The Huns went south!

This news was very unexpected for Zhao Dan and the other ministers of Zhao State present.

The nomads have always been a major border disaster for the Chinese countries, otherwise the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao and Yan would not have built the Great Wall on the northern border.

The Xiongnu in this era were not the powerful empires of later generations under the leadership of Mao Dun Shan Yu to fight everything in the east and west, but they were already a powerful nomadic tribe that gradually grew up in the confrontation with the old enemy Yue Clan.

Zhao Dan took a deep breath and took the urgent report from Mi Xian's hand.

This urgent report came from Yunzhong County, one of the five counties in the north of Zhao State.

"A few days ago, a large number of Huns went south, with more than 10,000 cavalry, Yuan Yang was in a hurry, please send troops to rescue Wang quickly!"

In the lower right corner of the emergency report, the seals of the county guard and the county lieutenant of Yunzhong County are clearly stamped.

Zhao Dan snorted heavily, and raised the urgent report in his hand: "All the ministers and pass it on!" ”

After reading this information, all the ministers of Zhao Guo looked quite solemn.

Tens of thousands of cavalry is not a small number, usually speaking, behind these tens of thousands of cavalry, there will be several times as many women, children and old people, which can already be regarded as a large tribe of the Huns.

You must know that in previous years, the invasion of the Xiongnu was usually small-scale, hundreds or thousands, and this time the sudden invasion of tens of thousands of cavalry can be said to be huge.

Zhao Dan glanced at Mi Xian and said, "Quickly summon Zheng Zhu, a great pedestrian!" ”

Half an hour later, Zheng Zhu hurriedly came to Zhao Dan and the others: "See the king!" ”

Zhao Dan's tone sounded very unhappy: "Zheng Zhu, the widow asked you, has King Lin Hu paid tribute this year?" ”

Zheng Zhuleng paused for a moment and replied, "Back to the king, this year's tribute from King Lin Hu is as usual, and there is no change. ”

"Really?" Zhao Dan sneered and said, "But a 10,000-strong cavalry of the Huns has already appeared in the widowed Yunzhong County!" ”

"What?" Zheng Zhu was shocked.

Since King Wuling of Zhao carried out Hufu cavalry shooting, Zhao's national strength has increased greatly, and he has continuously expanded his territory to the north, defeating Lin Hu and Lou Fu one after another.

Among them, King Lou Fu led his troops to Shun and became the soldiers and civilians of the five northern counties of Zhao State, while part of the Lin Hu Department became the subjects of Zhao State, and the other part fled westward under the leadership of King Lin Hu, settled in the west of Wolf Mountain and north of Yin Mountain, and was forced to pay tribute to the power of Zhao State.

Not only that, the Lin Hu tribe also often reported to the Zhao State, and a large number of Lin Hu cavalry also joined the Zhao State Border Cavalry Corps as mercenaries.

It stands to reason that this large-scale invasion of the Xiongnu should not be concealed from the Lin Hu Department who were also on the grassland, but before that, Zhao Guo did not receive a warning from the Lin Hu Department at all, which has to be said to be an intriguing thing.

As a big bank in charge of Zhao's diplomacy, Zheng Zhu and Lin Hubu have not been dealing with each other for a year or two.

Zheng Zhu thought for a while, and said with great certainty: "The minister guarantees his life, and there is no news from King Lin Hu." ”

After a pause, Zheng Zhu suddenly remembered something, and said: "When the minister met with the envoy of the Lin Hu Department at the beginning of the year, he said that King Lin Hu was in poor health, and his expression seemed to be quite worried.

Zheng Zhu didn't continue, but everyone present knew what Zheng Zhu meant.

It is very likely that the old King Lin Hu is dead!

According to Zhao Dan's memory, this old King Lin Hu has reigned for more than thirty years, and he should be in his fifties and sixties now.

At such an age, it is not surprising when he dies.

As soon as Lao Wang died, then Lin Hu must have civil strife, and in this kind of self-care situation, even if he knew that Shan Yu would send troops, I am afraid he would not be too lazy to report the news.

This is just a conjecture, but it is very likely to be the truth of the matter.

Just when everyone didn't know what to say, there was another rapid bangbang.

"What?" The faces of Zhao Dan and the ministers in the palace changed again, and they all thought, "Is there still an alarm?" ”

Usually, a premonition like this about bad things is very accurate.

This time was no exception.

Mixian hurried out again, and then hurriedly came in with a new urgent report: "King, Jiuyuan County Urgent Report!" ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the entire hall instantly became more solemn.

Zhao Dan took the secret report and looked at it, and found that the content on it was also very similar.

Another Xiongnu cavalry with more than 20,000 people marched south along Yanmen County and attacked Pingyin and Pingyi, the two major towns of Yanmen County.

"Bastard!" Zhao Dan slammed his fist on the table, his face was very ugly: "Are the Huns fucking crazy, they actually dispatched such an army!" ”

Compared with the Xiongnu Empire, which was known as the "million string control man" that appeared decades later in history, and sent 400,000 troops to besiege Liu Bang for seven days and seven nights in the First Battle of Baishan Mountain, 30,000 soldiers and horses seem to be a little worthless.

But what you must know is that the Xiongnu at this moment are actually just one of the many nomadic tribes in the north of Zhao State, and many tribes on the grassland have not yet been subdued by the Xiongnu, and they are far from being able to compare with the Xiongnu Empire that once beat the Han Dynasty.

As a traverser, of course, Zhao Dan could not be ignorant of the Xiongnu, in fact, Zhao Dan was extremely concerned about the Xiongnu, and repeatedly ordered Mixian to find a way to collect information about the Xiongnu.

According to the intelligence of Zhao State over the years, the population of the Xiongnu headquarters is about 200,000, and if you simply estimate it, there are about 100,000 men and about 50,000 young men.

And now the two Hun cavalry that have appeared in the territory of Zhao have exceeded 30,000, and may even reach 40,000!

Such a scale is not an exaggeration to describe it as pouring out of the nest.

If Zhao Dan's memory of fusion is not wrong, the last time there was a cavalry invasion of the Xiongnu headquarters of this scale was at least ten years ago.

It couldn't have come at a better time!

Zhao Dan took a deep breath and issued a series of commands.

"Pass on the lives of the widows, and order the lieutenants of the two counties of Wuyuan and Jiuyuan to send elite soldiers to support Yunzhong County!"

"The lieutenants of Lingdai County and Zhongshan County will send elite troops to support Yanmen County!"

"Order Pang Yuan to immediately lead the two cavalry of Huben and Yulin to the north to support the two counties of Yanmen and Yunzhong!"

"Then send an order to the county captains of Yunzhong and Yanmen counties, and be sure to stick to and wait for help!"

Lian Po on the side was a little dissatisfied when he heard this, and immediately said: "King, the old minister, please go to fight the Huns!" ”

Zhao Dan waved his hand and said to Lian Po: "General, the Huns are only 30,000 soldiers and horses, although they are threatening, they are not enough to cause a big trouble. The widow wanted to ask the general to rush to Shangdang County immediately, so as not to prevent the Qin army from raiding Shangdang! ”

Lian Po hesitated, but still responded: "Only." ”

After all the arrangements were made, the ministers of Zhao got up and left their seats one after another, and walked quickly towards the outside of the hall.

Zhao Dan looked at the figures of the ministers leaving, and an inexplicable emotion quietly floated in his heart.

The Huns, this famous tribe, are finally going to start fighting with the widows!