Chapter 968: The Great Detour Begins!
"100,000 Mongolian cavalry will be handed over to you, and they will march from Longxi County, pass through the western Sichuan Plateau, enter the Nanban, and use Mu Ke's influence to incite the Nanban tribes to revolt and expel Wu Han."
Chu Tian handed over the Tiger Talisman of the Mobei Mongol Army to Huo An.
In order to weaken the control of the generals over the various legions, the Chutian forces began to use the tiger talisman to mobilize troops and horses, and each legion would only mobilize when they saw the tiger talisman.
The reason why Huo An was chosen as the main general to complete the great Mongolian detour was because Huo An had such a mountain marching general as Gao Xianzhi.
Gao Xianzhi, who could easily cross the Pamir Plateau, was the top mountain marching general of the Han Empire, and he was also the main military general of this Mongol detour.
With march-type generals, it is also necessary to form an expeditionary force.
Chutian chose the Mongolian cavalry with strong endurance.
Mongolian horses are not picky about feed, and it is not difficult for them to survive on the plateau.
100,000 Mongol cavalry, using 300,000 Mongol horses, as the main force of the expedition.
Chutian believed that Liu Bei would not deploy scouts in the area of Tubo.
After all, the Mongol detour is really incredible, and so far, no one has tried to return to Nanban from Liangzhou.
In "Lord", because of the characteristics of the generals and the existence of the teleportation array, the success rate of the Mongolian detour has increased, so many things that seemed impossible have become possible.
Another condition for the Mongolian detour is that Mu Ke is famous among the Nanban tribes, as long as Mu Ke returns to the Nanban, the Nanban tribes will rise up.
The success of an operation is determined by many factors, and Chu Tian strives to make up for them.
Huo An took the tiger talisman, this tiger talisman can mobilize 100,000 Mongolian cavalry, and the ability of the Mongolian cavalry, the princes of the Han Empire who fought with Temujin have experienced: "Temujin trained in Mobei, and he really left a valuable fortune." ”
"Recapture the Nanban and attack Chengdu, I will set up a banquet in Xia City to pick up the wind and wash the dust for you, as long as the dynasty is here, the Huo family in the Western Regions will be the king for generations and the night watchman in the Western Regions."
Chu Tian made a promise to Huo An.
Huo An provided a lot of help when Chutian was fighting for the Central Plains.
In addition, Huo An guarded the capital of the Western Regions, helped the Han Empire keep the territory of the 36 countries in the Western Regions, and reclaimed farmland in the Western Regions, which was a great achievement in itself.
Generations are kings, and they are kings with different surnames, and there is no reward for higher qualifications.
Huo An smiled bitterly: "I can only do my best, make a detour from the unfamiliar western Sichuan Plateau, and I don't know what year and month I can reach Nanban." ”
In the backyard of Xia Wangfu, Mu Ke took Huo An's son and daughter to visit Huo Qing, who married into Xia Wangfu, and Xia Wangfu, Chu Tian's children, Chu Wu, Chu Xuan, and Chu Qi were all in the backyard, and several second-generation characters were staring at each other and were a little afraid of life.
Although they are still young, as great princes, they are destined to dominate the main world in the future.
In the process of Chutian's pursuit of the Central Plains, several families who supported Chutian all became big families, and the Huo family in the Western Regions became the night watchman of the Chu family in the Central Plains, which lasted for hundreds of years.
"You also have to work hard to have a child of your own in order to have a certain status in the Xia Palace."
Mu Ke reminded Huo Qing in a low voice.
Huo Qingyu said: "I want to too, but ......"
Chu Tian was busy with the war, and there were many harems to deal with, and Huo Qing was also very difficult.
"Keke, it's time for us to go. Qingqing, you must take care of yourself. ”
After Huo An received the tiger fu and the topographic map of eastern Sichuan, he prepared to make a great detour with Mu Ke and led 100,000 Mongolian cavalry.
Mu Ke, as the former leader of the Southern Barbarian Tribe, is an indispensable core figure in this great detour operation.
"Let the two children stay in the Xia Palace."
Huo An gave Mu Ke a look.
Although Mu Ke didn't know what was going on, she chose to believe Huo An and decided to temporarily hand over her two children to Huo Qing to raise.
Let the two descendants of the Huo family stay in the Xia Wangfu for a period of time and have a relationship with several descendants of the Chu family, and the relationship between the two families will be closer in the future.
Huo Qing nodded: "I will be optimistic about them." ”
"What the hell is going on?"
After Mu Ke left the Xia Palace, he was reluctant to give up on his son and daughter, but he knew that Huo An must have something to do, so he chose so.
"Ke Ke, we are going to return to Nanban, this time it may take a year or two, and we don't have the energy to take care of the two children."
Huo An spoke earnestly.
Stepping into the year of establishment, we must take responsibility, and if the Mongolian style detour is successful, the Huo family in the Western Regions can be the king for generations and become the guardian family of the Chu family in the Central Plains.
According to Toei's model, it is equivalent to the relationship between the daimyo and the retainers of the lineage.
Huo An briefly mentioned the detour to Mu Ke.
Mu Ke's eyes widened: "Attacking the Southern Barbarians from the Western Sichuan Plateau in a roundabout way, this is simply incredible!" ”
"Soldiers are treacherous, sometimes surprise to win. It is not impossible to attack Nanban from Longxi County, we once set out from Luntai City, crossed the Green Ridge, attacked the Dawan Kingdom, and crossed the Tianshan Mountains to attack the Wusun Kingdom, which was also not easy. ”
Huo An had many mountain marching experiences, so Chu Tian really found the right person.
Huo An and Mu Ke came directly to Lintao County in Longxi County.
100,000 Mongol cavalry arrived here one after another, bringing 300,000 horses.
Only Chutian, who occupied the prairie and called himself Da Danyu, could be so arrogant, mobilizing 300,000 war horses on an expedition, and countless weapons, grain and grass.
That's the economic advantage.
Oda Nobunaga could conquer other daimyo with his economy and population, and Chutian could also rely on his economic and demographic advantages to implement the Mongol Great Roundabout Tactics.
"Our Western Regions Protectorate tightens his belt to get by, every time he starts a big war, he has to smash the pot and sell iron, the Central Plains is really rich, and the soldiers, horses, grains and grass for an expedition can be prepared in a blink of an eye."
Huo An could bet that Chu Tian should have thought of a big detour in a hurry, but with the financial resources and population of the Central Plains, as long as Chu Tian made up his mind and mobilized resources, it was really not difficult to prepare supplies for 100,000 cavalry.
100,000 Mongolian cavalry, full of soldiers and horses.
The Mongol cavalry did not know their purpose, and they only obeyed the orders of the generals who had obtained the tiger talisman.
Mobilizing the Mongol cavalry from Mobei for an expedition has another advantage, that is, to hide people's eyes and ears. It is impossible for Liu Bei and Tongque to stretch out their hands to the distant Mobei.
Huo An recruited Gao Xianzhi, Li Siye, and Wang Zhongsi as generals for the expedition.
As for Huo Quzhi and Ban Chao, they stayed in Dawan to prevent Wokotai from sneaking into the Western Regions Protectorate.
The 400,000 soldiers and horses of the Western Regions Protectorate did not move at all.
The rebuilding of the Mongol Empire's Ogedei was always a great threat. The mobility of the Mongolian cavalry was very strong, and even Chu Tian was very wary of Ogedai, and did not dare to mobilize the troops of the Western Regions Protectorate again.
As for Chen Tang and Wang Xuance, Huo An stayed in the Tianshan Mountains to farm.