Siheyuan: I decide the fate of the world with my medical skills

-The great plain west of the Yellow River.

The top of the Qilian Mountains above the snow-capped peaks is covered with silvery white snow, and the lush forests and highlands are covered with grasslands. These natural landscapes are clearly arranged in layers on this vast land.

As winter approaches, the usually lush grassland is no longer as dense and luxuriant, but the city of Zhaowu (Linze County, Gansu Province) built along the river is bustling with people, and merchants driving camels can be seen everywhere.

There are countless tents and flocks of sheep raised by nomadic residents scattered around the city.

This is the location of the capital of the Yuezhi Kingdom, which conquered the Wusun, made the Xiongnu submissive, and dominated the entire Hetao Plain.

What is different from this is that unlike the Han people in the mainland who built buildings to live in, the Yuezhi people's capital simply reinforced the city walls and built some earth walls. Except for sheds for sheep and horses to stay, most of the houses were tents that were easy to build and dismantle.

Located on the hills at the top of the mountain range, there are five circular felt buildings with six Hanurs (Note 1), which are the residences of the five clan leaders under the royal court, or the king's sons.

However, at the most core location, a huge carpet dome with twelve Hanurs stood there quietly. This was the palace tent of the Father of the Moon, the king of the Yuezhi Kingdom.

Down the hillside, a girl wearing a moon-white skirt and with smooth and greasy skin came over with light steps...

She has hair as black and shiny as lacquer, with thin and clever braids coiled around her forehead. Behind her head, these thin braids are gathered into a big braid that falls directly to her hips and waist. When she walks, the tips of the braids lightly touch the back of her hips, and occasionally sway slightly in a smooth trajectory, showing her extraordinary elegance and rhythm.

This city-state was the ruling center of the Moon Nation. However, she did not seem out of place in her traditional Qin clothing, and it even attracted attention, because most of the noble women where she lived dressed like this, which was quite in line with the times.

Currently, the Moon Force controls hundreds of thousands of stringed instruments, dominates the Hexi area, and controls the hub of East-West trade, thereby making huge profits.

Among the social elite of the Moon, it is popular to wear Qin-style clothing and use Qin-style language.

However, it should be emphasized that the current trade channels are more inclined towards the circulation of jade.

Since the ancient Xia and Shang dynasties until the Qin Dynasty unified the six lands, there has always been something called "Kunlun Jade", that is, jade from the distant Hotan area that flowed into the Central Plains and became a rare exotic treasure loved by the locals.

The young princess walked directly into the tent of the Moon Kingdom. The warriors guarding the door turned a deaf ear to her because she was Pei Mo, the only daughter of the current Moon Kingdom. It was expected that in the next cycle after her father left, she would inherit the title of female leader of the Moon!

The entire tent was covered with smooth and thick wool carpets, with exquisite patterns interwoven. A box of dried fruits was placed on the low tea table in the tent. Zhuoli was sitting cross-legged on the chair in front of the table, staring at something intently.

Pei Mo's deerskin boots moved silently on the blanket and approached Zhuoli, but Zhuoli didn't notice yet.

"Daddy!" Pei Mo suddenly stopped and shouted loudly, which immediately made Zhuoli, who was immersed in concentration, look up for a moment, and then he saw Pei Mo's hearty laughter.

"What a naughty little girl!" Looking at the lovely daughter in front of him, Zhuoli couldn't help shaking his head and laughing. He casually closed the leather scroll at hand and put it on the table.

Passing over the edge of the table, Pei Mo put her arms around his neck and said in a cute way, "Daddy, when will the Qin caravan come again? I've been wearing this dress for several months, and I really want to change into some new clothes..."

Zhuoli patted Peimo's hand lovingly, and unconsciously looked at the scroll leather letter on the table. A meaningful smile appeared in the corner of his eyes, and he shook his head slightly and said, "It seems that it will be difficult to wait for Captain Qin to come this year."

"How could that be?" Pei Mo stared with wide eyes, exhaling lightly, and said anxiously, "I have saved up some gems with great difficulty, and am waiting to trade them with the Qin people in exchange for some new clothes. If they don't come, what will happen?!"

"Oh haha." Zhuoli laughed in surprise, "The Qin State was attacked by the Qiang tribe some time ago, and is now planning to fight back against the Qiang, so it has closed the entire Longxi area's commercial exchanges. If you want to trade with the Qin people, you may have to wait until next year."

"So annoying! The Qiang people are so annoying!" Pei Mo stamped her feet indignantly, and then changed the subject, "Then why don't you start preparing to send troops to attack them!"

"Why?" Zhuoli asked.

"Of course, it is for the Qin people to teach the Qiang people a lesson, so that they can herd sheep honestly and stop stealing the Qin people's things. In this way, we can get the beautiful clothes we like from the Qin people!"

Seeing his daughter's mind full of thoughts about the beautiful flowery dress, Zhuoli felt a little regretful. He wished he had given birth to another son or daughter...

However, as the ruler of the Yuezhi Kingdom, he would never miss this opportunity, but seized it.

"Yeah, you're right!" Zhuoli responded perfunctorily, "Dad has already ordered troops to go south. After the Qin people have dealt with the problem of the Qiang people, we will teach them a lesson."

Then he said meaningfully: "It's like a mantis stalking an insect, with a hawk hovering behind it."

Located on the south bank of the De River, the Qin army, which was regarded as a "praying mantis", was deploying its troops along the undulating terrain. The Qin army deployed its troops to the west to fight against the Qiang tribe. Tens of thousands of Qiang people complained in the bitterly cold winter.

The orders given after the camp was set up last night were "Destroy the enemy and eat from now on."

Therefore, before dawn, the Qin soldiers who were ready to keep watch had already set out and moved towards the temporary camp of the Qiang people.

The Qiang people had no choice but to go out to battle in a hurry, and arranged their troops in a battle array facing east, so that in the rising sun they could hardly distinguish the appearance of the Qin army in the distance.

On the top of a relatively high plateau, there is a two-meter-high tower, which is the location of the Qin Shi Command Center.

Li Xin handed him a bamboo tube about one foot long from his men behind him, and carefully disassembled it and stuck it on the holders fixed in front and back. This is a microscope made by Fu Su using pure natural crystal.

The front and back parts of the bamboo tube are equipped with removable nut holders, which can lock the lens in place very well. Although the clarity needs to be improved, no matter how you adjust the focus, the field of view can only reach a few kilometers.

In this era, this can still be considered a symbol of cutting-edge technology - after all, few people had access to these technologies at the time, and they were all made by the Qin people. Li Xin made these two telescopes because of his busy work and heavy responsibilities, and gave them to Meng Tian who was traveling north and kept one for himself.

By adjusting the bamboo tube, Li Xin could clearly see the sunburn spots on the faces of the Qiang warriors in the distance.

He looked through the mirror and saw a figure wearing a mysterious mask and holding a copper axe. "Hey, I found you!"

In this microscope, he saw the Qiang leader wearing a ferocious mask and holding a bronze hammer - the noble chieftain of the Xianling Qiang clan. Li Xin summoned Meng Ying, who was wearing heavy armor, and pointed out the location to him clearly.

Meng Ying seemed slightly excited for a moment. As a cavalry commander wearing an iron suit and facing challenges, killing opponents and capturing their flags, such a task will soon be handed over to him. He knew in his heart that this was proof that Li Xian never forgot to be grateful to the Meng family.

"I will definitely do my best and live up to everyone's expectations!" Meng Ying shouted loudly, completed a standard military salute, and turned to leave. His footsteps were heavy and the stairs creaked.

On another hill in the distance, Han Xin led several thousand laborers and arranged eighteen catapults in the direction of the Qiang people.

I was a little confused. This place was about 200 steps, or about 1,200 feet, away from the main camp of the Qiang people. It was a difficult task to make the stone balls thrown from the catapult hit the target.

At this time, tens of thousands of cavalrymen were quietly buried in a valley on the south bank of Deshui River.

He is dressed in animal fur, with a copper ring-shaped knife or mattock hanging next to the horse's hip, and a quiver for archery on his shoulder. Both he and his horse are thin but full of energy.

At the front of the team was a young man in his early thirties, wearing a gold-carved eagle-shaped crown hat and a leopard-fur shawl coat. He was riding on a strong red horse and gazing at the goshawk soaring in the sky.

If Meng Tian, ​​who once served as the defender of the Great Wall of Qin, were still alive today, he would recognize at a glance that this young man was none other than Maodun, his father's father from a few years ago.

Under the current circumstances, the Xiongnu army was less than forty miles away from the combat zone between the Qin State and the Qiang people, and was in a strategic area where it could be deployed or retreated at any time.

During the past summer, Maodun heard about the turmoil in the Qin court. The Qin Shi Huangdi, who had oppressed him, had finally passed away.

Through merchants and other methods, Maodun cleverly took advantage of the Qiang tribe's robbery of the Qin people, which triggered this fight.

All of this is to use this war to explore the true strength of the Qin State.

If, as Han Xin said, "the emperor dies, the territory is redistributed."

Then it would be the best time for the Huns to expand their territory!

Not only that, when the Qin state sent troops to garrison in the northern county - Jiuyuan - to quell the rebellion, a great opportunity to recover the "Hetao old land" that had been occupied by the Qin people for a long time also appeared!

Therefore, Maodun was not in a hurry to join the battle, he was waiting for the right opportunity.

When the Qiang people and the Qin soldiers have exhausted their strength, these tens of thousands of elite grassland cavalry will be able to completely flatten the entire battlefield, annihilate the Qin army, force the Xianrong Qiang to surrender, and then conquer Longxi and plunder at will.

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The sound of drums was like thunder, shaking the entire vast land. A huge flag slowly rose on the tall building on the hill. The dragon head flag fluttered in the wind, showing an extremely imposing appearance.