Outside Luoyang City, Su Zhemu sent Ming Lan away, and his thoughts had flown over the distant Western Regions to the mysterious Kushan Empire.

At this moment, he suddenly had a deep curiosity, wanting to see what kind of scenery the legendary Kushan Empire would be.

"Your Majesty, the princess has gone far." Pang Tong's reminder sounded beside him.

Su Zhe's thoughts returned to reality, smiled, turned around, and went back to Luoyang City.

"Your Majesty doesn't really want to conquer the Kushan Kingdom, right?" Pang Tong knew Su Zhe best in the end, and he could see that he had this thought.

"What do you think, concubine?" Su Zhe didn't answer, and asked with a smile.

Pang Tong said: "Although the national strength of Guishan is not as good as my Great Wei, but it is also a big country in the world, I heard that there are at least more than 500,000 people with armor, and there are also natural dangers to defend in the Green Mountains, if Your Majesty wants to conquer Guishan, even if it is a soldier who overthrows the country, I am afraid that it will not be easy." ”

Su Zhe said: "Whether it is difficult or not, it all depends on the benefits of conquest, if the benefits are greater than the pay, let alone a green ridge, even if it is on the moon, it is worth it." ”

Pang Tong's body was shocked, and he was silent for a while, thoughtful.

"Aifei Jue, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to conquer the Xiongnu, was it worth it or not?" Su Zhe suddenly asked meaningfully.

Pang Tong pondered for a moment, but said: "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty with the strength of the country, killed the Xiongnu far away, the credit is indeed brilliant through the ages, but what he paid is the halving of the domestic household registration, the people in the country are all extremely poor, the entire Han Dynasty has been on the verge of chaos in the world, if it is not for Emperor Wu to change his strategy in time, stop continuing to use troops against the Huns, let the people recuperate, the consequences are unimaginable." ”

As soon as the conversation changed, Pang Tong continued: "However, in terms of income, the Huns have not been destroyed after all, they are still a threat to the Han Dynasty, and it is a pity to pay such a big price but fail to destroy the Huns in one fell swoop." ”

"Tong'er is really a well-known scholar and knows a lot about the history of that year." Su Zhe nodded in approval, but asked again: "But Tong'er knows again, why did Emperor Wu of Han fail to destroy the Xiongnu?" ”

Pang Tong said without thinking: "Back then, it was because of the way of life of the Xiongnu people, which was completely different from our Huaxia, we were an agrarian country, and everyone depended on the farmland to survive, while the Huns were nomadic people, living by water and grass. ”

"The Huns came to attack us, and we couldn't take away the farmland, so we could only rely on the city to fight them to the death."

"And when we attacked the Huns, he was able to flee with cattle and sheep, and it was a big deal to change the grassland."

"Therefore, although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty repeatedly broke the Huns and killed countless enemies, he was never able to completely destroy the Huns and uproot them.

Su Zhe nodded: "Tong'er is reasonable, it is precisely because the Huns are nomadic people, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can defeat them, but he can't destroy them, but how could such a tenacious Huns be wiped out in my hands?" ”

Pang Tong was stunned, and said: "That's because the Huns have abandoned their ancestors' way of life, migrated to the south of the Great Wall on a large scale, and took the five northern counties as their homes, and changed to nomadic farming, so when Your Majesty's army arrived, they could only resist step by step, and they did not escape to the grassland in time before they were destroyed by Your Majesty." ”

"Then think about it, is the way of survival of the Kushan people very similar to that of the Huns?" Su Zhe asked meaningfully.

Pang Tong's expression was shocked, and he carefully tasted the deep meaning of Su Zhe's words, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized.

"Although the Kushan people are good at riding and archery, they are already a semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic country, and most of their cities are farmland and cities, if Your Majesty's army is conquered, they can only be like the Huns today, they are tied to the cities one after another, and passively resist, which gives Your Majesty the opportunity to annihilate them all."

"And if Your Majesty destroys the Kushan Kingdom, you will be able to turn their cities, their gold and silver, their farmland, and even their population into the wealth of the Great Wei, and with these wealth, you can offset the national strength consumed by the army, so that the harvest is greater than the pay, and there is no need to repeat the mistakes of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!"

Pang Tong deserves to be Pang Tong, and finally came to his senses, and his words exhausted the pros and cons in Su Zhe's heart.

"Those who know me, Tong'er also!" Su Zhe smiled and praised.

Pang Tong finally comprehended Su Zhe's deep meaning, and his eyes couldn't help but surge with endless admiration, and he arched his hand: "If Your Majesty can really destroy the Guishan Kingdom and push the border of the Great Wei to the west of the Green Mountains, then such a miraculous feat, Your Majesty will be the one who has never been seen before, and there is no one who will come after, an emperor of all ages!" ”

"That's all for later, let's go back and think about it first, how to destroy the Xianbei people."

Su Zhe whipped his horse and went straight to Luoyang City.

The matter of Princess Minglan came to an end, and Su Zhe's gaze immediately moved to the Saibei grassland.

There, there is still Xianbei, a rising behemoth, which needs to be strangled by Su Zhe.

With Su Zhe's secret decree, all the states in the world began to quietly prepare for the crusade against Xianbei.

Lianghe Prefectures and other major grain-producing states began to transport grain and grass to Youzhou in a steady stream to provide sufficient material support for the army of the Northern Expedition.

In addition to food and grass, the most important thing is cavalry.

Although Su Zhe inflicted heavy losses on the Xianbei people in Cloud City, he killed only more than 20,000 enemies, and the number of soldiers and horses that Tuoba Li Wei could mobilize was at least about 130,000 or 40,000.

What a terrifying cavalry it was.

Saibei is dominated by grasslands, there is almost no danger to rely on, there is no city to rely on, the infantry corps can hardly play a role, if you want to destroy the Xianbei people, you can only rely on cavalry.

The cavalry of Su Zheyou and the border area, plus the cavalry of the Chinese army left behind in Luoyang, added up to no more than 80,000 people, and there was still a considerable gap with the Xianbei people.

However, after Su Zhe destroyed the Han State, he captured a large number of war horses, incorporated tens of thousands of Han cavalry, and also captured Liangzhou, a place to raise horses, which was still extremely helpful to make up for the lack of cavalry of the Great Wei.

Previously, Su Zhe had ordered Ma Chao to rush to Liangzhou to train the cavalry day and night, and after several months of training troops, a cavalry of about 20,000 was trained.

As soon as Su Zhe gave the order, the cavalry quietly left Liangzhou and rushed to the border of Youhe.

In this way, the number of cavalry of the Great Wei barely reached 100,000, considering that the weapons and armor of the Great Wei were more sophisticated, it could also offset the numerical advantage of some Xianbei people.

Time passed day by day, and I didn't realize that it was the autumn harvest.

This autumn, the wind and rain in the Great Wei Dynasty were smooth, and the states had another bumper harvest, and the grain levyed was piled up in the granaries, and many large grain-producing states even had insufficient granaries.

Everything is ready, wave the division out of the jam, and wipe out Xianbei is just around the corner!