Two hundred and ninetieth chapters deep into the grassland
The heavy wind and snow on the grassland hang out for three days and it has calmed down for a while. The winter sun is slightly exposed, making people feel warm.
The rumbling sound of horse hooves awakened the small animals sleeping in winter, and from an elite cavalry composed of golden swords and iron horses in the south, heading towards the place where the King of the King of the Tsuge tribe was stationed to the north.
After confirming that the King of the King of the Suihe tribe attacked Li Hu, Li Chongji reacted immediately and mobilized the thunder cavalry group the next day, and the three thousand iron cavalry formed by the Wansheng Army quickly launched a surprise attack on the King of the Suihe tribe's garrison.
The attack on Li Hu was a matter of touching Li Chongjiu's strange scale. His wife, children and family were the ones that Li Chongjiu valued the most. If the King of Suihe tribe dared to make this decision, he must be prepared to bear Li Chongjiu's anger.
Therefore, Li Chongjiu immediately mobilized three thousand iron cavalry to set out north and directly attacked the garrison of the Hewang tribe.
"How far is it from Wuzhumuqin?" Li Chongjiu asked Etuo by horse.
Etuo looked at it, pointed to the pine forest in the distance, and said, "Just cross here."
Li Chongjiu nodded and opened the sheepskin map in his hand.
The place where the King of the Emperor of the Chou He tribe is called Grape Mountain on the grassland, and among the people of Shiwei, it is called Wuzhumuqin. It is a grassland that is rich in grass and water, known as cattle and sheep, and has a thousand miles of green fields. It is a grassland that is as famous as the Khorqin grassland occupied by the Khitans.
In the past, the Han people saw this place as a ghost place. In the past, few people could reach this place. Even the powerful army of the Han, Wei and Jin dynasties had no record of attacking this place, because it was too deep into the grassland and far away from the center of the Han people, so it has always been regarded as wilderness and no one went there.
However, in recent years, with the increase of merchants from Huaihuang and Yuyi traded north, they became the pioneers of the unknown. Han merchants took Huaihuang and Yuyi towns as the center and continued to radiate to all the grasslands, trying to open up more new trade routes. The Han merchants and horse teams were increasingly visible to shuttle on the vast grasslands, between cattle, sheep and horses.
Therefore, the sheepskin map in Li Chongjiu's hand was painted by local merchants in Huaihuang Town, who sketched the place in a sketch, and they named it Ruoshuizhou.
The so-called weak water means that there are many local rivers. However, the water flow is as frustrated as scattered. The river surface can often be spread several miles or more than ten miles wide, but the river is extremely shallow, and the river bank is muddy, which often traps people and horses. The rivers are all very shallow, and they cannot row wooden boats, so they can only cross the river in a sheepskin raft of a man. Because they cannot float, they are called weak water.
Of course it is winter now, and the grassland is filled with ice mud, so I can’t see this scene, but I still have to walk carefully.
Li Chongjiu heard Etuo say that this Ruoshui River, commonly known as the Ruoshui River in the grassland people, originated from the mountains in the north. When it comes to this mountains, Etuo, Yinghefu, and even Uguna, they all respected it very much. He said that this mountains were called the holy mountain because their ancestors migrated from a prairie further north to the north of the mountains to the south.
Now this grassland is now owned by the Shiwei people and the Wuzhumuqin grassland of the Xi tribe and the Khitan Korqin grassland. After hearing this, Li Chongjiu guessed that the grassland mentioned by Etuo and Yinghefu and others was among the three major grasslands in the world, Hulunbuir grassland.
The Hulunbuir grassland is also the cradle of the Tungus nation and its birthplace, and has nurtured countless grassland ethnic groups.
Whether it is the Marine, Khitan, Shiwei, Xianbei, and many grassland tribes, they all started from this grassland and then gradually migrated to all directions. Then, in the war with ethnic groups in various places, they either perish or integrate.
Li Chongjiu has led his army to the grassland and is now camping in a pine forest. They are very excited about the Han soldiers in the army who are willing to follow Li Chongjiu to expedition the Ahui tribe. This is something that the Han army has not had in ancient times. Now Li Chongjiu has led them to take this step.
But for the Xi people and the Xi people, this was just an ordinary battle, and many people used it as a hunting. After arranging enough posts, the Xi people drove out a few mooses from the forest, shot them on the spot, and then peeled them and cooked them to eat.
Li Chongjiu was in the big tent and discussed the surprise attack with Ertuo, Yinghefu, Wugunai, Wang Mahan and others. He hid his traces from Huaihuang Town and ran for three days. He suddenly appeared in front of the King of the King of the Yuhe tribe and launched a sudden attack, which was to have an unexpected result.
In the midst of the vast winter, it is hard to believe that there will be someone in the King of Suihe tribe. At this moment, the tribes must be scattered and not gathered together.
But the surprise attack is not a paper talk. It is a very technical job to say that the surprise attack can succeed. It requires continuous and repeated reconnaissance, timely correction of the route, and strict control and not reveal any rumors. Li Chongjiu led this 3,000-man cavalry to join the battle lightly and traveled more than 300 miles within three days. Now he has almost put the sword under the nose of the King of the Hunhe.
The military discussed all night, and a sheepskin drawing was painted on a full picture of the maps drawn on the battle these days. These were all extremely precious things.
In the cold wind, Li Chongjiu immediately wrote a letter to Lin Dangfeng, allowing him to enter the grassland merchant in the future and draw a topographic map for himself. This topographic map is an extremely precious thing. For the Han people who are not aware of the geographical advantage, it is equivalent to something better than a hundred thousand troops.
The next day, Li Chongjiu's cavalry officially stepped into the Grape Mountain Grassland.
Whether it was the Ruoshuizhou, which was born in the Han people or the Wuzhumuqin, the Shiwei people called it, the guest followed the host and occupied the place with his own name, the Grape Mountain Grassland, so this is also called this place among the various tribes of the grassland.
The leader of the King of the King of the Crown He was the Ahui clan, with 20,000 or 30,000 tents under his command, which is the strongest among the five tribes of the Xi tribe. In addition to the large number of people and horses, the local excellent grassland also cultivated the most outstanding war horse, the Wuzhumuqin horse, on the entire grassland.
The Wuzhumuqin horse is a powerful weapon for the Ahui family to dominate the grassland. In addition to using it for combat, it also specializes in tribute to the Turks. Most of the Fuli Army in the Turks used this war horse.
Now Li Chongjiu's scout in front reported that he had found the tent of the herdsmen of the King of the Tsuns tribe on the southern slope of Songlin, with about 3,000 tents.
Li Chongjiu immediately took Etuo and several others to watch the formation. Etuo reported that Li Chongjiu was not the place where the Khanate of the leader of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of
Li Chongjiu looked at the ranch, and the horses were chirping and chirping. He could tell that they were strong and powerful when he heard them. He should undoubtedly be the Wuzhumuqin horse.
Chapter completed!