Chapter 124 The Huns prepare for war
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It is said that the Xiongnu Zuo General's Department suffered heavy losses under Gao Shun's blow this year, but through trade, they made a lot of money, had sufficient food, and exchanged a large number of cattle, sheep and horses from the Hexi Tribe, one in and one out, several times the profits, and the tribe of General Zuo is now living very richly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The wealth was to be replenished, but the lost population could not be replenished in a short time, so he accepted the advice of the 1000th commander and went north to plunder the Xianbei population and convert the captives into a tribal population, which was much better than plundering the useless Han people.
The first commander is full of self-confidence, and the fourth commander also wants to make up for the huge losses of the tribe by plundering, and the other commanders belong to the herd mentality, since it is not good to plunder the Han people, it is not a good strategy to plunder the gradually weakened Xianbei people.
At the suggestion of the 2,000th commander, a number of people from other tribes and other races who were in difficulty were recruited from Hexi to form a separate fighting force, which soon reached the size of 3,000 men under the lure of food and booty, and each of the three sons of General Zuo commanded a thousand-man detachment and stationed around his headquarters.
The 4,000-strong team was stationed in the south of the county and Sichuan to guard the movements of the Xianbei tribe at any time and protect the safety of the camp on the south bank of the Zhujiachuan River.
Everything was ready, General Zuo's camp was ready to go north, and he wanted to camp in the south of Zhujiachuan River, so he summoned thousands of people to come to his big tent to discuss matters.
He sighed in his heart, the second commander was really prescient, and he originally proposed to establish a camp on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Zhujiachuan River, so as to facilitate the storage and transshipment of materials traded from Gao Shun, and also had a military function, and now it was just for him.
The second commander suggested: "General, we have gained a lot this year, King Zuo Xian is already dissatisfied, if such a big military operation is not reported to him, he will find trouble with the general afterwards." ”
"How's that to be?" General Zuo is also aware of this problem, and the wealth is too much to make people red, and there must be enough force to protect it.
The second commander said: "General, we can send someone to report to King Zuoxian, saying that we are going north to hunt, and consult him if he will send someone to participate, and if so, we will move their cavalry troops together with the four thousand men to reduce our losses; If they didn't send people to participate, King Zuo Xian would have no reason to target the general afterwards. ”
Because the second commander is known as the wise man of the tribe and gives advice to the tribe, the tribe has obtained rich benefits this year, and his prestige in the tribe is quite high. felt that this method was good, so he said: "Okay, then you are responsible for this matter, and you will send someone to inform King Zuo Xian immediately after the meeting." ”
"Yes, General!" The second commander immediately responded.
The 3,000-strong commander asked, "I remember that I said that I would contact the officers and soldiers of Yanmen County to act together, do you want to notify them now?" ”
His words caused everyone to laugh, and the second commander explained: "Even if we contact the Han people, it is also with the heroes of Yanmen County, and the Han border army is vulnerable, and such a low combat effectiveness will drag us back." ”
"That is, the strength of the Han border army is to defend the city, and the field battle is scum."
After the laughter, everyone looked at the second commander, he had been to Taoyuan Fort several times, and he was familiar with the heroes there. The second commander thought for a moment and said, "If you want to consider their strength, I would like to invite them to participate, but if you invite them, it will make them look down on our tribe." ”
The first commander said: "Yes, I don't recommend contacting them, this is an internal matter of our steppe tribes, and we can't let the Han people get involved, otherwise, we are likely to become the enemies of all steppe tribes." ”
General Zuo suddenly asked, "What information do the Han people have?" ”
The second commander said: "When trading grain, Gao Jiahaoqiang was appointed by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and 2 of his forces were appointed as Taishou and 1 was appointed as the captain of Wuhuan, I estimate that they are now busy with their duties, and they definitely don't have the energy to take care of us." ”
Haoqiang did not interfere, and when he plundered the Xianbei people, he would not be affected, and their flanks would be safe, and General Zuo asked again: "What else do you have to do?" ”
"General, when are we going to launch a general attack on the Xianbei tribe?"
General Zuo said: "The first heavy snow is the signal, when the heavy snow comes, we will immediately launch a general attack; Although it is difficult for us to move, the Xianbei people would never have imagined that we would choose to attack after the snow, they must be defenseless, they will definitely be able to catch them off guard, and our casualties will be much lower, but the soldiers will be more difficult, but it is better than losing their lives. ”
"Yes, General!"
Someone else asked: "General, where is the right place for us to fight this time, and will the occupied territory continue to be occupied as our pasture, or will we withdraw to the south of the Great Wall after gaining benefits?" ”
When General Zuo heard this, he felt very sad, and said with a serious expression: "We used to graze in Jiuyuan County, where there is fertile pasture, which can feed a large herd of cattle and sheep, and the people live a rich life, but they are occupied by the Xianbei people; The territory where they are stationed now is crisscrossed by ravines and withered pastures, and even so, several large pastures north of the Great Wall have also been occupied by the Xianbei people, why is this? It's that our strength is too weak, and there are too many of our Xiongnu tribes, each of which is independent, not subordinate to each other, full of contradictions, scattered forces, unable to form a joint force to deal with the Xianbei people, so that the oppressed retreat and retreat, and now it has reached the point where there is no way to retreat, if each thousand teams regard themselves as an independent individual, then we still can't fight with the Xianbei people, so I hope that everyone will work together, regardless of each other, reduce internal friction, and gradually consume the strength of the Xianbei people, to strengthen our strength, When our strength is strong enough, we must take back the original pasture; Judging from the current strength, even if we occupy the north of the Great Wall, we can't hold it, so let's withdraw if we get the benefits. ”
"Yes, General!" Everyone replied helplessly.
After the meeting, everyone was preparing to go north, while waiting for the return of the personnel who went to Zuo Xianwang's department to report.
A few days later, the news that the envoy brought back from Lishi Zuoguo City made everyone very happy, King Zuo Xian had no interest in hunting in the north, and now he only relied on the rewards of the Han court, and his life was very comfortable, and he was unwilling to raise troops in the cold season.
King Zuo Xian was very supportive of them going north to hunt, and assisted the tribe with some weapons, arrows, cloth and other materials, hoping that General Zuo would deal a severe blow to the arrogance of the Xianbei people.
General Zuo was rewarded with supplies and arranged for the troops to go north with confidence; Thanks to the camp that was set up at the beginning, even the effort of transporting food is now saved.
At the end of November, General Zuo's troops all arrived at the camp in the lower reaches of the Zhujiachuan River, and launched a general attack only after heavy snow fell.
Hexi County Taishou Mansion is in Lishi, not far from Zuo Guocheng, where King Zuo Xian is stationed, the main responsibility of Taishou Xingji is to monitor the Xiongnu Zuo Xian Wang, as long as the headquarters of Zuo Xian Wang does not move, he will sit back and relax, the small Yiluo at the bottom is a little out of line, he will not take it to heart.
This year, the reward of the imperial court arrived on time, and King Zuo Xian was very satisfied, so he did not want to dislike the officials of the Han Dynasty, so he decided not to hunt; Besides, the terrain around Zuo Guocheng was low, the water and grass were fertile, and his tribe lived a rich life, so there was no need to go out hunting in the cold winter.