In May of the second year of Emperor Jingdi, the two counties of Beiping and Shanggu, 100,000 Han border troops went out, forcibly conscripted 50,000 border people, transported grain and grass with the army, attacked the Great Wall outside Yanbei, and strangled the southward road of the left part of the Xiongnu.

The remnants of the Xiongnu tribes in Yandi were horrified when they heard the news, and they had no time to pay attention to the 60,000 Han soldiers who went deep into the outside of the fortress, and gathered the men and horses of various departments to storm the Great Wall Pass, in order to open up the way to escape north. Zuo Dadanghu Hun Yu Xiao sent 5,000 Hun iron cavalry to aid Yandi, but did not go north with it, but went all the way to the west, trying to break through the Han army defense from Yunzhong to Yanmen, and retreated to Wuyuan, where Hun Yu Ni was located.

Gongsun Wei, the general of the Hu cavalry who had been on guard for a long time, led 8,000 Hu cavalry under his command, and fought and retreated. Like a blunt knife cutting meat, it constantly consumes the strength of the Hun iron cavalry. Although the Xiongnu soldiers were eager to eat their flesh raw, they couldn't help it at all, and their morale was greatly reduced. One side waited for work, the other side had no intention of falling in love with the war, and the judgment was made, and less than half of the Hun iron cavalry finally broke through, and nearly 3,000 Hun soldiers were consumed and died on the vast grassland by the Han army.

When the remnants of the Huns arrived in Wuyuan, they looked at the two thousand sons and daughters with haggard faces and lost all their spirits, and they were sad and weeping, and they were almost speechless. And Emperor Jing, who was far away in Weiyang, Chang'an, after receiving the good news that Gongsun Xiao had killed 3,000 enemies at a small price of hundreds of casualties, he looked up to the sky and roared, so excited that he couldn't help himself.

The next day, the early dynasty, recently criticized Emperor Jing for starting a war against the Xiongnu without authorization, and tried to send envoys to negotiate peace. In the face of the great victory against Hungary that had never been achieved in the decades since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the conservative magnates did not dare to put the hat of working hard and wasting money and reckless military on the head of the Son of Heaven, otherwise many military generals who were eager to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions would be anxious to put their sabers on their necks.

The crown prince Liu Che, who attended the political participation as an observer, was extremely satisfied with the atmosphere in the court, the Han Dynasty was iron-blooded and martial, and the idea of expanding the territory was the mainstream, unlike the later dynasties, which paid attention to convincing people with virtue. Iron and blood, shields and swords, far more powerful than brilliant words can bring enemies to their knees. As long as the soldiers point out, the enemy trembles, so why do they need to agree with the Chinese people?!

After retreating from the court, Yuan Ang and Cao Luan entered the Pingyu Hall again. A few days ago, Emperor Jing decided to adopt the suggestion of the crown prince Liu Che, and the army made a dangerous move, Yuan Ang once strongly opposed, and almost resigned and threatened, and finally angered Tianyan and was punished to think about it behind closed doors at home. It wasn't until the news of Yandi's victory came that Emperor Jing issued an order to release him, and now he is summoned to meet him.

Yesterday is not today, with Emperor Jing's decree, 60,000 foot soldiers of the two counties of Beiping and Shanggu galloped to the aid of the Great Wall of Yanbei, encircled and suppressed the Xiongnu tribes of Yandi who were trapped and lacking horses, and lacked food and clothing. Yuan An's insistence and concern at the beginning now seem to be irrefutable short-sightedness. However, Emperor Jing did not punish him, but rewarded him with a hundred catties to reward him for his heart of fist and fist for ignoring himself and admonishing the people.

Liu Che was full of slander at the emperor's father's inferior "stick and carrot" to buy people's hearts, but he had to admit that this was still very effective in the dynasty where the imperial power was supreme, didn't he see Yuan Ang kneeling on the ground and tearful grateful? In later generations, Emperor Jing would have been sprayed on Yuan An's face a long time ago.

That night, several teams rode out of Weiyang, holding the edict and scepter of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and left in the dust. A few days later, the border army of Liaodong County and the county soldiers went out together, and nearly 40,000 Han troops marched into the Great Wall of Liaobei. When the Wuhuan tribes of northern Liaobei heard the news, they withdrew hundreds of miles from the outer pass of the Great Wall of Liaoning, obviously not wanting to participate in the Han-Hun dispute. At this point, the Great Wall passes thousands of miles east of Yunzhong were all firmly controlled by the Han army, and more than 300,000 Han soldiers and more than 200,000 Han border people who went out with the army went to the fortress with their backs, completely blocking the southward road of the Xiongnu Shan Yuting and more than 200,000 Xiongnu iron horsemen on the left.

In the middle of May of the second year of Emperor Jingdi, Qin Yong, the general of Xiaocai, led a total of 200,000 soldiers from Shangjun, Hongnong, Hedong, Hanoi, and Henan counties, and went out of Shangjun and plunged directly into the Xihe River in the hinterland of Hetao. Led General Anbei (Sanpin Miscellaneous General, not often placed) Shi Ti led the Beijing Division Northern Army to draw out more than 10,000 elite cavalry, surprise attack Shuofang, and firmly contain nearly 10,000 iron cavalry under the command of the Xiongnu Lou Fu King. When King Lou Fu heard the news, he was shocked and immediately sent more than 100 iron horsemen to break through and go to Wuyuan to ask for help from the King of Aries.

At this time, Li Guang, the Taishou of Tianshui County, led 30,000 elite cavalry of the Xiliu Battalion under his command to sweep carefully along the periphery of the border fortress of Anding and Beidi counties, and drove all the local Xiongnu troops to the north. In just a few days, nearly 10,000 Xiongnu were killed, hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep were plundered, and more than 20,000 strong slaves were killed. After receiving the edict and acquiescence of the Son of Heaven to dispose of it cheaply, Li Guang handed over all the spoils of war to the caravan of the Royal Industrial Group who came to labor the army, in exchange for a large amount of pearls and silver coins. Li Guang did not take a cent, except for the part handed over to the treasury, the rest was distributed to the soldiers of Xiliu, and the morale was greatly boosted for a while, and the soldiers were red-eyed, shouting and killing to Shuofang, Henan, slaughtering the Huns and barbarians.

More than a month ago, Taiwei Dou Ying, with the rank of general, led 150,000 border troops to the north along the Longxi Great Wall, and now has controlled all the passes of the Great Wall outside the west of Shuofangdi, Henan. Instead, he attacked to the east, striving to join forces with the Han army in Yunzhong and recover all the Great Wall built by Qin Shi Huang.

It was not until this time that the 50,000 iron cavalry of the right side of the Xiongnu who had belatedly rushed to the aid of Shuofang appeared outside the Great Wall Pass. Dou Ying, who rushed to hear the news, stood on the pass of the Great Wall and looked at it from afar, only to see the dust on the mountain road, a black line that stretched for more than ten miles, and the endless black line dragged along the ridge.

According to the Tanmalai report, this time the Xiongnu Youxian King did not exhaust his elite, but only recruited 50,000 cavalry from the subordinate Xiongnu departments and slowly came east. Dou Ying did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and nearly 100,000 border troops returned to the Great Wall Pass less than hundreds of miles, and waited for the battle. As for the thousands of miles of the Great Wall pass due west, Dou Ying is not worried, with such a moat as the Qilian Mountains, unless the Huns' war horses have wings, they will definitely not be able to bypass the hundreds of miles of dangerous passes in the northwest and enter the pass from elsewhere.

The only thing that worries him is the Aries King of Wuyuan. There were already more than 10,000 elite iron horsemen under the command of the Aries King, and now with the remaining 7,000 iron horsemen of Zuo Dadang's household, there will be 20,000 horses. If it is with the reinforcements on the right side of the Xiongnu, the 100,000 border troops in Dou Ying's hands can only suffer from the enemy, and the situation is worrying.

Emperor Jing and Prince Liu Che, who were far away in Weiyang, also considered this festival early, and sent light cavalry to travel day and night, and ordered Gongsun Xiao, the general of the Hu cavalry in the clouds, to lead his 8,000 Hu cavalry to march west at full speed into Wuyuan, not seeking to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, but only to restrain the Huns in Wuyuan, and even slightly slow down their speed to the Great Wall Pass, which is also a great achievement.

For a time, the situation in Shuofangdi, Henan Province became delicate. Time is life, Liu Che deeply understands the meaning of this sentence. The 200,000 soldiers under the command of the cavalry general Qin Yong must seize the West River as soon as possible, march westward, cut off the queen of Shuofang Lou, and cross the Yellow River before they can rush to the aid of Dou Ying. However, in this way, it took a long time, and Dou Ying fought alone, at least for more than a month. What's even more worrying is that once Lou Fu Wang sees that the opportunity is wrong, decisively abandons the Shuo Fang, and leads his troops straight to the Great Wall Pass, Dou Ying's pressure will inevitably increase dramatically. The 100,000 border troops have not been trained for more than a year, and they are all recruits who have never seen blood.

Liu Che thought hard for a long time, but he couldn't find a way, so he could only go to the Pingyu Hall to discuss countermeasures with Emperor Jing. Since the start of the war, Emperor Jing has never been half a step away from the sand table except for attending the early dynasty. He even ordered someone to place the couch on the third floor of the Pingyu Palace, with a telescope next to the pillow, and the first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to pick up the telescope and sweep the sand table carefully, so as not to miss the newly presented military information from all over the country when he rested.

In just over a month, Emperor Jing has lost a lot of weight, but he is much more energetic, his eyes are bright, and he doesn't look like a long-term sick person at all. Liu Che looked at him for a moment, quite skeptical that the emperor's father was a sign of return. However, it is not surprising, the so-called people are refreshing, and the recent good news has been frequent, Emperor Jing is in a good mood, and his appetite is naturally great, and even Liu Che has eaten a lot more than before when he sent someone to send medicinal food.

Emperor Jing had just had lunch at this time, and was squinting his eyes and pretending to sleep, when he saw Liu Che coming, he immediately yawned, raised his eyelids slightly and asked, "The emperor came this time, what is the so-called matter?" ”

Liu Che shrugged, did not disturb the emperor's father's resting consciousness at all, and carefully explained his worries.

Emperor Jing didn't look nervous at all, picked up the teacup in his hand, took a sip, smacked his lips and said: "I would have woken up a long time ago, if I was like the emperor, I would not be worthy of being the son of this great man." ”

Liu Che was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Since this is the case, what does my father think should be done?" ”

"I have ordered Li Guangmo to ignore the remnants of the Huns, and lead the 30,000 elite horsemen of the Xiliu Battalion to the north as soon as possible, cross the Yellow River, and prepare to rush to the aid of Dou Ying at any time. As for the remnants of the Huns, the border troops of Anding and Beidi counties cleared and suppressed, although the foot soldiers could not catch up with the war horses of the Huns, the old and weak women and children always could not run away, and then they were rootless duckweed, and they could not last long. Emperor Jing stroked his beard, and said quietly: "I also took Dou Ying's eldest son Dou Yi to lead his subordinates to the Great Wall Pass for reinforcements, Dou Ying should be able to understand what I mean, and he will not retreat from the battle." ”

The corners of Liu Che's mouth trembled slightly, I'll strangle you, this emperor's father is really black, and he clearly told Dou Ying that if he loses the Great Wall Pass, the whole family will die.

Liu Che was sincerely impressed, bowed down and said, "Father is wise!" Thousands of years, dominate the rivers and lakes! ”

When Emperor Jing heard this, he raised his orchid fingers, threw a wink at the readers, and said with a smile: "Then why don't you hurry up and vote?!" ”

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