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

Chapter 360: Everyone understands Han and rescue

Wang Zhong led Han Xin and his party into the fortress to rest. He found a resettlement camp inside the fortress, which was locked by a wooden railing. There were Huns' tents inside, and there were some Huns and a lot of livestock among them. Dirty and messy. These Huns were not afraid when they saw Han Xin's team, and observed Han Xin and the others curiously.

These people are the Huns who have worked hard to walk the route. Even though they are currently imprisoned, they are not worried about their safety. Instead, they are looking forward to the life of the Han Dynasty.

Wang Zhong immediately explained: "This is a Huns tribe that the general picked up the day before yesterday. It will be transported to the rear immediately."

Yes, the border soldiers of the Han Dynasty liked to pick up Huns like this, because the profits were very large. The Monan Trading Company was willing to buy these Huns herdsmen at a price of 3000 yuan each.

Nowadays, textile mills are being built everywhere in the Han Dynasty, and the only cloth weaved in the north is woolen cloth, which leads to a very large amount of wool needed in the north. Now the counties in the north are building pastures, or Makita joint farms, for grazing all year round. Farming for a year.

The Han people are good at farming, but they are relatively poor when it comes to herding and raising sheep. This resulted in an extreme shortage of excellent herdsmen in the North, and the Huns were good at it. The entire northern trading community had an extremely strong desire for herdsmen.

So they reached a cooperation agreement with the Monan Governor's Office. The Han army picked up Huns in Monan. For every Hu man they picked up, their Monan Trading Company would give them 3000 yuan in labor fees. Half of the money was handed over to the Monan Governor's Office and half The soldiers divided.

Of course, because the Han Dynasty had no slaves, and the Huns were now the targets of the Han Dynasty's united war, it was impossible for the Han Dynasty to brutally exploit the herdsmen if they wanted to occupy the entire desert.

It was impossible for Han Xin to give up the united war against the Huns just because of this little money, which would make it more difficult for him to occupy the desert.

Han Xin shook his head and said: "I, the great man, have spent so much manpower and material resources because I want the desert to become my great man's desert, not the Aries King's desert."

Han Xin sat in the first seat and asked: "How is the situation in the north of Zhenning Fort? Our army launches the Northern Expedition. How many tribes are willing to join us as a strong man?"

For the Huns, this was no less than a defeat like the defeat of Mayi. If it weren't for the Huns gaining profits in the north, the Huns would have been seriously injured by Han Xin's attack at this time.

Picking up herders is Monan's military strategy to deal with the Huns. The Huns' territory is larger than that of the Han Dynasty. It is extremely difficult to send troops to occupy the Huns' territory. In the small area of ​​Monan, the Han Dynasty spent tens of thousands of troops stationed, and the annual military expenditure exceeded 10 gold.

"King Aries sent an envoy over. He said he was willing to join me, the big man. He only asked the big man to return the original territory of the Aries tribe in Monan to him. He was willing to lead everyone in the Aries tribe to turn against each other."

Han Xin frowned and said, "Try not to let them stay in Wubao." Then he asked no more questions.

The Monan Dudufu received a group of Han people who were good at herding and proficient in the desert terrain.

Han Xin's strategy for dealing with the Huns was also based on annihilating the effective forces that captured them. During the three years that Han Xin was the governor of Monan, he used a piecemeal method to annex 150,000 Huns.

So a win-win situation was achieved. The soldiers on the front line received money, so they were very active and took the initiative to go to the Huns' territory to pick up people. In this way, they attacked the Huns' vitality.

Wang Zhonghui reported: "The White Deer Tribe and the Buffalo Tribe of Zhenning Fort both have the idea of ​​​​submitting to my big man, but they are now worried about the power of the Huns Wang Ting and dare not take the initiative to surrender. But if our army goes on the Northern Expedition, they will immediately surrender to me. Da Han. As for other tribes, they want to do business with us Da Han, and they don’t want to go to war and have no intention of changing the status quo.”

Fort Zhenning, meeting hall.

If we really agree to the conditions of the Aries King, the Aries tribe in the desert will definitely rise rapidly. I am afraid that within a few decades, the Aries tribe will become the biggest enemy of the Han Dynasty. This kind of condition will leave hidden dangers to future generations. Naturally, Han Xin could not agree.

The Huns who fled to the Han Dynasty also found a way to reach the lighthouse in their hearts and escaped from a life accompanied by hunger and death.

But it can be used in the name of training fees. When the Huns came to the Han Dynasty, they wanted to teach them Chinese and teach them to be familiar with the rules and laws of the Han Dynasty. It is reasonable to ask for a training fee.

Everyone gets the benefits they want, and a world where no one gets hurt is achieved.

Therefore, every Huns who came to Han owed Monan Trading Co. tens of thousands of dollars, and this money had to be deducted from the herders' salaries.

Monan Trading Company not only earned training fees, but also received a group of high-quality herdsmen to help them herd, earning themselves huge profits.

The Han court's attitude towards the desert was that this land must belong to the Han from now on, and the people living on it can only be Han people. Only the princes of the Han Dynasty can establish feudal states in the desert, and the Aries King is not qualified.

But soon Han Xin found the flaw of the Huns, that is, the population of the Huns was too small. The total population of the Huns who occupied the entire desert was only a few million. If they lost hundreds of thousands of people, their vitality would be severely damaged.

Han Xin sneered and said: "These Huns cannot defeat us. Otherwise, with their nature, they would not be able to do business honestly. I am afraid they would have wanted to lead the army to kill us."

But the people from Monan Trading Company also helped Han Xin think of a way to solve the problem. Slavery was too wrong in the Han Dynasty.

Han Xin always pays attention to information first before the war starts. In the past two years, he has deployed countless spies through the Han Dynasty's caravans to find out clearly where there are mountains, where there are rivers, and where there are Gobi deserts. Han Xin knew the desert well.

He also made an unprecedentedly clear topographic map of the desert to facilitate the future Northern Expedition. It can be said that Han Xin knew more about the desert than 99% of the Huns.

Of course, at such a high cost, Han Xin not only explored the terrain of the desert, but also tried his best to win over the royal court of the Huns, the leaders of large tribes, and the leaders of small and medium tribes. According to the orders of the Han court, Han Xin promised them political status. Find a way to make the Xiongnu nobles and big tribal leaders available to the Han.

At this time, it can be said that everyone in the Xiongnu kingdom knows the Han, but everyone has a different price.

Mao Dun clearly understood this situation, but he had no choice but to solve the problem of Han spies. The best way was to close the country and drive all Han caravans out of the Huns' territory.

But this was something Mao Dun couldn’t do. The desert is not a self-sufficient economy. From food to various handicrafts to luxury goods, the Xiongnu Empire has nothing they don't lack. The only products they can produce are various livestock. However, natural and man-made disasters continue to occur in the desert. Today, they are still a good herd of livestock. A white disaster can wipe out their entire army.

The Xiongnu Empire could not do without the food, cloth, and various handicrafts of the Han Dynasty. They also needed the merchants of the Han Dynasty to sell their cattle, sheep, and wool to the Han Dynasty. In this case, Maodun could only face the Han spies. Kill some spies who go too far, and other times just turn a blind eye.

However, various classes of the Huns had different attitudes towards the Han's efforts to win over them.

Like the top nobles of the Huns and the leaders of large tribes, they just wanted to sell their cattle, sheep and woolen cloth to the merchants of the Han Dynasty at high prices, and their efforts to win over the Han Dynasty were very perfunctory.

Although the Han people were rich and lived better than the Huns, it was impossible to give them the right to dominate one side. They could be overlords on the Xiongnu side, but they could only be rich men on the Han side. The top nobles of the Huns would not do anything for the so-called a good life and give up the rights in their hands.

The leaders of the small tribes want to join the big men. They do not have many rights, and their quality of life is not much better than that of other lower-level herders. Their resistance to various natural and man-made disasters on the grassland is the worst, and they have the least ability to resist. Due to natural or man-made disasters, their tribe would disappear in this vast desert.

In this case, even an ordinary citizen of the Han Dynasty has a better quality of life than them, so they are naturally willing to become a common person of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the largest number of tribes came to the Han Dynasty.

When Moton patrolled his territory, he often encountered an area where there should be tribes, but they were deserted, leaving only an empty pasture. Modu was forced to resettle small tribes in the desert to reduce population loss.

The situation in the medium-sized tribes with several thousand Huns was different. The power in their hands was quite small, and their lives were pretty good. Some people wanted to join the big men, but some were reluctant to give up their rights. The White Deer Tribe and the Buffalo Tribe are medium-sized Xiongnu tribes with five to six thousand people, but they want to live a good life by relying on the big man.

And when Han Xin and Wang Zhong were discussing the Huns' intelligence, they said that there was an envoy from the Bailu tribe asking for help. Han Xin let the White Deer envoy enter.

At this time, a young man under twenty knelt in front of Han Xin and cried sadly: "General, please save my White Deer Department?"

Han Xin asked: "What happened to your White Deer Department?"

"My father wanted to lead his men to join the Han, but he was betrayed by the Buffalo Men. We walked to a place 50 miles away from Zhenning Fort and were surrounded by the cavalry led by King Aries. Now only the general can save us."

Han Xin immediately asked: "How many people are there in the White Deer Division? How many soldiers can be recruited? How many soldiers are surrounding you?"

The young man said: "We have more than 5000 people in the Bailu tribe, and my father has recruited thousands of warriors to confront the Aries King. However, the Aries King tribe plus the Bison tribe have more than soldiers, and they completely surrounded us on Baiyue Mountain. "

Han Xin fell into deep thought after listening. The official battle between the Han and the Huns was only three years ago. In the past few years, he and the Huns fought in small groups, especially in guerrilla warfare. Han Xin's troops always avoided the large troops of the Huns. Directly capture the Huns' tribesmen.

How effective are the Huns now?

What was the commanding ability of the Huns generals?

Han Xin cannot be said to know nothing, but he also knows very little.

The only thing he knew was that Mao Dun conquered several small countries in the Western Regions, captured thousands of blacksmiths, and began to learn how the Han Dynasty made blast furnaces and made iron armor in Longcheng, Mobei. Although he did not know the specific situation of what happened in Dragon City, judging from the information obtained by the spies, the number of Huns' armor showed a rapid increase.

Han Xin felt that this was a good opportunity to test the combat effectiveness of the Huns' main force before the official battle.

"Send an order for the Pinglu Fort troops to assemble immediately and rush to Zhenning Fort overnight. The guards will assemble immediately and follow me to set off immediately." Han Xin gave the order.

Then Han Xin issued an order: "Wang Zhong, you wait here for our large army. When the large tribes arrive, guide them to Baiyue Mountain for support."

Wang Zhongdao: "Promise"

Han Xin took his 500 personal guards, led by the White Deer envoy, and spent more than an hour arriving at Baiyue Mountain.

Baiyue Mountain is said to be a mountain, but in fact it is a relatively gentle mountain group, surrounded by endless prairie. The place is so lush and fertile that the grass can submerge one's calves.

Originally such a fertile pasture should have tribes grazing here, but because this place is the border between Han and Huns, especially now that the Han army is attacking and the Huns are guarding it, the Huns who dare to go here to graze will die. The sky would disappear without a trace. This happened so often that the Huns' tribes did not dare to approach within 100 miles of the Han army's fortress.

In the past two years, many grassland legends have been spread among the Huns' tribes. They all say that there are man-eating gods and demons in the south who will eat hundreds of people and hundreds of cattle and sheep in one meal. Any tribe who dares to go to the south to graze will eat them in one day. Will be devoured by this god and demon.

When they arrived near their destination, Han Xin ordered the entire army to rest and at the same time sent his own scout team to immediately explore the location of the White Deer tribe.

In the evening, he commanded the detective horse to come back and report to Han Xin: "Captain, the Huns are more than ten miles ahead. The White Deer's carriages formed a circular formation to resist the Aries' attack. However, the situation is extremely embarrassing. I don't know how long they can hold on."

Han Xin said calmly: "It depends on their own ability. If they can't hold on until our reinforcements arrive, this will be their fate."

Then Han Xin ordered his personal guards to hide and rest and wait for reinforcements from the rear. At the same time, he sent scout horses to observe the battlefield situation at all times and ordered them to report immediately if there was any situation.

At the same time, on the battlefield more than ten miles away.

The Bailu tribe formed a circular formation with hundreds of Lele vehicles, and all the more than 5,000 people of the Bailu tribe were squeezed into this small space. The young and strong women all faced the outside world with bows, arrows and spears.

Children and old people were at the core of the formation, waiting in horror for their final fate. Without reinforcements, they would most likely die on this land. The Huns were so cruel, even their own people would not show mercy. Now their only hope is the reinforcements from the Han Dynasty dozens of miles away. Many people were kneeling and praying, hoping that Han reinforcements would arrive soon.

Lu Ying, the leader of the White Deer Tribe, looked remorseful at this time. He almost succeeded in leading his tribe to escape to Dahan and live a good life escaping hunger. However, because he trusted the wrong person, the entire tribe was about to be destroyed in his hands.

People like Da Han constantly propagate that the Han and Huns are connected by blood, that the Huns are descendants of Dayu, and that the Huns and Han are brothers.

Lu Ying has always been a pro-Han faction among the Huns. He believed that the Huns were the descendants of Dayu, and that they also carried the blood of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. The most orthodox blood of the Central Plains flows in their chests. The roots of the Huns are not in the desert, but in the Central Plains.

Now that the Han people recognize their identity, they should lead the tribes back to the Central Plains to live a prosperous life instead of continuing to eat sand in the desert.

Therefore, Lu Ying often preached to other tribal leaders in the royal court that the Huns should recognize their ancestors and return to the Central Plains. This was the best way to resolve the conflict between the Huns and the Han people.

The Han people are so powerful and wealthy that they can live a prosperous life as long as they return to the Han Dynasty. And if they continue to fight the Han people, with the strong fighting power of the Han people, the entire Xiongnu kingdom may disappear.

Because Lu Ying publicized this in the royal court, Mao Dun whipped him several times, but he did not dare to kill him.

Because there are many such pro-Han factions among the Huns tribe, they are a very huge force, and even Maodun must be wary of them.

Especially the leaders of small and medium-sized tribes, they are the ones who most agree with Lu Ying's words. The Han people can be so powerful that one of them can defeat 1 of them. Why do they continue to fight because they cannot be the opponents of the Han people at all.

Isn't it better to do business with the Han people? The Han people also need their cattle, sheep and wool. Now the price of wool has skyrocketed. If there is time for war, the two sides might as well sit down and talk about the price of wool.

The leaders of the small tribes are motivated by profit, while the pro-Han faction of the large tribes may not agree with the Han people's statement in their hearts, but reality forces them to admit it.

If we admit that they are the descendants of Dayu, the war between the two sides will be a civil war between brothers. There is room for relaxation, but if we do not admit it, I am afraid that the Huns as a race may disappear into thin air.

But they did not want to surrender to the Han people, but wanted to maintain the status quo. It was best for the Han people to retreat to the south of the Great Wall. The desert belonged to the Shanyu and them, but if the Xiongnu kingdom was gone, where would they have the status and rights.

Especially what the Han people have done in the desert in recent years, these big tribal leaders have finally understood. The Han people treat the Huns at the bottom very well. If you want to join the Han people, you can have enough food and live a good life.

They, the leaders of large tribes, will indeed have their rights taken away by the Han people, and their tribes will be dispersed by the Han people. They will transform from the aristocratic leaders of the Huns into ordinary people of the Han Dynasty. As long as there is a slight possibility in this situation, they do not want to surrender. The big man loses his power.

But the strength of the Han people was too strong. Two governor's offices and one general's headquarters pressed against the Huns from three directions. The pressed Huns had to flee their homeland of Monan and hide in the desolate Mobei.

Even if they fled to Mobei, the powerful military pressure of the Han army would make the upper-level Huns unable to breathe, because no matter how the upper-level Huns like Maodun plotted, they found that they could not defeat even a single general of the Han army. When the Han Dynasty was strong and the Huns were weak, if they admitted that their own people would be defeated in the future, there would be a way out.

(End of this chapter)