The invincible iron army that is famous all over the world.
Since its establishment, this army has been the ace among the aces of the Han Dynasty, the best among the best.
Even if two thousand years pass, the prestige of this army will still not be reduced by half.
Along with its name, those who will forever go down in history are the Beifu soldiers commanded by Liu Yu, Yang Ye's Yang Jiajun, Yue Fei's Yue Jiajun, and Qi Jiguang's Qi Jiajun.
In other words, at this time, Xiliu Camp can be called a glorious army with a glorious tradition and excellent style.
The previous life of Xiliu Camp was the volunteer camp of Hedong County of the Han Dynasty.
In the sixth year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's AD, that is, 159 BC, the old Shanyu of the Xiongnu died, and the conflict between the new Shanyu's military officials and his rightful king intensified.
Since ancient times, war has been the only way to divert domestic conflicts.
This is especially true for the Huns.
That winter, almost all the eastern Xiongnu tribes came out.
He came all the way from Hetao and fought fiercely with the Han army at the gate of Yunzhong County. He walked all the way to the county and came to the gate of Fushi City.
The situation at that time was extremely critical!
The Huns came with great force, and the Great Wall defense line was almost useless. The Han army could only rely on the fortified city to resist the Huns' invasion.
Almost all the vast rural villages have been abandoned.
More importantly, at that time, the ruler of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, was actually terminally ill.
The empire is in turmoil. Once either Shangjun or Yunzhong falls, the entire northern Great Wall defense line will collapse.
The Xiongnu soldiers will repeat their great deeds seven years ago and march outside Xiaoguan and return to the central palace by fire.
But seven years ago, the emperor, who personally wore armor and held the emperor's sword, rushed to the front line to reward the soldiers, motivate the soldiers, and unite the country. But it was already difficult for him to even come out of the Weiyang Palace.
It was under such circumstances that the Xiliu Camp was formed in Xiliu Cang, west of Chang'an City.
Then the story of Taizong’s Xiliu Military Parade, which will go down in history, happened.
Xiliuying became famous all over the world in one fell swoop.
Zhou Yafu's official career prospered from then on.
He was immediately promoted to lieutenant from the position of governor of Hedong County, and in April of the following year, he was appointed as general of chariots and cavalry. Taizong's last edict was: "If there is any inconvenience, Zhou Yafu will be appointed as the general."
As a result, chaos broke out between Wu and Chu, and Zhou Yafu was able to concurrently serve as Taiwei, taking charge of the world's troops.
It only took Zhou Yafu five years to go from governor of Hedong County to Taiwei.
This kind of rocket promotion speed is rare in Chinese history.
And behind this speed, the shadow of Xiliu Camp is always looming.
Since the formation of this army, they have fought against the Xiongnu, pacified Wu and Chu, fought thousands of miles, and fought hundreds of battles, large and small. They have used their iron-like military exploits to tell the world that they are worthy of their reputation as the best army in the world.
Of course Xiliu Camp did not appear out of thin air.
Not to mention that Zhou Yafu selected him from Hedong County soldiers and local righteous men.
Anyone with some knowledge of military knowledge knows that this is impossible!
Elites are not made in a day. It is even more impossible for a mighty army like Xiliu Camp to recruit thousands of people in a hurry and issue weapons to become elites.
Not to mention the story of "Taizong Xiliu Military Parade", the Thorny Gate, Flying Fox Army, and Juzhu Army used as the background of Xiliu Camp are not just cats and dogs.
For example, the general of the Feihu Army is the chariot general Ling Mian; the commander of the Juzhu Army is the Prime Minister of Chu State Su Yi; the leader of the Northern Army is named Zhang Wu. This person does not need much introduction, as long as you know that this person is following Emperor Taizong
An absolute confidant who came from Dai Kingdom; and the Thorny Gate Army is even more remarkable. The man who leads them is named Liu, and he is a real clan member of the Han Dynasty. He is now Zongzheng and will be the future King of Chu.
Xiliuying could step on their bodies and rise to the top, but these people didn't even fart.
It’s impossible even if you think about it!
Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second.
Even if these generals are all extremely generous and broad-minded heroes, they don't care about this matter.
The same may not be true for Mr. Qiu Ba below.
You said you are number one in the world?
Okay, brothers, let's compare notes.
Without Diamond Diamond, Xiliu Camp's reputation as the best in the world would have been thrown to the ground by the Qiu Ba of the Southern Army and the Northern Army, and would have been trampled on ten thousand times.
The fact is: Xiliu Camp has a longer history than many people imagine.
This army can be traced back to the war in the late Qin Dynasty, when it followed Zhou Bo to conquer the world.
After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the world gradually became peaceful.
Many soldiers were discharged and returned to their fields.
The Gao Emperor Liu Bang was a particularly generous founding king. None of his old brothers who followed him to conquer the world were treated badly after he conquered the world.
The princes who had made great contributions, and even the sons and heirs of meritorious generals who died in battle were posthumously granted the title.
His merits are not enough to make him a prince.
Liu Bang did not ignore it.
In the Han Code, regarding the legal status of the three elders, one sentence is emphasized: "Bi Shandong Fu".
The so-called "more complex than Shandong" means to compare with the treatment of the old brothers in Shandong.
At this time, Shandong was not an administrative term, but a geographical term, referring to the vast area east of the Taihang Mountains.
The so-called Shandong old brothers refer to the old soldiers who followed Liu Bang to conquer the world and never abandoned him.
In the early Han Dynasty, these people enjoyed a very high political status and great social privileges.
But there are also many soldiers who have almost lost the ability to live alone, either because of disabilities or because they suffer from severe war syndrome.
Neither Liu Bang nor the generals of these soldiers can let these old brothers who have followed him through life and death fend for themselves.
Therefore, many princes brought these old brothers back to their feudal states, gave them official positions or land, and took care of them nearby.
Of course these old brothers will marry and have children after settling down.
As the saying goes, dragon begets dragon and phoenix begets phoenix.
The children of soldiers will of course become soldiers just like their fathers.
This is the so-called general family.
And these people, naturally, will be loyal to their local princes because of their parents and the education they received since childhood.
Therefore, when you open the history books, you will often find that the dandy boy who was a lackey in the Chang'an cockfight one second is going into battle the next second. He can actually be stylish and orderly.
For example, Pingyang Hou Cao's family was passed down alone for several generations and was known to be weak, but when it came to battle, it was able to stand alone without losing the reputation of its ancestors.
The same is true for Zhou Bo.
He brought all the disabled old soldiers and brothers living and dead in his personal camp to his fief, Jiangxian County in Hedong County, for resettlement.
When Zhou Bo was driven home to farm by Emperor Taizong, in order to protect himself, Zhou Bo even organized an army in his Jianghou country and hid soldiers, armor, bows and crossbows.
As a result, he was taken advantage of by others and even went to Tingwei Prison for half a year.
If Empress Dowager Bo hadn't begged for mercy, she would have gone in vertically and come out horizontally.
Zhou Yafu's Xiliu Camp was actually based on the Jianghou soldiers that Zhou Bo had trained for decades. It took four years in Hedong County and was trained bit by bit.
In Xiliu Camp, even a low-level officer, such as a camp commander or a team leader, may have an ancestor who followed Zhou Bo to conquer the world.
Father, son, grandfather and grandson, three generations have been in the army, and more importantly, they have grown up with Zhou Yafu since he was a child.
Such an army was truly invincible in this feudal era.
After being tempered by the wars between the Xiongnu and Wu Chu, the reputation of Xiliu Camp really resounded throughout the world.
It is said that even the Xiongnu Shan Yuting paid special attention to Xiliu Camp.
The envoys who went to the Huns came back and reported that the Huns always asked about the Xiliu Camp and the stories in the camp.
And as the trump card of the Han Dynasty.
Xiliu Camp is actually located on the west side of Shanglinyuan, north of Weihe River and south of Haochi Pond. (Note 1)
This is why Xiliu Camp got its name.
The mountains here are high and densely forested, but there are also deep valleys in the mountains.
Therefore, during the Qin Dynasty, the Qin army built a storage base here to supply the construction needs of Afang Palace.
The Han Dynasty still used it as a military supplies base and a transit center for the Shaofu treasury.
Therefore, the traffic in Xiliucang is very developed. The road was built directly to the entrance of the valley. The builders of the Qin and Han Dynasties built beacon towers and sentries on both sides of the road.
Ordinary people cannot get close to it, nor can they approach the residence of Xiliuying, the ace of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Che's chariot guard of honor drove slowly on the gallop in front of Xiliu Granary.
Along the way, there were countless patrolling cavalry, heavily guarded posts, and checkpoints.
Because, until now, Xiliucang still plays its role in turning around military supplies.
Even the largest crossbow workshop in the Han Dynasty was located in Xiliucang.
The world-famous Dahuang crossbow and extremely sophisticated repeating crossbows are produced here.
After Liu Che ascended the throne, he placed a production site for experimental ordnance such as Modao, Ox-horn Bow, and Changsha here to prepare for the nearby equipment of the army, and to provide timely feedback on usage, so that the craftsmen of the Shaofu could make timely improvements and adjustments.
And Luo Ying, who was specially taken by Liu Che, walked up Chidao and entered the warning range of Xiliucang. His face became as white as a piece of paper, and his body even began to tremble uncontrollably.
As the trump card of the Han army, Xiliuying now enjoys the same treatment as the Huben Guards and Yulin Guards, or even worse.
The best weapons, the latest equipment, the most rigorous training, and the highest level of food standards.
Especially after receiving instructions from Liu Che, Xiliu Camp sent out a group of flower stands to patrol.
These cavalry were all covered in armor, even the horses were covered with a layer of solid iron armor, and they were holding heavy lances. In this era, anyone who looked at them would be scared to death!
It's just a pity that such a cavalry is currently not of much use in actual combat.
It just looks good.
And after the army used it, the response was very bad.
The generals felt that it was difficult to use these heavy armored cavalry, and it was difficult to find suitable carrying horses due to logistical pressure.
The soldiers felt that the armor was too heavy and the lance was too heavy. Not only was it difficult to wear them, but what was even more troublesome was that in summer, no one could survive a quarter of an hour in such an iron shell.
Shaofu only produced a total of 300 sets of similar heavy cavalry equipment, and then discontinued production.
Currently, this kind of heavy armored cavalry is used as an honor guard for the royal family and a face guard to show off their majesty in front of the Yi and Di.
The status is similar to Mo Dao's ancestor, Zhan Ma Jian.
On the other hand, Shaofu's improved Modao was widely praised by the Han army, which was mainly infantry.
Especially the crossbowmen love this kind of long knife weapon that can cover and protect their vulnerable flanks very well.
The generals clamored every day to organize 10,000 soldiers in five years and 50,000 in ten years.
However, these proposals were rejected by Liu Che without any suspense.
What a joke!
The casting of Mo Dao, even after improvements, is very complicated and extremely expensive.
A Mo Dao costs at least thirty kilograms of fine iron or crude steel and is worth tens of thousands of dollars. If you add in the training and food expenses of the Mo Dao soldiers, it is almost enough to support a cavalryman with two horses.
Liu Che would never do such a loss-making business!
In his plan, the Mo Dao unit was only an auxiliary unit, not a main combat unit.
The real direction in the future should be light cavalry and cuirassiers.
After being the emperor for so long, Liu Che finally understood why Modao only flourished in the Tang Dynasty.
First of all, of course, the Tang Empire was rich, willful, and could afford to waste.
Secondly, when the Tang Empire was in its heyday, it chased the north and conquered everything.
It has a vast enough pasture, enough horses, and enough cavalry to protect Mo Dao soldiers.
And what about the Han Dynasty?
Now there are only a hundred thousand cavalry, and there is a serious shortage of war horses and good pastures.
The fertile Hetao area is still in the hands of the enemy.
The Huns cavalry may rush into the house at any time.
Under such circumstances, vigorously developing Mo Dao Bing is a fool's errand.
Just like during World War II, the British were obsessed with being thick and big, and ended up getting their anus exploded by an aircraft carrier.
Of course, Mo Daobing still needs to develop.
but not now.
At least, we have to wait until the Han Dynasty dominates Yunei and controls the grassland.
By that time, the Han Dynasty, like the Tang Dynasty, had a vast newly conquered world and huge vassal states, and colonies that needed to be protected and defended.
At that time, Mo Dao Bing will really play its role.
As for now?
Farming fields and raising horses honestly, and killing cavalry as hard as possible is the way to go.
It's a pity that Luo Ying doesn't know this and doesn't understand it.
At this moment, the young man's entire mind was filled with the group of heavy cavalry that had just passed by and exuded a murderous aura.
Luo Ying simply could not imagine that if the Han Dynasty sent such cavalry to the south, how would the Yue people resist?
I am afraid that even if the Han people stand still and the Yue soldiers have their weapons cut off, they will be unable to do anything to these heavy cavalry who use steel to protect themselves.
What's more, these are cavalry.
The cavalrymen came and went without a trace.
Even though Luo Ying was imprisoned in Chang'an, he had heard of the reputation of the Huns.
In the young man's mind, he remembered what Xu Guan had said to him in the past: "The Huns' cavalry could travel hundreds or even hundreds of miles in a day and night. The Han army often fell into a position where it could not fight or retreat. Therefore, the Han Dynasty was so strong.
, we can only defend, not counterattack!"
The Huns cavalry allowed the Han Dynasty to only defend but not to counterattack.
Then the Han Dynasty cavalry, especially the heavy cavalry just now, could easily advance to Dongzhi City, the capital of the Minyue Kingdom?
He recalled his childhood memories in the Minyue Kingdom.
Luo Ying felt that with the Yue people's weapons, if they encountered the Han Dynasty's army, it would be no different than an egg meeting a stone.
There is absolutely no way to fight back!
"Could it be that the eldest prince and grandson of Gou Jian, who is of Emperor Yu's blood, can only escape across the sea and escape overseas?" Luo Ying only had to think about the situation in the future if the Han army went straight to the territory of Fujian and Yue, and he would be extremely desperate for the future.
It must be said that during this period, there was no distinction between Yue people and princes in China's coastal areas.
Everyone has a common psychological preparation.
'If things go wrong, I will go sailing overseas...'
This is what Tian Heng did in the beginning.
When I couldn't fight anymore and couldn't hold on anymore, I took a boat across the sea and went overseas to find a new world.
In history, many regimes have made such preparations on the eve of their demise.
"The Han soldiers are far away. I have stopped watching them and can attack. I would like to collect the king's remaining troops to attack them. If they are unable to defeat them, they flee into the sea. It is not too late." by Prince Jiaoxi
Lu Jia, Jiande, and hundreds of his followers drowned in the sea at night, and headed west by boat. According to Tai Shigong's "Biographies of Nanyue".
'The king was good at sending troops to attack South Vietnam and refused to invite him, so the emperor's soldiers came to kill him. Now the Han army is strong, and now he is lucky to win. Later, it will become more numerous, and finally the country will be destroyed. Now he kills the king to thank the emperor. The emperor listens and stops the army.
, Consolidate a country and finish it; if you don't listen, you will fight with all your strength; if you fail to win, you will perish in the sea.' By Yu Shan, the younger brother of the King of Minyue.
Looking at it this way, it really looks a bit like the second senior brother in Journey to the West.
But it is preparation that all political parties must make.
When the last resort comes, at least there is a way out.
However, ancient navigation technology was very backward, and nautical charts and sea routes were almost zero.
Even though everyone has a plan to run away in case of emergency, unlike the second senior brother, the second senior brother knows that he can return to Gaolaozhuang.
But none of the parties knew what to do once they entered the sea.
Luo Ying felt extremely heavy in his heart.
Although the people of Fujian and Yue are good at fishing and hunting, they often go out to sea to fish.
However, the dangers and unknowns of the ocean are deeply engraved in the blood of all Minyue people.
Therefore, the Minyue people live in nests (stilt-style houses), hang coffins for burials, and chisel teeth. These traditions show the Minyue people's desire to stay away from the ocean and away from water.
But in order to survive, they can only go to the sea and get food in the water.
Although Luo Ying was young, he came to Chang'an.
However, because of Xu Guanzai, I still understand and understand the traditions and customs of Minyue.
Thinking of the suffering of his compatriots, recalling the happiness and well-being of the people of the Han Dynasty that he had seen not long ago, and being intimidated by the iron cavalry.
All kinds of pressure, all kinds of confusion, all kinds of ideas come one after another.
Luo Ying's hand became tighter and tighter.
Finally, he boldly raised his head and looked at the Emperor of the Han Dynasty who was sitting on the top of the cart. He knelt down respectfully, kowtowed three times, and asked: "Your Majesty, the Holy Emperor, has benevolences all over the world, including plants, trees and birds.
The beast has also received His Majesty's holy grace. The humble minister Ying of this country has the courage to die to seek help from Your Majesty. Where should the subjects of Fujian and Yue go?"
I have to say that Luo Ying is very smart.
He felt that since it was impossible to defeat Han Dynasty, the territory of Han Dynasty was countless times larger than that of Fujian, and the population was even greater.
In front of this giant Han Dynasty.
Minyue is like a child.
Moreover, the former king of Fujian and Yue, Wu Zhu, was established by Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty.
Luo Ying felt that there should be no problem in asking the suzerain country for advice on what the future of Minyue should be.
Didn't the Emperor of the Han Dynasty claim that "the whole world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers"?
Minyue was a foreign vassal that was conferred by the upright Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty. It had the imperial seal granted by the Emperor Gao, and was recognized and canonized by all the emperors of the past dynasties.
As long as Minyue was respectful enough and surrendered enough, the emperor of the Han Dynasty would not forcibly seize the Minyue state and destroy the Minyue ancestral temple as long as he wanted to show his face.
After living in Chang'an for so long, Luo Ying still had a certain understanding of the political ecology of the Han Dynasty.
We know that the Han Dynasty paid great attention to "the teacher has a reputation" and paid more attention to "the succession of life and death".
As long as you don't provoke this tiger, it shouldn't shamelessly eat people.
Of course, only young people like Luo Ying can have such naive thoughts.
Even moderately qualified adult kings and superiors would not have half any trust in the integrity of other rulers.
Liu Che smiled slightly when he heard this.
"I am the lord of the world. I have been ordered by Heaven to pastor and hunt on behalf of Heaven. Minyue, Donghai, and Nanyue are all my subjects. Please ask me immediately. I will never hide anything!"
Liu Che was waiting for this question from Luo Ying.
Because Liu Che knew very well that when Luo Ying asked this question, the future King of Minyue would inevitably be assimilated by Han civilization.
You must know that once things like thoughts and ideologies are finalized, they are no longer up to anyone’s choice.
The collapse of the Soviet Union in later generations was due to the complete collapse of the entire ideological front.
From the rulers to the people, everyone was deceived.
As a result, the polar bear that once made the entire Western world tremble and fear collapsed overnight.
Even Midi didn't expect that their results would be so outstanding.
But Liu Che was not in a hurry to answer, because the heat was still a little low.
Luo Ying's confidence in his Minyue must be completely destroyed.
Therefore, Liu Che said: "It's just that I don't want to talk about this topic yet. After you and I have seen Xiliu Camp, I will tell you what Minyue should do..." (To be continued.)
