Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 483 Blood Soaked in Yanze
At the foot of Yanran Mountain, strike an iron city.

When the sky was approaching, the tragic war finally came to an end. Almost all the more than 3000 Hun guards were killed on the spot. Only hundreds of Hun cavalry chose to flee when they saw that the situation was over. However, they should not be timid and afraid of fighting, but ran away I went to report to Maodun. After all, such a big change happened in Mobei, someone had to rush to report.

The desperate counterattack of the Huns caused great casualties to the Chu-Yan coalition forces, especially the more than 3000 Huns guards were all equipped with newly forged iron weapons, which greatly increased their combat power. The [-] Yan cavalry in front were almost wiped out, and the Chu country Xiao cavalry also lost more than [-] cavalry!
More than 3000 Xiongnu guards killed more than 4000 coalition troops!
This is still a coalition composed of the Chu Army Xiaoqi and the Yan Army Jingqi. Although they have just gone through a long-distance march for more than a month and experienced the bloody battle of Shan Yuting, they are all elites in all battles, and So many casualties under the siege of an absolutely superior force, what does this explain?
This shows that the Huns equipped with sharp iron weapons are very terrifying in field battles!
Looking at the blood-soaked desert and the corpses lying all over the ground, Bi Shu couldn't help but feel dark. Facts have proved that the king's worries are not superfluous. Once the Huns are equipped with sharp iron weapons, they are like tigers with wings. Even if they are the elite of the Forbidden Army's Xiaoqi, they are not the opponents of the Huns in field battles.

When looking at the hundreds of blacksmith stoves in the iron city ahead, Bi Shu must also admit that the king's strategic vision is absolutely unparalleled. When others don't feel it at all, the king has insight into the Huns from the smallest details. Not only did they not hesitate to consume national power and miss the opportunity to loot the Han, but they also joined forces with the Han to wipe out the Xiongnu first.

What is insight into thousands of miles, this is insight into thousands of miles, what is farsightedness, this is farsightedness!

Bi Shu was full of emotion, but suddenly there was a huge commotion in front of him. When he looked up quickly, he saw Prince Yan Zangyan with the last remaining three hundred riders madly slaughtering the blacksmiths in the Iron City. He had been watching from the sidelines before. More than ten thousand Central Plains blacksmiths (a small number of blacksmiths plus a large number of apprentices) are running around.

Obviously, Zang Yan's eyes were red with anger, so he took his anger out on these Central Plains blacksmiths.

This idiot, Bi Shu couldn't help scolding Zang Yan in his heart, and didn't even look at what time it is and where is this place?You must know that this is an iron city deep in the desert. Once the killing of the Yan army frightens these blacksmiths, and then let them escape into Yanran Mountain, it will be difficult to gather them together!
If these blacksmiths are allowed to stay in the desert, even if the Xiongnu cannot escape the disaster and fall down, the next nomadic people who occupy the desert will quickly become stronger by virtue of the advanced iron smelting technology brought by these blacksmiths, and once again constitute a great threat to the Central Plains dynasty. A deadly threat. In this way, the Chu-Yan Allied Army's Li Ting sweep will become meaningless!
At that moment, Bi Shu ordered Huyan: "Huyan, lead your troops to stop Prince Yan, and then send a large number of scouts and rangers to blockade the iron city. You must never let a blacksmith out of the city!"

"Here!" Hu Yan responded abruptly, and took the order to go.

Bi Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and walked slowly down the unfinished city. Now it is time to consider how to deal with the more than 2 blacksmiths, as well as the large number of Central Plains women and children in Shan Yuting. If possible, Bi Shu will certainly I don't mind taking them back. However, is it really possible to bring back more than 30 women, children, and craftsmen?
If Mao Dun's army returns quickly and intercepts the women, children and craftsmen, the consequences will be disastrous!
All of a sudden, Bi Shu fell into a fierce battle between heaven and man, and his reason told him that all the women, children and craftsmen from the Central Plains who were captured by the Huns in Mobei must be executed coldly and without hesitation. However, Bi Shu really couldn't do it Determined, if the Huns killed them, they would kill them, but these 10 people are all robes.

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Juyanze, the camp of the Huns.

Under the thunderous onslaught of more than 3 Hussars of the Han Army, the more than [-] Xiongnu cavalry who entered the battle one after another soon retreated without defeat. Although this Hun cavalry had more than [-] cavalry, there were not many equipped with iron weapons. Their performance on the battlefield was far inferior to that of the Xiongnu guards in the Iron City, and they basically did not pose too much threat to the Han army's hussars.

In the era of cold weapons, there are many factors that affect the combat effectiveness of an army. The most important factor is of course training, followed by morale, that is, the will to fight, and finally the quality of equipment. However, when the training, When the morale is almost the same, the quality of the equipment immediately becomes the decisive factor.

In terms of training alone, the Chu army's Xiaoqi and the Han army's hussars are all well-trained, while the Huns lived on horseback since childhood, and riding and archery is their instinct. Therefore, the three armies are not much different in this regard. If we compare the superiority and pros and cons, the Huns should have a slight upper hand, but it is also quite limited.

In terms of morale, the three armies are also similar, all lacking the will to fight to the death.

But in terms of equipment, the Chu army's Xiaoqi equipped with the ring head knife is undoubtedly the strongest, followed by the Han army's hussars who use double-edged epees, and finally the Huns cavalry who use wooden horse forks or bronze daggers. The gap between the Chu and Han armies was limited, but the Huns were an entire era behind the Chu and Han armies, with obvious disadvantages.

Because of this, the Chu army’s Xiaoqi had a hard time defeating the Xiongnu’s guards equipped with iron weapons, while the Han army’s hussars had a relatively easy victory against the Xiongnu’s guards equipped only with bronze weapons. .

Zhou Guanfu's blood-soaked heavy armor rode back in front of Bai Mo on his red dragon horse. While inserting the blood-dripping halberds back, he said excitedly: "Prime Minister, we made a lot of money this time. The last general made a rough estimate just now. , there are at least a million cattle, sheep and livestock here, and 10,000+ war horses, hahaha..."

Bai Mo smiled slightly and said: "The horses can be taken away, but the cattle and sheep may not be taken away."

Seeing Zhou Guanfu's stunned look, Bai Mo explained: "Juyanze is only four to five hundred miles away from the Yueshi King City. After Maodun knows the news, he will definitely bring his army back to help. They were overtaken by them, so although there are many cattle and sheep, they can only bear the pain and give up."

Zhou Guanfu said angrily when he heard the words: "This is really a pity."

"But it can't be left to the Huns." An inexplicable sternness flashed across Bai Mo's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "You will lead your troops to slaughter all the cattle and sheep, and first tie them behind the horses' tails and drag them away." Row until it rots, and then throw it into Guyenze.”

"That's the only way to go." Zhou Guanfu nodded and asked again, "Prime Minister, what about the hundreds of thousands of Hun women and children?"

"Then hundreds of thousands of Hun women and children?" Bai Mo pondered, a cold murderous intent suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth, and said, "Kill them all, leave no one behind!"

If possible, Bai Mo would not mind bringing these hundreds of thousands of Hun women and children back to Guanzhong, along with millions of cattle, sheep and livestock. No matter what, this will greatly supplement the population of Guanzhong, which can be said to be beneficial. Once harmed, Modu's Hun army will soon catch up, and time really does not allow it.

"Here!" Zhou Guanfu responded abruptly, turned around and left.

In the conflict of different civilizations in the cold weapon era, genocide is actually the norm, because both sides know that if they want to make the other party surrender, they must control the number of the other party's strong men below a dangerous level, so Zhou Guanfu didn't feel that at all. There is something wrong with Bai Mo's military order.

"Wait." Bai Mo suddenly called Zhou Guanfu again.

"Prime Minister?" Zhou Guanfu turned his head abruptly and asked in astonishment.

Bai Mo pondered for a moment, and finally said: "Thinking about it carefully, it is better not to kill all of the hundreds of thousands of women and children and millions of cattle and sheep. In this way, most of them will be killed, leaving only a few for the Huns." a minority of!"

"Keep a small part?" Zhou Guanfu asked in bewilderment, "Prime Minister, why is that?"

"Don't ask why." Bai Mo shook his hand and said, "Just do as I tell you."

Zhou Guanfu responded again, turned around and walked away. After a while, the endless wailing of Hun women and children and the endless wailing of cattle, sheep and livestock were heard by Juyanze, and the blood of millions of people and animals flowed down. Almost soaked the entire Juyanze into a sea of ​​blood...

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Mi Ze, the camp of the Huns.

The figure of Maodun's Shanyu swayed in the big tent. The uncle said that he was busy acupointing Maodun's golden needle on the soft couch. In front of the couch stood Youxian King Gu Nuoyan and other tribal leaders, all of them looked nervous. The air in the big tent was almost freezing, no one knew what happened to Shan Yu, why did it just happen like this?

After half an hour, Mao Dun finally let out a faint sigh and slowly opened his eyes.

"Da Chanyu!"

"Da Chanyu, are you feeling better?"

"Da Chanyu, what's wrong with you, huh?"

As soon as Mao Dun opened his eyes, Gu Nuoyan, King of Right Wise, Gao Aduo, King of Zuo Gu Li, Ka Yitu, King of Right Gu Li, Wei Mu Nata of Zuo Da Du, Qi Lunqing of Qi Lunqing, Da Mu of Zuo Da, Duo Muxiu of Zuo Da, and Da Mu of Right Danghu Ming Acha, King Xiutu, King Hunxie and more than a dozen little Hun kings rushed to the soft couch one after another, asking about their health.

Mao Dun shook his right hand with some difficulty, and everyone shut their mouths in unison.

The whole big tent suddenly became silent. Looking at the tribal chiefs and the little kings who were in front of the couch with respectful expressions and didn't even dare to breathe, Mao Dun suddenly felt an unprecedented worry.

Mo Dun has already felt the calling of his father Tou Manchanyu, and he knows that he will not live long.

Mao Dun ascended to power by killing his father, Touman Chanyu. In order to consolidate his position, he successively killed his stepmother, half-brother and a large number of ministers. During his lifetime, no one dared to challenge his authority. , even a peerless hero like Huyan Zhengde can only flee to the Central Plains sadly.

The question is, what happens when he dies?
If Ji Porridge, the virtuous king of Zuo, who was the natural heir of the Great Chanyu, was still alive, the Xiongnu would certainly not be in trouble, but unfortunately, Ji Porridge had died before Mao Dun, and Ji Porridge's two sons, Junchen and Yizhi, were still alive. Xie was still young, the ministers in front of him, would they willingly serve military ministers or Yi Zhixie as the Grand Chanyu?
(End of this chapter)