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Huh! Tangnu threw the torch onto the pile of debris, the flames ignited the hay, the hay burned the debris, one after another, the flames rose into the air, and the smoke rolled.

This was the seventh tribe that the Hango tribe led by Ma Han conquered in just one month.

Hange, swing the sword of the Han Dynasty, break the shackles, liberate the Han people, give me freedom, and fight back. This is the name of the newly built tribe with the Han people as the main body, and uses this as a call to attract Han slaves from various tribes from all around the country to escape and surrender. The fleeing Han slaves will naturally arouse the angry pursuit of the Hu people in the tribe, and this has become the best excuse for the Hange tribe to send troops to intervene.

Since Ma Han became the commander of the Hange tribe, he used the excuse of protecting the interests of the Han people to defeat a tribe almost every four days, sweeping the Wuwan and Xianbei tribes in the Baitan area.

Since the white sandalwood land is close to Yuyang and Youbeiping, this area is the connection between the powerful forces of Gongsun Zan, the natural enemy of Hu Nu, and the famous people of Hu Nu, so neither the Wuwan nor the Xianbei people dared to move the strong tribe here to avoid being slaughtered by General Baima. In this buffer between the Han court and the Hu people, all the tribes they live in are small tribes with less than a thousand people. Gongsun Zan's "sword" basically disdained to cut these "little chickens".

In this way, the Mahan is cheaper. The so-called "everything is difficult to start with", with these dozens of people, seven or eight bows, and hundreds of old and weak, they can't stand it even if they come to another bone power department. And the surrounding small tribe can act as whetstones and refine the new Hango tribe. Through continuous attacks and annexation, the Mahan's goal of training, development and growth will be achieved.

Whether it is the Huns, Donghus, Wuwans, or Xianbeis, the development and growth of their tribes are inseparable from the plunder of the Han people. Without the supplement of the large number of captive Han people, the natural reproduction of the nomadic tribe itself will be based on its harsh natural environment, low birth rate, high mortality rate, and no strong tribe will be born for decades or even hundreds of years. In other words, the stronger the Hu tribe, the more Han slaves they plundered.

.It is precisely because of the hard work of the Han slave men and the hardship of the Han slave women that they have raised a tribe. After they become strong, they can invade borders and plunder people and wealth. This has formed a vicious cycle to suck the blood of the Han people and nourish one evil wolf after another that has reproduced for thousands of years. For thousands of years, their names have been constantly changing: the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Khitan, Jurchen, Mongolia... but it has never changed in their bones.

At least one-third of any tribe, regardless of size, is composed of slaves, and Han slaves account for an absolute proportion. Without this, it is not enough to support a tribe. Therefore, every time Ma Han breaks a tribe, he has a sad and joyful harvest.

In just one month, the Hange tribe had more than 3,000 Han people, Hu Nu, and more than 200 cavalry and reserved cavalry. Inadvertently, a medium-sized new tribe with Han people as the main body was quietly born on Baitanyuan.

The burning fire lights reflect, with the more than a hundred crying Han slaves who escaped from the cage, formed a sharp contrast with the hundreds of Xianbei women and children who were deeply sad.

More than fifty Hange cavalry and followers, led by Tangnu and Wuzhu, were divided into two teams left and right, guarding the Xianbei prisoners on both wings.

The Ma Hance cavalry was at the forefront of the team, with no joy on his face. He had a pair of eagle eyes patrolling around and was full of vigilance. This time he attacked was really a bit risky. He had surpassed Bai Tan, crossed Rushui (now Luanhe), and approached the Pinggang area. This area was the junction of the Wuwan people and the Xianbei people. After hundreds of miles northward, it was the location of the central Xianbei tent of the three Xianbei people. In this way, attacking the Xianbei tent without any scruples would be likely to be counterattacked by the Xianbei cavalry. But for the Ma Han, this danger had to be taken.

Now is the best period of development. Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao in the south were fighting with each other and had no time to pay attention to the matters in the north. The Wuhuan people and Xianbei people in the east and north were already scared by Gongsun Zan, and they habitually avoided the white horse general's military. Even if the main forces of the Youzhou army are all moving south and fighting with the Jizhou army. The troops of Shanggu, Yuyang and Youbeiping are empty, and Huma dare not easily look south. In this way, a force vacuum has been formed in the northeastern counties of Youzhou, and it is time to fill it.

Once the news of Gongsun Zan's defeat came, the halo of "invincible" shrouded on the white horse general's head was broken, and Hu Nu, who was best at taking advantage of the situation, would definitely not miss such a good opportunity. He would definitely send troops to test, gradually erode the land, and push the power to the border counties, just like what the Xianbei people and the Wuwan people did after Gongsun Zan's death in history.

Therefore, Ma Han must seize this rare opportunity, expand his strength as much as possible, and rescue more Han people. Every time there is one more Han people, he will have more power. This risk must be taken and worth taking. The reason why he crossed Rushui and entered the territory of the Xianbei people is very simple. The relatively weak Wuwan tribe in the Baitan area has been wiped out. If he fights again, it is a tribe with the strength of the Bone Power Division or even stronger than the Bone Power Division. With the strength of the Hange tribe at this time, it is best to pick soft persimmons. So Ma Han turned his attention to the north. No matter whether it is the Wuwan people or the Xianbei people, they are fighting these Hu slaves.

In the past month, the happiest thing in the sweeping was the cavalry and reserved cavalry of Tang Nu and Wu Zhui.

Tangnu finally knew why Ma Han could do such a difficult dodge under the side of the horse that day. It turned out that there was a sharp horse riding weapon - stirrups. Now Tangnu has also equipped the saddle, stirrups, horseshoes, and the riding and shooting skills to make rapid progress. The Hango cavalry he led was also greatly compensated and improved by the help of the new horse harness. These young and strong men who had lived in the border for several years or even for more than ten years already had the power to compete with the Wuwan and Xianbei cavalry, which were known as the elite cavalry in the world.

In order to expand the military strength, the recruitment targets of Ma Han are no longer limited to pure Han people. Han people with Hu blood can also join the army - this is the case for Wu Zhui. This is a young man in his early twenties, with superb riding skills, agility and excellent archery skills. In the Hango tribe, he is known as the first archer below the commander of the army.

The reserve cavalry is a Han civilian who has not yet passed the assessment of cavalry and shooting skills, but has a certain room for improvement. Let them become the entourage of the regular cavalry. With time, more training and actual combat, I believe that everyone can become qualified Hango cavalry. To a certain extent, this is also a reserve system. After all, combat is depleted. Without a good supplementary mechanism, how can it become a truly strong army?

At present, what the Hango tribe lacks most is time, and what is most worried about is provoking strong enemies. Ma Han believes that as long as he is given enough time, not too much, it will be enough for half a year. Expand the Hango cavalry to 500 cavalry, so the entire Hango tribe will be enough to gain a foothold in Baitan.

As the saying goes, the more you worry about something, the more you come. When the team reached the Rushui River, the Hango cavalry thirty miles away sent a warning message: "Thirty miles northwest, a Xianbei cavalry, about 300 cavalry, was attacking our team."

"Three Hundred Riders? Where did this come from?" Tangnu and Wuzhui looked at each other and saw a look of horror in each other's eyes.

"It's a Xianbei cavalry..." Ma Han knocked his horse boots with a whip, with a faint smile on his face, but his eyes flashed with a sharp light.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was a saying that "Wuwan Jingqin rode the heroic Youyan", but there was also a sentence afterwards "Xianbei Jingqin beat Wuwan".

About ten years ago, in the sixth year of Emperor Ling's Xiping, the heroic ruler of the Xianbei, Tan Shihuai, briefly unified the three tribes of the Xianbei, attacked the You of the Han Dynasty, and merged with the two prefectures. The Han army sent Xia Yu, the captain of Huwuwan, Tian Yan, the general of the Xianbei, and Zang Min, the general of the Xiongnu, each led more than 10,000 cavalrymen from Han and Hu (mainly the Wuwan cavalry). They went out of the frontier from Gaoliu (now Yanggao, Shanxi), Yunzhong County (now northeast of Tokto, Inner Mongolia), and Yanmen County (now northwest of Dai County, Shanxi), and attacked the Xianbei in three routes. The Han army went out of the frontier for more than 2,000 miles and fought with tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry led by Tan Shihuai. The Han army was defeated and the corpses were left thousands of miles away, which shocked the government and the country.

If Tan Shihuai had not died of illness, the Xianbei part would have split, civil strife, and the power would have been sharply weakened, the Xianbei people would not have to wait until the Eastern Jin Dynasty a hundred years later, and the Five Barbarians invaded China would have been staged in advance.

It was this shocking battle that established the Xianbei cavalry's reputation as brave and good at fighting. Even the world's famous Wuwan cavalry was inferior.

What to do? Thirty miles away, the newly rescued Han people and Xianbei prisoners and captured them. The Hange cavalry quickly crossed the river and retreated south. Taking advantage of the advantages of horse harness, there was still a chance to get rid of the Xianbei pursuers. If you were reluctant to leave, the consequences would be worrying.

Donu, Wuzhu and a group of Hango cavalry turned their eyes to their leaders.

Ma Han's eyes swept across the faces of Hanmin who was familiar with the matter. What he saw were faces full of joy full of rebirth. Who could bear to turn the joy on this face into despair and grief?

"Wu Zhui led all the followers and escorted the Han people and prisoners to cross the river and return to the camp. Tangnu and all the main cavalry will follow me to meet the enemy!"

Ma Han finally made a decision, shaking his leopard bow, knocking his horse's belly, and rushing northwest like an arrow. Behind him, Tannu and twenty-four Hange were riding, followed closely without hesitation.

The iron hooves rolled in dust, and were as strong as a thirsty, and they were determined to face the enemy without hesitation.
Chapter completed!