In the north, after years of conquest, the Xiongnu slowly grew stronger, and with their fierce cavalry, the Xiongnu army once advanced its troops to the Beihai region (later Lake Baikal), and to the west fought against the yellow-headed people in Central Asia.

Through continuous plundering, the Huns' self-confidence reached its peak, and the vast northern steppes were left to roam them.

The tribes of the steppe all bowed to the feet of the Xiongnu king.

The Xiongnu royal court set up in the Hetao area, enjoying the most abundant land of water and grass, countless cattle, sheep and yurts, all show the strength of the Xiongnu people at this time.

After Shaoyou had no more enemies, he finally looked to the south.

Only by defeating the Qi State in the south can he be the true co-ruler of the world.

In June of the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Shaoyou summoned the large and small tribes on the grassland to come to the royal court to discuss the major affairs of the southern expedition.

The strength of the Qi country has already reached the ears of the northern barbarians, and among countless rumors, there are countless grains in the south, and the women there can pinch out the water with tender skin, but the strength of the Qi country discourages ordinary tribes, and they can only be greedy.

But at this time, the Hun king, who was in full swing, wanted to lead the people on the grassland to tear the fresh flesh and blood of the southerners like wolves.

This makes all the races excited.

Robbery has been the favorite thing this group has done over the years, especially robbing a rich country like Qi Country, which makes them as excited as if they have been beaten with chicken blood.

In September of the thirteenth year of Hongwu, the Xiongnu king Shaoyou, worshiped the sky in the royal court, led tens of thousands of troops to invade the south, here, the northern Xinjiang of Qi was in an emergency, and the beacon was in flames.

When Yang Hao learned that the barbarians had invaded south, he was furious.

The State of Qi had just finished fighting the Miao, and the southern army had just been transferred back for less than a month, and at this time the northern barbarians were heading south, and at this time the State of Qi was at its weakest.

But the north can't afford to lose, if those barbarians break into the hinterland of the Central Plains, even if they hold Chang'an, then this year's harvest will be ruined, and the Qi country can't bear this loss.

Yang Hao immediately decided to drive the expedition in person, he wanted to hurt the claws of the northerners at one time, at least this stop would be peaceful for several years.

In October of the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Yang Hao led 30,000 imperial forest troops north out of Chang'an, and his eldest son Yang Zhi was in charge of the country.

Yang Hao, who attacked the Miao people, did not drive the expedition in person, nor did he come to the front line in the battle to destroy Xia, but the barbarians in the north were different, and Yang Hao always thought that those grassland barbarians were the henchmen of the Qi State.

Its threat to itself definitely exceeds all enemies, the northern grassland tribes, which are nomadic tribes that live in pursuit of water and grass, can be said to have grown up on horseback since childhood, plus the Xia people's rout brought a more advanced cavalry system, Yang Hao has no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the northern barbarians.

As an agrarian civilization, it took countless years for the Qi State to develop to the strength of the later feudal dynasties.

But those barbarians who rely on robbery, as long as they learn to ride and shoot, their combat effectiveness will be no different from that of later generations.

The only thing that made Yang Hao feel fortunate was that the Qi State had built a pass in a dangerous place in time, and the number of those barbarians was also very different from that of later generations.

Yanmen Pass on the northern border of Yunzhou.

The fighting has been going on for several days, and in the face of the boundless Hun army, there are 1,000 defenders, and in the repeated fighting, there are less than 600 people left.

Blood flowed down the cyan walls, gathering bright red traces on the ground.

A corpse that is not blind, silently telling the cruelty of war.

The horn sounded "woohoo".

The Huns attacked again, and this time the Huns were menacing, sending 10,000 men to attack the city.

The tenacity of the Qi people did not surprise Shaoyou, but those grassland people who did not fight with the Qi people watched their clansmen die there, and their flesh hurt.

The lack of men means the combat effectiveness of a tribe, and it also represents the strength of this tribe, and so many people die here, which is obviously inconsistent with their original intention of robbery.

After all, for robbers, they want profits, not fight to the death with the enemy.

If it weren't for Shaoyou's promise that after attacking the hinterland of the Qi State, the grain and cloth would have been taken by them, otherwise these leaders would have retreated a long time ago.

Shaoyou couldn't help but smile as he looked at the battle that had already climbed the city wall.

The warriors of the Duoyan tribe were really brave, and after breaking through this city, they rewarded 3,000 slaves.

The leader of Duoyan was immediately overjoyed and said, "Thank you Da Danyu." ”

On the wall of Yanmen Pass, the only remaining 300 defenders, in the face of the Huns who were pressing step by step, could only fight and retreat.

"General, Yanmen can't stand it, let's withdraw!"

When the guard heard this, he was immediately furious and said: "A certain is deeply favored by the king, Yanmen is lost, how to face the court, face the people of Daqi, this battle and the city coexist and die, who will retreat again, behead!" ”

The guard stared at the tiger and shouted, holding a steel knife: "Kill the enemy with so-and-so!" Kill! ”

The rest of the soldiers, seeing that the Lord was about to do this, were immediately encouraged, and rushed towards the enemy with a roar.

In the face of the steady stream of enemies, the Qi army soldiers had already cut the blade in their hands, and the knife could not be used, and the Qi army, who regarded death as home, used their fists, teeth, and everything they could use to resist the enemy's attack.

A young soldier with a stone axe from the enemy in the abdomen, his internal organs flowing out of the wound.

The young soldier held back tears and shouted "Mother! Holding the enemy in front of him, he jumped deep and fell off the high wall.

The defenders of the Qi army died in battle, and the soldiers still did not surrender, knowing that the last Qi man fell, and the border gate of Qi was completely lost.

In order to vent their anger, the Huns cut off the heads of the dead Qi army and wantonly humiliated them.

And Shaoyou even asked people to put the heads of the Qi army guards on wooden sticks to motivate the army.

After breaking through the Yanmen Pass, it can be said that they are only one step away from the hinterland of the Qi army.

And the grain stored in the pass gave them a glimpse of how rich the Qi country was.

The armor of the soldiers became the trophies of the Xiongnu nobles, and the soldiers of the Qi army who died in the battle did not even leave a single intact rag.

The headless corpses were scattered outside the Yanmen Pass, allowing the beasts to gnaw at them.

At this time, Yang Hao had just arrived at Juyong Pass, the last pass in the north of Yunzhou, and received the bad news that Yanmen Pass was lost.

The murderous northern barbarians, after breaking through the Yanmen, slaughtered the villages along the way.

Yang Hao's eyes were cracked, and he couldn't wait to pull out these brutes and bones.

"The barbarian feels like this!"

"King! Willing to fight! ”

Zhang Song, who had just been transferred back from the south, went out to fight.

"King! Willing to fight! ”

。。。。。

Angry generals, how can they swallow this evil breath, especially the generals who have just pacified the south, their hearts are extremely high, and they don't take those barbarians in their eyes at all.

"Whew! Where is the enemy now? ”

The Jinyi guard led the moment and bowed: "The spies are coming to report!" The barbarian is now less than twenty miles away from Juyong Pass. ”

"Bring the sand table!"

Yang Hao said in a deep voice.