It is said that at Shi Hu's birthday banquet, the civil and military officials were relatively shrunk, and they did not dare to open their bellies to eat and drink. Shi Min is naturally no exception.

The rest of the ministers basically filled their stomachs in advance and then went to the banquet.

But Shi Min's words were rushed back from the camp of the Zhanghe River, but he didn't get a drop of water, and finally waited until the birthday banquet began, and just after eating a little something, Shi Hu said the "two-legged sheep" thing, and he said it vividly!

Therefore, Shi Min can now be said to be in a state of nausea and vomiting, and has no appetite.

And Dong Qiaoqiao is a housewife who is a good housewife, and she has already prepared meals in the house, waiting for Shi Min to come back.

"Brother Min, look, the concubine herself cooked today. It's your favorite dish on weekdays. There are braised pork ribs, spicy barracuda, pork belly, fried shredded pork with bitter gourd, ......"

"Gross!"

Shi Min retched.

Dong Qiaoqiao was so frightened that she quickly patted Shi Min on the back and said, "Brother Min, what's wrong with you?" Sick? ”

Shi Min waved his hand and said with a pale face: "I'm fine." Qiaoqiao, during this time, I want to be a vegetarian, not meat! Vomit...... Also, don't mention the word 'meat' or 'meat' in front of me these days! Vomit! ……”

Shi Min covered his mouth, waved his hand, and said, "Later, you can let someone boil some porridge and send it to my house." I'll go back and rest first. ”

After saying that, Shi Min took the road and fled.

It's so painful!

Shi Min deeply hated Shi Hu at this moment, hated the Jin Dynasty, hated this chaotic and cruel era, and hated God who brought himself to this troubled world!

If he just saw this kind of tragic historical event in the articles of later generations, maybe Shi Min was just indignant, lamenting his misfortune and angry with him, but now this kind of thing is happening around him, he wants to stop it, but he doesn't have the ability!

Cry out in vain!

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As soon as the Spring Festival passed, the Han army camp located on the north bank of the Zhanghe River entered the grand occasion of recruiting troops in full swing.

The establishment of the Han army under Shi Min's command by Shi Hu was 50,000 horses, and Shi Min naturally would not eat empty salaries. No matter what troubled times you are in, someone with a gun is the king of grass!

There was a long queue at the recruiting office.

Shi Min carried his sword and watched from a watchtower.

The physical fitness of the Han family children in this era is really not good, not because their roots and bones are not good enough, but because their nutrition cannot keep up, and they belong to the kind of bad acquired.

Once upon a time, the Central Plains country has always despised the Rongdi, Hu and other foreign races in all directions.

For the nomadic peoples of the Xiongnu, Donghu, and Lou Fu, the Chinese countries in the Warring States period could be beaten again. Even the weakest Yan Kingdom can sweep away Donghu and open up thousands of miles!

At that time, the Chinese people could fight five against one because of their strong physical fitness and excellent weapons and equipment. And by the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, even if the Huns learned many armament skills of the Han army, it would take three people to resist one Han pawn!

The truth of the Wuhu enemy of the Han Dynasty in history, is it possible that the Han people are more capable of fighting than the Huns?

The Han Empire had an absolute superiority in armaments! Chen Tang, the deputy captain of the Western Regions of the Han Empire, once had a detailed discussion. This famous general of the Han Empire once beheaded the Xiongnu Zhizhi Shan Yu, and passed it on to the head of thousands of miles, leaving behind the famous saying "Those who commit strong Han offenses will be punished even if they are far away".

He said: "In the past, five Hu soldiers could only resist a Han Empire soldier. Because the Hu people's blades are simple and blunt, the quality of bows and arrows is not good. Now I heard that they have learned a lot of the armament skills of the Han Empire, but it still takes three people to be worth one Han soldier. ”

However, the Hu soldiers in his mouth mainly refer to the soldiers of the Wusun Kingdom among the countries of the Western Regions.

So, what kind of state will the Han Empire army, which has an exemplary classical imperial military system and is equipped with steel weapons, face the "pride of heaven" Xiongnu Empire army?

In his article "Words and Soldiers", Chao Cuo made a systematic summary and comment on the advantages and disadvantages of the Han army soldiers and Xiongnu soldiers.

Chao Cuo first affirmed the military advantages brought by war horses to the Xiongnu Empire. He said: The Xiongnu had three strengths.

First, climbing mountains and crossing streams, the war horses of the Han Dynasty were not as good as the war horses of the Huns.

Second, on the rugged mountain road, galloping cavalry and shooting, the cavalry of the Han Dynasty was inferior to the Xiongnu.

Third, they ate and slept in the open, endured hunger and thirst, and were tenacious and tenacious, and the Han army was inferior to the Huns.

The strengths of the Han Empire were five.

First, on the plains, the Han army's chariots and assault cavalry charges can easily defeat the Xiongnu.

Second, the range and power of the Han army's strong crossbow far exceeded that of the Xiongnu's bow and arrow.

Third, the Han army using strong crossbows fired thousands of arrows, and the leather armor and wooden shields of the Xiongnu could not resist it at all.

Fourth, the soldiers of the Han army wore iron armor and held sharp weapons, and under the cover of bows and crossbows, they lined up in an array and marched bravely, and the Xiongnu soldiers could not resist at all.

Fifth, when the Han soldiers fought hand-to-hand combat with halberds and swords under the foot, the Xiongnu were no opponents at all.

Chao Cuo's discussion of the contrast of strength between the Han and the Hungarians predicted the battlefield situation of Li Ling's battle of "cross-cutting and strengthening Hu" like an oracle.

The early counteroffensive of the Han Empire had already achieved brilliant victories such as Wei Qing and Huo Quai. However, due to the natural nature of the shepherds' scarcity, the Han Empire could not receive much substantial compensation from the victory.

Although the Han Empire's financial resources could still support the expedition against the Xiongnu, the horses that had been accumulated so hard had been seriously depleted. Therefore, the Han Empire was unable to guarantee the supply of war horses in all strategic directions as before.

This is also the reason why Li Ling went out for thousands of miles, and there was no cavalry to cover him.

Speaking of Li Ling, Shi Min couldn't help but sigh at how unfortunate the fate of this famous Han general was.

In the battle of Junji Mountain, Li Ling led 5,000 foot soldiers to fight with 80,000 Huns, and finally surrendered due to being outnumbered. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty misheard the false rumor that Li Ling was training troops for the Xiongnu, and wiped out the three tribes of Li Ling, causing them to completely sever relations with the Han Dynasty!

5,000 people against 80,000 people, and they can hold out for so long, killing and wounding several times the enemy army! You can imagine how strong the Han pawns were at that time!

When Shi Min was full of emotion, a small colonel hurriedly ran over and crossed his hands and said, "General, General Wang Ping, please come over." ”

"What?"

"He said that there was a young man who was going to enlist in the army, named Wentai, who was the eldest son of Sikong Article! General Wang Ping didn't know whether to recruit or not, so he wanted to ask your opinion. ”

"Son of Sikong?"

Shi Min was stunned.

What's the situation? Sikong's eldest son is coming to enlist in the army?!

Although the Sikong of the Zhao Kingdom is not very powerful, he also has a certain status, how could this Sikong son come to join the army inexplicably?

It is worth mentioning that the most powerful person in the Zhao State is Da Shan Yu, not the prime minister. The state of Zhao inherited the system of the Wei and Jin dynasties and implemented the system of three dukes and nine secretaries, and the three dukes were Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong.

Since 13 of the 16 regimes were established by the Hu people, after occupying the north, most of these regimes abandoned the barbaric and backward way of ruling their own people, and then implemented the feudal system that had been practiced in the Central Plains for a long time.

Their official system was influenced by the Central Plains and basically followed the official system of the Wei and Jin dynasties.

During the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, most of the regimes were dominated by the Hu aristocracy, so some of them implemented the division of the Hu and Han dynasties, that is, the single Taiwan system. This is the case in the state of Zhao.

Since the pre-Qin period, the supreme ruler of the Hu nationality was Da Shan Yu, whose task was to rule over the Hu people, as shown in the Book of Jin. Shile Chronicles" recorded: with a large single to suppress the hundred barbarians.

Since the regime of Da Dan Yu is dominated by the Hu nobles, and the Hu people are the main source of its basic masses and army, the status of Da Dan Yu is particularly important.

When the Hu emperor received the Da Shan Yu as the crown prince or a relative, this Da Dan Yu was actually the vice king.

For example, Shi Hu with his son Shi Xuan is a big single Yu, Shi Xuan can be feathered, canopy, and build the banner of the Son of Heaven.

Another example is that when Shi Le was in power, he first humbled himself to Da Dan Yu, and after he became the emperor, he took Zi Shi Hong as Da Dan Yu, which caused Shi Hu to be dissatisfied. Therefore, Shi Hu competed for the big single Yu, and later after Shi Le's death, the crown prince Shi Hong immediately worshiped Shi Hu as the prime minister and the big single Yu, and the "total photo of the hundred people" was in charge of the government, which can be seen that its status is prominent and important.

Although two sets of ruling mechanisms were set up to divide the Hu and Han dynasties, in fact, the Wei and Jin official systems were basically followed, supplemented by the Taiwan system. For example, Shile adopted the nine-grade official method to evaluate and appoint scholars.

In these Hu countries, Han Chinese officials accounted for more than half. Han landlords were widely used in a variety of fields, and even high-ranking military generals stood in the way.