Hanhou

The first year of Jianyuan, winter November

After a heavy snowfall, the grassland is covered with silver.

With the sound of rumbling horseshoes from far to near, more than a thousand Hun cavalry rushed across the grassland like a black torrent.

This cavalry team belonged to King Youguli. Taking advantage of the opportunity to seize the rebel army, they plundered two caravans from the south, and took away more than ten carts of silk, refined salt and grain, more than [-] horses, and nearly a hundred slaves.

For such a harvest, the Xiongnu Qianchang was very satisfied.

The weather is cold and the eagle is unwilling to spread its wings. It is undoubtedly a hard job to chase the remnants of the enemy all over the grassland, and occasionally encounter bandits assembled.What he didn't expect was that in the middle of the pursuit, Xianbei and Ding Ling disappeared, and suddenly a pie fell from the sky, and they encountered two lost caravans.

It should be said that good luck is in the lead, and it is appropriate to make a fortune by yourself.

Anyway, there was no one around, and the subordinates were all from the same tribe. The Xiongnu Qianchang ordered on the spot to kill the leader and guards, rob the goods and slaves, and return them to the tribe.

"Food, refined salt, silk, get rich!"

After the battle, the Huns cavalry checked the carts, and they were all excited when they saw the goods in the cages.Not wanting the benefits to be taken by others, they all started to fight for their own share.

"What to grab!"

Seeing a cavalry dispute over a bag of refined salt, each other refused to give in to each other, and was about to draw their swords on the spot, the Xiongnu Qianchang rode forward, and swung his whip fiercely.

"Send it back to the tribe first, everyone has a share! If you drag it here, if you meet other teams, you can get half of it!"

If you refuse to divide, it is difficult to guarantee that someone will sue the big account.

At that time, these grains, refined salt and silk may not be able to be kept.

Rebellions broke out in the grassland, and the life of the headquarters and other departments was difficult.The royal court was busy suppressing the rebels, and missed the best time for the emperor of the Han Dynasty to send troops south after his death.

Nowadays, the remnants of Ding Ling, Tuoba Qiang, and Xianbei are all over the grasslands, and they even join forces with wild people, causing a lot of trouble for the headquarters.

Because it was too scattered and moved very quickly, the cavalry in the headquarters were exhausted and could not be completely wiped out.

It's fine once or twice, seven or eight out of ten times they were escaped, and Wang Ting had to suspect that someone else was tipping off the news.For this reason, Da Shanyu ordered that the task of chasing down the remnants of the enemy should all be undertaken by the cavalry of the headquarters, and no information should be disclosed to other departments.

The problem is that the cavalry is everywhere, and it is impossible to keep people's eyes and ears covered.

The remnant soldiers and bandits should run or run, they never confronted the Xiongnu head-on, they were more willing to ambush and attack, and their actions became more and more cunning.Except for King Zuoguli's subordinates, King Youguli, King Youxian and King Zuoxian's subordinates have all suffered losses.Although the loss was not large, the face was stepped on the soles of the feet.

To this day, even if the order does not issue strict orders, the four corners of the royal court will make every effort to settle the payment.

Flies don't bite but respond to people.

Keeping these remnants in the grassland will challenge the majesty of the Huns.Only by completely eradicating them can the effect of killing chickens and monkeys be achieved, and let the other tribes who are ready to move understand that there is only one overlord on the grassland, and that is the Xiongnu!

Dare to fight against the Huns, there will never be a good end.Even if you die yourself, the tribe will be slaughtered.

Don't expect to leave a spark if you anger the Chanyu.

The Xiongnu will no longer take into account the rules on the grassland, and will not leave a single life behind when they flatten the tribe!

With such a cruel method, the effect is almost immediate.

After Xianbei, Ding Ling and Tuoba Qiang, the Biebu Manqi became more honest.Regardless of how they are in private, on the surface, they are respectful and respectful to Wang Ting, and no one dares to openly express their opposition.

After winter, the grasslands are freezing cold and there is a lack of rations.The remnants of the rebel army had a hard time and had to take risks to plunder caravans and tribes.

This gave the Huns cavalry a chance.

Upon receiving the news of the appearance of the remnant soldiers, the cavalry will immediately make a big move.Without the tip-off from other ministries, the remnant soldiers and bandits wanted to get rid of the pursuers, so they hid themselves, which was several times more difficult than before.

There is really no way, the Xianbei people can flee south.After all, the tribe they belonged to has already surrendered to the Han Dynasty. As long as they are not accidentally killed by the Han cavalry, even if they are doing coolies, they can always find a way to survive.

Ding Ling and Tuoba Qiang did not have such luck.

Ding Ling didn't mention it, Tuoba Qiang and Yeli Qiang and Mo Zhe Qiang who descended to the Han had conflicts, and there might not be a way out if they went south, and they would probably be taken to seek revenge.

For these reasons, they could only continue to wander in the grasslands until they were killed by the Huns.Or the military minister Shan Yu suddenly showed mercy, lenient the net and allowed them to surrender again.

The remnant army pursued by the Huns was composed of more than a hundred Xianbei.Unlike Ding Ling and Tuoba Qiang who fled around, this Xianbei group headed south purposefully.

When the Huns discovered this, they sent troops to intercept them on the way, and resolutely did not allow them to descend to the south.

However, the Huns could stop the remnant Xianbei army, but they couldn't stop the Han army going north.If you chase too far, there is no guarantee that you will not be discovered by the scouts of the Han army.At that time, if the remnant soldiers are not killed, they will also fall into danger.

This is by no means alarmist.

So far, no less than three Xiongnu cavalry have disappeared on the grassland, and all of them disappeared during the pursuit.The remnant soldiers did not have the ability to encircle and suppress the army, and these disappeared cavalry from the headquarters would have no other possibility except to be killed by the Han army.

The reason why the Han army acted like this is really not an accident.

Since the westbound caravan came back, the Bianjun and Chang'an bosses have been greatly stimulated.After Emperor Wu issued a decree, all counties in the frontier fortress began to expand their troops.

A large number of war horses were slaughtered, and armor, harness and weapons were delivered in batches.

From Wuyuan to Yunzhong, from Dingxiang to Yanmen, from Daijun to Shangjun, the military expenditure has doubled directly, and the pace of military expansion has never stopped.

In order to train a strong army in the shortest possible time, the half-month hard labor of the pawns was directly exempted, and all the remaining projects were given to the Chengdan prisoners.

The number of prisoners is not enough. The counties learn from Yunzhong's experience and "recruit" a large number of social idlers, including idlers who are not productive, rangers and villains who endanger social order, and bandits and savages wandering around the county.

The number in this county is not enough, and they will even be arrested across counties.

Shanggu County, Yuyang County, and Xihe County bear the brunt.After being caught, even the borders of King Zhongshan and King Dai were sieved several times.

The young official who led the team was rich in experience. Once he was targeted, no matter whether it was a ranger, a savage or a bandit, he would be unable to fly.

King Zhongshan and King Dai received the report, but before they had time to respond, Bianjun sent people to contact them, saying that if there were idle people in the country, or villains who threatened social security, they could be handed over to the frontier fortress.

Not for free, they pay.

"Ten people get a fat sheep, and 50 people can exchange for cattle."

The county magistrate contacted straight to the point and offered the price on the spot.

After thinking about it, the state officials reported back to King Dai and King Zhongshan, saying that the business was not a loss.It can not only solve the problem of public security, but also gain benefits. It can kill two birds with one stone, so why not do it.

Ever since, following Bianjun, Dai and Zhongshan countries also launched arrest operations.Domestic rangers and savages, as well as villainous savages who escaped from Bianjun, were arrested one after another, tied together ten of them, and sent to Bianjun to exchange for cattle and sheep.

With such a big commotion, the news naturally cannot be concealed.

After the incident spread, not only did no one criticize it, on the contrary, many counties sent people to ask if there were any cattle in the border county, and they were willing to exchange them with people.

In this way, the labor problem in Bian County was quickly resolved.

The villains and rangers who were escorted refused to cooperate. There is no problem at all. There are county commanders who teach their experience personally, and jailers with extraordinary methods teach the army. Clean it up hard, it can play a warning role.

Wooden stakes as high as three meters were lined up in a row, and the criminals were hung up one by one, whipped three times, and hung on a high place to dry.

Witnessing this scene, no matter how great the heart is, it was pierced.

No matter how vicious they were before, if they fall into the hands of prison guards and soldiers, they have to work honestly and be willing to undergo labor reform.Be good and fight for the day of release sooner.

The pawns were not required to perform hard labor, and they were gathered together and trained together with the pawns from the day they entered the camp.

Using Yunzhongqi as a template, Bianjun trains cavalry, and it is not limited to the school field. Basically, it is half a month of training. If they can immediately shoot their bows and charge with a knife, they will pull the team to the grassland to fight against Hu Qi.

Generally speaking, the pawns lacked combat experience. They were first led by veterans, and after a few attacks, they saw blood on their knives before they began to fight independently.

In addition to cavalry, there are many infantry in the army.

The most typical example is Zhao Jia's Ministry.

Ever since he was transferred to the fortress where Wei Yue was stationed, Zhao Jia began to devote himself to military training.

The previous conditions were not met and resources were limited, so many projects could not be launched.Now that the conditions are ripe, Captain Zhao rolled up his sleeves and decided to do something special.

The fortress is close to Hushi, and the shouts of killing in the barracks can be clearly heard in the city.

Seeing more than 20 craftsmen transferred to the barracks, many Hu people were curious and did not know how the Han army trained.Just for the sake of my own life, no matter how curious I am, I dare not pry into it.Hu Qi, who was selected as the main soldier, was even more tight-lipped, and would never reveal a word to the outside world, not even his relatives.

It wasn't just the Hu people who were curious, including Wei Yue, everyone in the barracks was amazed at the training ground that Zhao Jia ordered to build.

"Hodor, what's the use of this thing?"

Wei Yue returned from the grassland, and Li Danghu, who came from afar to deliver military information to the county, entered the camp together.

The two walked into the school grounds, and saw a wooden wall over three meters high, with a cableway behind the wall, several rows of wooden piles, and a two-meter-deep earth pit.After watching for a while, the two still couldn't figure out what the purpose of such wooden walls and earth pits were.

"No rush, let's see later."

After the craftsman pulled the rope to make sure everything was fine, Zhao Jia signaled to the official, who immediately organized the small officials to stand beside the training equipment made by the craftsman, at a distance of fifty steps, and blew the wooden whistle at the same time.

Dressed in leather armor, carrying large shields, bows and arrows, and wearing short knives around their waists, the infantry quickly assembled.

Wei Qing, Zhao Xin, Zhao Puonu and Gongsun Ao were impressively listed.

Accompanied by three long whistles, two pawns moved at the same time, grabbed the stone lock on the ground, and threw it forcefully.Then board the wooden bridge and run on the palm-wide long bridge.After landing, he ran towards the wooden wall, unfastened the claw hook from his back, and threw himself across the wall, climbing up like an ape.

When they reached the top of the wall, the two fought for a ropeway, and they were so rude when they started, one of them was almost thrown from the wall.The other person seized the opportunity and used both hands and feet to climb along the rope first.

At the end of the cableway is a wooden tower, the tower is uneven, touch the mechanism, immediately there are wooden boards bouncing from the surrounding.

The pawn who arrived first put his knees on the ground, tried his best to stabilize his body, opened his bow with both hands, and iron arrows with red tails flew through the air, nailed to the wooden board one by one.

It's a pity that there is also a mechanism under the wooden board, and it suddenly moves after a few breaths.

Watching the two arrows miss the target, the pawns had no time to make another shot, so they jumped down from the wooden tower before the little official blew the wooden whistle, and jumped into the bunker after a few steps.After running for a certain distance, he climbed up from the pit, climbed over the earthen wall with his bare hands, avoided the arrows flying from both sides, jumped over several wooden piles at the fastest speed, rushed to the wooden platform, and stepped down hard.

"The deer team wins!"

The petty official raised the pennant, blew the wooden whistle, and announced the winner of the first game.

The defeated pawns did not stop, but continued to move forward until they had passed all the obstacles and stepped on the wooden plank with both feet, then they reluctantly tore off their helmets and panted heavily.

After the two, the pawns started one after another, one after another, scrambling to climb over the obstacles.

Stone locks and wooden bridges are easy to pass, and wooden walls become natural moats.

It's not that you can't climb over, but that if you climb to the top of the wall, you will be kicked down if you don't pay attention.

The bottom of the wall is covered with fine sand and is protected by ropes. It will basically not hurt you if you fall, but you have to start all over again.Several times in a row, I lost face.

Several strong men from the Tiger Team were overturned three times, and they climbed up the wall together. They didn't want to move forward, but just stared at the Deer Team.

Wei Qing and Zhao Puonu were very clever, one of them distracted the opponent's attention, and the other took the opportunity to step on the ropeway.Afterwards, turn around and kick the tiger off the wooden wall, and help your companions move forward together.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Jia couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.

Wei Yue's face was pensive, while Li Danghu's eyes were shining.

When all the pawns had passed the obstacle and the civil servants were counting the winning percentage, Li Danghu grabbed Zhao Jia and said excitedly, "What a talent!"

Wei Yue narrowed her eyes slightly, put on the helmet again, patted Li Danghu on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Comparison?"

"Exactly what I want!"

The field was cleared, surrounded by infantry and cavalry, Zhao Jia personally blew the wooden whistle, Wei Yue and Li Danghu, both in black armor, shot out like arrows.

At first, the two went hand in hand, evenly matched.

Until climbing up the wooden wall, Wei Yue suddenly speeded up and stood firmly on the top of the wall. Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he suddenly kicked out and kicked Li Danghu out.

With a bang, Li Danghu fell to the ground face down.

Bah bah spit out two mouthfuls of sand mixed with snow, Li Danghu climbed again, was kicked twice; continued to climb, fell to the ground three times.Finally he couldn't bear it any longer, and said angrily, "Wei Jiyu, you did it on purpose!"

The third son of Wei stood tall, looked down at his defeated general, turned around and stepped on the cable bridge, crossing the obstacle easily.

The soldiers applauded loudly, Zhao Jia was silent while biting his wooden whistle.

From childhood to adulthood, the third son of Wei seems to be getting darker every year.To stand out to such a degree is really beyond the reach of others.