Chapter 378: A New Journey (I)
The idea of Tubo and Khorezm to fight Loulan one after another was also defeated and greatly damaged. Liu Yu blackmailed the Tibetans, but he didn't plan to deal with the Khwarats, he was thinking about a war in the north against the Turks.
After leaving the handsome position for a long time and away from home for even longer, although Liu Yu was tired and wanted to go back to Chang'an City to rest, he knew that there was only one way to win now. The coup d'Γ©tat in the army has forced him to exterminate the Turks, and he doesn't know whether Hua Ji'an will listen to him or not.
On the last night of Loulan City, Liu Yu chose to stay in the Guoyi Pavilion in Loulan, this time it was different from when he left, there were his guards inside and outside the Guoyi Pavilion, and without his permission, even if Queen Lin came, she would have to eat guns. Liu Yu climbed the small building, and enjoyed the night view of Loulan City at a time after parting, this time not only had a dim sum, but also the best grape wine, the wine was the royal wine of Loulan.
"Are we leaving?"
Timur plucked up the courage to climb up to the third floor of the small building, and asked as he sat there, sniffling. Because the temperature in Loulan Kingdom has plummeted in the past few days, she has a wind chill, and there is no medicine here, and she doesn't feel how to get hard.
Liu Yu nodded and said, "Yes." We will go out of Loulan with the army, and then pass through the Tibetan section of the road, and then we will be able to enter the territory of your Turks, and then we can break away from the protection of the army and go north. But it's dangerous, and you might encounter the army of the Shun Dynasty, or the army of your Turkic tribes. It's going to be hard work. β
Timur said happily: "I am not afraid of danger, if I can go home." β
Liu Yu nodded with a faint smile, didn't speak again, and his eyes fell on the scenery outside the city. His purpose this time was to lead the army to the Turkic royal court. And Timur is stupid enough to be that guide. In the early days. Liu Yu has already explained to Zhang Wuzhu and other generals. After all, after he left the army, everything needed to be coordinated by Zhang Wuzhu. The biggest task of this special operations force now is to escort a large amount of grain and grass to the north.
Tubo could not raise millions of catties of grain for a while, and the first batch was already on the way to transport, with 670,000 catties. Because a lot of these grains are meat, they can't be packed in sacks, and they can't be measured. The road from Tibet to the Western Regions and then to the grassland is also uneven, and there are many Gobi deserts and deserts without roads. The lack of carriages in Tubo and Loulan is what bothered Liu Yu. Liu Yu considered it comprehensively, and there was only one way to transport grain, and to recruit people.
Of course, it is not to go back to the Shun Dynasty to conquer, but to solve it on the spot, the first to bear the brunt is the more than 10,000 and nearly 20,000 prisoners of war of the Tubo coalition army, plus the Loulan people, Liu Yu estimated that it would take about 30,000 people to send the first batch of grain to the grassland. In other words, at least 10,000 laborers will be requisitioned in Loulan.
"What are you thinking. Why don't you speak? When Liu Yue was distracted, Timur looked at him and asked.
"Oh. I'm wondering how I'm going to get back after sending you back to the grassland. β
"What are you going to do when you go back to the Central Plains, how good it is in our grassland, so comfortable, you can go wherever you want. Ride a horse for a day to see the snow-capped mountains and the beautiful big lakes. I will ask my father Khan to give you a small number of people, and in the future you can choose our Turkic girls as wives, and you can marry many at the same time. Timur said with some longing, as if thinking about the wonderful life on the grassland.
Liu Yu was a little surprised, not because of Timur's words about marrying a wife and having children, but because of the "big lake water" she inadvertently mentioned, could it be Baikal? Liu Yuxin said that it was really far away to grandma's house, and it would take only two legs to walk until the Year of the Monkey.
"Little beggar, are you Dardo tribe close to the Great Lake?" Liu Yu asked.
"Hmm. If you are on horseback, you arrive in the morning, and I often go there to play. However, it is very cold in winter, and our tribe will also migrate south for a while, and then return after spring, where there are rivers, snow-capped mountains, and very rich water and grass. In the summer, the girls of our tribe go to the lake to bathe, and you are not allowed to peek at that time. Timur winked playfully, and looked at Liu Yu with a smile on his face.
"Don't look, don't look!"
Liu Yu was embarrassed in his heart, from the Western Regions all the way to Lake Baikal, this distance should be reestimated. However, judging from the current extension of the strength of the Shun Dynasty army, it should not be far from Lake Baikal, and it is not very difficult to recruit troops. But you have to prepare two more horses, change all the way, and have enough food and water.
"I'm leaving here tomorrow, so go back to sleep early." Liu Yue thought about letting Timur go to bed early, and he would discuss it with Zhang Wuzhu and the others.
Timur said with a sad face: "The stairs are very dark, I ...... I didn't dare go down. β
Liu Yu smiled: "I'll carry you." β
Liu Yu stretched out her hand, Timur was stunned at first, but she came over to stop Liu Yu's neck with trust, and then jumped on Liu Yu's back, Liu Yu held her body with both hands.
"Tap, trample the building down, we'll both have to finish playing." Liu Yu said as he stabilized his body.
Timur smiled and stuck out his tongue and said, "Who told you to grow taller?" β
Liu Yu carefully carried Timur to the first floor step by step, Timur thought that he could go home, and jumped into bed happily, while Liu Yu used the excuse of going to the toilet and came out of the Guoyi Pavilion to discuss with Zhang Wuzhu. The main thing is some skills of scout tracking, as well as the identification of markers. Liu Yu was afraid that he would get lost on the grassland and lose contact with the scouts, and he would be a savage again. This time it was possible to cross Lake Baikal to the north, as a Siberian savage. Thinking of the freezing Siberian winter, Liu Yu felt cautious behind him.
After the discussion, Liu Yu asked Liu Wu, as an envoy, to negotiate with the people of Loulan with the conditions of the Shun Dynasty. The condition for the withdrawal of the Shun Dynasty army was that Loulan State took out 200,000 catties of military rations plus 10,000 people as a condition for becoming an "ally" of the Shun Dynasty. Liu Yu didn't want to go, because he didn't want to be entangled about marrying a princess anymore. Thinking of the wife at home, Liu Yu's heart was also calm, and he wanted to end the war and return to Chang'an City earlier.
The negotiations went well, and Loulan now had to agree to the conditions of the Shun dynasty. The next day, Liu Yu was about to take a small group of men and horses to set off north, when he received news from the south, saying that Bruhan, who was in the south of Loulan, had declared himself king and broke away from the rule of Queen Hulin. Liu Yu was very surprised by this kid's courage, originally Liu Yu also wanted to lead the troops to completely exterminate him, but thinking about it, it was better to leave Bruhan to the Loulan people to worry about.
Liu Yue thought about it, and from now on, Loulan Country is also a North Loulan and a South Loulan. The population of Southern Loulan in Bulhan is not large, and it is in the gap between Tubo and Northern Loulan, and it is a matter of time before the country is destroyed. (To be continued......)