In 133 B.C., the Western Han Dynasty, which had always been friendly with the Xiongnu with a policy of peace and proximity, suddenly gathered around Mayi with an army of 300,000 in this year, intending to lure the main force of the Xiongnu into the encirclement that had already been arranged, destroy it in one fell swoop, and eradicate the border problems that had existed since the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty. It is known as the "Siege of Mayi" in history.

The siege of Mayi was ultimately unsuccessful due to the vigilance of the Huns, but it unveiled the century-long history of war between the Western Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu. After that, the Western Han Dynasty, under the leadership of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, abolished the policy of peace and began a military confrontation with the Xiongnu.

In 131 B.C., two years had passed since the siege of Mayi.

Autumn, Chang'an.

The thick black clouds in the east have not yet dispersed, and the morning sun has burst out through the gaps in the black clouds. The red sun erupted, and the sky was suddenly dyed red. The countless or majestic high-walled pavilions of Chang'an City, or the ordinary market huts, are outlined by the red glow with simple and heavy outlines. Chang'an City, which rained heavily overnight, was exceptionally quiet at this moment.

"Da!"

The sound of horses' hooves crashing against the bluestone streets sounded without warning.

"Da Da Da!"

In a moment, the sound of horses' hooves exploded one after another, breaking the tranquility of Chang'an City in the early morning.

The herald dressed in red armor, his feet slapped on the horse's belly quickly and irregularly, and he drove the war horse to Weiyang Palace. Last night's rain soaked his whole body, and the rain and sweat were mixed together, and he couldn't tell each other apart.

In the end, the exhausted man and horse stopped in front of the palace gate, and the herald couldn't wait to unwrap the package and hand a slender square box to the sergeant of the period gate guarding the palace gate. The sergeant took the square wooden box, turned quickly, and ran quickly towards the palace.

"100,000 urgent, urgent report at the border gate!"

The sergeant of the Gate Army held the square box high in his right hand and shouted loudly as he ran.

……

Xuanmuro Hall.

In front of a huge map of the territory of the Western Han Dynasty, there was a handsome young man with a tall posture, and at this moment he was staring at the huge map in front of him, and his bright eyes fell on the direction of Daijun and Yuyang.

The young man was a burly man, dressed in a black imperial robe, with a sword hanging from his waist, and at this time, his left hand was resting on the hilt of the sword.

This is Liu Che.

"Before the autumn, I had repeatedly ordered these border county guards and generals to pay attention to the routine grass of the Huns this autumn." Liu Che's heavy voice sounded in the main hall, revealing anger, and the fingers of his right hand tapped twice on the place where Yuyang was on behalf of the county on the map, and then turned around and looked at the two young ministers in front of him, "But these county guards and generals actually took my reminder as the wind in their ears, and still let the Huns in, resulting in countless deaths and injuries among the people of the border county, tens of millions of people being homeless, and countless losses of property and agricultural materials!"

Is it tolerable, which is unbearable?! ”

When he said the last few words, Liu Che's tone became a little heavier, and the heads of the two young people in front of him were lowered.

"The most hateful thing is that the border town of Daijun actually let the Hun army, which has always only known how to rush and kill, deceive the city gate with a trick!" Liu Che continued, "Such a general, what else do I want from him?!" ”

"Order, remove the county guard from his post and investigate!" Liu Che finally shouted.

"Yes, Your Majesty." A young man dressed in civil official clothes shook his body, hurriedly agreed, and walked quickly to prepare the holy decree as if he had fled.

"Wei Qing!" Liu Che shook off his imperial robe, walked to the side of the throne and sat down, calmed down his mood, and beckoned a young man standing respectfully in front of him dressed in the general's armor and said, "Tell me what you think." ”

Wei Qing, who was standing on the side, listened to Liu Che's words, knew that Liu Che was testing himself, and groaned slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the county Yuyang county guard is naturally guilty of being careless, but the Hun cavalry has always been without a trace, and there are too few cavalry in the military camp of our border county, it is difficult to meet the enemy head-on, and the chariot infantry is inferior to the Hun cavalry in terms of speed, and the number of troops dispatched by the Huns this time far exceeds that of previous years, and there is a reason why the border county soldiers were defeated for a while. ”

After Wei Qing finished speaking, he looked up at Liu Che, and saw that Liu Che had no expression, so he immediately went down again. The border emergency report from Daijun and Yuyang, Liu Che had already shown it to Wei Qing, so Wei Qing could say this.

"What you said is a problem that we have been thinking about and solving all these years." Liu Che's voice gradually eased, but his tone was still very heavy, he raised his hand and pointed at Wei Qing, "Wei Qing, if it were you, would you be sure that you would be able to resist the attack of the Huns?" ”

Wei Qing groaned slightly, and then said firmly: "If the minister does not die, the Huns will not be able to step into the Han realm for half a step!" ”

"Okay, ambitious!" Liu Che finally showed a smile.

"Your Majesty, the decree has been prepared." The young man who had gone to draft the decree before walked over with the draft decree in his hand.

"I'll send it when I'm ready." Liu Che waved his hand.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The young man answered the promise and turned to leave.

"Slow down, Han Yan." Liu Che stopped him, "You give another will to Li Guang, the commander of Shanggu County, eight hundred miles to expedite, let him be careful to beware of the Huns, and don't repeat the mistakes of Daijun and Yuyang!" Shanggu is located between Daijun and Yuyang, there is no reason why Daijun and Yuyang have been harassed by the Huns, but he Shanggu can be safe. ”

"No." Han Yan understood and immediately went to draft the decree, but she didn't know if this holy decree would not come in time, Han Yan sighed in her heart, there is no birth.

"How is the Yulin Army training now?" Liu Che glanced at Wei Qing, this young general he cultivated with one hand, pinned too much hope on him to fight against the Huns.

"You can play at any time!" Wei Qing said confidently.

"Good!" Emperor Wu nodded with satisfaction.

……

Six days ago, Upper Valley County.

The group of four horsemen, led by a young man who was born with a tiger's back, was hurrying on the official road, because it had just rained heavily, and the horses' hooves had stepped on the post road and brought up clumps of dirt, which splashed in all directions. These four horsemen, wearing the armor of the foot pawn and the long knife of the foot pawn hanging from their waists, are also extremely skilled at riding horses and galloping.

The young man at the front of the line had a gloomy face, as if he had a monstrous anger and could not give vent, and his eyes looked straight ahead, as if he wanted to eat all the air in front of him. In fact, it's no wonder that he can't be a deserter, and whoever is a captain will not have a good face.

The young captain still remembered General Li Guang's words when he was patrolling the camp and found that one of the five people in his army was missing. Li Guang's originally kind expression became extremely annoyed in an instant, and his face, which was already a little wrinkled, also darkened, "The big battle is coming, and the sergeant has not returned within the time limit, what are you doing as a captain?" Go find it! Get back the military law and punish severely! ”

Every time he thought of this, the young captain's face became more gloomy, and his breathing became heavier.

When the few soldiers around the young captain saw that his face was not good, they didn't dare to speak.

"When I found this guy, Lao Tzu first picked his skin! He's damn good, he went back to save a family and became a deserter, what a fucking bag! The subordinates beside him didn't speak, but the young captain couldn't help but scold, "The harmful Lao Tzu has to go all the way to find someone through Ma Da, and if I want me to say just cut it with a knife, and send it back to the law to deal with a fart!" ”

The other three soldiers next to him saw that their captain had spoken, although they were abusive, but they were also relieved in their hearts, just thunder and no rain was the most aggrieved, because they didn't know if they would become scapegoats, and they all echoed at the moment.

"Yes, such a vertical man, what a shame on us!"

"On weekdays, I get angry when I see him like a wreck, but I didn't expect to be a deserter openly this time, I really hate that I didn't clean him up properly!"

"Just this soft egg can be a deserter! Captain Wu, don't worry, when I find this guy, I will be the first to step forward and teach him a good lesson! ”

"Humph!" The young captain snorted angrily, freed up one hand to help the military hat that had been distorted by the running of the war horse, and said loudly, "This guy is really not a thing!" If you don't come back after the deadline, you won't return sooner rather than later, but you won't return sooner or later, but you won't return when General Li is patrolling the camp. Embarrassed Lao Tzu! Grandma's, it's really unlucky! ”

"Wu Chang, although Xiao Chengzi is said to be a provincial relative who has not returned within the time limit, but before the matter is clarified, it cannot be said that he is a deserter!" At this time, one of the oldest veterans, who had never spoken, spoke, and there was some unbearable in his words.

As soon as these words came out, several other soldiers of the same army all looked at him quite complicatedly.

"Bastard!" The young army commander seems to have made up his mind to put to death this guy who has embarrassed himself in front of General Li and even lost his future, after all, let the county guard know that his subordinates have deserted, then his military future can be regarded as coming to an end, so the young army commander scolded without hesitation, "Wu Daliang, you don't want to open your eyes and say nonsense to cover this kid!" Who doesn't know that late autumn is the time when the Huns like to go south to get grass? At this time, if you don't return after the vacation is overdue, you are obviously afraid of death, and you are a deserter! Didn't you hear what General Lee said today? Excuse this kid again, Lao Tzu will punish you first! ”

Wu Daliang was scolded, and his heart was annoyed, but looking at the fierce and vicious appearance of the young Wu Chang, he remembered General Li's words in his heart, and finally held back and did not refute.

"Wu Chang, look, that seems to be Qin Cheng!" At that moment, a soldier pointed to a figure under a large tree not far away and shouted.