The first thousand three hundred and sixty-ninth bloody retreat (1)
After establishing its position, Juli Lake immediately issued an order to prepare for retreat.
And retreat immediately!
Regarding this issue, all tribes have already made preparations. Many tribes were even preparing to retreat more than ten days ago.
Since the Han Dynasty people can't defeat them by surprise, what are they doing here? Are they celebrating the New Year?
This is especially true for those from the Tokugawa tribe!
Since ancient times, the Huns have always been like a flock of birds when they win, and disintegrate when they lose.
They had had enough of wasting money like this under the Great Wall as early as the time of the Shanyu.
However, the previous military officials refused to withdraw their troops.
He was like a gambler who lost his mind and dragged the entire Huns to bet on the fate of the country with the Han Dynasty.
result……
He lost the bet.
So he died.
Once the military minister died, the withdrawal was naturally a matter of course.
Countless tribes immediately began making chaotic preparations to withdraw their troops.
How chaotic are they?
Even the poor people in Yuyang Fortress know about it!
At this moment, Bo Shi was in the rain and fog, holding up his telescope and looking at the fishing river bank in the distance.
Because of the heavy rain, he couldn't see much.
However, a shadow can also be seen.
I saw that the entire Yushui was now crowded into a huge wall composed of densely packed people and horses by various Xiongnu tribes eager to retreat.
Although it is unclear how many Huns there are now, but...
Bo Shi already knows about his meritorious deeds and wants to run away?
"Junchen, this idiot..." Putting down his telescope, Bo Shi shook his head and sighed, "Does he think it's too difficult for us to achieve something?"
In Bo Shi's eyes, the Huns retreating like this is tantamount to giving away their lives!
It is not difficult to guess the actions of the Huns. They must now be planning to cross the Yushui River, cross the Yanshan Mountains, and return to the grassland.
But the problem is...
Withdrawing troops is always extremely difficult.
Especially when there are enemies on the side, how can such a simple thing be done?
You must know that the number of troops and horses the Huns want to retreat is not one thousand two thousand, nor ten thousand twenty thousand.
It is a huge group with at least 60,000 cavalry, 100,000 horses, and 200,000 to 300,000 livestock.
If such an army wants to retreat safely, even if there is no threat from the Han army, without good planning and organization, it will definitely turn into a disaster!
In particular, now the Huns still need to cross the fishing water.
Since ancient times, the number of armies that have died crossing the river is unknown!
Not to mention that the Huns didn’t even have boats!
"Commander! Please allow me to lead my cavalry to fight, and chase them one after another..." Immediately, several captains came to ask for battle.
In the eyes of these captains, the Huns are now like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
But Bo Shi smiled and waved his hand, saying: "Wait a minute... If we fight the Huns now, it is very likely that they will have to fight with all their might. Even if we can win, our army will suffer great losses. When the Huns are in chaos again,
At some point, by then, our army may be able to achieve maximum results without any effort!"
Bo Shi knew very well that since ancient times, once any army loses organization and order, it will be difficult to restore it.
Moreover, the chaos in this army will only become more serious, not the other way around.
Besides, there is a saying in the art of war: Don’t cover up when you return to the army!
An army is eager to go home. If someone tries to prevent them from going home, they will fight tooth and nail.
Rather than do this, it is better to wait.
When the Huns are in disarray, the victory will be easy to gain.
"But..." an officer said unwillingly: "What should we do if the Xiongnu Chanyu and his nobles escape because of this?"
"If you run away, just run away!" Unlike these officers, Bo Shi didn't care at all that the Xiongnu Chanyu, the royal family, etc. ran away.
He straightened his chest, looked in the direction of Chang'an, and said: "Compared with the Xiongnu Chanyu, the Emperor would rather see the Huns bleeding here!"
Bo Shi knew that after Chanyu died, he could still stand up again.
But if all the young Xiongnu are going to die, then the future of the Xiongnu will be bleak.
You know, since this battle has been fought so far, including the results in the Zaoyang area, the Han army has annihilated nearly 50,000 Xiongnu cavalry in two months.
Especially not long ago, its ace Xu Huan army was also completely wiped out.
Almost all of these 50,000 riders are young and strong!
In other words, in two months, the Han army left at least 50,000 Xiongnu domes without men!
And now, on the battlefield covering hundreds of miles from Yuyang to Xixi, there are still at least 60,000 cavalrymen trying to escape north.
If we kill these people again, even if only half of them are killed.
The Xiongnu will lose more than 80,000 young men!
And these people are basically young men from the Xiongnu tribe, or at least young men who are close to the Xiongnu tribe.
The Xiongnu, who had lost so many young men, would soon face the embarrassment of Zhao after the Changping Battle.
Without young men, there is no hope for the future of the Xiongnu.
In other words, in this battle, it no longer matters whether the Xiongnu Chanyu and the nobles are killed or not. They have been frightened out of their courage anyway, and are just a bunch of bereaved dogs with their tails between their legs.
On the contrary, it was the young men, the young Huns cavalry.
Whether it's killing them on the battlefield or capturing them.
Every time there is one more, the Xiongnu becomes weaker!
"Bring the wine..." Bo Shi said with a smile: "Today, we will end the Xiongnu's hegemony!"
When all the generals heard this, they all laughed.
Indeed, after this battle, the Xiongnu hegemony collapsed.
Starting today, the Hun Empire, the haze that once shrouded China for more than sixty years, no longer exists.
Now it is the turn of the Han soldiers to become the Huns’ eternal nightmare!
Kou can go! I can go too!
The Han army and civilians are full of confidence, and everyone is already looking forward to the dream of developing Hexi and managing the Western Regions in the future!
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It is different from the excitement of the Han army.
The Chanyu of Julihu who had just assumed the position had not yet had time to enjoy the scenery of his position as Chanyu.
He has already had to face the biggest crisis since he took office.
After he issued the order to withdraw his troops, the entire Huns, from top to bottom, including dozens of tribes, rushed to retreat northward.
These tribes did not take his orders seriously at all.
No one criticized him.
Everyone just wanted to go home, return to the grassland, and escape from the Han Dynasty people.
If they were on the open grassland, there would be nothing wrong with them doing this.
But the problem is that they are now under the strong city of the Han Dynasty.
The road ahead was blocked, so they could only follow the ancient trail, cross the fishing water, and cross Yanshan Mountain.
So, they were miserable.
Countless people and horses blocked the river bank.
People in front can't leave, and people behind can't get up.
People and horses crowded together, pushing and jostling.
Conflicts occurred in many places.
Some tribes even fought over the position to cross the river.
This left Julihu at a loss what to do and made him anxious.
"Da Chanyu, please cross the river first..." Huyan Dangtu walked to Guli Lake in the heavy rain and said, "Leave the affairs here to the slaves..."
"How to do it?" Julihu asked coldly: "General Zuo, is there any way?"
Huyan Dangtu shook his head when he heard this.
Not to mention him, I am afraid that even if the great Chanyu Maodun is resurrected and the old great Chanyu climbs out of the grave, there will definitely be nothing he can do in the face of such a situation.
Now, the organization and order of each tribe have been completely paralyzed.
The leaders of many tribes can no longer even distinguish between their own slaves and those from other tribes.
Julihu knew that if he didn't handle it well, he, the Shanyu who had just taken office, might be overthrown immediately.
Thinking of this, Julihu gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "General Zuo, you immediately take the personal guards of this Shanyu to suppress everyone and maintain order. Anyone who dares to disobey the order will be killed immediately!"
"Yes!" Huyan Dangtu nodded quickly. This is indeed the only way now, and it is probably the most effective way!
The people who lead the bow have always been a group that is difficult to order and command, because their nature is free and loose.
The only thing that can make them obey is blood and killing.
The Huns were also accustomed to obeying orders under the threat of whips and butcher knives.
But the question is, how much deterrent can the current Chanyu have?
Looking at Huyan Dangtu's retreating figure, Gulihu gave the order again, saying: "Pass my order to the nobles and leaders of all ministries to immediately abandon all baggage, livestock, wounded, old and weak! Tell the leaders of each ministry that if you don't want to die,
, just do as the Chanyu says!"
"Yes!" Several nobles followed the order and left.
Juli Lake fell into deeper silence.
The chaos of this retreat made him understand more deeply that the Xiongnu must reform, and the urgency of reform has reached the point where they will perish immediately if they don't reform!
"More than two hundred years ago, Qin Xiaogong's reform in the Han Dynasty was successful with the help of Lord Shang..." Goulihu sighed: "Where is Lord Shang of this Shanyu?"
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When Huyan Dangtu led Shan Yuting's cavalry, brandished their butcher knives, and killed hundreds of people who disobeyed orders, the order on the river bank became slightly better.
But it's only slightly better.
Under the shock of the butcher's knife and blood, although the Xiongnu tribes began to obey the orders, the effect was the same.
The reason is that these retreating tribes not only brought slaves, herdsmen and livestock with them.
Some guys even brought their domes, pots and pans, and food and grass with them.
This is the real culprit behind the current congestion on fishing river banks.
After all, to most tribes, any property is valuable.
Especially now that they did not gain anything during the southern invasion, but suffered heavy losses, they now regard everything as their fate.
Especially the cavalry and minor nobles below.
Everyone knows that if these materials are discarded now, the only thing waiting for him and his family will be starvation and freezing in the cold winter.
Therefore, when the order from Juli Lake was passed to the various tribes, everyone was immediately in a panic.
"What is Chanyu going to do?" Many people were furious and shouted loudly: "Without the dome and the pots and bowls, how can we live?"
Especially those from small tribes, their necks were red.
The Xiongnu Empire suffered the most heavy losses during this southern invasion.
In the early sieges, they were the coolies who dug ditches and built military forts, and were cannon fodder to fill in the moats of the Han Dynasty.
We have already suffered heavy losses and cannot save three out of ten.
Now, the Chanyu asked them to abandon the livestock and domes on which they relied for a living.
This is tantamount to letting them freeze to death and starve to death when they return.
Even the big tribes can't stand it now.
"Shan Yuruo really wants to do this?" A nobleman threatened: "We are going through life and death for the Great Huns, but who are we doing it for?"
Some people even drew their knives directly, looking like they were going to fight to the death.
When the envoys from Juli Lake saw this, they did not dare to intensify the conflict and came back one after another to report.
There was nothing he could do about Juli Lake. He looked at the Han Dynasty Yuyang Fortress in the distance that was blurred in the rain and fog. He knew that he didn't have much time left for him.
He could only grit his teeth and said: "Go and tell the ministries that as long as they return to the grassland, this Shanyu will definitely compensate them for all their losses!"
He raised his head, showed a fierce face, and said: "This Shanyu allows all the tribes to go to the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions to vent their anger, but they will not seal the sword for three days!"
The Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions were originally long-term meal tickets and blood bags for the Xiongnu.
In the past few decades, even if the Huns suffered a bloody blow at the foot of the Great Wall, they could turn to these thirty-six countries to make up for their losses.
Because of this, the Huns would leave these thirty-six countries.
It's not because the Huns have a good temper, but because these thirty-six countries are the banks of the Huns.
It's the hen that lays golden eggs.
Therefore, although the Huns were extremely exploitative in the Western Regions, they did not run rampant and kill indiscriminately.
On the contrary, in the past, the Huns even provided a solid protective umbrella to the countries in the Western Regions.
Although the Qitian Wanqi and Jinshan tribes stationed in various countries in the Western Regions occasionally oppressed and plundered, in general, their presence protected these weak Western Kingdoms from the Sai and Kangju from the west.
human invasion.
Historically, it was precisely because of the Han-Hungarian war that the power of the Huns declined. Therefore, the Western Sai and Kangju talents were able to cross Jinshan and Congling and invade various countries in the Western Regions. Buddhism and Zoroastrianism were also introduced to the Western Regions under this background.
of various countries.
Now, Juli Lake can no longer care about the little golden hen of the Western Regions.
After all, the Xiongnu has lost a lot of blood now, and it can no longer be restored by just sucking blood.
It is necessary to kill chickens and sheep and eat a pot of Shiquan Dabu Decoction in order to sustain life, maintain morale, and unite people's hearts.
Therefore, we don’t care about Juli Lake so much.
First eat the meat and bones of the countries in the Western Regions to save the lives of the Xiongnu.
Anyway, the Huns now have body poisons from Daxia, Kangju and even further afield that can suck blood.
The order from Juli Lake immediately had an immediate effect.
After receiving this answer, each tribe still had doubts, but they all followed the order and abandoned the jars, unnecessary huts, the wounded, the old and the weak.
This made the river-crossing work of the Xiongnu tribes begin to go smoothly.
But, it is just a little bit more efficient.
Tens of thousands of cavalry were still crowded beside the narrow river bank, relying on simple sheepskin rafts or rafts made of wood to cross the river.
When the rain began to subside slightly, the Huns were able to send only a few thousand people to the other side.
At this time, the vanguard of the Han cavalry had already appeared in their sight. (To be continued.)
