Ancestor Bless: I built a thousand-year-old family

Chapter 385

"Woo~~~"

The horn of conscription sounded, the warriors of the Han Dynasty began to raise troops, and the officials of the government began to submit the suitable athletes from the counties and countries according to the household registration book.

The biggest difference between ancient dynasties and modern societies in terms of armies is that they will not maintain a large standing army.

Because for the ancient dynasties with low productivity, the cost of doing that is too high to afford.

In Chang'an City, there are more than 2 or nearly 5000 forbidden troops in name, but in fact, except for the period of the North and South Second Armies, which had the largest military strength, the rest of the time remained at around [-]. However, the number of troops actually in charge is very small, and the rest of the forbidden troops are distributed among the various counties in Guanzhong for rotation.

The same is true for the counties in the vast Shandong Province. Basically, each county or kingdom has hundreds to a thousand soldiers. According to the size of the county, these are the standing army of the Han Dynasty, and these alone have already cost a lot.

The Han court has always been thousands or tens of thousands of people, and then these elites are used as the skeleton, and they are constantly recruited and filled along the way, and finally form an army of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. The soldiers recruited have also undergone training. Yes, soldiers with high military quality, the combat effectiveness of this kind of army far exceeds that of the army composed of criminals and prisoners, let alone the army composed of farmers who can't eat enough to eat.

Zhou Yafu has served as a general for more than 20 years, and he knows the Han army too well. He quickly counted the equipment and troops, and the five-way troops went out of the fortress. Naturally, they did not fight blindly, but had a plan for the battle, including when they would arrive. There are requirements for any location, and if it fails to arrive, it will be an extremely serious mistake.

When they split up to act, Zhou Yafu said in a deep voice: "Everyone, those who can participate in this war are either the descendants of the founding heroes, or the important ministers trusted by His Majesty.

Your Majesty is waiting for our good news in the Changle Palace. It has been decades since Emperor Gao appointed the heroes as marquises, and we have been extremely wealthy. Now is the opportunity to repay the emperor's favor and use the heads of the Huns to continue our life. The glory of our ancestors proves that the glory of our ancestors continues in us! "

"Here! Follow the general!"

Everyone responded enthusiastically, it was a great joy for them to be able to fight,

In the current Han Dynasty, compared with the princes, the kings of the princes are bigger, richer and more powerful than the princes, but the princes have the oath of Liu Bang when they founded the country, and they will last longer.

From the establishment of the Han Dynasty to the present, the princes and kings of the Liu family have changed a lot, especially Emperor Xiaowen has many sons, and there has been a big change of blood, but the princes, except those who were involved in the treason case, have all passed down safely to the present.

But in essence there is no difference, they are both feudal, except that princes and kings rely on blood relationship to maintain their wealth, while princes rely on the emperor's trust and military exploits.

If the emperor does not give these princes a noble status and enough trust, then these princes will provoke wars and gain military merits even if they have nothing to do in order to maintain their family wealth.

When Liu Heng was emperor, although there were basically no wars, the rewards to these princes were given every three to five times. This was to appease the princes, and your wealth can still be guaranteed without military merit.

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The Han army marched out of the fortress in mighty strength and marched towards the grassland. The accumulation of Xiaowen's rule was extremely deep, not only money and food, but also a lot of horses, but the quality of these horses could not be compared with that of the Huns, but as war horses is adequate.

Zhou Yafu studied the previous battles against famous Xiongnu generals, such as Li Mu of Zhao State in the past, Meng Tian and Han Wumu, the fiercest general of the Han Dynasty, and then came to a conclusion, that is, to fight steadily, although you cannot win a big victory, you will never fail .

"General, do you have a plan in mind for this battle against the Huns?"

Zhou Yafu heard the words and said: "Although the people who lead the bow come and go like the wind, there are traces to follow after all. The Monan grassland is so big, and there are only a few places that can provide drinking water for livestock. As long as they arrive early, they can form an encirclement. In the past, the great general Han Wumu won the big victory after besieging the Huns, so the key to victory is to keep the Huns from running!

If you can't achieve this goal, you can't start a war with the Huns without authorization, especially keep the number of bows and crossbows as a deterrent, and then retreat in formation. "

The lieutenant general asked curiously after hearing the words: "General, when forming an formation and retreating, it is most likely to have flaws. If the Huns rushed forward at that time, what should we do?

If the army turns from a retreat to a rout, I am afraid that the rout will not be able to be gathered unless the old general Han Wumu is alive. "

In ancient times, due to the lack of convenient information exchange, the retreat of the army could easily lead to collapse. This has been proved by countless wars. At present, the general who can achieve complete defeat without being defeated is the most recent one. Han Xin, In the decisive battle in Xiang Ying back then, relying on this ability to be defeated but not defeated, Xiang Yu was dragged into a state of exhaustion, and finally won the battle.

Zhou Yafu laughed and said, "That's why I brought those chariots here."

When everyone heard the words, they looked at those chariots. This kind of chariot was completely different from the chariot that was popular hundreds of years ago. With the gradual rise of cavalry, that chariot gradually disappeared in various wars. The chariot brought by Zhou Yafu was even taller. If a person lowered his body slightly, he could even hide behind it. Moreover, the whole body of the chariot was cast with iron, which was extremely hard, just like iron boxes one by one.

Seeing everyone's doubts, Zhou Yafu smiled quite complacently: "With this car as a ring, our soldiers can take turns attacking behind the car. Wall, stabilize your position, and will not lose your direction directly.

If it is night, you can take turns to rest, this is a mobile camp! "

Zhou Yafu's words made everyone's eyes brighten, and they all praised: "The general is really wise and wise, and he is able to use the waste of the chariot that has been eliminated, which is beyond our reach."

Zhou Yafu waved his hand casually and said: "It's just some insignificant cleverness. If you want to defeat the Huns, you can't rely on these alone. You still need to work hard together."

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The Xiongnu is the overlord of the grassland, and the huge Han army has entered the grassland. It is impossible to hide this news from the Huns royal court. Every tribe is the eyes of the Huns royal court.

Especially under Qilian Shanyu's command, the various ministries of the Huns who were extremely united soon sent people to report to the court of the Huns.

The envoy of King Zuoguli came to the court of the Huns first, because one of the pastures closest to the Han court belonged to his tribe. The envoy of King Zuoguli said angrily: "The great Chanyu, the Han sent 10,000 + The army entered the grassland, this is declaring war on the great Great Xia, my king sent a minister to report to you, he will obey your order, and deal the Han people the most severe blow."

Qi Lian Shanyu never expected that the Han people would take the initiative to attack the grassland. He was about to laugh wildly. Before he wanted to attack the Central Plains, he was persuaded by everyone, and he himself was persuaded, so he stopped fighting with the Han people. Ting the idea of ​​war.

But I didn't expect that the Han court would come to the main battle now, and immediately smiled and said: "Call the kings of all tribes, the great Xia Danyu surrounded by the sun and the moon, in the name of the sky, I want to send an order to all the kings and nobles of the entire Great Xia Empire." The command of the conscript, take your livestock, bring your tribe's herdsmen, take up the weapons in your hands, brandish your swords, step on your horses, and follow Ben Shanyu to fight until victory, the highest heaven, the great Yanzhi Mountain and Qilian Mountain God, will bless us until victory."

The orders from the Shanyu Golden Tent Royal Court quickly reached the hands of the Huns princes and nobles along with the envoys from all directions. Many nobles began to pack up their tents and drive their livestock to gradually gather.

Once the war started, no one could ignore Qi Lian Shanyu. It may be questionable whether his political methods are superb, but no one will doubt his combat ability. He was called "the first warrior of the Great Xia" by all the Huns. ", this is a brave man who can tear tigers and leopards alive, and even knock down a galloping horse.

Even if he is so brave, he is not a reckless man, but a cultural person who has learned the Central Plains's military art. He is very aware of the superiority of the Central Plains culture. Books obtained from the Central Plains.

Objectively speaking, Qi Lian Shanyu can be called the little overlord of the Huns. In fact, as a person who is familiar with the affairs of the Central Plains, Qi Lian Shanyu really thinks that he and the overlord of Chu are the same kind of people, and they are unparalleled commanders and generals. .

Numerous Xiongnu scouts quickly scattered from various tribes, and then gathered here at Qilian Shanyu, waiting for Qilian Shanyu to arrange combat missions. The key king, with the support of these four tribes, coupled with the power of the Huns, is enough to shake all the countries on the Eurasian continent.

Qi Lian Shanyu soon got the news that the Han army was divided into five groups. He was stunned for a moment, and then immediately burst out laughing, "The Han army would be so stupid to divide the troops into five groups on the grassland. Those who came to the door were defeated one by one. Such a disadvantage was recorded in the military books of the Han people, but they still made this mistake. This must be the blessing of the gods to Daxia.

Pass on the order of Shanyu, gather the cavalry, first defeat the weakest line of the Han people, cut off the connection between them, and then encircle and break through separately, and don't let any Han people leave the grassland! "

Following Qi Lian Shanyu's order, tens of thousands of cavalry began to gallop on the grassland, almost the most elite group of cavalry in the entire grassland.

Zhou Yafu silently counted the time, and after the feedback from the scouts, he learned that many tribes had left their original grazing places. He smiled slightly, and suddenly changed the direction of the march. March quickly.

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When Luo Jing arrived in Zhaocheng when the wind was raging, he saw Luo Ling directly. What surprised him was that Luo Ling seemed to know that he was coming, and asked directly as soon as he walked in: "Ah Jing, you are here for the war between the Han court and the Xiongnu, right?"

Sitting opposite Luo Ling, Luo Jing sighed, "That's right."

(End of this chapter)