The appearance of the Han army immediately caused all the Xiongnu tribes to panic.
Huyan Dangtu led the army and spent a lot of effort to maintain the order that was barely maintained. Chaos immediately began to appear.
Many people cried and were pushed by people in the back row and fell into the cold and fast river.
Fishing water is not a docile river.
The Huns also had no talent for swimming.
Therefore, in just a short moment, more than a hundred people were swept away by the rapids, several rafts were overturned, and people and rafts were swept away by the rapids.
What's even more frightening is that the desire to go home makes many herdsmen restless.
They were pushing and shoving in the crowd.
At this moment, tens of thousands of people and twice that number of livestock and horses were crowded along the entire fishing bank, which was only a stretch of more than ten miles.
It seems very long, but in fact, one mile in the Han Dynasty was no more than three hundred steps.
The crossing points of the entire river section are actually only a few kilometers long.
Not to mention in the wars before the Christian era, but also in the peace period of later generations, such a dense crowd would cause a stampede if one bad move occurred!
What’s more, now?
Although, the Xiongnu nobles and Shan Yuting's army tried their best to maintain order.
However, this is simply not possible.
The herdsmen who were eager to return home led their horses and livestock and carried pots and jars on their backs. Yes, Juli Lake ordered that all their luggage be abandoned.
But what if the next command can be executed?
Are they still Huns?
There are policies and measures to counter!
Moreover, the law does not punish everyone.
It would be a dream to want the herdsmen and small nobles at the bottom of the Xiongnu to give up their lifeblood and wealth!
Although the leaders of various departments strictly enforced restrictions, they also took the lead in discarding many supplies.
But few of the people below were willing to cooperate.
Even if there are, they are in the minority.
Only the Shanyu Royal Court Headquarters in Guli Lake actually fulfilled the requirements.
Other tribes basically regarded this order as nonsense and abandoned some supplies.
Moreover, the smaller the tribe and the poorer the tribe, the lower the execution efficiency of this order.
There is no way that the big tribes and the tribes close to Chanyu, the direct tribes, and the main tribes, who are rich and wealthy, may not value these scraps of metal.
But other vast vassals and small and medium-sized tribes have to cherish their precious property as much as their lifeblood.
Although Shan Yu said that he allowed everyone to go to the Western Regions to grab enough.
But you have to be able to go!
Moreover, the new dan Yu Gulihu has just ascended the throne. Who knows if he can return to the grassland alive? Even if he goes back, who knows if he can secure his position? Even if he secures his position, he may break the contract.
But now, these people who have carried their jars and pots and refused to let go have finally tasted the bitter consequences.
Because the people behind and on the left and right were pushing him.
Countless people wanted to get on the raft as soon as possible and go to the other side to get rid of the threat of the Han Dynasty people.
And this immediately caused disaster among the Huns.
Many people were pushed to the ground by people on the left, right or behind. The things they were dragging on and in their hands now became the biggest obstacle to their survival.
Countless people were trampled and screamed in the chaos.
In some places, large groups of people were even pushed to the ground.
When Julihu saw this situation, he knew that he could not wait any longer.
"Order all clans to cross the river immediately!" He ordered with a cold face: "Anyone who dares to stop our Shan Yuting clan from crossing the river will be killed without mercy!"
Julihu knew very well that his only capital now was the clan of Shanyu Wangting.
These elite cavalry, which number no more than 20,000, are the capital for his future settlement.
It doesn't matter if everyone else is dead. As long as these cavalry are there, after he returns to the grassland, he can re-establish the order of Shan Yuting by recovering the tribes in the southern and northern parts of the country. At least, he can maintain the Xiongnu Empire.
The rule of Muhoku and the Western Regions!
"In addition, we sent an order to give priority to nobles, eagle shooters and craftsmen from all tribes to cross the river, so that other tribes can be prepared to block the Han Dynasty's cavalry raid!" Goulihu said.
Let the leader go first, that's for sure.
As for everyone else? To hell with them!
Of course, Juli Lake also knew very well that letting these people resist the Han Dynasty was a dream!
I'm afraid they will all surrender the moment they come into contact.
But it doesn't matter anymore.
Even if you surrender, you can still slow down the Han Dynasty cavalry!
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But what Juli Lake didn't expect was that someone had already surrendered.
After he gave the order to retreat, more than a dozen tribesmen from the northern part of the tent did not follow him to retreat north. Instead, they took advantage of the chaos and took the tribe's men, horses and livestock, as well as the wounded, old and weak, to kneel at the foot of Yuyang Fort.
Therefore, when Bo Shi's cavalry came out of Yuyang Fortress, the first thing they encountered were these tribes who had come to surrender.
"We and other tribes are willing to surrender to the King of Han Dynasty!" The leaders of more than a dozen tribes fell in front of Bo Shi in embarrassment and said, "I hope the general will be merciful..."
Some people even held up a book with embroidered clothes and hair, saying: "Although we are in the Xiongnu, our hearts are with the Han! General, these are the evidence that we have done things for the emperor in the past..."
Bo Shi didn't care whether these people came to surrender, nor did he care what they had done for the Han family in the past.
What he cares about is that these people are blocking the road...
You must know that the tribes who came to surrender totaled more than 10,000 people and nearly 100,000 livestock.
They were so densely packed that they blocked the entire road.
But Bo Shi just couldn't get it to happen.
After all, they are here to surrender!
This made Bo Shi really dumbfounded: "Our army was not stopped by the Huns' cavalry, but was stopped by their surrendered troops!"
This is probably an unprecedented spectacle in the history of wars in the past decades or even centuries.
However, we have to deal with these surrendered troops.
Apart from other things, the Huns did not care about hygiene. Many of them did not bathe all year round and lived with livestock.
Now it has just rained heavily, and many of these people have been caught in the rain.
If you are not careful and do not handle it properly, an epidemic may break out.
At this time, the power of an influenza is more terrifying than the plague!
This disease, which spreads through the air and saliva, can easily kill 100,000 people and cause disaster to millions.
There are regulations in the Han military training code that in such situations, all prisoners must be isolated.
With no other choice, Bo Shi had no choice but to send out light cavalry to bypass these people and continue moving forward. On the other hand, he sent out an army of his own to escort and protect these prisoners of war. At the same time, he asked Yuyang Sai to send infantry to respond and first capture the surrendered prisoners.
They were taken to Pinggu and Hunu's military camp behind the Yuyang Fortress, and they were isolated to ensure that there would be no epidemic before making any plans.
Taking advantage of this time, Bo Shi found the nobles and leaders of the surrendering tribes and learned about the internal affairs of the Xiongnu with them.
And this understanding immediately made Bo Shi unable to suppress the excitement in his heart.
"The military minister is actually dead?"
"The new chanyu is named 'Juli Lake'. Who is this?"
"So the son of Shanyu, the king of Xia of the Xiongnu? Is he the son of Emperor Gao and his princess?"
This information is extremely important and precious.
It was after learning this news that Bo Shi made a decision.
"Today's emperor is determined to establish dozens of chanyus on the grassland..." Bo Shi thought in his heart: "There have been guiyi chanyus before. Not long ago, the Xiongnu nobles in Hexi rebelled and supported their Zuoxian king as chanyu.
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"These are the two Chanyus..."
"Now that the military officials are dead, the Xiongnu split is just around the corner..."
"This sentence of Lihu Chanyu really needs to be put back..."
Unless this Chanyu is put back, there will be no chaos on the grassland!
Because if he and his army were buried here, he would actually be doing a favor to the Xiongnu tribe in Hexi.
After he died, the Hexi side was orthodox without a doubt!
As long as he is alive, it is best for the Han family!
"The name of Lihu Lake is not correct, and the words are not correct..." Bo Shi thought: "The Xiongnu Zuoxian King is a rebellious minister and traitor. In this way, the Guiyi Chanyu of my Han family will be regarded as the orthodox..."
In fact, it is no longer important today who is orthodox.
What's important is that the Huns' civil strife is about to begin!
There must be a resolution between the three Chanyus!
This is in the interests of the big man!
Bo Shi knew that after this battle, the Han family would need to digest the fruits of victory and consolidate the border.
Apart from anything else, it will take time to digest this situation in the southern and Hejian areas.
If the Huns are united, it will be extremely detrimental to their development in the next year or a few years.
It is in the interest of the country to let them turn into a mess.
However, the emperor did this, but his ministers could not do it.
If you do it, you will deceive the emperor and kill the whole family!
But if you don't do it and the Huns are not divided, the guilt is quite serious.
There is no guarantee that the future emperor will not blame him.
This makes Bo Shi a little difficult to make a choice.
It seems that no matter what choice I make, it is wrong.
"That's it!" Bo Shi thought: "Let God decide! If the Xiongnu Chanyu is still there when I rush to the river bank, then I can't blame me. I can only blame him for his bad life..."
There is no other way around this.
After all, Bo Shi knew very well that if he wanted to deliberately let go of the Huns, let alone a Shanyu, even a Guduhou, he might be chopped up by officers who wanted to take credit.
He himself can't forgive himself!
Whether he killed or captured the Xiongnu Chanyu alive, this was a deed that would go down in history and be praised by future generations for thousands of years!
The poetry of Nan Zhong is nothing more than this!
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Half an hour later, when Bo Shi's main force arrived at the bank of the Yushui River, what they saw was a messy scene.
At this moment, the order of the Huns has completely collapsed.
Previously, when Gulihu and his Shanyuting army were present, although the Xiongnu tribes were in chaos, they were still organized.
But now, everyone is scrambling to get the raft across the river.
Some people even led their horses and jumped into the river.
There was absolutely no one to take care of the wounded soldiers, the old and the weak.
They were abandoned on river banks and hillsides, gasping, begging, and crying.
The arrival of the Han cavalry did not scare them, but allowed them to see the savior.
Many people were crying, crawling and kowtowing desperately on the ground, begging the kind Han people to save their lives.
The scene of crossing the river was even more filled with the smell of blood.
There was even a carpet of corpses on the ground.
Many people trampled on the corpses, rushed into the river in despair, and were swept away by the river.
Seeing this scene, not only Bo Shi, but also other officers of the Han army fell silent.
Some generals who had been trained in Wuyuan even recalled the past events of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony told by the veteran professors of Wuyuan.
In the Battle of Haixia, the defeated Chu army was just like the Huns cavalry in front of them. They lost their organization and discipline, killed each other and trampled on each other.
Xiang Yu's 300,000 troops disappeared overnight.
"A gentleman's attitude towards animals is that he cannot bear to see them alive when they see them alive, and cannot bear to eat their flesh when he hears their sounds..." Bo Shi sighed and ordered: "Send someone to say: If you put down your weapons and surrender on the spot, you can live!" "
In the past, the Han army would of course have been eager to behead as many people as possible, especially the heads of northern captives, which were very valuable.
But today, although the Han army has pursued beheading, capturing prisoners is also a very important matter.
Today, Xiongnu prisoners of war have become the main force of the Han Dynasty's engineering team.
Whether they were building channels or constructing imperial mausoleums, these strong Huns were a good labor force.
It was precisely because of these prisoners of war that the Han family was able to liberate the Sikong Chengdan group, which totaled more than 200,000 people.
Moreover, there may be many among these Huns who are good at raising horses and livestock.
Starting from the second year of Yuande, thanks to the hard work of these Huns prisoners of war who were skilled in animal husbandry, the Han Dynasty could begin to implement the policy of fake livestock.
Therefore, the emperor also modified the calculation formula between beheading and capture.
Some prisoners are even more expensive than their heads!
Therefore, Bo Shi's order was not met with any resistance.
Immediately, someone rode out and shouted in Xiongnu dialect: "By the orders of Bo Gong, the governor of the Andong Protectorate of the Han Dynasty, you all listen carefully. If you put down your weapons and kneel down to surrender, you can survive. If you resist stubbornly, you will become a loser!"
He shouted three times in a row.
None of the Huns responded, but many of them stopped moving and looked at the Han cavalry in the rain and fog like fools.
Everyone knew that as long as this Han cavalry launched an attack, they would have no other choice but to be driven down the river to feed the fish.
It's just that these people are basically from the tribe in the northern part of the country. The tribe in the northern part of the country have already knelt down and surrendered long ago.
Unlike the tribes in Mubei, they spent more time and had more contact with the Han family.
So, they were very hesitant.
Because in legends and propaganda, the Han Dynasty people would kill all the Huns.
Especially that divine horse, which is said to be the devil that wants to eat the brains and hearts of the Huns!
Bo Shi looked at the reaction of the Huns, waved his hand and said: "Send people to dismount, treat the wounded soldiers first, and take care of the old and weak..."
"No!" Someone immediately took the order, dismounted with hundreds of people, and collected the wounded, old and weak soldiers who were scattered in Xiengdi or lying in the broken camp.
Seeing this, the Huns' mental defense finally fell.
Weapons were thrown to the ground.
One after another, the Huns knelt on the ground.
Then, there are groups after groups.
In the end, more than 20,000 people on the entire river bank knelt down. (To be continued.)
