There was a deathly silence in the camp, and the sporadic fires burned dejectedly. There is no carnival of the past, and there is no wolf howl one after another. The Xiongnu were a people who admired strength and loved joy. Wherever they went, campfires, mare's milk, and women were indispensable, and even in times of war, they would gather together to drink and revel. Only this time it seems different.

Dark clouds in the sky obscured the starry sky, and even the moon hid. It's not a good sign of good weather, and it may rain tomorrow, which will be even more difficult. At least they can lie down in the snow, and if it rains, the ground under their feet will turn into a muddy pool, so even the war horses don't want to lie down.

The whistling north wind was shivering with cold, and although the grass had come out of the snowdrift and leaked its pointed head, it was still impossible to resist it with thin clothing at night in the wilderness. There were no tents to live in, so they had to huddle under the belly of the war horse, but unfortunately it didn't help. Chuck Banner kindly opened his big hat and motioned for Tuntou to come in as well. Tuntou hesitated for a long time but got in. Chuck Banner's big coat is made of lambskin, and the fine wool completely blocks the cold, coupled with Chuck Banner's fat body, it is extra warm to hide in the big coat.

took out a piece of black mutton, and handed it to Chuck Qi, this was his dinner tonight, and he planned to save it for tomorrow, but Chuck Qi was friendly to him, and he had to reciprocate accordingly.

Chuck Qi was very happy to see the mutton, and hurriedly took it three or two times and stuffed it into his mouth, and swallowed it in a few bites. They had been in this place for a month, starting with only a few hundred of them, and then every day different people gathered from all directions. The cattle and sheep they brought with them were eaten, the grass that had just emerged was also eaten, and even the slightly clean snow cubes were eaten, and now they can only reduce the food distribution and make it difficult for them to survive.

After eating the mutton, Chuck Qi remembered to ask Tuntou: "Where did this mutton come from?" Didn't it mean that our livestock had all been eaten? ”

Tuntou looked left and right, and smiled slightly: "Don't care, just eat." ”

"Hey! Think when did I have a Chuck Banner like this? In the past, I always thought this was delicious and that delicious, the mutton had to eat the fattest part of the sheep's tail, and the beef had to eat the most chewy piece of the cow's neck, but now I can eat even a lump of cow dung. Chuck Qi shrank his head, looked around, and saw that everyone was shrunk in the snow and no one took care of the gate, so he whispered: "You say we can really defeat the Han people this time?" ”

Tun was startled, and hurriedly covered Chuck Qi's mouth and looked around vigilantly.

Chuck Qi struggled to break his hand: "What are you afraid of?" It's not that I'm not the only one who doesn't have confidence, many people say that our Huns are finished, and Lao Shan Yu's sons have surrendered to the Han people, not to mention us? Do you think that if the Han people catch us, will they all be killed? I think we will kill them all, that's what we did to the Han people in the first place, so we can't blame them for doing this to us. ”

Tuntou didn't speak, quietly listening to the movement outside. Cha Keqi smiled bitterly: "Daddy said that Shan Yu is crazy, now is the time when our Huns are the weakest, we should hide and rest, and then fight to the death with the Han when we become strong in the future, and now we are in a hurry to fight against the Han people, even if we win, it is a miserable victory, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

"That's right!" Chuck Qi turned over: "You were left by the general, what news did you hear?" When are we going to war? ”

Tuntou shook his head: "I usually feed the horses and clean, but I didn't hear it." ”

"Hey! You're just too stupid to ask about such an important matter, if you can know where we're going to fight, at least have a preparation in your heart, or you will inquire more after you go tomorrow, as long as you can find out the news, when we go back, I will let Daddy not go to your house and let you go to the battlefield. ”

"Huh." Tuntou smiled faintly.

"Don't believe it, what I said is true, I saw the messenger sent by the king that day, he told Daddy that he was going to fight and he wanted to leave, but he didn't say who to let go, if it weren't for the fact that there were too few men in our tribe, I wouldn't have come here, young master."

"Let's go back alive first." Tun Tou said a word and lay down quietly: "I don't know if Grandma can survive this winter." ”

The two of them had no intention of talking, staring at the dark sky with their eyes open and not knowing what they were thinking. Tonight was another night of insomnia, on the one hand, because the weather was too cold to sleep, and on the other hand, many things were too heavy for the two sixteen or seventeen-year-olds to sleep.

Su Ren also didn't have much rest for three days and three nights, he was too sleepy. Every time he just lay down, he was woken up by the sound of hurried footsteps, so he simply stopped sleeping. Before the war, it was actually the hardest time, and he needed to make up his mind as a hussar general for the deployment of troops, logistics support, enemy situation analysis, and situation judgment. To put it bluntly, war is a chess game between two generals with human lives, and whoever wins and who loses is in a single thought.

Su Ren yawned: "Where is Zang Peng, the captain of the scout battalion?" ”

"The last general!" Zang Peng hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted.

"First of all, tell me about the recent movements of the Hun army."

"No!" Zang Peng walked into the sand table and took a look at it: "Generals, since the beginning of spring, the Huns have been gathering, first a small group of Hun cavalry appeared in the Hook Ridge on the left side of Yanmen, and then the Huns on the opposite side of Pinghai and Lushan on the right have also appeared successively, and they are all increasing, and the scouts sent yesterday reported that the Huns in the three places add up to about 100,000, and they have begun to pull out the camp, and the target is Mayi. ”

"How's the morale and equipment?"

"The morale is not very high, the equipment is about the same as usual, and we blocked the output of iron weapons when the war started, so the Huns lacked iron weapons, and the armor soldiers were not sharp, which shows that the Huns have insufficient confidence in this war."

Liu Jian was overjoyed: "Haha, the Huns are here to send them to death!" As long as we win again this time, it will be the last end of the Huns. ”

Everyone nodded. Su Ren also nodded slightly: "Li Cheng, the grain, grass and ordnance are all in place?" ”

"Meng Fangtian has been delivered yesterday, and the 100,000 stone grain and grass, 30,000 armor soldiers, and the rest of the materials sent to Yanmen Pass have all been in place, and the end will ensure that there will be no problems."

"How's the army doing?"

Lei was hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the general, the children are waiting to kill the Huns one by one to earn military merits, and go to Your Majesty to get a reward, I am afraid that the Huns will not dare to come, it will be too disappointing." ”

"Hahaha......" bursts of laughter came from the room.

"Very good, what I want is this morale, as long as I win the Huns, the reward is naturally very generous, but I also said ugly things in front, if anyone takes half a step back at that time, Lao Tzu will definitely cut off his head."

"No!" Everyone hurriedly solemnly clenched their fists and bowed their hands.

War is brutal, no matter which side it is. Depriving people of life with their lives sounds desolate and sent away the generals, and Su Ren sent someone to invite Mo Yu. The Mo family has a high military literacy since ancient times, and it is considered to be the best among the hundred schools of thought in terms of mechanical manufacturing and battle array deduction. After explaining his plan and Mo Yu in detail, Su Ren asked if he had any suggestions.

Mo Yu thought quietly for a long time: "The enemy is outnumbered, we have the heroes to protect each other, and the general's artifact is complementary, if the Huns really dare to attack, they will pay a very painful price, as the general said, we stick to it is the best choice, but!" ”

"I knew you would, but, say it!" Su Ren smiled and glanced at Han Qing.

Mo Yu continued: "However, if the blind defense has a great impact on the morale of our army, and if the Huns find that the Yanmen Pass is well defended and difficult to attack, and give up Yanmen and choose another place, the Han and the Huns have tens of thousands of miles of border, and any place may become a battlefield, and then it will become unguardable, and how to control the Huns in Yanmen is the key to this battle." ”

Han Qing nodded: "What the giant said is very reasonable, this battle is not about whether we are defending or attacking, the main purpose is how to leave the Xiongnu in Yanmen and not let them attack other places. ”

Su Ren didn't explain, and asked Mo Yu again: "Is there a way for the giant?" ”

"One word, attack!"

"Attack!?

"Exactly! But you can't attack too fiercely, and beat the Huns away directly, how to master this heat, the general should be clearer than below. Mo Yu gave a salute: "Attack, this is the best defense, but also to tie the Huns to prevent them from shifting the target, fighting a war is a process of attack and defense, controlling the enemy to advance in accordance with the direction and goal we set is the way to win." ”

"The Mo family is the Mo family, what you said makes a lot of sense, what else do you have to say, Old Han?"

Han Qing smiled: "Master Mo is finished, there is nothing to say below." ”

Su Ren nodded: "The question now is who to send to attack and where to attack, the Huns are known as 150,000, and they come in three ways, all of them are menacing and strong, and there is no news that Yi Zhi is coming or not coming, once the choice is wrong, we can't predict the consequences." After speaking, Su Ren glanced at Han Qing.

Han Qing was just laughing, silent. Su Ren asked Mo Yu again: "What does the giant think?" ”

Mo Yu rolled his eyes: "The general said so, it is not easy to excuse himself in the future, tonight I will take someone to explore the Hun camp for the general." ”

The dark steppe let out a few distant wolf howls, wolves are nocturnal animals, and they fight in groups. Under the leadership of the wolf king, whether it is a tiger or a bear, they never pay attention to their eyesight, and it can be said that the overlord of the grassland is the wolf pack. Tonight's wolf howl was short and terrible, a sign that they were calling for help. Tuntou is very familiar with this, and the most he has heard on the grassland over the years is the howl of wolves.

He got up and just uncovered the sheepskin wrapped around his body, and a cold wind instantly penetrated his whole body, and he would never have come out without great perseverance. After listening quietly twice, Tun's brows locked. Roll over and push Chuck Flag awake.