Chapter 984 Arrogance
"Qin Lang is right."
Chengqian urged the horse to move forward, "There is no need for Tuyuhun at all. This time, I will personally capture Murong Cheng and destroy Tuyuhun. From then on, the land of Qinghai will be merged into the Tang Dynasty and become the Qinghai Road of the Tang Dynasty." The four capitals."
When he said this, Nuo Hebo, who was named Murong Zhong, was beside him.
The young man who had been conferred the titles of King of Heyuan County, Governor of Qinghai, and Khan of Tuyuhun by the Emperor of Tang Dynasty did not dare to show any dissatisfaction after hearing this, but just pulled the fur on his body.
This autumn, it's a bit cold, cold to the bottom of my heart.
Helan Chushi clapped his horse and caught up with Chengqian.
"Nuohebo is afraid of His Highness."
"He was right to be afraid. I personally came to this land of the West Sea. I think there is no need for Tuyuhun to exist anymore. Nuohebo also studied with me for three years in Chang'an, and he also has some feelings. Wait for Tuyuhun to disappear. After the fall, he can still continue to be the king of Heyuan County. I can even ask the sage to give him the surname of the country, and change his name to Li Zhong in the future. I can let him come to the East Palace at that time, and I can arrange an East Palace for him. For official positions, he can choose one of the three bureaus of Jialing Temple Food Officer, Diancang, and Secretary Zang."
"Hahaha!"
Chengqian galloped proudly.
Helan Chushi followed with his horse, "Your Highness, don't underestimate the enemy. Tuyuhun is a tribe on horseback. They have always been fierce and rebellious. They are all soldiers, even old women and half-grown children can fight on horseback. "
Chengqian said nonchalantly, "I've heard of this since I was very young. They always said that there are peoples on horseback on the grasslands. How did they learn to ride and shoot from an early age? What kind of thing is it that children who are more than one year old will be cut off?" Let them play with slingshots. When they are three years old, make them small bows and let them shoot hares. When they are seven or eight years old, they can shoot wild birds flying in the sky. I can ride horses with my father and brothers to fight and plunder at the age of 10, these words sound like cocoons to me."
"But I remember that Qin Lang also told me the story of Huo Huoqi, how he was now in the grasslands, how he defeated the Xiongnu, how he sealed the wolf and lived in Xu, including many stories about the origin of Jiuquan. I remember very clearly, He once said that although the tribes on the grassland were skilled in horse bows and horses, when they fought against the Han army, it was said that one Han was equal to five Xiong."
"Do you know this saying?"
He Lan Chushi nodded, saying that one Han reached five Huns. This statement is not an exaggeration. When the Han army fought against the Huns, it was indeed more powerful.
The reason is actually the crushing brought by the equipment of the Han army.
Combined with Wei Qinghuo Qubing and other famous generals in the Han Dynasty, their tactical crushing even defeated the Huns, the overlords on the grassland.
Now, Datang's military equipment and training are naturally equally advanced.
"Aren't the Turks on the northern grasslands powerful? They used to be wrought iron slaves of the Rouran people, and they are said to be descendants of the Huns. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, they dominated the grasslands and even bullied the Central Plains. But if you look at the Turks now, no matter what Whether it is the Eastern Turkic or the Western Turkic, they are now my vassals and vassals of the Tang Dynasty, especially the Eastern Turkic, and even their hometown Mobei is occupied by the Xue Yantuo people, and they cannot return home."
"Tuyuhun, haha, if one Tang army can fight against five Turkic soldiers, then one Turkic man will have to fight against two more Tuyuhun soldiers. In this way, one of my Tang soldiers can fight ten Tuyuhun soldiers!" Cheng Qian was proud Demonstrate their arithmetic ability.
Helan Chushi only smiled.
Since the Zhenguan Dynasty, after breaking through the Turkic and Tuyuhun successively, there is indeed a certain arrogance to look down on everything in the Tang Dynasty.
This arrogance comes from the repeated victories in foreign wars since Zhenguan.
During the Wude Dynasty, the fear of the Turkic people, and even the overtures to Tuyuhun, even Dangxiang Qiang had to pull the cage in a low voice, and now it is long gone.
If you don't accept it, beat it until you are satisfied.
Turkic light cavalry powerful?
Have they blocked Datang's strong bow and crossbow?
Xue Yantuo's cavalry and infantry are strong, so can they block Datang's Mo Dao Bu lance?
Tuyuhun is rebellious, is their Tianling Gai harder than Datang's war hammer?
Chengqian has never led a soldier or fought a war, but this does not prevent him from being as confident and proud of the Tang army as all the people of the Tang Dynasty.
"At the beginning, Qin Lang was able to smash the eight tribes of the Dangxiang and Qiang with only the soldiers of one prefecture in Diezhou. Later, with the soldiers of Longyou and Yiyi, a mere tens of thousands of horses, he was able to sweep across the Tuyuhun for three thousand miles. With hundreds of thousands of enemies, the backs of Tuyuhun people have been broken by Qin Lang long ago, after recuperating for a few years, I really thought that I could become arrogant again, it's really healed and the scars have forgotten the pain!"
He Lan Chushi replied, "I haven't received a reply from Su Guogong yet. I guess he is leading Hexi soldiers to come after receiving His Highness's letter."
Liangzhou, the later generations of Wuwei, Gansu. In the third year of Yuanshuo, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Yongzhou was changed to Liangzhou, because of its gold and cold land. During the great cause of the Sui Dynasty, there were four counties in Wuwei, with 11,750 households.
Liangzhou has always been the center of the Hexi region. The Tang Zhenguan established Daozhi in the state, and Hexi was separated from Longyou. Liangzhou was the governor of Gan, Su, Gua, Sha and other states.
At the beginning of Wu Dechu, Li Gui was flattened and Liangzhou was set up. Li Shimin once served as the general manager of Liangzhou.
Liangzhou is located in the eastern part of the Hexi Corridor. It is a fan-shaped area at the foot of Tianti Mountain. It is densely covered with rivers and flat. It is a natural oasis surrounded by mountains, with sufficient water flow and fertile land.
It used to be the only way for the Qiang Rong to pass through, and it was also a place of absolute defense.
The Han Dynasty opened the land of Hexi, separating the Qiang and the Xiongnu.
Since then, all dynasties of the Central Plains have attached great importance to the Hexi Corridor and firmly controlled this area. For hundreds of years since the establishment of the Tuyuhun state, they have always wanted to compete for the Hexi Corridor, but no matter which dynasty in the Central Plains controlled the Guanlong area, they never gave up. half point.
To the tenth year of Zhenguan, because the Turkic Tuyuhun and others surrendered to Tang, Datang re-entered the Western Regions, reopened the Silk Road, and trade flourished. As a result, Liangzhou stabilized and became the most prosperous and affluent area in the western region.
Although Liangzhou and Tuyuhun are separated by the Qilian Mountains, they are still connected by a passage.
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan returned Prince Tuyuhun to form an alliance with Tuyuhun to attack Ligui in Hexi. Before Qin Lang sent troops to destroy Tuyuhun, the relationship between Tang and Tuyu became worse and worse. Tuyuhun not only frequently invaded the Longyou area, but also went to harass Liangzhou more than once.
There are several routes from Liangzhou to Qinghai, the most important and the best route is from Liangzhou along the Zhuanglang River to the southeast to Lanzhou, then along the Huanghe River Valley to the northwest, from Shanzhou all the way to Qinghai Lake.
The other two roads are more dangerous.
One is from Liangzhou to the south, crossing Guzang Mountain, the remaining line of the Qilian Mountains, crossing the Datong River, and directly entering the north of Shanzhou, and the other is going south from Liangzhou, crossing the Snow Mountain from the southwest, and entering the Datong River Valley.
These two roads, one east and one west, and the west line, are from Wuwei Kangning to Menyuan in the later generations. In the Menyuan Basin, you can go northwest along the Datong River Valley to Ebao Town, cross the Qilian Mountains and enter Minle County in Zhangye, and go northwest All the way to the important town of Zhangye.
The east route is from Gulang to Tianshi and then to Yongdeng.
Liangzhou was the most important town in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty, second only to Chang'an. Not only was the Silk Road prosperous, the industry and commerce flourished, and various ethnic groups lived and traded together, but it was also an important place for the Tang Dynasty to station troops.
Liangzhou set up the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and the prince Yao took the post of Metropolitan Governor, and the fierce general Cheng Yaojin was the former Shanzhou Governor who followed Qin Lang to defeat Tuyuhun, and later served as the Lanzhou Governor, and was promoted to Liangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Office. , In his hand, he holds an elite army.
is the number one strategic force in Longyou, Hexi, Datang.
Hou Junji was ordered to send Nuohebo back to Qinghai Fuqi City to succeed Khan, and let him lead his troops to attack Murong Cheng. In name, Hou Junji was the general manager of the entire Helong theater, Hexi, Longyou, Qinghai, and the Western Regions even It is Jiannan, and all five realms must be controlled by him.
But Cheng Yaojin and Hou Junji had always been at odds, and Lao Cheng had always despised Hou Junji, even in the last battle of Longyou Potuyuhun, Lao Cheng fought with Hou Junji.
So Hou Junji didn’t have much confidence when recruiting Hexi soldiers, and he especially asked the prince to accept the prince’s order to recruit Lao Cheng’s Hexi army, fearing that he would not come.
As for Jiannan Road, it is guarded by Qin Qiong, the door **** who was appointed as one of the three divisions in the Jin Dynasty, and served as the envoy of the Xuanfu Economic Strategy and the governor of Songzhou. , Sending some troops over, he never dared to ask Qin Qiong to lead the troops himself.
Longyou and Hexi used to be one, just like Guanzhong and Longyou used to be one.
Qinghai Road is also an auxiliary route of Hexi Road. The number and strength of soldiers and horses in Liangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion are the strongest in the entire Helong area.
Hou Junji also wanted to destroy Tuyuhun alone, but he was not confident enough, so he had to rely on Hexi Cheng Yaojin's troops.
"Actually, there is no need to transfer Cheng Yaojin's Hexi Army. We have tens of thousands of people here. Are you afraid that Murong Cheng will not be destroyed?" Cheng Qian disagreed. Cheng Yaojin had served as the left guard of the Eastern Palace before, and he had a good relationship with him. , but Cheng Qian knew that Cheng Yaojin had a better relationship with Qin Lang.
He is very eager to win a big victory, not relying on people like Cheng Yaojin or Qin Qiong.
"Every one of our tens of thousands of troops is a sturdy fighter, and Murong Cheng's rebels probably haven't recovered from their defeat back then. When they see us, they will probably tremble with fear."
Cheng Qian smiled and said, "I believe that when Murong Cheng sees me leading this thousands of horses, the sun shines on the bright armor of the soldiers and emits a dazzling light, which can scare them into stupidity. will defeat them!"
"Your Highness, you are a man of gold, so you can't take a shot at yourself. You just need to strategize in the rear and win a thousand miles away. As for the charge, you can just leave it to Mr. Xi to buy these generals." Helan Chushi was really afraid of this. The crown prince was so excited that he insisted on charging in this incomparably conspicuous golden armor.
(end of this chapter)