I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 418 The Secret of Huo Qubing's Defeat of the Xiongnu
Three hundred miles away, a mighty Xiongnu army was marching, with the flag of King Rizhu fluttering in the wind.

Tiefu, the King of Youriju, rode his horse in front, followed by a dozen Xiongnu kings of various titles and a dozen strong Xiongnu personal soldiers.

"Report!"

A messenger came riding up, dismounted,
"My king, the spies have returned to report that everything in Gushi Jiaohe City is normal. The Han army is still entrenched in the gap of Tianshan Mountain to the south, waiting for King Gushi to offer horses to negotiate peace!"

"Keep exploring. The Han people are cunning and treacherous. They must have sent scouts to investigate Jiaohe City and our movements. They may have learned that I am leading a large army to help."

Tiefu said seriously.

"Yes!"

The messenger responded and left.

A miscellaneous king who was watching from the sidelines interrupted and said:
"My king, it's no big deal for the Han to learn about the Xiongnu army coming to help. At most, they just realized that the King Gushi's peace talks were fake and that they were played by us and Gushi. Besides being furious, they can only retreat to the gap in the Tianshan Mountains or withdraw their troops helplessly, right?"

"That's right. Do the Han army dare to compete with our army outside the Tianshan Mountains?"

Another miscellaneous king also said disdainfully,

"The news sent by Gushi Wang earlier said that the Han army only had a few thousand cavalry, and the rest were all infantry. How can such an army compete with our 20,000 cavalry?"

"I am only thinking about how to lead the Han army out of the gap in Tianshan Mountain. This will make it easier to defeat the Han army and capture the prince of the Han Dynasty. Then I can charge all the way down and kill the three traitors, King Yanqi, King Shan and King Yuli, and teach those small countries in the Western Regions the consequences of betraying the Xiongnu!"

Upon hearing this, the other miscellaneous kings also became excited and nodded:
"Yes, yes. If we can capture the prince of the Han Dynasty, we, the Xiongnu, will be able to relieve the anger that we have been holding in our chests for the past few years. Not only will we be able to achieve unprecedented merit, but we can also greatly boost the morale of the Xiongnu. Wuwei Chanyu will definitely reward us greatly, and we may even be able to lead the army to recapture the southern part of the desert... and the large tracts of fertile grasslands in Yanzhi Mountain and Qilian Mountain."

"It's all that son of a bitch Zhao Xin's fault!"

"The former Chanyu Yizhixie, because he was a former general of the Han army and was familiar with the military situation in the Han area, appointed him as the second king to join forces for great cause. However, he suggested that Chanyu Yizhixie leave Yinshan and move to Mobei to lure out the Han army."

"The results of it?"

"Since then, we Xiongnu have suffered great defeats every time. First, we lost a large area of ​​grassland in Hexi, and then we were trapped in the Wolf Mountain by the Han army in the Battle of Mobei. We also lived in Guyan Mountain and climbed the Hanhai. We have lost our ancestors and our face is gone!"

"Did you know that Zhao Xin doesn't have this ability?"

A group of miscellaneous kings discussed with each other, and finally pointed their spearheads at the current Second King Zhao Xin.

The Second King was not a minor official in the Xiongnu. Although he did not have the first-line succession right to the Chanyu like the Left Wise King, his position was equivalent to that of a general in the Han Dynasty, and his status was second only to the Chanyu.

Actually, Zhao Xin was originally a Xiongnu and a miscellaneous Xiongnu king. He surrendered to the Han Dynasty only after being defeated in the war. He was promoted to General and given the title of Marquis Xi because he sold out the Xiongnu completely. Later, he was defeated in the war with the Xiongnu again, so he surrendered to the Xiongnu and began to sell out the Han Dynasty. He was highly valued by the Chanyu Yizhixie.

Facts have proved that a traitor like Zhao Xin, who is fickle-minded, will not be respected by people no matter how high his status is or how well he does. The evaluation of him by these miscellaneous kings is evidence of this.

But now Yizhixie is dead, and the current Xiongnu Khan is named Wuwei.

Wuwei Chanyu still relied on Zhao Xin, but he did not make any achievements in his life. During this period, he asked the Han Dynasty to continue the marriage, but was ridiculed by the envoys sent by Liu Che. He was so angry that he could only send troops to carry out some insignificant harassment on the border of the Han Dynasty. In the end, there were only a few records about him in history: "He reigned for ten years."

"okay!"

Tiefu, the Right Sun-Escalating Prince, finally interrupted the discussion of these miscellaneous princes and said solemnly,
"We must not take it lightly in any case. We should rush to Jiaohe City as soon as possible, rely on the water and food supplies of Jiaohe City to deal with the Han army, and send small groups to harass the Han army camp stationed in the gap of Tianshan Mountain in turns." "The gap of Tianshan Mountain lacks water, and food needs to be transported through Yanqi Kingdom. The Han army can't hold out for too long."

"We just need to wait for the opportunity for the Han army to retreat, break through the gap in Tianshan Mountains and head south. The Han army is mostly infantry and retreats slowly, so there will be chaos. We can take advantage of the situation to defeat the Han army and capture their prince."

Tiefu is a relatively stable person and is unwilling to take too many risks.

After all, the Huns suffered a lot at the hands of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing in previous years, and they have not fully recovered until now, and the psychological trauma still exists.

Of course, this did not prevent him from despising the Han army tactically.

Although the Han Dynasty's crossbowmen were powerful, away from cities and military formations, cavalry was the real king, at least in this era.

The Han army had only a few thousand cavalry. How could it contend against the 20,000 cavalry of the Xiongnu?

As long as these thousands of cavalry were eliminated, the remaining Han army, although numbering 30,000, would be like fish on a chopping board in front of the cavalry, unable to retreat or advance, and would eventually be trapped to death in this vast Gobi desert.

……

Although the Han army did not get the 3,000 horses that King Gushi pretended to negotiate peace with, they did get more than 4,000 horses after slaughtering all the royal family and noble ministers of Gushi.

With double stirrups for easy riding, infantry can be quickly converted into cavalry as long as there is a horse.

Especially the most elite crossbowmen of the Han army's infantry, who could free their hands when riding on horses, and immediately advanced to become crossbow cavalry that could make up for the shortcomings of mounted archery compared with the Xiongnu cavalry.

In fact, this is the reason why guns and crossbows were banned in later generations but not bows.

As long as the difficulty of letting go of both hands to string a powerful crossbow on horseback can be solved, and there is a way to aim at the mountain and no need to continuously draw the bow, the crossbow will definitely be easier to use than a bow, and the training cycle will be shorter.

at the same time.

Liu Ju was giving lessons to Zhao Po Nu, Wang Hui, and several captains who were leading the cavalry on this trip:
"Do you know how to fully exploit the advantages of cavalry? General Zhao, you once followed Marquis Jing Huan to defeat the Xiongnu cavalry and made the Xiongnu flee in disarray. Can you analyze this?"

"This……"

Zhao Po Nu was a little confused. If he could analyze it clearly, he would not be sitting here now. He should have worshipped the general and established a shogunate.

But after hesitating for a moment, he still tried to answer:

"To defeat the enemy with ease and surprise?"

"That's right and that's wrong."

Liu Ju smiled and said without comment.
"Although Marquis Jing Huan had his share of long-distance raids and unexpected victories, in the Battle of Mobei, he led 50,000 cavalrymen to inflict heavy damage on the Xiongnu Zuo Xian Wang's army, and marched all the way to Wolf Mountain, beheading more than 70,000 people. However, he faced the enemy head-on and defeated the enemy with fewer troops. This is a result that can never be achieved by defeating the enemy with fewer troops. General Zhao, do you want to know the secret behind this?"

"Your Highness, please explain..."

Zhao Po Nu and others instantly perked up and looked at Liu Ju eagerly.

(End of this chapter)