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Chapter 463 Stepping Through Wuhuan Mountain

The Huoershen Grassland records the rise and fall of the Donghu ethnic groups.

During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, there were three ancient tribes in Northeast China, namely Sushen, Yeji, and Donghu.

Propagated to the present day, Sushen is the Seven Tribes of Mohe, and Goguryeo is roughly inherited by Goguryeo. Donghu was divided into Wuhuan. , Huoer Shen on the grassland.
First, Wuhuan was defeated by Cao Cao, and the Xianbei people of Donghu moved from Xianbei Mountain to Huoershen Grassland. After merging the Wuhuan people, they entered the Central Plains.

After Xianbei, the Goguryeo of the Lian nationality rose. In history, after Goguryeo was destroyed by Li Tang, the Bohai Kingdom established by Sumo Mohe, a descendant of the Sushen tribe, and the survivors of Goguryeo became a new threat to the Northeast of the Central Plains court after Goguryeo.

The Khitan people, like the Xi people, are descendants of the Yuwen Department of Xianbei, from the Donghu people. After the Khitan people rose from the Huoershen Grassland, they destroyed the Bohai State and established the Liao Dynasty.One of the Three Ancient Clans in the Northeast, the Lai family has since withdrawn from the stage. Today, on the Korean Peninsula, Silla and Baekje are descendants of the Sanhan tribe. In another time and space, Prince Jin Chunqiu served under the command of Li Chongjiu. , the Unified Silla created, has no inheritance relationship with Goguryeo.

After the extinction of the Lian tribe, it was the descendants of the two ancient tribes, Donghu and Sushen, who took the lead on the Liaodong stage for thousands of years.

The Liao established by the Khitans was a branch of Sushen's Heishui Mohe, which was later destroyed by the Jurchens. The Jurchens established the Jin Kingdom in the Central Plains for more than a hundred years.The one who destroyed the Kingdom of Jin was the Shiwei people, who were descendants of the Donghu people as well as the Khitan people. According to records in Wei Shu, Shiwei and Khitan came from the same origin, with the Xing'an Mountains as the boundary. .

Shiwei is also called Tatar, and the Turkic people first called Shiwei people as Tatar with the thirty surnames. Tatar is a Turkic language, and it later became a synonym for Shiwei people.

Shiwei, a branch of the Shiwei people, is also translated as Menggu, Menggu, etc., and it was finally called Mongolia.When Hebulhan invaded the Southern Song Dynasty by the Kingdom of Jin, he established the Mughal Khanate on the grassland, and the golden family of Temujin, the descendant of Hebulhan, also set foot on the Ujumqin Grassland and Huoershen Grassland. Followed the footsteps of the demise of the Jin Dynasty.

After the fall of the Mongol Yuan, the Jurchen descendants of the Jurchens, the Jianzhou Jurchen, rose again. The Horqin tribe of Mongolia on the Huoershen Grassland took the lead in taking refuge in Nurhachi and became a powerful arm of Manchuria. They intermarried with the Manchurian royal family. Horqin Ministry.

To cut off the great danger of the Khitan in the north, one must go deep into the Huoershen Grassland and severely injure the Khitan.

At this time, the main force of [-] troops crossed Wuhou Qinshui and set foot on the road back to Yuyi Town, while Xue Wanche, Wang Junkuo, and the [-] cavalry from Tudiji went deep into the Huoershen Grassland.Their route is estimated to be from the Huo'ershen Grassland to Bailang Mountain, and then from Bailang Mountain to the Daling River Valley to return to Liucheng, the county seat of western Liaoning.

The Huoer Shen Grassland is very vast.As Du Yan said, the rivers are vertical and horizontal.

According to Du Yan's guidance, everyone first arrived at a nomadic land of the Khitan people, but they were left empty-handed. The surrounding area was empty, only a few thousand wooden stakes rickety left and right, and traces left by circles of felt bags. .

Xue Wanche looked carefully at the fire pier where the Khitan people camped, and the traces of the stone circle for cattle and sheep, and deduced that this was a large tribe that migrated eastward, and it didn't take long.

At that moment, Xue Wanche proposed to Wang Junkuo to divide his troops and pursue them.

Wang Junkuo believed that it would be too risky to go deep into the enemy's territory and then divide the troops, while Xue Wanche believed that the opportunity must not be missed, and insisted on sending troops to pursue it.

In the end, the two discussed and decided to let Wang Junkuo lead 5000 troops to escort the captives and rest here, while Xue Wanche led Ugunai's Han, Xi, and Mohe cavalry to pursue the large Khitan tribe with only five days of dry food.The two agreed that within seven days, regardless of the outcome of the battle, the two armies would join forces at Wuhuan Mountain.

This time, the number of troops was reduced again. The nearly 7 troops who entered the grassland at the beginning had to return to Yuyi Town due to limited food and grass. Along with them were more than [-] people from the Khitan Yuling and Fufuyu tribes.Only Wang Junkuo and Xue Wanche's [-] cavalry penetrated into the Huoershen Grassland in the hinterland of Khitan.
After attacking Tuliuyu, the [-] cavalry supplemented a certain amount of rations, but in order to pursue the Khitans, they divided up again.Xue Wanche, Ugunai's two thousand cavalry, set foot on the road.

It is not difficult to track the Khitan people. The Khitan people have a clear path on the grassland with their ruts, cattle and sheep.It's just that there was a heavy rain yesterday, which made all the roads muddy.It is impossible to appear on the grassland. In the Han Dynasty, there is only a vast grassland, jungle, rolling hills, and sudden rivers everywhere on the rammed loess road.

The army pursued for three days, but there was still no sign of the Khitan tribe.

For the Xi people among the cavalry, they were born on the grassland. They not only acted as scouts to scout around, dismounted from their horses from time to time to pick some wild leeks, wild onions, grass mushrooms and other food, but also shot a few mice. , Wild sheep, etc. are used with dry food.

As for the cavalry of the Han army, they are much inferior. When a few cavalry of the Han army are hungry and thirsty, they imitate the people and drink mare's milk like the Mohe people. The result is diarrhea, which delays the march.

Xue Wanche was born in a family of soldiers and horses, and he was familiar with the books on military strategy since he was a child, but it was the first time for him to go deep into the grassland to fight, and he felt that his hands were tied everywhere.But Xue Wanche was tenacious and determined to pursue the Khitan tribe no matter what.

At this time, Xue Wanche's cavalry had only two days left with their rations.

On the other side, Wang Junkuo and Du Yan led [-] cavalry to escort more than [-] captives from the Tuliuyu tribe to Wuhuan Mountain.

Here Wang Junkuo once again encountered a tribe of Khitans. After the battle, he was expelled from Wuhuan Mountain, captured another [-] Khitans, and captured countless cattle, sheep and horses.

Then Wang Junkuo waited for Xue Wanche in Wuhuan Mountain, until the appointed day, Xue Wanche, the two thousand cavalry of Ugunai, still hadn't been seen.Wang Junkuo could only wait patiently.

After waiting for another five days, Wang Junkuo sent Qingqi to search north and east near Wuhuan Mountain, but found nothing.

Going deep into the enemy's territory, the situation is very dangerous. Although the soldiers and rations plus the capture can last for another month, Wang Junkuo firmly believes that Xue Wancheduo is in danger, and immediately ordered the army to suppress the prisoners and return south.

All the generals objected when they heard the words, and they were all rejected by Wang Junkuo.

Wang Junkuo left behind 500 cavalry to wait for Xue Wanche in Wuhuan Mountain for another two days, while he himself led the army to escort the Khitan captives from Wuhuan Mountain to Bailang Mountain.Wang Junkuo's army laid a pontoon bridge on Huangshui, and Huangshui again. On the way, the Khitan captives resisted the upheaval. Wang Junkuo killed [-] people and suppressed the rebellion. The bodies were thrown on Huangshui, and the river was red.

When all the generals saw that Wang Junkuo had killed too much, they all changed color.

After crossing Huangshui, they heard that the [-] cavalry in the back of the village had received news of Xue Wanche's [-] cavalry.

A large number of Khitan prisoners escorted by Xue Wanche arrived, and it turned out that Xue Wanche was chasing one of the Pixu tribe of the eight Khitan tribes.

After Xue Wanche ran for five days, he finally caught up with Pixu's tail.Knowing that they were invincible, the Pixu Ministry took the initiative to surrender. More than 3 Khitans and 10,000+ cattle, sheep and horses surrendered to Xue Wanche.

Because more than 3 people dragged their families with them, and the cavalry sent by Xue Wanche lost their way and did not reach Xianbei Mountain, so they missed the return date.

Knowing that Xue Wanche was fine, all the generals were happy, but Wang Junkuo said that Xue Wanche had not followed the military order, and that he would not fail to meet his deadlines. He said that he would attach this matter to Xue Wanche's petition letter and send it to the Ministry of Education.

But this was just a small episode.

The two armies joined forces, and they went deep into the grassland this time. The six Yu tribes, the Pixu tribe, and the Yuling tribe, Fufuyu tribe, and four of the Khitan eight tribes that had voluntarily surrendered to them before were hit in this battle. And news came from the captives of the Pixu tribe that Dahe Duoluo and his son had fled to Xianbei Mountain, seeking protection from the people of Heishui Mohe.

Dahe Duoluo had already lost his prestige in Khitan, although he did not capture Dahe Duoluo himself alive, but he had an explanation for his pursuit of Khitan after going deep into the grassland this time.

After Wang Junkuo and Xue Wanche joined forces, they returned south with nearly [-] Khitan people. On the way, the Khitan tribes saw the army passing by and fled.

After the army crossed the Wuhou Qin River again, it was one step closer to the return journey. This is the place where Sumo Mohe, Goguryeo, Khitan, Zhao, and the four tribes in the Northeast converge.

It took another two days for the army to arrive at Bailang Mountain. After the victory in the Battle of Bailang Mountain that year, the traces of stone carvings can still be seen.

(End of this chapter)