Chapter Seventy-Four: A Great Victory
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Since the Battle of Monan, the Huns no longer dare to confront the Han army as they did a few years ago, but are thinking about how to avoid the edge of the Han army.
After all, they clashed with the Han several times, coupled with this battle of Monan, although the Huns' results were not small, relatively speaking, the biggest loss was themselves.
But judging from the current situation, the Han and the Xiongnu, the two sides are still in a state of stalemate, and the two sides have won and lost each other in the war for several years, and the two sides are still standing on the same starting line.
The Han Dynasty was not able to crush the Xiongnu in all directions, and the Xiongnu were not able to defeat the Han army, if this situation continued, the Han-Hungarian war was estimated to be fought for more than ten years, and finally ended with the defeat of one of the parties.
At this moment, the Huns in Mobei and Hexi have begun to prepare for the big war that may come in a few years.
But it doesn't matter what they want to do, what matters is what Emperor Wu of Han wants to do now.
While discussing the next move after the end of the war with the ministers in the court, Liu Che secretly wondered in his heart about the choice of generals for the next expedition.
Zhao Xin's matter gave Liu Che a blow to the head, causing Liu Che to now have great suspicion and hostility towards all the Huns' generals and troops, Liu Che thinks that the Huns are unreliable, don't look at them now surrendering themselves, but as long as the situation is not right, the vast majority of the Huns will be like Zhao Xin, and they will join the enemy.
This has to be guarded against.
In the current Han army, the proportion of the Huns is not too much, not too little, especially many of the generals who lead the army are like Zhao Xin, who surrendered the Huns, after all, the Huns know the Huns, and their individual combat effectiveness is also considerable, so Liu Che will be sincere to those Hun generals, and reward them, hoping that they can serve themselves well.
But with Zhao Xin's experience....... To be honest, Liu Che has already killed those Hun generals.
Liu Che is a very heroic emperor, he also understands that people are different from each other, everything can not be judged by partiality, not all the Xiongnu generals, are like that Zhao Xin, shameless, but ...... Somehow, whenever Liu Che wanted to continue to appoint those Xiongnu generals, a sentence would always appear in his heart.
"If it is not of my race, its heart will be different!"
In this case, Liu Che's original appointment for the next general for the next expedition was also overturned by him, just because there were many Huns in it.
Liu Che listened to the reports of His Royal Highness's ministers while secretly thinking in his heart.
"Although the battle of Monan was only a draw, it was still his Han who took the initiative, and the Huns have retreated to Mobei, Hexi, according to the original plan, the next step should be to send troops to Hexi, but I originally planned to let Wei Qing annihilate Yi Zhixie in one fell swoop, and then send troops to Hexi."
"But now....... Yi Zhixie led his troops to hide in Mobei, greatly strengthened the defense of the Huns there, if he went out of Hexi, Yi Zhixie and other Mobei Huns, will definitely send troops to rescue, this is another tough battle! โ
The more Liu Che thought about it, the tighter his brows became, "If I didn't guess wrong, the next battle of Hexi would definitely cost countless soldiers, horses, money, food and several years of time, maybe I would be able to get away with it, and if there was any accident on the way, I couldn't say, even if it was a big chance of failure, alas..... It's not easy to do, it's not easy to do. โ
"Compared with these, the most critical thing is the selection of the commander, which is another big problem."
Liu Che raised his eyebrows slightly, and Wei Qing's appearance appeared in his mind, "Anyway, Wei Qing must go, he has been fighting with the Huns all the year round, and he has won a lot in every battle, it is said that the current Huns will be afraid of three points when they hear his name, well, the next time he sends troops to Hexi, let him be in charge." โ
"But this time the Huns did not use any generals, not only did they not use it, but they also took away their military power, and moved them all to Chang'an City to live and be strictly guarded."
"Under their own noses, those people don't have the courage to make any small moves, if they don't know whether they live or die, and dare to have dealings with the Huns behind their backs...... Hmph, "Liu Che's eyes were cloudy and ruthless.
Then don't blame me for being ruthless.
"Your Majesty, do you think this method is feasible?" Dong Zhongshu stood in the main hall and asked Liu Che on the dragon chair softly.
Liu Che was thinking about the next big war just now, and he only listened to a small part of Dong Zhongshu's words, but he didn't bother to care about such a trivial matter, it was just to raise military rations, Liu Che waved his hand and said, "Just according to what the prime minister said." โ
"No."
Just when the early dynasty in the Weiyang Palace was still going on.
A dusty Han army elite horseman, riding a fast horse from the north gate rushed into Chang'an City, the vigorous long hooves of the war horse stepped on the street made of bluestone, attracting the surprised eyes of the pedestrians around, I don't know what happened.
The elite cavalry of the Han army, who came to report the news, held the reins of the war horse in his right hand, held a bunch of bamboo slips in his left hand, and had an excited smile on his face, as soon as he rushed into Chang'an City, he shouted loudly to the pedestrians on the street.
"Great victory, great victory, our army defeated the Huns, all dodge!"
The pedestrians hurriedly gave way to the soldier who reported the news at the border pass, for fear of being accidentally injured by the war horse.
And the elite cavalry of the Han army, still holding the battle report high in his hand, kept shouting the word "great victory" in his mouth, and rushed all the way to the direction of the Han Palace.
On this day, all that echoed in the entire Chang'an City was the excited shouts of the soldiers.
........
In the Weiyang Palace, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was still discussing the next battle of Hexi with his ministers.
Liu Che said that within two years, troops must be sent to Hexi to take this choke point from the Central Plains to the Western Regions.
Comrade Dongfang Shuo listened to what he said.
"Your Majesty, the minister is foolish, now our army has just fought a big battle with the Huns, and the soldiers are tired, if we raise the army again after less than two years, is it a bit too hasty?"
Liu Che half-squinted his eyes and said, "Can't my soldiers rest in two years?" โ
After speaking, Liu Che suddenly saw Dongfang Shuo standing under His Royal Highness, squeezing his eyebrows at him, and Liu Che immediately understood what he was.
At that moment, Liu Che had a gloomy face and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't beat around the bush with me," Then, Emperor Wu of Han angrily pointed to Dongfang Shuo, who was standing under His Royal Highness, calmly, and said, "Dongfang Shuo, if you dare to play with me in the future, be careful of my crime of bullying the king!" โ
"Oh, the minister doesn't dare to ......" Comrade Dongfang Shuo was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground.
Don't look at him with a scared look, but this ancestor who is a cross talk business doesn't have the slightest fear in his heart, it's not the first time that Liu Che is angry at him, he has long been used to it, and now he is thinking about how to euphemistically talk to Emperor Wu of Han about the next battle in Hexi.
After thinking for a while, Dongfang Shuo sneered and said: "Your Majesty, the minister means that the battle of Monan has just ended, and although the Huns are also dead, the main force is still alive, and at present, they are just hiding in Mobei and temporarily avoiding the edge, besides, not to mention Yi Zhixie, there are still tens of thousands of Hun troops in Hexi and other places alone, plus the terrain there is dangerous, in case our army ......" Dongfang Shuo did not dare to say more.
But Liu Che was very understanding and helped him say the following words.
"In case our army boldly marches and goes deep into Hexi, when the two armies are fighting, Yi Zhixie leads Mobei and other Hun cavalry to arrive, and flank our army before and after, it will definitely be annihilated!"
"Dongfang Shuo, do you mean that?" Liu Che looked at Dongfang Shuo with strong anger.
He decided, he must take care of this flamboyant guy for a while, damn, he will punish him for his unlucky speech, and hit the fifty boards first, so that this bastard has to increase his memory!
Grandma, if there is anything you say, you won't come to me in private? You have to pour cold water on me in front of so many people! See how I fix you in a moment.
But Liu Che was destined to be disappointed, how could Dongfang Shuo, who was slippery and like a loach, be caught by him so easily.
After hearing Liu Che's question, Dongfang Shuo hurriedly shook his head into a rattle, spread out his hands, and said with an innocent and aggrieved look: "Your Majesty, what did I say?" The minister didn't say anything, you just said that, hey, my lords, you all heard it, it was His Majesty who said that the whole army would be wiped out, I mean, even if the time and place are not good, why can you win the final victory. โ
"Dongfang Shuo, you ......" Liu Che was almost choked to death by Dongfang Shuo, good guy, he was put on the bastard again.
But...... Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sighed faintly, Dongfang Shuo, a bastard, could be regarded as indirectly forcing himself to say the worst consequence of sending troops to Hexi two years later.
Annihilated.
This is not an exaggeration at all, don't think that the Huns during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were a group of wine bags and rice bags, if it weren't for Wei Qing and Huo Quai, these two destined nemesis, Gongsun Ao, Gongsun He, and that road idiot Li would never have been able to eliminate the Huns.
Just because their combat effectiveness is too strong, it can be described in one sentence, there is no Wei Qing and Huo Quai's big man.
There is more than enough to defend and not enough to attack.
That's right, if the Huns' combat effectiveness was not strong enough, how could Liu Bang, the old ruffian, be besieged by others back then, and he was almost killed, so that the Han Dynasty could only kiss and send the princess to sleep with the boss of the Huns every year...... Poor big man, those delicate princesses.
Liu Che rubbed his head with a headache, Dongfang Shuo and himself had just said that in the battle of Hexi two years later, a large army could not be sent to attack, otherwise the risk of failure was too high, even Wei Qing, Liu Che did not dare to guarantee that he would win.
"Dongfang Shuo, if we don't send a large army to attack Hexi, then what do you think we should do?" In desperation, Liu Che could only ask the wise man for help.
Dongfang Shuo smiled mysteriously, his eyes flashed with a fine light, and he said slowly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if we don't send a large army to attack, then we can first send a fine cavalry to go deep into Hexi, test and test the reality of the Huns, and then attack in a big way in the future." โ
"Huh?" Listening to Dongfang Shuo's words, Emperor Wu of Han suddenly became interested, and waved his hand, "Go on." โ
"No." Dongfang Shuo arched his hand.
"Your Majesty, the current situation, you are already very clear, at the moment we and the Huns are like gambling, don't look at us we have won a lot of money now, but then if you are desperate and put all the capital up, it will be too irrational, it is better to play a few games first, feel the strength of the opponent, and see their deployment in Hexi.
"Then find its weakness, and attack it again, and then the odds of victory will be greatly improved."
---------------- dividing line, it's almost the New Year, and it's a matter of pushing at home, so I'll try to pay it back......