Four hundred and fiftieth chapters watch the changes
Although the Huns were defeated once in Qiuci and captured 60,000 troops.
However, its main force is still about 250,000, and it also occupies several important towns and strongholds in the Western Region such as Gumo Prefecture, Shule Town, and Suiye City.
In addition, the big boss, the King of the Xiongnu, is still alive, and the Xiongnu army does still pose a certain threat.
Especially in terms of numbers, the Huns had an absolute advantage.
If they refuse towns and passes, it will be difficult to clear them.
It is now late October, and although the temperature during the day is around 13 or 14 degrees Celsius, it has already reached freezing at night.
After entering November, the temperature drops faster and snow may fall at any time.
Once it snows, the movement of artillery will be greatly restricted.
If the Huns were not expelled at that time, they might have to wait until next year.
Song Yang and Song Hui sat around the table and studied the next battle plan.
"Old General, you have been in the Western Regions for a long time and are good at dealing with the Huns. Based on your understanding of the Huns, what do you think we should do next? Should we attack Gumo Prefecture? Or bypass Gumo Prefecture and attack Shule Town first?"
Song Yang actually preferred to attack Shule Town first and trap the main Xiongnu force directly in Gumo Prefecture. By then, it would be possible to annihilate the main Xiongnu force.
Song Hui was silent for a moment, but shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, although we have magical weapons, the numerical advantage of the Huns cannot be ignored. Moreover, they all have excellent horse riding skills. If we cannot surround the entire city, we will not be able to do it at all.
We can't trap them. Even if Shule Town is captured, they will just take a detour and run away."
Song Hui told the truth.
He had besieged the Huns many times back then.
But you can't do your best every time.
The Huns' riding skills were indeed much better than those of the Dagan people, and they also had many more horses.
Even the Western Expeditionary Army could not catch up with the Xiongnu, let alone the Renaissance Army, which was not very good at riding.
Song Yang held his chin and thought about it for a moment, then nodded and said: "The old general is right, I made things simple."
"My lord, you are too modest. You just don't often deal with the Huns." Song Hui cupped his fists and smiled.
The veteran general admires Song Yang's self-examination character very much.
After two days of contact with Song Yang, he deeply felt that the late emperor was simply ignorant when he didn't appoint Song Yang as the crown prince!
Little did he know that this Song Yang was already the other Song Yang.
"Your Majesty, it's actually best for us to stay put for the time being and wait and see what happens." Song Hui pointed at Gu Mozhou and said.
"Stay still and watch what happens? What does this mean?" Song Yang didn't quite understand.
"Although the Xiongnu army is large in number, most of it is composed of servants of foreign armies. They can unite to conquer all directions because of the temporary prosperity of the Huns. At this time, all unstable factors will be suppressed."
"On the other hand, once the Huns decline, those tribes that have been suppressed and unable to breathe will definitely jump out and bite them."
Song Hui explained with a smile on his face.
As soon as he talked about the composition of the Xiongnu army, Song Yang understood it, and the following words made Song Yang's eyes light up.
The Huns were newly defeated, and in addition, they attacked three cities in the Western Region and killed more than ten or two hundred thousand people.
With such heavy casualties, those tribes could no longer sit still.
Now that I have the opportunity, I will definitely jump out and cause trouble.
If Daqian advances too hard at this time, they may be able to unite and defend the city.
After all, they invaded Dagan together, and no one could guarantee the revenge of the Dagan people after the city was broken.
So it's better to wait. As long as you give them a certain amount of space, there will definitely be some changes there.
Maybe we can defeat those Huns invaders without any effort at all.
"Old General. What if those small tribes are intimidated by the Xiongnu's military power and dare not start an uprising... If there is no pressure from the Xiongnu, will they just withdraw?" Song Yang thought for a while and suddenly became worried.
If these people are allowed to run away, it means that a lot of labor force has been lost.
What Song Yang likes most now is manpower. The more people, the better. It is best to capture 1.8 million prisoners at once, so that Jiangzhou will have the labor force for the industrial revolution.
In recent years, Jiangzhou has developed slowly. In addition to its weak foundation, the biggest problem is that there are no people.
There are many industries that cannot be done at all and no one can do them.
Song Yang has tried his best to attract labor force, but in this era, there are too many people and it is difficult to leave the land.
Once the people got land, they were even less willing to leave their hometowns and go to Jiangzhou to work and make a living.
Therefore, in these years of war, Song Yang has always prioritized the plunder of human resources.
After listening to Song Yang's words, the old general stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. Those small tribes won't cause trouble, so don't we?"
After saying this, he smiled mysteriously and said:
"Does Your Majesty know how Zhang Zhou left the city?"
On that day, the city of Gumozhou was destroyed and all four gates were occupied by the Huns.
Zhang Zhou was seriously injured and fell into coma, and was carried to the rear of the battle line by General Pi.
Logically speaking, it was impossible to break out of the encirclement in this situation, but Zhang Zhou returned to Kucha City.
It turns out that there is a secret tunnel in Gumozhou City leading outside the city!
Otherwise, how could Zhang Zhou be carried out of the city if he was unconscious?
The secret passage in Gumo Prefecture existed a long time ago, and Song Hui personally presided over the excavation!
Many years ago, a tribal chief rebelled and occupied Gumo Prefecture.
Song Hui's attack made no progress for many days, so he took advantage of the darkness to dig a secret passage outside the city and enter the city.
After Gumozhou was recaptured, the entrance and exit of the secret passage were sealed.
But the inside is still usable, and you only need to open the entrance and exit mechanism to pass.
Only a few of Song Hui's old subordinates who followed Song Hui in his western expedition knew about this.
Zhang Zhou and his generals happened to be Song Hui's old subordinates.
It was through that secret passage that the general led Zhang Zhou out of the city.
Now that this secret passage can be used again, if the tribes in the city don't cause trouble, then you can personally create some trouble for them.
If you have resentment in your heart, it is dry wood, and if you create trouble, it is just a flame.
Once the fire is started, all that's left is to watch.
After hearing Song Hui's words, Song Yang clapped his hands with joy and shouted:
"The old general's plan is very clever! Then follow the old general's method! In addition, let's send more reconnaissance and pay close attention to the Huns' movements!"
"Yes. I'll do it soon. The Zhengxi Army is very good at spying and investigation." Song Hui took over the job.
This can only be done by the Western Army. The soldiers of the Renaissance Army have no understanding of the terrain here.
The two discussed the strategy, and Song Hui immediately went to make arrangements.
If you want to send someone to Gumo Prefecture to do something, you need to find someone who is trustworthy and understands the Xiongnu language.
This matter finally fell on Qiu Jin.
Qiu Jin was very excited after receiving the order and promised that he could complete the task.
That night, he quietly headed to Gumo Prefecture with ten soldiers from the Western Conquest Army who could speak Xiongnu dialect.