The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 903

On the night of August [-]th in the first year of Guangwu, a battle of less than a thousand people took place.

Compared with the fighting wars of 10,000+ or ​​even hundreds of thousands of troops, its scale is insignificant.

But it was this battle that opened the prelude to the world of great controversy. The situation in the northwest of the Great Jin Dynasty and even the entire continent has also changed since that night.

After the order from the Northwest Governor's Office was delivered, the soldiers and horses stationed in the various guards in Tianshan County immediately took action.

On the defense line of nearly [-] miles, the guards tried every means to search for traces of the Western barbarians in the area under their jurisdiction.

Not to mention, their search was really effective, but three groups of spies were discovered in five days.

There is no doubt that these spies have all been taken over by one pot, but this also exposed a bigger problem.

Since when did Ximan begin to infiltrate?How many people did they send over?How many people have not dug out yet?

So Luo Lun added an order to let the capitals continue to search closely, and added an accountability clause.

In addition, Beidi County served as the second line of defense, and Luo Lun also ordered the government offices and garrisons in all counties to guard against them to prevent spies from sneaking in and making trouble.

Of course, at Luo Lun's request, Zhao Yanxun issued an order to the Forbidden Army to make them move in Tianshan County.

Objectively speaking, everything that is happening now is not surprising at all.

Ximan sent people to sneak into Tianshan County, but Zhao Yanxun sent Jin Yiwei to the grassland more than half a year ago.

Nowadays, there are people from the Jinyiwei who are active in both the western barbarians and the hinterland of the Xiongnu, so it is no wonder that they are in the Great Jin Dynasty.

Compared with sending out a little gap, it can be called a real big event when it is done with real knives and real guns.

But as September approached, the wars on the grasslands decreased, and the Ximan seemed to reduce their attacks, giving the Xiongnu a chance to breathe.

And this respite is really important to the Huns, and even more important to Yu Shan, who just took the position of Shan Yu.

But Yu Shan didn't know that the reason why the Ximan tribes ceased fighting was not because they yearned for peace, but because they were preparing for a more violent attack.

At the beginning of September, when the temperature began to drop, in a certain city in the Western Regions, all the kings of the Western Man tribes gathered here.

Although Ximan is a tribal alliance, its interior is not very loose, just because there are three powerful tribes suppressing it.

Among these three tribes, Muliqing is the most powerful, and this meeting was convened by King Muliqing.

At this moment, the kings of all clans are sitting around the hall, and a camel is roasting on charcoal in the center of the hall.

While eating meat, everyone listened to King Muliqing's speech.

After a meaningless prologue, King Muliqing picked up a knife and began to divide the meat on his plate.

At the same time, he said: "The crops planted this year have not yielded very well. The entire land of the Western Regions can feed up to 40 people!"

"Everyone, all of us add up, excluding 200 million slaves, there are nearly 600 million people..."

Everyone present knew these circumstances, so they knew very well that the war could not be stopped unless their people were willing to starve to death.

"The food we store lasts up to a year and a half, so we have to find more food!"

Chewing the oily camel meat, King Muliqing stroked his beard and said, "Time is running out. We must adjust our strategy to have a chance to solve the problem of survival!"

Seeing that he talked to so many people, someone finally couldn't help asking: "His Excellency, King Muliqing, if you have any ideas, just speak up!"

At this moment, everyone was looking at King Muliqing.

"I think...we should give up attacking the Xiongnu and gather all our troops to attack the Jin people!"

For a while, there was a lot of discussion among the people, and it was obvious that some people had opinions on this resolution.

Their tribal alliance is so large and loose that the exchange of information between them is relatively slow, so some people don't know the specific situation of the Jin court.

Among them, the ministries on the northern line know the least, because their sphere of influence does not border the Jin court.

Only someone said: "His Excellency King Muliqing, you beat the Huns to rob the cattle, sheep and horses, and occupied their grassland...can't you feed your people?"

"Besides, the Huns have been defeated repeatedly, and they are already meat on the lips. As long as we attack with all our strength, we will be able to wipe them out in less than half a year!"

Hearing this, King Muliqing glanced at the person beside him, who was King Yikuoxi who was in charge of the tribes on the northern line.

Just as Zhao Yanxun expected, the Ximan tribal alliance actually had different interests.

For example, King Muliqing's proposal to go south will make the northern tribes suffer, just because their tribesmen are in the north, and the benefits of going south will be first obtained by the southern tribes.

"Don't quarrel, listen to His Excellency King Muliqing first!" King Yikuoxi cut the meat with a knife while talking.

King Muliqing smiled and said, "I just want to ask you, how many people can the Huns support by occupying the grassland?"

"Can this grassland occupied by the Huns feed 2 people?"

Although the Xiongnu only have a million people today, their population peak was really around 200 million.

Standing up, King Muliqing said loudly: "Everyone, we have 600 million people, and that piece of grassland can't support us. Only the large piece of land in the south and the mountain of grain can keep us alive!"

Just now, some people questioned the tribes on the northern line, but in fact, the tribes in the middle line ruled by King Muliqing also had differences on going east and going south.

But hearing King Muliqing's words, many people fell into deep thought.

The so-called deep thinking is actually a balance of interests.

Gradually, some people began to discuss, and King Muliqing didn't stop him, so he waited for a while to hear people's opinions.

A few minutes later, when everyone was discussing, Mu Liqing said loudly: "Everyone, I propose..."

Before King Muliqing finished speaking, King Yikuoxi said, "I think we should concentrate our efforts to go south, but the Huns in the east must also be on guard!"

"They have nearly 20 cavalry. What if we take all the troops and go south and they attack from behind?"

What King Yikuoxi said was a very objective fact, so everyone saw King Muliqing, waiting for him to give an opinion.

"Your Excellency, King Ikosi, what do you think should be done?"

"I think the ministries on the northern line should assume the responsibility of defense, so that you can go south with peace of mind!"

With the prosperity of King Yikuoxi, several kings on the northern line looked at each other, and now they have a backbone.

The benefits of defeating the Xiongnu are in sight, and they really don't want to go south.

"King Jinanta, what do you think?" King Muliqing looked to the right.

As one of the Big Three, King Jinanta has a great say, so his attitude is very important.

"King Yikuoxi's words make sense, let him lead the army to guard our retreat!" King Jinanta said in a deep voice.

"That's good, all the ministries on the northern front will defend against the Huns, and the central and southern fronts will attack south!"

After confirming this point, King Muliqing continued: "From now on, the ministries on the central and southern lines must send supplies to the south as soon as possible to support our southward attack!"

The principle that soldiers and horses go first without using food and grass is valid no matter where they are.

Glancing at King Yikuoxi beside him, King Muliqing raised his glass and said loudly: "Everyone...our time is running out, the Jin people in the south are extremely powerful, so we must unite!"

Everyone at the scene toasted, and then someone shouted: "Unity!"

Immediately everyone said: "Unite!"

(End of this chapter)