Han Cheng and Cai Zhaoji, one thought he would understand, but the other really didn't, and spent several days in this embarrassing environment.

In the official office, Han Cheng waited hard for Cai Zhaoji's news, but he didn't wait, but waited for the news of the Southern Xiongnu.

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It is said that when Han Cheng and Cai Zhaoji gave poems to each other, the largest tent in the central part of the Southern Xiongnu held a meeting of the Southern Xiongnu, and the leaders of the five tribes gathered here.

Hu Chuquan, the leader of the Southern Xiongnu, was the first to speak: "In the past ten days, the weather has been extremely cold, and many cattle and sheep in my tribe have frozen to death.

A few days ago, the 8,000 warriors on the left, under the leadership of its leader Liu Neng, the king of the left, went south through Yanmen Pass and plundered the state. Although the ending ended in failure, it was not without gains.

Zuowang Liu Neng brought us a lot of news, so let's ask him to talk about it, after listening to it, think about it, will my Southern Xiongnu raise troops to go south and merge with the state? ”

Liu Neng, the left king of the Southern Xiongnu, passed through the night attack outside the Yanmen Pass, which caused a great loss of the elite warriors in the tribe, and instantly fell from the leader of the second largest tribe of the Xiongnu to the bottom.

This blow was very heavy for Liu Neng, and it also caused Liu Neng, who was extremely arrogant before, to become cautious and extremely cautious in what he said and did. After hearing the big leader Hu Chuquan let him speak, he dared to speak.

"The local army in the state is very cowardly. The 6,000 warriors on my left crossed Taiyuan County without the slightest effort, and attacked Shangdang County in the south of Bingzhou. Wherever they passed, the gates of the county were tightly closed, and they offered to send food to protect themselves. My left side plundered a great deal of people, goods, and food.

However, the Fenwu army from Changshan County, Jizhou fought fiercely, and the sergeants were one enemy and two, with a total strength of about 10,000 people, and many cavalry, taking advantage of the night to attack our army's camp, resulting in heavy losses of our soldiers and horses. ”

In fact, Liu Neng didn't know how many people there were in the Fenwu Army, just a nonsense, after all, that night, Liu Neng only cared about escaping, and he didn't know the specific number of Fenwu Army, but he felt a lot.

In addition, if the number of people said was less and he was defeated, King Zuo's face was even more unbearable.

The leader of the right side of the Xiongnu, the right king of the Huns, has always been at odds with Liu Neng, and the power of the Liu Neng tribe suddenly declined, which just gave the right king of the right king a chance to fall into the ground.

After Liu Neng finished speaking, he hurriedly said: "Leader Liu, I think you were defeated, and you deliberately exaggerated the enemy's power, so that we don't laugh at you."

My Huns are all warriors on horseback, 6,000 Southern Hun cavalry charge head-on, non-10,000 enemy troops can not resist, and your tribe after a battle, less than 100 people escaped, is your left warrior too weak, or you can't lead? When he spoke, he deliberately emphasized a big word, taking the opportunity to humiliate Liu Neng. After speaking, there was a burst of laughter, and everyone in the tent laughed together.

If it had been before, according to Liu Neng's character, he would have drawn his sword a long time ago. But now, Liu Neng just lowered his head and said humbly: "What the right king said is right, my leadership ability is not good. ”

Seeing that Liu Neng was so cowardly, everyone in the tent laughed at Liu Neng again. Only Hu Chuquan, who was sitting at the top, looked at Liu Neng and thought in his heart: "After Liu Neng returned from defeat, his personality changed greatly. The so-called toothless dog bites people very well, it seems that Liu Neng has become mature, so it is even more dangerous, find a time to kill him, so as to prevent future troubles. ”

Hu Chuquan is not a reckless person. Liu Neng said that the Fenwu Army, Hu Chuquan sent someone to Changshan County, Jizhou early to inquire.

I was relieved to hear that the Fenwu Army had only exterminated the bandits in peacetime and had not participated in major battles.

Hu Chuquan just listened to Liu Neng's words, and after comparing the two, he said in his heart: That is, the ordinary army, not an elite army, it seems that Liu Neng's tribe plundered too much property, and was negligent at night, which led to the defeat of the war, and then deliberately exaggerated the strength of the Fenwu army in front of us.

Thinking about this, Hu Chuquan coughed, and the tent instantly fell silent.

Hu Chuquan saw that everyone was quiet, so he said casually: "King Zuo escaped from Lou Fu Pass, tell me about the situation of Lou Fu Pass." ”

Liu Neng lowered his head and said: "There are more than 5,000 defenders of Loufu Pass, all of whom are from Loufu County and Yinguan County, but with the support of the Loufu Gu family, the Yin Pavilion Bai family, and the Wang family, they are well-equipped, and the grain and grass are sufficient, I think it will take at least 12,000 men and horses to attack Loufu Pass." ”

Hu Chuquan glanced at Liu Neng and said flatly: "Since King Zuo has returned from Lou Fu Pass, he must be extremely familiar with the situation there, so let King Zuo and King Bei lead the men and horses of their headquarters to attack Lou Fu Pass." I led the right king and the south king to lead the headquarters to attack the difficult Yanmen Pass, and when we broke through the Yanmen Pass, we will definitely capture the guards alive and send them to the left king to deal with them, so as to avenge the revenge of the tribe. ”

The king of the north and the king of the south mentioned by Hu Chuquan are the leaders of the two remaining Xiongnu in the north and the south of the Xiongnu, and the scale of these two tribes is about the same as that of Liu Neng now, and each tribe can probably make up 6,000 to 7,000 cavalry.

Hu Chuquan once stayed in the Han Dynasty and knew that the military power of the Han Dynasty was mainly the power of the family, and when Liu Neng said that Lou Fuguan was guarded by the power of the family and was well-equipped, Hu Chuquan did not think that he was lying, so he handed over the "difficult bone" of Lou Fuguan to Liu Neng, in order to weaken Liu Neng's power again and carry out the plan of "killing people with a knife".

From the news obtained, it can be seen that the Fenwu Army does not have the support of the family, so Hu Chuquan does not think that the army of the Fenwu Army is elite, and he does not think that Yanmen Pass is difficult to attack.

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Pingcheng County Official, Fenwu Army Commander Shi Fuzhu hurriedly came, Han Cheng looked at Fucheng's hurried pace and knew that something was coming.

When he met him, he was not polite, and he saluted and said: "According to the front Tanmalai report: The weather is abnormal this winter, and many cattle and sheep in the five southern Xiongnu departments have frozen to death, and life is not easy.

I also found out that Hu Chuquan, the great leader of the Southern Huns, had ordered the five divisions to gather people, but I don't know what to do? ”

Han Cheng said: "According to what I have seen in the long history, if the Southern Xiongnu attack Yanmen Pass, how many men and horses can be dispatched? ”

Fu Zhu pondered for a moment and said: "Let's talk about it according to the news that I have explored before, the five divisions of the Southern Xiongnu have no less than 80,000 soldiers who can fight, and if they attack Yanmen Pass, the soldiers that can be used will be at most 40,000 people. After all, it is impossible for them to dispatch all their men and horses, and the Southern Xiongnu also have to guard against Xianbei in their rear.

I have sent a large number of scouts to find out the specific number of people and horses gathered by the five major tribes of the Southern Xiongnu. ”

Han Cheng added: "If you send a scout horse to find out the specific number of troops from the small tribes that depend on them, I think these small tribes will also send people and horses, and when these horses get together, it is not a small number." ”

"No," he said.