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It began to snow in Chang'an City.

Looking at the snowflakes falling into the palm of his hand, Liu Che also sighed a few times.

"Your Majesty, I just received a report from the drama general: the assassination of the left general of the Western Huns......" Yan Yixing hurriedly reported.

"Got it......" Liu Che bowed slightly, he was not surprised by this.

The infighting of the small regime of the Western Xiongnu was predictable.

Because the regime itself is not justified!

It is a product of the battle of the thistle and the crystallization of the Han-Hungarian war.

In fact, even if there is no difficulty in carving, there will be other carving difficulties to do this.

But this small regime was inherently deficient from the moment it was formed.

Relying on a coup d'état to come to power, it was difficult to carve out, so he could only proclaim himself a left general, rely on holding Yu Dan hostage, and join forces with Zhelan and other large tribes.

Since it is a coalition government, it is natural to order many doors.

As far as Liu Che knew, back then, in order to cede Heli Mountain, the Zhelan tribe almost rebelled.

Heli Mountain (Gaolan Mountain) is the old nest of the Zhelan people and their ancestral pasture.

And it's hard to say that it's sold and sold?

The Zhelan people are naturally not convinced.

It's just that at that time, if the Western Xiongnu didn't sell Heli Mountain, they would have to starve to death!

Without food and materials, the Western Xiongnu did not need the Han army and the Northern Xiongnu to fight, and the famine was enough to make it collapse.

Yes, and it is difficult to cede Heli Mountain, which is something that has to be done.

Of course, at that time, the Western Xiongnu also had a choice, that is, to march to the west, take advantage of the undecided internal situation of the Northern Xiongnu, and go out of the Star Gorge to seize the Western Regions.

At the very least, it is necessary to occupy a vast area west of the Puchang Sea and east of the coastal sea, and even get involved in the Tarim Basin, and seize control of the Peacock River Valley.

It's a pity that the Western Huns at that time did not dare to go out of the Star Gorge.

They preferred to beg for mercy from the Han family in exchange for supplies and peace guarantees.

This naturally doomed the Western Xiongnu to perdition.

A regime that does not want to make progress, in today's international situation, what kind of national glory does Aneng have?

The slightest change in the international situation will immediately disappear!

To be honest, the survival of the Western Xiongnu to this day is entirely due to the contradiction between the Northern Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty.

Both sides have some bogeys and dare not persecute too much.

This has allowed the Western Xiongnu to be stable so far.

However, when the Han family began to prepare for a move against Hexi.

The internal calm of the small regime of the Western Huns was immediately shattered.

Contradictions that have been accumulating for a long time will soon erupt.

The assassination is just the beginning!

"Chuan's edict went to the Weiwei Yamen and told the Weiwei: Mobilize the main forces of the northern and southern armies and the Xiliu Battalion, and prepare for the expedition......" Liu Che gave an order: "At the same time, tell the prime minister: summon the Xiongnu envoy and tell him that General Zuo must return the political order to the emperor if he is in trouble!" Otherwise, I will send troops! ”

This is a declaration of war!

At the same time, it is also necessary to further stimulate and intensify the contradictions within the Western Xiongnu, and it is best to let them fight.

The army that is loyal and difficult to carve first fights with those who either want to take advantage of the fire, or those who want to pull the Northern Xiongnu off the horse.

It is best to attract the main forces of the Northern Xiongnu to the Hexi region as well.

Annihilate it in Hexi!

Of course, Liu Che knew that this was impossible.

Because intelligence shows that the Northern Xiongnu are preparing for the Fourth Western Expedition.

A large number of supplies and soldiers and horses were gathering towards their advance bases in Dawan and Khotan.

Just wait for the beginning of spring, the Northern Xiongnu Shan Yu will lead the army to the west, and its affairs will be managed by its Zuoxian Wang Hulushe.

This made Liu Che a little regretful, the affairs of Hexi, if the main force of the Northern Huns did not come, it would be meaningless.

The tribe in Hexi, in Liu Che's eyes, is about the only one of the Zhelan tribes that can be seen.

However, the elite of the Zhelan tribe had been wiped out in Mayi four years ago, and the current Zhelan tribe has at most 20,000 soldiers and 10,000 horsemen, and most of them are new soldiers, and their weapons and equipment are also very backward.

It may even be inferior to the Xiongnu headquarters of the Battle of the Swallow Thistle.

But having said that, Liu Che still didn't dare to despise the other party.

After all, the Battle of Hexi was about how far the Han army could go.

It is possible to despise the enemy in the mouth, but it is necessary to value the other party strategically.

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In the autumn and September of the eighth year of Yuande, the Han Prime Minister Chao mistakenly sent a note to the Western Xiongnu envoy who came to Chang'an for the Hajj: The Son of Heaven of our country heard that the left general of your country humiliated Shan Yu, and reversed the outline.

If not, the army will march together, and the king will be out!

Don't be unpredictable!

The envoy of the Western Huns replied: The order of the kingdom of God, the subordinate An dare not obey, but the subordinate cannot be the master of this matter, and needs to ask my lord.

This is clearly trying to delay time and consume it.

The Han family was naturally happy to let him drag it, and these words were not for him, but for the people of the world.

The military came up with a war plan and a plan within three days.

The reason why the plan was able to come up with so quickly was because the military had actually been preparing for the Hexi Campaign for almost eight months -- but it had been using the Battle of Juyan as a cover until then.

Now, they no longer hide it, and have come up with a complete set of war plans aimed at destroying the Western Xiongnu, taking Hexi, and opening up the road to the Western Regions.

According to the military's plan, the Han army will assemble 40,000 foot cavalry in the Heli Mountain area before spring and March.

Among them, there were 23,000 cavalrymen, mainly composed of the Xiliu Battalion, the Tiger Benwei and the Southern Army, and the Tiger Benwei would dispatch 1,800 cuirassiers and 2,000 light cavalry. The Xiliu battalion dispatched more than 5,000 dragoons and more than 4,000 light cavalry, and the southern army will dispatch two cavalry commanders.

In terms of infantry, the two Modao Captains of the Thornmen Army, the three bow and crossbow captains of the Northern Army, and the two light infantry captains and one tunnel battalion captains of the Bashang Army will be mobilized.

At present, in the Heli Mountain area, the Han army has gathered a main force of nearly 10,000 foot cavalry.

In other words, the Han army will also mobilize nearly 30,000 field troops to go to Heli Mountain.

They will depart from Chang'an in the first month of spring next year and arrive at Heli Mountain by mid-spring and February.

In order to support this battle, the military took out a whole box of documents, detailing the various materials and ordnance needs of this war.

Shaofuqing Zhao Yu was almost stupid.

He never imagined that in order to support an army of more than 40,000 people on an expedition to Hexi, he would actually spend so many materials.

Just corn, wheat flour, jerky, oil, salt, and medicinal herbs add up to more than 2 million stones!

In addition, the military also needs tens of thousands of stones of cheese, tens of thousands of feet of dry food and vinegar cloth prepared by more than 100,000 stones.

As for the ordnance......

One million arrows, 100,000 spare parts for crossbow machines, tens of thousands of spare parts for horseshoes and saddles, more than 500 heavy-duty carriages for transporting military supplies, and more than 7,000 sabers.

These are all materials that need to be produced immediately by the Shaofu Examination Office and must be in place by February next year.

If one is missing, the army will find trouble with Shaofu!

So, in autumn and September, the Shaofu Examination Office took the lead in entering a state of war.

Tens of thousands of craftsmen began to work day and night.