Rivers and lakes in another world

Chapter 360
It can be said that the grassland people now suffer from both internal and external troubles.

Internal worries are of course the adverse effects of horse plague.Now not only war horses, but even many ordinary horses have been affected, and large areas of death have begun.

In many cases on the grasslands, horses are not only combat power but also a manifestation of productivity.

The death of war horses in large numbers will cause other plagues if not handled properly.

And I don't know if the dead horses caused by these horse plagues will transmit these diseases to other animals, so they have to be slaughtered in large numbers and then buried.

For safety reasons, even the pastures around the burning site are not allowed to be used.

Therefore, the areas where herdsmen can choose to graze become smaller.The competition became more intense, and the conflicts among the tribes deepened. If it weren't for the pressure from the big golden tribes above, it is estimated that the prairie people would mess up by themselves now.

This is still slightly better.

In some small tribes, the horses were severely damaged, and in some cases, the entire tribe could not even form an effective centurion, so they could only patrol around the tribe on those poor horses.Originally, if the horse died, these herdsmen could still take the horse's flesh and blood or horse hide and other items to trade with the merchants in the Central Plains.

But now everyone knows that there is an outbreak of horse sickness, and they will not accept it. No one wants to take something with horse sickness poison in their caravan.

Even many merchants from the Central Plains fled the grasslands, which sharply reduced the number of things that the grassland people could trade.

Others are easy to say, but the prices of daily necessities such as tea and salt are high, and many herders lament over the prices.

For the prairie people, there are two exogenous problems.One of the highlights is Beiyan.As an old opponent for many years, it is impossible for the people of Beiyan not to feel the news of such a big impact on the prairie people.

Even if several tribes on the grassland united to try to block the news, but it didn't work. The scale of the horse plague this time is too big and the impact is too wide. It cannot be solved by their joint efforts.

The prairie people sent troops to invade Beiyan many times when they were facing foreign invasions, swept through the northern lands, took away money, food, and population, and plundered and destroyed them again and again.

It's really a good reincarnation now, and it's their turn to face this problem now.

The grassland has fallen into weakness, and Beiyan has hardly fought many battles in recent years, and has been recharging its energy.

In fact, the Beiyan court is now arguing endlessly about this time.

The point of the debate is certainly not war or peace.The focus is on how to attack.And Yan Xuelan also knew about this in advance, so she came to make arrangements.

If there are no problems, it should be the Yanwu Army among the three armies.

It is not common to be listed as one of the three armies of the Northern Yan with the Imperial Forest Army and the Iron Cavalry Army.

But every country or force that has fought against Beiyan cannot ignore the existence of Yanwu Army.

If the cavalry army is the pinnacle of Beiyan's cavalry.The Royal Forest Army is the army with the most comprehensive capabilities.Then the Yanwu Army is the pinnacle of Beiyan's infantry.

The three armies of Beiyan are all very distinctive.

The iron cavalry army is all cavalry, and even the logistics soldiers need to be proficient in riding skills. It can be said that they are the army that lives on horseback.Of course, the cost is also a lot, both people and horses are worth a lot.

Of course, what the big price pays for is powerful mobility and attack power.

As long as it is a place where horses can be run, the Cavalry Army is like a killing machine, no matter what enemy is in front of it, he will kill it from the front.

Although the Royal Forest Army didn't dispatch many times, they stayed in Yanjing most of the time to protect Du Cheng's safety, but their combat effectiveness should not be ignored because of this.

As the upper three armies, they have the most powerful fighters and the strongest equipment.And the configuration is complete.There are all kinds of arms, and the number of them is also extremely large.

There has not been a situation of empty pay.

When Beiyan faced crisis many times, the Royal Forest Army was Beiyan's most powerful backing, and would take root in the most dangerous places, and would not be shaken by winds from east to west, from north to south.

Although the Yanwu Army is an infantry, it is true that Beiyan has the longest history and still maintains an organized army.His history is longer than that of the Imperial Forest Army.

Because the founder of Beiyan relied on the Yanwu Army to lay down such a huge territory, his personal guards slowly developed into the later Imperial Forest Army.

Therefore, there is no problem at all in calling the Yanwu Army the First Army of Northern Yan.It can even be said to be the flag and core soul of the Beiyan Army.

The Yanwu Army is a pure infantry regiment.

There are various types of infantry including sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, longbowmen, and hammermen.Moreover, he is proficient in battle formations, and what he is best at is using infantry battle formations to forcibly defeat opponents.

There were no cavalry in the ranks of the Yanwu Army.

Because when the country was founded, horses were treasures that not everyone could own, and war horses were even more beloved treasures.At most, some cavalry teams can be formed to protect the safety of some important generals. If you want to fight head-on, a hundred cavalrymen rushing in will be the same as nothing.

In addition, the Yanwu Army has no tradition of deploying cavalry, although cavalry has many wonderful uses in many aspects, such as looting grain roads, harassing the enemy, and running thousands of miles.

But Yan Wujun really didn't have any good rewards for commanding cavalry, so he just gave up.

Relying on the army formation, Yan Wujun used flesh and blood to deal with the raging wolves on the grassland, and used their sweat to head-on against the elite iron guards of Daxia.

Winning odds with righteousness is the greatest appreciation for Yan Wujun.

Originally, the problems of the prairie people should have been dispatched by cavalry troops. They have strong mobility and experience in dealing with prairie people. Running thousands of miles is like drinking water and eating, so they should be the best suitable candidates.

It's just that everyone may not have forgotten that there is a horse plague in northern Xinjiang at this time. If you send cavalry troops there at this time, if you encounter horse plague, it will be a lot of casualties.

But if the Imperial Forest Army wants to sit in Yanjing, it is impossible to dispatch it easily.

In order to cause as much damage to the prairie people as possible and destroy their vitality, only the Yan Wu Army, who is also the top three armies, is the most suitable way to attack. It doesn't matter if the speed is slower, it just gives the prairie people time to integrate their forces Vitality.

To save them from running around, it finally affected the combined efforts of the Yanwu Army to strangle them.

This is one of the external problems.

And another foreign invasion is the countries of the Western Regions.

It is a country that appeared in the desert area looming in the west of the steppe.

They look different from the Central Plains people, their languages ​​are different, and their cultural styles are very different, just like people from another world.

Like the Central Plains, it has its own urban army and wealth.

However, it is different from the Central Plains countries.

The Central Plains is a big country with a vast territory and a large population. It is fat, but it is indeed covered with thick spikes.If you want to eat, you need to be prepared to be pricked in your mouth.

Countries in the Western Regions are different.Their territory is not vast, and their population is not large. Generally speaking, they are quite large, but they have been divided into many countries, as many as stars.

A larger country may have the five or six states of Beiyan, which can be regarded as a big country among the countries in the Western Regions that is good at conquering and fighting.

And the smallest country may only be the size of a county in Beiyan.The gap is clear at a glance.

The dispersion of power also led to their low external combat effectiveness.Therefore, most of the time, they are the masters of success, and few expand their territory.

But for the prairie people in northern Xinjiang, this is the fat that is delivered to their mouths. Compared with Beiyan, their combat effectiveness is lower, and many small countries supply many tribes on the prairie every year in order to save their own lives. good stuff.Just like cutting leeks, you can harvest a batch of tribute every day.

The prairie people were also reluctant to kill them.

Of course, all of this must be based on Beiyan's strong military strength.The vast number of cavalry on the battlefield is a nightmare for the countries of the Western Regions.

But now the strength of the grassland people in northern Xinjiang has weakened.No one can guarantee whether the Western Regions people who have been oppressed by the grassland people for many years will use this to come out and make trouble.

It's not that the countries in the Western Regions don't have the ability to use a knife, but they just endured it.

Who would be willing to let a domineering person be on his own head, not to mention that this person has continued for an unknown number of years, bringing great shame to the country.

On the surface, it seems that the countries in the Western Regions are the same as usual, but there is already a tendency to look sloppy towards the grassland people. The situation can be said to be very bad for the grassland people.

If there is no external interference, the historical development process that Yan Xuelan has experienced.

It can be said that this battle was not very successful, or that there were no victors in the grasslands, the Western Regions, and Beiyan.

It can be said that all three parties suffered heavy losses and left hidden dangers for the subsequent battles.

After all, Beiyan underestimated the background of the prairie people. Even when the horse plague was raging, the prairie people faced Beiyan's attack.Fighting the Beiyan army head-on, it is not that they have never fought against the Yanwu army. They know that this is an army that will not be easily seduced. It is difficult to succeed with various tricks. Only an upright battle can completely defeat him.

No matter how elite the army is, it is also composed of people. As long as it is a human being, there will be a day of fatigue. No matter how advanced the cultivation base is, people cannot escape fatigue. The difference is only a matter of time.

The prairie people used forbidden techniques and wanton blood sacrifices to stimulate the potential of slaves and herdsmen. All the people became soldiers, and no one, including the elderly and women, flinched.

Almost all of them are warriors, and they always have a little bit of internal energy or true energy on their bodies.Of course the price is their lives.

It was with this brutal method that the grassland people used crowd tactics to besiege the Yanwu army. It was really bloody, and I don't know how many people died.

A soldier of the Yanwu Army can kill ten, hundreds, or even a thousand, but he really can't do it later.The grassland people were densely packed outside, and they launched a suicide charge against them like a lunatic.Even an iron-clad army can't stand it.

If it wasn't for the fact that the Yanwu army had not fought too deeply, which had seriously threatened the survival of the grassland people, such a thing would not have happened.

Even if Beiyan sent a lot of support in the end, the Yanwu army suffered heavy casualties, almost being dismantled, and countless strong men died in battle.

The prairie people were even worse. It was impossible to find out how many people had died, and all they could see were blood red.

The countries of the Western Regions also took advantage of this time to attack the prairie people, but they failed to pick peaches. Instead, they were lured by the prairie people to go deep into the enemy, and then some elite prairie people's small army attacked the rear again and again, causing trouble for the people of the Western Regions. In the end, he had no choice but to stop the prairie man's attack, and obediently licked his wound.

Yan Wujun still suffered a large number of losses, which was a big turmoil for Beiyan.

Because of this, Emperor Yan became anxious and fell ill.Then the court became chaotic, the eldest prince and the second prince began to fight, and it became more and more fierce later on.

Coupled with the secret fanning of some caring people, the whole Beiyan did not have much peace, and in the end there was really no other way.

The second prince really couldn't beat the eldest prince, and in the end he had no choice but to raise troops under their bewitchment, of course not for treason, but to use the power of the army to kill the eldest prince.

Because there are many martial arts masters around the eldest prince, and the prince is still weaker than him, only the use of a large army can increase the possibility.

But the second prince didn't expect that this was just a trick of someone with a heart.The second prince fought together, and many of the buried chess pieces were immediately activated. In an instant, there were rebels everywhere in Beiyan, attacking everywhere.

Countless Demon Sect warriors participated in it, causing great harm to Bei Yan.So much so that the last half of the country fell.

Yan Xuelan knew her status, no matter how important she was, she couldn't influence the court's opinion.

So dissuasion is useless. If you want to change everything that may happen in the future, you have to use your own strength to do it.And Jianzhou is the highest choice.

Because of the remote location here, both the power of the rivers and lakes and the power of the aristocratic family are relatively weak, not as strong as the imperial court.It is more suitable for Yan Xuelan's layout.

Compared with the eldest prince and the second prince, one relying on the power of the family and the other relying on the help of the sect, Yan Xuelan deeply knows what kind of talent Beiyan really needs.

She is not coveting the supreme throne, she just does not want the previous tragedy to happen again.

Taking advantage of the fact that there is still some time before the Yanwu Army's expedition, Yan Xuelan decided to try her best to establish her own power in Jianzhou during this time, and even invited Mr. Baili over, just to be able to start operations.After more than a year of planning, those thick written plans are finally about to become real actions.

The first step is to expand the manpower in Yan Xuelan's hands.

(End of this chapter)