The war in the Central Plains, Ye Zhao has no time to take care of it for the time being, because the war on the Hetao side has reached the most critical time.

In the summer of the fifth year of Jian'an, until Xu Rong's army approached, Hu Chuquan had no choice but to sign the Hun warriors, this time, as long as the Hun men who could use the weapons, almost all of them got on horseback and went to the battlefield, in these days when Xu Rong waved his troops to the royal court, Hu Chuquan gathered 150,000 horses in order to be able to confront the Han army.

This is not just a person who controls the strings, among the Huns, in addition to children under the age of ten, even the old people in their fifties and sixties have picked up weapons and walked on the battlefield.

Hu Chuquan obviously wanted to strike with all his strength to repel the Han soldiers' horses and horses, in exchange for the opportunity for the Huns to continue to thrive in this Hetao.

This is a big war, not only to determine the survival of the Southern Xiongnu, but also a battle related to Ye Zhao's prestige, although when he fought Li Dao and Guo Yan before, there were so many people in the army, but at that time, the people's hearts were available, and they took Chang'an first, and the Xiliang army was determined for a long time, and the army was tired of war.

But this time, it is the battle of extermination, Ye Zhao wants to weaken the strength of the Huns as much as possible, and even use this battle to erase the Southern Huns from the map of this world, the Huns Jedi counterattack, the mentality is different, and the combat effectiveness is naturally different, this battle is very critical to Ye Zhao, if he can successfully exterminate the clan, Ye Zhao's prestige will grow to a new height, although the Huns no longer have the status they used to have, and the grassland overlord is now replaced by the Xianbei people.

However, the Huns, who had not been completely exterminated in the two Han Dynasty and four hundred years, were erased in their own hands, and this merit was enough for Ye Zhao's prestige to overwhelm the voice of the family, so as to occupy enough political capital for himself to enter the Central Plains in the future.

On the green meadow, the criss-crossing corpses and blood made the earth lose its original color, and a few billowing clouds of smoke in the distance were the surprise attacks emitted by the corpses being burned, even if they were far away, they could smell the scorching stench in the air.

Groups of Han soldiers patrolled back and forth among the corpses all over the ground, constantly dragging away one corpse after another, and the stumps and broken arms on the ground could no longer distinguish whether they were Han soldiers or Huns.

Not long ago, there was a large-scale tragic war here, judging from the results, the Han soldiers who patrolled the battlefield have explained the problem, and the final victorious side is undoubtedly the Han army, but this battle is too tragic, even the well-equipped Han army, but also a lot of deaths.

A head that was already full of gorgeous hair rolled to Xu Rong's feet, and Xu Rong, who was patrolling with the generals, stopped, it was the head of a Huns, and it was impossible for Ye Zhao to allow such an old man to go to the battlefield.

From the old man's face was still angry, a pair of eyes were open, it seemed that he was struggling to do something, he should be fighting with others, but with his age, even if he picked up a weapon, I am afraid it would be difficult to pose too much threat to the Han army.

"The Huns are being forced to be in a hurry!" Xu Rong raised his foot, kicked the Haotou head away, looked at the people who were still cleaning the battlefield in the distance, and sneered: "As long as this battle is won, the Southern Xiongnu will be completely dead!" ”

"Does the general know what are the casualties of our army?" Fa Zheng on the side suddenly spoke.

This is the first time he has spoken since he entered the camp, the army is indeed a place where people can be exercised, more than a month, Fa Zheng has lost a lot of weight, but the spirit of the whole person is much better than before, even if he is facing the supreme commander of the army at this moment, Fa Zheng can also be calm, not that kind of publicity, but with a very plain attitude to face.

"Do you know what it is to shake the morale of the army?" Xu Rong turned his head and looked at Fa Zhengdao.

"I know!" Fa Zheng bowed and said: "Those who shake the hearts of the army, regardless of the size of the official position, can be beheaded!" ”

"You know, why do you ask?" Xu Rong said indifferently.

Wounded 1,000 enemies, 800 self-inflicted, it is impossible for them to dig a trap in advance every time to wait for the Huns to jump by themselves, especially the Huns actually know the existence of the trap, after taking precautions, it is even more impossible to lure the enemy, so casualties are inevitable.

"But we could have won in an easier way!" Fa Zheng looked at Xu Rong and said: "This Hetao land, although they are all Huns, but there are also many branches, there are Tu Ge, Qifu clan, Yue clan, etc., we can completely divide and then break them one by one, these clansmen may not be the same heart as the Huns, even if the general wants to kill them all, but after their internal friction, wouldn't it be easier at that time?" ”

"How long will it take?" Xu Rong looked at Fa Zheng and asked after a moment of silence.

"One year, give me one year, and at this time next year, they will be able to kill each other!" Fa Zheng said in a deep voice.

"But we can't wait a year!" Xu Rong looked at Fa Zheng and sighed: "There are too many people watching this battle, Xianbei people, Xiliang Han Sui, and Northern Huns, not to mention a year, not for half a year!" ”

Xu Rong didn't know that it would be easier to divide and attack, and the damage would be much less, but the problem was that the longer the time dragged on, the more forces would be involved, a Southern Xiongnu, Ye Zhao would be able to eat, but if the Xianbei people and the Northern Xiongnu also intervened, Han Sui and Ma Teng, who had been divided before, would become restless, and at that time, there would be more deaths.

Xu Rong wanted a quick victory, so after Huchuquan gathered 150,000 troops, Xu Rong did not give them time to delay, but directly waved the army to approach, if the enemy did not come out, he dug a trap and blocked the enemy's retreat, if the enemy came out, it was just outside the city to annihilate.

Fa Zheng's strategy is good, but it is definitely not suitable for now, because this battle was fought suddenly, and Ye Zhao was not prepared, so this battle must be completed as soon as possible in order to suppress the surrounding forces and give Ye Zhao enough time to digest this place.

Fa Zheng frowned, looked at the extremely tragic battlefield and said: "But if we continue to fight like this, I'm afraid it will be our army that will be exhausted first!" ”

"Fight a few more battles and you'll know that the later you go, the weaker our enemy will be!" Xu Rong glanced at the head of the old pawn that he kicked away, shook his head and said: "Now that the old pawn has been dispatched, the elite soldiers of the Huns have almost been exhausted by this time, and after two more fights, they should escape!" ”

Xu Rong didn't explain much, on the battlefield, if all problems could be solved by strategy, then what was the use of Ye Zhao training so many elite soldiers?

Sometimes, it's not that there is no better strategy, but that the situation will force you to use the stupidest strategy.

Fa Zheng didn't say more, militarily, in addition to knowing the art of war, he didn't have any practical experience, this time, to put it bluntly, Ye Zhao sent him to learn, the real battlefield and the world of the art of war are different, the Huns in a war, either don't fight, if you want to fight, you will wipe out the Huns as quickly as possible, because once you occupy the Hetao, if you don't have enough deterrence, Xianbei, Han Sui, Ma Teng and the Northern Huns will not watch them occupy this land in peace, so you need to use the blood of the Huns to deter, Tell them that the surname of this territory is Ye!