Chapter 374 Hulong
The northwest of Da Qi is very cold and windy.
Further north than the northwest, the weather is colder and the wind is stronger.
There is a large grassland on the northwest border of Da Qi, which is located at the junction of Da Qi, Hunxie and Tiele Khan.
The herders living on the border call this grassland Alta grassland.
The winter in the Alta grassland is very long. Now the ground is covered with snow. Even if the snow melts, only the dead grass roots underneath are exposed.
It's grayish yellow, not green at all.
Compared with the scenery in summer, it is completely different.
Now hundreds of thousands of troops are in the southern part of the Alta grassland, just across the border of Da Qi.
After all, they were invading from the south, so they had to at least reach the border of Da Qi.
But that's all for now. Xue's army is still resisting as stubbornly as before, making it very difficult for them to fight.
The tents of hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed on the vast plain. From a high vantage point, it looked like thousands of mushrooms popping up on the ground.
And these mushrooms will move from time to time.
The tents were not of uniform size, some were small and some were large. The ones in the center were obviously much taller than the average tents, a whole circle larger.
The largest tent is as tall as two adults and can accommodate hundreds of people.
Sitting in such a large tent was a very tall and burly man.
He was over forty years old, with broad shoulders and a thick back, a thick beard like a mane, thick eyebrows, and a pair of sharp and bright eyes.
His sturdy and strong back is almost as wide as the bodies of two ordinary people combined.
He has big hands, and when he makes fists they look like two big hammers, and they look very powerful.
He is the Khan of Hunxie, Hulong.
"Khan, the kumis is ready."
A slave knelt beside him and offered him milky kumis.
Hu Long picked up the kumis and drank it in one gulp. A warm feeling flowed down his throat to his abdomen, and then spread to his whole body.
At this time, someone came in and reported:
"Khan, there's some unrest in the army. Our soldiers clashed with Tiele Khan's soldiers and a fight broke out. Several generals have gone to deal with it."
Hu Long wanted to know all the movements in the army, so whenever something happened in the army, someone would come to report to him.
This matter was not so serious as to require the Khan's intervention.
But Hulong thought of Tiele Khan, frowned, and went out.
It had been snowing for days before, but it finally cleared up today.
The sky was blue and the sun was bright, but the wind from the north was still cold and sharp.
Hu Long's brows were furrowed even tighter by the wind.
Winter is not the best season for fighting.
It was snowing heavily and the wind was blowing hard, making it difficult for the soldiers to move forward.
If it weren't for this cooperation with Tiele Khan, he would not like to send troops in winter.
Sending troops south in autumn is what he would like best.
In spring and summer, the grass is lush and abundant. After this period of grazing, the war horses and livestock are full of energy, and are in the best condition in autumn.
Moreover, the south has a good harvest in summer and autumn, so if they send troops at this time, they can seize the harvested grain.
In the past, they not only robbed Dayu, but also robbed some neighboring tribes, and even had conflicts with the Tiele Khanate.
It's just robbery, there's nothing shameful about it to them.
Being able to grab and win shows that they are strong.
If they could rob a tribe and subdue them all, the Hunxie Kingdom would become even more powerful.
Hulong did not personally lead his troops to fight in every battle.
About twenty years ago, when he was young, he would lead his troops into battle. At that time, he had just inherited the position of Khan.
In recent years, including the battles some time ago, he sent his generals to fight.
This time the troops were dispatched in the autumn.
While fighting with Xue's army, they wondered how the Tiele Khanate could defeat them so easily and head straight for the other country's capital.
They clearly had a tough time in the Northwest.
Later I heard that the Tiele Khanate once occupied Chang'an City, but was eventually driven back to its base.
Dayu also changed its dynasty to Da Qi, and I wonder if all the members of the Murong clan died out.
This time, the Hunxie people just robbed some things and left, without fighting desperately with the Xue family army guarding the northwest.
Hulong ordered the general leading the army to withdraw.
But at this critical juncture, the Tiele Khan came to the Hunxie Kingdom and expressed their hope to join forces to take advantage of the instability of the new regime of the Da Qi to swallow up the northwest together.
This surprised the people of Hunxie Country.
Many years ago, they approached the Tiele Khan and proposed cooperation to deal with Dayu together.
But Tiele Khan was very conservative at that time and was unwilling to send troops.
Now that Tiele Khan had been badly defeated, he actually took the initiative to propose cooperation to fight back.
But no matter what, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so Hulong of course agreed.
He had long wanted to incorporate Tingzhou into the territory of Hunxie State, but unfortunately he had not been able to succeed in these years.
When he was young, he was very close to success once, but failed miserably. They suffered heavy casualties, and he even lost...
Hu Long subconsciously narrowed his gaze, and felt heartbroken when he thought of what happened at that time.
When he first became Khan, he was very powerful and unified the small tribes to the west of Hunxie Kingdom. Then he wanted to take Tingzhou into his possession in one go.
His father, the previous Khan, had advised him not to act rashly before his death:
"Dayu is a snow leopard, a giant wolf. Even when asleep, he is still fierce."
Hulong believed what his father said, but still sent troops because he believed that their Hunxie Kingdom was a more ferocious leopard.
That year, 200,000 Hunxie troops marched south to break through Dayu's northern border.
Everyone was deeply impressed by that war.
Hu Long was twenty years old, and the enemy general Xue Yuzhuo was also around twenty years old.
But the military strength of Hunxie State was twice that of Dayu's Northwest Army.
Relying on his absolute numerical advantage and elite soldiers and horses, Hulong led his army and was about to break into the heart of Dayu.
More than half of the Xue family army was killed, but half of the Hunxie people were also killed.
Hu Long realized how powerful the Xue family army was. Putting aside his stance, he even admired Xue Yuzhuo's character.
I would rather die than surrender.
Later, Xue Yuzhuo died, and when Dayu's reinforcements arrived, Hulong was unable to lead his troops to withdraw from Dayu.
The Hunxie Kingdom was severely damaged in that battle and spent many years to rebuild its strength.
Huh—huh—
The wind blew harder across the fields.
Hu Long came to his senses in the biting wind.
Now they have the strength they had back then again.
And this time, with Tiele Khan as an ally, the Central Plains regime had just undergone a change.
After many years, he is going to lead the army again to complete the unfinished task.
Hu Long walked to the place where people were causing trouble in the military camp.
"The Khan is coming."
When everyone saw Hu Long coming, they all made way for him.
"What's going on?" Hu Long asked.
Tumso, the general of Hunye State, said: "There was a conflict between Tiele Khan's soldiers and our soldiers, and the two sides started fighting."
The leaders of both sides reached an agreement to fight side by side, but conflicts were inevitable among the soldiers below during contact.
Tiele Khan and several soldiers from the Hunye Kingdom were fighting over the spoils they had obtained before, and neither side gave in, so they started fighting.
Hu Long said succinctly: "Deal with him according to military law."
As soon as he finished speaking, another playful voice sounded:
"Khan, I have dealt with Tiele Khan's soldiers who caused trouble."
A man in his twenties walked out surrounded by people. He had a big face and narrow eyes.
She was wearing a mink coat and a hat, and her hair was braided into several braids at the back of her head, with gems inlaid in the braids.
"I had their ears cut off to remind them that they must remember what I said and not cause trouble in the barracks in the future."
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