In fact, in private, many people accused King Yan of being a little reckless in declaring war on Rouran, but they didn't know that the seemingly rash declaration of war was the final decision made by Wei Shuo after careful consideration. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wei Shuo, who comes from modern times, knows that it is impossible for the Chinese agricultural civilization to completely wipe out the northern nomads, and this is a tug-of-war with no end in time. The key to determining the final victory is not how strong Yan Guo is in attack, on the contrary, the importance of defense is much higher than offense.

And the key to determining who can have a long-term defensive advantage on both sides depends on the ownership of the Monan grassland!

You must know that even if the Yan State arranged a tight blockade line along the Yinshan Great Wall from east to west, if there was no Mo Nan Zhuhu as a barrier, Rouran Ele would still be able to rely on the strong mobility of the tribal cavalry to carry out periodic incursions on the northern border counties of the Yan State.

Therefore, if the threat of nomads is to be completely eradicated, the Yan State must firmly control Monan and change the passive defensive posture of the north.

If the Yan army could not cross the Gobi and attack Mobei, Monan would always face the threat of Mobei, and the defensive pressure on northern Xinjiang would still exist.

Once the internal situation of the Yan Kingdom changes slightly, resulting in a decrease in control of Monan, the balance of victory will revert to the nomads.

At the same time, Wei Shuo knew that it was unrealistic to let the Yan army, who was born in farming culture, live in Mobei for a long time, and the Jin people could not finally digest the Mobei grassland like Tunken Hetao and Hexi.

At present, the most appropriate choice is to rely on strong economic strength to send elites across the Gobi to attack the hinterland of Rouran, so as to completely cripple the Mobei Zhuhu and relieve its continuous harassment of the Monan Zhuhu, so that the Yan State has the time and energy to complete the transformation of the Monan, so as to realize the strategic situation of ruling across the Gobi from the nomads.

The crossing of the Gobi may seem difficult, but it is not an impossible task. As early as the former Han Dynasty, the great general Wei Qing had already set an example for the Yan army, and the army of the Han Empire had completed similar feats that year.

Because Mobei Rouran was full of confidence in the Gobi Desert, they did not believe that the Yan army had the ability to cross the Hanhai Desert.

Moreover, in Hu Lu's view, even if the Yan army completed the feat of crossing the Gobi, it would be nothing more than a prisoner sent to the door, and it would be impossible to have the spare strength to launch a surprise attack.

Therefore, Rouran Le was not very worried about the Yan army coming from the south. On the contrary, it was Shao Yuniang, who was pressing step by step in the east, that made Rouran and Eile feel a huge threat, you must know that last time it was Shao Yuniang who swept the entire Gonglu River basin from east to west.

It is precisely because of such a prediction that in the face of the Yan army attacking from two directions, the response made by Rouran Eile was to hoard the main force and baggage on the east side of the Wolf Juxu Mountain, and wait for Shao Yuniang's sheep to enter the tiger's mouth.

All of this provided the Western Route Army with the possibility of a surprise attack, and "surprise" was a common tactic of war, and it often achieved miracles.

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Generally, when the Han army attacked Hulu, it would often be in the spring, that is, when the nomads were at their weakest.

And this time the Yan army set out at the end of May of the first year of Taining, which seems a little unusual.

In fact, Mobei is close to the north, and it is spring at this time (the spring in Mobei is very short, just over a month), and it is still a spring offensive.

In terms of scale, the battle of Mobei launched by the Yan army this time was far inferior to the battle of Han Mobei, and even the battle of Monan commanded by Wei Shuo was slightly inferior, because the strength of Rouran and Eile was far inferior to that of the Xiongnu and Xianbei people.

But even so, in order to ensure the victory of the battle, the Privy Council organized 80,000 horses to transport grain and grass, and the government soldiers responsible for ensuring supplies in various places were as high as 100,000.

The Yan army on this expedition was divided into east and west routes, one was governed by Yanghu; The other way is led by Shao Yuniang.

In order to cover the surprise attack of the Western Route Army, Shao Yuniang of the East Road united with the Zhuhu of Monan, gathered 60,000 cavalry, and slaughtered the Gonglu River Basin.

While Rouran Eile focused most of his attention on the Eastern Route Army, the Western Route Yanghu was struggling through the entire Gobi Desert.

As the real killer move of the Yan army, in this battle, Yang Hu's task was very clear, that is, to directly attack the royal court of Rouran and carry out a beheading operation on Rouran.

In order to complete this fatal blow, the Yang Crane Department concentrated the elite of the northern border army, and its combat power should not be underestimated.

Of course, if you want to defeat the Rouran Royal Court, you must first find the location of the Rouran Royal Court.

Through the MIA scouts, the Privy Council had already had this information and had developed an optimal route of attack.

As long as Yang Hu attacks along this line, he can quickly attack the Selenga River valley (south) where the royal court is located.

According to the original plan, the Yan armies of the eastern and western routes were completely independent. If all goes well, the Western Route Army led by Yang Hu and the Eastern Route Army led by Shao Yuniang should have crossed Yanran Mountain (present-day Hangai Mountain) and Wolf Juxu Mountain (present-day Kent Mountain) respectively, and then joined forces in the southern gap opposite the two mountains, that is, the location of the Rouran Royal Court (present-day Ulaanbaatar).

However, whether or not this ideal meeting scene can be realized in the end depends on the efforts of the Eastern and Western Route Armies.

At least from the current point of view, the east and west armies are progressing extremely smoothly, after the west route army crossed the Yin Mountain, with the assistance of the Mo Nan Zhuhu living in the grassland of Yinbei, successfully passed through the 800 miles of Hanhai desert.

Compared with the arduous march of the Western Route Army, the Shao Yuniang Department of the Eastern Route Army basically marched in the territory of Zhuhu in the south of the desert, and the army arrived at the edge of the north of the desert as if it were a tourist along the way.

At this time, the main force of Rouran Eile had retreated to the depths of Mobei and transferred its military baggage farther north.

After Shao Yuniang got out of the fortress, she learned from the captives that the main force of Rouran Eile was not in the west, but in her own direction, so the troops advanced in two ways: the former army Xun Guanniang personally led two Liaodong iron cavalry and 10,000 Mo Nan Zhuhu cavalry to join forces, advanced along the right road, covered the flank of the army, and attacked the left back of Hu Lu, and she personally led the main force along the left road to attack Hu Lu frontally.

However, in a few days, the Eastern Route Army and the main force of Rouran Eile met, and in the face of nearly 80,000 Hu cavalry, Shao Yuniang did not dare to be careless, and immediately ordered the army to arrange a formation and stabilize the formation first, in case the Hu cavalry attacked.

Seeing this, Rouran Khan immediately commanded and urged the army to attack, and the two armies fought fiercely until the end of the day, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

When the stalemate was at a stalemate, a sudden wind suddenly rose, flying sand and rocks, and the two sides did not see each other.

At this time, the Hulu army scurried around like headless flies, and its shortcomings in formal training were exposed.

On the contrary, although the soldiers of the Yan army were flustered, because they did not get the general's order, the departments only guarded the door and did not dare to move.

Shao Yuniang seized the opportunity and sent cavalry to surround the Rouran Ele coalition army from the left and right flanks. Due to the chaos on the battlefield, the Yan army easily broke through the enemy interception.

Seeing that their troops were suddenly surrounded by the Yan army, and that the Yan army was numerous, and with the help of the Mo Nan Zhuhu, the soldiers were strong and strong, and they thought that it was very unfavorable for them to continue fighting, so they decided to highlight the encirclement of the Yan army and flee to the northwest.

Seeing that Rouran Khan had fled, Shao Yuniang urgently ordered Xun Guanniang to lead a light cavalry to pursue, and she immediately led the main force to chase after her.

Who knew that Xun Guanniang chased until dawn and galloped north for more than 200 miles, but did not find the whereabouts of Rouran Khan.

At this time, the main force of the Rouran Ele coalition army was completely defeated, among which the Yan army killed more than 20,000 people and captured 30,000 Hu cavalry.

Shao Yuniang handed over Hu Lu to the custody of Mo Nan Zhuhu, and she led the army to continue to pursue in the northwest direction, until the east side of the Wolf Juxu Mountain, along the way seized a lot of livestock, weapons and other military materials discarded by Rouran Eile, which greatly supplemented the logistics materials.

When the Eastern Route Army won a complete victory, Yang Hu, who attacked from the Western Road, also crossed the Hanhai Sea as scheduled. He led the army out of Yin Mountain, attacked northward, crossed the barren and populated Gobi Desert, and drove straight for more than 1,000 miles to reach the Rouran royal court.

Yang Hu immediately made a decision and ordered Ran Zhan to lead the elite to launch a fierce surprise attack on the royal court. Suddenly attacked, tens of thousands of defenders of the royal court were caught off guard and desperately resisted.

At this time, the news of the defeat of the Khan's main force came, and the entire royal court was panicked, and the defenders had to protect the tribal nobles to abandon the royal court and flee.

Yang Hu waved his army to chase closely, chased to the west side of Wolf Juxu Mountain, beheaded more than 30,000 people, almost completely annihilated the defenders of the Rouran Royal Court, and captured nearly 100 nobles, officials, and generals of the Rouran tribe such as Mo Fu (the meaning of the chief), the state minister, the national teacher, Tong Lifa, Tudoufa, Tong Li, and Tudoudeng.

After Yang Hu broke through the Rouran Royal Court, he immediately crossed the Wolf Juxu Mountain and attacked to the northeast, and soon joined forces with Shao Yuniang's troops who arrived on the east side of the Wolf Juxu Mountain. (To be continued.) )