The so-called cat winter is to find a corner to hide like a cat and wait for the winter to pass. Su Ren doesn't have such treatment, he has endless things to do every day. To be a general is to fulfill the responsibility of a general, Su Ren, who reads the thick stack of documents, wants to vomit, but it is still the same every day, and this is already the least part, most of Han Qing has already helped him deal with it, otherwise Su Ren feels that he can't finish reading it without sleeping for twelve hours a day.

When the first spring breeze blew through the city wall of Yanmen Pass, the official document of the imperial court ordering the dispatch of troops was also placed on Su Ren's desk. The battle plan has been discussed for a long time, but it has never been decided. It's not that Su Ren can't make up his mind, but because of the heavy snow in the past few months, he can't find out the specific situation of the Xiongnu. The art of war is cloudy, only by knowing oneself and knowing the other can one win a hundred battles, and if you don't know the other, you can't make corresponding adjustments. Once something goes wrong, the dead are all small, and it depends on how many people die.

After reading the paperwork for a long time, Su Ren straightened up and walked a few steps in the room. Outside the window, Huo Quzhi led a few half-sized children who didn't know what they were doing, and were chased out by Cuihua with a kitchen knife. They laughed one by one, completely ignoring Cuihua's warning and roar.

Han Qing pushed the door in with a full body of wind and snow, holding a stack of paperwork in his hand, shaking his head and smiling bitterly as he walked: "These kids, they go to the kitchen to steal things all day long, and Cuihua can't catch up and can't prevent it, hey......"

"What did you steal today?"

Han Qing smiled: "What else can it be?" I went to the sick and beat the roe deer all the time, and I only had a bag of salt. ”

"All the roe deer are out? It seems that spring is really coming! ”

"Isn't it? A few businessmen from Jinyang said that the willows in the east of the river are back to green, and it won't be long before we will be warm here, the winter here is too cold, if there is no spring, those businessmen will turn the sky upside down, where is Li Duwei every day around a group of people to ask when they can get back the money they spent, it seems that if they don't give these businessmen some sweetness, they will make trouble. ”

Su Ren also smiled: "They don't dare to make trouble." ”

Han Qing sighed: "It's true that I don't dare, but I have to have an explanation, and besides, the documents of the imperial court have come down, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate not to send troops." ”

Su Ren turned around suddenly: "Is there a situation on the Xiongnu side?" ”

Han Qing hurriedly put down the paperwork in his hand, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Su Ren: "This is just sent this morning, Yi Zhiyi ordered the recruitment of Huns over the age of sixteen, and the direction of the assembly is Mayi, it seems that the news before the heavy snow is correct, Yi Zhixie's goal is really us!" In addition, timely rain reported that Luan Da entered the snow field in the snow and his life and death are unknown, and the day rat has been chasing for three days without finding a trace, and I have sent someone to Chang'an to investigate and verify. ”

Su Ren continued to ask while reading the letter, "What else?" ”

"Also, someone suggested that we send a surprise army to copy the rear of the Huns, but I think this matter is a bit too risky, even if we can cross the Hun defense line and enter the rear of the Huns, the supply of these people is a big problem, if there is no improvisable general commander, I am afraid of death."

Su Ren raised his head: "Hehe, there are still people, who are they talking about?" What other characters do you hide in Yanmen that I don't know? ”

Han Qing shook his head: "It's not time yet, that person said, he will naturally come out when the time is right, and please don't worry." ”

Su Ren glanced at Han Qing: "I've learned to sell Guanzi, okay, I won't ask, then you tell me that this master has the right person to complete this task?" ”

"There is a ......" Speaking of this, Han Qingyi turned his head to look at the courtyard. At the gate, Huo Quzhi swaggered into the door one by one with half-baked roe deer meat in his hands, and went straight to the kitchen, and soon heard Cuihua's high-octave voice piercing and loud.

"Going sick?" Su Ren asked.

Han Qing nodded: "Although he is younger, he is brave and strategic, there is nothing in this world that he does not dare to do, and he has just arrived when he is sick, the Huns don't know about him, this time the attack is based on strangeness, and only the illness can be completed, even if it is a little gold who is not afraid of heaven and earth, he does not have the courage to go to the disease, and he has studied the art of war in the Louguan Academy for many years, and General Han has always favored it." ”

"But he's only sixteen years old......"

Han Qing smiled: "The so-called ambition is not in the old age, when Mr. came out of the mountain, he was only seventeen, and there were 80,000 troops after going to the sick, even if he didn't succeed and escaped back, it was not a problem, Mr. could be desperate at that time and single-handedly go to Yuanshan, why not get sick?" ”

Su Ren was speechless by Han Qing. In the course of history, Huo Qubing has indeed done extremely risky things. led 800 cavalry to gallop in the hinterland of the Huns, and it was difficult for the Huns to fight, so he had the title of champion Hou. Now it seems that even if Su Ren arrives, there is no way to change the direction of history, and a person like Huo Quzhi, who will eventually leave a name in history, will definitely shine.

Su Ren waved his hand: "Let me think about this matter, let me think about it." ”

When the ice skates on the eaves began to drip water, the outside of the wild goose gate almost turned into a muddy pond. The merchants who originally stayed in Mayi were the first to feel the danger, and this was also their own ability. The early Xiongnu merchants had been extinct in Mayi, and the merchants of Wuhuan and Xianbei were left with only a few goods that had not been sold, and they were constantly depressed by the Han merchants, so they could only get rid of them as soon as possible and strive to leave Mayi before the outbreak of war. The most anxious thing was that the merchants from the far west needed more goods than they needed, and it was too difficult for them to raise so many goods after the large number of merchants left Mayi. Every day, the merchants of the Western Regions roam the streets like hungry wolves, but they never skimp on money when they encounter the goods they see.

In less than half a month, Ma Yi almost became the world of the people of the Western Regions, and a merchant named Suoas from the Western Regions even ran to Yanmen Pass to ask the Han Dynasty general to allow them to exchange more goods. According to Su Ren's cognition, this Soyas is a typical European, with a high nose bridge, deep eyes, curly yellow hair on his head, and sloppy all over his body, and a strong smell can be smelled from a distance of Su Ren.

"Your Excellency the General, humble Thoyas begs you to grant my request!" Soyas performed an awkward Han Dynasty etiquette, holding his head high, without any grovelling: "The humble Soyas and my companions have exhausted all their possessions and walked thousands of miles to the mysterious East, if there is not enough goods, we will not be able to go back, and my wife and children in my hometown are still looking forward to us, begging Your Excellency the honorable general to agree to our request, only a little insignificant goods." ”

Su Ren smiled: "What? Has anyone not allowed Mr. Soyas to do business in Mayi? ”

"It's just that the war is coming, and we have to go, but if we leave like this, we can't earn the money corresponding to this trip." Soyas stood straight: "Your Excellency General, if you can agree to our request, your good name will spread to every country in the west, and the humble Soyas thank you for your whole family." ”

"Poof!" Su Ren squirted out a sip of tea, and looked at Suoas angrily and funny: "The war was not initiated by us, the Huns want to attack us, you should go to the Huns, Mr. Soyas, you have made the wrong object." ”

Soyas hurriedly knelt down: "Honorable general, if you can agree to Soyas's request, I will offer a treasure to help you achieve victory in this war." ”

"Oh? Go on. ”

Soyas sighed: "Now Soyas is not hiding from the general, we Western merchants have a well-known rule, that is, in the process of business, will draw maps along the way, and communicate with each other, Soyas has been in business for fifteen years, has walked a lot, whether it is in the desert or grassland, mountains have left Soyas's footprints, coupled with the efforts of other merchants in the trading house, there is a detailed map in my hand, from the easternmost Mayi, all the way to Rome in the west, If the general can give us enough goods, Soyas is willing to dedicate this map to the general. ”

Anyone who leads a battle knows the importance of a detailed map. In the long course of history, there have been countless wars over the centuries, and none of them could have cooperated with each other before the advent of cartography. Take the Han Dynasty in several wars against the Xiongnu, Liu Che sent Gongsun Ao and Wei Qing to lead troops to attack the Xiongnu, the ridiculous two of them were both lost in the territory of the Xiongnu, if it was not for Wei Qing to meet the Xiongnu army, there would be no Wei Qing's great military exploits. The most embarrassing time, the flying general Li Guang lost his way and finally died in anger, which became one of the biggest losses of the Han Dynasty.

Han Qing said: "What does Mr. Soyas say? ”

"The humble Soyas will never deceive the honorable Han general." As he spoke, he took out a piece of silk cloth from his arms and held it in both hands: "This is a map of Yinshan drawn by a businessman who has been to Yinshan, as long as the general sends someone to investigate, he will naturally know that everything Suoyas said is true." ”

Su Ren unfolded the map and looked at it carefully, it was indeed a topographic map of Yinshan Mountain, and it was drawn in great detail. From the distribution of rivers, the size of the mountains, and even the garrison and defense forces are marked in a few places. It's much better than the abstract maps of the Great Han. Although the map is still a bit rough, there were already a lot of forward-thinking ideas in that era.

"It seems that Mr. Soyas is indeed sincere, your request General Ben agreed, tomorrow I will send someone to prepare the goods to deliver to Mr. Soyas, I hope Mr. Soyas can take out the complete map."

Soyas was overjoyed and kowtowed again: "Merciful, noble, noble general, you are the most gentlemanly general I have ever met, and Soyas will spread your name everywhere I go." ”

sent Soyas away, Su Ren left Huo Qubing alone, and the two of them kept talking about the late night.