In the big tent, Yuwen Shiwu, the general manager of the Xihaidao marching, was studying the map and pondering the direction of the next stage of combat. The Xihaidao marching and chasing Tuyuhun, caught up in the area near Baihai a few days ago and suffered heavy damage, capturing a large number of prisoners and livestock, which was a considerable victory.

But the Khan Murong Fuyun of Tuyuhun was still "fled".

Yuwen Shiwu had to admit that the Tuyuhun Khan had great escape skills. After the official army attacked, Murong Fuyun fled in sight, and every time he could avoid the most deadly pursuit.

Under normal circumstances, the prestige of Khan who had been defeated in a row would drop significantly, and domestic nobles would inevitably complain, and then they would betray their relatives, just like the Western Turkic Datou Khan in those days.

However, Murong Fuyun's status seemed to be unaffected, and the nobles did not act outrageously. Murong Fuyun did not die in a bad life just like his brother Murong Shifu, who succeeded to the throne for a few years.

The reason for this is that Yuwen Shiwu felt that perhaps the policy adopted by Murong Fuyun was in line with the requirements of his "national people" (great nobles), that is, he would never truly surrender to the Zhou Kingdom.

To put it bluntly, it is better to make money in business than to make money from robbery. People in China still hope to engage in a promising business of "robbery".

The Xihai area where Tuyuhun is located is relatively desolate than Longyou and Hexi. Tuyuhun's tribes rely on grazing and use relatively few animal husbandry products to trade with Central Plains merchants to exchange things, and their purchasing power is not strong.

Therefore, he tends to rob Longyou to obtain a large amount of wealth and population.

The people in Tuyuhun thought of being a wolf but not a dog. When the situation was wrong, they could learn to bark with their tails and bark a few times. When the situation was beneficial to them, they would show their evil spirits and howled and pounce on their prey. Such forces were not well-equipped.

Although Murong Fuyun had sent an envoy to seek peace from Yuwen Shiwu and asked to meet the emperor in Chang'an to apologize, Yuwen Shiwu felt that this was just a delaying strategy. The mainstream opinion of Tuyuhun was to commit suicide with Zhou Guoxu. If Murong Fuyun dared to truly surrender, he would die in assassination or coup.

Therefore, Yuwen Shiwu did not agree to the other party's request for peace, and sent someone to escort Tuyuhun's envoy to Yecheng, making him cry to the emperor.

But Yuwen Shiwu knew that the emperor would not be fooled, so he should fight or fight now. Anyway, the emperor never thought of subduing Tuyuhun. The other party was determined to seek death, and the court would help the other party.

He also cleaned up Dangxiang Qiang.

Yuwen Shiwu's eyes moved to the position marked "Dangxiang Departments" on the map. He knew that among the Dangxiang surnames, the Tuoba tribe was the strongest and was a firm ally of Tuoyuhun, so his next combat goal must also include the Tuoba tribe.

In this way, it is necessary to win over other tribes of the Dangxiang to assist the official army in fighting.

There are many tribes in Dangxiang Qiang, among which the Tuoba clan is the strongest. The chief of the Tuoba tribe and the Tuyuhun Khan are relatives, so Murong Fuyun, who is currently unknown, may run to his in-laws to take refuge.

The Xifeng family among the Dangxiang surnames is now active and is willing to assist the official army in attacking Tuyuhun and Dangxiang Tuoba tribes. This tribe is very cognitive about the current affairs and has great "development potential".

However, it is still unreliable. Yuwen Shiwu judged that the other party was just killing people with a knife. After his wings grew stronger in the future, he might become a wolf again.

Yuwen Shiwu knew the emperor's plan, that is, it was better to seek oneself than to ask for others. The court is now vigorously managing the Hehuang Valley, and then allowing the powerful and powerful people in Longyou to organize "Yi soldiers" (slave hunting teams) to plunder Shengkou in the Xihai area.

At the same time, soldiers are sent to the hinterland of the West Sea every year. With the assistance of the "Yi soldiers", they "sweep" the Tuyuhun and Dangxiang Qiang tribes, and by the way, they allow military academy students to "intern" and exercise their ability to lead troops in battle.

This is a policy of killing more birds, which can not only develop cotton planting in Longyou area, but also weaken the strength of Tuyuhun and Dangxiang Qiang tribes in the Xihai area, and also give military academy students the opportunity to exercise.

When the Hehuang Valley is well managed and the grain production is sufficient, when the Hehuang Valley is connected to the telegram line, or the Lanzhou and Guanzhong are connected to the railway, then the imperial court's ability to send troops to the Xihai area will be greatly enhanced. Then it will be the time for Tuyuhun and Dangxiang Qiang tribes to make choices.

Either truly surrender or die.

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The next day, in the big tent, Yuwen Shiwu convened a meeting of military academy students who were fighting with the army. The young military academy students spoke in sequence according to the "student number". Yuwen Shiwu, several major generals and military academy instructors listened quietly.

Military academies are places to cultivate war talents, but in order to prevent the cultivation of "Zhao Kuo" who can only talk about war on paper, military academies must provide opportunities to give students the opportunity to participate in war training and combine theory with practice through actual leadership of troops to fight.

Although a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger, from an educational perspective, when a young military academy student is "intern", he should not face too strong opponents, otherwise he will easily die.

Therefore, Tuyuhun is a good target for training. The imperial court has been using troops in the Xihai area for several consecutive years, but in fact it is fighting a "teaching war" and allowing "fresh" military graduates to conduct practical exercises.

The generals of the marching actually play the role of "nanny". Whether he can make contributions is second to whether he can make contributions, mainly to create opportunities and allow military academy students to be trained.

This meeting first summarizes the operations in the previous stage, and every military academy student must speak and express his experience.

This is very important because "fresh graduates" military academy students have to write "papers" after finishing their military internship. The papers must be reviewed by the school's jury to determine the internship results. The summary of the stage during the internship is very important.

Secondly, when expressing opinions on the next stage of this expedition, although the opinions expressed by the military academy students will not be used as the combat policy of the Sikkaido marching, they can be used as a reference, and the instructors can also examine the students' tactical vision.

Finally, military academy students should express their views on the future strategic situation in the Xihai area and then discuss it. Even if the opinions put forward by the students are childish, it doesn’t matter. The focus of such discussion is to train students’ strategic vision.

Students who graduate from military academy will be the backbone generals of the army and represent the future of the official army. Perhaps in many years, someone will become a frontier in charge, and they will provide advice at any time for reference when making decisions in the central government, so a basic strategic vision must be established.

However, not everyone is naturally handsome, and not everyone has a superb strategic vision, so it is necessary to constantly learn and summarize. Holding seminars from time to time is a good way to learn and summarize experiences and lessons learned.

Now, the military academy students attending the meeting have made a judgment on the future development of the Xihai area. Based on the various information they have been exposed to over the past period of time, they have discussed a possibility.

Although the vast Xihai region (not limited to the surrounding area of ​​the Xihai), although the vast Xihai region is desolate, there are a large number of Fans, Tuyuhun, Dangxiang Qiang, and Bailan Qiang, in fact, they are just forces in the eastern part of the Xihai region.

In the western part of the Xihai region, in addition to the existing great power Yangtong, the women's countries Supi and the Qiang, there is an emerging force that cannot be underestimated.

That is "fan".

Among the tribes of "Fan", there is a tribe with strong momentum and it is very likely to unify the "Fan", so an emerging force may be formed in the areas where the "Fan" are located.

According to the principle of the strong prey on the weak, once such a force rises, Su Bi may not be the opponent of Yang Tong, who is in a state of depression.

Military Academy student Xu Shiji made a rough summary of the situation in the area where Zhufan was located based on the situation he and his classmates asked about from the prisoners:

"As the prisoner said, the climate in the West Sea area gradually became warmer, and the areas where the French were active had begun to grow a large number of crops, and water conservancy was built to implement agricultural irrigation. At the same time, mining, smelting, commerce, and salt wells were opened, gradually changing from nomadic, fishing and hunting to settlement."

"Students and others think that this means that once the foreign countries are unified, there will be sufficient supply of salt, food, grass, and weapons within their sphere of influence, and a large number of young and strong men as their source of troops. With such strength, they will inevitably tend to expand externally."
Chapter completed!