Princess Nangong is not a perfect person, she has a weak side as a woman. She is not a "revolutionary ancestor", and she cannot be expected to be in the enemy camp for 17 years and unswervingly be a spy of the Han Dynasty for the rest of her life. What's more, she didn't come to be a spy, but to "marry" into a foreign race as a victim of national interests, with a husband and a son, in order to survive and even be happy, it is shameful not to know how to plan for herself.

Actually, I admired her, but because I admired her, was she going to take an adventure? I was still a month away from going home, and I really didn't want to spend the last of my time on plotting and scheming life and death. Besides, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, if you are cut off your arms and legs or even lose your head, then you really have no place to complain.

I...... It's okay to be selfish, right?

I looked at Yan Qixing, and Yan Qixing's eyes looked away, not knowing what he was thinking. Princess Nangong said: "Half of the rest of the envoys have left the royal court, and more than 50 people are still there, I have ensured that they will not die, and the two lords can rest assured, even if you refuse to help, after I go back, I will let them go back to the Han Dynasty." ”

Mortified!

She is reminding us that she just cared about running for her own life, and even ignored her brothers, and she also lost people to set fire to the royal court to save us.

It's a shame to be thrown to grandma's house.

I poked Yan Qixing, and he looked at me and said, "Princess, let me say a few words to Master Liu alone." ”

Pulling me a little farther away, he looked at me speechless for a moment.

"You're going to promise her?" I understood what he meant.

Yan Qixing nodded: "This is a turning point for the diplomatic relations between Han and Hungary, and I don't want to give up." Even if I can't, I would like to take this opportunity to learn more about the military situation of the Xiongnu. You take the jade back to Chang'an first, explain this matter to Your Majesty, and ask Your Majesty to have good news. ”

As he spoke, he took out the piece of jade from his bosom and solemnly handed it to me, looked at me deeply, as if he still had something to say, but in the end he only said two words: "Take care." He turned and strode away without looking back.

I stood dumbfounded, holding the jade pendant of my dreams, and for a moment the sound of horses' hooves sounded in my ears, and then the dawn came, and I was the only one left in the woods.

I rode alone on the way back to Chang'an, and the more I went, the more I felt uncomfortable. When I first came, I was one of the hundreds, and when I went back, I was the only one left. Thinking about Yan Qixing's decision, and then thinking about the possible consequences of the war, he became more and more upset.

At this moment, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and when I looked back, it was actually the banner of the Han army, which turned out to be more than 50 people trapped in the royal court, and I was overjoyed to see that they were safe and sound. After the two met, the leader told me that after Yan Qixing arrived, only two brothers who were proficient in Xiongnu were left by his side, and the rest of the people were ordered to catch up with me and escort me back to Chang'an safely.

Seeing that their faces were all the same, I didn't blame them at all for abandoning them alone in the emergency last night, and I couldn't help but feel guilty.

The leader of the group said to me: "Before the envoy to the Xiongnu, Lord Yan told us that Your Majesty has an order, at all times, the safety of Lord Liu is the most important, and if something happens, Lord Liu must be protected first." Lord Yan has always been heroic and righteous, and he will never abandon his brother, this time because of Lord Liu, he had to do it, and my brothers will not mind. ”

It's okay if he doesn't say it, but I'm even more weak-hearted when I say it, and I don't care about it, but it's purely selfish and unjust. This boss said that he would not be concerned on the surface, but in fact he looked down on me from the bottom of his heart, which seriously hurt my self-esteem.

Isn't it just the last month?

I jumped off my horse and shouted, "Who brought pen and paper?"

Everyone stared at me and didn't understand.

I smiled wryly and said, "Bamboo slips, brushes, and brocade silk are also fine." ”

Someone handed things over according to the words, I took the pen and dipped it in the ink plate and thought for a long time, and wrote a letter to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the handwriting was crooked, the strokes were missing horizontal and vertical, and the general meaning could still be understood. I wanted to attach Hetian Yuhuan to the letter, but after thinking about it, it was safer to put this thing on myself.

To be honest, I still can't trust the emperor.

Sign my name, hand it to the leader of the Han army, and say: "After you go back, don't hand it over to Your Majesty to enlighten yourself."

The leader of the Han army looked at me suspiciously and asked, "Aren't you going back to Chang'an?"

I flew on my horse and shouted, "Lord Yan and I are also our own brothers, and we should share life and death." ”

Although I, Liu Dan, am a native of the 21st century, I also know how to write these two words.

For the sake of righteousness...... I said to myself with certainty, grabbed the BMW in my legs, and galloped towards the royal court.

After the drastic changes in the royal court last night, the whole child looked wilted and had no spirit, someone led me to see Princess Nangong, the princess was not too surprised to see me, but smiled meaningfully, giving me the feeling that she seemed to expect me to come back.

On the contrary, Yan Qixing was very surprised when he saw me, I was even more surprised, I hadn't seen him for a few hours, Yan Qixing's originally handsome and beautiful face actually grew a big beard, plus a Hun costume, it looked weird and funny. He listened to my intentions, resolutely opposed my stay and participated in the war, and sternly urged me to return to Chang'an immediately. He is harder than him, and the final compromise is naturally not him.

The princess really gave us a new identity, Yan Qixing became a counselor Handa, and I was miserable, because I didn't understand the Xiongnu language, so I had to be dumb and became Yan Qixing's attendant, named Ahuer.

Changed into a brand-new Hun costume, painted thick eyebrows, and pasted a fake beard on the upper lip, which looked quite beautiful.

When he came to Yan Qixing's tent, he asked again, "Why are you so stubborn and must stay?"

I raised my hand to stroke the mustache on my lips left and right, feeling that I had the demeanor of Lu Xiaofeng, who had "four eyebrows", and a chivalrous spirit arose, and he waved his hand in a chic manner and said: "Without it, it's just the same enemy." ”

Yan Qixing looked at me and smiled, his smile seemed to have a deep meaning, but I didn't want to delve into it.

I felt a little strange when I saw the crown prince Yu Shan, as if he had grown up overnight, and he didn't mention the death of the military minister Shan Yu and Zhongxing, and he opened his mouth about how to put down the rebellion of King Youxian and the possible mutiny of King Zuoguli.

According to Yan Qixing's analysis, the current situation is the most powerful for Yi Zhixian, the right Xian Wang has openly betrayed, the royal court and the right Xian Wang will have a battle to seize the throne, he can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and wait for the two tigers to be defeated and reap the benefits.

"Even so, at present, it is still important to pacify the right virtuous king's department. A successful battle would deter the other kings and greatly enhance the crown prince's personal prestige. ”

In terms of military strength, King Youxian currently has 70,000 troops and 50,000 cavalry, which is inferior to the main force of the central court of the royal court in terms of strength. Even so, in terms of strength, the royal court is far above the rebels. It's just that the crux of the matter is, how to preserve the strength in this counterinsurgency battle, so that there is enough strength to deal with the big tiger of Yi Zhixie?

"We must unite with the other kings to fight against the enemy, especially the Zuoxian King. Therefore, we must first stabilize the inside and unite people's hearts. Yan Qixing said.

Zuo Xian Wang Zhu Ti Xuqu and Right Xian Wang Zhu Ti Bitu are both the younger brother of the military minister Shan Yu and Yu Dan's uncle.

According to Princess Nangong, the prestige of the Xuqu is very high among the kings, and he is the most rugged and arrogant, and he is a very faithful person, but because of the bloodline, he does not like Yu Shan as a nephew very much. I'm afraid it's not easy for him to be willing to use it for his own use. But if he had his support, the other kings would surely submit to the bow.

Yan Qixing listened to it and said with a deep sigh: "As long as the method is appropriate, it is not impossible. You only need to find a person who can speak well, and then lure him to a high position, and I am not afraid that he will not submit. ”

I privately thought that this errand belonged to Princess Nangong. King Zuo Xian's taboo is the princess's identity in the Han Dynasty, and this confusion cannot be solved by others who are not princesses. And with the wisdom and talent of Princess Nangong, she will definitely be able to convince the old man of King Zuoxian.

Yu Dan said dissatisfiedly: "King Zuo Xian is already the highest throne of the Xiongnu, and no matter how high this Shan Yu is, he will have to give up the throne to him." ”

I laughed and said, "That's not necessary, just tell him that if he sends troops to help the royal court quell the rebellion, the throne of the Right Virtuous King will be given to his son, and he will be tempted." ”

Yan Qixing looked at me with a little tacit understanding in his eyes.

Princess Nangong said: "I have discussed this matter with Lord Yan, taking advantage of the fact that the kings of all walks of life are still in the royal court, tomorrow I will hold a simple enthronement ceremony for the crown prince, and at the same time order to conquer the rebellion, all those who have made meritorious contributions in the battle of counterinsurgency will be rewarded, and the four kings will be given the most meritorious family with the throne of Youxian." ”

It means that his family can have two kings. With such a big temptation in front of us, unless there is a person who is aspiring to be the "king" (Da Dan is in power), who will not pick up the fat that comes to his mouth? The one who is most likely to grab this fat is naturally the most powerful Zuo Xian Wang.

Yan Qixing said: "As long as the current two major troubles are eliminated first, the prince's position will be stable in the future, and then it will not be too late to find a way to reduce the power of Zuo Xian's royal forces." ”

And so it was decided.

On the same day, Princess Nangong secretly met with King Zuo Xian, and the specific content of the conversation was unknown, and the result was that King Zuo Xian fell to Yu Shan sideways. It can be seen that the energy of this princess should not be underestimated.

On the same day, the prince Yu Shan ascended the throne as the new Xiongnu Shan Yu, except for the right Xian Wang Zhu Ti Bi Tu and the left valley Li Wang Zhu Ti Yi Zhi Xian, the rest of the kings and princes and ministers with different surnames are all in power.

The enthronement ceremony was simple and grand, and what was surprising was that Yu Dan's oath of rebellion was very incendiary, and the emotions of all the princes and soldiers present at that time were all stirred, and the crowd was excited, and the cries shook the royal court like thunder.

What exactly was the content of his speech?

Afterwards, when he asked Yan Qixing, he frowned slightly and said: "Yu Shan just said that King Youxian has long had different ambitions, and he murdered Da Shan Yu on the day of his birthday, and this rebellion is to avenge Da Dan Yu." Those who have made outstanding achievements in the battle of rebellion will be rewarded. ”

Is that all?

At the moment, according to the deployment of Yan Qixing, Yu Shan personally ascended the king's tent to issue an order: the king of the right valley led the left and right Gudu Marquis to lead the troops to sit in the royal court; the king of Zuo Xian and his two princes each led 20,000 iron cavalry for the left road, Handa (Yan Qixing) and the left and right day chase the king each led 20,000 iron cavalry to the right road; Yu Shan personally led 30,000 cavalry to the middle road, and the three-way army totaled 90,000 cavalry, and attacked the right Xianwang according to the plan.

In the history of ancient Chinese warfare, there are many examples of winning more with less, and most of them were won by strategy, but the strength of the grassland battles that stretched as far as the eye could see, and the strength of the grassland was the key to victory. In many cases, no matter how good your art of war is, your wisdom and resourcefulness cannot compare to three words: fast, accurate, and brave.

Fast -- speed; accurate -- the target is accurate, and he will not lose his way; (Li Guang repeatedly lost his way, which was one of the reasons why he was not sealed, and finally he was convicted of losing his way and committed suicide and died.) Courage - not afraid of war, not afraid of death. (Daxing Wang Hui was sentenced because he was afraid of war and death)

I rode the sweaty horse, and I also returned it to Yu Shan, but the horse refused to leave, so Yu Shan did a favor and simply gave it to me.

As the guard of "Handa", he naturally followed Yan Qixing in the right army. Cavalry is the main force in grassland operations, and the greatest advantage of cavalry lies in its mobility, and if it is fast, it will control people, and if it is slow, it will control people, so Yan Qixing's combat policy is -- to attack long distances and quickly control the enemy.

I think I'll never forget that gloomy afternoon, when the scenes of that war often came to mind in the middle of the night, and it was frightening and terrifying.

Yu Shan led an army of 30,000 to attack the right Xianwang head-on, the right Xian Wang really poured out, Yu Shan feinted defeat and retreated, and when he withdrew three or four miles, it was like a divine soldier descending from the sky, and the army of the royal court was like a tide from the left and right wings, and a horn sounded, and the arrows of the cavalry archers in the front of the perimeter were like locusts and rained in turn. After the screams, countless rebels fell from their horses.

I watched, I saw that the rebels were in chaos at first, but with rich combat experience and well-trained, they quickly calmed down, the hoplites quickly moved to the periphery, with heavy armor as a cover for the rebels to retreat, the archers also immediately returned fire, both sides in the rain of arrows each had casualties, under the black oppressive clouds, the fierce Huns killed each other, the red blood on the green grassland bloomed like flowers, and the bloody atmosphere soon spread, surrounding people.

When the two horns sounded, the royal armies on the left and right flanks suddenly dispersed, and a prince of Zuoxian and the king of the left and right days each led 10,000 cavalry and copied the rear flank of the rebels to cut off their retreat. The rebels were attacked on all sides and immediately made an uproar. The three-way horn sounded, long and thick, the four-way army heard the order, the horsemen attacked the rebels, and the white-knuckle battle began.

Yan Qixing brandished a long crescent-shaped knife and rushed into the rebel formation first, I followed closely behind, the sword flashed, and half of the body of a Hun soldier was cut off by him diagonally, blood splashed everywhere, and a few drops flew into my face. If the last time I killed the Bank of China, the battle with the Huns once made me so close to death, then today, I am in death.

The screams of frightening are endless, and the severed limbs and even heads of people are flying with blood, and at that moment, you don't have the time to look and think, but just instinctively react, swinging the scimitar in your hand, and slashing at people who are dressed differently from you. The horses neighed, and the knives slashed into the human body with a terrible sound, which made people afraid, because they were afraid to kill more and more quickly.

Yan Qixing's body was covered with blood, his eyes were red, and he slashed the rebels against the enemy with a knife, and roared at me: "Bow your head!"

I subconsciously slumped on my horse, and a stray arrow flew by. I didn't have time to thank him, so I raised my hand to "bell" and fired a sneak attack, and it made a beautiful arc, cutting through the carotid artery of the enemy soldier, and the blood spurted more than half a foot high with the pressure, and the corpse fell off the horse with a "bang".

This was the first time I experienced the cruelty of war, and the first time I understood what tragedy is. It seems that the face is not a person who is the spirit of all things, but an animal that can be slaughtered at will, there is no dignity of life, there is no human kindness, and there is not even a thought or feeling, and the bloody scene makes people just dance the weapon in their hands without thinking and keep killing and killing!

The height of the Huns is generally short, but almost every soldier is stout and stocky, the developed muscles contain primitive wild power, usually eat beef and mutton so that their faces are glowing with good nutrition, the characteristics of the grassland make their momentum wild, whether it is horizontal and vertical slashing and stabbing blocking, the arms are with a kind of well-trained explosive power, decisive and ferocious, every knife cut out with a kind of desperate energy, killing people at the same time do not care about their own life.

Some of the soldiers had their abdomen cut open and their intestines were stained with blood, but they still slashed their weapons at the enemy with a desperate expression. A man who had been stabbed a dozen times, lying on his back in a blur of flesh and blood, as long as he saw a rider with a different sign of clothing appeared in his field of vision, but he slashed at the foot of the horse diagonally, and four or five horses had already been cut off by him, and the horseman fell headlong, and was immediately stabbed to death by the enemy's spear.

The sweaty BMW jumped away, and its swiftness saved my life at several critical moments. Trampling the corpses of the dead, rampage towards the backbone of the rebels, the horses excited by the bloodshed of the battlefield......

This is a belligerent horse.

A vague thought flashed through my mind.

The trapped rebels quickly fell under the weight of the royal army. During the charge, I saw Yu Shan passing past me, calling out the Hun dialect I didn't understand. But everywhere he went, some of the rebels abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and when they met those who resisted, they were killed with a sword, and the madness and ferocity were chilling.

More royal court Hun soldiers followed Yu Shan and shouted the same words, their voices were messy and disorderly, I think it should be the sound of surrender. From a distance, I saw Yan Qixing's sword had been replaced by a sword, and he was stabbing a sword into the stomach of a rebel soldier, and as soon as the soldier died, the rebel banner in his hand fell into Yan Qixing's hands. Someone around him quickly replaced the Shan Yu Wang Flag, Yan Qixing jumped on the war horse with the Wang Flag in his hand, stood on the high back of the horse and shouted loudly, the divine majesty was terrifying, and the thunderous voice echoed in the vast heaven and earth, and reached everyone's ears.

I don't know what he was shouting, but the grassland where the Jin Ge Iron Horse was constantly killing suddenly fell silent, and then there was a "choking" sound, and someone in the rebel camp threw his knife to the ground and knelt down, like a chain reaction of dominoes, and the rebels disarmed and surrendered.

In this battle, the total number of rebel deaths reached more than 20,000, and the surrender was nearly 30,000.

The battle to counter-rebel ended with a complete victory for the royal army!

In the endless grassland, the dense air shrouded the fields and corpses. Where red and green are mixed, the red is blood, and the green is grass, which is shocking.

King Youxian was sacrificed, his wife and concubines were divided among the Xiongnu nobles, and his sons were all beheaded. Yu Dan's means are ruthless and merciless, he has the blood of the military minister Shan Yu, his eyes contain wolf-like bloodthirsty information, he is the new Shan Yu of the Great Huns, brave, cruel, decisive, fierce, completely in line with the vast number of Huns public perception of Shan Yu, after this battle, his Shan Yu's position is as stable as a rock.

King Zuo Xian is the happiest, he has made great contributions to this battle, and he has been rewarded very much, because he has to be meritorious in capturing Zhu Ti Xuan, his eldest prince was named the right Xian King, ranking third among the four horn kings, and the momentum is unmatched for a while.

I was miserable, for three days in a row, I ate and vomited, the smell of blood could not surround my nose all day long, and all I smelled was the breath of the dead.

"Let's go back to Chang'an. Yan Qixing said this sentence the most in the three days.

"It's my principle to do things from the beginning to the end. "I told him firmly and courageously that I was actually cowardly in my heart, but I couldn't show weakness.

I'm not a warrior! I'm not fit for war! That's my latest conclusion about myself.

Next, Yan Qixing was even busier, and every day he was in the king's tent to study the plan to deal with the king of Yougu Li with a cadre of Xiongnu generals.

Yi Zhixian remained silent, he did not move when he attacked the Right Virtuous King, and he did not move even more after the successful counter-rebellion. What the hell is this guy thinking?

Everyone was very busy, and I was also very busy, busy summing up this campaign, and at the same time comparing the weapons, equipment, and methods of the Xiongnu and Han armies, as well as the characteristics, experiences, and lessons of mobile warfare.

I found that Yan Qixing's long-distance attack, the method of quickly controlling the enemy is very effective, although the soldiers have traveled a long distance, and the enemy army is waiting for work, but in the process of marching, the army's preparedness for war has been cultivated, and after accurate distance calculation, reasonable rectification and rest, the army to the right Xianwang is at the peak of physical strength, just one blow, quickly control the enemy.

I looked at my watch, and it took 57 minutes from the beginning to the end of the campaign, which was a terrifying speed for a large battle with hundreds of thousands of horses.

What shocked me the most was the spirit of the Hun soldiers who were not afraid of war and death, and in the face of the cruel and bloody horror of death, their psychological quality was very strong, and this kind of intimidating momentum was not possessed by the Han army. And momentum is often the magic weapon to win.

As for weaponry, I found myself making the grave mistake of placing too high expectations on the mounted archers and overestimating the power of the crossbows.

In order to facilitate horse shooting, when making weapons in the examination room, I improved the arm crossbow, but after this campaign, I found that the arm crossbow was used to deal with the heavy cavalry simply like a grasshopper shaking a tree, and the lethality constituted was pitiful. Compared with the Kick Bow, the arrows fired by the Arm Bow are slow to decay due to their large body size and high resistance, and their power is very small in the long range.

If it is a bow, the power is there, but it must be dismounted and stretched, and all a series of actions must be done on the ground, which is not suitable for cavalry at all.

In this way, it is better to use a crossbow than a bow immediately, and the manufacture of a crossbow is far more complicated than a bow, and as long as the bow body of a compound bow is lengthened, it will be more powerful than a crossbow.

In the past, I could not figure out why the Xiongnu had no better weaponry than the Han army, and that it was more difficult for the melee weapons to compete with the Han army, so why they would win every battle?

So after returning to Chang'an, there are five major things to do:

1: Make an elongated compound bow.

2: Improved the equipment of the Heavy Cavalry.

3: Greatly enhanced melee ability.

4: Cultivate the spirit of fearlessness and courage in the army.

5: The emperor wrote to the emperor that the strategic policy of long-distance attack and rapid defeat of the enemy was the first choice to attack the Xiongnu in the future.

I was unwell and should not move much, so I lay in my bedroom and summed up the above points over and over again, feeling that although I did not have the ability to command operations and participate in operations, I had a tactical mind, and I could be a staff officer if I could not be a general.

At the same time, the royal army reorganized for seven days, preparing for an even greater battle.