Chapter 624: Leaving the Western Regions
"The recruitment order of the Mongolian Great Khan Temujin is really interesting."
On the battlefield of Liaodong, Xiao Xuan, the military advisor of the Liao State, couldn't help but chuckle when he received the order announced by Temujin to all the forces to recruit talents.
As a new force, the Liao State was no exception and became the target of Temujin's wooing.
Although Xiao Xuan was the military advisor of the two Liao generals, Yelu Hugo and Yelu Xian, he was the actual commander, and under her leadership, the Liao army attacked the city and pulled out the village, while Yao Guangxiao led the Han army's Eight Banners and the servant armies of various subject countries, and dealt with it carefully.
Yao Guangxiao's disadvantage lies in the fact that the main force of his decisive battle is the servant army of the subject country, and the combat power is unstable, and the cooperation of the Goguryeo army, the Goryeo army, the Wuhuan army, and the Xianbei army often has problems.
Yao Guangxiao also had to provide checks and balances to prevent them from defecting.
Yao Guangxiao's operation is much more difficult than Xiao Xuan.
The main force of Xiao Xuan's army is mainly the Liao State Pi Room Army, and it cooperates with Yelu Huge and Yelu Xian. Jeruxiugo and Jeruhman choose to unconditionally believe in the almighty Xiao Xuan.
"If I had chosen to unconditionally believe in Murong Ba and Bang Dun, Yizhi Wende, and Li Chenggui, this battle would have been won a long time ago."
Yao Guangxiao found himself really difficult.
His subordinates, the generals of all the troops are likely to betray the Liaodong Army, even Kong Youde, the commander of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, may not be loyal.
There are already scouts who have learned that Xiao Sui is co-opting the servant armies of various subject countries of the Liaodong Army, and if the conditions given by Xiao Sui are generous enough, then the servant armies of these subject countries are likely to mutiny.
In the face of Xiao Xuan's diplomatic offensive, Yao Guangxiao is still controlling the servant armies of various subject countries, which is not easy.
Just as the Four Great Women were already the pinnacle of the martial arts of the legendary female heroes of the Han Empire, Xiao Xuan may be one of the pinnacles of the intelligence and politics of the legendary female heroes.
Yao Guangxiao faced such a strong opponent, and his subordinates were a group of two or five boys, and Mingguan gave him too much burden.
Even Temujin was cheated by Erwuzai.
"Temujin? Our spheres of influence are similar. It should be that you are a little more powerful, after all, your territory is bigger than my Dajin Kingdom......"
Dajin Kingdom, Wanyan Aguta was able to catch his breath under the attack of Mingguan because of the cold winter.
The offensive of Mingguan was fierce, gathering the generals of Jin, Ming and Qing dynasties, attacking Yan Aguta, wanting to take the lead in destroying Wanyan Aguta, and then waving his army to the south and attacking the Great Liao State with Yao Guangxiao.
Wanyan Aguta's situation is more dangerous.
After Mingguan finished attacking Yan Agu, it was also difficult to fight, and Yao Guangxiao had frequently complained to him.
"It's time to ask the other princes for reinforcements, and this time, there may be a lot of costs. Chu Zimou will be my enemy in the future, and he can't ask him for reinforcements, so he can only choose to ask Lao Qin for help and repay his kindness in the future. ”
Mingguan still decided to rely on external reinforcements to solve the dilemma in Liaodong.
Yelu Abaoji, the emperor of the Great Liao State, was originally a difficult opponent, and there was a Xiao Sui who was no less than the emperor, Yao Guangxiao, who lacked a reliable commander, would be badly played, Yao Guangxiao was the role of a military advisor after all, not a commander in charge.
Murong Ba is a qualified commander, but unfortunately, Murong Ba's hidden ambition is too high, and Mingguan does not dare to let him become the commander of the 200,000 vassal servant army, otherwise, Murong Ba will rebel and Liaodong City will directly change hands.
This is precisely the reason for the crisis in Liaodong.
"However, Lao Qin, it seems that part of his troops is still besieging Li Yuanhao in Western Xia? What the hell is he doing? ”
Beidi County, Liangzhou, Yinzhou City, Li Yuanhao, the king of Western Xia, was besieged by the Guanlong Army, and Wanyan Zongwang, Li Xin, Mengwu and other military generals besieged the city layer by layer, intending to trap Li Yuanhao in Yinzhou City.
Li Yuanhao's Iron Harrier suffered heavy losses in the battle with Meng Tian's golden fire cavalry, and could not break through.
He also received Temujin's order to recruit talents in the world, but he shook his head helplessly.
Even if he found that he couldn't get along in Liangzhou, he couldn't break through and went to Mobei to join Temujin.
The Guanzhong Army has dug a triple trench outside the city, set up earthen ramparts, wooden fences, and arrow towers to enclose the city of Yinzhou impermeable.
A supervisor guarding the city said to Li Yuanhao: "Your Majesty, the Han Empire's Shangshu Ling Xun Yu asked to enter the city to negotiate...... Recruit...... The matter of recruiting ......"
Li Yuanhao couldn't help but be furious when he heard Ming Xunyu's intention: "I am the king of Xia, how can I accept Zhao'an!" ”
"But Your Majesty, the grain and grass in the city is already less than a month's worth of the army, and when the army is exhausted, we will not be able to hold the Yinzhou ......."
Li Yuanhao fell into a dead silence.
Yinzhou City, even if there are soldiers and horses in the Western Xia Kingdom, there is no food available.
The old Qin was not the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Guanzhong army was not the Western Army of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The siege but not attack of the Guanzhong army seriously consumed the grain and grass of the Western Xia Kingdom, and the Guanzhong army could continuously transport grain from the rich Qinchuan region.
Under Yinzhou City, the generals Li Xin, Meng Wu, and Wanyan Zongwang sent Xun Yu to Yinzhou City.
Li Xin was a little worried: "Lord Shang Shuling, Li Yuanhao has been hit hard by us many times, and he has retreated to Yinzhou City, and he has a grudge against us, maybe once Lord Shang Shuling enters Yinzhou City, he will be harmed by Li Yuanhao." ”
Xun Yu shook his head: "Those who know the times are Junjie, in our opinion, Li Yuanhao is at most just a grass co., and the stronger one is just a grass coward." ”
The defenders of Yinzhou City shouted to the Guanzhong army below: "Our Majesty has an order, please Shangshu order your lord to enter the city, and never cause harm!" ”
"The generals strictly guard their posts, and Xun will go."
Xun Yu did not hesitate and entered the city.
Chang'an City, with Li Si in charge, the city gate and the army of the palace are all Lao Qin's henchmen, and there is nothing to do for the time being.
However, the incident happened in Liangzhou, west of Chang'an City.
Li Si received the news from Liangzhou, tapped his fingers on the desk, and finally decided: "Transfer Wuwei County Taishou Xie Ai to serve as the Taishou of Jincheng County, and go to the area to check." ”
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Alimari, Chutian and others received the news of the Seljuk Empire's scouts, and it was possible that Temujin would lead the injured Jebe and others back to Mobei, raise troops and horses, and wait for the next attack.
As for the surplus population of the Subutai and other tribes, they were migrated by Temujin to the Seljuk Empire and the Khorezm Kingdom to replenish the local population lost due to the war.
Temujin wanted to Mongolize the region and turn it into his own source of troops.
"If Temujin really wants to return to Mobei, then we can temporarily return to Guanzhong and the Central Plains, Huo An, Xu Fengnian, you two, should be able to defend the Western Regions?"
Before returning to the division, Chu Tian repeatedly confirmed whether Huo An and Xu Fengnian could hold the Western Regions after the Han Empire expeditionary force left.
Even Mu Ke has the Nanban region that needs to be guarded.
The Nanban region is not only a few barbarian tribes who do not obey Mu Ke's orders, but also, the Nanban region borders the Donghu Kingdom.
There was also friction between the Donghu Kingdom and the Han Empire.
Xu Fengnian chose to stay in the Western Regions temporarily. On the one hand, the Western Regions Protectorate borders on the Wokotai forces, and Xu Fengnian wants to sneak attack Wokotai at a critical moment to avenge Wang Tiegun.
On the other hand, the Western Regions Protectorate only relied on Huo An's men and horses, which was actually quite difficult.
Once the Mongol Empire once again concentrated its main forces to raid the Ili River Valley, Huo An estimated that most of them would still be unable to parry.
This is the difference in the strength of the population of the two sides.
The families of Xu Fengnian, Ma Teng and the others still stayed in Xia City, and they could use the teleportation array to go to Xia City at any time to meet with their families, and occasionally bring their families to Alimari.
Chu Tian didn't care much, after the Western Regions calmed down, he could concentrate on rectifying the Guannei and the expedition to Mobei.
Recently, the Hetao area of the state was not peaceful, Xueyue, Yue Fei, Xu You and others reported to Chutian that a Tuoba Xianbei tribe entered Xihe County, active between Lao Qin and his own sphere of influence, trying to survive in the cracks.
Bingzhou has always been relatively chaotic in the late Han Dynasty, and the princes of Hebei often control the two important counties of Taiyuan County and Shangdang County, as for the other counties, it is really a situation of chaos in China.
Therefore, Tuoba Xianbei chose to graze in the local area, also because the state is relatively chaotic.
Yue Fei, Yang Ye, and Zhang Liao requested to invade Xihe County and Shang County and completely eliminate this Tuoba Xianbei, but Tuoba Xianbei asked Chang'an to be attached.
Chu Tian proposed to Lao Qin that Yue Fei's Bingzhou army enter Hexi to eliminate Tuoba Xianbei, but Lao Qin turned a deaf ear and was not interested.
Tuoba Xianbei's existence may be a good thing for Lao Qin.
The important Hetao area was under the control of Chutian, and Tuoba Xianbei was interested in the Hetao area.
Lao Qin intended to shelter the Tuoba Xianbei tribe, but Chu Tian did not mention the matter much again, but strengthened the defense of the Hetao area, and at the same time carried out irrigation and grazing in the local area.
In the future, the Hetao area will be one of the bridgeheads for Chutian to attack Guanzhong, Xiliang, and Mobei.
Moreover, even if Lao Qin did not agree to Chu Tian's army entering the Xihe region to sweep away, Chu Tian would not necessarily give up on eliminating Tuoba Xianbei.
At least Chu Tian greeted Lao Qin in advance, and if he really wanted to fight over, as long as the troops were sufficient, Lao Qin would not dare to risk the threat of Temujin in Mobei and break out a big battle with Chu Tian.
During this time, the Protectorate of the Western Regions deployed scouts outside the Ili River Valley to monitor the movements of the Mongol army at all times, and then the expeditionary force returned to the Guannai in batches.
The hundreds of thousands of expeditionary forces are under great pressure on the Western Regions Protectorate, and the cost of transporting grain and grass from the Guannai to the Western Regions is even greater, so it is time to withdraw to the Guannai.
"Qingqing, if you go to Xia City this time, if anything goes wrong, you must tell your brother, if you are bullied, the Western Regions Protectorate will be your backing."
Huo An was also hinting at something to Chu Tian, at least Chu Tian couldn't treat his sister badly, otherwise the position of the Western Regions Protector might be shaken.
"Brother......
Huo Qing's eyes were red, and he seemed extremely uncomfortable.
"Alright, you can go. Keke, why don't you stay a few more days and bring our son with you, okay......"
Huo An turned his head and showed favor to Mu Ke, no longer paying attention to Huo Qing, so angry that Huo Qing gritted his teeth.
What a good brother and sister.
Chu Tian was a little moved.
Hua Mulan and Qin Liangyu said goodbye, and the two of them fell in love a little, after all, they joined forces to kill Chagatai and made a contribution, which can be regarded as friendship.
"When we have the opportunity in the future, we will join forces again."
Qin Liangyu has a deep sympathy for Mulan, who is also a female general, and in the Chutian camp, there are also female generals such as Liang Hongyu, Mu Guiying, Li Xiuning, Joan of Arc, and King Arthur, and there are many companions who can fight side by side.
Hua Mulan said: "If you have the opportunity, you can come to Xia City." ”
Hua Mulan knew that Qin Liangyu was in charge of martial arts, and she had the idea of trying to win Qin Liangyu into the lord's camp.
"I'll go see Xuan'er."
Qin Liangyu heard Mulan mention her daughter Chu Xuan.
Mulan is also very refreshing: "A word is a certainty." ”
Chu Tian rarely saw Mulan take the initiative to develop her circle of friends, and was surprised by the summer coolness who was responsible for training Mulan: "I didn't expect that Mulan, who was cold before, would also take the initiative to make friends with others." ”
"That's not because there are more and more of your harem, and Sister Mulan has to get to know more people......
Summer Liang pinched Chu Tian in secret.
She had already sensed Huo An's idea of pushing her sister to Chu Tian, but Huo Qing didn't object to it.
Chu Tian suddenly held Xia Liang's hand, which surprised Xia Liang, who was originally slightly annoyed: "Let go, there are other people here......"
"I won't take you with me on expeditions in the future. This expedition almost suffered heavy losses. In case you have a good ......."
"I know, let go, old husband and wife's ......"
The summer is cool after having children, but some of them can't let go in front of everyone.
Only then did Chu Tian let go, and his cheeks flushed slightly in the summer.
Could it be that he was infected by Catherine?
Xia Liang muttered in his heart, his little hand was suddenly grabbed by Chu Tian just now, even if he was an old husband and wife, his heart was still beating a little fast.
In such a state, it seems that it is not difficult to have a second child......
Chu Tian and Lao Qin decided to withdraw to Guannei, and Xu Fengnian temporarily left the Western Regions Protectorate to assist in the defense of the Ili River Valley.
Mu Ke stayed in the Ili River Valley for a few more days, spent some time with Huo An, and then returned to Nanzhong, everything he knew understood.
"The Western Regions will be handed over to you for the time being. Next time, I don't want to see the Western Regions Protectorate ask for reinforcements from Kannai again. ”
Lao Qin also had a headache.
The white light flashed, and Lao Qin took Lu Bu, Yang Dayan, Meng Tian and others back to Xianyang City in Guanzhong.
Chang'an City is where the Son of Heaven is, and Xianyang City is the safest place for Lao Qin.
Li Si has already led a hundred officials to wait.
"How are those two things handled?"
"One goes well, one goes bad."
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Chu Tian, Xia Liang, Hua Mulan, Wei Qing, Le Yi and others took the lead in returning to Xia City, allowing the soldiers participating in the expedition to rest for a while.
Sang Hongyang, Zhang Hong, Zhang Zhao, Chen Qi and other ministers responded, and at the same time came the Holy Joan of Arc, Emperor Roufu and several children temporarily taken care of by her.
Before Chu Tian could react, Emperor Roufu had already taken the initiative to pounce, the pear blossom was in tears, and her delicate body rubbed against Chu Tian.
For her, she who was forcibly brought to the main world from the copy of the Battle of Jingkang could only rely on Chu Tian alone.
At this time, Summer Liang, Mulan, Joan of Arc, and even Huo Qing, who had just arrived, all reacted.
Emperor Roufu actually took the initiative to step forward in front of everyone.
"I didn't expect you to have so many ......"
Huo Qing snorted.