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 Mukechuan City and appointed Sima, Changshi and other officials. He took his grandfather Tuyuhun as his clan name. From then on, Tuyuhun changed his name 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, the Silk Road.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Hexi Corridor was controlled by the Northern Wei Dynasty. The economically developed Western Regions of the Southern Dynasties and Rouran trade could only enter Qinghai from Bashu. After reaching Dangjin Mountain Pass, they could then branch 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 During the Murong Kua Lu period, he also occupied the old land of the Western Qin Dynasty. It was not until the Sui Dynasty unified the world that the invasion was gradually reduced. But as long as there was a war between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks, Tuyuhun would attack the villages, towns and passing merchants in Taozhou, Shanzhou, Kuozhou, Ganzhou and Guazhou.
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 on 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 allowed the Liangzhou army to move south with confidence, 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 and Hexi Corridor. There was 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 as 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, they urgently mobilized 100,000 Tuyuhun troops from Dafeichuan, Liangfeichuan, Wuhai and other places, as well as 300,000 family members, Guiyong and other attached slaves, and 1.5 million sheep and horses, and rushed to Fuqi City, the royal capital. Participate in preparations for the war; together with the 50,000 troops stationed in Fuqi City, the old capital Fulochuan, Qiunichuan, and Fuyuanchuan, there are 150,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of family members accompanying the troops in the north, east, and west directions of Qinghai.
After gathering his troops, Murong Fuyun appointed Dabao King Niluozhou as the Grand Marshal of the Tuguhun 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 defending the western area, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend. In the eastern area, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, he only used the same force to fight against the Sui Dynasty's Ganzhou, Shanzhou, Kuozhou and Taozhou. Confrontation between armies.
Shanshan has a vast territory, close to the Western Regions and the Hexi Corridor, with Yizhou to the north and Guazhou to the east. In the northeastern part of the territory is the continuous Sansha Great Moraine. To the east is the Sui Dynasty military fortress Yangguan City; to the west of the Great Moraine is the Puchang Sea (Lop Nur), a vast expanse of blue and rippling water. From Puchang Sea to the south along the Shanshan River. After several hundred miles, we arrived at Shanshan City, and continued southward along the river until we reached 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 of Tuguhun.
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 inaccessible deserts and Gobi deserts. There are hundreds of large and small lakes distributed within the Moraine. Some are freshwater lakes, some are saltwater lakes, and some lakes are saltwater lakes. But every summer, the lakes in the east 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 living on the lake and the surrounding grasslands and jungles. 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 began to pray to God for a rest. They couldn't do it without snow. But if the snow fell too hard, it could easily turn into a white disaster. If all their cattle, sheep and horses would 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 be no trace of people in the ice and snow on Longshang outside the Great Wall, but 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 rushed towards the Wusha tribe under the sand dune.
"Rumble..." This sand mountain is Mingsha, and 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 went out to watch with their weapons in hand, but they were too late to react at this time.
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 was mixed together. This quiet lakeside turned into a pot of noise.
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