Chapter 361: A Victory Destroys His Ambition
With the good news ahead, the entire Han instantly fell into a boil.
In the face of the Huns, the Han army could not only win in positional warfare, but also in mobile warfare without a fight.
The military might made the Huns not even dare to raise a sword in battle.
And boiling also has a price, and the people began to look down on the Huns.
In the court, this performance is even more direct.
"Your Majesty, this big victory over the Huns proves that the Huns are nothing more than that, can the preparation strategy set by the previous court be changed?"
"Your Majesty, the minister also feels that it should be so."
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can arm the 100,000 and 200,000 troops first, and then tilt the resources to other aspects......"
Wang Buxing, who was sitting at the top of the main hall, couldn't help but be a little speechless when he heard these remarks.
It's also very helpless.
The idea of the ministers is actually quite simple.
The nomadic threat theory advocated by Wang Buxing before did scare them, so they were able to spare no effort to prepare for war.
But now that Han Xin has fought such a battle, the results tell them that the Huns really can't do it.
And their previous preparations seem to be exaggerated.
What are the consequences of full-scale preparation?
It is the postponement of the progress of agrarian reform and the compression of various administrative orders.
What could have been done in a year now has to take three or even five years to complete.
Because there are no resources, all the scarce resources are used to prepare for the war.
Therefore, in a war of 10,000 people, the Han army was able to kill more than 3,000 Xiongnu, capture more than 5,000 people, capture more than 90,000 horses, and millions of cattle and sheep at the cost of less than 100 casualties.
With this kind of result, who can still float in it?
But these ministers apparently forgot that the reason why the Han army was able to achieve such a big victory was not because the Xiongnu were too weak.
It was precisely because of the all-round preparations of the Han State and the attention of the whole country that the gap with the Huns was gradually widened.
And the current Xiongnu are not a unified nation, and their combat effectiveness is far from being released.
"Your Majesty, the minister also feels that we can appropriately slow down the preparations for war, accelerate the reform of agriculture, and prepare for war for a long time, which will make a large number of young and strong people unable to produce, which is not conducive to the development of the country." Xiao He, who was standing at the front, also spoke closely.
Looking at Xiao He, Wang Bu nodded without hunger.
The people in front of them who did the foreshadowing, nine times out of ten, were arranged by Xiao He.
Without the authorization of the cabinet members, these people would not dare to make such a proposal at the court meeting.
In the current Han Dynasty, preparation for war is the main theme.
Although the development of agriculture has slowed down, it has not stopped.
Only the speed of replacing iron farming tools has been reduced, and things that do not require iron such as water canals are still proceeding rapidly.
As for the bronze weapons that were eliminated, these were all used by the imperial court to prepare for coinage.
The main theme of the future is still money, and it is impossible to use food as money all the time.
"Your Majesty, Xiao Shizhong's words dare not agree, the Huns are now preparing for a decisive battle with the Donghu people, and at the beginning of the year, they were ruthlessly blackmailed by the king of Donghu, how dare the Han despise the tribe with such a heart? In ancient times, the king of Yue Goujian endured humiliation and burden, according to the ministers, although the Xiongnu's Mao Dunshan Yu was not the king of Yue Goujian, but this behavior was similar. Chen Ping bowed to Wang Buying.
Then he turned his head to look at Xiao He and continued: "In the past, the Yueshi was defeated by the Xiongnu and had to move west to avoid disaster, but they were still chased by the Xiongnu to Jiuyuan. ”
"The Han Dynasty has a long border, and the defense line of the Great Wall has not yet been completed, and stopping preparations for war means that the Great Wall must be rebuilt, otherwise a large number of troops will be deployed in the places that have not yet been completed, so how much can the young and strong save?"
Chen Ping looked at Wang Bu Hungry again, and then gave a salute, and said: "The opinion of the minister and Xiao Shizhong is just the opposite, to fight the snake is to fight seven inches, in the face of this kind of inhuman enemy, he should be beaten to death with a stick, and not give him any chance to fight back, the minister feels that the court should speed up the preparation for war, if it is feasible, it is best to be in the next year, when the Xiongnu and Donghu are decisive, the Han soldiers will go out of the grassland and annihilate the Xiongnu and Donghu ......in one fell swoop."
Wang Bu looked at Chen Ping with satisfaction.
is worthy of being the person I fancy, and even speaking is so domineering.
Take a look, get rid of two enemies together, look at the entire court, who else dares to say this except yourself?
Even if they are scared, they can be scared half to death, right?
"Can't be extinguished!" Wang Bu was not hungry and said directly.
"Why can't it be extinguished? Now there are 340,000 war horses on the front line, which are equipped with the highest level, and nearly 120,000 cavalry can be trained. Chen Ping asked rhetorically.
"The Han army has no experience in expeditions, and the grasslands are so vast, without years and decades of experience accumulation, how can they go deep into the desert?" Wang Bu was hungry and said directly.
Experience is only one thing, and it is now somewhat too late to move troops to the east.
The best way is to wait for the beginning of spring next year, and then send troops directly from Yunzhong County to fight in the east through the grassland.
But this stretched all the way for thousands of miles, to put it bluntly, although the Han army had a certain number of cavalry, but this group of troops was far from familiar with the grassland marching operations and life.
How tenacious the Huns were, no one knew better than the king was not hungry.
To deal with the Huns, you can only fight steadily, step by step.
Besides, what the king wanted was not to send them away.
In history, the Han Dynasty fought for hundreds of years before finally defeating the Huns, but what about the back?
Then came the Wuhu, then the Turks, and then the Mongols, and what the king was not hungry pursued was a method once and for all.
But these things can only be thought about in the bottom of his heart, and he can't say it.
After all, that was thousands of years later, and even if it was said now, who would believe it?
"Nachen still suggested that a large-scale battle against the Xiongnu should be launched in the spring of the next year, and the first battle would hurt him and make him afraid, so that he would not dare to come to the border again for decades, so that the Han would have a longer time to prepare and let the troops adapt." Chen Ping continued.
Wang Bu was stunned and looked at Chen Ping in surprise.
, are you in a group?
Yes, one is a direct suggestion to slow down the preparations.
Another suggestion is to play directly, although on the surface it looks completely different.
But the ultimate goal is to slow down the pace of preparation for the next battle through next year's battle.
To put it bluntly, Xiao He's words seem to represent the thoughts of some people.
And Chen Ping's words also gave those main battle factions a step to walk down.
If you can't solve it after a year or two, why do you occupy resources for a long time?
It's better to beat them first and then do it slowly, so that the military strength will also increase, and the national strength will also increase, killing two birds with one stone.
As the chosen son, Wang Bu still felt a little big.
Although Han Xin's battle was very beautiful, it was also very relieving.
But there are also a lot of troubles for yourself.
And the biggest problem is that the whole country no longer thinks that the Xiongnu are the opponents of the Han State, and they are no longer worthy of being treated by the Han State with the highest standards.
What Wang Bu was even more hungry was that he had accumulated the anger that he had managed to accumulate by flickering.
was defeated by Han Xin's battle.
Of course, as the founding monarch, the prestige of the king is still there.
At this time, he said not to allow a word, and the next preparations will still be the same, and no one dares to be lazy and slack.
But the problem is that the twisted melon is not sweet, and one or two can be ignored, when everyone has this attitude.
As a monarch, the most important thing to do is not to use a tough attitude to change the minds of others.
This is not feasible and doomed to fail.
The correct approach should be to use another method to achieve the goal of saving the country by curve.
Wang Buyu naturally knew the most direct reason for the current situation.
That's because the siege of Baideng did not happen, and he was not besieged by the Huns.
Therefore, the anger of the whole country is brought up by its own rhythm, not anger from the heart.
This anger cannot last long, nor can it be remembered all the time.
Wang Buxing suddenly had a bold idea in his heart, should he pretend to let the Huns surround him?
In an instant, Wang Bu shook his head violently.
What kind of fairy idea does this special mother have?
If there is a bubble in the head, I will deliberately let the Huns surround it.
In the face of the opposition of the ministers, Wang Buxing naturally could not go his own way, and the response should still be there, but the struggle that should be there cannot be stopped.
"Let's talk about it again! Retreat ......"