Chapter 399 After all, it's still a step too late(1/2)
In the words of Wang Buxu.
The grasslands are not friendly to women, they just regard them as their own property.
But there is one thing that no one in the world can change no matter what.
Women are required to give birth to children.
Therefore, if you take one of his women away, he will have at least one less warrior born in the future; if you take away his 10,000 women, they will have at least 10,000 less warriors in the future.
This is just a guarantee, in fact it will be more.
And every time a Xiongnu warrior dies in battle, there is really one missing forever.
As the number of women who can give birth to them decreases, population growth will inevitably decrease. As more people die in war, the current population will also decrease.
What kind of natural or man-made disaster will happen again?
If the Han army could capture 10,000 to 20,000 young Xiongnu women every time they went out to fight, then after two or three battles, the Huns themselves would be in chaos.
They all belong to big men, and they can't even touch a woman. Who the hell will be convinced?
To sum up, this is called strategic nuclear strike.
If this policy can be maintained for fifty-one hundred years, the Huns will probably not be far from being exterminated.
On the contrary, after these women came to the Han Dynasty, they could give birth to people for the Han Dynasty.
There is actually no benefit in blindly ensuring the purity of the bloodline.
Necessary gene fusion is a major trend in human development.
Therefore, there is often a folk saying that the farther apart the couple's origins are, the healthier and smarter their children will be.
Women and baby girls were organized into the logistics team, and more than 6,000 Han and Yuezhi soldiers guarded nearly a thousand women and baby girls.
These women were also assigned war horses, but they were tightly surrounded and it was impossible to escape.
Along the way, the Han army saw many of the same tribes as before.
All the operations are exactly the same, take away the woman, leave only a month's supplies, and then quickly catch up.
But the final result is still not optimistic.
When they arrived at Donghu Palace, it was already twenty days later.
I could vaguely see the situation on the battlefield, which was tragic but not tragic.
It is not as depressed and cruel as imagined. There are corpses on the ground that are starting to stink, and many animals have come to look for food.
But here, I didn't see any living person.
On this trip, the Han army was more like traveling and shopping.
There were more cattle and sheep than when they left the fortress. Similarly, the number of women also exceeded 10,000.
Along the way, the scouts continued to disperse and conduct reconnaissance. When they saw a tribe, they immediately led their troops and charged forward.
Then they took away the livestock and women, leaving everything else behind.
Although the results seemed to be considerable, the strategic purpose of this battle was not achieved.
When passing through several tribes earlier, Guan Ying got the exact information that this was the Donghu Royal Court.
There are 60,000 to 70,000 troops stationed here, and the Huns just came here ten days ago.
And now they were standing on the battlefield, but there was no trace of the Huns.
"There are traces of marching troops in all directions. We are still too slow after all..." Guan Ying frowned tightly.
They have tried their best to increase their speed along the way.
But there was no way, they were further west than the Huns.
The news of the Xiongnu's movement first reached Luoyang, and then he set off from Luoyang to Yunzhong County.
After waiting in Yunzhong County for a few more days, the army set off after receiving supplies.
There was almost no delay for a day on the road, and judging from the results, they really didn't have any delays.
The message is transmitted in a circle like this. No matter how fast it is, it still takes a month.
And now they are about ten days behind the Huns, which means that they have been chasing for twenty days in more than a month's march.
But the final result is still to no avail, and without catching up, the previous effort has become a dark cloud and dispersed with the wind.
"General, what should we do now? Should we divide our troops?" Han Xin also hesitated. He was not very sure.
More importantly, it is a matter of experience.
For controlling such a battle situation, he still felt a little overwhelmed and needed practice in actual combat.
Guan Ying frowned deeply and hesitated a little at this moment.
Looking at the traces, it is obvious that the largest number of people went south.
But traces have been left in all directions here. What he needs to determine now is whether the Donghu people ran away or were completely defeated.
Did those who went south go to Han, and those who ran in all directions went to pursue them?
Or to clean up other tribes?
The situation of the battle determines how to fight next. Why are some people destined to be unable to support the general?
It is because of this lack of information guidance that it is impossible to make correct and reasonable decisions.
"General, caught a living one..."
"Alive?" Guan Ying's face suddenly flashed with joy.
As long as he's alive, he doesn't need to know too many secrets, he just needs to tell himself the situation on the battlefield.
However, after seeing this living person, the joy on Guan Ying's face instantly dropped.
There was blood flowing everywhere, and the whole person was tied up. He was just hung on the horse and carried over. The whole person was dying, and he felt like he would belch at any time.
"What happened?" Guan Ying's face darkened and he scolded sternly.
"General, this grandson pretended to surrender. He agreed not to let us tie him up, but when we went to tie him up, he took out a dagger and stabbed him. Fortunately, we had armor on us, so he didn't pierce him.
, otherwise the first unlucky guy to die in battle since we sent out troops would appear among us. No, thanks to my smart mind, I felt that the general must have something to ask, so I quickly stopped them.
Kill this grandson..." the scout danced and described.
Guan Ying was a little bit dumbfounded. So, I still have to thank you?
He even promised you to tie him up, can you understand what he said?
"Send the message to the medical officer quickly!" Guan Ying asked quickly. He didn't want the prisoner to die so simply and hoped to get some information from him.
Medical officers will arrive soon. Medical officers are indispensable when marching and fighting. At any time, there will always be two or three medical officers by the general's side on call.
Soon, the medical officer shook his head and said: "It's no longer possible. My consciousness is almost blurred. No one can save me. If you have anything to say, General, just ask..."
Guan Ying had black lines all over his forehead. He had seen a living soldier for so long, and his scouts had made him look like a bear.
But I haven't been able to get angry yet. I can't get angry and curse because this guy wants to attack a soldier, right?
The more Guan Ying thought about it, the more depressed he became, but it was too late.
You must gain the other party's trust as soon as possible so that he can tell you the true information.
"Yes!" Guan Ying's eyes suddenly lit up, and he directly pulled Bayar forward: "I asked you to translate."
Bayar nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
"We are the Han army. His Majesty the Emperor received a request for help from King Donghu, so he sent us to support you. Now you must tell me, what happened here? Where did the Donghu army and the Xiongnu army go?" Guan Ying said hurriedly.
With.
Bayar:???
When did King Donghu ask the Han Emperor for help?
Why don't I know this?
Ladies, what else is the Han State hiding from me?
"Quickly translate..." Looking at the dazed Bayar, Guan Ying kicked Bayar in the butt and urged.
"Oh..." Bayar nodded quickly and started to translate, ignoring the humiliation of being kicked by Guan Ying.
The dying Donghu man was stunned for a moment after hearing this, a little unbelievable.
But I don’t know how to refute it.
Are they really here from King Donghu asking for help?
Immediately he shook his head again, feeling that it didn't matter anymore, what does it have to do with himself?
"Chiliwala..."
Bayar was stunned when he heard this...
'boom……'
To be continued...