Chapter 100 Snow Disaster Signs
Yi Zhixie's words indicate that the change in the Xiongnu's attitude towards the Han people has arrived.
The Xiongnu's attitude towards the Han people went from looking down on, contempt, valuing, fear, admiration, step by step, to worship them in the end.
In the first decades, the Huns suppressed the Han Dynasty and looked down on the Han people very much. In their eyes, the Han people were at the same level as pigs and dogs, and they were allowed to beat, scold and slaughter.
After Emperor Wu of Han reformed the military and political affairs, the strong Han army was led by genius commanders such as Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, and they scattered the desert, defeating the Huns again and again, and even Longcheng, Shanyuting, and Langjuxu Mountain were lost. The Huns turned from looking down on the Han Dynasty, but finally turned into fear, and after fear, they became admiration.
What they admired was no longer the wealth of the Han Dynasty, abundant resources and no shortage of food, but the amazing combat power of the Han army. After the military and political reforms of Emperor Wu of Han, the Han army was equipped with very well, with flexible and changeable tactics and amazing combat power. One Han army could withstand the combat power of twenty Huns, which was completely opposite to the beginning of the establishment of the Han Dynasty.
The Huns wanted to learn from the Han Dynasty, learn the tactics and tactics of the Han Dynasty, and attach importance to the Han people. The Han people who surrendered in the past became their guests of honor.
It is precisely because of this that Zhao Xin rebelled and returned to the Xiongnu. Yi Zhixi respected him very much, granted him a high position, and built a "Zhao Xin City" for him, because Zhao Xin, the Xiongnu, was "golded" in the Han Dynasty.
When the Huns changed their attitude towards the Han people, many Han people surrendered to the Huns for various reasons, such as Li Ling and Li Guangli. When they arrived at the Huns, the Shanyu respected them very much and met them with great gratitude. They gave advice to the Huns. Fortunately, Li Ling did not give any advice to the Huns in his life, but only lived in the Huns. Li Guangli even ran for the Huns and trained the Huns. Fortunately, Princess Nangong made an excuse to apart from him and eliminated a major disaster for the Han Dynasty.
Li Ling surrendered to the Huns, who originally wanted to repay the Han Dynasty, but had other plans. When he arrived at the Huns, he did not give advice for the Huns, but disaster came from heaven and cut off his path to repay the Han Dynasty.
A traitor named Li taught the tactics and tactics of the Huns' Han army. If the information went wrong, he would report to Emperor Wu of Han and become Li Ling. Emperor Wu of Han was furious and issued an order to kill Li Ling's family. Sima Qian believed that Li Ling was unlikely to do things for the Huns, and this matter was wrong, which excused Li Ling.
Emperor Wu of Han was angry, and in anger, the Taishigong felt "laughing". Later, he finally found out that it was an information error and another traitor named Li, not Li Ling, and Emperor Wu of Han regretted it, but it was irreversible.
According to history, the change in the attitude of the Huns towards the Han people would have been decades later, and the Han army would have no power to fight back. Zhou Yang's victory came early.
I have to say that Yi Zhixie's decision is very visionary. In the era of cold weapons, the riding and shooting of nomadic peoples is quite terrible. If they obtain advanced equipment, they will definitely burst out with amazing combat power, and it may not be impossible to be invincible to the world.
This has been proven by history. It is not the Huns, nor the Turks, but the Mongols who prove this.
The world has changed and thousands of years have changed. The nomadic peoples in northern China have changed one after another, including the Huns, Xianbei, Turks, Khitans, Jurchens, and Mongolia. Although the races are different, they have common characteristics. They can only bend horses and bend bows, and have not created advanced civilizations, nor have developed technology. Although the nomadic peoples have excellent riding skills, the Huns, Xianbei and Turks were powerful for a while, they were finally destroyed by China.
Why did the Mongols sweep across the Eurasian continent, but other nomadic peoples fail to do it?
You should know that the Huns, Xianbei, Turks and Mongolia live on the same grassland, located in Central Asia, and entering Asia is as convenient as entering Europe.
The reason is that the Mongols received advanced Han civilization and developed Han science and technology assistance, and created a large number of weapons for the Mongols, bringing the power of the nomadic people to the extreme.
It is undeniable that Genghis Khan has a rare military talent, but the ethnic minorities do not lack genius leaders. Maodun, Yelu Abaoji, and Wanyan Aguda are not bad, but they have not achieved the same achievements as Genghis Khan because they do not have advanced civilization and developed technology to assist them.
The fundamental reason why the Mongols were able to get the assistance of the Han people was that the Song Dynasty did not take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. The Mongols massacred the city was miserable, mainly to deal with the Jurchens, because Genghis Khan hated the Jurchens. The Han people in the north also hated the Jurchens. The more cruel the Mongols were to the Jurchens, the happier the Han people in the north, and the closer they were to the Mongols. Compared with the Jurchens, the Mongols were more likely to get help from the Han people.
This can be seen from the counselors used by the Mongols. Guo Baoyu, Guo Kan, and Liu Zheng were all Han people. The Mongols swept across the Eurasian continent and unified China, which is closely related to these three Han people.
Guo Baoyu followed Genghis Khan to the west to expedition Khwarezm and made many suggestions. Even the strategy of destroying Jin formulated by Genghis Khan was also made by him. Guo Kan was Guo Baoyu's grandson. He followed Xulagu to the Middle East and won the title of "God Man", and even formulated a strategy for Kubluo to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty.
These two people are descendants of Guo Ziyi, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty.
Liu Zheng was a rising star in the Song Dynasty. He persecuted Jia Sidao and surrendered to the Mongols at the end of his life. At that time, the Southern Song naval army was very good at fighting, and the Mongols could only dominate the Southern Song naval army, but they had no choice but to defeat the Southern Song naval army. Kubiluo once gave up the idea of ​​destroying the Song Dynasty. It was Liu Zheng who analyzed the situation of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Kubiluo made up his mind to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty and build the Mongol naval army.
The Mongols swept across the Eurasian continent, with the shadow of the Han people everywhere, and the civilization and technology of the Han people were supplemented everywhere. If the Mongols, like the Huns, had not obtained the civilization and technology of the Han people, could the Mongols still sweep across the Eurasian continent and establish the largest empire in human history?
Yi Zhi had a good eye. He saw the weakness of the Huns. If the Huns wanted to take revenge, they had to create new equipment, which required a large number of craftsmen. The Huns did not have craftsmen, but only archers with horses and bent bows. If they wanted to change the Huns, only by treating the Han Dynasty craftsmen, gaining their favor, and getting their help, the Huns could take revenge.
There were many craftsmen among the Han people who plundered the Huns. What else could they do if they got into the enemy? It can be imagined that for Yi Zhixie's transformation, some of them would definitely be traitors and would serve the Huns.
The question is, how helpful is this to the Huns?
Although there were many craftsmen who plundered the Huns, they were of limited help to the Huns. You should know that the Mongolians obtained large areas of Han land and a large number of Han people. The number of Han people was many times greater than that of the Mongolians. It was impossible to be strong if the Mongolians were not strong.
It is self-evident that the Huns did not obtain the land of the Han people. How much the Huns could benefit from the craftsmen obtained by the plundering is self-evident.
Yi Zhixie's transformation can only be described in four words: he is anxious to seek medical treatment!
The sky is haze, snowflakes are flying, and the earth is covered with silver.
The Great Wall is like a white giant dragon, crystal clear and winding away, not knowing where it finally came.
The bloodstains left by the war in the past have not faded away, but have been covered by ice and snow.
Under the Great Wall and on the fields, from time to time, corpses covered by ice and snow, broken weapons, broken internal organs, torn clothes... All of them are telling people that a fierce battle occurred here not long ago.
Occasionally, hungry vultures circling down and stopped on the corpse to peck at the corpse. There were fur clothes on the corpse, which was the corpse of the Huns. Occasionally, there were hungry wolves who had a full meal.
In such a big battle, it took a long time to clean the body. Before the cleaning, it started to snow heavily and the people went home to winter. Fortunately, it had been cleaned up.
Yanmen is covered with snow and covered with silver, like an ice city. The city gate is wide open, but few people come in and out, and the Han army on the city wall is patrolling.
The winter in the north is very cold, and there is nothing important. People will not come out to walk around. That is really too cold, so there are few pedestrians.
However, the general's mansion was very lively and loudly, and Zhou Yang was drinking with the generals.
"Master, do it!"
Li Guang held up the painted ear cup, his throat was high and his voice was shocking, and his voice was shocking. The drunkenness surged, his face turned red, and he already felt a little drunk.
Regardless of Zhou Yang's reaction, he just put his mouth on his mouth, opened his mouth wide, and drank it all in one breath, like a drunkard, skillfully illuminating the bottom of the cup.
Zhou Yang was also drunk and was quite drunk. He smiled and picked up his ear cup and drank it all in one go.
After the war, Zhou Yang had nothing to do and there was little military service. As for the army, except for the necessary ones, they gave them a big vacation and asked them to go home to reunite with their relatives.
They were mainly from border people. After such a big battle, what they thought most was to see their relatives. Zhou Yang's order was very morale. The soldiers cheered in unison and went home happily.
As soon as the soldiers left, Zhou Yang, the general, had nothing to do. When the Huns came, there were countless affairs and they were buried in military affairs every day. Now, there are so many time that they can't be disposable, so they have to gather Li Guang and the others to pass the time after the banquet.
Before he knew it, he actually followed the Shanyu.
Although Li Guang and his friends were called prefects, they mainly dealt with military affairs, and they were not interested in literary affairs. What the swords and pen officials did make them uncomfortable, and there was no real sword and sword to rush on the battlefield. Without military affairs, they were so idle that they either accompanied Zhou Yang to hunt and spend time or accompanied Zhou Yang to have a banquet.
Among them, Feng Jing was a scholar, and he was the most capable and interested in literary affairs. However, Zhou Yang's mansion was in Yanmen. He was the first to get a moon when he was close to the water and had a banquet to deal with literary affairs.
Therefore, Zhou Yang and the others have been living a very happy life these days.
Of course, Zhou Yang and his friends were just passing the time, not to enjoy the delicacies of mountains and rivers. Sometimes they went out to hunt, get some venison, rabbit meat and drink wine, and sometimes they asked soldiers to make some wine dishes.
A group of people sat together, each with a soft mat. In the Han Dynasty, this was called "sitting on the ground".
Put a wine lord in the middle, fill it with fine wine, and then put a spoon of wine to drink.
This is a typical method of banquets in the Han Dynasty. There are also different ways to eat and eat. However, Zhou Yang and others are different. They rolled across the mountain of swords together, waded through the sea of ​​blood together, and slept in the pile of dead people together. This friendship is different, so how could it be so lively?
Li Guang grabbed the wine spoon and smiled while sucking the wine: "The snow is so heavy this year."
"Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest, next year is a good year, and the crops will grow well." Zhou Yang took over the conversation.
"Our life is better, and the Huns will be sad!" Cheng Buzhi picked up his ear cup and drank it happily: "With my experience in the North for many years, there must be heavy snow disasters with such snow. This year's snow is so heavy, and the snow disaster will not be small. The cattle and sheep of the Huns will freeze to death. The Huns will go hungry next year."
"Haha!" Li Guang laughed loudly and was filled with joy: "A heavy snow disaster is worth a hundred thousand troops!"
The desert is bitter and cold, and the plant growth season is short, so there is a shortage of forage and there is not enough cattle and sheep to eat. Cattle and sheep are food from the Huns. If there is not enough forage, there will be no meat for cattle and sheep and not abundant food. Under normal circumstances, the Huns will be sad in winter.
Once a heavy snow disaster occurs, it is common for cattle and sheep to freeze to death. Once cattle and sheep are frozen to death, the food of the Huns will become a problem.
A heavy snow disaster caused no less disaster to the Huns than the 100,000 troops. Perhaps, it is even worse.
"If we had been in the past, we could not drink and joke here. We would have been preparing to fight the Huns. Once they were affected by disaster, the Han people would suffer." Feng Jingda sighed: "Next year, the Huns want to come to the border to disturb them, but they don't have the ability!"
In order to solve the famine, the Huns had no choice but to gather troops to go to the Han territory to plunder. Therefore, whenever a snow disaster came, the Han Dynasty had to prepare to fight with the Huns on the border. The greater the snow disaster, the more fierce the Huns came and the more fierce the battle was.
This did not start from the Han Dynasty, but was found in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, the Hu people and the Xiongnu in the north passed the losses caused by the snow disaster to the three kingdoms of Qin, Yan and Zhao through war. Today, the Xiongnu still followed this method, but they passed it on to the Han Dynasty.
It is precisely because snow disasters are prone to in the desert, especially in the northern desert, that the Huns have always coveted the southern desert.
The southern desert is mainly in the area of ​​Inner Mongolia. The climate here is warm, the plant growth season is longer than that in the northern desert, and the possibility of snow disasters is smaller. In the entire southern desert, Hetao is the best, with fertile soil, beautiful water, green grass, and most suitable for grazing.
This is also the fact that after the Huns suffered repeated defeats in Hetao, they were still unwilling to give up Hetao and repeatedly defeated them. This was why King Wuling of Zhao defeated the Huns and Meng Tian defeated the Huns in Hetao.
In the past, when it was so heavy snow, the Han army and the people on the border were fully committed to the preparations for fighting the Huns, so there was no time to drink. This year, the Huns were defeated and it was impossible to go south next year. Even if they were to come, they were just a small group of Huns, and there was no large number of Huns.
This was the first time in the decades of the founding of the Han Dynasty. Everyone was in great interest and picked up the wine glass and said, "To the Grand Marshal! Grand Marshal, do it!"
If Zhou Yang hadn't planned it properly, it would have been impossible to have such a good situation. They really admire Zhou Yang.
Is there anything more happy than being recognized by others by my own efforts? Zhou Yang Huan drank it happily, lit up the bottom of the cup, and actually learned from Li Guang.
"Okay!" Everyone praised in unison.
Li Guangyi was drunk and was a little worried: "It's good to defeat the Huns, but we have nothing to do? In the past, we were busy every day, always busy, busy fighting the Huns. Now, there is no Huns to fight, and we are idle again, so idle that we can only drink to pass the time."
"Isn't it good to be idle? You have to live a life of licking blood from a knife." Cheng Buzhi made fun of him.
"After you have been idle for a long time, people will panic. Master, you have many ideas. Can you find something for us?" Li Guang looked at Zhou Yang and touched his hot face: "It's better to find some Xiongnu for us to fight. If you don't fight the Xiongnu for a long time, your hands will become a little itchy."
"This is very difficult." Gongsun He smiled and took over the conversation: "With this battle, there will be no trace of the Huns hundreds of miles north of the Great Wall. Flying General, you will not even see a shadow. All you can see is ice and snow."
Under the pursuit of the Han army, the Huns became dead. After passing the Great Wall, there may be only wild wolves in the living creatures within hundreds of miles. It is not difficult to find the Huns, but very difficult.
"Hey!" Li Guang shook his head helplessly, and he also knew that his request was a bit too much.
Cheng Bushi and others picked up the wine glass and drank happily.
"With this battle, the Huns had already escaped, and it was really difficult to find the Huns." Zhou Yang put down the wine glass in his hand and spoke slowly: "But it doesn't mean that the Huns can't be found."
"Oh!" Everyone's interest immediately aroused, and they all stared at Zhou Yang with anticipation on their faces.
"I just knew a place where the Huns gathered. Are you interested in going on a trip?" Zhou Yang did not do a good job of answering their questions, but instead kept it aside.
"Master, where is it? Tell me quickly!" Li Guang said quickly and urged him.
This is exactly what everyone is asking, and they nodded and agreed.
"This place is extremely important to the Huns, and equally important to us. If this place is taken down, the blow to the Huns will be even more terrifying than ten major snow disasters." Zhou Yang's eyes flashed, and the wine glass in his right hand was heavily placed on the short table. He used too much force and the wine splashed out.
"Hetao!"
Li Guang, Cheng Bushi, Feng Jing, Gongsun He, Gongsun Jian, Qin Wuhui and others exclaimed in unison.
Li Guang and the others would not know how important Hetao's strategic position is. On the front is Chang'an, the capital of the Han Dynasty, and on the east is the north, which poses great threat to the Han Dynasty.
This is the best pasture for the Huns. The Huns raised hundreds of thousands of horses here. There are not a million Hun herders gathered here, and they are not far behind.
Hetao is the heart of the Huns. Once the Han army seized Hetao, the attack on the Huns would be disastrous. Compared to ten or hundreds of heavy snow disasters, it would be even worse.
Especially when the Huns were newly defeated, the Huns were unable to look south, which was a good opportunity for the Han Dynasty to take action.
"Master General, Hetao is so important. Why did you let all the soldiers go and not attack Hetao in one fell swoop?" Li Guang complained.
"Flying General, do you think I don't want it?" Zhou Yang shook his head: "But, you also saw, how are the brothers injured? Can they still fight without resting?"
"This..." Li Guang was speechless.
Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Li Guang himself could not stand it. Zhou Yang let the soldiers go to help them recover.
"Master, let's do this." Cheng Bushi was extremely excited: "While we were ready, we reported to the emperor. This is a good opportunity to seize Hetao, and the emperor should allow it. As long as the emperor is accurate, we can dispatch it immediately. The Huns are newly defeated and we attack Hetao. They are unable to defend. We will definitely win this battle."
"Okay!" Zhou Yang clapped his hands excitedly: "I'll give the emperor a message now!"
Chapter completed!