When Liu Cheng and his soldiers arrived at the top of the mountain, Chen Qun and some soldiers were already waiting at the top of the mountain.
This was not the highest point, but the terrain was relatively flat.
A large platform was built with a large number of stones in the middle, and an incense table was already placed on the high platform. and the spiritual position of heaven and earth.
Under the auspices of Chen Qun, Liu Cheng led his soldiers to hold a very solemn and solemn ceremony to offer sacrifices to the heavens and enshrine Zen.
The reasons and details of the war with the Xianbei people, a barbarian tribe in the north, were recorded in detail in the ultimatum read by Chen Qun.
As well as the outcome of each battle, the number of casualties on both sides, the number of property and livestock seized, etc.
Afterwards, Liu Cheng also ordered people to carve the astronomical ultimatum on the stone wall.
After coming down from the mountain, Liu Cheng convened the generals and officials to discuss matters.
Yan Xing and Li Ru had already brought their soldiers and horses to join them.
They also participated in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and enshrining Zen in time.
"Bu Dugen has run away.
He still has more than 5,000 fighting soldiers, as well as more than 30,000 old, weak, sick, women and children.
If you give him a few years, he will develop again.
Lord, as the saying goes, "cutting the grass" is the key.
Get rid of the roots, my subordinates suggest that we continue to hunt down the roots of Budu until they are annihilated."
Chen Qun stood up first and said with his hands.
Military general Yang Ding stood up and clasped his fists and said: "My lord, Mobei is vast and boundless.
If Bu Dugen leads his people all the way north, won't we have to keep chasing him?
It's already late September, and in another month at most, Mobei will be here."
It will be covered with ice and snow, and the soldiers did not bring any warm clothes.
Now the nights are getting colder.
If it continues to be delayed, I fear that the soldiers will not be able to survive it."
Liu Cheng thought for a while and asked: "Quartermaster, how many furs have we seized so far?"
The quartermaster stood up and replied: "Back to my lord, so far, more than 325,000 furs have been seized."
"Okay, give each soldier two furs to cover the whole body.
When sleeping at night, put one on the ground and cover the body with one.
If it is not enough, you can give another one.
Don't let the soldiers freeze.
Once it's ready, let them carry it by themselves.
It will be completed within tomorrow," Liu Cheng ordered.
The quartermaster bowed his hands and agreed: "I will obey my orders."
Liu Cheng looked at everyone and said: "General Yang's concerns are not unreasonable.
It is now the end of September, and the extreme northern cold current may move southward and sweep across Mobei at any time.
In view of this, I have decided to continue northward within this month.
We will pursue Budu Genji for half a month.
If Budu Genji cannot be annihilated within half a month, the army will return to Chang'an.
During this period, we hope that all the soldiers will unite as one and continue to fight the enemy bravely."
The generals and officials stood up together, bowed their hands and clasped their fists, and said in unison: "I will obey my lord's orders."
Liu Cheng added: "Long text, use the flying eagle to send orders to Chen Dao and Yang Ru respectively, ordering them to lead the army to continue marching north and complete the rendezvous at the intersection of Zhiju River and Anhou River, with Chen Dao as the main general. , Yang Ru and Wang Shuang became deputy generals, and then continued to advance north along the river."
"Yes, Lord."
Chen Qun promised to write down the military order immediately and ordered someone to pass it on by flying eagle.
Liu Cheng ordered the army to rest for two days and let the soldiers have a good meal.
Especially the soldiers and horses led by Yan Xing had not had a good rest and food these days.
Liu Cheng asked the quartermaster to allocate a lot of livestock and supplies to them.
In the next two days, the army slaughtered cattle and sheep in the camp at the foot of the eastern foothills of Langjuxu Mountain.
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Liu Cheng also ordered soldiers who were good at fishing to be drawn from the army and organized to fish in the Gonglu River.
If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.
These soldiers first cut down trees, peeled off the bark, twisted it into ropes and woven them into fishing nets, and then pulled the nets in the river to catch fish.
The Huns, Xianbei people, and even other nomadic tribes in Mobei were not good at fishing, so the fish in the Gonglu water were swarming in groups, which was an advantage to the Han soldiers, and they were all big and fishy.
Fat fish are caught.
That night, all the soldiers ate fish and drank fish soup.
The pure wild fish soup was so delicious.
Liu Cheng had been coveting the fish maw for a long time.
He ordered people to collect the fish maw and spend a day drying it, then frying it, soaking it in water, and frying it again.
This raw material called fish maw was made.
The night before departure, Liu Cheng held a banquet for all the generals to have wine.
There was only one dish, hot pot, mutton and fish maw.
The officials and generals were very interested in this fresh way of eating.
Everyone gathered in front of the two hot pots, eating the hot pots that were boiling.
They kept adding mutton slices and fish maw into the pots.
The taste was extremely delicious, and everyone ate them.
I was sweating profusely and couldn't stop.
On September 23, the army gathered and continued its journey north.
Two days later, the army passed through the Langjuxu Mountain Area and entered the vaster grassland.
It was the time when autumn was high and the horses were fat.
The wild grasses on the grassland grew luxuriantly and were the most suitable for raising horses.
"Lord, I found a tribe ten miles ahead that was completely slaughtered, and all the cattle, sheep and horses were missing."
The report from the sentinel ahead made Liu Cheng raise his eyebrows, and he ordered: "Speed up and move forward."
The army quickly arrived at the camp where the exterminated tribesmen were killed and stopped.
Liu Cheng ordered the army to rest where they were for the time being.
He took Guo Jia, Li Ru, Ma Chao and others to approach the camp to check.
The tribe's camp was filled with killed corpses and a mess.
Broken weapons and tents were scattered on the ground, as well as other broken living utensils.
"Lord, look at these corpses," Guo Jia reminded.
Liu Cheng glanced at the corpses on the ground, and he discovered a phenomenon.
These corpses were all old and weak, and there were no young people, children, or women.
Li Ru said at this time: "They took away all the young people, women and children.
The young people can mount their horses to fight.
In a few years, the children can also mount their horses and fight.
The women can give birth to children for them.
In a few years, they will be able to fight again."
It will become a big tribe” Liu Cheng's expression became serious: "This Bu Dugen must not be allowed to live."
In the next few days, the army discovered several massacred tribal camps while tracking northward.
Without exception, those killed in these camps were all old and weak, young people, women, children and The livestock were taken away.
If an army marches with a large number of livestock, it will inevitably be slowed down, but people on the grasslands are good at driving livestock, and the speed they march with livestock will not be too slow.
On September 28, the army stopped by a river that had no name on the map, but the river was clearly drawn on the map.
Chen Qun took a look at the map and said to Liu Cheng: "My lord, judging from the Kan map, after crossing this river, you enter the territory of the Ding Ling people."
Liu Chengdao: "Let's talk about the Ding Ling people.
I don't know much about the Ding Ling people."
"Yes" Chen Qun agreed and replied: "During the hundreds of years when the Huns ruled the Mobei grassland, the Dingling people have been living north of the Hanhai.
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After some of the Huns moved south and some moved west, the Dingling people once Move south and occupy Around Hanhai, they began to graze their herds around Hanhai, and for a time they migrated southward along the river.
However, later the Xianbei people came here, and the Dingling people's southward migration stopped.
However, the Xianbei people obviously could not drive the Dingling people away from the surrounding Hanhai.
Walk" "According to the relevant records in the handwritten documents of our predecessors and the court books, the king of the Ding Ling people is named Qu.
It is unknown what the name of the current King Ding Ling is.
After all, the Ding Ling people have not been with us for decades.
According to records from sixty years ago, King Ding Ling had 6,000 troops and more than 30,000 people at that time, but it is unknown now."
At this time, a riding horse galloped from the west side, "My lord, my lord, there is a section of river bank ten miles to the west with flat terrain, higher river bed, shallow river water and gentle flow, which is suitable for crossing the river.
The brothers found a large number of people, horses and livestock there.
The traces of crossing the river must be where the Budu root crossed the river.”
Liu Cheng immediately ordered the army to march ten miles west along the river bank to cross the river.
The river here was indeed not deep and the current was gentle.
It only took more than an hour for more than 20,000 troops to complete the crossing.
Even grain, grass and other logistical supplies were all transported by horses. passed.
After crossing the river, the scout found traces of a large number of people, horses and livestock continuing to go north.
These traces were still clearly visible.
It can be seen that Bu Dugen will not leave here for too long.
The army only walked north for half a day on Lu Chang when they encountered another tribe of Ding Ling people who had been massacred.
"Lord, please look at these Dingling people who were killed.
They are different from the Xianbei tribe that we saw being slaughtered before.
These Dingling people who were killed were not only old and weak, but also children who were taller than a wheel, and adults.
Only There are no women," Chen Qun said to Liu Cheng, pointing to the corpses on the ground.
Liu Cheng took a look and saw that there was indeed no woman among the corpses.
He said: "It seems that Bu Dugen's purpose is very clear.
Everything is for reproduction and development.
These Dingling people are not of the same race as the Xianbei people.
It is impossible for the Dingling people to easily Yield to them, so Budugen killed Their adults, old and weak, and children who were taller than a wheel only took away women, because in Budugen's view, women have no country and race, they are just tools for reproducing offspring, and if they want to grow the population rapidly, they must There have to be enough women to have children.”
Ma Chao sighed: "What my lord said is absolutely true.
Look, Ding Lingren's wheels are so tall.
They are taller than any wheels I have ever seen."
Li Ru smiled and said: "In the imperial records, the Huns and Xianbei people called these Dingling people Gaocha, probably because their wheels are tall."
At this time, Yan Xing came galloping on his horse and said, "Lord, there is good news."
When Liu Cheng heard this, he turned around and saw Yan Xing running towards him.
After he stopped, he asked, "What's the news?"
Yan Xing jumped off his horse, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, the scouts found twenty Dingling people in the woods twenty miles away to the northwest, including men, women, and children."
Liu Cheng immediately said: "Let's go and have a look":