One of the greatest advantages of nomads, over agrarian peoples, is the speed with which their armies can maneuver and build. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In just three days after the order of the military minister, he had assembled an unprecedentedly large army.

With the main force of the royal court, about 50,000 cavalry as the core, plus the four elite cavalry of the Xubu clan and the Lan clan as the left and right wings, with the miscellaneous soldiers of dozens of tribes, on the vast grassland, a huge army formation with a length of 400 miles from north to south and a width of about 300 miles from east to west was formed.

The reason why it is so sparse is also determined by the characteristics of the nomadic people.

They need enough space to graze their livestock.

Cheese from livestock is their staple food.

When such a huge cluster runs rampant in the steppe.

Later generations of television showed the spectacular herds of the Maramara River recreated in East Asia.

The cattle and sheep, which are innumerable, follow the herdsmen of the tribe all over the mountains.

Everywhere I went, all the green was gone.

Patches of pasture, bare and exposed to the wind and sand.

Even a breeze is enough to form a puff of dust.

If the wind is slightly stronger, a sandstorm may occur.

And in order to prevent the Han Dynasty from discovering their intentions, the Huns deliberately bypassed those areas that might be exposed, and tried to walk in the heart of the steppe.

And the heart of the grassland is the endless grassland.

This further destroys the already fragile grassland ecology.

The nobles of many tribes watched all this with concern.

"If you can't grab enough stuff this time...... I'm afraid, even if I win, I will have a hard time in the future......" countless people whispered.

The main reason why the Xiongnu rarely assembled such a huge army was that they were afraid that because of the huge army and the livestock of its subordinate vassals, they would destroy the fragile grassland ecology, which would lead to disaster!

In fact, the Huns and other nomads were ignorant.

But they have great respect for the maintenance of grasslands and ecology.

Just as the farming people fallowed their land in order to protect their arable land, the Huns also knew how to fallow grazing – a piece of pasture, if possible, must be grazed for one year, and then the next year there is no grazing, leaving time for the grassland to recover.

But now, when this huge team is swept away, decades of hard work have been wiped out overnight.

In these areas next year, there will definitely be a serious grass crisis.

There are even places where desertification occurs.

Then, famine will follow.

Huge numbers of livestock will starve to death, and large numbers of babies will cry because they can't eat their mother's milk!

Even more serious - when winter comes, due to lack of food and thin livestock.

Many tribes will come to an end in hunger and cold.

"It's a big bet...... many people are a little afraid.

Especially those whose own ranches are in this route are almost desperate.

These people cast helpless eyes on those nobles in the Chinese army.

But no one paid any attention to them......

Anyway, it's not your own ranch!

The nobles of the royal court who are high above don't care what kind of pain their livestock will leave on this grassland!

Even if there are some people who can't bear it, in front of the military ministers, they want to persuade one or two to let the military ministers disperse the army more, or go out in batches, so as not to destroy the grassland too much.

But, except for being reprimanded by the military ministers, there is nothing else to benefit!

The military ministers themselves also figured it out - if this southern invasion was possible, they would be able to win a complete victory, and even occupy the capital of the Yan State of the Han Dynasty and grab enough wealth and food.

Well, it's worth all the destruction now!

The Huns will get everything they could only dream of!

And if the teacher is unfavorable, he will be scolded back by the Han Dynasty.

So......

In this area of the south of the scene, I can only give up.

If you want to give up, why care?

Do you want to leave this wonderful world of flowers, fertile pastures, and verdant grasslands to the people of the Han Dynasty and the rebellious enjoyment?

Dream!

What I don't get, what I'm going to lose!

Of course, it's going to be completely shattered!

Most importantly, the military minister hoped that by such means, all the Makunan clans would be tied to his chariot.

Let them have to follow themselves to fight and kill.

Otherwise, they will starve to death!

Therefore, the military ministers did not hesitate to incorporate all the tribes along the way, and under the banner of 'preventing the Han Dynasty from knowing', all the livestock and people were coerced.

At the same time, he constantly issued orders for all nearby tribes to come and serve him.

Offering their livestock, cheese, furs, grain, salt, and even women and domes.

The Huns, like a hurricane, blew from the depths of the steppe.

Everywhere you go, there is not a single grass left, and everything is in vain!

Before attacking the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu themselves had already tasted damage.

Countless tribes, wives and wives, countless people, displaced.

In order to supply military supplies, the Huns did not care whether you were the Xiongnu headquarters or other Xiongnu tribes or vassals.

All tribes, no equal!

This is the biggest gamble of the Xiongnu Empire since Mao Dunshan angrily started a war with Donghu!

This time, the military minister pressed all his chips!

If you lose the bet, running naked is not enough.

However, he is alone, and there is no way back.

This southern invasion is so important!

Therefore, the military minister not only personally sat in the Chinese army, but also sent his cronies to all directions, going deep into various tribes to supervise and supervise.

Even Hu Yan was put on the flank in the name of 'making meritorious contributions'.

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There was so much movement on the steppe.

The intelligence department of the Han Dynasty and the scouts on the border of the Great Wall, as well as some of the Xiongnu insiders who were bought and co-opted by the Han Dynasty, were certainly not blind.

Three days after the Xiongnu began to assemble, in Yunzhong County, the Han family had already received the news of the change in the main force of the Xiongnu.

But at the time, no one paid attention.

Because in the past few years, the Huns have also assembled the main force in such a mighty way.

But in the end, they all went west.

Therefore, in Yunzhong, at first I thought that the Huns were going to go west again, but I didn't take it to heart.

Didn't even report to the next level.

However, seven days later, the Han army scouts at Yanmen Pass brought back an important piece of information - the main force of the Xiongnu seemed to be moving east?

This immediately aroused the vigilance of the entire Yanmen Pass.

On the same day, Su Wen, the county guard of Yanmen, ordered the Juzhu army to enter a state of combat readiness, and at the same time announced the mobilization of the county soldiers.

Within two days, the operational mobilization was completed at Yanmen Pass.

All men in the county who were over the age of 23 and under the age of 40 were conscripted into the army.

The arsenals of the various military forts were all opened.

The weapons eliminated by the Sentence Note Army and the Flying Fox Army were immediately distributed.

In an instant, a total of six lieutenant departments and nearly 15,000 recruits were raised.

At the same time, the 13,000 soldiers originally owned by Yanmen County were mobilized.

The Juzhu army immediately completed the combat assembly.

The beacon towers were also stuffed with firewood, ready to light the beacon fire at any time to inform the Han army behind him of the news of the Huns' invasion.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no shadow of the Huns in the Wuzhou Mountains.

The scouts went deep into the grassland for 300 miles, and did not see the signal that the Huns had gathered heavily and marched towards Yanmen.

Therefore, three days after Yanmen County entered the state of combat readiness, it found that it had nothing to do with itself, so it lifted the state of combat readiness in sighs and regrets.

But the relevant information was sent to Taiyuan.

After receiving the information, the Taiyuan side immediately attached importance to it and issued an order, requiring Yanmen and Yunzhong to immediately dispatch scouts to further penetrate into the hinterland of the grassland to understand the situation.

At the same time, an 800-mile urgent report immediately set off from Taiyuan, passed the straight, and galloped towards Chang'an.

Two days later, late at night, this urgent military intelligence report arrived in Chang'an.

After receiving this report, the scholars of Shangshutai urgently woke up Ji Di, who was sleeping soundly.

The latter got the report, only glanced at it, and immediately said: "Quick, follow me to face the saint!" ”

The main force of the Xiongnu moved eastward?

Even if it's just a legend, it must be taken seriously.

Otherwise, if something goes wrong, this head will fall off, not one or two!

Half an hour later, Liu Che was pulled up from Zhuo Wenjun's body.

"Your Majesty! Emergency military intelligence! Yanmen Pass received information that the main force of the Xiongnu seemed to have been assembled and was moving eastward...... "Ji Di immediately handed the urgent report to Liu Che: "Please make a decision!" ”

Liu Che took the report and looked at it, and his heart was groaning, and he immediately knew that something big might happen!

Because, the behavior of the Huns is exactly the same as the reaction of the Huns he envisioned!

The eastward movement of the main force of the Xiongnu is definitely not groundless!

It must be taken seriously immediately!

"Immediately pass on the prime minister, the general of the chariot cavalry, and the ruling Jinwu into the palace!" Liu Che put on his cloak and said, "Prepare the whole map of the Great Wall for me again!" ”

"No!"

"Go to Shiqu Pavilion and move the files and maps of Shangjun, Shanggu County, Yuyang, and Youbei Pingdi!" Liu Che continued: "Go to the big farmer and the young mansion again, let the big farmer and the young mansion immediately prepare the military grain reserve and official warehouse reserve data in the Yanzhao area, before dawn, I want to know, how much grain is stored in the Yanzhao area now?" ”

Once the Xiongnu invaded, the Han army immediately had to maneuver.

This army is mobile, so it naturally needs food!

So Liu Che must know, how much grain is there in the official warehouse in the Yanzhao area now?

After thinking about it slightly, Liu Che suddenly had an idea, and said: "Immediately send someone to inform the general of the building ship, Xu Han, and let Xu Han immediately give an order to mobilize the building ships of Andong, Liaoxi, and Qilu, and transfer grain, grass and ordnance to Yan Ji at all costs!" Order the Protector Army to mobilize immediately and be on standby at any time! ”

If the Xiongnu invade Yan Ji, especially in the area of Youbeiping and Yuyang, then the Huhu army can be reinforced in time!

Thankfully, the current Hanjialou Ship Yamen, in Andong and Liaoxi, has enough ships!

In the Qilu region, the Han family stationed a large fleet.

This fleet has dozens of building ships and more than a dozen new improved Fu ships.

Within half a month, hundreds of thousands of stone grains in the Qilu area can be transferred to the swallow thistle.

And in Xinhua City, the garrison of Andong's Protector Army, is close to the mouth of the sea, so they can take the ship of the building ship and quickly rush from Andong to Yuyang and Youbeiping!

Thinking of this, Liu Che then ordered: "Tell Lou Chuan, order Lou Chuan to prepare for armor and fight!" ”

This is just in case!

Because Liu Che knows how empty the defense of the Han family is now in the Yuyang and Youbeiping areas!

Originally, there had been no large-scale war in the Swallow Thistle region for decades.

Since Pingcheng, the local area has not encountered any large-scale Xiongnu into the Kou.

Therefore, the local garrison has always been a regular state.

What's even more troublesome is that because of Anton's large-scale development, Liu Che also transferred a large number of experienced officers, civilian officials and troops from the local area.

Most of the Protector Army and the Andong garrison were drawn from Youbeiping, Yuyang, and even Yan and Zhao.

This further hollows out local defenses.

Moreover, because a large number of elites have been withdrawn and not replenished in time, the local mobilization capacity and grassroots organization capacity may also be worrying!

Therefore, in an emergency, the sailors of the building ship may also have to be ready to participate in the war!

It just so happened that he took this opportunity to establish the Marine Corps of the Han Dynasty......

Of course, Liu Che also knew that if the main force of the Xiongnu invaded the Yanji region.

With thousands of sailors, I'm afraid it can't be stopped.

Therefore, the key is how fast the main field corps of the Han family can rush to the battlefield to support Yuyang and Youbeiping!

After thinking for a moment, Liu Che suddenly remembered someone, he patted his thigh, and ordered again: "Send someone immediately, set off immediately, hold my edict, announce the light car general Li Guang, and order Li Guang to arrive in Yuyang within five days!" ”

"Ordered to be the county guard of Yuyang County, the lieutenant of Yanguo, the governor of Yuyang and the soldiers of Beiping and Yanji County!"

Li Guang, although he has suffered many losses in attacking him in history, is known as the lost general.

But defensively, he's a genius indeed!

In terms of time, the envoy now set off overnight, through the straight road, arrived at Beidi County, and informed Li Guang to leave, which would take about two days.

And from Beidi County, hurry up, sleep non-stop, and rush to Yuyang, five days should be possible.

In this way, Li Guang should be able to organize a defense before the Huns attack.

It's just that......

Liu Che was worried that the Huns might not give him this time.

Because, judging from the situation reported at Yanmen Pass, if the main force of the Xiongnu did move eastward, and it was indeed possible to invade south.

Then, the most likely direction of their attack is Yuyang, Youbeiping, and Shanggu County.

The reason is also very simple, to build a defensive line, it is said to be a defensive line, but in fact it is more conducive to attack.

The people of Yan built it back then, not for defense!

Rather, it is to attack the outside world, expand the territory, and strengthen its own strength to resist the strong Qin and achieve the purpose of self-preservation.

And the history of the Ming Dynasty in later generations also proves this.

It was through the Great Wall in this area that Zhu Di used as the cornerstone of his attack and continued his northern expedition.

And Zhu Di chose Beijing as the capital, so that future generations can continue to rely on the Great Wall, go on a northern expedition, attack, and keep the enemy out of the country.

However, the fools of the Ming Dynasty only knew that they couldn't defend it, so they would naturally be beaten!

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