Chapter 497
Lu Tai was woken up from his sleep. Seeing that it was his younger brother Lu Chan, he drew his sword and shouted sternly: "Second brother, is it that the Huns launched a night attack?"
Lu Chan hurriedly said, "No, brother, the Huns seem to have withdrew their troops."
"What? The Huns retreated?!" Lu Tai was stunned when he heard this. He walked out of the arrow tower with Lu Chan, and then held the dove to the outside of the city. Sure enough, he saw the torches in the Huns camp. The Huns were dismantling the tent overnight, then transporting it to the ox cart, and cavalry continued to complete the assembly, and then drove to the north in a mighty manner.
I don’t know when Lu Ze and Lu Lu also came to Lu Tai.
"Brother, why did the Huns suddenly withdraw their troops? What's so strange about this?"
"Xundun's fierce old wolf is playing some conspiracy, right?"
Lu Chan said to Lu Tai with concern: "It's hard to say that Mao Dun is cruel and cunning, and he might really take advantage of our slackness and suddenly attack him."
Lu Tai's heart was stern and said in a deep voice: "If you send the order, you will say that this is the trick of the Huns, and each tribe and song must not be relaxed at all.
"If this is in Xianyang, no matter whether the Huns retreated truly or fakely, Lu Tai would have thought of exploring the Xiongnu's bottom, but this is in the Yuezhi royal city, and Lu Tai has too many constraints.
Lu Chan said: "Brother, I am worried about the Yuezhi people."
Lu Tai said: "On the Yuezhi people, I'll go and talk to the Yuezhi King."
When King Yuezhi heard that the Huns had withdrawn their troops, he was naturally overjoyed, but when Lu Tai said that, he was a little worried that this was the trick of the Huns, so he ordered all the sects to strengthen their guards. However, they did not know that the Huns had undergone major changes. Maodun was dead, Zuo Xianwang and Zuo Gust were busy fighting for the throne of the Shanyu, and had no intention of continuing to use troops to the Yuezhi.
If the Yuezhi people went out of the city to chase and kill at this time, they would definitely win a big victory. Unfortunately, the Yuezhi people were already afraid of being beaten by the Huns and did not dare to go out of the city to chase and kill. Of course, then again, if the Yuezhi people had the courage, the Huns would not have been so arrogant and raised their torches to pull out the camp. ##############################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################
When the Xiongnu Right King and the Zuogu King Wu led the army to Juyanze, Bai Mo and Zhou Guanfu had already taken the Han army to the place where they were gone, and only the vast Juyanze was filled with corpses of humans and animals.
The tens of thousands of women, children, cattle and sheep left behind by Bai Mo's inspiration really played a role.
The Huns army was more than 300,000, plus Xiu Tu, and 50,000 to 60,000 horses from Hunxie, and horses could eat grass but had to eat meat. The meat consumed every day was astronomical. Originally, the Huns brought nearly one million cattle, sheep and livestock, which was almost enough, but now these cattle and sheep are gone at once, and eating is a big problem.
The only 20,000 cattle and sheep left by the Han army immediately triggered a fight among the various Xiongnu tribes.
Of course, there are powerful Zhuli tribes, and the rest of the small tribes have no chance. But the problem is that Zhuli tribes are also divided into factions. The largest faction is naturally the Shanyu headquarters, but now there are no heads in the group of dragons. The second largest faction is the Zuo Xianwang tribe. Now there are also no heads in the group of dragons, and then the Youxianwang and Zuogu stupid kings.
The Right King and the Right Gust King are at the critical moment of fighting for the Chanyu position, so they will naturally not give in.
There are more than 20,000 women, children, and the Huns tribes competed even harder because cattle and sheep were only used to cover the belly, while women and children represent the future of the tribe. Under the premise of losing a large number of women and children, which tribe got the only remaining women and children, it is likely that this tribe will become the overlord of the entire desert in the future.
The struggle for women, children, cattle and sheep eventually triggered a large-scale melee!
Maodun died suddenly and the damage caused to the Huns by Zuo Xianwang was finally revealed. Due to the lack of a leading figure in the army who could convince the public, the entire Chanli tribe was divided into three military groups led by Youxianwang, Zuogu stupid king, and Yougu stupid king. Dozens of small tribes were also trapped in.
Uncle Gong said that he saw that the situation was in danger of being out of control, so he decided to intervene.
Gongshu said that he first came to the army of the Youxian King Shuo Nuoyan and advised: "Youxian King, if you continue to fight like this, the entire Zhunli tribe will be over, and the Great Huns will be over. The Great Shanyu has spirit in the sky. I am afraid he will never want to see such a situation. I think it is better to turn swords into jade and discuss everything."
"Are we going to discuss it?" Shuo Nuoyan said coldly, "Military advisor, go and talk to Zuo Gu and You Gu. In terms of status, I am one level higher than them. In terms of qualifications and age, I am also better than them. Why should they challenge me? Why should they compete with me for the throne of Shanyu with me? Well?!"
Uncle Gong shook his head and sighed: "It is probably unlikely to convince Zuogu and Yougu to give up the battle for the throne of the Shanyu. However, if you continue to fight like this, I am afraid that no one will be the Great Shanyu in the end, and in the end they will only be in vain for the Donghu people, Yuezhi people and even the Central Plains people."
Gu Nuoyan was silent, he knew that uncle said there was no alarmist statement.
Gu Nuoyan also knew very well that it would be dangerous to continue fighting with Gao Zaidu and Kayitu. The final result would be that the entire Zhuli tribe would be greatly damaged. In the end, it would not invade the Donghu people or the Yuezhi people, and it might also lead to the sudden rise of a small tribe, and then replace the Zhuli tribe's dominance in the north of the desert.
At this time, Shuo Nuoyan and the others did not know that Mobei had undergone a huge change. If they knew the news of Mobei's great change, they would probably not fight anymore. The reason was very simple. After losing most of the women, children, cattle, sheep and livestock, they first need to consider how to survive, rather than fighting for power and profit.
Gongshu said again: "I don't know if the Youxian King had thought about it. Now we have lost most of the women, children, cattle, sheep and livestock that we carried with the army. We went thousands of miles back to the Shanyu Court. If we couldn't find enough food supplies, we were afraid that when we returned to the Shanyu Court, at least half of the 300,000 troops would starve to death."
Gu Nuoyan said in a hurry: "Then what's your idea?"
"Stop the army immediately and work together to loot Guanzhong!" Gongshu said that a hint of heart-wrenching coldness appeared in his cold eyes, and he said with a heart-wrenching sternness, "One to avenge the Great Shanyu and the women and children who died in Juyanze, second to raise enough rations, and third to plunder women and children from Guanzhong to make up for the losses caused by this expedition."
Shuo Nuoyan pondered for a moment and said, "Military advisor, I have no objection to the joint army to loot Guanzhong, but Gao Aduo and Kayitu may not agree."
"Youxian King, Zuogu stupid king and Yougu stupid king will be handed over to me." Uncle Gong said with a confident smile, "You are able to convince them." Uncle Gong said that he was smiling, but he was sneering in his heart, convinced Gu Nuoyan, Gao Aduo and Kayitu temporarily stopped the melee, and joining forces to loot Guanzhong was just a means, not his purpose.
When the Huns were fighting in the midst of Yanze, Bai Mo and Zhou Guanfu had already traveled day and night, and rushed to Xiutu Ze with 30,000 Han cavalry.
Xiu Tuze, named after the Xiu Tu tribe, has always been the habitat of Xiu Tu people.
Between Xiutuze and Hexi, there is the territory of the Hunxi tribe. On the Hexi grasslands that are drawn to Hetao, the Xiutu tribe and the Hunxi tribe are the two largest tribes, and the remaining small tribes have the largest population of only more than 10,000 people, and they are basically dependent on the wings of these two large tribes.
After destroying the Hun camp in Juyanze, the Han army cavalry made a detour to Xiushou. The intention was self-evident, which was to continue to slaughter Xiushou, Hunxie and other women, children, cattle and sheep from the Hexi tribes, completely cut off the possibility of the Hun army snatching cattle and sheep from the Hexi herders, and completely cut off the logistics support of the Hun army.
Of course, Bai Moxing's strategy of extortion also took great risks.
If the Huns were unable to plunder cattle, sheep and livestock from Hexi, they would inevitably turn their attention to Guanzhong on the other side of the river. If the Han army could not defend the Great Wall defense line of the river, the land of Guanzhong would suffer an unprecedented catastrophe. However, if the Han army successfully defended the Great Wall defense line of the river, the Huns would be extremely likely to be in a slump and completely eliminate the northern border troubles.
Once the northern borders were completely removed, Bai Mo would be able to free up his hands to manage the Hanzhong defense line and the Tongguan defense line. With the natural dangers of Tongguan and the Hanzhong barrier, even if the Chu State overwhelmed the Han State in terms of national strength and military strength, Bai Mo also had enough confidence to continue to serve Chu State in Zhou, and the final result of the Chu State's struggle was still unknown.
"Wow..." Bai Mo gently shouted at the mount under his crotch, then gently raised his right hand, and the 30,000 fat riders following behind him quickly spread towards their wings.
Zhou Guanfu rode his horse behind Bai Mo. Looking around, he saw a large blue lake water that had appeared in front of him. Tens of thousands of tents were scattered by the lake. The green grass was green, and there were also fields. You could even hear the barking of dogs and the cries of cattle and sheep. It was a pastoral paradise.
Seeing the Han army cavalry suddenly appearing on the horizon in the distance, Xiu Tuze, who was originally quiet and peaceful, suddenly became turbulent, and then a horse-slaughtering team rushed out of the camp. They either sported a wooden horse fork, held a bronze sword, or waved a short bow, shouted and began to gather in a mess.
A cruel smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Zhou Guanfu's mouth. A group of native chickens and tile dogs were also worthy of competing with the big man's fat rider?
A hint of compassion suddenly appeared in Bai Mo's eyes. After a moment, the quiet and peaceful paradise in front of him was probably going to become another Juyanze. The hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and livestock here would inevitably be slaughtered. All the women, children, young and old will be slaughtered at will by the Han army like livestock.
Due to food shortage, the Huns went south to hunt grass valley every year to survive. Because of the unstable national border, the Han Dynasty had to slaughter the Huns and stop slaughtering women and children. That was also for survival. The two sides were essentially the same, and neither was more noble or just than each other. This was probably the true meaning of war.
Chapter completed!