On the fifth day of the fourth month of the first summer of Yanhe, at noon.

He threw his head back into his mouth, poured a large mouthful of mare's milk, and then wiped his mouth.

It has been more than nine days since I was besieged.

The Great Guard and reinforcements still seem to be out of reach.

From top to bottom of the army, rumors are already spreading, and the morale of the army is shaken.

What's worse is that the temperature is rising.

Especially at noon, the blazing sun makes people impetuous and depressed.

Chaos and disorder began to spread in the army.

The slave soldiers, in particular, had a clear resistance to the nobility and officers.

The dry food and salt that he brought have also been exhausted.

At present, the whole army, thousands of people and tens of thousands of cattle and horses, are already facing the dilemma of lack of food and water.

"King!" A Xiongnu nobleman, tiptoeing, walked to Xuyan's side, and reported: "The minions have found in the past two days that those Han generals often gather together and secretly use some Chinese dialects that we don't understand......

"Humph!" Void Yan Yan sneered, not surprised by this.

In the dictionary of the Huns, there was never any concept of 'loyalty'.

Naturally, I will not set others in this regard.

In fact, for the Huns, betrayal was the norm, and double-faced and three-edged was normal.

"Don't care about these people!" Xu Yanyu waved his hand and said, very confidently: "They can't make any waves!" ”

The Guyan cavalry, although trained by generals of the Han Dynasty.

However, the source of its soldiers is all from the headquarters of the Xiongnu Twin Clan and the four major clans.

These people are all die-hard loyalists of the Xiongnu Empire!

It's a supporter of Shan Yuting!

Relying only on the dozen or so Han Dynasty people who had trained them, they couldn't pull it at all.

For the Void Rayant, when things have come to this point.

He really can't help but consider the option of forcing a breakthrough.

At the cost of giving up part of the cavalry, or even giving up the main force, covering himself and a few core nobles, he broke through and returned to Gonglushui.

Moreover, it is necessary to make a decision right away!

The longer it goes, the lower the odds of breaking through!

Because, when salt begins to become scarce.

In particular, the demand for war horses began to be in short supply.

The horse will gradually lose its ability to maneuver at high speeds.

The salt of the era of cold weapons is the oil of the era of mechanization.

Without it, let alone fighting, you can't even walk!

It's just that Xuan Yanyu suddenly found that if he went to forcibly break through now, it seemed that the time and opportunity were no longer on his side.

Compared to three days ago, now, if he wants to break through, he must make a mistake by the Han army on the other side, so that he can seize an opportunity to quickly break through the gap!

But here's the problem......

Is Han Jun willing to give him this opportunity?

He frowned, looked at the Han army camp that was faintly visible in the distance, and his heart was full of apprehension.

At this moment, in the Han army camp, there were suddenly bursts of cheers.

And the sound is getting louder and louder, even though it is more than thirty miles away, it can still be heard.

"What's going on?" Xuyan immediately ordered: "Send someone to investigate immediately!" ”

"Yes!" Immediately someone took the command and left.

But......

It soon became clear that he no longer needed to send people to reconnoiter and investigate.

Because the Han Dynasty took the initiative to reveal the answer to him.

About a quarter of an hour later, under the nose of Xuyan, several Han Dynasty chariots, surrounded by hundreds of cavalry, raised their messy and broken battle flags one after another.

More than ten battle flags symbolizing the four major clans and the headquarters of the twin clans made Xuyan's heart tremble.

And what made him palpitate even more was the big curtain of the guard, which was carried and unfolded by several Han Dynasty people.

Seven or eight tied prisoners of war were also taken out.

Those people, the Void Yan Yan even recognized.

Lan's, Huyan's, and Subu's......

One by one, who was once in the Huns, also belonged to the influential figures, capable and aristocratic generals, like lost dogs, they were escorted to the front of the battle in frustration.

A general of the Han army, riding out of his horse, marched to the front of the battle, looked at the Guyan cavalry in the mountains and forests, and then read out loudly in the Xiongnu language: "In the Han Dynasty's envoy, Shizhong, Jianwenjun Zhang Gongyi's trust, Han Changshui's general, the city father Hou Xiangru, is telling the Hun Guyan King and his subordinates, minions, and accomplices: Gai Wen has not been able to stand between good and evil since ancient times, and the Xiongnu Ji Congee clan led the beasts to eat people, and there was no king's law, and they stubbornly resisted the mandate of heaven, and did not submit to the Han Emperor, and their crimes were great......"

Xuyan and all the Xiongnu nobles, even the cavalry, had no mind at all, and went to listen to the Han general's preaching.

They just looked stupidly at the flags, the big flags, and the familiar bones of the marquis.

As a result, the last reliance in their hearts finally collapsed.

There will be no more reinforcements!

No one will come to answer them anymore!

They are now alone, surrounded by this lonely army in the heart of the south of the desert more than 1,000 miles away from Mobei, separated by the Hanhai Sea and the Gobi.

In front of them is the iron wall of the Han army, and behind them is the land of death composed of thousands of miles of Hanhai, yellow sand and Gobi.

The already wavering military spirit finally collapsed immediately under this fatal blow!

Han Yu and others made a decision for the first time.

"We must find a way to find an opportunity to make meritorious service immediately!" Han Yu said to a few companions in the Nanyang dialect of his hometown: "Otherwise, we will definitely die without a place to be buried!" ”

As people who took the initiative to defect to the enemy, Han Yu and others knew very well how harsh the Han family's attitude towards traitors was!

Suffice it to say, the Han people would rather forgive the enemy than let the traitor go!

The bitter hatred and hostility for traitors are emotions deeply engraved in the bone marrow!

Just like people hate and hate those faint kings, tyrants, ministers, and powerful ministers who bring disaster to the country and the people.

The others all nodded their heads.

And at this moment, the order of the entire Guyan Wanqi up and down has almost been paralyzed.

The nobles and samurai were all in a state of panic and confusion.

And the slave soldiers simply took the opportunity to break free from the surveillance, escape from the mountains and forests, and run to the place where the Han army is located.

This is also the most likely situation on the Han-Hungarian battlefield - the slave soldiers on the Xiongnu side, as long as the war is unfavorable, they will try their best to find the Han army to surrender and lose their sincerity.

And the Void Flame could only watch all this stupidly.

He even forgot to stop.

His cronies on the left and right barely bred up their spirits, raised their will, and said to Xuyan: "King, please order a breakthrough immediately!" ”

"Otherwise, when the evening comes, the slave and maid suspect that even the most loyal samurai will flee separately......"

A lone army, or a lone army surrounded, is a nightmare for all armies!

Even the most elite troops of the Han Dynasty, once they were surrounded and fell into despair, would collapse, let alone the Hun cavalry who had learned the half-hung Han army system and training?

"Where to break through?" Xuyan smiled bitterly: "Where can this king go?" ”

Now, it's definitely impossible for the Ministry of Health to come.

Even Daxu fell into the hands of the Han army, and the bones were tied up like animals. The army of Wei Lu is basically reimbursement.

And in his hands, there are only about 3,000 cavalry who can really fight.

In this situation, if you forcibly break through to the north, it is tantamount to sending sheep into the tiger's mouth!

There is death and no life!

Perhaps, he ordered a breakthrough under his front feet, and someone on his back foot surrendered to the Han army, and even took his head to ask for credit!

Again......

"What's the point of being able to break through and go back?" Void Yan shook his head with a wry smile.

Wei Lu is defeated, so as long as he goes back, he will inevitably pin all the problems on him in order to shirk his responsibility - anyway, he, the king of Guyan, in Wei Lu's opinion, is definitely finished.

In this way, when he returns to Mobei, he will be greeted with contempt and suppression from all over the country.

Especially his brothers, I am afraid that they will beat him to death as a competitor once!

If you look at it this way, even if he goes back, the final end will not be much better!

At this time, in the distance, the words of the Han Dynasty general fell into his ears.

“…… Confucius said: There must be faithfulness in the city of ten rooms, and there will be my teacher in the parallel of the three people! To make the Xiongnu country, there are benevolent people, there are people with the ambition of revolution, if they are willing to change their ways, implement the king, respect the Han Son of Heaven as the king, the Han will not care about the previous suspicions......"

Xu Yanyu just listened to this paragraph, and the thoughts and thoughts in his heart suddenly changed one hundred and eighty degrees.

He gritted his teeth and recalled the education he had received since he was a child and his three views.

Poetry, books, and music, although he doesn't particularly like it like King Yu Jing.

But it's also kind of agree.

As for China's idea of 'great unification' and the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, he particularly appreciates and likes it.

I always feel that if the Xiongnu want to have a future, they must be like the Han in the south.

With the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, the system of great unification, centralization of power, and the dignity and humility of the upper and lower are in order!

Thinking about these things, he thought of another question.

The Han and Hungarian struggles for hegemony for a hundred years.

From the strength of Mao Dun and Lao Shang Da Shan Yu, to the stalemate of the military minister Shan Yu, and to the rout of the Xiongnu since Yin Zhi Xian Yu.

This all shows that the Xiongnu are constantly declining and backward.

So why did the Xiongnu decline and backward?

It is because there is no great unification, there is no clear respect and inferiority, and there is no distinction between kings and ministers.

In the past 100 years, there have been hundreds of large and small coups within the Xiongnu.

There is hardly a year in which there has not been a coup d'état.

Alone often bled for days, and countless people died.

In particular, Yin Zhi launched a coup d'état and usurped the throne, directly killing half of the high-ranking members of the royal court.

More than the total number of Xiongnu nobles killed by the Han army in the past few decades!

It is precisely because he saw these that he diligently pursued and tried to change and change the Xiongnu.

Unfortunately, there is a lot of resistance at home, and the opposition from top to bottom is extremely strong.

This made him even contact many people, and the result of the reform was only a small Guyan cavalry and the promotion of Sinicization education among the children of the royal court nobles, teaching young people the writing and art of war of the Han Dynasty.

In addition, it took decades to build the city and the tuntian around the city in Zhaoxincheng, Weilu City and other places.

But these changes to the Xiongnu are minimal.

The hard-trained Guyan cavalry is now surrounded in this desert, and the whole army is about to be wiped out in front of them.

The educational reform promoted by the royal court only covered dozens of clans, and it did not have much effect on the Xiongnu.

The appearance of Zhao Xincheng, Weilu City and other cities only slightly changed the situation that the Xiongnu did not have smelting and planting industry.

But it still can't be compared with Han.

However......

"If only I could be friends with the Chinese enemy...... "Xuan Yanyu blinked his eyes and couldn't help but look forward to it.

If only he could get Han's support and commitment.

First of all, external pressures can be addressed.

The Han-Hungarian War has lasted for more than 100 years, even since the calculation of the Mayi strategy, it has been more than 30 years.

In the past 30 years, two generations of young people have died of the Huns, and their sphere of influence has been directly swept from tens of thousands of miles to a place of breath in Mobei.

In its heyday, Mao Dun Da Dan Yu and Lao Shang Da Dan Yu both controlled 400,000 strings and dominated the world.

But now, even 200,000 cavalry have to be scraped together to barely be organized.

As long as the war can be ended and a respite is obtained, the Xiongnu will definitely be strong again.

Secondly, he can also use the resources, knowledge and materials obtained from Han to strengthen himself.

Thinking of this, he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart.

But here's the problem......

He lacked a sufficient reason to convince himself.

And convince their subordinates and nobles.

And not to be hacked to death by some of these extremists!

For some reason, at this moment, a word suddenly flashed through his mind.

Then he clung to the word.

"Curve to save the country!"

"Yes, this king is saving the country in the curve!"

"It's a fraudulent surrender, surrender to the Han people first, gain trust, wait for the opportunity to rise, and leave life for the cause of the Huns, Maodun Dadanyu and Lao Shangdadanyu!"

"It can also prevent the Mobei departments from being ravaged and burned by the Han army!"

"It can also keep the ancestral land of Longcheng and save the coffin of the ancestral land of Longcheng and save the great holy mountain from being desecrated by the Han people again!"

Thinking of this, Xuyan suddenly felt that his figure was tall and majestic.

So much so that he himself was somewhat moved by his great heart!

……………………

At this moment, Zhang Yue was riding a horse side by side with Sima Xuan, walking behind the cavalry who were similar to the same.

He looked into the distance, the confusion among the Hun cavalry and the slaves who were constantly fleeing from the Huns' surveillance.

The corner of Zhang Yue's mouth showed a slight smile: "Attacking the heart is really the best military method since ancient times!" ”

Fortresses, as a rule, are internally crumbled.

An elite enemy army like the Guyan cavalry, if the Han army wants to eat strongly, it will need to pay the price of at least thousands of deaths!

The wounded soldiers, the loss of horses and energy will be immeasurable.

And now, relying on a few captured and captured Hun banners.

The enemy in front of him can no longer pose any threat to the Han army.

There are only two paths left for them.

Surrender or surrender after being beaten half to death!

Other options, no longer exist.

"General Sima, please get ready, we will soon get a large number of excellent military horses!" Zhang Yue said to Sima Xuan with a smile.

Sima Xuan laughed when he heard this.

The war has been fought so far, and the Han army has won the war.

At least, the battle in Monan has already grasped the complete initiative.

Now, even a small soldier knows that everyone has made a fortune!