At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 273 The gathering of both sides and Chen Yu’s dissatisfaction

Zang Yan was whipped with a horse whip by King Zhelan, and the leaders of the Huns' tribes were shouting at him to kill him. If Maodun didn't need him, he would have been killed. At this time, he woke up and understood what he wanted to do. Haste makes waste. If you want to seek revenge from Emperor Han, you have to do it step by step.

Then he began to ponder the situation of the Huns at this time, and then said slowly: "Chanyu, now the Huns army has gathered, and now the arrow has to be fired. The Han Emperor is a king similar to the First Emperor, and he cannot tolerate the Huns tribe's attack on them. The invasion of the Han Dynasty means that this war will either be fought within the territory of the Han Dynasty or in the desert. There is no choice not to fight.

If we fight in the territory of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu army can still plunder supplies and make up for the losses. But if we fight in the desert, even if we, the Xiongnu, can save the Xiongnu warriors, we will suffer heavy losses in livestock, and a large number of people will starve to death in winter. "

Even if the Han army invades the grassland, the Huns will suffer heavy losses. The nomadic economic system of the Huns determines that their economy will be extremely fragile and will collapse when encountering any natural or man-made disasters. In seasons other than autumn, the army must be assembled For the Huns, it was a man-made disaster.

The Huns needed to spread the entire tribe across the grasslands in order to feed the cattle and sheep. Only with enough cattle and sheep could the Huns survive. Therefore, the Huns were extremely vulnerable at other times except when the autumn was high and the horses were fat. They could hardly Gathering, even if they were forced to assemble, would cost them an extremely heavy price. If the spoils obtained by the Huns could not make up for this part of the cost, it would be uneconomical for the Huns.

To fight, tribes and people must be concentrated, which makes it impossible to graze. The Huns can keep their population, but they have to lose more important cattle and sheep. Such losses are unbearable by the Huns. Therefore, the war potential of the grassland peoples is far inferior to that of the Central Plains dynasties. It is the grassland peoples who will be dragged down by long-term wars.

The Central Plains Dynasty could only choose passive defense because natural conditions could not occupy the fruits of their war. Instead, other grassland tribes would replace the original enemy's ecological niche and restore the original state.

"Modun Shanyu, if our Xiongnu army breaks into the territory of the Han Dynasty, we can plunder the Han Dynasty's supplies. If we can severely defeat the Han army in Yanmen County, it will be extremely beneficial to our Xiongnu hegemony in the grassland."

"There are now more than 100,000 troops in the royal court. Chanyu quickly attacked and the Han people did not react. He defeated the Han cavalry and plundered the entire Yanmen County. Then he used Mayi as a stronghold and defeated the main force of the Han army in a field battle. The Han army If their vitality is severely damaged, they will no longer dare to fight back against the Xiongnu, and the Han Dynasty will gradually become the pasture of the Xiongnu. Without the stopping of the Han people, Shanyu's hegemony will be achieved."

Mao Dun looked at his men and said, "What do you think of this strategy?"

King Zhelan said: "It's feasible, but we need to add a little more. If we can capture Mayi and capture the Han Emperor, it's best if we can't capture it. If we can't capture it, we have to plunder more supplies. As for the main force of the Han army, we can defeat it if we can." Just leave, they won’t be able to stop us if we don’t have enough cavalry.”

The other tribal leaders also nodded and said: "This is the war method of our Huns. We fight those who can win, and run away if we can't win. This is the Han people's tactic to attack the city. Our troops cannot be wasted in the city. superior."

At this time, the Huns' method of warfare against the Central Plains countries was guerrilla warfare, because the three-piece cavalry suit had not yet become popular at this time, and the power of the cavalry was still extremely limited. In addition, the civilization and organizational power on the grasslands were insufficient. The Huns did not have a strict organization and could only use guerrilla warfare. As for mobile warfare and annihilation warfare, they never took advantage. On the contrary, the Huns were almost exterminated every time they fought.

The Huns at this time were not the grassland empire of later generations. They had not experienced the battle at Baishan Mountain, and their self-confidence had not yet been shaken out. On the contrary, in the past few decades, they were first taught a lesson by Li Mu and then by Meng Tian. These two failures caused heavy losses to the Xiongnu, and the entire ethnic group was almost destroyed.

Their fear of the Central Plains Dynasty is deep in their bones. At least it is difficult to eliminate it in the minds of this generation of tribal leaders. Especially when they heard that Emperor Han killed Meng Tian, ​​their most feared enemy.

These tribal leaders naturally brought their fear of Meng Tian to the Han Emperor, so they only dared to take advantage, but did not dare to confront the Han army head-on. Because they were worried that the disastrous defeats like those during the Li Mu period and the Meng Tian period would happen again. The Huns finally recovered their strength and had some hope of revival under the leadership of Modun Shanyu. They absolutely did not want to experience the life and death of the Huns again.

Seeing his subordinates' timidity towards the Han Emperor, Maodun felt angry in his heart. The battle had not yet started, but his subordinates were already timid in their hearts.

This actually strengthened his determination to fight this battle. If his subordinates were not afraid of the big man, how could he develop his hegemony?

Mao Dun's ambition has always been very great. He wants to build a grassland empire like the First Emperor and make the entire desert the domain of the Huns. But now his worst enemy, the Donghu people, has been annexed by him. As long as he defeats the Da Yuezhi again, The entire desert belonged to the Huns.

However, the Han emperor divided the princes in Liaodong and Hexi. These two territories were like two hands surrounding the desert. Maodun did not allow the Han princes to take root in these two places, otherwise the Xiongnu would be surrounded by the Han on three sides. , this strategic situation is not allowed to occur in Maodun.

This time he wanted to severely damage the Han army so that the Han emperor would not have the strength to interfere in matters on the grassland. Then he could bring the Huns cavalry to pull out the Han vassal states in Liaodong and Hexi little by little.

Mao Dun ordered: "King Zhelan, King Aries, and King Donghu, you three will be the vanguard of the army. Go to Mayi first, make preparations for reconnaissance and covering the battlefield, and seize the Han outposts and Wubao around Mayi. Pull them out one by one, occupy the favorable terrain, and prepare for the arrival of the main force of our army.

King Zhelan, King Aries, and King Donghu knelt down and said, "I obey."

Then Mao Dun looked at everyone and said: "The rest of the troops will follow this Chanyu south to meet the Han emperor to see who is more powerful, him as the emperor, or me as the Chanyu."

All the Xiongnu tribal leaders said: "Yes!"

As Mao Dun's order was issued, hundreds of thousands of Huns troops quickly moved south to attack Mayi.

On May 26, the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Dai Guo and Dai County were appointed.

After Zhao Xie, the acting king, received the emperor's order, he immediately went to Zhang Er to discuss: "The emperor has decided to launch a counterattack against the Huns. Let us be ready to send troops."

Zhang Er smiled and said: "The Aries tribe around our country have escaped from our territory. These lawless barbarians have finally tasted the power of the emperor."

The Huns tribes surrounding Dai were the Donghu tribe newly annexed by the Aries and Maodun. Because the strength of the Huns had greatly increased, all the pastures north of the Great Wall of Dai were occupied by the Aries. It's not that Zhao Jieye didn't want to teach the Aries Department a lesson, but he was taught a lesson by the Aries Department, so that he could only ask the boss behind him to help teach the Aries Department a lesson.

The Emperor is indeed extraordinary. He has absorbed tens of thousands of the Aries tribe before sending out troops, which greatly damaged the vitality of the powerful Aries tribe. Now they have fled the territory of Dai and went to the desert further north to graze their cattle. Zhao Xie and the others took the opportunity to go north and restored the original territory of Dai.

The power of opera is indeed powerful, and it can be used on barbarians. This is something Zhang Er never expected.

It's a pity that they still haven't learned this trick, otherwise they could also use this method to deal with the Huns.

Zhang Er said: "Your Majesty, if Dai wants to occupy the northern territory, it still needs to build cities and forts, and gradually reduce the pastures where the Huns graze. Even if the emperor defeats the Huns, they will still come back slowly and annex us. The territory of Daiguo.”

Zhao Xie nodded and said: "What the Prime Minister said is reasonable. I will send craftsmen to build the city in the dangerous place in the north. Next time the Huns want to come and occupy the land of our country, it will not be so easy."

Zhao Xie continued: "If the emperor can severely inflict heavy losses on the Huns this time, my country can have a stable life. This time my country will send 10,000 cavalry, and you, the Prime Minister, will be the commander of the army. Prime Minister, you must We must fight hard, show the prestige of our country, and teach these Huns a lesson.”

For more than a year, Zhao Xie, the acting king, was bullied miserably by the Huns. Even the emperor did not dare to bully him like this. A group of barbarians dared to bully him like this. Zhao Xie thought that he was allowed to lead by the emperor because he reported it to the emperor. 20 troops attacked the Huns.

Zhang Er said with a smile: "I will definitely display the majesty of my country."

On the 28th day of the fifth month of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, in the Shanggu Kingdom.

After receiving Xu Fan's order, Chen Yu sneered and burned Xu Fan's letters cleanly.

Then he said to Kuai Che: "Send an envoy to tell the Han Emperor that I am sick and cannot lead troops to support."

Kuai Che said anxiously: "Your Majesty, you must not act on impulse. The relationship between us and the Han Dynasty is tense. If we don't send troops to support now and give the Han Emperor an excuse, if it causes the Han Emperor's dissatisfaction, we will wait until the Han army defeats the Huns and point the finger directly." If I go to the Valley Kingdom, we will definitely die without a burial place." It's no wonder that Kuai Che is so anxious. He knows that the relationship between his family's king and the important ministers of the Han Dynasty is not good. This is already known to the world, and he can't think of anything to do now. The improvement gave them an excuse, and this was not seeking death. Now that the Han Dynasty was at its peak, if they wanted to survive in Shanggu Kingdom, they had to keep a low profile and be small, instead of going against the Han Emperor everywhere. It is not advisable to act on impulse, because this will make their Shanggu Kingdom disappear into thin air. of.

Kuai Che complained that his king could not learn from Zhang Er, and looked down upon Zhang Er. He resolutely carried out all the orders of the Han emperor, and privately married Liu Bang, and established a good relationship with the generals of the Han Dynasty. , now the relationship between Zhang Er and Dahan's senior officials cannot be said to be good, but they are no longer hostile.

General Li Liangye persuaded with sincerity: "Your Majesty, the Huns are also powerful enemies of our Shanggu Kingdom. Now that the emperor wants to severely inflict heavy losses on the Huns, it will also be beneficial to our Shanggu Kingdom."

"We can take advantage of the fact that the Huns were severely damaged and go north to attack the Huns' territory. It was originally the territory of the Donghu people. It has been less than a year since the Huns annexed it. The foundation is unstable. We can definitely seize it. opportunity to expand the territory, so that we can make up for all the land we lost in Liaodong. "

"In this battle, the king can just sit in the capital, and the general will lead an army of 1 to the north to support the emperor. This is beneficial to both sides."

Chen Yu sneered and said: "The Han Emperor has always been dissatisfied with me. Even if he has no excuse, he will find excuses to weaken me. Then why should I help him? No one is allowed to fight, so I just watch him fight with the Huns. In the end, both of them suffered losses.”

Although what Li Liang said was reasonable, what Chen Yu cared about was not the land at all, but the Han Emperor's disrespect for him. Why did Xu Fan want to give up Liaodong County by himself, but he didn't want to, and sent Chen Ping to threaten him? .

Kuai Che and Li Liang also wanted to persuade Chen Yu, but Chen Yu didn't want to listen to them at all, so he just threw up his sleeves and left here.

"It's over!" Kuai Che said desperately: "Your Majesty is so impulsive. Even if the Emperor of Han does not blame your Majesty this time, your Majesty will fall out with the Han sooner or later. With the strength of our Shanggu Kingdom and our head-to-head confrontation with the Han, failure is inevitable. The world is so big now, there is no place for us.”

Li Liang said: "I will try to persuade the king later. The king is furious right now. He will figure it out when he calms down."

Kuai Che shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is too angry at the book business. He will not change. Shanggu County has become a place of right and wrong. I am leaving here."

Kuai Che didn't want to be buried with Chen Yu. As a counselor, he had already advised Chen Yu, but Chen Yu didn't listen. Kuai Che thought that he was worthy of his responsibilities. Now he had to find a way to save his life.

"The situation is not so dangerous, right?"

Kuai Che said: "The Han family is the only one in the world. Although the Han emperor was kind, he was not kind to women. The Han emperor wanted a country with prefectures and counties like the First Emperor. However, the Han emperor was not able to do it openly because of his reputation. to annex the territories of the princes.

But as long as the Han Emperor found out about the flaws of the princes in the world, he would definitely annex them. The Eastern Chu Kingdom was like this, and so were Zang Tu and others. The Han Emperor did not hesitate at all and seized the opportunity to annex these vassal states. "

Li Liang said: "It shouldn't be. The flaws of the county system were fully exposed in the war a few years ago. The governors of various places in the Qin Dynasty were not willing to contribute to the Qin Dynasty. The princes in the world can develop so fast. These Qin officials But the credit is huge, and the Han emperor learned the lessons of the First Emperor and divided the princes into subjugating the world. "

Kuai Che shook his head and said: "Although the Han Emperor enfeoffed the princes, he enfeoffed the princes to Liaodong. In a barbaric land like Southern Xinjiang, there was no vassal state in the mainland of the Han Dynasty. This shows that the Han Emperor still liked the system of prefectures and counties. Set."

Li Liang immediately said: "What you said is wrong. Although the Han Emperor did not enfeoff the heroes to the mainland of the Han Dynasty, there are still Wei, Qi, Jiaodong, Dai and our Shanggu Kingdom in the Han Dynasty."

Kuai Che said: "This is the problem. The Han Emperor did not take action against us anti-Qin allies because of his reputation, but the Han Emperor was waiting for the opportunity for us to make a mistake. But now our king has given the Han Emperor this opportunity. ”

The king only saw that the Han Emperor had reduced the strength of the Liaodong Kingdom, but he did not see that the generals of the Han were also dissatisfied with us. Four of the eight princes of the Han who made the greatest contributions established vassal states outside the Han, but the vassals they established The country is extremely desolate, not even comparable to an ordinary county like my Shanggu County.

These princes are extremely dissatisfied with us. They have made great contributions to the Han Dynasty, but they can only establish vassal states by themselves, while the king and the others have become vassal kings by luck.

From the perspective of Yingbu, they conquered the world, but they could not get the best land. However, the princes and kings like you, the feudal kingdoms were ten times better than theirs. Naturally, they were dissatisfied. This is what the king The reason why they have always had a bad relationship with the important ministers of the Han Dynasty is that they are also waiting for the opportunity to drive away the foreign vassals like the king. "

"If the king doesn't send troops this time, the big man will definitely not forgive our king if he sends his troops empty-handed. It would be better for us to arrange a retreat as soon as possible."

After speaking, Kuai Che left here anxiously.

Li Liang looked at Kuai Che who was getting further and further away, and sighed: "Your Majesty, why don't you listen to your advice?"

On May 29th, the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, General Zhenbei’s camp was held.

Ji Xin led a group of soldiers on a huge sand table, constantly placing chess pieces representing various armies.

"How many troops did the Huns send? This news is extremely important. Haven't you found out clearly yet?"

Lieutenant General Song Liu said: "We didn't pay enough attention to the Huns. We didn't send many exploration horses. We don't know the specific situation inside the Huns. The only thing we know now is that the Huns mobilized all their tribes. According to the fact that all the Huns are soldiers, Maodun should Hundreds of thousands of cavalry can be mobilized.”

Ji Xin said: "Has Your Majesty returned to Yanmen Pass?"

He was not afraid of the Huns' hundreds of thousands of cavalry, but he was worried that Xu Fan was still in Mayi, which would be very difficult to handle.

In the historical Battle of Baishan Mountain, the Han army was not at a disadvantage. Although Liu Bang's main force was besieged by the Huns, famous Han generals such as Zhou Bo also besieged the Huns army on the periphery. It can be said that the leader at that time was not Liu Bang, but For any other powerful general of the Han Dynasty, the Huns may not win so beautifully. Instead, they will easily be attacked by the Han army, and the main force of hundreds of thousands of Huns will be wiped out by the Han army.

Mao Dun was also a hero of the unified grassland. How could he let Liu Bang go just because of a few words from a woman? However, the situation at that time was that if he did not let Liu Bang go, the Han army might also annihilate him. At that time, Bai Shanshan The terrain is a basin, which is extremely suitable for infantry to fight an annihilation battle. Both sides are afraid of both sides, and finally Mao Dun chooses to let Liu Bang leave.

Song Liu said: "We have returned to Yanmen Pass, but your majesty still has Mayi in his banner. Your majesty wants to use this as bait to annihilate the main force of the Huns."

Ji Xinsong said with a sigh, "That's good."

As long as the emperor is not in Mayi, he is confident of winning this battle.

"Send the order, all battalions of the Zhenbei Army begin to assemble and complete all preparations for leaving the fortress. The army will set off tomorrow."

Song Liu and the soldiers who stayed in the camp said: "No!"

Following Ji Xin's order, 5 Zhenbei troops began to mobilize.

(End of this chapter)