A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 315 The Theory of Domination

After Wang Luo received Li Mu's battle report, he laughed happily in the hall.

"Destroyed one hundred thousand Xiongnu in one battle, but suffered very few casualties. Li Qing is the Wu'an Lord of the few!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty!" The ministers in the hall congratulated Wang Luo one after another.

The title of Lord Wu'an is very special in Daqian. The first Lord Wu'an was Sun Wuzi, who led the Huai army to five battles and five victories, defeating the capital of Ying. The second Lord Wu'an was Wu Qi, who assisted Duke Huai in destroying Chu. The third Lord Wu'an The king is Sun Bin, who attacked the three Jin Dynasties in the north and destroyed the Western Chu in the west, completely establishing the hegemony of the Huai Kingdom.

Therefore, Lord Wu'an has become a very special title.

Xu Chaoping conquered six kingdoms and was awarded the title of General and Marquis of Wu Cheng, but he did not obtain the title of Lord Wu'an.

Li Mu annihilated [-] Huns in one battle. The remaining Huns were shocked and immediately led their troops to retreat north.At the same time, Li Mu also led his army to advance northward quickly. He had no intention of letting the Huns retreat so easily.

On the plain, the Huns moved quickly, and Daqian's military formation also changed accordingly.The last time they were able to kill [-] Huns in one battle was because the Huns underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, and Li Mu seized the opportunity to surround them.

The remaining Huns were frightened and angry, and became more and more cautious. Li Mu tried to surround them several times, but the Huns used the rapid movement of their horses to jump out of the encirclement.

Li Mu, who was familiar with the Huns' battles, was not disappointed. He had been stationed in the north for ten years and Li Mu was very aware of the mobility of these Huns.Especially on wide and flat plains, it is very difficult for infantry to fight against cavalry.

You set up your military formation, and the Huns will not fight you, but just harass and wander around. You attack, and the Huns retreat. After a long time, the soldiers are tired, and at this time the Huns begin to harass.Once there is a flaw in the military formation, the Huns will swarm in like a pack of wolves.

When Li Mu was in the north, he always used to lure the enemy deep, or gather cavalry to outflank and cooperate with infantry to attack the Huns.At the same time, the infantry cooperated with the chariots to block the cavalry attack, and then encircled and killed them. They combined some of the methods developed by the Quayue Formation to defeat the cavalry with foot.

However, the shortcomings of this formation are also obvious. It moves slowly and the Huns can easily escape.

As a Chanyu of the Xiongnu, it was the first time that Mao Dun encountered such a difficult battle after unifying the Xiongnu.The army attacked several times, but their heads were bruised and bloody after being hit in front of Da Gan's crossbow array.

Maodun could only rely on his cavalry and roundabout missiles to attack Daqian's army.Daqian and the Huns suffered casualties from each other, but because of the weapons and equipment on both sides, the Huns suffered higher casualties.The arrows of Daqian soldiers could easily penetrate the Huns' leather armor, but the Huns' bone arrow clusters could not penetrate Daqian's iron armor at all.

Only unlucky soldiers who were shot in the face or through gaps in their armor would suffer casualties.

After entangled with Daqian's army for a period of time, Maodun soon discovered that his own side had greater casualties.As an excellent king, he is very clear-headed. This time he attacks Daqian just to obtain benefits. When he pays too much and gains little, he will retreat immediately.

The Huns retreated continuously, hoping to allow Dagan to lengthen their logistics and transportation.Mao Dun knew his advantages very well. He just wanted to lengthen the logistics supply line and then rely on the mobility of the cavalry to cut off the food and fodder of Da Gan's army.

Therefore, they suffered successive defeats on the frontal battlefield, but still refused to evacuate north.Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that Li Mu had already guessed his thoughts.

Seeing the Xiongnu army retreating continuously, Li Mu pressed forward step by step, as if he had fallen into his trap.

Just when Morton felt that the distance was far enough to cut off the grain road, two other groups of Li Mu's cavalry finally detoured from the left and right and appeared behind Morton.Seeing the sudden appearance of the two cavalry, Morton was so frightened that he could not figure out where these two armies came from.Seeing the three-pronged encirclement of Daqian, Morton did not dare to stay for long and led his army to break through directly.

When Li Mu saw two groups of cavalry approaching, he immediately said loudly: "My sons, today is the day to defeat the enemy! Follow me and kill!"

The army of the Three Routes of Dagang was dispatched and began to strangle the Huns. Morton was worthy of being the hero who unified the Huns. Faced with the encirclement of the Three Routes of Dagang, he was still able to defeat the Huns without collapse.Finally, after being strangled by the army, the Huns cut off their tails and fled.

In the end, Dagan killed [-] Xiongnu, captured [-], and obtained [-] horses. In addition to the [-] Xiongnu who were surrounded and annihilated, the Huns went south in this battle and killed more than half of their soldiers.

The casualties in this battle were so heavy that the Huns, who had been united in Maodun, almost split again.Modun fled hundreds of miles day and night. After making sure that Daqian was not chasing him, he breathed a sigh of relief.

After confirming the safety, Mao Dun immediately took the initiative and showed the decisiveness and ruthlessness of a generation of heroes. In the name of revealing the whereabouts of our army to the Gan people, he directly killed several rebellious tribal leaders and then annexed them. tribes and horses.

As a result, although he suffered heavy losses this time when he went south, it also allowed Maodun to integrate more mountaintop forces among the Xiongnu. Not only did he shift the responsibility for the defeat to others, but he also consolidated his strength. His strength was not weakened, but became stronger.

However, after Li Mu suffered heavy losses, and without sufficient assurance, Mao Dun did not dare to go south.

After the Xiongnu withdrew, Li Mu led his army back to the land of Yanzhao after cleaning the battlefield.Although the Huns were defeated in this battle, he knew very well that the northern grasslands were not so easy to occupy.

The climate here is cold, not conducive to farming, and the cost of controlling it is too high.

Li Mu had the army stationed at key points in the north, and after arranging defense arrangements, he led the army back to the Central Plains.

Wang Luo gave Li Mu extremely high courtesy and asked the prince to go ten miles out of the city to greet him. Only Xu Chao, who had conquered the Six Kingdoms, had this kind of treatment.

The atmosphere in the main hall was warm.Everyone was happy about this great victory over the Huns.

"My lords, General Zhengbei attacked the Xiongnu from the north and killed more than [-] Xiongnu. The Hu people did not dare to go south to herd horses. They protected the peace of the north and deserved a heavy reward!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" said the ministers.

"Profess Li Mu to the title of Lord of Wu'an, and grant him an additional [-] households in the city! He will be promoted to General of Hussars!"

"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to the hussar general!" the ministers shouted loudly.

After the banquet, Wang Luo summoned Li Mu privately and asked about the strategy to deal with the Huns. Li Mu wrote a letter saying that the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Qin in the north had left many great walls, which could be connected and more beacons set up to defend against the Huns.Wang Luo thought for a while and realized that this was indeed a solution, so he appointed him to supervise the construction of the Great Wall.

As for the great ancestor, he mobilized the remaining warriors of his ancestors, raised his long whip and controlled the inner world, swallowed up the princes for two weeks, acted as the supreme and controlled the Liuhe, and shocked the world.Taking the land of Baiyue in the south, I thought it was Guilin and Xiangjun. The king of Baiyue bowed his head and tied his neck, and ordered his officials.He made Li Mumengtian build the Great Wall to the north and guard the fence, but the Huns were more than [-] miles away, and the Hu people did not dare to go south to herd horses. - Excerpt from "Ba Qian Lun"·High School Chinese

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