With Liu Ying's heavy sigh, the expressions on the faces of Wang Ling, Chen Ping, and Zhang Cang only became solemn.

Speaking of the county guard in the clouds, we have to mention the strategic position of the city in the northern defense line of the Han Dynasty.

In the past, when facing large groups of Xiongnu cavalry, the Han dynasty was in a passive defensive posture in most cases.

When there was a conflict between the two sides, it was basically 'the Huns wanted to grab something' and 'the Han army wanted to drive the Huns away'.

Since the Battle of Pingcheng, where Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang was besieged by Baideng, the Huns have never had the idea of 'opening a frame and fighting with the main force of the Han army';

The same is true of the Han family - in order to stabilize the interior as soon as possible, the Han family has never had the intention of 'fighting to the death against the Hun thieves'.

Because of that Pingcheng battle, both Han and Hungary clearly realized: This big guy on the opposite side is not easy to mess with!

It's hard to mess with!

It's very hard to mess with!

If you really want to start a fight, the final result will only be one death and one injury, or even two defeats.

So over the past few years, both sides have exercised a great deal of restraint on matters related to the border, especially on matters that could lead to large-scale conflicts.

- The Huns were worried that their actions might provoke the Han family, causing the Han family to move the whole country and pile hundreds of thousands of heavy infantry clusters on the line of the Great Wall, so they rarely sent large groups of cavalry south;

Most of the time, it was the scattered tribes in the Munan and Hetao areas who wanted to grab something by themselves, so they approached the Han border with a small force of cavalry and fought in the grass valley.

As for the Xiongnu Shan Yuting, after the Battle of Pingcheng, he never sent an assistant army again, and only sent envoys south every once in a while to extort something from the Han family.

For example, tea, salt grain, cloth and the like.

On the other hand, the Han family was also worried that the Huns would gather hundreds of thousands of cavalry clusters to go south and make the side walls erode;

At the same time, under the premise of the disadvantage of natural troops, the Han family was not very willing to mobilize the strength of the whole country to go to the front line of the Great Wall and fight a doomed war with the Huns.

Therefore, for the blackmail of the Xiongnu Shan Yuting, the monarchs and ministers of the Han family, whether it was the former Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang, Prime Minister Xiao He, or the current Son of Heaven Liu Ying, Prime Minister Wang Ling and others, all gritted their teeth and agreed.

Because for the Han family, mobilizing the strength of the whole country, going to the Great Wall and the Huns, and finally watching the Huns snatch the bodies of the fallen soldiers is a very cost-effective choice.

In comparison, sending some 'gifts' to the Huns, although it is a bit humiliating, but at least the cost performance is not too low.

Of course, the Han family never thought about life and life, and they all used similar 'gifts' and even harmony to avoid the border wall being invaded by the Huns.

To be precise, it's just a stopgap measure.

- I can't beat you now, so I'm kind to you, you reach out for something, as long as it's not too much, I'll try to satisfy you;

- But when I can beat you, I'll be the first to beat you!

It is precisely with this idea in mind that the monarchs and ministers of the Han family have made great efforts in the past few years, or nearly ten years.

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In the end, a great victory in Mayi put a fact in front of the Huns very clearly:

- Hey! Brat!

- I've beaten you!

- As in the past, the days when you stretched out your hand, I ate and drank and served you, are gone!

- What do we do next, you can do it yourself!

！

And such a huge change will inevitably make the Huns fall into a long period of sensory dullness.

- What?

- I'm a big Huns, and I can't beat the Han people?

- Impossible!

- Absolutely impossible!

！

In this way, a new strategic pattern between Han and Hungary will inevitably emerge.

Based on the objective facts embodied in the First Battle of Mayi, the Han family, which knew that it was capable of defeating or even defeating the Xiongnu cavalry cluster, would inevitably take tougher and tougher measures and postures to defend its interests.

The humiliation and losses suffered in the past few years, the Han family will definitely get it back little by little!

On the other hand, the Xiongnu side may be hurt by the battle of Mayi, but they will never be afraid.

On the contrary, the Huns, who are still obsessed with the dream of being the 'overlord of the steppe', will inevitably sweep away the past and have a gentle attitude towards the Han family of 'don't mess with it, try not to mess with it'.

Even if it was only for the sake of revenge and maintaining the majesty of the steppe overlord, the Huns would definitely take tougher and tougher measures after the Battle of Mayi.

That is to say: the Han family knew that they could defeat the Huns, so they would become more and more tough;

The Huns were reluctant to admit that they couldn't beat the Han Chinese, so they would also become tougher.

If both sides are tough at the same time, and neither side will back down, which will inevitably lead to more tensions between the two sides and, ultimately, an inevitable armed conflict.

This is the change brought about by the First Battle of Mayi for the strategic pattern of Han and Hungary.

——The first battle of Mayi completely awakened the iron backbone of the Han family, and the self-confidence of the Chinese nation after the Yanhuang, and also awakened the tenacity of the Huns who refused to admit defeat and did not admit defeat!

After such changes, there is no room for easing the contradictions between Han and Hungary.

In the past, the Han family did not want the border to be invaded, and knew that they could not defeat the Huns for the time being, so even if they felt humiliated, they would basically meet most of the requirements of the Huns;

The Huns, on the other hand, did not want to lose both sides of the Han family, so even if they coveted the wealth of the Central Plains, they rarely thought about the Han territory south of the Great Wall.

But after the battle of Mayi, both sides will never back down again.

Because the Han family has enough strength, there is no need to continue to retreat;

As for the Xiongnu, if they want to maintain their position as the overlord of the steppe, there is absolutely no room for concessions.

In the past few years, the tough stance that has always been implemented towards the Han family will also make the Huns refuse to accept concessions.

Knowing this, it is easy to draw a conclusion:

- The First Battle of Ma Yi is just the beginning!

——In the future, after the Huns survived the huge losses and pains brought by the First Battle of Mayi, the Han-Hun all-out war will kick off!

In the future Han-Hungarian war, which may last for years, decades, or even decades, the strategic significance of Yunzhong to the Han family can be said to be the top priority.

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Spreading out the map, it is not difficult to find that the northern defense line of the Han dynasty is actually low in the west and high in the east;

From the right Beiping County of Yan State on the eastern border to the Beidi and Longyou lines on the western border, the border line of the Han family is a little shrinking to the south, and in the northwest direction of the two counties of Longyou and Beidi, it is concave in Mengdi.

This part of the concave is the crown left behind by the Chinese nation: the Hetao grassland, which is now the 'Henan land' in the Han family.

On the border line of the Han family, which gradually shrinks from east to west, and reaches Longyou and Beidi, Yunzhong City is an extremely dazzling and critical strategic point.

——The northern border line actually controlled by the Han family is more than three hundred miles away from the north and south of Cloud City!

In other words: Cloud City is a 'flying city' inserted into the grassland by the Han Dynasty!

As long as the Han family cannot break through the Han-Hungarian border, Yunzhong City, which is located more than three hundred miles north of the border line, will immediately become a lonely city!

But even so, Cloud City has still been spent a lot of energy by the Han family's court, from the seventh year of the Han Dynasty to the present.

Why?

- Because in the clouds, it is a nail inserted into the Xiongnu steppe by the Han family, and it is an outpost set up by the Han family hundreds of miles north of the border line!

Why the 7th year of the Han Dynasty?

- Because in the clouds, it was the battle of the Han-Hun Pingcheng in the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Bang, the emperor of Taizu Gao, snatched it back from the Huns at the cost of 'being trapped in the siege of Baideng'!

In order to be able to predict the movements of the Huns in advance, and at the same time, in order to retain the last trace of the possibility of 'going north out of the Great Wall and stepping on the grassland', Yunzhong City must not be out of the control of the Han family!

In the past, the strategic significance of Cloudsdale in the strategic situation between Han and Hungary was an outpost in the simple sense.

Just like the battle of Mayi this time, although Yunzhong City was the first to be broken by the Huns, the Han family also learned the information of the Huns' southward invasion through the beacon burning in Yunzhong City long before the Huns appeared on the border.

With this foundation, the Han family was able to quickly arrange the defense line before the Huns approached the city, and even arranged an ambush circle in advance as in the first battle of Mayi, waiting for the Huns to fall into the encirclement.

But in the future, when the strategic pattern of the Han and Hungarian sides has changed, and the border situation has become more severe and tense, the importance of Yunzhong to the Han family will only increase.

- Because in the future, the Han army is likely to no longer shrink into defense, but under the cover of elite heavy infantry such as Yulin and Huben, they will walk out of the protection of the city wall!

At that time, as an outpost inserted into the hinterland of the grassland, Yunzhong can be transformed into a transit station for the Han family's counterattack!

This transit station will ensure that the Han army retains the ability to counterattack, especially cross-border counterattacks, and burn the flames of war to the grassland in the future Han-Hungarian wars;

On the other hand, the Huns will also be aware of this, so they will strengthen their defense against the clouds, and even increase their looting and even attack.

In other words: in the future Han-Hungarian war that can be seen by the naked eye, Yunzhong will be the strategic point with the highest priority in the hearts of both Han and Hungary.

For the Han family, if it can be held in the clouds, the Han family will have the ability to counterattack;

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On the contrary, for the Xiongnu Run, as long as Yunzhong can be captured, then even if the frontal battlefield is defeated, the Huns do not have to worry about the failure of the frontal battlefield at all, which will trigger a chain reaction, pushing the defeated Xiongnu rout back to the grassland, and even pushing the Han-Hun border back to the line of the Great Wall of Qin!

Combined with all this, and considering that the past battle of Mayi began with the 'Broken City in the Clouds', it is no wonder why these three old ministers have such ugly faces.

- The importance of the cloud, the mother is undoubted!

And in the future, visible to the naked eye, it will be higher and higher!

In the clouds of the past and now, they can't even play the strategic role of the 'outpost', and even in this battle of Mayi, they were effortlessly broken by the Huns!

In order to change this situation, the current Yunzhong City, which is riddled with holes and may collapse at any time, will be transformed into an outpost base station that can be used for the main force of the Han army to go north out of the Great Wall and step on the grassland······

The difficulty is very high.

And even under such a high degree of difficulty, the first prerequisite for accomplishing this set goal is to first find a qualified person in power for Cloudsdale.

As the saying goes: a soldier bears a bear, and a nest of bears will be bears.

Only a qualified, or even excellent, leader can change the current situation of Cloudsdale and make Cloudsdale what the Han family needs.

And such a candidate, today's Chang'an court, is actually very lacking······

"Alas······"

"The dynasty has no good people, and the virtuous ministers have been there for a long time;"

"How can you find a 'guard in the clouds' who is skilled in bows and horses and has more scheming ability······"

Wang Ling sighed helplessly, and Chen Ping, who was on the side, also nodded slowly.

"Mo Yanyun is the guardian of a county and a city;"

"It is the prime minister of the princes of the border wall, and the court has also planned again and again, so that he can barely get a 'good' choice."

"What's more, in the future, the Huns will be in the Huns, and if they have the courage and no strategy, and the plan and the bravery, they will not be able to govern the clouds."

"Brave and strategic, and can fight against the generals of the Huns······"

"Alas······"

Also full of sorrow, Chen Ping finally lowered his head with a sigh, indicating that he really couldn't think of a suitable candidate.

As for Zhang Cang, he seemed to be thinking about something, but he didn't make up his mind, and he never spoke.

Seeing that none of the three of them could come up with a suitable candidate, Liu Ying's heart couldn't help but appear with a long-lost name.

"Zhonglang Wei Shang ······"

"—how?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Liu Ying's words came out, Zhang Cang, the internal history, raised his head reluctantly, and looked at Liu Ying's gaze, and immediately brought a touch, "Your Majesty also thinks so?" 's look.

Seeing this, Liu Ying also had a little bottom in her heart, and saw that Wang Ling and Chen Ping still had doubts, so she also talked about the origin of Wei Shang for these two people.

"Zhonglang Wei Shang, a native of Huaili County, is more than thirty years old;"

"——In the first battle of the Han and Hun Pingcheng, Emperor Taizu Gao was besieged by Mayi, and Zhonglang Wei Shang followed Emperor Taizu Gao."

"In the ninth year of the Han Dynasty, Zhou Lu ordered Wuhou Lu Ze to die in the north, and Emperor Taizu Gao took Chen Feng as the prime minister to take charge of the border wall defense, and made Wei Shang the lieutenant of the northern county."

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"Later, Chen Feng raised troops to make a rebellion, and the side wall was empty, and Wei Shangfa, the captain of the northern land, rode to the north and patrolled the front line of the border wall to prevent Hu Man from going south."

"In the eleventh year of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gao summoned Wei Shang back to Beijing, still Zhonglang, and the crown prince and the ······"

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Wang Ling and Chen Ping only stood up immediately and put on a 'tactical backwards' posture.

- Oh

- Is it His Majesty's Hidden Mansion?

- So what else is there to say?

It was Zhang Cang, who said a few more words after Liu Ying proposed the candidate.

"Wei Shangqi has always been known for his rigorous management of the army and clear rewards and punishments, and there are no disobedience to the soldiers under his command in Wei Shang."

"Xi is the lieutenant of the Northland County, which coincides with the vacancy of the Northland County Guard, and all the affairs of the Northland army and formation are all in the hands of Wei Shang alone."

"The situation in the clouds today is the same as in the northland of the past;"

"Take Wei Shang as the ······ in the clouds"

"Hmm."

"-The best choice!"