Chapter 1542 The tough winter
Before he became the king of Beiyi, Wu Liangmu was already planning a war to march into the Central Plains and attack Daning.
He is full of ambition and high-spirited.
The Northern Yi had already been unified, and he had a more ambitious goal, to let the Northern Yi cavalry enter the Central Plains.
Who knew it would end in a disastrous failure.
Snowflakes are already falling in the sky, which means that cold winter is coming, and it is not a good time to end the war.
The Central Plains countries would avoid autumn and winter when fighting wars. They would be busy with the autumn harvest and would not leave a large amount of crops to go to war, let alone attack cities and villages in the freezing cold winter.
On the contrary, the barbarians prefer to conduct wars in autumn and winter, because their food sources mainly rely on grassland livestock to meet their own seasonal cycles.
Animals in autumn have accumulated fat after being nourished by spring and summer, and have grown thick fur to prepare for the severe cold.
The tribesmen will rush to carry out the final grazing and fattening before winter.
But due to the war, these normal grazing and breeding activities have been affected...
As laborers, young and strong people were recruited into the army and went out to fight. Where did the Northern Yi army come from?
It was Wu Liangmu who issued the king's orders to each tribe, and then these tribes convened. This was actually a kind of apportionment.
In order to gather more warriors, some tribes gathered all the young and strong members of the tribe.
This is the case with the Negus tribe.
What kind of cakes the Uliangmu painted for them would be what kind of cakes they painted for the tribesmen.
What is the future of raising sheep and cattle?
Looting is the best way to obtain wealth...
This is not wrong.
But they didn't do it. It has been more than two years and nearly three years since the war began. This period is not short, but the Beiyi army has not even broken through the Klei tribe, let alone plundered it.
The losses were huge, but nothing was gained.
During this period, in order to meet the needs of the army, rear support also cost a lot of money.
Both humans and horses need to eat, so where does it come from?
This was a loss-making business, and it was a huge loss.
This is the first winter after the war, and it will also be the most difficult winter.
A large number of young and strong laborers were lost, cattle, sheep and other livestock were reduced due to no one to maintain them. In order to support the consumption of the war, there was no accumulation.
In the end, it's just a waste of effort.
And tribes like those that suffered serious battle damage and huge casualties have lost all their youth and strength. Even if they recover, it will take a long time. Without accumulation, how should they spend this cold winter?
When Wu Liangmu returned to the royal court, the leaders of the various tribes who had gone on the expedition also followed. The leader died in the battle, and more elders came to find him.
They came to get food for the winter and wanted an explanation.
This is true whether in the Central Plains or among the barbarians. Everyone is happy when they win. After a defeat, they quarrel endlessly.
Only then did Uraragi realize that the real difficulty was after the war.
The King of Beiyi is the supreme ruler of Beiyi. He must be responsible for his people and cannot ignore them.
But what to do now?
I can't manage it at all.
More and more people gathered in the royal city, and some tribes wanted to be compensated. The news of the defeat spread quickly throughout Beiyi as if it had wings. It can be said that good things never go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles.
The elderly elders of the Negus tribe braved the severe cold and wind and snow to come to ask for the Dharma.
Negus' losses were too heavy.
Forty thousand troops were sent out, but only four thousand came back. Such a huge loss was shocking.
The Negus tribe is the old tribe of Asote. It inherited and merged several tribes. It is a superior tribe of the Northern Yi, but it has been directly reduced to the inferior tribe.
How can this be accepted?
There are many similar situations. Of course Wu Liangmu has not met these people, but he can get reports every day.
The parchments were placed in several large boxes, all of which were filled with requests. As Wu Liangmu looked through them, he had the urge to set fire to them all.
"These people want to drink Ben Khan's blood and eat Ben Khan's flesh, and they also want Ben Khan to compensate them. Where can Ben Khan go to seek compensation for them?"
Wu Liangmu cursed loudly.
He was originally in a bad mood, and now he was even more depressed.
"Let them go!"
"Everyone get out!"
"The Beiyi are always preying on the weak. Isn't it normal for the tribe to be swallowed up?"
"Great Khan, even if you say this, you can't really do this. If you let it go, wouldn't the Beiyi be completely in chaos?"
Behind Wu Liangmu, there was a barbarian who was not too tall, about sixty years old, and had a slightly fair complexion.
He wears a green ring on his thumb and is also very well-dressed. It is obvious that he has a noble status and is the current Prime Minister of the Uliang Court, Deljin.
Delkin also has another identity, that is, Awa of Uliangmu. In the barbarian language, Awa means father. Of course, Delkin is not Uliangmu's father, but his father-in-law.
The Yange tribe where Deljin belongs has always been the superior tribe of the Ulliang tribe, and has a noble status and status, and of course also has great power.
There are even rumors that the Yange tribe and the Ulliang tribe once belonged to the same golden family.
Wu Liangmu married Delkin's daughter and was named queen. He needed to rely on the support of the Yange tribe.
Delkin's daughter Uzhina is called the golden flower on the grassland, and she and Duoyan are called the two pearls on the grassland.
You must know that Duoyan has the status of a princess. The reason why she can be called the same as Duoyan is because her beauty is comparable to the sun and cannot be looked at directly...
If it weren't for Duoyan's noble status, he might not be able to overpower her.
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"Khan, you can't sit back and ignore it, even if you are just pretending..."
Delgin comforted.
The young Khan obviously didn't have the patience to deal with these things.
The meaning of the existence of the Royal Court is to unify the Northern Yi. Today, the Northern Yi no longer fight endlessly and annex at will as they did in the past. Since the establishment of the Royal Court, they have established systems like those in the Central Plains. Otherwise, where would he, the prime minister, come from?
"What kind of relief can I get?"
Wu Liangmu said coldly: "During the war, there was no hunting or breeding. Even if there was, it was provided for the war. I would like to provide relief."
His failure in the war severely reduced his prestige, especially his two escapes before battle, which made him a laughing stock on the grassland.
The herdsmen were spreading rumors that he did not dare to fight even with the Golden Guard and the Duoyan Guard at his side, and that Emperor Daning was so frightened that he peed his pants and fell off his horse.
The rumors are outrageous, but it is an indisputable fact that he fled before the battle, which goes against the character of a great khan.
In fact, Wu Liangmu has never understood why the Great Khan had to be a man with outstanding military power.
Father Khan is brave, but what happened in the end?
Didn't he die in the war?
Wu Liangmu always felt that he was superior to others. While others used their hands, he used his brains, which gave him a natural sense of superiority.
But now it seems that he still suffers from his weak fighting ability.
Of course he wanted to provide relief and help the Beiyi people survive this difficult winter. When he returned to the royal court this time, he obviously felt different. People around him didn't seem to be as awed by him as before. Maybe rescuing the people could restore some prestige, but it was really difficult.
Difficult to do.
There are some remnants of the royal court, and it cannot meet everyone's needs, so no one can do anything about it.
"Don't be anxious, Khan."
Chapter completed!