Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 141 General Wang Hongnian ([-])

another year later
The first two years
After two years of recuperation, hundreds of thousands of refugees were once again reduced in the territory of the Han Dynasty, and now there are only 150 million refugees left. The living standards of the people have finally returned to the stage of the middle period of Emperor Wudi.

Changan
Main Hall of Weiyang Palace

"Everyone, the Xiongnu sent troops to the Cheshi Kingdom, and the Cheshi Kingdom surrendered to the Huns. King Wusun and Princess Jieyou sent a letter asking for help. Let's discuss it."

Huo Guang said to the ministers.

It turned out that the successive battles during Emperor Wu's period completely defeated the Xiongnu. Although the Xiongnu regained control of Mobei and the desert at the end of Emperor Wu's period, they even went south to regain Monan.

However, Huo Guang recuperated internally and defended Monan externally. He did not take the initiative to expedition against the Xiongnu in Mobei, so as not to waste people and money, but he would never give up Monan, which made the Huns' attempt to retake Monan unsuccessful.

Unable to recapture Monan, the Huns turned their attention to the Western Regions again, subjugated Cheshi State, which had already surrendered to the Han, cut off the link between the Han and its ally Wusun, and prepared to conquer the Western Regions again.

During Emperor Zhao's reign, both the Han and the Huns were busy recuperating, so the countries in the Western Regions took the opportunity to sway from side to side, neither submitting to the Han nor to the Huns. This can be said to be the happiest time for the countries in the Western Regions.

But now, the happy times of the countries in the Western Regions are over, and they are beginning to face a difficult choice. Should they submit to the Han or the Xiongnu?

Emperor Liu Bing has already looked at the ministers. He is looking for those who dare to speak against Huo Guang, and then takes the opportunity to win over these opponents to accumulate strength and allies for the future to bring down the Huo family.

The ministers couldn't figure out what Huo Guang meant, whether Huo Guang was the main battle or the main peace, and they were afraid that they might say the wrong thing.

Seeing that all the ministers were silent, Huo Guang was very happy, so he said to the ministers and the emperor: "The Xiongnu attacked the Western Regions, I think we should join Wusun to defeat the Xiongnu, and defeat the Huns' arrogance."

"Although recuperation is our current national policy, we can't just tolerate it blindly. We don't have to take the initiative to fight with the Huns, but since the Huns have taken the initiative to cause trouble, we can't remain indifferent."

"Besides, after more than ten years of recuperation, our treasury has accumulated some money, which is enough to support a war."

"What the general said is true." All the ministers echoed.

Seeing these ministers who would only agree with Huo Guang, Emperor Liu Bing was a little disappointed. It seemed that the court did not have the allies he wanted.

"Your Majesty needs to decide on this matter." Although Huo Guang is greedy for power, he is absolutely loyal and respectful and polite to the puppet emperor. He simply likes the feeling of having power, so he still asks the emperor for his opinion.

"Since the general and the ministers have no objections, let's conquer the Xiongnu." Liu Bing nodded in agreement.

Subsequently, Huo Guang appointed Tian Guangming, the imperial historian, as General Qilian, and led [-] cavalry out of Hexi;
General Du Liao Fan Mingyou led [-] cavalry out of Zhangye;
Former general Han Zeng led [-] cavalry out of the clouds;
Later General Zhao Chongguo became General Pu Lei and led [-] cavalry out of Jiuquan;

Tian Shun, the prefect of Yunzhong, was General Huya, and led [-] cavalry out of Wuyuan;

And require all ministries to attack at least two thousand miles, and must teach the Xiongnu a profound lesson;

At the same time, Wang Hongnian, the son of the famous general Wang Changzhi, was appointed as the school lieutenant of Xiaoqi, and he led three thousand Qingqi into the grassland alone to slaughter those unarmed Huns herdsmen and reduce the Huns' reserve force.

A total of 17 cavalry were divided into six groups to attack the Huns in the north!

There are more than 40 logistics troops dedicated to logistics, and at the same time they also recruit corvee from various counties and counties in the frontier.

The scale of the Huo Guang-led expedition to the Huns this time was not inferior to the Mobei War during Emperor Wu's period, except that the famous generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were missing.

At the same time, the Wusun Kingdom dispatched [-] cavalry to attack the Xiongnu to support the Han.

The Han and Wusun allied forces had as many as 21 cavalry, but now the Huns have only 12 cavalry in their entire country.

It has been 17 years since the armistice between Han and Hungary, and now the war has started again!
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five months later
The news of the Northern Expedition of the 17 cavalry of the Han army directly scared away the Xiongnu Shanyu. The Xiongnu Shanyu directly abandoned the Mobei Shanyuting, and fled with the main force of the Huns, and he did not know where he went.

At the same time, the Xiongnu Shanyu also learned to fortify the walls and clear the fields, and moved the Huns herdsmen on the Mobei grassland to the northernmost part of Mobei, almost to the North Sea (Han Sea), and some even moved to places norther than the North Sea (Siberia). Avoid the edge of the Han army.

The Huns, who were still extremely arrogant decades ago, became so cowardly, and slipped away before the fight started. This was unexpected by the Han army. It seems that the militarism during Emperor Wu's period really cast a shadow on these Huns.

The Huns ran away directly, making the main force of the Han army hit the air like a fist, and an expedition was in vain.

General Du Liao Fan Mingyou went deep into the grassland for more than 700 miles, captured a medium-sized tribe of the Huns who had not yet had time to migrate, captured more than 1 Huns, and captured more than [-] cattle and sheep.

The former general Han Zeng went deep into the grassland for more than [-] miles, captured a small tribe of the Huns, captured more than [-] Huns, and captured [-] cattle and sheep.

General Pulei Zhao Chongguo traveled more than 800 li. He originally planned to join Wusun to annihilate the Xiongnu, but because Wusun sent troops ahead of time, Zhao Chongguo failed to join forces with Wusun. The Huns Puyin King of Houshan captured more than 300 Huns and captured more than [-] cattle and sheep.

General Tian Guangming of Qilian went deep into the grassland for more than 4 miles, then lost his way, failed to catch even a single Hun tribe, and finally had to return to the south, met a group of Hun herdsmen on the way back, and then beheaded these Hun herders, A total of [-] Xiongnu herdsmen were hunted down by more than [-] Han cavalry.

Huya General Tian Shun is even more talented. He only dared to go northward after only 70 miles out of the fortress. He went straight back to Yunzhong County without killing any Huns, and lied about his military exploits, claiming that he had captured the Huns [-], captured [-] cattle and sheep.

Emperor Liu Bing was already furious, and General Huo Guang was also furious. The court immediately executed Tian Shun and Tian Guangming, who had only beheaded eighteen Hun herdsmen.

The Han army's 17 cavalry marched to the north, exhausting the money that the treasury had finally accumulated, but in the end they only killed more than 1000 Huns herdsmen, and they didn't even know where the Huns went.

The soldiers of the Han army did not dare to go too deep into Mobei, because they were afraid of getting lost. After all, not everyone can get lost like Wei Qinghuo Qubing.

Contrary to the fact that the 17 cavalry of the Han army killed more than 1000 Xiongnu herdsmen in the Northern Expedition, the 3 cavalry of the Wusun Kingdom attacked the Huns Youxian Wangting, beheaded more than 70 elite Xiongnu, and captured more than [-] cattle and sheep. head.

The Han army, which was originally in charge of the main attack, returned without success, but the ally Wusun, who was in charge of supporting, had such a terrifying record.

The Han army made a large-scale northern expedition, but they didn't even earn back the travel expenses. This made General Huo Guang feel ashamed.

(End of this chapter)