Zhang Xiu and Li Hui have never walked such a long distance in their lives.

In the early spring, after receiving Zhao Xing's order outside the Yumen Pass, the Blue Wolf Army began a long-distance march full of legends and mysteries.

20,000 cavalry set out from Yanqi Kingdom, first crossed the Xiongnu Mountain (Altai Mountains), and then passed through the traditional territory of the Hujie and Jinwei people, came to the West Sea, crossed the Ganwei River, crossed the Yanran Mountain, and came to the place where the Xiongnu sacrificed to the sky - Longcheng.

Longcheng, its birthplace is near Heshuo Qaidam Lake on the west side of the Orkhon River in present-day Mongolia. Four hundred miles to the east of it, there is the Wolf Juxu Mountain, which was sealed by Hou Huo, the general and champion of the hussars (Note 1).

The Huns have gone with the footsteps of history, and now they have become a thing of the past. The Southern Xiongnu who took refuge in the Han Dynasty have now changed their names to the Yaoxing tribe, and have merged with the Xianbei and Wuhuan people in the east north of Daijun, and are proud of the people of the Jin State. The Northern Xiongnu who fled westward were under constant pressure from the Wusun Kingdom and the countries of the Western Regions, and now they have continued to migrate westward and entered the territory of Kangju and Kushan Kingdom.

But when Zhang Xiu led the Blue Wolf Army to Dragon City, there were still many soldiers who couldn't help but get off their horses and stare and ponder for a long time. This is because more than half of the warriors absorbed at the beginning of the formation of the Blue Wolf Army came from the Southern Xiongnu tribe at that time, and the number reached as many as 6,000. Whether it is the Southern Xiongnu or the Northern Xiongnu, when they come to the place where their ancestors worship the sky, they naturally have some feelings, and it is reasonable to concentrate on the distance.

The Xianbei people, who once succeeded the Huns in ruling this area, are now following in the footsteps of the disappeared Huns, leaving only some long folk songs in the mouths of the herdsmen on horseback, and occasionally a few traces of Lang flowers.

The nomadic tribes living in the Longcheng area today are all tribes that have taken refuge in the Huangxuan and Yansheng tribes, and their patriarchs must have a letter of appointment written in the Great Han script in their hands, otherwise they may be exterminated and killed as invaders by the cavalry who often come out to patrol.

In fact, these scattered small tribes are not very rejective of this legal identity certificate issued by the Crouching Tiger City of the Jin Kingdom. As long as you get this brown paper covered with a big red seal, not only does it not mean that the tribe is labeled as a slave, but it will improve the status of your own group.

Just like the Blue Wolf Army that came to Dragon City this time, their food, grass and supplies have run out, so they need to buy a batch from the local nomadic tribes. According to the provisions of the "Three Disciplines and Eight Attentions", when purchasing grain, forage and daily necessities from the nomadic tribes in the Longcheng area, the purchase and sale should be fair, and the long journey that these tribes had experienced to buy back these things from the surrendered city should be fully considered, so the price they gave was more than 30% higher than the official quotation of the Jin State.

The army of the Blue Wolf Army traveled far away, and it was naturally impossible to carry any heavy gold, silver and copper coins, but they carried a sufficient number of silver tickets issued by the Peasants, Soldiers, Merchants and Gold Banks.

At first, Li Hui was worried that the soldiers would take out the silver tickets to buy things, and the local herdsmen would refuse to trade because they did not understand the value. But to Li Hui's surprise, the experienced elders of these tribes not only spoke some Chinese and could tell the truth of the silver tickets, but also knew a lot of things that happened in the far south.

Li Hui was puzzled, so he asked a few respected old patriarchs, and as a result, these old guys took out the "Jin Bao" issued in Crouching Tiger City a few months ago.

Since the army and the people are all family, there will be a lot less trouble next, and the blue wolf army marches all the way to the northeast, sowing the seeds of joy and friendship along the way.

Following the warm and humid monsoon on the northern steppes in June, Zhang Xiu traveled north along the Anhou River and finally arrived at the vast Beihai (Lake Baikal). If the Blue Wolf Army continued to march north around the lake, then they would encounter the Ding Ling (Note 2) tribe, and the Blue Wolf Army's current mission was not to occupy the Beihai Valley, so Zhang Xiu just sank a few large stones carved with men by the lake, and then led the army eastward again.

In June of that year, after a long journey of more than four months, the Blue Wolf Army finally crossed the Ergun River and arrived at the foot of the Great Xianbei Mountain (now the Great Khing'an Mountains).

Since the Xianbei people have become history, it doesn't matter what the name of the Great Xianbei Mountain is, Zhang Xiu directly followed the name of Zhao Xing, and told the soldiers of the whole army that this mountain is now called the Great Xing'an Mountains, which should belong to the territory of the Han Dynasty, and no foreign tribe shall invade and occupy it.

At the same time, Zhang Xiu also pointed to another mountain range in the distance that confronted Daxianbei Mountain at an oblique angle and said: "This mountain will be called Xiaoxing'an Mountain in the future." If we march forward from the gap between the Great and Small Khingan Mountains, we will reach the territory of Fuyu Kingdom (Note 3), which will be our territory from now on!"

With Zhang Xiu's words, the journey full of friendship and peace came to an end, and the Blue Wolf Army finally ushered in the first small-scale war.

The Fuyu people have always maintained a close relationship with the Han Dynasty, dealing with the rising Goguryeo and Karasuma people together, but the Jin State does not represent the Han Dynasty, so they are obviously not so enthusiastic about the arrival of the Blue Wolf Army.

This tribal country, which was still at the end of the primitive society, did not know what kind of terrifying and powerful army the Blue Wolf Army of the Jin Kingdom was, and when the soldiers of the Blue Wolf Army took out their silver tickets and hoped to buy the high-grade war horses produced here, as well as special products such as red jade and mink, they were naturally met with a blank eye and a sword.

Being regarded as a robber, the Blue Wolf Army had no choice but to show its sharp teeth, allowing the rest of the people to have a good look at what it means to be devastating and invincible.

The Blue Wolf Army had several battles with the royal guards of the Fuyu people on the Songnen Plain, because neither side showed complete cold-bloodedness and rupture at the beginning, so the scale and tragedy of the battle were effectively controlled, which meant that the Fuyu people, who did not know the height of the sky, only tasted the horror of the Blue Wolf Army, and the real casualties were not very serious.

After being completely beaten and subdued, the lord of Fuyu finally couldn't sit still, and he sent a messenger to ask for peace to Zhang Xiu and Li Hui, expressing his willingness to obey the rule of the Jin State, as long as the Jin State could guarantee that the Han Dynasty would not let Gongsun Du of Liaodong send troops to attack Fuyu.

Zhang Xiu came this time mainly to clean up Goguryeo and Gongsun Du, and he was not interested in slaughtering Fuyu, he quickly agreed to Fuyu's request, but also put forward the request of the Jin State, and the request of the Jin State was actually Zhao Xing's instructions.

Zhao Xing instructed that as long as Fuyu Guo was willing to accept the Han officials and students of Taihang Academy appointed by the Jin State, and was willing to pay tribute to the Jin State every year and provide a certain number of war horses and soldiers, then the Jin State would ensure that Fuyu State would not be attacked by other forces, and it could also absorb some of the Fuyu people to study and settle in Crouching Tiger City.

For such a less aggressive condition, the lord of Fuyu agreed with a grin.

In this way, although the Blue Wolf Army had friction with Fu Yuguo at the beginning, the final result ended in friendship, and Zhang Xiu and Li Hui did a good job.

Next, the blue wolf army, disguised as a husband and a remnant, will begin to compress the living space of the Karasuma people to the south, forcing them to fight with Gongsun Du. And now the chief general of the Liao army who led the army to fight against the Karasuma people has been replaced by Guo Huai. This time, the Karasuma people are bound to be unlucky......

Note 1: In the fourth year of the Han Yuan Dynasty (119 B.C.), Huo Qu was ill and defeated the Xiongnu and sealed the wolf in Xu Mountain. In the northwest of present-day China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. "Historical Records: The Biography of General Wei's Hussars": "Feng Wolf Juxu Mountain, Zen in Guyan, and Ascend to Hanhai. Later generations often quote it in poems and narratives about interracial wars, but most of them are not true.

Note 2: Ding Ling is the name of the ancient ethnic group in northern China. Also known as Ding Ling, Ding Ling, and Ding Ling. It is also known as Gaoche, Dili, Tiele, Ding Ling (Ding Ling). During the Three Kingdoms, part of Ding Ling was still nomadic in the south of Lake Baikal, called North Ding Ling, and part of it migrated to the area of Altai Mountain and Tacheng in Xinjiang today, with Wusun and Cheshi in the south, and Kangju in the southwest, called Xiding Ling.

Note 3: In ancient China, the local ethnic regime, the state established by the Buyeo people. Later, this country developed into the following four countries: North Buyeo, East Buyeo, Buyeo (i.e., Goguryeo), and South Buyeo (i.e., Baekje) Buyeo.

Fuyu is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, and is rich in famous horses, red jade, and mink. Witchcraft is prevalent in society, and it will also be used to worship the heavens for divination in times of war to predict good fortune and evil. Fuyu has always maintained close ties with the Han Dynasty to jointly resist the invasion of the Xianbei and Goguryeo people.