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- Cao Cao originally planned to give a large reward as a reward for sending troops to the Huns, but now it seems that Huchuquan seems rude, but in fact he is very shrewd and wants the land at the first opportunity.
How could Cao Cao not know the consequences of giving land to the Xiongnu?
??The Western Han Dynasty under Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted a policy of severe attack on the Huns and other barbarians.
But after the Eastern Han Dynasty resurgence in Guangwu, the foreign policy began to change. Hu barbarians such as Qiang and Di who surrendered were allowed to move to Han land, and Hu and Han people lived together.
Although the consequences of this policy made the Hu Yi grateful for a while, it also caused the Hu Yi to gradually move inland, causing the Han emperor's border rebellions to continue, forcing the Han court to spend huge amounts of manpower and material resources on quelling the border rebellions.
The repeated rebellions of the Xiliang Qiang people are the best example.
"This increased the burden on the court, and the court had to pass this burden on to the people.
??The Yellow Turban Rebellion in the Ling Emperor Dynasty caused the people to rise up. If we trace the root cause, it is actually inseparable from the constant wars on the border of the Han Dynasty.
"If we grant land to the Xiongnu now and allow them to move deeper into the interior, once the Xiongnu rebels in the future, the consequences will be disastrous.
How could someone as smart as Cao Cao not calculate this?
However, if he does not agree to the Huns' conditions and cannot borrow troops, the court controlled by Cao Cao will be in danger of being overthrown by Yan Liang.
By that time, Cao Cao would be reduced to nothing, and he would not even have the chance to worry.
Cao Cao thought again that Yan Liang was a womanizer. If he fails, the beauties he has collected for many years will definitely be possessed by Yan Liang.
When I think of the women who originally belonged to me. When they all surrendered to his crotch, Cao Cao felt a twinge in his heart.
"Moreover, as cruel as Yan Liang, he is afraid that he will kill all the men of the Cao family and take all the women of the Cao family as his playthings
Thinking of this, Cao Cao felt even colder in his heart. I don¡¯t dare to think about it anymore.
"Okay, the Xiongnu are subjects of the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty court should naturally provide a place for the Xiongnu to live in peace. This condition is not excessive at all, I promise you." Cao Cao, who was hesitant one second, readily agreed the next second.
Hu Chuquan was overjoyed and shouted: "The Prime Minister is indeed a generous man. Then let's high-five as an oath."
? said. Hu Chuquan raised his palm.
Cao Cao knew that with this slap, he would no longer be able to go back on his words, otherwise his credibility would be ruined.
"So what if I promise him, I can let the Huns live temporarily until I have wiped out the world. Then I will use soft and hard means to drive the Huns out in disguise."
Cao Cao comforted himself. Without thinking any more, he immediately struck out with a wave of his arm.
After the agreement was reached, Huchuquan's cavalry was immediately used by Cao Cao.
Cao Cao, who had obtained the Xiongnu soldiers, regained his momentum, and the number of troops at Tongguan increased sharply to 70,000.
Cao Cao, who had regained his strength, was not in a hurry to leave the border and make a decision with Yan Liang. Instead, at Guo Jia's suggestion, he took advantage of the cavalry and adopted harassment tactics against Yan Liang.
So, in the next half month, Cao Cao sent out the Huns cavalry in all directions, constantly surrounding the Chu army's flanks and rear, and attacking the Chu army's grain road to the east.
The hundreds of miles of grain road from Shaanxian County to Tongguan became a harassment point for the Huns. In less than half a month, nearly 200,000 dendrobiums of grain and grass were burned in Yanliang.
Of course, Yan Liang could not sit back and watch the grain road being constantly attacked, and if he wanted to relieve Cao Jun's power, the only choice was naturally to use cavalry to restrain the cavalry.
But unfortunately, Yan Liang¡¯s cavalry was limited in number, while Cao Cao had 40,000 Huns cavalry. If Yan Liang sent cavalry to protect the food and grass, and the food and grass protection failed, the limited number of cavalry sent out might instead be surrounded and killed by the Huns cavalry.
The atmosphere in the Chu army¡¯s camp and the king¡¯s tent was solemn.
"The traitor Cao actually used the hands of Hu Lu to deal with us. It is really shameless."
"How can we sit back and watch anymore? We must take the initiative and kill all the Huns who attack our food routes."
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In the big tent, the generals were extremely angry. Some called Cao Cao shameless, and some called the Huns hateful.
Out of anger, the generals yelled and cursed for a long time, but no one could come up with a solution.
Yan Liang's army of more than 100,000 people faced the harassment of tens of thousands of Huns cavalry, but they could only stare blankly. This was really helpless.
Cavalry has a natural advantage in mobility over infantry, which is far from being compensated by quantity.
If more soldiers can win, then the Song Dynasty in history had more than a million infantry, so how could it be repeatedly bullied by Jin and Liao.
The generals were indignant, but Yan Liang had a calm expression and remained silent.
Yan Liang is very passionate. He can't kill the Huns just by scolding him. He must find a way to defeat the enemy as soon as possible to reverse his current passivity.
Because Xi Zuo has sent back intelligence, Liu Bei has begun to make moves in Yecheng, and is very likely to plan to assist Cao Cao. Yan Liang must resolve the current unfavorable situation before being attacked on both sides.
"The Huns cavalry are erratic and difficult to kill. If we want to get rid of the Huns, we must induce them to fight our army head-on."
Amid the indignation, Pang Tong slowly spoke out calm words.
A head-on decisive battle?
Yan Liang nodded slightly, what Pang Tong said was exactly what he thought.
"The thief Cao was frightened by our army. If he dared to fight head-on, why would he use such despicable means." Huang Zhong expressed doubts.
However, Huang Zhong¡¯s words reminded Yan Liang without any objection.
He glanced fiercely and said: "This king is forcing the stronghold to pass, and it is so aggressive that Cao Cao naturally does not dare to fight head-on. If this is the case, then we will withdraw our troops and retreat eastward, and let Cao Cao out of the pass."
"Withdrawing troops to the east can indeed show weakness to Cao Cao and induce him to fight." Pang Tong nodded in agreement, then changed the topic and said: "However, I have to remind the king that if Cao Cao's army is allowed to leave the pass and enter the plains, Cao Cao's troops will Even if we have 40,000 to 50,000 cavalry in a head-on confrontation, it would probably be disadvantageous for our army."
Pang Tong¡¯s worries are not unnecessary at all.
Although the terrain of Hongnong is narrow, it is in the Central Plains after all. Its terrain is flatter, far better than that in the south, and is more conducive to cavalry operations.
Yan Liang also had some experience in dealing with cavalry on the plains, and it was not like he had not defeated them before.
But the problem at hand is that he has fought with Cao Cao for many years, and Cao Cao must be very familiar with his methods of fighting cavalry. If they fight again, he will definitely be on guard.
This also means that it is basically unrealistic for Yan Liang to defeat Cao Cao's cavalry with weapons such as repeated crossbows.
So, if Yan Liang wants to fight decisively on the plains and defeat Cao Cao's powerful Huns cavalry, he must have a brand new tactic that can catch Cao Cao off guard.
Yan Liang has nothing to do if he wants to break his scalp.
"Grandma, I thought of all the plans by myself, so what use are you counselors?"
Yan Liang suddenly figured it out, glanced at Pang Tong and Jia Xu, and said in a commanding tone: "Shi Yuan, Wen He, I give you ten days to come up with a decisive battle to defeat the Huns cavalry. Come up with a plan."
Pang Tong and Jia Xu were startled, and they looked at each other with troubled expressions on their faces.
"Your Majesty, this is a bit difficult. Isn't ten days too urgent?" Pang Tong looked embarrassed.
Yan Liang said decisively: "Ten days is already a long time. Do you have to wait until Liu Bei sends troops to figure it out?"
Yan Liang¡¯s words reminded Pang Tong and the two of them. These two excellent counselors could only swallow their embarrassment and think hard.
After Yan Liang placed the heavy burden on Pang Tong and Jia Xu, he ordered the entire army to break camp tomorrow and begin to retreat eastward.
The next day, more than 100,000 troops broke out of camp and retreated eastward in an orderly manner.
Within a few days, Yan Liang led his army to retreat from Tongguan to Wenxiang, from Wenxiang to Hu County, and from Hu County to Hongnong City.
Cao Cao seemed to have expected that Yan Liang would retreat, so he immediately led his army out of the pass and followed the Chu army all the way.
Having learned the lessons from his previous defeats, Cao Cao was not in a hurry to launch a fierce attack on Yan Liang. Instead, he followed and continued to send out Hun cavalry, harassing the Chu army in separate routes.
Seven days later, Yan Liang withdrew from Hongnong City and began to retreat to Shaanxi County.
As soon as Yan Liang left, the Huns' cavalry followed him the next day.
The Huns are now called Cao Cao's soldiers, but in fact they are just mercenaries. These barbarians will naturally not change their looting nature. After thousands of Huns cavalry entered the city, they immediately ransacked Hongnong City.
These barbarians looted the houses of more than a thousand scholars and civilians in the city, raped and humiliated the women in the city wantonly, and killed anyone who resisted mercilessly.
The scholars and people in Hongnong City were fortunate to be freed from the rule of Yan Liang, a "cruel" lord. Who would have thought that they would usher in a new lord who was ten times more cruel than Yan Liang.
When Cao Cao led his elite troops to Hongnong City, the entire city had already turned into a hell on earth.
As the setting sun set in the west, Cao Cao walked slowly along the dilapidated streets, listening to the cries of women and children, his brows furrowed tightly.
The surviving people on both sides of the street, although they were still in awe of Cao Cao, their fearful eyes were filled with a bit of resentment that they dared not speak out.
"These Huns are really hateful." Cao Cao gritted his teeth secretly.
Liu Ye, who was beside him, advised: "The nature of the Huns is like this. If Huchuquan doesn't allow them to loot and loot, how can those Huns pay for his life and listen to his orders?"
On the other side, Guo Jia also sighed: "These people sacrificed their lives for the overall interests of the country. This can be regarded as their loyalty to the country and their glory. The Prime Minister does not need to care too much. He can just give them some compensation afterwards."
"If it hadn't been for the Yan thief causing trouble, my father would not have been forced to fight with the Huns' troops. In this way, the people here would not have suffered like this. The root cause of all this is the Yan thief. Father only needs to kill Na Yan. A thief, even if he avenges the blood of the people who died."
Behind him, Cao Zhang, who was fully armed, also relieved Cao Cao.
After some consolation from his ministers, Cao Cao's frowning brows were revealed and his mood was obviously relieved.
Cao Cao, who was relieved, snorted coldly: "You are right, all this is the fault of that traitor. It is the common people of the world who must destroy this traitor who is causing chaos in China!" (To be continued) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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