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Chapter 289 Going deep into the grassland
The blizzard on the grassland has been blowing for three days, and it has subsided for a while.The winter sun is slightly exposed, and the people who shine on it are slightly warmed up.

The sound of rumbling horseshoes woke up the small animals that slept in winter, and an elite cavalry composed of golden and iron horses from the south was heading north to the place where the royal tribe of Hunhe was stationed.

After Li Chongjiu confirmed the attack on Li Hu by the King of Disgrace, he reacted immediately. The next day, he mobilized the cavalry regiment, composed of [-] cavalry from the Wansheng Army, and quickly launched a surprise attack on the residence of the King of Disgrace.

Attacking Li Hu, this matter touched Li Chongjiu's Ni Lin, his wife, children and family were Li Chongjiu's most cherished and cherished ones, and if the Hunhe royal family dared to make this decision, they had to be prepared to bear Li Chongjiu's anger.

Therefore, Li Chongjiu immediately mobilized [-] cavalry and set off to the north, directly attacking the resident of the King of Humiliation.

"How far is it from Ujumqin?" Li Chongjiu asked Ertuo in the horse.

Ertuo looked at it, pointed to the pine forest in the distance, and said, "Just turn over here."

Li Chongjiu nodded and opened the sheepskin map in his hand.

The place where the King of Hunhe resided was a place called Grape Mountain on the grassland, and it was called Ujimqin in Shiwei's population. The Horqin grassland is as famous as the Khitan people.

In the past, this place was a place of ghosts in the eyes of the Han people. In the past, few people could reach this place. Even the powerful armies of Han, Wei, and Jin Dynasties had no record of attacking this place, because it is too deep into the grassland. It has left the center of the Han people, so it has always been regarded as a wilderness, and no one went there.

But in the past few years, with the Huaihuang trade in the north, the number of Yuyi merchants has increased, and they have become pioneers in unknown places.Han merchants centered on the two towns of Huaihuang and Yuyi, and continued to radiate to all parts of the grassland, trying to open up more new business routes.The cavalry of Han merchants can be seen more and more clearly, shuttling on the vast grassland, between cattle, sheep and horses.

Therefore, the sheepskin map in Li Chongjiu's hand was drawn by local merchants in Huaihuang Town. They named it Ruoshui Prefecture.

The so-called weak water means that there are many rivers in the local area, but the water flow is slow and loose. The river surface can often be spread several miles or ten miles wide, but the rivers are extremely shallow, and the banks are muddy, which often traps people and horses. go in. , these rivers are very shallow, unable to row wooden boats, and can only cross the river on Fan people's sheepskin rafts, because they cannot float boats, so they are called weak waters.

Of course, it's winter now, and the grassland is full of ice and mud, so you can't see such a scene, but you still have to walk carefully.

Li Chongjiu heard from Etuo that this weak water river, commonly known as the Zhulugu River by grassland people, originated from the mountains in the north.Mentioning this mountain, Eto, Yinghefu, and even Ugunai respected it very much. He said that this mountain was called a holy mountain because their ancestors all came from a more northern mountain to the north of the mountain. On the grasslands, they migrated to the south.

Now this grassland is now occupied by the Shiwei people and the Yu people, and it is a vaster land than the Ujimqin grassland of the Xi people and the Khitan Horqin grassland.After Li Chongjiu heard about it, he already guessed that the grassland Yinghefu and the others mentioned was the Hulunbeier grassland among the three major grasslands in the world.

The Hulunbuir Grassland is also the cradle and birthplace of the Tunguska nation, where countless grassland nations have been born.
Whether it is Mohe, Khitan, Shiwei, Xianbei, and many grassland tribes, they all started from this grassland, and then gradually migrated to the four directions. Afterwards, they either perished or merged in wars with various ethnic groups.

Li Chongjiu has now led the army, went deep into the grassland, and is currently camping in a pine forest. For the Han soldiers in the army, they knew that they would follow Li Chongjiu on the expedition to the Ahui, and they were very excited. This is the history of the Han army. Nothing, now Li Chongjiu led them out of this step.

But for Xi people and Mohe people, this is just an ordinary expedition, and many people regard it as a hunting.After arranging enough guard posts, Mohe and Xiren drove out a few moose from the forest, shot them on the spot, and then peeled and boiled them to eat.

Li Chongjiu was in the big tent, discussing the surprise attack with Er Tuo, Ying Hefu, Wu Gunai, and Wang Mahan.Hidden traces from Huaihuang Town, traveled a long distance for three days, suddenly appeared in front of the King of Hunhe and launched a sudden attack, which was to achieve unexpected results.

During the wild winter, it was hard for the royal tribe of Hunhe to believe that someone would launch a war at this moment, so the tribes must be scattered and not gathered together.

But a surprise attack is not just talking on paper. It is a highly technical task to say that a surprise attack can be successful. Packed lightly, he traveled more than 3000 miles in three days, and now he almost put the sword under the nose of the humiliating king.

The army debated all night, and a piece of sheepskin drawing was filled with the map drawn by the expedition in the past few days.These are all extremely precious things.

In the cold wind, Li Chongjiu immediately wrote a letter to Lin Dangfeng, asking him to enter the grassland merchants in the future and draw a topographic map for himself.This topographic map is an extremely precious thing. For the Han people who don't know the location, 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 is the Ruoshui prefecture named by the Han people, or the Ujimqin called by the Shiwei people, but the guests do whatever they want, and the humiliating royal tribe occupying this place has its own name, the Putaoshan Grassland, so the tribes of the grassland also Use this to call this place.

The leader of the Hunhe King's Tribe is the Ahui clan, who has a force of [-] to [-] tents, and is the strongest among the five tribes of the Xi clan. In addition to the large number of people and horses, the excellent local grassland has also bred the best war horses on the entire grassland. Ujum Qinma.

The Ujim Qin horse is a powerful weapon used by the Ahui clan to dominate the grasslands. In addition to using it for combat, it also specially pays tribute to the Turkic people. Most of the attached troops in the Turkic army also use this horse.

Now Li Chongjiu's front scouts reported that they found the tents of the herdsmen of the Huge King's tribe on the southern slope of the pine forest, with a strength of about [-] tents.

Li Chongjiu held his forehead and counted them to watch the formation.Er Tuo reported to Li Chongjiu that this was not the Khan Court of the leader of the Hunhe King's tribe, Ahui, but a pasture for the winter of the Hunhe King's tribe.

Li Chongjiu looked at the horse chirping and chirping in the pasture. Listening to its chirping, one could tell that it was strong and powerful, and it should be Ujim Qinma without a doubt.

Thinking of this, Li Chongjiu and all the generals had the same thoughts.

(End of this chapter)