The Three Kingdoms began with island farming

Chapter 561 Chaos Kushan
A weak country has its own helplessness, and nomadic people have their own shortcomings.

The Northern Huns, who faced both of these situations, were more like dancing on a tightrope, and could fall to their death if they were not careful.

In the absence of other nomadic peoples around, the Northern Huns' development speed was slow, and they were even more helpless when faced with the current situation.

The reason why the Northern Huns stayed here was that they still wanted to fight their way back to the northern desert.

Because there were a large number of nomadic peoples living there, the so-called Xianbei was just a small ethnic group that slowly grew up by defeating other ethnic groups.

The inclusiveness among nomadic peoples themselves enabled them to grow rapidly through mutual annexation.

Especially in the fertile land of Mobei, countless nomadic peoples live there.

But now, these nomadic peoples have either been eliminated by Da Qi or incorporated.

Luandi Wule is now truly in deep despair.

It seemed that all roads were blocked, and the only option left was to join forces with the Kushans to attack the Han Dynasty.

"Tuge, do you think we can win by attacking the Han Dynasty together with the Kushans?" Luandi Ule said with a wry smile.

He had experienced how strong the Han people were, and there were a lot of records in his tribe.

He was very clear about how weak the Kushans were. Unless they hit the core area of ​​the opponent, the Kushans would not move at all.

Just like the Eastern Wu in the late Han Dynasty, their combat effectiveness when attacking was dismal, but their defensive counterattacks were extremely tenacious.

"Even if we can't win, we can't let the Han people attack us." Xubu Tuge said in a deep voice.

In his eyes, the threat posed by the Han people was too great.

Especially after discovering that Yuan Shu had easily stopped Huyan China outside the border, Xubu Tuge felt even more terrified.

Under the productivity of this era, nomadic peoples cannot survive and develop without war.

Because compared to farming and fishing peoples, their tolerance rate is too low.

Although the food and grass grown by farming peoples are also threatened by natural disasters, in most cases they can be harvested and are easy to preserve.

Even if we farm for five years and store for one year, it would be enough to cope with natural disasters as long as they were not too frequent.

But nomadic peoples are different.

The family was extremely wealthy, but fur was not counted. Meat was not easy to preserve, and a disaster could very likely wipe out their entire fortune.

If they don't fight and compete, they can only wait for death.

Moreover, with the same amount of land, grazing can support far fewer people than farming.

Since war is inevitable, the best option is to take the initiative of the war into one's own hands, which is what the Northern Huns have been doing all along.

Therefore, the war never stopped on their borders with the Kushans and Parthia, and they never stopped plundering.

Attacking the Kushan Empire and the Parthian Empire would most likely yield considerable gains. Although there would be casualties and failures, it would still be a win overall.

But this time, the harassment that had always been effective against the Han people failed.

Even they themselves could not guarantee that they could find and drive away the enemy so quickly without missing any of them when the enemy was harassing everywhere with light cavalry.

And the Han people actually did it.

What a terrible thing this is.

This means that the Han people can develop steadily without worrying about their attacks and are in an invincible position.

After a long time, when the Han people have accumulated a certain amount of strength, they will inevitably take the initiative to attack.

Therefore, they had to beat the Han people so hard that they would not dare to actively harass them.

Their foundation is too weak. After understanding what Xubuduge meant, Luandi Wule kept tapping the table with his index finger, frowning, and then said, "Let's do as you say."

A dead horse becomes a living horse doctor.

Since it is impossible to be friends with the Han people and war is inevitable, what other options are there except finding more allies?
Even if this ally is too weak or unreliable, it is better than having no ally at all.

Moreover, this would also avoid the problem he was most worried about, that the Han people would join forces with the Kushans or Parthias to attack them.

The current situation looks like a four-way stand, but the Northern Huns' leg is obviously shorter.

Therefore, they cannot accept a two-on-two situation, otherwise they will definitely be treated as a soft persimmon and be crushed first.

"Also, contact the Parthians and try to show their strength to them, and invite them to fight against the Han people together. Even if it fails, at least we must stabilize them and prevent them from joining forces with the Han people."

"Yes!"

Seeing Xubu Tuge retreat, Hu Yanmoye hurriedly asked: "Chanyu, what should we do then?"

Luandi Wule said bluntly: "Keep the men in the tribe under control and don't let them go out and cause trouble."

"We should train when it's time to train, patrol the border when it's time to patrol, improve the strength of our men as much as possible, and gather intelligence, so that fewer people will die when a fight breaks out."

Hu Yan Moye and the others all smiled awkwardly when they heard this.

The Northern Huns are all warmongers, and it is more painful to stop them from fighting than to kill them all.

But since the Chanyu has spoken, they will be patient for the time being.

After everyone left, Luandi Wule stayed alone in the empty tent, staring at the map on the wall in a daze.

"Eternal Heaven, please protect your people and help them get through this disaster safely!"

Subhutuge went to Kushan in person with sincerity, but as soon as he arrived at the capital of Kushan, he received the news of the death of Hubishka II.

During this period, the Kushan Empire was in a situation of "three kings ruling together", with Hubishka III as the king and Kanishka II as the vice king.

However, Hubishka II's son Hubishka III was also in his prime, and similarly, Kanishka III's son Padjo was also in his prime.

The death of Hubishka II was good news for the Kushans, but the vacant throne and three strong candidates for the throne became an extremely difficult problem facing the Kushans.

According to previous Kushan customs, after the death of Hubishka II, the throne should be inherited by his vice king Kanishka II.

This was a true rotation of emperors, with the descendants of Hubishka and Kanishka, the first king and vice-king, taking turns to serve as king.

But Kanishka II was old and of very mediocre ability, and was not recognized by the Kushan upper officials and religious leaders.

This created a strange situation in which the throne was vacant and three kings were in a three-way confrontation.

Moreover, Xubu Tuge discovered that it seemed that no one in Kushan had the intention to solve this problem, so much so that he didn't know who to contact when he wanted to negotiate an alliance with Kushan.

The Kushan Empire today is in great internal chaos, especially in terms of its main military.

Kanishka II and Potala were stationed in the capital, commanding a hundred thousand elite soldiers.

The eastern part was governed by Hubishka III, who had 80,000 elite soldiers and was ambitious.

Surya was the governor of the west, with an army of 50,000 men, wavering between many camps.

There are many powerful people in the south and the north, and many of them control thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers.

In addition, the commanders of each army also have different thoughts.

There are forces that intend to secede or even become independent, generals who hold great power but are fickle, and religious elders who are unfathomable. Everyone has their own views on the throne and it is impossible to reach a consensus in a short period of time.

(End of this chapter)