The main gathering place of the Southern Xiongnu in the Western Han Dynasty was Xihe County and Beidi County, but because of Wang Mang's rebellion, the Southern Xiongnu in order to avoid the internal war of the Han Dynasty, robbed in the two counties, migrated to the prairie outside the Great Wall in the north, mainly gathered in the grassland area outside the Beidi County and the north, on the surface still subject to the rule of the Han court, the royal court of the Southern Xiongnu is still named after Meiji, and the people of various tribes are scattered around the royal court, although it is far away from the central area of the Hetao, but it is also rich and beautiful. (This book needs a plot, in fact, the Southern Xiongnu were in the Han Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Guangwu.) ）

Because the Southern Xiongnu are located outside the Great Wall, although the two states are in an uproar about Liu Tai's crusade against the Southern Xiongnu, the Southern Xiongnu headquarters still does not know, and even sends small troops to rob the border people of the Han Dynasty in Shuofang many times, the Southern Xiongnu has about five or six hundred thousand people, the old and weak occupy three percent, the female surname occupies three percent, the young and middle-aged men occupy the mouth of Sicheng Renkou, there are 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the remaining more than 100,000 young and middle-aged men are herdsmen, and they can be mounted as cavalry at any time during wartime.

In 181 A.D., the third year of Han Guanghe, June 6

More than ten days of rapid march, 230,000 troops, under the leadership of Liu Tai, settled in Shuofang County, before entering Shuofang, Liu Tai has ordered people to move most of the Han herdsmen who have been wandering with the pass for a long time into the Guannei, although Shuofang City is a county seat, but after the 230,000 army entered, it also became very crowded.

Shuofang County Government

"Lord, five hundred miles north of Shuofang County, is the Southern Xiongnu Wangting Meiji, and now the Southern Xiongnu have not received the news of our army's conquest, so it is better to take the opportunity to march quickly to sweep the scattered tribes outside the royal court." Guo Jia carefully studied the distribution map of the main tribes of the Southern Xiongnu and said loudly.

At this time, Guo Jia looks sixteen or seventeen years old, but in fact he is only twelve or thirteen years old, because Guo Jia has been constantly nourished by Liu Tai's internal force in the past two years, and those congenital roots have long been removed.

"Well, Guo Xiaojunshi, although this plan is good, but now the army has been traveling for more than ten days, and it has become a tired army, and it is an away game, and it is an away place, and the sneak attack on the Southern Xiongnu tribe will not only reveal the whereabouts of the army, but also allow the Southern Xiongnu to take the opportunity to take precautions." Tian Feng, who has always been steady, shook his head and said disapprovingly.

"Well, what Yuan Hao said is good, Zhong does not agree, but it is the best policy to surprise attack the scattered tribes of the Southern Xiongnu, but it cannot be rushed, there must be an extremely elite cavalry force, the number can not be too small, and the victory or defeat must be determined in a battle, and the weak tribes in the Southern Xiongnu are the main goals, and after the war, there must be timely response troops to transport back cattle, sheep and livestock and young women back to the pass." After Xi Zhicai closed his eyes and recuperated for a while, he said lightly.

Liu Tai, who had been sitting on the top to study the heroic sword in his hand, raised his head to look at Xi Zhicai and said, "This is a good discussion, but remember not to fight a hard battle with medium and large tribes, and be ready to withdraw at any time." ”

"Lord, the minister is willing to lead a cavalry to be responsible for sneaking up on the tribes of the Southern Huns." Wen Chou, who was the most anxious, stepped forward and bowed to the ground and said.

"Yes." Liu Tai nodded, but did not agree directly, but looked at the three young generals who were eager to try, Zhang Fei, Xu Chu, and Zhao Yun, and said, "You three little things, don't you want to go to the battlefield?" ”

"Lord, is this true?" Zhang Fei looked overjoyed, and impatiently stepped forward and said: "Lord, I Zhang Fei is going, if I Zhang Fei misses the lord's important matter, Zhang Fei is willing to die to apologize!" ”

"Xu Chu is going too!!" Xu Chu also looked at Liu Tai with longing eyes, bowed down on one knee and said.

Liu Tai nodded slightly, glanced at the two of them with a smile, and then looked at Zhao Yun, who looked extremely embarrassed but very eager, and said, "Zilong, you don't want to fight?" ”

"Is it okay for the last general?" A flash of joy flashed on Zhao Yun's face, among the people present, Zhao Yun had the least qualifications, and he didn't even have basic training in commanding troops, how could he dare to lead the troops into battle at the beginning?

"Why not?" Liu Tai shook his head with a smile, and then his expression tightened, and he said with a cold face: "Wen Chou, Zhang Fei, Xu Chu, and Zhao Yun stepped forward to listen to the order. ”

"The last general Wen Chou (Zhang Fei, Xu Chu, Zhao Yun) listened to the order." The four of them walked into the middle of the lobby at the same time and bowed to Liu Tai.

Liu Tai nodded with satisfaction, and said solemnly: "This time, each of you will lead a thousand elite cavalry, responsible for clearing out the small tribes scattered in the northern region of the Southern Xiongnu with less than 3,000 people, remember!" ”

"General Ben wants to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, except for the young female surname and the cattle, sheep and livestock, all of them will be killed!!" Liu Tai said with a gloomy face, and everyone present seemed to be blown by a cold wind, and they couldn't help but tremble.

"The last general Wen Chou (Zhang Fei, Xu Chu, Zhao Yun) has been ordered!" Except for Zhao Yun, who was a little unbearable on the faces of the four people, the other three people all had red eyes, added their lips, and shouted bloodily.

"En" Liu Tai nodded, and said casually: "Hansheng is responsible for sending people to pick up, accept important strategic materials such as horses, cattle and sheep at any time, and if you encircle and suppress with the big tribes, you can lead troops to rescue them." ”

"Yes, my lord!" Huang Zhong bowed to Liu Tai and shouted.

Liu Tai glanced at everyone present, and then said: "This battle is very important, you need to be prepared for war at all times, you must not take it lightly, go down, this general is tired." ”

Seeing that Liu Tai's expression was full of exhaustion, "Nuo" didn't know why he wanted to stay, except for Dian Wei, who was in charge of Liu Tai's guards, who stayed behind, and all the others left the county government.

After seeing everyone leave, Liu Tai couldn't help but close his eyes and sighed, and asked Dian Wei, who was standing like a door god on the side: "Evil, is Tai too bloody for the Hu people?" ”

Along the way, Tian Feng's attitude towards Liu Tai, although there has not changed much, Liu Tai can also feel that Tian Feng's series of civil officials are afraid of him, and Liu Tai doesn't like this feeling.

"The last general doesn't know" Dian Wei shook his head in confusion, and then said: "But a certain family thinks that once the Huns could burn, kill and loot in my Han homeland, my Han family's son, can't I loot among the Hun tribes?" ”

"Not bad" Liu Tai listened to Dian Wei's simplest explanation, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hang a smile, nodded and said, "You kid, how have you been in Lu Longsai for more than a year?" ”

"Hehe, a certain family thinks that his uncle is still by the side of the lord, and he manages tens of thousands of rabbit cubs every day, and he is tired of lying down." Dian Wei turned around his head embarrassedly and said.

Liu Tai nodded, he did find that Dian Wei has lost a lot of weight over the past year, although Dian Wei is a fierce general, but he is not a handsome talent, Liu Tai in order to cultivate Dian Wei, and even sent a number of students from Beijiang University to assist Dian Wei, but Dian Wei's intelligence is limited, it seems that Dian Wei still has to be transferred back to his side.

"After this battle, let's go back to the Hou Mansion to serve, I heard that your daughter-in-law is about to give birth, so you can just go back and hug the doll Tai." Liu Tai stood up with a smile, patted Dian Wei's shoulder and said.