Objectively speaking, although Yixie'er, the Chanyu of the Northern Xiongnu, suffered a great loss at Jiang Ming's hands, he was indeed an outstanding military strategist and politician!
He believed that while the bravery of soldiers and the quality of weapons and armor were important in war, the most important thing was the discipline of the army.
Many people overlook this point...
They believed that war was simply a matter of skillfully employing killing techniques to eliminate the enemy, and that there was no need to care about so-called disciplinary details: things like tents needing to be set up neatly, weapons needing to be handled and placed in the correct positions, with no room for error, and even sleeping in a fixed position at night...
Many people think this is just for show, something to be admired but has no real function.
But the truth is, its role is more important than any advanced tactic!
In battle, all soldiers must obey orders; this is of paramount importance for an army to win!
If the orders of generals and commanders are not strictly followed, even the most brilliant strategist would be useless!
Therefore, seemingly useless disciplinary requirements are actually training soldiers' obedience in a subtle way!
This falls under the category of psychology!
Objectively speaking, folding a blanket neatly or marching at a standard angle doesn't have any direct use in terms of killing techniques!
However, if these details are handled well and soldiers develop a psychological habit, then on the battlefield they will execute the military commands of their generals and commanders as perfectly as screws!
The combat power unleashed in this way is far more than just the skill of killing one or two people or the strength of a single soldier!
In an era dominated by cold weapons.
Whoever possesses the strongest discipline has the foundation for victory!
With the right tactics, this army is virtually invincible!
Yixie'er, the Chanyu of the Northern Xiongnu, spent twenty years honing his skills to train the Northern Xiongnu army to be so formidable, but in the end... he encountered Jiang Ming, a bug in this era, and almost lost all his resources in one battle!
He couldn't defeat Jiang Ming, but after leading his people westward, he easily crushed the kingdoms of the Western Regions, slaughtering them like vegetables...
Yixie'er also had an army of 200,000, which directly destroyed more than 60 countries in the Western Regions and even Central Asia, and acquired a vast territory.
In just three years, it has developed into a formidable empire!
Even Persia was defeated by Yixie'er and had to submit to the Xiongnu!
Just as Yixie'er was preparing to continue westward and compete with the European countries further west, a palace coup occurred within the Northern Xiongnu.
All of Yixie'er's sons were wiped out by Jiang Ming in the Battle of Daxianbei Mountain.
He himself was shot in the groin by Jiang Ming's arrow, losing his fertility.
Although heading west, it seemed as if the glory of the Northern Xiongnu had been restored!
But his branch has lost the empire's continuity... Surely it's not right to let a daughter become the Chanyu?
So his cousin, son-in-law, and prime minister conspired to assassinate Yixie Er and take his place!
However, just two days after his cousin became the Great Chanyu, Yixie'er's son-in-law cried "stop thief!" and claimed that Yixie'er's cousin had been killed and that he had declared himself the Great Chanyu!
This Yixie'er's son-in-law, Sahehan, was also an ambitious fellow!
He believed that after the Northern Xiongnu destroyed more than sixty countries and continuously conquered cities and territories, they had not only recovered their strength, but were also completely different from before!
It's time to return to the East and take revenge on our nemesis, Jiang Ming!
Previously, when they left the northern grasslands, they only had 200,000 troops.
The total strength of the soldiers recruited and recruited from various ethnic groups in the Western Regions has now reached 600,000!
This doesn't even include the reserve forces and the massive civilian supply corps...
The wealth, manpower, and resources of the Western Regions have all been fully mobilized and utilized by the Northern Xiongnu!
In terms of overall size, it is fully capable of rivaling the empires of the East!
Actually... people have always had a misconception that the so-called Xiongnu people were a specific ethnic group.
Actually, that's not the case.
The Xiongnu people had a very mixed bloodline, incorporating many other nomadic peoples.
Within the Xiongnu people, there were nobles with Eastern faces, black eyes, and black hair, as well as generals with curly hair, white skin, and European features, and many Central Asian tribesmen.
Their bloodline was not pure, but that did not prevent them from becoming Huns!
This has both advantages and disadvantages!
On the positive side, it allows for the rapid coordination and mobilization of resources across the entire empire, accelerating integration and preventing a situation similar to the fragmentation of the Central Plains in the East.
On the downside, although they were all Xiongnu people, their national cohesion was not particularly strong, comparable to that of other empires.
It grows 'fleshy' faster than anyone else, but it's not very strong...
Sahehan first cooperated with the Qiang people, gathering a larger force, and began to advance step by step towards the Qin state on the western border of the Daqian Empire...
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The capital of the Great Gan Empire, formerly known as Dukang County, Yanjing City.
Jiang Ming has moved the capital from Ji City here and renamed it Yanjing.
Yanjing was the capital of both the vassal state of Yan and the great empire of Gan!
Although, under Jiang Ming's macro-control and governance, the world has gradually begun to get back on track, and the presence of the various vassal states is becoming less and less noticeable...
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