Nine Hundred and Sixtieth IX: War in Northern Xinjiang (6)

The three ethnic groups in northern Xinjiang are nomadic peoples who have lived in tribes for generations.

Because of the characteristics of living by water, the mobility of the three ethnic groups in northern Xinjiang is far greater than that of the farming ethnic groups of the Han family in the Central Plains.

For this reason, the cohesion of individual tribes is strong, but the cohesion of tribes and tribes is very poor.

In many cases, tribes in northern Xinjiang would have fierce disputes over the ownership of a certain pasture, and even turned into regional wars.

The northern border tribes are like a mess, even if they are terribly aggressive, they still cannot pose a substantial threat to the Central Plains.

It's just loose sand, why be afraid of it?

The emergence of the Northern Xinjiang Imperial Court greatly made up for this shortcoming.

A long time ago, there was no imperial court in northern Xinjiang, only three extremely powerful giant tribes.

In one generation an ambitious heir emerged, who took the lead as tribal chief, followed by the other two tribes.

The three tribes joined forces to conquer other large and small tribes in northern Xinjiang.

While fighting and plundering, they devoured their territory and population.

After the unification, the imperial court was established in northern Xinjiang, and the three tribes agreed that the king of the imperial court would be appointed by the three families in turn.

This system was implemented very well at the beginning, but the other two tribes were weak due to natural disasters, and the right to speak in their hands became smaller and smaller, and finally became the dominant family of the northern Xinjiang royal family. Sitting in the village has become handed down in one continuous line.

The forces in northern Xinjiang have been turbulent for several times, separating and reuniting.

It has been passed down to the present, and with the assistance of Wu Liba, this king of Northern Xinjiang has become a veritable master of Zhongxing.

If the horse plague hadn't come too suddenly, maybe the iron hooves of northern Xinjiang had already stepped on the land of the Central Plains.

Although the emergence of the imperial court has become the glue of the various tribes, the characteristics of the nomads have not changed.

People in northern Xinjiang still habitually live in tribes.

Sun Wen saw through this, and he played tricks to alienate the princes, which disturbed the political situation in northern Xinjiang.

Except for the fourth prince who "committed suicide in fear of sin" and the second prince who was about to be sacrificed to the flag, the other princes of northern Xinjiang were scattered all over northern Xinjiang, embracing troops to stand on their own. Their actions further tore apart the harmony within Northern Xinjiang, making it difficult to integrate soldiers and horses everywhere.

Northern Xinjiang is like a hemp rope. They work together from top to bottom and work together, and the fighting power they unleash can change the color of the sun and the moon.

If this hemp rope is divided into more than a dozen strands, an ordinary strong man will break it as soon as he pulls it.

It is no longer a dream to break through the defense lines of northern Xinjiang one by one.

Jiang Pengji highly praised Sun Wen, not only verbally, but also rewarding him like flowing water.

First, Sun Wen has made great contributions, and he can afford these honors.

Secondly, Sun Wen showed his sharpness when he first arrived, if Jiang Pengji didn't back him up, maybe someone would run on him because of it.

The greater the power, the more complicated the personnel, and the probability of conflicts is also rising.

Jiang Pengji doesn't ask them to love each other, as long as they do their jobs well and don't drag each other down.

She has been planning the northern border since she was twelve years old, and now she has a strong army and sufficient food and grass.

Everything is ready, only the beginning of spring is owed.

It is said to be a discussion, and the gathering of several people is only to analyze the actual combat effectiveness of northern Xinjiang and the way to deal with various emergencies.

Sun Wen made it to the front line smoothly, and was doing well, but the Northern Xinjiang side was blown up.

This goes back some time

The Ninth Prince became the big winner who had the last laugh, and he was proud of himself.

The old and immortal King of Northern Xinjiang had a stroke, and the power minister Haruncha gave him full support, and the nine princes naturally became heirs, holding great power in their hands.

The taste of power is fascinating.

The Ninth Prince enjoyed it for a few days, and finally remembered that he hadn't seen Sun Wen for several days.

Visiting the door in person, the family has already left the "account" empty.

Before leaving, Sun Wen cast doubts and tried to delay the time as much as possible.

"What about people?"

Ninth Prince was dumbfounded.

Although he didn't have much contact with Sun Wen, he already relied on the other party's clever calculations, and Beijiang still needed the other party's assistance.

The subordinates reported that not only did the person disappear, but Sun Wen’s tent was also violently searched for by others.

Nothing of value is gone.

"It looks like a horse bandit did it," said the subordinate in embarrassment.

Ninth Prince's mouth twitched, and he said, "Horse bandits? Where Mr. Sun lives in seclusion, how could there be horse bandits?"

The subordinate said, "But there are indeed horse bandits in the place where Mr. Sun lives."

Northern Xinjiang has a vast territory, and horse bandits are rampant. Not only the border of Chongzhou is deeply disturbed, but the herdsmen in northern Xinjiang also hate horse bandits.

These horse bandits dare not do anything to the big tribe, at most they hover on the edge of the tribe.

Sun Wen has a special status. In order to reduce the sense of presence and prevent others from noticing him, he invited himself to live on the edge of the tribe.

There are few people here, hidden and not easy to be found.

The Ninth Prince thought through everything and gritted his teeth.

"Look, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you will find the person if you want to see the person if you live, and if you want to see the corpse if you die!"

He also counted on Sun Wen to help him stabilize the imperial court and balance the forces of all parties.

After in-depth understanding, the Ninth Prince realized that Haruncha, a salted fish, could turn over because of Sun Wen's careful planning.

In other words, if Sun Wen is gone, the value of Harencha will be greatly reduced.

What's the use of him asking for a salted fish?

Sun Wen disappeared, but the horse bandits in northern Xinjiang suffered, and dozens of horse bandits nests were leveled one after another.

However, no matter how many horse bandit nests were leveled, they could not find Sun Wen's whereabouts.

At the same time, several princes who fled to the fief were gearing up to force the imperial court to hand over power, which made the heads of the nine princes dizzy.

"Is anyone found?"

The Ninth Prince's mood also became manic. The pressure from the court and the pressure from his brothers almost crushed his spine.

"No, no," the subordinate who replied timidly whispered.

"Waste still don't look for it"

The Ninth Prince panted heavily, raised his hand and swept everything he could touch to the ground.

As time went by, some people suspected that Sun Wen might not have been robbed by horse bandits, but might have escaped by himself.

However, from the perspective of the Ninth Prince, this reason is simply a joke.

Sun Wen tried his best to help him get into the position, assisting him to remove one obstacle after another, and he was about to become famous, why did he run away?

It doesn't make sense at all.

As time passed day by day, no matter how unwilling the Ninth Prince was, he had to admit that something happened to Sun Wen.

Without Sun Wen's advice, how could the Ninth Prince be able to hold the old fox and the aggressive brothers in the court?

The stronger you use it, the stronger the rebound.

At this time, Beijiang received a call to crusade against Beijiang from Chongzhou, which to some extent helped the Nine Princes attract all the artillery fire.

This is Jiang Pengji's second letter of appeal.

Compared with the first warning, the wording this time is quite severe, with a completely incompatible attitude.

When the Ninth Prince mentioned this at the court meeting, all the officials were in an uproar and panicked.

"Do you have any countermeasures?"

The Ninth Prince sat on the throne and looked around. The ministers who met his gaze lowered their heads and closed their eyes, not daring to look at him.

They all know that the current northern Xinjiang is not suitable for war, but Jiang Pengji is determined to fight, and even Wu Liba, who is an envoy for peace talks, has been humiliated many times... In addition to fighting in northern Xinjiang, is there a second choice?