The Huns no longer have the glory of the past.

In recent times, Qubei has often expressed such feelings.

As the right virtuous king of the Xiongnu, the younger brother of Qiangqu Shan Yu, and the uncle of Yu Fuluo and Hu Chuquan, Qubei is a rare person of insight among the Huns.

Since childhood, he has been exposed to the glorious deeds of the Hun tribe that his parents talked about with him, such as the 300,000 Xiongnu tribes controlling the strings and taking the rich land of the Central Plains. But now the Xiongnu have become vassals of the Han Dynasty, looking up to people, driven by people, the majesty of the year has long been gone,

However, if it is said that Qubei has the ambition to revive the power of the Xiongnu in his heart because he saw the decline of the Xiongnu, it is also a non-event. Even the brothers Yu Fuluo and Hu Chuquan had a clear understanding of the current situation of the Xiongnu, but they had neither the ambition nor the ability to change. In most cases, it's just a matter of going with the flow.

At this time, the lament of humility, if it is viewed by Liu Wei, is just like Lu Xun's nine-catty old lady, who complains that "one generation is not as good as the next".

With the decline of the Xiongnu, the most intuitive fact is the decline in combat effectiveness. Just like a few days ago, when he went to lead an army to attack a fortress of a large clan in Hanoi, he was met with stubborn resistance.

The fortress was only medium-sized, with a maximum of five or six hundred men, and the 2,000 soldiers and horses of the humble army attacked it for two days and two nights before taking it, and also paid the loss of seventy-five Hun heroes. Although the fortress was slaughtered clean in the end, thinking about the price paid, it made me feel a pain in the flesh.

Because of this, Qubei has been in a depressed state in the past few days, and the kind of grievance that "one generation is not as good as the next" is often on his lips. It wasn't until yesterday's scout report that he found a defeated army of the imperial court of a large scale, and the mood to go to humility was much better.

Siege was not what the Huns were good at, field warfare was their forte. Qubei decided to regain the former self-confidence of the Huns in this group of people.

Over the next few days, as the news continued to come back, he was somewhat surprised to find that the team they were targeting was still a fat sheep. Although there are several other teams targeting that group of people at the same time, this kind of thing is naturally who gets it first, and they are the tribe that first discovered the team, and the strength is the strongest among all of them, so they will quickly pursue at this time.

After a few days of pursuit, Qubei found that the defeated army had turned from the trail to the avenue. This shift is not difficult to understand. It should be that the other party also discovered his pursuit, and there is no point in taking the hidden path again, but it affects the speed, so he turned to the avenue and continued to escape.

Qubei didn't care too much about this, according to intelligence, many of the defeated army were ordinary people, merchants and wealthy people, these people dragged their families and their luggage was full of cars, which would inevitably slow down the march.

After turning to the main road to catch up, there were a lot of discarded goods and luggage along the way, which made Qubei more convinced of the direction they were tracking. And when the soldiers found the woman's jewelry and clothing among the discarded belongings, their pursuit became even more frenzied.

It was only after a few days of continued pursuit that they realized that something was wrong at first, and that it ended up exceeding all of their expectations.

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After the hour, the camp was quiet.

The boy did not sleep, but sat on a bluestone not far from the carriage, looking up at the vast starry sky, thinking about things with deep eyes.

The plan seems to be going well, and he is a very patient person who tries to make almost every detail perfect. Among them, the extremely brain-burning large number of arrangements and calculations almost stunned Fang Yue and the others.

It's just that behind these plans, the pressure on the shoulders of the teenager is also huge. It's easy to be a bystander, but once you're involved, you have responsibility. Perhaps even the slightest mistake could have made the difference between life and death for thousands of people in the camp.

The boy did not tell anyone about the pressure in his heart, but deduced every detail of the plan in his mind alone, and the expression on his face changed and complicated, sometimes excited, sometimes gloomy. If you look at it from the side, this childish teenager can indeed give people a sense of maturity and trust at this time.

Hu Zhao came to his side, and the young man temporarily gave up the deduction in his heart and moved a position to the side, and Hu Zhao sat next to him silently.

The two looked at the starry sky side by side, and the vast Milky Way seemed to cleanse their hearts. After a long time, Hu Zhao began to speak, and the young man thought that he had come to ask about his plan, but he did not expect that he was talking about something else.

"In the past few days, Captain Fang has been very courteous to Brother Yi, and he has some intention of taking you into his account."

The young man's expression was a little surprised, and then he raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Brother thinks that Captain Fang favors Brother Kong Ming!" ”

Hu Zhao shook his head and said: "I was originally alone, and the idle clouds and wild cranes were in the countryside, and I didn't have the heart to go out at all. And Brother Yi is different, born in the family, there are family ties, the eldest brother has already served in the imperial court, with the talent of Brother Yi, I am afraid that he will soon be in the imperial court. ”

The young man pursed his lips and said, "Good things can be done, and good things are done." If the general trend is chaotic today, why do you need to come out at this time. It's better to endure for the time being, watch the changes in the world, and then make plans. ”

"Hmph, scheming people!" Hu Zhao said dissatisfied.

The young man smiled without mind, Hu Zhao was broad-minded and upright, which was the opposite of the extremely deep character of the young man's city. Although the two often don't like each other, they have formed a strange friendship.

Hu Zhao knew that he must be under a lot of pressure at this time, and he couldn't help him in strategy and military affairs, so he had to chat with him to distract him and relieve his excessive thoughts.

On the carriage not far away, watching the young man's spirit relax, Shan Ruier and Zhang Chunhua were also relieved. When the teenager was thinking, Zhang Chunhua saw for the first time that the teenager who was arguing with her had become a different look, she felt very scared, pulled her aunt's sleeve, and asked, "Brother Yi's appearance is very scary, is he possessed by a mountain spirit ghost?" ”

Shan Rui'er stroked her hair and said lovingly: "Chunhua doesn't understand now, in fact, that's what a responsible and responsible man should look like." Chunhua is going to find such a man when she grows up. ”

Zhang Chunhua looked at his aunt, and then at the young man who had already begun to argue with Hu Zhao. Although her aunt's words were not fully understood, there was a kind of longing and yearning in the ignorance, which affected her and the teenager's life in the next few decades.

"Then Brother Kong Ming, is it the man my aunt is looking for?" Zhang Chunhua asked with a smile.

Shan Rui'er's face turned crimson, poked Zhang Chunhua's forehead with her hand, and scolded: "A child with a small ghost! ”

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The weather in Hanoi County in August has actually started to get cooler. But closer to noon, the heat is still overwhelming.

In the middle of the mountain road, a state army slowly passed through a meadow. Unlike other armies that merged with the state in an orderly and magnificent manner, this army showed an extremely loose style.

From time to time, the soldiers moved in and out of the queue, looking left and right, searching the grass. If you're lucky enough to find something valuable, you'll be excited to carry it on you. Occasionally, there would be disputes between the ranks over goods, and from time to time there would be small riots of quarrels and even brawls.

The leader of the ranks, the leader of the army, walked at the front on horseback, and seemed to be accustomed to the chaos of military discipline in the army behind him, and occasionally sent someone to whip him if he made too much trouble.

Zheng Gu was originally born as a marshal of the Montenegrin Army, and the army behind him was also the Montenegrin Army that had been flowing with him in the two states. Zhang Yang followed Lü Bu south, and in order to expand his power, he incorporated them. However, Zhang Yangjun did not emphasize military discipline as much as Lu Bu's Bingzhou army lineage, and this newly incorporated Montenegrin army was even more arrogant, except for wearing a military uniform of the Bingzhou army, the rest was no different from when he was a bandit.

The military order received by Zheng Gu was to go south with the army, but Zhang Yang was unable to capture Huaicheng for a long time, and after being robbed of the limelight by the Bingzhou army, he was not interested in future military operations, and because of the indifference of the commander above, as a subordinate, Zheng Gu was naturally not much better, and most of the time along the way was just doing his old job - plundering everywhere.

They had only heard the news about Fang Yue's escape team two days earlier. Compared to other Xiongnu tribes such as Qubei, their army of only 500 people was relatively weak, and they didn't have much hope for Fang Yue and his party to grab much benefit, but just pursued with a lucky attitude to see if they could pick up some corners.

After walking through the meadow, the army set up camp early. The lack of discipline and overconfidence prevented them from even having enough people to patrol them, and as a result, in the middle of the night, an army sneaked in after taking out the sentry.

The leader was Fang Yue, who was almost unimpeded all the way, and was only discovered when they were about to touch the tent of the solid Chinese army. The barracks exploded in an instant.

Hearing the sound of killing outside, he ran out of the military tent with sleepy eyes, and happened to run into Fang Yue nearby, the spear stabbed over, and before he could figure out what was going on, he turned into a corpse.

As soon as he died, the soldiers under his command scattered. After dawn, Fang Yue rested his men and horses, and then rushed towards a Xiongnu tribe twenty miles away.

This Xiongnu army was not large in number, and it was also defenseless, so it was easily swept away by Fang Yue's troops.

These two victories were extremely easy and beautiful, and the boy deliberately chose two weak enemy forces as his first target. In order for victory to boost morale and restore self-confidence to soldiers. After a little rest, the thousand soldiers and horses began to attack a Xiongnu army equal to their strength.

This Xiongnu army was led by Hu Chuquan's subordinate general Wu Yixie, although the news of Fang Yue's army's defeat of two armies in a row had been sporadically transmitted, but Wu Yixian still had little preparation for this, and he didn't panic until Fang Yue came over.

At this time, Fang Yue's army was very different from the remnants of the army that had been hiding in Tibet and panicking all day a few days ago. After a series of victories, the morale was high, and with a full swing, they rushed towards them with the momentum of sweeping thousands of troops.

Wu Yixiao didn't think that the army in front of him was the fugitive team they had been pursuing, but thought that the main force of the imperial court appeared here. He said to his subordinates in horror: "How did the army of the Han people appear here?" Could it be the help of the gods? ”

Wu Yi was afraid in his heart, he didn't dare to confront Fang Yue's army, and led the army to defeat, Fang Yue took the opportunity to order the soldiers to rush and kill, and beheaded Wu Yi in the chaos.

In just a few days, Fang Yue's army counterattacked the enemy from a defeated army, winning three battles in a row, and the momentum was so great that other pursuers who coveted them did not dare to approach. They didn't even have the courage to join the encirclement, and they fled away.

And Qubei was shocked when he heard the news that Fang Yuejun had defeated the enemy one after another in his rear. He really couldn't understand how the fugitive team they had been tracking could be behind him and win such a big battle in just a few days. Didn't Tanma say that this army had just suffered a defeat and escaped from Huaicheng? And most of them are just ordinary people!

He didn't understand but it didn't affect his next actions, Fang Yuejun who appeared behind him was like a needle on his back, and he led the army back as soon as he heard the news.

The march to a valley between Li Cheng and Pinggao was called Hulu Valley. The mouth of the valley is long and narrow, and when you enter, you will find two large basins connected to each other, which look like a gourd from a high place.

The valley was rugged, and it was very difficult for the army to march. And on the cliff above the valley, Fang Yue and Chen Hao, who were hidden, were watching the team slowly enter the valley.

"It's really here!"

Chen Hao showed an incredible expression and said admiringly: "That son is really ...... Expect things like gods! ”

Fang Yue was not as surprised by this as Chen Hao in his heart. He is a general who leads troops all year round, and this valley is a necessary place to go to the Bei army and return to the army, and the young man's choice of ambush here is also the proper meaning of the question.

And what really surprised Fang Yue was the calculation and planning that the young man said and showed in just a few days. That's the real "strategizing, winning thousands of miles away".

From persuading the Shang Jia Hao clan to donate their property, contributing guards to pretend to be a fugitive team to lead the Bei army onto the main road, and then using the terrain advantage to hide. Then he fought back against the enemy army, restored his morale and self-confidence, and now set up an ambush in Hulu Valley, and finally took advantage of the weakness of the Xiongnu tribes fighting separately and sloppy military discipline, but almost every step of the details was under the control of the young man.

It is certain that the boy should have never experienced any battles before, but he can do every detail of the battle situation in such detail. Every time Fang Yue thought of this, his back felt numb. Some people are born into military masters.

When the army of Qubei completely entered the valley mouth, Fang Yue gave the order to attack.

For a time, the golden drums sounded in unison, the arrows rained down like locusts, and rolling stones and trees fell from the sky.

At the same time, dozens of large vehicles appeared from both sides of the valley mouth, blocking the road before and after.

The Qubei army was caught off guard and immediately fell into chaos. On the one hand, he restrained the troops to avoid the arrows, and on the other hand, he ordered the troops to move forward quickly, trying to rush out of the valley in one go.

The road was rugged, and there were large vehicles blocking the road ahead, so it was difficult for the Hun cavalry to give full play to their speed advantage. Fang Yue quickly led the soldiers down the hillside, and the two sides were quickly strangled together.

Fang Yue had few soldiers, although he had the upper hand with the advantage of ambush and sneak attack, but in the end, he still let the Qubei army break through the encirclement and flee in a hurry. However, in the past, the Bei army also lost six or seven hundred people in this battle, and it was no longer able to pose any threat to Fang Yue's army.

Fang Yue and the others were able to leave calmly and arrived in Wen County in late August.

Originally, the state army went south, and Wen County was also in danger. Fang Yue and the others originally wanted to bypass Wen County and enter Henan. However, after hearing that the imperial court worshiped Guan Yu, the general of the Northern Army, as a rebellious general, and led the Northern Army to garrison in the area of Wen County to meet Lu Bu's soldiers, he changed his mind and transferred to Wen County to join Guan Yu.

Entering the city of Wenxian, the wealthy merchants and commoners were separated from Fang Yue's government army. The young man is also from Wen County, so he also said goodbye to Fang Yue.

Prior to this, Fang Yue had repeatedly expressed his hope that the young man could stay and help him, but the young man politely refused. Fang Yue had no choice but to express his gratitude to him, the young man who had guided them to the lives of a thousand people.

The young man said modestly: "The kid is just doing his best. The fact that we were able to get out of danger was actually because of the command of Captain Fang and the courage to kill the enemy. With this great achievement, if you want to come to the imperial court, you will no longer be held accountable for Captain Fang's loss of land. ”

Fang Yue nodded and said, "As Gongzi said. However, Fang was able to do such a thing, thanks to the strategy of the son. The virtue of great grace is unforgettable. If Childe is reluctant to publicize his offering, I will definitely do so, but when I leave, I hope that Childe will leave his name, so that I can remember Childe's kindness. ”

The young man's personality naturally didn't want to be too high-profile, but seeing Fang Yue's sincerity, he had no choice but to say: "The boy's surname is Sima, and his single name is Yi." Sima Yi of Wenxian County! ”

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter.) ）