After burying Han Ying's coffin, Xiao Ma entrusted Yang Wan and Dong Xuan, who were very attached to him, to his mother to take care of, and talked with Ma Teng for a long time, and put forward some suggestions on the resettlement of the population in Tuntian, which Ma Teng accepted in his entirety.

The next time, Ma Chao, Ma Dai and Ma Tie rushed to the temporary camp guarded by Fazheng with the 2,000 cavalry they had just selected. Due to the eight-day delay of Zhangye's trip, the agreement between Xiao Ma and Ding Yuan was imminent. Fortunately, Fazheng was extremely efficient, not only did he handle the handover with the Han army, but also used the ten days to produce nearly 3,000 sets of saddle pedals.

Brother Xiao Ma was overjoyed, and immediately equipped the 2,000 cavalry he had just brought with saddle pedals, counting the more than 2,500 people left behind and the soldiers of the Shenwei Battalion who had returned from injury, there were 5,000 cavalry in the entire battalion, not counting the troops of the Korean army. Coupled with Fazheng's more than 1,000 logistics troops, a group of more than 6,000 people drove hundreds of carriages to the Southern Xiongnu royal court.

Now the cool breeze on the grassland is gusting, the lush long grass has shown initial signs of withering, and the geese in the sky are flying south, and it is the time of autumn harvest.

Xiao Ma couldn't help but shake his head secretly along the way, the food during the Han Dynasty was too monotonous, in addition to the staple rice and wheat, there were only corn, millet (that is, millet and yellow rice in the north), soybeans and sorghum. As for the high-yielding corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes, potatoes and cotton with a wide range of uses, they had not yet been introduced to China at this time.

One of the reasons why peasant uprisings frequently broke out in the late Han Dynasty in history was that politics [***], eunuchs were in power, and the Son of Heaven was mediocre. Another reason is that the development rate of social productive forces is far from keeping up with the growth rate of population, and once it encounters natural disasters such as droughts, floods, and plagues, the common people will be miserable.

The origin of these high-yield crops is naturally clear, and it is not impossible for them to appear on the land of China in advance, but first of all, there must be enough financial resources and manpower, and secondly, it is necessary to occupy a large area of land, otherwise wouldn't it be a wedding dress for others? Brother Xiao Ma does not have such a high ideological realm and national feelings.

The group walked in a roundabout way, and finally arrived at the Wangting Dazhai guarded by Yang Yuan, Wang Shuang and others after four days. Everything is calm in Dazhai, tens of thousands of soldiers, people and Hun herdsmen are digging moats around Dazhai, and the city wall is surrounded by a number of rejecting horses, and there are several arrow towers on the city wall, and all the defensive measures are being perfected.

Halfway through, Brother Pony got a happy piece of good news. It turned out that Pang De and Meng Da led 4,000 Shenwei battalions to fight, and with the cooperation of the Hun cavalry, they only fought with them for seven days to eliminate the main force of Wuheng that invaded the Southern Xiongnu grassland. The main reason is that the Wuheng people also carried a large number of feather arrows, trying to imitate the cavalry and archery tactics of the Xiliang army, but unfortunately these people were not equipped with saddle pedals, and their combat power was naturally far inferior to that of the Shenwei battalion.

Pound was well versed in the essence of Xiao Ma Ge's tactics, and did not use the technique of mounted archery to block the kills as he did in the previous times, but completely gave full play to the sparrow tactics in guerrilla warfare. Divide the 4,000 people into ten squads, and use the incomparable mobile surname to take turns to harass them day and night, slowly eating away at their vital strength.

Although he couldn't figure out why the Xiliang army wanted to help the Huns, he relied on a large number of feather arrows in his hand to shoot at the Han army and slowly rushed to the royal court, and the loss was not big. It's just that in this way, their marching speed has been greatly restricted, and every time the Han army comes to disturb them, they have to stop and form a formation to shoot at them.

After five days, there were casualties on both sides, but no one could help anyone, so Su Bugu, who was sitting in the royal court, was in a hurry, and happened to go out to collect the remnants of the army's younger brother Tian Hukang and other henchmen returned one after another, and the 10,000 cavalry brought out also doubled. With 20,000 troops on hand, Xu Bugu suddenly became full of confidence, and like the 20,000 Huns, he vented all his grievances and anger on these invading Wuheng people.

The dragon swims in the shallow water and is played by shrimp, and the tiger falls into Pingchuan and is bullied by dogs! Among the three major grassland peoples in the north at that time, the Southern Xiongnu were the most powerful existence, otherwise it would not have been possible to occupy the Hetao area with abundant water and grass for a long time. Although the strength of the Xiongnu has dropped greatly after the internal rebellion and the Western Liang army, the pride of the Huns is still there, and the self-esteem is still there, after all, the Huns have dominated the prairie since the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, and it has been more than 400 years. But now they were bullied to the house by a little Wu Heng, how can they bear it?

In order to let out a bad breath, Xu Bugu asked Yang Yuan to sit in the royal court and personally lead 20,000 cavalry to battle. Wang Shuang and the 4,000 Huns equipped with saddle shoes under the command of Ma Xiu also asked for battle one by one, and the crowd was excited, and the two decided to go to war with the army for various considerations.

In this way, Xu Bugu, Wang Shuang, and Ma Xiu led an army of nearly 25,000 to meet the Wuheng cavalry of Badun. When he learned that the Huns were coming up, he was immediately dumbfounded, and shouted that my life would be over! After discussing with his subordinates, he decisively ordered the withdrawal of the army, and the 4,000 Han troops that were currently entangled were already difficult to deal with, and the consequences of another 25,000 Xiongnu elite cavalry could be imagined.

The withdrawal of the Wuheng people gave Pang De an opportunity, and the unparalleled cavalry and archery skills of the Xiliang army finally came into play, and the two of them each led two thousand people to attack back and forth, a team ran in front and turned back to shoot arrows, and a pair chased and exploded their chrysanthemums in the back, which not only slowed down its marching speed, but also caused huge casualties to it.

It was only at this time that he finally understood the gap between his army and the Xiliang cavalry, but unfortunately it was too late, and before he could escape fifty miles, less than 20,000 of the 30,000 people remained, and the black Hun cavalry behind him also caught up.

There was no suspense in the result, and the Wuheng cavalry, which was less than 20,000, was defeated by the Huns who came from the cover. These Huns finally found an outlet to vent, and they fought extremely fiercely, not afraid of death. Wuheng people have no ladder to the sky, no door to go to the ground, the whole army was wiped out in less than two hours, the prisoners surrendered nearly 5,000 soldiers, killed more than 10,000 enemies, and only escaped with hundreds of horsemen after being hit by arrows.

A beautiful counterattack made the Huns less hateful to the Xiliang army, this time not only the Xiliang army helped them guard the important place of the royal court, but also with the full cooperation of the Han army to annihilate the enemy of Wuheng. And Su Bugu also established his prestige in this battle, and even took the opportunity to reward the hearts of the army, and Shan Yu's position was initially consolidated.

In the palace of the royal court, the little horse brother in the golden helmet and golden armor couldn't help but be overjoyed after listening to Pang De's report, and the soldiers of the Shenwei Battalion did not suffer much casualties when they shot at Wu Heng because of their anti-arrow vests, and only a few hundred people were slightly injured, and they could recover after a month.

After pondering for a while, Brother Xiao Ma frowned and said: "Although the coalition army has won a big victory this time, it has not been able to completely annihilate the enemy, as far as I know, Na Kudun is quite strategic, and he is in a high position in Wuheng, and he must be on guard after he escapes his surname this time, maybe he has discovered the secret of the saddle pedal, what do you think?" ”

Pang De said: "What the young master said is very reasonable, the enemy who came to attack this time has already been prepared, not only with a large number of feather arrows to shoot at our army, but also in an extremely scattered formation, and the mobile surname is extremely strong, if you are not careful, you may be surrounded by it." ”

Fa Zheng had just arrived in the prairie and was waiting to make meritorious service, so he couldn't help but get up and said: "Lord, the opportunity is fleeting, and I think that this is a good time to unite the Hun cavalry to fight Wuheng." ”

Brother Xiao Ma squinted his eyes and said, "Filial piety has something to say, but it's okay to talk about it!" ”

Fa Zheng cleared his throat and said: "There are three reasons for this, right now it is the autumn harvest, most of the Wuheng strong men are busy with the autumn harvest, our army can not only harvest a large amount of grain and grass at this moment, but also catch them off guard, this is one of them." ”

"Wuheng is sparsely populated, with a population of only six or seven hundred thousand, and this war lost nearly 30,000 strong soldiers, and there is a large army with Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju is in Youzhou, and its internal defense is bound to be empty. Therefore, it is also justified to send troops at this moment, and it will be able to achieve the effect of encircling Wei and saving Zhao, and indirectly relieve the danger of Youzhou, so that the bargaining chips for the trip of the lord Luoyang will be greater, which is the second. ”

"The last point is as the lord said, the Wuheng people have probably discovered the secret of the saddle pedal, and they have long nights and dreams, so they must not be given time to imitate and equip them on a large scale, they must be severely damaged before this, and there will be no threat in the future!"

"Well, well said! That's exactly what I want! Brother Xiao Ma had to admit that what Fa Zheng said was reasonable, and immediately said: "I and the King of Xubu Bone are about to rush to Merge State, I'm afraid that I can't lead the team to conquer in person, and this time I have to be led by Ling Ming to march to Wuheng to rest assured!" ”

Pang De clenched his fists and said: "It's all up to the young master's arrangement!" ”

"Hmm!" Brother Xiao Ma nodded and shouted: "Pang De, Wang Shuang, Ma Xiu obeys the order!" ”

"Mo will be!" The dead men stepped forward in unison, their heads held high.

Ma Chao's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he shouted: "Ming'er and the other three people of each generation of the headquarters and the four thousand Hun warriors who are training to go to Wuheng, they must be brave and fast, and they don't have to attack the city and seize the wall, just make full use of the mobile surname and the advantage of cavalry and archery to annihilate its resistance, and it is best to kill Wuheng from now on!" In the process of going out, I have full authority to obey the command and dispatch of General Pang, and there must be no mistakes! ”

"Obey!"

"Immediately straighten out the soldiers and horses, bring enough rations for five days, and set off in one day!"

"No!"

After the three of them received the order, Brother Xiao Ma smiled and looked at the trembling Xu Bu Bone again, and said: "As for plundering its population, how about handing over its materials to the Hun warriors under the king?" ”

Xu Bugu was afraid for a while, and he had already thought of the tragic situation of Wuheng's blood, and secretly sighed that Brother Xiao Ma was ruthless, but the robbery with the army has always been the strength of the Huns, and he had no reason not to agree, so he said: "The general can rest assured, except for women of childbearing age who have labor, nothing else will be left!" ”

Brother Xiao Ma nodded and said: "The words of the king are deep in my heart, the Wuheng people were slaves of the Huns more than two hundred years ago, and they don't care about what to do with the robbed population!" ”

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