In the Changle Palace, Luo Jing and Luo Wujian sat on the seat after saluting, and the queen Wei Zifu, the general Wei Qing and the champion Hou Huo were all here.

Liu Che asked Gong E to give wine to the two of them, and then asked with a smile: "Dong Ahou, you haven't entered the palace for a while, and your body is still strong?"

You are the important minister of the first emperor, and you are the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Han Dynasty, and I care about you very much. ”

Luo Jingzuo smiled and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, you are still in good health these days, and you should still be able to contribute to Your Majesty's society." ”

Liu Che turned to Luo Wujian again and asked, "Wushuang Marquis Young Yingjie, I love him very much." ”

After a period of greetings between the two sides, Liu Che said to the two of them, Luo Wujian took out the Kanyu map from his arms, and slowly opened it and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister is here to present you with the Kanyu map of all the countries of the Western Regions." ”

"The Western Regions are all over the world?"

Liu Che's face was full of doubts, after all, the current Western Regions was a fog for the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty only knew that there were other countries thousands of miles west of the Han Dynasty, and knew that some countries that were defeated by the Xiongnu in the past were migrated to the West.

"Your Majesty!

The father once led the family to dare to fight, through Chang'an, out of Longxi, across the Hexi Corridor, into the Western Regions, in Chang'an to the west of 5,000 miles, is a land of abundant water and grass, can support hundreds of thousands of people. ”

Liu Che was shocked when he heard this, stood up from his seat suddenly, and asked in disbelief: "Hundreds of thousands of people? ”

What does it mean for hundreds of thousands of people?

Many counties in the Central Plains don't have so many people!

This meant that the Han court could establish a complete ruling body there, establish complete counties, and divide the princes into the past.

This is a credit for expanding the territory!

And.

Liu Che walked to the Kanyu map hanging on the wall, which marked the topographical map between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, he drew a circle on it with a pen, and then asked, "Wushuang Hou, are you talking about the Western Regions here?" ”

Luo Wujian gave an affirmative answer, and Liu Che paced with some excitement on his face, turned around for a while, and then beckoned everyone to come over.

He pointed at Kanyu Tu and said with a smile: "I originally planned to launch the Battle of Moxi again after sweeping Mo Nan to cut off the connection between the Xiongnu Right Xian Wang and the land of Hexi.

Then immediately launched the Hexi War with lightning speed and completely eliminated the Huns entrenched in the Hexi area.

On the one hand, the connection between the Xiongnu and the Qiang people was cut off, and on the other hand, the Xiongnu could be attacked from the left and right, which was called cutting off their arms and then gathering and annihilating.

But I didn't expect that my generals were so good that they directly finished the Battle of Moxi, and I originally planned to launch the Battle of Hexi next year.

But now that the Marquis of Wushuang has presented the map of the Western Regions, I have a new plan, a bigger plan. ”

Liu Che even trembled with excitement when he spoke, which made everyone curious, what was the plan to make this emperor so excited?

Liu Che hung the two Kanyu pictures together, and then began to explain them to everyone.

"My goal is simple, it's to strike in three ways at the same time.

Wei Qing went out of Dai County and Right Beiping, and led 100,000 foot cavalry to contain Zuo Xian Wang and Xiongnu Shan Yu Wang Court.

Champion Hou led 50,000 elite cavalry to attack the Youxian Wang's department, and then Wushuang Hou led 50,000 elite cavalry out of Longxi to attack the King of Hutu and the King of Hun Evil in the land of Hexi.

After defeating the two kings, he directly attacked the Western Regions, cleared the Huns in the Western Regions, and then turned back to the east in a big detour, and the champion Hou went west, annihilating all the Huns west of Zhishang County! ”

As soon as Liu Che's plan came out, everyone was shocked.

He himself was quite proud, and the key to this plan was that the commanders of the three directions should be able to take charge on their own.

Huo Quzhi, who attacked Youxian Wang's department, and Luo Wuji, who attacked Hexi, are both types that are good at running thousands of miles, but Han Ting now has such two generals who are good at it.

There is also Wei Qing, an excellent commander, to support him, Liu Che feels that this is God wants to achieve great things for himself, so he naturally does not coward.

If the courtiers were here, they would definitely dissuade his plan, because it was too crazy, but the few people present were all unusual people.

Luo Wujian directly high-fived and praised: "Your Majesty is really talented, such a strategic plan is something that ordinary people dare not think, ordinary people dare not do, the Huns are never imagined, the minister is willing to lead the army to Hexi, and he will definitely cut off the heads of the Hun kings and dedicate them to Changle Palace." ”

Huo Quzhi smiled and said: "Wushuang Hou, I said before that I would help you, and I guarantee that King Youxian will not have a single soldier to go to Hexi." ”

Huo Qubing said this modestly, what he thought in his heart was to directly raise the ashes of King Youxian, and the dead were the quietest.

Among the four courtiers here, only Luo Jing was not a military general, and immediately said: "Your Majesty has far-reaching thoughts, but my Han does not have so many cavalry at present, even if he has recaptured Henan now, but if he wants to train 100,000 cavalry enough to get out of the fortress, I am afraid it will take a lot of time." ”

If calculated according to one person and three horses, the current cavalry of the Han court will not exceed 30,000, and the victory over the Xiongnu has captured a lot of horses, but the most important thing is that after recapturing Henan, the Han court will get a piece of horse land, as long as the court is willing to invest resources, with the resources of Henan, it is enough to raise hundreds of thousands of horses, and the number of war horses will increase exponentially.

But cavalry is not simply a war horse, without a long period of training, just infantry on horseback.

Liu Che has always been an anxious person, thinking that life is too short and he should do great things as soon as possible, he has countless great achievements in his heart, and Luo Jing still knows Liu Che well.

But today's Liu Che said uncharacteristically: "I know that this is not something that can be done overnight.

Therefore, I originally planned to launch the Battle of Hexi next year, but now I have decided to postpone it, and after being fully prepared, I will deal a heavy blow to the Huns. ”

Liu Che sighed with emotion, and then asked Luo Jing and Luo Wuji: "Dong Ahou, Wushuang Hou, you are the descendants of the Luo family, there are countless history books in the family, presumably the most clear history, since the reign of the Duke of Qi Huan, has there ever been such a powerful barbarian country as the Xiongnu?" ”

Luo Jing shook his head and said: "It has never appeared, Zhuxia is unprecedentedly powerful, and the Hu people are also unprecedentedly powerful, this is unexpected. ”

Liu Che sighed: "Yes, the Hu people have never been stronger, this is the threat of the entire Zhuxia, just like the weeds in the farmland, if the weeds are not removed, can the seedlings grow?"

I'm afraid the only end is to wither.

The Hu people can only swim outside the fortress now, but decades ago they were still fishbone arrows, but now they have iron armor, which is not even worse than the armor of the Great Han.

The Hu people have been constantly learning from our advanced system and civilization, if we let it go, how strong will the Hu people be?

Will one day we break through the Great Wall and even burn the flames of war to my Changle Palace?

If I can't even keep my Changle Palace, I'm afraid that the world of Zhuxia will be trampled by the iron cavalry of the Huns.

From the moment I understood this, I knew that the elimination of the Xiongnu was something that had to be done.

It is something that our generation must do, this generation of the Han Dynasty, the General Changping Hou, the Champion Hou, and the Shuangshuang Hou, if we can't do it, the next generation will be even more difficult.

The complete destruction of a huge country is a great undertaking that no one has done since King Su.

However, I also know that there is no overnight career in this world, and some things are indeed urgent, just like equestrianism, just like cavalry, it depends on time to grind.

I am willing to wait, and spend my whole life to destroy the Xiongnu, an unprecedentedly powerful barbarian regime, for the Han Dynasty and Zhuxia.

Emperor Su, you have chosen me as the son of the summer, and I will definitely not disappoint your expectations. ”

After experiencing the fact that the result of the sacrifice to the sky was given the name of the year, Liu Che was convinced of Ji Zhao's existence, and after returning from the sacrifice to the sky, Liu Che began to study what Ji Zhao wanted, this kind of research is, of course, from the classics left by Ji Zhao, as well as what Ji Zhao had done and what he said.

Then he studied the truth that Xia Yi's argument is more important than Mount Tai, which made Liu Che feel very comfortable, he originally wanted to expand his territory and fight the barbarians, after getting this research result, he thought very beautifully: I am worthy of me, the son of heaven chosen by the emperor Su Wang.

Liu Che made this statement, and everyone felt Liu Che's determination thoroughly,

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There is a theory circulating in non-academic circles, and there is even a view in the historical circles, that is, the victory of the Han Dynasty in the war against the Xiongnu was mainly due to the merits of the courtiers, and Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, did not occupy a key role in it, this conclusion is simply ridiculous.

The author has a way of refuting this fallacy, and we only need to determine three things about whether an emperor has merit for a certain event during his tenure.

First, whether the emperor is in power, that is, whether he enjoys normal monarchical powers.

The source of power is a major reason for the recognition of merit, and the merits achieved by the courtiers during the regency should not be counted on the emperor's head, but should be attributed to the regent's courtiers.

Second, whether the emperor was a staunch supporter and committed resources.

Resources are divided into political resources, including political commitment, political asylum, national resources, i.e., financial support, and other resources.

Third, whether the emperor was willing to take responsibility for the defeat as the main person responsible.

Of course, there is no merit after defeat, so this item is mainly used to calculate the degree of support of the emperor.

If all three of these points are true, then the emperor should occupy a dominant position in this merit.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che fully conformed to these three points, he had undisputed power, he did not shy away from announcing his policy to the world, and then firmly supported, never wavered, defeating the Xiongnu is his merit, this is beyond doubt! ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"

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