Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Post-Qiu Liju Era
Qiu Liju died, claiming that he died of illness, but Fang Zhiwen didn't believe it, more than two months ago, this thing was still alive and arrogant in Guliu Town, how could he die of illness so quickly? Could it be suicide? Among the tribes of the grassland, there has always been such a tradition, those old people who do not work will be driven out of the tribe with the last bit of dry food, and go to the prairie to fend for themselves, of course, it is impossible to live, extinction is certain, and then the corpse is fed to the wolf, and leave the world cleanly.
Could Qiu Liju also feel that his value is gone, or on the contrary, he hinders the ideals he has always pursued, so he simply sacrifices his small self to achieve his big self, and sacrifices himself for the benefit of the Wuhuan nation to fulfill his life?
Although Fang Zhiwen felt that he was a little paranoid, he didn't know that his guess was really not far from the truth, just a few millimeters away.
Qiu Liju basically committed suicide, because he refused treatment, and left a will, so that after his death, his henchman De Rigen must not mourn, and immediately take his head to the Bandun Department, and ask the Bandun army to go north to take charge of the tribe and army he left behind, and then the head can be buried with the body.
No matter how hateful Qiu Liju is to the Han people, but for the Wuhuan people, Qiu Liju is a well-deserved hero, even if he dies, he has to use his corpse to make the last effort for the Wuhuan people, this decision finally touched De Rigen, he no longer insisted, in fact, he also knew that once he led his troops to take refuge in Bun Dun, it meant that he would lose his power from now on, and it was impossible for Bun Dun to reuse himself, and it was precisely because of this that when he was seriously ill in Qiu Liju, he also once thought of self-reliance, But in the end, he was moved by Qiu Liju's loyalty to the nation, and decided to lead his troops to Bunton.
One of the heroes of Wuhuan fell this winter, and the other went silent from then on.
When Fang Zhiwen learned that Qiu Liju was dead, it was already a little late, because Bandun had already gathered 200,000 troops to go north, and Qiu Liju's troops had already gathered in the plain area in the upper reaches of the water, regardless of the losses, where Qiu Liju's original royal tent was located, and they gathered there, waiting for Badun's arrival.
Fang Zhiwen didn't have to think about it at all, he could guess the plan of Bundun, Bundun planned to merge the remaining nearly 200,000 people of Qiuliju after converging with the Qiu Liju department, and forced himself away with a dignified battle, and then his army surrounded the tribesmen and escorted the tribesmen all the way back to Guliu Town.
Or, he can choose to attack the west to destroy the Lou Ban Department, and complete the unification of the central Wuhuan in one fell swoop, so that after calculation, the central Wuyan has been annexed, if the Lou Ban Department can be unified, the Wuhuan clan will only be left with Badun, Shanggu Nanlou and the eastern Suyan servant, and since then the northern grassland of Youzhou has entered the Houqiu Liju era.
Fang Zhiwen felt that Badun should not be in a hurry to attack Louban, because Louban was spineless, and he might turn his head and throw himself to Shanggu Nanlou, so he thought that it was more likely that Badun would return south directly, and he hoped in his heart that Badun would attack Louban, and when the time came, he would take more than 10,000 elite commandos to cruise around the periphery, and he could enjoy the benefits of a fisherman again.
It's just that Bun Dun has always been known for his wisdom and wisdom in Wu Huan, Fang Zhiwen thought about it, and still felt that Bun Dun would go south directly, but he was unwilling to watch Bun Dun comfortably go north and south, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he gently picked the peaches he had worked so hard to plant.
Li Yuanzhi also blamed himself very much, he was responsible for cutting off the contact between Qiu Liju and the Badun Department, but he didn't expect to be played by Qiu Liju, who was already dead, and now this embarrassing situation, to a large extent, should be Li Yuanzhi's responsibility.
400,000 troops, more than 600,000 people, countless cattle, sheep and horses, what is the state of this kind of troops? If you are lucky enough to be in the grasslands north of Yuyang, you will be able to see this spectacular scene.
Of course, Fang Zhiwen can't let the peaches be picked easily, but don't forget, there are 700 miles away from the south to Guliu Town, Fang Zhiwen can imagine how huge the team is this way south, even if he plans by himself, how difficult it is to protect more than 600,000 people across this 700 miles, not to mention, there is an elite Han cavalry of more than 10,000 people watching.
In fact, he also had a headache, he didn't know how powerful this group of horse thieves was, otherwise how could he let Fang Zhiwen easily wreak havoc in Qiu Liju's territory, and then watched Qiu Liju fall, originally he planned to let Fang Zhiwen's gang of horse thieves go to Qiu Liju to make trouble for Qiu Liju and consume Qiu Liju's strength, who knew that this tiger would be uncontrollable as soon as it came out, not only destroyed many Wuhuan tribes, plundered and killed a large number of Wuhuan tribesmen, but also forced Qiu Liju, the king of Wuhuan, to a dead end.
But it's okay, Qiu Liju had a big realization before he died, and handed over the rest of the team and people to himself, so that the central and western Wuhuan were almost all in his hands, and only the stupid man in the Louban was left, just take a little time to integrate it, and it will become the strongest Wuhuan, and it will no longer be a dream to unify Wuhuan after a period of hard work.
So as soon as he saw Qiu Liju's head, he didn't think much about it, and immediately waved his army north, leaving only 50,000 slave soldiers to garrison Guliu Town, but he didn't expect that Fang Zhiwen actually transferred Murong Fang's troops again, gathered nearly 20,000 cavalry to watch around, and would pounce on him at any time and bite hard, originally this group of horse thieves was just looting, but now they were picking peaches by themselves, they were already annoyed and angry, whether it was soldiers or subordinates, seeing this group of crazy horse thieves, there was only one end, that is, death!
Badon finally saw the ferocious horse thieves with his own eyes, and although the cautious horse thieves never came close to the large army of Bunton, the experienced Badon was still sure that the gang of horse thieves came from the south.
Bun Dun is not a reckless person, he has always respected and wary of the Han Dynasty, and knows that the Han Dynasty is full of talents, but he can't imagine that a small unknown Han horse thief can already make Qiu Liju go to extinction, and he can make himself lose ground, it seems that the Han Dynasty is not good at plotting! When Wuhuan is unified, it is better to start with the Xianbei people first.
Fang Zhiwen has been following him for five days, and because of his harassment, he has been plagued by his harassment. p> And Fang Zhiwen will never divide his troops during the day, nor will he get too close to Wuhuan's large army, and when he encounters Wuhuan's fast senior generals, Fang Zhiwen will sacrifice a sparrow battle, scatter and flee and then meet at the predetermined place. At night, Fang Zhiwen attacked everywhere, harassing the army of Badun, the fierce battles and marches, as well as the fruitless pursuit and the constantly encroached troops, made Badun's morale drop very much, and the people also exuded an increasingly uneasy atmosphere.
What's even worse is that due to the fierce battle, the consumption of grain and grass has greatly increased, and the originally prepared sufficient grain and grass has become a little insufficient, so that the feeding amount of livestock has to be reduced, resulting in a large number of cattle and sheep freezing and starving to death.
The next day, the marching tribesmen found a large number of scattered beans in the snow beside the roadside, so the hungry and uncontrolled tribesmen and cattle rushed up and grabbed them, and the beans were poisonous, and they actually poisoned a large herd of cattle and sheep.
It turned out that Fang Zhiwen found that there was a shortage of grain and grass in Bunton, and urgently transferred a batch of poisoned beans from Miyun Fortress, in order to poison those livestock, so that the people who were robbed back by Bunton would lose their food sources, and Bunton would also work hard in vain.
On the tenth day, Badun finally couldn't bear this passive situation anymore, less than two-thirds of the road of seven hundred miles had been walked, and his fallen soldiers had exceeded 20,000, and the tribesmen were even more numerous, and even if these tribesmen were successfully brought back to the southern grasslands by themselves, they would not be able to survive this winter because of lack of food and clothing, rather than this, it was better to simply take the 200,000 strong and strong women and children among the tribesmen who could keep up with the speed of the march, and abandon the old and weak tribesmen to Fang Zhiwen, Presumably, Fang Zhiwen will no longer relentlessly chase after his own troops whose combat effectiveness and speed have been strengthened, this can be regarded as a broken tail.
Fang Zhiwen really didn't chase anymore, he was really ruthless enough, and he didn't know how he persuaded Qiu Liju's old department, anyway, they took the army, as well as the young and strong women and children who could ride horses for a long time, threw away the unnecessary cattle and sheep, and quickly went south with light equipment, leaving all the remaining more than 100,000 old and weak people in the reckless snow.
"Badden! Ruthless enough! The courage is really good1 Fang Zhiwen looked at the black shadow that was already far away on the horizon, shook his head and sighed, how did he do this kind of thing, could it be that Qiu Liju's old generals were all cut down?
"Lord, are you still chasing?"
"Don't chase it, there's no sweetness to eat after it, they don't want us to have more than 100,000 people, these people are also populations, at least they can be used to make up the numbers when upgrading the city, and when the time comes, Linxi Town will be an unbreakable grassland fortress."
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"Surround these tribesmen and tell them that from now on they are not Wuhuan people, they are Han people! Give me all back to Linxi Town. Badun, do you think we're done with this, Qiu Liju is dead, and this grassland will not be your time for Badun. ”
"My lord, are we going to attack the territory of Badun?"
"Haha, of course, winter is still long, we can't hide in the city to survive, right? If you come and grab my things, I can't go and grab his things? Go, go home 1
Looking back, he knew that he had a mortal enmity with this group of Han horse thieves this time, according to the character of this crazy horse thief, he would definitely not just forget it, it is estimated that next, he will continue to take advantage of the winter and attack towards his territory, thinking of this, he can't help but feel a little big, do you really want to give up Guliu Town and retreat back to Beiping County to defend? Or should you temporarily bow to the Xianbei people, and let the Xianbei people go south first to disperse their pressure, in other words, Qiu Liju's original territory is now blank, will the Xianbei people not want to? If Xianbei people went south, Fang Zhiwen, the madman, might not always be staring at him.