"The people of the Tang Dynasty are suffering and living in dire straits, but I am enjoying myself here. Alas, I feel really sorry."
"What's more, in Chang'an today, villains are in power and deceive everyone. It seems that loyal and obedient people like us have no way to survive."
Liu Chang lamented the uncertainty of the world, and Han Xin glanced at him, "Been beaten by Cao Shen again?"
"Yes! Master! This man is too cruel. He will beat him whenever he catches him. My father and mother are still on his side, even Gai Gong... My life is miserable. Now I don't even dare to go out on the street.
My uncle even entertained him and gave him many gifts... I can't stay in Chang'an any longer."
Hearing Liu Chang's complaint, Han Xin smiled softly and felt very relieved.
"That's fine. It's time for you to grow up. In the future, you can do big things with peace of mind and stop messing around!"
Liu Chang looked helpless, and Han Xin continued to lecture. Han Xin always taught him the most basic military tactics, and at the same time used the examples of the world's fierce generals, from Xiang Yu, to Cao Shen, and even Fan Kuai. Han Xin was very proficient in their tactics.
After covering some basic content, Han Xin will also talk about the current situation.
"Your feudal country now no longer has the richest land of Two Rivers, but it has more generations. The only one who can help you share the defense line is the State of Yan."
"The state of Yan is exhausted and cannot bear its great responsibilities."
"It is a fool's dream to think of using today's Tang Dynasty to defeat the Xiongnu."
"Ah? You went to Tang with me just to be beaten by the Xiongnu?"
Han Xin shook his head and said seriously: "To fight against the Huns, there are three most important points: horses, food, and crossbows."
Liu Chang listened attentively, and Han Xin added: "The Han Dynasty lacked horses, and the Tang Dynasty lacked horses even more. If there are no horses, we can use the favorable terrain to resist the Huns, but we can't stop the Huns, let alone defeat them."
"The Han Dynasty was short of food, and the Tang Dynasty was even more short of food. If you want to defeat the Xiongnu, you have to travel long distances, ensure food routes, and have enough food for both people and horses."
"As for the crossbows, in the battle with the Xiongnu, the consumption of bows and crossbows must be huge..."
Han Xin’s words can be summed up in terms of logistics. Without strong national strength, it is impossible to defeat the Xiongnu, and it will drag you to death. And how much was the shortage of horses in the early Han Dynasty? When the Han Dynasty was established, Liu Bang even found
There were less than six horses of the same color, and according to records, there were more than a hundred war horses in the royal stables at that time.
The minister in charge of this area is Xia Houying.
In the past ten years, the number of Han's war horses has been increasing rapidly, although it was damaged once in the middle. Now these thousands of war horses are not at the same level as the hundreds of thousands of Huns' war horses.
Not only the Han Dynasty, but actually there were not many war horses in the Warring States Period. Qin and Zhao had slightly more war horses, but not much more. When Li Mu of Zhao defeated the Huns, he used a method of showing weakness, first paralyzing the Xiongnu Chanyu, and then pretending to do so.
Defeat the enemy, and then take advantage of the opponent's deep penetration to spread out the left and right wings to outflank and counterattack the enemy, defeating the Xiongnu.
This method is very good, but after all, Mao Dun is not a Touman, so he may not be able to take advantage of him easily, not to mention that he has already used this trick once.
"Then...I'll raise horses?"
Han Xin was furious, "As a king, how can I personally do such a thing as letting horses go?"
"What does the master mean?"
"Write a letter to Zhang Cang. Now the Huns have annexed many tribes. Because of the cruelty of Maodun, many tribes are unwilling to follow the Huns. Zhang Cang can win over these people and place them in the Tang Dynasty to raise them for the Tang Dynasty.
horse..."
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In the Fan Kuai Mansion, Liu Chang sat on top, and all the sages sat on the left and right. However, after Prime Minister Cao's strong suppression at this moment, the sages were all in a low mood. And their fathers also colluded with Prime Minister Cao and fully supported Cao Cao.
The behavior of the Prime Minister.
As soon as Prime Minister Cao came to Chang'an, he received countless praises. After all, it only took him three days to improve the public security in Chang'an.
Liu Chang didn't care. He raised his head and said, "Don't worry."
"That thief Cao has just come to Chang'an and has a low reputation. We are popular among the people and have a good reputation. He is jealous of us, so he attacks us... We don't need to argue with him. When I am older, he will be old, and I will definitely do it."
I have to hold him between his legs and spin him three times in Chang'an!"
Only then did everyone become active again.
Liu Chang looked around and sighed.
Just as Lu Lu was about to speak, Zhou Shengzhi hurriedly pressed his head and shouted: "Why does the king sigh?"
"I just think of the suffering people of the Tang State... You don't know that the Tang State is short of horses. There are not even a hundred war horses in the entire Tang State..."
Xiao Yan asked blankly: "What does the suffering of the Tang people have to do with horses?"
"Why are you so merciless! The people of the Tang Kingdom can no longer ride on war horses! You are still here to refute the king?!"
Lu Lu finally found the opportunity to speak and shouted hurriedly.
"What clever ideas do the wise men have?"
"Your Majesty, I have horses at home! How many do you want?!"
Xiahou Zao said excitedly.
"Um...General Xia Houying is still here...forget it."
"Your Majesty, we all have horses in our mansions. Why don't we go steal them after dark?"
Zhou Shengzhi said.
Liu Chang's eyes lit up, but thinking of Cao Shen's ferocious face, his eyes dimmed.
"Alas, how can a treacherous minister be in power..."
Everyone scolded Cao Shen and couldn't come up with any ideas for a while. Chen Mai slowly stood up and asked, "Why don't your Majesty buy some horses and send them to the Tang Dynasty?"
"That's right! Can't we just buy it?! What can the ginseng we buy with money do to us?"
Liu Chang suddenly realized that he did too much business without capital on weekdays, and he actually forgot that he could still buy things.
"How to buy it?"
Chen Mai continued: "In the past, there were Hu merchants who came to Chang'an to sell horses, but now there are no more... However, in Chang'an, there are all wealthy families, and they all have horses at home. However, horses are precious, so I am afraid that they will
It costs a lot of money.”
"This is easy to handle! How can a man be trapped by something that smells like copper?"
Liu Chang said proudly: "My family has considerable assets. For the sake of the people of Tang Dynasty, I am willing to persuade my parents with my sharp tongue!"
He looked at everyone again and said: "You guys can ask for me, but you can't buy it by force, otherwise the thieves will come after me. As long as it's a horse, whether it's lame, small, male, female, or even a donkey
Want it too!"
"Your Majesty...what is the use of this donkey?"
"We can transport food!"
"What about the lame one?"
"You'll know when you get a few years older."
Everyone started to take action immediately, and Liu Chang naturally came to persuade his mother.
"Mom~~~"
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This time, Han Xin did not deceive Liu Chang. The Tang State was indeed short of horses, because Chang'an took back the horses from the Tang and Zhao areas to the temple several times for his own use. In the Tang State, horses were more precious than cattle. Thinking that this was once the Jin Dynasty.
Zhao's largest horse farm can't help but make people sigh.
Empress Lu was also very concerned about this matter. She knew that Tang State was short of horses. After Liu Chang mentioned this matter, she directly found Xia Houying and asked Xia Houying to give some war horses to Tang State, so that Tang State could breed war horses on its own.
Xia Houying was very reluctant to give up, but there was nothing he could do.
As for the money, Empress Lu did not give it to Liu Chang, but directly sent someone to "buy" it and send it to the Tang Dynasty.
Just when Liu Chang realized his wish and was satisfied, Liu Bang became very angry.
Urgent news came from Yan State that the Xiongnu cavalry crossed the Great Wall and plundered the counties and counties of Yan State.
This made Liu Bang realize that the position of King Yan could no longer be left vacant. He thought for a moment and found Youzi Liu Bi.
Liu Bi was very young, but he was the bravest among the adult children in the clan. Liu Bang quite liked this brave Youzi. Originally, he wanted to split Huainan and give him half, but at this moment, he could only send him to Yan.
The country is a bitter and cold place.
Liu Bang looked at Youzi helplessly and said: "Organize your troops and defend with all your strength. Don't be reckless and don't attack..."
Liu Bi was extremely serious, "Even if I die, I will only die in the Yan Kingdom!"
Different from Liu Chang's luxurious king-making ceremony, Liu Bi's king-making ceremony was very simple and fast. After being made king, he went to Yan State non-stop to defend against the enemy. Liu Xi originally wanted to ask Liu Bang to let his brother change his son's title.
However, Liu Bi did not allow it.
The young Liu Chang stood on the city wall, watching Liu Bi lead the soldiers away, his face full of solemnity.
He looked to the north, stared at the blue sky, and said fiercely:
"Modun...just wait for me."
ps: Brothers, five chapters really affects the quality. Four chapters are just right. Four chapters are more than 10,000 words. I wrote them from morning to night. By the fifth chapter, I was exhausted and had no clue. If you don’t mind
If so, I'll try my best to update it four times...if it's five updates, I'm really afraid of writing it down.