It was quiet in the dead of night, but the barracks were not quiet.

In a flat area not far from Jinyang, the Xuanjia army from Youzhou has set up camp.

In the barracks, the patrol soldiers will come and go frequently, and they will not miss the slightest movement, because in the middle of the night, an assassination occurred.

The assassin erupted, although it was controlled and stopped at the first time, but it still touched the hearts of everyone, after all, there have been too many assassinations these days, not only against Chen Zhi as the commander, but also several other captains have encountered such things, and this security has become more and more tight.

"The Huns are going to make a desperate bet, and if the battlefield soldiers can't fight, they will start to send dead soldiers one by one, which is really not on the table."

In Chen Zhi's big tent, Ran Zhan and Yang Yuan sat opposite each other, talking with Chen Zhi at the top.

"It's not surprising that their soldiers and horses are difficult to stop the army, so they naturally have to find other ways, not only those who assassinate, but also those who come to lose their sincerity, agree to take refuge, thinking that they should be internal, both good and bad, is common sense," Chen Zhi dealt with government affairs, and said without raising his head, "After Jinyang is taken, this kind of thing will be much less, but at that time, there will be new problems, but it is not something you have to worry about." ”

Ran Zhan and Yang Yuan glanced at each other, and they both understood what Chen Zhi meant.

The capital of the Xiongnu State is not Jinyang in name, but that city has long become the actual political and economic center, once it is taken down, with the situation of the Xiongnu State, it is a situation of collapse everywhere, in that case, the headache is how to receive and annex the state, pacify the local problem, not how to fight the city.

However, every time they think about the current situation, the two still feel a little incredible.

Before, even the most optimistic Chen Wu didn't expect that in just a short time, not even a month, the Xuanjia Army would be able to break through and turn the huge Xiongnu Kingdom upside down!

Now, no one doubts whether Chen Zhi's original sentence of "destroying the country" can come true, because it may only be a matter of time.

Maybe the forces outside the Xuanjia Army still have doubts, thinking about what the goal of Youzhou's action is, but within the Xuanjia Army, many people have begun to have a headache, after the destruction of the Xiongnu State, how to smooth out the huge administrative backlash.

However, how to govern the newly occupied land is something that civilian officials have to worry about, and for the military generals, whether it is Ran Zhan, Yang Yuan, or Wei Xiong and Chen Wu who led the army to fight outside, they have all got what they want - military exploits.

Even Ran Zhan and Yang Yuan had just come back with their troops, and they had already fought outside a few times, and Ran Zhan had a few new injuries on his body because he liked to kill in person.

After fighting with the Tiefu Xiongnu and Tuoba cavalry, they had already added a thick touch to their resumes, so they didn't care about the administrative costs afterwards.

Didn't you even care about Chen Zhi if you didn't see it?

After dealing with the affairs at hand, Chen Zhi finally stopped, he glanced at the two people in front of him, and said, "I called you here so late, not because of that assassin, but to let you prepare to go south." ”

"To the south?" Yang Yuanleng paused for a moment, and immediately understood, "But you have to deal with Liu Cang's people?" ”

In the Xiongnu country, several elite armies have their own belongings, but they can be roughly divided into two systems, the north has collapsed, and a part of the men and horses in the south are guarding Jinyang, and they have to prepare for a long time, while the other part is led by Liu Cang, and they are in the south, and it is this group of men and horses who chased and killed the emperor before.

This army of soldiers and horses in the south was supposed to do something big, but it turned out to be a mess and returned in embarrassment, and the morale was not high, but there were a lot of people.

"Although Liu Cang is the son of the chief of the Huns, he is not a general, why do I need to attack with Brother Yang?" Ran Zhan's eyes rolled, and he wanted to find a better errand, "It's that Brother Chen's side is short of manpower, he wants to attack Jinyang, that Jinyang is a Xiongcheng, Liu Kun relies on the city to resist the Xiongnu invasion, the entire Bingzhou has fallen, he can still hold on for a long time, now it has been operated by the Xiongnu for several years, the grain and grass supply is abundant, it must be stronger, even if there is artillery support, it will take effort, it is better to let me help......"

"Chen Wu attacked Jinyang, I am relieved." Chen Zhi said lightly, "It's Liu Cang who went north, in addition to his army, there is also the holy dragon body, there is no room for mistakes, let the two of you lead the troops, is to value the ability of the two of you, Ran Zhan is good at brave battles, can attack fortifications, and Yang Yuan is good at planning, can plan, you two humanities and martial arts combined, can be foolproof!" ”

Hearing Chen Zhi praise himself like this, Ran Zhan immediately smiled, and didn't mention the matter of competing with Chen Wu.

Yang Yuan frowned and said: "Although the north of the Xiongnu Kingdom is in a mess, the south is still stable, how many soldiers and horses do we need to bring?" ”

This Youzhou expedition to the west, a series of battle reports, blinded the surrounding forces, and they were shocked by Youzhou's combat strength, but in fact, the number of Xuanjia troops dispatched this time was not much, barely a combat force, about 50,000 people.

However, these 50,000, among other forces, can be called elite soldiers, and it is also because of such soldiers and horses that Wei Xiong can break 30,000 with 3,000.

"Ten thousand!" Chen Zhi stretched out a finger, "With you and 10,000 soldiers and horses, Yang Yuan, you are the commander, and Ran Zhan assists you!" As for the supplies, there is no need to worry, the wooden ox and the horse have been repaired and can continue to be used, and the new batch of food bags has also been completed, and they can be distributed to the soldiers early tomorrow morning! ”

In a word, the number of soldiers and horses was determined, and the command sequence was clarified, and finally the worries were relieved.

Several of the names mentioned in Chen Zhi's words were actually made by the sticker, and he took them out of the secret room box, all of which were helpful to the soldiers, and they were infinitely useful, showing many great uses in this Western Expedition, which opened the eyes of several generals.

Now when they heard it, Yang Ran and the others were relieved.

Chen Zhi said again: "In addition, you don't have to worry that there are still resistance forces in the south of the Xiongnu, if everything goes well, it will not be long before the Xiongnu country will be in chaos, and then the local counties will have no time to take care of themselves, you just have to keep an eye on Liu Cang." ”

"No!"

Although Yang and Ran were curious, they had long been accustomed to obeying orders, so they received the order, went back to rest, and left with the soldiers and horses at noon the next day.

On the other side, Chen Wu, who was hung by Ran Zhanji, took Quyang County at noon, and continued south from Quyang, so that he could directly attack Jinyang.

The root cause is the news of the collapse of the Xiongnu in the north, which frightened the courage of the county guards, and the internal response arranged by Chen Zhi, and united with the local Han clan, often as soon as Chen Wu's soldiers and horses arrived, the county town along the way opened the door and surrendered, which was like a bamboo.

When these news reached Jinyang City, it caused a new round of chaos.