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A few days later, Bian Fanzhi and Huan Qian finally successfully got the bed crossbow, and the two immediately submitted their resignations to Dadu Hu.

Knowing that people were like arrows, Wei Shuo did not make a reservation, but only set up a banquet in Weifu to practice for the two.

After a full meal that night, Huan Qian and Bian Fanzhi left drunk, while Wei Shuo slept until dawn.

The next day, as soon as he opened his eyes, he received a notice that Wang Guobao had changed his court.

He was skeptical about it.

Historically, the death of Emperor Xiaowu Sima Yao was very bizarre.

Judging from a series of unusual situations that occurred in the Eastern Jin Dynasty after the death of Emperor Xiaowu, the murder of Emperor Xiaowu may be a long-planned conspiracy.

And the perpetrators of this conspiracy are likely to come from Sima Daozi's party.

According to the records in the history books, Sima Yao was killed by his concubine Zhang Guiren because of a joke!

It is said that the certified physical evidence is there, and the historical records are recorded, and the murderer of the monarch should be severely punished, but Zhang Guiren has not been punished in any way.

Some people say that it is because the prince is ignorant and cowardly, Sima Daozi is mediocre and lascivious and has no power, and Sima Yuanxian is good at government affairs, so he did not pursue Zhang Guifei's crime.

I'm afraid that a three-year-old child doesn't believe this, the emperor was killed, and in the face of the murderer, there was no movement from the government and the opposition, is it possible?

Unless the murderer is the person in power himself or one of them, Sima Daozi's father and son will not let the murderer go unpunished.

And then Zhang Guiren disappeared, I am afraid that you can get a glimpse of it from here.

It can be seen that Zhang Guiren is likely to be killed after the limelight passes.

However, Wei Shuo didn't pay much attention to the changes in Jiangdong, and now he is focusing on Guanzhong and recuperation.

However, plans often could not keep up with the rapid changes, and an unexpected event disrupted Hexi's original plan.

……

From the Hetao Plain south of the Gobi Desert to the Siberian tundra near the Arctic Circle, and from the Eurasian steppes between the Great Khing'an Mountains and the Carpathian Mountains, it has been a happy land for nomads since ancient times.

From ancient times to the present day, they have always followed the ancient economic model left by their ancestors: a herd of livestock, a pair of bows and arrows, and a tent.

When the climate is pleasant, they live at a relaxed and comfortable pace, indulging in herding, hunting, singing and dancing, and showing great enthusiasm for the occasional visitor.

And when the climate deteriorates and livestock die in droves, they take on another wild personality.

Spontaneously form huge armies in a short period of time and loot the agrarian civilizations of the South like hungry wolves.

Their archers galloped like a whirlwind, firing a rain of arrows like machine guns, exhausting the regular armies of the civilized powers.

From East Asia to Central Europe, all the agrarian peoples were the targets of their abuse.

All of the earth's arable land has been ruthlessly trampled by their horses' hooves, and only a few of the most powerful agricultural empires can barely compete with it.

In the 4th century AD, the Eurasian steppe, like the Central Plains, was shrouded in the shadow of ethnic warfare.

The era of the Xiongnu and Xianbei has passed, but the era of the Turks and the Mongols has not yet come.

After decades of fighting, a new ethnic group has finally ruled the prairie, and this is the Rouran tribe.

They inherited the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, and Xianbei from above, and the Turks and Mongolia from below.

The Rouran people came from Tuoba Xianbei, and were a mixed-race people formed by the fusion of the Xiongnu, Han, Gaoche and Qigu people.

The Battle of Weishui not only completely changed the course of the history of the Central Plains, but also caused the Former Qin Empire to collapse almost overnight.

It also allowed the Rouran people to take the opportunity to get rid of Tuoba Xianbei's control, become independent and go north.

Then he unified the Mongolian Plateau and established the Rouran Khanate, which stretched for thousands of miles.

The Northern Wei Dynasty and Rouran were a pair of happy enemies who were also friends and enemies, relatives and enemies, they used to be friendly to each other, and later in order to compete for living space, they fought against each other.

After all, Tuoba Jue's skills were superior, and the Rouran people and Gaoche people were all beaten so that they couldn't find the north, and finally conquered the Monan grassland.

Yu Jiulu Shelun was brave and strategic, and after he led the remnants of the southern desert to cross the desert north, he first attacked and killed his uncle Pihou Ba who lived in the northern part of the desert and annexed his tribe.

Then he conquered Gaoche and the remnants of the Xiongnu in the south and the north, and controlled the vast area from the Great Khing'an Mountains in the east to the Altai Mountains in the west, and occupied Mobei.

Subsequently, he proclaimed himself the Khan of Qiudouva, built the royal court in the weak Luoshui (now on the banks of the Tula River in the Republic of Mongolia), and established military law in imitation of the Central Plains system: with a thousand people as an army, an army with one general, a hundred people as a building, and a marshal as a building, creating a slave state.

Even the Rouran people themselves didn't expect that a few years ago they were still struggling under the blows of the Tuoba people.

Now, taking advantage of the opportunity of Xianbei's main force to go south to the Central Plains, the autumn wind has swept away the leaves to unify the entire Mobei Plateau, and the world is really unpredictable.

Even if Mobei was unified, Qiu Doufa Khan did not dare to go south easily, because he knew that the Northern Wei Dynasty was powerful and by no means invincible.

As a result, Yu Jiulu Shelun set his sights on the rich Western Regions and tried to occupy the Silk Road.

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Yiwu County is located at the northern foot of the East Tianshan Mountains, which is a new county established after Wei Shuo took the hometown of Wusun, and belongs to the Shazhou Thorn Mansion.

Starting from Yiwu, one hundred and twenty miles to the northeast, is the famous Jinshan also called the Altai Mountains.

After the eastern part of Wusun was annexed by Hexi, it has always been an important pasture in Hexi, providing a large number of war horses and livestock.

In order to guard against the enemy from the northwest, the Shazhou Governor's Mansion set up a Ochong Mansion in Yiwu, in which 800 soldiers were stationed.

Later that evening, a fast horse scout stormed the castle and brought back news that shocked the city's defenders.

"The Rouran people are here!"

After receiving the report from the scouts, the commander of Zhichong sent scouts to warn Gaochang while arranging to defend the city.

When Captain Zhichong stood on the city wall with other generals, soldiers, and supervisors, he saw dust and smoke rising fifteen miles away from the city, as if a sandstorm was sweeping in.

Seeing this scene, Captain Zhichong couldn't help but scolded in a low voice: "Damn! ”

The other general next to him also frowned, obviously the sudden invasion of the Rouran people was beyond everyone's expectations.

It must be known that since Hexi's conquest of the Western Regions, there has been no war for nearly ten years.

If it weren't for the invasion of the Rouran people, many Shazhou people would have forgotten the cruelty of the war.

Don't observe the formation of the Rouran people for a while, turn his head to look at the commander of the Folding, and say, "My lord, the Rouran people are not good." ”

"Humph! The Rouran people may not know what kind of enemy they have provoked. ”

"They can't even beat the Xianbei people, and they dare to provoke us, I think they are impatient!"

Don't look at the large number of Rouran people outside the city, but they can rush to the commanders, other generals, joining the army and other defenders, and do not take them seriously.

There were now 800 garrisons in the city, equipped with ten large crossbows, and enough food to last for several months.

As long as the Shazhou Governor's Office receives an urgent report, it will definitely send troops to help within a month, and then it will be the turn of the Rouran people to be unlucky.

In addition, Igo Castle is a newly built castle made of cement, so it is more appropriate to call it a fortress than a fortress.

While ordering the city gate to be sealed, Captain Ochichong told everyone to quickly enter their respective positions and prepare for battle.

With a creaking sound, ten large bed crossbows were ready to shoot.

The power of the large bed crossbow is not comparable to that of the Divine Arm Crossbow equipped by individual soldiers, and its range reaches nearly five hundred paces away.

Moreover, a bed crossbow can give birth to three spears at a time, and the power is huge, and within 500 steps, it is definitely a god to block and kill the god and the Buddha!

Looking at the Rouran people who were slowly approaching under the black pressure, everyone looked nervous and excited.

"Prepare for battle!"

With the order of the commander of Zhichong, all the soldiers of the government quickly made preparations before the battle.

In groups of four, large bed crossbows were quickly activated, and spears were erected one by one to point at the Rouran people outside the fortress.

When the Rouran cavalry came within 400 paces and came within the range of the large bed crossbow, Lieutenant Chong quickly gave the order to shoot.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

A bowstring sounded, and thirty spear-like crossbow arrows plunged into the cavalry group like lightning, sending a rain of blood.

Four or five Rouran people were dressed in a string like a string of sugar gourds, leaving their mounts to flee in all directions on the battlefield.

"Ah......h

Only one round of shooting suddenly shocked the Rouran people, and the attack they had just launched suddenly stopped.

With anger in his eyes, the Rouran general stared straight at the opposite side, and the strength of the enemy was somewhat beyond his expectations.

He looked around to the left and right, and saw that each of the Rouran cavalrymen looked at the large bed crossbows in the city, revealing a look of fear.

The strength displayed by the Hexi army made the generals of Rouran wonder whether the strategy proposed by the Khan for the westward expedition was correct.