Chapter 584 Westward Retreat
When Sohab Yuanliang and others heard Chu Huan say such shocking words, they all looked surprised. After looking at each other, they soon showed disapproval, and some even showed disdain on their faces.
Chu Huan had some reason before that he advocated retreating to Montenegro, but now he claimed that there was a way to reduce Mahara's troops by half, which no one believed.
Mahara had tens of thousands of troops coming in full force. What was Chu Huan's ability to say such a big word?
Then Shibguli had already taken the lead and said: "Chu Huan, discussing military affairs is not a joke, but it is better not to say something easily." He only felt that Chu Huan was young and energetic, and was appreciated by Mahazang, so he did not know that the sky was high and the earth was rich.
When Mahazang saw Chu Huan's expression, he didn't seem to be joking. He said strangely: "Good brother, do you really have a way to reduce Mahara's troops by half?"
At present, the Gulaqin grassland faces Mahara's powerful legion, in addition to being far inferior to its weapons and equipment, it is also far different in terms of military strength. Even if it is pushed to Montenegro, everyone thinks it is not easy to defend it under the siege of Mahara's heavy troops.
But if Mahara's troops were really greatly reduced and then confronted with Montenegro as a barrier, it might not be impossible to try it.
Chu Huan's eyes were looking at the map, and his eyes were flashing brightly. He was swimming on the map. He raised his head and saw everyone looking at him. After thinking about it, he finally smiled and said, "Big Prince, Chu Huan's words were absent, please forgive me!"
Of course, Mahazang knew that Chu Huan spoke cautiously. Since he said that, it was definitely not a mistake. There must be something strange about it. He hurriedly said: "Brother, you said half of it, it's really depressing."
Chu Huan said: "Big Prince, I can't be completely sure about this matter yet. Please let me think about it carefully. If it is feasible, I will report it to the eldest prince."
When Chu Huan said this, except for Mahazang, everyone else showed disdain. Some people even had contempt in their eyes, and they felt that Chu Huan was talking nonsense just now. At this time, Mahazang really wanted to ask, but he couldn't come up with a way. If it were someone else, these rough-minded men in the Western Liang Dynasty would have to sarcastically say a few words, but because they were worried that Chu Huan was a brother who had just become sworn brother, they were just laughing in their hearts and not talking.
Seeing Chu Huan like this, Mahazang knew that Chu Huan might not be willing to say it at this time. He said, "Everyone, it's time to go, the Mahara army is coming. We won't confront him head-on. If you pass the order, prepare immediately and retreat to Black Mountain."
Everyone looked at it and saw that Mahazang's military order had been put down, so they all crossed their arms to their chests and followed the orders.
Mahazang issued a military order, and the specific handling matters were naturally carried out by Nasboguli. In addition to dispatching personnel to order the tribes to gather in Montenegro, he ordered the troops of the headquarters to quickly retreat to Montenegro.
This military order is not easy to implement.
When retreating to Heishan, of course, it is not just the retreat of the young and strong soldiers. Heishan is located in the west of the Gulaqin grassland, and the Nashi Headquarters are in the middle of the grassland. The Nashi tribe has a population of more than 100,000, and is divided into various parts of the central part of the grassland. There are dozens of tribes in the Gulaqin grassland, with a population of more than one million. Now, in the Nashi Headquarters, tens of thousands of people have gathered in the past few days, including men, women, young, and livestock and utensils.
Nasbuguli sent hundreds of cavalry to sprint across the Gulaqin grassland tribes, allowing young and middle-aged people with combat effectiveness to gather in Montenegro, while the elderly, weak, women, children and livestock all need to retreat to the west of Montenegro, using Montenegro as a barrier to intercept the Mahara army.
After ordering, the people in the Shizhong Department were in a stir, but soon began to sort out supplies, gather livestock, and prepare to retreat to the west.
This is a huge transfer. If it were in the Central Plains, it would be extremely troublesome. Fortunately, it is in the grassland tribe. Although each tribe has a fixed grassland, it migrates in the grassland where it is located every year. It is common for the tribe to change grassland areas on a large scale. All procedures are very skilled from top to bottom.
People began to pack up their belongings and tents, and then shipped them to ox carts and horse carts. The herders gathered all the cattle and sheep and prepared to drive them to the west. Speaking of which, the grassland people were really quick and decisive. Within three hours after Mahazang ordered, many tents were shipped onto ox carts.
Early the next morning, the Shizhong Group began to retreat westward. The tribes drove livestock, ox carts, and horse carts to retreat westward, heading westward. Every once in a while on the way, tribes came to gather, and the team became increasingly vast, covering the sky, but there was no mess. When retreating, they were in order and orderly.
Chu Huan saw it, but also sighed in his heart that if it were the Great Qin, the team would have been messy and cried constantly, while the people of Xiliang were in order. It seemed that this was not a major retreat, but just a more delicious pasture.
Soon, Chu Huan received news that the Zhula tribe in the south had sent troops and gathered more than 10,000 troops and was approaching from the south.
The troops retreating downwards became larger and larger. After a day of travel, Mahazang ordered Sohab Yuanqi to lead the gathered cavalry team to rush to Heishan in advance and deploy in Heishan.
Mahara's soldiers are approaching, and the teams retreating westward with women, children, young and old, and supplies are not fast. Although according to time, before the vanguard army of the King of the North Court, Maha Khan, arrived in Montenegro, it had already retreated to the west of Montenegro. However, if the soldiers also retreated slowly, after arriving in Montenegro, as long as the army of Maha Khan's army is fast, Montenegro would not even have time to deploy.
Sohabu Yuanshou was the patriarch of the Silver Sohabu tribe and a powerful general in the Gulaqin grassland, so he led his troops to visit Heishan in advance to deploy.
Mahazang has been caring about what Chu Huan said about retreating troops in the past two days. If it is true that Mahara's military strength can be reduced by half as Chu Huan said, then this civil war will have a better chance for Mahazang.
Chu Huan did not take the initiative to say that Mahazang could not bear it. On this day, he rode his horse to Chu Huan. Chu Huan was leading his subordinates to the south. Seeing Chu Huan riding on the flaming thunder and fire kirin, Mahazang urged his horse to come and said, "Brother Chu, at this speed, you will definitely be able to reach Heishan within three days, but I have something I can't let go of in the past two days."
Chu Huan laughed and said, "Chu Huan understands the big prince's thoughts, but... I blurted out that day, and after thinking about it, it was a bit inappropriate, so...!"
Mahazang waved his hand and said, "The situation is urgent now. To use the words you people in the Central Plains often say, it is called "Extraordinary times and extraordinary things. If you really have any good ideas, you might as well listen. If it is feasible, we can also prepare early."
Chu Huan thought for a while and said, "Big Prince, I have been thinking about something. Mahala can control Qingluo City and frame the eldest prince together with Gusa. How did they find an opportunity?"
Mahazang didn't know why Chu Huan said this at this time, but he still replied: "It's just because I went on a mission to your Daqin." After a pause, he said: "Brother Chu, you and I have already drunk blood wine and become brothers of life and death. I don't hide some things from you. In fact, last winter, I suffered a rare cold disaster in Daxiliang. It was a century-old cold disaster that I had never encountered in many years, especially in the north. It was severely affected. Not only did I freeze countless cattle, sheep and horses, but also thousands of people...!"
Chu Huan was stunned and suddenly realized that it was already June. It was already very hot in the Central Plains, but he felt chill on the Xiliang grassland.
I remember when I first walked out of the desert, I felt that the climate was a little cold. Not to mention that compared with the central area of the Great Qin, even the northwest area of the Great Qin, the temperature was much colder.
Chu Huan thought that the Western Liang was in such a climate, and then he realized that the Western Liang had suffered a heavy snowfall.
"The areas that have suffered from cold disasters are very wide. Among the Golden Tribes, the Liuli tribe was the worst affected. In addition, the delayed tribe and the Gusa tribe were all injured. Even the Qingluo Grassland, I also frozen countless cattle and sheep to death." Mahazang said with a solemn expression: "When it comes to this disaster, let alone continuing to supply supplies to the King of the South Court, even the domestic disaster relief supplies are extremely short. Because of this, the King of Xiliang ordered the King of the South Court to stop marching and send people to negotiate with Qin."
"So that's it!" Chu Huan understood, "but why did the eldest prince go there in person?"
"This is the order of the Holy Lord, and it cannot be violated." Mahazang said: "It is also the Concubine Gusa who is confusing the Holy Lord behind his back. Although I know that Mahara and Concubine Gusa have bad intentions, the country is in trouble. Mahara is also determined to be a prince. However, I was on the Qin State, but I was on the verge of Qin and Concubine Gusa and Concubine Gusa. Otherwise, how could they dare to be so presumptuous?"
Chu Huan nodded and said, "What the Great Prince said is right. The Great Prince left, and the rear was empty and there was no time to take care of it, so Mahara got the opportunity." He smiled slightly and said, "Don't the Great Prince think we can use it like this?"
Mahazang's eyebrows were locked up, and before he could understand it for a while, Chu Huan had already said: "The Zhula tribe sent 10,000 troops by the Hei Shui River. This must be the main elite of the Zhula tribe."
Mahazang nodded and said, "This is true. The King of the South Court led his troops into Qin. Most of the brave warriors from the major golden tribes have been drawn away, and there are not many left. Now the Zhula tribe can still send tens of thousands of troops, and these people must be the main force of the Zhula tribe."
"After these people leave, will the banks of the Black Water River be empty?" Chu Huan said slowly: "The army including Mahara, Tarak and Babaitu are all out, and the combat power of the Qingluo Prairie was also drawn on the way. So is the combat power of the Qingluo Prairie now also empty?"
Mahazang finally understood something, and his eyes lit up: "Brother Chu, what do you mean?"
"If the Zhula tribe and Mahara's army were in stalemate with us in Montenegro, but heard that the rear was attacked and suffered heavy losses, what would the eldest prince think they would do?" Chu Huan smiled and said, "Not mentioning Mahara, just talking about the Zhula tribe. When they learned that their lair was attacked, the eldest prince felt that the ten thousand people of the Zhula tribe still had the intention to continue to fight in Montenegro?"
Mahazang showed excitement and shook his head and said, "Of course not. The more severe the Black Water was attacked, the more the Zhula tribe was, the less willing the Zhula tribe was to fight. The soldiers of the Zhula tribe were on the front line, but their families were all on the banks of the Black Water River. When the war was on the banks of the Black Water River, the soldiers of the Zhula tribe must be concerned about their families and would never have the heart to continue to fight. If they could not conquer the Black Mountain for a long time, they would likely withdraw their troops... Brother Chu, Gao Ming, I understand. Once this strategy is used, even if they will not evacuate all their troops, they will definitely mobilize their troops to leave in order to rescue the rear... Hahaha, not only this, it will also make their morale deteriorated and they will not be willing to fight..." I felt that the originally cloudy situation suddenly gave birth to a ray of sunshine, and Mahazang was very happy.
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