Even a person with the least military knowledge can tell at a glance that there is a city that stands outside the Great Wall, becoming one of the few large cities exposed to the defenses of the Great Wall.
It is Mayi City.
This city, outside Yanmen Pass, has long been the focus of Han and Hungarian attack and defense.
Moreover, neither the Han nor the Xiongnu could let this city fall into the hands of the enemy during the war.
Because, if Ma Yi is in Han hands, the Han army can take the retreat of the Huns cavalry coming from the north.
Any army that is cut off from its retreat will basically be punished by death.
However, if it falls into the hands of the Xiongnu, then the Han army will have no danger of defending in front of Yanmen Pass, and the vast area behind Yanmen Pass will also be exposed to the hooves of the Huns' cavalry.
Even Yanmen will be difficult to defend.
The experience of previous Han-Hungarian wars can inform both sides.
If Ma Yi is there, Yanmen can be defended; if Ma Yi is not there, Yanmen will be lost!
Once Yanmen is lost, Yunzhong and Daijun will lose their flank cover and will be exposed to the Huns cavalry.
It was not just a day or two that the Huns drooled when they looked at Mayi City.
However, the Han army accumulated heavy troops near Yanmen Pass.
Even with Shan Yuting's understanding of the Han Dynasty, he also knew that two of the five field legions of the Han Dynasty had their bases right behind Yanmen Pass.
The Juzhu Army was directly stationed at Yanmen Pass and has never moved its defenses in the past thirty years.
This elite field force, with a total combat strength of 14,000 people, is the "old friend" of the Xiongnu Aries and Loufan tribes.
Over the past thirty years, hundreds of conflicts have occurred.
There was victory and defeat for each other, and even the most proud Huns had to pay respect to this elite Han army.
Therefore, when the name of Mayi came out from the mouths of the military officials, King Aries and King Loufan both felt chills on their backs and a slight itching on their chrysanthemums.
That is a difficult opponent, and he has always been known for his bravery and tenacity in combat.
Moreover, the soul figure of Juzhu Army was first named Xia Houying, then Li Ji, and now he is a veteran general of the Han Dynasty and a close confidant of Prime Minister Zhou Yafu, General Su Fei.
This is the former governor of Yanmen, the son of Su Yi, the prime minister of Chu State in the old Han Dynasty. He was Li Ji's deputy in the past. Although his reputation is not good, he is a difficult opponent!
Across Yanmen Pass, near the ancient Feihu Road, the Han army stationed another world-famous field regiment, the Feihu Army.
This is also an elite team that has not moved anywhere in decades.
It was a reserve army deployed by the Han Dynasty behind the Great Wall. It was a reinforcement force that could support the north of the Great Wall in all directions at any time and at any time.
This army has always acted as a fire brigade.
Five years ago, the military minister personally led an army to invade the Great Wall. The Flying Fox Army left a deep impression on him.
At that time, this army, using a rain of arrows that blocked the sky and a solid battle line, forced the Huns' 20,000 cavalry to make a detour and retreat from Daidi in embarrassment.
This force is very large, with a standing strength of around 20,000 troops all year round.
The first question that anyone who has any thoughts about the Han Dynasty must face is: how to deal with that damn Flying Fox Army!
Not to mention, the Xiongnu had already heard the news. The Flying Fox Army underwent a comprehensive change of uniforms last year and this year.
It has changed from a pure infantry corps to a mixed infantry and cavalry corps with at least four thousand cavalry. It is said that the emperor of the Han Dynasty specially ordered that the most advanced weapons and equipment and the best officers be given priority to the Flying Fox Army.
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This makes this old opponent even more difficult and terrifying!
In addition, the Dai Palace Guards stationed in Daiguo and Shangjun, as well as the Great Wall garrison in Shangjun, were also objects that the Huns had to consider.
In addition, once the war is delayed, the main cavalry force of the Han Dynasty stationed in Longyou may appear on the battlefield at any time.
Also, once the Xiongnu forces are concentrated near Yanmen.
Then, on the right wing, the Huns would have exposed a huge vulnerability.
The Han cavalry in Yunzhong will definitely be happy to take a trip to the Hetao, and the Han army returning to the middle road will definitely not mind taking a walk on the grassland.
The Han troops stationed in Yunzhong and Huizhong Road had at least 15,000 horsemen.
Once this force enters the Hetao where there is a lack of troops, it will be no different than a fox entering a henhouse.
All the Xiongnu tribes in the Hetao Plain and even the Hexi Corridor will be in bad luck.
Especially Kunxie and Xiutu were the first to bear the brunt.
These issues are clear in the hearts of every Hun nobleman present.
However, the temptation of Mayi is so great.
As a result, few people can suppress their emotions.
It has been five years since the last war between Han and Hungary.
The wealth and population accumulated in Mayi City must have reached a surprising level.
Moreover, as a city exposed outside the Great Wall, the Huns' influence in Mayi City was relatively infiltrated.
At least, there were four or five merchants in the city who made their fortune by trading with the Huns.
The Huns knew these merchants very well.
As long as they are given enough benefits, it is not impossible for them to become insiders.
In the past few decades, every time Mayi changed hands, it was the first two or five people in the city who either opened the city gates or created chaos, so that the Huns could quickly capture the city at a relatively small cost.
However, the Han Dynasty's response was extremely swift every time.
In the end, this city will still return to the hands of the Han army.
However, the most recent change of hands in Mayi occurred ten years ago.
At that time, the Xiongnu still had the subordinates and forces of the past Han King Xin to use.
But now, this advantage is gone.
Han Wangxin's legitimate son, Han Daidang, ran back to the Han Dynasty nine years ago and served as a minister to the emperor of the Han Dynasty. It is said that he did very well.
The remaining Han family members who still stayed in the grassland, without the power of their direct lineage, were only left with the ability to flatter others.
As for another force that can be used, Lu Wan's descendant, King Lu of Donghu?
If this wall grass is reliable, a sow can climb a tree!
The military officials even suspected that Lu Tazhi might have agreed well in person and then sold him later.
Then, when the Huns arrived at Mayi, they found that they had been surrounded by a large army of the Han Dynasty in the hilly area in front of Mayi and in the nearby deep mountains and old forests and valleys. It was easy to hide a hundred thousand people.
"Mayi City..." The military officials paced in the tent.
When attacking Mayi, if the control is good, the battle will be ended quickly, and the population, food, and wealth will be taken away. Then the responsibility will be assigned to a temporary worker later.
For example, after the Battle of Henan, the elder Shanyu passed the responsibility for provoking the war to King Lu Hou.
Come to think of it, the Han Dynasty was helpless.
In the end, you even have to pay a huge city redemption fee.
It was impossible for the Han Dynasty to abandon Mayi.
But if the control is not good, or the delay is longer.
It will evolve into a full-scale melee similar to what happened ten years ago and eighteen years ago.
The two countries were at loggerheads at the Great Wall for two or three years.
Not only was the Han Dynasty unable to bear it, the Xiongnu also had some difficulties.
After all, as a nomadic empire, hundreds of thousands of young men fought against the Han Dynasty at the foot of the Great Wall for many years.
What to do with domestic livestock and pastures?
No one among the nobles in the tent will forget that during the Han-Hungarian war, the backyard was on fire. The horse bandits composed of Ding Ling and Xiao Yueshi were causing chaos everywhere, and the countries in the Western Regions also began to have evil intentions and were ready to take action.
So much so that in the year after the war, many Huns would drown all the children born that year.
Because they cannot be sure that this child is their own.
In order to avoid raising a bastard, they can only do this.
Such a loss was something the Huns could not bear.
Facts have proven that not only farming countries will be brought down by war. In fact, nomadic countries will also fall into internal and external difficulties during long-term wars.
It’s just that the nomadic peoples’ endurance is stronger than that of agricultural countries.
Moreover, they themselves are poor, and if they become poorer, they will be like that.
This is what is called being barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes.
After thinking about it, the military officer threw the question back to Lan Xintuo and asked: "Do you have a plan?"
It was not long before the Huns became strategically aware.
During the Maodun period, the Xiongnu Empire's only strategy was: I'll beat anyone who offends me.
There is no unified plan and priorities at all.
But when the old Shanyu was in his hands, the talented and strategic old Shanyu transformed the Xiongnu. Especially after getting the theory of Zhongxing, and with the help of this eunuch of the Han Dynasty, the Huns began to count the livestock population and plan for the first time.
The grazing order, at the same time, also has strategic awareness and combat deployment.
From then on, the Xiongnu, as an empire, really began to reach its peak.
It was through such a transformation that the Huns were able to defeat the powerful Yuezhi people, establish their own hegemony on this grassland, and rule the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.
"Reporting to Da Shanyu, I have already thought about it..." Lan Tuoxin knelt down and said, "I just don't know, does Da Dan only want to get Mayi, or does he also want to get Yanmen?"
Of course I just want to get Mayi!
Yanmenguan City has high walls and thick walls. It is not that easy to take it down!
Moreover, the attack on Mayi can also be said to be a lesson to the Han Dynasty, letting the Han Dynasty know that the Huns are not easy to mess with, and forcing the Han Dynasty to hand over the Wusun people.
But if Yanmen Pass is attacked.
The military officials knew with their buttocks that their grumpy son-in-law would definitely expand the war!
The three generations of the Liu family are all the same!
Starting from Liu Heng, as long as the Xiongnu army dared to cross the Great Wall, then, no matter what, they would have to fight for a year and a half before deciding whether to negotiate peace!
The military officials are still thinking of robbing Dawan craftsmen!
How could he spend so much time fighting with the Han Dynasty at the foot of the Great Wall?
But, of course, as a chanyu and military minister, we cannot say this.
As a Chanyu, he needs to prove his iron-bloodedness and toughness to both domestic and foreign countries at all times.
"What if we only take Mayi? What if we take Yanmen?" The military minister sat down and asked.
"Report to the Great Chanyu!" Lan Tuoxin kowtowed and said: "If the Great Chanyu wants to capture Yanmen as well, then he must mobilize thousands of cavalry from the royal court, and also mobilize thousands of cavalry from Luhou, Zhelan and other tribes.
, combined with the ten thousand cavalry of Ruo Lu, Lou Fan and King You Xian, we need at least 140,000 cavalry, traveling under the stars and night, launching an attack when the moon is full, and retreating when the moon is waning!"
The military minister nodded as he listened.
Since ancient times, the Huns have fought according to the waxing and waning of the moon.
When the moon is full, attack with all your strength; when the moon is waning, retreat.
This was due to traditional and religious reasons, but also because the supply of the Huns' cavalry could only sustain the offensive for half a month.
They must return to the grassland and replenish supplies before the supplies they carry are used up.
Otherwise, how could the cavalry fighting on an empty stomach fight with others?
However, mobilizing 140,000 cavalry is impossible for the Huns today!
Ten years ago, the painful lesson at the foot of the Great Wall taught the Huns that with more than 100,000 troops, they would definitely lose money if they came to the Han Dynasty.
Because once more than 100,000 Huns cavalry appeared near the Great Wall.
The entire Han Dynasty felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy and mobilized the whole country.
They often stock up hundreds of thousands of cavalry near the Great Wall.
Then the two sides stared at each other for a year and a half.
When both sides can't stand it anymore, we start discussing the ending.
Although the Han Dynasty suffered heavy losses, just the transfer of a large number of young people would lead to the abandonment of large areas of land in the north.
But how can the Xiongnu be an exception?
On the vast grasslands, large areas of fertile pastures have been occupied by thieves and robbers.
Even tribal women can be seduced, and many of them will have green hair on their heads.
Even if these issues are not taken into account, if hundreds of thousands of cavalry are eating and drinking at the foot of the Great Wall, a livestock herd of two to three million will be needed.
If you can grab a lot of wealth, people and materials, then forget it!
The key is that in the context of the Han-Hungarian War, the Han Dynasty would set fire to all villages and fields exposed outside the city.
Even wells are poisoned!
And attacking a fortified city will only end in heavy casualties!
Therefore, when most of the Xiongnu nobles, including military officials, heard that so many cavalry were being mobilized to go south, their heads shook like rattles.
"Let's talk about it again. What if this Chanyu only wants Ma Yi?" the military minister asked after considering his words.
"If we only need to take Mayi, the Chanyu only needs to mobilize ten thousand cavalry from the three tribes Lou Fan, Ruolu and Zhelan, with King Youxian as the vanguard, and take Mayi by surprise!" Lan Tuoxin knelt on the ground and said.
"Chan Yu Mingjian, I, the Xiongnu, often went south after the tenth month of winter. Therefore, the Han Dynasty did not have strict defenses in summer and autumn, but in winter, they were extra vigilant! The slave thought that maybe we could catch the Han Dynasty
With this mentality, he went south in August or September, and under unexpected circumstances of the Han Dynasty, he made a surprise attack on Mayi!"
"If this is the case, please order the Ruolu tribe and the Zhelan tribe to get up immediately and move south to the Hetao to join the Loufan tribe!" Lan Tuoxin revealed all the strategies he had thought about hard. In his view,
Come on, this plan is perfect!
Taking advantage of the inertial thinking of the Han Dynasty people and choosing to fight in autumn instead of the usual winter, the Han Dynasty would definitely be caught off guard.
"Chiefs, what do you think of Landosin's plan?" The military minister turned to the other tribal leaders and asked.
But his heart was actually moved.
For any Xiongnu Chanyu.
If you have the opportunity to go south to make a fortune, why not go?
What's more, this time the Han Dynasty gave itself a perfect excuse.
Accommodating the enemies of the Xiongnu would be a slap in the face of the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu's retaliatory attack on a city outside the Great Wall would not count as breaking the peace treaty.
As long as they can win, the people of the Han Dynasty can only choose to be soft. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net
