Weiyang Palace.

The front-line military reports were presented directly to Ming Jian one after another.

"Report! Your Majesty, our army has already fought with the Huns in Toumancheng, and Liu Chang, the king of Yan, defeated the Huns three times in a row in one day! ”

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"Report! Your Majesty, Liu Chang, the king of Yan, is attacking the head of Manchester City! The Huns defended the city with all their might, and King Yan asked King Zhao to lead his troops to support him! ”

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"Report! Your Majesty, the Huns suddenly came around from the rear and attacked the grain and grass of our army, and 100,000 stone of grain and grass were robbed by the Huns! ”

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"Report! Your Majesty, our army was surrounded by the Huns, and the general Liu Bi led his troops to break through, Liu Bi and Liu Ze were both shot and wounded by the Huns, and they are still unconscious! Liu Zhang, the king of Zhao, and Liu Chang, the king of Yan, bravely broke through the siege and led an army of 50,000 to cover, and our army has retreated to Jizhou! The current casualty figure is around 20,000. ”

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For several days in a row, military reports came that the Han army had failed.

Fortunately, the casualties were not large, and under the cover of the fierce cavalry, the 200,000-strong army returned with 180,000, while Liu Bi and Liu Ze were calculated.

"Come on, pass on the Prime Minister and Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of War to enter the palace to discuss matters."

Ming Jian thought for a while and summoned Chen Ping and Zhou Bo.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

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After the two came, Ming Jian reported to the two of them again.

After hearing this, Zhou Bo was about to lead his troops to the battle, but Chen Ping stopped him and said: "Your Majesty, the Huns are in full swing at this time, and they must not be at war. Our army was newly defeated, but the goal had been achieved, and we should not be able to hold out, and sent Jinyi guards into the steppe to inquire about the movements of the Huns, to see if they had obtained the stirrups and saddles of our army. If they get these two things, then we will be in big trouble, and it will not be easy to eliminate them in the future. ”

Ming Jian nodded and said: "What the prime minister said is extremely true, it's good, come to someone, pass on the concubine to see me!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After a while, the commander of the Jinyi Guard made Chang Di come.

"Minister, see Your Majesty."

Ming Jian said: "Chang Di, our army suffered a defeat in Toumancheng, you immediately sent Jinyi Wei into the grassland to inquire about the movements of the Huns, if you see the Huns building stirrups and saddles, and destroying them with all their might, do you understand?" ”

Chang Di said: "The minister obeys the order! ”

"By the way, send someone to inform Liu Bi again, let the army stand by in Jizhou, don't attack, and those who violate the order will be killed! Send someone to inform the acting king Bo Zhao and ask him to send 50,000 troops to Longcheng to respond to Liu Bi. Ming Jian said again.

"Obey."

Chang Di said.

After arranging these, Ming Jian had a new understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Huns.

The 200,000-strong army did not defeat the Huns, and was counterattacked, it seems that the combat effectiveness of the Huns cannot be underestimated.

And it will also use tactics, if you don't send a more powerful commander, it will not be easy to deal with the Huns.

It's a pity that there are too few generals in the Han Dynasty now, and the veterans are dying, and the sick are sick, except for Zhou Bo and Guan Bao, there are almost no available people.

Among the young generals, except for Zhang Wu, who guarded Tongguan, there was no talent as a commander.

It seems that the cultivation of military personnel is on the agenda.

"Two uncles, the Huns are still not easy to defeat, they have become cunning now, it seems that our plans are about to change. I think that if you send someone to the Western Regions to unite with the Great Moon Clan in the Western Regions to deal with the Huns, what do you think of the two uncles? Ming Jian said again.

Chen Ping said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, this Dayue clan has always been bullied by the Huns, and it will definitely fall to our Han." It's just that the Western Regions are too far away from the Central Plains, and the middle is occupied by the Huns, I'm afraid it's not easy. ”

Ming Jian said: "This matter can be handed over to the merchant to complete, over the years, the merchants of various countries have made a lot of money in the Han Dynasty, and the feelings for the Han are definitely deeper than those for the Huns, I plan to offer a heavy reward, whoever can bring back the national letter of the King of the Dayue Clan, I will give him the title of [Han Emperor Shang], and grant him some privileges, so that it will have a miraculous effect." ”

"Your Majesty, this thing is feasible!" Chen Ping said happily.

"By the way, Uncle Zhou, now there is a shortage of Han talents, and there are not many military talents, I plan to set up a Han Military Academy to cultivate military talents, Uncle Zhou, I will leave this matter to you." Ming Jian said.

Zhou Bo was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, what does this military academy mean?" ”

Ming Jian's face was a little ugly, Zhou Bo's head was really stupid, and he couldn't even understand the military academy.

Chen Ping hurriedly took it over and said: "Old guy, you can't understand this matter, how can you be the secretary of the military department?" Let's go, the old man will tell you slowly, Your Majesty, the old minister and the others have retired first. ”

"Yes, go ahead." Ming Jian admired Chen Ping's eyes.

Within a few days, the Dahan Military Academy was built in Chang'an City.

After the registration and screening, 50 people were finally admitted.

The textbook was naturally written by Ming Jian himself, and according to his own experience in modern society and the Song Dynasty, he compiled a drill code for infantry, cavalry and other arms, so that the students could practice according to the textbook.

Not to mention, someone soon stood out, and Zhou Bo's son Zhou Yafu became the best among the fifty students.

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The battle situation on the front line also stabilized, and under the strategy of Daiguo, the Huns did not dare to attack Jizhou on a large scale.

The spies of the Jinyi Guard also sent back the news that the Huns had not been given stirrups and saddles.

After the two armies held each other for a month, the Huns took the initiative to sue for peace, and the envoys they sent came to Chang'an City in mid-September.

In fact, the Huns' pursuit of peace was not qualitative at all, and their habits determined that this kind of peace could not be maintained for a long time.

However, Ming Jian still received the Xiongnu envoys.

"Hun envoy Herudan, meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!"

The Xiongnu envoys behaved very deferentially, unlike in the past, when they arrived in the Han Dynasty, they were all arrogant and rude, and this Hrudan actually knelt down to Ming Jian.

Ming Jian said: "The envoy gets up and speaks, comes, and gives a seat." ”

"Yes."

A guard brought a cushion for Herudan, and after carefully looking at the posture of the ministers of the Han Dynasty, Herudan also learned to kneel and sit down, but his body seemed to be sitting cross-legged.

After he sat down, Ming Jian asked, "What happened to the envoy?" ”

Khrudan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, my Hun Da Dan Yu let me negotiate peace, the Huns and the Han Dynasty, there is no need to fight you to the death, now although my Huns won by luck, but Da Dan Yu still decided to coexist peacefully with the Han Dynasty and exchange trade, I don't know if His Majesty the Han Emperor thinks it is possible?" ”

Ming Jian snorted and said: "If you Huns dare to promise not to invade our Han border in the future, then I naturally hope that the two countries will coexist peacefully, but you are so capricious, repeatedly invade our Han Yan State and Zhao State, plundering property and population, how can I believe in your sincerity?" ”

Khrudan said: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, the territory of the Huns is too barren, and it is in a cold area, these years, our cattle, sheep and horses have not developed smoothly, there is no food, do not grab a little, how can we let our people live?" Your Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, if you can give us some benefits to the Huns, so that we can also rely on agriculture and animal husbandry to survive, then we will naturally not attack you. ”

"Oh, so what do you want?" Ming Jian asked coldly.