"Do you know why I have to clean up the entire grassland and take away the homes of these herders?" Three days after the battle to exterminate the Liu Bao tribe, Gao Yang, dressed in hunting clothes, rode his horse on the verdant grassland. Looking at the blue sky, he asked softly.

"So that you don't have to worry about the west, right?" The voice of the origin sounded: "Even with your strength here at the moment, you will be troubled by two-front combat, right?" First, focus on clearing the northern grasslands and overseas islands that are closer together. After cleaning the surrounding area, you can devote yourself to the journey of conquering the World Island. Is that so? ”

The corners of Gao Yang's mouth brought out a shallow smile, looking at the dazzling blue sky and white clouds, shaking his head slightly, and said, "You are only half right." ”

"Oh?" The origin wondered, "What else?" ”

"Revenge." Gao Yang lightly said something that has never disappeared since the beginning of human civilization.

"Revenge?" There was a hint of weirdness in the voice of the origin.

"You're an intelligent AI, too sane. It is not possible to understand and experience such pure emotional emotions. Gao Yang waved his hand and signaled the large number of elite cavalry following behind him not to follow. While riding a horse alone, he said with a smile, "Humans are emotional animals, and many times emotions are greater than reason. You have checked a lot of information in modern time and space, and I don't need to say that you should also know the grievances and grievances between the Chinese people and these nomads. ”

"I know that." Yuan Dian said softly, "It's not an exaggeration to say that you don't die. No matter which side is strong, it will bring great pain to the other party. ”

"That's because you, as an outsider, don't have a position and a camp!" Gao Yang's face froze, and his tone was slightly accentuated. With his backhand, he picked up a strong bow from the horse's back, and urged the horse with his legs to chase after a rapidly fleeing rabbit in the distance.

"I am a native of Huaxia, born in this land, and I was born to be a member of the Huaxia camp. Now that he has the power in his hands, it is a matter of course to seek justice and suppress the enemy! Gao Yang's words just fell. As soon as the strong bow that was stretched into a half-moon in his hand was loosened, a long steel arrow with a whistling sound pierced the gray rabbit in the distance with lightning speed! And the belt flew up!

"Good !!"

A large number of Han cavalry behind him applauded. Not only because Gao Yang is the coach, but more importantly, this arrow is indeed very domineering!

It's not hard to shoot a rabbit running at high speed in the dense grass. The hard thing is that the power is so great!

Gao Yang withdrew his bow and arrow, and said in a low voice with an expressionless face, "Human civilization has been tens of thousands of years. Both the East and the West have learned the lesson of blood debt and blood repayment. This is a matter of course. ”

"I really don't understand what intelligent creatures like you think." Origin said with a sigh.

"Huh." Gao Yang turned his horse's head and walked towards the camp in the distance, chuckling and saying, "As an intelligent being, you will never understand. ”

Hundreds of elite cavalry escorted Gao Yang and slowly marched towards the direction of the camp in the distance. Along the way, on this grassland with fertile water and grass, there were two rows of tall wooden poles erected. On each wooden pole hangs a corpse fluttering in the wind!

These were the nobles of the captured Xiongnu clan. Including those Hun nobles who followed Liu Bao to break out of the blockade line and fled north in embarrassment.

'Huh~' Gao Yang reined in his horse and paused. With an expressionless face, he looked up slightly at a wooden pole not far away, which was obviously thicker and taller than other wooden poles. Hanging on it was a burly man with a braided head. This is Liu Bao!

"Hmph." Seeing that this butcher, who had left a great reputation in the history books and had Han blood on his hands, was hung on a wooden pole to dry, Gao Yang sneered, "Let you run." No matter how fast you run, can you outrun the plane? ”

In the end, Liu Bao was unable to escape the pursuit of the Han army.

His luck was that he managed to break through the Han defenses on the Beichun River and then landed on the north bank after nightfall. With a small retinue, he fled all the way north, trying to defect to the Xianbei people in the distance.

Although the Xianbei people were just horse herding slaves under the command of the Huns, their status was so low that they had no status at all. But at this time, the Xianbei people had already risen rapidly on the grassland, completely collected the legacy left by the Huns, and became the overlord of the new generation on the grassland!

In order to be able to survive, Liu Bao let alone go to his former slaves, let him go to be a slave for the Xianbei people! In order to be able to live, he is willing to do anything. If he hadn't known that the Han people would not accept his surrender, he Liu Bao would have knelt a long time ago. People like him are the ones who fear death the most.

However, after going ashore, Liu Bao's good luck ran out.

What Liu Bao didn't know was. Whether it was night or day, thousands of meters above his head, there was always an artifact that was no less than an innate magic weapon in this era, staring at him with burning eyes. And keep sending the specific location to the cyborg warriors who are chasing him.

It took only one day for the mighty pursuers to catch up with this lost dog, each riding only one horse. In the desperation of Liu Bao and others, they were surrounded by a group, and then after a small-scale tragic fight. Most of the Huns were killed on the spot. Liu Bao and more than a dozen of the last Xiongnu nobles were captured and sent to the camp in Gaoyang.

For these fat and stupid Xiongnu nobles like pigs, Gao Yang has no interest in even meeting them. Order them all to be hung on wooden poles as an example.

Looking at the marks left by the scratching and gnawing on those thick wooden poles, Gao Yang pursed his lips.

These wooden poles are not for the wild wolves on the grassland to prepare food. He wanted to use this way to declare the dominance of the Han army over the grassland!

The grasslands are too large, and the herders are too widely dispersed. Gao Yang could not use a reconnaissance plane to scan the entire grassland. After the army leaves, there will inevitably be a small number of herders who will continue to live on the grasslands. Gao Yang left these behind to deter them!

"Go back to the camp, rest for two more days, and the army will go north to conquer Xianbei!" Gao Yang raised his chin slightly, grabbed the reins with force, and rushed out first.

The sudden attack of the Han army caught the Huns by surprise. Not only were they unable to assemble a resisting army quickly. Even the methods used to pollute the water source with rotten dead cattle and dead horses against the Han army in the past did not have time to be used.

After a sweep and a great battle, the main body of the Huns on the steppe has been wiped out. Most of the other scattered herdsmen were also killed and captured under the sweep of the Han army's iron cavalry. The Huns as a race. If you don't count the Northern Xiongnu who moved west, they have disappeared.

Except for a very small amount that was not caught. Or the Huns, who were lucky enough to escape from the Han army's control. The fate of the tens of thousands of Huns who were captured by the Han army and still alive did not get much better.

A small number of men were sent back to Han. Expanding mines are in dire need of manpower, and workers, who don't have to worry about casualties, are the favorite cannon fodder labor of all mines.

As for women. Except for a small number that were selected by the Han army as concubines. The rest became women's battalions in the army. At least until the end of this expedition, this is their fate. As for how to deal with it in the future, some people do it, and there is no need for Gao Yang to worry about it.

Collect and count the spoils of war, count military exploits, treat the wounded, and transport the dead robes back to the Han land for burial. The rest of the past few days has been busy with the clerks in the army.

The soldiers after the war, the soldiers who escaped from the line between life and death, need to relax and vent. In addition to a large amount of alcohol, the women's camp on the north side of the camp was constantly in and out from morning to night, and business was excellent.

Compared with those nomads who ate women alive after being humiliated, the Han army can definitely be regarded as a benevolent and righteous army with awe-inspiring military discipline.

Gao Yang can understand all this, he has experienced too much blood and fire over the years, what else can't he see through? Whether it was in this large camp or what the cavalry did when they were sweeping the steppe. Gao Yang didn't care.

Because all this is the prerogative of the victor.

......

After nearly ten days of rest, Gao Yang's army was finally ready to go out again.

This time, not only the cavalry clusters scattered in all directions converged. The huge army of foot soldiers that had been dragging behind finally caught up.

It's not that they are really so slow on the march. More importantly, they carried a large number of logistical materials and craftsmen along the way, leaving behind a large number of small military fortresses made of reinforced concrete components on the marching route. Building these things is what slows down the march. Anyway, Gao Yang didn't think of using them to participate in the battle to exterminate the Xiongnu.

The arrival of a large number of troops directly led to a straight upward trend in the consumption of military supplies and logistical supplies. If it weren't for Gao Yang's storage space, these multiple mouths would have been able to overwhelm an empire.

Not all of them are Pixiu, and the long transportation lines and huge clusters of people will drag everything down. This is just to fight the Huns around the Han Border, and when they go north to defeat the Xianbei people, without Gao Yang's help, they don't even think about it.

Gaoyang left thousands of cavalry and about 20,000 garrisons on the newly occupied grassland. At the same time, Han Hao was appointed as the governor of Tuntian, responsible for recruiting people in the Han land to come to the grassland to Tuntian.

There are no large cities built on the grasslands, and all the villages are built of cement. It is unusually strong in the grasslands, where there is a lack of wood and stone to build siege equipment.

Each of the recruited Han people was given at least 100 acres of land to cultivate. In the era when farmland was not returned to forests and pastures, these grasslands were unusually fertile, and the use of primary chemical fertilizers and high-yielding seeds was enough to feed a large family.

as a means of defense and control. From Yanmen County and other border counties to the grassland, a reinforced concrete sentry tower was built every 50 miles, and 50 sergeants were stationed to control the nearby grassland. At the same time, large-scale construction of a number of concrete roads began, which was the most effective way to control the area.

At this time, Gao Yang regretted killing too many Huns. How nice it would be if all those Huns were left behind to build roads? It's worth it when you're tired.

It's just that it's too late to regret it now, so I have to catch more slaves when I go north to attack the Xianbei people. (To be continued)