After a few days of marching, the 30,000 Middle Route Army led by the great general Wei Qing rushed to the Dingxiang Shuai Tent, and the Left Route Army and the Right Route Army led by General Fei Li Guang, Heqi Hou Gongsun Ao, Wei Wei Su Jian and other generals also rushed to the predetermined place according to the scheduled time.

At night, the border plug is a little different from the prosperous Chang'an, desolate, silent, at a glance it is so dark that you can't find the edge, everything looks lifeless, the wind keeps blowing the camp tent, the big Han flag in the middle of the camp is blown loudly, the flagpole is crooked, and a few soldiers who are afraid of the cold hold the quilt from this tent to another tent.

Huo Quzhi stood outside the tent and watched quietly, in the eyes of people who have never been to Northern Xinjiang, the Northern Xinjiang of the Han Dynasty is bitter, sad and desolate, but in the eyes of these Northern Expedition soldiers, the Northern Xinjiang of the Han Dynasty is beautiful, it is untouchable, the desert is lonely, the grassland cattle and sheep, and more importantly, there are comrades-in-arms, Huo Qubing is the same, although it is the first time to come to Northern Xinjiang, he always feels that this is so familiar and so kind.

In front of the camp, the long Great Wall winds like a black dragon in the dark night, and outside the Great Wall, you can also see several patrolling soldiers on the grassland raising fires, dotted with stars, and above the arrow tower, several heavily armed elite men are staring at the distance with wide eyes, for fear that a fly will fly from the Huns at this time.

The Xiongnu is a nomadic herder with a long history in the north, most of them live in the Mongolian steppe, they have no fixed place, people move with animal husbandry, about the third century BC, the Xiongnu rose in the north, after hundreds of years, repeatedly violated the Central Plains Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, built the Great Wall, its main purpose is to prevent the Xiongnu from invading the south.

"General Fei has arrived, please, the general is waiting for your right army in the tent!"

Just when Huo Qubing hadn't appreciated enough of the northern frontier under the dark night, the commander of the Right Route Army, who had been waiting for the general Wei Qing, the commander of the Right Route Army, Hou Gongsun Ao, and the flying general Li Guang also arrived at the Shuai tent, and they quickly entered the Shuai tent under the guidance of Huo Quai.

Entering the tent, the two generals of the Right Route Army greeted each other with Li Fu, the right internal history of the Chinese Army, Zhao Xin, the Marquis of the Left Army, and Sun He, the Imperial Servant, and then General Li Guang of the Later Fei paid a visit to the general Wei Qing: "General, the Right Route Army has arrived safely. ”

Seeing that all the generals had led their respective armies to the assembly area at the scheduled time, Wei Qing was very happy, and he immediately beckoned everyone to sit down and began to discuss how to fight this battle.

Watching the generals of the Chinese military tent talking crookedly about how to fight this battle, Huo Quzhi, who had just arrived, didn't know anything but standing next to him to play soy sauce, but he listened very carefully, and he still had to learn these routines if he wanted to be a general.

"The last time I fought the Xiongnu Youxian King, the general led 30,000 cavalry out of Gaoque, and His Majesty commanded the guerrilla general Su Jian, the strong crossbow general Li Fu, the cavalry general Gongsun He, and the light car general Li Cai and other six generals all went out of Shuofang, and attacked the Youxian Wangting from a distance. General Fei Li Guang recalled the situation of the last battle in Monan.

"The last battle of Monan, thanks to the personal command of His Majesty Tianwei, was able to win a complete victory, this time the main force of the Huns in the decisive battle of Monan is different from the past, you are all fierce generals who have been fighting the Huns for a long time, what do you think about how to win the generals." Although Wei Qing is a general, he is still very low-key in front of these veterans, so he has won the respect of these veterans.

"The last general feels that this time is completely different from the last time, last time our goal was to eliminate the Right Xian King, and this time it is against the main force of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and we must be cautious in the formation of troops." Heqi Hou Gongsun Ao said while drinking tea.

Seeing that Hou Gongsun Ao expressed his opinion, Hou Zhao Xin patted his head and stood up and said happily: "This time, I am in charge of the forward, this time it must be a fixed position formation to advance the battle." After finishing speaking, he also gestured: "The decisive battle must be in the grassland, a huge place, you can't separate and intersperse the army like before, right?" ”

After listening to the words of Zhao Xin, the marquis of Xi, all the generals seemed to agree, with the research of everyone in Chang'an for more than a month, the right Xian Wang was defeated, Yi Zhi Xian Yu personally led the army south with the main force of the Xiongnu, he was unlikely to scatter his main force, on the contrary, it would all be concentrated on the grassland, but he was worried that the Zuo Xian King would come forward to contain the army of the Han Dynasty.

"How to conduct a propulsion-type positional warfare, then it is a bit troublesome." Wei Wei Su Jian walked to the map and looked at the map of the Northern Regions of the Great Han Dynasty, frowning and thinking as he said: "Bows and arrows, shields, chariots, infantry, cavalry, iron armor, strong crossbows, tiger heads, etc., there are more than 100,000 troops and more than 10 arms, how to deploy a formation on the huge grassland is also a problem." ”

"How is the Bandung Golden Lock Array?" Flying General Li Guang looked at the prairie road on the map.

Bandung Golden Lock Formation is an offensive formation, Wei Qing five strikes the Huns used twice of them, it is really tried, because this formation as long as it is a universal formation in the broad plain or grassland area, the attack can be advanced rapidly as a whole, and the defense can quickly form a position defense, which is a necessary formation for the grassland to lead troops to fight, and this formation comes from Wei Qing's innovation.

"But you can, but ......" General Wei Qing looked worried.

Facing the worry of the general Wei Qing, several generals stopped looking at the things in their hands, and Huo Quzhi walked out of the side tent, he wanted to listen carefully.

"Generals!" Wei Qing stood up and walked to the map, looked at it, and then said to the generals: "I personally think that we should make a two-handed plan, at present, the army has just arrived at the border to rest for a few days, and after waiting for Prime Minister Li Cheng's military salary, grain and grass, we are making a decision. ”

"The general is right, first find out the trend, and after everyone goes back, they will practice the Bandung Golden Lock Formation again, this is not a joke, the 100,000 army must be uniform on the grassland, and it is not so easy to order and prohibit!" After General Fei Li Guang finished speaking, he touched his beard and continued: "This battle is the first time to fight against the main force of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, I think it is better to be careful." ”

Just as several generals were discussing this war, suddenly there was a neighing of horses outside the camp, and several generals all looked out of the account, only to see a herald crawling in panting.

"Report to the general, Shanggu County Taishou Qiangyuan urgently report on the military situation." After speaking, before the herald had time to catch his breath, he took off the yellow belt on his body and handed over a piece of bamboo slip, and continued to report: "Three days ago, Gangya Biansai in Shanggu County was attacked by the elite of the Huns, and the defenders were completely annihilated, and the people and livestock property of the five villages and three villages in Gangya Biansai were robbed, and 1,200 people were killed and wounded. ”

"Ah......" The generals' eyes widened after hearing this, and Li Guangyi, the flying general who had served as a taishou in Shanggu County, grabbed the herald's collar and asked viciously and loudly: "What about the captain of the garrison?" ”

Li Guang may have frightened the herald, and the herald replied with a frightened face: "The garrison, the garrison captain He Chang has already died in battle." After the herald finished speaking, he looked at the general Wei Qing innocently.

And Huo Quai, who was listening on the side, was stunned after hearing this, and walked to the middle of the handsome tent.

"Has it been reported to the imperial court?"

"It's been reported, and it must be there in a few days!"

"Go down and rest!"

"King Zuo Xian has done it." As he spoke, Wei Qing raised the song of Jiang Yuan, the Taishou of Shanggu County, and said: "Five hundred elites, led by sweat and blood horses, all the soldiers and armor are wearing ghost-faced helmets, they are the relatives of King Zuoxian!" After speaking, Wei Qing closed his eyes.

Wei Qing judged from the characteristics put forward on the chapter that this was the relative guard of King Zuoxian.

"Hehe, it looks like they're showing signs of doing it."

Looking at the side report sent by Shanggu County, several generals sat in front of the map again, Huo Qubing took a deep breath and walked out of the tent when he saw this, the time was almost dawn at this time, he stood at the door of the tent and looked into the distance, there was a trace of whiteness in the position of the sky, and the rooster ready to be slaughtered in the cooking room kept crowing, turning his head to look at the generals in the account, and they started to work.