The thousandth and thirty-ninth section: Huyan Dangtu's decision
In the fifth year of Yuande, Renshu (thirty) in the ninth month of autumn.
On the last day of the fifth year of Yuande, Zengshan Pass was shrouded in heavy fog.
The mood in Zhidu is as gloomy as this heavy fog.
Yi Zong came out of seclusion first!
This is simply bad news for Zhidu and his army!
Yi Zong's troops were the first to go out of the fortress and fired the first shot.
This means that the Huns now know that the Han army has left the fortress!
This means that the Zhidu troops will face the Hun cavalry that has been mobilized and ready to go and has entered a state of war!
The Huns were condescending and could pose a serious threat to Zhidu's troops.
Because, starting from Shangjun and going to Heyin, geographically speaking, the Han army had to go from bottom to top, crossing mountains, rivers and swamps!
From low latitudes, push back to enemies at high latitudes.
The geographical disadvantage alone is enough to eat a pot!
The Huns could completely occupy the advantageous geography and attack Zhidu's troops from a commanding position.
This is also the reason why the Zhidu headquarters decided to seize Heyin before the war.
Heyin can not only cut off the connection between Gaoque and Ziling, but also allow the Han army to have a foothold, a foothold that is no longer subject to geographical disadvantages.
However, now Yi Zong is the first to send troops.
Then, the Huns will definitely take the issue of Heyin seriously.
The Huns will definitely send troops to occupy Heyin.
For the Zhidu headquarters, this means fighting a tough battle!
A tough battle with red bayonets and naked hand-to-hand combat!
The Huns who occupy the favorable location will become more than twice as difficult to deal with!
only……
Zhidu sighed.
Yi Zong has already sent troops, can he still use a rope to drag him back?
We can only recognize the facts and accept the status quo.
"Immediately summon all the army officers above Sima to come to the Central Military Commission to discuss matters!" Zhi Du immediately ordered and summoned the middle and senior generals of the entire army for a meeting.
The Yi Zong Department and the Cheng Bu Shi Department came out of the fortress, completely disrupting Zhidu's plan.
Therefore, Zhidu's march must be completely revised.
However, there is one thing that cannot be changed.
That is, before the end of the tenth month of winter in the sixth year of Yuande (the fourth day of the lunar month), Zhidu's troops must arrive in Heyin and join the war.
This is a military order!
It’s also the emperor’s order!
The Han army, like the Qin army, would not care about any objective reasons, let alone consider any reasons.
No general or any army can rush to the scheduled battlefield within the scheduled time.
This is sin!
Those who miss the deadline will be killed by the general!
All officers above Sima will be prosecuted for their crimes!
Although this system is very rigid, it is now universally recognized as truth and order.
But now, there are only five days left.
Within five days, Zhi Du not only had to thoroughly review his combat deployment and plans and readjust his troops, but he also had to arrive at the scheduled battlefield within the scheduled time.
This is of course difficult.
However, in Zhidu's eyes, difficulties are never a reason.
Because there are always solutions and countermeasures to problems.
The key is whether people are willing to use their brains and sweat to solve problems.
On that day, Zhi Du discussed with dozens of Sima lieutenants for a whole day in the official office of Zengshan Pass. The military meeting even lasted until midnight.
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It was also on this day that Huyan Dangtu in Gaoque City received news of the Han army's departure from the fortress.
In fact, the information on Huyan Dangtu has been lagging behind for a long time.
Righteousness emerges from the clouds, but Cheng does not recognize the joyful barrier.
The two armies were so majestic that they covered the sky and the sun. The dust and movement they stirred up could be clearly seen by people even dozens of miles away.
Along the way, countless Xiongnu tribes fled, or happily surrendered and joined the Han army.
One day after the Han army left the fortress, there were no tribes left before Ziling.
All tribes living in this area, hundreds of miles in radius, have only two choices: flee or surrender.
Tribes that neither flee nor surrender have no other option except destruction.
With so many tribes, it would be natural for them to bring the news to Gaoque.
After Huyan Dangtu heard the news, he immediately summoned some fleeing herdsmen and questioned them carefully.
Then, these tribal herdsmen who were scared out of their wits were sent to be resettled near Gaoque.
"The Han Dynasty people have indeed left the fortress..." Huyan Dangtu sent away the refugees who reported the news, and immediately jumped to his feet and cursed: "What do these despicable Han Dynasty people think I am, the Great Huns?"
Although, before Huyan was slaughtered, he had already had a premonition that the Han army was about to leave the fortress.
However, when the Han army really left the fortress, he still felt deep shame and a heavy sense of crisis.
The shame is because the Han Dynasty people dared to go out to the fortress in winter!!!
This is completely contemptuous of the Xiongnu.
This is a complete declaration to the entire Xiongnu that the Han army is not afraid of a decisive battle with the Xiongnu in the wild in winter.
What does this mean? It couldn't be clearer.
Huyan Dangtu knew very well that the Han people in the south were not fools or idiots.
On the contrary, they were the toughest, toughest, smartest and most talented opponents the Huns had ever encountered.
The decades of wars and grievances between Han and Hungary were enough for the top leaders of both countries to estimate the strength and approximate combat power of both sides.
The decades of intelligence war between Han and Hungary were enough for both countries to know the strength and mobilization capabilities of the other side.
Based on the population, roads and economic conditions of the Northern Great Wall of the Han Dynasty, Huyan Dangtu knew very well that the Han Dynasty would dispatch an army of 60,000 to 80,000 at most.
And how many troops does he have under his command?
Even if the Hunxie and Xiutu headquarters in the Hexi Corridor are eliminated, as well as the three Wanqi troops stationed in the Qilian Mountains and Rouge Mountains.
He now holds in his hands the strength of 140,000 cavalry from the tribes in the southern and northern parts of the country!
The total strength is as high as 80,000 cavalry!
Among them, most of them are the Xiongnu headquarters.
The meaning of this tribe is the cavalry of the Xiongnu tribe, which is mainly composed of the Luantang, Xubu, Lan and Huyan clans.
Such a force is enough to sweep across the entire world. No force can show off its power in front of such a powerful group of cavalry.
However, the Han Dynasty people still came.
Moreover, it came with great momentum.
This means that in the eyes of the emperor and ministers of the Han Dynasty, the Huns were no longer fearful.
The Han army had the confidence and ability to defeat him and his army in the wilderness.
I am more confident that I can capture Gaoque!
Without this assurance, how could the Han people dare to leave the fortress? How could they dare to leave the fortress in such weather?
You know, in more than a month, it will snow heavily in Henan.
At that time, when people are in the wild, their breath turns to ice and their hair is frosted.
Even the Huns did not dare to go out easily in such cold weather.
If the people of the Han Dynasty are not confident enough to defeat him and defeat him, then their current behavior is sending them to death!
When Huyan Dangtu thought of this, he immediately called his confidant, who was also his younger brother, the Huyan Clan's Ten Thousand Cavalry Commander Hu Yanxianming.
"Xingming, as General Zuo, I order you to immediately lead your headquarters Wanqi and the Shanyu's bodyguards left by the Shanyu to escort Zuo Tushe to Shentuze immediately!" Huyan Dangtu ordered: "I
At the same time, we will also give orders for the Zhelan tribe to go south and meet you at Shentuze. After you join Zhelan, immediately retreat along Shentuze to Rouge Mountain!"
The Zhelan tribe suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Mayi.
But its tribes and herdsmen are still there. Now, this once powerful tribe is still fighting wounds between Rouge Mountain and Gaolan Mountain.
Let them participate in the war, they are more than willing but not powerful enough.
But it is enough for them to perform protection tasks.
Although the Zhelan tribe was defeated miserably in Mayi, its reputation still shocked the grassland.
With it at its disposal, no one dares to be provocative or hostile.
Hu Yanxianming is an absolute fan of Hu Yan Dangtu.
Hearing this, he immediately knelt down and said, "General Zuo, please rest assured. As long as there is one person alive in the Ming and Ming clan, Zuo Tushe will definitely be fine!"
"Okay!" Huyan Dangtu nodded, pulled out a small knife from his waist, handed it to Huyan Xianming, and said: "The gods are witness, the ancestors are looking down, I will hand over Tushe's safety to you.
is you!"
"You must do whatever it takes to ensure that Tu She is not in danger!"
The core of the Xiongnu Empire lies in the Luotang clan, and the core of the Luantang clan lies in their clan lineage.
Nowadays, Yin Zhi, the former clan member, has no descendants.
His lineage was completely cut off.
Although the Hujie tribe inherited the name of their clan.
However, among the Huns, who would recognize the Hujie people as a clan?
Manzi from Jinshan is just a transitional product!
There is only one tribe that all tribes recognize and pay allegiance to.
This is Yu Shan, the son of Shan Yu, King Zuoxian.
At the same time, Yu Dan is also the last boy in the direct bloodline of Laoshang Dan.
If he makes any mistakes, the Xiongnu Empire will stop fighting the Han people.
Let’s get some shit out of ourselves first and then talk about it.
The concubines of Maodun Chanyu, the descendants of the elder Chanyu, and the relatives of the Luotang family, all will want to compete for the position of this clan.
Now, with the Han Dynasty's army pressing down on the territory, Huyandangtu cannot be sure that this place is still safe.
Out of careful consideration, he could only choose to send Zuo Xian Wang Yu Shan to the safety of Rouge Mountain.
There, there are tribes that are loyal and reliable to Shan Yu, and there are slaves who are absolutely loyal to Shan Yu.
Hu Yanxianming took the knife, held it solemnly, cut the skin on his chest, and let the blood flow. This was the most solemn promise of the Xiongnu, which meant swearing to the gods and ancestors: as long as the blood in his body
If you still have blood and can breathe, you will never forget your oath!
As long as Yu Shan, the Xian King of Zuo, is still alive, even if he is defeated, even if Gaoque is lost, the Xiongnu Empire still has hope and a future!
After sending his younger brother away, Hu Yanxianming immediately called for another close confidant of his, Dangtu Qiang, Wanqi Commander of the Dangtu Tribe.
On the grassland, people do not have surnames, only first names.
However, when the grassland peoples came into contact with the Central Plains peoples, they found that it was wrong not to have a surname.
As a result, tribes began to use the name of their leader as their surname.
The Luotang family, the Huyan family, the Lan family, and the Xubu family all grew up slowly in this way.
The branch of the clan, after independence, will use its own name as the surname of the tribe.
Therefore, in the Xiongnu, under one big clan, there were countless small clans.
These clans are connected together and are the Xiongnu.
As General Zuo and a confidant of Shan Yu, Huyan Dangtu was naturally allowed to form his own clan.
Therefore, Huyan Dangtu organized many slaves, attendants and cavalry who had followed him for many years into the new Dangtu clan.
And, constantly expand and enrich the clan's population.
Today, the Dangtu clan has more than 10,000 towns and more than 7,000 cavalry that are regularly trained.
And Dangtu is a slave who has followed Huyan Dangtu from the beginning until today.
He is his most trustworthy and best comrade-in-arms.
Therefore, Huyan Dangtu's attitude towards this person was very close.
"My path (a sword in the Xiongnu language means a sharp arrow), I order you to immediately lead my loyal Dangtu clan's ten thousand cavalry to the south and seize the river bend northwest of Honghu Sai and the nearby hills.
Make sure the passage between Gaoque and Ziling is smooth!" Huyan Dangtu patted the other party's shoulder intimately and said: "No matter what, we must hold on there!"
Although Huyan Dangtu had never read military books, he had never systematically studied military affairs.
But how experienced he is!
After the Han army came out of the clouds, he immediately thought that the Han Dynasty could also send troops from Shangjun to cut off the connection between Gaoque and Ziling.
Although sending troops from Shangjun is more difficult and more expensive than sending troops from Yunzhong.
However, Huyan Dangtu did not want the troops he sent to Ziling to be stabbed in the chrysanthemum!
"Yes! Master!" Dang Tu Qian immediately knelt down and accepted the order without saying a word.
After sending Dangtu away, Huyan Dangtu immediately loudly ordered his bodyguards to summon all the princes and nobles of the tribes and the clan's ten thousand cavalry commanders.
When the Han Dynasty people were about to arrive, he certainly would not stay at Gao Que stupidly and watch helplessly as the Han army pulled out the nails of the Xiongnu in front of Gao Que.
This is very demoralizing!
Moreover, what is the difference between the Hun cavalry and the infantry huddled in the fortified city?
Huyan Dangtu knew that the Han Dynasty people were experts in building cities.
They built a solid city fortress, and the Gaoque Fortress at their feet was also built by the ancestors of the Han Dynasty.
Since the Han Dynasty could build such a fortress, it means that they were sure to capture such a fortress.
Trapped in an isolated city, just sitting and waiting to die.
Besides...
Huyan Dangtu raised his head, gritted his teeth, and said unconvincingly: "People of the Han Dynasty, let me, Huyan Dangtu, weigh you!"
In Mayi, the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu in one battle, causing many tribes in the southern part of the country to change their minds after hearing about the Han Dynasty.
Even the northern tribes were frightened.
If the Han army invaded in a large scale this time, he would have more than 100,000 cavalry, but he could only huddle in Gaoque City.
After that, who would dare to fight against the Han Dynasty?
Which tribe dared to face the Han Dynasty's attack?
Even in winter it can only be slow?
Then in summer and autumn, you are still not allowed to run away from people?
In Huyan Dangtu's view, this was something more terrifying than defeat.
Defeat can also lead to lessons learned, but such a slow pace can only bring destruction and destruction! (To be continued.)
