The stars have changed, and the days have come unconsciously In the middle of February, it is a bright spring day.

The lush greenery has returned to the world, and the herd, which has been hungry for a whole winter, can finally eat tender grass again.

Li Ling was dressed in the traditional costume of the Huns, wearing a felt hat, sitting on a small hillside, and at the foot of the hillside, all his loyal subordinates!

Many of them are close ministers of the past sages!

In the past winter, Li Ling, as the king of Jiankun, fully integrated the tribes and forces of the Western Regions left behind by the sages, and the sages also appointed Li Ling as the front-line commander.

Compared with him, the level of orthodoxy of other Xiongnu nobles is almost equivalent to that of a child.

was easily beaten by him, and the game was turned around, and he was easily defeated one by one.

Li Ling is more proficient in the way of grace and wooing.

Undressed, pushed food and food, and vigorously supported the new nobles and the side branches of the old aristocracy, so that these people were grateful to Dade, burst into tears, and all of them were transformed into his supporters.

As a result, the entire Western Regions became his world within two or three months.

There are only a few opponents, and they are still surviving, but they will not last long.

Li Ling has achieved the momentum, and there is no longer any force that can stop him from taking power.

Now, he, the king of Jiankun, is actually the first person under the de facto Xiongnu Rizhu King, and the master of the entire Western Regions front!

"Great King, Mobei urgently report ......" A cavalryman hurriedly walked in front of Li Ling and knelt down to report: "Tu Qi, the king of Zuogu Li, has called himself Shan Yu in Zhao Xincheng ten days ago, and issued an order to all parties and ordered the leaders of all clans to go to worship ......"

"The Lan clan, the Huyan clan, and the Xu Bu clan all refused, and the kings of the Ruolu, Black Fox and other clans also refused to recognize ......"

"So, King Zuogu Li led his troops straight to Longcheng......"

Hearing this, Li Ling suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the person who came, and asked, "Really?" ”

"How dare a slave deceive the king? This is the handwritten book of King Ding Ling...... "The messenger took out a sheepskin from his bosom and handed it to Li Ling.

Li Ling took it and looked at it, and his eyes immediately overflowed with infinite worry.

"It seems ......," he sighed for a long time, "it's really a civil war......"

The current situation in Mobei is that no one is subject to anyone, and there is no existence that can completely crush and deter other forces in terms of strength and strength.

Plus that Tu Yu Shaman and Mu Yan clan arched the fire in it.

Once this civil war begins, it may not end anytime soon.

Because of the tradition of the Huns, the loser dies the whole family!

Tolerance, forgiveness?

Inexistent.

After killing his father, Maudun killed almost all of Toumandanyu's cronies and those brothers who had been hostile to him, as well as their wives and concubines, children, and subordinates, slaves and maids.

After Yin Zhixian usurped the throne, he simply exterminated all the heirs, wives and concubines of the generals and ministers before his death.

The nobles and ministers who were favored and trusted by the military ministers during their lifetime were also the same fate.

The Xiongnu are a group that is brutal externally and even more brutal internally.

Thinking of this, Li Ling stood up, walked down the hill, and said to Lan Yu, who was already waiting for his order: "Captain Zuo, please go and tell that General Yingyang-General's proposal, we accept them all!" ”

"Ah......" Lan Yu rang.

The other nobles also raised their heads in dissatisfaction.

Accept them all?

Don't talk about it?

How can such harsh conditions be accepted?

If you accept it, how can you hold your head up in the future?

Li Ling looked at these people and knew that he had to give an explanation and appease, otherwise, the forces he had managed to gather and integrate would immediately fall apart.

He raised his hand and said, "Don't panic, everyone...... I just agreed, but I didn't say that I would do it! ”

"When has my Great Hun ever abided by the agreement with the Han Dynasty since Mao Dunshan Yu?"

"Isn't there such a thing as an agreement, just use it if it is useful, and throw it aside if it is useless?"

"As the king of Chuzhuang in the history of the Han Dynasty said-I am a barbarian!"

It's a barbarian, so you don't need to be loyal, righteous, reasonable, and faithful, and you don't need to follow any rules.

Because barbarians are born without faith, wisdom, loyalty, and rules.

The others listened and nodded their heads one after another, thinking it was true!

Although the Xiongnu have no history, they have a heritage.

Since Maodun to the present, the Xiongnu have reached at least hundreds of agreements with the four emperors of the Han Dynasty, including no less than ten peace agreements.

Lao Shangshan Yu once agreed with Emperor Taizong of the Han Dynasty that 'inside the Great Wall, the room of the crown belt, the Son of Heaven will rule it, and outside the Great Wall, the people who lead the bow will be ruled by Shan Yu'.

The result? Before the ink dried, the Hun cavalry broke into the territory of the Great Wall of the Han Dynasty, and even burned the flames of war to the Huizhong Palace, so that Chang'an could see the smoke burning in the sky.

In the end, the Han Dynasty had to send a large number of silk, treasures and wine treasures, and re-establish the agreement with the Xiongnu.

Even after the Yuan and Ding, isn't it the same for the Han-Hungarian negotiations?

Every time I encounter a decline, I beg for mercy if I can't beat it, and when I catch my breath, I put what I once said like a fart.

Anyway, no matter how powerful the cavalry of the Han Dynasty was, it was impossible to cross thousands of miles and go deep into the Yuwushui Valley.

Even if they can come, they will be exhausted and unable to fight the elite of the Huns to the end. When you think about it, many people feel at ease.

This agreement, anyway, was torn up.

So now in order to get out and breathe, it seems that it is nothing, right?

………………………………

At this time, Han Zeng had already returned to Lingju and went to Hehuang to inspect.

At this time, the 800-mile river has been turned into a huge grass reclamation base by humans.

Vast expanses of wilderness have been reclaimed into pastoral fields by countless slaves and maids.

Curved ploughs, hoes, and rakes take turns to turn the fertile black soil out of the surface.

Many people began to build waterwheels along the Huangshui and Yellow River.

At present, at least 100 water wheels have been successfully built.

Huge paddles began to turn, drawing water from the river to the channel on the shore.

The murmuring water flows through the channels and eventually to the distant estate.

Accompanying Han Zeng on the inspection was the new Qiang Guard Captain Shou Ling Ju Ling Huang Ba.

As for Fan Mingyou, he has embarked on the road back to Chang'an to report on his work, and if there is no accident, he may be appointed as the first protector of the Monan Metropolitan Protectorate this summer.

Han Zeng is undoubtedly very motivated.

After only a few days in office, he began to familiarize himself with affairs, and he was still able to

There are various data casually, especially the new land reclamation and the speed of land reclamation, which are simply well memorized.

Han Zeng kept nodding his head as he listened.

But his mind drifted to Mobei.

What has always been remembered in my heart is the Xiongnu people in Mobei.

With the great humanitarian spirit of Zhuxia, Han Zeng worked hard for the people of Mobei.

"The Hun civil war should have started by now, right?" He thought, "Let's fight!" The bigger the fight, the better, and the fiercer the better! ”

There is no more comfortable rhythm than the Hun Civil War, and he farms.

In particular, last winter, he went back and forth between Juyan and Yumen, and he found a surprise - in the lower reaches of Jiduanshui, in an area where the Qiang tribe called Quqiang graze and cultivate, he found a tributary called the 'Shizhi River' by the Qiang people.

Because it was the dry season in winter, Han Zeng knew why the local Qiang people called it the 'Shizhi River' - the area where the river water was not frozen and there were large black grease-like clumps floating on the surface of the river.

The Qiang people would pick them up from the river and take them home to use as fuel for fires.

Han Zeng didn't know what it was, so he sent it back to Chang'an.

Later, the Son of Heaven sent a letter explaining its function.

and named it oil.

Petroleum!

Liu Xun, who was far away in Chang'an, was ecstatic, and there was no doubt that the local area should be the Shiyou River area, where China's first oil field was located, that is, the core of the Yumen oil field.

Although with current technology, oil extraction is undoubtedly fantastic.

But the key point is that the scale and reserves of this Yumen oilfield are far less than those large oilfields in later generations.

But the location of the storage is very shallow, very shallow.

Shallow enough to compare with Middle Eastern oil fields!

At most, as long as it is more than ten meters deep, you can explore the oil field.

Moreover, the production is still very high.

With current technology, there is no problem with an annual output of hundreds or more than 1,000 tons, and at this mining rate, shallow oil fields are enough to continue to exploit for hundreds of years!

This really made Liu Xun excited.

He immediately instructed Han Zeng to send people to find a place to dig wells in the local area and try to find the location of the oil field.

Oil, although there is no petrochemical technology at present, there is nothing that needs it to be powered.

But it's still quite useful.

First of all, you can find a way to make kerosene to sell for money, or you can use kerosene as an incendiary weapon.

Its by-product, asphalt, can be used as an engineering material.

Moreover, to make money or not to make money, or secondary.

There are too many articles that can be done about this thing.

If it works well, it can even directly lay the foundation of the chemical industry.

At the very least, it can also promote the emergence of a chemistry profession.

In addition to oil, what surprised Han Zeng the most was that he waited for a new batch of immigrants to arrive.

There are about 3,000 immigrants, including the traditional group of bankrupt peasants in Qilu and rangers who want to come to Hexi for adventures, but there is a new group of immigrants - about hundreds of men from Guanzhong have become outliers among these people.

And the reason why they came to Hexi was all because of Han Zeng's name.

They felt that Han Zeng and Zhang Anshi were here in Hexi, so it would be good to just wait to pick up the money.

Whether it is the exploits in Hehuang or the achievements of development, they have given them enough confidence.

This made Han Zengmao pause.

He suddenly woke up - immigration can't just rely on the government to force it!

Brainwashing, deception, and propaganda must also follow.

As long as the propaganda is good enough and the number of brainwashing is enough, then there is no need to worry about the source of immigration.

As long as there are enough immigrants, the speed of development and construction here in Hexi will quickly get on the fast track.

Therefore, even if Han Zengdang drew up a plan, he asked someone to send him back to Chang'an and let Sima Xuan take charge of this matter.

Strive to attract 100,000 immigrants from all over the world within one year, 700,000 in five years, and 1 million in 10 years.

With these million new immigrants, Han Zeng had the demographic and economic foundation to control and rule the Western Regions.

Zhao Xincheng, the pearl of the Huns on the banks of Yuwu Water!

The city was three feet high and seven feet wide, enough for three rows of samurai to stand for defense.

The city is densely packed with various workshops and a large number of craftsmen, and is the most important weapon production and manufacturing base and ore smelting center of the Xiongnu people.

Since the time of Yin Zhixian, thousands of craftsmen of all colors have gathered here all year round.

Moreover, they are basically the best and best talents within the control of the Xiongnu.

At the beginning, Yin Zhixian and Zhao Xin worked hard to build Zhao Xincheng into the Shaofu of the Xiongnu.

After more than 30 years of hard work and accumulation, Zhao Xincheng's smelting, casting technology and production scale have been expanding.

Up to now, it has been able to produce tens of thousands of bronze weapons of various colors every year, and has initially mastered the technology of wrought iron, which can process the meteorite iron on the grassland into excellent knives and swords, but unfortunately the output is too small, and can only meet the needs of the Xiongnu nobles.

In addition, Zhao Xincheng's craftsmen also undertook the task of repairing and maintaining those iron weapons that were captured and looted from the Han Dynasty.

Although, the skills of these people are about the level of Hindustan Aviation.

But it was the only place where the Xiongnu could repair and maintain the high-tech weapons they had taken from the Han army.

For example, rhubarb crossbows, repeating crossbows, crossbow carts, chopping * horses * knives and so on.

Not to mention that Zhao Xincheng was backed by Khotanyan Mountain (now the southern foot of Hangai Mountain), condescendingly controlled the fertile Yuwu River Valley, and cut off the main road to Longcheng and Wolf Juxu Mountain to the west.

Therefore, Zhao Xincheng's status in the Xiongnu is no less than that of Longcheng and Shengshan, and in fact, it is the economic capital of the Xiongnu.

In late February, the water in Yuwushui suddenly began to rise sharply half a month in advance, and it flooded overnight.

The raging river soon flooded the mountain gorge south of Zhao Xincheng, and with huge waves, it rushed to the low-lying land at Zhao Xincheng's feet.

The surging tide of the river made it impossible for any enemy coming from the direction of Guyan Mountain to threaten Zhao Xincheng anymore.

"This is really blessed by the gods!" Staring at the raging river, Tu Qi's face finally showed a smile: "The gods and the sun and the moon are watching over me!" ”

"The plough is lonely! Hold the plow alone! His subordinates shouted one after another.

In their eyes, this is indeed the will of heaven, the blessing of the gods, and the manifestation of the ancestral spirit!

Otherwise, why did this year's Yuwu water level skyrocket so much earlier than in previous years?

And the early surge of the Yuwushui River greatly reduced the pressure on Tu Qi.

Ever since he claimed to be alone, actions have been taken against him from all sides.

A large number of troops were assembled, and there was a posture of wanting to strangle him.

And now, the Yuwu water has skyrocketed, making it impossible for the hostile forces in the upper Yanran Mountain and Guyan Mountain areas to come over.

Now he only needs to take advantage of the time when the river is swelling to preemptively destroy the enemy in the lower reaches of the Yuwu River, in the Hungarian River Valley, and in the Bibi Sea, a private canal.

Then, it is possible for him to truly subdue the tribes and become the real Xiongnu Shan Yu.

Instead of being like now, he could only control Zhao Xincheng and the empty shelves around him for hundreds of miles.

Orders issued, leaving the control area, are basically ineffective.

Thinking of this, Tu Qi ordered: "Send someone to tell the Subu clan that within three days, if the Subu clan cannot submit to me, then I, the son of the great gods, the plough favored by the sun and the moon, will destroy the Subu clan and take their pastures, livestock, and slaves captive!" ”

"Your will!" Immediately, the nobles took the order.

Among the four major clans of the Xiongnu, the strength and strength of the Xubu clan were the weakest.

In last year's war, two thousand horsemen of the Subu clan were severely injured by the demon god from the Han Dynasty.

On the other hand, Tu Qi, since breaking through the siege of Dragon City, has used the last life of Hulugu to recover Zhao Xincheng.

Then he gathered his own tribal cavalry, and got the service of some of the royal court cavalry of Hulugu.

At this time, there were 20,000 fine riders, and there were 30,000 riders.

In terms of combat strength, it already has an absolute advantage over the Subu clan.

Under the sudden attack, Tu Qi believed that the Subu clan would make a wise choice.

If the Subu clan surrenders, his power will increase greatly, and he can further force the Lan clan, the Huyan clan, and the twin clan side branches to take sides.

Then, he can march into the Hun and crusade against those who oppose him.

Ideally, it would only take two or three months to complete the reunification of the entire Yuwushui and Hungarian river basins.

In the end, he used this power to force the sages of the Western Regions to bow their heads.

The Hun Empire could then be reunified in his hands!

However, Tu Qi still had some pimples in his heart, and he was wary and vigilant.

Today, the Mobei Xiongnu tribes have been divided into five camps, each opposing and uniting.

And that Ding Ling King, at the beginning of last year's chaos, declared neutrality.

He sent representatives to all sides and declared, 'We are always loyal to Shan Yu'.

As for who is Shan Yu?

Naturally, the parties negotiate (fight a fight) to make a decision.

All along, they seem to be doing the same.

These guys led their troops into the river valley between Yanran Mountain, Khotan Mountain, and Guyan Mountain, and did not intervene or participate in disputes between all parties.

The envoys sent by Tu Qi were also treated with courtesy, neither close nor distant.

In private, he is even more worried about the country and the people, and the righteousness is awe-inspiring, saying that 'the first single is in and the marquis is single, the sentence is ploughed and the lake is single, etc., all to unite the various departments as their own responsibility, we are deeply affected by the grace of the first single, dare not disobey, do not want to fight in the same room'.

The implication is already clear - whoever is victorious, they will submit to whomever they want.

Because of this attitude, they attracted a large number of small and medium-sized clans who were afraid of being affected by the war, and even won the support of many people within the Twin Clans and the Four Great Clans.

Even around Tu Qi, some people felt that they were doing the right thing, thinking that this was the demeanor that the real Huns should have!

But Tu Qi has always had deep worries, always feeling that Wei Lu is hiding somewhere, what is he planning?

However, because there is no evidence, and he is afraid of Wei Lu's strength, he does not dare to tear his face easily.

Taking a deep breath, Tu Qi prayed in his heart: "I hope that King Ding Ling, as he said, is a loyal minister of my Huns!" ”

If this is the case, then after his victory, the vitality of the Xiongnu can be preserved to the greatest extent - the soldiers and horses that King Ding Ling now controls are comparable to him.

It controls the three thousand cavalry of Jiankun, Ding Ling, and Youxiao, as well as about 8,000 to 10,000 elites of the royal court, in addition, there are hundreds of large and small tribes attached to it, and its total population has reached almost 140,000, with millions of livestock.

If he has a different heart, the consequences are unimaginable!

It was precisely because of their existence that Tu Qi and his opponents were able to maintain a false peace that past winter.

Fortunately, the surging river has also cut off the westward passage of Weilu.

So that Tu Qi can let go of his hands and feet and concentrate on dealing with the dissidents who threaten his rule in the Yuwushui River Valley.

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As soon as Tu Qi's soldiers and horses moved, the entire Yuwu River Basin boiled instantly.

"Whoever kills Shan Yu is also worthy of making me—the descendants of the great blue wolf submit?" The patriarch of the Subu clan, Subu Dangmi, had already received the promise of the Huyan clan, the Lan clan, and several twin clans, and in the face of the threat of the Tu Qi envoy, he stiffened his neck: "Cut off his ears and nose, drive him out, and let him go back and tell Tu Qi - the son of the blue wolf will never give in, if he wants to fight, then fight!" ”

As a result, the Xiongnu civil war broke out.

Hearing what happened to the envoy, Tu Qi, who was furious, immediately led his cavalry out of Zhao Xincheng and rushed towards the pasture of the Xubu clan with great momentum.

The cavalry of both sides immediately fought in the open area of the Yuwushui River Valley.

The cavalry of the Lan clan and the Huyan clan also came over with reinforcements.

However, after the two sides engaged, Xu Budang Mi and others immediately discovered a thing that was extremely unfavorable to them - after Tu Qi wore the crown of Xiongnu Shan Yu and raised the dragon flag representing Shan Yu.

Their other cavalry, even their own cavalry, began to waver and become afraid.

There were even some small tribes that began to defect.

There is no way, the Shan Yu of the Twin Clans has accumulated prestige in the Xiongnu for a hundred years and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The major clans and tribes have become accustomed to surrendering to the twins of the plough and the lonely tu.

When you see the dragon flag, you will recall the years when you knelt in front of the royal court and bowed your head to be a servant, a slave and a maid.

Where do you dare to confront?

And the avalanche-like chain reaction is like dominoes.

When a person who was shaken, scared, and fearful appeared, this emotion instantly spread throughout the army.

This let Su Bu Dangmi and the others know that they must also have a single Yu of their own before they can confront Tu Qi.

Because, the Huns must have a master!

And a hot-tempered master who whips them at every turn, whips them, and ravages them!

Obedience to the master is written into the DNA of those slaves and herdsmen.

Just like they worship the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, and sacrifice to the gods and all things.

There was no way, so Su Budangmi had to go to Lan Xingyi of the Lan clan and Hu Yan of the Huyan clan to discuss.

The three of them discussed secretly for a day, and then elected the king of Zuogu Li, who was close to them, and An Mi, the cousin of Hulugu, as Shan Yu.

PS: Happy New Year to everyone