Why did Luo Shi write to the emperor requesting to send troops?
Because when a powerful empire like the Han Dynasty fights against a nomadic empire like the Xiongnu, the most important thing is to find them!
During the period when the dynasty was strong, whenever the Central Plains dynasty took the initiative and its generals had a normal mind, they would basically never lose.
Except for a certain iron-blooded strong Song Dynasty, this is the case.
By sending large troops, you can try to maintain the strength of each branch while raiding more grassland camps and increasing the probability of catching traces of the Huns.
During the reign of Emperor Xiaowu, Champion Marquis and Wushuang Marquis led two cavalry armies to gallop across the grassland. The Xiongnu camps were constantly lost, and finally it was like a snowball until the Xiongnu royal court was broken by the two men.
This time the Han army went to the grassland, it was very different from that of Emperor Xiaowu. During Emperor Xiaowu's time, the Central Plains had a dark eye on the grassland.
But during this trip, the Han court knew better the direction of the rivers on the grassland, the direction of the mountains, and even which grassland was most likely to have the Huns.
Among the armies on this expedition, those led by Luo Shi were the most adaptable. There were large tracts of grassland at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. The soldiers he brought also lived on the grasslands all year round and entered the Xiongnu territory without any discomfort.
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The Western Region and Hexi armies totaled 40,000 cavalry and thousands of armored soldiers. The team was like a long snake, looming among the undulating hills of the grassland.
Luo Shi rode on his horse, constantly checking the rough map, and then issued orders one after another. Thousands of scouts were divided into dozens of small teams and scattered in all directions.
As the army marched deeper and deeper, after setting up camp in a leeward place, the captains guarding the Western Regions and the generals from the Western Regions countries, especially the generals of the four counties in Hexi who were temporarily restrained by Luo Shi, came to his tent one after another. middle.
He asked the question that concerned him the most, "Dadu Protector, where are we going? It's too far to go deep into the grassland now. If we continue like this, we will need dry food for horses and camels, and we will be completely separated from logistics."
Luo Shi looked at everyone with his hands behind his back. Behind him was a rough map of the Western Region. After hearing everyone's questions, Luo Shi turned to face the huge map, and then pointed at the top.
He said resolutely: "Our target is here. I got the information that the Huns' royal court is on this grassland. I want to penetrate directly into the Huns' royal court hiding in Mobei, and then fight to win the future for the Han Dynasty. Fifty years of peace.
I don’t know who will own this grassland in the future, but it will never belong to the Xiongnu again! "
Straight into the Hun royal court!
As soon as Luo Shi's words came out, the tent instantly fell into silence, and everyone was stunned by his words.
Why did he suddenly want to go straight to the Huns' royal court?
Isn't this a normal push battle?
Seeing this, Luo Shi rubbed his head with a headache, and then said: "Do you have any different opinions?"
There was a sudden loud noise in the account after these words were spoken.
"Daduhu, are you serious? Is it too risky to infiltrate the Hun royal court?"
"Your Majesty, the war has just begun. The Xiongnu forces on the outside have not even been eliminated. To go directly deep into the enemy's rear is to put the future of the entire army on luck."
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"Your Majesty, what should I do if the source of the information is wrong? Where is the Xiongnu royal court so easy to break into?"
"Grand Protector, the imperial court has sent 150,000 troops this time, and they are also elite knights and archers from all the counties in the Central Plains. This is almost a war that must be won. We just need to fight steadily."
With every word you say, almost everyone is questioning Luo Shi's decision. After all, in everyone's opinion, this is too risky. In a war that cannot fail, why should we make such a move of underestimating the enemy? Woolen cloth?
Luo Shi's expression did not change when he heard this, and he stretched out his hand to stop everyone who still wanted to speak.
Facts speak louder than words.
He pointed at the Kanyu map and said: "My plan is to advance along this water, then turn into the three mountains, pass through on the right side, and then attack the Xiongnu headquarters directly.
Even if the army encounters an unexpected situation, it can still return. The Xiongnu will either send the main force to fight with our army, which our army will not want, or they can only let our army leave.
Among the armies of the imperial court, only our army is an all-cavalry army, with one person, four horses or even five horses. Only our army can complete this difficult task.
And why do you think this is a losing war?
There is never a war in this world that is guaranteed to win. The imperial court is indeed all elite this time, but who says that the elite will definitely win?
Isn’t the temple army elite enough?
Isn’t the army of our Western Region Protectorate elite enough?
Facing the Huns who come and go like the wind, we can only defend passively. No matter how sharp the sword is, it is useless if it cannot cut the enemy. No matter how powerful the fist is, if it cannot hit the enemy, it is nothing.
When I was still young, my father said that the Xiongnu would definitely make a comeback. At that time, he taught me various ways to fight against the Xiongnu. The most important thing among them was to give up the thinking of war in the Central Plains and use the thinking of the Huns. to fight against the Huns.
We must take the initiative to bring the war to the Huns' territory, kill their population, and plunder their cattle and sheep. Only in this way can we completely eliminate the Huns.
According to the step-by-step attack of the armies, the greatest possibility is that the Huns fled far away, while our army returned in frustration because it could not find the enemy.
That's not what I want. "
Luo Shi's words were loud and clear, and he had obviously been thinking about them for a long time. Everyone in the tent looked at each other, and when Luo Shi saw them, he said again: "Your Majesty is a cautious king.
This expedition cost a lot of money. If we cannot get enough victories and achievements to repay these expenses, Your Majesty will definitely not have another attack. "
This sentence really made everyone's expressions change.
The dream of the armies in the Western Regions and Hexi is to make great achievements, and then be transferred back to Guanzhong by the emperor, join the Forbidden Army, and even the entire family will be moved to Guanzhong.
Even if you can't enter Chengluo and Tianchu counties, it's still great to enter Longxi County.
It would be great if we could enter Guandong. In short, just don't stay in Hexi and the Western Regions all the time.
Not only these generals, but also the officers and men in the army, especially in the Western Regions. Many Han soldiers came here because their ancestors were exiled, and then they became Han people in the Western Regions.
Although after decades and hundreds of years, this place has indeed become their home, people are moving to higher places. If you have a choice, who wouldn't want to return to the colorful world of the Central Plains?
This is probably a fantasy filter. In fact, when the overland Silk Road was open, the prosperity of the four counties in the Western Region and Hexi was unmatched by most cities in the Central Plains.
Has there been any commercial city since ancient times that was not prosperous?
Hexi and the Western Regions are dotted with commercial cities, and countless travelers and caravans are exchanged among them. The Han people in the Western Regions only have a blind eye, so they think that the Central Plains is more prosperous than the Western Regions.
Luo Shi knew this very well, so he said these words and told all the Han generals that if you miss this opportunity, you will stay in desolate places like the Western Regions and Hexi for the rest of your life.
"I will obey your orders!"
The generals of the Han army bowed down one after another.
After completely integrating the army, Luo Shi suddenly increased his marching speed. After defeating several small Xiongnu tribes along the way, the logistics could no longer keep up with their speed.
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Naturally, such a massive conquest by the Han army could not be concealed from the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu empire had been in the grassland for hundreds of years, and its only defeat was the war with the Han Dynasty decades ago, and it was not an ordinary defeat.
In fact, the country was already subjugated. It was only because other Hu forces on the grassland, such as Wuhuan and other Donghu branch tribes, were under the control of the Han Dynasty and could not control the grassland. This gave the Xiongnu a chance to rise again.
After all, the Xiongnu are still a rare nomadic tribe on the grassland with a relatively high degree of civilization. Compared with those unknown small tribes, after exchanges with Central Asia and wars with the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu have undergone qualitative changes in all aspects.
In the king's tent of the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu Chanyu listened to King Zuogu Li reporting the news of the Han army, and then sighed: "The Han Dynasty experienced such great civil strife more than ten years ago, but now it still has such a strong army. Strength, great heaven, why don't you protect the people of Daxia?
Two thousand years have passed since our ancestors were driven out of the Central Plains, but they still haven't been able to go back. Why is this? "
This Xiongnu Chanyu is very different from the previous Xiongnu Chanyus. The biggest difference is that the faces of the previous Xiongnu Chanyus all have some strangeness, and it can be seen that the blood of other species is mixed, but this Xiongnu Chanyu He has a distinctly Central Plains appearance.
It is often said that the Chinese distinguish each other by civilization, but this is not accurate. The Chinese and the barbarians can indeed be transformed. There is also the classic theory of "the Chinese will become barbarians when they enter the barbarians, and the barbarians will become Huaxia when the barbarians enter China." But the premise is that the most important premise is ——They have to look the same!
Black hair, dark eyes.
In comparison, the Xiongnu are truly united by ethnic recognition. The composition of the Huns is really too mixed. There are real descendants of the Xia Queen, people who fled from the Xia, Han people, and some who look like Strange Di ghost.
Judging from the appearance of the current Xiongnu Chanyu, I am afraid that he is indeed the same ethnic group as the Xia, Shang and Zhou. After all, in that era when there was no real identification with the Xia, everyone was probably both a Xia and a barbarian.
Without the Han Dynasty knowing anything about it, the royal family of the Xiongnu Chanyu had changed. This was probably a surprise, especially when the Luo family saw it, and would probably want to assimilate these people.
In the king's tent of the Xiongnu, with the sigh of the Xiongnu Chanyu, the tent fell into silence. Regarding this issue, the Huns thought about it for a long time, but in the end they came to the conclusion that the Han people did not respect martial ethics, and the world's They actually dispatched the True God during the war.
Otherwise, the Great Xia Empire was so powerful, but the Han Dynasty was so weak. The winner must be the Great Xia Empire, and the Han Dynasty would have no chance to develop to the future!
(End of chapter)
