How big the appetite of the Tu tribe is, Yu Fuluo doesn't know for the time being, this grassland man who has been fighting horses for many years and has experienced vicissitudes of life, still retracted his gaze closer.

The war horse under the crotch lowered his head and chewed a few yellow weeds, and stretched out his tongue to lick a few pieces of cold gravel on the cracked surface, the old horse seemed to feel the master's gaze, and also raised his head, the horse's head to the north, the mane was slightly blown by the wind, and it seemed that he was also missing his former hometown.

I don't know how long it took, Yu Fu Luo suddenly sighed, shook the whip in his hand, urged the horses to gallop towards the temporary camp of the Huns, shouted at the kitchen spring, and greeted the Shan Yu guards scattered around, and followed Yu Fu Luo unhurriedly.

The temporary camp of the Huns was very rudimentary, with no fences and no corner towers, and felt tents were scattered on the edge of a lake that had not yet dried up, with only a dozen sentinels gathered together on horseback.

When he saw the dozen or so sentry riders gathered together from afar, and did not distract from their guard, he was already displeased, and when he approached the sentry horses with a frown, he found that they had gathered together, set up a plundered bronze wok, and lit wood to make a fire, as if they were cooking something.

The arrival of the guards also attracted the attention of these sentry riders, and they also hurriedly came over to salute Yu Fuluo, seeing these originally stout and strong grassland men, all of them with yellow faces and thin muscles, Yu Fu Luo took back the scolding on his lips, he got off his horse, and walked towards the sentry horses.

"What is this?"

When Huvro approached, he smelled a smell of beef and mutton fat, but when he saw that the bronze wok, it was not meat such as lamb legs that was cooking, but strings of golden insects, he was stunned for a moment, and turned to the sentry riders and asked.

The sentry rode into the face of Huvro's gaze, and did not dare to make a sound, and after a while, one of the ten captains, came out of the crowd, bowed down to Huvro, and said:

"Shan Yu, this is a locust."

"Locusts?"

Ivro asked again in disbelief, pointing to the bronze wok.

"Yes, yes, I learned from the plundered mouths, I heard that in Hedong, the officials gathered the Han people to extinguish the locusts, and also used these locusts as rations to satisfy hunger."

"Oh?"

Yuvro's brows were slightly calm, and he was a little suspicious, and the ten-captain looked at Yuvro's face and continued to explain:

"With the cooking method of the Han people, those locusts are a little difficult to eat, so I waited for some oil, and the situation of these days ,,, the athletes can't stand it, so that's why..."

The ten-captain stumbled to explain his words as clearly as possible, and Yu Fuluo nodded, and did not blame, but bent down to catch a string of golden locusts, and Hu Chuquan, who followed up, saw this, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it.

"Shan Yu, how can you-"

Before Hu Chuquan finished speaking, Yu Fuluo had already stopped his words, and said with a sad face:

"As a great man set by heaven, I can only let the people of my tribe starve, even if I go to eat the fat beasts and lambs, how can I swallow them."

After saying that, Huvro had already put a locust into his mouth, chewed it vigorously, and made a crisp sound, the taste of the locust entrance was not as delicious as the lamb's roast, but it also had a different flavor, and it was not as difficult to swallow as expected.

After Hu Chuquan saw that his brother had eaten locusts, he didn't look uncomfortable, hesitated for a moment, and then picked up a string of locusts and tried to eat them.

In the difficult environment, the men of the grassland are thirsty for blood and eat raw meat, and it is common for Huchuquan to fight in the horses, and the Hun warriors who have been sharpened out, this kind of small worm eats in his mouth, he quickly adapts to this food, chews it in a big mouth, and eats a string of locusts at once.

Yu Furo watched Hu Chuquan eat a bunch of locusts with a big grin, suddenly sighed, and said with emotion:

"I think my Huns are also plagued by locusts on the grassland, once the locusts swarm, everywhere they pass, there is not a single inch of grass, even the pasture for livestock is eaten up, countless cattle, sheep and horses are starved to death."

"Although the people of our tribe regard these locusts as 'sacred locusts' and offer blood food to protect them from violation, or ask the sorcerers of the tribe to perform witchcraft and turn to the ghosts and gods, they still cannot stop the invasion of locusts."

"If you boldly give an order in the morning, like the officials of the Han people, and gather the tribes to exterminate the locusts that eat together, I am afraid that we can also save a few pastures for livestock and horses!"

Hu Chuquan heard Yu Fuluo's long sigh, he also sighed, and said with deep feeling:

"It's true, it's just that it's too late to extinguish the food now!"

The nomadic life on the grasslands was more difficult than that in the Central Plains. While the Han farmers were worried about the long-term drought and rainless climate and the overwhelming locusts, the herdsmen on the grasslands would also be sad because they were in trouble.

Even, the herdsmen's resistance to drought and locust plagues on the grassland is even weaker, and a powerful Xiongnu tribe may have suffered a drought or a locust plague in the pastures of the territory, and all the good things that had been once would be fleeting.

In order to survive, tribes and tribes, herdsmen and herdsmen, endless battles are staged, until the corpses are supported by white bones, and a powerful tribe is also dissolved.

Yu Fuluo and Hu Chuquan have also suffered such a predicament now, the overwhelming locusts have swept across the border, eaten up their pasture, and then fled, and now it is too late to gather the people of the tribe and extinguish the locusts like the Han officials in Hedong.

"No, it's not too late!"

Huvro spoke suddenly, his gaze already turning to the south. Hu Chuquan was stunned for a moment, not understanding what his brother meant, but he still opened his mouth and asked:

"What does Shan Yu mean is that we are still following the example of Hedong to extinguish the dividing locusts?"

"No!"

Juvro shook his head and said firmly:

"Since Hedong can extinguish the locusts in time, then their food will definitely not be eaten up by the locusts, and it is not too late for us to rush to Hedong at this time!"

Speaking of this, a fierce light suddenly burst out from under Huvro's originally lowered eyelids, and he showed his gloomy teeth, with a wolf-like hoarse laugh, and giggled:

"Go to Hedong, there is still our food for the winter!"

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A few days later, the city of Beiqu.

"Even if the wolves on the steppe are hungry, even if they are skinny, they will not learn how to survive the sheep, but always open their bloody mouths and want to bite off a piece of flesh and blood from their neighbors.

Wei Qi stood at the head of the city in Beiqu, wearing a robe, and was hunted by the strong wind on the city, but he did not mean to avoid it at all, but his eyes were firmly fixed on the Hun cavalry roaring outside the city, and he said to Niu Song beside him without looking back.

Niu Song's swarthy face showed some surprise, he didn't expect that Wei Gongcao, who only seemed to quote scriptures and say some words on weekdays, would say such things on the wall of the enemy today.

These words are rough and straightforward, but it sounds so appetizing, Niu Song grinned slightly, and for a while he couldn't even think of words to pick up Wei Qi's words.

As the northern envoy of the locust extermination, Wei Qi not only rushed to Puzi and Beiqu with his officials, but also temporarily commanded Niu Song's Yiqu soldiers, commanded the officials, and gathered the people of the two places to extinguish and drive away the locusts in time day and night, and preserved the harvest of most farmers and peasant women in the territory this autumn.

However, after the locusts were eliminated and driven away, they also attracted an even more terrible threat than the locusts - a large number of Hun cavalry.

As soon as the end of autumn and winter began, in order to plunder the grain and grass for the winter, Yu Fuluo did not hesitate to lead the only remaining Huns under his command to invade the territory of Hedong, wantonly plundering cities and villages, and turning the north into a land of misery.

The Huns who plundered from it can be said to have poured out of the nest, from the Hun cavalry dispatched, to the miscellaneous Hu who were coerced and attached, no less than four or five thousand men and horses.

Puzicheng in the northwest had only 200 guards, but it failed to hold the city wall, and was driven and captured by the Huns.

The cavalry of the Huns also drove away, besieged the Beiqucheng where Wei Qi was located, and crossed the Hukou Mountain Road and Caisangjin with light horses, and continued to invade and plunder the territory of Pishi.

"Gong Cao, the Huns are tired from afar, why don't you take this opportunity to open the city gate and rush to kill for a while, so as to extinguish the arrogance of these Hu people!"

Niu Song looked at the Hun cavalry roaring outside the city, and said with anger in his chest.

Although he only had a group of soldiers under his command, he thought that it was more than enough to defend the city wall, to defend the people who had taken refuge in the city, and to resist the Huns who were not good at attacking the city, and even thought that he could go out of the city to fight back for a while.

The soldiers and horses under the command of Yan Xing, in addition to being slightly frustrated in the land of the West River in recent years, have also suffered this kind of nest spirit, Zhang Yang's soldiers and horses in Bingzhou, the elite soldiers of Hebei in Luyi, and Zhang Ji's Hongnong army are not in front of the soldiers and horses in Hedong, one by one, they collapsed one by one, and they were defeated and fled!

Therefore, when Niu Song saw the arrogant and provocative Huns, he was ready to fight.

Wei Qi smiled at Niu Song, who was actively asking for battle, but did not agree.

"These Huns have been wandering in the Han land for many years, and they know the offensive and defensive tactics and the art of war of our Han people.

After finishing speaking, Wei Qi was only a temporary commander of Niu Song, a soldier who was worried that Niu Song, who was leading the troops, was not convinced, and pointed to the Huns outside the city, and continued to explain:

"You see the Huns in front of the city gate, it looks like most of them are old and weak, untidy and untidy, but the hills and woods on both sides of the city wall have been raised by smoke and dust long ago, and now they are also birds do not inhabit the forest, and they go around and leave the nest, so it can be seen that the elite cavalry of the Huns must be ambushed in the dark to peep into the city."

"As for the Hun cavalry that passed by before, most of them are just a small part of the soldiers and horses of the Huns who bewitched us, just like the miscellaneous beards who are in the front queue and untidy in armor, they are all lost soldiers who want to tempt the guards in the city to go out of the city to fight back!"

"Although these ambushes of the Huns are far away, as long as the soldiers who go out of the city to fight against the battle are entangled by the miscellaneous men and horses in the front, the Huns' cavalry will soon be able to outflank them from both sides to cut off the retreat of the city guards."

"Even if you are lucky, but the number of soldiers defending the city is small, even if one soldier is exchanged for two or three miscellaneous beards, it is also not worth it for us and others, if there are many soldiers who are damaged, then there will be not enough manpower on the city wall to rotate to defend the city."

After listening to Wei Qi's detailed explanation, Niu Song bowed slightly, and looked in the direction pointed by Wei Qi's finger, and sure enough, he found an abnormality in the distant woods, and after a careful observation, he nodded again and agreed with Wei Qi's opinion.

At this time, Niu Song no longer regarded Wei Qi as an ordinary scribe, and asked Wei Qi for advice more humbly.

"Then according to Wei Gongcao, there is a good chance to break the enemy?"

"Not available for the time being, but we rely on the city wall, the defenders are at ease, the attackers are at work, and the Huns are unable to lure the enemy, so it is inevitable that they will be depressed and discouraged, and they can always find a good opportunity to retreat from the enemy."

Although Wei Qi was cautious and keen, he had never led troops to fight, and he didn't dare to hold it up, so he could only explain to Niu Song and wait patiently for the right fighter.

"However, there is another matter, the military must be careful!"

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"The Huns are as cunning as foxes, among the refugees who fled into the city before, it is inevitable that there will be the internal response of the Huns, and the refugees need to be isolated and guarded, so that they cannot have the opportunity to get close to the city gates, granaries, wells and other important places in the city!"

Niu Song nodded, he is also a military official in the army who has followed Yan Xing for many years, and he is also worried about the details of defending the city, and he promised to strengthen his vigilance and personally patrol the defense, and he will never let such omissions occur in the city.

After the two talked for a while, Niu Song led his soldiers to inspect other important places in the city, while Wei Qi had no intention of leaving for the time being, he was still standing at the head of the city, looking at the Huns outside the city who neither attacked the city nor retreated.

The Zahu men and horses close to the front of the city wall are ready to set up felt tents directly outside the city and rest the people and horses, and the Huns in the forest in the distance have not moved, if Wei Qi's judgment is not wrong, these elite cavalry of the Huns have quite good patience and endurance.

Wei Qi felt the strong wind on the side of the city, and thought about the next plan of the Huns, if the Huns only came for the captivity, then after the failure of the strategy to tempt the guards in the city to go out of the city to fight, they were very likely to leave only a part of the soldiers and horses to watch Beiqu City in order to preserve their strength, and the other Huns continued to go deep or scattered, plundering the relatively easy to capture the township and Wubao.

At that time, will the city be able to wait for the right fighter?