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

Chapter 277, The shadow of the Huns, Mao Dun’s mind

Mao Dun always believed that herdsmen should live on the grasslands. The Han cities were just granaries for the Huns. They were used to store grain and grass for the Huns, but not for the Huns to live.

How could the Xiongnu warriors still ride horses and maintain their combat effectiveness after nomadic herding became settled?
The Han people are dozens of times more numerous than the Huns. If the Huns' combat effectiveness declines, how can the Huns survive on the grasslands?

The most important thing is that the Huns settled down, so are the people living in Yanmen County Huns or Hans?
Moton was keenly aware that settling would be extremely detrimental to the Huns and would even divide the Huns. He instinctively did not want his men to settle down.

King Lou Fan said: "You can live in the city in winter, so that you can use the city to resist the cold wind. This can also become a pasture for us Huns. Yanmen County is much richer than the desert and can feed more people. Since the Han Emperor If we give up this land, we should occupy it. These lands are the best grassland, and Shanyu cannot give up like this."

Zang Yan said: "Chanyu, Yanmen County is rich in products. Not only can it be used for grazing, but it can also be cultivated. The income from farming is dozens of times that of grazing. A Yanmen County can harvest millions of stones of grain every year and feed hundreds of thousands of tribesmen. This will greatly increase the strength of the Huns. With this food, the Huns no longer have to worry about surviving the winter. "

Zang Yan always wanted to expand the war between the Huns and the Han. If Mao Dun really occupied Yanmen County, then the war between the Huns and the Han would be inevitable. Moreover, the strength of the Huns was too poor. He wanted to improve the strength of the Huns. Yanmen County was a poor county for the Han Dynasty, but it was extremely rich for the Huns. They could get millions of stones in Yanmen County. Food allows the Huns to raise more people and greatly enhances the strength of the Huns.

In his opinion, if you want to conquer the world, you must farm and fight. The Huns can never be the opponent of the Han Emperor by relying only on the grassland.

King Xiutu was excited when he heard the millions of stones of grain and said, "Chanyu, this is much more than what we rob when we invade the Central Plains every year, and we don't have to kill anyone."

Although the Huns plundered the Central Plains, they suffered huge casualties every time and did not rob much food. The main reason why the Huns went south was to consume the excess population and save food rations.

But now that they heard that millions of stones of grain could be harvested every year, many tribal leaders' eyes turned red. This was an extremely huge amount of wealth, which could allow their tribes to feed several times more people.

However, Mao Dun glared at Zang Yan and said: "Our tribe can only herd cattle and cannot farm. Who will grow these millions of stones of food? Moreover, they have occupied Yanmen County. How can the Han people give up and lead the troops?" To counterattack, do we have to give up the excitement of the cavalry and run into the Han army? How many people will die? Do we have to give up the grassland and compete with the Han people for the city? "

"It's not necessarily impossible. The Central Plains is much richer than the grassland, and it's also much warmer. If we occupy the Central Plains, we Huns won't freeze to death too many people every year." There are indeed many tribal leaders who have such ambitions and want to occupy the warmth. The fertile Central Plains.

Mao Dun said: "We don't care about the Yuezhi in the grassland. If the Yueshi people unite with the Han people to deal with us Xiongnu, we Xiongnu will face a situation of attack from two sides. By then, let alone occupy the Central Plains, I'm afraid we will even We can’t even keep our pastures in the grassland.”

At this time, King Hunxie and others came to their senses. They still had the Dayue clan as their enemy.

And Mao Dun was keenly aware of Zang Yan's evil intentions. At this time, the strength of the Huns was not as good as that of the Han Dynasty. Occupying Yanmen County would greatly consume the strength of the Huns, and his target at this time was still other tribes on the grassland. The Yuezhi people are Maodun's biggest enemy. He doesn't want to waste too much power in the Central Plains.

The Warring States Period has just come to an end, and the Central Plains of this era is still very full of military virtues. In addition, the cavalry has not yet shown its complete body. The only advantage of the cavalry over the infantry square is mobility. The other offensive and defensive capabilities are far inferior to those of the Central Plains. Infantry square formation, and Yanmen County is a basin terrain with many mountains, suitable for infantry defense. Mao Dun knew that if they occupied Yanmen County, the Huns would not be able to hold it.

At this time, Mao Dun felt palpitations in his heart. He always felt that something bad would happen. He felt that there might be something wrong with the Huns' vanguard.

But he felt that he was worrying too much. King Zhelan and the others had 4 cavalry in total. It would be difficult for the Han army to defeat such a huge army. Moreover, even if the Han army defeated King Zhelan and the others, the cavalry could always run away easily. It turns out that the Huns, even though their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Central Plains Dynasty, were still able to survive for so many years and became the biggest scourge of Zhao and Qin. They relied on the mobility of their cavalry. They could not defeat the Qin Dynasty, but they could easily defeat the Qin Dynasty. Escape.

But soon his bad premonition deepened, especially when he saw the smoke coming from the distance. Maodun, who had been leading troops in battles for many years, understood that the smoke was caused by the cavalry, and a cavalry rushed to Pingcheng. , whether it is the Huns' cavalry or the Han's cavalry, it is not a good thing for them.

Soon other Huns became alert, and dozens of Huns rushed toward the chimney.

Half a day later, Tan Ma reported to Maodunhui: "Chanyu, those are the tribes of King Zhelan."

Mao Dun said: "The Shanyu didn't tell them to go to Mayi first. Why did they come back?"

Tan Ma said sadly: "King Zhelan and others were defeated by the Han people. The Aries tribe and the Donghu tribe have been annihilated by the Han people."

"What!" Mao Dun and all the leaders of the Huns tribe couldn't believe the news. Forty thousand cavalry had been disabled in just a short time.

Mao Dun said coldly: "Bring King Zhelan here, I want to know everything. How did they fight? How could the 4 cavalry be defeated so miserably."

For the current Huns, two major tribes were missing in one battle. Not to mention facing life and death, their vitality was also greatly damaged.

Half a day later, King Zhelan came to Pingcheng. When he saw Mao Dun, he knelt on the ground and cried sadly: "Chanyu, the Han cavalry is too strong. The Aries and Donghu tribes were defeated by the Han people and surrendered to the Han people."

"How is this possible? Even if you can't defeat the Han people, don't you even know how to escape?" King Xiutu said angrily.

"You are simply embarrassing the Huns." King Lou Fan said with a hint of anger in his fear.

In recent years, the Huns have finally made progress, and they have also destroyed Donghu, their biggest enemy. They are about to become the overlords of the grasslands, but this defeat reminds them of their previous disastrous defeat against the Han people.

In the past, they, the Huns, could also take advantage of the Central Plains people. But every time the Central Plains dynasty paid attention to them, they would face an unprecedented defeat, which would severely weaken the Huns and return to their original shape.

They were severely defeated by Zhao several decades ago, and within ten years they were severely defeated by Meng Tian. Even the Yinshan pasture was taken away by the Qin people, and Jiuyuan County was established. Today's tragic defeat of King Zhelan and the others reminded these tribal leaders of those very bad memories.

Could it be that the Huns are going to be beaten back to their original shape by the Han people?

Mao Dun asked solemnly: "How did you fight the Han army? Why did you lose so miserably?"

King Zhelan cried and said: "The Han people's equipment is too powerful. They actually produced 5000 sets of armor for the cavalry to wear and formed an armored cavalry. Such cavalry is so powerful that our warrior swords cannot break through their armor at all." defense.

All the troops of King Donghu were defeated before this armored army could hold out for even an hour. King Donghu, a coward, immediately led his troops to surrender to the Han people.

"Then the Han cavalry attacked the Aries tribe again. Our troops fled quickly and escaped from Shengtian. However, the Aries tribe was swallowed up by the Han army after holding on for less than an hour."

"Impossible, you are lying. Businessmen of the Han Dynasty also sold iron armor to me. A pair of iron armor cost me 50 war horses. Even if the Han people were rich, it was impossible for the Han Emperor to come up with 5000 sets of iron armor. This is the talent of immortality. What he did." King Hunxie said in disbelief.

Five thousand sets of armor require 250,000 war horses, which is almost a quarter of the Huns' war horses. In the eyes of these big tribal leaders, no one can afford such a huge wealth.

Only Zang Tu sighed and said: "The Han Emperor had this ability. He even had more than 5000 armored soldiers in his hands, but tens of thousands of armored soldiers. In the desert, one armor requires 50 horses, but the Han Emperor built a blast furnace. It is said that once Tens of thousands of kilograms of iron can be smelted, and the price of iron armor in the Han Dynasty is almost the same as that of a war horse. "

King Hunxie was so angry that he was shaking all over and said: "These damn profiteers actually made me spend 50 times the price to buy a set of iron armor. Next time he comes to my tribe, I will let him taste the punishment of being quartered by five horses." "

"Idiot!" Mao Dun said angrily.

At this time, I was still thinking about the profiteers. When I thought about the tens of thousands of Han soldiers in armor rushing to the grassland, I was afraid that their Huns' homeland would be oppressed again and they would not be able to save it. "Are the Han people already so strong?" Mao Dun thought with trembling heart.

The Han people already have a larger population than them, and now their equipment is one level better than theirs, so that the Huns are no match for the Han people at all. What is the future of the Huns?
Other leaders of the Xiongnu tribe are also trembling. Now they regret gathering an army to invade the Han Dynasty. According to Zang Yan, the Han people have tens of thousands of armored soldiers. Their army of 100,000 is not enough to kill the Han people's 20,000 armored soldiers. .

King Lou Fan said tremblingly: "Chanyu, while the losses of the army are not serious now and the main force of the Han army has not come to kill us, we retreat. No matter how powerful the Han people's armored cavalry are, they can't kill us if we escape to the grassland."

"King Lou Fan is right. The Han people don't know how to herd animals. They can't kill the grasslands."

Therefore, the leaders of the large Xiongnu tribe did not want to continue fighting. The large tribe with tens of thousands of cavalry could not withstand the attack of the Han cavalry for an hour. You must know that the tribes that can provide thousands of cavalry are all large tribes on the grassland and belong to the dominant side. However, facing the Han people's armored cavalry, they became weak chickens. The Han army was so terrifying that they would never dare to attack again.

When Mao Dun saw a frightened subordinate, he sighed to himself: "They were frightened by the Han people. If they go back like this, I'm afraid the Huns won't even be able to gain a foothold on the grassland."

Even if their courage is broken, how can they kill the enemy? You must know that the Huns have not only the Han people, but also the Dayue people, the remnants of the Donghu people, the Fuyu people and other tribes on the grassland, all of them are secretly watching. They waited for the Huns to decline and then bite them viciously. The Han people could not station themselves on the grasslands, but it did not mean that these tribes could not either.

So after thinking about it, Maodun said firmly: "The whole army continues to move south. I want to see if the Han cavalry is really so powerful."

King Lou Fan and others never expected that Mao Dun would still want to go south, and they were about to stop him. But he was so stared at by Mao Dun that he didn't dare to speak.

Then Mao Dun looked at Zang Yan and said, "Sir, you have extensive contacts in the Han Dynasty. Do you know anyone who knows how to build a blast furnace?"

Mao Dun thought that since there had been a generational difference in weapons, he had to find a way to make up for the cost. There was no such thing as fancy skills in the desert. As long as anything was beneficial to their survival, they were all good things. The status of craftsmen on the grassland was very important. high.

Zang Yan smiled bitterly and said: "The person who built the blast furnace for the Han Dynasty was a Mohist giant named Qin Bo. He was a master of hundreds of schools. There were not more than ten such people in the Han Dynasty. Qin Bo was highly valued by the Han Emperor and was favored by the Han Dynasty. The emperor granted him the title of Marquis, and people like him would not come to the desert."

If he had Qin Bo's treatment, he wouldn't want to come to the grassland. At this time, Zang Yan began to wonder if he had made a mistake in coming to the grassland. The Han army was powerful, which was clearly demonstrated in the battle between Qin and Han. However, this battle with the Huns made Zang Yan shocked to find that he had underestimated it. The Han army became stronger.

At this time, the Huns, the largest force in the grassland, were like chickens in front of the powerful Han army.

Before the big man pays attention, the chicken can peck the big man a few times. Once he pays attention, only ten thousand cavalry can defeat the Huns' 40,000 cavalry. The gap in combat effectiveness is too big.

Mao Dun said: "Is he the only one who knows how to build a blast furnace?"

Zang Yan said: "That's not true. There are thousands of craftsmen in an iron smelting factory. Senior craftsmen should know something about blast furnaces. However, the status of such craftsmen in the Han Dynasty is also very high. I'm afraid they will not be willing to come to the desert. "

Mao Dun said: "There must be brave men under heavy rewards. I believe that with enough rewards, there will be talents who will join us, the Huns."

Then Mao Dun said loudly: "As long as someone can build a blast furnace for my Huns, the Chanyu is willing to give tens of thousands of troops and the title of king as a reward. If someone can build tens of thousands of iron armor for my Huns, this Shanyu will be rewarded." Yu is willing to let him become the Great Xiongnu's Righteous King, whose status is only lower than that of Ben Shanyu."

Even Zang Yan was envious of this reward. Among the Xiongnu, ten thousand households were the standard for large tribes. If there were tens of thousands of tribal leaders, they could be kings in the desert, which was equivalent to the marquis of the Han Dynasty. The reward of King Youxian is equivalent to that of the prime minister of Han Dynasty.

At this time, he had a little confidence in Mao Dun. Although the strength of the Huns was far inferior to that of the Han Dynasty, Mao Dun was a heroic leader. At least he could compare with the Han Emperor in terms of heart. Coupled with the geographical advantage on the grassland, Maodun may not be able to compete with the Han emperor.

Mao Dundao looked at King Lou Fan and the others and said, "Spread this news to me throughout the grassland, and ask all the caravans on the grassland to help us find people who can build the blast furnace."

"Yes!" King Lou Fan and others knelt down and said.

They also want to find such a person, otherwise the equipment gap will be too big, and they will not dare to approach the big man's territory.

Mao Dun looked at Zang Yan and said, "Sir, you have connections in the Han Dynasty. Please help me, the Xiongnu, to find a blacksmith who can build a blast furnace. As long as we can find such a person, I will thank you."

Zang Yan said: "Promise"

After giving the orders, Mao Dun said: "Regulate the army, let's continue going south."

King Lou Fan and others could only say with a bitter face: "Yes"

In the end, Mao Dun left behind King Lou Fan and said: "Our news in the Han Dynasty cannot rely solely on Zang Yan and the others, but we, the Huns, must have our own channels. After this battle, King Lou Fan will try to find a way to contact your people in the Central Plains. Let them find a way to get information about the Han people from us Huns."

Modun felt that Zang Yan had bad intentions, but he had to use him at this time.

In order not to be misled by Zang Yan, Mao Dun wanted to have an intelligence network for the Huns themselves in the Han Dynasty, and Lou Fanren was his best choice, because they were Huns on the grasslands and Han people in the Central Plains.

When King Lou Fan heard what Mao Dun said, he was immediately confused: "They are just afraid that they will look down on us poor relatives."

Lou Fan can be regarded as a race that has flourished in history. During the Spring and Autumn Period, when the Emperor of Zhou held a gathering of princes, Lou Fan would be invited as a guest of honor.

During the Warring States Period, Lou Fan entered a prosperous period. They were all cavalry, skilled in bow and horse, and frequently went south to harass the princes in the Central Plains.

After the three families were divided into Jin, the Loufan people took advantage of the opportunity and went south, captured a large area of ​​the original Jin Kingdom, and set their capital in today's Loufan County. They occupied most of Shanxi and established the prosperous Loufan Kingdom.

At that time, the Zhao State in the north suffered greatly. The newly succeeded King Wuling of Zhao was quite talented. After long-term observation, he saw that Lou Fan and other northern ethnic minorities wore short-sleeved and narrow clothes. This was different from the loose clothes in the Central Plains. There is a big difference between the Bo belt, and their army mainly relies on cavalry, while Zhao's army has heavy chariots, which have poor mobility compared to the cavalry. So he made up his mind to ride and shoot in Hufu.

After the reform of King Wuling of Zhao, the strength of Zhao State was greatly enhanced and he defeated Lou Fan State in one fell swoop.

After the fall of the Loufan Kingdom, some of the Loufan people moved inland and became Zhao people, while the other Loufan people who were unwilling to submit moved northward under the leadership of King Loufan to survive in the cracks between the Zhao Kingdom and the Xiongnu. Later, King Loufan united with the Zhongshan Kingdom to make a comeback again, but was defeated by King Wuling of Zhao.

Then after Maodun became the Xiongnu Chanyu, Lou Fan began to integrate into the Huns. Lou Fanren, who stayed in the Central Plains, became one of the Han people.

The separation between the two families has not been long ago, and the two sides are still in contact. Of course, it is human nature to look down on poor relatives. Lou Fanren in the Central Plains has obtained the advanced farming technology of the Central Plains and has become richer day by day. Naturally, he looks down on his poor relatives who are still nomadic. In the past ten years, more and more Lou Fanren have regarded themselves as Han people. , I hate seeing these poor relatives even more.

(End of this chapter)