City Amongst the Clouds.
Liu Sheng received the information from all sides and was quite satisfied with the outcome.
He would definitely return to Chang 'an in the future, but not in this way.
This memorial to the throne was only one of his means of retaliation.
If those people from the vassal states were still not tactful, he still had a great killing weapon in his hands.
That was the famous "Order of Grace" in history.
The Decree of Grace stipulated that after the death of a vassal king, other than the eldest son inheriting the throne, other children could also divide a part of the kingdom's land and become marquises.
If one were to say that the unification memorial was shaking the foundation of the rule of the various vassal states from the bottom.
Then the order of grace was to divide and disintegrate the ruling power of the vassal states from the top.
Either of them had the power to shake or even overthrow the rule of a vassal state.
If both were to work together, the vassal states would have no choice but to rebel immediately if they did not want to sit still and wait for death.
Of course.
Unless it was absolutely necessary.
Liu Sheng would not use this trump card.
It was not only because the Imperial Court was not prepared for a great war, but also because it was difficult to predict the outcome of a sudden battle.
It was also because the existence of the vassal states was beneficial to Liu Sheng.
That's right, he did not wish to see the various dukes being wiped out.
This was a very realistic question.
Only the dukes occupied the four corners.
Only then could he expand his strength without any scruples.
He didn't need to worry about the restrictions of the Imperial Court.
With these vassal states at the front, even if Liu Sheng expanded his troops to 30,000, no one would feel that it was inappropriate.
Of course, more than half of the thirty thousand soldiers were stationed in various cities, mainly to guard against the Xiongnu's attacks.
Liu Sheng could only mobilize about thirteen thousand soldiers at any time.
However, he could say that this army was undoubtedly an elite force.
After this period of replenishment, the White Horse Battalion had already recovered to the size of three thousand cavalry.
The Elite Warrior Battalion was based on the rangers from Chang 'an and recruited a large number of brave warriors from the border, creating a rare heavy armor unit.
Although there were only 1,500 people in this troop, they were all wearing heavy armor and holding large sabers. Their ability to break formations was the strongest among the three armies.
Liu Sheng was getting the craftsmen to develop the Mo Blade. If it was successful, the combat strength of the Elite Warrior Battalion would increase by three points.
In addition, a light cavalry unit of three thousand people was formed with the elites of the border troops in Yunzhong as the main force, and it was called the brave cavalry unit.
As a result, Liu Sheng now had 6,000 cavalrymen.
Perhaps to the Xiongnu, this small amount of cavalry was not eye-catching.
However, to the Great Han Empire, this was already the largest cavalry force.
Even among the Chang 'an Imperial Army, there were less than 5,000 cavalrymen.
The other 4,500 people were organized into a mixed regiment by Liu Sheng, which was called the supply battalion.
It was mainly made up of chariots and archers.
Don't think that the war chariots are completely useless just because they are outdated.
On certain battlefields, the war chariots could play a role beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
During the battle of Junji Mountain, Li Ling led 5,000 infantry and fought 80,000 Xiongnu soldiers for three days and three nights, killing countless enemies.
The Xiongnu army could not do anything to him. In the end, the Han army ran out of arrows and failed to break out of the encirclement. Only then did they become exhausted and captured.
In this battle, Li Ling had used chariots as a camp, with halberds and shields in the front row and bows and crossbows in the back row.
It could be seen that there were only useless generals in the world, not useless soldiers.
The chariots in the supply camp had been specially modified and had a large internal space.
It could be used to transport supplies and infantry during normal days, and could be used to form a rapid camp during wartime.
If they worked together with the Elite Soldier Battalion, they could achieve the effect of one plus one being greater than two.
In a short period of time, he would not be at a disadvantage even if he faced an enemy ten times stronger than him.
These four troops were the mobile forces that Liu Sheng could currently control.
Perhaps there were still some shortcomings, but it was already the limit of what he could do.
Raising an army was really too expensive, and it was even more so for an elite army.
Sharp weapons, sturdy armor, strict training, and excellent logistics were all built with money.
In order to build this elite force, Liu Sheng had invested all the spoils of war he had obtained last time.
Even more than half of the dividends from the rapid economic growth in Yunzhong had been invested.
He even used the Cloud Paper as collateral and borrowed a large sum of money from merchants to barely meet his needs.
If this was in the mainland, the label of militarism would never be shaken off, and the people at the bottom would also express all kinds of dissatisfaction.
However, this was a border county, close to the Xiongnu grasslands. They were constantly facing the threat of war.
It was logical that all actions had to be made in the name of military concessions.
Even so, the official in charge of finance had also issued a warning.
Yun Zhongguo could not afford to maintain such a force.
Half a year at most. If there was no new income after half a year, Yun Zhongguo's economy would collapse.
However, Liu Sheng would definitely not wait until then.
His gaze had already turned to the plains.
……
In the Southern Desert King's tent.
"What did the Han people in the south say? When are they going to send troops?”
Prince Youxian frowned and looked at the others in the tent.
The Xiongnu was not so much an empire as an alliance formed by many grassland tribes.
The Left and Right Virtuous Kings were the two largest dukes in this alliance.
During the era of Maodun and Laoshang Chanyu, the strength of the Left and Right Virtuous Kings was similar.
In fact, Prince Xian of the Right was even more powerful than Prince Xian of the Left.
However, that was in the past.
Ever since the monarch and minister Chanyu became the Great Chanyu of the Xiongnu with the title of King Zuo Xian.
Prince Xian of the Left's faction completely suppressed Prince Xian of the Right's faction.
They often used all sorts of reasons to suppress and weaken the strength of the various tribes in the Southern Desert Plains.
Therefore, the relationship between the two fell to the freezing point.
"The Han people have never given us a fixed date. They only want us to fulfill our alliance agreement and send our army south to create an opportunity for them to raise their troops.”
"How dare they! What do the Han kings think we are? One day, I will beat their heads into wine cups!”
After venting for a while, Prince Youxian gradually calmed down.
Within the Xiongnu Empire, the Monan Sect had always been the main force of the invasion.
He was also the most active in attacking the burly man.
Judging from the current situation, the existence of these Han princes was beneficial to him and the Xiongnu.
Therefore, he still had to put in some effort.
"Send word to the tribes of the Southern Desert. I want to see them bring their warriors to my tent within a month.”
"Prince Youxian, the royal court has ordered that we are not allowed to go south for the time being.”
"You dare to oppose my order?"
A cold light flashed in Prince Xian of the Right's eyes. Without waiting for the other party to explain, he directly slit the other party's throat.
The people in the tent didn't seem surprised by this. One of them patted the door and someone came in to drag the body out.
"Your Majesty, Agulu is just a small fry. If he dies, so be it. The key is that the Court must have a reasonable explanation.”
"Yes."
Although Prince Xian of the Right was cruel, he was not an idiot.
He already had a plan in mind.
"Wasn't the Black Horn tribe destroyed by the Han people? With this as an excuse, our military minister, the Chief, can't stop us from taking revenge, right?”
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Not long after the meeting ended, all the tribes in the Southern Desert Prairie immediately took action.
Liu Sheng would never have thought that a small butterfly like him would flap its wings twice and actually cause a huge shift in history.
In the original history, from the outbreak of the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms to the pacification, the Xiongnu Empire had never intervened in this internal war between the Han people.
But now, everything had changed.
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