"Patriarch, please look at the nearby valley, what is the difference from usual?" Meng Yi asked with a smile, pointing to the valley not far away.

"What's the difference? It does seem that something is wrong, it is not usually so quiet! Wu Clan's Patriarch Wu Clan muttered to himself, and then pondered.

"If there are ambushes in the valley, the beasts will naturally retreat, and they will naturally be quiet." Meng Yi patiently explained, "The Xiongnu must have seen that Wujiabao was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so they deliberately looted livestock without guarding soldiers and horses, so as to tempt the Wujia people to fight." ”

"But if the people of the Wu family don't go to war, won't these livestock be cheaper for the Huns?" The head of the Wu family, Wu Shilu, asked distressedly.

"Patriarch, there are only two thousand clansmen in the fortress at the moment, even if all of them go to battle, how can they repel a strong enemy? Unless you can send someone to Zhiyiqu County, Beidi County, to ask for support, but I think the Huns must be surrounded by rangers, how can they break out of the encirclement? Meng Yi looked at the nearby terrain, shook his head and sighed.

"That's right, since the other party is in ambush, it is natural to expect that we will send someone for help. It's a pity that these tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses. The head of the Wu family, Wu Shilu, reluctantly recognized the reality.

"Patriarch, a good man doesn't suffer immediate losses. If, after a few days, the Huns are still unwilling to withdraw their troops, I am afraid that they will really have to send people to break into the encirclement and ask for help. Meng Yi was also a little helpless, after all, the strength gap between the two sides, the Huns' cavalry was not less than 10,000 people, how could they fight hard!

As mentioned earlier, the Xiongnu had just defeated the powerful northern nomadic tribes such as Linhu, Donghu, and Yueshi, and in addition to suffering a big loss at the hands of Li Mu of Zhao State, they were almost rampant in the north. At this time, the Xiongnu had the first Shan Yu in history: Tou Man Shan Yu!

A few years ago, the Xiongnu had just eaten a defeated battle from Li Mu. The person who commanded the battle against Li Mu was Touman's father! Touman was ordered to be in danger, and after a great defeat, all the powerful enemies had the ambition to annex the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu had to carry out reforms internally, and in order to survive, they made an exception to elect the young and promising Touman as the big Dan Yu, and re-cleaned up the old mountains and rivers. And Touman also lived up to expectations and led the Huns through the most difficult years.

Li Mu, a good general on the northern border of Zhao State, was stationed in Yanmen County for a long time to guard against the Xiongnu. Li Mu had the right to appoint officials as needed, and the taxes of the cities in the defense area were sent to Li Mu's shogunate as funds for the army. Therefore, Li Mu slaughtered a few cows every day to reward the soldiers, taught the soldiers to practice archery and horseback riding, carefully guarded the beacon tower, and sent more personnel to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and treated the soldiers well. And Li Mu made a rule and said: "If the Xiongnu invade, they must quickly gather their men and horses and retreat into the camp to hold on, and those who dare to capture the enemy will be beheaded." ”

Every time the Xiongnu invaded, an alarm came from the beacon fire, and Li Mu immediately gathered his men and horses and retreated into the camp to defend it, not daring to fight. After several years like this, there was no loss of people and materials. However, the Xiongnu thought that Li Mu was cowardly, and even the officers and soldiers guarding the border of Zhao State thought that their main general was timid and cowardly. King Zhao blamed Li Mu, but Li Mu remained the same. King Zhao was furious, recalled him, and sent someone else to lead the army on his behalf.

For more than a year after that, every time the Xiongnu invaded, the border army of Zhao sent troops to fight. The border army of Zhao sent troops to fight, and suffered repeated defeats, with many losses and casualties, and it was impossible to plow fields and graze cattle on the border. King Zhao had no choice but to ask Li Mu to serve again. Li Mu closed the door and insisted that he was sick. King Zhao repeatedly forced Li Mu to come out and let him lead the troops. Li Mu said: "The king must use me, and I still do it as before, so I dare to obey orders." King Zhao agreed to his request.

Li Mu came to the border, and still in accordance with the original regulations. The Xiongnu found nothing for several years, but they always thought that Li Mu was timid. The officers and soldiers on the border are rewarded every day, but they are useless, and they are willing to fight. So Li Mu prepared 1,300 selected chariots, 13,000 selected horses, 50,000 warriors who dared to charge into battle, and 100,000 soldiers who were good at shooting, all of which were organized to train and fight. At the same time, Li Mu let a large number of livestock graze everywhere, and the people grazing were all over the mountains. When a small group of Xiongnu invaded, Li Mu pretended to fail and deliberately abandoned thousands of people to the Huns.

When the Xiongnu leaders heard this, they united with the tribes of Xiangbei, Donghu, and Linhu and led a large number of men and horses to invade. Li Mubu ordered many strange soldiers, opened his left and right wings to outflank and counterattack the enemy, defeated the Xiongnu, and killed more than 100,000 horses. Li Mu took the opportunity to destroy the scarf, defeated Donghu, and surrendered Linhu, and the Xiongnu leader fled when he saw that the situation was not good. For more than ten years after that, the Xiongnu did not dare to approach the border towns of Zhao.

Touman's father, as the leader of the Xiongnu tribe, was defeated and returned with serious injuries, coupled with the complaints of the clansmen, and died of depression.

Touman was ordered to take over the position of leader. Touman was born in a noble family of the Xiongnu, and if according to the concept of the gate valve in the future, he should belong to the highest gate valve of the Xiongnu: the Sulu clan. His name is also not as good as those of the Xiongnu in the later period. The fundamental reason is that he was the first Shan Yu of the Xiongnu, and during the period of the first Shan Yu, the Xiongnu had not yet become strong enough. In the vast grassland, there are many small tribes of the Xiongnu tribes such as Linhu, Loufu, Baiyang, Xiutu, Yuwen, Dugu and so on. As a generation of Shan Yu who created the Xiongnu, his task is like that of King Qin Zhao, that is, to reform while unifying the internal expansion of territory and population. Laying the foundation for the strength of future generations. So in his time, these tribes, large and small, were pacified one by one. It was precisely because of his strong pressure on the Xiongnu tribes that after his death, his son Mao Dunshan Yu was able to successfully defeat the biggest enemies in the steppe, Donghu and Dayue.

There are dozens of large clans within the Xiongnu clan, the first of which is the "Suo Clan", and then the Huyan clan, the Lan clan, the Xu Bu clan, the Qiu Lin clan, the Qiao clan, the Dangyu clan, the Han clan, the Lang clan, the Li clan clan, the Fuqu clan and so on! Elections must have taken place in these large clan communes, and Touman was the one who came out on top. However, Touman's luck seems to be a little unlucky, you can look at the map of China during the reign of the Xiongnu by "Touman", his west is the powerful Wusun and Dayue clan, the east is the more powerful Donghu, and the south is not to mention, it is the time when the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period are strong and strong. The Xiongnu seem to have been made dumplings, and there is no room for expansion at all. In this kind of encirclement, the Xiongnu can guarantee that the country will not die, just Amitabha.

Touman is the first person to be called Shan Yu, and his surname is Suo. The Huns called it "supporting the plough lonely and alone".

The so-called "plough" means "heaven"; "Lone Tu", which means "son": "Shan Yu", which means "vast". "Supporting the plough is lonely and alone", literally translated as "son of heaven", which means "the great leader under the heavens". It fully reflects the fact that the clan tribal system has been completely replaced by the state, and the clan tribal leaders have been transformed into the supreme leaders of the state. It goes without saying that the Xiongnu society during the reign of Touman was an era when primitive society tended to disintegrate and slavery was formed. Therefore, the establishment of national institutions has been adapted to this need. It is the inevitable product of the political and economic development of the Xiongnu.

During the reign of Touman, although the Xiongnu had developed into a powerful political and military force, because the old ownership relations had not completely disappeared, and the development of the new production relations and productive forces was very imperfect, coupled with the "strong Donghu and the Yueshi prosperous", and the Central Plains was about to change from the Warring States Seven Heroes to the powerful Qin Dynasty under the rule, therefore, for a long period of time, the Xiongnu power has been confined to the north of Yinshan to Hetao. After Maudun succeeded to the throne, there was great development and quickly reached its peak.

To get back to the point, outside Wujiabao, the leader of the Huns, Mandanyu, was already a little impatient.

"What's the situation? Why didn't the Wu tribe come out to die? The leader of the Huns, Mandanyu, asked a little unhappily.

The Xiongnu tribal alliance has four noble surnames, namely Huyan, Xubu, Lan, and Qiao. They led the four major tribes of Lou Fu, Aries, Hutu, and Chao Evil.

"Da Danyu, the Wu clan originally belonged to our nomadic tribe, but I didn't expect to be bewitched by the Qin State, so I actually settled down and called the people of the Qin State a tribute, which is really a loss of face for the Kunlun God. Now it seems that they have not only lost the glory of their ancestors, but also their courage. The leader of Lou Fu, Huyan White Fox, said flatteringly.

"Da Danyu, I don't think there is any need to set up any ambushes, it is better to let the sons and daughters rush up, and they can take Wujiabao immediately." Bu Jiao, the leader of the white sheep, looked at Wujiabao in the distance, revealing a greedy gaze. He had long heard that Wujiabao had hoarded a lot of gold and silver treasures and countless beauties over the years, and he was impatient to rush in and loot it.

"That's right, Da Danyu, the sons can't wait. Let's rush into Wujiabao. Lan Feng, the leader of Hutu Tu, also persuaded impatiently.

"Da Shan Yu, I don't think so, it's obvious that Wu Shi Lu has seen through our ambush, and the strong attack will inevitably cause heavy casualties, which is really not cost-effective. Why don't we divide our troops and plunder Longxi, Beidi, Shangjun and other three places? Qiao Ying, the leader of the evil spirits, suggested.

"Yes, Wujiabao is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and besides, the Qin State will definitely send reinforcements to come. We must rush to sweep the villages and towns and seize the supplies for the winter before the reinforcements arrive. "The leader of the Xiongnu, Mandan Yu, was also a man with brains, and immediately made the wisest choice.

Before dawn the next day, the Huns' brigade drove away with cattle, sheep and horses, leaving only 3,000 elite soldiers around Wujiabao.

"It seems that the Huns are also capable people, they are obviously afraid of our sneak attack or news, and deliberately besiege us for a few days, so that other tribes can plunder everywhere." The head of the Wu clan, Wu Clan, sighed and said.

"It seems that the north of the Qin State will never be peaceful again." Meng Yi couldn't help but sigh, and suddenly a thought popped up in his heart: Could it be that the Dragon Slayer King bought a horse as an illusion, spying on the intelligence of Wujiabao, and then instigating the Huns to attack the north of Qin and interfere with Qin's eastward departure, so as to reverse the trend of history?