Qin Official

"This Maodun is really good at learning and applying it."

The snowfield under Baishan Mountain was full of dead people and horses. When Hei Fu arrived at the occupied Huns camp, Hei Fu couldn't help but laugh when he looked at the white banner of the Xiongnu Chanyu captured by Han Xin and the golden eagle crown. road:

"When he saw that I had planted a fake flag to trick him into besieging Baideng, he actually gave his white paper to King Zuo Tuqi, disguised himself as an ordinary Huns noble, broke the siege and ran away..."

Heifu was also helpless. Even though his encirclement was very large, with more than 100,000 people in each group, the battle was hundreds of miles from east to west, north to south, and communication was difficult. It was a miracle that they could arrive on the same day, and How could it be possible to be as tight as a siege?

After Han Xin defeated Shanggu County, he quickly marched westward.

The Dongmen Leopard secretly followed Heifu's orders a few months ago and came up from the northeast of the Hebei River. With Dong Yi, the Marquis of Longchuan stationed in Taiyuan, and under the guidance of Ban Yi, a merchant from Loufan County, they captured Yanmen County and outflanked the eastward advance.

The most important thing, Guan Ying, went to Shangjun early, led Beidi and Shangjun across the river, and launched a large outflank along the Zhao Great Wall.

The soldiers are going through dangerous moves because they are running out of food. If they cannot win, they may suffer heavy losses. Fortunately, no one got lost this time...

When Mao Dun discovered that he had been deceived, he immediately gave up on Dai Wang Han Guang, who was still fighting the Qin army on Baishan Mountain, and quickly fled north with the Huns.

They were intercepted by Han Xin's troops, and then ran into Guan Ying, who was taking a long way to kill from the clouds with his light cavalry. They fought in the Cailiang Mountain area north of Baideng Mountain. Han Xin and Guan Ying cooperated well, and the Huns suffered heavy losses.

Heifu, on the other hand, first surrendered his subordinates and then led his army to arrive. When he saw the Qin army, he cut off the tail of a gecko, abandoned most of his troops, and headed northeast with only 5,000 cavalry. After breaking out of the encirclement, the fake tree and white banner appeared, and the scene of him escaping with his flag down...

The generals of the Qin army happily surrounded Bai Yanyi, but found that they were only King Zuo Tuqi of the Xiongnu, and the Yan family of Maodun, that is, Maodun's wife and children.

They were so angry that they scolded Mao Dun for being shameless, abandoning the Shan Yu flag that represented honor, and even sacrificing his wife and son. They completely forgot that Mao Dun learned this trick from a certain Hei.

Although they left Maodun, most of the Xiongnu were surrounded and annihilated. A rough calculation showed that 2,500 people surrendered, 30,200 prisoners were beheaded, and the five kings of the Xiongnu were captured, including the Shan Yu, the prince, and his wife. Nine people, sixty-three generals, principals, and captains... It took Modu more than ten years to take shape. At least half of the Huns' administrative power was destroyed in this battle!

Han Xin came to report: "Looking at the direction of Mao Dun's escape, he wanted to go to Gaoliu Sai. According to Manqiuchen, the acting general who surrendered to Zi Sai, Guan Ying and others said that Mao Dun had left nearly 10,000 cavalry and followers in Gao Liu, and he was the most trusted. The generals on the left and right are in command to provide support."

It is now mid-December, the weather is freezing cold, and the snow is heavy. Although the three armies were able to arrive, they suffered heavy losses along the way. Twenty-three people out of ten had their fingers dropped, and thousands died...

Coupled with the thousands of people killed and injured during the battle, the Qin army suffered over 10,000 casualties. This was the price of this battle.

After this battle, the Qin army was exhausted and had to stay in Daijun to rest. It was a bit difficult to go out of the Great Wall to pursue Maodun. However, if only Guan Ying was sent to pursue with chariots and cavalry, the number of them would be about the same. Big, afraid of unexpected events, but not beautiful...

Mr. Huang Shi, the adviser next to Heifu, also believed that there was no need to pursue him further, but what he thought of was another reason.

He asked in a low voice: "I dare to ask Duke Xia, why do you want to use Xia as your title?"

Heifu did not hesitate to hide it: "I want to be the common leader of the people of all Xia, so that people in the world can forget the past differences and identify with the common identity of China."

Huang Shi said: "But Duke Xia knows how the Xia came to be?"

"In the beginning, there was no such thing as the theory of Zhuxia. The princes of the Zhou emperor had different surnames and clans. The Dukes of Lu and Zhengwei were surnamed after the Zhou people, the Dukes of the Song Dynasty were after the surnames of the Yin people, and the Duke of Qin was surnamed Yin and Shang. After the nobles, the Chen family is after Yushun with the surname of Gui, and the Duke of Qi is after the Qiang people with the surname of Jiang. As for the Chinese barbarians in various countries, they are either Zhou people, Yin people, and even Rong, Di and barbarians."

"So in the past, there were only Zhuji and Zhujiang. They were just princes who were entrusted by the Emperor of Zhou. They had a clan lineage but no blood relatives. After hundreds of years, the rituals and music collapsed, and they began to carry out their own affairs, annexing and strife with each other. And In the country, there are Chinese people and savage people who don’t even understand the language.”

"There was such chaos until a hundred years after King Ping moved eastward, when Nanyi and Beidi met, China was like a line..."

At that time, the Rong and Di states inside and outside the Central Plains launched an attack on the princes of the Zhou Dynasty. Nanman refers to Chu in the south, which claims to be barbarians, and Beidi refers to Chidi, Baidi, Changdi, and Shanrong. Waiting for the semi-nomadic tribes, they destroyed Wei and Xing, and even captured Luoyang for a time, and the Emperor of Zhou fled in a hurry.

That's why Guan Zhong's "respect the king and fight the barbarians" came about. With Qi Huangong as the overlord, he summoned the princes of Zhou to unite to fight against the southern barbarians and Beidi!

"Zhu Xia is so intimate that you can't abandon it; Rong, Di, Jackal, and Wolf are so close that you can't get tired of it!"

This was the slogan of Duke Huan of Qi's hegemony. The State of Qi led the princes to conquer the north and south, restored the Xing Guard, expedition to Shanrong, and forced the State of Chu to stop entering Qin, Chen and Cai...

Over the past hundred years, Zhu Xia's philosophy has been deeply ingrained, and they no longer divide each other according to surnames and origins. As long as they follow rituals and music, wear crowns and belts, and eat grains, they all call themselves "Zhu Xia", and even the state of Chu is gradually integrated into it. in this concept.

"That's why Confucius praised Guan Zhong highly and said that Guan Zhong was sent to the left! That's why Xia Gong proposed to build Jingbian Temple in his early years, and the first person to worship was Guan Yiwu!"

It is no exaggeration to say that Guan Zhong is China's first national hero.

"I believe that the reason why Zhu Xia is Zhu Xia is because there are Southern Yi and Northern Di outside, and they have a common enemy!"

Mr. Hei nodded, Zhang Zifang indeed had a unique vision. After breaking out of the narrow vision of "Korean people", his suggestions were mostly far-sighted!

He was right, the so-called nation is an imaginary community.

The reason why we are who we are is not only due to internal factors such as blood, culture, history, etc., but also because Zuojun was fed buttermilk, and "they" who have no city walls and farmland are wandering outside!

Huang Shi continued: "But now, Duke Xia wants the people of the seven countries to no longer be enemies of each other. He wants to unify the world, let everyone put aside their long-cherished wishes, and realize that the nine states have the same wind and the same body, and they also need a common enemy."

Heifu once promoted Chu as the common enemy of Qin, Han, and Wei, but he finally accepted Zhang Liang's advice and gave up his harsh treatment and oppression of the Chu people.

After Xiang Ji's death, the hostile regime in the Central Plains ceased to exist.

They must find a new enemy, a common enemy that allows the people of the Seven Kingdoms to put aside their estrangements.

During this trip to the north, Huang Shi felt that he had found it.

"Today's Xiongnu is a ready-made enemy!"

Huang Shi pointed to the Qin army who fought bravely to kill the enemy in the Battle of Baishan Mountain, the Zhao people who, under Li Zuoche's persuasion, transported grain and fodder to the Qin people, and the Yan and Zhao cavalry recruited by Han Xin in Yan.

Huang Shi sighed with emotion: "Before this, I never thought that the people of Qin, Zhao, and Yan could treat the outside world in unison."

Not only did Qin and Yan Zhao have a hatred of destroying the country and subjugating the country, Yan and Zhao themselves were beaten to the point of losing their minds, and the people also despised each other. As a prosperous metropolis, the people of Handan Zhao always looked down on the Yan State in the backward areas. Jicheng.

But now, they fought side by side, sharing weal and woe in the excruciating snowfield, and achieved this great victory.

Huang Shi very much hopes that this scene can continue.

He pointed to the direction in which the Huns were escaping and said: "If we had not allowed them to leave, half of the Huns' military strength would have been lost after this great defeat. Even if Maodun was not betrayed by his subordinates, his army would have been broken. The Huns would have been defeated within ten years." No more trouble. Duke Xia can do more to publicize the evil of the Huns in the country and exaggerate their strength. It only takes one or two generations to make Qin, Zhao, Yan and other border areas become one..."

Without enemies, politicians will create enemies and even exaggerate them to achieve their own ends.

This is Heifu's favorite "storytelling" part. There is no doubt that he is the best person in the world at this.

The long-term confrontation with the Xiongnu may be an important reason for the seven heroes of the Warring States Period to finally form a nation called "Han".

But Hei Fu still refused Huang Shi's proposal!

"Moton must die."

Hei Fu keeps emphasizing this point, as if he and Mao Dun have a grudge against killing his father and seizing his wife...

There really is.

"This wolf was in the Northland more than ten years ago. I failed to kill it, so it escaped to Mobei to sit in power and returned to the New Qin Dynasty. In the past two years, Mao Dun took advantage of the civil war in the Central Plains and ravaged the frontier fortress. How many men were killed and how many women and children were kidnapped?"

"The hatred of the people is my revenge! I must avenge it today!"

"As for what you said, the common enemy of all Xia?"

Heifu pointed to the vast and desolate grassland outside the Great Wall and sighed:

"Don't worry, even if there is no Maodun, or even no Xiongnu, new tribes and new enemies will continue to appear on the grassland!"

Xianbei, Diqiang, Rouran, Turks, and Mongolia, one after another. Historically, the Central Plains dynasties also tried to annex, farm, massacre, and occupy. But when one tribe died, new tribes would rise and reunify the grasslands. In the past, The herdsman named Xiongnu changed his name and became Xianbei...

Even though Heifu is a time traveler, he cannot change this general trend.

Farming and nomadism are not determined by blood or clan.

It's determined by lifestyle.

Because as long as the general climate remains unchanged, the 400 mm precipitation line will be firmly fixed on the line of the Great Wall. It will be nomadic in the north and farming in the south. The production methods and production relations will never be changed.

Even if Heifu throws millions of Qin people into the deep grasslands north of Yinshan Mountain, if they want to survive there, they can only live a life of nomadic hunting. When a few generations pass, these people will also convert to the life of the grasslands. Way, alienated from the Central Plains, becoming a nomadic nightmare more terrifying than the Huns...

The Central Plains way cannot survive in that land, and the Xia people who enter will eventually turn into barbarians.

Just like the barbarians who entered the Central Plains, over time, they will eventually become Chinese. Those who cannot be Chinese will soon lose their foothold and be driven back to their hometowns.

The nomadic lifestyle has strengthened their warlike character and militarized management. After all, the most basic life skills are to move quickly, quickly set up and break camp, pack belongings efficiently, etc., and their daily training is to drive herds of cattle. Sheep, fighting wild beasts.

This group of nomadic cavalry has an extremely huge advantage when facing ordinary farmers who have been dealing with the land all their lives. Farmers can only rely on the huge population gap and use huge finances to support professional frontier troops and technology that surpasses the nomads. weapons to fight against.

They will fight like this for two thousand years.

Until gunpowder becomes popular in the world, and any farmer with a little training can knock down an enemy who has only been trained to shoot a bow on a horse with one shot, the farmers' advantages in population and technology can completely crush the nomads, thus ending this war. Thousand Years of War...

So, when Hu has no one, Han Dao is prosperous? It sounds domineering, but it is actually a dream that can never be realized. Instead of thinking about how to spread salt on the grassland to turn it into a desert, build the Great Wall, enclose the land for farming, and honestly climb the technology tree inside, it is The lowest cost and most realistic way...

"My ambition is not as great as that of Qin Shi Huang. I cannot conquer the vast sea in the north, drive out all the Xiongnu, and turn the grasslands into cultivated land."

As Heifu spoke, he gave Guan Ying the order to pursue him. He even got out of the car and asked someone to hitch his horse onto the military chariot! He also gave all the war horses that had not yet died of freezing to Guan Ying's cavalry for use!

"All I ask is that Mao Dun, the so-called proud son of the emperor, be killed within the Great Wall, no matter the cost."

"Let all the nomads who covet the wealth of the Central Plains remember this lesson, and let them return the abducted people obediently! Let us make sure that within thirty years, the barbarians will not dare to go south to herd horses, and the scholars will not dare to bend their bows. Complain!”

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"The wild geese fly high in the dark moon, and the Chanyu escapes in the night..."

It is said that many years ago, at the military parade ceremony held by Emperor Qin Shihuang to welcome Li Xin, Hei Fu, and Meng Tian, ​​Hei Fu asked his northern cavalry to sing it, and it was later spread to the Xiongnu.

Maodun often asked a Yan musician who was living in the Xiongnu to sing this song to him, so as not to forget the shame!

Shan Yuting was trampled on, and the Huns fled the shame of their homeland!

But now, although no one has opened their voices to sing, the singing voice has been lingering in Maodun's ears.

He ran away again.

The first time he escaped was after being framed by Chen Ping's suicide note. Weitouman sent people to hunt him down. As a last resort, Mao Dun took his newlywed wife and a few cronies across the desert to seek refuge with the Yuezhi King. He did not hesitate to sacrifice his wife and famous horses for this purpose.

The second time, after he borrowed Yuezhi soldiers and killed Touman in Ju Yanze, he gathered the remnants of the Huns, avoided Li Xin and Heifu who were constantly chasing him, and went to the bitter cold of Mubei. , it was a great migration filled with death, and it was also the beginning of the rebirth of the Xiongnu...

Now he has escaped again, just like his father Touman. After a huge defeat, he lost most of his tribe, including the Yan family, his son, and even the white paper and eagle crown that symbolized the Great Chanyu. .

It was humiliating, but Mao Dun could only hold the horse tightly, break the siege with the remaining troops, run wildly to the northeast, and told himself:

"As long as you survive, you can make a comeback!"

The Yan family can find new ones, and the sons can have more than a dozen.

Mao Dun felt that he could afford to wait. He had previously plundered nearly 100,000 people from the northern counties of the Qin Dynasty and brought them into the grassland. Most of them were women. They would give birth to new Hu'er for the Huns, and the foals deep in the grassland , will grow up one day!

Thinking of this, Mao Dun couldn't help but feel grateful for his foresight. The total number of Xiongnu cavalry he brought south was 70,000.

Fifty thousand were stationed at Baishan Mountain, and ten thousand were scattered to the east, south, west, and north as a warning.

But there are still 10,000 cavalry, led by the generals on the left and right, staying at Gaoliu Station where they entered the fortress, in case of any eventuality...

Now, although Mao Dun only has more than 5,000 cavalry left, and the Qin army's cavalry in the rear are still pursuing him more than ten miles away, as long as he can escape to Gaoliu, he can gather his troops and repel the pursuers.

Then immediately leave the territory of this terrible Great Wall and return to Shan Yuting. Regardless of whether it is still there or not, Mao Dun will not stay at the southern foot of Yin Mountain for long. He will immediately go north to the Gobi, return to Mobei, lick his wounds, and wait for more than ten years. The latter rises again!

This idea was very strong, and Mao Dun firmly believed that he could rise again and gain greater momentum until he saw the thick smoke billowing from Gaoliusei in the distance, and met the right general who arrived in embarrassment and thousands of remnants of his troops retreating hastily south...

"Da Chanyu! We encountered the enemy. More than ten thousand cavalry suddenly attacked from the northeast. We fought hard for half a day. Gaoliu has been lost, and we can't get out of the Great Wall!"

The right general rolled his saddle and dismounted, bowed in front of Mao Dun, and slammed his head into the snow. There were wounds on his body, and blood fell drop by drop on the white snow.

"More than ten thousand cavalry, are they the Qin army?"

Mao Dun found it a bit unreasonable. The Qin army could come from the southeast, from the west, or even from the northwest along the Great Wall. But how could it be possible from the northeast? Logically speaking, there are no enemies there, only their potential allies. , at least this is what Kuai Che analyzed...

But General You's words made Mao Dun feel desperate.

"It's the Qin army, but, it's not Heifu's new Qin, but... the Qin of the two Liaos!"

"Fusu's Eastern Qin!"

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ps: There is only one chapter today.