In the world, if the victory of any war is not won in one go, then such a victory will always pay an unspeakable price. The so-called killing 1,000 enemies and injuring 800 self-inflicted injuries left behind the brilliance of those great feats, leaving scars all over the place.

"Zeguo entered the war map, and the people were happy to be happy. With your words, you will succeed in ten thousand bones! "Regardless of the dynasty, this poem is the most vivid portrayal of war. The Han Dynasty opened up three sides and expelled the Xiongnu, although it achieved great feats and composed a generous war song to resist foreign humiliation, but it also exhausted the national fortune for this, which was something that Yuan Zhao tried his best to avoid.

Combining various intelligence sources, the Huns are already ready to move again. It is believed that sooner or later next year, a major war will surely break out again. Time is of the essence, and there is no room for further delay. In order to avoid the formation of a protracted war that dragged on once the war started, and a dozen dozen years or even more than ten years, Yuan summoned the emperor and asked the imperial court to issue a decree ordering all Han troops stationed in Jiangbei to carry out winter training, improve their combat capabilities, and prepare for war with the Xiongnu.

The position of the captain of the Han Dynasty in the court has not been established since it became vacant. Of course, this is what the emperor himself meant, and by this time, both inside and outside the court have understood that His Majesty the emperor wants to firmly grasp the military power in his own hands. Therefore, questions concerning military matters, large and small, were to be approved by the emperor himself.

Although the courtiers could not help but be a little slanderous about such a practice, as the emperor's majesty increased day by day, no one publicly expressed their dissatisfaction.

The emperor immediately approved Yuan Zhao's recital and issued a decree, in addition to the soldiers in the northern border pass to tighten their vigilance, the more than 100,000 Han troops stationed in the princely states of Yan, Zhao, and Hejian also launched a winter training to prevent trouble.

The training of the Black Eagle Army on Changle Plateau naturally never stopped. This army, on which many people pinned their infinite hopes, has now grown to a size of nearly 20,000 people. Among them, more than 10,000 cavalry are the elite of the elite. Over the years, in order to cultivate this cavalry, it took Yuan Zhao countless efforts.

Just the equipment of the war horse's bow and crossbow weapons, the amount of money smashed into it is an astronomical amount. Do you want to support such an army for the emperor? Yuan Zhao sometimes has a headache when he thinks about it, he has said several times in front of the emperor that the Black Eagle Army has become an army, and the imperial court should officially classify it into the establishment, and always let them be stationed in private fiefdoms!

I don't know what Emperor Liu Che thinks, every time I hear his complaints, I always snort haha, and then put on a straight face, saying that when I first started to send you those hundreds of people, I went to help you take care of the home, and I helped you a lot at that time, and I always deserved some reward, right? At the very least, the interest should be longer, right? When you raise them into a truly strong army, I will take them back and raise them myself, and before that, complaining is ineffective!

In the face of such an arrogant and scoundrel emperor, what else could Yuan Zhao do? I can only consider myself unlucky. Over the years, half of the money he earned from developing those industries in all directions, in addition to the ones sent to Weiyang Palace, was used on this Black Eagle Army. Now his greatest wish is to start a war with the Huns as soon as possible, and when the time comes, let Wei Qing lead this strong army to make meritorious contributions and create his own era, so that he can throw this hot potato out.

During this time, Yuan Zhao was not idle, and several new weapons, under his personal guidance, were born next to the casting furnace next to Sword Lake. According to his instructions, the smelters who made these strangely shaped parts one by one felt a little strange, and they didn't know what they were used for.

After Yuan Zhaoxian saw it, he was very satisfied. These weapons of mass destruction are not for the Black Hawk Army, but for the affection of a certain woman, prefabricated weapons for the fleet that is preparing to go to sea.

After a detailed analysis by Yuan Zhao to the emperor, he finally agreed to the request of the princes and kings to form a joint fleet to go to sea. What Yuan Zhao said is not wrong, this is a new way out, after all, they are all descendants of the same ancestor surnamed Liu, there is no need to kill them all, as long as they have the means to expand their territory outside the territory of the Han Dynasty with their own ability, then they can naturally let them go to the sea to leap by fish, and the sky is high and the birds can fly.

The seven or eight southern princes headed by King Huainan, their strength is combined, it is a huge force, and he only needs to provide them with some help, I believe that they will definitely create a new overseas world, and Yuan Zhao is not worried about this. At present, the top priority is still to be placed on the preparation of the Western Regions, and the gathering of the cronies convened before the end of the year is to plan how to make the most thorough preparations for this matter.

However, in the world, plans are always not as fast as changes, and accidents often come inadvertently. The inner servants who came from the Yang Palace, at this time, arrived in a hurry.

"Your Majesty has a decree, Xuan Changle Hou Yuanzhao, and immediately go to Chang'an to meet him!"

Surrounded by the guards of the eight palaces, it was the emperor's henchmen and chamberlains. It seems that he has long known that Yuan Zhao will have some doubts after receiving the will, and after retiring from outsiders, he revealed the general situation to Yuan Zhao in a solemn whisper. The Han army was defeated in Dongjiang and was defeated by the Zhenfan Kingdom, with heavy losses, and nearly 20,000 men and horses died in Liaodong!

Yuan Zhao was taken aback, the cause of this incident happened during his trip to the Western Regions, when he heard that it was just a small harassment, and the emperor had already sent someone to deal with the matter. Later, he didn't ask about this matter anymore, how could it suddenly come to such a point.

It seems that the chamberlain named Wang An has been instructed by the emperor to tell Yuan Zhao the details in advance. Therefore, he said 1510 very clearly. Yuan Zhao didn't wait for half of what he heard, and he already understood the ins and outs. His brow tightened.

It turned out that half a year ago, the Zhenfan Kingdom, which bordered Canghai County in the northeastern territory of the Han Dynasty, rebelled. At first, it was just a plunder, but then it became more and more troublesome, they gathered tens of thousands of horses and horses, and from time to time invaded the Han land, and the soldiers and civilians of several border counties were not at peace, and for a time there was a lot of wolf smoke, and the border counties were in a hurry.

After the urgent document was reported to Chang'an, the emperor decided to send envoys to investigate the situation on the spot, and granted the right to mobilize the Canghai County garrison to make a decision on the spot.

The envoy sent to the Qin was named He Yu, who was born in the army and had been a general to attack the Xiongnu in the north, so he was familiar with the customs of these places. He was a little bold, and after arriving in Liaodong by order, he directly brought a small team of entourage around him, as the envoy of the Han Emperor, to the city of King Zhenfan, and met King Wei Youqu of Zhenfan, and condemned them for provoking border provocations without authorization.

Wei Youqu did not succeed to the throne for a long time, and in the face of the reproach of the envoys of the Han Dynasty, he just shirked and did not know, saying that those who made trouble on the border between the two countries were just the private acts of some subordinates, and they would definitely be severely punished after they were investigated, and give the Han Dynasty an explanation. In fact, in private, King Zhenfan was bewitched by Liu Xuan, the son of the king of Qi who fled here, and reached an agreement with the Huns, and had already formulated a plan to invade the Han land in Liaodong and cooperate with the Xiongnu iron cavalry to move south again.

After receiving the cold reception, He Yu was extremely angry, and when he saw that the negotiations were fruitless, he angrily led the people to say goodbye and return to the Han realm. Along the way, the minister of the real country, who was actually monitoring their movements, was even more sneering, and said some cool things with an arrogant attitude, which completely aroused the anger of their group. So, when he was about to cross the Yalu River and return to the Han land, he suddenly made a mistake and killed all the forty or fifty escort officials sent by King Zhenfan on the riverside, and then immediately crossed the river and galloped into Canghai County, which was regarded as a bad breath.

After getting the news, the true king Wei Youqu was furious, and he couldn't find a reason to provoke a war, but this opportunity came, so in the name of avenging the dead, he raised troops on a large scale, and began to frequently enter the territory of the Han Dynasty on the border of the riverbank, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil.

Canghai County is located in Liaodong, far away from the Central Plains, and there is no regular Han army stationed here, and the people who maintain order in peacetime are only some military service recruited locally, not only have they not received formal training, but even some weapons and equipment are very backward, and they are not the opponent of the invaders at all, so the resistance is very difficult.

He Yu is also a man who dares to act, seeing that he got into trouble because of his momentary indignation, he did not leave, but wrote down the details of what he learned, and sent the deputy envoy Xingye to rush back to Chang'an to play the Son of Heaven, he took the initiative to stay, and together with the local military and civilians, he was strong and stubborn, and shared blood on the front line.

After Emperor Liu Che received the news from He Amnesty, he rejected the great crime of the Tingwei Mansion to punish him for advocating and provoking a national war, and remembered that he did not fall into the prestige of the Han Dynasty and killed the real ministers.

For this matter, the emperor in the Weiyang Palace deliberately found the maps drawn by Yuan Zhao for him, and carefully looked at the situation of the Liaodong border and Zhenfan and other states, and a look of disapproval flashed across his face. In his mind, a country like Zhenban is just the size of a county in the Han Dynasty, how much combat power can it have? organized some armored soldiers in the local area, so that they could retreat in difficulty, that is, in such a cold and remote place, his eyes did not linger long.

However, things in the world are not as simple as they are taken for granted. The emperor never thought that just because of his contempt, more than 20,000 Han athletes, blood-stained ice and snow, lost their souls in Liaodong, and buried their bones in a foreign land, and they could not survive!