On the Wusun border at night, there were rare and sporadic fires in the barracks, and at first glance it looked like the soldiers had rested. However, the Huns' repeated surprise attacks made people dare not take it lightly, although it was late at night, the soldiers did not have the slightest sleep, fully armed and ready to attack at any time.

Wusun's troops were limited, and Weng Guimi was worried that the soldiers would not be able to withstand this load in the long run, so he ordered them to take turns to rest and preserve their strength to deal with the Xiongnu's offense. Chang Hui has been at the border for more than half a month, and whenever he is free, he can't stop thinking about his beloved wife and son. However, the duty of a soldier reminded him at all times that everything should be based on the overall situation, and he should not affect Wusun's safety for personal reasons.

Although Chang Hui's mind is very resolute, he has the confidence to fight a duel with the Huns to the end, but his fiery temper really can't withstand long-term mental torture, if according to his previous character, he would have rushed out to fight to the death with the Hun cavalry, or he would have chased directly to the territory of the Huns to fight, and it was better to divide the victory and defeat as soon as possible than to be entangled day after day.

But Weng Guimi resolutely refused, as the king of a country, he was worried about much more things than Chang Hui, he not only had to measure the difference in strength between the two sides, but also consider the situation in Wusun, and also had to take into account the lives and safety of the people, as well as other industries that had been developed with great difficulty.

Of course, Weng Guimi believed that Liu Ye had already asked for a great Han, and the Han army stationed in the Western Regions would also send troops to help in time, he couldn't take risks in a moment, all he could do now was wait. Wait for reinforcements to arrive, and repel the Hun cavalry in one go.

Chang Hui knew Weng Guimi's thoughts, and he also knew that no matter how much he persuaded him, he would not agree to carry out a raid himself. Not to mention leading the Wusun soldiers to kill all the Xiongnu.

"General Chang......" Chang Hui's lieutenant walked into the tent with his head down, his face was covered with blood, the armor on his body was torn, his clothes were in tatters, and he looked embarrassed. His dull eyes looked at Chang Hui, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

"If you have something to say, let it go!" Chang Hui couldn't help but get angry when he saw his appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, now that he is consumed like this, no one will be in a good mood, and then looking at his face without fighting spirit, he feels even more guilty.

"General Chang, I, I ......" The adjutant general frowned and wanted to cry without tears, suddenly knelt down on one knee, hugged Chang Hui's leg and cried loudly, "General Chang, it's useless to blame me, it's me who hurt the brothers, blame me, you use military law to deal with me......"

Chang Hui raised his eyebrows and kicked him away: "You get up and talk to me well, what happened, how did you hurt the brothers?" ”

This Wusun lieutenant has been fighting side by side with Chang Hui for a long time, and he has long regarded him as his own brother, and he doesn't care about his image in front of him, and he cried with tears in his nose: "In the evening, a Hun cavalry suddenly attacked the Naqi tribe, robbed us of the food we had just distributed to the local people, and also kidnapped many girls and women. ”

"What? These animals, the Naqi tribe have been attacked by them three times, and this time they actually came again? Dare to rob a woman? What a beast! Chang Hui suddenly became angry, and slapped the tables and chairs beside him hard, shaking the sawdust, "What is it that they bully us and no one, why are they such a fucking bastard!" ”

Chang Hui suddenly thought of something, pointed at the adjutant general's nose and scolded: "You are in charge of patrolling today, how can you allow this kind of thing to happen again?" Where were you when something happened to the Nachi tribe? Are you scared to hide and fight with them? You bastard, they are all the people of Wusun! ”

"The general is angry, the general is ......angry," the adjutant general cried even louder, "Remember the general's teachings, and never dare to be a deserter!" At that time, he fought with the Hun cavalry, leading all the brothers to chase and fight them, even if we don't cry for the people, we have to save the innocent girls! ”

Hearing this, Chang Hui calmed down a little bit of anger: "What about later? What happened? Don't just cry, cry like a bear, you can talk to me and make it clear! ”

"Yes, General Chang!" The adjutant general wiped away his tears and choked up, "It's all to blame for the incompetence of the Huns, it turns out that they have already laid an ambush, just waiting for us to chase after them, and catch turtles in an urn!" In order to protect the lowly duty, the brothers tried their best to fight their way out, so that I could have a chance to escape, but they ......"

Chang Hui's head was bruised, and he grabbed the collar of the adjutant general and asked, "What's wrong with them?" What's wrong? ”

"Except for me, the whole army was captured!" The adjutant general cried bitterly, "One hundred and six brothers, the dead are dead, the wounded, and half of them have been escorted back by the Hun cavalry, life and death are uncertain!" ”

"You shit!" Chang Hui raised his foot and kicked him in the chest, kicking him out with a kick.

The adjutant general coughed a few times, got up with difficulty, and pulled out the long sword at his waist: "I know that I don't have the face to come to see the general, but I really can't rescue the captured brothers, I hope the general can rescue them as soon as possible, so that they won't be abused." Now that the lowly mission has been accomplished, it is time to go to the brethren on the Yellow Springs Road......"

As he spoke, the lieutenant swung his sword at his neck, intending to apologize for his crimes. Chang Hui then kicked the sword in his hand far away, and scolded angrily: "You are not only a waste, you are also a coward, if death can solve the problem, there will not be so many injustices in this world." The brothers have died, and you can save them by dying? There are so many brothers waiting for you to save you, and you are dead, and you want to hand over the mess you left behind to me? ”

"No, the lowly position does not dare, the lowly position only knows that it is guilty, and even death cannot atone for it!" The adjutant general hesitated, slowly put down his long sword, and looked at Chang Hui blankly, "General Chang, then what should I do now?" What can I do to rescue the captured brethren? If General Chang doesn't dislike it and is willing to keep my life, I will naturally go all out! ”

"You get up first!" Chang Hui paced back and forth in the tent irritably, "Do you know where those animals took them?" ”

"I know, I know, in the military camp in the territory of the Xiongnu, many ordinary people of Wusun who were arrested before were all locked up there. Men are slaves, women are ......" The adjutant shook his head sadly, "I am incompetent, I see the common people being enslaved, but I can't risk my life to fight with them, and now I have even become a prisoner of the brothers, I, I really deserve to die......"

"You're complaining about yourself like this!" Chang Hui grabbed the helmet on the bed and put it on, put away the saber again, and strode out of the tent, "How can I blame you, I should be blamed for being a general who is incompetent, can't protect his subordinates, and can't export evil anger for the people!" ”

"General, where are you going?" The deputy general hurriedly got up and chased out, "The king has an order, we are not allowed to trespass into the territory of the Huns, and now the humble position has violated the king's order, the crime is unforgivable, you dispose of me!" ”

"Before I dispose of you, I have to let the king dispose of me first!" Chang Hui walked firmly and walked towards Weng Guimi's camp.

"No, general, if this affects you again, it won't be enough for me to die a hundred times!" The adjutant general grabbed Chang Hui's sleeve and prevented him from going to see Weng Guimi, "If you want to go, I should confess the guilt, general, don't make your humble position more guilty." ”

"You stay with me!" Chang Hui shook him off and pointed in the direction of the stable, "Go and prepare the horses, call a hundred and ten skilled brothers, and come with me to save people later." ”

The deputy general was stunned: "However, the king has obviously given an order......

"When is it now, still care about those bullshit orders, do human lives matter or do orders matter? The rules are dead, people are alive, I can't bear it any longer, this time I must fight with the Huns and the bastards. I will go and report to the king, and if I want to be punished, I will be punished." ”

Chang Hui strode into the tent, the lieutenant wiped the tears on his face, gritted his teeth, and turned to run to the stable.

Weng Guimi was checking the records of grain and grass requisition, and when he saw Chang Hui's angry appearance, he knew that he was about to complain about why he was reluctant to fight back.

"General Chang, you have led troops to fight for many years, you should know the importance of timing, now is not the best time, rash dispatch of troops will only cause more casualties." Weng Guimi spoke before him, not wanting to continue to dwell on this issue, "If the soldiers are not convinced, you can appease it, I believe that it will not be long before the reinforcements of the Han Dynasty will arrive, and if you wait a few more days, it will be just a few days." ”

"My lord, I can't even wait an hour now." Chang Hui's voice was like a bell, completely suppressing Weng Guimi's momentum, and said condescendingly with his hands on his hips, "I just received the news that the Hun cavalry attacked the Naqi tribe again, snatched food and women, not to mention, and killed the soldiers of our army and captured dozens of people. I have to go to the Huns' barracks now to rescue them, come and tell you, it's good that you know this, as for you to punish the crime, even if it is on me alone, it has nothing to do with anyone else. ”

Chang Hui had already made up his mind when he came, he had to fight with the Huns no matter what, and he only came to inform Weng Guimi that there was such a thing, not to listen to his orders.

Weng Guimi's heart trembled, and he hurriedly got up and asked, "You say that, are you going to listen to my opinion?" Nor are you going to obey military orders? ”

"Yes, if you are to blame, my lord, wait until I get the brothers back!" Chang Hui put down this sentence and turned around to leave.

Weng Guimi chased him out and said hurriedly: "General Chang, you don't lead troops to fight for a day or two, how can you talk to me angrily at this time!" Yes, I know that you have always attached importance to the safety of your subordinates, and I feel very uncomfortable that so many soldiers have been sacrificed and captured, but there will be sacrifices in war, and how to preserve the strength of our counterattack is what you really need to consider. The Xiongnu may have received the news that the reinforcements of the Han Dynasty were coming, so they could no longer hold back their anger and provoked many times, wasn't it just to let us break through the chaos one by one? ”

"General Chang, if you go now, you will fall for the plan of the Huns, but if you can endure the anger for a while, you will definitely be able to avenge the sacrificed brothers in the future, completely quell the war for Wusun, and completely get rid of the scourge of the Huns."

Chang Hui squinted at Weng Guimi: "Speaking of which, you still only think about protecting Wusun, you don't think about the life or death of your brothers at all." They are human beings, not a cow or a horse, even if they die, it is not worth anyone to be sad and sad, they all have fathers, mothers, wives and children, and they come to the border to fight, all to defend Wusun. And you will only say endure for a while, endure for a while, how long do you have to endure it? ”

Chang Hui has long been unaccustomed to Weng Guimi's approach, and his patience has reached the limit: "King, King, I really don't understand, Wusun is not without enough troops, why are you afraid." The Huns are no longer the Huns of the past, they are just the end of the crossbow, just a moment of prestige, and they want to continue the sound of the past to scare you. On that day, I led troops to the border to repel the Xiongnu, but did not immediately pursue them and destroy them, only because of the limited number of troops. Later, you brought troops to support, I thought we could have a good fight, but I didn't expect you to think about this, and then you also have to take care of it, so you stopped me from sending troops. ”

"Then why did you bring so many soldiers here? Just to show the Huns, expect them to retreat in the face of difficulties? Chang Hui became more and more angry the more he spoke, "It's a shame that you have become a king now, and your guts are still as small as before, haven't you ever thought about why you lost the princess?" Just because of your indecisiveness and repeated procrastination, you have to think about every little thing for a long time, and when it is your turn to major national events, you are still in the mood to put it off again and again. To put it bluntly, you're in it for your throne, you selfish and heartless guy! ”

Chang Hui said that Weng Guimi's sore spot, Weng Guimi deliberately ignored the pain in his heart and insisted on stopping his move: "No matter what you say, I won't let you go." You and I may be afraid of things, but since I can bring troops here, I have never thought of returning in vain. I am the king of Wusun, and I will protect my people even if I fight hard, but now is really not a good time. Although the Xiongnu are at the end of the crossbow, their cavalry is still not to be underestimated, haven't you thought that the Xiongnu have the courage to offend Wusun, it will not be unsure. The Xiongnu Shan Yu had long been eyeing Wusun, after the battle of Mobei, their strength was not as good as before, they urgently needed to expand their territory, and annexing Wusun was the best and fastest way. ”

"Wusun was rebuilt by my grandfather with great painstaking efforts, and I cannot allow it to be lost again in my hands." Weng Gui Xiaozhi moved with reason, "I don't want to get rid of the threat of the Huns immediately, why don't I want to avenge the people and soldiers with my own hands, but I can't do it now, and the temporary tolerance is for the ultimate victory." General Chang, I hope you can understand my painstaking efforts, don't fall into the trap of the Huns easily, the more critical the moment, the more we can't relax our vigilance, we must unite. ”

Chang Hui wavered slightly, but the thought of his devastated brethren in the enemy camp made him unable to calm his anger.

"O king, I will not fight with those beasts, and I know you have endured a hard time, but I cannot stand by and watch my brethren who follow me suffer and do nothing. Rest assured, I trust that I can get them out, and I promise you that I will never fall in love with war, and that it will not affect your overall plans. ”

Chang Hui was iron-hearted, no matter how Weng Guimi persuaded him, he refused to turn back.

"General Chang, this king orders you to return to the barracks immediately, and you are not allowed to leave the barracks for a single step, otherwise the military law will deal with it!" Weng Guimi had no choice but to give an ultimatum.

Chang Hui paused and sneered: "Listen to it." ”

Chang Huifei jumped on the prepared war horse and led more than a hundred elite soldiers to roar away. Weng Guimi was so anxious that he chased him out, surrounded by the guards, and did not dare to let him take risks.

"Great King, General Chang is brave and powerful, he will definitely be able to rescue the captured brothers."

"Yes, General Chang has always been very measured, he won't mess around, he just goes to save people, and he doesn't fight with the Huns."

"King, take care of the Holy Communion, don't be angry......"

Weng Guimi sighed, shook his head and walked back to the tent, he held the brush in his hand, his body trembling. Is he really too indecisive? Should he order the whole army to attack and fight the Huns to the death? He couldn't bear it anymore, Chang Hui was right, those captured soldiers were all ordinary people who served Wusun, and they didn't deserve to be sent to death.

But what about after desperately fighting with the Huns regardless of the consequences? What if both loses? It's not a victory at all! Wusun's efforts over the years will be in vain, except for a Xiongnu, there are many potential threats, when Wusun is no longer able to parry, they will reveal their true colors one after another, ruthlessly trample on Wusun's apprentices, and enslave Wusun's people!

In the end, he still has to think about the overall situation, for the sake of the safety of most people, is he really a selfish and ruthless person? Does he really care about the throne? No, it's not, he knows he's not! It's just that as a king, he is destined to be incomprehensible!

The military camp of the Xiongnu was located in the remote mountainous area of the Xiongnu, and it was necessary to pass through a long and narrow valley to reach the camp directly, which was easy to ambush and quite advantageous to defend. Weng Guimi also cared about this, and refused to take the initiative to attack the Xiongnu for fear of causing a large number of casualties.

Chang Hui couldn't care about so much at this time, he just wanted to rescue the captured subordinates as soon as possible, the Huns won a small victory, and now they are estimated to be proud, I am afraid that they will come to the door so quickly. Besides, with Wusun's reaction in the past, even if the Huns rode on their heads and shouted, they would never have the courage to go straight to the lair, let alone in such a dark night when they couldn't see their fingers.

Chang Hui just wants to take a surprise shot, why is he always pressed and beaten by these Huns, it's time for him to vent his evil anger.

One hundred and ten elite soldiers were still not easy to detect when they passed through the valley, and they were careful along the way, and Chang Hui had a lot of experience, leading them to avoid many traps. Within two hours, they actually arrived at the Xiongnu military camp smoothly.

The confidence and courage of the people increased, and Chang Hui ordered the troops to divide the way, first to burn the grain and grass of the Xiongnu to cause a commotion, and then rushed into the cell to rescue the captured brothers, and then to find the enslaved people of Wusun. In short, try to save as many people as possible.

The fire of the grain and grass being burned was a signal of action, Chang Hui led his elite soldiers straight to the heavily guarded cell, taking advantage of the chaos in the military camp to shout for help, easily repelled a few Hun guards, and successfully infiltrated the cell.

Unexpectedly, the huge cell was empty, and there was not even a single figure. The elite soldiers accompanying him were stunned one by one, and Chang Hui suddenly felt a chill rushing from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.