The 100,000 army of the second king's department, the grain and grass that people eat and chew every day, is a number that can scare people to death when they say it.

The Xiongnu did not have the consciousness of establishing a logistical supply line, and often set off directly after bringing enough grain and grass for a period of time, and then collected grain on the spot after arriving in the Han land.

Of course, Zhao Xinbu is the same.

In previous years, this was no problem, and the inflexible weakness of the farming people gave these nomadic robbers the best environment for robbery.

They often invade around the time of the autumn harvest, and even if the Hermes-Epitek can out, they can't run the grain!

For the Han Dynasty, it was a great achievement to keep the Xiongnu army fighting in the grass valley out of the county town and minimize the losses suffered by the imperial court.

On the other hand, for the Huns, it was only the difference between earning more and earning less, and it was impossible to lose money.

Otherwise, the nomadic culture will be addicted to robbery, and the lifestyle of grazing by water and grass is too low to be self-sufficient.

Second, you can grab good things by using a knife, and you can also practice soldiers by the way. Robbing slaves of other tribes and forces.

Who can resist such a profitless transaction?

Especially the Xiongnu had just tasted so much suffering, and several royal departments were crippled.

Yi Zhixian, as the so-called "Heaven Established Big Shan Yu", if he doesn't take a few brothers to snatch back the losses, how can he maintain the system?

The same is true for Zhao Xin.

If you can't grab enough benefits for your tribes and vassal tribes, other vassal tribes may not dare to make trouble, and the tribes that are also Huns won't do it!

And once you lose the support of the noble species of the department, your voice in the royal court will continue to decrease.

Yi Zhixian will not be kind enough to uphold justice for him, in order to maintain Shan Yu's prestige, maybe he will be used to kill chickens and monkeys.

The grassland people only believe in the strong, and if Zhao Xin wants to maintain the ruling foundation of his "self-second king", he can only continue to provide a steady stream of benefits for his noble breeds.

This is also the reason why he knows that Wei Qing is terrible, but he still has to ask for his life to be responsible for the main attack all the way.

But Lu Fang's decisive action completely disrupted Zhao Xin's plan.

Lu Fang doesn't know soldiers, but he really knows how to manage the people!

After seeing the combat effectiveness of the Xiongnu army last year, this time he was transferred to Shanggu County, and he implemented the strong wall and clear the field to the extreme!

In just over a month, all the helpless villages in the wilderness were emptied, all the property that could be moved was removed, and all the things that could not be moved were burned.

The grain in the field was also harvested early, and even if it was destroyed, it would not be left to the Huns.

This kind of method of injuring the enemy by 1,000 and self-inflicting 800 losses has not been done by any border county before!

It is also thanks to the bitter hatred of the border people for the Huns, and they are very aware of the destructive power caused by the Huns, and the border counties are not able to wrestle with the ****, so not only did they not provoke the people's uprising, but actively cooperated with the administrative orders of the Taishou Mansion.

If this were to be placed in any county within the territory, it would cause great unrest among the people!

But at the same time, it has to be said that Lu Fang's decisive actions brought great convenience to Tang Qi, Li Guang and Huo Quai, who came later.

So that the defenders of Shanggu can concentrate on the defense of the city, without being mobilized by the Huns to rescue the victimized people everywhere, and they are exhausted.

At this time, Zhao Xin fell into the embarrassing situation of having no food to collect.

The scattered people around who have not yet evacuated have been rotated several times in the past few days.

Three out of five of the small troops that had been sent out recently had failed in vain, and the only gains were far from enough for the 100,000 troops.

There was no choice but to organize auxiliaries to hunt and fish.

Obviously, he has arrived in the Han realm, but his life is more difficult than on the grassland, which makes many Xiongnu nobles who think it is profitable to follow them feel very uncomfortable.

After another three days, some of the Xiongnu nobles finally couldn't bear it anymore and worked together to find Zhao Xin.

"King, I don't know what's going on in our hometown, why don't you let a few of us bring the guards and go to our hometown to guard?"

A few people didn't dare to directly say that they would withdraw their troops, but only said that they would take away the personal guards, and most of the people in the headquarters were still handed over to Zhao Xin to dispose of.

From their point of view, it can be regarded as a very face-saving self-king.

Originally, it was not against going south to fight the grass valley, but I really couldn't bear this hard and simple life that could not be robbed.

They ate and drank spicy food on the grassland, and traveled thousands of miles to the Han Dynasty thinking that they could enjoy it, but they couldn't even cross the Juyong Pass, not to mention, and they had to starve!

Don't think that the Huns won't be corrupted.

Since Gaozu and the Han Dynasty, especially in the Wenjing era, the Han Dynasty has almost become the money bag of the Huns, feeding this biggest enemy alive.

It has become the largest empire in the steppes and even in the Western Regions, and its sphere of influence has even radiated to Central Asia!

The stall is big, the life at the top is getting better and better, and the nomadic empire is the fastest corrupted.

If it weren't for the fact that there was a great Han Dynasty standing in the south, there was a young emperor named Liu Che who held on to the slogan of destroying the Hungarians, and his practical ability was still very strong.

Now these Xiongnu nobles, whether they can personally lead the troops to fight is a question!

That is, in recent years, he was hurt by the Han army, and he began to slowly pick up the previous style of aristocratic generals charging ahead.

But the charge is the charge, and the death in battle is just enough, and it is really impossible to starve!

The leaders of several vassal tribes looked at the proposed noble breed enviously, they didn't want to stay here and eat badly and be cannon fodder, but if there was something the Huns could say, they couldn't say it.

Zhao Xin also had a headache: "There is no harvest today?" ”

"Nope." The pro-guard Wanhu Nuoda replied, "If you scatter thousands of people, you will snatch back hundreds of catties of grain, which is useless." ”

"The harvest of the hunting team is getting less and less, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid it will only last for ten days!"

"King, let us go back, we will guard our hometown for you, so as not to waste food here, right?"

"We promise to only stay with a few thousand guards, and the rest will not be taken away!"

Zhao Xin was silent.

The weakness of the nobles made him angry, but from another point of view, once these powerful nobles left, he could completely control the army that remained.

You will have full military power!

In the end, Zhao Xin still shook his head and said: "Wait for the last batch of grain collection teams to come back, if you can't find enough food, you will be allowed to go back." ”

Although the nobles were not satisfied, they also knew that Zhao Xin had given a big concession, and they all left satisfied.

At this time.

It is about a hundred miles away from the valley where the Xiongnu army is stationed.

A 3,000-strong Xiongnu grain conscription team did not dare to return for two days because it could not find a settlement of the Han people and was afraid that they would be punished if they returned.

Just when they were almost in despair, Tanma suddenly reported: "There is an earthen enclosure thirty miles ahead, and there seems to be someone inside!" ”

The eyes of the thousands of households leading the troops lit up: "Is it the people or the Han army?" ”

"It should be the people, none of them are armor-piercing, and there are old and young, maybe they didn't have time to withdraw!"

"Good! Destroy them and bring them back to the king! ”