In the third year of Zhongping, in mid-September, the north has reached the end of autumn, the days are gradually bleak and cold, I believe that it will not be long before mid-October at the latest, the first severe cold of this year, it is estimated that it will come.

On this day, Guan Yu, the general of the Xiongnu Zhonglang, led a 15,000 cavalry, starting from Wuwei County, Liangzhou, passing through Beidi County, and entering the adjacent Shangzhou County. Although the Han army was all cavalry, because of the long distance, they also carried a lot of chariots and horses as a backup, which dragged down a lot of distances, and it took about a month to reach Bingzhou.

However, Guan Yu did not go to Jingshang County for the first time, crossed Xihe County, and went to the Prefecture Thorn History Department, which is also the county of Taiyuan County Jinyang, after entering Shangjun, he heard that there were Hu cavalry robbing in the north of Shangjun, and he immediately led the army to the north of Shangjun.

In Guan Yu's eyes, the trustworthy soldiers and horses under his command are actually only the 5,000 elite cavalry given to him by Fuquan, and the rest of the 10,000 cavalry based on the Bingzhou soldiers and Youzhou soldiers, with the Liangzhou soldiers and recruits, he doesn't want it very much, and according to the will of the imperial court, this new 10,000 cavalry seems to be handed over to the Duliao general Geng Zhi, and he doesn't have to think about it, but thinking that the remnants of the former Xiongnu Zhonglang General Wang Rou will take over, there should still be thousands of elites available, Guan Yu is in a slightly better mood.

As for Wang Rou, in fact, Guan Yu is also familiar with it, and when he conquered Xianbei in the past, he led his soldiers and horses and a Southern Hun army to help. Moreover, he is a native of Jinyang County, and like Wang Qiao, he was born in the Taiyuan Wang family, but Wang Qiao is a side line of the Taiyuan Wang family, while Wang Rou is a descendant.

Wang Rou, the word Shuyou, the younger brother Wang Ze, the word Jidao, and the two brothers, and Guo Tai Guo Linzong, one of the party members in the same county and county. It is said that the two brothers, when they were young, came to visit Guo Linzong together and asked what to do in terms of talent and conduct. Guo Linzong, who is good at getting along, looked at the two of them and said: "Uncle You should be a scholar, and Ji Dao should be a master of art, but if you don't change your business, you can't do it." ”

Later, as Guo Tai said, one was famous for being an official, and the other was famous for his skills, among them, Wang Rou was the general of the Huns, and Wang Ze was the Taishou of the county. Of course, the people who were favored by Guo Tai were not like this, Guo Tai also found Zhang Xiaozhong among the grooms, and befriended Fan Tezu among the messengers, Zhao Gongzi and Xu Weikang were both born in restaurants, Sima Ziwei was born in Shishu, and Guo Changxin, Wang Changwen, Han Wenbu, Li Zizheng, Cao Ziyuan, Dingxiang Zhou Kangzi, Xihe Wang Jiran, Yunzhong Qiu Jizhi, Hao Lizhen and other more than 60 people, they all became famous because they were appreciated and discovered by Guo Tai.

In Guan Yu's opinion, Wang Rou can also be regarded as a person who knows soldiers. It's a pity that this time, Wang Rou was pitted by the Southern Xiongnu civil strife and the slaughter of each person, and more than 10,000 people under his command were caught off guard, and were secretly attacked and defeated by the Hu people's coalition army, so they had to lead thousands of people to escape.

Although the main reason for the defeat of the army is not Wang Rou, after all, as a general of the Xiongnu, he failed to discover the internal abnormality of the Southern Xiongnu in advance, resulting in the defeat of the imperial court, so Wang Rou must carry this pot, and the Han court must find someone responsible for this matter. Of course, if this were not the case, Guan Yu would not have had the opportunity to be played by Fuquan and become a general of the Huns.

Shangjun, it is rumored that the earliest was placed by Wei Wenhou during the Warring States Period of the pre-Qin period, and then in the tenth year of King Hui of Qin, Wei Xian Shangjun fifteen counties in Qin, after Qin Shi Huang swept Liuhe and unified the world, it was one of the thirty-six counties in the early Qin Dynasty, and the county was governed in Fushi County, and the county governance remained unchanged in the Han Dynasty.

Now, with the rebellion of the Tu people and the Southern Xiongnu, Shangjun, which leaned into the court of the Southern Xiongnu royal court, was naturally not immune to the attack of Hu Qi, and to the north of Shangjun County, Guan Yu's department continued to see the people who fled to Sili or Liangzhou.

According to them, the counties near the court of the Southern Xiongnu were all plundered by the Hu people, and even the Xihe County Taishou Xing Ji was also killed because he led the army to protect the people and fought against the Hu people. At this moment, from the previous time when Zhang Yi was killed, a county guard has died, and the situation in the state is now in ruin.

Guan Yu wanted to meet with the Shangjun County Shou to understand the current situation, but he heard that the Shangjun Taishou had gone to Jinyang, and then heard that the Hu people continued to plunder the north of Shangjun, but there was no intention of going deeper, and under the doubt in his heart, he ordered Gan Ning, Zhang Xiu, Hu Feng, Pang De and other young generals, and hundreds of elite horses, to go deep into the north of Shangjun, and ordered Yan Yan to lead the army to respond later, if there is any abnormality, it can also be guaranteed that there is no again.

More than 100 horsemen galloped all the way, and within ten miles were full of Han army rangers, twenty miles began to become scarce, and after thirty miles, it was difficult to see people, Guan Yu and others did not stop and continued to go north.

As soon as I entered Qiuci County, its place was the same as Baitu County, Zhenlin County and other counties, close to the Southern Xiongnu royal court, and I encountered a group of Hu people on horseback, about 30 people, who seemed to be scouts, but they were immediately filled with goods and grain, and also said how many Han people these Hu people looted and looted, and I don't know how many Han people died under their swords.

Seeing this, Guan Yu did not hesitate, and immediately rode his horse to fight with him, and the rest of the more than 100 horsemen also followed. On the contrary, they seemed to regard Guan Yu's side as an unexpected surprise, howling and howling Hu Yu rushed over, Gain, with the rebellion of the Tu people and the Southern Huns, defeated the Han army in a row, and killed the Han Dynasty governor, which made them obviously despise the combat effectiveness of the Han army, and with the expansion of their hearts, they thought that they could also deal with their ancestors with the former Han Dynasty, and come to the so-called "one Hu against five Han", so they were not at all afraid of Guan Yu's more than 100 horses.

However, facts have proved that the Han army is never afraid of anyone, especially this Han army is about Yu, Gan Ning, Zhang Xiu and other fierce generals, this scout team, in a few moments, was annihilated by the Han cavalry, no life survived, and the Han cavalry, only in the melee, slightly injured five people.

After annihilating the Hu scouts, under the puzzled eyes of everyone, Guan Yu rode his horse to the corpse of Hu Cai, jumped off the horse, and looked at the corpses of the Hu people one by one, and everyone was confused.

But I saw that Guan Yu's brows were sometimes furrowed, sometimes stretched, flew on the horse, waved his big hand, and continued to go deeper. Along the way, they wanted to inquire about the situation, but because of Guan Yu's status as the main general, and because he was a battle-hardened person, he would never be untargeted, so they could only hold back for the time being.

Along the road, they also encountered four waves of Hu cavalry scouts, and the previous battle of Hu cavalry, the same as the same, Guan Yu and others easily killed four Hu cavalry scouts in a row, killing more than 100 people, each Hu corpse Guan Yu was checked one by one, and no one was spared. During this period, there were even a few Hu Qi who pretended to be dead, and waited until Guan Yu was about to suddenly erupt, but for the "Martial Saints" who don't know how many people they had killed now, their actions could only be in vain in the end, nothing more than adding an extra life to Guan Yu's knife.

Of course, no matter how arrogant the Hu people are, they still have their own defense system, probably because they don't know which way the scouts found the companion team that was annihilated by Guan Yu and others, and only heard the desolate horn horn, which sounded continuously from a very far place, and followed the cool autumn wind to the ears, everyone knew that this was the signal that Hu was gathering soldiers and horses to inform the nearby rangers that there was an enemy invasion.

"Woo...... Woowoo woo ......"

Hearing the sound of the horn, everyone changed color, but Guan Yu, who had an indifferent face, looked calm, and only heard him shout "withdraw", and the soldiers would immediately return the same way as if they had been amnestied.

On the way back, everyone encountered a little twists and turns, there were more than 100 horsemen who gathered to block the way, but the combat strength was slightly poor, in the face of Guan Yu's more than 100 elites, they only resisted for a quarter of an hour, and then they were broken through, and the Han army killed a hundred horsemen, and then reined in and left. Only sixty or seventy horsemen were left scouts, looking at their backs, looking at each other, why don't they pursue?

The other party killed them like this with a single blow, and continuing the pursuit was obviously sending them to death...... In the end, these Hu scouts chose not to move because they were afraid.

However, even if they pursue, I am afraid they will not be able to catch up, because Guan Yu came out this time, and the more than 100 people selected are all elites, and they are all equipped with good horses in the Western Regions.

After Guan Yu's small army and most of Yan Yan's soldiers and horses converged, the scouts also reported that dozens of miles away, the Hu people also gathered thousands of horsemen, but they obviously also found that the more than 10,000 Han cavalry did not dare to act rashly, and finally took the initiative to retreat.

Seeing this, Gan Ning, who was quite courageous, immediately asked Guan Yu for an order: "General, give me 3,000 horses, and I will not let Hu Gou get away with a person." In his opinion, when Hu Cai saw the retreat of the Han army, it was obvious that they did not have enough soldiers and horses, so for Gan Ning, who was young and eager for military achievements, he naturally did not want to let go of the thousands of Hu Cai.

As soon as Gan Ning's words came out, they immediately exploded, and other young generals such as Zhang Xiu and Hu Feng also followed the petition, and then disagreed with each other, and for a while, they chattered non-stop.

In the audience, only Yan Yan beside Guan Yu looked calm, he was about the same age as Guan Yu, much older than these young people, even if he wanted to make meritorious service in his heart, but he couldn't be cheeky and rob these young people, right?

It's just that no matter how they quarreled, Guan Yu was unmoved, but shouted: "Shut up! ”

For a moment, the generals were quiet, and then they heard Guan Yu say coldly: "Withdraw the troops!" ”

Hearing this, everyone was shocked and asked, "Why did you withdraw your troops?" ”

After all, if you don't even want the credit you have in hand, it really seems unwise.

However, Guan Yu's answer was a little unanswered, and he only listened to him: "Under careful inspection, there are more than 100 enemy corpses, and nearly forty percent of the soldiers, all of whom are wearing double-layer leather armor. ”

Everyone was confused, and at that moment, Yan Yan, who was the second oldest in qualifications, asked, "What does Zhonglang mean?" ”

But seeing that Guan Yu was very forced to hold his long beard and explained: "Hu cavalry double armor people, none of them are wearing winter clothes, and Hu cavalry scouts, wandering outside all day, if there are still forty percent of the soldiers who lack winter clothes, the rest of the Hu people can be imagined." I'm afraid, in addition to the tens of thousands of Tu Gehu are still prepared, the soldiers of the Southern Huns suddenly rebelled, and it would be a great luck to have half of the soldiers wearing winter clothes! ”

Zhang Xiu, who was quite strategic, reacted immediately: "Zhonglang said this, the Southern Huns still have a backhand?" ”

Guan Yu nodded and said, "I'm worried about this!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xiu was silent, and no longer asked the generals to fight the Hu people, but the rest of the people were still confused, and then Guan Yu only asked Zhang Xiu to explain to them, but he ordered to leave and go in the direction of Jinyang.

Zhang Xiu finished speaking concisely, and everyone solved their doubts, indeed, the subtext in Guan Yu's words was that Hu people looked few, but it didn't mean that there were so many of them. It is very likely that in the Hu camp in the rear, there are still many Hu soldiers without winter clothes who have not appeared, if the Han army pursues, it is impossible to say that those people will be forced out, and the time may make the partial division fall into a heavy encirclement.

And the Hu people have more than 100,000 horsemen, and they don't know how many people there are on the other side, which is obviously unfavorable to the Han army at this time, so of course, we must take advantage of the fact that the Hu people are not entangled, and leave as soon as possible.

The Han army gradually moved eastward, looking at the generals, and was not discouraged by not fighting against the Hu people, Guan Yu was relieved in his heart. In fact, in his heart, there is still something he has not said, that is, it is very likely that this year, there will be no big war between the Han army and the Hu people, and they will have to wait until the spring of next year.

As a native of Hedong, although Guan Yu is a native of Si Li, he is close to Hedong County, and he also knows little about the climate in the northern part of Bingzhou. Like the current weather, at most half a month, the first winter snow will inevitably occur, and when the time comes, those Southern Xiongnu who hastily raised troops will inevitably shrink to the Southern Xiongnu royal court, and then fight against the Han army after the winter.

As for the Han army, it is obvious that it will not send troops to attack the Xiongnu in winter. Second, the annexed state has been dilapidated, and it is necessary to mobilize troops and food to restore its combat potential. It's just that as Guan Yu knew on the way to the march, in addition to Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion in the northern Xinjiang, even the Montenegrin army, which was originally recruited by the imperial court, rebelled, which undoubtedly made Guan Yu more sure that there would be no war.

After all, since the Taiping Dao incident, the Great Han State has been fighting to quell the chaos for many years, and his war logistics potential is impossible to support the Han army to exterminate Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju in the bitter cold Youzhou at the same time, and then support the same bitter cold Han army in Bingzhou, send troops and more than 100,000 Hu cavalry, and fight a decisive battle in the northern Xinjiang in winter.

In other words, if Guan Yu is not bad, at the end of this year, the Great Han State and the rebels of Tu Ge and the Southern Huns will have a certain tacit understanding without agreement, and maybe there will be some skirmishes between them, but it is undoubtedly impossible to have a decisive battle between the generals under the command of Ru Guan Yu and the duel.

Thinking so, after the army passed through Xihe County to govern Shi County, it was heard that after the death of Xing Ji, the original Shi Taishou Xing Ji, he was newly appointed by the imperial court to be the Taishou of Xihe County, and after he had also gone to Jinyang, Guan Yu ordered the whole army to rush to Taiyuan County non-stop, and finally, at the beginning of October, he arrived in Jinyang County, Taiyuan County.