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The grassland people can now be said to have both internal and external troubles.

Of course, internal worries are the adverse effects of horse plague. Now not only the war horses, but also many ordinary horses have been affected and have begun to die in large areas.

In the steppe, many times, horses are not only combat effectiveness, but also a manifestation of productivity.

War horses die in large quantities, and if they are not handled well, other plagues will be formed.

And it is not known whether the death of horses caused by these horse plagues will transmit these diseases to other animals, so they have to be slaughtered in large quantities and then buried.

For safety reasons, even the grass around the burning site was not allowed.

As a result, herders have a smaller area to graze. The competition is even more intense, and the contradictions among the tribes have deepened, if it weren't for the pressure of the above few major gold tribes, it is estimated that the grassland people will be messing up by themselves now.

This is still a slightly better situation.

In some small tribes, the horses are badly damaged, and some are so serious that the entire tribe is unable to form an effective hundred-man team, so they can only patrol around the tribe on those inferior horses. Originally, if the horses died, these herdsmen could also take the flesh and blood of the horses or horse skins and other items to trade with the merchants of the Central Plains.

But now that everyone knows about the outbreak of horse plague, they will not accept it, and no one wants to accept something with horse plague toxin in their caravan.

Even many merchants of the Central Plains fled the grasslands, which drastically reduced the number of things that the grassland people could trade.

Anything else is fine, but the prices of daily necessities such as tea and salt are high, and many herders lament the prices.

And for the steppe people there are two external sufferings. One of the highlights is Beiyan. As an old opponent for many years, the grassland people have such a big impact, and it is impossible for the Northern Yan people not to feel the wind at all.

Even if several tribes on the grassland united to try to block the news, it had no effect, the scale of the horse plague this time was too large, and the impact was too broad, and it was not something they could solve together.

The steppe people sent troops to invade at the same time when the Northern Yan was facing foreign invasions, swept through the northern land, took away money, food, and population, and plundered and destroyed again and again.

Now it's really a good reincarnation of heaven, and it's their turn to face this problem now.

The grassland has fallen into weakness, and Beiyan has hardly fought much in recent years, and has been recuperating, so if he doesn't make a move at this time, it will be even longer.

In fact, now the Beiyan court is also arguing about this time.

The point of contention is certainly not war or peace. The focus is on how it should be attacked. And for this Yan Xuelan, she also knew it in advance, so she came to the layout.

If there is no problem, it should be the Yanwu Army in the upper three armies.

Along with the Imperial Forest Army and the Iron Cavalry, it is not a common one among the three armies of the Northern Yan.

But every country or force that has fought against Northern Yan cannot ignore the existence of the Yan Wu Army.

If the Iron Cavalry is the pinnacle of the cavalry of Northern Yan. The Imperial Guards are the most versatile army in terms of overall capabilities. Then the Yan Wu Army is the pinnacle of the infantry of Northern Yan.

The three armies of Northern Yan are very distinctive.

The Iron Cavalry is all cavalry, and even logistics soldiers need to be proficient in horsemanship, so to speak, an army that lives on horseback. Of course, there are a lot of expenses, and both people and horses are worth a lot of money.

Of course, the price is exchanged for strong mobility and attack power.

As long as there is a place where horses can run, the Iron Cavalry is like a killing machine, no matter what enemy is in front of him, he will kill him from the front.

Although the Imperial Forest Army did not dispatch much, and many times they were stuck in Yanjing to protect Du Cheng's safety, but their combat effectiveness could not be ignored because of this.

As the top three armies, they have the most powerful warriors and the strongest equipment. And it's fully equipped. There are all kinds of troops, and the number of them is unusually large.

There is no empty salary.

When Beiyan faced crises many times, the Imperial Forest Army was the most powerful backing of Beiyan, and it would take root in the most dangerous places, and it would not be shaken by the east, west, north and south winds.

Although the Yanwu Army is infantry, it is true that the oldest army in Northern Yan still preserves the formation. He has a longer history than the Imperial Guards.

Because the founder of Northern Yan was able to lay down a huge territory with the help of the Yan Wu Army, his personal guards slowly developed into the later Imperial Forest Army.

Therefore, it is not a problem at all to call the Yanwu Army the First Army of Northern Yan. It can even be said to be a banner and the soul of the core of the Northern Yan military.

The Yanwu Army is a legion of pure infantry.

There are a variety of infantry units including sword and shield soldiers, pikemen, longbow men, sledgehammer soldiers, etc. He is also proficient in battle formations, and what he is best at is to use infantry battle formations to defeat opponents.

In the ranks of the Yanwu Army, there was only no cavalry.

Because when the country was founded, horses were precious things, not everyone could have them, and war horses were even more like treasures. At most, some cavalry teams were formed to protect the safety of some important generals, and if they wanted to fight head-on, the cavalry of a hundred or so people rushed in the same way as a drift, there was no difference.

In addition, the Yanwu army did not have a tradition of deploying cavalry, although cavalry had many wonderful uses in many aspects, such as plundering grain routes, harassing enemy troops, and running thousands of miles and so on.

But Yan Wujun really didn't have any rewards for commanding the cavalry, so he just gave up.

It was with the military formation that the Yanwu army dealt with the surging wolf riders of the grassland with their flesh and blood, and used their sweat to touch the elite iron guards of Great Xia.

To win Qi with Zhengzheng is the greatest praise for Yan Wujun.

Originally, the problems of the steppe people should have been dispatched by the iron cavalry, their mobility is strong, and they have more experience in dealing with the steppe people.

It's just that everyone may not have forgotten that the northern Xinjiang at this time is making a horse plague, if the iron cavalry is sent over during this time period, if the horse plague is encountered, it will be a big casualty.

And if the Imperial Forest Army wants to sit in Yanjing, it is impossible to dispatch it easily.

In order to kill and injure the grassland people as much as possible and destroy their vitality, only the Yan Wu Army, which is also the upper three armies, is the most suitable to attack, and it doesn't matter if the speed is slow, it can just give the grassland people time to integrate their vital forces.

saved them from running around, and finally affected the joint strangulation of the Yan Wu army.

This is one of the external problems.

And the other external danger is the countries of the Western Regions.

It is a country that appears in the desert zone in the western part of the steppe.

They look different from the people of the Central Plains, their languages are different, and their cultural styles are very different, just like people from another world.

Like the Central Plains, it has its own city army, as well as wealth.

However, it is different from the Central Plains countries.

The Central Plains is a big country, with a vast territory and a large population, and it is a big fat meat, but it does have thick spikes on the outside. If you want to eat, you need to be prepared to be pricked.

The countries of the Western Regions are different. Their territory is not vast, and their population is not large, but on the whole they are quite numerous, but they are divided into many countries, as many as stars.

The larger countries may have the land of five or six states of Northern Yan, which can be regarded as a big country that can fight well among the countries of the Western Regions.

And the smallest country may be only the size of a county in Beiyan. The disparities are clear at a glance.

The dispersion of forces also leads to the fact that they do not have much external combat effectiveness. Therefore, many times it is the master of the success, and there are very few people who open up the territory and expand the territory.

But for the grassland people in northern Xinjiang, this is the fat meat delivered to the mouth, compared with the northern Yan, the combat effectiveness is lower, and many small countries in order to save their own lives, every year to supply a lot of good things to the tribes on the grassland. Just like cutting leeks, you can harvest a batch of tribute every day.

The steppe people were also reluctant to kill.

Of course, all this must be based on the strong military strength of Northern Yan. The vast number of cavalry on the battlefield is a nightmare for the countries of the Western Regions.

But now the strength of the steppe people in northern Xinjiang has weakened. No one can guarantee whether the people of the Western Regions, who have been oppressed by the grassland people for many years, will take advantage of this to come out and do things.

It's not that the countries of the Western Regions don't have the ability to use knives, but they just endure it.

Whoever lets a powerful person on his head will not be willing, not to mention that this person has lasted for an unknown number of years, bringing great shame to the country.

On the surface, it seems that the countries of the Western Regions are the same as usual, but there has been some momentum of sloppiness against the grassland people, and the situation can be said to be very bad for the grassland people.

If there is no external interference, the historical development process that Yan Xuelan has experienced.

This battle can be said to be not very successful, or there is no winner in the grasslands, the countries of the Western Regions, and the Northern Yan.

It can be said that all three parties are big losses, and they also leave hidden dangers for the subsequent struggle.

After all, the Northern Yan underestimated the background of the grassland people, even when the horse plague was raging, the grassland people faced the attack of the Northern Yan and several golden tribes united to deal with it and form a coalition army. Fighting with the Northern Yan army head-on, they have not fought with the Yan Wu army, knowing that this is an army that will not be lured easily, it is difficult to succeed with all kinds of tricks, and only an upright battle can completely defeat him.

No matter how elite the army is, it is also composed of people, as long as it is a person, there will be a day when people will be tired, no matter how advanced the cultivation is, they will not be able to escape fatigue, the difference is only a matter of time.

The steppe people used forbidden arts and large-scale blood sacrifices to stimulate the potential of slaves and herdsmen, and all the people were soldiers, including the elderly and women, and no one flinched.

Almost all of them are martial artists, and there will always be some internal force or true qi or something like that. Of course, the price is their lives.

It was with this kind of murderous means that the grassland people used the tactics of the sea of people to besiege the Yanwu army, which was really killing blood, I don't know how many people died.

A soldier of the Yan Wu Army can kill ten, hundred, or even thousand, but it really can't be done in the back. Outside, they were densely packed with steppe people, and they launched a suicidal charge against them like a madman. Even an iron-clad army can't resist.

If it weren't for the fact that Yan Wujun fought too deeply, which had seriously threatened the survival of the grassland people, such a thing would not have happened.

Even if Northern Yan sent a lot of reinforcements in the end, the Yan Wu army suffered heavy casualties, and was almost scattered, and there were countless strong men who died in battle.

And the grassland people are even more miserable, there is no way to find out how many people have died, and there is only blood red in their eyes when they look at it.

The countries of the Western Regions also took advantage of this time to attack the grassland people, but they failed to pick peaches, but were lured by the grassland people to go deeper, and then were attacked by some elite small troops of the grassland people in the rear, making the people of the Western Regions miserable, and finally had to stop the attack of the grassland people, and obediently licked their wounds.

The Yan Wu army still has a large number of losses, which is a big turmoil for Northern Yan.

Emperor Yan was also angry because of this, and unfortunately fell ill. Then the court was in chaos, and the eldest prince and the second prince began to fight, and it intensified in the back.

Coupled with the fanning of some well-intentioned people in secret, there are not many peaceful days in the entire Beiyan, and in the end, there is really no way.

The second prince really couldn't fight the eldest prince, and in the end he had no choice but to raise an army under their bewitchment, of course, not for treason, but to use the power of the army to kill the eldest prince.

Because there are many martial arts masters around the eldest prince, and the prince is still weaker than him, only by using the army can the possibility be increased.

But the two princes didn't expect that this was exactly the calculation of someone with a heart. The second prince fought together, and many of the buried chess pieces were immediately activated, and in an instant, all parts of Beiyan were rebels, attacking everywhere.

There are also countless Demon Gate warriors involved, which has caused great harm to Beiyan. So much so that the last half of the country fell.

Yan Xuelan knew her status, and no matter how much she was taken seriously, she couldn't influence the opinions of the court.

Therefore, it is useless to dissuade, and if you want to change everything that may happen in the future, you must use your own strength to do it. And statehood is the highest choice.

Because of its remote location, both the power of the rivers and lakes and the power of the family are relatively weak, and they are not as strong as the imperial court. It is more suitable for the layout of Yan Xuelan.

Compared with the eldest prince and the second prince, one relies on the strength of the family and the other relies on the help of the sect, Yan Xuelan deeply knows what kind of talent Beiyan really needs.

She wasn't coveting the supreme throne, she just didn't want the previous tragedy to happen again.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was still a period of time before Yan Wujun set out on the expedition, Yan Xuelan decided to try her best to set up her own forces in Jianzhou during this time, and even invited Mr. Baili to come over, just to be able to start the operation. After more than a year of planning, those thick text plans are finally about to turn into real actions.

The first step is to expand the manpower in Yan Xuelan's hands. I want to talk with more like-minded people about "Jianghu Otherworldly", " ", talk about life, find a confidant~