At the same time as the battle in Hedong began, Yang Yanzhao, who was stationed in Yanmen, was also quietly transferring troops.

The Southern Xiongnu only committed a crime, although they did not loot on a large scale, but they were also unscrupulous, and even grazing to the foot of the Great Wall.

If it is allowed to be arrogant, it will encourage its arrogance.

The attitude of the Han Dynasty towards the Southern Xiongnu was always based on appeasement. Compared with the Northern Xiongnu, the children who came this time treated the Han people relatively mildly. However, in order to be in an advantageous position in future negotiations, if necessary, to teach the Xiongnu some lessons, we can increase the bargaining chips in peace talks.

Li Hongzhang and Yang Yanzhao carefully analyzed every piece of information about the Xiongnu, studied every possible situation, and finally made up their minds.

Making the decision to attack, the two took a great risk.

The war is unpredictable, and if an unexpected situation arises, it may exacerbate the border crisis. In particular, in order not to distract the lord Liu Mang, the two temporarily concealed the news. If there are serious consequences, it will mean the end of the military and political future of the two men.

To be an official or a general, we must first serve the country and the people.

Although they knew the consequences, the two of them still made up their minds without hesitation to fight!

Li Hongzhang commanded the military and government of Yanmen, and his position was higher and more cautious.

"Yan Zhao, if you don't give them a lesson, the Huns will definitely gain an inch. However, for the sake of future consideration, it is still necessary to deter by force and drive away the Xiongnu, so as not to deepen the hatred. ”

"Understood."

The strategy has been decided, Yang Yanzhao led his troops to the north, stationed in Zhongling, Dingxiang County, with the Great Wall as the boundary, to confront the Xiongnu.

Ordered Hu Luguang to lead the Yanmen Light Cavalry Department and stationed in Wuzhou, Yanmen County.

The two soldiers and horses were in place, and the two soldiers and horses reacted immediately.

Mobilize the cavalry of various tribes and deploy them in the area of Wucheng and Luoxian in Dingxiang County to confront the Yanmen army.

According to the previous arrangement, Yang Yanzhao and Hu Luguang took turns to lead their troops to rush out of the pass of the Great Wall, and had a small contact with the Xiongnu to attract the attention of the Xiongnu.

At the same time, the leading troops quietly went out of Pingcheng. Advance northward to Qiangyin County in the north of Yanmen County and southeast of Yanze.

The main grazing grounds in the area are concentrated in the west of Shiozawa. The Recruiting Department is deployed in place and can attack at any time.

……

Yang Yanzhao once again raised troops out of the Great Wall and met them. It is this Xiongnu Khan king who is only Jin Gegen.

Led by Gegen, it was the Southern Xiongnu Tumut Division. His tribe, with about 30,000 households, often nomadic herds in the border areas between Han and Hungary.

Gegen learned Han culture from an early age and inherited the throne of Khan from his father and brother. I also learned the lessons of my father and brother. Last year, the Xiongnu invaded the border on a large scale and almost conquered the Yanmen Pass, but under the stubborn resistance of the soldiers and civilians at the Dahan Border Pass, they still returned in vain and retreated to the north of the desert in embarrassment.

Gegen realized that blindly using force and plundering on the edge was not the right way.

The way of life of the nomads. It is to chase water and grass. Even if they invaded the interior of the Han Dynasty, they could only loot and plunder, but could not take away the land and pastures of the Han people, which intensified the ethnic hatred between the Han and the Hungarians.

Living in harmony is the right solution.

The Han people raised silkworms and cultivated, and the Xiongnu grazed cattle and sheep, and the lifestyles of the two sides did not conflict, and they had the basis for cooperation and complementarity.

Gegen hopes to maintain an equal and good relationship with Dahan. The purpose of going deep into the Han realm this time is to talk with us. Strive to sign a peace treaty with the Han in favor of their side.

Yang Yanzhao guarded the border for a long time and knew how to deal with the Xiongnu. The big gun pointed at it and shouted: "Hun Khan, come forward and speak!" ”

Gegentima moved forward. In stiff Chinese, he asked, "I am Alatan Khan, who are you?" ”

"Some, General Yanmen of the Han Dynasty, Yang Jing."

Yang Yanzhao has a very high reputation among the Xiongnu tribes. Sticking to Yanmen last year made Yang Yanzhao's reputation even stronger.

"You're Yang Liulang?"

"Now that you know the name of General Ben. They even dare to invade my pasture and invade my border! ”

"We didn't encroach on the pastures of the Han people, we just grazed on our own pastures."

Yang Yanzhao sneered, pointed at the surrounding mountains and rivers with a gun, and said: "Since ancient times, this is the territory of the Han Dynasty, which history book and which map states that this is the pasture of the Xiongnu?" ”

Gegen shrugged, spread his hands, and quibbled: "God has given us legs, cows, sheep and horses, where there is pasture, there is our home." We are not here to fight, but to be friendly. ”

"What a quibbling Hun Khan!"

"Please believe me, we are really friendly, as long as the Emperor of the Han Dynasty agrees to our conditions."

"Tell me about your conditions."

Gegen waved his hand, and one of his attendants urged him forward, opened a parchment scroll, and read aloud in fluent Chinese: "The great son of heaven, Alatan Khan, asked the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to allow us to graze in the fertile pastures, open the market, allow us to sell cattle, sheep, horses, and furs, and provide us with cheap tea and silk. As long as he agreed to these conditions, Alatan Khan was willing to be a brother with the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. ”

"Presumptuous! I, the Son of Heaven, how can I be a brother and sister to your little clan leader?! If you want to buy and sell trade, you should bow down to my Han Emperor, retreat to the north of the desert, graze your cattle and sheep with peace of mind, and do your duty to do business. ”

"Yang Liulang, you still persuade the emperor of the Han Dynasty to agree to the conditions, which is good for the Emperor of the Han Dynasty."

"Hahaha......" Yang Liulang laughed loudly, "What if we don't agree?" ”

"If you don't agree, then we have a way to get you to agree."

"How? Your solution is bows, arrows, knives and guns, right? ”

"It's good that you know, the bows and arrows of our Tumut warriors don't have eyes."

"Come on, then! The swords and guns of our Han warriors are full of sharp teeth! ”

Gegen shook his head helplessly. "Yang Liulang, you will regret it!" The horsewhip in Gegen's hand was slowly raised......

"Uh......h Woo...... Woo......"

The horn of the attack, blown!

"Great Han Warriors! Rush! Yang Yanzhao waved the golden spear in his hand, and Su Ying, who had not tasted the blood of the enemy for a long time, slashed a dazzling silver light in the air!

The Yanmen soldiers, shouting, rushed to the Hun cavalry!

The sound of trumpets echoed, and flags flew all over the sky.

"Woo! Woo! Woo! ”

A hurried trumpet came from the west.

The sound of horses' hooves shook the earth.

Hu Luguang's light cavalry department was killed from the flank of the Huns!

The Hun army's tactics were simple, and the two wings were the weakest. Hu Luguang was good at commanding cavalry, and was familiar with the weaknesses of the Xiongnu's tactics.

The newly trained and formed Bingzhou light cavalry, under the command of Hu Luguang, is as accurate and deadly as a knife inserting two ribs!

The formation of the Xiongnu army was lax, the troops were monotonous, and under the attack of the powerful Bingzhou army, they soon completely lost their formation.

Seeing that his team was defeated, he did not dare to fight, the horn sounded, and the Xiongnu retreated north...... (To be continued.) )