"That's all there is to it."

Liu Fan nodded and agreed with Su Che's words.

When the western Xianbei was divided into sandalstone acacias, it was strong, poor mountains and bad waters, and it was much more difficult to survive than the central and eastern ones. So the people are fierce.

There are long rivers and water plants in the south of Yanran Mountain, and there are Xianbei tribes stationed in the south of Yanran Mountain, and there are Xianbei tribes stationed in the east and west of Zhuo Evil Mountain.

"General, why don't you take advantage of the fact that the Japanese law deduction has not yet arrived, and pull out its wings. Weaken its power. When the army arrives, it will be decided in one go. ”

Zhou Cang said to Liu Fan.

"Yes. However, our eyes and ears must be spread all over a hundred miles, and when there is a disturbance, we will immediately report and make a stable plan. Liu Fan said to Su Che: "Su Che, you personally led five hundred horsemen to explore the front, one for scouts, and the other for pioneers. found the fall of Xianbei, notified the main force, and marched to destroy it. ”

In recent years, the hussars have often fought against foreign races, and they have not been given the opportunity to attack again.

This time it was different, they were no longer a surprise attack, but a decisive battle with the remnants of the entire Western Xianbei. It is likely that there will be a stalemate such as running east and west, and trying in vain.

The area of Xianbei in the west is too large, and it must be fully explored.

"No."

Su Che gave up his hand.

……

Jinhui Mountain (Altai Mountains) south.

Guan Yu traveled a long distance and crossed mountains and mountains to find a gateway to the Western Regions.

The unified tribes of Xianbei cannot be compared with the Xiongnu Empire, and he has no ability to control this place.

In that year, the Qin Shi Huang Emperor was unified, occupied the "Henan land", and ordered Meng Tian to build the Great Wall in the north of Yinshan and drive all the Xiongnu to the grassland north of Yinshan.

The Xiongnu, who were originally scattered, had to unite into a country because of the powerful coercion of Qin. It can be said that it was the catalyst of the Qin State that gave birth to the Xiongnu Empire.

The first Xiongnu Shan Yu was the head man. Mao Dun, the son of Touman, was the most powerful Xiongnu at that time.

Mao Dun (mò.dú) is wise and martial, its east destroys Donghu, the west strikes away the Yueshi, the north conquers the Hunshuang, Qu Chai, Ding Ling, Gao Kun, and Xinli countries, the northwest conquers Wusun, Hujie and its 26 countries, the south boundary of the Great Qin Great Wall, the desert north and south "all the people of the bow" into a family, in the second year of Qin II Huhai (209 AD) unified the north and south of the desert, and established the Xiongnu Empire that controls the land south of the Great Wall, reaches the North Sea in the north, reaches the Liaoshui in the east, and surpasses the green mountains in the west.

The Xiongnu were a true nomadic empire with a high hierarchy.

From the king downwards, they all ate the flesh of animals, and clothed themselves in leather, and were clothed with fur. The strong eat fat, and the old eat the rest. Noble and strong, cheap and old. When his father dies, his wife and his stepmother; When a brother dies, he takes his wife.

The Western Regions were under the rule of the Xiongnu for a long time, and the language of the Xiongnu had a great influence in the Western Regions.

After the Han Dynasty helped the Western Regions countries drive out the Xiongnu, the Western Regions were influenced by the Han Dynasty in turn.

Of course, the Western Regions also has a broad sense and a narrow sense, and the Western Regions in a broad sense refers to the whole of Central Asia.

In a narrow sense, the Western Regions refers to the east of the Green Mountains, and the area covered by the establishment of the Western Regions Protectorate by the Two Han Dynasty.

The princes and nobles of the Han Dynasty all recognized the Western Regions Protectorate.

Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister.

It's not that the Han people are short-sighted, it's that they don't look down on barren and barren land.

Environment, climate and other factors determine that it is not suitable for the survival of agricultural peoples.

Yan Zhao Lian but the Huns, Meng Tian chased the Huns in the north, Wei Huo broke the Huns, and the iron cavalry spanned thousands of miles.

In the end, it only included the land of Henan, the land of Hetao, and the Hexi Corridor into the territory of the Han Dynasty.

The rest of the land cannot be cultivated, and it is useless for the Han to ask for it.

In terms of the ability to work vertically and horizontally, there are few people in history who can compare to work.

The means of razing and razing made the Han Dynasty rule the Western Regions without too many soldiers and horses.

In the case of the political, economic, and military decline of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the capital was no longer set up in the first year of Yongchu, and even without a long history, the imperial court could still influence the Western Regions.

However, the Eastern Han Dynasty had a regret, that is, it did not fully control the Western Regions and completely opened up the passage of the Silk Road.

The Northern Xiongnu, who had a grudge with the Han Dynasty for 300 years, attacked twice in the second year of Yonghe and the first year of Yuanjia, and completely drove the Northern Xiongnu out of Jinhui Mountain and out of the Western Regions.

To say that the Han Dynasty really lost its influence on the Western Regions, it should be in the third year of Yuanjia (153 AD), when the king of Houcheshi rebelled against the Han, before that, Khotan and other countries also killed Han envoys and declared their disobedience to Hanism.

The reason for this is closely related to the politics of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the Western Regions.

The place where Guan Yu is located and the desert are two days, the desert snow has stopped, and the heavy snow in the northern part of the Western Regions has stopped and fallen.

The wind is blowing harder, the snow is getting heavier, and the weather is getting colder. Guan Yu buried his head, carried the word "Han", and continued to move forward.

Guan Yu didn't know where the road to the Western Regions was, he only knew that there was only one way from the south to the Western Regions.

Where there are people, there is a driver.

The geographical location of the chariot division is of great significance to the Han Dynasty, from the "Five Expedition Che Division" in the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty into the Western Regions to occupy the Che Division. Its importance can be seen.

To the north, it is against the gateway of steppe nomads. Occupy the chariot division, so that the Hexi corridor will not be exposed to the hooves of the steppe nomads.

The Cheshi leads to Dunhuang in the southeast, Loulan and Shanshan in the south, Yanqi in the west, Wusun in the northwest, and the grassland in the northeast, choking the key point of the Silk Road. It is located on the eastern edge of the Junggar Basin, choking the gap of the Tianshan Mountains.

In the second year of Emperor Wu's reign (109 BC), the Han Dynasty general Zhao Ponu attacked Gushi and divided the territory of the original Gushi people into eight kingdoms according to the geographical situation, the former country of Che (jū) division and the latter country of Cheshi.

There are several small countries at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains: the former country of Beilu, the country of Beilu, the former country of Pu, the country after Pu, the country of east and Mi, and the country of west and Mi. It is known as the "Six Kingdoms of Shanbei".

These countries are small and the people are outnumbered, and some countries can't even compare with the Han Dynasty.

The population of the countries in the Western Regions ranges from a few thousand to twenty or thirty thousand, and the smallest countries have only a few hundred people.

The fierce north wind swept the flying snow and rushed towards Guan Yu, his face and hands were already numb, and it seemed that his bones were frozen. The flag froze and cracked. The horses were so frozen that they didn't dare to neigh, so they could only lift their heavy hooves and step on the thick snow with difficulty.

The horse swayed, and it was his last. One of the two horses fell into a trap and died, and the other died in the wild because of tiredness, bitterness, cold, and hunger.

Along the way, Guan Yu really couldn't find anything to feed the horses. Even he himself was sustained by snow, and there was no food at all on the horses he plundered.

Guan Yu walked along a river and kept walking. He thought that he could find people along the river, but the higher he went, Guan Yu knew that he had gone wrong again.

The river did not have a name, and later it was called the Ulungu River, which means the place where the clouds rise. It exists at a very high altitude, and in this era, it is not yet suitable for people to live.

Guan Yu turned around and continued to look south for a way out.

After another day, the horse he stepped on was no longer weak, and fell to the ground with a bang.

Guan Yu blocked his eyes with his arm and looked forward, still deserted......

(End of chapter)