Above the desert is a group of ice and snow, with several feet of snow and few people. However, in the depths of the desert, there is a place where the tents are connected, one after the other, and I don't know how many, and I can't see the end at a glance.

Here, it is the holy land of the Huns, Dragon City!

For Dragon City, I believe that friends will not be unfamiliar, leaving endless legends, such as: Dragon City Flying General, Straight to Dragon City......

If you want to ask, what is Dragon City, and why are we so excited and enthusiastic when we hear the words "go straight to Dragon City"?

There are not many people who can answer.

Longcheng is the holy land of the Xiongnu and the burial place of the ancestors of the Xiongnu.

Although the Xiongnu were "noble and strong and cheap and old", Ding Zhuang had a very high status in the clan, but the old and weak had no status at all, and they might even be killed. However, the Xiongnu attached great importance to the graves of their ancestors, and they must be buried in a grand manner and protected.

"Going straight to the Dragon City" is to destroy the tombs of the Huns' ancestors, is there anything more uncomfortable for the Huns?

Can be compared with the dragon city, only another holy place of the Xiongnu, is the wolf Juxu Mountain (Hangai Mountain), which is the holy place of the Xiongnu to worship their ancestors. Huo Qubing captured this place that year, and set up a stone tablet here, which became a legend, and the matter of "sealing the wolf Juxu" became synonymous with the glory of the Chinese nation.

Unlike Wolf Juxu Mountain, Dragon City is located in Monan, and the Xiongnu prefer to stay in Dragon City rather than Wolf Juxu Mountain.

Because Wolf Juxu Mountain is located in Mobei, the temperature there is too low and cold, and the season suitable for vegetation growth is too short. This was very disadvantageous for the Xiongnu, who needed pasture grazing.

And Monan is different, the temperature is high. The climate is warm. Vegetation grows for a long time. Suitable for pasture. Therefore, the Xiongnu did not want to live in Monan.

Especially in the land of the Hetao, the Xiongnu dreamed of grazing, because the Central Plains and the Xiongnu fought several wars in the land of the Hetao. The first time the Xiongnu went south in a big way, it was during the reign of King Wuling of Zhao State. At that time, King Wuling of Zhao successfully implemented the "Hufu Cavalry Shooting", and Zhao was good at fighting. King Wuling of Zhao broke more than 300,000 Xiongnu at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, and defeated the Xiongnu and fled.

After this battle, although the Xiongnu were unwilling, they had to flee to Mobei to lick their wounds and recuperate, until the end of the Warring States period, which recovered their vitality. Then, taking advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains, he went south again, but was broken by Li Mu near Daihai.

The Great War. Li Mu set up an ambush in an open field near Daihai, breaking military conventions. Hit the Huns by surprise. The Xiongnu suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat to Mobei and lick their wounds again.

It was not until Qin Shi Huang unified China that the Xiongnu licked their wounds, recovered their vitality, and under the leadership of Touman Danyu, they once again marched south, wanting to occupy the land of the Hetao. During this period, Qin Shi Huang had unified China, and China's strength had increased greatly, and it was no longer comparable to the previous Zhao State, and Meng Tian led an army of 300,000 waiting for the Xiongnu.

In the first battle of Hetao, the Xiongnu suffered countless casualties, and Touman Shan Yu led less than 10,000 people to flee back to Mobei. This battle greatly damaged the vitality of the Huns, and it was more tragic than ever before. Even Donghu dared to bully the Huns, asking for women and good horses from Maodun, until he asked for land, Maodun was furious, and ordered all the soldiers and horses to kill Donghu, and broke Donghu, and the Huns became strong again.

coincided with the great chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and the strength of the Central Plains was greatly depleted, and it was unable to confront the Xiongnu. Liu Bang did not believe in this evil, led an army of 300,000 to the north, was besieged by Mao Dun in Pingcheng, and was almost captured alive by the Huns.

Since then, Liu Bang has changed his strategy towards the Xiongnu and adopted a "peaceful" policy. Although this is humiliating, but for the Han Dynasty to buy the most precious time, so that the Central Plains to restore strength, to the Han Wu Emperor period, the Han army to the north, under the leadership of Wei Qing, Huo Qubing these genius generals, the Han family Lang across the desert, and finally defeated the Xiongnu.

Later generations have always accused Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty of being reckless, regardless of the halving of the household registration, and repeatedly launched wars against the Xiongnu. There were many reasons that prompted Emperor Wu of Han to do this. The reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty insisted on launching the "Mobei Decisive Battle" and asked hundreds of thousands of Han troops to cross the desert and chase into Mobei was that Mobei was the rear of the Xiongnu.

Whenever the Xiongnu suffered a defeat in Monan, they had to flee back to Mobei to lick their wounds and recover their vitality. Until the soldiers were strong and the horses were strong, they went south again, and they were in trouble again.

After King Wuling of Zhao defeated the Xiongnu, Li Mu defeated the Xiongnu, and Meng Tian defeated the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu all did this. If the Han Dynasty did not grit its teeth, tighten its belt, chase into Mobei, and strike the final blow to the Xiongnu, all the efforts of the Han Dynasty would eventually be just a passing moment, and once the Xiongnu recovered, all the battles would have been fought in vain.

The Han army pursued Mobei and destroyed the rear of the Xiongnu, so that the Xiongnu had no chance to become strong again, which has been proven by history.

Now it has been decades since Zhao Wuling defeated the Huns, and the vitality of the Huns has almost recovered, and there are many traces of the Huns in Monan. As the dragon city of the holy land of the Huns, it is the place that the Huns yearn for, and they all want to spend the winter here.

Among the countless tabernacles, there is one tabernacle that stands out.

This tabernacle is very tall, occupies a huge area, and is very magnificent. On the top of the tent, a golden eagle made of gold is lifelike and ready to fly. In front of the big tent, there is a flagpole on which an embroidered golden wolf's head flag flutters.

This is the king tent of the Xiongnu Shan Yu.

Near the king's tent, there are sturdy Huns stationed in the headquarters of soldiers and horses, and the water is impassable, and there are Huns patrolling from time to time.

In the king's tent, Xiongnu Shan Yuzheng was drinking and feasting with a group of ministers.

The Xiongnu was tall and extremely strong, sitting on a throne made of pure gold, with a scepter made of gold on his left hand, and a golden eagle on the top of the scepter, ready to fly.

On the short table in front of him is a roasted whole lamb, golden brown and with an enticing fragrance.

On the short table there are also gin jugs, small gold knives, these utensils.

On both sides of the king's tent, there are short tables full of short cases, and there are delicious roasted whole sheep on it, which is accompanied by a group of Hun ministers.

These Hun ministers are all extremely strong, tall and strong. They may cut the mutton with silver knives. Or simply tear your hands and grab them. A gobble-up elephant.

The Xiongnu were very different from the Central Plains, and the laws of the Xiongnu were very simple, and there was no state and military affairs to deal with. If there is something, meet and make it clear in a few words. Yes, the Huns have a lot of time, how to spend this time?

If it's not winter, you can hunt. To pass the time. In winter, there is ice and snow everywhere, and it is impossible to move, so hunting is naturally useless, and can only be used for drinking and feasting.

"Da Danyu, now that the Great Huns are strong and strong, why don't we go south?" One of the ministers, Captain Zuo, asked loudly as he shoved mutton into his mouth.

"yes." A chorus of echo rang out, listening only to a group of ministers. Said: "Since Zhao Yong, there is no one in the Central Plains. Why are we the Huns afraid? After so many years, the Great Huns have regained their former majesty, as long as the big single is ordered, the warriors of the Great Huns will kill the land of the Hetao. ”

"After taking the land of Hetao, we can go east and attack the Yan Kingdom. In one fell swoop, if you attack the Yan Kingdom and occupy the old land of the Yan Kingdom, you can fight south and enter the Central Plains. ”

The desert is bitter and cold, and the Central Plains is rich, and it has always been the dream of the Xiongnu to enter the Central Plains and occupy the Central Plains. Decades ago, the Xiongnu wanted to do this, but they didn't expect that Zhao produced a Zhao Wuling king, who defeated the Xiongnu.

Now, decades have passed, the vitality of the Xiongnu has recovered, the strength has increased greatly, and the mind of the Xiongnu is alive again.

"You think you don't want to?" The Xiongnu rolled his eyes, shot out, glanced at the ministers, and said in a deep voice: "You know how to fight, and you don't use your stupid pig brains to think about it, how to fight the most advantageous?" ”

Speaking of this, Shan Yu put down the gold knife in his hand, picked up a piece of fine silk, wiped his hands, and said: "After the Changping War, the elite of Zhao State was lost, and the vitality of Zhao State was greatly damaged, and he was no longer able to resist the attack of the Great Huns. ”

The Warring States Period was an era of internal and external troubles. Internal worries, of course, are the seven major Warring States forces, you fight me, I fight you, China is a melee, there is no peace.

The external troubles are mainly the Xiongnu and Hu people in the north. At that time, the Hu people mainly referred to Donghu, of course, they could also include the nomadic peoples of Linhu, Loufu, Xiutu, Huxie, and Loulan.

Because the Xiongnu were afraid of the might of the Qin army, they did not dare to approach the Qin border, so they could only blindly harass and attack the Zhao State.

The place where Donghu is located is mainly the current northeast, and resisting Donghu will fall on Yan Guo, and the famous general of Yan State, Qin, will attack Hu and achieve good results.

After the Battle of Changping, Zhao was greatly injured and was unable to resist the attack of the Xiongnu, if the Xiongnu attacked, the land of Hetao would fall into the hands of the Xiongnu. This is indeed a good opportunity for the Huns to attack, but Shan Yu has been delaying the attack, which really makes the Hun ministers puzzled.

"It's all because of this old man." Xiongnu Shan Yu said loudly: "Don't forget, when Zhao Yong fought with the Great Xiongnu, Ying Ji, the old man, ordered the Jiuyuan garrison of Qin to prepare to reinforce Zhao Yong, if Zhao Yong is defeated, the Qin army will participate in the war." For the Qin army, you know that the Qin people are good at fighting and have strong combat power, even the Great Huns dare not provoke. If we had gone south immediately after the Battle of Changping and attacked the Hetao, Yingji would probably have ordered the Qin army to attack the Great Xiongnu. At that time, how could the Great Xiongnu resist the attack of the Qin army? ”

The Qin army is famous and powerful, even the Xiongnu are afraid and dare not provoke.

"Phew!" As soon as Shan Yu's words fell, the ministers couldn't help but sob, and their faces changed color.

The prestige of the Qin army was made, and it was forged with the sea of corpses and blood, not only the six countries of Shandong talked about Qin's color change, but even the surrounding nomads also talked about Qin color change.

Although the courage of these Xiongnu ministers is good, they are only afraid of Qin.

"Da Danyu, how do you do that?" Some ministers reacted quickly, and they were the first to react, and they hurriedly asked.

"The civil strife in the Central Plains has been fought for hundreds of years, and they are all dreaming: to unify the Central Plains." Shan Yu smiled proudly and said, "Since the rise of the Zhao State, it has been Qin Zhao who has been fighting for decades. In the first battle of Changping, Zhao was defeated and Qin was victorious, and Ben Dan Yu kept thinking that Yingji would definitely order the Qin army to fight and destroy Zhao at all costs. As soon as the Zhao State is destroyed, Yingji will be out of control, he will want to destroy more Warring States, and his mind will be on the Central Plains, and he will not be able to take care of us. At that time, it will be a good opportunity for the Great Huns to attack! (To be continued.) )