Chapter 9 Northeast Dogfight 2
readx;?? The Xiongnu Zuoxian King, among the Xiongnu officials, is often second only to Shan Yu below one person and above 10,000 people. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info.vd.
According to the corresponding records: "The Xiongnu controlled the strings with a large rate of 60,000 horsemen, and one of the five soldiers came out." Five, six, thirty, this is 300,000 ears. Not as much as Han Qianshi County. ”
According to this theory, King Zuo Xian had 80,000 troops, and five people sent one army, which translates to a population of at least 400,000 under the control of King Zuo Xian.
In some records handed down from the Han Dynasty, it is shown that the Xiongnu "the kings on the left will live in the east, and those who go straight to the valley will be connected to the east and North Korea in the east; Therefore, if the territory of the Xiongnu is clear, it is easier to infer the sphere of influence of King Zuo Xian east of Shanggu.
This range of strength is obviously based on the early Han Dynasty after the Xiongnu broke the Donghu people and obtained a large area of land in Donghu.
The current control area of King Zuoxian is relatively close to the large grassland north of Daijun in the past, because Daijun, north of Yanmen County, is the dividing line between the power of the Donghu people and the Huns.
And King Zuo Xian in this period, his strength should not be very strong, but his status is still relatively respected. Because the current King Zuo Xian is not Mao Dun's child, nor is he the half-brother who was killed by Mao Dun a long time ago.
The credibility of the claim about Maudun's half-brother is now impossible to study in detail, and this claim comes from the relevant records of the "Historical Records: The Biography of the Huns":
"Historical Records: The Biography of the Huns": Shan Yu has the name of the prince. Later, he had a love for the Yan clan and gave birth to a few sons, but only wanted to abolish Mao Dun and set up a few sons, which made Mao Dun quality in Yue's family. Mao Dun was both hostage to Yue's, and Touman struck Yue's sharply. The Yue clan wanted to kill Mao Dun, Mao Dun stole his good horse, and rode it to death. Tou Man thought it was strong, and ordered ten thousand riders. Mao Dun is used as a Ming Di, Xi Leqi rode and shot, and ordered: "The one who shoots the Ming Di but does not know the shot." Chop it off. "Hunting birds and beasts, there are those who do not shoot with a chirping hammer, and they will be beheaded. He has shot his good horse with a loud dwinkle, and he who does not dare to shoot left and right, and he who does not shoot a good horse. Living in the middle of nowhere, he shoots his beloved wife with a Ming Di, and he is quite frightened. Don't dare to shoot, Mao Dun slashed again. Dwelling in the middle of nowhere. Mao Dun went out to hunt, and shot a single good horse with a chirping di, shooting it left and right. So Mao Dun knew that it was available left and right. From his father Shan Yu Tou Man hunting, he shot Tou Man with Ming Di, and his left and right also shot Shan Yu Tou Man with Ming Di, so he punished his stepmother, brother and ministers who did not obey. Maudun became self-reliant.
And from the corresponding records of King Zuoxian, it is also indicated that Mao Dun's half-brother may have served as King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu:
"The Xiongnu called the virtuous 'Tu Qi', so the prince is often the left Tu Qi, "Zuo Xian Wang is the single deputy of the reserve." "His Zuo Xian King is the most expensive, and only the prince has to live in it." ”
King Zuo Xian is usually designated as the first successor of Shan Yu. Therefore, the respect of its status is second only to Shan Yu.
It can be seen that what Mao Dun killed at that time may have been his half-brother who had become the first heir of the Xiongnu, as well as King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu at that time.
Because King Zuo Xian has succeeded to the throne, dies or is seized of the title, a new King Zuo Xian must be established. The newly crowned King Zuo Xian was first of all the reigning Shan Yu's intended successor, generally Shan Yu's son, followed by Shan Yu's younger brother. From these aspects, this half-brother of Maudun who was killed by him. There is a high probability that he will become the king of Xiongnu Zuoxian before his death.
And there may be a problem with this, that is, judging from the situation of "Touman thinks he is strong, and he will ride ten thousand horses", Mao Dun wants to deal with his younger brother who has become King Zuo Xian at that time, and he is also a little inferior in strength. But if this Zuo Xian King is not very old, and he has not even been allowed to perform his duties in the jurisdiction of Zuo Xian Wang. So after killing Touman, it was naturally not a problem for Mao Dun to kill this half-brother who had no actual power and lived in the Dragon City area.
After doing this and officially consolidating his position in Xiongnu Shan Yu, Mao Dun's son Ji Congee officially succeeded to the throne in 174 BC in Zhang Jiashi's original world history. It's still in its infancy. Due to the war with the Donghu people and some influences, Mao Dun named his uncle the new king of Zuoxian.
And this Zuoxian King's war against the Donghu people in the past few years, although he did not have the same great achievements as Mao Dun's personal expedition, but for the restoration of the power to suppress the Donghu people and further weaken the living environment of the Donghu people, this Zuoxian King played a resentment that made Zabehe grit his teeth even more.
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Although Zhang Jiashi is not very clear about the internal situation of the Huns, it does not mean that Zhang Jiashi will despise this Xiongnu Zuoxian King who is a little down.
So this time Zhang Jiashi ordered reinforcements to Donghu, using two generals under his command to guard the border area and two of the six generals of the original Liaodong County, Su Jiao and Yujian, you know how much Zhang Jiashi attaches importance to King Zuoxian.
The strength of the Xiongnu's Zuo Xian King at this time was actually not 80,000 people, but in terms of the characteristics of the Huns, almost all of them were soldiers, this time this Zuo Xian King still concentrated most of his troops and a part of the herdsmen's troops to launch this decisive battle, and there was still not much pressure.
Although, after almost a day of fierce fighting, the offensive of the Huns was also contained by the Donghu people with a large number of casualties, but this Zuo Xian Wang is not a mediocre hand, he knows very well that these Donghu people are likely to have become the end of the crossbow, if he can hold on, it is not a difficult thing to break this force that may be the last main force of the Donghu people, and then sweep the area controlled by the Donghu people.
But King Zuo Xian really didn't expect that a large number of Qin officers and soldiers would appear in this place.
He is not an idiot, and naturally knows that these Qin officers and soldiers are naturally not good.
He didn't think that these Qin officers and soldiers would take the opportunity to fall into the well, and then beat the Donghu people, the "water dogs", together, and finally get a piece of the pie.
Because such a thing could not make the Qin people leave the Great Wall defense line like a turtle shell, and move north.
And he could also think of a situation, that is, if these Qin people really planned to make trouble for the Donghu people, Zabehe didn't have this kind of leisure and leisure, and he would concentrate his forces in such a place to fight to the death.
In other words, if the Donghu people knew that the Qin people were heading north and did not share their forces to block the Qin people's offensive, then there was only one possibility, and the target of these Qin people was not Donghu, but his Xiongnu army.
Thinking of this link, King Zuo Xian couldn't help but gasp in his heart. Because although he is not afraid of the Qin army's military strength on the grassland, this does not mean that he currently has the capital to fight again with this Qin army with a number of at least 30,000 or more, maybe more than 40,000.
Don't forget, although he is still commanding his subordinates and suppressing the Donghu people to fight, this does not mean that after a day of fierce fighting, his subordinates who have been seriously consumed still have enough strength to fight back against these Qin people.
put in front of this Zuo Xian King. was a dilemma:
To continue fighting, for him and for the remnants of the Huns. Undoubtedly a very stupid choice. Because they were not sure that they would defeat the remnants of these Donghu people before the Qin army joined the battlefield, and if the battle situation was stalemate, once these Qin troops rushed to the battlefield and joined forces with the Donghu people to flank him and the remnants of his subordinates, he really might not be able to stop the joint offensive of the Donghu people and the Qin people.
It's just that if you retreat, it is obviously not in line with Zuo Xianwang's idea, that is, Mao Dun's promise. Once the Donghu people are wiped out by him, most of the territory of the Donghu people will belong to him, King Zuoxian.
With such a temptation, King Zuo Xian really can't give up, and defeating the remaining main force of the Donghu people right now will be an important key to greatly expanding his strength.
Thinking of this, King Zuo Xian gradually replaced his reason by **. In Zuo Xianwang's thoughts, that is that he can do it before the Qin army arrives at the battlefield. Do this point to defeat the Donghu people.
The Donghu people did not think that after he gave the order to intensify the attack on the Donghu people, he had already laid the foundation for the results he would endure in this war.
If his reason was firmer, then it would really be a bigger trouble for the Donghu people and the Qin officers and soldiers led by Su Jiao. Because the subordinates under the command of King Zuo Xian still have enough strength, and Su Jiao and Hujian, who have now gone to the eastern region of Jilin in later generations, really have no way to stay in the control area of the Donghu people for a long time.
First, the two add up to an army of nearly 70,000 people, and the current strength of the Donghu people is really difficult to support the long-term consumption of this army, and even if a large amount of grain is transported from Liaoning County and Shang County, it is not advisable to do so.
Secondly. A large number of Qin officers and soldiers are stationed in the area controlled by the Donghu people, and a long time will inevitably produce contradictions with the Donghu people, you must know one thing, that is, the current alliance between the Donghu people and the Great Qin Empire is more based on the common enemy of the Huns.
If they are stationed in the area controlled by the Donghu people for a long time, and the main is weak and the guest is strong, even if the two of them do not plan to do anything dirty, such as taking the opportunity to occupy the magpie's nest, eliminate the high-level of the Donghu people, and take the opportunity to annex Donghu, the Donghu people's vigilance against the Qin officers and soldiers will become stronger and stronger. Under such a circumstance, it was really an impossible problem for the officers and soldiers of Qin to really live in peace with the Donghu people.
There is a saying called taking a step back and opening the sky, which is the current situation of King Zuoxian. If King Zuo Xian thought of this, then he would not or would have suppressed his ambitions and waited for a better opportunity.
It's a pity that since King Zuo Xian has made this choice, he will inevitably have to bear the corresponding consequences of losing the opportunity.
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The Donghu people faced an increasingly fierce offensive from the Huns, and the number of casualties rose even more sharply. However, at this time, Zabehe reversed his original decline in the past few years, but was more like summoning up Yu Yong, and almost did not personally go to the field to kill the enemy to boost the morale and will to fight of his subordinates.
However, even if the Donghu people resisted desperately, the gap between the numbers was getting bigger and bigger, and the physical exertion of the Donghu warriors was almost exhausted, even if the Donghu people continued to resist desperately, more and more of them only felt that their hands were almost unable to hold the weapons with blades rolled up.
Just as King Zuo Xian hoped for, the remnants of the Donghu warriors were indeed on the verge of collapse, and it was very likely that they only needed to work hard to achieve the final victory in this decisive battle.
However, King Zuo Xian miscalculated, because he conceived that the Qin people would not use knight troops alone to surprise them.
And Su Jiao made a decision that shocked King Zuo Xian and made the Huns unable to hold on to it in the first place.
That is, he ordered his son Su Lan and Chen Heng, the defender of Dingxiang City in Liaoning County, to lead more than 10,000 knights to attack the flank south of the Huns.
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Su Lan, as Su Jiao's son, has always been regarded as the leader of the younger generation in the military system under Zhang Jiashi, and this title of leader is not touted, but Su Lan has his own real talent and learning.
Although Su Xuan did not participate in the Great War, and when he was out of Zhang Jiashi, it was already the period when Zhang Jiashi launched the First Eastern Crusade.
But it doesn't mean that Su Jiao will favor his eldest son, and promote the other party to a high position after his debut.
In the past few years, although Su Ling has only been "boiling his qualifications" most of the time. However, for a period of time, Su Ling served as the commander of the escort unit that transported supplies to the Donghu area many times, and his ability was appreciated by many people.
Because the Great Qin Empire secretly funded the Donghu people to resist the invasion of the Huns, it naturally made the Huns very unhappy.
Among the several convoys guarded by Su Luan, there were several convoys that were attacked by horse thieves disguised as by the regular army of the Huns.
However, Su Xuan's steadiness was similar to that of his father Su Jiao, who used a fairly stable defense to minimize the losses of the convoy as much as possible, and at the same time dealt a rather heavy blow to the attacking Hun horse thieves.
After several similar battles, although Su Ling's military rank was also slightly suppressed by Su Jiao, he could be regarded as a young generation of rocket cadres under Zhang Jiashi.
Before sending troops, Su Ling was also a captain, responsible for commanding a knight force of about 5,000 people.
At the same time, because Su Lan escorted the convoy to the core area of Donghu many times, Su Jiao did not avoid suspicion during this expedition, but let Su Lan serve as the commander of the vanguard knight unit.
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As for Chen Heng, after Zhang Jiashi adjusted the focus of his forces to the Guanzhong region, out of trust in Chen Heng, the person who followed him at the earliest, Zhang Jiashi transferred Chen Heng from the governor of the Sanhan region to the defender of Dingxiang City.
If it weren't for the fact that Chen Heng's ability was indeed relatively poor, Zhang Jiashi would not have thought about letting Chen Heng serve as the county guard of Yuyang County at that time, instead of the commander of Dingxiang City, a military rank that had a certain status but was not of high grade.
The relationship between Su Jiao and Chen Heng has been good in so many years, and he happened to see Chen Heng's increasing stability and improvement in his tactical ability, so he also let him go with the army.
After all, in the past few years, Chen Heng has been holding this position that is considered important, but not famous, and it can be regarded as Zhang Jiashi's arrangement for his past friendship, but it does not mean that Su Jiao does not think that Chen Heng needs to continue to be buried in terms of his current ability.
Therefore, this is Su Jiao's combat arrangement. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )