Dahan first prince

Chapter 363 Those who dare to make peace, behead!
Yanwu Palace is not a palace that existed earlier, but as early as the time of the late Emperor Liu Bang, when the late Marquis Feng Wenzhong Xiao He built Changle Palace, it was specially prepared for military deduction.

It's just that in the past, the former emperor Liu Bang would die if he didn't move, but if he moved, he would slap his head and go to the army. There was no need for such a military deduction room;

So speaking of it, even for Cao Shen, Wang Ling and many other heroes, this was the first time they had visited the Yanwu Palace.

Since it was the first time, the mentality and expressions of the participants became inexplicably serious, and even a small half of them made their own decisions and put on the armor that they would only wear during the battle!
It was also when this young man was worried that his 'armor was ready' move.Could it be that when the traces of flattery are too heavy, the emperor Liu Ying, who is also fully armored and seems to be ready to lead the army at any time, also appears outside the Yanwu Hall...

"Free gift!"

"Sit down!"

Sitting down boldly and perfunctorily on the crowd, Liu Ying went straight to the point without beating around the bush.

"Today in the Changxin Hall, all the princes have witnessed the arrogance of the Huns' envoys."

"—Even though this is not the case, it is not difficult to know if the Xiongnu sent an envoy south again for no reason: If the Hu Man did not get the goods he was satisfied with from our Han family this time, he feared that the autumn and winter of the new year would destroy the side wall. The bento is trampled by Hu Qi!"

With a stern expression on her face, she concluded that "the Huns are itching", so Liu Ying raised her head and looked at the officials and courtiers in the hall without squinting.

"Today, there will be a discussion in the Yanwu Palace, and you can speak freely!"

"For those discussing the master, let's take the example of Human's going south and attacking Hanbian, and discuss the countermeasures."

Leaving this last sentence behind, Liu Ying took the sword from her waist, leaned on the sword and sat on the edge of the imperial couch, and glanced firmly at the faces of everyone in the hall.

And Liu Ying's unquestionable and firm gaze reminded everyone in the hall all the time: This time, Liu Ying is not willing to swallow her anger anymore...
"Wei Wei Qu Zhouhou's sons and ministers sent it, and worshiped him after death, and wrote it to His Majesty."

After a short period of silence, the silence in the Yanwu Hall was finally broken by the only middle-aged general among the courtiers: Li Ji.

Seeing Li Ji stand up with doubts on his face, he didn't question Liu Ying's decision, but bowed his hands to everyone in the hall.

Then, without even thinking about it, Li Ji told all the information about the Xiongnu in his mind in the Yanwu hall.

"To Your Majesty:"

"——The Xiongnu are nomadic people who move a lot. They usually live by water and grass, and most of them migrate north in spring and summer, and migrate south in autumn and winter."

"If they attack the side wall, after the autumn and September, the cattle and horses will be fattened, the water and grass will be plentiful, and the people of our Han will have harvested in autumn. Henan spends the winter."

"Because of this, the herds of the people will not be harmed, and they will completely attack and plunder the ambitions of the Han border."

Hearing this, Liu Ying nodded slightly.

For this point, Liu Ying still has a preliminary understanding.

Just like the Han Dynasty's "never start a war before and after spring plowing" and "try not to fall into a bitter battle after spring plowing and before autumn harvest", the Huns also tend to avoid conscripting at the spring and summer levels.

Because in spring, the Han people south of the Great Wall have to sow spring plowing, and the grassland peoples north of the Great Wall also need to send the cattle, sheep and herds that have been hungry all winter to new pastures to grow back the fat that fell off;

In summer, the Han people need to weed and irrigate the crops in the fields, and the Huns also have to take the livestock along the way to change the grassland piece by piece, so as to ensure that the cattle, sheep and livestock can eat food normally without causing a devastating blow to the grassland.

In autumn, the Han people came to the harvest season, and so did the grassland peoples, and it was time to enjoy the fruits of a year's labor.

The lambs and calves born in spring will also grow into initial growth at this time, and the strong ones will be picked out for the winter, and the rest who are weak and sick can be eaten;

It is autumn again, when cattle, sheep and horses are fattened, and various dairy products will also be in sufficient supply.

Therefore, in autumn, farmers in the Han Dynasty need to harvest crops and store food for the winter. The same is true for nomads on the grasslands. The coming winter.

This also led to the two sides of the Great Wall, although they are two completely different civilizations, but they are surprisingly consistent on the point of 'spring plowing, summer cropping, and autumn harvesting'.

So does this mean that the Huns, like the Han people, love peace and are keen to support themselves?

The answer, obviously, is no.

——The harsh living environment of the grassland makes every nation living on the grassland bound to become a faithful believer in the law of the jungle!

In order to survive, the grassland people can conquer and plunder, and may even kill brothers and tribes for a piece of grassland or a pond!
The grassland peoples will never let go of every chance of survival that is in front of them; they will never turn a blind eye to every benefit that can be gained.

Therefore, nomadism is only a "sideline" of the Huns, or in today's era, all grassland nomads; the specific matters of grazing and stocking are even handed over to slaves.

——That's right, today's grassland, just like the land of China thousands of years ago, is still in the stage of slavery tribal civilization with many tribes.

Even if the emergence of the Xiongnu reunified the grassland after the Donghu, it does not mean that the grassland has become a unified regime since then, but more like a loose tribal alliance nomadic regime.

Take a very specific example.

In the Han Dynasty, no matter how severe the famine occurred, it would never be possible for a vicious event of 'a certain county or a certain vassal state to rob the neighboring county and enslave the population of the area'.

But similar things happen every year in the grasslands under the rule of the Xiongnu, and within the Huns, a "big barbarian country".

For the conquests among the tribes, Shan Yuting of the Huns only followed the most primitive law of the grassland: whoever wins is right.

Because in the grassland, being strong is the greatest justice; being weak is the only original sin.

And for such a barbaric civilization that is quite special, the period from autumn to winter is not a time to enjoy the harvest, but a golden period to wait for opportunities to plunder and strive to store more supplies for the winter.

And this is also reflected in the timing of every time the Huns went south in a large scale and used troops against the Han Dynasty.

——In the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, Han Wangxin surrendered to the Xiongnu in Mayi, officially in autumn and September!

It was the beginning of winter and October when Taizu Gao, Emperor Liu Bang, drove himself to conquer, and Yu Shanyu Maodun would hunt Pingcheng.

In the short period of seven days from Liu Bang being trapped in Baideng's siege to Mao Dun leading his army to escape, the only thing that made the Huns change their established strategy was time.

——The tenth day of October in winter is a time that every Hun remembers deep in his heart.

Every year on this day, countless Huns will hold their heads high, no matter where they are, they will immediately drop everything in their hands and rush to the wintering place selected by the tribe.

Because if it is later, even if it is only half a day later, it is likely to be completely buried by the knee-high snow that suddenly fell on the grassland...
So Liu Ying knew very well that what Li Ji said was correct: if the Huns planned to go south in a large scale, it must be after the Han Dynasty's autumn harvest, that is, after the middle and late August of autumn, and they must retreat before the tenth day of October in winter.

Only this time...

"If you don't care about the season, don't think about the custom of the Xiongnu going south and retreating north, just say: Hulu has already captured the Han land, and if he is not satisfied, he will not leave. What should we do?"

Obviously, under the current situation, Liu Ying cannot rule out the potential safety hazard of the side wall based on the judgment of "whether the Huns are likely to invade".

Because in Liu Ying's hands, there is a crucial piece of information, which proves that the Huns going south this year will be more irritable, more cruel, and more 'firm' than any previous year...

Seeing Liu Ying's question like this, Li Ji didn't think much about it. He just pondered for a while, and then said straightly: "If Hu comes from the south, he should divide the two into attacking and plundering, and His Majesty should decide at his own discretion."

"If it is an attack, you should use the Youxian King's department as the commander, and the tribes in Munan and Hetao as followers, and tens of thousands of Huqi troops to attack the important towns in the frontier fortress."

"In this case, His Majesty must dispatch troops and generals, or even send troops from Guanzhong to help the border, so as to prevent the Hulu from raging on the North Wall."

"However, the north wall of our Han family is more than ten thousand miles from east to west. If we don't know where the enemy is coming from and make early mobilizations, it may be too late when the enemy's army approaches the city..."

After saying these words with a serious expression, Li Ji lowered his head a little, not daring to delay for a moment, and seriously deduced the direction in which the Huns might go south to attack.

As a battle-tested elite who followed his father Li Shang since he was a child, and was used to fighting in battle, Li Jizong had already reacted even if he was a little dull in the government;
——For Liu Ying to be so close to the enemy, even at the expense of setting it up with "don't consider the time for the Huns to go south and retreat, but only consider the countermeasures", then it is very likely that Liu Ying has obtained something crucial Important news!

And this news made Liu Ying, who has always been calm, to change her old style and come here in armor, in this dusty Yanwu Hall for many years, to discuss the strategy of defeating the enemy with the officials of the Han family...

"What will happen..."

"Could it be that the grassland suffered another disaster?"

Thinking so, Li Ji couldn't help but shook his head in doubt, and simply didn't think too much about it, and continued to think about the direction the Huns might go south to plunder.

But in front of Li Ji, Cao Shen, Wang Ling and other veteran officials were taken aback by Liu Ying's murderous posture!
"His Majesty."

Seeing several old ministers looking at each other for a while, Wang Ling was still the representative, and he slowly bowed his hands to Liu Ying.

""Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: The Lord should not be angry to provoke an army, and the general should not be angry to fight."

"The Xiongnu sent envoys here today, although their hats are very disrespectful, but it will not cause another war, which will only increase the loss of land?"

Asked in a low tone, Wang Ling turned sideways and looked at Cao Can and Yang Chengyan for a while.

Then, he bowed to Liu Ying again.

"His Majesty."

"Since the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, when Emperor Taizu Gao fought against Pingcheng, our Han family has made a strategy: If our Han family's treasury is not solid, food and grass are insufficient, and soldiers are not good enough, we will accept the rude requests of the Xiongnu barbarians to make peace. Avoid the battle, Xu Tu will come."

"At that time, the minister once heard about Emperor Taizu Gao: What do you mean by a strong treasury, sufficient food and grass, and what is meant by a strong army?"

"Emperor Taizu Gao replied: Those who have a solid treasury will be three years old in a decisive battle with the northern barbarians, and there is no need to increase taxes to pay to the people;"

"Those who have enough food and grass are hundreds of thousands of troops hanging alone for three thousand miles outside the Great Wall. However, the food roads are endless and enough for three years old, and after three years old, there is still more than enough to solidify the country;"

"As for the strength of the soldiers, there are one hundred thousand soldiers of the Han Dynasty, all of whom have long swords at their waists, long bows on their backs, and long halberds in their hands. One man and three horses gallop across the grasslands, as if there were no one..."

After saying these words with a slightly wry smile, Wang Ling shook his head to himself, and immediately looked at Liu Ying again.

"His Majesty."

"Now our Han family, although the mansion and treasury are a little plentiful, and the grain and grass are a little piled up, they are still far from enough for the 'decisive battle' that Emperor Taizu Gao said."

"If your majesty ignores this and starts a war, I'm afraid..."

In the middle of speaking, Wang Ling stopped talking hesitantly, and looked sideways at Cao Shen full of apprehension.

After Cao Shen also closed his eyes and nodded, Wang Ling finally kowtowed heavily.

"Your Majesty, I fear that in the Seventh Year of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gao was trapped in Baideng, leaving behind the great shame of the princes trapped in the siege..."

Seeing Wang Ling's words were so terrific, Cao Shen couldn't stay out of the matter anymore and stood up indifferently, so he also bowed to Liu Ying.

"Your Majesty is so brave and fierce, he can't bear the Northern barbarians humiliating his mother, and the ministers think that Liu's ministers, how can they not be angry when they see the Queen Mother being bullied by the barbarians?"

"However, your Majesty should know: the battle is not a decree drawn up by the court, or an imperial edict issued by your Majesty;"

"This is about the fate of the country, and the danger of the ancestral temple and the country!"

"Your Majesty, please think twice, and use this matter to ask the Queen Mother to make a decision."

"If the Empress Dowager also thinks that there is no place for our Han family to retreat now, and that the current difficulties cannot be solved by the First World War, then you should follow the Empress Dowager's edict carefully and dare not say a word... ··”

Seeing that Wang Ling and Cao Shen both stood up, the faces of other people in the hall also showed a touch of regret and aggrieved.

As for war, among those who are qualified to appear in Yanwu Hall at this moment, there is no one who is not bloody and eagerly looking forward to it.

But what Cao Shen and Wang Ling said is indeed the objective status quo that the Han Dynasty is facing today, and it will not change at all because of the martial arts, warlikeness, bravery and service of the soldiers.

No longer swallowing your anger, and directly fighting the Huns, it would be a pleasure;

But as the Han Dynasty, as the ruler of the Central Plains, the court could not allow Liu Yingru to play tricks, say "I can't bear it", and rashly start a battle of national destiny with less than [-]% chance of winning.

Therefore, even if they were unwilling to admit it, everyone could only bow their heads silently: Cao Shen was right, and Wang Ling was right;
Today's Han family does not yet have the ability to fight the Huns without taking huge risks...

"I will also ask the Queen Mother for this matter!"

"The Empress Dowager said again: After reading this book, anyone who dares to make peace again will be killed!!!"

Just as everyone shook their heads and sighed, Liu Ying's sonorous and powerful roar suddenly came to mind on the imperial steps, causing everyone to raise their heads hurriedly!

On the imperial steps, Liu Ying opened her angry eyes and threw a piece of silk cloth down the imperial steps.

"This is the book written by the Marquis of Chang'an!"

"Please take a quick look, gentlemen!"

"I can't bear to kill those who still make peace after reading the text of this book;"

"Hanging the seal of the official in the main hall of the government office, just go with your tail between your tails!!!"

(End of this chapter)