However, before the situation inside Zhenyuan was leaked out, the first to react were the various tribes on the grassland.

Everyone knows the consequences of a nail being planted inside their own turf.

In the course of the previous wars, they relied on the vast terrain and great room for maneuver to drag down the Han army from the Central Plains, once the other side gained a firm foothold, and obtained a strategic transit station that could carry out logistical supply in the hinterland of the grassland, with the huge manpower and material support that the farming people could provide, they had low productivity and could only feed themselves by grazing and looting everywhere.

Simply fighting for consumption can drive them out of the grassland completely.

You must know that there are more than 50 million people in the entire hinterland of the Central Plains, and even a 10-to-1 exchange ratio can wipe out only two or three million grassland tribes.

What's more, in terms of combat effectiveness, the Han army, which was more well-equipped and had an advantage in the number of high-end forces, was facing the upper steppe army, and it was generally able to achieve a one-for-two, one-for-three battle loss ratio. As long as the other side sends a part of the army to sweep the grassland every year, within ten years, they will have to abandon the desert with better environmental conditions and retreat to the more desolate and bitter desert north.

Therefore, after passing the harshest period of winter, the tribes of various ethnic groups who learned that Wuliao Mountain was occupied began to gather their forces before the snow on the grassland melted on a large scale, and seized the opportunity to launch a siege on Zhenyuan's side, lest the Central Plains Dynasty in the south react in time and support Zhenyuan's side again.

For them, this is a life-and-death matter that they have to do, even if there are constant contradictions between them, they must temporarily put aside their prejudices and antagonisms at this time, and unite with the same enemy.

At this moment, in the big tent more than fifty miles away from the town, all the grassland tribes led by the Xianbei tribes have gathered together.

As the most powerful tribe on the grassland, the number of Xianbei population exceeds one million, the south of the border, the north of Ding Ling, the east of the Fuyu, the west of Wusun, occupy the original Xiongnu homeland of the best territory and the most extensive area, the number of people who control the string alone is more than the population of the entire Wuhuan tribe, reaching more than 300,000. Although since the death of the previous great leader Tan Shihuai, the strong Xianbei has been divided into three tribes again, but it is still the emaciated camel that is bigger than the horse, and occupies a pivotal position among the various tribes in the grassland.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this operation is about whether we can still graze in the pastures of Monan with peace of mind.......

Facing the eyes of the leaders of the tribes, the son of Tanshi Huai and Lian stood in the center of the big tent and said loudly.

Because the appetite and consumption of cattle, sheep, horses, and other livestock are greater than that of people, and the yield of pasture cannot be compared with the grain crops in the fields, it is impossible to maintain a large tribe of more than 10,000 people for a long time, except for the large number of people gathered during the Huimeng and winter periods, even the Xianbei Sanbu, which occupies the best position in the entire grassland. In that case, there is no need to wait for the other party to call, and all the cattle, sheep and horses will have no forage to eat. However, after Nanshan entered the grassland, it was the same as the practice of the Han people's god of killing, the champion Hou Huo, who was sick, grasping their core weaknesses and attacking the small and medium-sized tribes scattered on the grassland with superior forces.

In just one and a half months, dozens of tribes and nearly six-figure populations were wiped out. Among them, the Xianbei tribe, which has the widest distribution, is the most, and in addition to the battle of Wuliao Mountain, the entire Wuhuan people's nest that was wiped out, this loss is simply a sea of losses.

It is conceivable that if this part of the Han army really takes root in the belly of the grassland, and obtains more troops and material support from the Central Plains, they will only have to surrender and collapse if they are limited by conditions and cannot gather together for targeted defense.

"In order for our children and grandchildren to continue to occupy this grassland, and for the millions of people at home not to be easily driven out and starve to death, we must not sit idly by, we must wipe out this group of Han Chinese troops who have invaded the hinterland of our homeland, and let the Central Plains Dynasty in the south know that we are powerful. This is also the reason why everyone hurried over just after the continuous heavy snowfall, and the emaciated war horses had not yet been raised. Once these Han armies are allowed to gain a firm foothold under the Wuliao Mountains, we will be like the Xiongnu in the past, and there will be no more peaceful days to speak of! ”

"That's right, we must not let these Han dogs have a good time, otherwise, those Wuhuan people who have lost the land of their ancestors are our best examples, even their own holy mountains have been lost, and the dead souls cannot be rested, and can only be scattered outside like lost dogs!"

In the face of Helian's loud voice, the leaders of the various clans who knew the seriousness of the matter soon became agitated.

It's just that although their voices are loud, and everyone's faces are full of ferocious looks that they want to devour the Han people in the city alive, but none of them are really willing to take the lead.

According to the previous spy report, the small Han army has actually established a crystal clear majestic ice city at the foot of Wuliao Mountain, and they are good at fighting in the wilderness and pursuit, and they have little frontal siege experience at all..... Like the previous invasion of the Wuhuan people, they basically bypassed the cities of the Han land and did not fight, and only plundered those small county towns and vast villages with only low city walls. Therefore, even if there are more than 300,000 or 400,000 allied troops of various ethnic groups gathered here, and the strength of the other party is several times that of the other party, no one dares to say that they will definitely be able to take down this difficult hard bone.

After all, they are not stupid, those people in the city were basically newly liberated slaves before this, and the enmity between them and the various tribes in the grassland is as deep as the sea, and this is not a prosperous Central Plains region, even if they are defeated, there will not be much benefit to be gained, but there will be heavy losses.

Therefore, instead of working hard yourself and letting others pick up the cheap, it is better to be obscene and preserve your own strength as much as possible.

Of course, this is also related to the current situation in the grassland, which does not have a real backbone.

If Tan Shihuai, the generation of male lords who once unified the Xianbei tribes, was still there, he would never hesitate so much, and just point to the soldiers and horses A in the past, and no one dared to disagree.

Although today's Helian is the son of Tanshi Huai, he is not capable, and he is greedy and lustful by nature, and he is unfair, not to mention subduing the leaders of the various tribes present, and even the Xianbei tribes that have been separated are not used to him. If they force others to come forward, they are afraid that before they can fight with the Han army, they will fight first.

So, after being lively for a while, there was an eerie silence in the big tent.

Fortunately, such an embarrassing scene did not last long, and just when the leaders of the various clans were anxious and annoyed, someone came in to report the good news, and the real cannon fodder appeared.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the observation of the spirit beasts domesticated by the witches, a large number of people and horses are rushing over here, looking at their hair accessories and clothing, it seems that they are Wuhuan people......."