Since then, the Southern Barbarians have officially surrendered to the Jin army, and Nanzhong, the land of the Southern Barbarians, has been officially divided into three counties: Nanzhong County, Yunzhong County, and Man County.
Among them, Duan Siping and Mu Zeng served as governors of Nanzhong County and Man County respectively, and many other Nanman people were also appointed. These two places were even classified as barbarian autonomous regions.
In many places, Li Xiang gave the Southern Barbarians more benefits and even made concessions. The other party was so proactive and understanding that they originally planned to give them the governorship of two counties in total. Among the three counties of the Southern Barbarians, only two The position of one county guard in the county has now become the position of two county guards among the three counties of Nanman. They have all been given to them, for a total of three county guard positions, but there is only one issue, and that is the issue of military power.
Barbarians can serve as officials like Jin people, but they cannot form barbarian armies, and they cannot form armies privately.
On the land owned by the Jin army, only the imperial court was qualified to form an army, and everyone else was not qualified to form an army, whether it was the Jin army or the barbarian army.
Barbarians could join the army and serve as generals, but they had to be within the Jin army's own system, and it could not be said that they had created a small military system of their own.
Today, the Southern Barbarians are at their weakest and least able to resist. At this time, the rules should be established, and then they can be maintained in a logical manner.
At the same time, it is only at this time that the resistance faced by the rules is the smallest. If we really wait a few years and Nanman has regained a certain amount of strength, then if we want to establish rules again, it won't be as easy as it is today. If you want to establish rules, you have to rely on your fists.
At the same time, Li Xiang ordered Wu Qi, the governor of Nanzhou, to familiarize himself with the bad environment in the south as soon as possible. It is not to let Wu Qi become familiar with the environment here, but to let his troops become familiar with the environment in the south.
Although Wu Qi's soldiers and horses included captured prisoners as a considerable part of them, the original old Jin army was also a very important part.
Most of the Jin armies came from the north. When they conquered the south, they would inevitably encounter various problems and even diseases due to unsuitable conditions and other reasons.
Taking advantage of the southern barbarians, the Jin soldiers and horses spent two or three years getting familiar with the environment here. Only then would Wu Qi have the real confidence to conquer Jiaozhou in the south.
Otherwise, the army had just set off, but most of the soldiers under his command fell due to unfamiliar factors, and even Wu Qi would not be able to fight this battle.
Even these god-level commanders are only humans, not gods. They cannot be omniscient and omnipotent, and any problem can be solved by them.
The situation in the Southern Barbarians is, after all, moving towards a good situation.
At this time, the first thing Li Xiang received was not the situation in the Central Plains, but the battle situation in the west that had accelerated six hundred miles away and passed through many difficulties to reach Li Xiang.
Even if Yizhou is indeed not suitable for intelligence transmission, it will take longer than other places. However, the situation in the west was too serious. In order to convey the news as quickly as possible, the generals on the front line lost countless horses to death along the way, and even some scouts fell on the way.
Whether it's the Han Dynasty or the grasslands, they don't pay much attention to the situation in the Western Regions, let alone the situation in South Asia.
It was precisely because he knew very little about the situation there that Yuan Meng happily changed his direction after discovering that those enemies were so incompetent during the process of cherishing the situation.
No longer focused on following the Jin army in head-to-head confrontation, even letting go of the grasslands, but focused on bringing down the countries in the Western Regions, Central Asia and even West Asia.
The 36 countries in the Western Regions that people know are all small countries, but if the 36 countries in the Western Regions go further west, those big countries have a population of hundreds of thousands and a military strength of 100,000 or even more than 100,000 at their peak.
Therefore, one can imagine the national strength of those big countries in the Western Regions, and annexing them can increase their power a lot.
It happened that those big countries in the Western Region, although they were big, were weak in strength. Wusun, who was first targeted, was killed by the two vanguard armies of Zhebie and Subotai. At this time, Wusun's original king and The grass on the graves of the resistance faction has grown so high.
The subsequent great powers in the Western Region were not much stronger than Wusun. Therefore, Yuanmeng's campaign to conquer the West progressed smoothly. The biggest trouble was Su Dingfang, who had only tens of thousands of troops at the beginning.
In fact, Su Dingfang alone attracted most of Yuan Meng's strong generals, and there were only a few generals who actually followed Kublai Khan in his expedition to the west.
The long-term victory made Yuanmeng look down on these rookies in the Western Regions more and more.
To put it bluntly, any well-known general among Yuanmeng dared to fight with 10,000 people against 50,000 opponents, but they were basically able to win.
After a long time, even if it were replaced by someone else, a general from any force, how could they think highly of these countries in the Western Region? If you want to win the respect of your enemies, you really need strength. But unfortunately, they don't have this thing.
But after a long period of victory, today's Yuanmeng finally faced a Waterloo.
In a great defeat, 5,000 Yuan of Meng's own troops and 30,000 Yuan of the servant army formed after destroying several Western Region countries represented by Wusun were all lost in this great defeat.
Yuanmeng was defeated as a result, and the reasons for this were multifaceted.
On the one hand, with the demise of Wusun, Dayuan and other countries, Kangju at this time had also lost a large number of people and more than half of its territory, and was not far away from complete destruction.
Judging from this, Yuanyu's war against the Western Region has begun to come to an end, and the next step is probably to develop west of Kangju.
Precisely because they were beaten badly enough, these major powers in the Western Regions were wary of the Soviet Union at the beginning. Later, they began to cooperate, and now they are begging for help.
For Su Dingfang, Kangju and other countries gradually moved from being uncooperative to being cooperative, and even began to be obedient. Naturally, this battle became easier to fight.
And then Huo Qubing Qingqi entered Wusun, Dawan and other territories that had been captured by Yuanmeng.
Yuanmeng did not take these territories for a long time, and they also faced conflicts in various aspects such as culture, so the foundation of their rule was not solid. Under Huo Qubing's efforts, rebellions of varying sizes continued to give Kublai Khan a headache.
Kublai Khan sent troops to expel or even destroy Huo Qubing's men, but Huo Qubing moved like the wind. The Western Regions are different from the Central Plains. With the population density and population distribution of the Central Plains, it is more difficult to hide than in the Western Regions. many.
Therefore, Yuanmeng's soldiers and horses could not catch Huo Qubing's main force at all, and could only follow Huo Qubing's butt and keep eating dirt.
Huo Qubing's participation in the battle seriously affected Yuanmeng's rear and logistics, and had a great impact on the Yuanmeng army on the front line.
Another reason for Yuan Meng's defeat was the addition of an imperial force.
It was the addition of this imperial force that allowed the frontline generals, represented by Su Dingfang, to convey the news back as quickly as possible at all costs.
(End of chapter)
