The first thousand two hundred and seventy-eighth section before the war (2) [5400 votes]
"General..." Wei Yang, the governor of Yaoyang, still couldn't give up and said: "Even if our army can fulfill the general's wish and kill ten thousand Xiongnu horses, I'm afraid it won't help..."
Everyone else also nodded.
The Xiongnu had ten thousand cavalry, and their troop strength was generally around four thousand.
The number of 10,000 horses directly under the headquarters and the royal court is more, but it will not exceed 10,000.
Exchange Yaoyang Sai and Bai Tan Sai for one thousand Xiongnu cavalry.
For the people of Yuyang, this is a loss-making business!
Not to mention, destroying one Huns' Ten Thousand Cavalry will not change the situation of the battle.
Moreover, the Huns are all cavalry, and it may not be that simple to kill ten thousand of the enemy's cavalry.
Maybe if one is not good enough, he will be exploited by the Huns.
The Han army in the wild is likely to be surrounded and divided by the Huns without any danger to defend.
Even if the enemy was really eaten, without Yaoyang, Baitan, Huixi and Huayansai being exposed to the Huns' front, they wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
Li Guang said with a smile: "Don't worry, gentlemen, I have already made a plan..."
"As long as we can kill the Huns' leading cavalry, then I can prepare a great gift for the Huns!"
"Gentlemen, please don't forget..." Li Guang stood up, looked at the generals, and said, "I, Yuyang, will never fight alone!"
"The vast country of Yan! Even the whole world stands behind our army!"
"At the time when I was ordered, the Emperor had already ordered the Feihu Army to leave Feihukou and rush to the Shanggu Valley from Zhongshan Kingdom!"
"The Xiliu Camp led by Chariot General Yi Zong and the elites of the northern and southern armies have at least reached Shangdang County at this moment!"
"General Xu Han and the Governor of the Anton Protectorate have received orders and are coming on the starry night!"
"In addition, Yanzhao County soldiers have been fully mobilized!"
"What the Huns are going to face is not the soldiers and civilians of Yuyang, Shanggu and Youbeiping, but the heroes of the entire Yanzhao and even the entire world!" Li Guang said proudly: "So, in this battle, I and you all will fight.
Our mission is not how many Huns troops to destroy, nor how many Huns to defeat, but how to contain the Huns in the area of the Great Wall at the least cost!"
When everyone heard this, their hearts were surging and they couldn't help themselves!
Today's Han Empire is indeed at its peak and extremely powerful!
The Xiongnu defeated Mayi first and then Gaoque. The three armies were completely devastated and all six divisions were dead!
Even his rightful king bowed his head in Anton and surrendered to the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty was undoubtedly destined by destiny and was destined to rule the world.
Under such dynastic momentum, some literati and poets have already shouted out deafening voices.
Promoting the theory that the Han Empire must lead the world:
What is contained in the earth, between Liuhe, within the eight wastelands, and in the four seas, is passed by the sun and moon, and is governed by Tai Sui. Born from heaven and earth, guided by the gods, and wherever the sun shines, they are all the concubines of the Han Dynasty!
Since wherever the sun shines, there are Han ministers and concubines, then this world should be dominated and decided by China!
Although the generals in Yuyang are not yet so heroic and confident.
But they all have similar ideas.
"But, if that's the case, why don't our army want Yang and Baitan and try our best to resist?" Yang Shi still couldn't understand, he said very affectionately: "Where Yang fortress lives, it needs to be by the water; where Baitan lives, it needs to be moistened by water.
On the other side, Yanshan Mountain is behind us, the tide flows in front of our fields, our ancestors are buried in the mountains and mausoleums, and above the plain is our home and ancestral home! If the Huns come, we will fight with them.
The last moment! Every inch of mountains and rivers, every inch of blood!"
"One inch of mountains and rivers, one inch of blood..." The Yuyang generals immediately became excited.
Even Li Guang was moved!
This kind of nostalgia and deep affection for his family and his country moved him deeply.
However, Li Guang knew very well that this kind of bloody loyalty could not lead to victory.
He sighed softly: "If all the kings died in the battle, who will sacrifice the ancestors in the future and who will guard Sangzi?"
"Yuyang already has a small population and poor land. If all the public servants die for the country, where will Yuyang go in the future? Who will support orphans and widowed mothers?"
This is indeed a very real problem.
Moreover, all the generals also understand that not everyone will sacrifice their lives to protect Sangzi like them.
Every veteran knows that on the battlefield, under heavy pressure, especially when surrounded by enemies, many, many unexpected situations will happen.
Human nature in war is fragile and ridiculous.
No one can guarantee that everyone is the same as themselves and can put life and death at risk.
Therefore, for a while, all the Yuyang generals fell silent.
Li Guang took the opportunity and said: "But according to my strategy, it doesn't need to be like this!"
He looked at everyone and said: "Besides, I never said that I would not keep Yaoyang and Baitan..."
His eyes were bright and he said excitedly: "What I said is that it can be defended but cannot be defended!"
"Keshou means that if the Huns come with few people, then our army will play with them here..."
"Undefendable means...if the main force of the Huns comes, then our army will immediately burn the city and retreat quickly from the straight road..."
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At this time, on the grassland about three hundred miles away from the command post of Captain Yaoyang, the Xiongnu Shanyu military ministers were also discussing the march with his nobles.
"Da Chanyu!" King Tunshan bowed slightly and reported: "I was ordered to send agents to mix with the merchants after the Battle of Gaoque to investigate the situation of the Han Dynasty. We have now figured out the Han Dynasty's border defense situation!
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For the Huns, if they wanted to figure out the basic situation of a specific Han frontier fortress, it would really be difficult for them.
After all, the border between Han and Hungary was so long, and the Huns had many ways to get close to the Han and Hungarians for reconnaissance.
In particular, the Xiongnu still had many surrendered and escaped Han criminals and officials.
These people are the most hardcore and most dedicated slaves who work for the Huns!
With the help of these people, although the Huns may not be able to figure out the specific situation of the Han Dynasty, they can still figure out the general situation.
And this time, they even made a big discovery.
King Tunshan handed a brand-new military map of Yuyang and Youbeiping to the military ministers, and said proudly: "I sent a slave to get the latest map of the Han Dynasty from the palace of King Yan of the Han Dynasty.
map!"
"Ah... Submit it quickly!" The military officials were overjoyed. They had always wanted the maps of the Han Dynasty, but the Han Dynasty had very strict control over them and restricted access to these maps to only officials and nobles of a certain level.
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This left the Huns with almost nowhere to eat.
After all, today's Han Dynasty officials and nobles, as long as they are promising, will not associate with the Huns.
But those guys who are willing to sell everything for money have no access to these secrets.
After taking the map, the military officer held it in his hand and couldn't put it down and said: "What a map! What a map! With this map, it is better than ten thousand cavalry!"
Then, he asked: "How did King Tunshan get this picture?"
"I dare not hide it from the Great Chanyu..." King Tunshan said with a smile: "The King of Yan in the Han Dynasty regarded wealth as his life and was as greedy as a vulture. I sent a servant to take some money from Daxia and Kangju.
Treasure, I easily bought this picture from his palace..."
"Good!" the military officials praised: "King Tunshan has made a great contribution!"
King Tunshan also said proudly: "When the Great Chanyu conquers Jicheng of Yan State, then everything owned by King Yan will belong to the Great Chanyu!"
After hearing this, the military officials were even more elated and couldn't help themselves.
The biggest goal of his trip was to conquer Jicheng, the capital of the Yan State of the Han Dynasty, in retaliation for the Han Dynasty's breach of Gaoque last year!
He even wanted to capture King Yan of the Han Dynasty and bring him and his concubines back to the grassland.
This was used to avenge the humiliation caused by the Han Dynasty's breach of Gaoque and the forced landing of King Youxian last year, in order to achieve a balance of terror between Han and Hungary.
Holding the map, the military minister couldn't put it down and looked at it several times. It turned out that he couldn't understand it, so he could only hand it back to King Tunshan and said: "Please Tunshan Shanyu and all the nobles, please explain this."
These symbols and lines on the diagram..."
King Tunshan held it in his hand and said with some embarrassment: "Reporting to the Great Chanyu, I have asked many people who surrendered in the Han Dynasty, and they all said that they could not explain it..."
The military minister's face immediately fell.
The other nobles were extremely embarrassed.
But there is no way!
Who said that between the Han and the Hungarians, not only was the gap in national and military strength too great, but also in terms of civilization, there was already a huge gap.
In the past, the Xiongnu could still study and learn from the Han Dynasty by demoting people and officials from the Han Dynasty.
But now, the speed of development of the Han Dynasty and the things it has developed, even those who were demoted in the Han Dynasty in the old days cannot understand.
During the Battle of Gaoque, some Huns cavalry risked their lives to snatch back several pieces of equipment from the Han Dynasty.
They even snatched back a Han Dynasty sword (Mo Dao).
Originally, the military officials wanted to create a copycat so that the Xiongnu could make and use such terrifying weapons!
As a result, after the sword was delivered to the hands of the craftsmen captured from the Western Regions, it turned into an item that could not be explained or imitated.
At that time, the military officials realized how big the gap between Han and Huns was.
The Huns were only just beginning in the Bronze Age, but the Han Dynasty people had already entered the Iron Age, which was several times higher than the Bronze Age.
Today, even the maps of the Han Dynasty are difficult for the Huns to understand.
Then in the future, wouldn’t it be true that in the future, the Han Dynasty would place their weapons, equipment and military manuals in front of the Huns, and the Huns would not be able to explain them clearly?
This reminded the military officials of what Landosin once said to him, Shanyu. Now that we, the Huns, want to reverse the fate of our country, we can only learn from the Han Dynasty, and we must learn from the Han Dynasty in all aspects.
Learn their writing, institutions, laws and mathematics!
Otherwise, the Huns will be destroyed by the Han Dynasty sooner or later!
Now it seems that Landosin was right, the Xiongnu must learn from the Han Dynasty!
And it must be done immediately!
"If I can capture senior officers and senior scribes of the Han Dynasty this time, I will definitely recruit them and let them be used for me!" the military minister thought in his heart.
The terrible gap between Han and Hungarians deeply stimulated him.
In the face of the crisis of national subjugation and genocide, he no longer cared about any traditions.
Because, now the situation is very clear, if you don’t change or learn, you will perish!
Thinking of this, the military minister said to King Tunshan: "King Tunshan, you are the younger brother of Ben Shanyu, a famous wise man among our great Huns, and you are related by blood to the royal family of the Han Dynasty! Since the emperor of the Han Dynasty dared to appoint that
Rebellion is a Chanyu, and you call yourself a Chanyu! The Chanyu will confer you the title of King of Xia, and order you to take full charge of and deploy the recruitment of Han Dynasty literati, military officers and nobles!"
"Yes!" King Tunshan, oh, no, the Hun noble who was already King of Xia knelt down and said.
The military minister then looked at the other nobles and said: "This Shanyu has been thinking about a problem since the Western Expedition... This problem is that our great Xiongnu can no longer go on like this without systems and rules. The Han Dynasty is so powerful today.
It’s because they have systems and rules, and the emperor’s authority is supreme!”
"After this battle, this Chanyu will carry out reforms and promote the Xia Dynasty! From King Zuoxian onwards, each tribe's clan must invite a Han Dynasty literati to be their teacher! This Chanyu will also learn the system of the Han Dynasty
, establish Shaofu and Tingwei to manage the property, pastures and disputes among the grassland tribes!"
"I, the great Xiongnu, are descendants of the emperor of the Xia Dynasty of China. This is something that the people of the Han Dynasty also admit... Nowadays, it is not shameful to learn from the Han Dynasty..." The military minister used the excuse of making peace with the Han Dynasty in the past and said again,
This can also be regarded as a fig leaf, intended to comfort myself. I am not learning from the Han Dynasty, but returning to the system of my ancestors. This is also easier to convince people in terms of propaganda and tradition.
The other nobles also nodded silently after hearing this.
In fact, after the Battle of Mayi, the voice of learning from the Han Dynasty had already appeared within the Xiongnu.
The Battle of Gaoque completely shattered the Xiongnu’s dream of hegemony.
It also made all the Xiongnu nobles have to face the problem that the Han Dynasty was strong and the Xiongnu was weak.
Learning from the Han Dynasty has even become a consensus within the Xiongnu. At least among the Xiongnu, no matter what the position of the tribes is, whether they like the military ministers or not, they all know that not learning from the Han Dynasty will lead to their own destruction.
In order to avoid the destruction of the country and the species, even the most decadent Xiongnu nobles knew that they must learn from the Han Dynasty.
Especially the military system and training methods of the Han Dynasty!
It is a pity that the Xiongnu now want to learn from the Han Dynasty, but they no longer have the conditions.
Because no more Han Dynasty officials and nobles took the initiative to defect on a large scale.
Even if there are, they are just crooked melons and cracked jujubes that could not survive in the Han Dynasty.
This time, the military officials came in full force and invaded the south with all their strength. In addition to revenge, their biggest goal was to plunder high-ranking intellectuals from the Han Dynasty to help him carry out reforms.
"The Great Chanyu..." King Xia, who had just taken office, immediately began to pay attention to his own work. He said: "I heard that the emperor of the Han Dynasty tried his best to suppress a school of thought within the Han Dynasty called Lu Ru...
...Perhaps, I, the great Xiongnu, can start with Lu Ru and get what we need..."
The military officials did not know why the Han emperor wanted to suppress this school of thought called Lu Ru.
Perhaps it was because this school offended the Emperor of the Han Dynasty?
However, no matter what the reason was, this gave the Huns a chance!
The military minister then nodded and said: "Leave this matter to King Xia!" (~^~)
