When the first ray of dawn shone on the earth, the Usha tribe had already quieted down. The ground was covered with stiff corpses, with blood flowing everywhere and frozen into purple-black ice.

Some people were counting their property and food and taking away everything that was easy to carry away. Some people were burying their dead companions under the sandy slope. Some people were feeding the stolen camels and war horses with beans, hay and other collected concentrates.

Someone screened the prisoners.

These captives of the Usha tribe are not all the people of the Usha tribe, some of them are plundered slaves. These slaves include Han people, Qiang people, Westerners, Sogdians; and even Xianbei people who belong to the same ethnic group, because they are annexing

Failed in battle and became a slave.

These horse thieves who attacked the Usha tribe freed all the slaves and gave them food, weapons, and women. After the slaves received food and weapons, and slept with their mistress, they suddenly had the courage to resist. It was not that they did not dare to do so before.

Resistance, but in the past, he was weak and did not dare to resist, but now he has this gang of brutal horse thieves as his backer, so he treats his old master even more cruelly than the horse thieves.

These slaves soon figured out the origins of these people. They were two teams of horse thieves who were well-known far and wide: one was a Shanshan people with a long history, and it was said that they were descendants of the leader, King Shanshan. This King Shanshan was not the real one.

Da Ye, but the Northern Wei Dynasty appointed Han Ba, King of Shanshan, and the Northern Wei Dynasty was

After being divided into two, Tuyuhun took advantage of the civil war in the Northern Dynasties to occupy the isolated Shanshan. From then on, the descendants of Hanba took the Shanshan people loyal to them as horse thieves and continued to fight against Tuyuhun.

Like the wind, Tuyuhun still cannot completely annihilate it.

Another group of horse thieves is a newly rising force. This group is mainly Han Chinese, well-equipped and capable of fighting. They appear to be horse thieves, but in fact they are the Guazhou army sent by Mai Tiezhang, the general manager of Guazhou.

At first, Mai Tiezhang felt that the five thousand soldiers in Guazhou could not cope with the complex situation in the Western Regions. When Yang Ji arrived in Dunhuang and asked for an expansion of the army, Yang Ji asked him how to raise an army. His answer was to farm the fields on the one hand and pretend to be a horse thief on the other.

Go grab Tugu

After Hun, the countries in the Western Regions expanded their armies, he asked 60% of the slaves handed over by the six major families in Dunhuang to cultivate 60% of the fertile land "donated" by the six major families. He hoarded all the food obtained, and then led his troops into Shanshan, starting a career as a horse thief.

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Since Wang Bian, the governor of Guazhou, had both military and political skills, Mai Tiezhang simply left all the affairs of Guazhou to Wang Bian, and he became a horse thief wholeheartedly. Not only did he achieve the goal of using war to support war and using war to support the army, he also continued to

Continuous battles tempered an elite force. Perhaps he was addicted to being a thief, so even when he confronted Tuyuhun in Yangguan, he continued to personally lead the troops as a horse thief. As for the defense of Yangguan, he left it to the deputy general manager Qian Shi

Both male and female.

As for how to create more trouble for Tuyuhun, Mai Tiezhang hasn't thought about it yet. He plans to make a decision after meeting Yang Ji. After all, the purpose of the Sui Dynasty is just to engage in an arms race with Tuyuhun and defeat Tuyuhun through a long-term confrontation.

If he is exposed in advance, the battle between the Sui Dynasty and the Taste will be clear, and it will not be of any benefit to the country or oneself. But if the descendants of Han Ba ​​are found and destruction is carried out in his name, then there is no need to worry at all.

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Tuyuhun is a tribal country like the Turks, and there are also great internal disputes; the original owners of Tuyuhun were the ancient Qiang people living here. After they were conquered by Tuyuhun, they were ruled for a long time, but in terms of population, they were far less than

At first, the Xianbei people only had a few thousand households. Because of this, the Xianbei people were always prejudiced and wary of the Qiang people. Such differentiated treatment naturally led to conflicts between the main tribe and the vassal tribes, and between tribes.

If you can use your identity as a descendant of Hanba to expand the scope of destruction and allow more Tuyuhun tribes to refuse to save other tribes for their own selfish interests, it may be possible to ignite disputes among the Tuyuhun tribes and cause huge turmoil; in this kind of internal

Under the unstable situation, Tuyuhun would not be able to let go of the war with the Sui Dynasty. This would not only facilitate the arms race, but also weaken Tuyuhun's war potential through civil strife and weaken the young Khan's already low prestige.

In this way, before Tuyuhun resolves its internal disputes, the Liangzhou military can respond calmly and the pressure on the confrontation is greatly reduced. If you think optimistically, Tuyuhun, which is beleaguered internally and externally and under great pressure, will break out into a civil war and collapse into self-destruction.

Mai Tiezhang was originally a ruthless character who was not afraid of heaven and earth. Yang Ji gave him great authority and made up his mind. He discussed it carefully with Wang Bian and Qian Shixiong, and finally decided to continue to use Mai Tiezhang, who was familiar with the situation.

The leader of the horse thieves, he imitated Yang Ji's method of freeing slaves in the Great Lakes area to strengthen the team of horse thieves, and at the same time used these barbarians from mixed origins to hide his true identity.

But even so, because this mission was different from the previous plundering of resources, Mai Tiezhang and others still did a thorough job of keeping secrets to hide the Tuyuhun spies. He first sent his son Mai Mengcai to discuss secretly with Sima Yinshi, the general manager's office.

After obtaining consent for this matter, the 2,500 bravest and most loyal soldiers were re-selected from the army, and it was said to the outside world that they were to reinforce "Xizhou". The mission was not made public until southern Illinois.

The army climbed over the remaining mountains of the steep Mo Mountain (Kuluktag Mountain), and entered the north of the Sansha Desert from a place that the Tyuhun people could not imagine.

Mai Tiezhang was just like Yang Ji at the time. While annihilating the scattered tribes, he also inquired from various slaves about the location of Han Ba's descendants. After chatting, he found out that this leader named Han Liu was indeed a descendant of Han Ba.

I just wanted to buy Mai Tiezhang from him.

He bought some war horses and camels, and exchanged the robbed women for "naming rights". Unexpectedly, Han Liu heard that Mai Tiezhang was going to do some big business in Shanshan, and he immediately became interested. Not only did he half-sell and half-give away the war horses, he also

They have to work together, and the stolen property and the woman will be added to each other to make five.

Mai Tiezhang sneaked into Shanshan this time, hoping to turn him upside down. With the local snake like Hallyu joining in, there would be countless pairs of eyes and ears, making the success rate even higher. How could he not agree?

He agreed to Han Liu's request, and offered money and food very generously. The slaves were added to the number of slaves, and the cattle, sheep, horses, and women that he had stolen all belonged to Han Liu. Han Liu was so happy that he patted his iron staff on the shoulder.

Call "good brother".

So the real horse thieves and the fake horse thieves went hand in hand and jointly launched a bloody sweep of the Tuyuhun tribes in Shanshan.

"Hahaha, wowhaha..." Han Liu, who had a hairy face, was holding a Mo Dao and looked at the herds of cattle and sheep seized from the Wusha tribe. He laughed loudly. In the blink of an eye, he saw the chief from the chief's house.

The treasures found and the pretty women made me laugh again.

Mai Tiezhang, his second son Mai Zhongcai, Wang Bian's son Wang Jun, and Qian Shixiong's son Qian Jie stood not far away and whispered.

"Uncle, we always clean up some small tribes in Sansha Daqi, and the damage to Tuyuhun is really pitiful. We now have enough war horses, camels, and a lot of slaves. My nephew thinks we can go south.

." The gentle Wang Jun suggested to Mai Tiezhang.

"What do you think?" The three little guys followed Mai Tiezhang. The three fathers all hoped that their children would grow up in the war, so Mai Tiezhang did not say anything directly. Instead, he asked the younger generation for their opinions and was prepared to listen to them.

Any good suggestions will be accepted, and any shortcomings will be pointed out.

In fact, this method of leading the new with the old is one of the reasons why there were many famous generals in the Great Sui Dynasty. First of all, the Great Sui Dynasty was not long after the founding of the country. Before the Great Sui Dynasty, there was a melee between the north and the south, and hundreds of years of constant fighting. Therefore, the children of military families fought against each other.

He practiced riding and archery since he was a child, went into battle at a young age, and then spent the rest of his life in a hundred battles, tempered into steel. As long as he didn't die, he could pick out a few generals who would be able to fight in a hundred battles.

For example, Yang Su, a disciple of a general, started fighting in his teens, and fought countless battles throughout his life, eventually becoming a military god who frightened his enemies. There are also Gao Jun, Han Qinhu, Da Xi Changru, and He Louzi

Qian, Shi Wan

Sui, eldest son Sun Sheng, Tu Wanxu, Yu Juluo, Yu Wenshu and others were also "good at riding and shooting, good at reading military books, and joined the army with their father when they were teenagers." They fought for decades and survived the war by luck.

, all of them became famous generals and marshals.

Mai Zhongcai looked at Han Liu who was laughing and giggling not far away, and asked: "What should I do with him? Get rid of him?"

"Now is not the time to get rid of him, because he has a lot of people and is familiar with Shanshan. With him, he can not only help us confuse the Tuyuhun people, but also be a real help. What I mean is that first

Take them to fuck and wait

When he feels that he is in danger, I'm afraid we don't need to tell him to break up, he will run away with his people, and it won't be too late for us to do it ourselves." When Wang Zhao said this, he looked at Mai Tiezhang, who was silent.

, asked: "What do you think, uncle?"

Mai Tiezhang said with a smile: "Although he is a little stupid, he and his soldiers are very smart in fighting, and I admire them all."

"Uncle, I think this man is a bit reckless, but he doesn't look like a fool. Is he willing to be an enemy of Tuyuhun?" Wang Zhao frowned.

"How could you not be willing?" Mai Tiezhang's eyes sparkled, he touched his chin and said with a smile: "As long as we fight a few good battles in the future, the huge benefits will definitely make them lose their eyes, and wait until the Tuyuhun army is triggered

When we pay attention, he can only follow us

The road is dark at the end, and you can't retreat even if you want to, otherwise you will face the end of being wiped out by the Tuyuhun army. Moreover, Shanshan will belong to us sooner or later in the Sui Dynasty. How can we allow such a group of horse thieves to exist? We share weal and woe, and we have

Responsibility rescues them from the mire."

Mai Tiezhang said as he walked towards Hallyu.

After a while, Hanliu ordered some wounded soldiers to escort cattle, sheep, horses and women, and took the newly joined slaves, took away half of the property, and then rushed to their lair. As for himself, he led other horse bandits to

Mai Tiezhang came this way and dived deep along the edge of the Sanshao Moraine. The two groups of people were like two catfish rushing into a school of sardines and began their journey to disrupt the situation!

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Chapter completed!