In the past, the emperor of Zhou had granted the world to the vassals to guard the borders and protect the royal family.
At that time, the feudal lords of China were surrounded by enemies and fought for land from the foreign races.
From the time the Zhou Dynasty was established to its demise, the land area had expanded by more than three times.
However, the enfeoffment system had completely changed when it came to the Old Liu family.
Liu Sheng sighed when he thought of this.
"Ding! Detected that the host is facing a critical choice.”
" Option 1: Persevere in defense. The best policy is to hide. Reward: 800 men of sacrifice.”
" Option 2: Take the initiative to attack. Blood for blood. Reward: 2,000 black-armored elite cavalry.”
The system came just in time. Liu Sheng was still hesitating where to attack.
With these two thousand black-armored elite cavalry, the vast Xiongnu grassland would be at his mercy.
This wasn't an exaggeration. The black-armored elite cavalry was also known as the black-armored army.
The soldiers and horses were all elites carefully selected from the entire country, and both were heavily armored.
Not only was it fast, but it was also extremely powerful in direct combat.
Liu Sheng had considered building a heavy cavalry unit before.
But in the end, he could only give up.
Even building a thousand-strong elite battalion had almost exhausted all of his assets.
Not to mention the heavy cavalry battalion, which had higher requirements and bigger rats.
However, this way, the burden on Yun Zhong would be even heavier.
Liu Sheng could almost imagine how dark the face of the official in charge of internal affairs would be.
The economy, which could have lasted for half a year, might only last for less than three months now.
"We have to take the initiative to attack and make a fortune from the grasslands.”
Liu Sheng then summoned all the civil and military officials of Yun Zhongguo and announced his decision.
The generals could not refuse to fight the Xiongnu.
The civil officials were only worried about the intensity of the war and the losses.
With the decision made, the officials in the city prepared the materials needed for the battle as quickly as possible.
Finally, three days later.
Liu Sheng led the White Horse Battalion, Elite Warrior Battalion, Brave Cavalry Battalion, and the Logistics Battalion. A total of thirteen thousand men left the City Amongst the Clouds.
At this time, the news of the Xiongnu invasion had just reached Chang 'an.
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Although the Xiongnu had sent over 100,000 troops south, Prince Youxian's goal was clear.
That was to completely harass the border counties of the Han Dynasty and create an opportunity for the allies within the Han Dynasty to raise their troops.
Therefore, in order to achieve this goal.
Prince Youxian divided the hundred-thousand Xiongnu cavalry into dozens of groups and attacked different places, causing the border fortress of the Great Han Dynasty to be filled with flames of war.
This was because the Xiongnu army was made up of cavalry. They had strong mobility and could gather and disperse freely.
Even though the Han army had a large number of people, they could only be passively beaten.
At the intersection between the clouds and the grassland, a cloud of dust flew everywhere.
Perhaps it was due to the importance they attached to Yun Zhongguo, the Xiongnu army had a total of 30,000 men.
The leader was the famous King Loufan of the grasslands.
Lou Fan tribe was a powerful tribe, and they were the main force that invaded the south several times.
There were three Wan Qi in the clan, and King Lou Fan had brought two this time.
The other Wanqi was formed by several small and medium-sized tribes.
"Your Majesty, the Han cities are tall and sturdy. If we attack forcefully, we will suffer great losses.”
"Of course I know this, so I've decided to let my men go to the Han villages and sweep through them. The task of attacking the city will be handed over to those from the other tribes.”
King Loufan said with a cunning expression.
The law of the grassland was the survival of the fittest. Even though those tribes knew that they were at a disadvantage, they had no choice but to follow it.
Otherwise, the Xiongnu King's camp would not care why these people were disobeying orders and would directly send troops to wipe out these tribes from the grasslands.
During the years when the Xiongnu ruled the grasslands, hundreds of tribes were exterminated because of disobedience.
Under these iron-blooded and high-handed policies, no matter how dissatisfied the other tribes were, they did not dare to disobey the Xiongnu's orders.
"Heh, Great King is wise. After we give them a bone, they will definitely prostrate themselves at Great King's feet.”
King Lou Fan's trusted aides were all nearby, and they all had a matter-of-fact look on their faces.
If he didn't let those tribesmen exhaust the arrows and energy of the Han people, would he let these noble warriors of Lou Fan Tribe die?
As long as they could complete the task given by Prince Xian of the Right, the king's tent wouldn't care how many people were killed or injured.
"How much longer until we reach Xianyang?" King Loufan asked.
This Xianyang was not that Xianyang. It was just an unremarkable small city on the border of the Great Han Dynasty. The population of the entire county was less than ten thousand.
This place was located in the Hetao Plain. The water and grass were fertile, and there were many cattle, sheep, and horses.
In addition, there was plenty of sunlight here, so it was called Xianyang.
"We'll be there in half a day." Someone from the side immediately spoke up.
"Speed up the advance. This king is going to rest in Xianyang City tonight.”
King Loufan said in a relaxed tone.
Although Xianyang was just a small city hanging alone on the grassland, taking it or not would not affect the battle situation.
However, for the Lou Fan Tribe, if they could take down this Han city, it would be quite a fortune.
More importantly, the defense here was very weak, and the city was not very high.
Attacking this place was much better than attacking a large city in the clouds.
In any case, Prince Youxian had given him the order to take down a city in Yunzhong and put pressure on the Han Emperor.
However, he did not specify which city he would attack.
Since that was the case, he naturally had to choose an easy and energy-saving job.
A few hours later, the Xiongnu army appeared at Xianyang City.
The soldiers and civilians here seemed to be facing a great enemy, even though they had long been mentally prepared for battle.
When the people on the city wall saw the Xiongnu army below them, they could not help but reveal despair.
There were only a few hundred soldiers stationed in Xianyang City. Even if the young men in the city were included, there were less than two thousand.
On the other hand, the Xiongnu had 30,000 soldiers, which was more than ten times the number of Han soldiers. No matter how one looked at it, the only outcome was destruction.
Although the Xiongnu were not good at attacking cities, that was only relatively speaking.
The Han and Xiongnu had been at war for decades, and both sides had learned a lot from each other.
The best proof of this was the fact that the Military Minister had led his army to destroy several kingdoms in the Western Regions when he had just succeeded to the throne.
The armies of the kingdoms of the Western Regions would not foolishly fight the Xiongnu in the open, but even if they hid within the city walls, they would still be unable to escape the fate of being destroyed.
"Attack!"
King Loufan ordered.
Tens of thousands of Xiongnu soldiers dismounted from their horses and shot a dense rain of arrows at the defenders on the city wall.
In the next moment, a dense rain of arrows enveloped the entire city wall.
A large number of soldiers and young men who could not dodge in time were instantly shot into a hornet's nest.
On top of the city wall, wails could be heard.
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