When Bailixian walked into the study, Xiang Zhuang was carefully looking at the map of Mobei on the screen, according to the information provided by Ebony Cliff, Maodun's Shan Yuting was at the foot of Yanran Mountain, Yanran Mountain is also Hangai Mountain, which belongs to the boundary of Outer Mongolia, almost more than 4,000 miles away from Jiangdong, even if it is a cavalry march, it will take almost a month.

"See the King." Baili Xian Chong Xiang Zhuang respectfully bowed.

Xiang Zhuang didn't look back, just waved his hand and said, "Ziliang, you first look at the secret letter on the case." ”

Bai Lixian immediately picked up the secret letter from the case, and after reading it in a hurry, his face changed slightly, and said: "This Mao Dun is quite discerning, and it is the right time to use troops against the various departments in Hexi at this time." ”

Xiang Zhuang turned around when he heard the sound and asked Baili Xian: "Ziliang, what do you think of the Huns?" ”

Baili Xian said in a deep voice after a deep sigh: "Great King, after the Xiongnu captured tens of thousands of craftsmen and hundreds of thousands of women and children from Yan, Zhao, and Han last year, they will usher in a qualitative leap in farming, iron smelting and other aspects. ”

Xiang Zhuang bowed his head slightly, and Bai Lixian wanted to go with him again.

In the history of China, the Xiongnu were not the opponents of the Central Plains at the beginning, even the weakest Yan State among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and also had the spare strength to drive the Xiongnu to the north for thousands of miles, but at the end of the Qin and early Han dynasties, the Xiongnu suddenly became stronger, and posed an unprecedented threat to the Central Plains Dynasty!

The reason is that in the troubled times at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the Xiongnu took away a large number of craftsmen, women and children from the Central Plains, and these craftsmen, women and children brought advanced farming technology and iron-smelting technology to the Xiongnu. The Hun cavalry used sharp iron weapons, and the Xiongnu had cities and stable agricultural harvests.

With these, the Xiongnu were like a tiger with wings and posed a great threat to the Central Plains.

Returning his gaze to the map of Mobei, Xiang Zhuang suddenly said: "Ziliang, the Han State is weak, and it is indeed a good time for the Xiongnu to use troops in Hexi; However. Once the Xiongnu army poured into Hexi, then for the Central Plains countries, why not an opportunity? A chance to defeat the Huns once and for all! ”

"Completely defeat the Huns?" Bai Lixian was stunned. "The king is saying that all countries will unite to deal with the Xiongnu?"

Bai Lixian was still thinking about it just now, and the Xiongnu used troops on Hexi. It is impossible for the Han State to sit idly by, once the Han army rushes to the aid of Hexi, it will inevitably cause the emptiness of Tongguan, Xunguan and Hanzhong, and then the Chu State can take action, not only can it launch a large army to launch a decisive battle, but at least it can peek at Guanzhong or Sanchuan County.

However, Bai Lixian did not expect that the king would intend to form an alliance with other countries to deal with the Xiongnu, for such a situation, the Han State is definitely happy to see it, and the Han State will also be the biggest beneficiary. On the contrary, it was the state of Chu, even if it finally defeated the Xiongnu, except for the false name of a "alliance leader", I am afraid that it will not be able to gain anything.

"Why not?" Xiang Zhuang said, "The dispute between the countries of the Central Plains." It is a dispute over Taoism, but the Xiongnu are alien, but between the alien race and the Chinese tribe is a bloodline dispute, once the Xiongnu enter the Central Plains, our Central Plains countries will lose the Chinese blood, not to mention that now the threat of the Xiongnu has increased greatly. If you don't take advantage of this time to defeat the Huns, it will be difficult to defeat them in the future. ”

Baili Xian said: "That's right, he will definitely unify the whole world, and then it will inevitably face the threat of the Huns, rather than facing a strong soldier and a sharp Xiongnu, it is really better to pay some affordable price now, and completely defeat the Huns before they become stronger." ”

"What Ziliang said is very much in line with me." Xiang Zhuang nodded, "Then it's decided." ”

Baili Xian said: "Hexi's Xiu Tu and Hun Evil are only small tribes, but the Yue clan is a big tribe, with 200,000 people controlling the strings, and the Huns will send 300,000 cavalry if they want to pacify Hexi, which is almost a nest, so Shan Yuting under Yanran Mountain will inevitably guard the emptiness." ..., Xiang Zhuang nodded and echoed: "Therefore, the number of troops in Mobei this expedition does not need to be too much, but it must be cavalry, because Jiangdong is more than 4,000 miles away from Mobei, and it is impossible for non-cavalry to do it within a month, and each cavalry must be equipped with three fast horses and one mule horse!" ”

This expedition to Mobei, Xiang Zhuang can fully imagine, the price will inevitably be extremely heavy!

When marching in the Central Plains, it may be possible to get some necessary supplements from the countries along the way, but once out of the Great Wall, it is impossible for the Chu army to get any supplies in the desert wind and sand, and the nomads on the grassland have no fixed place, and sometimes they may not be able to meet a herdsman after walking for half a month, and they can only kill horses to satisfy their hunger after the military rations are eaten.

Moreover, a long-distance rapid march of 4,000 miles will inevitably cause a large loss of war horses.

But Xiang Zhuang insisted that as long as the Xiongnu could be defeated, as long as the threat of the Xiongnu could be nip in the bud, it would be worth it for the Chu State to lose all its war horses.

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The game between Bai Mo and Bi Shu has entered the final stage, the first 100 hands of the two are extremely cautious, each hand of chess has to be tested for a long time, a hundred hands of chess actually took nearly three hours, but after a hundred hands, the rhythm of the two suddenly accelerated, often a stroke of the hand, both of them seem to have won the ticket.

Zhou Guanfu and Hu Yanzhi, who were standing behind the two, were dizzying.

Bai Mo and Bi Shu both fell like flying, and the number of pieces on the chess table increased rapidly, but the situation between the two sides was not only not clear, but became more and more complicated, Zhou Guanfu and Hu Yan were also slightly involved in the chess road, but they couldn't see the situation on the chess table at all, and they couldn't tell who had the upper hand and who fell into the lower hand.

Looking at the expressions of the two again, Bai Mo looked full of confidence, as if everything was under control, and Bi Shu also looked calm, as if he had won the battle.

However, there can only be one winner in any case!

Moreover, as the number of pieces on the chessboard is increasing, and the vacant seats are getting fewer and fewer, Zhou Guanfu and Hu Yan both know that they are getting closer and closer to the result.

The ancients took life and death lightly and re-believed their promises, and Zhou Guanfu and Hu Yan really didn't think about breaking their promises.

Zhou Guanfu and Hu Yan's hearts hung uncontrollably, a hundred steps away, the three hundred Heavenly Wolf Guards and the three hundred hussars were even more tense, and began a needle-to-needle confrontation, although the gambling game in the pavilion did not spread, but the Heavenly Wolf Guard and the hussars were veterans of a hundred battles, how could they not smell the smell of killing in the pavilion?

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As soon as Lou Jing and Lou Yi led an army of 2,000 to go out of the gate, they met another Biaoqi army.

Looking at the Qi army blocking the road opposite, Lou Jing's face instantly became gloomy, and Lou Yi was even more bitter in his heart.

At the opening of the formation flag, dozens of horses came out of the opposite military formation, and the first general was the general Zhao Xi, Zhao Xi waved at Lou Jing on horseback, and said with a smile: "Where do you want to go?" ”

Lou Jing calmed down and said: "I heard that the Chu envoy Bi Shu is meeting with the Han envoy Bai Mo in the Sanli Pavilion in the east of the city, and the prime minister is worried that the envoys of the two countries will hurt the harmony and cause death, so I Daqi is very free from the relationship, so without obtaining the king and tiger talisman, I took the initiative to transfer troops from the rear army camp and prepared to go to mediation. ”

"It's just a matter for the Minister of State to send someone to inform General Ben, so why bother to work for the Minister of State?" Zhao Xi smiled slightly, and said, "What's more, as far as the last general knows, Bai Mo and Bi Shu are playing against each other in Sanli Pavilion, and they haven't hurt the harmony, so the prime minister doesn't need to do anything more, so please go back." ”

Lou Jing sighed in his heart, so he had to rein in his horse and walk back.

When Lou Yi was about to collect his troops and return to the camp, he was stopped by Zhao Xi: "Lou Yi! Lou Yi had no choice but to turn his horse back, and cast a look at Lou Jing for help, but Lou Jing hit the horse without looking back, seeing this scene, Lou Yi's heart suddenly sank infinitely.

Zhao Xi smiled and said in a cruel voice: "Lou Yi, you sent troops without seeing the Great King Tiger Fu, and you are guilty of complicity and rebellion, and you still don't take it with me!" More than a dozen personal soldiers behind Zhao Xi responded violently, and rushed forward to lift Lou Yi off his horse, and tied him up with all hands and feet.

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In the Ziling Palace, Xiang Zhuang and Bai Lixian had already begun to determine the specific battle plan.

Xiang Zhuang said in a deep voice: "This expedition to Mobei, the battle situation is changing rapidly, and the situation in Mobei is also complex and unpredictable, so the soldiers are expensive but not expensive, and the widows are determined to levy all the cavalry troops, supplemented by 60,000 war horses, 20,000 mules and horses, and prepare enough rations for two months, and hand them over to the general to personally command, what does Ziliang think?" ”

Bai Lixian said without thinking: "The general is full of the art of war, familiar with Tao strategy, although Han Xin is not as good, with him as the main general expedition to the Huns, it can be said that everyone expects it, and the minister fully agrees." ”

Xiang Zhuang thought for a while, and then said: "But dealing with the Xiongnu is everyone's business, and we can't just rely on my Chu family to contribute, so the Han State also has to move the cavalry army to contain the Xiongnu army in Hexi as much as possible, and South Korea, Yan and Zhao also have to mobilize all the cavalry to cooperate with my Great Chu Xiao cavalry to conquer Mobei." ”

Baili Xian said: "If this battle can really defeat the Xiongnu, the Han State should benefit the most, so the Han army should fully cooperate, and the Yan State is forced by the pressure of the king, and most of them will also send cavalry to participate in the battle, but Zhao State and Korea have turned their backs on my Great Chu and turned to form an alliance with the Han State, but these two countries may not buy my Great Chu's account." ”

Xiang Zhuang said undoubtedly: "Then let the King of Han put pressure on Zhao and Korea, and the widow will not believe it, Han and Zhao will dare to offend Han after turning their backs on Chu State!" ”

"King Han shouldn't refuse this matter." Bai Lixian thought about it and said, "It's just a matter of Linzi......

"The plan for Linzi remains unchanged." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said undoubtedly, "Although the threat of the Huns is great, Bai Mo is even more of a big problem, as long as there is a chance, we must not hesitate to eradicate Bai Mo!" After saying this, Xiang Zhuang turned his head and ordered Qu Bucai, "Lao Qu, you immediately send a message to Linzi Feigeon, and let the general step up his actions." ”

"Whoa!" Qu Bucai shook his head and hurriedly took the order. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )