Dahan first prince

Chapter 440 Move Zhonglang Wei Shang to Cloud Guard

Following Liu Yingman's heavy exclamation, Wang Ling, Chen Ping, and Zhang Cang's expressions all became solemn by coincidence.

When it comes to the governor of Yunzhong, one has to mention what kind of strategic position Yunzhong City plays in the northern line of defense of the Han Dynasty.

In the past, when the Han Dynasty faced a large group of Xiongnu cavalry, in most cases, it was a passive defensive posture.

The conflicts between the two sides were basically "the Huns wanted to grab something" and "the Han army wanted to drive the Huns away".

Since the First World War in Pingcheng, where Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang was trapped in Baideng's siege, the Huns never had the idea of ​​"opening up their posture and fighting with the main force of the Han army";

The same is true of the Han Dynasty - in order to stabilize the interior as soon as possible, the Han Dynasty has never given birth to the plan of "fighting to the death against the Huns".

Because of that Battle of Pingcheng, both the Han and the Hungarian sides clearly realized: the big guy on the opposite side is not easy to mess with!

Very annoying!

Very difficult to mess with!
If you really want to fight with a stance, the final result will only be one death and one injury, or even both sides will suffer.

Therefore, in the past few years, both sides have exercised a lot of restraint on matters related to the border, especially those that may cause large-scale conflicts.

——The Huns were worried that their actions might irritate the Han Dynasty, causing the Han Dynasty to move across the country and pile up hundreds of thousands of heavy infantry groups on the Great Wall, so they rarely sent large groups of cavalry southward;

Most of the time, it was the scattered tribes in Munan and Hetao who wanted to grab something, so they approached the Han side with a small group of cavalry and attacked Caogu.

As for the Xiongnu Shan Yuting, after the first battle in Pingcheng, he never sent any assistant troops. He only sent envoys south every now and then to extort something from the Han Dynasty.

Such as tea, salt, cloth and the like.

On the other hand, the Han Dynasty was also worried about the Huns, who would gather hundreds of thousands of cavalry to go south and let the side walls erode;
At the same time, under the premise of the inferiority of natural arms, the Han Dynasty was not very willing to mobilize the power of the whole country to go to the front line of the Great Wall and fight a war that was destined to be impossible to win with the Huns.

Therefore, for the frequent extortion by the Xiongnu Shan Yuting, the Han monarchs and ministers, whether it was the former Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang, the prime minister Xiao He, or the current emperor Liu Ying, the prime minister Wang Ling, etc., all agreed with gritted teeth.

Because for the Han Dynasty, it is very cost-effective to mobilize the power of the whole country, go to the Great Wall and stare at the Huns, and finally watch the Huns and snatch the bodies of the fallen soldiers.

In contrast, giving some 'gifts' to the Huns, although a bit humiliating, at least the cost performance is not too low.

Of course, the Han Dynasty never thought that they would use similar "gifts" and even marriages to prevent the side wall from being invaded by the Huns.

To be precise, this is just a stopgap measure.

——I can't beat you now, so I'll be nice to you, if you ask for something, as long as it's not too much, I'll try my best to satisfy you;
——But when I can beat you, I will be the first to beat you!
It is precisely with this thought that the monarchs and ministers of the Han family have made great efforts in the past few years, or in the past ten years.

In the end, a great victory in Mayi put a fact in front of the Huns clearly:

--Hey!boy!
——I can beat you!
——As in the past, as soon as you stretch out your hand, I will serve you with food and drink, and the days are gone forever! !

——What will happen to us in the future is up to you! ! ! !

And such a huge change will inevitably make the Huns fall into a long period of sensory dullness.

--what?
——I am a great Hun, can't beat the Han people?

--impossible!

— Absolutely impossible! ! !

In this way, a new strategic pattern between Han and Hungary will inevitably emerge.

Due to the objective facts reflected in the First Battle of Mayi, the Han Dynasty, which knew that it was capable of defeating or even defeating the Xiongnu cavalry group, would inevitably take tougher measures and a tougher stance to defend its own interests.

The Han family will definitely get back the humiliation and losses suffered in the past few years!

On the other hand, the Huns may be hurt by the Mayi battle, but they will never be scared.

On the contrary, the Xiongnu who are still obsessed with the dream of being a "grassland overlord" will inevitably be swept away, and have a gentle attitude of "don't mess with them, try not to mess with them" towards the Han Dynasty.

Even if it's just out of revenge and maintaining the majesty of the grassland overlord, the Huns will definitely take tougher measures after the Mayi battle.

In other words: the Han Dynasty knew that they could beat the Huns, so they would become tougher;

And the Huns are unwilling to admit that they can't beat the Han people, so they will also become tougher.

If both sides become tough at the same time, and no one backs down, it will inevitably make the relationship between the two sides more tense, and eventually, it will lead to an inevitable armed conflict.

This is the change brought about by the Battle of Mayi for the strategic situation of the Han and Hungarian sides.

——The Battle of Mayi completely awakened the iron bones of the Han Dynasty, and the self-confidence of the "Yanhuang Empress" of the Chinese nation, and also awakened the tenacity of the Huns who refused to admit defeat and refused to admit defeat!
After such a change, there is no room for any relaxation of the conflict between the Han and the Hungarian.

In the past, the Han Dynasty did not want the border to be invaded, and they knew that they could not defeat the Huns for the time being, so even if they felt humiliated, they would basically satisfy most of the demands of the Huns;
The Huns also didn't want to fight the Han Dynasty, so even if they coveted the wealth of the Central Plains, they would rarely be tempted by the territory of the Han Dynasty south of the Great Wall.

But after the Mayi battle, neither side will ever back down again.

Because the Han Dynasty has enough strength, there is no need to continue to retreat;

As for the Xiongnu, if they want to maintain their status as the overlord of the grassland, there is absolutely no room for retreat.

In the past few years, the tough attitude towards the Han Dynasty will also make the Huns refuse to accept concessions.

Knowing this, it is easy to draw a conclusion:
——The Battle of Mayi is just the beginning!
——In the future, after the Huns have survived the huge losses and pains caused by the Mayi War, the Han-Hungarian full-scale war will begin!

And in the future Han-Hungarian war that may last for several years, ten years or even decades, the strategic significance of Yunzhong to the Han Dynasty can be said to be the top priority.

Spread out the map, it is not difficult to find: the northern defense line of the Han Dynasty is actually low in the west and high in the east;

From You Beiping County in Yan State on the eastern border to Beidi and Longyou on the western border, the border line of the Han Dynasty shrank a little bit to the south, and in the northwest direction of the two counties of Longyou and Beidi, it was sharply concave. go down.

The concave part is the crown left behind by the Chinese nation: the Hetao Grassland, which is the "Henan Land" in the population of the Han Dynasty today.

But on the border line of the Han family, which gradually shrinks from east to west, and suddenly sinks to Longyou and Beidi, Yunzhong City is an extremely dazzling and crucial strategic point.

——The northern border line actually controlled by the Han Dynasty is more than three hundred miles away from the north-south straight-line distance of Yunzhong City!
In other words: Yunzhongcheng is a "flying city" inserted into the grassland by the Han Dynasty!
As long as the Han Dynasty cannot break through the Han-Hungarian border, Yunzhong City, which is more than 300 miles north of the border, will immediately become an isolated city!
But even so, Yunzhong City was still spent a lot of energy by the court of the Han family, from the seventh year of the Han Dynasty to the present.

why?
——Because in the cloud, it was a nail inserted into the Huns grassland by the Han family, and it was an outpost established by the Han family hundreds of miles north of the border!

Why is it the seventh year of the Han Dynasty?
——Because Yunzhong was snatched back from the Huns by the price of "falling into the siege of Baideng" in the Han-Xiong Pingcheng War in the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang!
In order to be able to predict the movement of the Huns in advance, and at the same time, in order to preserve the last possibility of "going north from the Great Wall and stepping on the grassland", Yunzhong City must not be out of the control of the Han Dynasty!

In the past, the strategic significance of Yunzhong City in the strategic situation between Han and Hungary was simply an outpost.

Just like the battle of Mayi this time, although Yunzhong City was first attacked by the Huns, the Han Dynasty also learned about the Huns' war through the beacons lit in Yunzhong City long before the Huns appeared on the border. Information about the invasion of people going south.

With this foundation, the Han Dynasty could quickly set up a defense line before the Huns approached the city, and even arranged an ambush circle in advance like the Mayi battle, waiting for the Huns to fall into the siege.

But in the future, when the strategic layout of the Han and Hungarian sides changes, and the border situation becomes more severe and tense, the importance of Yunzhong to the Han Dynasty will only increase.

——Because in the future, the Han army is likely to no longer hide and defend, but will walk out of the shelter of the city wall under the cover of elite heavy infantry like Habayashi and Huben!

At that time, as an outpost for the Han Dynasty to insert into the hinterland of the grassland, Yunzhong can be transformed into a transit station for the Han Dynasty to counterattack!

This transfer point will ensure that the Han army retains the ability to counterattack, especially cross-border counterattacks, to burn the flames of war to the grasslands in the future Han-Hungarian battles;
On the other hand, the Huns will also be aware of this, so they will strengthen their defenses against Yunzhong, and even increase their looting and attack.

In other words: In the future battle between the Han and the Hungarians that is visible to the naked eye, Yunzhong will be the strategic point with the highest priority in the hearts of both the Han and the Hungarians.

As far as the Han Dynasty is concerned, if the cloud can defend, the Han Dynasty has the ability to fight back;
Conversely, for Xiongnu Run, as long as they can capture Yunzhong, even if they are defeated on the frontal battlefield, the Huns don’t have to worry about the failure on the frontal battlefield at all, which will trigger a chain reaction, pushing the defeated Huns back to the grassland, and even So the Han-Hungarian border was pushed back to the front line of the Qin Great Wall!
Combining all these things together, and considering that the Mayi battle in the past started with the "breaking of the city in the clouds", it is no wonder why the faces of these three veterans are so ugly.

——The importance of the cloud is beyond doubt!

And in the future visible to the naked eye, it will get higher and higher!

However, Yunzhong in the past and Yunzhong in the present could not even play the strategic role of an 'outpost', and even in this Battle of Mayi, it was easily breached by the Huns!

If we want to change this situation, we need to transform the cloud city, which is riddled with holes and may collapse at any time, into a future outpost for the main force of the Han army to go north from the Great Wall and step on the grassland...

Difficulty is high.

And even under such a high difficulty, the first prerequisite for accomplishing this set goal is to first find a qualified person in power for Yunzhong City.

As the saying goes: a raging soldier, a raging nest.

Only a qualified or even excellent leader can change the current situation of Yunzhong City and make Yunzhong City into what the Han Dynasty needs.

And such candidates, the current Chang'an court, is actually in short supply...

"Ugh······"

"There are no good men and virtuous ministers in the country for a long time;"

"How can we find the 'Cloud Guard' who is proficient in bow and horse, and more capable of calculating..."

Wang Ling sighed helplessly, causing Chen Ping who was beside him to slowly nod his head.

"Mo Yanyun is the guardian of a county and a city;"

"Even if it is the Prime Minister of the princes on the side wall, the court has to make repeated plans to barely get a 'good' choice."

"What's more, in the future, Yunzhong will face Hu Qi, the Xiongnu. If his generals have courage but no plan, and plan but no courage, they will not be able to rule Yunzhong."

"Courageous and resourceful, but also able to fight against the generals of the Huns..."

"Ugh······"

Also full of sorrow, Chen Ping finally lowered his head with a sigh, showing that he really couldn't think of a suitable candidate.

As for Zhang Cang, he seemed to be thinking about something, but he didn't make up his mind, and he never spoke.

Seeing that the three of them couldn't come up with a suitable candidate, Liu Ying couldn't help but think of a long-lost name.

"Zhonglang Wei Shang..."

"--how?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Liu Ying's words came out, Zhang Cang, the internal history, suddenly raised his head, and looked at Liu Ying with a touch of "Your Majesty thinks so too?" ' look.

Seeing this, Liu Ying also had some confidence in her mind. Seeing that Wang Ling and Chen Ping still had doubts, she also talked about Wei Shang's origin for these two people.

"Zhonglang Wei Shang, a native of Huaili County, is over thirty years old;"

"——In the battle of Han-Xiong Pingcheng, Emperor Taizu Gao fell into the siege of Mayi, and Zhonglang Wei Shang followed Emperor Gao of Taizu."

"In the ninth year of the Han Dynasty, Zhou Lu ordered Wuhou Lv Ze to die in battle to replace him in the north, so the Taizu Emperor Gao took Chen Xi as his prime minister and took charge of the defense of the side wall, and made Wei Shang the captain of Beidi."

"Later Chen Xi rebelled, and the side walls were left empty. Beidi Lieutenant Wei Shang sent northern cavalry to patrol the side walls to prevent barbarians from going south."

"In the 11th year of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gao called Wei Shang back to Beijing, and he was still Zhonglang, and he was also the Prince Sheren..."

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Wang Ling and Chen Ping immediately raised their heads and assumed a "tactical leaning back" posture.

- oh~
——Is it the minister of His Majesty's hidden residence?

——Then what else is there to say?

On the contrary, Zhang Cang elaborated a few more words after Liu Ying proposed the candidate.

"Wei Shang is a man who has always been known for his rigorous military management and clear rewards and punishments. There is no dissatisfaction among the soldiers under his command."

"Xi is the captain of Beidi County, and it coincides with the vacancy of the Beidi County Guard. All the affairs of the Beidi army and formation are in the hands of Wei Shang."

"The situation in the cloud today is the same as in the past in the north;"

"Take Wei Shang as the guard in the cloud..."

"Ah."

"——It is the best choice!"

(End of this chapter)