Dahan first prince

Chapter 404

The first large-scale examination was put on the agenda, and Liu Ying's mind was once again occupied by the "Hun's Credentials" sent to Chang'an some time ago.

——The content of this letter of credence, in the words of later generations, is: The Xiongnu Shanyu was strongly dissatisfied with the Han Dynasty's unification of Korea by force and the establishment of Andong County in Korea, and expressed strong condemnation!

But unlike the "strong dissatisfaction" and "strong condemnation" of later generations, the "strong dissatisfaction" of this era has a high probability of being transformed into concrete actions.

To put it in a small way, let the grassland tribes use hundreds of people as a unit, and a small group of cavalry roamed the Han border and plundered the border residents, which happened almost every winter.

On a bigger scale, with Shan Yuting as the main force, all the ministries of the grassland scrambled to surround him, and it was not impossible for an army of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands to send troops south!
Of course, the greatest possibility is that Shan Yuting will return to the warm Hetao in winter according to his usual practice, and then go north and west next spring to inspect the grassland.

As for the task of invading the side wall of the Han Dynasty, it will fall on the head of the "Hun prince", that is, the Zuo Xianwang under the Xiongnu's double-headed eagle policy.

If it is said that the herdsmen harassed by families and tribes, it can be regarded as the nature of 'militia';

Shan Yuting's large-scale violations belong to the nature of "regular army";

Then the Xiongnu army, led by King Zuo Xian and composed of various ministries in the south of the curtain, is similar to the puppet army of later generations.

It is not because these people are traitors that they are said to be puppet soldiers;

It's because these people are the same as the puppet army of the later generations: they obviously don't have as sophisticated equipment as the regular army, and they don't have decent combat effectiveness, but when they invade Hanbian, they will be stronger than the main force of the 'regular army' Shan Yuting. Ruthless, I have to work hard!
The reason is that the word 'interest' is naturally inevitable.

From the perspective of the soldiers at the bottom, attacking the Han Dynasty was just to loot supplies;
Therefore, the invasion of small groups of troops based on tribes and families will not have the high morale of "fighting to the death" at all. In most cases, they will sneak attack on small villages outside the city wall, plunder supplies and people, and then slip away.

As for the main force of Shan Yuting, although they had enough combat power, the soldiers of Shan Yuting's main force did not have too strong original motivation to invade the side wall of the Han Dynasty.

——Based on the information currently available to the Han Dynasty, the main force of the Xiongnu Shanyuting is directly controlled by the "royal family" of the Xiongnu: the Suojia clan, from the lowest leader of a hundred people to generals of thousands of people and generals of ten thousand people. The sons of the Suo family acted as the masters.

The lower-level soldiers came from all over the grassland. Because of their high force, they were incorporated into the main force of the Shanyu Court by the Xiongnu Shanyu in the name of "gift".

For these winners in life, there will never be a day when food, wealth, and women are 'missing';
What supported the fighting will of these people was almost entirely their loyalty to the Xiongnu Shanyu himself.

That is to say: wherever Shan Yurang hits, they will hit; whoever Shan Yu Rang hits, they will hit.

As for the benefits obtained after winning, it is completely out of their consideration;
The only thing they need to consider is that they must use victory to defend Shan Yu's supreme majesty on the grassland!

But it is different from the militia who "did not dare to fight for their lives" and the main force of Shan Yuting who "only worked hard for Shan Yu": the various tribes in the south of the screen gathered under the command of King Zuoxian, when they attacked the side wall of the Han Dynasty, they all had Unrivaled solid raw power.

--Survive!
In order to survive, they will also plunder villages, take everything they can take away, and burn everything they can't take away!

When necessary, they will also entangle their troops in units of 'ten thousand' to attack some small and medium-sized cities, even fortified cities like Yunzhongcheng!
In order to snatch enough resources and population for the tribe to survive the winter, these people are truly brave when they fight.

Therefore, the Xiongnu's letter of credence "expressing strong condemnation" needs to be treated carefully by Liu Ying.

"Henan land, who is stationed now?"

Standing in front of a military sand table with a width of two feet and a length of four feet, Liu Ying subconsciously asked, "Youxian King?"

Hearing this question, Li Ji, who had been standing on the edge of the sand table, hurried forward.

"Your Majesty."

"Since four years ago, the Xiongnu fought against the Yuezhi in Henan, and after a great victory, they chased the Yuezhi in Hexi, and Henan was ruled by King Youxian;"

"In addition to the headquarters of Youxian King, there are also dozens of tribes in Henan, such as Baiyang, Loufan, Zhelan, and Huanxie."

Hearing Li's words, Liu Ying only nodded slightly, and turned her gaze to the upper left of the sand table, on a lake marked as 'the exact location is unknown'.

The "Henan land" in Li Ji's mouth is actually the pearl of the prairie: Hetao;
The lake that Liu Ying noticed at the moment was the most important freshwater lake in the Hetao area: Nanchi.

In the past few years, although the Han family has devoted themselves to the road of peaceful development, they have not dared to forget the past humiliation and the bloody feud with the Huns!
At the court level, although most of the public officials and officials are busy with internal governance and development, they have not stagnated for a moment in preparing for war;

Especially since four years ago, the Shaofu internal funds began to deliberately store the coins in their hands, and most of them were replaced with grain reserves. This message has become more and more obvious.

——The outbreak of war is not far away!
In addition to stockpiling grain and the military project developed by the Shaofu, Liu Ying has also put in a lot of effort in terms of 'diplomacy'.

For example, Lu Wan, the former King of Yan who defected to the Huns, died shortly after fleeing to the grassland, but at the price of "retaining Lu Wan's Marquis of Chang'an, and letting his son inherit the title", the Han family is also stationed in the southern area of ​​the Manchuria. The "Donghu" tribe of the Xiongnu, that is, Lu Wan's tribe, got in touch.

And the sand table in front of him is the grassland roughly restored according to the information provided by this line.

In addition to using Lu Wan's descendants to 'infiltrate' the Xiongnu, Liu Ying also spent a lot of thought on the outside.

For example, in the past, the Yuezhi people who shared the grassland with the Xiongnu and Donghu came into Liu Ying's field of vision.

Once upon a time, the Huns were just a tribe that couldn't be smaller on the grassland;

At that time, in order to ensure the safety of the tribe, it was even just to please the overlord of the grassland: King Donghu, the current Xiongnu Shanyu Suoda Maodun, was sent by the Huns, or the Huns, as a hostage to King Donghu.

As for the Yuezhi people, as early as when Donghu dominated the grassland, they had already become a powerful force capable of contending with Donghu.

If there were no subsequent changes, then according to the course of history, it would have been the Yuezhi people, not the Huns, who had replaced Donghu and became the new overlord of the grassland.

However, the accident that happened in the Central Plains of China unexpectedly led to an earth-shaking change in the order of the grassland.

——In the 37th year of the First Emperor, Qin Shihuang Yingzheng died in the sand dunes;

In the next year, that is, the first year of the second Huhai, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted in Daze Township, and the Qin Dynasty was flooded with wars almost overnight.

At a critical juncture concerning the safety of the country, Zhao Gao, who first collaborated with Li Si Jiaozhao to kill his son Fusu and general Meng Tian, ​​and then killed Li Si, had no choice but to order: The Qin Great Wall Army retreated across the board to support the Kanto.

When the military order came, Ben Yi relied on the Great Wall to get ready to go. The Qin Great Wall Legion, which beat all the grassland tribes, including the Donghu people, to the point of crying, disappeared outside the Great Wall almost overnight.

It's just that at the beginning, neither the Donghu people, the overlord of the grassland, nor the Yuezhi people, the upstarts of the grassland, dared to approach and investigate, and even thought it was a conspiracy of the Qin people.

However, when he returned to the tribe, and killed his father, he ascended the throne of Shanyu, with the determination of "If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent", and came to the military fortresses built by Qin Shaofu, but I was dumbfounded by everything in front of me...
—A mountain of rations!

——Inexhaustible and inexhaustible bows, feathers and arrows!

——And, all kinds of bronze weapons carefully crafted by Qin Shaofu, enough to equip tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people!

Due to the urgency of the Kanto War, when the Qin Great Wall Army retreated, they did not take away any military supplies at all; later, at the foot of Julu City, they met Xiang Yu, the overlord who was desperate.

And this batch of weapons, equipment, and military supplies that were large enough to support another Great Qin Empire became the solid foundation for the Huns to strengthen themselves and dominate the grassland in the future.

With weapons and food, the Huns no longer have any worries in the grasslands;
Take in small tribes, attack big tribes, expand your power little by little, and strengthen yourself little by little.

In the end, when the Xiongnu Shanyu Maodun, with tens of thousands of Hun warriors who used bronze as conventional weapons, shot the mythical Mingdi in the direction where they were, King Donghu looked around, The 'elite' troops wielding stone tools, bone tools and even wooden sticks couldn't help but fell into long contemplation.

And this meditation is eternal...
After almost doing everything they could, even with the "Luck of the Huns", after winning the war against the Eastern Hu tribe, the form of the grassland suddenly became clear.

——The Eastern Hu tribe, the overlord of the grassland, was overthrown by the Xiongnu Shanyu Maodun!
——King Donghu's own head was turned into a wine vessel by Tong Maodun!
In front of the "well-equipped weapons" and the Xiongnu warriors who had just experienced the war of the century, all the tribes in the grassland could do was submit.

Among them, the only one who has not surrendered is the former 'next prairie overlord' contender: Yueshi.

As a strong rise after the Donghu, and gradually possess the strength to counter the Donghu, the grassland upstart who almost overturned the Donghu, the Yuezhi, is not weak;

However, given the gap in weapons and equipment across the ages, even the mighty Yuezhi could hardly defeat the Huns, who were armed to the teeth with bronze weapons, with stones, bone knives, and wooden sticks in their hands.

Therefore, during the period when Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang was busy in the Central Plains to quell the rebellion of princes with different surnames, the Yuezhi people were also forced back to Hetao by the Huns;
A few years ago, the Yuezhi people were even more pale in a decisive battle with the Huns. They even lost the Hetao, and had no choice but to flee to Hexi.

According to the course of history, in a few years, the Yuezhi people will continue to travel westward and finally discover the Western Regions.

But in this timeline, Liu Ying took the initiative to set up a contact line with the Yuezhi people in advance...
"The Yuezhi people..."

"Still the same?"

With her eyes fixed on 'Nanchi' on the sand table, Liu Ying asked again, which made Li Ji feel a little annoyed.

"Of course."

"—Since the second year of His Majesty, there have been no less than dozens of envoys and thousands of envoys to and from the Yuezhi;"

"However, King Yuezhi still insists: If you want me to attack Henan, you need tens of thousands of soldiers..."

Hearing that Li Ji said this in an extremely dissatisfied tone, Liu Ying frowned, and could not help but sigh.

As the saying goes: the enemy of an enemy is a friend;
Or to put it another way: far-reaching and close-attacking.

For today's Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu is almost the known world, the only big man besides himself;

In order to win against this big man, there are only two roads before the Han Dynasty.

——Or, as in the original history, from the beginning of Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang, he used methods such as marriage and alliance to gain time for development;

Endure it until nearly a hundred years later, the Emperor Wu's Dynasty has enough strength, and then go northward in a big way, once and for all!
Or: Find a third party who hates the Huns as much as myself, is willing to give everything, and also makes the Huns have no time to "look south", so that the Han Dynasty fisherman can benefit.

In Liu Ying's view, the Yue family is the best choice for the Han Dynasty.

As the undisputed new overlord of the grassland, for the Huns, especially for the Huns Shanyu Modu, the top priority at this stage will definitely not be to attack the Han in the south.

——It is the unified grassland!

In order to remove the last obstacle to the unified grassland: the Yuezhi, the Huns, will definitely be willing to give up going south for the time being and giving up attacking Hanbian.

Of course, just give up the large-scale southward movement; small-scale intrusions are still unavoidable.

And what Liu Ying wants is to reach a cooperative relationship with the Yuezhi people, "I will pay to help you resist the Huns, and you will contribute to help me resist the beating for a few more years."

A few years later, when the Yuezhi people were still driven to the Western Regions by the Huns despite receiving weapons and ordnance from the Han Dynasty, it would be the time when the Han Dynasty's "martial arts" was great and they could toughen the Huns.

It's a pity: Yuezhi people are not fools...

Obviously, the Yuezhi people also saw Liu Ying's sinister intentions, so they said without hesitation: You first bring a batch of weapons and ordnance over, and then we can discuss other matters.

Like Li Ji, Liu Ying felt strongly dissatisfied with this point.

But after careful consideration, Liu Ying still decided to follow the original plan.

"The Commander's House;"

"Before the spring of next year, three thousand bronze swords and three thousand longbows that were in disrepair were selected from the Chang'an arsenal."

Upon hearing Liu Ying's words, Li Ji understood Liu Ying's intention, and couldn't help but look anxious!
However, Liu Ying raised her head confidently and looked at Li Ji with a sense of satisfaction.

"Your concern, I know;"

"However, I have given up on this matter."

"If you still don't understand something, maybe you can ask General Qu Zhou Hou Li after returning home."

"Qing's concerns, Qu Zhouhou, will be able to answer..."

(End of this chapter)