There are two main roads that can be walked by the army from the north of the state to the south: one is to go south through the Yanmen Pass; The other is to go south through Lou Fu Pass.

The two Xiongguan are built on the mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In the previous years, it made great contributions to the Han nationality to resist the southern invasion of ethnic minorities.

However, since Ding Yuan's death in Luoyang, the state army was under the command of Dong Zhuo to protect Chang'an.

There was no army in the state, so there was a chaos, and the various places appointed by Ding Yuan were too obedient to the county order or took refuge in others and found another way out; or occupy a place and set himself up as a king, and the representative figure in this is Zhang Yang.

Yanmen County, which guards the most important part of the road to the south, has long been overlooked. The two Xiongguan are in the state of their respective guards.

But fortunately, although the counties of Yanmen County are mainly self-reliant, their main energy is still on resisting the ethnic minorities in the north.

Since both roads can be walked, why did Liu Neng, the left king of the Huns, choose the road of Yanmen Pass? After all, the person who can be in this position is definitely not a fool.

In recent years, the counties outside the Yanmen Pass have long been defeated, and the Han people among them have either been plundered by the Xiongnu as slaves, or they have fled to the six counties south of the Yanmen Pass in Yanmen County.

These six counties are: Yinguan County, Wuzhou County, Juyang County, Pingcheng County, Loufan County, and Yuanping County, which constitute the current Yanmen County.

Among the two Xiongguan, the south of Yanmen Pass is mainly Wuzhou County, Juyang County, Pingcheng County, Yuanping County four counties, although there are four counties, but there are not many big households, when the news of Ding Yuan's death in Luoyang reached Yanmen County, the big households in the four counties sold their land, exchanged for gold, and moved south.

The counties south of Loufan Pass are mainly Yinguan County and Loufan County. Although there are only two counties, the Bai family, the Wang family, and the Gu family are all in the county, and they have not moved south.

Because of the support of the three major families, the garrison of Lou Fu Pass has more than 5,000 people, well-equipped, and sufficient grain and grass, while Yanmen Pass does not have the support of the big families, only relying on the call of the four county orders, the voluntary donations of the people to provide military food, in this era when even they can't eat enough, relying on the people's donations is basically nothing.

Liu Neng, the left king of the Xiongnu, found out the news early, and formulated a route to the south of Yanmen Pass. If you take a closer look, it is also reasonable and well-founded.

.....

The cold wind is cold, and the Yanmen Pass in winter is particularly deserted.

Zhao Fang, the guard of Yanmen, looked at the two thousand soldiers behind him who were shivering from the cold, and his heart was not happy.

The imperial court did not allocate food or pay money, and they had long forgotten their group of soldiers guarding the border passes.

If it weren't for the voluntary support of the people of the four counties in Yanmen Pass, the people and horses in Yanmen Pass might have been even more scarce.

In the cold winter, the biggest problem is the lack of food and clothing.

And if these two problems cannot be solved, it will be difficult for the soldiers themselves to survive this winter, let alone guard the Yanmen Pass.

A few days ago, Tan Ma reported that the Xiongnu tribe had frequent transfers.

Zhao Fang knew with experience: the Xiongnu were coming to attack Yanmen Pass, after all, Lou Fu Pass, which was also on the way south, had the support of the three major families, and the soldiers were good and the food was sufficient, and it was impossible for the Huns to attack Lou Fan Pass with a hard fight.

In the past few days, although the defense has been strengthened, Zhao Fang's heart is still uneasy.

On this day, Zhao Fang stood on the city wall and looked at the north, when suddenly a horn sounded in the distance, and he saw the black cavalry rushing from a distance.

It was the cavalry of the Southern Huns.

When the cavalry arrived, Zhao Fang arranged for his subordinates to count carefully, no less than five thousand, and there were cavalry in the distance constantly coming towards Yanmen Pass.

Although all the cavalry came, there were faint siege equipment such as ladders in the team, and Zhao Fang's heart instantly cooled to the bottom, "This Yanmen Pass, I'm afraid it can't be defended." ”

Liu Neng, the left king of the Huns, rode his horse to the front of Yanmen Pass, and used a fluent Chinese dialect: "Yanmen Pass guard, I know that there are not many guards in your Yanmen Pass, I promise that those who surrender will not be killed, if you have to resist, when my army breaks through, it is when you wait for death." ”

The timid soldiers who had just joined the army in Yanmen Pass trembled with fear. The main general Zhao Fang comforted: "Don't listen to his nonsense, the Xiongnu have been extremely cruel since ancient times, even if we surrender, they will kill us." ”

"A bunch of bastards who toast and don't eat and drink. Pass my order: Siege the city, not one will be left. Liu Neng saw that Yanmen Pass was indifferent, so he scolded while giving the siege order.

In less than a day, Yanmen Pass was broken by Liu Neng and led the army, killing Zhao Fang, the chief general of the defenders of Yanmen Pass, and more than 1,000 soldiers who stubbornly resisted, captured 800 soldiers, and the rest of the soldiers were missing.

Originally, Liu Neng wanted to kill all the defenders in Yanmen Pass, but his commander Wu Su persuaded that after the south plundered, the supplies still needed to be escorted back to the tribe by prisoners, so it was better to leave the lives of these captives. After Liu Neng heard this, he was right when he thought about it, so he left the lives of 800 captives.

Six thousand men and horses repaired in Yanmen Pass for an hour, and Liu Neng led them quickly south.

The soldiers are fast, and they are caught off guard.

Cavalry was the fastest class of troops at that time, and wouldn't it be a waste if it wasn't used well?

Within a day, Liu Neng led his army to attack Shangdang County in the south of Bingzhou, and after receiving the news on the way, all the counties closed the city gates and sent food in exchange for their lives.

The population outside the city was not so lucky. did not hide in the city, but were driven to labor by the Hun cavalry; As a result, the Xiongnu plundered a large amount of property, grain and population in the south.

A large amount of supplies, pulled by carts from the plundered population.

The belongings that could be seen were carried by the 6,000 Hun cavalry who went south, so everyone's horses were full of large bags and small packages, and the cavalry turned into infantry and slowly came towards Yanmen Pass.

Liu Neng rode on a horse, seeing that his people had almost no losses, but they had gained a great gain, and he was full of spirits.

He got so much wealth and population, and when he returned to the tribe, in addition to handing over a part of the big boss Hu Chuquan, he kept the rest for himself, and within two years, his tribe could grow into the largest tribe of the Southern Xiongnu, and the position of the big leader at that time was his own, countless wealth, and beauties were beckoning to him.

Liu Neng was thinking about it, and suddenly looked into the Malay newspaper, fifty miles ahead, there was a convoy in Hanoi County, and the convoy had many families, and it was estimated that it was a big family.

Liu Neng heard it, big family, this feeling is good. It is not as much as a large family to rob a thousand poor people. What are you hesitating about, grab it! Then he ordered the commander around him to lead 300 men and horses, and robbed the convoy with him, and after this last robbery, he hurried back to the Xiongnu tribe, so as not to have many dreams at night.