Qiang Qin

Southern Huns, Northern Huns.

The same nation is gradually diverging due to different living conditions. Although, from the current point of view, this difference is only a small gap, but as time goes by, this gap will become bigger and bigger .

Advanced productivity.

First of all, it brought about the abundance of material life, as well as changes in many aspects such as spirit, culture, entertainment, and communication methods. In the face of these changes and impacts, the Southern Huns were confused.

The Huyan tribe fell into a dilemma.Whether to continue to follow the Great Shanyu Maodun and stick to the line of bloody expansion, or gradually change the single nomadic life habits and become a half-herding and half-cultivating ethnic group, the decision is so difficult that Huo, who has always been treacherous and cunning, Yan Xie also became uncertain.

With the same fate as them, there are also some other tribes of the Southern Huns. Their tribal form is different from that of the Northern Huns due to frequent contact with the Central Plains people in the south.

The divisions and changes within the Huns are both within reason and out of reason. However, if the Qin army cannot gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield, it is absolutely impossible for a cunning man like Hu Yanxie to betray Maodun What happened, Li Yuan also has a clear understanding of this.

The Qin army sealed off the border and united with foreign races like Donghu and Wusun. These are all countermeasures. As for the unsteady elements among the Huns like Huyanxie, they need to be taught one lesson after another before they can be urged to wake up. .

Of course, it is not just the Huns who need a lesson. Before the decisive battle with the Huns, the Qin army first launched a fierce attack against the Dayuezhi people.

Lu Jia's lobbying of Wusun was quite successful, and King Wusun agreed to attack Dayuezhi from west to east with the Qin army, and the coalition forces of the Western Regions also formed a mixed force of nearly 8000 under the call of King Loulan. Army, Li Zhongxiang was ordered to once again assume the role of the coalition commander.

This time, Li Yuan will not give the Da Yue clan any more chances.This cowardly nation that should have disappeared in the long river of history should have fallen long ago.

March [-]th.

Dunhuang City.

This oasis emerging city on the banks of Mingsha Mountain was full of people in a short period of time. Groups of soldiers from the Qin Army rushed over from various places in Hexi County and Longxi County. The Qin Army unit composed of heavy infantry is ready to go here. Their destination is not the Huns in the north, but the Dayuezhi people surrounded by Qin, Wusun, and the Western Regions.

The composition of this Qin army is different from usual. The main force is cavalry troops, and the infantry is only used as a transport team for supplies.It was also due to the long distance in the Western Regions, and the Da Yuezhi people, like the Huns, were nomadic peoples. Using infantry was not only slow, but also easy to become the target of the Yuezhi people.

The chief general of the Qin army on this expedition is Luo Jia, the Qin general who has been training cavalry troops in Longxi and Hexi for a long time. At the same time, the command of the infantry was handed over to Ji Bu, the former general of the Chu army.At the same time, Ji Xin, who performed well in the war against Chu, served as the lieutenant general, assisting his elder brother Ji Bu's liaison between the cavalry and infantry.

in addition.In order for the infantry to have countermeasures in response to cavalry raids, Li Yuan decided to send 310 six specially trained professional soldiers to the battle after carefully asking Peng Sheng, the second division commander of the army, about the development process of "Skyfire". Usually do not fight.Can only be used when the unit is in serious danger.

This staffing, Li Yuan can be said to be well-intentioned, for a general of the Chu army like Ji Bu.If it is idle, it is a waste of resources and talents, but if it is used to encircle and suppress Xiangzhuang, with Ji Bu's true temperament, it is very likely that he will finally make a difference and let Xiangzhuang survive. This is not what Li Yuan wants.

Only on the battlefield against foreign enemies, the generals of the Chu army like Ji Bu and Zhong Limei will go all out. They failed once in the conquest of Yandi, so they are naturally very eager to prove themselves again.

As for Cao Xin, who cried the most when he heard of Bai Guangji's death, he was not used by Li Yuan. In terms of attitude, there are some extreme behaviors.

At the same time, most of the soldiers under Cao Xin's command came from the Xiaoyue clan who was attached to him at the beginning. In terms of blood, the Da Yue clan is related to the Xiao Yue clan. Secretly communicated with the enemy and betrayed Qin Jun's information.

In order to appease Cao Xin, while dispatching Luo Jia, Ji Bu and other ministries, Li Yuan ordered Cao Xin to return to Chang'an to report on his duties. , After the main force of Li Zhongxiang's Hexi Army marched westward, protecting the safety of the Hexi Corridor was the top priority. Gan Yong was a rising star that Li Yuan was optimistic about, and he was also the main general in the future when he fought against the Huns. He was stationed in Hexi for the next Prepared for the conquest of the Huns.

Remnants of the Xiang family in Jiangnan.

Li Yuan has been completely handed over to Zhou Yin, Ding Gong and other former Chu generals. Although Xiang Zhuang is tenacious, he does not have enough financial resources, so he can only hide in the mountains and fight guerrillas. If the country continues to implement the policy of low taxes and safe people in Jiangdong, Chu people will not resolutely support Xiangzhuang, and then time will pass.

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The Qin army marched west.

Li Yuan, the king of Shenwu, was based in Chang'an, and uniformly dispatched five important passes bordering the Huns, namely Yanbei, Jiuyuan, Gaoque, Didao, and Gaizang.

The Dayue Clan was not considered a powerful enemy. Qin's real opponent was the Huns, the vicious and murderous Maodun.Li Yuan can conclude that Maodun must be waiting for the news from the secret agents in Chang'an City at this time. Maodun will not care about the life and death of Da Yueshi. Crazy.

Spring is coming.

When the tender grass on the prairie begins to stand out, the Huns who live chasing the grass are staring at their hungry eyes. As long as Qin shows a little bit of weakness, they will pounce on them like vicious wolves and kill them to the south of the Great Wall. ——.

Don't give the Huns a chance.In the competition of comprehensive national strength, Qin is much better than the Huns.

Li Yuan wanted to use economic, diplomatic, political, and military means to comprehensively suppress the Xiongnu. This is also the most advantageous means for Qin at present.

Qin State is moving towards revival step by step.

A powerful state of Qin is making the surrounding aliens feel fear and awe with a shocking gesture. This is true for the Huns, and the same is true for the Nanyue Kingdom located south of the great river.

Qin Xinli eight years, April spring.

A mission from the city of Panyu in South Vietnam traveled upstream from the south of the Ling River, passing Yelang, Wulian, Juding, Dian and other countries, and then entered Bajun and Hanzhong counties in Qin State from Wuchidao, and finally arrived at Chang'an in Guanzhong. .

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, all heroes rose together, and wars were frequent.Because of the 50 elite Qin troops stranded in Lingnan, the Qin State's domestic military strength was extremely weak. In order to quell the rebellion, the general Zhang Han had to use criminals as soldiers to fight. It was Nanyue County Captain Zhao Tuo who caused this dilemma Selfishness.

The territory of the Nanyue Kingdom is equivalent to the three prefectures of Nanhai, Xiangjun, and Panyu established by the Qin State. Its north, east, and west sides are respectively separated from Wu Rui's Changsha Kingdom, Minyue among the Shanyue people in the south of the Yangtze River, and Yelang in the west. It borders the South China Sea in the east and south, and the east-west area reaches more than ten thousand miles.Zhao Tuo, who supported hundreds of thousands of soldiers, was also called "Northern Strong and Southern Strong" together with Maodun of the Huns in the north.

However, eight years later, under the leadership of Li Yuan, the State of Qin unexpectedly revived and quickly quelled the rebellion of the princes of the Kanto. Even Xiang Yu, the overlord of the three armies, was destroyed. Again and again, he decided to send Prime Minister Lu Jia as an envoy to Chang'an, and sent his son Zhao Zhongshi as a hostage.

hostage.

This was a very popular practice among princes in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States to win the trust of other countries. Zhao Tuo also wanted to show that he was willing to recognize Qin and accept the leadership of the central government of Qin. Of course, in the long-term separatism After enjoying all the benefits brought by power, it is still unknown whether Zhao Tuo is really willing to accept Qin's jurisdiction.

However, compared with the hostile Xiongnu, Li Yuan was relieved by the reconciliation gesture shown by the Nanyue Kingdom. Subduing the enemy without fighting is the essence of the art of war. In a relatively peaceful state, it is naturally the best choice to solve the South Vietnam issue.

Lu Jia and Zhao Zhongshi were grandly received by Li Yuan in Chang'an City. Chen Ping, Li Zheng, and the old ministers Zhang Han and Xin Sheng who had gradually faded out of the court also came out to greet them one by one. Lu Jia was also promoted by the first emperor back then. Of course, his official position is relatively low, and it is basically impossible for him to interact with the big figures in the court. This also allows him to avoid the big farce of Zhao Gao and Hu Hai who behaved indiscriminately and pretended to be horses.

To this day, a group of officials from the State of Qin sits in the main meeting hall built by the new governor of Chang'an City, surrounded by burning lamps, painted brackets and pillars, and burning hot water under their feet. These novel changes, It opened the eyes of Lu Jia and Zhao Zhongshi who came from afar.

They did not expect that in Chang'an in the north, the temperature inside the main hall was only ten degrees lower than that in the south of the Five Ridges, and it was not as cold as the north wind howling and biting outside.

"King Wu, a genius of the age, a pillar of the Qin State, who is not such a person, cannot solve Qin's difficulties." Lu Jia and Prime Minister Chen Ping sat next to each other, sighing while drinking.

"Ping heard that Zhao Shijun was also established as the King of Wu in Lingnan, Lu Xiang, why not talk about Lingnan in detail, so as to open the eyes of those of us in the north." Chen Ping said with a smile.

The same is King Wu.

The names are the same, but their status and strength are completely different. Chen Ping broke Lu Jia's compliment with just one touch. (to be continued..)