"The shame of Jingkang has not yet snowed. The hatred of the ministers will be destroyed. When will it be destroyed? Drive a long chariot and trample through the gap in Helan Mountain..."
Zhao Tuo stood on the gorgeous chariot, looking at the towering mountains in the distance and the endless green grassland below the mountains, and couldn't help but whisper in his heart.
This was a generous word that he had heard countless times in his previous life. The intense emotion contained in the poem made Zhao Tuo feel the same and want to burst into anger every time he thought about it.
It was the angry and tragic voice of a Chinese hero when he faced the nomadic fishermen and hunters from the north who were ravaging the homeland of the Xia Dynasty and wreaking havoc on China.
Helan Mountain.
This continuous and majestic mountain range straddles the territory of Ningxia and Inner Mongolia in later generations. To the east, you can overlook the Hetao area, to the west is the vast desert, and at your feet is the vast plain known as the South of the Yangtze River.
Controlling Helan Mountain is equivalent to controlling thousands of square kilometers of surrounding land.
Therefore, the geographical location of Helan Mountain is very important. If the Central Plains regime captures this place, it can use it as a base to attack the northern grasslands when the country is strong.
When the country is in decline and on the defensive, the Central Plains regime can also use Helan Mountain as a protective barrier to fight against enemies and protect the Guanzhong area.
This is a battleground in military strategy. As long as the Central Plains regime is slightly enterprising, it will not let Helan Mountain go.
Zhao Tuo now conquered this place for the first time with his troops from Zhuxia.
The black Qin flag fluttered in the wind.
In front of the general's chariot, there are elite cavalry clearing the way.
On both sides and behind the chariot were countless mighty Qin soldiers.
Qin soldiers carried sharp spears and marched towards Helan Mountain in neat steps.
It's like a black dragon from the land of Senne, winding and circling here to make this place its habitat.
In the distance, on the grassland under the Helan Mountains, tens of thousands of nomads were waiting in fear.
A pair of eyes looked nervously at the approaching black army, which was their new master.
"Reporting to the general, the last general obeyed the military order and led his army to make a surprise attack. He defeated the two Yueshi tribes of Guishang and Xiumi here and won a great victory."
The cavalry general Guo Qing and his bodyguard galloped to Zhao Tuo's chariot. After giving a military salute, he began to report on the situation of the battle.
"In this battle, our Qin army's cavalry came very quickly. The Yuezhi people were unprepared and were caught off guard by our army. They successfully completed the 'decapitation tactic' formulated by the general."
"The Xihou Dalasu supported by the Kushan tribe was captured by our army. The Xihou of the Xiumi tribe took advantage of the chaos to escape. The two Xihous captured and escaped, leaving the Yuezhi tribe here without a leader, and were eventually defeated by our army. .”
"Odojia, the Marquis of Kushan, who surrendered to our army, came forward to recruit the Yuezhi people of the Kushan tribe to surrender and help our army successfully capture this place."
"In this battle, our army killed more than a thousand Yuezhi cavalry, captured about 30,000 cavalry, and more than 40,000 old, weak, women and children of the Guishuang Yuezhi."
Zhao Tuo had already received the report on this battle before he came, and he was no stranger to the numbers in it.
However, when he stood at the foot of Helan Mountain, looking at the tens of thousands of Yueshi people in the distance who were waiting for him to deal with them like prisoners, and listening to Guo Qing's military intelligence report, he felt a sense of excitement in his heart.
"To break through Helan and conquer the grassland people, this is what a powerful Central Plains regime should look like!"
"The true heavenly kingdom must defend itself against enemies from outside!"
After Zhao Tuo sighed, his attention returned to the gains of this battle.
There were not many beheadings this time. The main reason was that the Qin army's offensive was too fast. The Yuezhi army did not even react, and the war was over.
This is exactly the tactic proposed by Zhao Tuo of "Soldiers are more valuable and faster, behead the king and capture the king", and the effect is very good.
As for the number of prisoners, the 30,000 cavalrymen were mainly from the Kushan tribe.
After all, the 40,000 old, weak, women and children of the Kushan tribe are here, and the Marquis of Guishang Ji came to appease them. Naturally, not many of the young and strong people in the tribe resisted or escaped.
"The Xiumei tribe rode more than 20,000 horses. If nothing else happens, they should go to the grassland occupied by their tribe."
Zhao Tuo didn't pay too much attention.
He has now surrendered two of the three Yuezhi tribes in Henan, leaving only the Xiumi tribe whose courage was broken and still lingering on the northern grasslands.
Next, they will wait for the Qin army to rest for a while in Helan, and then send the army north to sweep.
At the same time, he can also order the troops on the north route to move south, attack from the north and south, and press forward with great force. It is like catching a turtle in a urn, and victory is expected.
When General Zhao Tuo's team arrived at the center of the grassland, the tens of thousands of Yuezhi people here all knelt on the ground under the command of Odojia, the Marquis of Kushan City, and kowtowed to Zhao Tuo's carriage.
"The humble people of the Yuezhi are willing to surrender forever at the feet of the great Emperor of Qin. They are willing to be Qin's eagle dogs on the grassland and will never betray."
"Great General of Qin, please forgive us untouchables for our offense, and please spare our lives."
The Marquis of Guishuang kneeled on the ground and prayed loudly in the limited and broken Qin language he had just learned, his eyes full of fear.
He knew that whether he could survive, and whether the tens of thousands of Guishang people behind him could survive, all depended on the general's will.
Behind Guishuang Jihou, tens of thousands of Yuezhi people were all trembling, knocking their heads, speaking in low Yuezhi language, begging the Qin general to spare their lives.
Zhao Tuo's face was calm, and his eyes swept over the Guishuang Jihou who was kneeling in front of him with a pleading face, and then fell on the countless Yueshi people behind him.
There are young men in Kushan with hatred in their eyes, old people with numb faces, and women and children full of fear.
It is said that the Kushan tribe is the most powerful tribe under the royal court among the Yuezhi.
Even if they were defeated by the Qin army, they still had more than 40,000 old, weak, women and children and nearly 30,000 young men.
A total of 70,000 people.
Some people suggested that the aliens could not be trusted and that their numbers were greater, making them a threat to survive.
It is better to kill all the useless old people and the nearly 30,000 Yuezhi young men. This will not only reduce the burden on the Qin army, but also the military merits of so many heads will be enough to inspire the Qin army.
Women and children can be brought back to the fortress and used as slaves.
This proposal was supported by many people, including senior military generals such as Wang Li and Sima Liang.
You must know that these generals go to the battlefield just to gain military merit and be promoted. Naturally, the more heads they kill, the better, and the more merit they achieve, the better.
Compared with the desires of these generals, Chen Ping, as a counselor, expressed different opinions.
"The Yuezhi in Hexi still have a royal court and two Jihou, and they have nearly 100,000 soldiers capable of fighting."
"If our army massacres the surrendered Yuezhi people here, it will definitely arouse their fear and hatred. When the general leads his army to attack Hexi, it will be very troublesome."
"Ping thought it would be better to separate these 70,000 Yuezhi people, and let our Qin army guard the old, weak, women and children, and then select 20,000 Yuezhi people who have wives, children and parents among them from the surrendered young people. This way, we can form a Yuezhi army. The cavalry can enhance the combat effectiveness of our army on the grassland."
"This selected Yuezhi cavalry has seen the combat effectiveness of our army, so they will naturally be fearful in their hearts. And their wives, children and parents are being taken into custody by our army as hostages, which will make these young and strong Yuezhi people fearful and dare not rebel at will. In order to protect the lives of our loved ones, we can only obey the general’s command.”
"Afterwards, the general can also declare kindness to them. By combining kindness and power, he can conquer 20,000 Yuezhi cavalry for his own use."
"This will not only greatly enhance the strength of our army, but also allow the Yuezhi people in Hexi to see that they have surrendered to our Qin army, so that they can save their lives. They will not fight to the death, which will be of great benefit to future conquests. I also ask the general to think about it." Of."
Chen Ping spoke sincerely and offered Zhao Tuo a strategy for dealing with the Yuezhi of the Kushan tribe.
Now there are two choices before Zhao Tuo.
One is to listen to the words of Wang Li, Sima Liang and other generals.
Non-my family, its heart must be different.
Cut off the roots of these Yueshi people and leave no future troubles.
The other was Chen Ping’s suggestion.
Use hostages to coerce, use soldiers to intimidate, and use the Yuezhi cavalry for your own use.
Zhao Tuo looked calmly at the 70,000 Guishuang Yuezhi kneeling in front of him.
He has already decided how to choose.
There will be a third update later
(End of chapter)
