In the distance, the Huns' banners fluttered menacingly.
The Hunxie Tribe and the Xiutu Tribe, the two behemoths in the south of the Huns' curtain, were each driving slaves so densely packed within sight that there was almost no end in sight.
Although these slaves walked very slowly, they were still walking after all.
They were crowded together, their ragged bodies shivering in the cold wind.
From time to time, a man walking in front fell to the ground with a crash.
But others trampled over them regardless.
Let his compatriots howl miserably on the ground.
Of course, after more people fell, they didn't even have the strength to scream miserably.
They walked towards death numbly.
Perhaps, for them, death may be a kind of relief.
There were only some men mixed in the crowd, looking at this scene, their hearts felt like bleeding.
"What a glory our ancestors are..." someone sighed: "The noble Macedonian and Greek warriors followed the great Emperor Alexander, crossed mountains and seas, conquered all countries, and overran the world! Even the Persian Empire was also
Kneel down before the noble Macedonians!”
"Even after the death of Alexander the Great, the imperial warriors who remained in the world still created pride and glory. The great Seleucid Empire once dominated the entire world, making countless barbarians and kingdoms fearful!"
"But now..."
These nobles looked at their compatriots and relatives with tears streaming down their faces, and their hearts were filled with regret and pain.
However, except for the nobles, no one anymore misses and cherishes their ancestors and honor.
Whether they are descendants of the Greco-Macedonian conquests, natives of Dawan, or a mixture of the two.
The vast majority of slaves have become numb, have surrendered, and have accepted their fate.
In extreme pain and extreme circumstances, the influence of religion sneaks into the night with the wind.
"Great Ahura, great God of Fire, you created the world and us. You are the light, you are the fire, you are the truth of the world and the master of all things! Please show yourself and save us...
…" Countless people prayed. Unexpectedly, most of these people abandoned the original Greek pantheon and turned to the emerging Zoroastrianism, which is Zoroastrianism!
Zoroastrianism has its roots in Dawan itself, and there is even a legend that the first generation of Zoroastrian teachings was born in Dawan.
Over the past three to five hundred years, this religion has slowly penetrated throughout Central and West Asia.
And gradually it became the mainstream belief among the lower class people.
After the fall of Dawan, the brutal rule and exploitation of the Huns deepened the prisoners of war's belief in Zoroastrianism.
After all, compared with the Greek gods, Zoroastrianism has a significantly different feature: the dualism of good and evil, the distinction between good gods and evil gods, and the emphasis on the salvation of good gods.
This is in sharp contrast to Greek belief, and in such an environment, it has become the last life-saving straw for these Dawan people.
yes!
Who can save them from this hell but God?
Who else could they look to but God?
Not to mention, the rule, beliefs and customs of the Huns are simply like the evil gods preached by Zoroastrianism and a country ruled by evil gods.
Rude, cruel, and inhumane, sacrificing people at every turn.
As a result, even nobles and manor owners who were originally high and mighty abandoned their Greek faith and switched to Zoroadesianism.
It's a pity that no matter what they believe in, no matter how powerful their ancestors were and how much honor they had.
Now, driven by the Huns' whips and sabers, they had to line up, walk naked in the cold wind, and head towards the unknown.
Only a few outstanding people are thinking about how to get out of this predicament.
But, would the Huns give them a chance?
The fierce-looking Huns cavalry drove them forward like a herd of cattle.
Those who lag behind and those who are dawdling will all be punished with a whip or even a knife.
In this way, amid torture and killing, death and blood, they reached a place more than three miles away from the Han army.
Hundreds of Dawan people who had surrendered to the Huns and were willing to take advantage of the Huns came to them dragging carts loaded with sticks and stones. They arrogantly said to these prisoners of war: "The great master said
As long as you can break into the Han camp, you can have enough to eat for three days! As long as you can kill a Han and take off his head, you can be granted the glorious status of a Huns!"
These are indeed the Huns' promises, and they are guaranteed to be true.
If you can rely on these cannon fodder to break through the Han army camp, how can the Huns be stingy with food? If you have a slave who can kill a Han, of course such a warrior can become a Huns!
The slaves silently stepped forward and took the sticks or stones given to them.
Then, they raised their heads and saw the sternly awaiting Han army formation on the distant horizon.
The Dawan people are skilled craftsmen, and they are citizens from the "civilized world".
There are even people who are born into noble families, and their lineage can be traced back to the Seleucid and even Alexander periods.
As citizens of a big country, of course they still have some knowledge.
"The legendary army of the Silk Kingdom?" someone thought, and then saw battle flags fluttering in the wind.
The flags are flying, the horns are loud.
Although the Han army's camp was simple, it was just a simple barracks built based on the terrain.
However……
At a glance, the Han army's square formation looked neat and tight.
The infantry were in front, and the cavalry lined up on both sides. Deep in the camp, the unseen horrors were daunting.
Seeing the phalanx, many nobles felt an inexplicable sense of joy and intimacy.
In the eyes of the Greeks, in this world, only those who can play phalanx are civilized people.
Other than that, it's all nonsense.
The Greek Phalanx, the Macedonian Phalanx, and the Roman Phalanx, which have been extremely powerful in the past hundred years, represent the strong armies and countries they know.
"There is indeed a civilized empire in the far east..." A nobleman from an ancient family sighed in a low voice: "Alexander the Great did not dream. There is indeed a great civilization comparable to Greece in this world!"
At that time, Alexander risked everything, marched eastward, crossed mountains and seas, conquered countless tribes and kingdoms, and plundered the wealth and culture of the entire world.
As for why this hero wanted to march eastward, far away from his hometown, traveling thousands of miles, and going deep into the borders of the world.
Some people say that he wanted to go to the legendary India to find gold and slaves.
Some people also say that he is looking for the silk country in legends and myths.
Now it seems that there is indeed a silk country.
An ancient country no less civilized than Greece, and an extremely powerful empire!
This empire is so strong and powerful!
So much so that the barbarians, who conquered and destroyed Dawan as easily as chopping melons and vegetables, felt as nervous as facing a formidable enemy in front of this empire.
There are even the remaining Dawan nobles who once held high positions who know some things that others don't know.
"It is rumored that the people of the Silk Kingdom defeated and even annihilated the main force of the Barbarians many times, forcing the Barbarian King to give in!" Someone lamented: "It seems that this is indeed the case..."
Thinking of this, this former Dawan nobleman couldn't help but have fantasies deep in his heart.
"If I defect to the Silk Kingdom, the King of the Silk Kingdom should respect me!" The man thought: "I am a nobleman inherited from the Seleucid Dynasty!"
In the Greco-Roman system, the status of aristocrats was lofty and noble, and they were inherently superior to others.
After these conquerors from Europe settled in Central and South Asia.
They came into contact with ancient Indian civilization and blended with it.
Although, many Greco-Macedonian conquerors disdained Indian culture.
But after hundreds of years of integration, many things have naturally changed.
These include caste, hierarchies, etc.
Because the Kingdom of Dawan was separated from Daxia for decades, it received less impact from Indian culture.
However, it is inevitable to be contaminated a little bit.
Naturally, in the minds of these nobles, the whole world should be the same, and all civilizations should be divided into hierarchies and hereditary.
However, the power of these nobles is almost negligible now.
In fact, they can't even influence the people around them.
As for the Huns, they didn't bother to care about what these slaves thought!
The Gudu Hou Xigu of the Huyan clan was riding on a war horse, watching Xiutu and the Hunxie people from a distance, driving the slaves towards the Han army.
"Hey!" He smiled slightly and said: "These slaves are still of some use... at least they can fill in the trenches in front of the Han camp for my great Huns, at least they can consume the Han people's arrows for my great Huns.
With your strength, you might even be able to kill some Han Chinese!"
In his opinion, with more than 20,000 cannon fodder, even if they stood motionless and were killed by the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty people would die from exhaustion!
Their corpses were enough to fill up the ditch in front of the Han Dynasty’s camp!
If these slaves were a little more crazy, they might even be able to take hundreds of Han Dynasty soldiers to hell with them!
Huyan Dangtu shook his head and said: "The people of the Han Dynasty are not that weak..."
If they only relied on more than 20,000 cannon fodder, they could break into the Han army's camp and even threaten the lives of Han army soldiers.
So……
The main force of the Xiongnu Empire's seven or eight thousand horses gathered here, but they could not capture the Han camp.
Is this an insult to the Han Dynasty people?
Or is it a slight against the Huns themselves?
"It's good enough to be able to consume the arrows of the Han Dynasty people!" Huyan Dangtu said looking into the distance: "The key still depends on how much effort the Xiutu people and Hunxie people are willing to put in!"
Drive away the slaves and attract the firepower of the Han Dynasty. Then, the Xiongnu cavalry will charge out from behind, attack the Han Dynasty camp, and fight hand-to-hand with the Han Dynasty people.
This is the core of this strategy.
However……
No matter how I looked at it, Huyan Dangtu felt that Xiutu and Hunxie were not that reliable!
In this battle, if these two tribes are very powerful, then it would be pretty good if they can spend five points to deal with it.
But Huyan was afraid of Hunxie and Xiutu, so he refused to exert even five points of his strength, and was only willing to exert four or even three points of his strength.
That's not good.
"Where is the main force of the Lan family now?" Huyan Dangtu asked a nobleman beside him.
This man is Lan Tuosin's uncle, and he is also a powerful figure in Lan's generation.
"Reporting to General Zuo, our Lan clan's eagles are leading them to lurk outside the Han Dynasty's Wolf Fortress..." The Xiongnu noble said proudly: "Once the Han Dynasty's divine cavalry penetrates deep into Gaoque City, our Lan clan will
The invincible cavalry will crush the wolf fortress of the Han Dynasty!"
"Very good!" Huyan Dangtu Fuzhang praised: "Landa Xin is indeed the eagle and wise man of our great Huns! Only he can come up with such a great strategy! If we win this battle, he will be the first to contribute.
It’s Landasin! I will definitely report it to Shanyu, please ask Shanyu to reuse Landasin!”
Landasin, in the beginning, Huyan Dangtu actually looked down upon him.
I feel that the next patriarch of the Lan clan is a coward!
He is also the remnant of a Righteous King!
Every day he preached the threat of the Han Dynasty in Shan Yuting, preached that there would be a war between the Han and Hungarians, and advocated destroying the Han Dynasty's horse gardens and the Great Wall's border fortress at all costs, in order to force the Han Dynasty emperor to give up the development of cavalry.
In the view of the Xiongnu Chan Yuting at that time, this was simply a joke!
How could the Han Dynasty threaten the invincible Huns' cavalry?
However, the Battle of Mayi was like a slap that woke the Huns from their dream of being invincible and number one in the world.
Even the Xiongnu nobles who looked down on the Han Dynasty the most had to face up to this old opponent and old friend.
The results of the Han cavalry made the Xiongnu tremble.
It was also from that time that Huyan Dangtu faced up to Landasin and his past remarks.
Therefore, with his acquiescence and connivance, Landasin took back the exiled Zhongxingshuo.
Now, Landosin gave him another big surprise!
The next head of the Lan clan, after the Han Dynasty people left the fortress, he immediately sent someone to inform him that he had personally led the Lan clan's two main forces, Wanqi, to lurk outside the Han Dynasty's Langmeng Fortress.
As soon as the main force of the Han Dynasty penetrates deep into Gaoque, the Lan clan's cavalry will break through the wolf fierce competition and head towards Yunzhong's flank.
Burning the granaries and bridges gathered in the clouds of the Han Dynasty, destroying the roads, and even killing and driving away the people of the Han Dynasty.
Forcing the Han Dynasty people to return to the army.
Even if this strategic concept cannot be realized, the Han Dynasty will be forced into chaos.
This plan really made Huyan Dangtu’s eyes light up!
As long as Lan can realize half of this idea, it will be a strong support for him.
Those two Ten Thousand Riders will exert the power of more than ten Thousand Riders at the critical moment!
This made Huyan Dangtu lament the fear of future generations, and at the same time he also developed a love for talents.
In the future, he can even give up his position as General Zuo, allowing such talents to stand in a higher position and play more roles.
And he can safely assist and protect Shan Yu and King Zuo Xian, and hide behind the scenes again!
However, all this is based on the fact that the Huns won this battle, or at least drew.
Any failure may cause the Huns to lose their hegemony, fall apart, or even be destroyed forever!
Thinking of this, Huyan Dangtu turned around and said to a loyal slave kneeling under his horse's legs: "Go and tell King Hunxie and King Xiutu that if their thousands of horses cannot step into the Han Dynasty's camp, then I will
We will ask King Zuoxian to deprive them of their right to participate in the Tellurium Conference!"
"As you command, Master!" The slave bowed down and then rode away with his men. (~^~)
