The Han Dynasty, the army and the people were all in high spirits and cheering for the glorious victory in the Battle of Hexi.
But on the Xiongnu side, it was dark and dark, as if half of my father, mother and father had left overnight, and it was desolate.
Yi Zhixie, who has big yellow teeth in his mouth, has been angry in his royal tent for half an hour. The exquisite glassware, porcelain decorations, gold and silver utensils, etc. inside have been chopped to pieces.
He was not heartbroken that his son, King Youxian, died in battle. It would have been better for that loser to die. What he was heartbroken about was that the entire right arm of the Xiongnu was almost wiped out.
Although there are still many people fleeing in the wilderness, it is almost impossible to reunite these people.
In other words, the Huns suddenly lost nearly one-third of their power, lost control of the countries in the Western Region, lost their huge territory and influence, and the great Chanyu also lost his prestige and suppressive power.
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All in all, the loss was huge.
It was only then that Liu Ling slowly walked into the king's tent.
Many years ago, Liu Ling, who gradually lost his usefulness and became too ambitious, became the inner circle of the Huns.
Although she considered herself a Huns, the Huns did not recognize her.
It was natural to be excluded from the inner circle.
That is to say, the spies she has in her hands and the smugglers she has connections with are still useful, so she can barely keep her position.
In fact, Liu Ling knew that there was a problem with the smugglers, but in order to maintain his position, he could only turn a blind eye.
"Why are the Han troops so powerful?"
With red eyes, Yi Zhixie shouted to Liu Ling, "If you don't take action, I will do it. If you take action, it will destroy the entire right part! I won't even have a chance to clean up the mess!"
There is indeed no chance, but all the tribes that can be called the tribes, such as those with the title of king, have been basically wiped out.
Even if there are tribes left that have not been affected, they are scattered tribes with only a hundred or even a thousand people at most. With the Xiongnu's organizational ability, if they want to restore the previous situation, no one can do it for decades.
Forget it.
not to mention...
"The Han army is coming."
Liu Ling said sarcastically, "Now we just need to eradicate Yu Yi'er first, and then we should take action against Wang Ting."
"I'm asking you." Yi Zhixie naturally understood this. The Han army would next attack his great lord Yu Wangting. He stared at Liu Ling and asked, "Why is the Han army so strong?"
"Strong?"
Liu Ling smiled faintly: "Without him, you will have a strong army and a strong horse."
These words really left Yi Zhixie speechless.
Strong soldiers and strong horses really illustrate the theme in one sentence.
According to the descriptions of those who escaped and reported back, the Han army was indeed strong and powerful.
The sergeants are all elite warriors who are skilled in tactics and tactics, strong in strength, and trained through many years of hard work.
Moreover, the equipment is extremely sophisticated. During the battle, at a glance, the opposite side is full of shining armor, with steel weapons in their hands, and they are assembled in an orderly manner. This is of course a strong army, and there is no doubt that it is a strong army.
As for the horses, the Huns, who had the largest number of horses in the world, almost collapsed when they saw the Han army on the opposite side all riding tall horses.
These tall horses, which are almost like horse kings, are rare even on the prairie, but when the Han army charges, they are almost all like this.
Due to environmental reasons on the prairie, horses are not tall.
Those tall and powerful horse kings are basically the product of genetic mutations.
The difference between the Han army and the Han army is that the war horses the Han army rode were cultivated through generations of artificial intervention, using the power of science.
Science can change the environment in a short period of time, but if the environment wants to be changed, it will take ten thousand years as a unit.
"What a strong soldier and strong horse."
Yi Zhixie was no longer angry, but smiled: "Very good, I have been waiting for many years. Since the Han army wants to come, then come and fight if you want!"
During this period in history, the Huns were still constantly harassing the long border of the Han Dynasty.
But with this strength, every time the Huns crossed the Great Wall to invade, they would be defeated and almost annihilated. Naturally, they would not dare to cross the Great Wall again for a long time.
As the Han army equipped boxes and trucks on a large scale and continued to fight in the fortress, the Huns even gave up territory within 200 miles of the Great Wall.
The Huns used to have the strategic initiative and attack wherever they wanted.
But now, the situation has changed.
Li Yunze was indeed preparing for a decisive battle with the Huns. After all, he had been preparing for so many years, and the right time, place, and people were all in place.
There is plenty of money and food, and plenty of materials.
The population is densely populated and the soldiers are well-trained.
Under the continuous victory, the morale of the army and the people was high. They were not afraid of the Huns but wanted to defeat them. People who wanted to win military glory were like crucian carp crossing the river, countless.
Finally, all the famous generals are in place.
Naturally, the older generation of generals have withdrawn from the stage of history, such as Zhou Yafu and Dou Ying, who are all spending their remaining years in the martial arts hall.
Among the generals of the Mesozoic Era, those led by Wei Qing have already stood out and are in the best golden age, at their peak in all aspects.
As for the new generation, the strongest newcomer in history, Wang Huo Qubing, has been born, and has obtained the first blood of one kill, and is officially ready to fly into the sky.
All conditions are mature, and we are just waiting for the emperor's order.
There's not much else to say, just do it.
After more than a year of repair and deployment, the Han army finally launched the decisive battle against the Huns.
This is the real decisive battle, and Li Yunze is also determined to completely resolve the Han-Hungarian war that has lasted for many years and completely defeat this old opponent.
Now that it's this time, there's nothing left to hide, so take out all your wealth and show off your guys!
From Shangjun to Yunzhong, and then from Yuyang to Youbeiping.
The border legion of the Han Dynasty, also known as the famous Great Wall Legion, was the first to attack. With chariots (box carts) as the main force, coupled with crossbowmen, heavy troops and light cavalry, like teeth on a comb, it came out of the Great Wall and swept everything away.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Even Liu She, who was far away in North Korea, sent veteran Li Guang to lead troops from the central county to respond.
Of course, these are just side effects, or to clean up the battlefield.
The real trump card is undoubtedly the main army led by Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.
Wei Qing led 130,000 regular soldiers, including 40,000 cavalry, out of Dingxiang County and headed north.
Its main target was the royal court headquarters of the Xiongnu Great Chanyu.
In order to support their thousands-mile campaign, the Han Dynasty mobilized nearly a million civilians to provide them with logistical support and transport food, grass and military supplies.
As for the other route, it was naturally led by Huo Qubing himself, with a total of 50,000 cavalry, not a single infantryman, and even the cooks in the army were knights who could ride horses.
They sent troops from Daijun and Youbei on an equal footing to the north to attack the Xiongnu.
Huo Qubing's target was the left side of the Xiongnu, mainly the royal court of King Zuo Xian.
After defeating King Zuo Xian's troops, he had to join Wei Qing's main force for a decisive battle with the Xiongnu royal court.
As for Li Yunze, who had not moved for many years, he also went on an expedition this time, with tens of thousands of troops stationed outside Yanmen Pass as backup.
In general, the number of regular soldiers dispatched by the Han Dynasty this time was as high as more than 300,000, and the number of civilians for logistics and transportation was even more than one million.
As for those local peasants who wanted to gain military glory and followed the army with their lives, the number was too large to be counted.
The Huns were proud of their ability to control four hundred thousand strings.
This time, the number of regular soldiers of the Han army alone was nearly 400,000, and the auxiliary forces were too numerous to count.
This is the strength of the country!
Facing the overwhelming force of the Han army, Yi Zhixie very wisely chose a strategic retreat and completely gave up the land of Monan. All tribes retreated across the vast sea and gathered in Mobei.
This wasn't because he was timid and didn't dare to fight, nor was it because he didn't listen to Liu Ling's tactics of "it doesn't matter which way you come, I will only go one way".
The only reason is to increase the chances of winning for your side as much as possible.
Liu Ling said that it doesn’t matter which way you come, I will only go all the way. The tactic is indeed very good, but the question is which way?
It’s not easy to fight anywhere!
Even those Great Wall Legions that dispersed and attacked often started with tens of thousands of soldiers, and there were a large number of boxcars that could be formed to protect them.
As long as we delay for a while, reinforcements from nearby will arrive immediately.
When they are surrounded by reinforcements from the Han army, there is no need to fight, no one can escape.
In fact, after Yi Zhixie learned that the Emperor of Han personally left Yanmen Pass, he thought about going straight to Huanglong and attacking Li Yunze all the way.
But Liu Ling said, 'That's just a bait!'
If he really concentrated his efforts to defeat the Han Emperor, Wei Qing's troops would immediately turn around and cut off his retreat, and then Huo Qubing's cavalry group would come from six days and a thousand miles away for reinforcements.
He will definitely die miserably by then.
Because even though the emperor of the Han Dynasty left Yanmen Pass, he could retreat into the pass at any time even if he set up camp with his back to Yanmen Pass.
Yi Zhixie had to give up this idea.
The final decision was to fight the Han army in Mobei.
The reason is very simple. In a decisive battle in Mobei, the Han army's supply line will be stretched to a distance of thousands of miles, and it will have to cross the vast sea in the middle.
After marching thousands of miles, the Han army's mental and physical conditions will inevitably decline significantly, which can be said to have brought the strength of the Han army to its lowest point.
As for why not continue to retreat, or even retreat to the North Sea...
The Huns are human beings too, and they also want to survive!
The only thing they need to survive is their countless cattle and sheep, but the cattle and sheep need to eat grass to survive.
If we retreat to Beihai, the pastures there simply cannot support so many cattle and sheep, and there will inevitably be widespread death.
By the time winter was covered with snow, the Huns did not need the Han army to fight, and they themselves would perish.
Therefore, for the Huns, a decisive battle in Mobei was their only option.
Of course, there is no need to say anything if we win the battle. From now on, the Huns will have the final say north of the Great Wall. The Han family will not be able to organize a national-destroying war of this scale for at least several decades.
If you lose...
Yi Zhixie didn't dare to think about it, because once he thought about what would happen if he lost, he would not be able to sleep all night long, and his hair would fall out from worry.
But the initiative on the battlefield lies with the Han family. They can come and leave whenever they want.