On the grasslands, the biggest change was the Huns themselves.
To the Huns, the Battle of Mayi was like one duck, and the Battle of Gaoque was like two ducks.
The Battle of Mayi destroyed the myth of the invincibility of the Huns' cavalry and exposed the illusion that the Huns' army dominated the world.
The Battle of Gaoque trampled the dignity and self-confidence of the entire Xiongnu into the mud!
General Zuo commanded eleven thousand cavalry and at least five of his headquarters' ten thousand cavalry. He had an absolutely superior force and occupied a favorable location, but he was still completely defeated.
Especially in the Battle of Heyin, the Huns' military strength was at least three times that of the Han army.
As a result, he was confused by the Han army.
The Han Dynasty did not even dispatch the divine cavalry, but the main force of the Xiongnu suffered heavy losses and retreated in embarrassment. In the process of retreating, they even suffered a heavy blow.
The Xubu, Huyan, and Lan clans were once so majestic that a single force of ten thousand knights could defeat the world. The moment they saw the divine knights of the Han Dynasty, they abandoned their tribes, livestock, women and children, and fled in embarrassment.
After traveling hundreds of miles, they fled into Gaoque.
After that, they did not dare to leave the city to fight in the field in Gaoque, and sat back and watched the Han army build a camp from scratch under the city of Gaoque.
In the end, Gaoque City was destroyed by a meteorite falling from the sky.
No one can calculate how many troops and livestock the Huns lost during the entire battle of Gaoque.
However, the whole of Mu Nan was crippled overnight, and the Han Dynasty army occupied Gaoque and controlled Beihe and Yangshan. By the spring, they would probably come to Yinshan.
The Huns had never experienced anything like this.
Everything they were once proud of became worthless in front of the Han Dynasty.
Countless people have fallen into confusion and despair.
Many nobles are thinking about a question in their hearts: How long can the Xiongnu Empire last?
One year? Five years? Or ten years?
But, in short, sooner or later it will fall apart under the offensive of the Han Dynasty.
This is not something exaggerated or impossible.
But the obvious question.
The grassland empire, the dynasty of the people who lead the way, always repeats the historical cycle of "it rises and falls suddenly".
In fact, they experienced similar historical cycles, which were more frequent and sudden than the periodic law of the Central Plains Dynasty.
For Chinese dynasties, even if they come to an end, many can still struggle for decades, and some powerful countries can even struggle for hundreds of years, and maybe they can revive the empire.
But the ZTE Empire has never happened on the grassland.
Moreover, most nomadic empires collapsed so quickly that it is unimaginable.
In known history, the Donghu Empire was completely defeated in just two years. The Yuezhi lasted longer, but only for more than ten years.
Therefore, even the Huns themselves have many powerful tribal leaders who are thinking about the future.
This is a normal reaction for the people who lead the bow.
After all, for nomads, the biggest and ultimate issue is survival and continuity.
For the survival and continuation of the tribe, the nomads can go beyond the limits of endurance of any other ethnic group, even to the point of recognizing thieves as their fathers.
For example, at least half of the members of the Xiongnu tribe today are from the former Donghu tribe and Yuezhi tribe.
On the grassland, this is normal.
The strong man is too strong and we cannot defeat him at all. What should we do?
Try your best to join it!
When a tribe is rising, it will always absorb a large number of surrenders and surrenders from other tribes to enrich its own strength.
This rule is the truth of the grassland not just now, but even in a thousand years.
At this moment, many tribal leaders are weighing a question in their minds: Should we send someone to communicate with the Han Dynasty people?
However, the atmosphere inside Yinshan is completely opposite.
Inside and outside the Yulin Fortress, the migrating Xiongnu tribe formed a huge group stretching for tens of miles.
Countless people and livestock formed a long and dense queue, passing through Yulinsai Road and evacuating to Hexi.
For them, they also had to retreat to Juyanze before the blizzard came outside the Great Wall.
Otherwise, they won't be able to leave once the blizzard arrives.
When spring comes and the ice and snow melt, the Han Dynasty cavalry is likely to appear beside them.
Huyandangtu was also among the evacuating team.
Now, he has almost seven or eight thousand cavalry by his side.
These were the Huns' cavalry that he gathered and reorganized after escaping from Gaoque.
As for the others?
Huyan Dangtu didn't know their whereabouts either.
Maybe they were also in the retreating army, maybe they were captured by the Han Dynasty in Gaoque City, or maybe they were killed in the chaos of Gaoque, or more likely they were scattered in the vast land between the rivers.
On the road, he rode his horse alone, wandering around, and finally died of starvation and freezing on the road.
This is also the usual fate of nomadic peoples after their disintegration.
Looking at the majestic Yin Mountain, the lush forest is dense and prosperous. Every spring, the entire slopes of Yin Mountain are filled with various flowers, and countless bees and butterflies shuttle among them.
Huyan Dangtu even remembered that when he was very young, his mother once took him to find food for survival in this majestic mountain.
The pleasant and fragrant honey taste will remain in his memory forever.
"Will this be the last time I see Yinshan Mountain?" Huyan Dangtu suddenly felt heart palpitations.
Yinshan Mountain has a special meaning in the hearts of the Huns, especially the Huns aristocrats.
Most of them spent their childhood and adolescence here.
Many, many people, including Shanyu, completed the transformation from riding sheep to riding horses, and completed the transformation from teenagers to hunters, under the protection of Yinshan Mountain, in the lush forests and vast grasslands.
This is the auspicious land of the Xiongnu and the place where the Huns rose.
But now, the Huns may lose it forever.
Thinking of this, Huyan Dangtu couldn't help sobbing, tears streaming down his cheeks.
Like him, countless Hun nobles and cavalry couldn't help but burst into tears as they looked up at the majestic Yin Mountain.
For the Huns, losing Yinshan means losing their roots.
But they had to give up this place.
The loss of Gaoque made Yinshan Mountain virtually undefendable.
How long can Yulinsai survive under the terrifying siege weapons of the Han Dynasty?
Unable to defeat the Han army in the field, the Huns had no choice but to reluctantly give up and move to the west.
We can only hope that the vast grasslands and the complex Hexi Corridor can slow down the progress of the Han Dynasty army, so that the Huns can find a way to defeat the Han Dynasty army, or at least gain the ability to confront the Han Dynasty army in field battles.
We can no longer be like now, completely beaten by the Han Dynasty people, and even tortured in different ways!
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It is different from the whine of the Huns.
When the news that Gaoque City returned to the embrace of China spread to the Great Wall.
The whole northern country immediately became excited.
From Yunzhong to Taiyuan, Jinyang, Gaonu, and Yanmen, almost all cities and villages celebrated this great victory with singing and dancing.
For the majority of the people, the recapture of Gaoque means that they are safe.
In the past, the Huns' cavalry who occupied the Riverlands were condescending and threatened their safety everywhere.
The people in Yunzhong, Beidi, and Daishang have to be wary even when they go out to farm.
As for the border people along the Great Wall, they will be more vigilant every autumn and winter.
The recovery of Gaoque means that the Huns will no longer be able to invade them from the Hejian Land.
The Great Wall of Qin and Zhao has since been restored as a whole.
By the time Liu Che received the notice that Gaoque City had been occupied by the Han army, it was already the end of October.
In Chang'an, it has also begun to snow heavily.
The entire Weiyang Palace was covered in silver.
"Immediately send someone to inform the two empress dowagers in the East Palace!" Liu Che couldn't hide his excitement after reading the memorial: "Please, the empress dowager and the empress dowager, always... no! I will personally go over and inform the two empress dowagers of this good news!"
Of course, such a great victory must be shared with the two queen mothers.
Of course, the more important thing is to show off and show off.
Who are you showing off to? Show off?
Of course it is Gao Di Liu Bang, Taizong Liu Heng and the late emperor!
Liu Che remembered that he once swore before his father's death that he would burn down the Xiongnu Empire and accompany him.
Now, this task is almost half completed.
Retaking the homeland of Qin and Zhao meant that the Han Dynasty shifted from strategic attack to all-out attack.
The struggle for hegemony between Han and Hungary and the competition for the world's big brother have become intense.
Next, the mission of Liu Che and the Han Dynasty is to use five to ten years to completely destroy or surrender to the Xiongnu, extend the territory and control of the Han Dynasty to the Western Regions, and open the door to Central Asia!
Liu Che even seemed to see the world waving to him.
The rich and beautiful Central Asia, the simple and kind-hearted people of Sange, and the relatives of Daqin who are in dire straits are all waiting for the King of Han Dynasty to save their fate and liberate their country so that they can also know benevolence, justice, morality, loyalty, forgiveness, filial piety.
, get rid of ignorance and move toward civilization!
Half an hour later, Liu Che appeared in the Yongshou Hall of Changle Palace on a chariot.
At this time, Empress Dowager Dou and Empress Dowager Bo also already knew the news that the Han army had captured Gaoque.
Empress Dowager Dou and Empress Dowager Bo have stayed away from politics in recent years, so they don't quite know what Gaoque City means.
However, the king's army left the fortress and marched thousands of miles to restore the homeland of Qin and Zhao. Emperor Xue Gao and Empress Lu were humiliated and avenged the country.
These are undisputed facts.
It is also proof that the Han Empire has reached great power!
Therefore, the two queen mothers were all smiling.
Liu Che then raised his head and bowed, kowtowed and said: "My grandson wishes to express my regards to the Imperial Grandmother, Queen Mother! I would like to say to the Imperial Grandmother, Queen Mother: Thanks to the blessing of our ancestors and the blessings of the country, Master Wang has decided to build a high palace and restore the old city of King Wuling of Zhao.
After marching thousands of miles, the Xiongnu army has been defeated, and the king's army will be able to conquer the entire homeland of Qin and Zhao in just a short time!"
"Thank you for your hard work, Emperor..." Empress Dowager Dou said with a smile: "Emperor Taizong and Emperor Renzong are under Jiuquan. I'm afraid I will be happy to know about the emperor's great achievements!"
"This is all the result of the Imperial Grandmother's teachings..." Liu Che bowed again.
Empress Dowager Dou has been very cooperative and conscientious over the years. Without her cooperation, restraint and tolerance, Liu Chejian would not have been able to implement his plan so smoothly.
The so-called sedan chair is used to carry people.
With Empress Dowager Dou being so cooperative, Liu Che would naturally reciprocate the favor.
Not only did he treat the Dou family with kindness, but he also gave countless rewards.
He also vigorously cultivated the next generation of the Dou family.
"What the emperor has done is a blessing to the country!" Empress Dowager Bo also said: "For such a great achievement, the emperor should report it to the Taimiao Temple, Taizong Temple and Renzong Temple, and report to the ancestors!"
Liu Che bowed and said, "This is a major matter for the family and the country, and we are about to ask the imperial grandmother and queen mother to preside over it!"
This is natural. In name, in the current Han Dynasty, the two queen mothers have the highest status.
After all, the Han family values ruling the world with filial piety.
As the emperor, he must set an example for the people of the world.
At least on the surface, everyone must respect and compliment Dong Gong.
When Empress Dowager Dou and Empress Dowager Bo heard this, they both smiled and said, "The emperor is interested!"
Queen Mother Dou was filled with emotions!
She remembered very clearly that when her husband was still alive, he had been ordered to fight to the death with the Huns in military uniform several times.
If not for the desperate efforts of Empress Dowager Bo at that time and the hard persuasion of the ministers, the emperor would have gone to fight the Huns long ago.
Even when he was dying, he was looking at the Great Wall on the map, speechless for a long time.
As for the time of the late emperor?
Queen Mother Dou's memory became clearer.
At that time, when the late emperor had just ascended the throne, the Xiongnu Chanyu led a large army to block the pass.
The Huns cavalry returned to the middle road, and the beacon fire could be seen in Ganquan Palace.
The Han monarchs and ministers were very angry. The late emperor imitated Emperor Taizong, wore military uniforms, summoned his generals, and prepared to go to war with the Xiongnu.
In the end, Chao Cuo persuaded him to stop.
In just ten years, and only six years after the death of the late emperor, the Han family, under the rule of the current emperor, had completed the great cause that the two emperors Taizong and Renzong had never forgotten. The king's army went out of the fortress, and the final word was that the Huns were defeated. According to legend, the Han family except Zhi
In addition to the heavy losses of the capital, the other two armies were even as easy as they were when they destroyed North Korea!
This made Queen Mother Dou really emotional!
During the reign of Emperor Taizong and the late emperor, the Xiongnu army, which once made the Han Dynasty feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and even the whole country could fight against it, now seems to be as weak as a chicken and a dog.
Queen Mother Dou even had some doubts, was this a joke?
You know, during the Battle of Mayi, she was so nervous that she couldn't sleep all night. Even this time, she prayed to her ancestors day and night, feeling very uneasy and worried about the safety of the army.
But who could have imagined that, whether it was Mayi or this time, the Han army had the help of gods and easily defeated the Huns army that had once made the Han family fearful and even a nightmare.
Perhaps in the future, it will no longer be a fantasy to capture Chanyu from the north and bring the crime to justice.
Empress Dowager Dou leaned on crutches and sighed in her heart: "Aijia, it seems it is right to let go! The emperor has grown into a figure like Emperor Taizong..."
Empress Dowager Bo was filled with joy and her face looked happy. For her, Liu Che's success was equal to her success.
Even after his death in the future, he will be under Jiuquan. He will no longer be blamed by his ancestors for having no heirs. He will even have to cover his face and not dare to see the ancestors of the Liu family.
Because, although she did not give birth to Liu's children, she supported and cultivated a Liu family's holy king! (To be continued.) 8
