Chapter 606 Wu Hai
Out of Dafeichuan, go southwest, pass Jishi Shanxi, and suddenly open up in front of you, there is a flat plain of grassland, endless.
The detective reported back, "There is a sea of bitterness ahead."
Bitter Sea is actually just a small lake with bitter water. On Qin Lang's map, this place is marked as Liemo Sea, and he himself added a pinyin note Doucuo Lake next to it.
South of the small Kuhai Lake, there is a small earthen city, Wuhai City. This is the territory of the Wuhai tribe, one of the three tribes of Tuyuhun Tianzhu King, and it is also their pasture for winter. Every early winter, they will drive yaks, sheep and horses to spend the winter, and they will not move to the summer and autumn pastures until the summer of June of the following year.
It is located on the west side of the Jishi Mountain Range, and the leeward is warm, especially since there are warm springs nearby.
It’s summer now, and the herdsmen are going to start preparing for the annual relocation. Every household is busy at this time, and there are too many things to prepare for moving the grassland, which is equivalent to a big move, but at this time of this year, the yaks still Grazing leisurely by the lake, the flocks are slow everywhere.
Young and strong men have already been called to go to the war. Only women, old people and children stayed behind on the grassland. Some young women and teenagers also went out with their husbands and fathers, making it very hard for the old and weak who stayed behind. The cattle and sheep had to be driven out to graze. Cows and goats have to be milked three times a day, and the returned milk has to be buttered. When the weather is good, they have to go to the grassland to turn over cow dung and carry the dried dung back home. Even early in the morning, I have to go to the distant river to carry the water back home.
The heavy burden fell on the shoulders of the old and weak left behind. Fortunately, the Wuhai Department of Tianzhu King has always been strong, and almost every household has slaves.
Most of the slaves are Han people, and there are also some Xiaoqiang and Tubo people. Because they are fighting with the Han people, most of the slaves are left at home to help with work. There is too much work to do, and the slaves are whipped from time to time.
Several Han slaves were herding sheep by the lake, chatting quietly together.
"Have you heard that the Han family was defeated at Chishuiyuan?"
"Where did you hear that, didn't it say that the Han family won a big victory in Chishuiyuan?"
"It is true that we won one battle before, and then we won another battle. We beheaded more than 8,000 damned bandits and captured tens of thousands of cattle and sheep. But later, we underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, and were surrounded in the Nuanquan River Valley. , the commander of the army heard that it was the two brothers surnamed Xue, who were defeated and almost lost all 5,000 troops. Another general surnamed Cheng led 5,000 troops to help them, but they were still defeated and fled all the way to the vicinity of Chishuiyuan. Trapped on the Mustang Terrace, I'm afraid I won't be able to last for many days."
Several slaves asked in surprise, "How do you know so clearly?"
"I was working in the master's tent last night, and I happened to see the master's father coming home. He was wounded in the hot spring valley and broke an arm, so he was sent back. He drank kumiss and boasted how much he was. Well, they also said that our Han army will be wiped out this time."
"I heard that the Tibetans captured thousands of wounded soldiers, and many of them have been rewarded to the Tibetan soldiers as slaves."
"Then why didn't we see any prisoners sent?"
"The captives will definitely be sent later."
The Han slaves fell silent for a moment. They heard that the Han army went deep, and everyone thought they could be rescued. Who would have thought that the last time the Han army went deep was only to crusade against Dangxiang and defeated the various ministries of the Dangxiang. After recruiting them to surrender, they took The leaders of the various tribes of the party and some of their children also rescued the slaves of the Han family in the various tribes, and then withdrew.
Actually, Qin Qiong was very close to them last time, but he didn't come after all.
This time I heard that a Han army had arrived, they had reached Chishuiyuan, and they had won a big battle. Everyone was secretly happy, and the slaves passed the news quietly, but who knew it was defeated again.
These slaves fell into the land for various reasons, most of them were looted due to the war, and some were former soldiers of the frontier army.
"Can we return to our hometown in the Central Plains again in this life?"
Someone is downcast.
A burly man said, "I'm sure. Last time General Qin Qiong was able to sweep the party and forced to land more than 300,000 people. What does this mean? It means that Datang is already very strong. Even if he loses this time, he will soon be defeated again." Conquest, when the time comes, we will definitely be able to defeat Ugly and save us and the people of the Han family."
In the bitter sea, a group of swans are playing, and a group of black-necked cranes are also playing in the water.
Green grassland, emerald green lake, and blue sky and white clouds. After staying here for a long time, I gradually got used to the cold miasma here, and even began to like the scenery here, but no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it is still a foreign land.
Every Han slave wants to escape all the time.
However, it is almost impossible to escape back to the Central Plains here. Many people have tried, but none of them can escape.
Dozens of miles to the south of Kuhai Lake, there is a dangerous gorge named Huashi Gorge. At the crossroads, there is another gorge between two mountains. Therefore, the Tucheng of the chieftain of the Wuhai Department is actually located at the mouth of the gorge, tens of miles south of the Kuhai.
Because of this small town, it has also become an important trading place for Tibetans with a radius of hundreds of miles. From then on to trade in the Central Plains, this small plateau town has become a rare city, prosperous all year round, unlike ordinary shepherds or lands, which are erratic in four seasons.
Under the night, a Tang army came quietly.
This team was led by Qin Lang. They set off from the north and ran for four hundred miles, killing all the way here.
Qin Lang's goal is precisely this Wuhai City, which stands against the Dahuashi Mountain.
Splitting troops with Chai Shao, Qin Lang commanded the elite of the Central Army to come here a long distance, and did not go to rescue Cheng Yaojin and the others in Yema Beach, but also had deep meaning.
The scouts reported to Qin Lang that all the young and strong people from the Wuhai Department went to Chishuiyuan with King Tianzhu, and those who stayed behind were only the old and the weak. Although Wuhai City has a city, just like Fucheng City, there are no real urban residents. The market in it is only held once every half a month. Only during the three days of the market, Wuhai will be more lively.
Usually, that is, the chief and his family members live in it, which is equivalent to a luxurious shepherd's tent, with earthen walls, and a more luxurious sheep pen and cattle pen.
More shepherds are still scattered around to graze cattle and sheep, and live by water and grass.
This result was expected, but it still made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
Running all the way, the reaction to the cold miasma became more and more severe, and everyone felt a lot of discomfort. If they encountered a heavily guarded city again, it would be fatal.
Simply made a layout and besieged from all sides.
Lurking not far outside the city, after taking a short rest and recovering some physical strength, Tang Jun launched a surprise attack.
Xi Junmai and Changsun Chong led the Youyu Marquis army to charge forward, and other armies led by Duan Zhixuan, Zhang Shigui and others also launched a surprise attack.
Only the Chinese army led by Qin Lang, as the general reserve of the whole army, was also responsible for blocking the fleeing enemies.
Under the night, the tall Huashi Mountain with exposed stones is looming.
The dog barked and the horse neighed, Wuhai City was in chaos.
It took less than half an hour for Tang Jun to take down the small town.
Not a single enemy who slipped through the net escaped, and they were all stopped by Qin Lang.
The various ministries counted the results of the battle. There were only a few hundred people in the city. The resistance they encountered was very weak, and they were taken down almost instantly.
The lights came on, and Qin Lang inspected this small earthen city. It was a large and empty earthen enclosure, which was also divided into three parts, the east and west city and the west inner city, and there were not many decent houses.
The captured population is also full of the old, the old and the weak, and there are not many young and strong.
Tuoba Si'an's younger brother, Tuoba Si'an told Qin Lang that two hundred miles to the south from here is the Hekou camp of their Dangxiang Tuoba family.
But Qin Lang's trip wasn't to go to Dangxiang, so he didn't pay much attention to the news.
He was playing with a few red flower stones he picked up on the road, but his eyes were fixed on the map in front of him.
"Let the brethren take the time to rest and have a good sleep after a full meal, and set off at dawn tomorrow."
Duan Zhixuan will come over soon, "Do I need to stay here?"
"Of course, otherwise, why would I go so far on purpose? This place is very important." Qin Lang tapped on the location of Wuhai on the map, "This place is dangerous, and the traffic is important. I need a general to guard here, Duan Gong , Mr. Zhang, which of you two would like to stay behind?"
Both of them don't want to stay in this small place, and they both want to go to Chishuiyuan to fight.
"Why use a sledgehammer to kill a chicken?" Zhang Shigui made no secret of his thoughts.
Duan Zhixuan didn't make a sound either.
Seeing this, Qin Lang turned his attention to the other generals, Gao Kan and Gao Zhen gave birth to Xi Junmai, these are his confidant generals, so it is safe to keep them.
"Xuan Shuai, I would like to stay behind."
Finally, Gao Kan took the initiative to stand up.
Qin Lang nodded in satisfaction. If he stayed, he might have little chance of making meritorious deeds. Those who are willing to stand up are relatively high-spirited. Qin Lang naturally likes such a subordinate.
"Okay, then Gao Kan will stay in Wuhai City, and I will send Tuoba Si'an, Changsun Chong, and Guo Daifeng and Guo Daizhao brothers to stay and assist. I will give you three thousand people to stay here, Tuoba Si install!"
"The end is here."
"Hurry back to Hekou immediately, and immediately recruit people from the Tuoba tribe to help defend. I don't need how many troops you can recruit, but it must be fast. How much can you bring back within three days, understand?"
Tuoba Si shook his head, "Understood."
"If the matter is done well, there will be a lot of rewards. At least you will be appointed as the governor by then."
Tuoba Si patted his head on his chest and swore heavily that he would bring back at least three to five thousand troops, otherwise he would turn his head off and give Wei Gong a kick.
"I don't want your head to be used as a ball. Within three days, I won't force you to pay three thousand or five thousand. It doesn't matter even if you can only bring back three hundred and five hundred. The key is not to waste time, understand?"
(end of this chapter)