Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 739 Barbarians come out of poor mountains and bad waters

   When confronting the Hu people, it may be because of conceptual reasons, so both the emperor and the generals have been greatly restricted in their behavior.

  For example, the Han Dynasty’s ultra-long war against the Xiongnu did not actually gain much from the war. On the contrary, the defeated Huns achieved a great career.

When the Northern Huns were defeated by the Han Dynasty, there was no room for survival in Mobei and the Western Regions. Therefore, the Northern Huns first fled to Wusun with a small number of troops, then moved to Kangju, and then continued to move westward. Arrived in the country of Alan.

  Alan Country is also called Yancai. It is also an area with rich water and grass in the north of the Caucasus Mountains. Its national strength is not small, with an army of about 100,000.

After all, the Northern Huns fleeing west had seen the big scene. Even in exile, the Northern Huns still believed that the Alan Kingdom was not strong, so they brazenly launched an attack from the east of the Don River. Although the Alan Kingdom rose up to resist, but In front of those northern Huns who had been at war with the Han Dynasty for many years, they still seemed immature, so the army of Alan was defeated, the king was arrested and later killed, and Alan became the first piece of snow for the Northern Huns. ball.

  The Alan people joined the Northern Huns, and then attacked the Ostrogothic country in the west, and then the Ostrogothic country soon fell, and then the Visigothic country...

In Jordanes' "History of the Goths", it is recorded about the Northern Huns, "A hitherto unknown race emerged from a remote corner of the world, like a blizzard falling suddenly from a high mountain, and all Objects in their path are uprooted and destroyed...they are two-legged beasts, offspring of witches and devils..."

Although such a statement can find some spiritual comfort for the Goths' fiasco, it also fueled the arrogance of the Northern Huns. Many Goths even dared not fight against the Northern Huns, but fled to the Roman Empire. …

  Of course later, a character called "God's Whip" appeared, Attila.

With the raging flames of war in Northern and Eastern Europe, the Anglo-Saxons could not bear the pressure of the Huns, crossed the sea and fled to the British Isles, and became the ancestors of the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Huns in the grasslands in southern Russia also belonged to Attila, the Russian forest people The Slavs and the Finns also surrendered, and the Slavs may have entered Western Europe for the first time as "servants of the Huns" at this time.

Then the dissatisfied God's whip was drawn to East and West Rome, and even for a long time, East Rome was Attila's ATM, and he would withdraw money from time to time. When East Rome was impoverished, Turning to start blackmailing Western Rome, the overwhelmed East and West Rome finally joined forces and launched a huge war that will be recorded in the annals of medieval history...

However, these are all things in the future, and Fei Qian does not remember very clearly. Thanks to the blessings of some forums in later generations, when some people argued that the Han Dynasty was stronger than Rome, he knew from other people's accounts that the North was beaten away by the Han Dynasty. The Huns ended up running to Europe and dominating the Romans.

The so-called troublesome people come out of poor mountains and bad waters, but the people in this area of ​​the Mongolian Plateau not only stubbornly fought against the Han Dynasty for 30 to 40 years, even the remnants can once again become the "God" that made the whole of Europe tremble. whip"...

Of course, the "God's Whip" did not escape the old routine of not getting old again, just like after the death of Xianbei King Tan Shihuai, there was no leader among the dragons. The corresponding branch, the same, the empire formed by the huge Northern Huns in Europe also collapsed after Attila's death.

  Fei Qian merged his memory with what he knew, so he came up with a different strategy from the previous Han Dynasty against the Huns...

Unlike the farming peoples, the nomadic peoples have fixed settlements and wealth storage places. Therefore, if they follow the method before the Han Dynasty and adopt methods similar to attacking cities and villages, they often cannot keep up with the rhythm of the Hu people. , Not only can't effectively attack the Hu people, but they often waste money and money to take away their own army.

   And like Yuan Chonghuan's step by step in the later Ming Dynasty, the method is like the tower pushing tactics in StarCraft, and it has great restrictions. Maybe two fork soldiers are accidentally missed, and then GG.

Therefore, the war with the Hu people cannot be like a civil war, where one city is attacked and occupied. For the Hu people, although the land of water and grass is similar to a city, it is not as important as the Han people. Change a place You can still survive, it's just the difference between living better and worse.

Fei Qian said: "... before we fought against the Hu people, we actually made a fuss about "one by one". We kept chasing the Hu people from Yinshan to Beiwangting. Although we won a big victory in this way, but In fact, our own loss is not small, so now I think, maybe we should add the second method..."

  Fei Qian bent his second finger and said: "...the word 'drive' should be added to drive the Hu people to be used by me, and drive the Hu people to turn their attention from the land of China to other weaker regions..."

"The Hu people are not monolithic, just like the Huns are divided into north and south, the Qiang people are also divided into east and west, and Xianbei is the same. Large and small tribes have their own boundaries, so this naturally gives us more opportunities to win over some of them. Suppress some of them, and let the barbarians who take refuge in us help us plunder property and even people around us..."

"If there were no barbarian camps outside Pingyang City, it would take at least twice as long for Pingyang to recover from the deserted state... and our mines in Luliang Mountain..." Fei Qian said, and then looked at several people General, these people may have to stay in the Northland for a long time because of this battle, and it is impossible for Fei Qian to stay in the Northland all the time. If something happens in other aspects, adjustments need to be made, so Right now, these three generals may be dispersed to take charge of their own affairs. Therefore, unifying the thinking of these generals is what Fei Qian should do most now, so as not to hinder each other in the future.

"...The ideal process should be like this. We win over the barbarians who are willing to join us, give them weapons, help them attack, let them have sweetness, and then we have to collect a certain amount of war dividends... well, that is, property and prisoners ...Properties are naturally used to develop and replenish our losses, while some of the captives replenish our combat power and some are used for labor... Killing them all is simply a waste..."

"...Building roads, digging mines, transshipping materials, building infrastructure, etc., all of these require people... And we Han people need to do a good job in the overall deployment and balance... Don't force these captives to a dead end. You need food and clothing. Give some, just kill those who dare to resist, and then give them some hope, for example, they can be free after five years of work..."

  Fei Qian said that the Northland is very broad and can accommodate more people, but also needs more people, whether they are Han Chinese or Hu people...

   So, many people say how about the Han Dynasty and Eastern and Western Rome, and what will happen when they fight...

   A northern Xiongnu who was beaten by the Han Dynasty in a state of panic all day long can make Rome docile...

   ps, God’s Whip finally died on the wedding night of a Germanic princess…

  (end of this chapter)