The situation of Western Qiang is about to change, and Baishiyu hasn''t prepared anything yet.
Although fan Dachun, Deng tonger, Han wendang, Guo Hongxuan and others have bred fanatical admiration for Chen Hai''s military talents, they still feel great pressure when they hear the latest changes in the situation.
Who could have thought that it was the queen Zhang''s family of the Western Qiang state who colluded with the Heishan bandits to seek the throne of the Western Qiang state?
Chutieliuling goes all the way to the West. Wushaoling, which stretches 122000 miles, runs across the south of Xixia corridor, preventing human beings from entering the more desolate Jedi at the South Gate -- and the west end of Xixia corridor is Pinglu oasis, which is more than 900 miles long from east to west and about 400 or 500 miles deep from north to south.
In Pinglu oasis, there are lakes and rivers. The most vast Pinglu lake is 400 miles long from east to west and tens to hundreds of miles wide from north to south. The Qiang Hu people are also called Pinglu sea.
After thousands of years of development, more than 60 cities with a certain scale and a unified population of more than 100000 have been built around pingluhai.
At this time, the Western Qiang state, which ruled Pinglu oasis, was one of the three major vassal states in the eastern region of Jinzhou. At the peak of its national strength, it had more than 10 million people and more than 200000 walkers and fine riders.
Twenty years ago, almost 90% of the more than 60 cities in Pinglu oasis were captured by the western expedition of Dayan. Only a few cities located in the deep mountains at the northwest foot of Wushaoling are still in the hands of Ye and other Qiang and Hu nobles.
Although Dayan''s western expedition was finally defeated and ye''s restoration of the country was successful, after 20 years of rest and recuperation, the population has only recovered to five or six million, and only more than 40 cities have been repaired and rebuilt.
Even so, the Ye family ruled Pinglu oasis and was still one of the three overlords in the eastern region of Jinzhou. In addition to the garrison troops and horses of various cities, the Ye family directly mastered more than 100000 elite infantry and horses.
For a long time, the Ye royal family wanted to rest and recuperate, and even did not hesitate to marry in exchange for a short period of peace with Hexi. However, there are too many people in Pinglu oasis who can''t let go of their hatred for being slaughtered by Dayan soldiers and horses 20 years ago.
It is not hard to imagine that once Zhang Xiong, Zhang Jun and others collude with Kong Peng and other thieves to successfully subvert the Ye royal family, they will soon obtain the support of a large number of small and medium-sized clans with resentment against ye in Pinglu oasis, so as to become the newly rising Royal force in Pinglu oasis. Once Zhang''s family has secured the throne of the Western Qiang state, they will soon assemble a large army and push towards baishiyuping.
At that time, Zhang Xiong and Kong Peng are all figures in the Taoist realm. They are all masters of tigers and wolves, which are beyond the reach of ordinary horse thieves. It will be impossible for them to hold more than 20 small oases with less than 20000 troops and horses.
Even if they want to keep Baishiyu, it is difficult.
The parapet wall of BAISHILING city was just built more than knee high at this time, and the place was only 20 miles deep. Once the surrounding oases were captured by Zhang''s and Heishan bandits, their troops and tens of thousands of people withdrew to BAISHILING Valley to stick to it, which was meaningless?
For the time being, we don''t care about the daily food needed by hundreds of thousands of people. Only twenty or thirty thousand war horses and hundreds of thousands of animals. How much forage can an oasis as small as Baishiyu supply?
According to fan Dachun and others, there is a greater chance of winning by transferring the people of various tribes to the magic Moon Lake at this time, with 20000 troops and horses and 145000 people.
The area of magic Moon Lake oasis is five or six times that of Baishi valley. The water and grass are more abundant. The time it can stick to is naturally much longer than Baishi valley; As long as they hold on until the food supply of the rebels in Montenegro is poor, the enemy will naturally break away from the encirclement.
After all, Pinglu oasis is three thousand miles away from the magic Moon Lake, separated by the vast sand sea. It is also very difficult to ensure the food supply of 35000 elite soldiers and horses.
After a long discussion, Chen Hai finally decided that the people, animals and surplus horses of all tribes should be transferred to the magic Moon Lake as soon as possible, and Deng tong''er took charge of it; In addition, Zhuang Yong, who was explained by Han wendang and Guo Hong and led 10000 step horse troops and 10000 slaves, stationed in Baishiyu to continue building the city and practicing. He led 5000 elite riders with Ning chaner, fan Dachun and Han Qingyuan to Songyang lake to save the remnant of Ye Qinglin
"Kong Peng led 20000 elite riders to besiege the remnant of Ye Qinglin in Songyang lake. We only have 5000 cavalry to help. We are almost exhausted when we arrive at Songyang lake. We don''t even know whether the remnant of Ye Qinglin will be completely wiped out during this period. Is this trip too dangerous?" fan Dachun asked hesitantly.
The two cavalry are chasing in the vast sand sea. The stronghold attack advantages of the Jingjue army in the past will not be reflected. The gap between the two sides is too large, and it is difficult for them to win.
What''s more, before they arrived at Songyang lake, the remnant of Ye Qinglin was probably wiped out. What else could they do except being beaten head-on by the black mountain bandits?
"Even if the Zhang family subverts successfully, it will take time to fully control Pinglu oasis; even if the main figures of the Ye family are caught by Zhang, the soldiers and horses loyal to ye will not be completely wiped out. When we rescue Ye Qinglin, we do not attach importance to the two or three thousand remaining troops in his hands, but only Ye Qinglin can call on the remaining soldiers and horses of Ye to gather in Baishiyu or magic Moon Lake Only when ye Qinglin is here, can the great city masters of Pinglu oasis not rush to turn to Zhang and Heishan bandits to fight for the tiger... "Chen Hai said.
At present, Zhang has only 40000 troops and horses in his hand. With the black mountain bandits, there are 60000 troops and horses. They subvert the Ye royal family. They should leave a certain number of troops to sit in the king''s capital. In a short time, they can divide half of their troops and horses across the vast sand sea to attack black mountain or magic Moon Lake.
Chen haishou magic moon lake or Montenegro, really not afraid of twenty or thirty thousand troops across two or three thousand miles of sand sea to attack.
The Pinglu oasis has 56 million people and more than 40 cities. Once Zhang''s family has complete control, the number of soldiers and horses that can be recruited will far exceed 60000. At that time, they will really fall into a dilemma in Montenegro or magic Moon Lake.
It''s still easy to move hundreds of thousands of people and horses within a thousand miles. In the end, if he wants to withdraw 167000 people and horses, mainly civilians and slaves, across the vast sand sea into Hexi, even if there is no pursuit, he doesn''t know how many people will die on the way.
What''s more, Hexi is not short of these people. If these people withdraw into Hexi, their influence on Pinglu oasis and even the whole eastern region of Jinzhou will be lost.
If so, he might as well rob Dong Ning directly at first.
If you don''t want to lose all the good chess he won at this time, the only way is to receive ye Qinglin or other key figures of Ye to Baishiyu. As long as ye''s flag does not fall, it can not only gather ye''s residual soldiers in Baishiyu (Heishan), but also call on many city owners of Pinglu oasis to secretly resist Zhang''s collusion with Heishan bandits. At least, it can make these City owners not rush to turn to Zhang, which can force Zhang''s when he does not control Pinglu oasis, He was forced to send troops to attack Baishiyu in a hurry -- otherwise, it would be difficult for Zhang to secure the throne of the Western Qiang state.
"If you can help me thwart the conspiracy of Zhang and other rebellious officials and consolidate the rule of Ye''s royal family over Pinglu oasis, what else can''t be achieved?" Chen Hai sat in front of the long case and stared at fan Dachun, Han Qingyuan, Deng tong''er and others.
"Can you ask Hexi for help?" Deng tong''er asked.
Fan Dachun and Han Qingyuan also look forward to Chen Hai. They all expect to make great achievements, but they also want to send troops to Hexi, which will have a much better chance of winning.
Chen Hai shook his head and said, "if we send troops to Hexi, the Tibetan and Qiang countries will have an excuse to send troops. How the war will develop at that time is beyond everyone''s expectation -- therefore, even if we ask for help from Hexi, Hexi will ignore it."
Dong''s eagerness to marry Dong Ningxi is to solve the worries of future trouble in the West. He will never want to fall into endless war in the West. Before the situation became clear, there was even a trend of further falling into chaos. Chen Haineng concluded that Dong would only sacrifice Dong Ning, ran Hu and other children for the sake of the overall situation.
Chen Hai added: "Zhang''s family was forced to launch ahead of time, and there were many deficiencies in preparation. At this time, the Heishan bandits should rush to the Western Qiang country to join with Zhang''s troops and control the situation of the Western Qiang country. If we arrived at Songyang lake, if ye Qinglin''s remnant army had been wiped out, the Heishan bandits would not pay attention to us for the time being; if we arrived at Songyang lake and ye Qinglin''s remnant army was still there, the Heishan bandits would be more likely to mention it If you withdraw to the west, you won''t get entangled with us -- you don''t have to worry too much... "
Although fan Dachun hopes to find out the changes in the domestic situation of the Western Qiang before sending troops, Baishi gorge is more than 2000 miles south of the king of the Western Qiang. It is difficult for Lingying to approach the hinterland of the Western Qiang for reconnaissance. At this time, he can only bet that the soldiers loyal to the Ye family in the Western Qiang are not so easy to be destroyed by rebellion.
After discussion, we also feel that it is a good choice not to passively guard the magic Moon Lake and take the initiative to rush to rescue Songyang lake.
Fan Dachun''s headquarters and Jianyong, who are good at riding and fighting among the tribes, do not have 5000 elite cavalry. What is missing is that they were transferred from the horse infantry and gathered enough for 5000 fighting and riding. They went out from Baishiyu overnight, crossed the vast sand sea and swept eastward.
In order to ensure sufficient physical strength and combat effectiveness, the grass-roots military officers are distributed with hundreds of medium and low-level elixirs, and the ordinary horsemen are distributed with two kilograms of stone mistletoe honey - which is also the key to the repeated victory of the elite army.
The leader of the horse thief doesn''t lack low-level magic medicine, but he will never be willing to give the stone quercetin honey to ordinary horse thieves to nourish their blood and restore their physical strength.
You can''t wish the horse thieves to be stingy. When Chen Haiqing suppressed the strongholds, there were only 20000 kilograms of stone mistletoe honey left. It would cost half to ride a forced army every five thousand wars. Even the Dong family in Hexi, which occupies the land of three counties, may not be willing to spend so much.
Han Jian and his sons received the military order and waited halfway. On the third day, they joined the main force of 5000 cavalry led by Chen Hai, fan Dachun and Han Qingyuan, and then went to Songyang Lake together.