After Qin Cheng led the hussar battalion out of the camp, he went all the way to the northwest.

Since Yi Xue'er had already taken Nangong Shang to Jincheng two days ago, calculating the footsteps, I am afraid that he has already arrived at the Xiongnu court today. But fortunately, there are still former Xiongnu court officials like Na Shi Hu in the Qincheng hussar camp, but they are not afraid of going in the wrong direction.

Out of the Chaha land, further northwest, you will enter the land of Gumeng. Because Gumengdi was closer to the court of the Xiongnu and was not under the control of this coalition army, it was much more dangerous to march.

Although the people of Na Shi Hu knew the grassland very well, they were also relative to the Han people, they were not military generals, so they naturally could not know the location of the various tribes in the grassland, so it was obviously impossible for the Han army to completely avoid being discovered.

At noon on this day, Qin Cheng ordered the hussar camp to stop and rest, and when eating dry food, Qin Cheng called out to the soldiers that Shi Hu and those military ministers who were captured in this campaign, and asked them: "You have been grassland people for generations, living on the grassland, so tell the general, you want to establish a tribe, what are the requirements in the terrain?" ”

"What do you mean?" That Shi Hu had a good brain, and when he saw Qin Cheng asking like this, he already had an idea in his heart.

Qin Cheng saw Shi Hu's expression and knew that he had already understood a little bit of what he meant, so he said: "Yes, since you can't accurately remember the location of each tribe, then we will bypass the terrain where there may be tribes, so that our army will not be discovered by the Huns." ”

"It's easy." When Shi Hu heard this, he told Qin Cheng the conditions for the Huns to build a tribe under normal circumstances, and said without worry: "It's just that in this way, our itinerary will be greatly increased, and I am afraid it will be unfavorable to the action." ”

"It doesn't matter." Qin Cheng stood up, "With the foot strength of the cavalry, it is nothing more than a two-day journey at most." And what we want is concealment. After speaking, let Shi Hu and the others go down.

"There's still something wrong with that." Liu Mu wrinkled his brows on the side and said, "I went to the land of the royal court for thousands of miles, and I went around and around, and the possibility of being discovered is greater." I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet? If you can bypass ten tribes, can you bypass twenty without being discovered? ”

"Do you have a better way?" Qin Cheng asked. "Say, look at your look, and you know that you are ready. Don't sell it. ”

Liu Mu shook his head and said seriously: "Such a simple method, I don't believe you didn't think of it." ”

"You mean......" Qin Cheng groaned for a while, suddenly realized, and said in surprise: "Pretending to be a Hun cavalryman?" ”

"Not bad." Liu Mu nodded, indicating that this was exactly the case.

"Haha...... Qin Cheng burst into a hearty laugh, "so I don't have to worry about being discovered by the Huns along the way." Even if they were suspicious, it was better that we would arrive before them did not wait for them to send someone to the royal court. How could I not have thought of such a brilliant plan before? Liu Lang, you are really my brainchild, haha! ”

Liu Mu unceremoniously gave Qin Cheng a roll of his eyes, and then said with a straight face: "General, the so-called concern is chaos, I see that your mind is already a little confused at this time, otherwise it is such a simple way, you should have come up with it a long time ago, and you don't need me to remind you." This is a dangerous signal, especially when you go deep into Gumeng and get close to the Xiongnu royal court, if you are in such a state, I am afraid that the army will not recover! ”

Although Liu Mu's words were serious, but the truth was not bad, Qin Cheng saw that he was serious, and he also realized his gaffe in the past two days, nodded, walked over and patted Liu Mu on the shoulder, and went to beckon the army to assemble.

That day and night, another Chaha tribe was attacked by the Han army's elite cavalry, and after the battle, this group of Han troops conveyed a strange military order to the surviving Huns: "Surrender your clothes and don't kill!" ”

Just after those Hun men trembled and handed over the clothes on their bodies and tents to those Han soldiers, the Han army really kept their promise and disappeared without a trace in a moment. This made those surviving Huns look at each other one by one, and they don't know why.

Could it be that the Han army is so poor that they don't even have clothes, and they still want to rob us?

Two days later, when Han Anguo led a group of cavalry to attack this small tribe again, he didn't encounter a single person to resist, but in the end, he found that the men in the tribe were hiding in tents, ** around the brazier, trembling.

At that time, the patriarch of the tribe was holding a ball of wool in front of his chest, and he was brought to Han Anguo tremblingly, and said with a sad face: "Clothes...... There are really no clothes! ”

This made Han Anguo wonder at the same time, and at the same time, he had to sigh, "What kind of desperate days are you living here!" ”

......

The court of the Huns.

There was an inconspicuous tent on the edge of the royal court, which was not big or distinctive, and the owner of this tent seemed to be extremely ordinary. The only difference is that on a wooden pole erected next to this tent, a white cloth is hung, and three large characters are written on the cloth with charcoal: Intelligence Team!

The wooden poles next to the other tents were covered with wolf skins.

On this day, a young man wearing a Han robe, squatting in front of the tent, while basking in the sun comfortably, while pulling the grass under his feet, did not forget to mutter: "One day, Lao Tzu will pull out your brothers and sisters, children and grandchildren, and see how you live when the time comes!" ”

It was obviously a very contradictory sentence and a very mentally retarded sentence, but this young man said it extremely seriously.

"Pulling weeds again?" At this time, a greeting came from behind the young man.

The young man was still squatting on the ground, looking back at the woman behind him, perhaps thinking that the sunlight was a little dazzling at this looking angle, and then turned his head and said angrily: "If I don't help you pull some grass, I'm not going to eat white food?" ”

Yi Xue'er pursed her lips and smiled, as if she thought it was funny, squatted down beside the young man, looked at him, and said in a funny tone: "The grassland is so big, it's useless for you to pull this little grass." ”

The young man didn't raise his head, but turned in a different direction, too lazy to face the sturdy woman.

Icher was not annoyed, she looked up at the wooden pole next to the tent and asked, "How long are you going to hang that cloth?" ”

"It's not a piece of cloth, it's a flag." The young man was dissatisfied, and the movements of his hands did not stop, "Naturally, it will be hung until the day I leave." ”

Yi Xue'er smiled, "Nangong Shang, do you really think Qin Cheng will come to save you?" ”

"Not today, not tomorrow? Not tomorrow, not next year? Nangong Shang suddenly looked directly at Yi Xue'er, pointed his finger at the entire royal court, and said arrogantly: "One day, this place is also the land of the Han Dynasty!" ”

"Haha......" Yi Xue'er laughed loudly when she heard this, as if she was extremely happy, she smiled very presumptuously, and she did not have the petite state of Zhongyuan's daughter at all.

"Maniac!" Nangong Shang returned to his hanging-up appearance, scolded, and pulled out the weeds by himself.

After laughing, Yi Xue'er stood up, glanced at the land that had not had a single grass ten steps square, and turned to leave, leaving only one sentence: "I will let you take your piece of cloth back to the Central Plains, but that is on the day when my Great Hun entered Chang'an!" ”

Nangong Shang sneered and ignored her.

He pulls weeds very carefully, always uprooting them, leaving no trace on the ground.

Unconsciously, at dusk, Nangong Shang, who had been working for half a day, stopped, sat on the ground, looked up at the night sky, and let out a long sigh.

"I don't know if this grass is useless." Nangong Shang muttered, then laughed at himself and lay down on the ground.

The west wind was very cold, and the ground was very cold, but Nangong Shang didn't realize it.

In a short time, the royal court within a radius of more than ten miles was lit up, bright or dark, jumping in the darkness. Nangong Shang didn't have the interest to see those lights, in his opinion, the lights in the south were more cordial, the lights here made him feel strange, even if the lights were lit in his tent, they couldn't eliminate this strangeness in Nangong Shang's heart.

I don't know how long later, Nangong Shang sat up from the ground and muttered complainingly, "It's a pity that there is no wine." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a water bladder flew into Nangong Shang's arms. Nangong Shang was stunned and picked up the water bladder, and before he could pull the lid, he smelled the aroma of wine, which made him smile with a hint of surprise, and regardless of where the water bladder came from, he pulled out the lid and poured it down with a big mouthful!

"Haha, good wine! What wine, haha! With that, another burst of pouring.

"Don't drink so fast! This wine is not easy to come by, that's all, why don't you leave some for me. A man dressed as a Hun sat down next to Nangong Shang and said in fluent Chinese, he looked at Nangong Shang's crazy appearance, and his face showed a painful look.

Nangong Shang listened to this man's words, stopped suddenly, and looked at the man in surprise, "Are you Han?" ”

"Chang'an people, what about you?" The man took the wine bag from Nangong Shang's hand, took a sip of it himself, and said in a not without melancholy tone.

Nangong Shang took a closer look at this man, because the lights were dim, he couldn't see clearly, but the other party's figure was very strong, his skin was dark, and his eyes looked bright even at night.

"Upper Valley." Nangong Shang said, "You are from Chang'an, how can you be in the royal court of the Huns?" ”

"Naturally, you were caught halfway, weren't you?" The man handed the wine bag to Nangong Shang and said, "By the way, I see that you only came here two days ago, do you know where Your Majesty is coming before you come?" ”

After that, he smiled self-deprecatingly, secretly laughing at himself for being really heartfelt, how could he just catch a person and ask about this, is this something that ordinary people can know?

Unexpectedly, Nangong Shang said: "It is no secret that the Huns sent a total of 100,000 troops this time, and only 20,000 escaped in the end. As far as I know, the Han army is afraid that it has already crossed the Chaha land. ”

This is not a secret, it may be that the man in front of him is being hidden, Nangong Shang thought.

"What?" The man was taken aback, grabbed Nangong Shang, and said eagerly: "What you said is true?" ”

"Naturally, it's true, do I need to lie to you?" Nangong Shang took a sip of wine and said a word, for fear that the wine would not be finished, and the words would be finished.

"Hahahaha......" Unexpectedly, this man suddenly burst into laughter, looking like crazy, but he didn't call the sky and grabbed the ground, and he was still talking inarticulately, Nangong Shang could only vaguely hear the words "Your Majesty" and "Minister".

Nangong Shang frowned, and said in his heart, this guy can't be crazy, right?

It took a while for the man to return to normal.

"This brother, I said goodbye first, and I will visit another day." The man straightened his clothes and said with Han etiquette.

"Well, well, thank you for the wine!" Nangong Shang reluctantly returned the wine bag to the man, and said.

The man did not take the wine bag, but said quite generously: "This wine will be given to you." ”

"That's right, thank you." Nangong Shang was overjoyed in his heart, and suddenly thought of something, so he decided to ask the other party's name, so he said: "Brother Tai, honor the surname?" ”

The man had already turned around and left, and when he heard Nangong Shang's words, he didn't look back, and said lightly: "Don't give your surname Zhang, your name is Qian." ”