Chapter 97: Happy Treasure Horse

"The Huns lost 400,000 yuan, which is almost the same as the Battle of Hetao in the previous dynasty!" Li Guang smiled and praised himself: "We are so amazing! We are not as strong as the previous dynasty's soldiers, but they defeated 400,000 yuan of the Huns. It's amazing!"

"Haha!" Cheng Buzhi and others laughed happily.

Although Li Guang's words were ridiculous, they were not all ridiculous, they were the truth.

In history, this year was the most proud year for the Junchen Shanyu. He created "hate of humiliation". He washed away Yanmen bloodi, and the Xiongnu soldiers once arrived at Mount Li and burned down Ganquan Palace. The Han Dynasty and the government and the country were shocked. In order to calm the incident, Emperor Jing had to meet the unreasonable demands of the Junchen Shanyu.

The arrival of Zhou Yang caused a major change in history. The Huns not only failed to get a good deal, but also ended in failure and lost 400,000 troops.

The loss of 400,000 troops at one time only occurred once in the history of the Huns, that was the Battle of Meng Tian defeating the Huns in Hetao. In that battle, the Huns' army of 500,000 fled back only tens of thousands, which was even more severe than the current Huns.

King Wuling of Zhao defeated the Huns in a battle, with only tens of thousands of people fleeing back. The scale is incomparable to this year's battle. With this battle, King Wuling of Zhao's victory over the Huns changed from second to third.

Meng Tian defeated the Huns in Hetao, with careful preparations, numerous crossbow formations and elite cavalry that were good at fighting were far beyond the Han army.

Qin Shihuang was a very visionary man. When he first launched the war of destruction, he foresaw that China and the Huns would sooner or later, so he divided the Qin army into two. Under the command of veteran Wang Jian, the main force advanced eastward and wiped out the six countries. The other part was the Qin army of several hundred thousand, and under the command of Meng Tian, ​​stationed in Jiuyuan County.

The two hundred thousand Qin troops had two tasks, one was to prevent the Hu people from going south from the north. At that time, the Huns and Hu people were in high spirits. If they were not blocked, the Hu people took the opportunity to invade, and even if Qin Shihuang unified China, it would become meaningless.

No matter when, China has never been vague about dealing with foreign enemies, even in the chaos of the Warring States Period.

Before King Wuling of the Huns in Hetao, King Zhao of Qin was preparing to launch a large-scale military force against Zhao State and ordered Bai Qi to mobilize his army. The preparations of the Qin army were completed and he could attack Zhao State at any time, but news came that King Wuling of Zhao was about to fight with the Huns in Hetao, and King Zhao of Qin ordered the Qin army to suspend the attack.

The Qin army not only stopped attacking Zhao State, but King Zhao of Qin also ordered the Qin army stationed in Jiuyuan County to prepare for it. If the Zhao army loses, reinforcements will be immediately. If the Zhao army needs food and grass, the Qin army will provide unconditionally. When the Zhao army returned from a great victory and passed by Jiuyuan, the Qin army cheered for the Zhao army on the top of Jiuyuan City.

At that time, Qin and Zhao were deadly enemies and the strongest opponents among the seven heroes of Zhao. They were surprisingly consistent in dealing with the Huns. Although later, the two countries fought to the death and broke out in the Changping War, they had never been ambiguity in dealing with foreign enemies.

When Qin Shihuang was determined to unify the country, he decided to take over the responsibility of fighting against the Hu people and the Huns, and then ordered Meng Tian to lead his army to station in Jiuyuan County.

Meng Tian's other mission was to prepare for the war with the Huns. After the attack of King Wuling of Zhao, the Huns fled north and fled to the north to recuperate. After so many years, the Huns' strength has almost recovered. Moreover, the strategic position of the Hetao land is very important, and the Huns have never forgotten to capture the Hetao land.

Therefore, Qin Shihuang had foreseen that the place where China fought against the Huns should be in the Hetao area. Meng Tian highly agreed with Qin Shihuang's judgment. After arriving in Jiuyuan, he actively prepared for a war with the Huns, accumulated food, grass, and equipment, and studied the experiences and lessons of King Wuling of Zhao and Li Mu in fighting against the Huns.

It was precisely because Meng Tian made careful preparations that he defeated the Huns in Hetao.

Meng Tian fought a field battle, and fought against the Huns. He used a crossbow formation to kill and injure the Huns in large numbers, then dispatched flying cavalry to fight against the Huns and won them, writing a brilliant mark in Chinese history.

Although Zhou Yang planned to fight against the Huns, it was not all field battles. If the Han army fought in the field battle at the beginning, the result would be reversed. The Han army did not prepare carefully, did not have the powerful crossbow formation as powerful as Meng Tian, ​​nor did there be a large number of elite cavalry. If they fought head-on with the Huns from the beginning, the ending would be self-evident.

The Han army also had an advantage, that is, it had cities to rely on and could consume the Huns. This was a convenience that Meng Tian did not have in the Battle of Hetao back then.

As for the capture, tents, weapons, and fur clothes, they were piled up into mountains. No one was interested in counting them because there were too many.

The biggest gain of the Han army was that it added more than 170,000 war horses. For the Han Dynasty, war horses were a shortage. If you want to build cavalry, you must fight horses. The lack of horses in the Han Dynasty was the fundamental reason why there were not many cavalry in the Han Dynasty.

So far, the Han army has seized more than 400,000 horses from the Huns, removed mares, stallions, foals, injuries, and more than 200,000 war horses to use. If the Han Dynasty wants to form a cavalry, we can start immediately.

If there were not so many seizures and the Han army formed cavalry, they would have to wait until the horse breeds were improved and the horse politics would play a role. That would have happened ten years later.

"Master General, what should I do with the captive Xiongnu and herdsmen?" Feng Jing scratched his forehead, frowned together, and said with great concern: "That's nearly 100,000 people. It's a huge consumption! Where can I get so much food?"

As the prefect of Yanmen, who else can he find if these things do not fall on him?

More than 170,000 new war horses were added, and he had to eat up a mountain in a day, which was enough for him to have a headache. In addition, prisoners and herders, the consumption was huge, and it would be impossible to avoid worrying about him.

The Hun herds who followed him from Longcheng passed by a fire in Zhouyang, and countless casualties were killed or injured. More than 100,000 survived and grazed north of the Great Wall. They grazed differently from the past. They used to grazed fat cattle and sheep, but now they grazed cattle and lambs, mostly, plus cows, bulls, ewes, and rams.

This is all the turbulent Zhou Yang made.

As soon as the Han army arrived, they had no choice but to be the Han army prisoners.

The genus of calf, lamb, ewe, bull, and hundreds of thousands of them all became the trophy of the Han army.

Zhou Yang was also a little tricky about this problem. He looked at Dou Ying and asked, "Mr. Dou, has the emperor ever said how to deal with it?"

"This..." Dou Ying hesitated a little: "The Emperor has not said anything."

"The emperor didn't say that we don't have food and fodder, so we will kill them." Zhou Yang said lightly.

"ah!"

A scream came from the handsome tent. Li Guang, Dou Ying and his friends opened their mouths so hard that they could stuff two eggs.

"No, no!" Dou Ying was anxious: "How can I do it if I kill 100,000 yuan at a time? Grandmaster, you must not think so, and you must not do this."

"Master, this is not something to do." Li Guang said another thing: "I don't know how to kill surrender. I killed more than 300 surrendered soldiers in the past, but I still feel unhappy."

Li Guang killed 300 surrendered soldiers and criticized them for later generations. Some even said that this was the retribution for Li Guang's lifelong failure to be a marquis.

Cheng Bushi also came to persuade him: "The general is only three generations. If he is a general, he will be punished by the descendants. The general will never be able to do this."

During the Qin and Han dynasties, there was a saying that "for generals only last for three generations", which was a taboo for generals. The reason why they only last for three generations is that the killing of generals is too heavy and the descendants must be left with disaster.

Cheng Bushi believed in this Yan very much and was very anxious about it.

"Haha!" Zhou Yang was open-minded: "The descendants will have their own blessings. Don't be sinners for future generations! Lord Dou, can you deal with these prisoners? If you can't deal with them, I will kill them."

"Hey!" Dou Ying scratched her forehead: "Master, let me leave it to me. There are so many people, it's not easy to deal with."

Feng Jingda was grateful and could finally throw away the burden.

Everyone discussed the matter of rewarding the army for a while before they dispersed.

Li Guang came to Zhou Yang and asked, "Master, are you really going to kill the prisoners, or are you talking casually?"

This question is curious. Cheng Bushi and Feng Jing and others looked at Zhou Yang and waited for his answer.

Zhou Yang raised his eyebrows and said, "I do want to kill them. The Huns are hateful and even more arrogant. Only by letting the Huns shed enough blood can they lose their courage. At that time, the Huns will tremble when they see our shadows. When they come to surrender, they will never betray them. But now there is no chance, these corrupt scholars are here."

His chin raised his backs to Xuchang and others.

Li Guang's mouth cracked and he spat.

The love between Xuchang and the others coming to the border has spread, and Li Guang and the others are extremely disdainful of him.

Zhou Yang's concerns are not unreasonable. These civil officials are only good at raving and useless. If they really want to kill nearly 100,000 Xiongnu, they must have one book today and one book tomorrow. Zhou Yang is not afraid, just because they are afraid of implicating Li Guang and the others, so they have to give up the idea of ​​killing the Xiongnu.

Feng Jing praised: "The general is not only good at using his troops, but also proficient in power and strategy. If a barbarian like the Huns does not defeat his arrogance, he will not be convinced. If the Huns are scared, they will only kill one way. Only when he has enough blood will the Huns be afraid. At that time, if they show their kindness, the Huns will be grateful. This is called the combination of kindness and power!"

Looking at the direction of Xuchang and the others leaving, a sneer appeared on his face: "Like these corrupt scholars, they speak kindness and virtue, do they know how to help both kindness and virtue? To help both kindness and virtue, they must first establish authority, and make the Huns afraid, and then they can use grace. If they do not establish authority, the Huns will not only not appreciate it, but also think that you are afraid of him, and it is natural to hit you and kill you."

This was very insightful. Zhou Yang raised his thumb and praised: "Mr. Feng is easy to speak. In the future, if you meet the Huns, don't be polite. If I had known that they were coming, I would have killed the herdsmen north of the Great Wall."

At that time, the Han army was exhausted and it was not necessarily strong to kill so many herders.

"Master, don't take it seriously. There is still some time to fight the Huns. There are more opportunities for the Huns to fall into our hands. Killing and surrendering is forbidden, so why should we let the Huns surrender!" Li Guang smiled and comforted Zhou Yang.

"The flying general is right! You don't have to be ruthless to the Huns, just kill them!" Cheng Buzhi's thick eyebrows were thrust in his eyes, and his eyes were full of light.

This is not a casual statement. Li Guang and his friends obeyed the truth. This brought great disaster to the Huns, and countless Huns died at the hands of the Han army.

The Han army camp was demolished and a large area of ​​open space was freed.

The Han army gathered here and lined up one square after another. People were like dragons, horses were like tigers, and they were full of divine martial arts.

Many people had not healed their injuries, with their arms hanging and legs wrapped around. Despite this, they still stood straight, as if they were not injured, with strange light on their faces and fierce fighting spirit in their eyes, as if they were about to go to the battlefield.

Today is not a day for the battlefield, but for the imperial envoy to reward the army.

Originally, the Han army was only 100,000 now, with nearly half of the loss and half of the land. However, it is still extremely powerful and full of fighting spirit.

Zhou Yang rode a war horse and slowly came. The imperial envoy Dou Ying and Zhou rode together. Behind them was Li Guang, and Cheng didn't know a group of generals.

Li Guangran is a powerful general, a powerful general. He chases the wind horse under his crotch, as white as snow, without a trace of variegated color, and is the most conspicuous.

Zhou Yang came to the front of the formation, pulled the reins and stopped. He glanced at the Han army. The Han army's current formation was much less than that during the decisive battle. During the decisive battle, all the Han army gathered together and lined up in a huge square to press the Huns. All the equipment such as chariots and crossbows were brought with them, covering a very wide area.

Today, people are just coming, carrying bows and arrows and carrying Han swords. As for the chariots and crossbows, the space occupied is naturally much smaller. More importantly, there are only 100,000 Han troops now, rather than the original 200,000.

"One general succeeds and thousands of bones are undone!" Zhou Yang sighed unforgettably.

How many soldiers who Zhou Yang is familiar with are no longer in the world. The Yin and Yang are separated, and Zhou Yang is extremely sad. However, today is a day of celebration, so Zhou Yang can only temporarily suppress his sadness and adjust his mood to the best possible level.

"Heroes of the Great Man: Today, we gather here to celebrate! Celebrating the brilliant victory we have achieved!" Zhou Yang began to speak.

"Long live the great man!" One hundred thousand Han soldiers cheered in unison, and the sound surged into the sky.

"When autumn comes, Shanyu led a 500,000 army to fight towards the Han Dynasty, with great momentum. Shanyu even spoke wildly, wanting to fight to Chang'an!" Zhou Yang held his right hand high, and his tone was raised: "However, under our heroic resistance, the 500,000 Xiongnu army fled back less than 100,000, and more than 400,000 Xiongnu died under our sword!"

"The Han army is mighty!"

"The Han army is mighty!"

The roar like a tsunami reached the ninth level of heaven, shaking the earth.

What a shame this is when Emperor Gaozu was besieged in Pingcheng and Empress Dowager Lu was teased by Maodun. For decades, countless people have tried to eliminate the shame but have not succeeded. Today, they have finally washed away the shame, which is so exciting.

All Han Jun waved his arms and shouted loudly, letting go of his throat, and tears flashed in his eyes.

The roar lasted for a cup of tea before he stopped.

Zhou Yang continued: "It was Shanyu himself who chased the flying general so desperately that he jumped into the swamp, and he still had no idea of ​​life and death."

After Junchen Shanyu jumped into the swamp, Li Guang sent someone to guard the swamp and then sent the Han army to search in the swamp. After searching for more than ten days, there was no trace of Shanyu. The Han army surrounded him like an iron barrel, and it was unlikely that Junchen Shanyu would escape. The biggest possibility was that he died in the swamp, but Li Guang did not find the body and could not make the final confirmation.

The life and death of the Shanyu can be confirmed through another way. That is to inquire about the movements of the Huns. If the military minister Shanyu is still alive, he will return to the Huns. As long as he appears in the Huns, his life and death will have the final result.

However, the possibility of his escape was not high. He surrounded him for more than ten days, and even if he had no food or drink, he would starve him to death. Junchen Shanyu had a strong personality and would rather die than surrender. It is very likely that he died in a corner that the Han army had not found the body.

Zhou Yang basically believed that Junchen Shanyu was dead, but it only needed final confirmation.

The dignified Shanyu was desperate and life and death were unknown. How exciting it was. The Han army shouted in unison: "The flying general is mighty!"
To be continued...