Chapter 907
The Yuezhi King's Court and the Qin border were more than 1,000 miles apart, and the geographical conditions were complicated, far less than that of the Central Plains, and the post road was connected to each other. Therefore, it took more than twenty days to go back and forth. In addition, after King Zuo Ping returned to report the news, the Yuezhi King had to hesitate and then summoned the loyal tribal leaders to discuss. Therefore, when King Zuo Ping came to Meng Tian's military camp for the second time, it was already mid-June.
In June, the Qin Dynasty was in midsummer and hot summer, but the Western Regions that penetrated deep into the mainland had begun to fall. The green mountains, rivers, fields and grasslands on weekdays had begun to turn yellow, and the seeds of various plants began to mature and fall. A large number of Yuezhi tribes began to harvest forage and collect nut spices, and at the same time began to trim tents and yurts, collect cow dung and horse manure, and slaughter the old and weak cattle and sheep to prepare food for the winter.
At the end of June, a 3,000-person Qin pawn changed into the collected Qiang costumes and started to go deep into the Western Regions. Under the guidance sent by the Yuezhi Wangting, he headed to a hilly plateau on the border of Qiangyue.
King Yuezhi finally agreed to Meng Tian's plan, and prepared to use the power of the Qin Dynasty to attack the Qiang people as an excuse to lure the rebellious tribes such as King Tunan to the Qiangyue border to capture them all.
King Yuezhi thought about this for more than ten days, but in the end he had to make such arrangements, because through various situations of inquiry, King Tunan and King Xiumi and other tribes became increasingly close, and they were secretly preparing for wars and waiting for an opportunity.
And at this time, King Yuezhi knew that it was his own death.
Therefore, in order for the Yuezhi Kingdom he captured, he would not fall apart, nor would he anger the Emperor of Qin, and would not cause the Yuezhi to be exterminated. He could only accept Meng Yi's plan regardless of danger. He was also using this attitude to express his position. Yuezhi decided not to be an enemy of the Qin Dynasty.
Three days after the three thousand horsemen who were dressed as Qiang people left, Jiang Hu also brought the remaining seven thousand elite horsemen out of the pass and slowly headed towards the Yuezhi royal court, serving them for nearly a hundred miles. Once he found that there were Yuezhi tribes along the way, he would detour. If he really couldn't get around, he would launch a sudden attack on making dumplings. The small tribes of hundreds or thousands of people would completely crush them.
In the northwest military camp of Shuofang County, thousands of miles away from the Longxi Barracks, there were also an elite barracks of 10,000 people who also acted almost at the same time. Under the leadership of Didaohou Li Xin, crossing the Helan Mountain through the path in the Helan Mountains into the desert, and then braved the wind, sand, and heat to go straight to Yanzhi Mountain day and night.
At the end of June, under the leadership of the Yuezhi guide, the Qin soldiers who had been dressed up as a small group of people arrived at the designated locations one after another, turned into a whole and hid in a hidden valley. This place was less than thirty miles away from the Qiang Shaodang tribe. After arriving here, a large number of service were released to inquire about the situation within a radius of hundreds of miles.
"General Ying, according to the information inquired, the Qiang people's Shaodang tribe is indeed very large, occupying thousands of miles of territory nearby. There are three larger Qiang tribes called Ganlang, respectively, called Shenlang, and cast stones as houses. They are used to living on the hillside and riding horses when they go out. However, they use a strange animal called yak, with a hair of more than one foot long. They are used to planting millet, wheat and barley in gentle areas on the hillside..."
After several days of inquiry and the information obtained by the Yuezhi guide, Ying Bu also touched the situation of the nearby Qiang people.
"I thought the Qiang people were also grazing like Quanrong and Human, but I didn't expect that they would also farm, but what kind of land can they grow in these mountains?"
Yingbu looked at the rolling mountains and ravines nearby in confusion, all of which were thorny and barren mountains. Although there were streams flowing in almost every valley, it was inconvenient to live halfway up the mountain to get water, and it was even more inconvenient to farm.
"The general doesn't know that the Qiang people are the Yan Emperor tribe. They used to occupy the current territory of the Yuezhi people, and even occupied most of the Longxi County. The Yiqu Kingdom was built by the Qiang people. When Duke Xian was in power, he launched several wars against Quanrong and Yiqu, and even captured the leaders of the Qiang people at that time. I heard that after the Qiang leader escaped, he led his tribe to migrate westward, and also learned farming methods from the Qin Qin, and then it was different from the Quanrong and Human tribes. Some Qiang people who were scattered and left in Longxi Bashu and other places got along well with us Central Plains people, and did not like to harass the border like the Hu people. The Book of Songs says: There was Cheng Tang in the past, and no one dared not to enjoy it from the Di Qiang, and no one dared not to come to the king. From this, it can be seen that the history of the Qiang people is very long..."
A gray-haired army commander followed the army and shook his head and began to popularize the knowledge of the Qiang people to Yingbu.
"So what's the matter with a long time? I'm not a group of savages!" Ying Bu shook his head disdainfully, then frowned and said, "I heard from the Marquis that there are several extremely huge salt lakes in the Western Regions. The salt produced in it can be used for tens of thousands of years in the Qin Dynasty, but I don't know where it is? After the Yuezhi is destroyed this time, we must arrange people to find out. If we can transport a large amount of salt back to the Qin Dynasty, wouldn't we have to eat and drink all our lives?"
"Qinghe Hou said there is a salt lake here?" The chief of the chief and the staff of the chief and the captains were all excitedly surrounded.
"Well, I just heard Qinghehou talk about it once inadvertently, saying that there are countless salt lakes in the Western Regions, which are rich in snow-white salt, which is inexhaustible. Unfortunately, I don't know where it is?"
"This is not simple. Just grab a few Qiang Man to ask?" A group of lieutenants said, rubbing their fists and grinding their hands.
"Well, you arrange for a garrison to go out to inquire. If it is close, you will go and take a look after the Yuezhi. If it is far away, it will be forgot. The mountains are vast and there are ravines everywhere. It is difficult to find them even if you want to transport them back!" Ying Bu nodded and was taken away by a commander in Ying Bu's spot.
For Ying Bu and others, this time, cooperation with the Yuezhi King to eradicate the King of Tunan did not exist. Their purpose was to attract all the Yuezhi army here. As long as King of Tunan and others were in a panic, they would inevitably run westward. At that time, there would inevitably be a fierce conflict with the King of Yuezhi King's army. They would drive King of Tunan to attack the King of Yuezhi's tribe from behind. In the end, the Yuezhi people ended up in a defeat. Jiang Hu and Li Xin would take the opportunity to seize the Yuezhi King's Court and surrounded him. At that time, the Yuezhi King had no other way except to surrender, unless he wanted to defeat the enemy. However, without the support of the royal court, the Yuezhi people would definitely collapse under the attack of 20,000 horses and horses in the Qin Dynasty.
This is a chain of plans, and it is a dead end for the Yuezhi King.
As long as he accepts Meng Tian's plan, he will definitely not be able to escape.
As for benevolence, righteousness and morality, they are all blind. There is no benevolence in the battle to attack the country. The country of etiquette is just the respect of the princes of the Central Plains. In fact, they do not talk about etiquette at all, but only talk about fists, because the Central Plains have long since collapsed and lost their rituals and music. When they meet, they discuss where they have made money recently. It is simply a mess of profit.
What's more, for a group of military gangsters, how can they achieve military merits without fighting? How can they be granted titles? How can they be granted a wife and a son?
Therefore, it is best that there are endless battles in this world.
Ying Bu, Li Xin Jianghu and others have long known that as long as they are willing, they can fight to the death of war in their lives. The Western Regions are just an appetizing snack, and their real contribution is still thousands of miles west of the Western Regions, which is the real battle to destroy the country.
Half a day later, the soldiers who went out captured several Qiang people and suddenly found a group of fierce soldiers in Qiang costumes gathered here. The Qiang people were so scared that they almost disappeared. After some inquiries, Ying Bu was very depressed.
The salt lake that Chen Xu mentioned was not in this area at all, but on the other side of the snow-capped mountains in the southeast. According to one of the white-haired old Qiang people, if you want to go there, you cannot pass through the territory of the Yuezhi people, but you have to walk westward from Jishi Mountain on the Longxi border along the Huangshui River for half a month before you can see a huge lake. The salt lake is near the big lake, and there are more than one.
Therefore, after finding out the results of the Salt Lake, Ying Bu gave up and rewarded several Qiang people with some new coins and a porcelain bottle. At the same time, he told them that the Qin people were here to deal with the Yuezhi people this time, and told them not to tell them. As a result, when the Qiang people heard that the Qin people were here to help the Qiang people beat the Yuezhi people, they were very excited and asked to join the Qin army to beat the Yuezhi people, and were willing to summon their tribes to help.
Originally, a group of commanders and the captains disagreed. Damn, a group of Qiang people with ragged clothes followed and were probably in trouble. When they fought, they probably couldn't catch up with their horses.
However, after thinking for a long time, Ying Bu agreed and asked some soldiers to follow these Qiang people to their respective tribes with coins and some pottery and porcelain. If possible, he summoned a group of Qiang people to take the lead. Moreover, Qiang people and Yuezhi people have just been here and there for many years, and they must be familiar with the situation of Yuezhi tribe. Once the King of Tunan really resisted violently and wanted to kill the death of the Qin army, it could also reduce unnecessary casualties.
Just as Ying Bu arrived at the predetermined location to hide, a large number of soldiers from the Yuezhi tribe also gathered at the Qiang Shaodang tribe under the leadership of tribe leaders and warriors.
The first ones we arrived were some small tribes that were closer to here, with about five or six totaling more than 2,000 people, all of which were all equipped with bows and horses. After arriving, we were stationed near the Yuezhi tribe dozens of miles away. Then we arrived were some vanguards of the royal tribe, led by the great prince Beihe King, and the weapons and equipment were much better, including hundreds of people equipped with saddles and stirrups.
Five days later, some tribes far apart also arrived seven or eight, all of which were loyal to the Yuezhi royal court. In total, the number of Yuezhi warriors reached more than 20,000, and they were scattered together. The tents stretched for more than ten miles. In addition, the women responsible for cooking and servants raising war horses looked very spectacular. After the arrival of these tribes, the leaders all gathered in the tent of the Beihe King. Every day, they arranged people out to inquire about the movements of the Qiang people.
On the seventh day, King Yuezhi arrived accompanied by a group of royal families including Zuoping, and followed by more than 10,000 elite warriors from the King Yuezhi Court. In addition to more sophisticated weapons, more than a thousand war horses equipped with saddle stirrups were provided. After King Yuezhi arrived, he immediately arranged someone to notify Yingbu to discuss more detailed countermeasures.
Chapter completed!