To be honest, looking at the Hetao on the map, Liu Che was also excited.

Several times, he almost ordered the general to be summoned, the imperial military meeting to be held, and the preparations for the Battle of the Hetao were arranged.

After all, the Huns committed two crimes and transferred the Aries King and his clan elite away from Munan.

Such an opportunity can be said to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Once the war in the West is pacified and the Aries tribe returns, it will be a little difficult to think of the idea of the Hetao.

But Liu Che finally forcibly relied on reason and suppressed his impulse.

Because he knows it well.

Although the main force of the Aries tribe marched westward, the power of the Xiongnu in the south of the Munan fell into an unprecedented period of weakness.

As long as the Han army makes a good plan, mobilizes the elite of the whole country, and chooses a surprise opportunity.

It can almost be said that it can be easily recaptured in the loop.

As far as the strength of the two tribes of Kun Xie and Xiu Tu is concerned, it is simply not enough to hold the Hetao area.

And once the Hetao area is recaptured, then the Han army will gain a fulcrum to advance out of the grassland and even extend its tentacles to the Western Regions.

Open the map and you can see it very easily.

In the upper reaches of the Yellow River, east of Helan Mountain, west of Luliang Mountain, south of Yinshan Mountain, and north of the Great Wall, the zigzag area is the most important strategic area in the whole of North China and even the whole of Northeast Asia.

Whether it is the nomadic people in the north or the agricultural civilization in the south, in the long history, whoever controls this place will grasp the strategic initiative, and whoever will be able to dominate Asia and be invincible in the world.

One point to be noted is that at this time, the Hetao area was not all in the hands of the Huns.

To be exact. The Han and Hungarian sides divided the Hetao.

Most of the jurisdiction of Yunzhong County is part of the Hetao.

The current result. It was the product of the Han-Hungarian compromise after the Battle of Pingcheng.

After the Battle of Heijo. The Han army continued to fight, eliminating and expelling the internal rebels, including Chen Ene and Lu Juan, so they took advantage of the situation to take Yunzhong County, which was under the control of Chen Ene and Lu Juan's rebels at that time.

Of course, the Xiongnu were not bad, and their forces remained in some of the war zones. In the vast area south of the Yellow River, Chang'an obeys orders on the surface, and there are many people who are narrow and self-respecting.

But to Liu Che's grandfather. After Emperor Taizong Xiaowen came to power, he denied this account.

Under the pretext of King Youxian, he attacked and killed Han officials, invaded Han land, launched the Henan Campaign, and completely uprooted the Xiongnu's forces in the Great Wall and those guys who were eye-to-eye with the Xiongnu.

Since then, the territory between Han and Hungary has been basically demarcated, and it has not changed so far.

At present, the Han dynasty controls about a quarter of the Hetao area, most of which is within the Great Wall or under the protection of the Great Wall fortress.

But there are also some protrusions. Exposed to the vast grasslands.

For example, the city of Mayi is a city outside the scope of the Great Wall of Qin.

Historically, Little Pig chose to set up an ambush in Mayi, and the military ministers finally found out. Here's why.

Looking at the huge wooden maps hanging on the walls of the dormitory of Ganquan Palace, Liu Che couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Since King Wuling of Zhao, Hetao. It is an inseparable part of China.

Li Mu's army and Meng Tian's army successively represented Zhuxia. Ruling the locals and intimidating the barbarians of the steppes. so that they did not dare to go south to herd horses, let alone invade and harass the Han land.

Unfortunately, after the collapse of the Qin Dynasty, the Hetao area was seized by the Huns.

After the Battle of Pingcheng, with the help of the favorable situation for the Xiongnu at that time, the Han army forcibly recaptured Yunzhong County in the mouth of the Xiongnu.

It is conceivable that Xiahou Ying back then, if he had been a little cowardly, or a little timid, he would not have dared to kill Chen Ene and Lu Juan's rebels in front of the Huns.

Today's Han family is about to face an incomparably huge external threat.

Without the cover of Yunzhong County, the entire Great Wall defense line would have to retreat a hundred miles and rebuild a new defense line.

Even Jinyang and Taiyuan could become the front line.

Therefore, the folk affectionately call Xiahou Ying Teng Gong, in the vast northern region, there are still many Teng Gong rituals, incense sacrifices, and the Han Dynasty is endless.

With Xiahou Ying's example in front, the ministers and generals of the DPRK and China naturally want to be like Xiahou Ying, leave their names in history, and be sacrificed by incense for all generations.

What's more, the recovery of the Hetao is of great significance.

It will definitely bring infinite benefits to the family and itself.

It is conservatively estimated that as long as the Hetao is recovered, the Han family will have at least a dozen new lieges, and at the same time, there are more old lieges who can use the merits of this battle to increase their fiefdoms, authority and status.

It can bless children and grandchildren.

With so many benefits, it's no wonder that courtiers and generals were excited.

The Lord's Peace faction and the appeasement faction were almost defeated.

If there is another person, maybe he will be kidnapped by the opinions of courtiers and public opinion, and launch a campaign to recover the Hetao.

Fortunately, Liu Che knew it very clearly.

Taking the Hetao will only result in a tactical victory and a certain strategic advantage and an early move.

But it will definitely anger the Xiongnu, make them hate the same enemy, turn south, and the Han-Hun war will inevitably break out in an all-round way.

From Xinhua to Hetao, from Youbeiping to Daibei, the entire Great Wall will be full of smoke.

If that's all there is to it, that's it.

But the problem is that the current Han family and the Han army do not yet have the ability to fight a decisive battle with the Xiongnu and win in battle.

Therefore, rashly launching the Hetao Battle will only lead to one result: the Han-Hungarian War will definitely be a war of attrition and a protracted war, just like in history, without a tug-of-war of more than ten or twenty years, and it will not be possible to distinguish the winner at all.

Hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of Han troops will die in this long tug-of-war.

And once such a situation happens, the economy and finances of the Han family, as well as the people's livelihood, will definitely be dragged down.

As for the Huns' softness?

Hehe......

Historically, after the strategy of Ma Yi, the Xiongnu experienced nine generations of Shan Yu, such as military ministers, Yi Zhi Xian, Wu Wei, Ershan Yu, and Yahu plow, have there ever surrendered?

Even after Uwei's death, when the Xiongnu were in danger of changing three Shan Yu within five years, the Huns still chose to continue fighting.

Liu Che clearly remembered that in history, in that difficult period, the Huns showed a more united relationship between monarchs and ministers than the Chinese Confucianism said about loyalty and righteousness - after Shan Yu ascended the throne, Xiaozhu sent two groups of envoys to the Xiongnu, one to Shan Yu to condole, and the other to the Right Xian King, in an attempt to separate the Xiongnu monarchs and ministers.

However, the Xiongnu Right Xian King at that time made a surprising decision - he sent all the Han envoys to Ershan Yu.

This is a very difficult and extremely special example of the Xiongnu who have betrayed and murdered the king as the tradition.

The Huns in that period showed a high level of unity and loyalty.

In the face of such an enemy, Liu Che knew that if he didn't fight, he had to fight quickly.

The backbone of the Xiongnu was defeated in the first battle, the decisive battle of Mobei was to be staged in the second battle, and the westward march was to be severed in the third battle to cut off the connection between the Xiongnu and the Western Regions.

Then tighten the ropes and starve the Huns to death in the north of the shogunate.

If he can't destroy the Xiongnu in three wars, Liu Che will not easily launch a war against the Xiongnu. (To be continued......)