Tuyuhun was originally a personal name. He was the eldest son of Murong Shegui, the Chanyu of Murong clan in Xianbei. After Murong Shegui died, his legitimate son Murong Xin succeeded him as Chanyu. He was at odds with Murong Tuyuhun, so Tuyuhun led his troops to move westward.

After Tuyuhun's death, his grandson Murong Yeyan established the city of Mukechuan and appointed Sima, Changshi and other officials. He took his grandfather Tuyuhun as his clan name. From then on, Tuyuhun was changed from a personal name to a clan name and a country name.

Leaders from Tuyuhun to Murong Fuyun were very talented. During the hundreds of years of chaos in the Central Plains, they conquered vast territories and firmly controlled the Qinghai Road of the Silk Road.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Hexi Corridor was controlled by the Northern Wei Dynasty. In the economically developed western regions of the Southern Dynasties, trade between Rouran and Rouran could only proceed from Bashu to Qinghai. After reaching the Dangjin Mountain Pass, they would then branch off to the west or north.

The greatest beneficiary of the glory of the Qinghai Road was Tuyuhun, who created the Qinghai Road. However, with the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, trade between the Sui Dynasty and the northern and western regions no longer had to go through the difficult Qinghai Road. This also made the Qinghai Road prosperous with Tuyuhun.

Towards decline.

Seeing the growing prosperity of the Hexi Corridor, and comparing the glorious past and declining present of Qinghai Road, the three generations of Khans Murong Kualu, Murong Shifu, and Murong Fuyun were all jealous and led their troops to invade Longxi in the Sui Dynasty many times, and even

Murong Kualu

During the period, they also occupied the homeland of the Western Qin Dynasty. It was not until the Great Sui Dynasty unified the world that they gradually reduced their invasions. However, as long as the Great Sui Dynasty had a war with the Turks, Tuyuhun would attack the villages of Taozhou, Shanzhou, Kuozhou, Ganzhou, and Guazhou.

Towns and passing trade trips.

When Yang Ji was fighting Bujia Khan, Murong Fuyun repeated his old tricks and attacked the border states of Liangzhou, but this time he was kicked against the iron plate.

Yang Ji's victory over Bujia Khan also meant that the Turkic Khanate was officially divided into two, and the Eastern and Western Turks fell into fragments and could no longer pose a threat to the Sui Dynasty.

The stability in the north also made Liangzhou's army feel at ease to go south, and assembled more than 100,000 main battle troops at the Sui and Tuyuhun borders, as well as more than 80,000 state soldiers and auxiliary troops. At the same time, a large amount of food was transferred from Guanzhong and Bashu.

Hehuang area, Hexi Corridor. There is an endless stream of oxen, carts and horses on the official road, stretching for hundreds of miles, loaded with food, hay, weapons, tents and other materials rushing to the forward positions.

Just when the Sui army was gathering in large numbers, Tuyuhun was also preparing for war. The eighteen-year-old Tuyuhun Khan Murong Fuyun was panicked. On the one hand, he used Tianzhu King Murong Yong as his envoy and ordered him to seek peace with the Sui Dynasty on behalf of Tuyuhun. On the other hand, he

The authorities urgently mobilized ten Tuyuhun troops from Dafeichuan, Liangfeichuan, Wuhai and other places.

Wan, as well as their families, 300,000 subordinate slaves such as Gui Yong, and 1.5 million sheep and horses, rushed to the royal capital Fuqi City to participate in preparations for the war; together with Fuqi City, the old capitals Fulochuan and Qiunichuan, overthrew Yuan

There are 50,000 troops stationed in Sichuan and 150,000 troops in the north, east and west directions of Qinghai, with hundreds of thousands of family members accompanying the troops.

After gathering his troops, Murong Fuyun appointed Dabao King Niluozhou as the Grand Marshal of the Tuyuhun Army. He also appointed the Tianbi King Murong Zhao as the Grand Marshal of Shanshan, leading an army of 30,000 to rush to the aid of Shanshan.

The generals, each with 30,000 troops, were stationed in the south valley of Dangjin Mountain Pass.

Judging from the situation of Murong Fuyun's deployment of troops, he focused on the western area, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and the eastern area, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. He only used the same force as the Sui Dynasty's Ganzhou, Shanzhou, Kuozhou and Taozhou.

Confrontation between armies.

Shanshan has a vast territory, close to the Western Region and the Hexi Corridor, with Yizhou to the north and Guazhou to the east. In the northeast of the territory is the continuous Sansha Great Moraine, and from the Great Moraine to the east is the Sui Dynasty military fortress Yangguan City;

moraine

To the west is Puchang Sea (Lop Nur), a vast expanse of blue and rippling water. From Puchang Sea, go south along the Shanshan River for hundreds of miles before you reach Shanshan City. Continue south along the river, and you will reach Qiemo in Tuyuhun.

From Puchanghai to the southeastern part of Qiemo, there are endless grasslands, forest-covered hills, and farmland opened up by the Tyuhun people. This is also one of the major grain-producing areas in Tuyuhun.

In order to defend this strategic location, Murong Fuyun added an additional 30,000 troops to Shanshan's original 20,000 troops, and then deployed 30,000 troops at Dangjin Pass, which had already used half of Tuyuhun's troops.

This shows the importance of Shanshan and Qiemo to Tuyuhun.

The Sansha Moraine is not all an inaccessible desert. There are hundreds of large and small lakes in the Gobi Desert. Some are freshwater lakes, some are saltwater lakes, and some lakes are saltwater lakes. But every summer, the eastern

The ice and snow in the Altun Mountains will form springs through water, and fresh water will gush out from the ground and lakes.

Generally speaking, as long as there are freshwater lakes and freshwater springs in the desert, it also means that there are many oases and grasslands suitable for nomadic herdsmen.

In the Sansha Great Moraine, there are many tribes that rely on the lake and the surrounding grasslands and jungles to live. Among the many tribes, the Usha tribe is one of them.

At dusk, the Sansha Moraine is covered with dense clouds, the cold wind is howling, and the snowflakes are swept by the strong wind, making it difficult for pedestrians to open their eyes. The earth seems to be covered with a thick layer of white, and the farming people are happy. This year

The heavy snowfall in winter is destined to be a bumper harvest next year.

But the shepherds inevitably start to pray to God for a rest. They can't do it without snow. But if the snow falls too hard, it can easily turn into a white disaster. If all their cattle, sheep and horses freeze to death in the end,

That's their nightmare.

Now is the mid-winter season when dripping water turns into ice. The vast moraine is empty, and both humans and animals have begun to winter.

The road was blocked by heavy snow, and there were no pedestrians. There should have been no trace of people in the ice and snow on Longshang outside the Great Wall. However, in such ghostly weather, a team quietly sneaked towards the Wusha tribe along the sand dunes.

The Wusha tribe lived near the lake, with a large sand dune more than 200 feet high behind them. The team rested behind the sand dune for about half an hour. Then someone gave an order, and the men with swords rushed up the sand dune one after another.

With the speed of falling, he quickly rushed towards the Wusha tribe under the sand dune.

"Rumble..." This sand mountain is called Mingsha. The huge roar caused by nearly two thousand people is like thousands of troops passing over the tribe, and it is also like dull thunder. The sound is so loud.

This empty and silent dusk can be transmitted more than ten miles away. The Niaosha people who were sheltering from the wind and snow in their tents were awakened, and they went out to watch with their weapons in hand, but they had no time to react.

The cry of killing suddenly rang out, and the quiet lakeside was full of people. The screams of men, the cries of women and children, the barking of hunting dogs, the neighing of cattle and horses, the clash of swords, and the sounds of fighting were intertwined, and the sound of killing was intertwined.
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