Chapter 121: Surprise Qiu Liju
The annexation of hundreds of thousands of Xianbei people at one time really cost Liu Yuan a lot of effort. A redistribution of social wealth was vigorously launched among the people of the Xianbei tribe.
Except for a few early nobles who had already secretly surrendered or surrendered, the rest of the Xianbei nobles were all beaten into the dust by Liu Yuan. The tribes were stripped away, slaves, wealth were confiscated, and they were completely reduced to commoners.
As for the ordinary Xianbei people, it is easy to buy and settle. Re-divide pastures in the vast grasslands for grazing and hunting. Becoming a "Hun person" and being Liu Yuan's obedient people, there is temporarily less exploitation by the nobles, the pressure to survive is much less, and the "new Huns" adapt quickly.
The powerful position was deprived and the wealth was embezzled, and the former Xianbei nobles were naturally unwilling, and they ganged up to make trouble. The result is self-evident, it was firmly controlled by Liu Yuan, and all of them were suppressed. killed a lot of people, but let those Xianbei people settle down, this is the normal rhythm.
With the control of most of the northern grasslands centered on Danhan Mountain, many grassland peoples surrendered, and Liu Yuan's goal of hegemony was initially achieved. Restore the old land of the Xiongnu, become the king of the grassland, and control the "tens of thousands of miles" of grassland.
Sink down and stay in Danhan Mountain, slowly combing through hundreds of thousands of victory fruits, intending to digest them and transform them into the strength of the Xiongnu. Hundreds of thousands of people greatly complemented the population, heritage and war potential of the Xiongnu.
With the replenishment of these populations, Liu Yuan will become the real overlord of the grassland with millions of people and tens of thousands of people in control. Although Xianbei has experienced many hardships in recent years, there is a lack of green and yellow, but as long as he has a good life and recuperation for a few years, he can slowly recover.
When Liu Yuan consolidated the situation in the Xianbei territory, the Wuhuan people who fled all the way to the southeast finally stabilized, and Qiu Liju tried his best to gather some of the scattered and fleeing troops, but there were only more than 2,000 people. led just over half of the remnants of the defeated army, entered the Youzhou Han realm, went east to Beiping County, and was stationed to rest.
The battle in the north completely destroyed Qiu Liju's spirit. The "weakness" of the Wuhuan Turquoise cavalry made it quite sad, and its military strength was three times that of the enemy, and it was powerless to parry, and it was defeated and lost.
The blueprint dream was ruthlessly broken, and Qiu Liju recalled his previous arrogance and ambition, and felt a little ashamed. Now that I think about it, it's a bit unrealistic.
Stationed outside Lulongsai, there are many tribes in Wuhuan nearby, and the morale of the army is a little calm, but the low morale after the defeat is difficult to recover quickly.
"My lord, I want to see you!" Just as Qiu Liju was reflecting, there were pro-soldiers who reported outside the tent.
Qiu Liju is very fond of this slave, and when he heard the words, he restrained his calm expression and let him enter.
"Uncle, I have made a major discovery!" As soon as he entered the tent, he came up with a happy face and a happy expression.
Qiu Liju was a little confused, the army was defeated, and the whole army was at a low level, and he was a little unhappy with such a performance. Said seriously: "Let's be specific, what have you found!" ”
Seeing Qiu Liju's reaction, he realized that he was a little too excited, but he couldn't hide the joy between his eyebrows. It's not much nonsense, and I directly implore Qiu Liju to take a look.
The soldiers outside the tent were leading a war horse, Qiu Liju looked at it, and immediately became interested, and pointed: "This is not the war horse of the Huns!" ”
"Uncle is right!" Badun immediately followed: "When retreating, my subordinates unexpectedly obtained an intact Hun war horse. Take a closer look at how different this war horse's equipment is! ”
Without waiting for Qiu Liju's reaction, Badun directly stepped forward impatiently and explained: "This riding thing, as well as the stirrups on both sides, are completely different from our cavalry. My nephew tried, and he rode on a horse, and he was as safe as a mountain, and he wielded a knife and shot an arrow with great ease. There are also iron palms on the four horses' hooves, which have their protective hooves, and the horse's galloping distance has been increased several times, and the horse's hooves are not damaged! ”
After listening to Badun's narration, Qiu Liju's eyes had lit up, and he carefully looked around the war horse several times, and personally got on the horse and rode back for a long time.
As soon as he got off the horse, he laughed, and he looked like he suddenly realized: "I said that the combat effectiveness of the Hun army is so strong, it turns out that there is this sharp weapon to help, and with this instrument, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers can be increased by several percent." The defeat of my Wuhuan Turquoise cavalry is not a crime of war! ”
patted him on the shoulder: "Good job, you have made a great contribution to my Wuhuan, if our army can also be equipped with such equipment, then the Wuhuan Tucai can also dominate the world." ”
"My nephew has already found some Han craftsmen, and he is going to try to make some equipment for my Wu Huan!"
Seeing that he had thought of taking the lead in everything, Qiu Liju was even more satisfied.
An old Han man was brought to him, and Qiu Liju pointed to the war horse and asked, "Are these tools and the iron palm difficult to make?" ”
"Back to the adult, it's not difficult, it's not difficult, the villain has studied it carefully, as long as you try a few more times, you can cast it." Han Jiang reported with some trepidation.
"Haha! Okay, find more people, build more, give me Wuhuan Tu cavalry equipment, I want to build a real iron horse, and then look good with the Huns! Well done, I'm rewarded! Qiu Liju was very excited.
In Qiu Liju's opinion, as long as the "Three Treasures of Cavalry" is equipped, a powerful cavalry army comparable to the guards encountered before can be created.
If Liu Yuan knew, he would only scoff at it. The improvement of the combat power of the equipment on the warrior is indeed significant, but Liu Yuan's creation of the guard pro-army is not only the merit of the equipment. The careful selection of officers and men, full-time conquest, high-intensity military training, strict military discipline constraints, brutal actual combat training, innovation of new combat methods, and popularization of iron weapons and equipment.
Pile by pile, piece by piece, it took countless money, food, and effort to support such an army. The strong combat effectiveness can not be summed up by a little "cavalry three treasures".
As if seeing the scene of the great increase in the strength of the Wuhuan Tuqi, Qiu Liju was a little uncontrollable, looking for a big drink, and found a few women to wait, very proudly.
"My lord, the previous battle failed, and now the morale of our army is not high, and the warriors want to disperse and return to the tribe. You see, what to do now, do you want to dismiss the army first? Early in the morning, Su Fuyan asked to see him, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was a headache for Qiu Liju.
It would be fine if he was defeated, but now that he was defeated and returned and dispersed like this, Qiu Li was unwilling, thinking that this would be a severe blow to the prestige of his lords.
After thinking about it for a while, Qiu Liju said directly: "Send someone to contact that Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, and say that I agree, immediately start the army and attack Youzhou!" ”
Qiu Liju's idea was very simple, he gathered more than 30,000 Wuhuan cavalry, and instead of bargaining for the Huns, he suffered heavy losses. Then turn the target to Youzhou and recover some losses from Dahan!