Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 686 Dao Zu

What if Daliang bullies the weak with strength?

Hasn’t this been the case for thousands of years since ancient times?

Han Feizi said: If a country is small but does not feel humble, if it is small but does not fear the strong, if it is rude but it insults its neighbors, if it is greedy and ignorant, it will lead to death.

A small country must have the consciousness of a small country.

What's more, it's not like Li Yue didn't give them a chance. Originally, he just wanted to restore the smooth flow of trade routes. You can consider me as your eldest brother, and we can all make peace and make money together.

But Qiuci insisted on using the knife.

Now we can't defeat it, the country is destroyed, and it's said that Daliang bullies the weak with the strong...

Li Yue has never seen such a shameless person.

"Successor and defeater, you have won now, no matter what you say, it makes sense." Bo Chun straightened his scattered hair, rubbed his messy thick beard, and looked at death with a look on his face.

"You are right, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit!" Li Yue was too lazy to ramble and waved his hand, "Pull it down, chop it, throw the body to feed the wolves, and hang the head at Yumen Pass!"

"Hahaha, even if you kill me, the Western Region will not accept you!" Bo Chun laughed wildly and was pushed away by Su Wei.

The prince who followed him was ashen-faced and collapsed on the ground.

"What does your life and death have to do with the Western Region's surrender? Don't think too highly of yourself." Li Yue killed people and punished his heart.

Hearing this, Bo Chun's laughter suddenly stopped and he turned back to look deeply at Li Yue.

It can be seen from this look that he deliberately wants to die. The country will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed. He, the King of Qiuci, has no face to live.

However, he didn't say anything bad until his death, so Li Yue gave him a happy greeting and glanced at the envoy. Everyone became more respectful to Qi La.

The truth has been explained clearly, and the facts are also here. It was the Kucha people who made the first move, and they were the first to reject Daliang's goodwill.

As for what the countries in the Western Regions think, it actually doesn’t matter.

When the Huns came to kill them, they didn't see how hard their bones were.

On the contrary, Li Yue hoped that someone would jump out. The beams are like swordsmen, and all the countries in the Western Regions are like fish. Anyone who refuses to accept will be chopped into pieces.

Without this fierceness and strength, how could we control the Western Region?

After a while, human heads arrived one after another. The envoys' faces turned earth-colored, and they bowed and left.

Time flies by quickly, and it’s late autumn in a blink of an eye.

However, under the governance of Li Jian and Chang Wei, everything in the country was relatively stable, and Huan Wen only made minor troubles.

Since the country is stable, Li Yue is not in a hurry to return.

Come on, let's get everything done.

In order to avoid another rebellion in the Western Regions, energy must be invested in governance.

The money, grain and livestock captured from Qiuci were enough to support another fight.

Murong Chui also had the same idea. The memorial he sent stated that he had ordered Liu Laozhi to lead a parade south of the Tianshan Mountains with 5,000 cavalry, and then sent Zhang Hao and Lu Guang each to lead 5,000 elite cavalry, and also selected Yiyi followers and Bu Qu from various tribes. The elite of the army assembled 13,000 men and horses as a rear army, and launched a three-pronged attack on Yueban to the north of Tiantian.

From the deployment of troops and generals, it was obvious that he was taking care of his biological son Murong Ling.

Li Yue smiled slightly. Murong Ling was also his son-in-law, so this arrangement made sense.

However, there are two ruthless men in front of him, Zhang Hao and Lu Guang. Murong Ling may not be able to defeat them. Moreover, he has Yi Cong and Bu Qu in his hands, so his combat power is somewhat inferior to that of Heiyun Elite.

The Buqu and Yi followers were willing to follow in the war because there was money to be made.

After the city of Qiuci was destroyed, these people made a fortune. Although they were not as many as Liang Jun's soldiers, they were better than before.

When they heard that Murong Chui wanted to fight again, everyone was ecstatic and no one wanted to come back...

In short, Murong Chui's various arrangements were quite reasonable. He struck while the iron was hot. After more than a month of rest, most of the soldiers regained their fighting spirit. The south of the Tianshan Mountains is basically surrendered, and the rest depends on the north of the Tianshan Mountains.

Li Yue is now worried about Liu Ying. Three thousand people have been there for more than two months, but there is no news.

I don’t know what’s going on.

Tuoba Shi Yijian of Hunxie Mountain took action and sent 20,000 horses to the west, obviously intending to seize the north of Tianshan Mountain, but at the same time he was on guard against Li Yue of Dunhuang.

Li Yue continued to stay in Guzang, setting an example and integrating with the Orchids.

I used to think Hebei was cold, but compared with the coldness in Guzang, there is still a huge difference.

It snows in August, and in autumn, the wind is as cold as a knife all day long.

Although it didn't snow, it was dry and cold, and the cold wind seemed to blow away people's souls.

After sleeping together under the quilt for more than ten days, the first news came not from Ximian, but from Liu Ying. The trip was too hasty and he underestimated the difficulty of the expedition to the grassland. After wandering around the grassland for several months, Tuoba Shiyi was not found. In Jian's hometown, he only encountered a few small tribes, and robbed more than a thousand and five thousand livestock and returned to Daizhou.

Liu Ying submitted a petition to plead guilty.

If the grassland forces were so easy to deal with, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would not have fought for more than forty years and exhausted the savings of previous generations.

There are only a few people in the entire history of China who can reach the level of Huo Qubing.

It's not a big deal to ask for punishment. After all, he didn't lose any troops and he brought back more than 1,000 people and 5,000 livestock. Li Yue responded with an edict to appease him and asked him to stay in Daizhou, train soldiers, and understand the grassland situation in preparation for future counterattacks.

Seeing that winter is approaching in an instant, there is still no news from the west.

Li Yue was a little worried. Once it entered the cold winter, it would only get colder north of the Tianshan Mountains, and the soldiers might not be able to adapt to the climate.

Fortunately, Murong Chui is not a reckless person. Since he dares to send troops, he must be somewhat confident.

It snowed heavily in Guzang, and news from the west finally arrived.

The hero is not free when he is transported, but when the time comes, heaven and earth will work together.

After Shi Hu's defeat in Jicheng, a series of defeats followed, destroying Jie Zhao's luck.

And now Daliang is at his peak.

The soldiers and generals all fought in hundreds of battles, passed the test of mountains of corpses and seas of blood in China, and lived up to Li Yue's expectations and expectations.

Zhang Hao marched forward bravely, fought with Yue Ban's cavalry for more than ten years, and killed more than 7,000 of them!

The most amazing thing was Lu Guang. He did not follow Zhang Hao. Instead, he took advantage of the heavy snowfall north of the Tianshan Mountains and led 5,000 Xuanjia troops to bypass the Yiji River and attack Dai Guo's 20,000 cavalry. With horseshoes, Mingguang armor, and long spears, , powerful crossbows and other equipment, they defeated the Daiguo cavalry and killed 3,000 people. Five enemy generals died in Lu Guang's hands, which shows how powerful he was. The others were afraid of his power and dispersed...

After several battles, Lu Guang jumped into the ranks of ten thousand enemies and kept pace with Zhang Hao, Liu Laozhi, and Deng Xia.

On the contrary, as Li Yue expected, Murong Ling's performance was mediocre. Some were afraid of the cold weather. Hundreds of people fled halfway, so he could only follow Zhang Hao and take some prisoners.

But war is like this, some people are imaginative, and some people need to be steady.

Murong Ling had all the Buqu and Yi Cong that he had collected, so naturally he didn't have any outstanding performance.

After this battle, Yue Banguo's main force was basically crippled, and Tuoba Shi Yijian's claws extending to the Western Region were also repelled.

However, due to the heavy snow reaching to the knees, the cold weather and the freezing ground, many of the horses died from the cold, so all three groups of men and horses retreated.

Li Yue was relieved and prepared to return to Luoyang next spring.

He ordered Murong Chui to be promoted to the title of Protector of the Western Regions, guarding Qiuci, and continuing to conquer the Western Regions. Gao Bi was in charge, Liu Laozhi was the Zuo Sima, stationed in Gaochang, and Zhuge Kan was the You Sima, stationed in Haitou City.

In Liangzhou, the choke point, Weishan was appointed as the governor and led 10,000 black cloud troops to suppress it.

(End of this chapter)