"I underestimated the strength of the lord, if the previous odds of winning were eighty, now it is ninety out of nine. The lord began to order the layout! ”

Outside the Yanmen Gate, Jia Xu said with a slight surprise.

Stepping on the stirrups and leaning on the saddle, Jia Xu felt that he could go into battle with his troops.

Jia Xu's military strategy is very high, and the cavalry has this assistance, and there will be great changes in the art of war.

"Can Wen He release the spies who lure the enemy?" Liu Fan asked Jia Xu.

Out of Yanmen Pass, less than fifty miles, is the ambush site set by Jia Xu. It's already possible to act on the plan.

There are only 2,000 garrison soldiers at Yanmen Pass, and 10,000 cavalry are coming, and most of the garrison soldiers are afraid that they will flee. At that time, Taishou will dispatch troops to expel the Hu people, and the Hu people will almost plunder, and they will withdraw from the territory of the Han Dynasty. This is always the case, and there is no power to fight back.

The Hu people knew that there were no strong troops stationed in the nine counties on the Han border, so they were so arrogant.

"I have sent him to deceive Tuoba Xianbei. He is not from He Zhongfu, but I have taken him in halfway, and the lord can rest assured that he has seen Tuoba with me. Jia Xu replied to Liu Fan. He knew Liu Fan's worries, and he was afraid that He Jin's people would be unreliable.

He sent his own soldiers for fear of making the Xianbei people suspicious.

Military strategy, one wrong step, all lost. Just like the plot of Ma Yi back then.

In the second year of Yuanguang, June. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was in his twenties, convened his ministers to discuss countermeasures in response to the Xiongnu's repeated treacherous invasions and the killing of the border.

It happened that Ma Yi Haoqiang Nie Yi entered Wang Hui, saying that the Xiongnu were often border troubles, so it was better to take advantage of their unpreparedness and relatives to lure people to be plugged and ambush the attack, and they would win a big victory.

Wang Hui was born as a border official, and he had seen the people in the frontier being bullied by the Xiongnu, so he had always opposed peace and listened to Nie Yi's suggestion to persuade Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to send troops.

At this time, Liu Che was young and vigorous, and he was moved by it, so he adopted Wang Hui's opinion and made specific troop deployments. Han Anguo, the general of the escort army, Gongsun He, the general of the light car, and Li Xi, the general of the material officer, led 300,000 elite soldiers to ambush in the Mayi Valley. He sent the general Tun general Wang Hui and the cavalry general Li Guang to attack the back of the Xiongnu and intercept the baggage.

Everything was properly arranged, so that Nie Yi went out of the fortress to lure the Hun military minister Shan Yu in the name of doing business.

Nie Yi said to Shan Yu: "I have hundreds of accomplices, infiltrate the city of Mayi, kill Ling Cheng, and surrender the city. In this way, you will be able to get all the belongings of the city, but you must send a large army to meet them in case of Han soldiers. ”

Shan Yu was greedy for profit, and he was very happy, and immediately sent the leader to enter the horse with Nie Yi first, and then marched into the army.

Nie Yi returned to Mayi to conspire with Ling Cheng, killed several death row prisoners, cut off his head and hung it on the city, pretending to be Ling Cheng's head, and deceived the Xiongnu envoys.

So, the military minister Shan Yu led 100,000 cavalry into Wuzhou to respond. When the army came to a place more than 100 miles away from Mayi, they found that there were livestock along the way, but no one was grazing them, which aroused suspicion.

Coincidentally, there was a pavilion on the side of the road, and Shan Yu led the troops to attack. In addition to the captain's history, there are only 100 guards in the pavilion. Usually, it is nothing more than to look at the enemy's situation and inform the border criminals, but this time, he was surrounded by the Hun army.

Wei Shi surrendered for fear of death, and leaked all the premeditated plans of the Han Dynasty to the Xiongnu. Shan Yu was surprised and delighted, hurriedly led the army out of the plug, wiped the sweat beads on his forehead with his hand and said: "I got the history of the captain, and I didn't get the Han Emperor's time, it was really a gift from God." ”

At this time, Wang Hui had copied out of Daijun and was about to attack the back of the Huns, but he was very surprised to hear that Shan Yu retreated, thinking that his army was only 30,000 people, and the enemy was no match for the Hun army, so he had to retreat.

Han Anguo and others led the army and stationed in the territory of Mayi, but there was no movement for several days, and they also changed the original battle plan to lead the army to attack, but as a result, they did not even see the shadow of the Huns, so they had to return to the capital empty-handed.

Although the "Mayi Strategy" was unsuccessful, the humiliating policy of peace and proximity since the beginning of the Han Dynasty was destroyed, and the prelude to a large-scale counterattack against the Xiongnu was opened.

There are lessons from the past, and we must be cautious.

"Very good." Liu Fan nodded.

Before the Yanmen Gate, Liu Fan was welcomed into the gate by the guards of the gate.

Compared with the ancient Yanmen Pass, the terrain here is very different. What made Liu Fan frown the most was that Yanmen Pass was dilapidated and in disrepair. The wide gates looked crumbling, and the garrison soldiers were lazy. The combat effectiveness is estimated to be not much stronger than that of the pavilion pawn.

"Where." Standing on the gate, Liu Fan sneered.

Shouguan Sima lowered his head, not daring to look at him, his body trembled slightly, and it was difficult to argue.

Liu Fan's irony couldn't be more obvious.

"Most of you and others are from Yanmen in Bingzhou, and the Hu people have been driving straight in, and the first thing to trample on is your hometown, and you and other relatives are killed first, are you indifferent?" Liu Fan stared at Sima at the city gate and asked strongly.

"The Hu people are thousands of miles away, and we have no choice, just like we can't wear Lu Min at the end of a strong crossbow. They attacked suddenly, and we were no match for them. Helpless, Shouguan Sima said dejectedly.

For the Hu people, many soldiers guarding the gate endured grief and grievances. The imperial court's control over the frontier became more and more beyond its reach, and the powerful built dock forts one after another to protect themselves, and the people beat duckweed like rain. The border guards no longer exist.

"Polishing your weapons and putting on your armor. Ambush Xianbei with me. Liu Fan ordered them.

At this time, half of the soldiers under Liu Fan's command had already crossed the Yanmen Pass.

Liu Fan stood on the gate and shouted to the soldiers below: "Xianbei is cruel and treacherous. The Han border is not affected by its poison. Defeat Xianbei and save all the people, you and others are all heroes. In this battle, the killing of the enemy is counted as a team of 100 people, and if the team kills one enemy, each team of 100 people gets 10 yuan, and if a team kills 100 people, each person gets 1,000 yuan. Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away! ”

This is a crucial battle, and Liu Fan did not hesitate to spend his blood.

If he kills 10,000 enemies in this battle, he must give a reward of 10 million dollars.

Most of the gold, silver and jewelry obtained from Zhang Rang and others' homes were used to buy grain and distribute it among the people. The rest of the gold, silver, and jewels were converted into money, and only 20 million remained.

There was still a lot of gold that had been embezzled in Yingchuan, and Jia Xu helped him deceive He Jin of a lot of gold.

But he still has a lot of use for this money, and Liu Fan can't count on the imperial court to pay him a military salary.

After this battle, he had to reform the army.

"Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away!"

The hearts of the soldiers in the city were on fire and they shouted loudly.

The reason why a team of 100 people shared the results was to enhance the cohesion of the battle formation.

It is easy for a person to compete for military merit. Once you kill the red eye, you don't know who killed the enemy.

"General, if we kill the enemy, can we also share the money?" The guard Sima asked Liu Fan with the courage to ask.

Their military salaries consisted of food and salt, and they were not able to share the money at all, and they were often withheld by officials, so that they had no intention of serving the country.

In the Han Dynasty, the official position of Dasi Nong was to be responsible for the soldiers' military salaries, although it was a capital crime to deduct military salaries, but in the turmoil, this kind of scene was not uncommon, and Zhou Zhong had no choice.

During the Warring States period, soldiers wore their own weapons, armor, and horses to participate in the war, and after the battle, they returned home to farm, switching between pawns and farmers. Therefore, the ancient marquis kingdom of hundreds of people can easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops.

The Warring States had no military pay, let alone a pension.

"Yes." Liu Fan replied neatly.

The garrison rejoiced.

It's not that they're greedy for money, they're exchanging their lives for money, just for their families.

(End of chapter)