Chapter 677: Westward Expansion

Although Murong Chui broke the turtle, it did not mean that the Western Regions were pacified.

With the exception of Yanqi, who was close at hand, surrendered, the other nations continued to put up stubborn resistance.

The rebellions of Qiuzi, Huhu, Suwen and other countries were not improvised, but had a long-term underlying foundation, and the Hu people who fled back to the Western Regions from the Central Plains also hated Daliang.

In these years, no one wants to be a grandson, and the envoys sent by the Han Dynasty back then did a lot of abduction.

Fu Jiezi, who threw his pen from Rong, killed the king of Loulan at the banquet, and threatened with people's heads: The Han soldiers are here, don't dare to move, move, and destroy the country!

He also renamed Loulan Shanshan.

What is Shanshan? It means to be more well-behaved in the future and be kind to the big man......

The thirty-six people of Banchao cut all the way from Shanshan to Yueshi, and they also killed people and set fire to each other if they didn't agree with each other......

Now that China is making a comeback, if they don't completely convince them, why should they bow their heads?

What's more, with such great benefits on the trade route, who wouldn't be jealous?

Soon, the war report of the Western Regions was sent again, and the king of Qiuci, Bochun, bribed the countries south of the Tianshan Mountains with a lot of money to ask for reinforcements, and the countries responded one after another, making up an army of 270,000, known as 500,000, to rescue Qiuci.

The Yueban Kingdom north of the Tianshan Mountains also joined the melee battle and sent 30,000 cavalry south.

"There are so many Hu people?" After reading the battle report, Li Yue was speechless.

Counting the Haoqiang tribe and the righteous subordinates, Murong Chui only has a total of 50,000 or 60,000 horses, and the Hu people have hundreds of thousands of people......

"A city in the Western Regions is a country, the men in the country are all trained in riding and shooting, and they are soldiers when they get on horses, and Murong Dudu is too seriously injured to cause the hatred of the Hu people, so they jointly resist the Liang." Liu Ying arched his hand.

"It's okay if they all come, stew them in one pot, so as not to ask for them one by one, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive." Li Yue didn't care.

With such a large territory and such a large population in the Liang Kingdom, after more than ten years, it has made up 130,000 elites who can fight habitually.

It's not that I don't want to increase, but the 130,000 professional soldiers who are out of production, plus their families and war horses, the money and food consumed every year is a terrifying number.

But there is no point in a war simply comparing forces.

Although the Western Regions are rich, the army of two or three hundred thousand is not so easy to pull out.

Hundreds of thousands of people cannot all be well-armed fighters, and most of this coalition army is a rabble.

"Gu Zang has nothing to do, and it is useless to stay for a long time, so he ordered the army to set off for Dunhuang." The Western Regions is about to fight, and Li Yue really can't be idle.

I have been in Guzang for almost a month, and everyone who should be met has been received.

It's hard to come to Liangzhou once, and you always have to look around.

Dunhuang is another important military town in Liangzhou, or a special economic zone, humanities gathered, economic prosperity, from the Han Wu Emperor according to the two passes, the four counties of the beginning, the envoys look at each other, business travel endlessly.

It's a shame not to take a look.

"Didn't Your Majesty stop at Guzang in the court?" Lu Qing answered.

"Are you kid their eyeliner? In a hurry, I went to give the front-line soldiers a strong momentum and boost morale. Li Yue scolded with a smile.

There are still 10,000 steps in hand, maybe it can come in handy.

"How dare the minister ......" Lu Qing hurriedly surrendered his hand.

Naturally, no one dared to refuse the emperor's order, but new troubles came with it.

As soon as the chieftains of the various tribes heard that Li Yue was going to go west, they dragged their families to follow, nominally to help, but in fact they ate and drank together.

When these people arrive on the battlefield, not only will they not be of any use, but will also increase the logistical pressure.

Li Yue naturally refused, if he wanted to go, he could go, and the chiefs of the tribes could follow, and the herdsmen under them would forget it.

After settling everything, Li Yue rode west with 10,000 paces.

The rebellion of the eight kings and the disaster of Yongjia, Middle Earth was reduced to mounds, but Liangzhou was still peaceful and contentment, the first three generations of the Zhang family governed well, and absorbed a large number of people from the Central Plains, and Hexi was a prosperous scene.

The south side is longitudinal and horizontal, and the north side is full of cattle and sheep.

The city stands among the snow-capped mountains and green waters, flocks of egrets dot the blue sky, and the occasional eagle rushes by.

This situation and this scene make people broad-minded and admire the great achievements of the Chinese sages.

In the land of the East, basically all the fertile soil is in their pocket.

The army did not commit any crimes in the autumn, and the people in the cities along the way entered one after another to serve cattle and sheep, grain and wheat, and cloth, but Li Yue did not accept any of them.

Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang.

Just from these ancient names, Li Yue can feel the domineering and heroic spirit of the Han Dynasty.

Due to the war ahead, a large number of baggage and people were scattered in Dunhuang, which was even more busy.

The city is also a little more exotic than other cities.

Far from blocking commerce, the war attracted more merchants, selling everything from poop wine, melons and fruits, spices, and of course, orchids......

However, the most are still monks, Hu monks and Han monks, standing by the road, clasping their hands in front of Li Yue's guard of honor.

Before he could rest, Qiuzi's battle report arrived.

The thief army is strong, Murong Chui camped under Qiuzi City, and the thief army also learned to be smart this time, not to engage in any bells and whistles ambushes, besieged on all sides, day and night, and the war was quite urgent.

The key grain route was cut off by enemy forces.

Ants bite elephants to death, and they work wonders vigorously.

The Zhuhu coalition forces did this, and they could indeed give full play to their superiority in troops.

However, Murong Chui knew that so many enemy troops were coming, and he still set up camp under Qiuzi City, which made Li Yue a little puzzled.

The enemy's strength is large, retreat to Gaochang, temporarily avoid its front, and shorten the grain route is the best choice.

The original name of Gaochang was Gaochang Wall, which was the military frontier of the Han army's march into the Western Regions, and the city was extremely strong.

There was no need for Murong Chui to go up and put fifty or sixty thousand horses to death.

A day later, a new war report arrived.

There were only more than 30,000 people trapped, all of whom were the elite of Heiyun, and the Tuyuhun reinforcements, the powerful tribes, and the righteous servants of the tribes were all placed on the periphery by Murong Chui to attack and harass.

In other words, Murong Chui's 30,000 horses faced hundreds of thousands of Hu troops.

If someone else did this, Li Yue would directly vomit blood in anger.

However, Murong Chui must have his reason for doing this.

The older he gets, the stronger his military ability becomes, and he is very good at fighting hard and fighting to the death.

And in history, he has also made many Jedi turnovers.

"Since Murong Trai didn't come to ask for help, the situation should be under his control." Li Yueping calmed his breath and said.

With the combat power of the Black Cloud Army, if you really want to break through, the Hu people can't stop it.

"The Hu people have hundreds of thousands of horses, and they consume a lot every day, and they will not last long, Murong Dudu is brave and good at fighting, and the morale of the soldiers is high, and the ministers think that there will be good news back in a few days."

Liu Ying trusted Murong Chui.

But it's all come to this, and there's no way if you don't believe it.

Li Yue nodded, Murong Chui shrank his troops and cut off other auxiliary troops, probably to save food.

Among the 30,000 horses, there is not only one Murong Chui, but also Zhang Hao, Liu Gaozhi, Lu Guang, Zhuge Kan, Murong Ling and other fierce generals.

There are 40,000 enemies in Daliang, and three of them are gathered here.

Lu Guang is almost enough for tens of thousands of enemies, and he lacks a big battle to prove himself.

"Your Majesty, there is a monk who has entered the camp, claiming to have a strategy to recover the Western Regions." Lu Qing came to report.

(End of chapter)