The leaders of the small tribes such as the Dulu King on the left and right couldn't stand it at first.

They didn't have much dry food and jerky, and they didn't get supplies as planned these days, so they couldn't eat it at all.

The left and right Xian kings also felt a lot of pressure, they had a large number of soldiers and horses, and now they were getting farther and farther away from the rear supplies, and they had not plundered and harvested, which made their morale poor.

As a result, there was another internal quarrel.

One faction believes that the cities of Jiexiu County should be stormed, and there must be sufficient supplies in the cities. The other faction believed that it was now better to cross the border and other places and attack the other counties in Taiyuan County to the north.

According to the intelligence, they believed that Jiexiu and other places were under the tuntian system, and many of the tun residents were actually soldiers, so it was difficult to deal with. In the north, Wu County, Zhongdu and other places are ordinary big clans and small farmers, and it is estimated that it is easy to get their hands on.

Moreover, King Zuoxian's original plan was to plunder northward until Qi County. Then go back to Xihe County from the north of the big lake Zhaoyuze on the edge of the Fenshui, so that it will not go deep into the territory of the Taiyuan City Warriors and the Black Mountain Army Zhang Yan.

He had a clever plan, but his plans couldn't keep up with the changes.

According to the scouts, Wu County in the north was garrisoned by Hu Lang'er's cavalry and the county soldiers organized by Sun Zi, and the total number was estimated to be close to 10,000.

They didn't even dare to touch the small fortress of a few thousand people, and they were afraid of Wu County, which was guarded by 10,000 soldiers and horses.

They can't grab the east and west, and it is not feasible to storm by force, and there are strong enemies on both the north and the south, and there is simply no way out.

When they delayed for another two days, the result was that the king of Zuogu Li, who was in the rear, did not bring grain and grass supplies as expected.

King Zuo Xian was shocked and hurriedly sent a large number of scouts to inquire about the news.

Sure enough, the Hu Kitchen Spring Department who took refuge in Tong Yuan appeared.

Hu Chuquan personally led 5,000 light cavalry to attack the grain convoy of the old royal court, and threatened to avenge his father, constantly harassing their supply lines.

The Right Virtuous King was the first to react, and now they had to retreat.

Either you should return the same way and retreat to Xihe County after joining up with the king of Zuogu Li. Otherwise, they will go north immediately, no matter whether they can grab things or not, in short, they will bypass Zhao Yuze as soon as possible and return to their sphere of influence.

The kings of the Huns were shocked, this child rebellion was really too yin, and he actually came to a trick of closing the door and beating the dog, but fortunately, the right virtuous king was wise and martial, and saw through the enemy's treacherous scheme.

After a short time, another scout sent before hurriedly returned, and also brought a group of wounded Huns.

These wounded soldiers said, "King Zuogu Li, knowing that the grain was robbed, tried to drive away Huchuquan's soldiers and horses, but was ambushed by Xu Rong, and the Han army rebelled one after another, and finally lost the battle and retreated to the west of Fenshui."

The kings of the Huns were shocked, this Xu Rong they have heard of, that guy is the best at cavalry ambushes, and he has a great reputation in the northern Xinjiang, so it is not easy to deal with.

King Youxian said, "Don't panic! How many soldiers and horses does Xu Rong have? ”

One of those wounded soldiers was a centurion, and he replied with a slight hesitation, "Xu Rong has four thousand main forces, and Hu Chuquan has five thousand. ”

The Right Sage King said angrily: "How can this be reasonable! How dare such a few people fight in the field! Listen to the order, follow me back to the realm, and kill these thieves! ”

"Good!"

"Finally found them!"

"It's long overdue!"

Ignoring the fact that some people had been instigated by the Right Virtuous King, King Zuo Xian stopped and said, "Don't! The enemy is treacherous, and if we chase them and run away, how can such exchanges be fruitful? ”

The Right Virtuous King did not give in this time, and rushed to say, "No! As King Zuoxian, you don't want to save your clan brothers, do you want to sit back and watch King Zuo Gu Li's army defeat and be slaughtered?! ”

This time, the Right Xian King also seized the moral high ground, and wanted to crush the Left Xian King and establish his prestige.

In the end, the Zuo Xian King could not compete with the Right Xian King, so he had to hand over the actual command.

King Youxian ordered the whole army to return immediately by the same route, and if they encountered a large group of enemy troops on the way, they should not fall in love with the battle first, and return to the Fenshui to ensure the back road as the first task.

Since the Xiongnu army entered Tong Yuan's sphere of influence, it has been under surveillance. This time, their immediate return to the division was also quickly transmitted to Tong Yuan and Xu Rong through beacons and flags.

It seems that they have come to their senses, but unfortunately it is too late, the stage is ready, just waiting for them to be in place.

Xu Rong got Tong Yuan's opinion outside the city, and according to the original two plans, which were more risky but more effective, they were implemented.

He muttered, "I'm a student who deserves my service. It can be seen from this choice that he has far outperformed some excellent generals. ”

After speaking, he glanced back at the flag of the Xinxi Liang Army fluttering on the fortress, and then commanded the troops to build a pontoon bridge and transport supplies across the Fenshui.

Two days later, the Xiongnu army returned to the area on the east side of Fenshui, where it had been stationed a few days earlier.

This place has been completely destroyed by the Xinxi Liang army, and it stands to reason that the other side of Fenshui belongs to the sphere of influence of the old Xiongnu royal court.

However, on the other side, it was not the king of Zuogu Li waiting for them, but Xu Rong, Huang Yu, Yang Feng, Xu Huang, Hu Chuquan, Liu Bao and others, as well as the more than 40,000 troops led by them.

These 40,000 troops, including 5,000 dreadnought troops, 15,000 Hun soldiers, and more than 20,000 Tuntian troops, was the first time that Tong Yuan concentrated the Tuntian army in Hedong County to fight, of course, the purpose of such a concentration was to completely annihilate the main force of the old Xiongnu royal court.

There were more than 70,000 troops on the side of the old Xiongnu royal court, and the number of cavalry exceeded 40,000. However, they had not been able to fight well before, and they had experienced days of travel, poor supplies, physical exhaustion, and demoralization. It can be said that this is the time and place of the battle specially selected by Tong Yuan.

Tong Yuan, Geng Qing, Qubei, Hao Zhao and others are still in the fortress on the mountain, and their perspective can fully appreciate the movements of the Xiongnu army.

The current situation is that the Fenshui flows from north to south, and the Xiongnu army is located on a large plain on the east side of the Fenshui.

To the south of them was the fortress where Tong Yuan and the others were located, and on the plain on the west side of Fenshui was Xu Rong's army of 40,000.

To the northeast is the cities of Jiexiu County, where everyone has armor and winter clothes in the Tuntian Army, and Hu Lang'er's Third Cavalry Brigade also chased Jiexiu from Wu County.

In this way, the army of the old Xiongnu royal court was in a state of having enemies on three sides, but there were only nearly 2,000 soldiers and horses in the fortress, and in the eyes of the old Xiongnu royal court, it did not have the strength to go out of the city and attack.

Even Xu Rong's side was not too vigilant. They believed that although there were more than 40,000 enemy troops on the opposite side of Fenshui, the difference in numbers between the two sides was large, and it would take time to build a pontoon bridge.

Moreover, the only shoal that can directly cross the river can only accommodate a few thousand people to pass quickly. Therefore, the Huns arranged for the kings to take turns to guard the shoals, and if there was a situation, they could adapt to the situation.

On this day, the medium-strength Zuo Dulu King defended the Fenshui shoal area, and the rest of the kings carried out endless tubbling in the rear camp.

The Hun scouts by the river were enjoying the rare daylight in winter, when suddenly a hundred cavalry on the opposite bank approached Fenshui, attracting the attention of the scouts.

However, the riders on these horses were not Han Chinese, but Huns like them. Some of the scouts thought they had come to surrender, and they relaxed a little, and the other side was as they expected, and they had no intention of killing.

The old royal court has not shouted yet, but the other side has shouted, "Don't be stupid! Come and eat the mutton! ”

"You follow Lao Wang, there is no future for fighting against Shan Yu and the imperial court, hurry up and join the Xinxi Liang Army!"

"I'll tell you, I'm doing well here! Not to mention eating enough, you don't have to be cannon fodder to suffer for a lifetime! ”

Zuo Dulu King has a general status among the kings of the Huns, coupled with the shortage of supplies in the past few days, most people don't want to say that it is mutton, even the bread does not want to eat a bite, and can only eat bran vegetables like the Han people and slaves.

The Huns on the other side immediately unloaded several large bags of mutton from their horses, and began to eat and drink as if they were celebrating a festival.

He also shouted, "Come here!" You have a share, and those who come first can get more! ”

Although the scouts of the old royal court knew the order in their heads, the screams in their stomachs were real. They looked at each other, waded across the river, and ate meat.

When they arrived on the other side, sure enough, those brothers of the same clan let them eat directly and feast on them. It's just that inadvertently, the hundred people took their weapons away to avoid the evil act of not buying the bill.

In the end, this group of people was taken away and settled, and the Huns who went to Beibei continued to erect charcoal stones and wood by the Fenshui River, and started roasting whole sheep in the open air.

The aroma of roast mutton swept through the position of the right Dulu King under the blowing of the northwest wind. A large number of Hun soldiers ignored the order and spontaneously went to the Fenshui to "investigate" the situation.

Soon, dozens of Hun soldiers from the old royal court joined the ranks of eating mutton, and those who were still hesitant looked at it with drooling, but none of them went back to report.

One of the commanders saw a large number of his soldiers go out to investigate, but they did not return. In desperation, he also followed the aroma of roast mutton to find out what was going on.

He was furious when he saw this, and saw the soldiers standing by the Fenshui one by one, watching the roast whole sheep teaching on the other side.

For example, one will introduce how the lamb leg meat is tight, and the other will say how fat the mutton fat is, as well as the sheep's tail, if you bite it, you will not live in vain for a lifetime

The people here are so hungry that they can't take their eyes off, and they don't know that their saliva is dripping on their bodies.

The treatment of the commander was by no means comparable to that of these poor and humble subordinates, he had just drunk mutton soup yesterday, and he had not yet gone directly to surrender.

He roared, "Are you looking for death! There's the enemy over there! ”

But his usually docile subordinates didn't seem to know him, and they didn't pay attention to him at all, and some even gave him angry looks.

He knew that the situation was not good, so he quickly changed his words and said, "Don't be stupid, they will give you food this time." ”

But no one paid attention to him, and even a few young and bold people surrounded him, faintly surrounding and grabbing him.

After discovering it, he didn't care much, and shouted, "Listen to my orders, gather the whole army, kill and grab meat to eat!" If you win, you will still have meat to eat! ”

His two words about eating meat woke up his men, and after the commander had repeated several times to gather and kill him to eat meat, the men shouted and answered his call.

Seeing that his subordinates finally moved, he said again, "You guys line up the formation, I'll go and inform the Zuo Dulu King, and let him bring more people to kill together." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, the men next to him suddenly looked at him with eyes staring at the food.

Someone asked, "What did you just say!?" ”

"How can you divide such a little meat!?"

"Are you trying to sneak back and have someone stop us!?"