Established a millennium family since King Wu defeated Zhou

Chapter 374 The Crisis Is Coming
As a large number of horses stepped on the ground, billows of dust filled the entire field of vision, and there were roughly a thousand people.

This surprised the generals guarding the city, no wonder the beacon fire was ignited directly. It turned out that so many Huns came to fight Caogu.

There was supposed to be a big battle between the big Han and the Huns in this time and space, but a heavy snowfall in Luoling abruptly delayed the arrival of the Xiongnu's peak period.

The Xiongnu, who had suffered huge losses, began to lick their wounds. The King of the Huns did not dare to go south to invade the Hanting, so they took advantage of this opportunity of other tribes suffering heavy losses and began to annex those disobedient forces. Even North Korea, which had not been defeated before, entered in the hands of the Huns.

At this time, the Han court relied on the Great Wall to gradually enter the prosperity of the prosperous age, and starting from Lu Zhi, the rulers of the Han court paid more attention to the land development within the Great Wall.

Compared with the bitterly cold places outside the Great Wall, I am more willing to develop the fertile soil on both sides of the Jiangdong and Yangtze River, including the Jianghan Plain, etc., because the climate here is warm, and as long as it is developed, it can be cultivated.

The choice of the strategic direction of the two sides allowed the Xiongnu and the Han court to have this extremely long period of peace.

After decades of suffering and marching, the Xiongnu recovered. Thanks to the good weather, herds of cattle and sheep, there were no major natural disasters, and there were hundreds of thousands of people in charge again.

This is really normal, because the grassland is there, where there are grasslands, there are cattle and sheep, where there are cattle and sheep, there is food, and with food, people can be fed.

Ancient times did not have such deep technological barriers as modern times.

The power of modern scientific and technological weapons has far exceeded that of manpower. Without decades of technology to catch up, more people are useless.

For these classical empires, as soon as the population recovers, the strength will be restored by half. With sufficient combat resources, a country can be directly evolved from vulnerable to invincible within ten to twenty years.

The Han court did not directly control the Western Regions, and it cut off the Xiongnu's access to technology and armor from the Central Asian passage. It took decades to recover, which is really normal.

This is why the heavy snow in Luoling delayed the peak of the Xiongnu, rather than directly exterminating the Xiongnu.

However, the accumulation of national power is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. The Xiongnu have just returned to the level of previous years, and the Han court is no longer what it used to be.

After decades of recuperation, the big Han and the Xiongnu are now in a real offensive and defensive transition. The blood of the Han court is too thick, but the Huns are a little weaker in comparison.

As long as the Han court plans the rhythm of the war, even if it loses a battle, it will be able to drag down the Xiongnu before it collapses through non-stop wars.

Although Wei Qing came to the border as a sinner, he was a horse breeder before, which was recorded in the exile documents, so after he came to the border, he took over his previous work and continued to feed the few war horses in the city.

The soldiers guarding the city were not afraid of the Huns. If it was the guards of the Huns, they might be a little bit afraid, because those guards of the Huns were full-body armor, the elite of the elite, but these ordinary Huns , Most of them don't have armor on their bodies. In comparison, at least many people in the Han army still have a piece of leather armor or cloth armor, which has some defensive power.

Moreover, the Han army has better bows and crossbows, which is the weakest point of the Huns compared to the Han army.

It's just that the Huns are also very aware of this. Usually they don't directly confront the enemy with the Han army, but go around the city to those villages to plunder, and then run away after the robbing. The horses of these Huns are very good, and they always There are so many horses that it is too late to chase. The Han army is very annoyed by this kind of attack, and it can be said that they are tired of coping.

Naturally, the Han army would not hesitate to face the Huns, leaving enough defenders and horses, and rode out of the city directly to fight the Huns.

Wei Qing still has some reputations for bravery in the army, and he is good at riding, so he naturally went out with him.

When the Huns saw that the Han army was chasing them, they turned around and turned their horses. There was a round of arrows raining first. Naturally, these small tribes did not have any good bows and arrows, but they were sent out to grab things after all, so they tried their best to bring some that could hurt them. man's weapon.

Especially the tetanus arrow, which is a nirvana in this era, is extremely terrifying.

"Brothers, promotion and rewards are just around the corner!"

With the perfect military merit incentive system of the Han army, the uncorrupted official system, and the clear political environment, these soldiers didn't need his encouragement at all, and they rushed up screaming.

Wei Qing took the lead. He already carried the guilt on his body, and now killing the enemy can atone for the crime. He held the bow and crossbow tightly in his hand, and then drew the bow and set the arrow.

"Whoosh!"

With the sound of the bow.

"what!"

A Hun fell directly from his horse, blood gushed from his neck, and instantly stained the ground red.

He actually hit the neck with one arrow, this ability of riding and shooting made everyone cheer, Wei Qing cheered up, and if he had another one, he would be completely absolved of the guilt.

From now on, he will be a normal soldier, and he can be promoted by virtue of his military exploits, which is what he dreams of.

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Changan.

The generals guarding the border in the Han Dynasty still had a relatively large degree of autonomy, but the results of the battle must be sent to Chang'an afterwards, including the calculation of military exploits, which must be attached later.

Jia Yi received the results of this battle. The Han army had 33 casualties, and the Huns had 34 casualties. Basically, the casualties were one to one, similar to the previous battle.

"Wei Qing, one person killed four people with his own hands. He is really a warrior. According to his military exploits, he should be exonerated."

When Jia Yi saw the military exploits attached to the document and the reward standard presented by the general, he didn't pay much attention to it. Such military exploits can be seen everywhere. Jia Yi casually sketched his consent, and then called the waiter, "Send this document to the general If there is no problem, please submit it to His Majesty, don't let the bloody soldiers wait too long, and give the rewards on time and according to the amount."

According to Luo Chen's restructuring in the past, the important military affairs of the Han Dynasty must first go through the hands of the prime minister. Today's prime minister is very powerful, and to some extent he is the deputy emperor.

After all, even the prime minister's assistant officer is Jiuqing, and even the deputy Yushi doctor is directly one of the three princes. One can imagine the nobility of the prime minister!

In terms of government affairs, the prime minister basically only needs to discuss with the emperor, but with the idea of ​​expanding the power of the prime minister and dividing civil and military affairs, the prime minister is only the first level of military affairs, and will be sent to the general for retrial later.

In military affairs, the prime minister is a bit like the deputy of the general, and the general is called the "military minister" for this reason.

After the general has reviewed it, he confirms that it complies with the award regulations before handing it over to the emperor. All awards for middle-level officers and above and awards for more than ten people must be reviewed by the emperor and sealed with the emperor's seal.

It wasn't until the waiter took the documents away that Jia Yi suddenly realized that since the beginning of the new year, it seems that such things have increased. He is still sensitive to numbers, so he quickly asked people to search for the previous battle reports.

"Prime Minister, just four months this year is comparable to the entire year of last year. The Huns have indeed increased their harassment of big men."

After the calculation, the assistant officer quickly reported the news to Jia Yi. Jia Yi's face was a little serious when he heard the words. It was not his own illusion. The Huns were really ready to move, but this kind of sudden increase in attacks was not normal.

Jia Yi pondered and said, "Where are the weather conditions reported by the border gate last year and this year? Get the truth."

The princes and kings, Chehou, county guards, and county magistrates guarding various counties have a persistent task, which is to report abnormal weather in various places, such as no rain for a long time, or drought, heavy rain, heavy snow, etc. They must be reported to the court.

When the assistant officer brought the archived information, Jia Yi immediately started searching, and found that within the past two years, the climate on the grassland and on the border was not very good, and the grain production on Dahan's side was decreasing. There is a bumper harvest every year, and there are enough grain stores in various places, so I don't feel much yet.

"Many tribes on the prairie suffered from natural disasters, so they went south to plunder more frequently. The Xiongnu royal court has a solid foundation and occupies the best grassland, so they did not participate in it. But if the climate continues to deteriorate, Even as long as the beef and sheep cheese is reduced by [-]%, the entire Xiongnu will definitely go crazy."

Jia Yi was startled when he thought about this possible future. Jia Yi, who followed Luoxin, understood a truth, that is, if the grain production was reduced by [-]%, the result would not be that everyone else would eat less, and eventually everyone would have enough to eat. , but it will develop to the point that one adult can't afford it, and others can eat it normally!

This principle is universal on the grasslands, because it is human nature and does not vary due to differences in regional cultures.

Thinking of this, Jia Yi couldn't sit still for a while, and immediately said: "I want to go to the palace to meet His Majesty and prepare the horse."

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Jia Yi walked into the palace and saw a more beautiful palace than the last time he came here. He felt that His Majesty was completely different from the late emperor. His impressions of Liu Che were very complicated, and he couldn't help but compare Liu Che and Liu Heng. , and then feel more and more awkward.

Especially Jia Yi always felt that when the emperor looked at him, he had a trace of probing expression, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Prime Minister, Your Majesty calls you into the palace."

Not long after, the waiter came out and called Jia Yi in. Jia Yi cleared up the complicated thoughts in his mind, tidied his robes, and followed the waiter into the inner hall.

As soon as he entered the inner hall, he saw not only the emperor Liu Che, but also a middle-aged scribe in a Confucian uniform. Jia Yi thought for a moment that he was not a doctor of the Thirteen Classics.

He was a little curious. If he could come to the palace to meet the emperor alone, he must not be an unknown person. I don’t know which family’s great Confucianism it is, anyway, it’s not Mengru’s. Jia Yi himself is Mengru’s boss. do not know.

(End of this chapter)