Undoubtedly, the cavalry is the most powerful army of this era, and the nomads who are good at cavalry and shooting seem to be born excellent cavalry. Although the total population of the nomads is far less than the Han, these nomads are almost all of the people. All soldiers can be regarded as qualified fighters as long as they can pull the bowstrings, and the entire Southern Huns can easily organize 200,000 cavalry, which is why the Han people have always been unable to completely defeat these nomadic tribes in the steppe.
However, this time when he attacked the desert, Liu Xin saw the hope of completely putting the Xiongnu under the rule of the Han Dynasty. This was a feat that even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could not accomplish. Thinking about it made people excited.
The application of a series of new equipment, such as stirrups, raised the cavalry and shooting level of the Han cavalry to the same level as that of the Xiongnu cavalry. The cavalry tactics that Liu Xin borrowed from later Mongolian cavalry made the overall combat effectiveness of the Han cavalry far greater. Exceeding the Huns’ cavalry, the Mongolian cavalry’s separate and combined attack tactics are also derived from the steppe nomads in dealing with the steppe wolves. It is also a very successful tactic. Liu Xin copied almost all of them. The taste of "Spiers",
However, these new equipment makes people feel mysterious when they are unexpected. In fact, it is really worthless and does not have much technical content. Once the nomads on the grassland also master these equipment and tactics, their combat effectiveness will be improved. The cavalry surpassed the Han people again. Therefore, Liu Xin either did not put these equipment and tactics into practical use. Once invested, he must completely defeat and defeat these grassland peoples, and finally let them truly become a part of the Han people.
Now, it is the weakest period of the Southern Huns. At Dong Zhuo’s call, Liu Bao sent troops to Guanzhong, and immediately lost 100,000 young men. Coupled with the subsequent civil strife and the retaliatory counterattack of the Han cavalry, the Southern Huns wanted to piece together ten. Ten thousand cavalry soldiers are very difficult. It is saying that taking advantage of your illness, you will kill you. Now that all the conditions for subduing the Huns are met, will Liu Xin talk to the Huns about benevolence and justice? He has made up his mind in the coming year. After the beginning of spring, immediately sent troops to Monan, placing the entire Southern Xiongnu under the absolute rule of the Han Dynasty.
If this move is successful, not only will the Han Dynasty have a vast land for raising horses, it will also have another advantage. The Xiongnu have entered the Western Regions many times in history. In order to fight for the control of the Western Regions, the Han Dynasty will fight with the Xiongnu. After many wars, if Liu Xin can completely take down the Southern Huns, it will be beneficial to his plan to restore the Western Regions Protectorate.
After listening to Liu Xin’s analysis and the beautiful blueprint sketched out, Jushou was also excited. Although he is a literati, who is willing to let go of this opportunity to open up new frontiers and become famous in history.
Jushou soon started planning in accordance with Liu Xin's ideas, and said, "Master, if the Hun envoy promises not to harass my Han border in the future, then what reason do we find to use troops against them?"
Liu Xin laughed loudly and said: "Gongyou, you are too real. Since the Huns sent envoys, we directly proposed to him. From then on, the grasslands where the Southern Huns are stationed in herd will be part of the territory of the Han Dynasty. Abolish the Xiongnu Shanyu, Left and right the title of virtuous king, abolish the court of the Huns,"
Ju Shuo said with a smile: "Yes, the subordinates are pedantic. The lord's plan is very clever. If they agree, we can succumb to the soldiers without fighting. It is fair to say that officials are appointed to govern this grassland. The Xiongnu tribes The people have also become my fellow citizens. If they don't agree, hum, then we will hit him until he agrees."
The so-called soldiers who succumbed to others without a fight are actually based on the backing of strong combat power. If it were not for the 100,000 cavalry to go deep into Monan and return in a big victory, Jushou would not have this confidence.
Liu Xin smiled and said: "Gongming, they are coming back soon, so that they will take the looted Hun women into custody first. When the Hun envoys come, they will sell them publicly and let the Hun envoys take a good look. This grand occasion,"
Hu Chuquan had just passed Wancheng and sneezed loudly for no apparent reason. He could not help but restrained his horse, and muttered: "How far is it from Xiangyang? How can I catch the wind chill properly?"
There were also two tribal leaders who accompanied Hu Chuquan as an envoy, one named Chiwule and the other named Gutuan. These two Xiongnu tribe leaders had been to Dahan in the early years, but the farthest they were only to Luoyang. , I really don’t know how far Xiangyang is from here, I’m all at a loss.
After they entered the territory of Liangzhou, they were quickly spotted by the patrol sent by Huang Zhong. There were beacon fires all around, and a group of cavalry soon surrounded them. Hu Chuquan could speak Chinese and shouted quickly. I got up and explained that I was an envoy of the Huns. I came to visit the Emperor of Han. The answer was that the Han had no emperor at all, only the Chief of the Four States, who was temporarily regent. Therefore, Hu Chuquan had no choice but to turn to Xiangyang. Come to see Liu Xin, the director of the four states,
Naturally, Huang Zhong couldn’t let a group of hundreds of Huns cavalry travel freely in the Han territory, so Wei Yan and Ma Chao each led two thousand cavalry escorts. Of course, they were called escorts. In fact, there were more surveillance elements.
Hearing Hu Chuquan’s question, Wei Yanjiang pointed a big knife towards the south and shouted: "Wu Na Huns envoy, there is a certain escort, just go your way, ask so many questions, may you be spies? Nothing,"
Hu Chuquan was silent for a while, urged his horse, and ran forward. He ate a lot of food all the way.
When he was in Liangzhou, he knew that there was no emperor in the big Han. It is clear that there are two emperors now. However, these two emperors are not recognized by Liu Xin, but Liu Xin is also in Liangzhou. However, he had already embarked on the road to Xiangyang, he did not dare to say anything else, he could only bite the bullet and meet Liu Xin first.
However, Hu Chuquan was very unconvinced. The two tribal leaders who accompanied him were both famous warriors of the Huns, so he secretly instigated the two to challenge Wei Yan and Ma Chao, and wanted to stand in front of the Han army. The brave and self-reliant Chiwule and Gutuan really did not put the Han people in their eyes. As a result, they were not able to defeat Wei Yan and Ma Chao for the last three rounds. This is still Wei Yan and Ma Chaonian. And they are the ambassadors of the Huns, otherwise, even if they don’t kill them, they will have been maimed.
Therefore, along the way, Hu Chuquan and the others were very honest. It was almost Wei Yan who called for it to do, stop and stop, and didn't dare to say anything.
In fact, the current big man can be said to have the most warriors and counselors in history. He could have created the most powerful era. It is a pity that the mediocrity of the imperial court has made the people unhappy. Later, after a century of three kingdoms, these warlords and advisers were exhausted. As a result, the national strength has greatly declined, and this has given the Wuchaohua the opportunity. Now, Liu Xin’s arrival finally hopes to make this change.
However, Hu Chuquan, who admires Han culture, is still fascinated when he walks all the way, especially after he arrived in Nanyang, the bustling cities dazzled him, and he actually gave birth to something that would depend on the big man. Mind, moreover, the further you go south, the stronger your mind is,
After another two days, I could see the majestic Xiangyang city from a distance. Suddenly a group of cavalry came galloping in. These cavalry were about a hundred people, all in black, black armor and red cloak, and all of them were majestic black. Horses, they are not many in number, but they are like a big mountain, so that the people like Hu Chuquan can't breathe.
This team of cavalry rushed straight to Huchuquan and the team rushed forward, their horse speed did not slow down, until they were ten paces away, only to hear the "call" of the leader, a hundred horses galloped quickly. The war horses all gathered up their iron hoofs and stood in front of them,
Hu Chuquan and others all grew up on horseback. They were experts in riding skills. Seeing these people's skillful riding skills, they were secretly amazed. Before leaving, Yu Fuluo and others were very concerned about the cavalry of the Han army. Being able to sweep dozens of the Xiongnu tribes still disagrees, thinking that they were unprepared and successfully attacked by the Han army. If it were to fight openly, on this vast grassland, the Han army would definitely not be their opponent. However, after seeing the martial arts of Wei Yan and Ma Chao, and seeing the magical riding skills of this group of black armored cavalry, Hu Chuquan can no longer give birth to a trace of resistance.
I saw the leader of the black armored cavalry slowly stepping forward, waving the cooked copper stick in his hand, and shouting in a deep voice: "The one who came is the Huns' messenger,"
Wei Yan could see clearly in the team that the people who came were all flying tigers guarding Liu Xin's side. He rushed forward and said: "Zai is the deputy general of the Fifth Army, Wei Yan, who is ordered by General Zhao and General Huang, and General Ma escorted the Huns' envoys to this point, who are you, quickly lead the way,"
"In Xiahou Qinu, I have seen two generals," the leader arched his hand, took out a token, and said, "Please ask the two generals to hand over the Huns envoys to the abandoned slaves."
Both Wei Yan and Ma Chao recognized that token. With this token, Liu Xin personally ordered them. They looked at each other, nodded together, and stepped aside. This is already the boundary of Xiangyang. Forgive the Huns. Dare to play any tricks, don’t look at this team of flying tiger guards with only a hundred men, but they are all carefully selected from various legions and experienced warriors. They can all be ten, and they have to deal with these hundreds of Huns envoys. More than enough, so Wei Yan and Ma Chao have nothing to worry about.
Hu Chuquan saw that Wei Yan and Ma Chao were very polite to this ugly man. Although he didn't know what his identity was, he should have a certain status if he wanted to come. So he stepped forward and said, "Here is the Huns envoy, right. The virtuous king Hu Chuquan, please lead the general in front of the general."
Hou Qinu is a messy person. Hearing Hu Chuquan claiming to be King Youxian, the boss in his heart was not happy, and said coldly: "Here is not a general, but a slave to my master. Humph, my master has never been a king, you count. Dare to call a virtuous king of anything,
Hu Chuquan touched his nose and felt irritated, but he didn't dare to attack, so he had to follow Hou Qinu and dial his horse to the south.