March 18 in the spring of the second year of Yanhe, early in the morning.

In the mornings in Shiozawa, the temperature is a little cold.

Many soldiers had to add a single coat to their bodies.

Dozens of scouts, stepping on the morning mist, galloped forward.

"General!" Qin Wu reported loudly: "Confirm the Xiongnu tribe Daxu!" It's a black eagle! ”

When Sima Xuan heard this, he immediately asked his retainers to take a picture album he had brought with him.

This is a guide album printed by Shangshutai using the breakthrough of engraving printing technology.

It is said that it was suggested by Zhang Anshi.

On it, all the known major Xiongnu tribes, vassals and vassals of the Daxu and known data, tactics, and descriptions and records of front-line soldiers were drawn.

Flipping through this album printed on white paper, Sima Xuan went directly to the page called 'Da Xulu'.

Dozens of pictures of the elite Huns, ten thousand horsemen and the main tribes of the Huns, were revealed.

Very easily, Sima Xuan found a big silk painted with a black eagle.

"Huh-une!" Sima Xuan quickly identified the enemy.

Then I searched for it according to the map and found the data about this part in the appendix.

"Good guy, it's actually one of Shan Yu's main forces!" Sima Xuan looked at the words on the atlas, his face gradually became serious, and he said to the left and right: "Although it is not the Wanqi directly under Shan Yuting, it is also the elite who has fought with Haixi Hou many times!" ”

"The Battle of Tianshan, the Battle of Yuwushui and the Battle of Junji Mountain, they all participated!"

"This is good at hand-to-hand combat......"

"Inform the ministries that if you don't want to, don't give the enemy a chance to get close!" Putting down the album in his hand, Sima Xuan quickly ordered.

The generals listened, and they were all thoughtful.

"General, what do we do now?" A Sima asked.

"Wait and ......see," Sima Xuan said softly: "Now, the situation on the battlefield is unknown, our army is alone here, we must not take the enemy lightly, let alone attack at will......"

"Hold this place and wait for the right time, it is victory!"

As a battle-hardened veteran, Sima Xuan has a lot of battlefield experience.

He knows that with the current situation, no change is the best response.

As long as his troops can hold Shiozawa.

Then, it is equivalent to nailing a nail that may kill them in the back of the Hun cavalry, which entered the army for the first time in 27 years.

"But ......" some generals wondered: "General, our army's drinking water and dry food may not last long!" ”

"Dry food can last another five days, but if you have water, I'm afraid it's not enough for even three days!"

Two thousand light horsemen, all the way to the rapid march.

In pursuit of speed, they threw away all unnecessary burdens.

Each soldier brought only two bags of dry food and three gourds of water, in addition to his weapons.

Originally, there was nothing wrong with that.

According to the predetermined plan, they will set off from here tonight, sneaking all the way to the outskirts of Yuze to ensure that they can attack at dawn.

But now......

The battlefield was turned upside down because of the chaotic entry of a Hun cavalry.

The surprise attack plan has become a phantom.

The enemies of the Han army also changed from the rebellious Wuheng people to the Huns who entered the Koukou.

The objectives of the battle changed completely, and the nature of the battle was different.

What's more, until now, they still don't know how many Hun cavalry there are in this attack?

Is the cavalry named Hujie the vanguard or the main force?

Did the Huns already decide to launch a large-scale active war in Makunan in order to retake Makunan?

None of this is clear.

In other words, sticking to this place is an adventure, a big gamble.

Once the Xiongnu really entered the invaders on a large scale.

Then, stubbornness will become stubbornness.

It is likely that they will all be wiped out as a result!

Not to mention, without water, the cavalry will not last long at all!

A man can endure it for a day or two, but a horse can't endure it for half a day.

Without water, the horses may not even be able to walk.

Sima Xuan naturally understood, but he was different from the officer who protected the captain of Wuheng.

He is a Chang'an nobleman who was born in Jiangmen for generations.

Therefore, he has more information and intelligence channels than the officers in Makunan, I don't know much.

Therefore, he just chuckled lightly and said, "You don't have to worry too much, the Hun army that has entered the Koukou, according to my guess, is no more than 10,000!" ”

This is already a very large space that he gave the Huns.

Because, Sima Xuan knew that now that the main force of the Xiongnu was fighting in the Tianshan Mountains, Juyan had already reported a full 21 Xiongnu battles last year.

Among them, including the four ten thousand horsemen directly under Shan Yuting, the elite of the four major clans, and the Daxu of its main clan.

The total number of troops has approached 200,000.

It can be regarded as a soldier of the whole country, and it has moved.

Under such circumstances, it was impossible for the Huns to mobilize more than 10,000 mobile cavalry to start a war in the southern direction of the shogun.

It's not that they can't do it, but if they dare to.

Once discovered by the Han army, then ......

The Han army in the direction of Junji Mountain and Luntai will inevitably move.

And these two directions, at any point, were broken through by the Han army, and what awaited the Huns was only the fate of the country.

If Luntai is broken through, the Han army will be able to open up the connection between Juyan, Dunhuang, and Luntai, and completely connect them as one, Bailongdui will be broken through, and the Han will get an advance base to march into the Western Regions.

As for Junji Mountain......

If the Han army can control this place, then not only Juyan will change from the front line to the rear.

To a certain extent, it can cut off the support road of the Hun cavalry to the Western Regions.

And get the absolute strategic initiative.

Without the shelter of Junji Mountain, the Huns' Mobei nest is equivalent to opening the door to the Han cavalry.

Therefore, the Huns absolutely did not dare to send troops to Munan on a large scale under the current situation.

A maximum of 10,000 motorized cavalry is already the limit!

"As long as our army maintains its presence here, it is impossible for the Huns who have entered the Kou to leave Munan without paying any price!" Sima Xuan said very confidently: "As for water and dry food, you don't need to worry about it......

"Ben will believe that now, Captain Changshui, and even Zhang Shizhong should already know the information, maybe they have already encountered the enemy who has entered the army!"

"Reinforcements are coming soon!"

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Leading Wu Hengyi's cavalry, Zhang Yue hurried and hurried, and at noon on the 18th, he finally arrived at the east of Huze, controlling the entry and exit of the local key Qingze.

In fact, it is the Chagan Noor Lake of later generations.

It's a very interesting place.

Geologically, this area should be a sandy area.

There is almost no soil and there are sand dunes everywhere.

The vegetation is sparse and looks very barren.

So herders are also rare.

But......

There are many lakes and rivers in this area.

Water, brings life.

In puddles, lakes and rivers, thousands of red willows grow.

The branches of the red willow, like the reed, are entrenched in the water, forming a dense forest of red willows.

As a result, it has become the most important habitat for migratory birds in Makunan.

At least hundreds of thousands of birds choose to breed here.

The army walked through the sand, and countless birds flew up in fear.

The Wuheng nobles who accompanied them were very in awe of the red willows in these lakes and puddles.

Zhang Yue saw with his own eyes that Dugu Jing and Hao Lian broke the slaves, and they restrained their subordinates and forbade those ignorant cavalrymen to dig out the bird's nest.

This made him very curious, so he asked a few casual questions.

Only then did I know that this area, whether in the hands of the Huns in the past, or under the rule of the Wuheng people today.

It's all a sacred realm.

Qingze Lake, in the Xiongnu language, means blue-white holy lake.

Legend has it that there was a god who was born under the red willow tree in this lake, and the Huns believed that this god was the 'plow' [heavenly god] they believed in.

And this legend can be traced back to an incomparably ancient era.

Even, long before the Donghu people ruled the grasslands, there were similar related legends.

Zhang Yue listened to it and smiled: "This is a little interesting......

He intends to make a fuss about this.

Learn from the advanced experience of Buddhism in later generations - in the Buddhist temples of later generations, in addition to the original gods and Buddhas of Buddhism, countless local gods were also enshrined.

The great monks, at first, just explained briefly.

These people are all incarnations of such and such a bodhisattva and Buddha.

But I didn't expect that the effect was amazing.

Obviously, the legend of this lake can also be used as a fuss.

But the question is - which Xia god can sit here?

Taiyi definitely can't!

The five emperors and eight masters probably can't.

I had to find it from the gods of the three mountains and five mountains.

However, there is always one who can fit the legend of this place.

When the time comes, build a temple for Him here, send people to guard it, and worship him at four o'clock.

It was just perfect!

I have to say that along the way, Zhang Yue has been sparing no effort to instill in the accompanying nobles and cavalry that 'Wu Heng was originally a minister of the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and a loyal minister who guarded the place of sacrifice to the Yellow Emperor'.

casually described the so-called 'sacrificial heaven and earth', and described some of the general geographical features of the Hongshan cultural sites discovered in later generations.

Many people in Wuheng are convinced.

Others, even if they don't believe it, pretend to 'believe'.

After all, in today's world, the Han Empire is the first power, and it is also the richest and most developed empire.

It's similar to the later Midi.

Zhang Yue's approach is roughly similar to President Midi's announcement that Mexican citizens can legally obtain Midi status.

Only a fool will question!

Therefore, after a few days, the more than 3,000 cavalrymen and nobles who accompanied him all had a deep understanding that they were 'after the Xuanyuan clan' and 'loyal ministers who guarded the Oriental Sacrifice Heaven Field on the orders of the Yellow Emperor'.

As a result, they regarded themselves as 'Chinese relics', consciously changed their clothes, and began to grow their hair.

Just thinking about these things, Guo Rong, who was sent out as a scout and guide, came back with people.

But......

Very different from before, Guo Rong and others had scars and blood stains on their bodies.

Moreover, they brought back several captives who had been tied up.