Chapter 739: Barbarians come out of poor mountains and rivers
When fighting against the barbarians, perhaps due to conceptual reasons, both the emperor and the generals and commanders have been greatly restricted in their behavior.
For example, the Han Dynasty's extremely long-term war against the Xiongnu actually did not bring much benefit from the war. On the contrary, the defeated Xiongnu achieved great success.
When the Northern Xiongnu were defeated by the Han Dynasty, there was no room for survival in Mobei and the Western Regions. Therefore, the Northern Xiongnu Chanyu took a small number of troops and fled to Wusun first, then moved to Kangju, and then continued to move westward.
Arrive at Alan Country.
Alan State, also called Amcai, is located to the north of the Caucasus Mountains in an area with rich water and grass. Its national strength is not small, with an army of about 100,000.
After all, the Northern Huns who fled west had seen the big scene. Even in exile, the Northern Huns still believed that the Alan country was not strong, so they launched an attack from the east of the Don River. Although the Alan country rose up to resist, but
Compared with those Northern Huns warriors who had been at war with the Han Dynasty for many years, they still looked a little immature. Therefore, the Alan Kingdom's army was defeated, and the king was captured and later killed. In this way, the Alan Kingdom became the first piece of snow for the Northern Huns.
ball.
The Alans joined the Northern Huns and then attacked the Ostrogothic Kingdom in the west. Soon the Ostrogothic Kingdom also fell, followed by the Visigothic Kingdom...
Jordanis' "Gothic History" records the Northern Huns like this: "A hitherto unknown race emerged from a corner of the distant world, like a blizzard falling suddenly from the mountains, sweeping everything away.
Objects in their path are uprooted and destroyed... They are two-legged beasts, the offspring of witches and devils..."
Although this statement can find some spiritual comfort for the Goths' tragic defeat, it also fuels the arrogance of the Northern Huns. Many Goths even dare not fight against the Northern Huns anymore, but flee to the Roman Empire.
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Of course, later on, a character called the "Scourge of God" appeared, Attila.
As war raged in Northern and Eastern Europe, the Anglo-Saxons could not bear the pressure of the Huns and fled across the sea to the British Isles, becoming the ancestors of the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Huns in the southern steppes of Russia also fell under the banner of Attila, and the Russian forest people
The Slavs and Finns also surrendered, and it may have been at this time that the Slavs entered Western Europe for the first time as "servants of the Huns."
Then the dissatisfied God whipped the whip of East and West Rome. Even for a long time, East Rome was Attila's ATM, and he would withdraw money from time to time. When East Rome was in poverty,
Then they began to extort Western Rome. The overwhelmed Eastern and Western Rome finally joined forces and launched a huge war that was recorded in the annals of medieval history...
However, these are all things that happened in the future, and Fei Qian did not remember it very clearly. Thanks to some forums in later generations, when some people argued that the Han Dynasty was more powerful or Rome was more powerful, he knew from other people's accounts that the North was driven away by the Han Dynasty.
The Huns ended up in Europe, where they lorded it over the Romans.
It is said that poor mountains and rivers breed unruly people, and the people in this area of the Mongolian Plateau not only fought tenaciously against the Han Dynasty for thirty or forty years, but even the remaining parts can once again become "gods" that make the entire Europe tremble.
"whip"...
Of course, the "Whip of God" did not escape the same old routine. Just like after the death of Xianbei King Tan Shihuai, there was no leader. The entire Xianbei Alliance was suddenly in chaos and fell apart into many mutually exclusive factions.
The corresponding branch, the same, huge empire formed by the Northern Huns in Europe also collapsed after Attila's death.
Fei Qian integrated his memory with what he knew, and thus came up with a strategy that was different from the previous Han Dynasty's strategy against the Xiongnu...
The nomadic peoples do not have fixed settlements and wealth storage places like the farming peoples. Therefore, if they follow the methods before the Han Dynasty and adopt methods similar to attacking cities and villages, they often cannot keep up with the pace of the Hu people.
, not only cannot effectively attack the Hu people, but they often waste people and money and take advantage of their own troops.
However, Yuan Chonghuan's step-by-step approach in the later Ming Dynasty was similar to the tower-pushing tactics in StarCraft. It also had great limitations. You might accidentally miss two cross soldiers, and then you would GG.
Therefore, the war with the Hu people cannot be like a civil war, attacking and occupying city after city. For the Hu people, although the land of water and grass is similar to a city, it is not as important as the Han people. Change a place
You can still survive, it's just a difference between living better and worse.
Fei Qian said: "...In our previous battles with the Hu people, we actually focused on the word 'by', constantly chasing the Hu people from Yinshan to Beiwangting. Although we still achieved a great victory,
But in fact our own losses are not small, so now I think we should probably add the second method..."
Fei Qian bent his second finger and said: "...We should add the word 'drive' to drive the Hu people to use me, and drive the Hu people to turn their attention from the land of China to other weaker areas..."
"The Hu people are not monolithic. Just like the Huns are divided into north and south, the Qiang people are also divided into east and west, and the same is true for Xianbei. Tribes large and small have their own boundaries, so this naturally gives us more opportunities to win over some of them.
Suppress some of them and let the barbarians who have taken refuge with us help us plunder property and even people from all around..."
"Without the barbarian camp outside Pingyang City, it would have taken at least twice as long for Pingyang to recover from its desolation to its current condition...and our mining land in Luliang Mountain..." Fei Qian said, and then looked at
Several generals, these people may have to stay in the Northland for a long time because of this battle, and Fei Qian cannot stay in the Northland forever. In case something happens in other aspects, adjustments need to be made.
, so at present, these three generals may still be scattered to act alone. Therefore, unifying the thoughts of these generals is the most important thing Fei Qian should do at the moment, so as not to hold each other back in the future.
"...The ideal process should be like this. We win over the barbarians who are willing to join us, give them weapons, help them attack, and give them benefits. Then we have to collect a certain amount of war dividends...well, that is, property
And prisoners... property is naturally used to develop and replenish our losses, and some of the prisoners are used to supplement our combat strength, and some are used for labor... Killing them all is simply a waste..."
"...Building roads, mining, transporting supplies, building infrastructure, etc., all of these require people...and we Han people are responsible for the overall deployment and balance...Don't force these captives to the dead end, what food and clothing will they need?"
You have to give them as much as you want, as long as you kill those who dare to resist, and then give them some hope, for example, they can be free after five years of service..."
Fei Qian said that the North Land is very broad and can accommodate more people, but also needs more people, whether they are Han or Hu people...
So, many people say what happened to the Han Dynasty and the East and West Rome, and what would happen if they fought... The Northern Huns, who were beaten by the Han Dynasty and were in panic all day long, could keep Rome in submission... ps, God's Whip died in the end
