Southern Song Dynasty military god

Chapter 396 Opening Channels to the Western Regions
The Sanjie tribe left. According to Liu Wei's request, under the "guard" of a hundred-man wolf cavalry, they went to Yizhou Prefecture. Naturally, there would be someone to pick them up and let these Tubo people cultivate their health and rest there.Before Liu Wei set off, he had already made plans, and it was not difficult to settle these thousands of people.

After occupying the original resident of the Sangjie tribe, Liu Wei compared the map provided by Sangjie with the map he owns, and was shocked to find that if another Tubo tribe in the northwest was killed, Yizhou Prefecture could be connected to the Western Regions. , It is a business route.

"This tribe, Sanjay, do you know?"

"Back to the words of the adults, the younger ones understand a little bit. This tribe is the majority, with a population of [-], and the available army in the tribe is more than [-]!"

"More than six thousand? You have more than 4000 soldiers and horses in a tribe of 4 people. How can a tribe of [-] people only have more than [-] soldiers and horses?" Liu Wei frowned slightly and asked.

"I don't know, my lord. Here in Tubo, it's not because of the large population, but the large number of soldiers and horses." At this time, without Na Sangjie's opening, Li Shifu picked up the conversation and said: "Generally speaking, a tribe will only maintain a standing army of about 5000 people." No matter how many there are, it will seriously affect the development of the tribe, and even lead to the decline of the tribe."

"So that's the case." Hearing what Li Shifu said, Liu Wei finally understood, nodded and turned to Sangjie, and said, "Are you familiar with that tribe? How difficult is it to attack with the strength in my hands? "

Liu Wei didn't think he would be unable to fight. He hadn't used many trump cards yet.

Sang Jie groaned for a moment in embarrassment, and under the staring eyes of Liu Wei and Li Shifu, he had no choice but to say: "My lord, there is Huo Kang in that tribe."

"Hokang? What does this mean?"

Liu Wei was taken aback for a moment, no matter before or after crossing, Liu Wei didn't know much about the situation in Tubo, so he was a little bit at a loss.

"Huo Kang's family, why are they here?" Li Shifu knew more about the situation than Liu Wei because he had gone deep into Tubo to fight. Hearing that Sanjie said that there was a Huo Kang family in that tribe, he couldn't help frowning .

"My lord, the people in our ordinary small tribes, according to what you Song people say, don't have surnames, including me, my name is Sangna Jieya, which is shortened to Sangjie, but I just said Huo Kang, that's a surname. Only people in a real big family have a surname."

"General Li, that Huo Kang family is not the main family, but just a branch family. But even a branch family is not simple. More than [-]% of the population in the tribe belongs to this Huo Kang family. Including four thousand soldiers. "

After answering Liu Wei, Sang Jie turned his head to answer Li Shifu.

"A branch of Huo Kang's family? How about their relationship with Huo Kang's family?"

"Back to General Li, they were originally sent by the Huo Kang family to grab the territory. At the beginning, the tribe was established by the Huo Kang branch, and then gradually gathered more people, and some small families attached to it, forming the current tribe. tribe."

"A tribe of more than 4 people only relies on grazing, so it's hard to make ends meet?" After Sanjie finished speaking, Liu Wei asked again.

"My lord, what do you like about this tribe? What is the survival of this tribe?" Sang Jie was smart. Although he didn't say it clearly, he secretly pointed out Liu Wei's thoughts.

The reason why Liu Wei is interested in the location of this tribe is mainly because of the superiority of the land. Owning this tribe is equivalent to having a pass to the West Uighur. Under the joint blockade of the Southern Song Dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin, Liu Wei's choice of business partners will become extremely limited.

What's more, Liu Wei is also very much in favor of the military strategy of the Qin State during the pre-Qin period of the six kingdoms of "distance and close attack". One day, Liu Wei will need to do business with the Western Uighurs.

The Western Uighurs are the so-called Western Regions, but in this era, people used to use Uighurs to collectively refer to the Western Regions.

Although the Western Uyghurs have a small population and a vast land, and are extremely underdeveloped in all aspects, they are the only places that lead to the West throughout the ages. If Liu Wei wants to develop and grow, he must not give up the Western Regions.

Although Sang Jie understood Liu Wei's thoughts, he still said directly: "If you want to attack this tribe, it is not difficult with the strength in the hands of adults. The difficulty lies in the long-term garrison. In history, the Han people have captured many times. These places, but eventually had to retreat, after all, this is not the world of the Han people."

"Isn't it the Han people's world?"

Liu Wei smiled lightly. What Sang Jie said was true in the era of cold weapons. After all, if you want to garrison a town, you don't have thousands of troops, and you can't guarantee the safety of the garrison soldiers.If the strength of the surrounding ethnic minorities gathers and moves, tens of thousands of people will cover up and kill them, and other places will not be able to rescue them.

But in Liu Wei's view, the era of cold weapons will eventually pass. In the original history, the era of cold weapons will continue for hundreds of years, but with Liu Wei's arrival, history has changed. Ability, within ten years, the Liu family's army can be turned into an army dominated by hot weapons. As long as the secrecy work is done well, it will not be a problem at all to guard a mere city.

In the era of hot weapons, as long as the supply of weapon resources can be ensured, there is no need to worry about the rebellion of the army below. How long can the rebellion last without the supply of ammunition?

This is why when the development of human society enters the era of hot weapons, there are often only disputes between countries, but there are few real internal rebellions.

Of course, Liu Wei would not tell Sang Jie about these details. What he still needs to verify with Sang Jie is about the extent of the power of the Huo Kang family in the Tubo area.

"Just one branch family has tens of thousands of people, and there are seven other branch families like this. Including the main family, the total population controlled by the Huo Kang family is more than [-]." Sanjay said these words with a frown Yes, in his opinion, Liu Wei obviously won't let this tribe go, but Sangjie thinks it's useless. Even if Liu Wei can easily occupy the tribe now, it won't take long before this place will still be occupied. The Tubo family recovered.

"My lord, I'm afraid there is no such tribe in our plan?" Even Li Shifu raised objections on this matter.According to the original plan, Liu Jiajun just marked out an area on the map of the Tubo tribes as a passage. The meaning of this passage is the Panxi area.

It's not for the occupation of Tubo, nor for a life-and-death fight with the Duan family in Dali. Liu Wei's goal is the mineral resources in the Panxi area.

If he suddenly changed his mind, if he couldn't get to the Panxi area in time, wouldn't it be because he picked sesame seeds and lost watermelon?
"Well, Shifu don't need to worry, I know it in my heart, Sanjie, go down first!" After waving Sangjie away, Liu Wei discussed with Li Shifu that Lu Hong's 8000 troops should be transferred here to replace the [-] troops here. People continued to get through the route to the west, and Liu Wei decided to take Li Shifu and Li Shicheng to meet this branch of the Huo Kang family.

"My lord, the last general does not agree with this plan very much. The Huokang family's influence in Tubo cannot be underestimated!"

"It doesn't matter, Shisuke, we are not going to engage in any three-light policy. I think there are also capable people in the Huo Kang family who seized this good place. They must be the kind of people who know the importance and know how to advance and retreat. It’s much easier to deal with this kind of people.”

Even if Liu Wei said so, Li Shifu still frowned, "Yes, the general will obey! When will you leave?"

"Sooner rather than later, first send back the order to mobilize Lu Hongjun, our side, start tomorrow!"

Liu Wei didn't seem to procrastinate and procrastinate, just because he didn't grasp the dynamics of the golden marble in the south, and he didn't know if this guy was as Liu Wei expected, and he didn't dare to continue fighting with the Southern Song army. , Turned to Dali Duan to seek living space.

According to Liu Wei's prediction, if the soldiers and horses of Jintanzi really fight Dali, with Dali's own military strength, it is impossible to fight head-on. Unless Dali is willing to pay a huge price, it is impossible to stop it. The pace of the army of golden marbles.

If the Song Dynasty was strong, the Dali Kingdom would definitely offer assistance to the Southern Song Dynasty court, and the Song Dynasty, as the suzerain country, would also send troops to protect the interests of the vassal state, but today's Southern Song Dynasty is simply unable to protect itself. If you leave, how can you ask for trouble again?

Besides, today's Dali Kingdom no longer considers itself a vassal state of the Southern Song Dynasty. If it weren't for the fact that the Dali Duan family has always been less ambitious, if another person ruled the Dali Kingdom, I am afraid that they would have raised the butcher's knife to the Southern Song Dynasty.

That's why Liu Wei didn't want to waste too much time on this matter.

He wants to try his best to appear on the border of Dali Kingdom with a large army before Duan Zhengyu asks for help from other forces. From the heart, Liu Wei does not seem to have a real military conflict with Dali Kingdom. West area only.

But if Duan Zhengyu can't give Liu Wei a satisfactory answer, then Liu Wei won't mind adding insult to injury.Whether it is the army of golden marbles or the strength in Liu Wei's hands, they are all fatal to Dali Kingdom today.

The order to Lu Hong has been sent out. After the team rested overnight, the wolf cavalry left a thousand horses as guards, and the warriors from the original tribe were integrated into the cavalry team. The brigade continued to head northwest Going forward, under the leadership of Liu Wei, slowly approaching the tribe where the Huo Kang family is located.

This road will take four days.

Fortunately, it is early summer at this time, and the temperature here is within the range that everyone can adapt to.

After marching for four days, Liu Wei and others finally saw a group of people, a group of scouts from the Tubo tribe!
(End of this chapter)