"Report~~" Zhang Huan's voice fell, and the right Sima hurriedly entered again, and said hurriedly, "My lord is not good, Yu Fuluo committed suicide by taking poison!" ”

"What!?" Zhang Huan was taken aback, and said in a deep voice, "Why don't you go and invite Lang Zhong soon." ”

Right Sima Dao: "It's been invited, Lang Zhong said that Yu Fuluo has a huge poison in his body, and he will not live for ten days at the latest, the earliest~~"

Zhang Huan said sharply: "What about the earliest? ”

Right Sima said: "I will die violently tonight at the earliest." ”

"Huh?" Zuo Sima was shocked when he heard this, looked at Zhang Huan and said, "General, what can I do about this?" If Yu Fuluo really died in Jinyang in vain, it would be difficult to explain to Qiangqu, although the Han was not afraid of the Huns, but it really caused a war because of this, and I was afraid that the court would also blame the general for his poor guardianship. ”

Zhang Huan frowned deeply, paced back and forth in the hall with his hands in his hands, and suddenly stopped and said in a condensed voice: "Order~~ Let Lang use the best life-saving and qi-rejuvenating medicine, no matter what, let Yu Fuluo survive for ten days, and then send an army to send him to the Xiongnu Shan Yuting overnight." As long as he leaves the border of the Han Dynasty, Yu Fuluo's death has nothing to do with General Ben. ”

Zuo Sima said: "The last general will arrange this." ”

……

There is a desolate canyon more than 200 miles northwest of Jinyang, the official road leading to Xihe County from Jinyang passes through the canyon, since the policy of shrinking Emperor Guangwu, abandoning the Xihe, Shuofang, Dingxiang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan counties, the official road is deserted, the soldier village is vacant, so that the horse thieves are rampant, and the pedestrians are falling.

It was noon, the scorching sun of June was hanging high in the sky, mercilessly roasting the earth, there was no wind, the air was filled with suffocating heat, the desolate earth seemed to be on fire, and people could be scorched with one foot on it~~

"Zi~~"

Dian Wei poured the water of the entire sheepskin bag on the iron armor, and suddenly there was a steaming water vapor, and in less than a moment, the shallow water in the iron armor evaporated to the point that there was not a drop left, Dian Wei threw the heavy iron armor aside in annoyance, scratched his head and said: "It's really hot this day, why haven't these rabbit cubs come yet, and they want to kill grandpa here?" ”

Ma Yue squinted his eyes and looked at the sun above his head, and said to Jia Xu beside him: "Wenhe, will there be any accidents?" ”

Jia Xu put his hand on the canopy and looked forward for a moment, and said in a low voice: "It shouldn't be, Zhang Huan still understands this person, although it is good to lead soldiers and use soldiers, but he is stubborn and likes to shirk responsibility, as long as Madame's fake death medicine is effective, Zhang Huan will definitely try to send him back to Shan Yucourt before Yu Luo dies." ”

"Hmm." Ma Yue thrust the scimitar in his hand into the yellow earth in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "Then wait." ”

"Newspaper~~"

Ma Yue's voice fell, and the scout horse sent out had galloped back.

Ju Tuhuo Ran sat up and said to the horse: "General, here!" ”

"Huh!?" Dian Wei's expression perked up when he heard this, and he hurriedly snatched the hot iron armor from the ground and hung it on his body, and said sharply, "His grandmother is a bear, and he has been tossing for half a day, these free cubs can be regarded as coming, and grandpa will definitely break their necks like chickens~~"

Ma Yue Huoran got up, pulled out the scimitar in front of him and sheathed it back, turned to face the five hundred Wuhuan soldiers behind him and said: "The whole army obeys the order~~ Take off the leather armor, change into the clothes of the horse thief, and no one is allowed to speak when he is ready to move, let alone register himself, and those who violate the order ~~ will not be killed!" ”

"Only the general's orders are obeyed!"

Jutu and other five hundred Wuhuan soldiers agreed with a bang.

"Prepare for an ambush~~"

With a wave of Ma Yue's hand, the five hundred soldiers quickly dispersed and hid in the hidden places on both sides of the canyon.

……

The chariots and horses whistling.

On the abandoned official road, a Han army of more than 100 people came in a hurry, more than 50 cavalry opened the way in front, and more than 100 foot soldiers followed behind, protecting a dilapidated open-top carriage in the middle, and there was a young man with a gray face lying on the carriage, this young man was the Hun Zuoxian King Yu Fuluo who "committed suicide by taking poison".

"Water~~Water~~"

Yu Fu's [***] cracked lips spurted, his dry eyelids opened a thin slit, and his eyes showed a hint of pleading, looking at the Han Army Colonel by the carriage, the Han Army Colonel frowned, and ordered the foot guards behind him: "Give him saliva to drink, lest he die before he reaches the border." ”

"Yes, General."

"Newspaper~~"

The foot soldier agreed to untie the sheepskin bag from his body, and was about to pour water into Yu Fuluo's mouth, when a horse galloped back in front of him, and reported to the little colonel: "General, not far ahead is Sheephorn Canyon, there are obvious traces of horses' hooves outside the canyon, the time will not exceed two hours, there is likely to be an ambush of horse thieves nearby, will our army make a detour or continue to move forward?" ”

"Horse thief?" The colonel looked back at the more than 100 elite infantry of the Han army behind him, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly, "The order, the whole army must not stay and continue to advance, and must rush to the Black Mountain Village before dark and camp in the abandoned military camp to rest." ”

"Yes!"

The herald said yes and took the order.

The Han army continued to advance, and walked into the canyon, when they suddenly heard a click, and the soldiers looked up, only to see a stone tumbling down from the cliff on the left.

Someone on the cliff!? The Han Jun's heart sank, and he looked up in surprise to see a majestic figure standing on the cliff on the left, and the figure was holding up a narrow scimitar in his hand, and the sharp blade reflected a cold glow against the harsh sunlight, which confused the school's eyes for a moment.

Suddenly, the sharp scimitar had slashed down.

"There's an ambush!" Although the junior colonel of the Han army was surprised, he did not panic, and shouted loudly, "The whole army listens to the order and forms a formation on the spot!" ”

The colonel's voice fell, and the two cavalry had already killed from the north and south ends of the canyon, there were four or five hundred horsemen, and the galloping horses' hooves were struck the dry and scorching ground in a chaotic manner, but there was no deafening hoof sound, and the two cavalry were like ghost pawns from the ghost city, quietly killing towards the valley.

There was no bright banner, no heavy armor, only tattered cloth robes, and crude weapons, which was clearly a horse thief! The eyes of the Han army junior colonel suddenly floated with a hint of relaxation, these thieves who don't have long eyes dared to fight the idea of the Han army, they were really looking for death~~

"The pikemen are ahead, and the horses are rejected!"

"The sword and shield hand protects the wings."

"The archer is in the center, release the arrows!"

"The cavalry is in the rear, preparing for a counter-assault~~"

The Han army colonel looked calm and gave orders one by one, and more than 100 Han soldiers were also calm and began to form a formation.

There is no doubt that this is a well-trained Rongbian elite soldiers, not only formed a rapid formation, but also has a momentum of Mount Tai collapsing in front of the action, although the disparity between the enemy and our forces, the number of horse thieves is almost five times that of the Han army, but the Han soldiers are not panicked at all, and their expressions are full of belief in victory~~

"Instigation~~"

The longbowmen of the Han army took the lead in attacking, and more than a dozen sharp wolf's tooth arrows swept into the air with a piercing roar, and then accurately landed in the surging horse thief array, and there was a small confusion in the horse thief team that was rushing forward, and more than a dozen unlucky horse thieves had wailed and fallen off the horse~~

"Huh~" The Han army junior sneered contemptuously, "Continue to release arrows~~"

"Instigation~~"

Another row of sharp arrows swept into the air, and there was a rush of confusion in the surging horse thieves, and more than a dozen horsemen fell down with a wail~~

"Whew~"

Finally rushed closer, the horse thieves screamed and removed the horned bows from their backs, began to draw their bows and arrows, and returned to the Han army with a more dense rain of arrows. ”

Dozens of Han saber and shield bearers quickly rushed forward and formed a tight shield formation in front of the formation, firmly protecting more than 100 Han troops behind the shield wall, and the rain of arrows shot by horse thieves was blocked one after another, and only a few arrows penetrated the shield protection, causing limited damage to the Han army.

……

On the cliff in the distance, Jia Xu suddenly sighed and said to the horse: "Lord, although the Wuhuan soldiers are not afraid of death and are brave and good at fighting, they are not as well-trained as the Han army in Bingzhou, fortunately, our army has an overwhelming advantage in terms of strength, otherwise, the outcome of this battle is unpredictable." ”

Ma Yue nodded awe-inspiringly.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, the strength of the Han people was not only economic, but also military and psychological! Unlike the later Song and Ming dynasties, when the Han people were frightened in the face of the northern nomads, the Han people in the Qin and Han dynasties had a sense of psychological superiority in the face of the northern nomads.

It was this psychological superiority that made the Han army exceptionally powerful and difficult to defeat.

"Yes, it seems that General Ben is taking it for granted, if the Han army in Bingzhou is as tenacious as this army, it is very unrealistic to rely on Hu cavalry to sweep the Central Plains." Ma Yue sighed, "The empires of the Great Qin and the Han Dynasty have dominated the mainland for more than hundreds of years, and the long-lasting psychological precipitation makes every Han soldier feel strong self-confidence in his bones when facing barbarian soldiers, and the Han army with strong self-confidence ~~ is difficult to defeat." ”

"It seems that after the lord obtains the Hetao, he still needs to form an elite cavalry with the Han people as the main body." Jia Xu said, "Otherwise, it may be more than enough to conquer the Xianbei people in Mobei with only the Wuhuan wolf riding and the Hun slave riding, but if you want to compete with the heroes of the Central Plains from all walks of life, I am afraid it is not enough to be ashamed~~"

Ma Yue was silent, but nodded heavily.

As Jia Xu said, it seems that it is necessary to form an elite cavalry with Han people as the main body! Whether it is for the need to maintain the ruling institution of the pyramid, or for the purpose of competing in the Central Plains and competing with heroes from all walks of life in the future, it is necessary to have a strong Han army and iron cavalry.

Although the Wuhuan wolf ride is brave, it can only be driven to conquer the desert and use it to chase the Central Plains, but it is difficult to make a difference. Because of their psychological superiority, it was difficult for the northern nomadic cavalry to do anything on the battlefield in the Central Plains before the overall strength of the Han people weakened to the point of being vulnerable.

……

"Ho ho~~"

"Ho ho~~"

"Ho ho~~"

In the continuous strange screams, the horse thieves roared, but they did not charge stupidly like other horse thieves, but went around from both wings, but a black and oppressive dark cloud swept up from the horse thieves array, dense like locusts, and flew towards the head of the Han army~~

"What's that?"

The eyes of the Han army colonel widened, and all the Han soldiers widened their eyes.

"Hand axe!" A sharp-eyed soldier suddenly shouted, "It's a hand axe~~"

"Hmmm! Adze? ”

The eyes of the Han army colonel moved with the movement of the black cloud, and suddenly, the dense hand axe like a locust had flown over the head of the Han army, and then fell from the air with a shining cold light, and the soldiers of the Han army could even clearly feel the sharp chill brought by the axe blade when it split the air~~

"Sword and Shield Hand~~"

The Han army colonel howled bitterly, trying to order the sword and shield men to line up for defense, but it was too late, almost the colonel's voice fell, the first hand axe had already fallen viciously, and the sharp axe blade was exactly on the shield of a Han army sword and shield hand, and the heavy shield was split into two pieces in an instant, and the sharp axe was castrated, and one of the arms of the Han army sword and shield hand was cut off violently~~

"Puff~~"

In the continuous chopping sound, four or five hundred hand axes fell like raindrops, and the unprepared Han soldiers fell down in an instant, and the originally dense defensive formation became sparse in an instant, and the Han army colonel was about to crack, and looked up in shock, only to see the horse thieves who were galloping away and killed them again, this time, they took out the cold and shining scimitar~~

"Withdraw the troops~~" The Han army colonel immediately made a decision, and howled bitterly, "The cavalry opened the way, after the sword and shield hand was broken, the whole army withdrew from the canyon, quickly~~"

"Driving~~"

The Han army colonel grabbed the horse's belly fiercely and took the lead in galloping away.

On the cliff, Ju Tu indifferently drew a thumb-thick wolf tooth arrow from the quiver on the string, in the piercing crunch, the bow arm of the iron tire bow slowly bent, and suddenly, Ju Tu's left eye has been closed, and the right eye has narrowed into a slit, the dark arrow shaft points straight forward, and the sharp arrow clan at the top can be aimed at the Han army colonel who is galloping in the valley~~

"Click!"

Just as he was about to loosen his strings, a large, strong hand slammed into his shoulder.

I don't know for what reason, Ma Yue suddenly stopped Ju Tu, and said indifferently: "Forget it~~ Let him go and report a message to Zhang Huan." ”

Behind Ma Yue, Jia Xu nodded imperceptibly, thinking that no matter how ruthless and cruel the lord was, he never forgot that he was a Han and always had a sense of pity for the people of the Han Dynasty~~ Deliberately let go of this Han army colonel, obviously wanting to use his mouth to report to Zhang Huan, so that the Han border army would be on guard, so that in the near future, when the Huns were in the border, the soldiers and civilians of the Han border were killed by surprise~~

……

"I'm smothered too~~"

Juvro woke up with a loud roar and sat up straight from the haystack.

"Master, you~~ Are you awake?"

Seeing that Yu Furo woke up unharmed, the slave who knelt in front of the haystack had already wept with joy.

"Slave beggar!" Yu Fu Luo Huoran turned around, and saw that although the person kneeling in front of him was embarrassed, he could vaguely argue that he was a loyal slave who had been absent for eight years, and couldn't help but reach out and grab the slave's arms and shake it vigorously twice, and said with great joy, "Slave beggar, it's really you!?" ”

"It's the villain." Nu'er angrily bent down deeply with his right hand on his chest, and said respectfully, "Nu'er has seen his master. ”

"Hurry up and excuse me." Yu Fuluo stretched out his hand to support the slave and asked urgently, "Slave beggar, tell Xiao Wang what happened to the Great Huns?" ”

It turned out that after the slave beggar was captured, he knew that this group of horse thieves turned out to be Wuhuan people, because they were oppressed by the Wuhuan Zhonglang General of the Han Dynasty, and they were desperate to defect to the Xihe River to join the Huns, but they were rejected by Shan Yu. This group of horse thieves still didn't give up, so they tried to go to Jinyang to rescue Zuoxian King Yu Fu Luo as the new Shan Yu, Nu Er beggar as Yu Fu Luo's personal entourage, all the time did not want Yu Fu Luo to return to Shan Yu Court, the two sides can be said to hit it off, so they plotted and planned the rescue of Yu Fu Luo.

Ma Yue's sentence suddenly returned to Ning County and asked Liu Yan for the "medicine of fake death", and then Jia Xu pretended to be a merchant to hide the pills and the secret letter of the slave beggar in the mezzanine of the scabbard, and presented it to Yu Fuluo in the name of selling the knife.

Nu'er sighed and replied: "Master, the Great Huns are in big trouble, and this time, if you don't do it, the Great Huns will be wiped out." ”

"What's the trouble?" Yu Furro lost his voice and said, "It's so serious! ”

Nu'er begged: "Last winter, a heavy snowfall froze most of the cattle, sheep and livestock of the Great Huns tribes to death, and Zhang Huan, the general of the Han Dynasty, deliberately made things difficult again, and refused to deliver relief grain and grass, and the Great Huns were about to be unable to hold on, and ~~"

"What else?"

"There is also the body of Lao Shan Yu is not as good as one, Shan Yu's position may change at any time, but now the people of the Great Huns have almost forgotten you, people only know that Lao Shan Yu has a prince called Chuquan, but they don't know that there is also a prince Yu Fuluo, if you don't try to return to Shan Yuting, after the old Shan Yu returns to heaven, your younger brother Hu Chuquan will inherit Shan Yu's throne~~"

"Damn!" Yu Fuluo's hands were clenched into fists, and he said in a deep voice, "This king must return to Shan Yuting immediately. ”

The slave begged and said: "The master can't, now you must not return to the court." ”

"Why?"

"If you go back now, you will probably be imprisoned by Lao Shan Yu and then sent back to Jinyang, you know that Lao Shan Yu has always been afraid of the Han Dynasty, as well as the King of Zuo Guli, the left general, the right general, and the right captain, they are all lackeys of the Han court, and they will not let you go."

"What then?" Yu Fuluo hurriedly said, "Is it impossible to sit still and wait for death?" ”

The slave begged in a dark voice and said, "Master, we must wait for the opportunity, an opportunity that can kill with one blow!" ”

Yu Fuluo said: "But there is no army loyal to this king in the eight tribes of the Great Huns, even if you wait for the opportunity, what can you do?" ”

Nu'er begged: "The villain heard that the right valley Li Wang, Zuo Dadu Wei and Zuo Da Danghu are inclined to go to war with the Han Dynasty, and they are quite dissatisfied with Lao Shan Yu's retreat and tolerance, the villain can secretly contact them and test their intentions, of course, in addition to these potential helps, you also have a hidden mysterious power~~"

"Oh?" Yu Fuluo's expression moved, and he said in a condensed voice, "There is also a hidden mysterious power? ”

Nu'er begged: "There is an army of 5,000 horsemen at the mercy of the master at any time, and 500 of them are outside. ”

"Wuhuan people?" Yu Fuluo wondered, "The Wuhuan people are far away in Youzhou, and the Great Xiongnu have a feud with them, how can they be willing to help this king?" ”

Nu'er begged: "Those were all grievances hundreds of years ago, and now that time has passed, the Great Huns and Wuhuan people are no longer enemies of life and death." Last year, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty sent a new general to protect Wuhuan Zhonglang, who was said to be a general surnamed Ma, who was notorious for murder and cruelty when he was in the Central Plains, and was known as the horse butcher. After the horse butcher arrived in Youzhou, he brutally suppressed the rebellion of the Wuhuan people, and even the old and young women and children refused to let go, and the corpses of Liucheng in the old camp of Wuhuan in Liaoxi were all over the field~~"

"Horse butcher?" Yu Fuluo said awe-inspiringly, "When this king was in Jinyang, I also heard people mention that it is said that he uses soldiers to be treacherous, has unpredictable abilities, and is an extremely powerful character, why, has he now become a general in the Wuhuan Guard?" ”

"yes." Nu'er begged, "This horse butcher is really powerful, hundreds of thousands of Wuhuan people were actually killed by his thousands of people, and finally only 5,000 people fled into the desert, and went to Shan Yuting to take refuge in Da Shan Yu, but was rejected by Da Shan Yu, and the Wuhuan people were cornered, so I thought of assisting the master to ascend to the position of Shan Yu, only to ask that when the Great Hun King came to the desert, there would be a place for Wuhuan people to recuperate." ”

"What's so hard about that!" Yu Fuluo said loudly, "If this king can once reign in the desert again, he will give all the hometown of Donghu to the Wuhuan tribe, so that the descendants of the Wuhuan tribe will multiply from generation to generation and never decline~~"

"Dadan, thank you Da Danyu."

Yu Fuluo's voice fell, and a clear voice suddenly sounded outside the house, and then a majestic figure entered proudly, Yu Fuluo raised his eyes and saw that the person who came was eight feet tall, extremely majestic, and looked dignified, and his eyebrows revealed a strong fierce atmosphere, and he was a ruthless character at a glance~~

Yu Fuluo said awe-inspiringly: "You are the Wuhuan leader Dadan?" ”

The person who came hugged his chest with his right hand and bowed deeply to Yufro, and said loudly: "It's the villain." ”

Yu Fuluo stared at Da Dan with burning eyes, and said loudly: "Da Dan, if you can help this king ascend to the throne of the Great Huns, this king will crown you as the second king!" ”

Dadan knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Thank you Da Shan Yu." ”

……

Jinyang, so that the Xiongnu Zhonglang will be the palace.

Zhang Huan was reading the military book according to the case, and suddenly saw a figure flashing outside the hall, Zuo Sima had already rushed in, knelt on one knee on the seat, and said in a deep voice: "General, something happened!" ”

Zhang Huan frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Zuo Sima said: "The army escorting Yu Fuluo back to Shan Yuting was ambushed by horse thieves in Sheephorn Canyon, and more than 100 soldiers were all killed, and the leading junior colonel was only spared. ”

"What!?" Zhang Huan took the case and said sharply, "When did there be such a powerful horse thief in the Jinyang Realm, who was able to completely destroy more than 100 of my elite soldiers in one battle?" ”

Zuo Sima said in a low voice: "This gang of horse thieves is not a simple horse thief, it may be impersonated by the Qiang people or the Huns. ”

Zhang Huan asked in a deep voice, "What about the leading colonel?" ”

Zuo Sima said gloomily: "The leading colonel has been seriously injured in the melee, and after returning to Jinyang, he died of anger after simply recounting what happened. ”

(To be continued)