The grassland in March is still cold and lonely.

Although the snow has melted, the vitality of spring has not yet emerged, and the vast grassland does not see the slightest bit of green, still sanitizing the withered yellow, and flowing into a river of snow.

The corpses lay haphazardly in the grass, the smoke of the beacon fire burned to the end, the broken soldiers stood on the ground, and a battle had just ended.

The military flag with the word "Wei" fluttered, and the faces of the soldiers who had just left the battle were still full of excitement, and then under the command of the officer, they began to take care of the battlefield.

"There are fewer and fewer of these barbarians."

Meng Chenglin, the general of the Wei State, rode on his horse, looked at the braided corpses on the ground, and looked at the corpses of the barbarians and Wei people who were more numerous, with different appearances, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's those foreign races in the Western Regions, but there are more and more people." ”

As soon as the name of the Western Regions is heard, it is not the same race as the Kyushu people at all.

In fact, this is exactly the case.

Those grassland barbarians, snowfield people, and southwestern Yi people, these exotic races on the edge of Kyushu, although they are completely different from the cultural customs of the three emperors and Miao descendants of Kyushu, they are still similar in appearance and seem to belong to the same race.

Therefore, the people of Kyushu also regard them as human beings.

Those alien races from the Western Regions have deep grooves and high noses, different hair colors, rich body hair, rough skin, and a strong odor on their bodies.

This kind of person who looks completely different from the Miao descent in Kyushu, this is a pure interracial sentence, and he is not even a person.

However, after careful investigation, those alien races in the Western Regions are indeed different from the Kyushu human race.

The classics of various immortal sects record that the blood of the alien races in the Western Regions is indeed impure.

In ancient times, when the aura was abundant, and there were still various monsters in heaven and earth, some demons were expelled by the gods of Kyushu and rushed to the Western Regions.

After cultivating, these demons were able to transform into human forms, and they gradually intermarried with some human races in the Western Regions, gradually leaving behind the blood of demons.

And this bloodline, after tens of thousands of years of reproduction and inheritance, and the background of the decline of aura, has also slowly degenerated.

Gradually, the bloodline of the demon is hidden, and the bloodline of the human has the upper hand, except for retaining some demonized strange characteristics, it is not much different from the human.

Outwardly, it looks like a person.

However, although it is not big, for this completely different appearance from himself, as well as the legend about the demons in the Western Regions, the orthodox human race here in Kyushu is still more than rejecting those demonic bloodlines in the Western Regions and calling them alien races.

This is not even a person, which shows the rejection of the people of Kyushu.

And those alien races in the Western Regions also know that they are not welcomed here in Kyushu.

Therefore, for tens of thousands of years, they have guarded their own one-third of an acre of land, and basically do not deal with the human race here in Kyushu.

Each side formed a large circle and a small circle, and everyone played their own games, and no one disturbed except for the occasional trade.

But this tradition, after tens of thousands of years, has finally been completely broken by today's Kyushu Heavenly Change.

The terrible earthquake in the Western Regions, after it appeared, took the lives of countless aliens.

And now these earthquakes have expanded even further, almost tearing the entire Western Regions apart.

The alien races living in this land in the Western Regions can only migrate to a safe place in order to survive.

That is, Yongzhou, which is still in stability now.

Unlike the steppe barbarians in the north, they are nomadic and exist in the form of tribes.

Those alien races in the Western Regions have a lot of arable land, and they established their countries early and have their own systems.

Therefore, although there are a small number of tribes in the Western Regions, more of the whole migration is still carried out on a national basis.

In terms of organizational form, as well as the underlying system, or the number of people, those steppe tribes that have been stronger.

That's it.

Obviously, those steppe barbarians, there are still millions of people left, which is not small.

But in the grassland where the barbarians of the steppe habitually lived, what the Wei army heard and saw, it was those alien races in the Western Regions who accounted for the majority.

Those steppe barbarians, in the face of the huge migration wave of alien races in the Western Regions, could not do much to resist at all, and were swallowed up in an instant.

"The alien race in the Western Regions who are active in the southern grasslands is heard to be from the Fire Tura Country, which is a large country in the Western Regions, with a population of 10 million and strong strength.

Since coming to this grassland, he has continued to encroach and swallow those barbarians.

Now, it has only been more than ten years, and the two or three million barbarians in the southern steppe have all been swallowed up by this Fire Tura country, and these barbarians have also become their slaves.

In this war, there were many servant troops of the steppe barbarians. ”

Next to Meng Chenglin, a Wei general who followed said worriedly.

This time, the Wei State went out of the fortress and entered the hinterland of the grassland in a big way, although it achieved many victories.

But under the victory, the Wei army did not win too easily.

As this advent said, the country of Huotura is not a small country, but a large country with a population of tens of millions, and in terms of its size, it is not inferior to the hegemon on the side of Kyushu.

After entering the southern grasslands, nearly three million grassland barbarians were collected, and the population base further swelled and became more difficult to deal with.

This time, Wei sent millions of troops, which looked quite powerful.

But the country of Fire Tura is not bad.

In the face of the invasion of Wei, the people also raised millions of troops and fought hard.

Everyone is the foundation of the hegemon, even if the national strength of the Wei State is a little stronger, the strength of the trained soldiers is stronger than that of the Huotuluo State.

However, taking into account the financial difficulties of Wei in recent years, the deprivation of military spending, and the fatigue of soldiers after a long battle, in essence, the combat strength of the Wei army has declined seriously.

Comparing the two sides, the gap between the soldiers is actually not big.

So after the two sides fought each other, it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a while, and they reached a stalemate with each other.

"It's been a month since I got out of the fortress, and I only attacked the grassland for more than 3,000 miles, and I can only be regarded as circling around the periphery, and I haven't even touched the core of the Fire Tura Country.

If you continue to fight like this, I am afraid that you will fight until the end of the year and winter, and you will not want to break through the opponent's capital, and then join the Chu army in Yongxi. ”

Listening to the adjutant general's words, Meng Chenglin sighed, and then asked, "How is the Chu army fighting over there, and where is it advancing now?" ”

The adjutant general replied: "According to the news that came three days ago, the Chu army came out of Longshan for half a month, and now it has captured the entire Longxi County, and is now moving closer to Hexi County.

However, the Chu army had operations in Longxi County before, and had many military strongholds in the county, and the number of alien barbarians in Longxi County was not large, but two or three million.

The Chu army swept them with a million troops, and it was understandable that they were faster. ”

"No matter how you say it, it's millions of people, and half a moon to conquer a county is really a sharp soldier."

Meng Chenglin waved his hand and said with emotion: "My Great Wei has fought for decades, after all, it is a blunt battle, and the national strength is greatly weakened, which is not as good as before." ”

yes, it's just not as good as it used to be.

If it is replaced by the Wei State thirty years ago, no, even the Wei State of twenty years ago.

At that time, Wei only needed to send millions of troops, not to mention that it could not enter the core of the grassland.

In a month's time, it is not impossible to directly hit the capital of the Fire Tura Kingdom.

At the beginning, when he went on a southern expedition to the south, didn't he also collapse the Shuofang defense line in the north of the Zhou State in just one or two months, and the beacon fire burned directly to the city of Chang'an?

This is the case with a state hegemon like Zhou, let alone a fire country.

But it doesn't work.

Today's Wei State is no longer the Wei State of thirty years ago.

Thirty years, or even forty years of war, for two or three generations, had already exhausted the energy of the Wei State.

There is a shortage of food, money, and even qualified soldiers, even generals......

One war after another devoured the resources of Wei and constantly pulled them into the abyss.

So this time, you have to win. This country of fire must also be extinguished. ’

A cold glint flashed in Meng Chenglin's eyes, and he made up his mind in his heart.

To the west of Wei, there were two main threats.

One is the southern grassland in the northwest, and the other is the Yongxi River in the southwest.

Here in the southern grasslands, the active one is the Huotura State, a hegemon with a population of more than 10 million, which has raised hundreds of thousands of troops year after year, constantly launching eastward crusades and invading the border of Wei.

In recent years, a large number of soldiers, horses and resources of Wei have been involved in this steppe country in the west, and they are entangled and cannot get out.

On the other side of the Yongxi River, there are two big countries, called Bakhana and Mojiluo.

These two countries, like the Fire Tura Kingdom, have a population of tens of millions, and they also migrated from the Western Regions, annexing many small tribes on the way, and finally having the current hegemonic heritage.

Originally, these two countries were also a big trouble in the western border of Wei, and even because of their numbers, they were more difficult to deal with than the Huotura country.

But after these two states occupied Helong, Bingfeng not only entered the Guannai eastward, harassing the Wei state of Gyeonggi; He also infiltrated Hanzhong to the south, wanting to enter the state of Chu.

Everything changed.

In the face of this kind of person who has the idea of attacking his own turf, with Lu Yuan's temper, it is naturally impossible to endure it.

It is also considered that a long peace will degenerate the army, which is not conducive to survival in troubled times.

Therefore, the first is to solve the border troubles, and the second is to have a place for military training.

Therefore, after receiving the report from Hanzhong about the harassment of the barbarian alien races in the northwest, Lu Yuan waved his pen and sent hundreds of thousands of troops into Longxi County, pushing the border outward for hundreds of miles, and starting the perennial military training war of the Chu State in the northwest.

That's it.

With the intervention of the Chu State, most of the border pressure from the southwest was shared in an instant.

Most of the troops from the Bahanna State and the Moji Luo Kingdom in the Helong Yongxi region were contained by the Chu State, and the remaining ones that could penetrate into Guannei County could not stir up any storms, and could easily be solved by the Wei State.

So for the Wei State.

With the presence of the Chu State, the alien threat from the southwest can actually be ignored to a large extent.

Their real enemy is still only the Fire Tura Kingdom.

Therefore, this time, the Wei army did not pay attention to the Longxi side, but directly rushed to the southern grassland.

"The current Wei State can no longer afford to fight. If you continue to fight, you will lose the country.

Da Wei has come to have to recuperate.

So this battle is the last battle.

After this war, our Wei State will carry out disarmament, repair, and production restoration, and use peace to accumulate strength.

And if you want peace, you have to fight this time, and even destroy the Huotuluo country, completely solve this great disaster in the northwest, and obtain peace for our Great Wei for more than ten years. ”

Meng Chenglin looked at the generals around him, told them about the thoughts of the imperial court, and then ordered: "Now is the time to gamble on the fortune of the country, and I don't care about any casualties or risks."

passed on my military order, and all the cavalry who originally guarded the logistics were called back.

The logistical escort of the army is mainly equipped with soldiers and civilians.

The rest of the cavalry and elites, no longer caring about the barbarian alien races harassing around them, followed the general to break through Blackwater City and kill towards the capital of the Fire Tuluo Kingdom.

I'd like to see.

The capital of the country is threatened, can those guys who hide and hide all day long still be able to sit still? ”

After this month's battle, Meng Chenglin also figured out those barbarian routines.

People don't play with you head-on, but just take advantage of their large cavalry to infiltrate the rear and harass the logistics of the Wei army.

The logistics were affected, and the Wei army naturally could not advance with confidence, so it had to divide a large number of cavalry and soldiers and put them in the back to guard the logistics and transportation.

And a large number of elites are sent to guard the logistics, and the power that the strikers can use will naturally be less.

As a result, the strikers and the Huotuluo army fought, and as a result, the two sides fought several battles, but it was difficult to distinguish the victory and defeat, and the current situation of slow advance on the front line.

Meng Chenglin could see it clearly.

The idea of the Huotuluo army is to use this method of harassing logistics to delay time.

As long as it is delayed until September, when the first snow falls on the grassland in winter, the Wei army that is out of the fortress will have to retreat.

A costly and powerful expedition to the west, just like that, because of the weather, it ended without a problem, and the country of Huotura also defended its own land.

Only the Wei State, because of this, was injured and weakened, and his vitality was greatly damaged, and he gained nothing.

How could Meng Chenglin accept this kind of ending?

So if you want to resolve it, you have to make changes.

Originally, he was still a little undecided, but after hearing the news that the Chu State had swept away Longxi and was preparing to invade Hexi, he no longer hesitated.

This time, the two armies of Chu and Wei went out of the fortress, and the Chu State made rapid progress, and the road was like a bamboo, and there were almost no unstoppable barbarians.

However, the Wei State stopped troops on the grassland and advanced with difficulty.

Comparing these two sides, isn't it clear to tell the world that Wei is not good?

Yes, now, Wei is indeed declining in national strength, and its strength is no longer good.

But the more this is the case, the more Wei Guo can't show his cowardice.

Otherwise, if you see through the reality of Wei, there are many hungry wolves around you who covet Wei, so why don't you rush up and come to divide him?

The Zhao State in the north has only one Dong County in Zhongzhou, so don't you want to take the Henan County of Wei State, which is adjacent to the East County?

The state of Chu in the south has only half of Xiangyang County in Zhongzhou, so is it not easy to think about Nanyang County of Wei State, which is adjacent to Xiangyang County?

Liang Guo in the east, if he has the opportunity to eat Henan and Nanyang counties, will he not do it?

Those alien races in the Western Regions in the west invaded Wei every year, not to mention their covetousness for Wei.

Arguably.

In the entire Wei Kingdom, there were wolves looking around, always wanting to come up and take a bite and tear off a piece of fat.

But why didn't they do it?

Isn't it because of the Wei State, which now occupies the third strongest country in the world and has a prosperous reputation for military martial arts?

Now if the reputation of martial arts prosperity is gone, and the position of the third power cannot be maintained, Wei will not be able to deter other countries, and its own weakness will be exposed.

That is not far from destruction.

So even if Wei wants to recuperate and peace, it must first fight a big war.

The destruction of a strong country is exchanged for great prestige, used to deter the surrounding areas, and in exchange for more than ten years of peace.

This is the significance of this expedition to the grassland.

Therefore, after discovering the purpose of the Huotuluo army, Meng Chenglin had to adjust his strategy, from the current defense of the grain route to a completely indifferent and aggressive offensive strategy.

It's dangerous.

But again, it works.

As long as he can successfully break into the Fire Tura Country, in Blackwater City, the capital of the grassland, then everything in front of him will be solved.

"Let's go!"

Looking at the surrounding troops who had cleaned up the battlefield and regathered, Meng Chenglin waved his horse whip and galloped his horse.

Behind him is a banner hunting, and ten thousand horsemen follow.

……

Longxi County.

Stepping into Jicheng, the former county capital, the corpses of alien barbarians can be seen everywhere on the street.

The soldiers who came with the army cleaned up the chaos in the city, and groups of soldiers drove into the city to restore order after the war.

In this post-war triviality, Huang Xin walked up to the city tower and looked into the distance.

Outside is a river valley, with countless fertile fields, which once fed millions of people.

But now, with decades of war, the people living in this river valley have changed wave after wave, from the Zhou people, to the Fan people, to the Chu people, to the barbarians, to the alien race, and now they have changed back to the Chu people.

Under the continuous replacement of wars, the prosperity of Jicheng has also become a cloud of smoke and has completely disappeared.

Now after the war, the desolation and ruin are even better.

"But it's not really a big deal. The people are like leeks, cut a stubble, cultivated for dozens or hundreds of years, and flourished again.

The focus is still on natural disasters.

Right now, there is still a little bit of prosperity in this river valley, but in a few decades, when the earthquake in the Western Regions comes, this place will become a unique region in the world, right? ”

Huang Xin muttered to herself.

"Commander, news came from the grassland, Meng Chenglin, the commander of the Wei army, gathered all the troops, gave up the logistics of stability, and chose to lead a heavy army to break into Heishui City.

Now he has led 500,000 main forces deep into the grassland, penetrated into the heart of the Huotuluo people, and cut off contact with the rear. At this time, someone from the city tower hurriedly came and informed the news.

When Huang Xin heard this, he turned around and took the letter and looked at it carefully.

After confirming that it was indeed written on it, Meng Chenglin's army entered the grassland and had no contact with the rear army for half a month, he couldn't help but laugh.

"God help me."

Huang Xin's face was overjoyed: "It's only been two months since I left the army, I didn't expect to wait for the opportunity so soon." Pass my order, all the armies assembled, and gathered here in Jicheng, which was about to go on an expedition. ”

"Yes!"

When the general next to him heard this, he immediately took the order and left.

Huang Xin continued to stand at the head of the city, still looking at the river valley in the distance.

It's just that in his mind, he has already begun to communicate with the ontology, informing him of the preparations to send troops to the Wei State.

At the same time, it is also to tell the ontology that the time has come.

At the beginning of the destruction of Wei, it was possible to invade the Liang Kingdom in the north.