Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 231 Tigers
Li Zuoche fell into deep thought after listening to Chen Tao's description.

According to Chen Tao's description, with such a thing, it can immediately make up for the vacancy of Shang Dahan in riding and shooting.Many people mistakenly think that the cavalry in the early Han Dynasty fought with long weapons. In fact, the main weapon of the cavalry at this moment is the bow and crossbow, especially the crossbow, which is the most used weapon by the cavalry.

As for long weapons, they are generally only used by fierce people, because in the era of no stirrups, if you want to wield long weapons on horseback, you need a terrible power, which is not something ordinary people can use. This is why Chen Tao persuaded Liu Chang not to use the halberd.

This thing is very inconvenient.

In the horse-and-shoot duel, the big Han is far inferior to the Huns. The Huns who were born on horseback have countless knights who can ride and shoot, but in the big Han, riding and shooting is the standard of the generals, and those who can ride and shoot are absolutely They will not be the lowest level of soldiers, most of them use crossbows, and there are many types of crossbows, including those used for siege, defense, infantry, and cavalry.

When Li Zuoche learned about the effect of this thing, he was very excited. There is such a thing, everyone in the big Han rides and shoots. With the size of the big Han, do you still need to worry about the Xiongnu?

However, he soon thought of the harm.

The Xiongnu had many war horses and more cavalry. Now the Xiongnu took turns riding and shooting, which is enough for them. If all 40 people can ride and shoot, and the skill of riding horses is higher than now, it will be really difficult to deal with. What's more, according to Chen Tao's description, this thing is easy to make, and the Huns have many slaves, and they come from all over the world. It is not difficult for them to imitate, and it is not difficult to use it on a large scale.

When Li Zuoche fought against the Xiongnu, he found that there were many knights in armor among them. It can be seen that their manufacturing industry is not bad, and they are still capable of imitating them. Moreover, this is not a one-off like an arrow. consumables that can be used for a long time.

Li Zuoche hesitated for a moment, then said: "Your Majesty, according to my idea, small-scale battles do not need to be used, and we can take advantage of the best opportunity to promote large-scale promotion when we have the strength to deal heavy damage to the Xiongnu. It's a big loss, when they start imitating, Datang already has the advantage, and they no longer worry about the strength of the Huns."

"I understand what the captain means, that is to endure it first, and then give them a hard time and make them suffer a big loss?"

Li Zuoche nodded, "We still have too few war horses today, please, the king, raise horses on a large scale in Shangjun and other places, and first increase the number of war horses with all our strength, and when we can inflict heavy damage on the Xiongnu, it will be time for the real relationship with Mordun. During the war, it was suddenly used to inflict heavy damage on the Xiongnu!"

"it is good!"

When Li Zuoche said this, Liu Chang was no longer worried.

He said with a smile: "Then this time the widow goes on an expedition, so I don't need it for now."

Chen Tao on the side asked again: "Then this halberd"

However, Chang Liu was a little hesitant. When everyone was using short soldiers, it was very majestic to take a long soldier himself, but if he couldn't take advantage of the horseback, this thing would be exhausted after an hour of battle, and then again what can we do about it?

Chen Tao hurriedly said, "Your Majesty can use a spear."

"The spear is lighter and more convenient. If the king thinks it is not right, the minister can make a little improvement, and the king will be satisfied!"

"Oh??"

Liu Chang looked at him curiously, "Then you can do it first, if the few are satisfied, there will be a reward!"

Chen Tao was not looking for a reward. He was just worried that his king's head would be hot, so he brought the halberd to battle. With the strength of the king, it was not impossible to use it. However, the halberd's head was too heavy. , that huge power has a high probability of injuring the user, and it is very awkward to swing, and it is easy to hit and lose strength.

Chen Tao called in many officials, and they all started to discuss together.

First of all, this weapon is longer than a spear, because the king's horse is very tall, if it is not long enough, it cannot hurt the enemy. Second, the front end should not be too heavy, try to be as light as possible, so that the king can play at will, it must have the same ability as a spear. The ability to stab is even better if it can cut.

Just when everyone was having a headache, Liu Chang had already met his knights at the school grounds.

Li Zuoche selected the candidates for Liu Chang to play together.

The ones selected by Li Zuoche were all the elites in the army, the most capable knights in the whole Tang Kingdom. These people gathered in the school grounds outside Jinyang. Many of them were known to Chang Liu. All the generals were Liu Chang's personal soldiers. After they returned to Tang, they were sent to the army by Li Zuoche to serve as officials.

Liu Chang walked quickly into the school grounds, looked proudly at these strong men, strode to the general platform, and the knights stood in front of him and greeted him immediately.

"Everyone get up!!"

Liu Chang spoke loudly, his voice was so loud that even the knights who were far away could hear his voice.

Liu Chang looked at them proudly and said loudly, "All the monarchs are the most elite knights in Tang!"

"This time, the widow is willing to take you to make achievements!"

"Back then, Mo Dun bullied the weak, looted many times, killed my people, and plundered my land. The widow hated me deeply!"

"The widow is strong!!"

"I would like to follow the example of Zhao Zhiwu's Anjun, Qin Zhimengtian, and the Xiongnu in the north. Anyone who kills the enemy with a few people will be rewarded!!"

"Would you like to follow?!"

The knights shouted: "May I follow the king!!"

"Die for the king!!!"

Liu Changchang waved his hand and said to Luan Bu beside him, "Bring it here!"

Immediately, someone brought a lot of wine and meat, and Liu Chang also walked down directly, and ordered the wine and meat to be distributed with everyone, and a horseman said: "Your Majesty, now we have not achieved an inch, and we dare not get such a reward from Your Majesty, we can do it. Eat after defeating the Huns!!”

Liu Changchang waved his hand and shouted, "It will be a matter of time before the Xiongnu is defeated!"

"This meal should be regarded as a celebration feast. When the Huns are defeated and triumphant, you will not be the only ones attending the banquet. The whole big man can come to celebrate!!"

Liu Chang quickly blended in with these people, laughing and bragging about drinking with them. After getting drunk, some soldiers dared to ask: "I heard that the king once said that he was going to enter Modun? But is it true?"

"of course it's true!"

"When a few people speak, they always speak with one word!"

Liu Chang gets along very happily with these soldiers. Most of the knights here are young and strong knights. They are also arrogant. I don't know why. Liu Chang always gets along very well with these warriors. Liu Chang also Compared with them drinking wine, eating meat, there is no monarch's air at all, occasionally laughing and scolding, kicking in the past, no one is angry, just smile and suffer.

Among these people, there are also Hu people who are different in appearance from the people in the Central Plains, including the Yuezhi people, the Hun tribe who surrendered, and even a few people from the Donghu side.Liu Chang called them to his side. These are the most important guides in the army. "This time, we will rely on you to lead the way for the widows!"

"When the Huns are defeated, no matter what the results are, you will all be promoted to the third noble!"

"Thank you, King!!"

Liu Chang decided to set off in three days.

During this period, Chang Liu always ran to the school grounds, talked with these knights, practiced together, and played horseback and archery.

On the night before Liu Chang's expedition, Chen Tao haggard sent the long soldiers they had made for the king.

Liu Chang hurriedly took it in his hand. This thing is an extended spear, or an extended sword, with a blade at the front and a rod at the back. However, it is much heavier than an ordinary spear, including the blade on the top. , that is also thicker and heavier than an ordinary sword. Liu Chang waved it, and it was quite smooth, much easier than the halberd. Chen Tao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if you encounter a soldier, after a blow, let go. It's easy to hurt yourself"

"Alright! Alright! The widow knows!"

"Hahaha, you did a good job, the widow is very satisfied!"

Liu Changda smiled, and then said to Luan Bu: "Reward the gift of a hundred gold!!"

"Your Majesty! This is my duty. I don't dare to ask for a reward. I just hope that Your Majesty can bring more weapons. These are easily damaged."

Chen Tao was still chattering and persuading, and Liu Chang sent him away.

On the day of the expedition, Liu Chang wore armor, rode a tall horse, held a peculiar spear, wore a long sword on his waist, and wore a strong bow, looking majestic.Liu Chang did not ask the ministers to come to bid him farewell. He himself had already said goodbye to Cao Shu, Zhang Cang and others.

He rode his horse and looked at the equally majestic knights in front of him. These knights were also fully armed, and several of the Tang flags were fluttering in the wind.

"Set off!!"

Liu Chang roared, and the horse flew out. The knights followed behind Liu Chang and ran wildly in the direction of the clouds.

When Liu Chang entered Henan from the cloud, he felt an environment that was completely different from the Central Plains.

This is not as Liu Chang thought, it is an endless grassland, and occasionally plants can be seen in the distance, lonely on the gray-white land, and occasionally soil slopes can be seen in the distance, looking into the distance, almost no people can be seen. , even animals can't see, as if they are the only people left in the whole world.

It's no wonder that the Huns are not easy to fight. In such an environment, the cavalry can easily get lost, and they can't even find the enemy. How can they fight?

In Liu Chang's team, there are knights from the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu tribe. These people know the way here. According to their words, almost all the Xiongnu tribes on the entire grassland live near the water source. Therefore, following the water flow, the tribe of the Xiongnu will surely be found.

Since entering Henan, the knights have become a lot more solemn, and they don't dare to be careless.

Liu Chang is still an exception. He doesn't seem to feel the heaviness before the war. He looks very comfortable, and he never cares about the consumption of materials. He still makes the knights eat and drink. He was infected, and gradually he was no longer as nervous as before.

Luan Bu was a little worried. The enemy has not yet been found, and the consumption of materials is already so serious. If this continues, there will be no major problems, right?
It's just that Ji Bu, who was the lieutenant general, didn't dissuade him, so Luan Bu couldn't say much.

At night, before the bonfire, everyone gathered around, and Liu Chang asked the distance while roasting the meat.

"Hahaha, to be honest, it's really nice here. It's empty and quiet."

"The widow quite likes it here. If there is a chance in the future, the widow will build a city here, and come here to live when I have time!"

Liu Chang said loudly.

The guide on the side said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Shuofang is not far away, and there is a city there."

"It was originally the city of Zhao State. Zhao State once built the city, roads, and the Great Wall here. Later, the Qin people occupied it. After the rise of Modun, they took this place and regarded it as their own territory!"

"Oh? The widow doesn't have to build the city, hahaha, and it saves a lot of effort!"

Everyone laughed, and a knight said: "I heard that the Dragon City in Modun is not bad. After repairing it, the king can drink and eat meat in the Dragon City!"

"How do his relatives look like? Are there beauties?"

"Hahaha~~"

Everyone laughed, and there was no tension like before the war. Liu Chang's arrogance greatly affected these knights.

Just as they were eating the meat, they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves. At that moment, Liu Chang suddenly dropped the meat in his hand, ran away, and got on his horse. , the rest of the people just followed.

"What happened?!"

"Your Majesty! Kill a Huns!"

When a scout shouted, Chang Liu walked up and saw one person and one horse being shot.

The guide hurried forward, looked at it for a while by the light of the torch, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Majesty!! This is a "Hydachi", and it seems that there are tribes of Xiongnu nearby!"

"What's a Haidach?"

"Similar to our scouts, no, it is the post office officials who are responsible for contacting the surrounding tribes. Because their whereabouts are uncertain, before each migration, they must send such people to tell the nearby tribes and their location. Make sure both parties know where the other is.”

"Oh, the widow understands."

Liu Chang nodded and asked again, "Can you find out where he came from?"

The guide nodded and said, "I know that there is a pasture nearby, which is most suitable for winter. Now the Huns have to prepare for winter. I think there are probably some tribes who are going to move here!"

"Hahaha!!"

"Brothers! This is God who has sent the credit to us!!!"

Liu Changchang was overjoyed and said, "Take a rest today and leave tomorrow!"

The location of the Xiongnu tribe is always uncertain, and they will continue to migrate.

Today, such a tribe of [-] people is migrating towards the edge of Henan, because it is much warmer than other areas and is more suitable for surviving this cold winter.When the Xiongnu tribe migrated, there were a large number of knights in the front and back. The knights and the herdsmen could be distinguished. Look at the armor on their bodies. Those who wear armor are soldiers, and those who do not wear armor and do not carry weapons are herdsmen.

There are many horses, and the long convoy is moving slowly.

The composition of the Xiongnu tribe is very peculiar. There are fewer old people and children, and the proportion of adult males is relatively large. In this tribe of tens of thousands of people, more than half of them are strong and strong, and the ratio of soldiers and soldiers is even more terrible. Three to one , In a tribe of more than 1 people, there are more than 3000 armed knights, and their leader is riding a tall horse and walking in the forefront.

On both sides of the convoy, there are a lot of cattle and sheep, there are a lot of livestock, women and children on the carriage, there are a lot of materials, prepared food, and a lot of daily necessities.

The leader is complaining to the left and right at the moment: "A large number of areas in Henan have been used for farming, and that food can only be eaten once a year, and we are also asked to go to other places to graze. I think that if King Zuo Xian succeeds, we will definitely want to suffered."

"I don't know what Dadan thought about it. To use such a weak person as Zuo Xianwang, he is more polite to slaves than to us!"

"It's better not to say these words of Guduhou"

"Hey, there are no outsiders here, why can't you say that every time King Zuo Xian goes to various places, he doesn't arrest women or craftsmen. He also uses those lowly foreigners as officials. If this goes on, those people will ride on our heads sooner or later. !"

"If the big order is gone, and King Zuo Xian comes to inherit, I don't know if we still have a way out!"

Of course, what these Xiongnu nobles were talking about was the son of Mao Dun, Ji Porridge.Few people know that in this era when the big Han made the Mingjun, so did the Xiongnu.Modun implemented the great unification on the grasslands, bringing the power of the Xiongnu to a peak, and his son Ji Conge, the old Shang Shanyu, perfectly inherited the foundation left by his father and carried it forward.

In the period of Lao Shang Shanyu, he dealt with internal conflicts internally, and broke through the Quartet externally. He was known as non-Han and Hu people, and the Hu people in the world belonged to one family, which made the strength of the Huns truly reach the peak. He combined many tribes to form a unified Huns Empire. , Modun's strength is in the military, this man is very good in both military and internal affairs. During his period, the Xiongnu brought back a large number of various technologies from the Western Regions, and made breakthroughs in all aspects.

Fortunately, this short-lived 14-year reign made the Xiongnu unprecedentedly strong.

Just as they were talking, there was a loud hoof sound in the distance.

The sound of the hooves was getting louder and louder, and the ground was shaking slightly.

Gu Du Hou suddenly stopped talking, looked at the distance curiously, and scolded: "Who is going to rob my pasture?! Come with me!!"

The Hun nobleman, who was already angry, brought his entourage and ran towards the front, but the tribal people behind him did not feel afraid. The sound of horse hooves was very common to them, but It's just another tribe, and there is a big danyu, no one dares to fight privately and rob the other party's finances, otherwise, they will be killed by the big danyu.

"You are~~"

"Pfft~~~"

Gu Du Hou suddenly fell off the horse.

The knights behind him were a little stunned at the moment. They looked at the cavalry charging towards them in the distance. These cavalrymen were obviously not dressed in other tribes. This is the Tang Dynasty? ?The Tang people are here!Tang people are here! !

The knights shouted at once, then turned and left.

When the Huns heard the enemy's attack, they began to panic, and a large number of knights rushed over from the rear and raised their strong bows.

Liu Chang charged at the forefront, the strong bow in his hand kept shooting out, he opened the bow from side to side, his head was not very accurate, but his strength was enough, the unlucky guy who was shot was directly penetrated by the arrow and fell to the ground.

More than a thousand cavalry came from the front, and the Xiongnu knights rode their horses to meet them.

The arrows from both sides kept shooting at each other, and several arrows were hung on Liu Chang's armor.

At the moment when the two sides met, Liu Chang roared and waved the spear in his hand. The spear just touched the other's body when a blood hole appeared in the man's chest, which was directly penetrated. The corpse was thrown away and hit several enemies in a row. Liu Chang's spear was constantly waving. For the Huns who did not have long weapons, this was very terrifying. Their swords could hardly touch Liu Chang, and Liu Chang was like a road opener, and he directly killed a bloody road among the Huns' cavalry!
The spears were flying around, and the Huns were constantly being smashed, pierced, and shot down.

The knights were so excited, they shouted loudly, followed behind Liu Chang, and directly carved a bloody path among these enemies.

Liu Chang was covered in blood, his eyes widened with anger, and there was no enemy under him. The spears were extremely terrifying. One after another, the heads of the Huns were smashed by the spears. With Liu Chang's roar, the Hun knights who stood in front of him stood in front of him. They all began to tremble, but under such a hedge, there was absolutely no way to avoid it, and they just watched the huge spear stabbed towards him with horror on their faces.

Because it was a sudden encounter, the Xiongnu cavalry did not line up, and even because of the sudden death of the leader, they failed to organize a charge well. During the encounter, the Tang army directly pierced the enemy like a spear, and was invincible. And the people of the Xiongnu were hurriedly retreating at the moment, the carriages galloped towards the rear, and the livestock screeched uncomfortably and fled in all directions.

Liu Chang quickly made a bloody path. When he found that the enemy in front of him began to flee in horror, he chased after him again.

"kill!!"

After the Han army pierced through the enemy, they chased and killed them everywhere. The Huns who could not escape were killed one after another. Liu Chang was like a death-defying god, killing one enemy with his back to him. Liu Chang turned around again and continued. Staring at another group of people and starting to chase and kill, Liu Chang's warhorse was so tall and strong that even his knights could not catch up with him.

The knights of the Huns escaped without a trace, but the chariots were caught up, and the knights were picking up their spoils everywhere.

"Ah~~~~"

Liu Chang raised the spear in his hand high and let out a roar like a tiger.

On his spear, there is the corpse of a Hun nobleman.

Blood dripped down the spear.

The Huns who were fleeing in the distance saw this scene, and their hearts were broken! ! !

(End of this chapter)