It may be that there is too much blood shed in the spring.

Autumn was a bumper harvest season.

The treasury, which had just been emptied, was also filled again.

Liu Che once again wanted to start a war against the Xiongnu.

But this time it wasn't Zhang Yuan's suggestion.

Zhang Qian returned from the Western Regions.

It's like Christopher Columbus discovered the New World.

Chu Da did not meet Zhang Qian in Toumancheng, and before Chu Da was captured by the Aries King, Zhang Qian had already fled from the territory of the Huns.

Zhang Qian, who went to the Dayue clan, heard that the Han had successfully eliminated the Xiongnu Lou Fu King and the Aries King, so he turned around and returned to the Dahan.

The Huns did not imprison Zhang Qian, and Zhang Qian still knew some news when he was in Manchester City.

From the Battle of Mayi to the reconquest of Hetao Henan, Zhang Qian felt that the Han might no longer need the help of the Dayue clan to defeat the Huns.

So he chose to come back.

Half of the news he brought back was what he had seen from the Western Regions, and the other half was hearsay.

After all, he didn't really cross the entire Western Regions.

Zhang Qian's return broadened Liu Che's worldview.

Liu Che wanted to open up the Hexi Corridor and establish connections with the countries of the Western Regions.

This necessitates another war.

And the object of the war was still the Huns.

Now Liu Che realized that Zhang Yuan might be an excellent military advisor.

So when he came up with this idea, he looked for Zhang Yuan and Wei Qing.

"Long live Your Majesty."

When Zhang Yuan came, he knew Liu Che's purpose from Wei Qing's mouth, and Wei Qing felt a little anxious, but Zhang Yuan objected.

The war with the Huns just can't be delayed, so you have to crush the Huns in one go.

When the Han had 200,000 cavalry to mobilize, it was the time to fight the Xiongnu Dadanyu.

But at that time, it was difficult to say whether the Xiongnu Da Danyu was still a military minister.

Yu Dan, the son of the military minister, seems to have just died.

Zhang Yuan heard that it seemed that Liu Che had castrated Yu Dan, and then died of inflammation.

This death is tragic enough.

"Da Sima, do you know why I summoned you today?"

"I don't know!"

Zhang Yuan lowered his head and glanced at Wei Qing, this thing has learned to bully the king.

"It's not a big deal, I just think that the Hun Hutu King and the Hun Evil King have repeatedly committed crimes, and it's time to teach them a lesson."

"I wonder what lesson His Majesty wants to teach them?"

Wei Qing objected and didn't want to speak, so Zhang Yuan said it for him.

"I want to clear the Xiongnu in Hexi, so that there is no trace of the Huns west of the Yellow River!"

Liu Che has already swelled, so he doesn't take the Huns in his eyes at all.

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask, how many cavalry can my Han mobilize now?"

"One hundred thousand!"

That's a lot.

It is almost the total number of the eight captains of the Northern Army plus the Yulin Army Period Gate Army, and the 50,000 cavalry led by Wei Qing last time.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the king of the Huns is not monolithic.

You can first send people to envoy the Hun Hun evil king and the Hutu king, and threaten them to make them surrender, if they are unwilling, then we will send troops. ”

Now the probability of the Hun Evil King surrendering is not very high, but Zhang Yuan still wants to give it a try, if it happens, then there will be one less big enemy all of a sudden.

"Who do you think would be the right one to send?"

"There is no suitable candidate in the minister's heart, Your Majesty can give it a try.

Now the Huns should already know the power of our Han Dynasty, if they don't know the current affairs, then we have a reason to send troops. ”

"Okay, then I'll find someone to send an envoy.

However, Da Sima and Taixue ordered the two of you to be ready to fight at any time. ”

"Whoa."

When he came out of the Jade Hall, Wei Qing had a cold face.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Why did Brother Yuan give His Majesty such advice?"

"As a courtier, your majesty asks me if there is any question about this?"

"No problem, but don't you know that Dahan needs to recuperate? Immediately starting another war will do more harm than good. ”

"I know, but I think getting rid of the Huns is more important than anything else.

The disadvantages will be made up for later. ”

"Well, even if you're right, I'm not suggesting starting a war right away."

"Who told you to start a war right away?"

"Isn't Your Majesty and Brother Yuan, don't you mean to start a war immediately?"

"I don't know what Your Majesty means, but I mean to persuade you to surrender first, and then fight if you can't persuade you.

After the Huns, it will be too late next spring, and the fight will have to wait until the spring of the next year, and it is not enough to recuperate for such a long time in the middle? ”

Wei Qing didn't have a cold face anymore when he heard Zhang Yuan's explanation.

He still accepts this statement.

"It seems that I thought about it too much, I thought that you were carried away by victory, brother Yuan."

"You remember clearly, I won't get dizzy if you get dizzy, besides, do you say that brother?"

Zhang Yuan smiled and patted Wei Qing, and the two of them hooked their shoulders and carried them out of Jianzhang Palace.

There were some contradictions before, and the relationship between the two people was unfamiliar, and they just hadn't talked and played together for a long time, and then this opportunity, Zhang Yuan asked Wei Qing out of Chang'an City.

Wei Qing gave Zhang Yuan this face, and took a few days off to go to Lantian Mountain with Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan still likes some places with distinct seasons, so that each season will have the appearance he should have.

Lantian Mountain is like this now, and the whole mountain is mixed with red, green and yellow.

This scenery allowed Lao Wang to get some wine and food, and he could see the night from the early morning.

It brings people a sense of peace.

Wei Qing, who was enjoying the scenery between the two of them, seemed to remember something, so he asked Zhang Yuan.

"Brother Chu, is his family here?"

Only a few people know about this matter, but Wei Qing is not included, and Liu Che's secrecy work is still very good.

"Yes, my sister-in-law and a few nephews are in the bamboo forest in front of me.

The rest of the Chu family are all on Lantian Mountain. ”

"I also said before, Brother Yuan, you are anxious, if Brother Chu's family is in my house, I can't wait to immediately lead troops to Wolf Juxu Mountain to rescue Brother Chu."

"Everyone has their own life trajectory, just like you, young brother, whether or not someone else appears, you will become a famous general through the ages. Tsinghua

And I am the star in the sky, and Brother Chu may be unknown in his life. ”

Wei Qing didn't agree with what Zhang Yuan said, but he always felt that what Zhang Yuan said was right.

He didn't expect to be what he was now.

Soon it was dark, and a meteor streaked across the sky.

The ancients were very sensitive to things like meteors, and Wei Qing was the same, he always felt that something was going to happen.

However, Zhang Yuan thought it was a good thing, calculating the time, Wei Zifu should be pregnant again.

This baby is a boy.

Sure enough, Wei Zifu was pregnant, and the news came out two months later.

Liu Che really spoiled Wei Zifu, and he was pregnant four times in a row, this kind of favor is something that other women can't envy no matter how envious they are.

Zhang Yuan sometimes doubts himself, Wei Zifu is about the same age as himself, and Zhuo Wenjun is a few years older than her, why hasn't there been any movement for so long.

But Zhang Yuan felt that the problem should be on himself, and if the problem was on Zhuo Wenjun, Zhang Yuan had no choice but to find someone to try.

The seeds bought from Qiuzi City were all planted in the ground after Zhang Yuan came back.

Later, there were not many that sprouted, and basically no fruit was born.

Relying on the leaves and vines, Zhang Yuan can distinguish the grapes, and as for the rest, we can only see what will bloom and bear fruit next year.

Zhang Qian brought back some seeds, all of which were delivered to Danong Temple, but fortunately, Yan Yi was an insider and got a lot of them back for Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan also plans to wait for the beginning of spring next year to plant together.

There are so few types of fruits here, and there are only a few dishes that come and go, and you can only rely on some fresh things to live.

Idle and bored, Zhang Yuan asked Lao Zhao to get out the sand table in Hexi, and he was bored all day long.

The envoys sent by Liu Che to the Xiongnu disappeared as soon as they went.

That person will either be finished directly, anyway, now the Huns and the Han are mortal enemies.

Otherwise, it will bring some good news at the beginning of spring next year.

The evil king of Hugh Tu, as well as the king of Lou Fu and the king of Aries, are actually not Huns in the strict sense.

At the beginning, there were several groups of nomads in the north, such as Shanjung, Lynx, and meat porridge.

These peoples were the ancestors of other later nomadic peoples.

Then for all kinds of strange reasons, more than 100 Rong tribes finally emerged, and they fought against each other and annexed each other.

Some are classified into the Central Plains, such as the Yiqu people.

Some were annexed, such as King Lou Fu and King Aries, both of whom were later annexed.

Most of the Xiongnu people under the command of Xiongnu Dadan Yu were Donghu people who were annexed by Maodun.

So they didn't have a sense of cultural identity, and the Xiongnu didn't have any culture.

The Yiqu people can integrate into the Han Dynasty, so the Evil King and the King of Hutu can also integrate into the Han Dynasty.

For them, the concept of surrendering to the Han was actually similar to being annexed by the Xiongnu Dadan at that time in Maudun.

Zhang Yuan felt that as long as the Evil King was not stupid, he would choose to talk about it.

When Zhang Yuan led his troops to confront the Xiongnu Dadan Yu in Gaoque, the military ministers must have let the Hun Evil King and the Hutu King send troops, but in the end, there were only Dadan Yu's soldiers and horses in the headquarters.

This is very indicative of some of the more practical problems.

There is also a worse situation, the Evil King and the King of Hutu do not want to surrender, so it will be much more difficult to find the two of their clans than it is to find the Aries King.

The scope of the activities of the Hun Evil King and the Hutu King is estimated to be the largest among all the Xiongnu tribes.

These two tribes actually didn't plunder the Han people much, and they often went to those countries in the Western Regions to fight the autumn wind.

Geographically speaking, they are closer to the Western Regions.

However, if Liu Che wants to communicate with the Western Regions, he must open up the Hexi Corridor.

The Hexi Corridor is the territory of the Hun Evil King and the Hugh Tu King.

Zhang Qian was lucky this time and was not captured by the Qiang or Huns, but it does not mean that this place is safe.

That's why Liu Che wants to do it once and for all.

Zhang Qian brought too many beautiful fantasies to Liu Che.

Wusun's Pegasus, as well as beauties in fancy clothes, all kinds of delicious fruits, and different customs.

Zhang Yuan also wanted to go and see, and it was also a task of the system to open up the Hexi Corridor.

That's why he was busy fiddling with the sand table in his free time, trying to find the pattern of the Huns' activities on the Gobi Desert.

It's easy to find on the grassland, just look for those sheep plates.

But the evil king of Hun and the king of Hutu were mixed in the desert and the Gobi Desert.

Zhang Yuan is relatively unfamiliar with these two places.

There seems to be no effective way to find the Huns other than to find the oasis.

As for how Huo Qubing found those Huns, Zhang Yuan really didn't know.

He couldn't bring Huo Quai, who was only ten years old now, to ask him.

If you want to take the initiative in the war against Hungary, the biggest difficulty is to find the moving Xiongnu tribes in the desert Gobi steppe where there are no markers.

The place is so big, tens of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of people are just a dot on the map.

If the angle is slightly offset, you may miss it directly.

Zhang Yuan thought about using the Qiang people to find the Huns, but it was difficult to gain the trust of the Qiang people in a short period of time, unless by force.

First attack the Qiang tribes in Hexi, and then force them to lead the Han army to find the Huns in Hexi.

In this way, it is very likely that the abdomen and back will be attacked by the enemy, of course, if the Han army occupies an absolute advantage, there will be nothing to be attacked by the enemy on the abdomen and back.

It's very difficult, and it can't help but make people doubt themselves.

The Han side has few records of King Hutu and King Hun Evil.

I only know that they are often active outside Longxi County, Tianshui County, and Anding County.

The raids were also directed at these three counties, and the Qiang people under their command were the most.

This location is close to Qinghai, which is the stronghold of the Qiang people, and the Huns will not go to this place.

The Han people also have some horse thieves who are active in this place, and everyone's target is the Han merchants who go to the Western Regions and the Western Regions merchants who want to come to the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhang Qian was able to pass through this area safely, which was really a great luck.

Crossing the Yanzhi Mountain to the Yumen Pass, this thousand miles is synonymous with chaos.

The fate of the Hexi Corridor has actually been like this for a long time.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, even though there were large and small princes who kept fighting, they did not fight for decades like the Hexi Corridor without a result.

The reason for this is that there are everyone in this place, and they are all keen on force.

Here you can see the Han people, the Huns, and the Qiang people formed a group of horse thieves, there are all kinds of people in it, they don't look at the nationality and only ask for cold-bloodedness.

The powerful Qin Dynasty did not continue to explore the westward to find opportunities to expand its territory.

It is also possible that the Qin Dynasty existed for too short a time, which caused this place to be forgotten.

It's hard to imagine what Qin Shi Huang would have decided if he had lived long enough and knew that there were dozens of smaller states to the west.

Whether to continue to expand the territory is still the same as Liu Che thought, just to make those small countries submit.

It is good to publicize the demeanor of a great country, show off the force, and show off the muscles.

After thinking hard for several months, Zhang Yuan didn't find a good solution, seeing that the year was almost over, the problems that could not be solved still had to be placed here.

However, this year is a year for the Han to raise his eyebrows, and the Mo Nan No Royal Court has finally become a reality.

To the north of Yinshan, there are already three Han cities standing on the grassland.

Originally, all the territory of the Qin Dynasty was recovered, and each subsequent battle would be an expansion of the territory, and the meaning was completely different.