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Sagot looked at the cavalry of the Han brigade killed in front of him, although the saber in his hand was still tightly clenched, his body had begun to tremble. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He is the son of the leader of this tribe, Sagan, and the first warrior of the tribe. Since the Xiongnu were defeated by Huo Quai, the various tribes have not been as closely linked as before. The current Xiongnu are only in Liu Bao, that is, they have gathered several large tribes. With a small tribe of hundreds of people like Sagan, then he has little interest in taking care of it.

The tribe of Sagan is located on the border of the Han Dynasty, and every year before the winter, Sargot will lead people to raid the nearby Han villages and towns, and seize supplies for the winter. This time he just sent troops, but unexpectedly encountered an army of Han Chinese, Sagot was greedy, and saw that the other party was looking at the grain and grass were all infantry troops, so he led his troops to grab a bunch and left. But what he never expected was that the other party would actually send so many cavalry to pursue.

"When did these weak Han barbarians dare to come and fight with the warriors of our steppe?" Sagot cursed secretly. Scolding and scolding, but Sagot also knows that there are only hundreds of people under his command, and the other party is so killed, I am afraid that he will not be able to please today. However, he was not very worried, because he knew that these Han people were full of benevolence and morality all day long, and even if he couldn't beat them, as long as he surrendered and was captured, he would be fine. But what he didn't expect was that his end had arrived today.

"Kill me!" Ma Dai kicked the horse's ass excitedly, and rushed to the front with an acceleration. The Huns bent their bows and arrows at him, but they were all pushed away by him, and they took the lead in taking the most striking Sagot. A trace of disdain flashed in Sagot's heart, and he picked up his saber and slashed directly at Ma Dai.

"Bell, snort" twice, the first time the big knife of Sagot was blown away, the second time he was cut on the shoulder blade by Ma Dai, the whole person was split in half diagonally, and then the horse was planted. Before the dead Sagot disappeared from consciousness, a trace of doubt flashed in his heart: Why is this barbarian so powerful?

The combat effectiveness of the two thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry is by no means something that these seven or eight hundred miscellaneous Huns can withstand. Although Zhao Feng was a general, at this time, the enemy was less than half of his own, and he had only stabbed one person to death, and the rest had already been divided and surrounded and annihilated. The whole battle lasted less than half an hour, and the number of people on the other side was 768, 432 were killed, and more than 300 people were captured, and only a few dozen people rode horses, and they fled far away as soon as they saw that the momentum was not right. Now, all but those who were killed, the rest were collected and bundled together, and crouched on the edge of the fence waiting to be disposed of.

"Zhonghua, what should I do next?" Zhao Feng looked at this group of people and asked with some confusion in his heart. Murder and arson, after all, I am not good at it, so I should ask Ma Dai.

"The next step is to take all these captives back. Furthermore, they snatched back all the tribe's cattle, sheep, women, and property, and if they resisted, they were killed; In the end, it was a fire that destroyed the corpse! Ma Dai explained in detail, and when he finished explaining, Ma Dai said a little strangely: "Lord, haven't you always done these things?" He remembered that Zhao Feng had always been known for his strict military discipline, and he was against Cao Ying because of this, why did he want to kill people and set fire to him now?

"At this time and at that time, it was just a civil war, everyone is a big man, why do you need to kill everything? But these Hun cubs, who kill and injure our people every year, rob our property, and what else can they be polite to? Zhonghua, you can do it! But hurry, we have to rush back to the camp before dawn! Zhao Feng finally arranged, with this full-time executioner here, there was no need to go out by himself.

"Okay, lord, just wait and see, the brothers can go back to the camp and sleep!" Ma Dai immediately relieved himself when he heard this, and immediately went to arrange it without mentioning it. More than 1,000 people rushed into the tribe and searched in an orderly manner, and for a time chickens and dogs jumped, and the cries and cries shook the sky. Zhao Feng was bored, so he could only wait on the side, but he was also a little strange in his heart, did he really become evil?

Ma Dai moved quickly, and before midnight, the entire tribe had been searched, and then the property was transferred to several carts, and more than 10,000 cattle and sheep, surnamed Suo were brought to the front-line soldiers to fight tooth sacrifices. "It's a pity, this tribe is really small, and I haven't gotten anything good, Lord Wang, do you want anything?" Ma Dai is a little unfinished.

"I don't have anything to want, Zhonghua, you just assign it to the soldiers!" Zhao Feng waved his hand and said, as soon as he said this, everyone immediately cheered, and they all said that Zhao Wang Ye was sympathetic to the soldiers, and he really lived up to his reputation. At that moment, Ma Dai sent people back to Xiliang with his belongings, captives and women, and he and Zhao Feng returned to gather with the army after setting fire to the tribal base.

"Zhonghua, it seems that someone has run away, shouldn't they go to ask for help?" Zhao Feng clearly remembered that there were dozens of people who ran away after the war, in case they invited any rescuers, it would be troublesome, he was happy for a while, in case the war was going to start now, the army was not ready.

"No, Lord Wang, it's normal for such a small tribe on the grassland to be exterminated, how can anyone come to take revenge?" Ma Dai was familiar with the affairs of the grassland and hurriedly explained. After everything was done, the two returned to the army together to join the army and prepare to continue the march. As Ma Dai said, it was only midnight when he returned to the camp, and he still had time to sleep.

"Good guy, if you really want to do this, our army doesn't need to carry baggage!" Zhang Fei saw them return with a full load, and he was also a little surprised. The Ma Chao brothers acted boldly, and everyone had a share of the seized materials. Everyone made a fuss for a while, and then they fell asleep and then went to Yanmen Pass again.

At this time, Yecheng is a scene of singing and dancing. "Come on, come on, all the secretaries have a toast, and drink this cup for the soldiers in front!" Cao Pi said with a smile, he had drunk a lot of wine, and he already had a big tongue when he spoke.

If it was said that he won Nanyang before, it just made Cao Pixiao excited. So now that Cao Zhang has won most of Yanzhou in an instant, it is simply to make Cao Pile happy. At present, Xu Huang is attacking Xincheng, while Cao Zhang is holding on to Yanzhou, Cao Hong led the army to sit in Hanoi, supervise the grain and grass, and prepare to support to resist the return of Guan Yu's army. But in any case, Cao's army had already gained a foothold south of the Yellow River.

Cao Pi's next head, Jia Xu and others were also listed, but they were not so excited. After a while, he was still full of favor and tentatively said: "Your Majesty, now that Guan Yu's army is back to help, we can't fight a decisive battle with it, or according to the previous strategy, shrink the troops and stick to the land of Yanzhou and Nanyang for the time being, and raise troops in Tuntian for a few years, and then make plans!" ”

"It doesn't matter, now Xu Gongming is attacking the land of Shangyong, and when he takes Shangyong to open up Hanzhong and surround Guanzhong, this southern expedition will be almost over!" Cao Pi disagreed. Man Zhong didn't say anything, but Dong Zhao on the side frowned and said: "Having said that, the 300,000 army needs a lot of grain and grass, and now there is not much left." ”

"Huh?" Cao Pi was unhappy for a while when he heard this, and then thought about it and said: "In this way, when the new grain is harvested this year, the tax will be increased by 30% to provide the army with grain and grass!" ”

"Raise 30%?" Dong Zhao was taken aback when he heard this, and then said with some concern: "But now the tax is not low, and if it is raised again, I am afraid that it will provoke a civil uprising!" ”

"What?" Cao Pi was immediately unhappy when he heard this, and slapped the table and shouted: "Now the matter of the Southern Expedition is particularly important, these ordinary people will die if they eat less, why don't they know how to sacrifice a little for national affairs?" Taxes will be levied as usual, and whoever dares to resist will be exterminated immediately! ”

"This?" Looking at Cao Pi, who was obviously a little unhappy, Dong Zhao didn't dare to say anything more. At this moment, I heard a report from the attendant, saying that there was an urgent military situation from the front.

"It seems that Uncle Huang and they have won again!" Cao Pile said happily, he didn't want to open the letter and read it, but he was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat.

"Why, how can this be?" Cao Pi's mouth trembled, and his speech was already a little unclear. This information was sent by Cheng Wu, in which Cheng Wu told Cao Pi that the iron chains and reefs on the Yellow River had been removed by the Han army, and now that the Jingxiang Naval Division had regained control of the Yellow River waterway, he wanted to transport grain to Henan, but there was no way at all. At present, the army of 200,000 people Cao Zhang and others who have crossed the river needs a lot of grain and grass, and it is expected that the grain and grass carried by the army can only last a few months at most, and I ask Your Majesty to make an idea as soon as possible.

"Zhongqing, look at it, how can this be?" Cao Pi was a little overwhelmed by this sudden blow. At this time, the singing and dancing in the middle of the hall had not stopped, but Cao Pi was in an anxious mood, how could he still listen to it.

"Smack!" An inkstone smashed to the ground, and the singing and dancing stopped abruptly, so that the kaki and musicians retreated in silence. After passing the letter to everyone, the hall was silent for a while.

"Now that the 200,000 troops of the second brother and Xu Gongming and others have crossed the Yellow River, but the grain route has been cut off, I am afraid that the army's heart is about to collapse, what is the best way for the ministers to solve this urgent need?" Cao Pi is really anxious this time, if he repeats yesterday's story, then he will be very bad. And now it is different from the past, only half of Yanzhou is in his own hands, and Guanzhong has been lost, and the section of the river that can be controlled is narrower, and the other party is more targeted to intercept it.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, in the past, Liu Bei also wanted to cut off the waterway of the Yellow River with a sailor, but Guo Fengxiao broke it with a series of warships. Now that the military situation is urgent, you can quickly gather craftsmen to build a chain of warships and open up the waterway of the Yellow River to deal with the general! At the critical moment, Liu Ye, an old immortal, finally remembered his surname and proposed this life-saving plan.

"Very good, pass the decree, build a chain warship as soon as possible!" Cao Pi also seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and hurriedly ordered the collection of ships to build a chain of warships. At the same time, he sent someone to secretly cross the Yellow River in a small boat, so that Cao Hong and Cao Zhang would not be in a hurry, and they would find a way immediately.

After a few days, more and more warships concentrated on Cao's Michi ferry. It didn't take long for Liu Bei of Chang'an to learn the news, but what Cao Pi definitely didn't expect was that after Liu Bei heard the news, he actually laughed.

The next day, Gan Ning, the general of Zhendong who was waiting in Tongguan, received a carrier pigeon from Chang'an.

(To be continued)