The five hundred and seventieth chapter of war and (1)
The situation in Yunzhong County at this time is indeed that the arrow is on the string and must be fired.
The decades-long history of exchanges between the Han and the Xiongnu is a history of war.
Since the siege of Pingcheng, the Huns have taken the strategic initiative and can fight whenever they want and make peace if they want.
However, this does not mean that the Han army has no ability to fight back.
After the siege of Pingcheng, the Han army immediately won decisive victories in the battles of Dongyuan and Mayi, completely clearing away the forces of Chen En and Han Xin, and cutting off the Xiongnu's claws extending towards China.
This is how the marriage policy came into being.
It should be pointed out that the so-called siege of Pingcheng was caused by Chen Ping bribing the Yan family of Maodun Chanyu to allow the Han army to relieve the siege. This statement itself is a bug.
Maodun, who is it?
One of the greatest leaders in the history of the Huns!
He single-handedly transformed the Xiongnu from a small tribe living in the shadow of Donghu and Yuezhi to the number one overlord in East Asia.
For his own goals and ideas, Modu even killed his father!
As for women…
hehe……
At first, the Donghu people first asked Mao Dun for good horses, and then asked Mao Dun for his wife, and he gave them all.
When the Donghu people asked for land, Maodun could no longer bear it.
Would such a hero be persuaded by a so-called beauty?
This in itself is a big joke.
Moreover, there is a huge flaw in the history of the siege of Pingcheng recorded in historical records: Chen Ping saw Mao Dun taking a beauty for a walk in front of the army on Baishan Mountain. The two were extremely affectionate. From this, he planned to bribe Mao Dun.
The Yan family...
All right……
If this is not the plot in YY's novel, then it must be that the IQs of both Han and Hungarians have dropped to an outrageous level...
Dare to take a walk in front of the Han troops in formation?
How courageous is this Mao Dun, or in other words, how desperate is he?
Not to mention dangerous weapons like bed crossbows, even ordinary crossbows should be able to threaten Mao Dun. You must know that even Chen Ping on Baishan Mountain can clearly see Mao Dun and his woman walking in front of the formation. This
This means that, in fact, Mao Dun should have entered the range of the front-line crossbow!
Another description of the siege of Pingcheng recorded in historical records proves it. The so-called Chen Ping bribed the Maodun family. In fact, the entire siege of Pingcheng was made up by Tai Shigong. From the siege until the Han army lifted the siege, there were only
seven days.
In seven days, no matter what, it is impossible to complete the so-called Chen Ping saw Mao Dun and his concubine of the Yan family on the Baishan Mountain, and then they were inseparable, and then they discussed and decided on a plan to bribe Mao Dun and the Yan family.
There is absolutely not enough time!
This is not an RPG game.
With a click of the mouse, the NPC Chen Ping can overcome all obstacles and reach the mission goal.
No matter how awesome Chen Ping is, it is impossible for him to figure out the preferences of the Yan family in just seven days, and it is even less possible for him to reach the core of the Maodun army through the formation of the two armies in such a short period of time.
Here, you can also see the Yan family who was so obsessed with Maodun's treasure.
The fact is that the siege of Baideng was lifted not because of the so-called Yan family's intercession, but because of the arrival of reinforcements from the Han army.
The elite Han army commanded by Taiwei Zhou Bo turned around and destroyed the Xiongnu troops deployed in Loufan after the Battle of Panshi, cutting off the return route of the Xiongnu cavalry.
Looking at the map of the Battle of Pingcheng at that time, it is easy to find that Maodun surrounded the main force of the Han army's chariots and cavalry, including Liu Bang, Fan Kuai, and Guan Ying, on Baishan Mountain in Pingcheng.
However, before the Battle of Pingcheng, the Han army had already cleared the Xiongnu stronghold north of Panshi.
Otherwise, Maodun would not have set up a siege in Pingcheng.
He could completely attack Taiyuan and cut off the Han army's return route.
The fact is: after the victory of the Battle of Panshi, the main force of the Han army's infantry led by Taiwei Zhou Bo was ordered to divide his forces and attack the three cities of Loufan.
This is equivalent to the replica of Cao Cao burning Yuan Shao's Wuchao in the Battle of Guandu in the Three Kingdoms.
The Historical Records "Jianghou Zhou Bo's Family" records Zhou Bo's movements before and after the siege of Pingcheng: he attacked Han Xin's army and defeated it. He returned and surrendered to the six cities of Taiyuan. He attacked Han Xin and Hu rode down to Jinyang, defeated it, and then went to Jinyang. Attack Han Xin's army on the stone, break it, and pursue eighty miles to the north. They also attacked the three cities of Loufan. Because they attacked Hu Qiping at the bottom of the city, there were many soldiers in Chidao. Bo moved to the rank of Taiwei.
Just by looking at this, you can understand that in fact, the battle between Han and Hungary in Pingcheng was a draw, and the Han army even had a slight victory.
Although Maodun surrounded Liu Bang, Zhou Bo also surrounded Maodun.
The irrefutable proof is that after the siege of Pingcheng, the Han army did not stop or retreat, but continued to move north.
Liu Bang's brother, Xia Houying, who was the servant at the time, led the army to continue fighting against the Xiongnu during the siege of Pingcheng. "The servants of Yitai attacked Hu Qi in the north and defeated them greatly. The servants of Yitai attacked Hu Qi in the south of Pingcheng and fell into Chen three times, which was a great achievement. "
From this point of view, the Han army achieved its strategic intention, which was to eliminate the rebels and cut off the Xiongnu's claws extending towards China.
However, the Han army also suffered heavy losses during the siege of Pingcheng.
Although there were very few actual casualties, the brutal winter in the north dealt a heavy blow to the Han army, which was mainly composed of southerners at the time.
After seven days of siege, the proportion of Han soldiers suffering from frostbite reached 20 to 30%, and a large number of soldiers had their fingers amputated due to frostbite.
Moreover, in the early Han Dynasty, when the world was in decline and the economy was in difficulty, the new Han regime did not have the ability to organize another large-scale foreign war like Pingcheng.
Therefore, negotiation and making peace become choices.
The Huns also learned during the war that the Han army was not easy to mess with.
In addition, a fire broke out in the backyard, and the Yuezhi people began to provoke, so they had no choice but to go home to put out the fire.
Thus, the marriage policy was born.
However, after the promulgation of the marriage policy, not to mention the Huns, even the Han Dynasty themselves used it as a rag.
Just after the first peace was concluded, the Han army launched the Battle of Mayi and completely wiped out the remnants of King Xin of Han who were entrenched in Mayi.
Until Liu Bang's death, there was no second large-scale war between the Han and Hungarians.
If the Han army suffered a big loss in Pingcheng, even if they did not take advantage of the nomadic people, their character of fighting but not eating would helplessly watch Han Xin, Chen Fen, and Lu Wan fail, and Why don't you come and give me a kick?
Look at how the Northern Song Dynasty was defeated by the Khitans before the Tanyuan Alliance.
Let’s take a look at the several peace talks with the Jurchens before the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty!
If you really think that a marriage policy can tie the Huns' feet, then I can only say that you are too naive.
After Liu Bang's death, the relationship between Han and Hungary entered a new era.
Of course, the Han Dynasty talked about the shame of Pingcheng and the humiliation of Empress Lu every day.
Will it be better for the Huns?
The only big guy in Yu Nei who could wrangle with him was there. How could the Huns be willing to do so without weighing the opponent's strength?
So the two sides kept going back and forth and testing again and again.
During the reign of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, three large-scale wars took place between the Han and Hungarians.
Two of them were initiated by the Xiongnu.
But there was another time when the Han army took the initiative.
This was the battle to regain Henan in the summer and May of the third year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen.
This war has left very little ink in history.
But anyone who studies the history of Han and Hungary will not let go of this war, which brought Han-Hungarian relations into the stage of mutual recognition.
Before the Battle of Henan, the Huns actually co-ruled Henan with the Han Dynasty.
This Henan, of course, does not refer to the current Henan County. It refers to the vast area south of the Yellow River, especially the area south of Beidi County.
In the summer and May of the third year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, after expelling the elders headed by Zhou Bo through a perfect political performance, the powerful Emperor Taizong decided to launch the Henan Campaign to completely wipe out the Xiongnu's power in China and cut off their opposition.
The impact of China’s internal affairs.
So 'sent out soldiers and cavalry of 85,000 Hou Gao Nu, and sent Prime Minister Ying Yin Hou Guanying to attack the Xiong Nu'
This was the first time after the Battle of Pingcheng that the Han army took the initiative to launch a large-scale attack on the Xiongnu.
This war was a complete victory.
Guan Ying completely drove the Huns out of the Great Wall and recovered all the lands and cities occupied by the Huns.
But for the critical moment, Jibei King Liu Xingju rebelled and forced the main force of the Han army to return to defense.
Otherwise, Emperor Taizong would have gone out to the fortress to find the main force of the Xiongnu for a decisive battle!
It was this battle that caused the Huns to give up the idea of taking over the Central Plains and adjust their advance from the south to the west. Afterwards, the old Shanyu launched a general attack on the Yueshi and completely defeated them.
The next year, Han and Hungary reached an explicit contract.
The monarchs of the two countries are brothers and officially recognize each other (north of the Great Wall, the country of the bow, is ordered to be a chanyu), and within the Great Wall, in the crown and belt room, the Han emperor lives. They also agreed with each other that the water in the well will not interfere with the water in the river, and the Han people will go out of the fortress.
The Huns can kill them, if the Huns enter the fortress, the Han army will kill them).
Without real victory and real fighting power, would the Huns reach such an agreement with the Han Dynasty?
Moreover, in the past few decades, apart from those large-scale wars, there have been almost no interruptions in border friction between the Han and Hungarians.
Although the Huns were all cavalry and could come and go as they pleased, they would often invade and plunder deliberately and provocatively.
But the Han Dynasty was not a soft-legged crab like the Song Dynasty. When someone beat someone, he could only cry like a little girl. He didn't even dare to cry, so he could only admit defeat.
In this Han Dynasty where revanchism was prevalent.
If you dare to hit me, I will definitely hit you back!
Historically, when Li Guang was the governor of Shanggu County, he often started to fight against the Huns. Moreover, sometimes even if the Huns did not cause trouble for him, he would take the initiative to cause trouble for the Huns.
Sun Kunxie, the Duke of Dian, was so frightened that he cried and reported: "Li Guang's talent is unparalleled in the world. He will fight with the captives several times, fearing his death."
Therefore, Liu Che's father, the emperor, transferred Li Guang to the position of governor of Shangjun. However, they failed and Li Guang still tried every means to attack the Huns.
The famous stories of Li Guang shooting a tiger at night and shooting a Hun vulture all happened when he was the prefect of Shangjun.
Li Guang is like this.
Wei Shang, who has dealt with the Huns all his life, has only one word in his dictionary: Fuck your mother!
Before the imperial court's instructions were issued, Wei Shang began to mobilize the soldiers of Yunzhong County.
When Liu Che's order passed through Chidao and arrived at Yunzhong City, the county seat of Yunzhong County, at an accelerated speed of 800 miles.
Yunzhong City has been turned into a military camp.
In Yunzhongren's dictionary, there has never been such a thing as not fighting back after being hit.
This city with a population of less than 30,000 people once stood firm under the siege of more than 40,000 Huns cavalry and killed a powerful hero of the enemy. The city did not know what it meant to be patient and consider the overall situation.
When Liu Che's order arrived at Wei Shang's desk, Wei Shang's face was filled with excitement after reading the order.
As a soldier, Wei Shang only felt that the young emperor, whom he had never met before and was only a few years old when he took the throne, was really to his liking. No wonder his old friend Uncle Tian, who was over eighty years old, still wanted to do it.
Effect death.
"Mingfu, what is the Holy Will?" The generals next to him asked impatiently.
Wei Shang chuckled, took the secret decree in his hand, bowed respectfully in the direction of Chang'an, and said: "Your Majesty has an order: Anyone who openly offends the Han will be punished no matter how far away!"
There is no more exciting word than this sentence.
In a moment, the entire Yunzhong City resounded with a thundering cry of "Long Live".
"Kill one of my people, and I will take the head of the prisoner one level at a time to sacrifice the spirit of the deceased in heaven!" Wei Shang ordered to his men: "Order, Sima of the Department of A, order 500 horses to go out of the Great Wall to hunt for the Xiongnu.
Kill without mercy. Only after killing one hundred and fifty people can you enter the pass, and the commanders of Yimao, Dingwu and Wu will assist you!"
"Promise!" The generals agreed loudly.
"We also ordered the magistrates and lieutenants of each county to immediately stop all trade and private trade activities with the Xiongnu, and all merchants and convoys are not allowed to leave the city!"
"No!" Everyone laughed even more happily.
For the soldiers, it was really difficult for them to understand and did not want to understand why the imperial court wanted to conduct trade with the Huns.
Especially in Yunzhong County, every officer and soldier in Yunzhong County has a bloody feud with the Xiongnu.
Almost everyone has the experience of having relatives and friends who died at the hands of the Huns.
For them, when they were born, their elders only taught them two things: first, to be loyal to the emperor, and second, to hate the Huns.
For most people, the second thing has a higher priority than the first thing.
As a result, the Xiongnu tribes in the Hetao area opposite Yunzhong County suddenly suffered a bloody misfortune.
A group of Han cavalry suddenly came out of the fortress and attacked a Xiongnu tribe nomadic near the Great Wall. They killed all the adult males of the tribe, then captured the old, weak, sick and disabled, and only let two injured people go back to report the news.
, stated clearly that this was revenge for the Huns’ cavalry attack on the Han border villages.
This matter is not a big deal.
The tribe that could be squeezed to herd at the foot of the Great Wall was definitely not a big tribe, or even the Huns.
They were just vassals of the Huns.
Although being killed and taken away like this made the big shots above feel a little embarrassed.
But, this doesn't seem to be a big deal.
Only a few bastards died on the left and right, and the decades of war between Han and Hungary and the friction that occurred during the inter-war period meant that there were many unlucky people like this.
If you die, just die.
Neither King Aries nor King Xiutu wanted to express any opinions on this matter.
But then, news came from the border that the Han Dynasty had cut off trade.
This made the big shots above unable to sit still.
On the one hand, they immediately sent envoys to Yunzhong City in the Han Dynasty to question Wei Shang, the governor of Yunzhong County, and on the other hand, they quickly reported to Shan Yuting.
The main force of the Xiongnu is now in the west.
With the power of the Eastern tribe, let alone war, even peace is beyond their control.
We can only let Shanyu make the decision. (To be continued.)
