Liu Heng looked at Bai Mo with some surprise, and asked in a low voice, "Father Xiang is saying, Huns?" ”

Bai Mo nodded with a bitter expression, and said: "Since the Xiongnu were attacked by the Chu army two years ago, they have been divided into four tribes that do not belong to each other, and their leaders all claim to be Shan Yu, among which the most powerful is Gu Promise, the former Xiongnu Right Sage King, with about seventy or eighty thousand horsemen, occupying a large grassland adjacent to Jiuyuan. ”

Zhou Guanfu said: "But Prime Minister, will the Huns agree to join forces with us?" ”

Bai Mo shook his head and said: "The Xiongnu and the Han are mortal enemies, of course they will not join forces with us, but our purpose is only to use the Huns to prevent the Chu soldiers from knocking directly from Jiuyuan, so we don't need to join forces with the Huns at all, but just give Jiuyuan County to the Huns." ”

"Surrender Jiuyuan to the Huns?" Liu Heng frowned and said, "What if the Huns occupy Jiuyuan, but they join forces with the Chu army to attack Guanzhong?" What should I do? ”

Liu Heng's worries are not unreasonable, do you know that the state of Chu will not be in cahoots with the Huns?

"Rest assured, this kind of situation will definitely not happen." Bai Mo waved his hand and said firmly, "Even when the state of Chu was facing the armies of Han and Qi and the situation was the most difficult, Xiang Zhuang, the king of Chu, did not have the idea of joining forces with the Xiongnu, which shows that he is extremely jealous of the Huns, so he dares to assert that the state of Chu will never unite with the Xiongnu." ”

Liu Heng pondered for a moment, and then said: "If the Huns don't enter the Nine Plains, what can they do?" ”

"It's also impossible." Bai Mo said indifferently, "The Huns have dreamed of recapturing the Hetao grassland in Monan. If our army took the initiative to withdraw from Jiuyuan, the Huns would never be able to resist the temptation to return to the Hetao, and seeing that winter was about to fall, even if they knew that this was a poison, the Huns would not hesitate to swallow it. ”

After a pause, Bai Mo said again: "There are two major advantages to ceding Jiuyuan County to the Xiongnu, in addition to the fact that you can use the Xiongnu to resist the Northern Mink cavalry. It is also possible to transfer the 50,000 troops stationed in Jiuyuan to the rest of the directions, and the strength of the defense lines in Shangjun, Beidi, Hanzhong, Linjin, and Tongguan can be greatly enhanced. ”

Liu Heng said: "Let the Huns occupy Jiuyuan, and there is still an inner Great Wall in Guanzhong to be used as a barrier." But if the Chu army is allowed to occupy Jiuyuan, the inner Great Wall will definitely not be able to stop the front of the Chu army's iron cavalry, and the Han Kingdom may be destroyed at that time. The two phases weigh the lesser of the two, then according to what the prime minister said, withdraw the troops from Jiuyuan as soon as possible. ”

"The king is wise." Bai Mo waved at Liu Heng, then turned back and instructed Zhou Guanfu and Zhou Yafu to say, "Champion Hou, and Yafu, you should also go back and prepare separately." ”

"Whoa." The Zhou brothers waved their hands and took the order.

"The king, the minister has also retired." Bai Mo snorted at Liu Heng again. Turned around and went.

Looking at Bai Mo's distant back, Liu Heng let out a long sigh, the mountain rain was about to come, and he didn't know if the Great Han Kingdom could survive this crisis.

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On the bank of the Nuoshui River, Gu Nuoyan was looking at the increasingly yellow grassland.

Two years ago. The Xiongnu conquered the Yue clan on a large scale, but the Chu army took advantage of the situation to destroy the royal court, and the women and children who stayed in the nest were almost slaughtered by the Chu army, and most of the cattle, sheep and livestock were also plundered by the Chu army.

Originally, the strength of Gu Promise. It is completely possible to occupy the two large areas of water and grassland along the Yuwu River and the Lugong River, but Gu Promise knows more clearly that his tribe who stays there can only continue to weaken, and can only occupy the grasslands along the Outer Great Wall, or have the opportunity to go south to fight the grass valley and recover by plundering the population from the Central Plains.

Don't look at the more than 70,000 horsemen under Gu Promise's command, but if there are no women and children, these more than 70,000 horsemen will soon be exhausted in the endless melee between various tribes and the harsh and cruel living environment, and at that time, the Xiongnu nation that once dominated the entire desert will completely disappear in the long river of history. …,

However, the grasslands along the Great Wall are relatively barren, and it is not easy to survive here, and it is about to enter winter, but his tribe has not yet raised enough wintering materials, and the cattle, sheep and camels that can eat have been eaten, and the remaining cows, ewes and female camels have to be used to lay lambs, which is absolutely not edible.

The horses were eaten only with their mounts, and if they had eaten their mounts, it would have been really over.

Now, Gu Nuoyan's biggest wish is not to be too cold this winter, otherwise the lambs and foals that have just been born will freeze to death, and there will really be no way to survive next year.

A hundred Huns next to him looked back at the Great Wall winding and circling on the mountain beam in the distance, and said abruptly: "Shan Yu, it would be good if we could recapture the Hetao, the climate there is warm, and no matter how cold the winter is, it will not freeze to death the lambs and foals that have just been born, and there are flocks of yellow sheep there, so there is no need to worry about food this winter." ”

Gu Nuoyan was also stunned, the Hetao grassland was rich in water and grass, and there were groups of wild things, it was simply a paradise, the problem was that the Han State had 50,000 troops stationed there, so how easy was it to recapture the Hetao from the Han army? With his remaining more than 70,000 horsemen, it is a question of whether he can break the Gaoque Pass.

When Gu Nuoyan was saddened, suddenly a fast horse galloped along the riverbank, and from a long distance, the knight on horseback shouted loudly: "Da Danyu, good news, great good news......

"Good news?" Gu Nuoyan was indifferent, and looked coldly at the knight galloping to the front.

The knight pulled the reins of the horse fiercely, and the mount under the crotch suddenly stood up, and the front hooves kicked in the air several times in a row before he could stop the forward rush, and after landing on the ground, he said: "Da Danyu, just after the return of the ranger, the Han army is withdrawing troops from the Hetao!" ”

"Huh?!" Gu Nuoyan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he shouted, "The Han army withdraws from Hetao?!" ”

"That's right." The knight nodded heavily and said, "Qi Lunqing, they hid on the top of Yangshan and saw it really, the Han army lined up in a four-way column, and went south along the straight road, and there were a large number of heavy ox carts and women and children with the army, not only the Han army, but even the Han farmers who were reclaimed in the land had all withdrawn, and the Hetao grassland was empty!" ”

"Let's go, we'll see." Gu Nuoyan whipped the horse's strand fiercely, and the mount under his crotch neighed in pain, and immediately threw off his four hooves and galloped towards the majestic and reckless Yangshan Mountain in the distance.

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In the Jinchuan River Valley, the conscription order of the King of Chu has been issued, and the strong men of the Burning Dang tribe are continuously assembling from various settlements to the royal court, in addition to the Burning Dang tribe, the strong men of the Wuliu, Zhanjian and Wuge tribes are also in a large-scale assembly, forced to survive, the four Qiang tribes have surrendered to the soldiers of the Chu State.

Pang Zheng, the captain of the Qiang school, wore a helmet and armor, carried a horizontal knife at his waist, and came out of the dome tent of the burning king, Pang Zheng had just spent his twentieth birthday, but he had already grown a thick mustache on his lips, with a handsome face, showing a bit of heroic spirit, and the Qiang girls who passed nearby were all blushing and heartbeating.

The figure flashed, and a fiery red figure followed Pang Zheng out of the tent, but it was a Qiang girl wearing red silk, white skin and delicate five-tube outline, and there were not a few more beautiful women than her in various counties, but this woman's straight long legs were really pitiful, and the spicy energy on her body was really mouthwatering.

The son Xiang Zhi glanced at it, and almost fell into this woman and couldn't pull it out, until Pang Zheng shouted several times, Xiang Zhi woke up like a dream, and arched his hand to Pang Zheng with some embarrassment, and said enviously: "Pang Zheng, I heard that you accepted a beautiful Qiang concubine, and today I saw that it really deserves its reputation, you are really a good fortune?" ”

"The son of the world has won the award." Pang Zheng returned the salute and said with a smile, "If the prince likes Qiang girls, he will let people choose a few outstanding ones and send them to your tent." ”…,

"Let's talk about the Qiang girl." Xiang Zhi waved his hand and said, "This son came to you this time, but it was for a big matter. ”

Pang Zheng said: "I want to hear it." ”

Xiang Zhi pulled Pang Zheng aside, lowered his voice and said, "Pang Zheng, this son wants to go to Longxi with you." ”

"Huh?" Pang Zheng was taken aback, and shook his hands and said, "It's not proper, this is absolutely inappropriate, it was originally a dangerous move to cross Gongga Mountain and attack Longxi from Jinchuan, the mountains and roads on the way are far away, and there are many dangers, and it also has to pass through the territory of more than a dozen Qiangdi tribes that have not been subdued, and the final result is unpredictable......

"Nonsense." Xiang Zhi said unhappily, "Do you think that this son can't endure hardship?" ”

"Shizi Mingjian, this is not a question of bitterness or not." Pang Zheng said with a wry smile, "From here to Longxi, in addition to crossing several snow-covered mountains and crossing the uninhabited Daze, you also have to pass through the territory of many savage tribes.......

"No in case." Xiang Zhi said with a big grin, "The person who can take my life has not been born yet." ”

Seeing that Xiang Zhi had already made up his mind, Pang Zheng couldn't help but feel bitter, and persuaded himself: "But the prince, it is the king's will for you to lead the troops out of the Golden Bull Pass to attack Hanzhong. ”

"I don't need you to explain." Xiang Zhi waved his hand and said, "Father, my son will write a letter to say in detail, as for the matter of going out of the Golden Bull Pass to attack Hanzhong, there is a general of the Che Division, and this son will drink a few times to join in the fun, but it is not as exciting and thrilling as your strange soldiers, so it is decided, this son will go to Longxi with you." ”

After speaking, Xiang Zhi turned around and left, Pang Zheng was bitter, thinking about whether to hurry up and pass the book to Chengdu Feige, and let General Ziche come over to persuade him, Xiang Zhi suddenly turned around and said: "Pang Zheng, don't think about anything else, this son has gone to Dinglongxi!" After a pause, Xiang Zhi said again, "Don't forget to let people choose a few Qiang girls to come later." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )