lake will truly fall into a desperate situation.

Hundreds of thousands of horses are still easy to move within thousands of miles. In the end, if he wants to withdraw the sixteen-seventeen horses, which are mainly civilians and slaves, through the vast sand sea into the Hexi, even if there is no chase Soldier, halfway through, I don’t know how many people will die.

Even more how, Hexi does not lack this kind of people. If these people withdraw into Hexi, their influence on the Pinglu Oasis and the entire eastern region of Jinzhou will be lost.

If this were the case, he might as well just rob Dong Ning directly.

If you don’t want to lose the many good moves he has won at this time, the only way is to bring Ye Qinglin or other core figures of the Ye family to Baishiyu. As long as the Ye’s banner does not fall, not only can the Ye’s remnants be gathered in Black Mountain, but also the many City Lords of the Pinglu Oasis can be called to secretly resist Zhang Clan, who is in collusion with the Black Mountain. Lord will not rush to Zhang Clan, which can force Zhang Clan to rush to attack Baishiyu when he does not control the Pinglu Oasis–otherwise it will be difficult for Zhang Clan to secure the throne of Xiqiang.

“If you can help me defeat the conspiracy of Zhang Clan and other rebellious ministers, and consolidate the rule of Ye’s Royal Family over the Pinglu Oasis, what wish can’t be achieved?” Chen Hai sat before the long case, The tiger eyes stared at Fan Dachun, Han Qingyuan, Deng Tonger and the others.

“Can I ask Hexi for help?” Deng Tonger asked.

Fan Dachun and Han Qingyuan also looked forward to Chen Hai. They all look forward to making extraordinary achievements, but they also think that if Hexi can send troops, the odds of winning will be much greater.

Chen Hai shook the head and said: “Hexi sends troops, Tibet and Qiang will have an excuse for sending troops. When the time comes, how the war will develop is something that everyone can’t predict – therefore, We looked towards Hexi for assistance, and Hexi will ignore it.”

The Dongs are eager to marry Dong Ningxi, just to solve the worries of the west, and will never want to be endless in the west. During the war. Before the situation is clear, there is even a tendency to fall into chaos. Chen Hai can conclude that the Dong family will only choose to sacrifice Dong Ning, Ran Hu and other children for the overall situation.

Chen Hai said again: “Zhang Clan was forced to launch ahead of time, and the preparations were insufficient. Black Mountain Kou should be eager to drive to the West Qiang country at this time, join Zhang Clan’s soldiers and horses, and control the West Qiang country. Situation. We rushed to Songyang Lake. If Ye Qinglin’s remnant army has been annihilated, the Black Mountain Corps will not pay attention to us for the time being; if we rush to Songyang Lake, Ye Qinglin’s remnant army is still there, Black Mountain Corps. It’s more likely to withdraw westward ahead of schedule and won’t be entangled with us–you don’t have to worry too much…”

Although Fan Dachun hopes to ascertain changes in the domestic situation in Xiqiang before sending troops, Baishixia is south of Xiqiang Kings are two thousand li or so, and it is difficult for Lingying to approach the hinterland of Western Qiang to conduct reconnaissance. At this time, it can only bet on soldiers and horses loyal to Ye’s Royal Family in Western Qiang, and they are not so easy to be annihilated by rebellion.

Everyone discusses and discusses, and also feel that if you don’t want to passively guard Moyue Lake, take the initiative to attack Songyang Lake, which is a good choice.

Fan Dachun’s subordinates and the total strength of the tribes who are good at cavalry warfare combined, there are no five thousand elite cavalry, what is missing is to draw from the horse infantry, make up five thousand cavalry, overnight from Baishi Go out, cross the boundless sea of ​​sand, swept away eastward.

In order to ensure sufficient physical strength and battle strength, grassroots military officers are allotted hundreds of medium and low-level spiritual medicines, and ordinary riders are allotted two catties of stone quercetin–this is also the case that elite troops can repeatedly win key.

The horse thief, the leader does not lack low-level spiritual medicine, but he will never be willing to give the low-level spiritual medicine like Shi Qumi to the ordinary horse thief to nourish the blood and restore the stamina that was violently consumed during the march. .

I can’t want the horse thief to be stingy. Chen Hai cleared all the villages, and the seized Shique honey was only 20,000 catties. One time a 5,000 warrior would force a march, it would consume half of it, even if it took three. The Dong Clan of Hexi in the county land may not be willing to consume it like this.

Han Jian and other Han children received the military order and waited halfway. On the 3rd day, they joined the main force of five thousand cavalry led by Chen Hai, Fan Dachun, Han Qingyuan and the others, and then went to loose Yanghu forced to go.