Half a month later, Shan Yuting under the Wolf Juxu Mountain has gathered more than 300,000 Hun cavalry, in addition to more than 300,000 Huns, old and young women and children, nomads are basically all soldiers, usually only nomadic in the prairie, when there is a foreign war, they will gather, men fight, women and children grazing to provide logistical support.

Of course, when the Huns went south to the Central Plains to fight the grass valley, there was basically no need for logistical support.

This time the use of troops against Hexi was a super-large-scale campaign, and its scale was even no less than the great battle against Donghu twenty years ago, in addition to the entire Xiongnu adult men had to participate in the war, at least the same number of women and children had to be conscripted to drive cattle and sheep with the army, of course, Xiongnu women and children and cattle and sheep herds would not go to the front line, and would usually hide in the relatively safe rear.

After gathering almost all the strong men and a large number of women, children, cattle and sheep, the Xiongnu army began to march southward, the Huns were all cavalry, but unless necessary, they would not march in a hurry, from Shan Yuting (near Ulaanbaatar today) to Hexi almost 2,000 li, the Xiongnu army had to walk for almost a month.

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When the Xiongnu army marched from Shan Yuting at the southern foot of Wolf Juxu Mountain, the 20,000 horsemen of Chu also joined the general Bi Shu in Baimajin.

Before the Chu State cavalry arrived, the Zhao army had already built two pontoon bridges on Baimajin, which was also one of the conditions agreed between Bi Shu and Bai Mo, if Chu wanted to assist the Han State in using troops against the Xiongnu, in addition to ceding the entire Sanchuan County, it was necessary for Zhao State and Korea to provide necessary logistics support and military convenience.

Letting Zhao Jun build a pontoon bridge in Baimajin first is one of the conditions.

Bi Shu originally proposed that Zhao and South Korea send cavalry to cooperate in the battle, but Bai Mo resolutely refused.

Of course, Bai Mo will not hand over the cavalry of Han and Zhao to Bi Shu, that is basically to hand over the chicken to the weasel to take care of, and when the Huns are finally defeated, the cavalry of Han and Zhao may be almost consumed, and the remaining cavalry is estimated to have all become the elite cavalry of Chu.

Bi Shu approached the pontoon bridge surrounded by Huyan and Mengxi, and saw a Zhao infantry army, about five or six hundred people, which had already set up a strict defensive formation, with swords rattling and a cold atmosphere. Apparently Zhao Jun was worried that the Chu army would suddenly attack them.

Meng Yan said: "General, this is the Zhao army guarding the bridge. ”

Hu Yan said: "General, the people of Zhao are treacherous and dare to betray our Great Chu and join the Han State. Why don't you do anything and destroy this Zhao army, right? ”

"Whoa." Bi Shu hurriedly stopped, "Huyan, don't mess around. ”

Bi Shu also counted on Zhao Guo to provide supplies, and he couldn't turn his face with Zhao Ren at this time.

After a while, more than a dozen horsemen came forward and asked, "Where is General Dachu?" ”

Bi Shu stepped forward surrounded by Huyan, Mengyan and dozens of generals, and said loudly: "General Ben is here. ”

"The last general, Bai Zhong, see the general." Colonel Zhao Jun, who was the leader, hurriedly saluted and said, "General, the pontoon bridge has been built." The rations you need are in the camp ahead, and you can send someone to pick them up at any time. ”

Bi Shu waved his hand and said indifferently: "I'm tired." ”

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In Xianyang, Bai Mo is presiding over the imperial military meeting, and the topic is the battle of Hexi.

A huge map of Hexi had been hung on a screen, and Bai Mo pointed to the map and said: "According to the information provided by the Chu State, the Xiongnu Shan Yuting is located at the southern foot of the Wolf Juxu Mountain, about two thousand miles away from Hexi. According to the speed of the Huns' march, it will take almost a month to go, that is, we still have a month to prepare. ”

General Lu Tai asked, "Prime Minister, is the information provided by the State of Chu reliable?" If the Xiongnu Shan Yuting is not at the southern foot of Wolf Juxu Mountain, but at the northern foot of Yangshan, it will be a bad thing. ”…,

Yangshan and Jiuyuan are only separated by a mountain, and they are much closer to Hexi.

After the power shuffle last winter, the Lu clan was almost uprooted by Bai Mo and Chen Ping. Shangjun Shou Lu Shizhi, Beidi County Shou Lu Chan and other Lu clan disciples were all transferred back to Xianyang and idle, and the general Lu Tai was also set aside, but at least nominally Lu Tai was still a Han general, and he naturally wanted to participate in the imperial meeting of this specification.

Bai Mo said disapprerovantly: "The general may not know that Huyan Zhengde, the heavenly wolf general of Chu State, is a Hun man, and the five hundred wolf horsemen under his account are all from the Huyan tribe in Mobei. ”

Li Shang, who had just lost his high position as a county guard because of Bai Mo's cession of Sanchuan County, also raised his own questions. said: "Chu State and my Han are long-standing enemies, do you know that the people of Chu State are not deliberately lying?" ”

Bai Mo waved his hand and said categorically: "This one definitely won't." ”

Seeing the prime minister's firm attitude, Li Shang pursed his lips and didn't say anything more, now the prime minister has monopolized power, and several ministers have been purged because of disobedience to him, although Li Shang is also a military general who has followed the previous king for many years, but he definitely doesn't dare to assert that the prime minister will not dare to take him?

The Lu clan's power is big enough, and it was also purged in the end!

Bai Mo said again: "It is expected that the Xiongnu will mobilize more than 300,000 cavalry, which is definitely an irresistible and powerful force for the Yueshi people, and the Yueshi people lost almost 50,000 strong men in the battle of Chushui, and now they can gather 150,000 cavalry at best, even if they add the two departments of Hutu and Hun Evil, the strength will not exceed 200,000." ”

Chen Ping added: "We must also take into account that under the high pressure of the Xiongnu army, the two tribes of Xiu Tu and Hun Evil are very likely to defect, once the two forces of Xiu Tu and Hun Evil fall to the Xiongnu, the ratio of strength between the two sides will become even more disparity, so that the Yueshi people will not even have the slightest hope of victory." ”

Bai Mo nodded and said: "Taishi's worries are by no means superfluous, in fact, according to the report of the spies of the Black Ice Terrace, there have been traces of Xiongnu envoys near the royal courts of the two divisions of Xiu Tu and Hun Evil, so the possibility of these two falling to the Xiongnu is very great, the battle of Hexi is related to the lifeblood of the national fortune of the Great Han Kingdom, and we must prepare for the worst." ”

Lu Tai said: "The Yueshi people and the Han State are each other's wings to resist the Huns, which can be described as a glory and a loss, and they think that they should be sent to Hexi with the troops of the country, and the Yueshi people will attack the Huns." ”

"Nope." Bai Mo said, "The top priority is to recuperate, and it is not appropriate to make a big move." ”

"What then?" Liu Heng couldn't help but say, "Father, why don't you just reveal the news that the Chu army is preparing to attack the desert north to the Huns, and force the Hun army to return to the division to save themselves?" ”

"This is absolutely impossible." Bai Mo waved his hand and said solemnly, "Leaking the news of the Chu army's northern attack on the desert to the Huns will only ruin the plan to weaken the Xiongnu, but it is impossible to prevent the battle of Hexi, because the Huns only need to move the women, children, cattle and sheep concentrated in Shan Yuting to other places in advance, and the Chu cavalry on the expedition to Mobei will return in vain." ”

"What then?" Liu Heng said again, "Watching the Yue Clan be wiped out by the Huns? ”

"That's not quite true." Bai Mo shook his head and said, "In the battle of Hexi, the Yueshi people are definitely not the opponents of the Huns, and it is impossible for our Han Kingdom to rescue the troops of the country, at most 30,000 hussars can be dispatched, so it is categorically impossible to fight hard with the Hun army. ”

Liu Heng said: "The Huns live in pursuit of water and grass, how can there be any weakness that must be saved?" ”

"The Huns have." Bai Mo said, "As far as the minister knows, every time the Xiongnu use troops abroad, in addition to summoning strong men to participate in the war, they will also gather a considerable number of women and children to drive cattle and sheep to go out with the army, these women and children provide logistical support while grazing, and the target we need to attack is the Xiongnu's women, children, cattle and sheep, cutting off their logistical supplies." ”…,

Chen Ping said: "I'm afraid this matter is not easy, the Huns' women, children, cattle and sheep will go out with the army, and they will definitely stay away from the battlefield in wartime, if you want to find the Huns' women, children, cattle and sheep in the wind-sand desert within a radius of thousands of miles, how easy is it?" ”

Bai Mo said: "If it is in the Mobei grassland, it is indeed not easy to find the women, children, cattle and sheep of the Huns from the vast desert, but there is still a chance in Hexi, because there are many windy and sandy places in Hexi, and there are not many water grasslands for the Huns to graze. ”

When the monarchs and ministers of the Han State heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they were said by Bai Mo that it seemed really possible to find the women, children, cattle and sheep of the Xiongnu in the wind-blown desert in the west of the river.

Bai Mo said again: "But if you want to defeat the Huns, there must be a prerequisite. ”

Liu Heng hurriedly said: "Father, tell me quickly, what are the prerequisites for defeating the Huns?" ”

"The Yue's people have to hold out long enough, if the Yue's people are quickly defeated under the onslaught of the Xiongnu army, then everything will come to naught." After saying this, Bai Mo looked back at Lu Tai and said, "Therefore, the minister suggested that the general should lead five thousand elite soldiers to the Yueshi City day and night to assist the Yueshi people in guarding the royal city. ”

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Chu Guoxiao rode across the river from Baimajin, all the way unimpeded, and arrived at Gaoliuyi in Dai County after ten days.

Gaoliu was originally just a border army camp in the ancient Yan Kingdom, and later with the passage of time, a group of people who relied on the military for a living gathered near the military camp, and there were many traders and pawns gathered here, they sold salt, iron, silk and other things to the Xiongnu, and returned cattle, sheep, horses, and furs from the Xiongnu, Gaoliuyi gradually flourished as a border trade town.

Before the arrival of the Chu army, the prince of Yan Zang Yan had already rushed to Gaoliuyi with three thousand Yan elite cavalry, after Gaoliuyi and Yan army elite cavalry converged, the Chu and Yan coalition forces crossed the Great Wall and began to go deep into the desert, in order to block the news as much as possible, Bi Shu sent five hundred elite cavalry as the vanguard, Qiao makeup horse thieves swept the Xiongnu herdsmen along the way.

The so-called sweep is actually a cruel burning, killing, and robbing! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )