In the desert in early summer, the whole grassland is as green and tender as if it has been dyed.

A herd of yellow sheep was happily nibbling on the tender grass by a small river, but even when they were enjoying the food, they did not let their guard down at all, and every now and then they would poke their heads out of the grass and look around vigilantly, which seemed to be calm, but in fact hidden danger.

Suddenly, a faint sound came from the south.

The leading ram called, and the whole flock suddenly threw off its hooves and rushed towards the north, however, before they could run out of two miles, more than 100 horsemen had already chased after them from behind, but it was a group of Huns, the leading Huns were about eighteen or nineteen years old, tall and strong, and very strong.

But seeing that the Huns bent their bows and only one arrow, the head sheep that was still running away a hundred steps away fell to the ground, and the flock of sheep that ran wildly lost the guidance of the head sheep, and immediately scattered in a panic, and the more than 100 horsemen behind the Huns scattered and enclosed the sheep, but calmly pulled the bow and shot them one by one.

In a few moments, more than 20 yellow sheep were hunted and killed.

More than 100 horsemen carried the prey and ran forward for more than ten miles, not far from the river bay in front of a cowhide tent, in the center of hundreds of cowhide tents layer by layer, but a round big tent with a dome, the more than 100 horsemen Huns waded through the shallow river, galloped straight to the dome tent.

In the hurried footsteps, the Hun warriors guarding in front of the dome tent not only did not stop them, but bowed to the leading Hun young man, who obviously had a high status among the Huns.

In a few moments, the young man carried the yellow sheep in one hand and entered the dome tent with his head held high.

In the dome tent, the Huns are leaning on the brocade mat to nap, two Hun girls wearing animal skin robes are gently shaking the feather fan, driving away mosquitoes and flies for Maodun, although it is only early summer at this time, but the mosquitoes and flies on the grassland have already breeded, disturbing people's upset, especially Mao Dun is having a problem in his heart at this time, and he is even more annoyed.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Mao Dun opened his eyes slightly, and saw that it was his eldest son, Ji Congee, and closed his eyes again.

"Father, my son just beat a yellow sheep, but it's fat." Ji Congee threw the yellow sheep weighing 100 catties in his hand on the ground, and saluted Mao Dun with a hug on his chest, and said respectfully, "Why don't you invite the general division and let's have a few drinks together?" ”

Mao Dun rubbed his temples that were a little painful, nodded and said, "It's okay, you go and invite the military advisor." ”

Ji Congee took the order and left, and it didn't take long for him to lead his uncle into the domed tent of Maudun.

Mao Dun asked his uncle to say, Ji Congee sat on the left and right, and ordered the warriors to wash the yellow sheep and prepare a barbecue, and a few Hun girls had already presented several large cans of Central Plains liquor.

After drinking a few liquors from cooked beef, Mao Dun couldn't help but sigh.

Ji Congee and Uncle said that they put down the wine buds in their hands at the same time, of course they knew why Mao Dun sighed, because at this time, a huge problem was plaguing Mao Dun, or the entire Xiongnu ethnic group, how Mao Dun choosed, will likely determine the fate of the Xiongnu for hundreds of years in the future.

Thirteen years ago, the Xiongnu lost the battle of Jiuyuan, lost the Hetao, Mao Dun did not want to make a comeback all the time, recaptured the Hetao with abundant water and grass, but it is a pity that the Han State was strong, and there were Yueshi, Hun Evil, Hutu as its minions, although the Xiongnu had no less than 400,000 people who controlled the strings, but still did not dare to act rashly.

However, not long ago, the opportunity that Maudon had always dreamed of finally came!

Han Xin, the king of Han in the Central Plains of Korea, sent the envoy deep into the desert and sent the information urgently needed by the Huns to Mao Dun, Mao Dun then knew that at this time, the two major overlords of the Central Plains, Chu and Han, had started a full-scale war, and Liu Bang, the king of Han, in order to defeat Xiang Zhuang, the king of Chu, almost transferred all the troops in the country, and there were only 100,000 Han troops left in Jiuyuan! …,

There are more than 100,000 Han troops, and they are infantry troops, Mao Dun really doesn't pay much attention to them!

As soon as the news spread, the whole Xiongnu suddenly became excited, although now the cattle, sheep and horses have just passed the winter, the animal power is insufficient, and it is not a good time to use troops, but all the Xiongnu kings unanimously believe that now is a good time to recapture the Hetao, so they all strongly encourage Mao Dun to gather a large army and take the opportunity to seize the Hetao grassland.

But at this time, Uncle Shuo put forward a different opinion.

Unconsciously, Mao Dun's cold and gloomy gaze fell on Uncle Shuo's face again, and asked, "Strategist, can't you really use troops against Hetao now?" ”

Uncle said with a sigh and said, "Shan Yu, I have already said everything that should be said." ”

Mao Dun shook the golden wine bud in his hand, and said in a quiet voice: "I still want to hear it again." ”

"Okay." Uncle Gong said nodded helplessly, and then said, "Compared with the Central Plains Dynasty, the biggest advantage of the Xiongnu is that they have a huge cavalry, and the biggest disadvantage is that the population is too small, the Central Plains has a large population, and it almost has an inexhaustible source of soldiers, so one or two defeats are nothing to the Central Plains Dynasty, but for the Xiongnu, just one defeat is enough to make the entire Xiongnu group irreversible!" ”

Mao Dun nodded silently, he knew that his uncle was not alarmist, the current Xiongnu seemed to be powerful, but in fact, it was also in danger, the Donghu in the east did not completely surrender, and the Yueshi in the west posed a great threat to the Xiongnu by the protection of the Han State, and the Han State in the south was a big problem for the Xiongnu.

In this case, once the Xiongnu suffered a decisive defeat, the Han army may be beyond the reach of the whip, but the jackals of Donghu and Yueshi will definitely swarm up and gnaw the Xiongnu to the scum.

Uncle Gong paused, and then analyzed: "The population advantage of the Central Plains Dynasty over the Xiongnu is absolutely irreversible, because the grassland can't feed too many people, but the fertile Central Plains is enough to feed hundreds of millions of people!" Therefore, what should be done alone is to ensure the superiority of the cavalry as much as possible, in order to form a strong military suppression of the Central Plains Dynasty, only in this way, the Xiongnu can rely on military superiority, to make up for the huge disadvantage in population and national strength, only in this way, the Xiongnu can compete with the Central Plains Dynasty, otherwise, the Xiongnu is not the opponent of the Central Plains Dynasty at all. ”

"Therefore, my Great Huns must recapture the Hetao." Ji Congee waved his big iron fist vigorously, and said with great momentum, "Only by recapturing the Hetao can we feed more clansmen, and only by feeding more clansmen can we cultivate more Xiongnu warriors, and with more Xiongnu warriors, we will be able to form military suppression of the Central Plains Dynasty." ”

"Not really." Uncle Gong waved his hand and said, "The strength of the cavalry is not only in the number, but also in whether the bow and arrow are good and whether the sword is sharp. Speaking of this, the uncle said again, "The Battle of Hexi, the Battle of Jiuyuan and even the previous Battle of Baiyu Pass, my Hun cavalry and the Han cavalry clashed several times, each time they were outnumbered, but in the end they still lost, King Zuoxian, have you ever thought about it, what is this for?" ”

Ji Congee is the eldest son of Mao Dun Shan Yu, and according to the family rules, he was named King Zuo Xian after he became an adult.

Ji Congee has just come of age, and he has no deep impression of the Han-Hun War for more than ten years, and he said disapprovingly: "In the three Han-Hun wars more than ten years ago, the reason why my Great Huns were all defeated was not because the cavalry was ineffective, but because the Han army had a huge number of infantry troops, otherwise, how could the Han cavalry be the opponent of my Hun cavalry?" ”

"King Zuoxian, you only see the appearance." Uncle said waved his hand and said, "In the three Han-Hun wars more than ten years ago, the reason why the Huns were defeated was not because the Han army had a huge infantry army to help the war, but because the Han army had extremely sharp bows and crossbows, swords and halberds. ”…,

After that, the uncle said that he got up again and took down an iron-tire bow from the weapon rack in the big tent, and said: "Let's just say that this bow is regarded as a treasure, but in the Central Plains, this is just an iron-tire bow equipped by ordinary school captains!" The cavalry bows used by our Hun warriors can only shoot at a distance of 50 paces, but the cavalry bows of the Han cavalry can shoot 200 paces away! ”

"Also, the feather arrows used by the cavalry of the Han army are all Yanling arrows with three-edged iron clusters, while my Hun warriors only use reed pole arrows with bronze arrows, the bronze is soft, and fifty steps away is not even enough to shoot through the leather armor, while the Han army's Yanling arrows with three-edged iron clusters can shoot through our mounts at a hundred paces away!"

"Besides, the cavalry of the Han army is all equipped with sharp double-edged swords, and I heard that the other major overlord of the Central Plains, the cavalry of the Chu State has even used a ring-headed knife that is sharper than the double-edged sword, but what about our Xiongnu warriors? To this day, bronze daggers are still used, and many warriors do not even have bronze daggers, so they can only use horse forks to fight. ”

"It is precisely because my Xiongnu's iron smelting and weapon manufacturing technology is too backward that it has led to the loss of cavalry advantage, so the top priority is to take advantage of the time when the Central Plains countries are fighting each other, enter the Yanzhao and Han lands and wantonly plunder the local craftsmen and population, rather than competing with the Han army for any Hetao grassland."

"As long as the population and craftsmen of Yanzhao and Handi are taken back to the desert, I dare to assert that in less than ten years, the iron smelting and weapon manufacturing technology of our Huns will take a qualitative leap, and at that time, the 400,000 iron cavalry of my Huns will use excellent bows and sharp iron weapons, and the Central Plains cavalry will no longer be the opponent of my Hun cavalry!"

"In this way, there is no need for my Huns to send troops to rob, the Central Plains Dynasty will be forced by the pressure of my Huns to take the initiative to give up the Hetao, and instead shrink to the inner Great Wall, with the help of the Great Wall to resist the front of my Hun iron cavalry, and this is the highest state of using soldiers in the Art of War - soldiers who surrender without a fight!"

"In this way, isn't it better than spending a lot of manpower and material resources to forcibly seize the Hetao from the Han army a hundred times stronger?"

After a pause, the uncle finally said: "More importantly, once my Xiongnu sends troops, it will definitely affect the pattern of the entire Central Plains, the destruction of the Han State is likely to advance, and the unification process of the Chu State will also be accelerated, that is to say, the Chu State that unified the Central Plains will recover in a shorter period of time and turn to use troops against our Xiongnu." ”。 ）

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