Because the main force of the Xiongnu was attracted by the city of Fushi, Wang Qi's army easily advanced the front to the bank of the Luoshui River, facing the Xiongnu rangers across the river.

Hearing that the main force of the Qin army had drawn its camp and waved its division north, Mao Dun quickly adjusted the deployment of his troops, and ordered the right general Hu Yanyu to lead 60,000 troops to strictly prevent the Qin army in the city from going out of the city to counterattack, and he himself personally led the main army to the south to oppress the Qin army in the north, forcing Wang Qi to retreat to defend and not dare to provoke his edge.

Han Xin immediately led the main army to the north and confronted the Xiongnu army in Maudun on the straight road - the first line of the road.

The two former enemies of life and death once again competed against each other.

The Xiongnu carried a new victory, and after a small setback, the strength was still far superior to that of the Qin army, and they were all rangers, and their mobility was far from being comparable to that of the Qin army. Although the Qin army is insufficient, they are all veterans who have been trained for a long time, and they have the advantage of topography, and the seven county passes in the north of Beidi County can become their strongholds.

The two torrents collided in the north and south, fighting each other for more than ten days, during which the battle was extremely fierce, and there were casualties among each other.

The Qin army relied on the fortified city as a support, and the rangers were divided into several groups to roam outside, and if they encountered a small group of Hun cavalry, they would face it head-on and encircle and annihilate it; In the event of a large number of rangers, they quickly retreat into a nearby city to hold on. In this way, the cities echoed each other from afar, which made the Xiongnu army helpless and suffered several losses.

For this reason, Mao Dun had to change his tactics, retract his troops, no longer attack in all directions, and instead stormed one place, while the cavalry of other divisions surrounded the city as a cover to prevent the Qin troops from other divisions from coming to the rescue.

This tactic really worked, and the pressure on the Qin army suddenly increased, and it could no longer give full play to its geographical advantages to attack the Xiongnu, so it retreated on all fronts and waited for an opportunity.

It's just that the life of the Xiongnu is not easy, the siege is not the strength of the grassland people, and the 400,000 army regiments surrounded a small Niyang city, but it did not fall for six consecutive days, and its siege ability can be seen. Originally, they thought that they would be able to break through the Great Wall and gallop through the passes, and the chiefs of the tribes were also uneasy, and they couldn't help but think that if they made this progress, even if they could hit Xianyang City, then Xianyang was the capital of the Qin State, and it must be extremely majestic, and with their clumsy siege ability, it would be impossible to fight it in a year and a half.

The unfavorable situation of the war also made Mao Dun very upset, and he thundered in the camp all day long, and the slightest negligence on the part of his subordinates was a whipping. During this time, the subordinates in the royal court became walking on thin ice one by one, carefully serving Shan Yu who was in a bad mood, for fear of becoming a venturi for Mao Dun.

…….

In March, the chill in the wind gradually decreased, and the temperature gradually became warmer, and many strong Hun soldiers even wrestled with each other with their bare arms.

The Luo River originates under the snow-capped mountains outside the Saiwai, and the river gradually rises every year when the icebergs melt and snow. It flows through Longbei from north to south, enters the Guanzhong into Weishui, and then flows into the big river from the west of Hangu, which is an important river in the territory of Qin.

Along the Luo River is the natural dividing line between the upper county and the northern county of the Qin state, the east of the Luo River is the upper county, and the west is the northern county, and now it has also become the place where the Xiongnu and the Qin army confronted.

By the river, a group of Xiongnu nobles were riding horses to discuss important matters.

Mao Dun was looking at the river at this time and asked puzzledly; "Why has it rained for days, but the river has not only not risen, but has become more and more stable."

Yan Fu on the side bent down and smiled; "Da Danyu doesn't know anything, the Central Plains is different from our grassland. In order to increase grain production, the Qin State used to build channels everywhere to irrigate the fields, and I am afraid that the Luo River has been diverted many times on the way. In case of rising water, the flood was diverted and discharged, and in case of drought, water was stored and irrigated, and it was these advanced water conservancy facilities that the Qin State relied on to produce so much grain for the war.

"Now that the rain has gradually decreased, it stands to reason that the river water should have fallen, and there is no need to filter it."

Mao Dun nodded, his face showed a contemplative expression, and he sighed for a long time; "Now I begin to admire the wisdom of you Central Plains people, who can control the drought and flooding between heaven and earth through this method. You must know that when we face natural disasters on the grassland, there is no other way but to pray for the blessing of immortality. ”

Yan Fu smiled and said; "What Da Shan Yu said is that the people of the Central Plains are sheep, and if they want to fill their stomachs, they must try their best to cultivate more grain. In order to protect their weak self from harm, the sheep will desperately build walls to protect themselves; And we Huns are different, we are the elect of the immortal heaven, the descendants of the wolves of the steppe. We don't need to farm, we don't need the protection of the walls, our only mission is to destroy, plunder, and make the walls on which they depend become a sheepfold that binds them. Let the people of the Central Plains become our slaves for generations, and provide us with more food and exquisite brocade silk. ”

If it was in the past, Yan Fu's words would have attracted applause, but today the Huns have been frustrated again and again, and most of the pride in the nobles has already faded.

Sure enough, listening to Yan Fu's high-minded talk, a strange voice of yin and yang sounded; "What the national teacher said is not right, how can the people of the Central Plains be sheep. You look at our opponents, the Qin people, and then think about the Zhao State Li Mu back then, where they are like sheep, but like hungry wolves, biting our veins and constantly sucking the blood of our grassland people. ”

Yan Fu smiled, there was some femininity in his smile, "King Zhishan doesn't know, the Qin State originated in the land of Xirong, although it is a subject of Zhou Tianzi, it is not a king, but a thirst for killing, and the countries of the Kwantung have always regarded the Qin people as the people of Rongdi, just like the people of the Central Plains now look at us." And the Zhao State is not much different, their Zhao Wuling King Hufu cavalry shooting, it is by learning from our steppe people to become strong, and later successively annexed a large number of tribes of Lin Hu and Lou Fu, as well as the Zhongshan Kingdom built by Bai Di. Therefore, in the bones, Qin and Zhao are not orthodox Central Plains people, but the combined product of our grassland and Central Plains civilization. ”

When talking about Lou Fu, who was annexed by the Zhao State, the face of Kun Mo, the prince of Lou Fu, in the team, was a little ugly, and this history mentioned by Yan Fu was undoubtedly a great shame for the Lou Fu tribe.

Lou Fu is a branch of Beidi, originally a big clan that was free in Saiwai and Hebei, famous for being good at riding and shooting, and when the country was prosperous, it had controlled 100,000 strings and shook the countries.

Later, Zhao went through the Hufu cavalry and archery reform of King Wuling of Zhao, and the national strength became stronger and stronger, so it was inevitable that there would be a fierce conflict with Lou. In several battles, Lou Fu was defeated, nearly half of the tribes were annexed by Zhao, and the remnants gave up the place where they lived in the era and fled north to the grassland to avoid Zhao. Because of the weak defeat, Lou Fucai became a servant tribe of the Huns, and began a humiliating history of nearly 100 years.

Kun Mo was in a stirring mood, clenched his fists, and took a few strong breaths to calm the grief and anger in his heart. I heard King Zhishan snort coldly; "You old thing, you have a reason for what you say, I won't talk to you anymore."

Mao Dun seemed to be deaf to the dispute between the two, and just lowered his head and concentrated on what he was thinking. Looking at the river in a daze, and thinking of the stalemate for more than a month, Mao Dun couldn't help but sigh, and said unconsciously; "The Central Plains is so big, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to ...... it all my life"

When everyone heard Mao Dun's frustrated words, their faces couldn't help but be a little strange, and many people thought in their hearts: Even Shan Yu, who has always been extremely confident, is so pessimistic, is it really difficult to win this battle.

As soon as Mao Dun's words came out, he suddenly came to his senses, realized that he had lost his mouth, and hurriedly stopped talking and stopped talking.

At this time, Ji Congee immediately dismounted and knelt down, drew his sword and shouted; "Da Danyu, please rest assured, the minister will definitely capture the flower world of the Central Plains for you, and let my Huns' horseshoes walk all over any corner of the Central Plains."

Since Ji Congee had dismounted and knelt down, the other Hun nobles, whether they wanted to or not, had no choice but to turn over and dismount, and also imitate the sword and shouted; "I am willing to fight to the death for the big order."

The originally embarrassing atmosphere was suddenly dissolved by the congee so stirred, and Mao suddenly laughed with joy; "Everyone, get up, with the assistance of you warriors, why can't my Great Huns step on the Central Plains."

Yan Fu stood up and took the opportunity to smile again; "Da Dan Yu's worries are not unreasonable, but although the Central Plains is large, the population is dozens of times better than my Huns, but they are not united, you can see that the Central Plains is constantly burning today. My Great Huns did not want to rule the Central Plains directly, but only needed to take advantage of the situation and support a country in the Central Plains, so that they could fight against each other, but they all tried to please our Huns as foreign aid. In this way, we can not worry about the resistance of the Central Plains people against us, but instead sit and do nothing to collect a steady stream of food and money and tribute. ”

"Now that the strength of the Qin State still exists, we still need to waste some effort to destroy them, so it is better for us to move the tribes on the grassland into the Great Wall one by one, and completely turn this land into the pasture of my Huns. At that time, we only need to hide our troops in the people, and occupying Shangjun will be like hanging a sword over the head of the Qin State, making it difficult for them to sleep and eat, and we have to put all our energy into guarding against our possible sneak attack at any time. Then we dragged down the Qin State little by little, and finally occupied Guanzhong. ”

Mao Dun clapped his hands and laughed; "That's right, it's really my Huns' incomparably wise national teacher, hahaha."

Mao Dun immediately leaned forward and patted Yan Fu on the shoulder, "You have done your best to my Great Huns for more than ten years, I Mao Dun is not blind, and you can see your benefits." Don't worry, I'll do what my father promised you. When my Great Huns break through the Qin State, I will recover the Yan Land for you and let your clan regain the throne. ”

Yan Fu was shocked, and the old man fell to the ground with tears, "The old slave Xie Da Dan Yu's kindness, my Yan clan will definitely be grateful for Da Dan Yu's kindness, and the generations will never rebel against each other." ”

Just now, Yan Fu made a proposal to let the Xiongnu support the Central Plains country, which means that there is no lack of side-knocking references to the promise of the original head Mandan Yu to restore the country for the Yan family. Mao Dun naturally knew this, since he wanted to enter the Central Plains, he naturally wanted to make extensive use of the Central Plains people who were familiar with the situation in the Central Plains, Yan Fu was undoubtedly the best person, so he made such a gesture to calm his heart.

After talking to everyone about military affairs, Mao Dun said that his mouth was a little dry, so he took off the water bag from Ma'anshan and drank a few sips from the sky. Looking at the sky, Mao suddenly narrowed his eyes and said; "The rain is finally going to stop, and it will probably clear up in a few days, when the land will be dry again, and our bowstrings will no longer be wet."

"Ladies and gentlemen, our Huns' attack is just a few days away, and you must put your troops and horses in order after you go back, and be ready to fight at any time."

Everyone agreed, and Mao Dun was in a good mood when he saw this, and looked up at Kun Modao with a smile; "Little prince, I heard that your subordinates fought very bravely, and last time they were attacked by the Qin army, they defeated the Qin army, beheading more than 3,000, but is there such a thing?"

Seeing Mao Dun talking to himself, Kun Mo hurriedly replied respectfully; "Thanks to the praise of Da Danyu, this is true, but it is not a big victory, and we have a lot of casualties."

Maudun shook his hand disapprerovingly; Road; "The little prince is modest, you must know that the Qin army is coming from a sneak attack, and your Lou Fu Department can fight back without being defeated, which shows that you are really a good soldier. I have always heard that Lou Fu soldiers are excellent at bowing and horses, and they are known for their good archery, and they have lived with the Central Plains people for a long time, and they have even learned a lot of the art of war. Now it seems that it is not a lie, Lou Fu is really a rare elite soldier. ”

Mao Dun's words seemed to be complimenting, but Kun Mo faintly heard something else, and he didn't dare to be careless in his heart, and hurriedly said humbly; "Da Dan Yu so raised really made Kun Mo extremely ashamed, I am annoyed by the soldiers, the tribe is less than one-tenth of the Huns, when the Huns were down, fortunately the Huns were able to save the whole clan. The great kindness of the Huns, the era of Lou annoyance is unforgettable, and they are willing to be a big single for your eagle dog minions. ”

Mao Dun knew that this was flattering to himself, so he was not moved at all, but his face became gloomy, and said; "Little prince, do you dare to guarantee that Lou Fu has always been loyal to my Huns?"

Kun Mo lowered his body, "The minister can swear to the Immortal Heaven. ”

Mao Dun snorted coldly and said in a cold voice; "But I have received several reports, my Huns have three tribes after entering the customs were brutally murdered, exterminated, and the people who fled back said that Lou annoyed people did it, how do you explain?"

Kun Mo's heart chuckled, and he thought "It's coming".

Although his face was very frightened, he did have a countermeasure in his heart, and said in a trembling voice; "Da Shan Yu Ming, it must be the cunning Qin people who pretend to be annoying in my building, to divide Da Dan Yu's trust in us. If you don't believe it, you can ask General Zuo, he is closest to our Lou Fu army, and if we have a large army, we will definitely not be able to escape his eyes. Let's take 10,000 steps back, if it was really my doing, why would I do it so full of loopholes, leaving so many living mouths, and dare to come to meet you today. ”

Mao Dun's face remained unchanged, he had already asked General Zuo before, and knew that this matter was not Lou Fu's doing, and the reason why he took this matter out was nothing more than to take the opportunity to knock Lou Fu.

If it is not of my race, its heart will be different!

Everyone understands this truth, and only when they are truly integrated into the Huns, Maudun will be at ease with them.

Mao Dun said in a calm voice; "Oh? In this case, the Qin people are pretending to be you. ”

Kun Mo wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said; "Big orders are clear in their opinions, and this is true. When the Qin people attacked us, they plundered a lot of clothes and armor banners, and at first I thought it was a trivial matter, so I didn't take it to heart, so I didn't tell you the big order. Now that I think about it, it must be those Qin dogs pretending to be my troublesome to paralyze the vigilance of the brothers and tribes, which is really hateful. ”

Speaking of this, Kun Mo gritted his teeth and said hatefully with a gritted tooth.

Mao Dun smiled, lightly tapped Kunmo's shoulder with his horsewhip, and smiled; "Little prince don't worry, soon I will give you a chance to take revenge. I believe that this single will be soon. ”

Kun Mo bowed his head deeply and said respectfully; "It's all up to the big order."

The fierceness in his eyes flashed.

…..

When everyone walked away, Yan Fu coughed lightly and said softly; "Shan Yu, you are wary of Lou Fu."

Maudun nodded and said; "It's true that Lou Fu has developed too fast in recent years. When they were in the grasslands, there were no more than 50,000 people and no more than 10,000 soldiers. Now they have become 200,000 tribes, and they can send 40,000 troops to the south this time, which shows that they have spent a lot of effort over the years. Although it is still too weak compared to my Huns, it cannot be underestimated. ”

Speaking of this, a hint of strangeness flashed in Mao Dun's eyes, "And that little prince of Kunmo, I heard that he is now completely in charge of Lou Fu in place of his father, not only brave, but also quite powerful." It turns out that the Aries tribe is a relative on an equal footing with the Lou Fu tribe, but now everything is based on Lou Fu and the horse, which can't help but make me vigilant. ”

"I saw something unusual in his eyes, and that was desire, lust like a wolf. He will not be a man who is willing to be lonely. ”

"What do you mean......." Yan Fu made a knife in his palm and slowly slashed down.

Mao Dun groaned for a while, and slowly shook his head; "No, now is not the opportunity to get your hands dirty. Lou Fu is still very obedient to us Huns at present, we have no reason to attack them, and now that the war is imminent, how can we mess with ourselves. My idea is that when I return to the grassland, I am trying to make Lou Fu really become a part of my Huns, instead of being independent, so that I can have no worries. ”

"These are all things in the future, and the top priority is to defeat the Qin army in front of us, completely crush the Qin State, and destroy everything that can be destroyed. Even if the Qin State cannot be completely wiped out, it will be broken and broken, and it will no longer be able to pose a threat to our Xiongnu. ”

Yan Fu nodded, and said with some concern; "Are you really going to take such a risk? I don't know how to say it, the old slave is always a little worried in his heart. ”

Mao Dun gritted his teeth and said fiercely; "Don't you Central Plains people have a saying called 'If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger'? If you want more, you have to take risks. ”

PS: The seat of the Luohe River in the Qin and Han dynasties was not the seat of the Luohe River today, when the Luohe River traversed northern Shaanxi. If you want to know the details, you may wish to look for the territory map of the Qin Dynasty.