In 359 AD, that is, the thirteenth year of the emperor's reign, Ran Min successively recruited 600,000 soldiers from the six major capitals of Andong, Western Regions, Yidao, Yizhou, Beiting, and Anbei, and then dispatched 200,000 Praetorian Guards, including the left and right guards, the left and right military guards, the left and right Xiaowei, and the left and right Qianniuwei, to prepare to sweep the southwestern countries at one time.

The 500,000 foot cavalry of the Western Legion, led by Hua Mulan, aimed at the five kingdoms of Tuyuhun, Sun Bo, Baoji, Nuguo, and Zhangxiong, as well as the rest of the various tribes in the West.

The 300,000 troops of the Southern Army, led by Wei Zheng, targeted small countries such as Champa, Chenla, Funan, Tangming, Shan, Piao, Arakan, Kamobo, Langyazhen, and Panpan.

It is difficult to deploy such an army, even though the transportation of the Great Wei is already very convenient, you can take the water route, you can take the land route, but it takes a certain amount of time for the soldiers and horses from all directions to gather.

The first to concentrate were the Western Legions.

At the beginning of June, Hua Mulan gathered an army of 500,000 to cross the Tao River, marching all the way to the city of Mukechuan with the force of destroying the withering and decaying.

It's not that the Tuyuhun people don't want to fight against the Wei army, it's really that the Wei army has too many troops, the strength is too strong, all the population of Tuyuhun is less than one million, and other tribes are still mixed together, and there are not many soldiers and horses who can really obey Murong Pixi's dispatch, only 100,000 people.

Therefore, Tuyuhun could only hold on to Mukechuan City, and at the same time sent envoys to ask for help from Baoji and Sun Bo.

But before the armies of the two countries could rush to reinforce it, Mukchuan Castle had already fallen.

Relying on the power of the red-coated cannons, the Wei army directly pulled out thousands of artillery, and under the indiscriminate bombardment, they captured Mukechuan City in one day.

Murong Pixi was quickly captured and brought to Mulan.

Although Hua Mulan wanted to execute this "heretic" who dared to resist the Great Wei Tianwei and dare to fight against the Wei army, Ran Min had already explained before she left that she wanted to keep Murong Pixi's life to avoid further incidents.

It is easy to conquer a country, but it is very difficult to govern it.

Supporting a puppet to govern the country in his place is undoubtedly the best option.

Sure enough, when Murong Pixi learned that Ran Min was "benevolent" and would not execute himself, he was immediately overjoyed.

And Ran Min was also benevolent, not only did he not execute Murong Pixi, but instead canonized him as the king of Henan, and established the Henan State, which and all the lands to which Tuyuhun belonged, all belonged to the Anxi Protectorate of the Great Wei Empire, and nominally belonged to the Great Wei.

In fact, Murong Pixi is also a bitter monarch.

In history, after Murong Pixi heard that the Qiu Chi Kingdom was destroyed, he sent an envoy to Qian Qin to present a thousand horses and 500 catties of gold and silver. Former Qin appointed Murong Pixi as the general of Anyuan and the marquis of Luochuan.

Murong Pixi was studious, kind and generous, but lacked majestic decision-making, and his three younger brothers were authoritarian and indulgent, and the people hated them.

Changshi Zhong Badland, a powerful person in the Xiqiang tribe, said to Sima Qisuyun: "Bixi's three younger brothers are rampant, their power is higher than that of the king, and they are about to die. The two of us are at the head of the auxiliaries, how can we sit back and watch! Tomorrow morning the sun and the moon will meet, and the civil and military generals will assemble, and I will fight against them at that time. The king is surrounded by our Qiang children, and if I look at them, I can capture them at once. ”

Beggar Suyun begged to tell the king first, and Zhong said evilly: "The king is merciful and indecisive, tell him that he will not agree, and if the matter is revealed, we will be beheaded." The matter has already been spoken, how can it be changed halfway! ”

So Zhong Weidi arrested Murong Pixi's three younger brothers in his seat as planned and killed them. Murong Pixi panicked and hid under the bed, and Zhong Weidi and Qisuyun stepped forward to help him up and said, "The minister dreamed last night that the first king issued an edict saying: 'Your three younger brothers are going to do rebellious things, and you can't help but crusade against them. That's why I killed them. ”

Murong Pixi became ill and delirious because of this, and he told the prince Murong Shilian and said, "I have brought disaster to my own brothers, how can I meet them underground?" The affairs of the country are up to you to deal with, and the rest of my life is only dependent on you. So Murong Pixi died of depression.

However, it is precisely because of this that Murong Pixi can truly submit to the Great Wei and be a puppet emperor.

With the help of the Tuyuhun people, Mulan led her troops to continue to attack the remaining tribes that dared to resist, and soon ended the war.

When the time entered August, Mulan was reorganizing her arms and invading Baoji and Sun Bo at any time, but she didn't expect these two countries to be bold enough to really lead reinforcements to Mukechuan City.

So the Wei army fought a big battle with the armies of Baoji and Sun Bo.

Seeing so many soldiers and horses of the Wei army, the soldiers of these two small countries were directly frightened.

Hua Mulan sat on horseback, looked at the chaotic phalanx of the Hu people opposite, couldn't help but shake her head, and said, "The southwestern alien race really has no one who can fight." ”

It's no wonder that Hua Mulan said this kind of thing, she had been commanding the army to fight against the Xianbei people before, and she had also conquered the alien races in Liaodong and the Bohai Sea, and those alien weapons and equipment were not very good, but the combat effectiveness was still okay, and she had also undergone a certain amount of training.

But at the moment, most of these Hu people are ragged and unkempt, looking like refugees fleeing the famine, not to mention, the weapons in their hands are rusty, can such an army win the battle?

However, what made Mulan feel bright was the army of Sun Boguo, because most of them were women......

"King Murong, what country is this Sun Bo and Baoji? How come I've never heard of it before? Hua Mulan asked Murong Bixi beside her.

Murong Bixi didn't dare to slack off, and said frankly: "Back to the Grand Dudu, this Baoji Country, in fact, Xiao Wang is not very clear, because it does not border Tuyuhun, but often exchanges in trade. Xiao Wang learned that the relationship between this Baoji country and a large country in the southwest, the Gupta Dynasty, is very close, and it seems that they are of the same sect, they believe in the Buddha, and the religious culture is the same. ”

"Gupta dynasty?"

"Yes. It is said that this Gupta Dynasty was established by the King of Magadha, Chandra Gupta I, and it has only been 40 years so far, and now the reign of the Gupta Dynasty is Shamodhara Gupta of the Sea Protector. He adopted a policy of military conquest and unified North India. In addition, he marched south by land and sea to conquer Orissa, eastern Deccan, and reach Jianzhi, the capital of the Pallava Kingdom. He is an enterprising monarch! ”

The corners of Mulan's mouth twitched: "The names of these Gentiles are really awkward. ”

Murong Bixi smiled bitterly and said: "Grand Governor, in the future, if the empire wants to establish the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate and the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate in the southwest, it is indispensable to deal with this Gupta Dynasty that has just risen, and maybe there will be a life-and-death battle!" ”

"Hmph, what Gupta Dynasty, in my eyes it's all a chicken and a dog!"

Mulan looked very inflated.

"King Murong, what about this Sun Bo Kingdom? Why are there so many women in their army? ”

Looking at the look of surprise in Mulan's eyes, Murong Bixi replied: "Metropolitan Governor, in this southwestern land, there are actually two daughter countries. One is the women's country, and the other is this Sun Bo country! ”

"Oh? I've heard of this woman's country. It is said that its local salt, cinnabar, musk, yak, etc., the people to hunt as a business, often sell salt to the body poison, once the gold wine vessel into Tuyuhun, and has several times with the body poison, Tuyuhun war. I don't know if it's yes or no? ”

"Yes."

The so-called body poison actually refers to ancient India.

In the history of China, the earliest record of India is in the "Historical Records: The Biography of Dawan", which was called body poison (Indus Sanskrit Sindhu counterpoint) and the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" recorded that "the West has a body poison country".

The Book of Han records that "from the southeast body poison country, can be thousands of miles, and the city of Shujia people".

Hua Mulan bowed slightly: "I also heard that the women's country is located south of the Green Ridge, and there are more than 10,000 households. For generations, two queens have been in charge of the country, and the queens are probably from the same clan. The Queen's husband's name is 'Jin Ju', and he does not know about political affairs. Noble women and light husbands, women are officials, and men are sergeants. Is it true that a woman is in charge of housework, has polyandry and has children, and has children under her mother's surname? ”

"It seems that the Metropolitan Governor is very familiar with the situation in the southwest."

"That's nature. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" says that only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated in a hundred battles. If you don't know each other at all, how can you talk about winning the battle? ”

Hearing this, Murong Bi said with a smile: "The Metropolitan Governor is worthy of being a famous Valkyrie in the empire, and Xiao Wang admires it." ”

"Alright. Stop being a sycophant, tell me about the situation of this Sun Boguo! You must know everything, and you must say everything. ”

"No!"