Chapter 1324 The Ambition of the Affectionate Sword (Part 1)
With the surrender of the knight and his subordinates, the Tang army was able to control Henan much more smoothly. After all, both Fu Xun and Gao Lan were not mediocre people. In addition, the three Xiongnu generals, Qu Bei, Liu Bao and Xu Pugu Du Hou, had lived in Hetao for a long time and were very familiar with the Xiongnu and other miscellaneous Hu. Therefore, Huangfu Chaobo reorganized the ten schools of soldiers and handed them over to Tian Yu, Xu Huang and Gao Lan. The three Xiongnu generals recruited 15,000 Xiongnu cavalry respectively. With the addition of the 15,000 cavalry in Hu Yandu's hands, there were as many as 60,000 cavalry in Hetao.
It's just that these cavalrymen are OK against ordinary Zhao cavalrymen, but they are definitely not weak against Lu Bu's Bingzhou wolf cavalrymen. In addition, the three Xiongnu cavalrymen are all gathered in Hetao, and Huangfu Chaobo must prevent them from having any strange thoughts. After discussing with Guo Jia and the others, Huangfu Chaobo decided to transfer Liu Bao's cavalrymen to Huang Zhong's subordinates, and Xupuguduhou's cavalrymen to Zhang He's subordinates, just to make up for the lack of strong cavalrymen in Yanzhou and Yuzhou.
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Compared with the tranquility in the territory of Tang, many places in the world are not peaceful.
In Guanzhong, the war between Han and Ma and Qin is now in a stalemate again, because under Li Ru's arrangement, Qin has formed an alliance with Tang, and Qin, without any worries, has focused its main energy on the battle with Han and Ma.
Li Ru's tactics were not limited to war arrangements. Under his arrangement, the originally unstable alliance between Han and Ma became increasingly tense due to the intense war. By the middle of the year, Han Sui and Ma Teng finally parted ways unhappily. As a result, the situation in Guanzhong once again became a three-party confrontation, and no one dared to act rashly.
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Dunhuang County, the westernmost part of the Han Dynasty, two years ago, the actual controller of Jiuquan and Dunhuang counties, Wu Yu, was defeated and fled into the Qilian Mountains under the attack of Ma Chao, the son of Ma Teng, and disappeared. Therefore, Dunhuang County almost fell without a fight and became a county of Liang State.
Historically, the capital of Dunhuang County in the late Han Dynasty was Dunhuang (now Hexi, Dunhuang City, Gansu Province), and it governed 6 counties: Dunhuang, Longle, Xiaogu, Guangzhi, Ming'an, and Yuanquan. There were 7,048 households and a population of about 29,000. In fact, in the game, with the increase in the population of the player's territory, the current Dunhuang County has a total population of nearly 100,000, most of which are distributed in six county towns, of which the county town of Dunhuang occupies about 20,000 people.
Two years ago, after Wu Yu was attacked by Ma Chao, he almost transferred all the troops in the cities of Dunhuang, leaving only two or three hundred soldiers in each city, but in the end he was still unable to resist Ma Chao's army. So after Shatou City was captured, Wu Yu had to flee to the Qilian Mountains in a hurry without even entering Dunhuang under the protection of Ma Wan and Qiang Duan.
Qiang Duan was originally the son of the Yinping Di King. According to the course of history, he was going to become the Yinping Di King, but he was inadvertently recruited by Wu Yu, so he became his general. After escorting Wu Yu to escape, they entered Yinping to hide for a while, and then continued westward and returned to Dunhuang.
After returning to Dunhuang, Wu Yu, who knew the terrain well, quietly arranged his nest next to the Dang River, at the foot of the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains, which is the location of Subei County in reality. For Dunhuang County, this fertile riverside land at the foot of the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains may be the only most suitable location for establishing a territory in the entire Dunhuang except for the six county towns.
It's just that this place is more than 100 miles south of Dunhuang City, and there is a small desert about 100 miles wide in the middle. Moreover, this is an entrance and exit of the Qilian Mountains. Qiang Hu and Di people come in and out from time to time, so players basically cannot establish a territory here.
When in Yinping, Wu Yu carefully considered the situation in all aspects, and finally set his goal here. Then he used the large amount of property he brought when he left Jiuquan to gather several small tribes of Di people in Yinping, plus the 3,000 cavalry when he left, a total of more than 10,000 people,
quietly sneaked back to this place south of Dunhuang and re-established a territory.
After lurking in Dunhuang for more than a year, Wu Yu has been keeping a close eye on the situation of Ma Teng's army. After Ma Teng ascended the throne of King Liang, Ma Chao led the army back to Wuwei quickly, leaving only Ma Tie to lead 2,000 cavalry to guard Dunhuang to prevent the invasion of the Western Regions. In the eyes of Ma Chao and others, it was already remarkable for a small country in the Western Region to be able to send 3,000 to 5,000 troops, and he had 2,000 cavalry, which could at least delay until the arrival of reinforcements from Wuwei.
But they didn't expect that the young Ma Tie had no experience of ruling a place alone. Without his knowledge, Wu Yu's power gradually recovered and continued to grow. In just over a year, Wu Yu regained control of Longle, one of the six counties in Dunhuang, and controlled all the areas within a hundred miles south of Longle and north of the Qilian Mountains.
From beginning to end, Ma Tie didn't know that Wu Yu, who had escaped from his eldest brother's subordinates, was actually under his nose, quietly waiting for turmoil in Liang State, and then seizing the opportunity to retake the two counties.
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In the General's Mansion in Nanzheng, the seat of Hanzhong, Duoqingjian was gathering several important advisers to discuss matters. After more than half a month, with the help of Yan Fu, Yang Song and other old generals of Zhang Lu, Duoqingjian finally stabilized the situation in the cities of Hanzhong. Now he has become a force with more than a dozen generals and a population of nearly one million. He is no longer a small fry with only a few melons and dates.
The increase in strength means the growth of his ambition. After the situation in Hanzhong stabilized, Duoqingjian began to look around and look for his next target. Hanzhong was rich and had sufficient money and food. After destroying Zhang Lu, Duoqingjian captured a lot of Zhang Lu's soldiers. Together with his own soldiers, after reorganization, he had nearly 100,000 soldiers.
After reorganizing these soldiers, Duoqingjian trained a full 50,000 soldiers, which were controlled by several of his most trusted generals, and the rest of the soldiers were assigned to various city passes as garrison troops.
At this time, only Yi Ji, Zhang Ji, Xiang Lang and Yan Pu were sitting in the general's mansion. These were also the four internal affairs generals that Duoqingjian could show off.
"Everyone, now that we have completely controlled Hanzhong, please speak freely about what the Zhenwu Army should do next." Duoqingjian looked at the four civil officials under him and said;
As the highest-ranking military advisor and the current left military advisor of the Zhenwu Army, Yi Ji must be the first to speak.
After occupying Hanzhong, Duoqingjian had two counties, so he appointed Xiang Lang as the governor of Shangyong, Zhang Ji as the governor of Hanzhong, Yi Ji as the left military advisor, and Yan Pu as the right military advisor.
"My lord, the current situation of the Zhenwu Army is really not suitable for further expansion. The best way is to concentrate on internal strength and strengthen its strength." Yi Ji said;
"Military advisor, don't worry, I didn't say I would send troops, I just discussed strategies with you." Duoqingjian said to Yi Ji.
After hearing what Duoqingjian said, several people breathed a sigh of relief, since they didn't send troops immediately.
Yan Pu was most familiar with the surrounding conditions of Hanzhong, so he said, "Hanzhong is isolated by mountains and rivers. If expansion is needed, it can only be in the north, south and east."