Chapter 86: Crusade against the Huns
After making peace with Cao Cao, Liu Yu made every effort to prepare for a crusade against the Xiongnu.
The nearest part of the Xiongnu territory is less than 300 miles away from Chang'an City, some time ago, the Xiongnu took advantage of the rebellion of Li Dao and Guo Yan to capture Guanzhong, and the population alone took away tens of thousands, and most of them were women and children.
These women would be occupied by the Xiongnu soldiers and reduced to the tools of giving birth to children for the Huns, and those children would grow up in the Xiongnu, and when they grew up, they would be directly assimilated by the Huns and fight for the Huns.
The longer the time, the stronger the strength of the Huns will be, and the greater the threat to Guanzhong, which is not something that Liu Yu can tolerate.
If you want to determine the Central Plains, you must first destroy the Xiongnu, recover the Hetao area, and advance the northern frontier to the Jiuyuan area, which is thousands of miles away.
After more than a month of dispatching troops, a large amount of grain and grass was transported to Beidi County.
In May of the fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Yu ordered Liu Ye, Lü Qian, Man Chong, Pang De, and Gao Shun to stay in Chang'an, Zhang Liao to guard Tongguan, and Xu Huang to guard Hanzhong, with Guo Jia as the military advisor, Jia Xu and Chen Gong as the ministers, and Lü Bu, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Ma Chao, and Zhang Xiu as generals, commanding 60,000 cavalry and 140,000 foot soldiers, a total of 200,000 troops to crusade against the Xiongnu.
The current Xiongnu are very strong, with nearly 80,000 nomadic cavalry.
If the Xiongnu were allowed to develop for another decade or two, the number of Xiongnu cavalry would probably exceed 100,000. Historically, Cao Cao only relied on a civil strife of the Huns, divided the Huns into five parts, and temporarily suppressed the Huns, but unfortunately Cao Cao died, after Sima Zhao usurped Cao Wei Jiangshan, taking advantage of the rebellion of the eight kings of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Huns still captured Guanzhong, and opened the tragedy of the five Hu chaos.
Liu Yu's soldiers were divided into four routes, ordering Lu Bu to lead 50,000 troops as the forward, Ma Chao as the left wing, Zhang Xiu as the right wing, each leading 40,000 troops, and Liu Yu personally and Guan Yu and Zhao Yun led 70,000 troops for the Chinese army.
When Lu Bu was still under the account of Ding Yuan, he often suppressed the Xiongnu, Xianbei and other Hu people with Ding Yuan, and he was absolutely experienced in the Xiongnu Lu Bu.
"General, the Hun cavalry has been found ahead." There is a sergeant to probe the horse in return.
Lu Bu smiled and said: "The Huns barbarians, back then, I cut off their heads like cutting melons and vegetables, and now I am fighting for the Marquis of Qin, I don't know if these Hun barbarians have forgotten my name Lu Bu!" ”
Immediately, Lu Bu led his troops like tigers to kill the group of Hun cavalry they found.
Lu Bu was extremely lucky, he ran into the Xiongnu Right Xianwang Department, with nearly 20,000 horsemen.
"Hun thief, do you still recognize me Lu Bu!" Lu Bu led the troops to kill, he laughed, very domineering.
Without the fierce generals of the Central Plains, Lu Bu regarded the Huns as grass and mustard, not to mention leading tens of thousands of troops, even if he was the only one, he dared to brazenly kill among the Hun cavalry to take the head of the Xiongnu Right Xianwang.
"Lu Bu?" The right virtuous king of the Huns was shocked, and the other Hun cavalry were also shocked, and the Hun cavalry without a team was in chaos.
If Ma Chao killed the Qiang people and the Di people regarded him as a 'god of heaven', then Lu Bu also killed the Xiongnu and Xianbei with Ding Yuan back then, and regarded him as the 'god of war'.
If you want to say why Lu Bu has been so arrogant since he entered the Central Plains, in addition to his own martial arts that are really unmatched, the fear and honorific titles of the Xiongnu and Xianbei are also one of them.
Taking advantage of the chaos of the Hun cavalry, Lu Bu led the army to enter it.
The Xiongnu Youxian King knew Lu Bu, but Lu Bu didn't know the Xiongnu Youxian King who had only ascended the throne in the past two years, but he was familiar with the Hu people, and he saw the identity of the Xiongnu Youxian King from the outfit of the Xiongnu Youxian King at a glance.
Lü Bu took the right sage king of the Xiongnu from the army of ten thousand.
Along the way, those who dared to stop the Xiongnu generals were brutally killed by Lu Bu.
The right virtuous king of the Xiongnu wanted to escape, but Lu Bu bent his bow and shot an arrow.
"Poof!" Lu Bu shot a miracle, and the arrow hit the waist of the right Xian King of the Huns.
Lu Bu killed and ran over, a halberd cut off the head of the right Xian King of the Huns, the Hun cavalry was shocked and defeated, Lu Bu led the troops to chase and kill, killing nearly 10,000 corpses of the Hun cavalry.
The good news reached Liu Yu.
Liu Yu ordered the army to continue to fight the Xiongnu in depth.
The Xiongnu have bred in the Hetao for nearly two hundred years, and the current strength is definitely not weak, but Liu Yu's 200,000 army occupies an absolute numerical advantage, and in the current era, there is a Han enemy Wuhu said, only 80,000 cavalry of the Xiongnu will not be Liu Yu's opponent, and the Xiongnu right Xianwang was beheaded, as well as the loss of nearly 10,000 cavalry, the Xiongnu no longer dare to fight, they desperately hope that Liu Yu will retreat.
The Xiongnu contemporary Shan Yu Hu Chu Quan Zhao Zuo Xian Wang consulted with the tribal leaders.
King Zuo Xian said to Hu Chuquan Shan Yu: "Qin Marquis Liu Yu is powerful, and there is the god of war Lu Bu as the vanguard general, and now the right Xian King has been killed, and our various departments will definitely be invincible, now there is only surrender, and I can hear that Qin Marquis Liu Yu is a good beauty, and he can dedicate the moon full moon to the county lord and ten beauties of all the tribes, and he will definitely be able to retire." ”
The Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty once named the Xiongnu Shan Yu as the king, so the son of the Xiongnu Shan Yu can be called the 'prince', and the daughter can be called the 'county lord', the moon full Lun is the eldest daughter of Hu Chuquan, sixteen years old this year, and is also the most beautiful pearl of the Huns.
"The Huns want to surrender to me?" Liu Yu sneered, and directly ignored the so-called Xiongnu beauty, the world thought he was lustful, but he didn't know that it was just to confuse the princes, and as a hero, no matter how lustful he was, he wouldn't stop the plan for a beauty.
What Liu Yu wants is not the surrender of the Xiongnu, these years the Xiongnu surrendered to the Han and surrendered to Dong Zhuo, but which time did not rebel and capture Guanzhong at the first opportunity, what he wanted was to completely solve the Xiongnu, recover the Hetao area, and consolidate the security of Guanzhong.
"Go back and tell you that the Xiongnu have been favored by the Han Dynasty in the past dynasties, so that they can reproduce in the Hetao area, but the Xiongnu do not want to reciprocate, repeatedly violate Guanzhong, and plunder the people of the Han Dynasty, which is really disloyal and unjust, brutal and unkind, I specially crusade against it, take back the Hetao, and do not let the Huns and other Xiongnu thieves continue to be in trouble!" Liu Yu did not hesitate to refuse the submission of the Xiongnu, insisted on destroying the Xiongnu, and ordered to continue the army.
The envoy brought Liu Yu's words back and informed Hu Chuquan Shan Yu, plus the news that Liu Yu continued to march into the army.
Hu Chuquan Shan Yu panicked and was angry: "Then Liu Yu, the Marquis of Qin, actually refused to submit to our Huns, he wanted to kill our Huns." ”
Their Xiongnu have been breeding in the Hetao area for nearly two hundred years, and they have already regarded this place as their Xiongnu territory, but Liu Yu, the Marquis of Qin, wants to 'take it back', does this have to drive them away from the Xiongnu tribes? In the case that the grasslands of Monan and Mobei have been occupied by Xianbei, where can their Xiongnu tribes go when they leave the Hetao? What is the difference between this and the destruction of their Xiongnu tribes, it is absolutely impossible to accept.
Liu Yu's extermination angered all the Huns, and they united under the command of Huchuquan Shan Yu to resist Liu Yu's army.
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