Three hundred miles northeast of Yinshan, in the hinterland of the Monan grassland, 150,000 Han troops trudged through the sparse mud. △

Every spring, when the ice and snow melt, the desert grassland instantly turns into a muddy pond, especially when the spring rain continues, it rains for seven or eight consecutive days, and it is very uncomfortable to be wet everywhere, and the grain carried by the army is about to become moldy.

Wei Qing was ordered to crusade against the main force of Shan Yu's headquarters entrenched in the grassland, and the 100,000 northern army came to the border county to recruit the national soldiers of Fanshang County in several counties to fight together, and the efficiency of raising 50,000 county soldiers in just half a month was quite good, so he ordered the non-stop army to go out of the fortress, and unfortunately hit the unfortunate rainy season.

I heard that the Han army went out of the fortress to counterattack the Xiongnu, the cunning Huns had long stopped until the wind ran without a trace, the Huns would not have the so-called face and people's hearts, the steppe nomads were a group of greedy wolves, as long as they felt that they had a cheap advantage, they would rush up, if they felt that it was not easy to fight, they would not hesitate to retreat, which made the Han soldiers who were ready to fight the Huns by surprise were very disappointed.

The Northern Expedition target Huns ran away, and the Han army fell into an embarrassing situation with nowhere to be desired, and before leaving the division, he swore to the Son of Heaven that he would not break the Huns' oath and not return, and now he turned around and turned back to the border county to wait for the opportunity It seems a little unreasonable, and he made up his mind to continue to advance north after half a month on the grassland.

Bang!

A lightning bolt pierced the sky, and the continuous light rain suddenly turned into a torrential rain, and Lieutenant Xue Ze cried bitterly: "General, the rain is getting heavier and heavier these days, why don't we set up camp and wait for the rain to stop before leaving?" ”

Wei Qing glanced back at the generals with a look on their faces, and knew in his heart that everyone was not used to trekking in the heavy rain, especially the recent increase in the number of soldiers who were unaccustomed to water and soil and dysentery. The high morale of the army will inevitably be adversely affected, and the combat effectiveness of young soldiers cannot be guaranteed in the long run. The morale of the army cannot be stabilized.

After thinking about it and having no clue, Wei Qing sighed: "It's okay!" Then find a high slope with a water source and set up camp. Treat the sick soldiers as soon as possible, and wait until the rain has passed and the sky is clear before continuing to go north to defeat the Xiongnu. ”

At the same time, 300 miles away, the Xiongnu were temporarily camped by the main force of the headquarters, and the Huns were also enduring the suffering of the rainy season.

Zuo Xian Wang begged to stare at the rain silk connected outside the king's tent, and kept muttering: "What the hell is this weather that doesn't stop next day, in the past, the weather that would be sunny on the next five or seven days has not stopped for so many days this year." ”

"This year's rain is a bit too much, and in the past two days it would be sunny for a few days, but this year's situation is very different. The grain collected from Longcheng last year had to be taken out to dry, otherwise it would become moldy and spoiled. "Zuo Daduwei is the current patriarch of the Lan clan, the Lan clan has been the best candidate for the Xiongnu clan since the Mao Dun Shan Yu era, which is equivalent to the first relatives of the Xiongnu family, and the money and grain in charge of the Shan Yu royal court for decades have won the trust of two generations of Shan Yu, even King Zuo Xian does not dare to be presumptuous to him.

"Captain Zuo, do we still have enough food to eat?"

"There are 180,000 stone of corn and 20,000 stone of soybeans, and the Han slaves in the royal court are too stupid to say that they can't grow grain for 4 stones per mu of Han land. I personally killed more than 20 Han slaves and got the same answer, it seems that Da Shan Yu's experiment will not succeed. ”

King Zuo Xian was convinced, and he had never thought that the proud Huns should learn the cultivation techniques of the Han Chinese, who had vast pastures and countless cattle and sheep. As long as you keep the pasture and graze every day, you can live a good life, and there is no need to take out the best land adjacent to the river to grow food. Decades ago, he made great efforts to capture more than 200,000 Han people from the border counties of the Han region, but in the end, he couldn't collect 2 stone corn per mu of desperate life.

The efficiency of farming is not as comfortable as grazing. At least a seasoned herdsman with a dozen sheepdogs can take care of thousands of cattle and sheep without any pressure, and 3,000 herdsmen can herd the millions of cattle and sheep needed by the tribe. The rest of the young men can go hunting, invade other tribes and plunder people, cattle and sheep.

Men go hunting and military robbery, women and children guard the tribe to graze and resist military robbery, this is the Xiongnu tribe and the earlier Rongdi era of thousands of years of nomadic tradition, although this set of traditions is simple and crude without technical content, but the herdsmen on the grassland rely on such simple thinking to spend thousands of springs, summers, autumns and winters.

"Captain Zuo's words are wrong! In the following view, farming makes a lot of sense. ”

The two Hun nobles turned their heads to look over, Wei Youqu walked step by step in the common national costumes of the Huns, and King Zuo Xian was furious: "You dare to intervene in anything, let me go aside and stay aside." ”

Wei Youqu's face turned blue, and he smiled unnaturally: "Venerable Zuo Xianwang, Zuo Daduwei, I am just expounding the idea of Da Dan Yu to develop farming, if you have any comments on my elaboration, you can point it out, if you are not satisfied with Da Dan Yu's development of farming, please propose to Da Dan Yu, if you don't object, can I continue?" ”

"Huh! Do you still dare to stalk to the death, do you have less whip? ”

"Forget it, it won't be good to let him say a few words, why offend Da Danyu for a dog." Captain Zuo pulled it gently, and King Zuo Xian glared fiercely at him and put away his raised horsewhip.

Wei Youqu took a deep breath and tried not to be impulsive, if he did not wisely stand up and say what he shouldn't say, what was waiting for him was not a whip but a knife, even if the military ministers were only present, they would not stop a humiliated nobleman from taking revenge on the more lowly, and he was a lowly person in the Hun court.

The tribe with soldiers on the grassland has status, on the contrary, the tribe without soldiers has no status, nominally Wei Youqu's father is one of the new 24 thousand cavalry commanders, in fact, Wei Korea did not send a soldier to help, it is conceivable that his position as a light pole commander staring at the name of the crown prince will be, compared to the highly respected Han general Zhao She, who is too far behind, at most slightly better than the Bank of China back then.

The two of them are a piece of shit in front of the constant self-suggestion, Wei Youqu gradually calmed down: "The two of you have to understand the painstaking efforts of Da Danyu, we Huns are well-deserved overlords on the grassland, but the Huns are too dependent on the meat supply delivered by cattle and sheep, once they encounter a situation similar to last winter's attack on Xianbei and Wuhuan, they must kill the thin cattle and sheep to survive, and every time they kill a cow and sheep, there will be a few fewer live lambs in the coming year. ”

King Zuo Xian raised his head arrogantly and said in a contemptuous tone: "But we won in the end, and the cattle and sheep we captured made up for the price paid, and there was a slight surplus, this is our Great Huns." ”

"And what about another winter snow from two years ago? Tens of millions of cattle and sheep in the north and south of the desert have frozen to death, what will happen if they come again? ”

King Zuo Xian's face froze: "What do you say?" Go south to grab food! ”

"The defeat in the Battle of Yanmen is unforgettable."

"You're looking for death!"

King Zuo Xian was held by Captain Zuo, the battle of Yanmen was a scar he never wanted to touch, the dignified King Zuo Xian was once chased to worry that Zuo Xian's court was defeated, day and night thinking about whether he could take the lead in fleeing to Mobei Dragon City with his cronies to avoid the edge, he was shocked and ashamed of the weakness he showed, and he did not want to defeat the Han people all the time to prove that he was still a brave Xiongnu warrior.

It is painful for the scar to be revealed, but sometimes you have to face a bloody wound, especially when the wound has little to do with you, Wei Youqu has little to do with the battle of Yanmen, he can express his opinion on the battle of Yanmen without any burden, as for whether King Zuo Xian will be angry or not has much to do with him, the battle of Yanmen is objective, and it is regarded as a shame for the entire Xiongnu, and King Zuo Xian cannot kill him on this ground.

Zuo Xianwang jumped like thunder and couldn't retaliate against him, Wei Youqu's mood suddenly became very comfortable: "Without the supply of corn in Longcheng, we have to face the cold winter and heavy snow every ten years, each time we lose millions of cattle and sheep, and tens of millions of cattle and sheep are lost so much, and we have to go south to fight to the death with the Han people to grab food, and in the end, the loss of five labors and seven injuries outweighs the loss, so the reason why our Great Huns have not developed fast in recent decades is here, the great old Shangshan Yu discovered this tendency when he was in power, Therefore, he advocated the establishment of a Han farming area in Mobei, and the Han people who were good at farming to cultivate the fields, so as to feed our Great Hun warriors and continue to wage wars......"

"Let's go, let's go! You go back with your set! We don't want to hear you talk nonsense here. ”

Captain Zuo did not hesitate to issue an order to expel guests, not giving him the opportunity to show his knowledge and improve his personal image, and walked out of the king's tent in a daze, and saw a person not far away wearing a robe in the camp, he knew the man who was wearing a robe to scatter, he was the military minister Shan Yu trusted Zhao Shi very much, not only the confidant of the monarch and minister Shan Yu, but also served as the teacher of the prince Yu Dan.

He was very envious of this person's chances, the general of the Han family, Zhou Yafu, avenged the Zhou family and single-handedly contributed to the serious illness of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, which indirectly led to the death of an emperor, and came to the Xiongnu court to continuously plan the military plan of the eastern expedition to the west, and single-handedly led the ambush plan for the Wuhuan King and last year's division of troops to raid Xianbei and Wuhuan plan, and last year's southern invasion plan said by the Bank of China was also opposed by him, and his opposition proved to be prescient.

"Mr. Zhao! Meet Mr. Zhao at Xiawei Youqu. ”

Zhao Shi looked back at him and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Wei's Joseon, I don't know if there is anything that needs the service of a useless person like me. ”

"You're polite, I know that you are the main planner of this southern invasion plan, I want to know your specific plans, do we really want to avoid the main force of the Han army without fighting? I think it is no problem to take the initiative to meet the Han army with the strength, morale, and elite of my Great Huns, is it really okay to retreat like this? ”

Wei Youqu asked very pointed questions. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)