Chapter 1311: The Mixed Hu Coalition (Part 1)

After Qianren Qiang arrived at Guluo City, relying on their good relationship with the Huns and their more than 10,000 tribesmen, they occupied the county seat of Zhenlin City and the small town of Guluo City. Their leader It was called Qianrendu. It had nearly 4,000 combatable soldiers and controlled a large area of ​​land from Zhenlin City eastward to the west bank of the river.

Pingding City in the south is controlled by a tribe of more than 20,000 members among the Xianbei people. Chulianbu is a medium-sized tribe that left the Xianbei Royal Court. It was initially located in Shuofang and Wuyuan, with only Thousands of people, but after Xiake and Zhao Zilong entered Shuofang County, many tribes were wiped out or annexed by them. Seeing that the situation was not good, Chu Lianjin immediately led his tribe across the river and entered Henan. He gathered many small tribes or scattered tribes of various tribes, and finally settled in Pingding City.

There are also some small tribes of Xianbei people around Pingding, such as Helou, Xubu, Afgan, Qujin and other tribes. Most of them have two to three thousand tribesmen, and some only have hundreds of thousands. People, these Xianbei tribes have become vassal tribes attached to Chulianbu. It is because of these tribes that although Chulianbu is not as good as the Southern Xiongnu in Huchuquan, it has not been annexed by the Huns.

The tribe that controls the westernmost city and the city fortress is a branch of Lu Shuihu. The leader’s surname is Peng and his name is Peng Yang. In addition to the majority of Lu Shuihu with the surname Peng, there are also Lu and The two surnames of Xie are larger, and Peng Yang controls about ten thousand tribesmen, while the Lu family and the Xie family each have more than three thousand tribes, and the others are small tribes with hundreds or even thousands of people.

In addition to these cities controlled by large tribes, there are also two cities in the north, Manbai and Shanan, which are basically controlled by several tribes.

Today's Henan is basically divided into several different power alliances, and the relationship between them is complicated. The leader must be Huchuquan, who occupies Meiji City in the southern Xiongnu royal court. After receiving the position of Xiongnu Chanyu from his elder brother Yufuluo, Huchuquan appointed his uncle Qubei as the Youxian King, and His nephew Liu Bao became King Zuoxian.

A few years ago, Qubei was sent to Hedong by Hu Chuquan. As a result, the knights who were leading the troops to the north took over the entire Qubei department. As a result, the entire Qubei department became the property of the knights, and even Qubei became a knight. subordinates.

The Zuoxian King Liu Bao was also sent out by Hu Chuquan, and finally took control of Qiuci City. However, not long after, the entire Liu Bao tribe was also wiped out by Fazheng's design, and Liu Bao also became a subordinate of Jiangshan. Down.

After eliminating two of his henchmen, Huchuquan finally took full control of tens of thousands of Southern Xiongnu tribesmen and became the largest force in Henan.

But before he could think of a way to take the whole of Henan into his own hands, the Tang army had already sent troops to attack Henan.

With no other choice, Huchuquan had to summon the leaders of various ministries in Henan to discuss how to deal with the Tang army.

In addition to the Huns, the second in line was Lu Shuihu. They were able to gather more than 10,000 troops and horses. Further down is the Xianbei coalition army in Pingding City and Baitu City, with about 10,000 soldiers and horses. Then there are the coalition forces of Manbai and Shamian. Each of the two cities has about 10,000 horses. Among the several larger tribes, the slightly weaker ones are the Qiang people of Zhenlin, with a total of less than 5,000 people. However, they have a relatively good relationship with the Huns, so basically no one dares to mess with them.

Now Huchuquan has called together various tribes to discuss countermeasures. Qianren Qiang was the first to stand up and respond. After their response, the other tribes quickly agreed to come together to discuss how to respond. They were in Guangzhou After meeting in the northwest of Yancheng, they discussed for a long time and finally reached a consensus, that is, to jointly send troops to repel the Tang army.

After reaching an agreement, the various troops began to gather near Guluo City.

Huchuquan has 15,000 cavalry under his command, including 5,000 of the most elite palace cavalry, which are the most elite cavalry in the entire southern Huns. Some of them were taken over from Huchuquan's former Shanyu Yufuluo.

Others were selected and trained by Huchuquan from ordinary cavalry over the years. Only now can they reach the level of a school of troops. These five thousand cavalrymen are Huchuquan's trump card. This time Huchuquan brought them all out.

In addition to these five thousand palace cavalry, there are also five thousand ordinary cavalry. The remaining five thousand cavalry are arranged in Meiji City with four thousand and in Guangyan City with one thousand. Of course, in addition to these cavalry, Huchuquan's men can also be mobilized There are almost ten thousand string control men, but their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of ordinary cavalry. Under normal circumstances, they are not easily mobilized.

In addition to Huchuquan's troops, Qianren Qiang also sent two thousand cavalry. The Xianbei tribe in Pingding City gathered 10,000 cavalry, and the remaining approximately 2,000 cavalry were arranged in Pingding City to protect the tribesmen and property. Lu Shuihu in the direction of Dacheng also gathered 10,000 cavalry, leaving less than 3,000 cavalry to defend the tribe. The two tribal alliances of Manbai and Shanancheng also sent fifteen thousand cavalry.

Calculated in this way, the entire Zahu tribe in Henan has amassed a total of 47,800 cavalry. With such a number of cavalry, they are sure to occupy the top spot in the battle with the Tang army, and may even defeat them all. Annihilated on the grasslands south of Pingding and Baitu City.

Inside the coalition camp outside Guluo City, there was a big tent, and the people in the tent were arguing fiercely. The reason for the argument was that the army had been gathering for several days, but the Tang army had been staying in Baitu City. In addition to strengthening the city defense every day, there was no intention to send troops to continue to march north. This dragged on for three days.

Huochuquan sat on the main seat in the middle, looking at the people arguing below, frowning and not speaking. As for why he sat on the main seat, there was no way, who said that the Southern Xiongnu was the strongest tribe in the entire Henan area.

"According to me, we have 50,000 troops, so we should go directly to the Bai Tu City of the Han dogs, and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor." The one who spoke was Lu Zhen of Lushui Hu. As the second largest force in Lushui Hu, although the Lu family has only more than a thousand cavalry, they are all elite. Although the number is less than that of the Yao family, the combat power is not much weaker. In addition, the Lu family and the Xie family have joined forces to fight against the Peng family, the most powerful force in Lushui Hu. Therefore, Lu Zhen had already spoken before Peng Yang spoke.

After hearing Lu Zhen's words, Peng Yang did not show any expression on his face, but cursed in his heart: "You idiot, the Tang army is far away in Bai Tu City. Even if we send troops, the first thing to do is to pacify the cities. It is still hundreds of miles away from our own big city. Others are eager to fight under Bai Tu City, which is better than fighting under our own city. I can't even hide in time, but you are so good that you go there yourself."