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

Chapter 364, Xiongnu’s Sinicization Reform and War Preparations

The desert, the royal court of the Huns,
There are no city walls here, only countless tents and flocks of sheep that look like white clouds. Flags were fluttering on the tent, and each flag represented a medium-to-large tribe and noble in the Xiongnu Empire.

Under the oppression of the Han Dynasty, Maodun had no choice but to move the Huns' royal court from Monan to Mobei. But the Xiongnu, from the Moton Chanyu to the ordinary herdsmen, all wanted to fight back to Monan.

There is no other reason than that Mobei is barren and cold. The herdsmen on the grassland still prefer the warm Monan.

Outside the royal court of the Huns, there is a group of buildings like a town, with black smoke rising from time to time, which is incompatible with the surrounding environment. This is the arsenal of the Huns.

At this time, Mao Dun led the Huns' nobles to inspect the arsenal. The craftsmen around him were still working hard on the armor blanks in their hands. The clanking sound was extremely noisy, but to Modun and the others, this was no less than a natural battle.

Mao Dun took an ugly piece of armor and smiled and said to the great nobleman of the Huns: "We also have the armor that the Han people have, and we also have the weapons that the Han people have. Prime Minister, tell everyone, how many weapons can this arsenal produce in a year?"

Zang Yan said calmly: "Five thousand pieces of iron armor, tens of thousands of swords and spears, and more than 10 long arrows."

Other nobles of the Huns came forward and touched these armors in surprise. Although these armors were ugly, they were not much worse than Han armor. The nobles of the Huns were pragmatists. As long as the armor was strong, they didn't care whether it looked good or not. Of course, what surprised them most was not this armor, but the countless armors being built in this arsenal.

A year ago, Maodun Chanyu wanted to levy cattle and horse taxes throughout the desert, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the entire Xiongnu tribe. Everyone recommended you Maodun to be the Chanyu because they wanted you to lead everyone to make a fortune. Now you can't defeat the Han people. You still want to impose taxes on their tribe. What does my tribe’s cattle and sheep have to do with you?

You said that building an arsenal would cost a lot of money and require the entire Xiongnu tribe to contribute. But it’s none of our business if you build an arsenal. If you can, just rely on the power of the royal court to build it. If you can’t build it, don’t build it. It’s just wishful thinking to impose a tax on cattle and horses. We haven’t heard of such a tax on the grasslands for thousands of years. Planting things, Maodun, you have also been brainwashed by the Han people and actually want to collect taxes on the grassland.

But the Han people really sent their troops to the desert, and they continued to expand their territory and devour their tribes.

The behavior of Qin and Zhao only caused heavy casualties to the Huns at the bottom, but it did not do much harm to them nobles and leaders of large tribes. They ruled the tribes as they should. If they didn't have enough food to eat, they went south to consume a batch. Population, their status will not be reduced because of these two powerful countries.

The emperor of the Han Dynasty only wanted their tribesmen who were like cattle and horses, but he was dismissive of them. The emperor of the Han Dynasty wanted to dig out their foundations. How could this not fill the top leaders of the Huns with a sense of crisis? .

In terms of production, they learned from the Han people who piled silage forage, changed the nomadic pasture system into a settled pasture system, and used less pasture to feed more livestock. Wang Ting even established a wool textile factory that can produce tens of thousands of sheep cloth every year. The tribe also established its own wool mill.

This act of reform was called the Sinicization Reform by the Huns.

Although Li Mu severely damaged them, they did not occupy their desert. They spent most of the time attacking Zhao.

The construction of the Great Wall would at most only increase the cost of their journey south. But the Huns at the bottom were already starving to death, and there was not much difference between dying under the city wall and dying under the city.

The Central Plains dynasty was too devoid of martial ethics. They even occupied the poor desert where only grass grew. They were too shameless, too greedy, and too vicious.

At the same time, in order to learn the strengths of the Han Dynasty and enhance the strength of the Huns, Maodun also asked these spies to collect the books of the Han Dynasty.

At the same time, they also began to learn from the Han army in terms of military system, optimized the military command structure of the Huns, established the same military department as the Han people, and established a complete military command system of commanders of ten, commanders of hundreds, commanders of thousands, and commanders of ten thousand. .

Although the Huns were severely beaten by the powerful powers of the Central Plains in the past, the crisis for the Huns was not too great. Even the violent Qin that unified the six countries did not feel much of a threat to them.

Maodun ordered his eldest son to set up the Huns' Tongwen Library, where hundreds of scholars translated Han books for the Huns day and night. Books on economics, politics, tools, and reform were the focus of their translations. Among them, Xu Fan's previous speeches to the outside world were also transported by them.

But these Huns nobles never expected that if they wanted to increase the strength of the Huns, they would be the first to take out the knife. Now they were not happy.

The Han Dynasty has always been on the offensive, and the threat to them is always there. The Huns' nobles can feel that the grassland people are being sucked by the Han Dynasty all the time and are in a state of decline.

In order to deal with the increasingly powerful Han Dynasty, the Huns sent a large number of spies to the Han Dynasty to collect information inside the Han Dynasty.

The purpose of their sinicization is to enhance the strength of the tribe, to resist the Han people and to protect their property.

Although Bao Qin severely damaged them, they soon built a city wall in Henan to guard against them. No matter how strong Bao Qin's army was, they never rushed to the desert.

The major tribes of the Xiongnu were not forced to learn from the strengths of the Han Dynasty, and began to sinicize internally to enhance the strength of their tribes.

The reason why the Huns changed so much is because the threat of the Han Dynasty was unprecedentedly powerful, posing a serious threat to all tribes of the Huns. The upper-class nobles of the Huns did not doubt the determination of the Han Emperor to clean them up. This is the source of the sense of crisis among the upper-class Xiongnu nobles.

Then let the scholars of the Han Dynasty translate them into vernacular, so that the nobles and tribal leaders of the Xiongnu can understand the books of the Han Dynasty.

As a result, in order to increase their strength, they had to lose their property first. So what was the point of working so hard to increase their strength.

The Xiongnu Kingdom is a union of tribes. The real core power of Maodun is only the power of the Xiongnu royal court, such as the left and right wise kings, the left and right kings of Guli, the left and right generals, the left and right captains, the left and right great households, and the left and right Guduhou. They are the core force of the Huns, and they are the people of Moton.

Like King Aries, King Loufan, and King Donghu, they are not Huns at all. They are other ethnic groups in the grassland and can only be regarded as an alliance force of the Huns.

It's just because the Han people in the Central Plains are so powerful that the barbarian forces in the grasslands can only unite and form a group, so that the success rate of robbery southward will be high.

The military and political system in the desert is somewhat like that of the Middle Ages. I may be your subordinate, but my subordinate is not your subordinate, and my tribe is not your tribe.

The Huns are only the most powerful military force in the desert. Everyone recognizes the Huns as the leader of the alliance and lets them lead everyone south to make a fortune.

Therefore, when the Maodun cattle and horse tax came out, there was no agreement from the tribal leaders among the Xiongnu people, and even the Xiongnu nobles did not agree with it. But Modu enforced it forcefully, starting with his core tribe.

As a result, the Huns themselves began to rebel against Mao Dun, so the princes such as King Lou Fan and King Aries looked at Mao Dun's jokes one by one.

But Mao Dun endured it for half a year and built three thousand armored cavalry. This cavalry is not ashamed of Mao Dun's forbearance for the past six months.

As soon as he was born, he showed the attributes of his magical weapon. When fighting against enemies, he was indestructible and indestructible. No matter whether the enemy was thousands of cavalry or tens of thousands of cavalry, they would be destroyed by one charge.

Modu led this cavalry across the entire Mobei, directly beheading hundreds of nobles and tribal leaders who refused to resist the cattle and horse tax.

Mao Dun ordered craftsmen to make their heads into wine vessels, and then gave them to the leaders of the Xiongnu tribes.

Mao Dun was so powerful and his methods were so cruel that he immediately frightened all the Xiongnu nobles.

If they continue to oppose the cattle and horse tax, who knows if the crazy Mao Dun will tear them apart. Facing Mao Dun's armored cavalry, rebellion now is no different from seeking death.

The Xiongnu nobles and leaders of large tribes all behaved with their tails between their legs in the face of the ferocious Maodun.

The character of the Huns is like a pack of wolves on the grassland. The more ferocious the alpha wolf is, the more obedient the pack will be. Since Mao Dun is powerful and ferocious, continue to be a wolf with him.

As for why there were no big nobles from the Huns to threaten Maodun by seeking refuge with the Han emperor. Why don't I stay here? I have my own place to stay. If I don't stay everywhere, I will join the big men.

Are you kidding me? Moton just wants a leg from them. But the Han Emperor didn't want to leave even a hair to them. Compared with the Han Emperor, Mao Dun didn't seem so cruel.

Of course, Modu gave these big tribe leaders a stick and gave them a sweet date. After collecting their cattle and horse tax, Modu gave each big tribe several hundred to one thousand iron-armored weapons. With these rewards, the leaders of the big tribes could barely regain their balance. Mao Dun smiled and said: "With this arsenal, our great Huns will be even stronger. With 5 such armored cavalry, our Huns warriors will be able to fight against the Han army. When the time comes, I will lead you to recapture the Monanzu." land."

When the nobles of the Huns heard Maodun's words, they shouted: "Plough Gutu! Plough Gutu! Plow Gutu!"

Hearing the shouts of these nobles, Moutun laughed triumphantly.

The Wangting Arsenal may be the largest and riskiest investment in Modu's life. Although Modu captured thousands of blacksmiths from the Western Regions, these blacksmiths did not know how to build blast furnaces. They only had iron furnaces for making iron. They could only make a few at a time. Ten pounds of iron. Even though Mao Dun was not proficient in mathematics, he could still calculate the difference by thousands of times.

Although Mo Dun was angry, he had no choice. This was the best blacksmith he could find. He could only use the power of numbers to build hundreds of iron furnaces here and sent tens of thousands of Huns to these The blacksmiths laid down their hands and at the same time captured 20,000 slaves to dig coal mines and chop wood for these blacksmiths.

Even if Mao Dun wants to sell iron, he must first develop the military. His Hun empire does not need to compare with the Han people in all its strengths, it only needs military strengths to compete with the Han people.

But just such a military industrial system almost made Modu sell out the entire tribe's cattle and sheep.

He was forced to introduce an unprecedented cattle and horse tax. The Huns' reforms went deep into the most difficult tax reform. Maodun wanted to rely on the strength of the entire Xiongnu country to support these 30,000 unemployed craftsmen.

As a result, in order to collect the cattle and horse tax, they almost forced the entire Huns tribe to rebel.

When the cattle and horse tax was first imposed, Mao Dun could not make up his mind.

He was worried that the Han people would take the opportunity to kill in the desert. By then, the Huns, who were divided up and down, would never be a match for the Han people.

Second, they were worried that the cattle and horse tax would force the tribal leaders of the Huns to rebel, especially the leaders of large tribes such as Aries King Loufan, King Ding Ling, etc. who were not Huns in the first place.

But Zang Yan easily relieved Mao Dun's worries.

He told Modu that the tax on cattle and sheep was only one-fourth, but the Han emperors charged more, and they paid one-third.

Moreover, the Han Emperor was a Han nationalist. He did not allow other ethnic groups to live in the Han's territory. If they went to the Han's tribe, they would soon be assimilated into the Han people.

Those leaders of large tribes who dare to seek refuge with the Han will become ordinary Han people in the future. As long as they know how to calculate gains and losses, they will not make such stupid choices.

The Han army does not need to worry. The Han Dynasty is building a huge rail network and digging ditches. Both of these major projects are extremely large. They are thousands of miles long and require hundreds of thousands of civilians from the Han Dynasty to do these things.

The First Emperor did not care about the people's strength. He built Ling Canal and Chi Road, and also mobilized nearly a million troops to fight in the north and south. In the end, the Central Plains was depleted of military power and the people were miserable. The Han Emperor led 800 prisoners to overthrow the tyrants. Qin’s world.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty was the person involved. He would not make the mistakes that the First Emperor had made again. It was impossible for the Han army to invade the desert before the internal projects of the Han Dynasty were completed.

He told Mao Dun that this was the best time for the Huns to reform. If he did not change the law now and improve the strength of the Huns, he would not have this opportunity when the Han army turned against the Huns.

Although hiding in Mobei can lengthen the Han people's front line and avoid the Han people's military front.

But the Han Emperor has regarded us Xiongnu as the biggest enemy of the Han Dynasty. Over the years, the Han Emperor has been hoarding weapons and food on the border of the Han Dynasty. The Han people's granaries have been built like woods.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty was still not satisfied. He also made great efforts to build rail transportation and built a track from Chang'an to Jiuyuan County. The transportation efficiency of rail carriages was more than ten times that of ordinary carriages. When the construction of this road was successful, That's when the Han people went to war against us.

Maodun Shanyu also knew about the Han Dynasty's rail carriages, the efficiency of rail carriages, and the price of the rails. One mile of wooden rails cost 20 yuan. It was more than 1500 miles from Chang'an to Jiuyuan County, and the Han Emperor spent 30 yuan. Jin Xiu's track was clearly intended to be used against the Huns.

Now the Xiongnu have no idea how to improve their strength. When Emperor Han leads hundreds of thousands of troops to the desert, the Xiongnu will be really doomed.

Zang Yan's words made Mao Dun determined to promote the cattle and horse tax, which led to the current arsenal.

And just when the leader of the Xiongnu tribe was flattering Maodun.

At this time, a Xiongnu nobleman rushed over and said sadly: "Chanyu, something bad happened. Han Xin, the commander-in-chief of the Han people, raided Monan. The Aries King was defeated and captured. Except for a few tribes of the Aries tribe, they fled back to Mobei. The rest were all captured by the Han people. Devoured completely."

"What!" Mao Dun couldn't believe it. The Aries tribe of hundreds of thousands of people disappeared in just one battle!

Other Huns nobles also looked in disbelief. The Aries Tribe, one of the largest tribes within the Huns, with the ability to recruit twenty to thirty thousand cavalry, was actually annexed by the Han in such a short period of time.

Over the years, they have been studying the military system of the Han people, and even their weapons and equipment have begun to catch up. How can the Han people be so powerful? A Monan Governor's Mansion can annex the entire Aries tribe in such a short period of time.

"I don't know the specific situation. The chief of the Golden Eagle Tribe and the chief of the Red Sun Tribe have fled to the royal court."

Mao Dun immediately rushed to his court, and other Huns nobles also rushed over.

When the Golden Eagle Tribe Chief and the Red Sun Tribe Chief saw Mao Dun, they immediately said sadly: "Chanyu, you want to avenge our Aries Tribe."

Then the two of them reported the cause and effect of the incident to Modun.

King Aries was raided by Han Xin because he was chasing Lu Ying, and he lost 5000 elites. This was the main reason for the defeat of the Aries tribe. Hearing this, Mao Dun was relieved. As long as the gap in combat power between the two sides was not too big, it would be fine. The north is the territory of their Huns, and the Han people have no chance to continue to raid them like this.

But when he heard that Han merchants were bringing money to lure the small Xiongnu tribe south to join the Han people, Maodun frowned.

The wealth of the Han people exceeds that of the Huns by dozens or even hundreds of times. If they really want to play money warfare, Mao Dun really has a problem and doesn't know how to deal with it.

Other nobles and tribal leaders of the Huns scratched their heads anxiously when they heard the Han army's money tactics.

Why are the Han people completely different from the enemies they encountered before? They just fight when they fight. Why do they have to use so many crooked ways, propaganda, and money to guide the way? Why can't they fight them with real swords and guns?

Zang Yan said: "Chanyu, the Han people's tracks in Jiuyuan County have been connected. There is a constant flow of track carriages from Guanzhong to Jiuyuan County. The Han people are preparing for a decisive battle with our army.

This Han army's raid is the prelude to the great war. The short-term peace between the Han and the Huns has ended. We, the Huns, are now preparing to fight. "

"Based on my understanding of the Han Emperor, the Han army will do nothing if they don't take action. Once they do, they will go all out. Back then, the Han Emperor only occupied the six counties of Qin Dynasty, but he recruited 30 troops to fight against the violent Qin."

"A few years ago, in order to destroy the Qi State, the Han Emperor summoned a total of 60 troops and destroyed the Qi State with a population of several million in one battle."

"Now the Emperor of Han wants to deal with us. The Han army will dispatch at least 60 troops, and there may be at most one million troops. The Han Dynasty's finances are much stronger than those of Qin Dynasty. They have the ability to recruit one million troops.

Even if we abandon Monan and retreat to Mobei to stretch the Han army's logistical supplies, based on the 60-strong army, and the 50-strong army is used to maintain grain roads, the Han army will still have 20 cavalry to fight to Mobei. If the Han army Emperor Zhen is crazy and has recruited millions of troops. Even if we are hiding in Mobei, we have to fight with the Han Dynasty's elite cavalry. "

(End of this chapter)