Chapter 739: Barbarians emerge from the barren mountains and rivers
When fighting against the Hu people, perhaps due to conceptual reasons, both the emperor and the generals and commanders have been greatly restricted in their behavior.
For example, the Han Dynasty''s extremely long-term war against the Xiongnu actually did not bring much benefit from the war. On the contrary, the defeated Xiongnu achieved a lot.
When the Northern Xiongnu were defeated by the Han Dynasty, there was no room for survival in Mobei and the Western Regions. Therefore, the Northern Xiongnu Chanyu took a small number of troops and fled to Wusun first, then moved to Kangju, and then continued to move westward. Arrive at Alan Country.
??Alan Kingdom, also called Amcai, is located to the north of the Caucasus Mountains. It is also an area with rich water and grass. Its national strength is not small, with an army of about 100,000.
After all, the Northern Huns who fled west had seen the big scene. Even in exile, the Northern Huns still believed that the Alan country was not strong, so they launched an attack from the east of the Don River. Although the Alan country rose up to resist, but Compared with those Northern Huns warriors who had been at war with the Han Dynasty for many years, they still looked a little immature. Therefore, the Alan Kingdom''s army was defeated, and the king was captured and later killed. In this way, the Alan Kingdom became the first piece of snow for the Northern Huns. ball.
??The Alans joined the Northern Huns and then attacked the Ostrogothic Kingdom in the west. Then the Ostrogothic Kingdom soon fell, followed by the Visigothic Kingdom...
Jordanis'' "Gothic History" records the Northern Huns like this: "A hitherto unknown race emerged from a corner of the distant world, like a blizzard falling suddenly from the mountains, sweeping everything away. Everything in their path is uprooted and destroyed... They are two-legged beasts, the offspring of witches and devils..."
Although this statement can find some spiritual comfort for the Goths'' tragic defeat, it also fuels the arrogance of the Northern Huns. Many Goths even dare not fight against the Northern Huns anymore, but flee to the Roman Empire. …
?Of course later on, a character called the "Scourge of God" appeared, Attila.
As war raged in Northern and Eastern Europe, the Anglo-Saxons could not bear the pressure of the Huns and fled across the sea to the British Isles, becoming the ancestors of the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Huns in the southern steppes of Russia also fell under the banner of Attila, and the Russian forest people The Slavs and Finns also surrendered, and it was probably at this time that the Slavs first entered Western Europe as "servants of the Huns."
Then the dissatisfied God whipped the whip of East and West Rome. Even for a long time, East Rome was Attila''s ATM, and he would withdraw money from time to time. When East Rome was in poverty, Then they began to extort Western Rome. The overwhelmed Eastern and Western Rome finally joined forces and launched a huge war that was recorded in the annals of medieval history...
However, these are all things that happened in the future, and Fei Qian did not remember it very clearly. Thanks to some forums in later generations, when some people were debating whether the Han Dynasty was more powerful or Rome was more powerful, he knew from other people''s accounts that the North was driven away by the Han Dynasty. The Huns ended up in Europe and lorded it over the Romans.
It is said that poor mountains and rivers breed unruly people, and the people in this area of ??the Mongolian Plateau not only fought tenaciously against the Han Dynasty for thirty or forty years, but even the remaining parts can once again become "gods" that make the whole of Europe tremble. "whip"...
Of course, "God''s Whip" did not escape the same old routine. Just like after the death of Xianbei King Tan Shihuai, there was no leader. The entire Xianbei Alliance was suddenly in chaos and fell apart into many mutually exclusive factions. The corresponding branch, the same, huge empire formed by the Northern Huns in Europe also collapsed after Attila''s death.
Fei Qian integrated his memory with what he knew, and thus came up with a strategy that was different from the previous Han Dynasty''s strategy against the Xiongnu... Nomadic peoples do not have fixed settlements and wealth storage places like agricultural peoples, so they have fixed settlements and wealth storage places. If we follow the methods before the Han Dynasty and adopt methods similar to attacking cities and demolishing strongholds, we often cannot keep up with the pace of the Hu people. Not only can we not effectively attack the Hu people, we often waste people and money and take away our own troops.
And like Yuan Chonghuan''s step-by-step approach in the later Ming Dynasty, it is like the tower push tactic in StarCraft, and it has great restrictions. Maybe two cross soldiers are accidentally missed, and then GG.
Therefore, the war with the Hu people cannot be like a civil war, attacking and occupying city after city. 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 to another place. You can still survive, it''s just a difference between living better and living worse.
Fei Qian said: "...In our previous battles with the Hu people, we actually focused on the word ''by'', constantly chasing the Hu people from Yinshan to Beiwangting. Although we also achieved a great victory, but In fact, our own losses are not small, so now I feel that maybe we should add the second method..."
Fei Qian bent his second finger and said: "...We should add the word ''drive'' to drive the Hu people to use me, and drive the Hu people to turn their attention from the land of China to other weaker areas..."
"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 the same is true for Xianbei. The 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 have taken refuge with us help us plunder property and even people from all around..."
"Without the barbarian camp outside Pingyang City, it would have taken at least twice as long for Pingyang to recover from its desolation to its current state...and our mining land in Luliang Mountain..." Fei Qian said, and then looked at several Generals, these people may have to stay in the Northland for a long time because of this battle, and Fei Qian cannot stay in the Northland forever. In case something happens in other aspects, adjustments need to be made, so At present, these three generals may still be scattered to take charge of their own affairs. Therefore, unifying the thoughts of these generals is the most important thing Fei Qian should do at the moment, so as not to hold each other back 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, and give them benefits. 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, and some of the captives are used to replenish our fighting strength, and some are used for labor…Killing them all is simply a waste…”
"...Building roads, mining, transporting supplies, building infrastructure, etc., all of these require people...and we Han people are responsible for the overall deployment and balance...Don''t force these prisoners to go to a dead end. We need more or less food and clothing." Give some, just kill those who dare to resist, and then give them some hope, such as being free after five years of service..."
Fei Qian said that the North Land is very wide and can accommodate more people, and more people are needed, whether they are Han people or Hu people...
So, many people say what happened to the Han Dynasty and the Eastern and Western Rome, and what would happen if they fought...
A Northern Xiongnu who was beaten by the Han Dynasty and was in constant panic could make Rome obey...
ps, God’s Scourge eventually died on the wedding night of a Germanic princess…
(End of this chapter)