Donghu was originally also a nomadic people on the desert steppe, adjacent to the Yan country in the south, and then broken by the Yan general Qin Kai, and then moved to the Laoha River and Xilamulun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River.

After Donghu was defeated by the Xiongnu, one was defeated and fled to Wuhuan Mountain, which was later Wuhuan, and the other was defeated and fled to Xianbei Mountain, which was the later Xianbei people, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wuhuan was once strong for a while, almost unified the entire north, but was defeated by Cao Cao, the Han Prime Minister, and the Southern Xiongnu integrated into the Han nationality and disappeared in the long river of history.

After the defeat of Wuhuan, Xianbei took the opportunity to occupy the desert, quickly became strong, and invaded the south at the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, almost blocking the Han bloodline in the Central Plains, which is the darkest and most tragic page in Chinese history - Wuhu Chaohua! Among them, the most important ones who killed the Central Plains Huaxia were the Xianbei people.

However, at this time, the Xianbei people were just a small tribe cowering under the Xianbei Mountain, with only more than 100,000 people, and less than 30,000 strong men, even less than a slightly larger small Xiongnu tribe.

Hearing that the "Hun army" had arrived, the Xianbei people fled into the deep mountains and old forests early, and even the scouts did not dare to send out.

Therefore, Chu Junxiao's journey was unusually smooth.

When Meng Xi marched to Monan with great fanfare, the Chu army also protected more than 200,000 women, children, and craftsmen to arrive at the territory of the Beimink tribe in the middle reaches of the Liaohe River, and was warmly welcomed by the Beimink tribe.

Since the Warring States period, the Northern Mink tribe has been a vassal of the Yan State. At the end of Qin, the mob swarmed, and the ruler of Yan changed like a marquee, but the Bei Mink tribe has always maintained close ties with Yan, and after the alliance between Yan and Chu, the relationship between the Bei Mink tribe and Chu quickly became close.

In addition, there is also Zhao Shi begging, and the relationship between the Beimink tribe and the Chu State is even closer, not to mention anything else. Huyan's Heavenly Wolf Army is the Hu people recruited from Liaodong through the Northern Mink Tribe, as well as the spies who had previously broken into Shan Yuting in Wumu Cliff. It was also infiltrated by the caravans of the Northern Mink tribe.

Zhao Shi, the king of the northern mink, fell seriously ill and could not greet him in person, so he sent Zhao Shi Qimai to meet him.

Zhao Shi Qi Mai and the ministers of Chu are also old acquaintances. He was very enthusiastic, and introduced as he walked: "General, this is the Liao River, our Northern Mink tribe has lived here for generations, relying on hunting, fishing and grazing for a living, but in recent years, we have begun to follow the example of the Central Plains people to cultivate the wasteland, and our lives are much better." ”

Bi Shu said with a smile: "You Northern Mink people are not much different from the Central Plains people. ”

Qi Mai sighed: "Alas, it would be nice if it could really be a person from the Central Plains." ”

Bi Shu's heart moved slightly, and a thought suddenly popped up in his mind. smiled at the moment: "Do you really want to be from the Central Plains?" Or maybe General Ben has a way to help you make your wishes come true. ”

"Is this true?" Qi Mai was overjoyed when he heard this.

Qi Mai stayed in Chu for many years, but he had seen the prosperity of the Central Plains, and he was particularly impressed by the prosperity of Ziling, he dreamed of becoming a Central Plains person, and every time he returned to the tribe to talk to his brother about the Central Plains. The North Mink Wang Zhaoshu was also envious when he lost his tail, and said that he would have to be reincarnated in the Central Plains to be a Central Plains person in the next life.

For a barbaric tribe like the Northern Mink, the Central Plains World is simply a paradise.

Bi Shu smiled faintly and said pointedly: "What General Ben said is naturally true. ”

Along the way, Bishu has been thinking about one thing, that is, how to deal with these more than 200,000 women, children, and craftsmen? It is naturally impossible to hand it over to Yan Guo, if you go back to Jiangdong by sea. Not to mention the great risk, women and children may not be able to endure the suffering of the sea, you need to know that even a strong man who is strong and strong will vomit half to death when he goes to sea by boat, let alone a frail woman and child? …,

In addition to the sailors who walk on the water all the year round, even the most elite Chu forbidden army, they are also extremely afraid of taking boats, this time back to Jiangdong, the Xiao cavalry army will inevitably have to take a sea route, Bi Shu is having a headache about this.

If it weren't for the hardships of the sea route, and the fear of annihilation of the whole army due to storms, when the war with the Qi State was at the beginning, Xiang Zhuang would have sent elite troops to attack Linzi by sea.

Therefore, it is not a good idea to transport these women and children back to Jiangdong by sea.

In that case, why not leave these women and children in the North Sable, and then help the North Sable to establish a country?

Of course, only women and children are categorically impossible, and they have to replenish the strong men from Jiangdong, but this is not a problem, a huge Chu country, with a population of nearly 10 million, and thousands of people will break the law every year, so those death row prisoners who should have been beheaded can be sent to Liaodong to fill the border plugs, isn't it the best of both worlds?

In addition, there are great benefits to help the Northern Mink build a country: recruit the nearby Beimink, Sushen, Wuhuan, Xianbei, Goguryeo and other Hu people to form a cavalry army, these Hu people have an advantage over the Chu people, that is, life is cheap, no pension, no need to issue Yulu, these Hu people are not afraid of death, and their combat effectiveness is extremely not weak.

Of course, this cavalry could only be formed in the name of the Northern Mink State.

But to do this, of course, it's not that simple, and Bi Shu said at the moment: "But this thing has to be done slowly." ”

Zhao Shi Qimai nodded, and said: "General, the Wuhuan people and Xianbei people didn't embarrass you along the way, right?" ”

"How dare they?" Hu Yan's eyes widened, and he said disdainfully, "With their little strength, if they dare to provoke our Great Chu Xiaoqi, Lao Tzu will have to take their lair, hum!" ”

Bi Shu smiled slightly, suddenly remembered Meng Yu, and said, "I don't know how General Meng and them are doing now?" ”

"Old Meng?" Hu Yan pursed his lips and said angrily, "This guy is a hard stubble, he didn't give us much hardship in Jiuyuan back then, even if Zhou Guanfu goes, I'm afraid he won't be able to get any cheap." ”

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The bonfire was burning vigorously, dispelling the chill on the desert, Meng Xun held the horizontal knife in his arms, leaned on the saddle and slept soundly, although his signature snoring could be heard clearly from miles away, not far from Meng Xun's side, Meng Keng also curled up and fell asleep without waking up, and a prairie rat scurled up in his face, but it did not wake him up.

The young Meng Yuan and Meng Liao couldn't sleep, the brothers stared at each other, and got up from time to time to look around vigilantly, but it was pitch black all around, and they couldn't see anything at all, but they knew that the Hun army and the Han army were watching on the side, and they could pounce on them like wolves at any time.

In the brothers' nervous and expectant waiting, time is quietly passing.

It was the darkest hour before dawn, and the snoring suddenly stopped, and then he turned over from the saddle and sat up, almost at the same time, Meng Keng, who was curled up and lying by the fire, also stood up with a horizontal knife, and the two brothers glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of forest in each other's eyes, the Huns are coming!

"Meng Keng, Meng Yuan, Meng Liao!" Meng Yan turned on his horse and shouted loudly.

"The last general!" Meng Keng, Meng Yuan, and Meng Liao all stepped forward and responded violently.

Meng Yan suddenly pulled out his horizontal knife, pointed obliquely at the dark night sky in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Gather the army, drive the Hun women and children, cattle and sheep to the southeast, hurry!" ”

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Zhou Guanfu woke up suddenly from his sleep and got up again.

Zhao Mu, the general of Zhao Guo, and Sun Fen, the general of South Korea, who were sleeping soundly on the side, were also awakened, Sun Fen calmed down and asked in a low voice: "Champion Hou, what's wrong?" ”

"Huns!" Zhou Guanfu said in a deep voice, "The Huns are here!" ”

"Huns?" Zhao Mu frowned and said, "The Huns don't go to intercept the women, children, cattle and sheep of the Chu army, why are they here for us?" Have they discovered our presence? No, we're very well hidden. ”…,

"The Chu army is also here!" Zhou Guanfu said coldly, "It was the Chu army that lured the Huns over!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a scout team hurried to the fire, knelt down on one knee and reported: "Champion Hou, the Chu army is driving cattle, sheep, women and children to the mountain pass, and there are Huns chasing and killing behind!" ”

Zhao Mu and Sun Fen changed color, and they all turned back to Zhou Guanfu and gave a shocked glance.

"You don't have to look at me like that, that's what I just thought." Zhou Guanfu said, turned around and left.

Zhou Guanfu took Zhao Mu and Sun Fen to climb the cliff on the left side of the mountain pass, only to see a fire in the north, because they were too far apart, they couldn't see the specific situation clearly, and they could only vaguely see that there were many people driving cattle and sheep to flee in a hurry here, and there was also a faint cry of women and children in the wind, as well as the mournful screams of cattle, sheep and livestock.

Farther to the northwest, there is a sea of torches.

Zhao Mu's face suddenly changed greatly, and he lost his voice: "Champion Hou, the situation is a little wrong!" ”

Sun Fen was also extremely stunned, and said in a deep voice: "It's true, although there are a lot of women and children driven by the Chu army, how can there not be as many as two or three hundred thousand, and the gap in the number of cattle and sheep is even greater. Champion Hou, don't be mistaken, right? ”

Zhou Guanfu was also puzzled, could it be that the prime minister was wrong? Or is this just a bait sent by the Chu army?

In just a moment's effort, the surging fire from the north reached the front of the mountain pass, and with the bright firelight, Zhou Guanfu, Zhao Mu and Sun Fen were even more stunned to find that the number of Xiongnu women and children, cattle and sheep was even less than they had just guessed, but the marching queue was deliberately elongated, and the number of Chu troops seemed to be only Liao Liao thousands of horsemen.

"We've been deceived!" Sun Fen shouted, "I should have sent scout rangers to find out!" ”

"Send scouts? To put it lightly, what should I do if I am discovered by the Chu army? Zhao Mu didn't have a good breath, "And now it's a fart to say this?" After saying this, Zhao Mu said to Zhou Guanfu again, "Champion Hou, you should hurry up and get an idea, kill or not go out?" Chu Jun was about to rush across the mountain pass! ”

"This ......" Zhou Guanfu is also a master of the six gods, and the situation in front of him is different from what the prime minister said, which makes him feel a little at a loss, but he still commanded by instinct, "Don't worry, wait first, wait and see." (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )