Chapter 526 Come back again
Tuyuhun has always been on a wrong path. Regardless of whether Kwalu is called Khan or not, it has not changed. They have always followed the clan military alliance system.
As the core royal family led by the Tuyuhun Khanate, they have always been led by the leader, and the leader's brothers, nephews, and uncles have become the power center of the Tuyuhun Kingdom.
This is actually no different from the Xiongnu, Rouran, Turks, Tiele, etc., and even the later Mongolian Jurchen is generally the same.
In contrast, the Northern Wei Dynasty had actually gone the other way, so Tuoba Xianbei seized half of the northern country, called the Northern Dynasty, and the Tuyuhun of the Murong family of Xianbei, after more than 300 years, has become strong on the outside and in chaos.
Under this system, even Lu Kua, who was the first to be called Khan, was not despotic. The military power has its own territory and tribal population.
At that time, Tuyuhun had fifty sons, and it was passed down from generation to generation. Today, countless descendants have been multiplied. However, in the past three hundred years, the Tuyuhun family has also emerged more than a dozen very powerful families, with a large number of soldiers and horses. hold the power in the middle.
The big waves washed the sand, and Tuyuhun now has thirteen kings as the core. They are all clan royal families, and each leads their own tribes. With the famous king family as the core, they are composed of Xianbei Murong, the headquarters, or the Qiang and Di tribes that are not the headquarters, forming a territory. A semi-independent feudal force of the tribe.
In addition to the thirteen royal families, there were also many kings with different surnames or races. Most of these were relatives-in-law of some leaders of previous generations, and they were also the leaders of the strong Qiang and Di tribes at that time, so they married and became kings.
For example, Kualu’s brother-in-law, Tuoba Mur, is the king of one of the Tuoba Eight Kingdoms. His family lineage is powerful, so Kualu had to win over him, marry his sister to him, and make him King Wei.
Now that Fu Yun is old, his prince Murong Shun was a hostage in Chang'an of the Sui Dynasty in the Central Plains for a long time in his early years, and he was also the son of the Han woman Guanghuaer. Send troops to **** him back to Tuyuhun, intending to use him as a puppet to recruit and surrender. It's just that although Tuyuhun was defeated at that time, Fu Yun did not die, so the Sui army sent him halfway, but the Tuyuhun people defeated the Sui army and wiped out some tribes that belonged to the Sui Dynasty.
After this incident, Murong Shun actually lost the slightest popular prestige in Tuyuhun.
The old Khan is old, the prince has no prestige, King Tianzhu controls the state affairs, and the famous kings from all over the country are all powerful factions. In this case, it is not surprising what kind of performance Tuyuhun has.
Anyway, a dying person, but it won't be long before he dies.
When the Tang Dynasty returned Prince Murong Shun, in fact, Fu Yun had already installed a new prince. He appointed his second son Zun Wang as the new prince. It just adds to the complexity of the Tuyuhun situation.
I heard that King Zun has always wanted to regain the crown prince, and King Tianzhu is his biggest supporter. Murong Shun was sent back by Tang Dynasty in his middle age, and his mother was Princess Sui.
Therefore, King Tianzhu is the representative of the anti-Tang faction in the Tuyuhun Kingdom. It was King Tianzhu's idea to invade the Tang Dynasty several times, and Wusu who is following behind is King Tianzhu's younger brother.
The scenery in the mountains is beautiful and cool.
Compared to the days of galloping on the Dangxiang Grassland, it is actually more comfortable in this mountain, because you don’t have to worry about the enemies on all sides, you only need to beware of the pursuers behind.
The mountain road is difficult, but it also allows them to enjoy a rare period of relaxation.
He was thinking about Tuyuhun.
The Dangxiang Qiang people are undoubtedly important allies of Tuyuhun. It can even be said that Dangxiang has already joined the Tuyuhun Kingdom. It's the same, they are all vassals of Tuyuhun in essence, and with the nature of tribal alliances like Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, Bailan, and Bailang Qiang are of course part of Tuyuhun Kingdom.
Since Lu Kua, Tuyuhun has been committing suicides and civil strife.
This is the inevitable result of their expansion to the limit, and it is also the inevitable consequence of their game with the Central Plains. The Central Plains will never sit back and watch a powerful force covering thousands of miles exist and threaten the Guanlong region, the core of the Central Plains Dynasty.
The era of the rise of Tuyuhun was the chaotic era of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms. At that time, the Central Plains were fighting endlessly, and naturally no one could take care of them.
The time when Tuyuhun turned from prosperity to decline was also the time when the Sui Dynasty ruled the world.
After the unification of the Central Plains, the Central Plains Dynasty will be able to free up their hands and start to deal with external threats.
What Tuyuhun threatened was Helong, which was the most important core area of the Sui Dynasty, where Guanzhong Chang'an was the capital.
The Sui Dynasty once attacked Tuyuhun, but the destruction was not thorough enough, Fu Yun was not killed, so they made a comeback. Datang initially formed an alliance with Tuyuhun, but now that the Eastern Turks in the north have been destroyed, Tuyuhun must be the next target.
I believe that the Tuyuhun people also understood this point, which is why they dare to provoke the offenders so unafraid of death. Anyway, the Tang people will come to fight sooner or later, so it is better to strike first while they have no time.
It's just that the Tuyuhun is indeed gone now, and several shots are just scratching Datang's itch, at best it can be regarded as scabies.
Uncomfortable is uncomfortable, but nothing too threatening.
"Brother Su, what do you think should be done to clean up Tuyuhun?" Qin Lang asked Su Dingfang with a smile.
"If you don't move, you are dead, and if you move, you will be struck by thunder."
This new general who captured Xieli alive had fought in the Dangxiang territory for a long time this time, but he felt a little unsatisfactory. Although he had killed a lot and conquered many small tribes, this kind of fight was just a small fight, and it was not good for Dangxiang. There is no real harm to people.
"The Sui Dynasty also destroyed the Tuyuhun country with a large army, but they returned to the country soon after. How to solve this problem?" Qin Lang asked with a smile.
"Although Tuyuhun built Fuqi capital city on the Qinghai Sea, Tuyuhun is still a nomadic tribe in essence. To deal with them, we actually have to use the method of dealing with the Huns and Turks, not the way of the civil war in the Central Plains."
What's the use of robbing a city?
To capture their Khan alive and annihilate their main force.
"As long as one hundred thousand Tuyuhun soldiers can be beheaded and Fuyun captured alive, Tuyuhun will be completely depressed. At that time, a few Tuyuhun royal families who are said to be obedient will be selected and given titles and official positions to lead the ministries. The imperial court will set up prefectures and counties in the Qinghai area. , immigrant garrisons, and in more remote places, set up Jijizhou and counties, and it will be almost stable."
"These are actually Saburo's previous strategies against the Turks, and they are also very useful here."
Qin Lang laughed, this analysis is really difficult.
Liang Jianfang approached, "I don't think Tuyuhun is so easy to fight. Although Tuyuhun is also a nomadic tribe, its place is quite different from the Turkic tribe. This time we have been in Dangxiang for so long. It's much worse."
Qin Lang nodded. Indeed, this place is not only remote, but also high-altitude, and the snow-capped mountains and glaciers are indeed a difficult point. The reason why the Sui Dynasty could not destroy Tuyuhun in the past was because Tuyuhun set up the royal city by the Qinghai Lake near the west of the Longyou River.
But once the Central Plains attacked, they would immediately retreat.
While withdrawing and fighting, luring the enemy to go deep, this will make the Central Plains army fall into difficulties in supplying.
When they see the opportunity, they can also counter-draw the Central Plains Dynasty. If the Central Plains army retreats, they will be able to follow suit and even counterattack Helong.
Yang Guang once mobilized heavy troops and never gave up on Tuyuhun. As a result, Fu Yun immediately fled all the way, once he ran directly to the territory of the Dangxiang Qiang people, another time he ran to the territory of Bailan Qiang, and once he almost went to the Western Regions.
To the west is the barren desert, to the south is the snow-covered plateau, to the southeast is grassland and snow-capped mountains, all of which are the worst terrain and climate, and the tribes there are also vassals of Tuyuhun. Based on the ground, there are hospitality.
If you don't die after beating a snake, you will make a comeback.
The Sui army failed to solve this problem, so although they claimed to have destroyed Tuyuhun and set up four counties in its former place, it was useless at all.
If you don't capture and destroy the King Khan, and don't severely injure his main force, then you can't destroy Tuyuhun at all.
"Mr. Wei, do you have a solution?" Liang Jianfang asked.
"In this battle, I have some experience. It is true that the geography and climate here are very harsh. It is somewhat difficult to complete the battle. There are many troops dispatched, and it is difficult to keep up with the logistics supplies. Few troops are dispatched, and it is even more difficult to wipe out the enemy. .”
"I think, to deal with Tuyuhun, we still need to take two steps. The first step is to cut off its wings. The most important wings of Tuyuhun are the Dangxiang Qiang people. They are not only Tuyuhun's accomplices, but our Tang Dynasty attacked Tuyuhun from the southeast. an obstacle."
If he could defeat or recruit the party members, Tuyuhun would not only lose an arm, but more importantly, Datang would be able to advance to the foot of Xiqing Mountain and Jishi Mountain.
In this way, a strategic blockade was formed to the southeast of Tuyuhun. Once a full-scale war broke out, Tuyuhun would not be able to flee to the south, hiding in the Qiang territory to survive.
Even if Dangxiang can be successfully recruited, with Dangxiang Qiang's adaptation to the terrain and climate of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, they can become an important help for the Tang army's crusade against Tuyuhun, and can make up for the lack of adaptability of the Tang army's soldiers, mainly the children of Guanzhong, to the plateau terrain and climate. .
At that time, the Tang army can attack in three ways, all the way out of Dangxiang to block Tuyuhun's escape route to the south, and all the way out of Hexi to block their northward escape route.
Then the army attacked from Longyou in the east, and went straight to Fuqi City, Qinghai.
If Tuyuhun fled to avoid the battle, he could only flee westward into the desert.
Tang Jun is not afraid of the desert, because he has fought against the Turks for a long time, and he is actually very experienced in this kind of desert march.
In this way, fighting Tuyuhun is actually the same as fighting Turks.
Liang Jianfang, Su Dingfang and the others clapped their hands in applause after hearing Qin Lang's thoughts.
"But the question is, the Dangxiang Qiang people have always been loyal vassals of Tuyuhun, how can they be recruited?"
Qin Lang smiled slightly, "Of course, we must fight until we are convinced. If you want to destroy Tuyuhun, you must surrender Dangxiang Qiang first!"
Su Dingfang was a little excited, "It seems that Saburo is planning to make a comeback?"
"Brother Su used the word incorrectly. What does it mean to make a comeback? I didn't flee. This is what we call going deep into the enemy's territory, defeating the Qiang bandits repeatedly, and returning with a full reward."
"Yes, yes, this time we only sent 3,000 troops, which is still a little less. Next time, let's bring 30,000 horses. Why don't we beat the Eight Departments of the Party to kneel down and call for father!" Gao Kan and the others cheered there shouted excitedly.
(end of this chapter)