Chapter 229 Zhang Han's coup
Poor Maodun, because of this crushing defeat, he felt sad and sad, as if he had the pain of destroying his heart and liver, life was worse than death. If, at this time, if he knew that his base camp was suffering from a catastrophe, he would not know if he would spit out an old blood directly.
North of Yinshan, Manchester City.
Because Maodun gathered all the Hun army and went to fight against the Donghu, the political power center of the Huns' royal court, Touman City, had only more than 2,000 garrison troops at this time.
At this time, Zhang Han led 20,000 cavalry and had already rushed into Tou Manchester City and swept away Maodun's royal court.
The total livestock industry is more than 10,000 horses, 70,000 cattle and sheep, countless kinds of jerky meat, and some weapons.
In short, all the supplies that could allow the Huns to spend the winter were wiped out.
Because Manchester City is the royal court of Maodun and the political center of the Huns, the materials are really rich.
Zhang Han only has 20,000 cavalrymen, how can he transport these countless animal products back?
Zhang Han had a sudden inspiration and directly plundered the 20,000 Hun people in Manchester City. He simply asked the 20,000 Hun people to help transport livestock products.
In Zhang Han's opinion, the president said that this northern expedition was not to destroy the Huns, but to unify the Huns. In other words, this expedition was not to deal with these Huns people, but to the Huns' regime.
At present, the livestock products of Manchester City have been wiped out, and the 20,000 Hun people in this city will obviously starve to death.
Therefore, Zhang Han felt that it would be better to plunder the Huns' people to Hetao now, and after defeating Maodun, let these Huns' people move back to this grassland. First, these Huns' people can help transport livestock and supplies back to Hetao. Second, the Huns' people were plundered and Maodun's army lost its regeneration power and the people were gone. You can use nothing if you have an army alone.
Thinking of this, Zhang Han felt that he was so smart. So he came up with a three-light policy.
All the livestock products were robbed, the people were robbed, the royal court was burned, and Manchester City became an empty city with a raging fire in the blink of an eye.
Seeing his own battle results, Zhang Han was very satisfied and immediately distributed 5,000 cavalry to drive the 20,000 Hun people to transport the livestock products back to Hetao. He led 15,000 people to continue sweeping the Hun grasslands.
In order to achieve greater military achievements, he also sent someone to tell Wang Li about his trick and let him do the same.
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Sure enough, Wang Li, who had swept up countless livestock products on the Huns' grasslands at this time, was also embarrassed about how to transport this large number of spoils back to Daqin.
Since receiving Li Yang's order a few days ago.
He divided his troops into two groups, with the deputy general Su Jiao leading an army of 50,000 and quickly supporting Li Yang. He led an army of 150,000 and took advantage of the opportunity of the Huns' army's expedition to sweep the Huns' grasslands in large numbers.
However, there was too much animal production. The 150,000 army had just wiped out one-quarter of the grasslands of the Huns, and there was no way to continue.
Because these livestock products need troops to be transported back to the Qin Dynasty. In this way, a batch of livestock products will be transported in different ways. Soon, the army of 150,000 will be used to sweep the grasslands, which will seem too few.
Just when Wang Li saw that only half of the troops were left, he was a little worried.
In this case, it is obviously unlikely to sweep the entire Hun grassland before the Hun army returns.
At this moment, a Zhang Han's messenger ran over and brought the idea of capturing the Huns and helping to transport livestock.
Hearing this idea, Wang Li immediately applauded.
Then, he began to plunder the people of the Huns and let the people of each Hun tribe transport their own livestock products. The effect was immediate. The Qin army only needed to send a small number of soldiers to escort the animals to ensure that the livestock products were safely transported to the Qin territory.
Moreover, later, Wang Li did not send a large army to sweep the livestock, but directly swept the Hun tribes and plundered them one by one.
Tell them clearly that they should move them to Hetao, and that they will solve the temperature preservation on their own this winter, so if there is animal products in the tribe, it is best to bring them with you by yourself, so as not to move to Hetao and spend the winter without food.
The effect of this trick is the cylinder.
These Xiongnu tribes, when they heard that the Qin army was going to move them to Hetao to settle down, they would not have to take away all the things they could take away. Could it be that they would even run over to starve?
So, these captured tribes took the initiative to concentrate their livestock, load their meat into the truck, and then rushed towards Hetao under the escort of the Qin army...
For a moment, there were migrating teams everywhere on the entire Hun grassland, with a few hundred people and a few tens of thousands or more. These migrant teams drove countless horses, cattle and sheep, and carts filled with jerky luggage. The scene was so spectacular!
According to later statistics, in this sweeping operation, the Qin army plundered a total of 600,000 people of the Huns, 400,000 horses, and nearly one million cattle and sheep.
You should know that the total population of the Huns at that time was only about 700,000, which means that the Qin army almost plundered the people of the Huns.
It can be said that the Qin army's sweeping plan won an unprecedented victory!
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By the way, Maodun returned in a miserable defeat and headed towards Manchester City.
Because there was nothing found in this battle, I fled all the way, and the whole army had already had hunger and his chest was pressed against his back.
In order to get food as soon as possible, he sent people around looking for livestock products along the way.
However, when I returned all the way, I didn’t even see a cattle and sheep on the big grassland, and of course, the figures were even more extinct.
This phenomenon made him feel something strange.
When we set out on the battle, cattle and sheep were everywhere on the empty grassland, and nomadic people could see them everywhere.
But, why are there no ghost now?
Maodun was a little surprised. He asked the people around him, but the people around him didn't know what was going on.
Although I was puzzled, everyone felt that this matter was a bit strange.
After rushing for a few more miles, a tribal settlement finally appeared in front of him, with tents everywhere.
Maodun was overjoyed and immediately ran over with 20,000 cavalrymen.
As a result, when I arrived at this tribe, everyone was stunned.
"Where are people?"
I saw that this tribe was empty and there was no one. All the tents were empty.
How to describe this feeling? Maodun felt as if all the people in this tribe had escaped.
Why do you say so?
Because the scene was messy, no body was seen.
In other words, they did not encounter an enemy attack, but they escaped by themselves.
What is this... what's going on?
Why did they escape? And judging from the messy situation at the scene, they were still so anxious to escape...
Maodun was completely confused!
He had a bad premonition in his heart, that was, when he led his army to fight against Donghu, an enemy took the opportunity to step into the grasslands of the Huns!
Is it the Yuezhi? Or the Qin army?
At this time, Maodun remembered the Qin army that suddenly appeared in the Donghu. His heart suddenly stumbled, and his face changed drastically. Could it be that... the Qin army invaded the Xiongnu grassland?
Thinking of this, Maodun was really scared and cold sweat suddenly appeared.
If the Qin army took advantage of this to attack the Huns during the days when he went to the Donghu army, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Not only did the royal court have no power to resist, but there were no soldiers to fight in the entire Hun grassland.
Chapter completed!