Chapter 1,199 What kind of war should we fight instead?

Everyone is not very good at mathematics, or in other words, they have never calculated deliberately.

Su You said meaningfully: "The war has been going on for seven years now. We have calculated that we can only destroy 70,000 enemies in seven years. Adding in the 50,000 troops captured before and after, the total is only 120,000...

…We just said how many Xiongnu people are there in total?”

Everyone looked at each other. Compared to the Xiongnu's total population of 2.5 million, this was only... one-twentieth?

Xu Xi said: "But there will be a great victory next. Zhao Xin, the Han general who was captured by the Xiongnu, once offered advice to Shanyu, thinking that living in Mobei, Han soldiers would not be able to come. Emperor Wu did the opposite."

Lu Huiqing said: "Emperor Wu was a man of millet and horse. He was issued with 100,000 cavalry, and privately took 140,000 horses and horses with him. The food was not as heavy as that. He ordered the general to be young and the hussar general to cure his illness and divide the army. The general went out to Dingxiang.

, the hussar general came on the scene, and Xianxian promised to fight against the Xiongnu."

Fan Chunchun said: "The results of this battle on the general's side are not very great." When the Chanyu heard about it, he kept his baggage away and sent his elite troops to Mobei. At dusk of the meeting, a strong wind blew up, and the Han soldiers surrounded the Chanyu on his left and right flanks.

I alone and hundreds of strong cavalry defeated the Han and fled to the northwest. "The general failed to pursue him at night, so he captured and beheaded nine thousand people."

Zhong'e continued: "However, the Hussar side achieved a huge victory. They traveled more than 2,000 miles and fought with the King of Zuo. They captured more than 70,000 people. The King of Zuo fled. He sealed the wolf and lived in Xu Mountain.

, Chan Guyan, return to the Hanhai Sea'!"

Su You said: "This battle is a decisive victory. A total of 100,000 enemies were killed, and the main force of the Huns was truly and completely defeated."

Fan Chunchun said: "However, the cost of this battle was extremely high. The "Book of Han" records: 'The two generals of the Han Dynasty went out to encircle Shanyu and killed eighty or ninety thousand prisoners. There were also tens of thousands of Han soldiers and dead people, and more than 100,000 Han horses were killed.

Although the Xiongnu were ill and had left far away, the Han horses were few and could not return.'"

Lu Huiqing said: "After this battle, the Han Dynasty was unable to fight again in the short term. After Huo Qubing's death, it was not until the sixth year of Yuanding that the Han Dynasty destroyed the two Vietnams, and then Gongsun He was dispatched with 15,000 generals to ride out of Jiuyuan for more than 2,000 miles.

, from Piaohou Zhao Ponu more than 10,000 horses, sent orders to live thousands of miles away."

"As far as the Xiongnu River, there was no Xiongnu left."

Many popular science articles on the Internet write about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquering the Xiongnu, but they will end here.

Su You also felt sorry for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in his heart. If history really came to an end here, Emperor Wu turned to consolidating the Loop, developing people's livelihood, and using troops for a second time after his strength expanded. China's prosperity might not have to wait until the Tang Dynasty.

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He sighed: "Huo Qubing attacked the Huns six times in his life and was invincible. He opened Jiuquan in Hexi, killed and captured more than 120,000 enemies, and surrendered more than 40,000 people."

"Wei Qing attacked the Xiongnu seven times in his life. Once he fought against the Shanyu, he conquered Henan and beheaded more than 50,000 captives. The Xiongnu's border troubles were basically eliminated."

"In the next sixteen years, the Han Dynasty was unable to move north and the Huns were unable to move south. Peace was reopened and the two countries did not fight for decades and six years."

"But in the past sixteen years, where have the Huns who surrendered been placed? Hetao."

"When a generation of Huns grew up, they did not become Han Chinese."

"During these sixteen years, the Han Dynasty gradually lost control of Hetao and Monan, which were still the horse farms of the Huns."

"The only good thing is that the Han Dynasty divided the country and ruled it, and no longer posed a huge threat that could destroy the country."

"Sixteen years later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent his troops out again, but this time, Wei Huo's glory was no longer there."

Fan Chunren sighed: "In the second year of Taichu, Zhao Ponu, the Marquis of Zunye, attacked the Xiongnu. He was besieged by 80,000 Xiongnu cavalry and was defeated. Zhao Ponu was captured and his entire army of more than 20,000 cavalry was annihilated."

"In the second year of the Han Dynasty, General Li Guangli of the Second Division sent 30,000 cavalry to attack King Youxian, and beheaded more than 10,000 before returning. The Huns surrounded the Second Division and could hardly escape. The number of Han soldiers was six or seven."

"Li Ling, the captain of the cavalry, sent 5,000 infantrymen out to the north for more than a thousand miles, met with the Chan Yu, and fought together. He killed more than 10,000 people in the mausoleum. The soldiers were exhausted and wanted to return. The Chan Yu surrounded the mausoleum, and the Xiongnu surrendered to the mausoleum.

Only four hundred soldiers escaped and returned to the Han."

"Two years later, the Han sent the General of the Second Division with 60,000 cavalry and 70,000 infantry out of Shuofang; the strong crossbow commander Lu Bode led more than 10,000 men to join the Second Division, and the guerrilla general said that 30,000 infantry were out of Wuyuan;

General Ao, General Ao, set out from Yanmen with 10,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry. The Shanyu waited for Shuinan with 100,000 men and engaged the second division. The second division was relieved and led back, and fought with the Shanyu for more than ten days, and was killed by the guerrillas.

What we gained was due to the unfavorable outcome of the battle with King Zuoxian. The 200,000-strong army gained nothing, and we still need to break out of the encirclement and return it."

"In the third year of Zhenghe, the Xiongnu invaded Wuyuan and Jiuquan, plundered and slaughtered the border residents. The defenders of the two places went to war, but it was not good, and the captain died in the battle. In March, Emperor Wu ordered Li Guang to lead 70,000 people out of Wuyuan, and the censor Shangqiu

Cheng led more than 30,000 men out of Xihe, and Hou Mangtong led 40,000 horses out of Jiuquan to attack the Xiongnu."

"However, the crown prince Liu Ju was poisoned by witchcraft, causing Li Guangli's wife and children to be imprisoned. Li Guangli wanted to atone for his sins by meritorious deeds, so he rushed into the wave battle, and 70,000 of the Han family's men were wiped out."

Su You sighed: "Counting from the second year of Taichu, it was another seven years. The Han army lost hundreds of thousands of people, and the exchange ratio that Wei Huo defeated was evened out."

"The Han people were no longer able to move northward, and the household registration in the world was greatly reduced. Hetao and Monan could not be enriched. The Huns still accounted for the vast majority of the population in both places. However, Huo Qubing arranged five Xianbei tribes to monitor the Huns in the north and quietly emerged."

"The Han Dynasty has been in decline since then, and it can only pursue a foreign policy of disintegration and disintegration towards the Xiongnu."

"Fortunately, it has a very good effect. The Huns are barely safe in Monan."

"It wasn't until a hundred years later that General Dou Xian led an army of tens of thousands of people to conquer the Northern Huns. He killed Shi Yanran and killed more than 13,000 soldiers of the king and below, and captured more than a million horses, cattle, sheep, and camels.

Eighty-one troops came to surrender, with more than 200,000 people in front and behind, and the Huns were basically wiped out at this point."

"Speaking of which, this battle is a good deal. Just in terms of the number of enemies destroyed, the results of this battle are equivalent to the total of Emperor Wu's 44-year campaign against the Huns."

Fan Chunzheng shook his head: "Actually, that's not the case. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, various ethnic groups poured into the Central Plains, among which the Huns were the largest. It is said in history that 'Guanzhong has a population of more than one million, half of which are Rong and Di, and half of which are Han and Huns.'"

"These Huns did a lot of 'big things'. Liu Yuan, who later proclaimed himself emperor and established the Han and Zhao Dynasties, was a Huns."

"After Xianbei became strong, the Xiongnu and Xianbei tribes intermarried, and this tribe was called 'Tiefu'. Tiefu's descendant Helianbobo established his capital in Chang'an, and called it Daxia."

"The Yuezhi people who integrated into the Huns were called Lu Shuihu, a separate tribe of the Xiongnu. Later, Juqu Mengxun killed Duan Ye and built Beiliang."

Su You said: "The rise of Xianbei is also related to Dou Xian's defeat of the Northern Xiongnu: after the Northern Xiongnu moved westward, Mobei was occupied by Xianbei. There are still more than 100,000 Xiongnu who remain, and they all call themselves Xianbei.

From there it became more and more prosperous.'"

Fan Chunzheng nodded: "The Huns integrated into Yuwen Xianbei, which was close to Goguryeo. Later, the Yuwen family usurped the Western Wei Dynasty and established the Northern Zhou Dynasty."

Su You then spread his hands and said: "Let's not talk about Wulang's style of play, whether there is any element of risk-taking or radicalism. Even if it is a complete victory, what is the difference between it and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's strategy?"

"The result is still that 'it is not enough to obtain the land for profit, but to defend it when the people are unconquerable'. It is more likely that after a sweep, they will come back as usual, and they will not be able to form effective occupation."

"After experiencing what happened to Hetao Guanzhong in the later period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the painful historical lessons of the Wuhu rebellion against China, do we, the Song Dynasty, want to repeat such a war?"

Everyone fell into silence. Su You's historical and strategic views were so different from the war of annihilation they imagined, that it was difficult to judge the pros and cons for a while.

It was Lu Huiqing who broke the silence: "Mingrun, if Seed Zheng's strategy is not advisable, how do you think we should fight?"

Su You said: "Actually, Wulang's strategy was completely fine at the beginning, because considering the national strength of the Song Dynasty at that time, it was entirely possible to stabilize the Western Xinjiang for twenty years with such a bold move."

"Then we will work hard to find people's livelihood, stimulate the population, and train a generation, and then we can fight again."

"But now, it's obviously a bit inappropriate."

"The national power of the Song Dynasty has been greatly developed. From Hengshan to Hehuang, there are attack points everywhere. Wulang, your vision should no longer be limited to Hengshan."

Zhong E looked at the terrain of the Song-Xia border and fell into thought.

Su You continued to introduce to others: "Actually, Wulang also adjusted the strategy before, and I think his adjustment was very meaningful."

Zhong E himself was a little confused: "Which time?"

Su You pointed to a small dot on the map: "Here, build Lawu City."

That time was a big stain on Zhong'e's body. Luowu City was besieged, and Zhong'e was so frightened at the rear that he couldn't even issue combat orders. It can be said that a famous general did not have the calmness to face a landslide without losing his temper. His performance was terrible.

Zero points.
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