In August of the third year of Zhongping, that is, in August 186 AD, Qin Feng led 20,000 cavalry troops, marched thousands of miles, and pursued the Xiongnu King Qiangqu to Zhizhi City in the Kangju region.

Unexpectedly, in order to teach the Kushan a lesson about the despicable sneak attack on Armenia, the Romans crossed the Caspian Sea and came here with a counterattack.

Qin Feng talked about cooperation with the Roman commander Pompey, but who knew that Pompey regarded him as a spy of the Huns.

Because Pompey understood the decline of the Han Dynasty, in his mind, it was impossible for a declining dynasty to send an expeditionary force of this size.

The two sides parted unhappily.

When Qin Feng returned to the base camp thirty miles east of Zhizhi City, the Xiongnu base camp on the bank of the Talas River in the north of Zhizhi City, the Xiongnu king Qiangqu listened to the report of the Xiongnu Tanma.

"King, the Han army sent troops everywhere to loot grain and grass materials, but it doesn't seem to have gained anything."

When Qiang Qu heard this, he laughed out loud and said to his men: "Qin Zi is late to come in them, and the food of the Kangju people is already in our hands. This king expected that Qin Zijin would definitely not find enough food. He had no food, so he had to retreat or starve to death. ”

The eldest prince Yu Fu Luo said: "Father, the child proposes to strengthen our camp ....... ”

The second prince Hu Chuquan hurriedly said: "We can't hold out at first, and when Qin Zi runs out of grain and grass, the Romans in Zhizhi City will also run out of water." Our army will be able to easily destroy them. ”

Qiang Qu frowned and said, "I'm afraid that Guishan's army will arrive ......." ”

Hu Chuquan didn't care and said, "Father, in this land of nomads, the Kushan people can't even conquer the Kangju people. We, the Huns, will definitely give it a head-on blow, so that those guys who recite the Buddha in Guishan know that the nomads are really powerful. ”

Qiang Qu's expression improved, although he was defeated by Qin Feng, but except for Qin Feng, he was indeed not afraid of anyone. And now, with Emperor Ling of Han forcibly ordering Qin Feng to go on an expedition. Qin Feng, who arrived here, didn't have any logistical supplies. This gave Qiangqu a chance to defeat Qin Feng.

Qiang Qu felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he immediately conveyed the order, "Strengthen the camp." When we defeated Qin Zijin and the Romans, it was when we, the Huns, rose here. ”

The situation was indeed very favorable to the Huns, so the morale of the Huns was high, and they sharpened their knives one by one. Just waiting for the moment of revenge to come.

On the other hand, the eastern part of Zhizhi City, the base camp of the Han army.

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army, there was a cry, which came from the local Kangju tribal leader who was arrested.

"Commander, general, king, there is really no food." The Kangju people didn't know how to call Qin Feng, and threw out several honorific titles. Since only Qin Feng knew the Guishan language, these Kangju people could only cry to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng's face was gloomy. He learned from these Kangju leaders that the grain of their tribe had already been looted by the Huns. They are now hungry and there is food to be handed in.

One of the Kangju people looked at Qin Feng's face embarrassed, while Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei around him were fierce and vicious. This person was in a hurry to go to the doctor, and shouted: "Commander of the Great King General from the Great East, now, in Kangju, only Zhizhi City has food. We paid tribute to the Kushan for the vast majority of the year's harvest, but the Kushan people did not come and carry it away. Now all in Zhizhi City. ”

Qin Feng still didn't speak, because this information was useless to him at all. The Romans are now in Zhizhi City, and if there is no food there, the Romans would have run away long ago.

The Kangju people shouted again: "The general is the king's commander." Zhizhi City not only has enough food for your army, but also wealth that rivals the wealth of the country. Gold, silver, and jade are piled up in the treasury, all of which have been looted from the land of our Kangju in the past year. ”

"Whoever can get Zhizhi City will be able to build a country!" Kangju finally shouted.

Qin Feng suddenly discovered that maybe this was the reason. The Qiang Canal would stop to engage the Romans.

Qin Feng was not a person who loved to kill, and the Kangju people really couldn't squeeze any oil and water, so he finally let go of these leaders of the Kangju tribe.

After the Kangju people left, Cao Yuan Liu surrounded Qin Feng.

Cao Cao's face was dark, and he said: "Zijin, now we can't collect grain, and our army's grain storage is only enough for three or five days." If there is no food, how to fight the enemy, let's withdraw. ”

Qin Feng's face was also dark, and he said lightly: "Withdraw? Food is not needed for retreat? Starve to death halfway through? ”

"It's ......." Cao Cao remembered that he had traveled thousands of miles home, and was speechless for a moment. Because what Qin Feng said was too right, food was also needed for retreat.

Up to now, the Han Expeditionary Force has encountered a great problem, that is, there is no food. Without food, it is death to stay, and it is death to retreat.

Cao Yuan Liu couldn't help but secretly scold Emperor Ling of Han for being mediocre, and scolded the Ten Standing Servants for being despicable, and swore one after another, "If you can go back, you will definitely kill the Ten Standing Servants!" ”

Cao Yuan Liu only looked like he could scold, and Qin Feng could only look at his military advisor Xun Yu.

Xun Yu frowned tightly at this time, saw Qin Feng's inquiring gaze, and said, "Lord, it seems that only by capturing Zhizhi City can we have enough food to go home." ”

"That's right, there is food in Zhizhi City, enough food to go home!" Cao Yuan Liu chirped for a while.

Liu Bei fanned his ears and exclaimed, "Then what are we waiting for, there are only five thousand Romans in Zhizhi City." The Huns don't know how to attack the city, let's clear the door. He looked at Qin Feng and said, "Great Shuai, let's build a trebuchet immediately." We have four times the strength of the Romans, and we will fight in one battle. ”

Yuan Shao's head was big with excitement, and he said: "Occupy Zhizhi City, we will have food and treasures, and we will be developed now." ”

"Treasure!" Liu Bei and Yuan Shao high-fived each other, as if they had already laid down Zhizhi City.

Who knew that at this time, Cao Cao's face ****: "What if the Huns attack us behind their backs?" Isn't it the enemy on the belly and back? ”

"It's ......." Yuan Shao and Liu Bei immediately frosted like eggplants and wilted.

Qin Fengxin said that Yuan Shao and Liu Bei only look at the present, and they can't see the overall situation, but Meng De is reliable. No wonder in later generations, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei combined couldn't get a Mengde.

At this time, Xun Yu reminded: "Generals, the Romans are well-equipped and good at defending the city, and it is not wise to make enemies of the Romans before destroying the Qiangqu. This war cannot be fought in a few days, and it is better to find food and grass first. ”

"Where does the grain and grass come from?"

"Zhizhi City."

"How could the Romans give us food for nothing, as if they didn't say anything?" Liu Bei wanted to attack Qin Feng's military advisor.

Who knew that Xun Yu smiled and said: "It's still my lord's previous strategy, we can unite with the Romans, the Romans were forced in the city by the Huns, and sooner or later they will die." If they want to survive, they need our support. They will willingly give us enough food. ”

Yuan Shao shook his head when he heard this, he glanced at Qin Feng, and said, "When Zijin was going to unite with the Romans before, we didn't know how much wealth there was in the city. If they unite with the Romans, how can they rebel and fight for treasure? It's a pity that there are so many treasures, if you can bring them back, Your Majesty will be happy, it must be a great achievement. ”

Qin Feng was speechless for a moment, and said in his heart that he was really crazy about money. If it were him, he would rather not have any wealth, just destroy the Qiangqu as soon as possible, and then go home.

Liu Bei continued to want to attack Xun Yu, "This is impossible, the marshal went in person, but the Romans refused, the Romans have enough food, and there is a Xiongcheng, they are not afraid of the Huns attacking, they will not unite with us,." ”

Xun Yu's thinking was a little broader, he said: "We can set up a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, Rome is a wolf, they can't beat the Huns, they will seek all external help." And Qiangqu coveted the wealth in Zhizhi City, and we cooperated with the Romans to introduce Qiangqu into Zhizhi City, and closed the door to fight the tiger, which could prevent Qiangqu from escaping again. ”

Xun Yu set up a serial plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, in this plan, the Huns are the tigers, the Romans are the wolves, and Qin Feng can be said to be hunters. This plan is not to really let the tiger swallow the wolf, but to let the wolf come to the hunter for help at the last moment.

In this way, the hunter is able to enter the wolf's den and thus take the initiative.

Then the difficulty comes, just because the wolf's defense is extremely strong, the tiger can't swallow the wolf, and because the hunter is on the side, the tiger will inevitably be killed by the hunter, and it will not take the initiative to swallow the wolf.

There are two difficulties for hunters, the first is that the tiger needs to eliminate the scruples of the hunter. The second point: to weaken the wolf, so that the tiger can see the hope of swallowing the wolf in one bite.

Yuan Shao shook his head and said, "When Qiangqu saw us coming, I'm afraid he is now thinking about escaping, so that he doesn't care about us, it's impossible." And is it possible to weaken the Romans in the garrison without using troops? ”

"It can't be. Wen Ruojun's strategy is a good starting point, but it is not realistic....... Liu Bei's big ears shook for a while, and he said: "This is a three-way battle, whoever makes the first move will suffer." Qiang Qu is not so stupid, he will not do it first. He was suddenly startled and said, "Master Wen Ruo, do you have a plan to drive Qiangqu to attack the Romans?" And the Romans still can't hold it? ”

"It's ......." Xun Yu was finally asked by Liu Bei, he came up with a direction to break the game, but he couldn't think of a specific way.

After Cao Yuan Liu saw that Xun Yu had no specific way, he shook his head for a while.

Liu Bei shook his ears and said: "If this strategy is slightly pondered, anyone can think of it, and it sounds wonderful, but there is no specific plan, everything is in vain." Because this strategy, just a beautiful ideal, is absolutely unattainable. ”

Xun Yu was ashamed for a while when he heard this, and said to Qin Feng: "Lord, it's the subordinates who are not thoughtful. Indeed, as General Liu said, this is only an idealized strategy that cannot be realized. ”

Who knew that Qin Feng waved his hand and said, "No, this strategy of the military division is very good and can be realized." ”

Cao Yuan Liu and Xun Yu were very surprised, Liu Bei shook his head, and said: "Dashuai, this is not a matter of talking, Ji will come out?" (To be continued.) )